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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
WEST AND SOUTH.

In Canton, o., Mrs. Anna e. George
pleaded not guilty of the murder of
George D. Sexton, and her trial was set
for April 4.
Mary Stewart, widow of prominent
citizen of Mulvanin, Kan, celebrated
her one hundred and first birthday
anniversary with dance, in which she
took part.
Flames in Minneapolis destroyed the
Tribune building and other business
places, the loss being over 100000.
At Ripley, o., fire burned eight bust
ness houses, including the Reinert no.
tel.
A bill passed the California legisla-
ture forbidding the publication of car
toons in newspapers.
Gen. Gomez, the Cuban commander
in chief, entered Havana, escorted by
Gen. Ludlow and his staff, and was re-
ceived with enthusiasm.
Lottie NJ. Hughes, on trial at Mason
City, Ia, on a charge of numbering her
husband with poison, was found not
guilty.
Chauncey M. Depew, senator-elect
from New York, said in speech before
railway men in Chicago that it was our
duty to hold Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines.
At Walton, Ind, the residence of Dan
ie1 Eckton was blown up by natural
gas and seven persons were injured,
three fatally. ....,.. ..A
The death of Col. A. L. Conger, for
years a member from Ohio of the repub-
lican national committee, occurred in
Des Moines, Ia.
In Chicago the bodies Of the three vic
Tins of the Arlington flats tire-Fred
Marty, his wife and baby-have been
found in the ruins of the building.
In Topeka, Kan, Paddy Shea, the
pugilist, was sentenced to 30 years in
the penitentiary for the murder of Ed
Dawson in saloon row. IL
A hurricane unroofed several houses
and did other damage at Evansville,
Ind.
At Baker, Ind, Mrs. Mary Miller died
at the; age Of 100 years. SIG
During the recent cold spell mil
lions Of bees were killed in Kentucky,
and honey making has practically been
exterminated in the state for several
years,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

A newly-discovered mineral which is
of a lustrous black color and which as
fuel surpasses coal and all other SUBJ
stances heretofore known is found on
the island of Barbados, in the Lesser
Antilles, where the natives call it "man-
jak." It's thought that manjal1 is petri-
fled petroleum, great quantities of pc
troleum being found on the island. It
contains only two per cent. of water
and ~ per cent. of solid organic matter,
thus surprising in utility the best as
phalt of Trinidad. in which 80 per cent.
of water is contained, and which has
been classed as the very finest fuel.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

A remarkable story comes from the
south to the effect that a Mississippi
planter by the name of Mangum has
been experimenting with monkeys as
cotton pickers, and that during the en-
tire fall of last year he had ten mon
keys working in his fields. It is said
they were taught to perform the work
of picking cotton by New York ami
NAL trainer, and that the same man is
now training 100 monkeys for Mr..
Mangum. Monkeys may yet prove Of
some use outside the menagerie and
hand organ business, but we have no
proofs concerning the cotton pickers. Il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
LATER NEWS.

The bill for the reorganization of the
army passed the United States senate.
Henry James, a travelling man from
St. Paul, was held up and roboed OF
$500 by three women on the streets OF
Chicago. The women were afterwards
arrested and identified.
Roland B. Molineaux, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, was arrested, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Katherine J. Adams,
of New York. Death was caused by
cyanide of mercury sent through the
mails as bromo seller to Harry Cornish,
who in turn, unthinkingly, gave the
bottle to Mrs. Adams.
The Spanish senate, by vote of 100
to Z, approved of the motion of Marshal
Martinez de Campos, signed by all the
Spanish generals in the senate demand
ing parliamentary inquiry into the
conduct of the recent war.
The worst storm for ten years swept
Wyoming the 9th, completely block
ing all railway traffic.
A movement has been set on foot for
an extensive reciprocity scheme be-
tween Newfoundland and the United
States, including fish for the West In.
dies market, lumber, pulp, minerals,
and other valuable products of Ameri-
can industry.
The government troops defeated the
Nicaraguan rebels and General Reyes,
the insurgent leader, fed for protec-
ton to the British consulate at Blue
fields. He will surrender without
further resistance, thus closing the
revolution.
The johnson steamer Moravia is
over month out from Falmouth, Eng
land for Boston, and much anxiety is
felt on her account.
Advices received from Iloilo state
that all is quite there. The natives
who fed at the landing of the Ameri-
cans are returned to Iloilo and many
of them are taking the oath of allegi-
ance. The Charleston and the Concord
are patrolling the strands in search OF
flibusters.
The owners of the Toledo plantation
near Mariana complained to General
Fitzhugh Lee recently that Cuban
soldiers carried away tons of sugar
cane every day to eat it. Major Rus.
sell B. Harrison, the provost marshal,
with guard of twenty-five men,
went to the plantation recently
caught fifty Cubans and disarmed
them.
It is asserted in Madrid that the
number of disbanded Spanish sailors
in Cuba who are joining the American
navV is considerable increasing.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

