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~ terrific fire on Saturday. Rowe
d Co.'S large livery barn. with its con-
tents. was burned to the ground.
Charles Taylor. one of the proprietors,
and family lived over the barn. Mrs.
Taylor. her daughter. and an old man
named Clark were buried beneath the
fallen roof and burned to death The
building was so suddenly enveloped in
flames that they could not escape. MIR.
Taylor got out. but he was frightfully
burned and cut. DR.. A. L. Compton, a
veterinary surgeon, and boy who slept
in the office escaped The cause of the
fire is unknown. The bodies, when
pulled out of the ruins. were burned
beyond recognition. A dozen horses
and carriages and few cattle and some
hay, grain. etc., were burned. The
village had no water supply and moth
ing could be done to extinguish the
flames. The property loss is about
$4,000; partly insured.
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TROOPS m REVOLT.
Islanco's Soldiers Refass TO OBEY Or
ders-Serious St.EatlOn In HavsDs
Mes Demand Pay.

Havana, Nov. 1.-THE Havana mill
tin has been in state Of anarchy and
revolt since Wednesday night The sit
uation is the gravest yet seen here,
While there has not been much blood.
shed. still Spanish troops are dis
satisfied and Gen. Blanco has NO
forces to rely on for keeping order.
Meager accounts only are allowed to be
sent out by direct cable. Owing to Gen.
Blanco's strict orders to the press cen.
sor one cannot give an exact idea Of the
situation. Only one battalion of reg.
ulars. brought Saturday morning from
Matanzas, remains entirely faithful.
and that is guarding the captain gen
erals palace. Blanco himself does not
feel safe. More troops from Matanzas
reinforced the garrison of the palace
just before noon Saturday.
The regulars, commanded by Gen.
Arolas. refused to obey an order to at
tack the orden publico and the civil
guard. which were fortified in their
barracks. Far from doing it, the reg
ulars embraced the mutinous soldiers
of the military police. Gen. AroIas had
to strike a soldier with his saber. The
soldier fell badly wounded Another
soldier then attacked the general with
a machete. One of Arolas' aids inter.
fered and stopped the blow with his
right arm. The soldier is lying and
Col. Gomez. the aid. is badly wounded
The only way to disarm the member~
of the orden publico was by Offering
them payment within "a hours. BIanco
and Arolas pledged their words OF
honor to keep this promise, but the ex-
ample is bad for other troops. Several
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POINTS OF LAW.

The transmission by a telegraph COM
pany of ibelous telegram and its de-
livery in writing at destination are
held, in Peterson VS.. Western Union Tel
cgraph company (Minn.) 40 L. R. A. 661,
to constitute a publication of the libel.
An abrasion of the skin of a toe,
caused by unexpected friction of new
shoe is held, in Western Commercial
Travellers association VS.. Smith C. C..
App. Eighth CO., 40 L. r. A. 653, to be
an accidental injury within the mean
lug of an insurance policy.
A foreign corporation which has off,
GERS and agents in the state, on whom
service of process can be had at any
time, is held, in Turcott VS.. Yazoo NJ. v.
Railway company .(Tenn.), 40 L. Il. A.
76S, not to be tout of the state," within
the meaning of the statute of limita-
tons.
The right to use the name of re-
firing partner under contract for the
continuance of the use of such name
I'm the style of the firm is held, in
Ragby g. R. company VS.. Rivers (Md.)
40 L. r. A. 632, to give no right to the
use of the name by corporation
formed by the continuing partner and
others for carrying on the same bust
ness.
The right of city to accept a grant
fiom another state to operate a toll
road beyond it's own limits and the linn
its OF it's own state, or to be held liable
for defects in such, road if operated by
II. is denied, in Becker VS.. La Crosse
(Wis.), 40 L. R. A. s29, although such
toll road is made to connect with toll
fridge which the city has built uruer
proper authority.
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LEAPED TO HER DEATH.
Insane Girl Jumps from a Railway
Train in Michigan and IL
Instantly Killed.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 14.-Ida Arola,
% years of age, early on Sunday threw
herself through the window OF the
Houghton express on the Michigan Gen.
trail railroad when the train was short
distance from Columbiaville and was
instantly killed. She was, an insane
woman who was being deported to Fin
land in accordance with the immigra-
ton law. she having resided here less
than year. immigration Inspector
Williams and the matron of the Sault
Ste. Marie custom house had the girl
in charge. Williams stated that she had
made no outbreak at any time during
the journey from Marquette, where she
had been detained in Jail. The first her
custodians knew of the sad affair was
when they heard the breaking glass.
MIR. Williams said the dead girl was
suffering from extreme melancholia,
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HANGED HIMSELF.
The Murderer Of an Aged Wisconsin
Couple Commits Suicide
I'm Jail.

