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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
SENATORS APPOINTED.
Governors of Oregon and Florida FIJI
Existing Vacancies.

Governors of Oregon and Florida FIJI
Existing Vacancies.
Salem, Ore, March 8.-Gov. Lord has
appointed ex-senator 81. w. Corbett
United States senator to fill the vacancy
caused by the failure of the Legislature
to elect at its recent session..
[Mr. Corbett represented Oregon in the
United States senate from 1866 to 1872 He is
vice president of the First national bank Of
Portland and pronounced gold standard
advocate. He is about 66 years of age and
has been resident of Oregon more than
IS years.1
Jacksonville, Fla, March s.-John "A.
Henderson, of Tallahassee, vice presi-
dent and general counsel of the Florida
Central & Peninsular railroad, has been
appointed ad interim United States SEN
ator by Gov. Bloxham to fill the vacancy
caused by the expiration of Senator
Calls term at ~ o'clock March 4.
lMr. Henderson is IS years Of age and a
| lawyer by profession. He has never before
held public Office, but for the last ten years
has been the real head of the regular de-
mocracy of Florida. He was defeated II
years ago for the nomination for congress,
and since that time has made 1t warm fox
| the men who knitted him. In the last presi-
Dental campaign he favored the gold
standard, but after the Chicago convention
would not bolt the regular ticket. While
he has accepted the appointment. it is gen.
orally believed he will use his influence to
have Judge George P. Raney elected SEN
ator by the legislature. which will begin
balloting April 2O.]
Washington, March S.-Leading SEN
ators indicate that the men appointed
in Kentucky, Florida and Oregon to be
TInifofl States soma fI7rS will MT bo cont.
ed. 1t is well known that any decided
opposition would prevent a vote, and it
is believed the opposition will be suffi-
Gent to prevent vote until the legisla-
lures in those states assemble.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
CALLED BY M'K,NLEY.
Congress to Meet in Special session
H. March Is. ta..-

CONGRESS to Meet in Special Session
H. March IS. t...-
Washington, March 8.-President Nc
kinley has issued a proclamation con-
vol<ing congress in extra session Mon
day, March Is. Some pressure has been
brought to bear upon the president to
induce him to defer the meeting for a
couple of weeks, in order to permit sena-
tors and members to visit their homes
to attend to business and family mat
tiers. The president, before reaching
final decision, consulted with Mr.. Reed
and with other prominent republicans,
and upon hearing that the tariff bill
could be made ready for consideration
as soon as the house had organized for
business, decided to adhere to his origi-
nal programme.
President Mckinley is anxious that
no time should be lost in revising the
tariff. tits his belief that until the tariff
is out of the way permanent prosperity
cannot come to the country, and he will
do everything in his power to hasten
the day. The call is as follows:
"By the President of the United States
OF America-A proclamation: Whereas.
public interests require that the congress
Of the United States should be convened in
extra session at II o'clock on the 18th day
of March, 1897. to receive such communica-
ton as may be made by the executive.
Now, therefore, I, William Mckinley,
president of the United States of America,
do hereby proclaim and declare that an
extraordinary occasion requires the con-
gress of the United States to convene in ex-
ira session at the capitol. in the city of
Washington, on the 18th day of March,
1897. at II o'clock noon, of which all per-
sons who shall at that time be entitled to
act as members Thereof are hereby required
to take notice.
''Siven under my hand and the seal Of the
United States at Washington the 9Th day
of March, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-seven. and
Of the independence of the United States
the one hundred and tWenty-irst.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
by the president: JOHN SHERMAN,
''Secretary Of State"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
HUNDREDS OF sPANiARDs SLAIN
ten. Garcia's Forces Said to Have woa
a Great Victory at Manxanfllo.

