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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19
EVILS OF CHEWING GUM.
It's Constant stimulation of SaIivary
Glands Causes Indigestion.
Inndnn HosDital.

Attention haa been called to the dangers
attending the sale of Chewing gum by an
inquest which has been recently held at
Lincoln on a child aged between seven and
eight years old who died after eating this
substance which il not unnaturally mag
ined was a sweetmeat. We would point
out. however. that, besides such risks as
this, the habit of masticating this filthy
compound of favored india rubber is UNI
dcubtedly cause of much dyspepsia. The
constant Utilization of the salivary organs
kept up by chewing this stun rot only
causes a steady drain OF saliva. which is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

WILLIS PALMER, President.
]. H. SLATER. Secretary.
ENSLEY, Treasurer.
S. Z. KERCHEVAL. LIST Vice President.
E. j. ROBINSON, I'd Vice President and
COmntrOlIer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

choice and with satisfaction, ,abided by
it, and am not fit to answer for the young
world of to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-19

Philadelphia North American.
1t does not follow that because a New
Jersey man put on a dress suit and white
kid gloves to kill himself suicide is becom-
ing fashionable.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
STREET CAR HELD UP.
Conductor Robbed and Killed Ne
NOrristOwn, Pa.

Conductor Robbed and Killed Near
NOrristOwn, Pa.
Norristown, Pa, Dec. 27.-A trolley
car on the Schuylkill Valley Traction
company's line was held up by four
highwaymen at Swedeland, near here,
about ten o'clock Sunday night. Con-
ductor Charles Galloway, of Norris
town, refused to give up his money and
was shot dead. Three shots were fred
at Motorman Matthias, but none took
effect. After rifling the body of the
conductor of the money and gold
watch the robbers escaped. There were
four women passengers in the car. The
highwaymen guarded them with their
pistols, but made no attempt to rob
them. The men looked like tramps
and escaped in the direction of Phila-
delphia,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
OUTPUT OF GOLD.

Predicted That 1t Will Reach $1O,sNO,-
600 This Winter in the Klondike.
Tacoma, Wash, Dec. 27.-The steam
er Farallon arrived Sunday, bringing
news that John Mcpherson and three
others arrived at Skaguay direct from
Dawson City Novem ber7. Matters were
then quiet in the Klondike, and prepara-
tons for an active winters work and
consequent large gold production were
in progress. Supplies were being hauled
from the Dawson City warehouse to the
mines, though much snow was needed
TO make hauling easy. Prospects were
never better along Bonanza, Hunker,
Bear and other creeks, and an output
of $10,o0o,ooo in gold this winter was
considered certain in spite of the food
shortage. McPherson's party says there
will be no starvat ton there. Some fore
sighted miners have large food supplies,
and will share with the others before
starvation occurs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
WAS MISS HERBERT's FRIEND.
Miss annie Virginia Wells Takes Her
Own Life by Shooting.