Milwaukee. Nov. ia special to
the Sentinel from Manitowoc, Wis,
says: Ernst Messmann, who was ar
rested for the brutal murder of Mr..
and Mrs. John Bahls, at Mishicott, near
Two Rivers on November and placed
in Jail at Manitowoc for safe keeping,
was on Sunday found dead in his CELL
having taken his own life by hanging.
He used long towel to commit the
deed. Before taking his life Messmann
made full confession to the sheriff
of the atrocious crime which tailed
with the theory as given at the time of
his arrest. He first killed Mr.. Bahls in
the barn with an AK. and then went to
the house, where he murdered the old
lady, killing her instantly with large
stone. The crime was committed for
the purpose of robbery, but before
Messmann secured any valuables, he be-
came frightened and made his escape
to the house of his brother, where he
was arrested. 1t is believed that he
committed suicide through fear of be-
ing lynched.
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SPARKS.

In almost every quarrel both parties
are more or less to blame.
No man ever regretted having enter
tanned generous thought or spoken
q kind word.
With an honest man it is possible
to argue q question to = conclusion,
but not with a mere disputant. 81:
Perfect straightforwardness of pur-
pose is not ut all inconsistent with per-
feet courtesy of manner.
The consequences Of telling the truth.
however painful they may be, are never
as hard to bear as the consequences of
telling q falsehood. Nashville Chris
tim Advocate.
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battalions of engineers and artillery
and one of infantry sent word to
Blanco that if not paid they would re-
volt.
Artillery soldiers at Cabanas also re-
VOTED. refusing to embark for Spain.
The cause of the revolts Is that the
orden publico and the troops are paid
ir promisory notes, called abonares
When the soldiers themselves go to the
cashiers the notes are not paid. but the
soldiers say some spectators, who are
in partnership with the generals. buy
the notes at so per cent. discount; then
the whole amount is paid to the spec
ulators. who divide the profits with the
generals. Proclamations arc distrib-
uted among the troops melting them to
revolt. They are signed by sergeants
One proclamation asserts that all off,
GERS have received pay in cash.
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LATER NEWs.