ten. Garcia's Forces Said to Have Wol
a Great Victory at Manzanillo.
Havana, March S.-Two Thousand
Spaniards under Gen. Vara del Rey were
defeated by the Cubans under Gen.
Calixto Garcia at Marzanil]o February
26. Gen. Vara del Rey confesses his dis
aster, though finding an excuse in the
superior number of the Cubans and the
advantage of their position. In his re-
port he says his column contained only
$500 men, and he estimates the Cubans
at more than 5000. The Spanish
dead, he says, were 500. Vara del Rey
narrowly escaped being captured. The
fight lasted eight hours. The Spaniards
took two hours to cross the river and
they behaved with great courage dur
ing all the battle. The battle was di-
rected by Gen. Garcia in person. The
Cubans captured 800 rifles, one cannon
and 10000 rounds of ammunition, be-
sides large stock of provisions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
Luck of n Colored Man.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March S.-Wil-
liam Ramsey (colored), janitor of the
Herald, has received word that he is
heir to $4,000 by the death of his ia
Tiers brother in California. The where
abouts of the nephew had been lost
track OF, and after years hunt the
executors found him in this city. Legal
steps were at once taken to prove heir
ship and the papers have been for
walded to California. .s9s y. :
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
THE MARKETS,
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

There is powerful movement
throughout Maine that women be added
to the school boards.
The South Carolina legislature has
rejected a bill to permit the running
Of trains on Sunday with perishable
freight.
Mrs. Charles Howard, of Baltimore, 81
years old, is the only surviving child OF
Francis Scott Key, the author of '"The
Star Spangled Banner" -
The Albany law school is one of the
institutions in which President McKin.
ley gained his education, although the
fact is not generally known.
The legislature of Alabama passed q
bill exempting ex-confederate soldiers
from the payment of peddling licenses
anywhere in the commonwealth.
United States Consul Jernegan; OF
Shanghai, reports that in 1896 Ameri.
can lumber to the amount of 5000, OOo
feet was imported into that country.
Miss Grace Fairweather is the cham.
pion woman billiard player of the
world. She is native of Newcastle,
England, and is not yet 81 years of a &C.
According to the statistics of the
weather bureau the property loss from
tornadoes during the last ten years has
been five, times as great in Missouri as
in any other state.
The state of Arkansas claims to be
the first in the south in the produc-
ton of small fruits and apples, first in
the union in quantity of uncut timber,
second in the union in coal.
The Missouri supreme court has de-
ciared that the law against opium smok.
ing and opium joints is unconstitution-
al, because it interferes with the right
of men to smoke whatever they choose.
John Graham, of St. Mary's Kan, has
just received notice that the govern
menta has allowed him 5000 for a. horse
which he lost while serving as scout
with Sheridan in 1868 on the plains of
western Kansas.
Bones of soldiers who were buried at
GAINESVILLE, Tenn. when the female
academy at that place was used as a
AOoPlSoA ~ ~ iAts t'AC'"al were uncovered
by a recent landslide back of the build
ing. III. =. -
The haberdashers of New York have
initiated the tailors of that city and
Joined hands to crush out the dead
beats in swell society. They are going
to sell at public auction. as the tailors
did, about $100, 900 Of bad accounts. The
hstter1lnd shoemakers will follow suit.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
FOUGHT WITH BANDITS.
Four Mexican Desperadoes Killed 4,
q Battle.

Four Mexican Desperad0es Killed i'm
q Battle.
Leon, Mexico, March 8.-The notori~
GUS band Of brigands led by Juan Vacas
made an attack on the Borejo hacienda,
Is miles west of here, and forced the
employees of the place to surrender.
The desperate robbers then plundered
the store of all it's stock of merchandise
and robbed the hacienda residence OF
large amount of money and valuables.
Shortly after the brigands left the ha-
cienda a force of rural guards arrived
and went in pursuit. They came up
with them and lively fight took place,
resulting in Vacas and three of his men
being killed. One of the rural guards
was killed and another seriously
wounded.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
LATER. y!

