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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Prison Affairs,

The board of prison managers. IN
their biennial report, gave a thorough
history OF the binder Irvine business
transacted during the past two years,
saying in part:
We have increased the capacity OF
our Irvine factory from 2, SOC, 900 to 81
OOO, 600 pounds per annum, adding new
machinery of latest improved pattern
and making other important changes
for the gradual extension and improve
ment of the plant We can say with
pardonable pride that we NOW have
one of the best Irvine plants of its size
and second to none in the United
Ltates- We have made gradual pro-
gress in the quantity and quality of all
grades of Irvine manufactured, and our
product is now generally conceded to
be as good as the best Irvine that can
be found on the market.
Early the past season the conditions
were as usual. Orders for Irvine were
sent in by dealers and in clubs, after
which prices suddenly jumped up It
must be conceded by all fair minded
and honest men that to have Cancelled
the orders which had been received
would have been a great injustice to
honest dealers who could have bought
elsewhere at the time orders were
placed, at prices but little above the
prices finally fixed by the board of
managers.
The fact that the Irvine industry has
been success to the state financially
and through it direct benefit to all
the taxpayers, and by its competitive
effect has held down the prices of other
Irvine sold in the state, ought to be
proof that the affairs of the plant have
been honestly and faithfully con-
Quoted
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

The steamer LondOnian was lost at
sea while en- route from Boston to
London, and Capt. Lee and "a of the
crew persisted.
The river Neva inundated the lower
quarters of the city of St. Petersburg,
Russia, causing great loss of property
and lives
Transwaal troops have committed
wholesale butcheries of women and
children and unarmed natives in the
campaign against the rebel chief
Mpefu in South Africa.
The death of William Black, one OF
the most prolific writer's of fiction, &C.
CURED in London, aged 81 years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
WEST AND SOUTH.

Edward Herbrand, of Waukesha.
Wis, and Nicholas Pitts, of Mineral
Point, same state, were killed by the
accidental discharge of their guns
while hunting.
For defrauding a bank Karl Decker,
known all over the country as the
prince of forgers, was sentenced to
seven years in prison at San Quentin,
CAL. : st
In the Jail at Norfolk, Va, John An
dersen, the murderer of Mate Saun-
ders, of the schooner Olive Pecker was
executed. '@ %zt
At the age of Is years Samuel Mckee,
member OF congress frem 1864 to 1869,
died in Louisville. Ky. &
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
Steamer Sinks.

Menominee, Mich, Dec. lathe
steamer Wyoming, of the Lackawanns
line, is sunk in 1s feet of water of
Peshtigo, having been cut through by
the ice. She was run into shoal water
and lies with her tower deck foot un.
der the surface. Her cargo consists OF
$500 barrels of chloride of lime and
much general merchandise for Greer
Eay city,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTATION
1t is stated that there are more tina,
10000 mud cabins in Ireland which con

1t is stated that there are more than
10000 mud cabins in Ireland which con-
tain only a single room.
More than so per cent. of the ships OF
the world are built in the British isles
Tame snakes are used in Morocco tc
clear houses of rats and mice.
The tensile strength of a wet rope is
only one-third the strength of the rope
when dry, while a rope saturated with
grease or soap is weaker still.
The hair and beard Of a man rarely
grow gray together. the one being al.
most invariably darker than the other
for several years. There is no rule as
to which changes first.
Boiled cabbage is claimed to be a
cure for drunkenness. It is recorded
that the ancient Egyptians ate boiled
cabbage before their other food if they
intended to drink wine after dinner.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
TRIPLE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Bloody Tragedy Near Fresoil, Mich.
An Az and a Knife the Weap-
Ona Used.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 12.-A special to
the Journal from Fresoil, Mich, says:
A man named William Hitchings, a
brother-in-law of John Hunt, farmer
who lived about two miles west of this
place, killed Mr.. Hunt, Mrs. Hunt and
.neir hired man, Thomas Hayward,
Friday afternoon and cut his own
throat. Hunt and Hayward were in the
woods cutting wood and Hitchings
splitting it, when the latter struck
Hunt with his ak, killing him instant
~. Hayward started to run, but fell
and was struck by Hitchings while ly-
ing on the ground, also killing him in
stantly. Hitchings then went to the
house and killed Mrs. Hunt by stabbing
her in the neck with a jackknife.
After killing Mrs. Hunt, Hitchings
went upstairs and cut his own throat
from ear to ear and must have died at
once from the way blood is splashed
about the room.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