LATER NEWS.
Adjutant General Corbin advises Gov.
Adams, of Colorado, that the troops at
Manila will be relieved and returned
home as soon as volunteers can be sent
to take their places.
Spain offered Havana bankers 81.
225, 900 paper money to pay off troops.
The paper was offered at a few points
below commercial rates, but found no
takers.
The Filipino junta, representatives
of Gen. Aguinaldo and the Filipino
government at Hong Kong, has drawn
up what they designate as an ''appeal
to President Mckinley and the Ameri-
can people," but what is in reality
rather in the nature of an arraign-
ment of American actions in the Phil
ippines.
The Spanish transport Lie Gaspi went
ashore at Punta Boca, near Cienfuegas,
Cuba, and was totally wrecked. All of
her crew was saved.
VIM. Hyckley Crosse. archbishop of
the Oregon Roman Catholic church,
died in Baltimore of heart disease.
The Washington Post states that the
war tax will not be abolished at the
coming short session of congress and
that there will be no revision of the
tariff whatever. It bases this an.
nounccment upon the positive state
ment made by Chairman Dingley of the
ways and means committee.
Congressman Babcoclz chairman of
the republican congressional commit
tee, claims that the republicans will
have lo6 members in the next con-
greSS.
The receivers of the Wisconsin Gen.
trail railroad have applied TO the courts
Tor permission to raise money by a
loan.
Maj. Taylor. the crack co]ored cyclist
broke another worlds records on the
board track at Woodside Park, Phila-
delphia. lie rode for the third of a
mile record of 80 Is seconds made bv
Willie Windlc at Chil1icothe, O., in the
fall Of 1895, and was successful in his
first attempt.
Asa result Of Congressman Fletcher's
visit to the president in behalf of send
ing trained female nurses to Manila,
Adjutant General Corbin was directed
to send cable dispatch to General
Otis stating that the Minnesota people
were very anxious to scEd nurses tC
look after the sick of the 18th rcgi-
ment.
Returning Klondikers bring the
news that the city of Dawson was Wis
ted hy 5000 900 fire in which forty OF
the best buildings were burned.
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The Nebraska Joung imam who de-
serted his bride at the moment of the
ceremony because he discovered that
she had been indulging in cigarette,
will probably have the sympathy of
many man who is not quite ready for
oriental customs among the women.
At the same time, it might be interest,"
ing to inquire into the habits of the
bridegroom. If he is smoker, has he
any real grounds for complaint against
the young lady?
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A telephone man predicts that be-
fore the close of the nineteenth GEN.
fury persons on the Pacific coast will
be talking by telephone to persons on
the Atlantic seaboard. The feat has
already been accomplished between
Kansas City and Boston. Thirty-three
states are now connected by long-dis-
lance telephone systems. and within a
year nearly every other state will have
them. Statistics show that the year
1898 has developed greater activity in
the telephone world than any since it's
invention, and the year 1899 will be the
record breaker.
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New York has decreed that teacher
III the public schools may not marry
and still hold her job unless she can
show some very excellent reason why
an exception should be made in her
case. If Observation-Disclosures, for that
matter. any other young woman
cannot get husband who is able to
support her she had better remain
single. and If she gets husband who
can support her she had better devote
herself to the home rather than the
school. This appears 10 be the course
of reasoning in New York. and it ought
to hold good everywhere.
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WEST AND SOUTH,

WEST AND SOUTH.
Fire wiped out one-half of the bust
ness part of Bloomville, O.
Six or the eight men engaged in the
hold-up of the Great Northern train
near Fergus Falls, Mimi. have been
captured.
Flames in the general store of C. A.
Stearns in Hanover. Miss, were fol-
lowed by an explosion which killed four
men. 20
Flames destroyed 10 buildings in Sib-
ley, Ia, among them being Littlechild
Bros livery barn. where 10 horses were
burned. ..--* ..-...-.
The National Woman's Christian
temperance union began it's annual SEES
sion in ST.. Paul, MINI. g.
In San Francisco E. o. Kragness went
so miles on a bicycle in 2: 1929, making
a new record. -s-.S.s..
Highwaymen robbed William Slagle,
q messenger for the Exchange bank at
Cherubusco, Ind, Of 1890.
While on her way home from Alaska
with a fortune of Sill, 900 q young wom-
an named Crossop, of Minneapolis, was
drowned.
] Two children named Henderson
were killed BY large meteor, which
fell near their home in Perry, O. T.
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The new woman has scored the vic
tory of her cventfull life in Newark, N. j.
A judge of that advanced town has de-
cided that wives belonging to clubs have
a legal right to latchkey and to return
home at any of the small hours that
best suit them, and that husbands who
oppose this right as an exclusive one of
their own are liable to arrest and fine.
This disposes of the whole vexed ques-
ton. The latchkey unlocks the last
fetter binding downtrodden woman to
tyrannical conventions.
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Ell Cubano. newspaper established
in Santiago since the occupation by
American troops, criticises the Amer
can mayor because he works in his Of
flee in his shirt sleeves. FL Cubano says
that it is very undignifed and very
much beneath the honor of the office.
Dignity or no dignity, the American
cleaned up Santiago in four weeks after
the Spaniards failed to make any prog
ress in that direction for 400 years. and
has, done more for the people of that
city in the past month. than the Spanish
mayor did IN a century. The American
is'tbere for business, not for dignity!
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BIG COMBINE.
talists to Unite Sash, Door and
Blind Interests of America,