The late Gen. F. E. Spinner, who as
treasurer of the United States for many
years, under appoin tment of Abraham
Lincoln, appended to the greenbacks
the weirdest signature ever written by
man, and who was the first to give
women employment in the service Of
the federal government, is to have a
statue erected to his memory. The cost
of the tribute is borne entirely by wom-
en-, who in this way seek to show in
some degree their gratitude to him for
courageously Ignoring custom and pre-
cedentand opening to women new ways
for their aspiration and occupation.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Col, Conrer I. Dead.

; Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 27.-Col. A. L.
Conger died here Saturday night from
a stroke of paralysis. He came here
from Akron, o. For eight years he
served on the republican national COM
mittee, and served several terms as a
member of congress. He was 70 years
old -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Grain SHIPMENTS Heavy.

Boston, Feb. 27.-Twelve trans-Atlan-
tic liners sailed from this port the last
week heavily laden with wheat. corn,
oats, provisions, machinery, general
merchandise, etc. The increase in the
export business was enormous, and
shippers figure that the combined car
goes of these 10 steamships are worth
$SO00,000. The totals are 800, 249 BUSH
els of wheat, 05,973 bushels of corn and
PIG, 1877 bushels of oats.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

A "personaP' in a New York paper
reads as follows:
I'm the land Of the free, in the home Of
the brave" is there gentleman not under
30 years Of age, refined, educated, literary
and "a stranger not to honor's laws who,
for the love of letter writing, will cor
respond with lady in the full bloom Of
womanhood, of education, literary tastes
and deep sense of refinement, and whose
ideal has not been wrecked on the shores
of the real" nor sleeps like a dream, in
the grave?"
It is safe to wager that the lady who
composed" the above ad wears face
like q Polish riot.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

Magistrate Wentworth, of New York
city, has startled the community by de-
claring from the bench that suicide is
not crime. The statement was made
when he discharged 16-year-old boy
who had attempted self-destruction.
when a man is through with life"
said the magistrate, ''let him shuttle it
off. That's what I intend to do"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

Lyman Abbott says: II have tried
to interpret my own conviction that re-
]igion consists not in believing some
thing about God or thinking about God,
but in trying to live the Divine life. Re-
ligion is simply the art of living, not
even the art of right living, for living
that is not right living is the beginning
of death. Religion means for the mer
chant, honesty; for the journalist,
truthfulness; for the soldier, heroism;
for the minister, sincerity and candor."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
A HOME DESTROYED.
Natural Gas DemOishes a Residence
at Walton, Ind.-Five Persons
Are Injured.

Logansport, Ind, Feb. 27.-The house
of Daniel Eckton, at Walton, near here,
was blown to pieces Sunday by a
natural gas explosion. The noise was
heard for miles. Mrs. Eckton is horri-
bly, injured and is dying. Mrs. Jesse
Coblentz is also dying. Willie Coblentz.
Jesse Coblentz and Charles Eckton all
are more or less injured, but will re-
cover. The Coblentz family arrived at
the EclStons to spend Sunday just be-
fore the accident.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
An impression has become current in

An impression has become current in
America that the Japanese live almost
exclusively upon rice. This is mis-
take. In 1896 Japan produced the lead
ing cereals in the following proper
tions: Rice, $50. 49s, 1855 bushels: wheat,
17,761,o bushels; rye, 24,616,235 bush
els; barley, 37,4e6,425 bushels; millet
of all varieties, II ,o17 $50 bushels; rape,
3,554,76o bushels. There we're also pro-
duced 3,715,170 bushels of Irish pota-
toes and 37,948,566 bushels of sweet po-
tatoes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Increase Of Spanish Immigration.