Miss Annie Virginia Wells Takes Her
Own Life by Shooting.
Washington, Dec. 27.-The recent
tragic death of Miss Leila Herbert, the
daughter of the ex-secretary of the
navy, is given as the reason for the sui
eide of Miss Annie Virginia Wells, an
accomplished young society woman and
daughter of Mr.. Lewis S. Wells, a we'll
known attorney. The young woman
shot herself through the heart with her
brothers revolver at the residence of
her father, 1911 N street, northwest.
Miss Wells had met Miss Herbert a
number of times, and was very much
attached to her. She herself had been
confined TO the house, for four months
by illness, and this, combined with the
shock caused by the death of her friend,
brought on melancholia, which resulted
in suicide. The deed was apparently
entirely unprecedented.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The Oakland (Cal.) board of trade has
adopted resolutions in favor of the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty.
Secretary Gage has decided that YES
sells in the revenue cutter service shall
be named for tribes of Indians.
: A bill has been introduced in the Vir-
ginia senate forbidding the whipping
post for persons guilty of petty larceny.
Jonathan Ross, chief judge Of the SUI
preme court of Vermont, had served
upon the supreme court bench % years,
December /.
A monument has just been erected
over the grave of Thomas Kempis in
the Church of St. Michel, at Zwolle, 426
years after his death.
Appraisers of the estate of the late
Charles F. Croker, of San Francisco,
filed report placing the value of the
property at $7.O32,12
A wood working machinery trust has
been organized and will be incorpo-
rated under the Laws of New Jersey,
with capital stock Of $4,ooo,0oo.
Miss Wilhelmina Sandstone and Ne
hemian milestone, of Limestone,
Tenn, were married few days ago by
Rev. Mr.. Windstone at Flintstone.
On the new postal cards there will!
appear, for the first time in any postal
issue, the head of John Adams, the Sec
ond president of the United States.
Commissioner Evans, of the pension
bureau, is strong advocate of the pol
icy of publishing the entire list of per-
sons who draw pensions from the gov
eminent.
w. C. Mcdonald, the millionaire to-
bacco manufacturer in Montreal, whose
gifts to McGill university aggregate
nearly $3,oO0,o00, has just given $250,O0O
more to the institution.
The American Missionary associa ton,
in its ffty-frst annual report, shows
that during the last few months hum
dreds of students have been turned
away from the schools for want of
funds. =. 49,"
The late Prof. Tyler was one of the
few eminent men who were twice hon
cred by Harvard with the degree of doc:
tor. So far as known, there arc only
four men who have twice received this
distinction..}: 4, T.
The Kings Daughters of Richmond
are to appeal to the Virginia Legislature
to suppress the playing of football
within the limits of the state. They
say the game should be discoun-
tenanced by, every civilized community.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
WEST AND SOUTH.

During a riot in the courthouse at
Macarthur, o., Elijah Brown and Plyly
Teeters were fatally injured.
A. Fl. Dolphin, w. H. Hughes, John
w. Bright and Samuel Sewer, hunters
from Chicago, were frozen to death
near Dawes creek, in Newton county,
Ky.
The oldest man in Minnesota, Bazille
Luprenent, died at Little Falls in his
one hundred and tenth year.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to wreck Burlington passenger train
near Murray, Ia.
Near Pennington, Ind, a buggy con-
tanning William Pearcy and Miss
Brooks was struck by train and the
latter was killed and the former fatal
ly hurt.
For wife murder sonly Ryan was
hanged at Greensboro, n.
On January II next the ninth annual
convention of the United Mine Workers
of America will be held at Columbus, o.
Flames damaged the Power and Will
shire blocks in the business center of
Cleveland, o., to the extent of $500,000.
Near Tiff City, Mo-, the two little
children of George Coakley, a farmer,
were killed and eaten by vicious hogs.
The freight traffic through the
United States and Canadian Sault
canals for the year 1897 exceeds all
previous years by nearly 100000 tons.
At the age of 90 years William Bes-
ley, whose name is known all over the
west on account of his large brewing
interests, died in Waukegan, Ill.
The trip from Honolulu to San Fran
cisco was made by the steamer China
in IA days ~ hours and is minutes,
beating all previous records.
Flames destroyed the Coliseum build
ing in Chicago, the loss being $35o,oOO
on the structure and $125,000 on ex-
hibits contained therein. One man was
burned to death and many other per-
sons were injured.
In Chicago fire and an explosion in
the building occupied by the Tosetti
Cafe and Restaurant company caused q
loss of 100000 and % persons were in
jured.
In the depopulated districts of west
tern Kansas 200 schoolhouses are to
be sold at auction.
For killing his wife Peter Coleman
was hanged at Vancouver Court House,
Va.
At Park River, N. D., the wife of Jacob
]. Payer. well-to-do farmer, commit
ted suicide after killing her four little
children with poison. Family trouble
was the cause.
In Chicago the grand jury voted IS
indictments against proprietors of al
legged gambling resorts, among those
indicted being three aldermen.
Miss Clara Brattain and Mrs. John
Moore were killed by the cars at Ter
hume. Ind. Mrs. Moore had only been
married one day. i. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

President McKinley's mother wrote
little sketch of his early life which has
in it more worth than many campaign
biographies. Abiding. to her family
cares she said in one Of those simple
sentences that say so much Il did the
best I could, of course, but I had six
children, and had all my own work to
do" Her experience is that of millions
of women who "do their own work" and
do it so well that their memories are
blessed in countless homes. a good
woman's work is never done, and it is
doubtful if the busiest man labors more
industriously than does the ordinary,
careful housewife. ,ys ..z.. ..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
LATER NEWS,