New York, Nov. IA movement is
On foot looking 10 the consolidation OF
all the sash, 'oor and blind interests Of
America. The new compan, will prob
ably be known as the Consolidated Sash
Door and Blind company. The combina
ton is backed by English capital.
1t is said that there is at present in.
vested in this country $4,000, 900 in the
sash, door and blind business. In the
factories operated by this capital there
are $4,000 employees who are paid tota
yearly wages of $3o,ooo.ooo, while the
value of the output of these factories is
e:timated at $96. 100000 yearly.
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A society which aims to be to the
soldiers who enlisted for the Spanish
American war what the Grand Army of
the Republic has been to the federal
army of the civil war has been organ
lied in Lexington, Ky. 1.-THE Service
Men of the Spanish War" is the title of
the new society, and the plan of organ
ization was the idea of Capt. Wilson I.
Davenny, commissary of subsistence of
the First brigade, Second division, First
army corps.
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The United States is coming to the
front as a silk producer. Thirty years
ago our annual output of silk was but
little more than $6,oOo,0O0 in value,
while now it reaches over $S7 1000, 1000.
The imports of silk areHalling off also,
and from the highwater mark in silk
imports of $36,oo0,ooo in 1888 they have
now dropped down to $23,0C0,O0O. A
little export trade has also been built
up, and if there is anything that your
Uncle Samuel cannot produce we would
like to know what it is!
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STRIPPED BY NATIVES.
Everything Movable Taken from tn,
Maria Teresa as She Lies on
Shore of Cat Island.

Nassau, n. p, Nov. A.-The tug Poto-
mac, from Santiago de Cuba, which has
been visiting the stranded cruiser In.
fanta Maria Teresa off Cat island, has
arrived here in order to obtain a per.
nit to- work on the ship. She :will,re.
turn to Cat island: The cruiser is ~
ing one mile off shore and is. in two
fathoms OF, water. /. The natives have
destroyed the temporary deck and have
carried away everything movable,
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seen on the helpless vessel. She was
lost to view in the darkness and is sup
posed to have foundered. Velliquet says
The boat was small coaster and must
have been a stone or coal carrier be-
tween Detroit and Cleveland or Can
adian craft that carried farm produce
into American ports at this time of the
year. No vessel is missing from this
n0rf
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A. new terror is in store for those who
speak the taal. Motor cars are being
rapidly introduced into South Africa.
as into other parts of the world, and of
course some word must be used to
denote them. This, in accordance with
decision of the Flemish academy at
Antwerp. will probably be Snelpaarde-
neutrality-suspicious..
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Adjt. Gen. Corbin says that the wear
ing of medals oy volunteer soldiery is
not regulated by law. The Army and
Navy Journal, however, thinks that it
should be and says: Every soldier in
the army should receive medal or
cross for war service. but he ought to
get it from the nation and not from his
ward neighbors or fellow townsmen.' -
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Strikera Win

Virden. ILL.,, Nov. l4.-The Chicago
Virden Coal company has conceded all
the demands of the miners, aud the
shaft is expected to open Tuesday.
This statement is source Of much joy
10 the citizens of this city. although It
has cost the lives of SO many Of the
citizens Of neighboring shafts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-11-17

John Ferguson, who " orks farm
near Calhoun. Ga, is so years old, just
over eight feet tall and weighs 316
pounds. Up to the age of 20 he was
an invalid, but after that time he in
creased in Drawn and muscle with mi
raculous rapidity. until at the age of
80 he was, as he is now, a veritable
giant. He is 4S inches around the chest
and a. around the waist.
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County treasurer Robbed.

Charlton, Ia, Nov. 14.-Thieves en-
tered the. office Of County Treasurer
Culbertson while that official and his
clerks were at dinner Saturday; and
robbed: the vault Of 81 600. The combi-
uation OF. the vault where the. county
funds were kept was unlocked ty the
thieves. who were evidently experts.
They escaped by a rear. door. Sheriff
Manning and aposse are pursuing the
robbers with bloodhounds.
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Several scientific papers have recent
ly announced the discovery that the
odor of sweet peas is very obnoxious to
flies, and that when placed in a room it
will keep it free from these very tire
some nests
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-11-17

A New England bark cashier who
absconded recently is described as be-
Ing "short and taking in his way" But
that will hardly serve to distinguish
him from other missing cashiers.
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Thirty Per Cent. siclx.

