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The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

DEATH D y ] CON ES TO NAN 7.
Series os Fatal Mishaps at va:
rious Points
s1eighinE Party 1t sasinaw, Mich,
Struck BY . Train and Three Per-ssss
sons .Ktllcsl-- SIX Boston Fire rs, F
b. Il III slaea Lose 9Tkeir Lives ,sss

Saginaw, Mich, Feb. Three per.
sons were killed and one fatally hurt
Saturday might at the Sheridan avenue
crossing OF the Michigan Central rail.
road. Thomas Stewart, grocer, and
MRS. Elizabeth Alossner andmher two
daughters, Barbara .Mossnery and Mrs
Elizabeth Menchke,: were driving insa
Sleigh when the train struck them a,
the crossing, Stewart, Mrs. aMossnel
aud Barbara Mossner were instantly
killed. Mrs. Menchke. was fatally hur,
and taken to the hospital in; dying con.
dltlon There is no gate at the crossing
and the train was running at q high rate
OF speed. Stewart was we'll known in
masonic circles, and leaves: a wife and
several children, 49,: Il,
Spokane, Wash, Feb. IA special tt
the Spokesman from Ritzville, WASH,
says: Probably ono of the worst wrecks
for several years on this division of the
Northern Pacific railroad occurred late
Saturday night near Lake, a station
about 25 miles east of Pasco, when the
east-bound passenger train No. Z
plunged into washout unknown to the
engineer. None of the trainmen or pas
sengers were killed. Two hoboes, who
were beating their way: on: the. blind
baggage car, were crushed between the
tender and mail car, one of them was in.
stantly killed, while the other one lived
but a short time. Another man was
fatally injured and will probably die.
Boston. Feb. six firemen. includ:
ing district chief, captain and a
lieutenant, were killed at a fire here
Saturday morning which burned. out
the interior of a five-story building on
Merrimac street occupied by G. W
Bent & Co., manufacturers of beds, bed
ding. etc. .-,...:
The dead are:
John F. Egan, district chief.
James Victory, captain of engines IS: ant
George ]. Gottwald. lieutenant of engin,
80.
Patrick H. Disken, hoseman.
John J. Mulhern,: fireman. ~: T..
w. J. Walsh. hoseman.
Four other firemen were buried in thu
ruins. but they escaped with more OF
less serious oinjuries. y. ... =
The fire is supposed to have. started
in the rear of the fourth story. The
firemen had entered.a wihdow*and were
at work on the fourth floor when thu
roof collapsed, tearing away the tor
floor and the one on which the ireme1
were: engaged burying them beneath
the wreck. ~, ~. -. T. :,
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
THE TRIAL At [ LATTiMER.
Ex1Aence sas to brutal Threat by
Fts ! ssss 81 DGputy StFickenH Ont. E55

