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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-01

and Manila, carrying troops, supplies
and 100000 for Gen. Merritt's army,
and also the balance of the New Y ork
regiment for the Hawaiian islands.
Three hundred officers and men of
the First New York will be left at Hon
olulu. Companies A, B and D, which
make up the detachment of New York
ers, are in command of Lieut.. Col.
II. P. Stackpole. With them are Mai.
Walter Scott, of the Second battalion,
and Maj. Robert T. Emmett, of the
Third battalion. The Scandal also car
ried $50 men of the hospital corps, who
are to work among the wounded and
sick at Manila, and rs men of the First
battalion of California heavy artillery,
who will act as guards of the 81 ZOO, 900,
which is to be nsed in paying off the
navy and troops.
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THE EAST.

At the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges dur.
ing the week ended on the Goth ae.
gregated $1,249, 6o7, 012, against 81 ,221,.
527,527 the previous week. The in.
crease compared with the correspond
ing week in 1897 was GA.
In the United States there were 179
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 26th, against 1856 the week
previous and 223 in the corresponding
period of 1897.
In Buffalo, N. Y. John Carrigan,
about 60 years of age, was brutally
murdered by his son Frank, aged 80
years, while he slept.
The socialist labor party has NOM
mated Benjamin Hanford, of New
York city, for governor.
The wife and child of Rev. George
Jefferes, of Philadelphia, died in Ship
pensburg, Pa, from the effects of eat.
ing toadstools.
The president and Mrs. Mckinley ar
rived at Somerset, Pa; on a visit to his
brother. He will be absent from Wash
ington one week.
In the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the week
ended on the 2sth were: Cincinnati,
.637; Boston, 1913; Baltimore, 1872;
Cleveland, sol; Chicago, 1858; New
York, $50; Pittsburgh, .496; Philadel.
phia, .472; Louisville, 1889; Brooklyn.
1897; Washington, 1864; St. Louis, 1888.
At Whiting Crossing, Mass, George
Whiting, his wife and two daughters
and. the crossing boy were killed in
stantly by the cars. m.
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THE TIME FIXED.
Departure of Commissions to Control
Evacuation of Cuba and Puerto
Rico Near at Hand.

Washington, Aug. 20. Arrange
ments have been made for the speedy
departure of the commission charged
with the supervision of the evacuation
CT the Spanish forces from Cuba and
Puerto Rico. The Cuban commission.
consisting of Gen. Wade, Admiral
Sampson and Gen. Butler, will sail on
the Sd of September on the auxiliary
cruiser Resolute..: ~
The Puerto Rican commission con-
sists of Gen. Brooke, Admiral Schley
and Gen. Gordon. The army transport
ship Seneca will take the members of
the commission now in this country
to Puerto Rico. leaving New York on
Wednesday. - H..
The departure of Rear Admiral
Sampson for Cuba will make no change
in his command, as reported. He will
still command the North Atlantic
station. Commodore Philip will be in
charge of the repairing of the ships at
New York. ...yrA.
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CUBANs WILL OBEY.
Gen. Castillo Says That Hostility
i Towards Americans Il Rapidly
Passing Away.

Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 29. Gen. Cas-
tillo, who has been in consultation
with Gen. Lawton, expresses the opin-
ion that the disarmament of the Gu
bans can be effected without trouble.
He says the hostility of the Cubans,
growing out Of the refusal of the
Americans to permit joint military
occupation of tie conquered territory,
with the Cuban flag floating over
the palace beside the stars and stripes,
is disappearing, and under the advice
of cool heads the scheme of making
an armed demand for their alleged
rights has been abandoned.
Gen. Lawton has, instructed Gen.
Wood to formulate plan of civil gov
eminent, based upon the old regime,
but with notifications. He thinks it
advisable that The number of officers
necessary to the government of the
city should be fixed Immediately. Gen.
Wood will arrange the salaries and
make the nominations, which will be
submitted to Gen. Lawton for his ap-
prevail.
Native officers will be appointed as
far as possible. as they understand the
language and temper of the people
better than the Americans do. The
police force is TO be reorganized. The
force will be increased and the senti-
nels, whose presence in the city
arouses discomfort, will be withdrawn
and called into service only upon spe-
cial request to guard life and property.
Gen. Skaters regulation requiring
vessels to remain unloaded in the har-
Dor until all of the duties upon their
cargoes have been paid has been abol-
ished, and the public warehouses and
wharves have been thrown open to
commerce. One of the wharves has
been reserved for public use.
Gen: Lawton has ordered that the
stars and stripes be displayed upon
public buildings from sunrise to sun.
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arrangements had already been made
for the funeral. Gov. Mount and staff
will attend the funeral at Clinton and
a special train will leave indianapolis
Wednesday morning to carry state Off
Gals and others.
IGov. Matthew'S was born In Bath county
KY, December IA, 1845 He left Kentucky
in 1868 and settled in Vermillion county,
Ind, where he had a farm Of 1000 acres
He organized the Indiana Short Horn
Breeders association, and was one of the
founders of the National Association of
Short Horn Cattle Breeders of the United
States and Canada.
Although always having strong predi-
lection for politics, Mr.. Matthews rarely
sought office. He served term in the leg
islature in 1876 In 1890 he was nominated
and elected secretary of state, and in 1892
he was chosen governor.
Gov. Matthews was related, through his
mother. to some of the best families of
Virginia and Kentucky. He was the son
Of Thomas A. Matthews and Eliza A.
fletcner: Ills maternal sreat-grand-
father, Gen. Thomas Jefferson Fletcher
was an officer in the United States army of
1872. After his term as governor expired,
Mr.. Matthews retired to his home in Yer
million county.
In 1896 the friends of Mr.. Matthews re-
soIVe0 10 make MIN conspicuous can
d1date for the democratic presidential
nomination. The state convention was en-
Enthusiastically in favor of his nomination
by the national democratic convention
which met in Chicago IN July, 1886.
Mr.. Matthews endorsed the action Of the
national democracy. and Immediately be-
gan most brilliant campaign for Messrs
Bryan and SewalL He never faltered for
an instant, but continued actively at work
until the polls were closed in November Of
that year.
On January z, 1868, he married Martha
r. Whitcomb, daughter of the late James
Whitcomb, who was governor of Indiana
from 1s43 to 1s49. and was afterward United
States senator from this state.1
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FROM WASHINGTON.

During July the average number OF
war revenue stamps issued was 22,775,.
527 daily.
Rear Admiral Schley was given a
most hearty reception by the people
ct Washington, where he went to con.
fer with the president on Cuban af.
fairs.
Throughout the country the volume
OF business is 2o.4 per cent. larger
than last year and 1858 per cent. larger
than in 1892, heretofore the year OF
the largest business and highest pros
perity ever.known.
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service, in
his report shows that in the past fiscal
year 705 arrests were made and the
value of counterfeit notes recovered
was $117,243.
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set. Carrying arms by troops, except
when on duty, is prohibited, and SEN
tries will not be allowed to load their
guns except upon the order of an off,
Ger.
The death rate among the citizens
and troops is increasing. The deaths
in the city daily mum Der about 80. The
mortality among the soldiers is small,
however. Patients who are now con-
valescent after an attack of dysentery
and yellow fever gain strength slowly,
owing to the enervating effect of the
climate. Two hundred immunes are
now in the hospital.
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The naval parade at New York was
In some respects unique. A greater
number of battleships have been seen
in peaceful naval reviews, but never
before an equal numbe so recently en-
gagged in a great naval engagement and
with the marks OF battle still upon
them. The procession, consisting of
Admiral SIMPSONS flagship New York,
the cruiser Brooklyn and the battle
ships Oregon, Iowa, Indiana and Massa-
chusetts, moved up the river as far as
Grants tomb, where they saluted and
turned. The pageant was one long to
be remembered.
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A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of a
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,