Thomas C. Boone, one of the three
men who made ascents in the war bal
loon at Santiago, in telling of his ex-
periences in Boston said: Newspaper
correspondents have condemned the
balloon, but in my opinion there can be
no question Of thesvalue of the balloon
in warfare. Wewere able to locate the
enemy, and in one particular instance
saved many Hveswhen we informed our
men of a body 81 the enemy about 300
strong lying hidden in the pass on the
slope commanding narrow path up
which q regiment of our men were
about to- march,"
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News in Baief.

Inc Bralnerd u Northern railroad is
completed to Bemidji.
John e. Lennon, postmaster at Bloom
ing Prairie, was arrested by the {. S.
authorities, charged with shortage in
his accounts.
Burglars broke into the store of w
S. Sullivan, at Evansville, Morrison
county, blew open the safe and secured
about $500 in money and some clothing.
Three hundred dollars of the money
belongs to the Northern Pacific, whose
safe was located in the store
In Winona grocery store, Mrs. Loft
tus assaulted Kate Minzure with cat
sup bottle, beating her into insensi-
bility. It was a family row.
Romeo Saucy was robbed by high
waymen of $40 and package of 1aun-
dry in st. Paul.
The deputy game warden at Red
Wing seized two barrels of fish which
Andrew johnson attempted to ship out
of the state.
Lake navigation closed at Duluth on
the 9Th.
The cash earnings for the state prison
in November were the largest in its
history, being S143, 674.11.
A stranger attempted to swind1e the
firm of Evenson Bros, at st. Peter, out
of $500. He presented wheat ticket
on the Van Duzen elevator and signed
by A. F. Evenson. The ticket was
regularly made out and called for no
bushels of No. wheat at 81 cents per
bushel.
At the annual meeting of the St.
Paul Curling club, Lambert Defel was
elected president.
Albert J. Watson, brakeman on the
Duluth & Iron Range railroad, was.
run over and killed by train &C,
Waldo.
A special postofice inspector has.
been ordered to Crookston to report
on free delivery.
Thirty carloads of flour left Mime
apolis in one shipment for Brunswick,
Maine.
John Gjesdahe, of Minneapolis, fell
down stairs and died from the effects.
of the fall.
c. R. Dolan, owner Of one of the YER
don elevators, shot J. C. Allan, a prom
inent farmer, in the feshy part of the
left leg. They had a row before, but
they parted, when Dolan followed Al
Ian up town and shot him.
The supreme court decides that the
law closing barber shops on SUNDAYS
is constitutional.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to burglarize the depot at Marshall.
Mrs. II. 7. Brand, of Money Creek,
came near meeting with fatal acct
dent. Her little daughter let a lamp
fall from the table, igniting Mrs
Brands clothing
Capt. Joseph Hale's cherished mem
DRY will be perpetuated at Fort Smell
ling by the placing of bronze tablet,
reciting his heroic record and numer-
Gus virtues, in the front wall of the adj
ministration building.
The jury in the case of Gerhard Otto
for the killing of Matthias Klein. the.
well known hotel keeper of New Trier,
returned verdict of manslaughter in
the first degree, after being out five
hours,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