zExlAence ~ to- Brutal Threat BY .
3 Deputy stricken Out
. Wilkesbarre, Pa Feb. THE first
/ week OF the trial of.Sheriff Martin and
hiss deputies ended Saturday with the
car well binder way, and the jury hiav-
I ing slot of evidence to think about
over Sunday. There was the usual
crowd at the morning session. s s4s
The first witness,s Michael 1Nichol
.sop. described the<condition of some OF
u sthessWounded on the road near 4Latti-
mer. One man died as he watched him;
i've others whom he saw were badly
wounded. 81 .-5s& sssss88%5, 7 s. sss
The witness came upon a dying
striker, and was Joined by man named
Costello. While they were@trying to aid
thegman, a deputy named Alfred Hess
came up, and Costello,: with great in
dignation, said it was a scandalous
piece of work thesdeputies had done,
whereupon Hess replied: "'You shut up,
orIll treat you the same way"
The defense objected to this reference
to Hess, and the evidence was stricken
The next witness, one of the most i'm
poItant of those to be heard on behalf
ofSthe commonwealth, was John Egler,
Aeeretary of the Harwood union of
the United Ironworkers. He told how,
on. the night before the shooting, a
meeting had been held at Harwood, and
thamen gathered there decided to march
oyer to Lattimer that day to show them
selves to the men at'that place at the
request of these men. Witness got an
American flag and nailed it 10 a long
pole he had cut. They agreed, he said
to march unarmed, and to behave peace
ably. Speaking of the meeting with the
sheriff and deputies at West Hazleton
witness said: "They rushed at us and
pointed their guns in our faces and told
us to stop. explained to the sheriff
that we were just going to show our.
selves to the Lattimer men, and were
going to do no harm to anybody. The
sheriff said: If you get to ,Lattimer
you must kill me- Burgess Jones, o1
West Hazleton, said we could march
through the streets, and so the sheriff
and deputies went away and W.
marched on to Lattimer."
The witness said that at Lattimer b,
again told the sheriff they were no
armed and would behave themselves
The sheriff pulled a couple of men ou
| of the ranks and drew his revolver, nj
witness saw him trying to shoot one O.
| the strikers. The revolver did not ex
plode, however, and then a crowt
/ formed around the sheriff. At this tim,
there was shot, and then three or fou
shots, and at last volley. Witness
| fell down between two men, but dit
not think the men were shooting bal
| cartridges until he saw one of the mel
bleeding. Then he got up and raj
with the rest and the bullets kept whiz
zing about his ears. He saw lots O
wounded men. but did not go near tn
deputies as he was afraid.
On cross-examina tion Egler admitte,
that when the sheriff told them to dis
! perse he said: eve amt going to; "
are going to Lattimer."
After the cross-examinati ation of Egle
the court adjourned.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

The people of California recently cell
ebrated in San Francisco the fiftieth an
niversary of the discovery of gold in
that state under the name of the golden
Jubilee. The yield during the first year
(1848) is estimated at $4,000, 900, and in
1897 it was estimated at $4,000, 900.
The total gold production of the. state
since the discovery of the metal there is
estimated at $4,000 o,00o,0oo-a greater
amount than was ever obtained from a
single district of like character, though
the Alaska gold fields may equal or ex-
ceed it in the course of time. California
is a great state.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
Anson Won't Accent

Chicago, Feb. I'll refuse to accept
anything in the shape of gift. The
public owes Inc nothing. I'm not old
and am no pauper. Il can earn my own
living. Besides that I'm by NO means
out of baseball" Such is the declara-
tion made by former Captain Manager
Adrian C. Anson Saturday. Part Of it
came in the form of a letter TO A. G.
Spalding, read at meeting of the Chi
cago Athletic association to establish
the Anson testimonial. Unless Arson
can be induced to reconsider, which is
not likely, the matter is;at an end.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
LATER NEWS.


Japan is about to send 5000 laborers
to Dawson City.
The wife of w. w. Place. an insur.
ance adjuster living in Brooklyn, N
Y, killed her mother-in-law by burn.
ing her face and body with acids, at.
tacking her husband with hatchet
and cut him so badly about the head
that he may die, and then locked her.
self in room and turned on two gas
jets. When found by an ambulance
surgeon she was unconscious. but it is
believed that she will recover.
A duel was fought near Sexton, TO-,
between Albert Rahm and Herman
Necker on account of woman. Both
men were wounded and are in a pre-.
carious condition.
An uprising of moonshiners is threat
ened in the mountain district of Clay.
burn county, Ark, and the United
States authorities have been appealed
to for assistance to protect the law
abiding citizens of the locality.
The works of the Bradley Twine and
Cordage company at Dayton, O., were
destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
American lumber is now the subject
of discrimination at the hands of the
German government, according to the
report of Mr.. Keenan,, United States
consul at Bremen. =
J. 81. Polk, aged IS years, and post
master at Goodwin, Ga., was .mur.
dered by unknown parties and his
store robbed.
A big deal, by which every brewery
in Cleveland, O., will pass into the
hands of syndicate of eastern capital.
lists, has just been completed in New
York.
Communication was received by the
senate from the secretary of war the
7th prefenting the urgent necessity
for immediate action to control the
disorderly elements that are assem-.
bling in Alaska.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
Gold from, Australia.