Springfield. ILL.,, Nov. 14.-Advices re-
ceived In this city from members Of the
Eighth Illinois volunteers (coloredl.
row in Santiago province. Cuba, .tate
that fully 80 per cent. Of the regiment
ere in hospitals.
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Death Of Judge MONTGOMERY

Lansing, Mich, Nov. 14.-Judge Mar
tin Van Buren, Montgomery, who was
appointed commissioner of patents in
March, 1885, by President Cleveland.
subsequently resigning to accept seat
on the supreme bench Of the District OF
Columbia, died at his home here Satur.
day night. He resigned from the bench
in October, 1892, and has since prac-
ticed law here. He was So years old.
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COming Back for Trial.

London, Nov. 14.-On the Cunard line
steamer Lucania. which sailed Satur.
day for New York. was Mrs. Nancy
Guilfort1. the Bridgeport, Conn.,. mid.
wife who has been extradited to stand
trial for the murder of Emma Gill, OF
Southington, Conn.
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NOVEMBER 1873.

The egg crop of the United States
last year amounted to $4,000 900 doz-
ems. That is something to cackle over,
without saying anything about crow
ing.
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Will Make . Tour Of the World.
Denver, COL, Nov. 14.-After the ex-
piration OF his term of governor in jan
uary next Gov. Adams will start on a
tour around the world. He will visit
first the Hawaiian and Philippine is
lands and will return through india,
Egypt and the Mediterranean.
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VIII Tie I'm Tor winter

Wit TIC Up TOT "tnteF.
San Francisco, Nov. IA. - The wbal-
ing barks Grayhead and Andrew Hicks
have gone to Oakland creek. where they
will tie up for the winter. Others Of the
fleet will follow within few DAYS.
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Permanent Umce Eee.l,,.s.

Huntsville, Ala. Nov. 1.-THE war
department has established . perma-
pent paymaster's Office here in charge
ct Maj. &. B. Marsh and s. II. Tyler.
The remaining regiments will be paid
at once.
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Several Killed.

Antwerp, Nov. 14.-An explosion &c.
Cured at this port on board the steamer
Stadaalst and killed several persons.
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THREE PERISH IN FLAMES.
Destruction of Livery Barn ut Perry
Mich. Results In a Dis
tressinK TraEedy

Owosso. Mich. Nov. IA. The village
of Perry, south of this city, was visited
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4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of q
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
Washington, From the East the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
WAR NEWS.

WAR NEWS.
Gen. Blanco will leave Hsvana No
vember 20 for Spain.
Gen. Lawton will go to Cuba to in
vestigate the feasibility of utilizing the
Havana volunteers as civil guard dur
ing and after the evacuation by the
Spaniards.
The Vulcan left Newport News to
search for the cruiser lnfanta Maria
Teresa, supposed to be ashore on Cat
island.
The Americans at the meeting in
Paris of the peace commissioners de-
clined to recede from the position
taken concerning the Philippines.
In Havana Gen. Blanco ordered the
arrest of two Spanish editors who
wrote insulting articles against Ameri-
cans.
A Madrid dispatch says that the
government has decided to maintain
sovereignty over the Philippines, and
that Senior Montero Rios, the president
of the Spanish peace commission. rec
cmmends the abandonment of the nego-
tiations.
The annual report of Maj. Gen. Miles.
commanding the army, was made pub
lie by the war department.
The stranded vessel off Cat is!end
has been found to be the Infanta Maria
Teresa.
w. A. Williams, chief quartermaste1
at Havana, and his clerk, F. T. Stewart
died of yellow fever.
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley ar.
rived in New York from Porto Rico on
board the cruiser Newark.
Dispatches say that the United States
demands cession of the Philippines
without paying any compensation o,
assuming any debt. Spain is expected
to refuse, and after the islands are
seized by the Americans, will lay the
matter before the powers.
"A Washington dispatch says that
Spain will be given until December to
accept the peace terms laid down by the
United States or to withdraw from the
Paris conference. Cession of the entire
Philippine group, without recompe1ise
will be insisted upon by the Americans