The almshouse in Chester county,
Pa, is at the present time giving shell
ter to three very interesting characters,
viz: A man who rs years ago was
worth 5000, 900. but largely by reason of
his generous nature lost it all; Sallie
Ebert, one of the last of the Lenape
tribe of Indians that were numerous
in Chester county years ago, and Re
becca Thomas (colored), said to be 1O3
years old, and who says she remembers
seeing the town of Havre de Grace,
Nd, burned by the British soldiers as
she stood on the porch of her masters
house
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

An inventor has hit upon method
OF putting stone soles on boots and
shoes. He mixes a waterproof glue
with suitable quantity of clean quartz
sand and spreads it over the leather
soleused as a foundation. These quartz
soles are said to be very flexible and
practically indestructible, and 20 give
the foot firm hold even on the most
slippery surface.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

A popular lecturer is quoted as say
ing: "The first care in building home
is the selection of a proper place., This
is trite. Nothing is easier than to Sc
lect a place. What the lecturer should
have made clear was how to get pos
session of the place after it is selected.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
A RICH HARVEST.
Dat and Corn Crops Bring to Farmer,
of the United States $s:s.OtO,OOO
More Than In 1907.

Washington, Dec. 12.-On the basis
of the farm prices OF December ], the
agricultural department figures place
the 1898 crop of corn and oats as worth
s53,ooo,o0o more than the crops of 1897
Statistician Hyde accredits this largely
to the difference in prices. The corr
crop is tritie larger than in 1897, and
the average price per bushel is "a cents
higher, while the oat crop is similarly
little larger than in 1897. and the
prices were "A cents higher.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

The ingenuity of the counterfeiters
now"appears to be chiefly devoted to
the turning out of bogus copper and
nickel coins. rather than those Of larger
denominations: According to the report
of the United States treasurer for the
fiscal year, no less than 1926 pieces of
this character were detected last year,
and they circulated chiefly in Boston,
New York and PHILADELPHIA.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

The Vermont legislature has passed
bill creating the Office of attorney
general of that state. Vermont has now
no, attorney-general, and the plan to
establish the office had it's origin in
Competent, where, for the first time
this year, an encouragement was
voted for.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
Dreyfux soon to Return

Paris, Dec. 12.-Le Soir announces
the return of Dreyfus at an early date
1t asserts that the government has for
mally decided upon this course and Ia.
ordered body of soldiers to be in readi
ness to escort him from the port OF
landing to Paris.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

Because of the fact that z, 900 900 peo-
pie in Italy are attacked by the malaria
every year, and $4,000 of that number
die from the disease, a great society has
just been formed in that country to
study the malady, and if possible to
master it. During the present year 63
provinces have been besieged by ma
laria and it has rendered impossible the
cultivation of 100000 acres of land.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
Rush in Freight Business.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Dec. IA rush il
freight traffic is congesting the lines OF
the Chicago & Alton railroad. The
shortage of coal cars and motive power
is causing sidetracks along the lines
and terminals to be flied with loaded
cars. The general shops in this city
gre to be worked to their utmost ca.
pacity. Nearly 100 additional mechan.
les will 60 on duty to-day, and the
working day will be increased from
eight hours to nine
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
PfnEree'S Plurality.

Lansing, Mich, Dec. 12.-Semi-o official
figures place Gov. Pingree's exact piu-
rality in the last election at 75,07e.
There was total Of 421, 144 votes cast
for governor this year, Pingree receiv-
ing 24s,239, an increase Of 214 percen:
over his proportion to the whole vote
cast last election. r@ sgs . E
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
Bryan ResiEnR,

Savannah, Ga, Dec. 12.-Gen. Keifer
who is in command of the REMAINING
troops of the Seventh army corps since
Gen. Lees departure for Cuba, con.
firms the rumor of Col. w: j. Bryan's
resignation of his command. Both
Gen. Lee and Gen. Keifer endeayored r.
induce Col. Bryan to go to Cuba, but
were unsuccessful
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

Reports from recruiting officers of
the regular army show that during the
month of November there we're nearly
1000 enlistments and over 1000 rejec-
tons. Of the enlistments 1882 were
in the general recruiting service and
about 1000 special were enlistments
for particular regiments. The figures
indicate an increase rather than dim
mutton of interest in the regular army
service.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

John w. Merriam, wealthy tobacco
merchant Of New York city, has been
directed by the supreme court to con-
tribute to the support of his wife, AIDE
laide M. Merriam, so that she may live
in the style she has been accustomed
to. This decision'is given notwith-
standing Mr.. Merriam obtained di-
vorce in North Dakota on the ground of
cruelty and violent temper. 1t is the
first decision of the kind in that stale.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
ResignatfOn Accepted.