San Francisco, Feb. 1.-THE steam
ship Mariposa, from Sydney, Australia,
due here February 10, is reported to
have on board nearly $5oo,ooo Austria.
liam gold consigned to the Anglo-Cali-
fornia bank, of this city. Added to the
former receipts, this will bring the total
shipments of gold from that source for
this season up to 3,0o0, 900, by far the
largest amount ever received in Cali.
fornia from Australia during any one
year in settling the balance of trade in
favor of this country.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
WEST AND SOUTH.


The Main street school building was
burned at Columbus, O., but 300 chill
dren were marched out safely.
While chopping wood at Earl, Tenn,
Samuel Webster accidentally decap-
itated his stepson.
In the Carnegie mines in Ironwood,
Mich, 1000 employees have received an
advance of ten per cent. in wages.
One of the most prominent Cherokees,
D. W. Bushyhead, died at Tahlequah,
I. T., aged IS years. He had in turn
filled every Office in the nation.
From Tacoma, Wash, the steamer
Queen sailed for Alaska with $50 pas
sengers, 1900 tons of freight and 200
dogs.
On the same day Henry Gilbert, aged
81 years, and his wife, aged 81, died in
Kalamazoo, Mich. Mr.. Gilbert was the
first editor in western Michigan.
At Edwardsville, ILL.,, an earthquake
shock lasting three minutes was felt.
'Maude Ely, who murdered her little
daughter at Painesville, o., last August,
committed suicide in Jail.
At Crescent, w. Va, George P. Tuck
er, coal miner, shot and killed his wife
and William McAllister, whom he sur
prised together at his home.
At Hematite, Mo-, a COW aderailed a
train and Engineer Franey and Fire
man Childs, both Of st. Louis, were
killed.
Republicans of the Sixth district
Of Illinois have renominated Henry. S.
Boutell for congress. .-%,
Flames destroyed the Highland Park
hotel atsAiloen, s. c., the loss being$14O,-
600. ss@ :.
William Fl. Martin, an ex-congress-
man, died at his home near HiNsboro,
Tex.
Andrew Alley was shot dead at Mer-
Ger, Mo-, and Joe, Alley, his cousin and
partner in a.. general store, was NOR
tally wounded by Peter Kindred in a
quarrel over debt.
The saloons i'm Toledo, o., will here
after be closed on Sunday.
At railway crossing in Saginaw,
Mich, train struck a sleigh, and Thom-
as Stewart and Mrs. Matthias Mosner
and her daughter were killed.
In q fire which burned the Victor Jail
in Colorado three men were burned to
death and another received fatal in
juries.
An incendiary5 fire destroyed the
cathedral, in Savannah, of St. John the
Baptist, the head seat Of the Catholic
church in the state Of Georgia, the loss
being $225,0OO. .ts VI z85
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The City of Atlanta, Ga, as a corpora.
ton is half century old and the event
was appropriately celebrated.
Robert j. has paced 90 heats in 2:1o
or faster; Joe Patchen. &C; John R.
Gentry, SO, and Star Pointer, 81.
Peter Busch, son of Adolphus Busch
the wealthy brewer of St. Louis, has
gone to seek his fortune in Alaska.
"The one-eyed plowboy of Pigeons
Roost" is what they call Col. Chandler.
candidate for governor of Georgia.
Lucy Shepard, a Tacoma negro wom-
| an, has been sent to lunatic asylum
because she persisted in eating soup.
The big armored cruiser Brooklyn has
left the Brooklyn navy yard on her way
| to sea to begin her cruise of the West
Indies.
It is hoped that the monument to
Frederick Douglass, for which fund is
now being raised, will be erected in
Rochester, N. Y, about the 1st of next
August.
Truman H. Handy, the banker, OF
| Cleveland, who has just celebrated his
ninety-irst birthday, loaned $4,000 to
John D. Rockefeller when the latter
started in business. -..-...............
President Mckinley, and probably
someof the members of. his cabinet, will
attend the Memorial day services at Get.
tysburg, Pa, on May 80, if public bust
ness does not prevent. 4.
l. William Earle Cooke, off Portsmouth,
Il. T., who has just celebrated his one.
hundred and first birthday, is said to be
the oldest Methodist and oldest free
mason in New England. i.
Nine. Cannot, the widow Of the mar.
Etyred president of FraHce,s Is living
quietly in Paris and no sovereign passes
through that city without calling on
her as mark of respect: 4
F. Mrs. Caroline Tyler Lea, of Philadel.
|phia, a descendant of Gen. Israel Put
man,. has caused a marble memorial to
be placed over the original grave of the
general in Danielson, Conn. a.
y. Congress is to be asked for an .appro.
'priation of $40, 900 to aid in the erection
in Chester, Pa, OF q $40, 900 monument
lover the grave Of John Morton, who
gave the casting vote Of Pennsylvania
for the Declaration of Independence. 6
p The Volunteers Of America have re-
ceived substantial encouragement in
their work on the Pacific coast. Alady,
who wishes to conceal her identity, has
donated the organization an orange OF.
Ischard Of 20 acres in Butte county, Cal
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
MARKETS,
Minneapolis. Fe

