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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
THE EAST.

At the leading clearing houses the
exchanges in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
$1,2o4, 414,373, against 81 1923, 1913, 1864 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1897
was 1876.
In the United States there were 215
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the 18th, against 229 the week
previous and 1868 in the corresponding
period of 1897.
In the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the
week ended on the 18th were: Cincin-
natl, .G54; Boston, .632; Cleveland, .613;
Baltimore, SOB; Chicago, $40; Pitts
burgh, 1913; New York, .527; Philadel-
phia. 1853; Brooklyn, AIT; Washing
ton, 1887; Louisville, .312; St. Louis,
295.
At the annual convention in Buffalo.
N. Y, John H. Chapman, of Chicago,
was reelected president of the Baptist
Young Peoples union.
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TRAIN ROBBED !.
! Bandits OverDower an ExDFess Mes-s
.ss senser Near Wichita, xan.,2a and .
Escape with the booty So

Wichita, Kan, July 1s.-The Frisco
passenger train, leaving here at $3.50
o'clock for st. Louis, was held up Sat-
.urday night by two masked men at
Andover, station ten miles east Of
here. a citizen of Andover, who.
learned OF the plan to rob the train,
attempted to notify the train crew and
was shot by the robbers. He will prob
ably die. His name could not be
learned. Several hundred dollars were
taken from the express car, but the
exact amount lis not known here, and
there is no way Of finding out, as all
attempts to raise the Andover Office
have failed. Andover is flag station
and has about 200 people.
Two men rode into town at dark and
tied their horses in the street near the
depot. They avoided everybody and
acted in such mysterious way that
they were suspected and man was
sent down the road to flag the train.
He was shot by the robbers just a few
minutes before the train arrived. AS
soon as the engineer slowed down. the
men, wearing heavy masks, entered
the express car and demanded the
money. The messenger drew a re-
volver, but was gagged and disarmed,
after which the men took the valu-
ables from the safe. No attempt was
made to rob the passengers. After get
ting what money they could, the rob-
bers rode off across the prairie at a
full gallop, firing back toward the town.
The sheriff and posse followed from
here.
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PROCLAIMED.
President Mckinley Issues a Proclamation
Announcing American Sovereignty
Over Province of Santiago.

Washington, July 1s.-A state paper
that will be historic, marking an epoch
in American history, was issued to-
night by direction of President Nc
Kinley.
1t provides in general terms for the
government of the province of Santi-
ago de Cuba, and is the first document
of the kind ever prepared by presi-
dent of the United States.
By order of Secretary Alger, Adju-
tant General Corbin cabled the docu-
ment to General Shafter, in command
of the military forces at Santiago.
The paper is not only authorizations
and instructions to General Shafter
for the government of the captured
territory. but also proclamation to
the people of the territory of the in
tentions of the government of the
United States, regarding them and
their interests. 1t marks the formal
establishment of new political power
in the island of Cuba and insures to
the people of the territory over which
the power extends absolute security
in the exercise of the private rights
and relations and as we'll as security
to their persons and property.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

Nominations for congress: Michi-
gan, Sixth district, Charles Fishbeck
(dem.). Ohio, Seventeenth district, ].
A. Mcdowell (dem.) renominated.
Minnesota, First district, ]. A. Tawney
(rep.) renominated. Indiana, Second
district, R. w. Miers (dem.) renom-
mated. Illinois, First district, Rollin
B. Organ; Second, C. Porter johnson;
Third, George. =. Foster; Fourth,
Thomas Cusack; Fifth, Edward T..
Noonan or Frank Kinnarc; Sixth, Emil
Hoechster; Seventh, Frank C. Rogers,
all democrats. n, r.
In Owosso, Mich, Edward McKid-
der killed his wife and himself Do
nestle trouble was the cause.
George Stone, of San Francisco, was
elected national president by the
League of Republican Clubs in session
in Omaha, Neb. 81 3
A mob killed John Durrett (colored)
at Coaing, Ala, for trying to provoke
trouble between the whites and
blacks. 5s &. 3, SIS
In Omaha, Cudahy's and Swift's
packing houses were tied up by the
strike of 5000 of their men. g.
The death Of Gen.. J ohm s. Williams,
ex-United States senator and hero Of
the Mexican and civil wars, occurred at
his home near Mt. Sterling, ~, aged
~ years.
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TELLS or THE SURRENDER.
Gen. Shutters Dispateh--To Have
Taken City by Assault Would
Have Cost 5000 Lives. j.