The most profound distress prevails
among many thousands of people in
Cuba Starvation not only impends,
but is an actual fact. The president
has been informed of the facts from
source whose credibility cannot be
doubted.
The Russian forces have occupied
the city of Kin Chan. an important
walled city at the head of the Gulf of
Dau Tung, China.
Lord Salisbury, the English PREMIER
has written to United States Ambassa-
dor Hay, declining to enter into an
agreement to stop sealing.
Five hundred Italians employed by
Beckwith & Quackinb busch. highway
contractors at Little Falls, N. Y,
struck for an advance of wages from
70 to Is cents per hour.
. The. Coliseum at Chicago which was
burned Christmas Eve, was set on fire
by a pet dog. An explosion: Of gaso-
line set the dog on fire. Lolita, dan
Ger in the Cuban village, says Frank
Murphy, an employe in the X-ray
booth, confessed to her that he caused
VIC OK pIOSlOu.
During a fire at New Haven. Pa, in
the residence of Mrs. Mary Ann Brow
dy, Miss Nancy Browdy, aged 46, was
so badly burned that she cannot sur
we.
The six-round pugilistic contest at
Chicago between Joe Wolcott and Tom
Tracy was declared draw.
The Overman Bicycle company Of
Chicopee Falls, Mass, has assigned.
Liabilities, $329, 1000; assets, 81, 3ls, 600.
A decree of foreclosure was entered
at Milwaukee against the Wisconsin
Central railway.
1t is officially announced that Horace
G.. Burt, third vice president of the
Chicago g. Northwestern railroad CON-
pany has been selected for the presi-
dency of the Union Pacific.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

The Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.
of Indian territory, seem in earnest in
the determination to leave United
States soil if arrangements can be made
with the Mexican government for the
location of colonies aggregating $4,000
natives south of the Rio Grandh. The
white men who covet the valuable lands
held by the Indians will not regret their
going, but the Indians themselves may
make a serious mistake. Doubtless
they have some real grievances, but in
the main they are now well treated, and
many of them have become rich and
PROSPEROUS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

It will be remem bered that an inves-
tigation by the treasury department
about a year ago showed Former Lii
brarian A. r. Spofford to be about $780,
COO short in his accounts. Now it ap-
pears that q large part, if not all
of this deficit, which Mr.. Spofford
promptly made good out of his own
pocket, will be accounted for by great
batch of old money orders which the
absent-minded librarian had put aside
and forgot to cash. Librarian J. Russell
Young and First Assistant Postmaster
General Heath say that some of the Or
ders date back % years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

Miss Lucinda Day died at the age Of 80
years in a quaint little brick house il1
West Springfield, Mass, where she had
lived all her life. Seventy years ago
Miss Day had love affair. Her lover
was sailor, and on his departure for a
voyage Miss Day promised to place
every night a lighted candle in the win
dow to greet him if he returned in the
night. He has not since been heard
from, but Miss Day refused to believe
him dead. The night of her death was
the first time for 20 years the candle
had not shone in the window.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Russia has been granted permission
by China to winter squadron at Port
Arthur. ~ r r.. ! J:
It is said that Japan has withdrawn
it's objections to the annexation of Ha-
waii BY the United States. =
In Jamaica business is almost para
lyzed owing to the depressed price of
sugar.
Around Smyrna, Asia Minor, num-
Der of earthquakes occurred and sew
eral persons were killed and many in
jured.
Mussulmans on the Island of Crete
attacked q caravan near Amino and
killed, ~ Christians. @
Within ten miles of Havana Cuban in
surgents were burning canefields.
BY an explosion Of fire damp in BORT
mund, Prussia, 16 persons were killed.
Seventeen British war ships were off
Chemulpo, Corea, supporting the Brit
ish consuls protest against the kings
practically yielding the government of
Corea into the hands of the Russian
minister.
BY january Capt. Gen. Blanco de-
clares that Cuba will be under an au-
Economical government.
In London Mrs. Jarvis and her nine
children, the youngest a baby, were
burned to death at their home.
A Spanish squadron, comprising four
gunboats and two tugs, which was op-
Grating in the vicinity of Manzanillo,
was forced from tla mouth of the Ca nto
river by the insurgents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
News IN Brief,