Minneapolis, Feb. z.
Wheat-No. northern, 96]5 to 97c.
No. 2 northern, 911a to e2c; May, 92%c.
Corn-No. 3, 26c.
Oats-No. white, % to 23%c.
Cattle-Steers, $3.50 to 3.S5; cows,
$500. >
HoCs-$3. 35 to 3.65.
Sheep-Muttons, So. 10 to d. so; lambs,
$4.25.
Poultry-Turkeys, to Sc; spring
chickens, z to Sc.
Butter-Creamery, extras, 10 to 2oc,
creamery, frsts, 1s to 19c; dairy, fancy,
16 to TIC; dairy, choice. IA to 15c.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

Aweary public willwelcome the prop
osition from St. Louis for the formation
of newspaper league to suppress ora
torical pugilists. The movement COM
templates an agreement among the
newspapers utterly to ignore pugilists
except when they have fights pending.
Challenges and counterchallenges, long
winded statements" and speeches from
the stage will rot get into print at all,
and the pugilists will have to fight or
face the alternative of going to work.
They will get no more free advertising
for their variety shows. The organiza-.
4ion cannot get to work too soon. .S3
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
: sagasta's Response.

London, Feb. 7.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Standard says: Senor
Sagasta's response to the official note
presented by Gen. Woodford, the United
States minister, complains of filibuster-
ing expeditions, and declares that Spain
cannot entertain the suggestion for fix
irg date for her completion of the
pacifcation of Cuba. Pcssimist impress
sions are now current regarding the re-
lations between Spain and the United
States and have depressed the Madrid
and Barcelona bourses. Public feel
ing among all classes is strong against
America. -, * - HI
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
FROM WASHINGTON.

In the United States the exchanges at
the leading clearing houses during the
week ended on the 4th aggregated ST.
470,300,s2S, against $685. 3,710,195 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1897
was 40.6.
Having reached the age fixed by law,
Admiral selfridge, who has just relin.
quished the command of the European
station, went upon the retired list of the
navy.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

The cries of Long live the republic! -
which have been frequently heard of
late on the streets of Brussels do not
necessarily mean that a revolution in
Belgium is close at hand. They do
mean, however, as did the recent dem
onstrations in Austria, the mutterings
in Italy, the threatened Carlist and re-
publican risings in Spain and the Drey-
fus ructions in France, that there are
some cyclonic portents in Europe's po-
1itical atmosphere.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