New York, Dec. 12.-The congreea-
ton of Plymouth church, represented
by large advisory committee of the
prominent members, decided Sunday
to accept the resignation of Rev. DR..
Lyman Abbot, to take effect on May 1.
After January DR.. Abbot will be re-
lieved from all participation in the
active management of the church and
will preach only when his health per
mits =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

After litigation lasting IA years the
will disposing of San Francisco estate,
once worth $4,000 has just been sus-
tanned and litigation suspended, be-
cause the estate has been exhausted in
paying legal fees.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

The best locomotives on steam lines
weigh 154 pounds per h. p, but N an
electric traction line at Baltimore.
which was opened in 1895, the electric
traction locomotive weighed 1o6
pounds per h. p. These locomotives
weigh 90 tons, and develop 1000 h. p.
distributed On six Independent driving
ax1es. Ia
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

Mrs. Gertrude Latty. of 563 South
Franklin street, Wilkesbarre, Pa, is the
owner of clock which may have been
the original grandfather's clock, for
Mrs. Latty lis able to account for it's ex-
istence for over $50 wears.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

Army engineers say the defenses of
New York and Boston are now equal to
any in the world. The country is get
ting into good shape for long term of
peace 6 2 q r
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

Mrs. Harriet r. P. Stafford, Of Cot
tage City, Mass, presented to the gov
eminent the first flag bearing the stars
and stripes ever hoisted over an Ameri-
can vessel of war and the first that was
ever saluted by a foreign naval power.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
~ ls.7&z "a So So z
PtcQuart to BE Released.

Paris, Dec. 12.-Las Liberte saws that
the temporary release of Col. Picquart
has already been ordered.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

At three of the large London railway
misunderstanding Cross, Cannon street,
AID London Bridge-more than $4,000
movements for signal and point levers
have to be made every "a hours. quite
apart from the telegraphic operations
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where for years he was confined in castles
and fortresses, remaining there until the
peace OF Zanjon. He then returned to the
United States and together with Jose
Marti, attempted another revolution. He
landed in Cuba with a few followers. but
the country was tired of war and wanted
to try the home rule offered by Spain He
capitulated to the Spanish forces in order
to save his few remaining followers and
was again banished to Spain in $780, where
he remained under surveillance until 1895,
when the last revolution broke out in Cuba.
Then he escaped to France and later to
New York. -:
His movements since that time and his
active participation in the war are familiar
to many newspaper readers. After coming
to this country he endeavored to get an ex-
petition to the island of Cuba in the steam
er Hawkins, but this met with shipwreck
In q storm and the cargo was lost. Gen.
Garcia was the last man to leave the ves-
sell Undaunted> by his failure Gen. Garcia
mace another attempt to ship stores for
the insurgents, this time obtaining the ship
bermuda. He was intercepted. however,
by United States authorities and was ar
rested on the charge of f1libustering. but
was released on $1,000 bail. He forfeited
this bail and in a final attempt landed on
the eastern coast of the island with one of
the largest expeditions that ever reached
Cuba. After landing he succeeded Gen.
Antonio MaceO in command or the troops
for the eastern department, holding the
rank of major general, Gen. Maceo march
ing west with his men.
Succeeds Maceo.
At Maceos death Garcia was elected lieu
tenant general of the Cuban army, which
position he held to the close of the war
During this command he assaulted and
took by siege Tunas, Guisa and Guaimaro
and cleared the interior of his department
o. Spanish troops. After declarion of wal
between the United States and Spain, Gen.
Miles, commanding the American army,
sent his representative to Gen. Garcia and
subsequently the American and Cuban gen.
erals cooperated in their movements
against Santiago.
All the officers who participated in the
active work around Santiago bear testi.
mony to the great aid, assistance and 10y
atty manifested by Gen. Garcia during the
campaign. When the Cuban assembly met
at the close of the war Gen. Garcia was one
of the principal advisers and was elected
chairman of the commission directed tC
come to the United States and confer with
the authorities here with reference to the
work in hand.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
Generous to the Soldier..