On the part of the government'there
is no intention to diminish the fight
ing strength Of the North Atlantic
squadron until peace has actually been
declared.
The Comal sailed from Tampa for
Havana with 100000 rations for dis
tribution to the starving people of
Cuba.
Gen. Miles was ordered to send home
from Puerto Rico all troops not
actually needed for service there.
Spanish transports left Santiago de
Cuba for Spain with 4,46s Spaniards.
With his staff Gen. Shafter left San
tiago on the United States transport
Mexico for America.
John P. Philip. of the battleship
Texas. has been assigned to the COM
mand of the North Atlantic squadron.
Admiral Sampson has been assigned
to duty as member of the military
commission to attend to the evacua-
ton of Cuba by the Spaniards.
In the vicinity of Arecibo, Puerto
Rico, Spanish volunteers were terror
izing the people. They burned large
number of buildings near Adjuntas
and tried to drive the planters from
their homes.
President Mckinley has selected
peace commissioners as follows: Sec
1etary of State Day, Senator c. E.
Davis, of Minnesota; Senator William
+. Frye, of Maine; Whitelaw Reid, of
New York. and Justice White, of the
supreme court.
The insurgent leader in the Philip
pines, Gen. Aguinaldo, says he is
anxious to support the authority of
the United States in the islands, and
that he has persuaded the other rebel
leaders to accept his views.
A line of steamers to run between
New York and Cuban ports to carry
mail and supplies has been established
by the government.
From San Francisco the transport
Scandal sailed for Honolulu and Ma
Mia. carrying troops, supplies and ST.
100000 for Gen. Merritt's army, and
also the balance Of the New York regi-
ment for the Hawaiian islands.
Gen. Castillo expresses the opinion
that the disarmament of the Cuban in
surgents can be effected without trou-
BILE.
The Puerto Rico troops were being
concentrated at Ponce preparatory to
the homeward movement.
In Havana and Matanzas the feel
ing in favor of annexation to the
United States is growing ranidlv.
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The sultan of Turkey as despot is,
of course, most ia bulously rich. His
annual expenses are said to amount to
$3O,o00,000. A million and a half of this
goes for the clothing of his harem,
100000 for his own wardrobe. 81 $780,
600 for presents, $5,o00,ooo for pocket
money, and another $5,OO0,O0 for his
table. It certainly seems incredible
that one man can spend 80 much
money in one year, but when it is re-
membered that 500 people live with
in the palace walls, live. luxuriously
and dress expensively at the cost Of the
ciyi. list. 8. is more comprehensible.
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PUERTO RICO TROOPS.
paratory to Movement for the
United States.

Ponce, Puerto Rico, Aug. 2o.-Con-
centration of the troops here prepare
tory to the ho,neward movement has
begun.
Six light batteries, five troops of cav
airy, the Fourth Pennsylvania, the
Sixth Illinois and the Second Wiscon-
sin infantry, all volunteers, about 5000
in all, will leave. This will leave about
10000 United States troops on the is
land.
Gen. Miles will leave in about three
days, as will also Gen. Wilson. This
will leave Gen. Henry in command.
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Spanish War Still On.

Madrid, Aug. 29.-Premier sagasta
is quoted as having made some impor-
tant statements: declaring it was the
governments intention to repress the
discussion of war topics in the cortes.
He said as soon as the cortes sit the
government would submit bill au-
thorizing peace negotiations and next
measure relating to the suspension
OF the constitutional guarantees.
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LATER NEWS.

It is announced from Washington
that Gen. Merritt will go to Paris t.
give the peace commission the benefit
of his experience in the Philippines
The original plan had been to send Ad
miral Dewey to Paris for that purpose
but this was changed upon represents
tions from the admiral that he could
be of greater service at Manila thar
at Paris.
A Hong Kong dispatch says the re.
lations between the Americans and the
Filippinos are much strained in conse
quence of the collision at Cayite last
week. The insurgent general at ca.
vite has been ordered to evacuate the
place and remove his troops two miles
into the country in order to proven,
further disturbances.
The father of Geo. B. Meek, who
was killed on the torpedo boat Win
slow, at Cardenas, May II, has received
a check for 500 and letter, which
goes to show that young Meek was the
first American born sailor killed in the
Cuban war.
1t is officially announced that there
were ., 800 deaths from the plague las1
week in the Bombay presidency. The
epidemic is spreading.
Surgeon General Sternberg has re-
ceived dispatch from Santiago say
ing that 400 non-infected GONZALES
cents, slightly ill, will sail on the Rou
mania, leaving about 800 sick of the
Fifth corps in Santiago.
A hospital train of thirteen coaches
arrived at Fort Monroe from Tampa.
The train brought eighty-6ve patients
Most of the men are suffering from
typhoid and malarial fever.
The funeral of the late Lieutenant
Tiffany Of the Rough Riders, who died
in Boston last week, was attended by
an imposing military escort.
The United States hospital ship So
lace, having on board seventy-fou,
soldiers and marines, arrived from
Santiago de Cuba.
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS,