Inc expenses Tor conducting and
maintaing the city of St. Paul for tho
year 1898, as estimated by the city
comptroller, will be 81, 72S. s27
Joseph Schmidt and Charles Schmidt.
North Minneapolis youths. who are
supposed to have been responsible for
the recent tampering with mail boxes,
were arrested and are held for the
United States authorities.
William Munich. of Crookston, was
given verdict of $500 against the
Great Northern road for the loss of
an arm while coupling cars.
Henry Perkins, of Moorhead, was
given 80 days in jail for threatening
his mothers life because she would
not deed her property to him.
st. Clouds new theater was formally
opened by Frederick Warde. who
played '"Iskander.
Gov. Clough has appointed B. F.
Schumacher, of St. Paul, and John
Coates. of st. Cloud, delegates to rep
resent the state of Minnesota at the
national fisheries congress, which will
be held at Tampa, Fla, Jan. 10.
Representative Tawney has recon-
mended Lawrence O'Brien for post
master at Preston.
Andrew Eaton was found lying dead
In an empty barn at Red Wing. He
had entered the place while intoxi-
Gated and frozen to death. He was
about so years old and formerly lived
at Frontenac.
c. A. Van Duzee, of St. Paul, has
been elected colonel of the Third regi-
ment of the state militia.
The St. Sigfrid Episcopal church at
Cekato was formally consecrated by
Rt Rev. NJ. n. Gilbert, bishop of Min
nesOta-
The village of Jordan has made a
contract for operating an electric light
plant for the=term of five years.
IL the case of Louis Christensen vs..
the Winona Street Railway and Light
company. a, verdict was returned for
the plaintiff of $4,000, in the United
States court The suit was on account
of an accident to the plaintiffs young
son, who had a leg cut off by car
last June.
Samuel Baltimore, an escaped con-
vict, was recaptured near White Bear.
and is again in prison. He was on his
way to st. Paul and offered no resis-
lance when captured. He was reduced
in grade, but not put in the solitary.
Davis g. Taber, of the Shell Prairie
bank, have decided to establish =
branch at Bermidji
The Pioneer mine at Ely, one of tho
best mining properties in the country,
has closed down, throwing $50 men
out of employment. This action marks
crisis in the relations between tho
fee owners and lease holders.
George Howard, recently released
from the reformatory, has been arrest
ed for stealing team from a St.
Joseph farmer. He sold the horses in
Princeton. -
Charles johnson. q farmer near
Melby, died from injuries received by
being thrown from his wagon while
his team was running away. He war
about SO years old and married.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
Rabbits for the Poor.

Denver, COL, Dec. 27.-Parson Thomas
Uzzell distributed 5000 jack rabbits
among the poor people who applied for
them Saturday forenoon. These rab-
bits were shot in the annual hunt at
Lamar, Col. Arrangements are being
made to feed 1000 people at the annual
Christmas dinner at the United taber-
nacle Tuesday.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

Men who have passed the prime of life
are wont to speak with certain kind of
envy of the young people who are about
to enter upon active life at the begin
ming of the twentieth century. The
feeling is that the next generation is to
see greater advance in, the world, a
greater advance III civilization than has
ever yet been attained in any equal
period. The outlook before the young
man of to-day is matter of interesting
speculation.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
MARKETS..
Minneapolis, Dec.

Minneapolis, Dec. ~.
Wheat-No. northern, '9415 to CSC;
No. 2 northern, ssl to sec; May, 9o%c.
Corn-No. 8, CSC.
Oats-No. white, % to o3c.
Cattle-Steers, $3.50 to 1915; cows,
$2.60.
Hogs-$3. 90 to 325.
sheep-Mutton, SO. 10 to $50; lambs,
$4.25. ...: il: T.
Butter-Creamery, extras, 81 to 22c.
creamery, firsts, 20 to 21c; dairy, fancy,
10 to zoe. dairy, choice, Is to Ice.
Poultry-Turkeys, to 8; spring
cqickens, toS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

The health authorities of Indianapolis
say that diphtheria and other con-
tagious diseases are spread in that city
by the use in common by school children
of penholders and lead pencils. These
are gathered in box each evening and
redistributeo the next day to different
pupils. In this way pencil finds it's
way into the mouths of scores of chill
Irop
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

Washington Remington, the last of
the famous Remington triplets, died at
his home in North Smithfeld, r. l., the
other day, aged 81 years. He was son
of Henry Remington, and, with his
brothers, Jefferson and Monroe, now
both dead, was born on the same day in
the year 1916. At that time three presi-
dents, Washington, Jefferson and Mon
roe, had served their terms, and the
proud father. named his three sons after
the presidents of the United States.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
ChOked by TObaccO.