The king of Greece, the sth, made
his reply to the collective note of the
powers, refusing to withdraw from
Crete upon the ground that anarchy
would ensue if the island was left alone.
The U. s. treasury the 9Th had an
available cash balance of $780, 1874;
gold reserve, $3.50, s04, 773.
During quarrel at Kaukanna. Wis,
the 8th, Peter Ross shot and killed his
wife and fatally wounded Fred Schau-
bel and Kittie Duprel. Ross was ar
rested.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher died at
Stamford, Conn.,, the 9Th, the tenth an
niversary of the death of her husband.
She was IS years old.
The Indiana legislature adjourned
the 9Th, after a session of 81 days.
The Turkish officials are allowing
the Mussalmans to desecrate the ceme-
terry and monasteries of Crete. Collins
are being forced open and the remains
are being thrown into the fields, the
object being to steal the valuables
buried with the dead.
Capt. Hart, who was recently con-
victed of flibustering against the
Spanish government in connection
with the steamer Laurada, of which he
was the owner, was the 9Th refused a
new trial BY Judge Butler in the United
States court:at Philadelphia, Pa, and
sentenced to two years imprisonment,
q fine of $500 and two pay the costs Of
the prosecution, he is to stand commit
ed until the fine and costs are paid.
The strike at the Globe shipyards at
Cleveland, O., was settled the sth, the
men returning to work at a minimum
wage of 81. so per day.
J. Walter Blandford, who has been
private secretary to Secretary Olney,
has been selected to act in the same
capacity to Attorney General Nc
Kenna.
The president has reappointed VIM
Sinclair as steward of the White House,
which position he held under the pre-
ceding administration.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
The News Condensed,
important Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Proceedings of the Special Session.
In the senate on the 4th the early hours
of the day were given to the final steps of
important legislation. the remaining ap-
preparation bills. One (the general de-
fciency) failed in conference. and three,
the agricultural. sundry civil and Indian.
failed of executive approval. Promptly at
IL o'clock Mr.. Stevenson declared the SEN
ate Of the Fifty-fourth congress adjourned
without day and the work of the new SEN
ate was at once taken up. Vice President
Hobart presiding. LIN the house oil the
appropriation bills except the general de-
ficiency were disposed of, and at II :5e
Speaker Reed declared the house ad-
journed sine die.
b The senate was in session only about two
hours on the 5th, and the greater part Of
the time was spent in executive session in
confirming President McKinley's cabinet
appointments. While in legislative session
the credentials of Mr.. Hanna as senator
from Ohio, to succeed Mr.. Sherman, were
presented by Mr.. Foraker, and he was
sworn in by Vice President Hobart. Mr..
Davis (Minn) was also designated acting
chairman of the committee on foreign re-
lations, to succeed Mr.. Sherman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
Charged with an Old Crime.

Bloomfield, Pa, March S.-Twenty-
eight years ago Malinda Snyder, girl
then IS years old, disappeared from her
home in Liberty Valley, this county, and
no trace of her was ever found. Satu7-
day night Hugh Smith, man IS years
old, residing in the same valley, was
arrested, charged with killing the girl
and burning her body. after cutting It
up into small pieces. a dispute be-
tween Smith and another person
brought the crime to light.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
GETS A LIFE SENTENCE.
Minnesota Woman Tells How Sh
Burned q Small Boy to Death.


Burned a Small Boy to Death.
St. Paul, Mimi, March s.-Mrs. Nellie
Prayer, who recently pleaded guilty to
the murder of Willie Maxwell, the nine
year-old son of David Maxwell, for W HON
she was acting as housekeeper, has
made confession. She says her father
was entirely innocent and that she
alone committed the crime. She led
the lad into an upper portion of the
barn, where she fastened him in such a
manner that escape was impossible,
and then set the building on fire. It
burned to the ground, and she says the
boy screamed and implored her to re-
lease him, but she let him perish. Mrs.
Prayer was sentenced by Judge Holland
to hard labor for life at Saltwater.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
Horrible Mode Of Suicide.

Milwaukee, March s.-Mrs. Maggie
Kennedy, aged 40, committed suicide
Saturday by saturating her clothing
with Kerosene, and setting fire to it.
When discovered she was enveloped in
a sheet of fame and life was extinct.
Her husband is in the hospital, and. be.
ing reduced to want, she committed
suicide. ~ lsg e55g +%s4f M a. 4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
WOODEN MIN burned.

Worcester, Mass, March s.-The
Threeset wooden mill at Northwocds
Village Holden, owned by the West
Boylston Manufacturing company, of
Oakdale, and leased by William r.. Coe,
Of Worcester, was totally destroyed by
fire Saturday afternoon. The mill had
stood Is years. It employed 40 hands,.
Loss. $50 600; insurance. $22 900. Cause
of the fire unknown.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
A Younw Dov,. IN :.