Washington, July 1s.The Ameri-s
can flag is now waving over Santiago.
The first message conveying the news
OF santiago's formal surrender was
received at the white house shortly be-
fore II o'clock, just as the president
was preparing to 60 to church.
Late in the afternoon the official dis
patch came from Gen. Shafter giving
IN brief military fashion an unusually
clear statement from the general of
the days events. It was entirely sat
lsfactory from every point of view,
showing that the American army was
in complete control of a city that:it
would have cost 5000 lives to capture
by storm. Moreover, it was very en-
couraging from a medical view, in that
It showed, contrary to what had been
expected, that there was little sick
ness and scarcely any yellow fever in
Santiago, but great deal of suffering
and distress. Following is the dis
patch: - -
santiago de Cuba, July 17-Adjutant
General United States Army, Washington;
Z have the honor to announce that the
American flag has been this instant. -
O'Clock noon. hoisted over the house of
the civil government in the city of santi-
ago. An immense concourse of people pres
ent. A squadron of cavalry and a regiment
OF infantry presenting arms and band
playing national air. Light battery fired
salute Il guns. Perfect order is being main
tanned by municipal government. Distress
IS very great, but little sickness in town,
scarcely any yellow fever. small gun
boat and about 200 seamen left by Cervera
have surrendered to me. DISTINCTIONS are
being removed from mouth of harbor.
Upon coming into the city discovered a
perfect ENHANCEMENT of defenses. Fight
Ing as the Spaniards did the first day it
would have cost 5000 lives to have taken
1t. rBattalfons of Spanish troops have been
deposltlng arms since daylight in the
armory, over which 1 have guard. Gen.
Toral formally surrendered the place and
| all stores at nine a. m.
w. R. SKATER, Major General"
At laos O'Clock Sunday night Adit.
Corbin made public the following dis
patch from Gen. Shafter:
Headquarters United States Army, San
t1ago, July ITO Adjutant General u. S.
A.: MY ordnance officers report about 1000
rifles turned tntto-day and 600 OO0scartridges.
At the mouth Of the harbor there are quite
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send it down by way of St. Michael.
The May West had $750,0O0 and more
and the other boats which left June 2
and July carry the balance of the
output.
The Dawson newspapers do not ap-
proximate the down-river shipments
so highly, the Midnight Sun stating
that the Weare, Belle and Charles H.
Hamilton do not carry to exceed
$4,00o.00O.
San Francisco. July 1s.-After being
eagerly watched for, hour by hour,
during the past ten days, the steamer
st. Paul arrived Sunday night from St.
Michaels, bringing men and treasure
from the Klondike. There were 176
passengers on her list and the amount
of their earnings, in gold dust, nuggets
and bank drafts, is estimated by the
ships officers at $3,O0O,000. The largest
amount brought out by single pros
pector is in the. possession of N. /.
Picket, who has $4,000, principally in
gold dust and nuggets.
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The armor plate placed on our war
vessels was perhaps little. high
priced, but judging from the reports
from the front it is worth all Uncle
Sam paid for it. The cruiser Brooklyn
was hit As times during the running
fight with Cervera at Santiago, when
all of the Spanish fleet concentrated
their fire on that one vessel with the
hope of being able to put it out of COM
mission, and then when our speediest
vessel was gone to be able to escape,
and the news comes that the Iowa was
hit II times, twice with 11-inch armor
piercing shells, without effect. f.
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S. A. Andree and his two compan-
ions, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraen-
KEEL, assembled from Danes island in
the balloon Eagle, in the hope of reach
ing the north pole, on July II, 1897.
Four days afte-ward, on the morning
of July Is, carrier pigeon alighted
on the rigging of the sealer Aiken,
cruising in the vicinity of Spitzbergen,
bearing a brief message signed "An-
dree," which stated that he had made
only AS geographical miles north and
As miles east of the point of departure.
Not solitary word has been heard
from the expedition since. -
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FROM WASHINGTON.