An old miner who came out of the
Klondike few days ago put the case in
this way: ITO the man of good health
and strength who will toll like the Ia
borer who tears up the streets, who has
sufficient money to land a years supply
of provisions from 1000 to 1900 miles
up the Yukon river, with over $500 in
cash after this expense, a barrel of pa
tience, a willingness to take all chances
and deny himself the pleasures of life
for several years, say CO." The con-
ditions named are evidently based on
experience and good judgment and
should be needed. ..o!,. >..
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
Sheriff Indicted.

Carson, New, Feb. 7.-Sheriff Brock.
liss,> of Douglass county, where the
lynching of Adam Uber recently oc.
curred,s has been indicted. for willful
neglect of duty in not taking steps to
prevent the illegal execution. His trial
has been set for the 10th. A similar
charge against the county commits
SiOners was IGNORED.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

The record-breaking case Of modesty
occurred at Elizabeth, N. j., the other
day when Rev. Martin Gessner, Roman
Catholic Clergyman, ran away to avoid
receiving a purse containing $4,000 in
gold in honor of his twenty-ffth ami
versary as a priest. 1t is probably the
only case on record where a man, has
run away from $4,000.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

Berlin, Feb. AT a largely attended
meeting of the Society of Fruit Dealers
the speakers were unanimously con-
demning the excl41siop off, American
fruit on the ground that it would cause
rise in the-price of9lfruit. A resolu-
ton embodying thin 'eonolqsion was
adopted and will be Sent to tie bundles
rath .y.::..
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
Probably Made i'm. CaMat1a.

Washington, Feb. 7.-There is strong
reason to believe the counterfe& 500
silver certificates recently discovered
were made in Canada: Secret service
agents, aided by Canadian police, are.
now searching through that region,
their efforts being principally directed
to the province of SQuebec.: ri % "a
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

''The Deacon's One-Hoss Shay" has
been outdone by the colonel's zone
hoss" sleigh. A sleigh made by Col.
David Moseley in 1776 has been in the
family service ever since. 1t is now
owned by Edward Mossley, of West
field, Mass, a great-grandson. 1t is a
low-backed affair and '4hansum crit
ter" even now,
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

Germany has set pace that so-called
temperance nations would do we'll to
follow. The new German civil code, to
go into effect in 1899, excludes from the
ordinary rights and privileges of citi-
zenship all persons who through in
ebriety are unable to provide for them
selves and their families, or who brin g
themselves or their families into dan
ger of want, or who imperil the safety
of others,
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

Miss Margaret Long, the second
daughter of the secretary of the navy,
has just passed brilliant examination
and matriculated in the senior class Of
the medical school of Johns Hopkins
university at Baltimore. She intends
to continue her studies in this institu-
tion until she is prepared to practice
medicine at her home in Boston.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

Hail, all hail to the Chicago woman! |!
Also the Washington Post, which is first
to discover the because-whyness of
her supremacy. The Chicago woman,
says the Post, does not seek divorce
from the bonds of matrimony because
she Graves excitement, or because she
has fallen in love with another fellow,
but simply that she again may be her
solitary, unapproachable, majestic and
sole-centered self.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

England is making great prepara-
tions to hold her supremacy upon the
seas. She has III war vessels now in
course of construction. Fifteen are bat
tie ships, 12 first-class cruisers, sec
ond-class cruisers, 10 third-class
cruisers, 6 twin-screw gunboats. Sc tor
pedo boats, light-draught gunboats
and 1 royal yacht. Many of these are
nearly completed.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

BaltimoH is shipping terrapin and
oysters to Queen Marguerite of Italy,
while Kansas has just consigned a
cargo of apples to Queen Victoria.
Somebody has also been forwarding
soft-shell crabs to the official family
at Prague-at least it is reported that
there is great turbulence in the Bo-
hemian diet.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