Milford, o., March S.--John lain,
aged IS, was watching the Hood in the
river. when an embankment $caved In
and buried him In the landslide. He
was dead when recovered.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11

The Missouri legislature has passed q
bill which prohibits bookmaking and
poolselling, except by q license from
the state auditor.
Winchester (Ky.) and vicinity were
swept by q cyclone and much damage
to property was done and several cases
Of loss of life were reported.
Reports from southern Illinois, In
diana, Ohio, Missouri and Kentucky say
that the worst rainstorm known in
years did great damage to property and
caused the loss of several lives. -.
Colin Daughdrill was hanged in the
Jail at Gadsden, Ala, for the murder of
j. I. Bates. drummer, Christmas eve,
in 1895.
Star Pointer, the great racehorse,
with record of 2:021a, was sold in New
York for $4,000 to James A. Murphy,
of Chicago.
A block of business buildings was
burned at Worcester, Mass. the loss be-
ing 100000, and eight frcmen were
badly injured.
Abner Davis and Miss Della Morris
Qovers) took their own lives at Par
nell. Mo-, after quarrel.
Mine A of the Kansas and Texas Coal
company at Huntington, Ark, exploded,
burning IS men, all Of them seriously
and two fatally.
R. G. Dun & Co., of New York, in their
weekly review of trade say that gradual
improvement in business circles con-
{irroo fh~~r,~k~,,k <h@
The Palmer family, consisting of four
brothers, Tom, aged 81; Will, q; Ed,
Fl, and Silas, aged 16, all died within a
few hours of each other of measles at
their home near Toluca, ILL.,.
The Sliger Lumber and Manufacture
ing company failed at Huntington, w.
Va, for 100000.
Ella Parker, aged IS, and Robert
Parker, aged IL, sister and brother, were
killed by the cars at Terre Haute, Ind.
Three negroes named Barnhi!l, Jones
and Simpson were fatally shot and
whipped by white caps at Rock Springs,
Ky.
The country along every water course
j central and southern Indiana pre-
sents \ scene of unprecedented devasta-
ton because of freshet.
The damage done by floods in Cincin-
:lati and within radius of 100 miles of
that city is estimated in the millions.
One of the bunkhouses at the Daily
mines near Park City, Utah, was swept
away by an avalanche and four men were
killed.
The Park theater, the popular-price
playhouse in Indianapolis, was burned,
the loss being 100000.
James Powers, hackman, % years
Old, shot and killed his wife Mary, Is
years old, in Chicago, and then fatally
shot himself. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
President Mckinley has issued proc
lamation convoking congress in extra
session Monday, March Is.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has started it's track hands on ten hours
day for the first time in three years.
The grand jury has reported an in
dictment against Joseph A Iasigi, Turk
ish consul-general at Boston. He is
charged with the embezzlement of over
$4,000
Lizzie Mcdonald, ten years old, shot
herself in ST.. Louis. She lived with her
foster parents and left note saying
she was=tired of living and wanted to
be with her mother.
The South Ottumwa Ia.) bank, a
small private institution, closed it's
doors with liabilities of $17,00O
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
FOREIGN.

It is said that Greece will refuse to
comply with the demands of the powers
to withdraw her troops and fleet from
the island of Crete within six days. y
An official statement is to the effect
that rumors of troubles between Chilli
and her neighbors in South America
are without foundation.
A dispatch from Havana says that
over 5000 rebel cavalry were in the
heart Of Matanzas province, less than
50 miles from Havana. :l$ Es rs
A terrific gale along tho coast and
in the interior Of England did immense
damage to property. ~,
Capt Gen. Weyler, to Havana
ssndsdenfetfEs ss ss:s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
work Ten Honr. INV.