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 12.-The World
Herald has sent by telegraph $1,000 to
the First Nebraska regiment, located at
Manila, and $1,000 to the Third Ne
trasl1a regiment, commanded by Will
liam j. Bryan, now at Savannah, Ca,
preparing to start for Cuba This
money is contributed at the solicitation
of the World Herald by over 5000 con-
tributors, and is sent to the two regi-
ments to provide for Christmas din
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
Perish i'm q Fire

New York, Dec. 12.-After a fierce
fire that occurred Sunday in a fiat
building at 1874 Prospect place, Brook
Ign, four bodies were recovered. and
The police expect to find more dead in
the ruins. The house was occupied by
five families and a boys club had rooms
in the basement. It is supposed the
boys accidentally set the place on fire,
as the flames were first discovered COM
ing from the basement.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15

The real name of Jules Verne is
Olchewitz. He is native of Warsaw
and lives at Amiens, France.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
NoveIist slack Dead.

London, Dec 70. The death lis an.
nounced of William Black, the novels,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-15
DEATH OF "A .PATRIOT II.
Close Of the Career Of the Noted
Cuban Warrior, Gen. Garcia.
Succumbs at Washington to an At
tack of Pneumonia - His Dying
Thoughts Were of His COun-
try-Sketch of His Life.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Gen. Calixto
Garcia, the distinguished Cuban war
rior and leader and the head of the
commission elected by the Cuban as
sembly to visit this country, died here
Sunday morning shortly after ten
o'clock at the Hotel Raleigh, where the
commission has its headquarters. The
sudden change from the warm climate
of Cuba, with the hardships he had
there endured, to the wintry weather
OF New York and Washington is re-
sponsible for the pneumonia which re-
suited in his demise. He contracted a
slight cold in New York, which did not
assume an alarming stage until the
early part of last week. On Tuesday
night Gen. Garcia, in company with the
other members of the commission, at
tended dinner given in his honor by
Gen. Miles, and it was result of the
exposure that night which eliminated
in his death.
Last Thoughts Were for Cuba.
During the IL hours or more pre-
ceding dissolution Gen. Garcia was I'M
conscious most of the time. At inter
walls he recognized one or more of those
about him. In his dying moments, as
all through his busy and active life, his
thoughts were for his beloved country
and its people, and among his last
words were irrational mutterings in
which he gave orders to his son, who
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TREATY is SIGNED.
The Peace Commissioners at Paris
Finish Their Work.
The Final Scene Memorable One
Main Features of the Historical
DOcument-Spanis Government
Approves the Protest.

Paris, Dec. 1.-THE treaty of peace
was signed at S:45 Saturday evening.
The treaty as signed consists of II ar
ticles, it having been found advisable
to subdivide two or three of the articles
in the draft agreed upon at the last
meeting. The commissioners of the
two nations wrote their signatures on
two copies of the treaty, one copy be-
ing for the archives. The document
was prepared by Secretary Moore, in
behalf of the United States commits
sioners, and by Senior Villa Rutia for
Spain, on account Of the continued ILL
ness of Secretary Ojeda. of the Spanish
commission. Each copy contains the
English and Spanish texts of the treaty
in parallel columns. The wording had
been approved previously by the CON-
missions without joint meeting, so
there was no controversy on this sub
ject.