New York, Feb. 27-Thirty Spaniards
arrived here Sunday on the Cunard
liner Umbria. Most of the men are Ia
borers, and are able to read and write.
All of them are going to different min
ing towns in the west. They are held
for investigation by the immigration
officials to determine whether they
came here to work under contract. The
immigrant authorities say that since
the close of the war with Spain the i'm
migration from that country has in
creased 100 per cent.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
FROM WASHINGTON.

In January last the total receipts of
internal revenue were $40 ,812,212, a
gain over the same month in 1898 of
$8,476,285.
Gen. Eagan testified before the beef
inquiry commission in Washington that
the refrigerated beef was good, and
Gen. Weston said that few complaints
were based on facts.
The death of Levi P. Maish, a member
from Pennsylvania of the Fort y fourth,
Fourty-fifth, Fiftieth and Fifty first
congresses, occurred in Washington,
aged g. years.
The plans are being prepared for a
rapid evacuation of Cuba by the United
States troops.
The president has nominated Will
liam R. Day, of Canton, O., late sec
rotary of state, for United States cir
cult judge for the Sixth judicial cir
cult, composed of parts of Ohio, Mich
igan, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

A story comes from Madrid that five
Spanish officers have been rewarded
for valiant and successful services as
spies in this country during the war.
The spies may have done good work,
but the mistake that Spain made in the
matter was that they were not detailed
to learn the weakness of their own ma
ton before the war rather than the
strength of their foes after it was too
1.%o
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

The qualities of the American volun-
teer at Manila continue to amaze the
European powers. That men taken
from fields, shops and offices can in a
few months be made into soldiers so
efficient gives them new views of mill
tary capacity. No European command
err for the next generation at least is
going to undervalue the fighting abil-
ity of American soldiers, either regu-
lars or volunteers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

Washington, Feb. 27.-William R.
Day, of Canton, O., late secretary of
state, was nominated by President Nc
Kinley Saturday for United States cir
cult judge for the Sixth judicial circuit.
This is new circuit, composed of parts
of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Ten
nessee, and Mr.. Day will be it's first
indpa
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Killed by the Cars.

Peoria, ILL.,, Feb. 27.-Agent Ryan and
Operator Wilton, of the Peoria, Decatur
& Evansville railroad at Mackinaw
station, were killed on the Big Four
near fremont, Sunday evening. They
were returning home from fremont on
q railway velocipede, and the train, an
extra, ran them down, killing both of
them INSTANTLY.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

Since the foundation of the Legal Aid
society in New York 10000 people, VIC
timized by their fellows, have sought
and found justice through its efforts.
The society has collected and paid over
to it's clients sum largely in excess of
100000. The indirect benefits have
also been felt by a far larger number
of nennle
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Death Of Gen. Reynol(l.

Washington, Feb. 27.-Maj. Gen
Joseph j. Reynolds, IS. A., retired, is
dead, aged "a years. As month ago Gen.
Reynolds had an attack Of partial pa,
ralysis which culmina ted in a cerebral
hemorrhage causing death late Satur.
day afternoon. The remains will be
Inferred at Arlington Tuesday q
Wednesday,:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
lars or VOlu

James Clarke, aged &C years, con-
vict recently released from the Mary
land penitentiary, holds the worlds rec
ord on marriages, if the testimony of
1t is claimed that Clarke has been mar
ried IS times. In view of the fact that
about half of the wives are now looking
for his scalp, we should think it would
have been the course of wisdom for him
to have remained in prison.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Blind woman Murdered.