1t has been decided by the commits
sioner of interna! revenue that all tele-
graphic messages must be stamped by
the senders.
At the close of the war bond sale it
was announced that the total bids
amounted to 81 200, 900 900, or six and a
half times the amount of the issue.
The postmaster general estimates
the postal receipts for 1893 at $100, 000,-
600, the largest in the history of the
department.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happ enings 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.

WAR NEWS.
Cuban insurgents have plan of es-
tablishing the capital of their govern
ment at Santiago. .t..
A dispatch from Gen. Shafter to the
war department. says that the Spanish
commissioners to arrange for the sur
render of Santiago were raising points
OF objection, but that he expected no
difficulty in completing the capitula-
ton.
The matter of Cuban independence
ought to be left to vote by the peo-
pie of the island, says Minister Correa,
of the Spanish cabinet. He also says
Spain will retain the Philippines and
Puerto Rico.
The president in speaking of the fall
of Santiago said that he hoped for ear
~ peace. The news from Madrid that
Spain had been placed under martial
law is regarded as most hopeful sign.
With zoos prisoners of Admiral Ger
vera's fleet the cruiser Harvard ar
rived at Portsmouth, N. H.
With several hundred troops Mai.
Gen. Otis sailed from San Francisco
for Manila.
In Madrid a royal decree was. issued
suspending throughout Spain individ-
ual rights as guaranteed by the consti-
tuition and proclaiming martial law.
Lieut.. Gen. Miles will go to Puerto
Rico at once to decide upon landing
place for the troops. The expedition
will be composed of ~ regiments.
The inhabitants of coast cities of
Spain are in a panic over the expected
arrival of the United States fleet.
Barcelona, which is not fortified, is
particularly in terror.
The American flag was raised over
the COVE rRor's palace at Santiago at
noon on the 18th while bands played
The Star-Spangled Banner" and can
non fired national Salute. An enor-
nous crowd witnessed the ceremonies
attending the surrender of Gen. Toral
and the Spanish troops. Gen: McKib-
bin has been appointed temporary mil
itary governor.
Spanish officers, including Admiral
Cervera, captured off Santiago, As in
all, arrived at Annapolis, Nd, and were
confined in the naval academy. :.
In his report to the navy depart
ment of the surrender of Gen. Toral
at Santiago Gen. Shafter says it would
have cost 5000 lives to have taken the
city by force.
Capt. Gen. Blanco was completely
cut off from communication with
Madrid when the United States
troops took possession of Santiago.
Final report Of casualties in the
army since it landed in Cuba three
weeks ego has been forwarded to
Washington. 1t shows an aggregate
of 1914 officers and men killed, wound
ed and missing. The killed number
246, of whom Fl were officers.
The president sent message of
thanks to Gen. Shafter and his army
for the brilliant achievements at San
tiago.
The stores have been looted in San
tiago by the Spaniards, many houses
wrecked by the American shells, and
misery appears on every side.
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CONTEMPORARY FUN,