The banking department of Lows
exchange in London has suspended.
A jury in Mexico consists of nine
men. A majority makes the verdict.
# the nine are unanimous there is no
appeal.
The cost of site and building for New
York's new Christian Science temple
will aggregate $250,O00, and will be
the finest one extant.
Great Britain has intimated to China
that any failure by the Peking govern
ment to observe the wishes of Great
Britain will be accepted as casus
belli.
M. Il. Todd, cashier of the wrecked
bank at Preston, Mimi. was lodged in
Jail after mob had gathered to lynch
him. His defalcations are now said to
amount to SITS, 900.
The electric locomotive headlight in
vented by L. j. Wooley, of Springfield,
ILL.,, has proved success and is now in
use on the Big Four, New York Central,
and other railroads.
Lyman Curtis, who died in Utah, was
one of the men who planted the first
crops in that state and was one of Brig
ham Young's most valuable assistants
in the constructive work of the pio-
neers. ....
Miss Alice Serber, the first Russian
girl to be admitted to the practice Of
law in this country, was sworn in re-
Gently before Justice Van Brunt, in the
appellate division of the New York SUI
preme court. ...:s. ..- 2
A contract has been signed by the
Italian Colonizing society and the gov
eminent of Venezuela, under the terms
of which the company will send 5000
families of agriculturists to Venezula
in three years. ..:-..-s..., ,..i.....
Mrs. Harriet Scott, of Muncie, Ind,
sued for divorce from James Scott,
demanding $4,000 alimony. The couple
have been married three times and d.
vorced twice. Mrs. Scott securing big
alimony both times. ~
The worlds record for high kite
flight was broken at Blue Hill, Mass.
one Of tandem of kites reaching an al
titude Of 12,124 feet above the sea level.
q height 277 feet greater than any kite
has reached heretofore.
President Mckinley has received 4
letter from the Thirteenth club, Of New
York, congratulating him on the fact
that he signed the peace protocol on a
Friday and proclaimed it to the world
on the 18th Of the month. .s
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The interiors of many O.! the Philip
Pine islands are filled with aboriginal
savages who not only have never rec
ognized Spanish rule. but have never
heard of it and know nothing of this
turmoil of white races on the edges
of their archipelago. The island of
Mindanao has never as a whole been
under Spanish rule, and although the
port town has for number of years
been held by the Spanish, the large
proportion of the fne-spirited Moros
OF Mindanao are as independent of all
allegiance to the whites as King Philip
was.
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Died Penniless and Alone.

New York, Aug. ga beautiful 49,
year-old girl, who died of heart dis
ease in fiat in this city was identified
by Baron P. De LANCE, an Austrian
banker, as Wanda Won Speno Boden-
back, baroness and viscountess Of
Spierenbergh of Austria, and heiress
to $4,oo0,o0O. She had eloped from
home with young man who robbed
her of her jewelry and money and
then deserted her.
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MARKETS..

Minneapolis, Aug. 20.
Wheat-No. northern, new 63 to CSC.
No. northern, 60 to CSC; Sept, 601c.
Oats-No. 3 white, % to CSC.
T. Corn-No. 3, SOC.
Cattle-Steers, $3.50 to 420, cows,
1926.
Sheep-Muttons, $4.10 to 4.25 lambs,
SIS. 40.
Butter-Caeamery, extras, II to 1sc;
creamery, firsts, 16 to Ice; dairy, fancy,
IA to Is.
Pou1try-Turkeys, z to Sc; spring
chickens. to Sc.
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Suit for $4,000.