Chicago, Feb. 27.-Cora S. Henderson,
a blind housekeeper, employed by Jean
w. Holtslander, of No. 1885 West Mad
ison street, was found in the parlor OF
the Holtslander home Sunday evening
with her skull battered and crushed.
Her body was cold, and the indications
were that life had been extinct for more
than IL hours. Robbery was the mo-
tive, undoubtedly. | -..N
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

New York, Feb. 26.-Frances SaviHe,
the opera singer, who states that she is
citizen of California, has brought suit
against the proprietor of the Madison
Avenue hotel, in this city, to recover
$4,000, the value of a casket Of jew
els which she alleges was stolen from
her apartments in the hotel in Deem
Der, 1898, presumably by an employe
Of the hotel.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Causes MANY .Death..

Fort Worth, Tex, Feb. 27.-Texas is
passing through an epidemic of menin-
gifts. The situation is alarming. The
death record in this city is 30 for the
week. Reports from the country towns
give similar situation. Many schools
have been closed on account Of the raw
ages of this disease.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02

A coroner's jury in rural district of
Georgia returned the following verdict
recently: 1.-The deceased came to his
death by tryin' to light his pipe with an
electric light, which can't be done sue
cessfully"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
ennt n pri.on

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 27.--Paddy Shea,
the pugiist, was sentenced to 80 years
in the penitentiary for the murder of
Ed Dawson, in q saloon row.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Fonnd in the Rutns

Chicag 90, Feb. 81. The bodies Of Let
ter Carrier Fred Marty wife and child
were found Sunday IN the ruins Of the
Arlington fiat building, burned some
days ago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Wants a war Inouirv,

| Madrid, Feb. 27.-Marshal De Campos
is about to submit to the senate mo-
ton, signed by all the generals in the
senate, demanding parliamentary in
quiry into the conduct of the recent
war -s-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
YieliI. RuIe over Rn..s.

London, Feb. ~. The Daily Chron-
icle's correspondent in Stockholm
says it is rumored there that Emperor
Nicholas is i'll, and that Imperial Grand
Duke Michael is presiding over the gov.
eernment.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
LEFT S5,OOO.OOO to CHARITY.

80 A1SAe $OSOVVSVOV ~ Nm0f11ys
Athens, Feb. 27.-Itis announced that
Andre Syngros, the millionaire banker,
who died recently, left his entire estate,
valued at $s,ooo.ooo, to charitable insti-
buttons.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Death Of Bar0n de Re1fer.

Nice, Feb. 27.-Baron Paul Julius de
Reuter-, director and founder of Reu-
ter's Telegraph company, is dead, aged
SO years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
= Durability IS
Better T,a,, Shou,. =

The zyealth Of tie mutt
n1illionaires Is not equal to
good health. Riches 4vdhout
health are a curse, and yet tie
rich, tie middle classes and
tie poor aMe hape, IN HOODS
Sarsaparilla, a paluable as
sfstant IN getting and main
tanning perfect health. #
neuer disappomts.
9cSofl1a-"Three years ago our son,
now eleven, had serious case OF scrofuIs
anderysipelas with dreadful sores, discharg.
ing and itching constantly. He could not
walk. Several physicians did not help for
sixteen months. Three months treatment
with Hoods SarsapariIla made him per-
fectly well. We are glad to tell others OF it."
MRS. DAVID LAIRD, Ottawa, Kansas.
Nausea Vomiting spells, dizziness
and prOstration troubled me for years.
Had neuralgia, grew weak and could not
sleep. My age was against me, but Hoods
Sarsaparilla cured me thoroughly. Nv
weight increased from 125 to I43 pounds. I
am the mother Of nine children. Never felt
SO well and strong since was married as
do now" Mrs. NJ. A. WATERS, 1879 33d st.,
Washington, DC.
EcZema-"We had to tie the hands of
our two year old son on account of eczema
on face and limbs. No medicine even
helped until we used Hoods SarsapariIla,
which soon cured" MRS. A. VAN WICK, 123
Montgomery Street, Paterson. N. J.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-03-02
Hoods ya,JabaM
BITS OF INFORMATION.
Elazzl7 I:lE3!l3;|:ll1x