Harrisburg. Pa, March S.-.rhe Penn
5sylvania Railroad company has sturted
its track hands on ten hours day for
the first time in# three years
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, ten
dered his resignation to Gov. Bushnell,
to take effect March5 8.
Michigan "sound money" democrats
met at Grand Rapidssund nominated
Daniel P..Cooke, of Saginaw, for SUI
preme court justice, and Levi L. Bar
bour, of Detroit, and Edwin F. Sweet,
of Grand Rapids, for regents.
Gov. Bradley has appointed Maj. A.
T. Wood, of Mount Sterling, United
States senator from Kentucky, to sue
coed j. c. S. Blackburn. " y
Gov. Bushnell presented to National
Chairman Hanna, at Washington, the
commission which makes him senator
of the United States from the state of
Ohio to succeed Senator Sherman.
Upon retiring from the presidency
Mr.. Cleveland left for a duck-hunting
tour in North Carolina, Mrs. Cleveland
going to her new home in Princeton,
N. j.
G. w. Atkinson took the oath of office
on the front steps of the state capitol
as governor of West Virginia.
Lave 1OuLA, 4dVc A1uuSaGcI VI OnC
Brooklyn Baseball club and at one time
one of the star pitchers of the country,
died in Baltimore.
A. w. Wells, oldest member of the
Illinois state senate and leader of the
democratic party in Illinois, died at
Quincy.
John NJ. Dandy, one of Chicago's
Oldest newspaper men, died of pneu-
monia in Los Angeles, CAL, aged "a
years.
James B. Porter, who was secretary
of state from 1861 to 1867, died in Ian
sing, Mich, aged ~ years.
j. II. Henderson has been appointed
United States senator from Florida by
Gov. Bloxham.
All the members of President McKin-
ley's cabinet have taken the oath of Of
flee.
Gov. Lord has appointed ex-senator
81. w. Corbett United States senator to
fill the vacancy caused by the failure
of the Oregon legislature to elect.
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London, March S.-The Daily News
claims to be a bic to announce that there
is every hope OF speedy satisfactory
and peaceful solution of the Cretan
trouble. 1t will add that Greece's reply
to the note of the powers will, by stat
ing her reasons. leave the door open for
further negotiations, though she will
not accept the conditions laid down by
the powers. A Constantinopie dispatch
to the Daily News says, it is understood.
that Greece is willing to withdraw her
fleet from Cretan waters, but suggests
that her troops remainsin the island to
assist IN organizing. order. s.. &. u .s
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-25
ART IN ARCHITECTURE.
DESIGNED AND WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THIS PAPER.
100000

II is q credit to anyone to dress well
and make good appearance; in fact,
it is a duty we owe to our fellow men.
There is quite as much reason that our
homes should make good appearance,
as we'll as being comfortable, for there
we spend the greater part of our time,
and the moral influence of living in
comfortable quarters among pretty
surroundings cannot be otherwise
than good.
The construction of the American
house is greatly governed by climatic
surroundings and the location in which
it is to be built. AS much room and con-
venience for the money, with an at
tractive exterior, is what all want who
are going to build, especially the person
with moderate means, who has perhaps
from 81, 500 to $4,000 to put into home;
and for that cost of cottage it is ex.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-25
Danger Of Water Gns.

In Boston "a people died from as
phyxiation by gas in 1896, which is over
One-third the total number of such
deaths in the district for IS years. This
mortality is believed to be due to the
use of the cheap water gas, which is
comparatively free from odor. 1t con-
tains about 80 to 40 per cent. carbonic
oxide, a most active poison, producing,
when inhaled, speedy death. 1t is esti.
mated that one volume of it diffused
through 100 volumes of air units it to
sustain life. It IS proposed that gas
corporations be compelled to add sufi-
cient petroleum gas to water gas to pro-
duce an odor easily detected.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-25

| parlor and hall, containing furnace and
fuel rooms, and other necessary apart
1nents. The outside walls are of two by
four studding, sheathed outside with
shiplap sheathing, covered with a good
buildingpaper and weatherboardedw with
good clear siding or clapboards. The in
side of the outside walls, and all interior
walls and ceilings are plastered three
coats. The timbers are sound and well
seasoned; stills six by eight; the first
and second floor joist two by ten; raft
ers and studdings two by four. All to be
spaced 16 inches from centers. The floor
joist are well bridged. The floor
throughout is to be of selected pine
flooring, except kitchen and pantry,
which are to be of yellow pine or maple,
all well seasoned and dry when laid. The
doors are all we'll made and paneled in
modern style. Outside. and sliding
doors one and three-fourths inch thick,
all others one and three-eighths inch
thick. Allprincipal doors havetransoms
over them. All two-sashed windows are
to be hung with weights. The interior
finish for hall, parlor, sitting-room and
dining-room is to be of red oak wood
neatly worked and put up. That for the
rear part of the first floor is to be of yell
low pine, and for the second floor to be
of white pine; all finished natural color
in hard oil. The hardware is of good
quality and workmanship throughout.
The painting outside is three coat work
done in best manner of best materials.
The house is heated by furnace and
CRATES, and well "plumbed." 1t can be
erected and finished complete as de-
scribed in most places for $4,000.
E. ALLAN PAYNE.