Lodging House Clerlz-"Bed with
bath, IS cents" Weary Watkins-'1
guess I'd rather pay little more and
not take a bath" -Indianapolis Jour-
nal.
She-'I wonder why it is that sum-
mer engagements never end in mar
riage." He (moodily)-"The man
never has enough left to marry on
Town Topics.
Commissioner Ito civil service appli-
cants for places in the custom .house)
-'When was the diamond duty most
burdensome?" Bright Candidate
"Just before my marriage, sir:"-Jew-
eler's Weekly.
She-'What a lovely summer after
noon! How respondent the bright orb
of day hangs in the blue vault above"
He-''Y-a-a-s; nice day fer Teller to get
his hair cut. '-Roxbury Gazette. -.
Jill-"You puckered up your lips so
then. that thought you were going to
kiss me-" Jack-"No; I got some sand
in my mouth" Jill-""Well, for
heavens sake swallow it! You need it
in your system Troy Times. 49,.
NAMED your boy yet?'' Eyes.
Called him Dewey 81, What is the S
for?" II dunno yet whether it is for
Sampson, Schley or Smith, or his
mothers er."-Cincinnati En-
quirer. 49,. H.
Heroes Yet to Comet understand
you have decided to postpone the chris
tening of the, baby Eyes. You see,
we can't tell who we may want to name
him after by the time this war is DONE"
Evening Post. I . .5's +.
AS Bad as Ever Madge-".On ac-
count of the war, I guess there will
be no lack of men at the summer re-
sorts this year" Marjorie -'"But what
gooq will they be? Those fellows who
were afraid to volunteer wouldn't en-
ter into any engagements" Judge.
"A Theory" Nike said Flooding
Pete, "how is it dat some o'sdese peo-
pie kin work day after day an never
seem tosfeel it ??''f .'Well,'' replied Me-
andering Mike, reflectively, ''I~s'pose
dey is started in young an gets to be
immunes. Washington Star.
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This administration, the closing one
of the nineteenth century, will be a
historic one. 1t will have witnessed
the beginning and ending of the Span
ish war, the recognition of the United
States as world-power! the annexa-
ton of Hawaii, the liberation of Cuba,
and probably the acquisition of Puerto
Rico and the establishment of new
government in the Philippines.
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MARKETS.,
Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, July 1s.
Wheat-No., northern, SO to S9c,
No: 2 northern, s. to SEC, July, s61c.
Oats-No. 8. white, % to 23c.
Corn-No. 3, SOC.
Cattle-Steers, $3.50 to 400; cows,
S3.25.
Sheep-Muttons, 81. 10 to 1926; lambs,
$40.
Butter--Creamery, extras, IS to 16c:
creamery, frsts, IL to 14c; dairy, fancy,
10 to 14c.
Poultry-Turkey, Z to Sc; spring
chickens Z to SC.
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When Schley's sailors were desire

When Schley's sailors were destroy
ing Cervera's fleet they probably re-
membered the, Virginius as well as
the Maine. It was in Santiago that
the Virginius atrocity took place, a
quarter of a century ago. The nation
which massacred Capt. Fry, of the fill,
clustering steamer Virginius. and his
IS companions, in 1873, in the middle
of Cuba's Ten Yeara's war, may have for
gotten all about the savagery, but it
is safe to say that many Of Schley's
sailors had that episode in mind when
they sent Spain's feet to the bottom
of the sea as it attempted to escape. U
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21

Commodore John C. Watson was
Farragut's flag lieutenant at the age
of 10. and was in all that naval hero's
fights from the capture of>rNew Or
leans to Mobile bay. In the last-named
engagement Watson assisted in lash
ing the admiral to the rigging of the
Hartford. He has served in all parts
of the world
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When Fighting Bob Evans, of the
Iowa, was told that Gen. Blanco had no.
titled the American squadron at Ha-
vana that he would refuse to recognize
the white flag of truce, Evans said: II
am in favor of wrapping a flag of truce
around a 12-inch shell from the battle
ship Iowa, and sending it to Blanco
with our compliments. And I would not
send the shell in a wheelbarrow, either!"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21

Natural gas has been flowing for
ages in several sections of the eau
casian provinces bordering the Cas-
plan sea. Many of these gas wells have
constantly emitted flames for period
beyond the memory of living men, and
are superstitiously spoken of as the
eternal fires"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21

The two Spanish fleets sunk at Man
lila and Santiago numbered in all 1s
ships. They lost over $500 killed.
wounded and prisoners. The Ameri-
can loss was one killed, eight wound
ed and not ship was damaged. This
is one of the most surprising facts
in all history.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21

The sinking of the French ocean
liner La Bourgogne is one of those
marine disasters which have come at
long intervals to shock the world.
They are not wholly preventible, not
withstanding the skill of professional
mariners and the extreme care used
to avoid such disasters. In this case
the loss of SOS lives makes the wreck
one of the most distressing that has
ever occurred.
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Death of George A. Pillsbury,

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 1s.-George
Alfred Pillsbury. of the firm of Pills
bury G Co., president of the North
western bank and one Of the best
known men in the northwest, died
here Sunday, aged 80 years. He leaves
alarge fortune and his public requests
in the past have aggregated over
$500. OOO --,s. q. &e0@. -, s., ~.
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storm Proves Fatal.