Hoods Pills cure liver ills; non-irrftattne and
the only cathartic to take with HOODS SarsapariIa
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-10

being unable to compete with the Ma"
lay in the struggle for existence. Inc
remainder of the inhabitants of the ISL
ands Professor Worcester divides into
three groups, of whom the civilized Fill
pinos number one-half, or about 5,OOO,-
900. They possess the elements for
making good citizens. They are pa
tient, sober and self-respecting, and
their family life Is admirable. True,
the Filipino Is ignorant and unlettered
because the Spaniard would have him
no other way; schools were not provid-
ed and education was forbidden. The
Filipino who went away from home and
secured an education often mysterious
ly disappeared within few months af-
ter his return.
OF the remaining tribes, of which
there are over eighty-three, not one Of
them can, Professor Worcester thinks,
be properly called savage. 'They need
present no serious difficulty" The one
element likely to be troublesome is to
be found in the tribes of Moros, or Mo-
hammedans, since they believe that
every Christian killed is service to AL
lah But even with relation to these,
the problem is simply to confine them to
their present location, one of the ISL
ands and this is not difficult and ex-
poses nothing more vulnerable than
warship to their propensity to XIII.
Finally, Professor Worcester lndl-
Gates that the whole problem in the
Philippines as faced by the United
States is to convince the people of
those islands of its own good intentions
towards them and it's determination to
give them just and equitable govern
ment'-something which they have
never before enjoyed. re do this 1T is
absolutely necessary to secure the con-
f1dence of the leaders" We don't seem
to be making very rapid progress IN
this direction just now, but perhaps
there will be change for the better
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-10

If we may judge from the shipbuild-
ing returns for the past quarter the en-
cheering trades in Great Britain have
fully recovered from the evil effects of
the great strike, at least as far as the
volume of trade is concerned, says, the
Scientific American. The various yards
had under construction no fewer than
sos merchant vessels, with a gross tom
mage of 1,364,250 tons. This is an in
crease of 143 vessels and 4S0, 900 tons
over the returns for the same date last
year. OF these ships 572 were steamers
and only twenty-six sailing vessels. The
list of customers is of interest 1t
shows that 400 of the vessels were for
British owners, while six We're to go to
the colonies. Germany had ordered
eight of the ships, aggregating 47,700
tons, and Russia eleven vessels of 26,4S0
tons. Then in their order came Japan,
eleven ships; Norway, nine ships; Hol-
land, six; Denmark, six; and Austria
Hungary, three ships. The vessel of
large displacement is growing in favor,
for the tables include six vessels of
over 10000 tons, seven of from 5000 to
10000, thirty mine of from 5000 to 5000,
and fifty-seven from 1900 to 5000. There
are 124 steamers, chiefly of the tramp"
class, of tonnage varying from 5000
to 1000. To these figures must be add
ed those for warship construction,
which show that fifty-eight ships of an
aggregate displacement of 265,SOO tons,
are being built for the British navy.
There are also thirty-four warships, ag-
gregating 110,695 tons, being built in
private yards for foreign powers.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-10
FASHION NOTES.
WOmen's Backs Considered.

An effort is being made to introduce
tuckings and frills in criss-cross fash
ion on the back, as well as the front of
the newest silk waists but the woman
of taste will taboo such unless she is
a perfect boneyard desperately resort
ing to any device that will add to an
attentuated figure. Other women should
not permit dressmaker to make a
checker board of their backs. Put ruff
tles, tucks and puffs up and down or
across If you please, but do not put
them both ways unless you wish to
destroy all graceful outlines and curves
Most women, if they only knew it and
would exercise a bit of care, have a
stronghold of beautiful curves on their
backs. Yet how many women think Of
that part of them? Say, not one in
fifty judging from the defects seen
there on otherwise tastefully attred
women.
Many beautiful bodices are trimmed
freely alike in back and front, but that
doesn't mean that any bodice thus Or
namented will be a success. Taste 10
necessary in the arrangement. Women
who want to follow this recent develop
ment in ornamentation cannot be safer