St. Joseph, Mo-. Aug. 29.-W. B.
Devereaux, treasurer of Doniphan
county, Kan, has been sued in court
here for $4,000 damages by E. v.
Snively, of Wathena, Kan. Some time
ago Devereaux haG Snively arrested
on charge of fraudulently receiving
$1,000 from Michae ell Bauer, his business
partner, who was Devereaux's prede-
cessor and defaulter. Bauer said he
had loaned that amount to Snively.
Snively was acquitted in the Kansas
court
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-09-01
A New Yorker has introduce,

A New Yorker has introduced a new
profession, and advertises in the pa
pers that in one weeks time he can
teach children to play such a num-
Der of interesting games that hence
forth they will be of no trouble to their
parents. What is this world coming
to? If man had made a suggestion
of that sort to an old-fashioned moth
er of rs years ago he would have had
to break the worlds record on running
to keep out of the way of dog.
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Feared a Court-Mart,.,

New York, Aug. s29.-Private Harry
Duval, Of troop "A Of the rough ders,
killed himself by shooting himself in
the temple at Camp Wikoff, Montaulk
Point. He had been absent from camp
for 313 days without leave OF absence
and feared to FACE the court-martial.
he enlisted from Arizona.
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Insane from GRIEF,

Marietta, O., Aug. 29.-As result OF
the death and burial at sea of Okey
Eddy, who was returning from Santi.
ago on the ship Mohawk, two single
sisters have become violently insane,
and the mother tried twice to commi;
suicide. The mother is the widow OF
Simon Eddy, who died few years ago
from wound received in the civi;
war fft ..- j.
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Dewey entered the service in 1854,
Watson, Schley and Philip (of. the
Texas in 1856, Sampson and Higgin-
son (of the Massachusetts, in 1857,
Evans of the Iowa, Taylor of the In
diana, Cook of the Brooklyn, Clark of
the Oregon, in 1860; sigsbee of the
Maine and Barker of the New York in
1859, Chadwick of the New York, Fol-
ger of the New Orleans in 1861. These
men have known each other through
40 years of service.
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Police Magistrate Pool, of New York,
took occasion few days ago, during
the trial of a man accused of stealing
live Holsters from a restaurant keeper,
to declare that the boiling or broiling
of live Holsters is crime. He told the
restaurant keeper, who was not on
trial. but who admitted that he cooked
live Holsters, that such practice was a
violation of the excise law. The pris-
oner was discharged, and so, also, after
lecture, was the complaining witness.
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One result of the war with Spain will
be to enhance the value of American
citizenship in the eyes of the world.
Hereafter the American flag and the
American citizen will be respected
abroad as they have never been be-
fore. Among all but the best edu-
Gated and most travelled classes we
have always had the reputation of be-
ing a nation of shopkeepers, shrewd.
boastful, vulgar, but of little account
outside of commercial transactions.
They know better now
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Honor for ValOr.

Washington, Aug. 29.-President Nc
kinley has rewarded large number of
the army officers who took part in the
storming and capture of Manila. As 4
result OF the valor of the American SOL
diers the army has three new major
generals and three new brigadier gen.
erals, while many officers are reward
ed for their gallantry with brevet
titles.
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One result of the war is that no navy
in the world will be anxious to tackle
en American fleet. 1t is an undertake
ing that means the hottest kind of
fighting and hurricane of shells, big
and little. Sailors who can shoot faster
or straighter than the American are
undiscovered
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Appeal by Axufnaldo.

:, Manila, Aug. 29.-Aguinaldo has de-
cided to send delegates to Paris to
present the cause OF the insurgents to
the members of the peace commission.
They will also make known to Europe
and America the nature of the rebel
hon against Spanish authority;a and the
claims of the insurgents for. secogni-
ton in the future government of the
PHILIPPINES.
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Being Worked Too Hard.

New York, Aug. 20. - Some of the
nurses in the general hospital at Camp
Wikotf are suffering from dysentery,
and orders have been issued that thew
be given more. time to themselves in
which to exercise, bat the and rest. More
nurses have arrived and ten will reach
camp ready to take the places of those
overworked until all that are needed
are here. There are three male and
three female nurses in each ward dur
ing the day time and two on duty at
night. 49, -. &c.
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Ponce, Aug. 90 Gen. Miles was re-
Gently informed of the arrest of the
mayor of Aguado by the spaniards.
The mayor was taken to San Juan and
was sentenced to be shot on the charge
of deserving to the Americans. Gen.
Miles immediately telegraphed Gov
ernor General Macias forbidding any
execution of prisoners.
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A number of new post Offices are now
struggling to live up to the reputation
of the great names they bear. Since
the Goth of July there has been post
office named Hobson> another Sigsbee,
enother Dewey, another Sampson and
another Manila