St. Louis, July 1s.-A special to the
Republic from Dallas, Tex, says: A
number of the counties of northern
Texas have been swept by terrific
hail and windstorm. In Bosque county
John McLain was killed. In johnson
county, Mrs. Julia Rucker was fatally
injured. Great damage was done to
the grain and cotton crops.
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Prof. C. C. Georgeson has gone to
Alaska as a representative of the gov
eminent to ascertain the agricultural
resources of that country and to con-
duct series of experiments with the
soils there. A resolution passed by
congress a month ago placed SIC, 900 in
his hands for the purpose of carrying
on the investigation.
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The railway from the Congo rivers
mouth to Stanley pool, 240 miles in
length, has finally been completed,
after eight years work, and vast area
of the interior of Africa has thus been
opened to modern methods of trade
and commerce. There are 10000 miles
of navigable waterways above Stanley
pool, and 100000 people inhabit the
territory which may'thus be reached.
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THE CLEANUP AT DAWSON.
Estimated for the Year at a TriAe
Less Than $2O,OOO,OOO, Mostly
Held by Trading Companies.

Victoria, B. c., July 1s. - Editor
Shipy, of the skaguay News, who came
down on the Cottage City, says that
this years clean up at Dawson will be
trife less than $20,000,0o0, three
quarters of this being in the custody
of the big trading companies who will
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Judging from the results of the pres
ent war, the safest place in battle is
on board an American warship. It is
ten to one that the vessel will not be
hit. and if hit it is one hundred to one
that no damage will be done.
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RESIGNATION Accepted.

Des Moines, Ia, July 1s.-The board
of trustees for the Iowa Agricultural
college at Ames has accepted the res
ignation of Prof. J. L. Budd, in the
chair of horticulture for many years.
He is well known to all horticulturists.
A fight has been made on him for years
by Iowa nurserymen opposed to his
introducing Russian fruit trees. He
resigned to care for his own horticul-
tural interests. -
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.Rrofher.s Drowned

I Chicago, July s.-In an endeavor to
rescue his brother Arthur from the
lake at Fifteenth street Sunday after
noon Walter SENS was encircled by
tho arms Of the frantic youth and both
met death together. u
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Before the war Commodore Schley
remarked that according to his OBJ
servation the gunners of the United
States navy are unequaled in marks
manship and general service of their
pieces. The great sea fights at Manila
and Santiago thoroughly prove the
Justice of the opinion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21

Among the cities of the United
States Honolulu will be one of the first
favorites as both winter and sum-
mer resort. The thermometer there
unifOrmitv
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swimming Record Reduced.

San Francisco, July -. ~ II. a.
Widemann has reduced the worlds
25-yard swimming record from IA As
seconds to II Is seconds, and II. f..
Brewer has cut the time down for au
amateur mile from 26:461a to 26:192-5.
Brewer covered 76 laps in his long;
swim 43 81. r.
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E.AT'Ez: MEMS.

No peace propositions from Spain
have yet been received at Washington.
The president has signed the war
tariff for Santiago. and,it takes effect
Immediately. It adopts in general the
privileged rates now given Spain there
and makes that tariff uniform for all
countries, including the United States.
Twenty-Five coast cities of Spain
have made demands for peace.
The U. s. transport Seneca arrived
at Hampton roads with sick and
wounded soldiers, but was not allowed
to land by the quarantine officers.
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The government cook book tells the
volunteers how to prepare flapjack, but
not how to turn it with a flip in the air.
Cook books maintain their reputation
for leaving out the most important
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Rows Killed Nv I.ir6tr,,,.-

Prattville, Ala, July 1s.-Just be-
fore terrific rainstorm commenced
Saturday afternoon Afallard Goodson. a
5colored youth, was splitting piece Of
wood. The ak was struck by lightning
and melted; also saw at the bows
feet. The boy and Tommie Rawlinson.
q white boy, standing near, were killed.