The livery stable of Thomas Kehoe,
Minneapolis, with 43 head of horses.
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
Crookston is going to build Sc, 900
steel bridge.
Andrew Ellxton, who claims to have
been drugged and robbed in a Moor
head saloon, has sworn out a complaint
against the owner of the place where
the affair occurred.
Russell Delano,. aged z years, was
killed by an electric car in front of his
home in Minneapolis. The accident
occurred about z o'clock in the even
ing, but it was nearly midnight before
his parents knew what had happened
to their only child.
While walking on the railroad track
between sMoriska and Auburn. Mr..
Miller. Of Biwabik. lost roll Of bills
containing $500.
/ The Winona street railway company
has laid off its conductors. Fare boxes
have been placed in the cars. and here
after the motormen will have entire
charge Of the running 80
There is talk of establishing home
for aged people without relatives by
the German Lutherans of Belle Plaine.
Frank NJ. Nye, receiver of the Bank
of Minneapolis, has been authorized to
pay q dividend of 40 per cent to the
creditors. s2.es.>gs#s =
Iuvitations have been issued for the
wedding of Ignatius Donnelly and Miss
Marion Olive Hanson at the Norwe-
gian Methodist church in Minneapolis,
Feb. 22. s,s<1 +
More than half of the business por-
ton of Hoffman was wiped out by fire.
The new Odd Fellows hall at Man
kato was formally dedicated with ap-
propriate ceremonies. ~
Joseph Makowsky, of Hopkins, was
found by the. roadside with his skull
fractured. He died the next day.
Duncan Cameron, an explorer, was
killed by wolves near the boundary
line north of Ely. Eleven dead wolves
were found around him.
Joseph Bisnett. farmer near Win.
snebago City, fell off . load of hay and
broke hil neck.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

The new counterfeit $10O bill is a
quarter of an inch shorter than the gen.
uine. To test this it is only necessary
to borrow one of the ounterfeits and
then borrow one of the genuine and
compare them,
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

In balancing the accounts of Massa-
chusetts it is found that there are $4,000
more women than men in the state.
This is not exactly surplus, but it is
IN inequality that ought to be prompt
ly adjusted.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

An Englishman named Bateman, who
has been collecting statistics of the
drink bill of various countries, reports
the reassuring fact that the Americans
are growing more temperate than any
of the European nations.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
3. 30 Meet I'm ST. Isoafa.

ST. Louis, Feb. Z. 7 -A call fer the e..first
regular annual United Iiiabor and labor
Reform conve ntiiaasp g IS held ia St.
Louis ON Monde 4 N ay 1925, has been
issued%by;t the comlpiff ffase byvirtue Of au-
thority conferre tsi by the United
Labor convent ions held ii Chicago last
september. l, 80: II. I'D u. .
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

The graphophone is being utilized by
the bureau of ethnology to preserve
record Of songs and languages that are
3ikely to soon become extinct.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
For West Point.

Representative McCleary has ap-
pointed Hon. Ashley Coffman. of st.
James; DR.. Leroy D. Brown, of Heron
Lake, and Prof. w. H. Dryden, of Will
der, as board to examine applicants
for admission to West Point Military
academy. An examination will be
held at Heron Lake, Feb. 10.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10

ASouth Dakota Judge has undertaken
to prevent .elopement by injunction.
Now let him secure marriage by man
damus and the harmony of law and love
will be cOmDlete
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
Alaskan Indians. Excited.

Washington, Feb. 7.-The Metlakahtla
Indians in Alaska have recently been
made considerably excited, as well as
apprehensive, by a bill offered in the
house of representatives by Mr..
Dovener, of West Virginia, and referred
to the committee on Indian affairs: 1t
is a bill to segregate and return to the
unreserved public domain minerarlands
included in the Metlakahtla: preservation,
which consists of an island about 40
miles long by miles wide, lying in the
Alexander archipelago.