Sioux Falls, s. D., Dec. 27.-The post
mortem examination of the body of
John Mcdonnell, supposed to have been
killed by Gilbert Gilman Friday night,
was finished Saturday afternoon, re-
vealing the presence in his windpipe of
chew of tobacco, and the physicians
now claim that instead of being killed
by Gilman's blow he died of strangula-
ton.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
Strange Manner in Which a Texan
SclOOlgirl Was Killed.

Fort Worth, Tex, Dec. 27.-Ludie
Greenleaf, aged ten, was found dead in
the scoolhouse at Rockland, in Tyke
county. She had gone to the school,
room late in the afternoon to get her
books. The door being locked she
climbed in at the window. In going
out the sash fell, striking her on the
back of the neck, cho king her to death.
A searching party putin the night hunt
ing for the girl, and at daylight the
body was found hanging from the win
dow.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

Adele Marie Juana Patti, better
known as Adelina Patti, was born Feb
ruary 10, 1s43, and is therefore nearly IS
years old. She has castle in Wales,
and is reported to be worth over 81 ,0OO,-
600. She receives $4,000, however, for
singing in concert, and, although her
voice is not what it was ten years ago,
she still appears frequently in London
and the provinces
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

Mining for whisky is what Kansas
City is arranging to do. Some 40 years
ago cargo of corn whisky was sunk in
the Missouri river. Where the river
then ran is now dry land, and it is pro-
posed to dig down and lift out the bar
rels. But it is no use for old topers to
start for Kansas City until further no.
tice-the hoops may have given way be-
fore this
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
Makes Another An,,en,.

New York, Dec. 27.-The committee
having charge of the Henry George me-
mortal fund have made another appeal
for subscriptions. In their report the
committee state that $4,000 has been
subscribed, but that this is in no wise
adequate for the'erection of memorial
such as had been contemplated. . =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

Secretary Gage touches upon the re-
port of the bureau of immigration,
which states that immigration to the
United States during the. fiscal year
ended June 80, 1897, shows decrease Of
112,435 from the arrivals for the pre-
ceding fiscal year, and was the smallest
in volume since the subject has been
under federal supervision, where it was
placed by the act Of August 3, 1882.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

A New Orleans paper. says the home
production of beet sugar will be pow
erful ally for cane sugar in this country.
It will also be something of that nature
in the American farmers bank account.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
A Messare of Peace.

London, Dec. 27.-The Times, COM
menting editorially this morning on
the pope's encyclical, says: The pope
has approached the. very difficult Man.
itoba problem in the spirit of concilia-
ton and compromise, and the, en-
cyclical can be honestly designated as a
message of peace. 49, - -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

There should be no opposition to the
bill introduced by Congressman Bar
rett, of Massachusetts,, forbidding the
use of the United States flag for adver
Using purposes. Such misuse of the
national standard is permitted nowhere
else on earth.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

On January 10 the Iowa legislature
will meet in Des Moines.
In Alaska the output of gold this win
ter is estimated at $4,000, 900.
s Fire destroyed the NJ. D. Hartericom-
pany's Touring mill at Fostoria, o.,
the loss being $3.50, 900. D. = &ss% oa# :gss$$
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30
Still More Trouble.

The sheriff of st. Louis county has
levied on thesnains of the Duluth Gas
and Water company on an execution
issued under judgments for personal
property taxes for 1894, 1895 and 1885,:
amounting to $3.50 Notices were
posted in the usual form, advertising
the sale under execution Jan. 4. There
is an interesting question involved, a.
q mortgage is being foreclosed in tho
United States court, the commissioner
having been appointed to make sale,
and the company claims that the plant
is in the hands of the court. It may
come to a conflict with the United
States cOnrt
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-30

An exchange thinks that enc honest
working man, no matter how wet and
dirty with perspiration, is worth more
to q community than a score of dudes
and a hundred other loafers, no matter
how rich their parents.