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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The population of India increases al
the rate of 100000 annually.
Profanity is forbidden by both the
army and the navy regulations of the
United States.
Charles Newton, of Bradford, Pa.
was blown to pieces, while shooting an
oil we'll at Orchard Park.
President Snow, of the Mormon
church. says the law against polyg.
amy is being strictly obeyed in Utah.
The senior senator from Connecticut
Orvill II. Platt. is over II years old, and
his colleague, Joseph r.. Hawley, is
over ~.
The population of the earth at the
time of Emperor Augustus is estimated
at 50, 900 900. 1t is now estimated to be
about 1,5sO,OOO coo.
Six convicts, driven mad by idleness,
were taken from the Kings county peni-
tertiary in New York to asylums for
the criminal insane.
The Miller Electric Construction
company of Pittsburgh, Pa, has in
vented a new plan for utilizing the
power of Niagara falls.
Services in commemoration of the
founding of Christ church, Salem
street, IT'S years ago, were held in the
meeting house in Boston.
The extension of American authority
in the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico
will lead to the abandonment of some
military posts in this country.
There are now 10000 head of cattle
being fed for market on the line of the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railroad,
and the majority of these cattle are
destined for Cuba. - -~
Brig. Gen. Harrison G. Otis, now serv-
ing in the Philippines, enlisted in the
civil war with President Mckinley in
the Twenty-third Ohio. Private Nc
Kinley rose to be brevet major and
Private Otis colonel. --~5
The Spanish brig Gabriel, from Car
denas, arrived at Corunna, having on
board ten of the crew Of the American
bark EVE Reed, Capt. j. D. Steelman,
from New York, which is lost The
crew were rescued near the island Of
Bermuda,
King Humbert, of Italy, has signed q
decree amnestying or reducing the
punishment of the rioters who took
part in the disturbances last spring.
About 700 persons who were sentenced
by court martial and about 1000 who
were condemned by civil courts have
been liberated. .=s.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 30.-BaItimore
& Ohio officials in this city give out the
following account of collision which
occurred near lockwood, Pa, Thursday
night: A west-bound freight engine
collided with the east-bound passenger
train due at lockwood, Pa, and a Sc
rious wreck resulted. Eleven persons
were injured. All of the injured were
taken to lockwood hotel. None of the
injured will die. The collision was
caused by the engineer Of the freight
train overlooking the time Of the pas
senger train.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

Christobal Colon, the most famous
cat the world has ever known. died the
other day at the home of its owner,
Capt. Lloyd Clark, the ex-commander
of the battleship Oregon. The cat was
sent to Capt. Clark last September by
the members of his crew on the Oregon,
who took it from the Spanish cruiser
Cristobal Colon, the flagship of Ger
vera's fleet. The cat was recently ex-
hibited at the Chicago Cat show, where
it won the medal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

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At Airola, Switzerland, landslide
did damage to the extent of 100000
francs and killed five persons.
Orders have been given for the re-
moval of the weather headquarters OF
the present West Indian storm warning
service from Kingston to Havana.
A gale swept over the English chan.
mel and the east coast of Great Britain
doing immense damage. -
Capt. Dreyfus. who for the last three
years has been. kept in solitary and
close confinement on the Isle de D:a;ble
is said to be in Paris under disguise.
In the New Hebrides a lieutenant
and 10 men of the French warship Sure
were killed by natives.
The British steamer Glenavon was
wrecked near Hong and 20 of the
crew were lost.
Cubans in Havana postponed their
six days celebration in compliance
with the wish of Gen. Brooke, the mill
tary governor.
At Hankow. China. over 100 houses
fell into the River Han and 1000 per.
sons were drowned.
Letter postage from Canada to the
United States is now two cents per
ounce.
To raise the former Spanish cruiser
Reina Mercedes the Merritt & Chapman
Wrecking company's outfit arrived at
Santiago de Cuba.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

Des Moines, "a, Dec. 31.-A monu-
ment to the mother of Abraham Lin
coin is to be erected by old soldiers Of
the Second Iowa brigade; three regi-
ments from Illinois, the Fourteenth,
Fifteenth and Sixteenth; and two from
Indiana, the Twenty-sixth and Fifty
third Gen. AnkeBy. Of this city. has
received letter appointing him as the
one to raise the money from the Iowa
boys. This letter came from Col. J. s.
Wright, of Rockport, Ind.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

Washington, Dec 3e.-The postmas-
ter at San Francisco has called atfeB-
ton to the large amount Of mail matter
accommodating there under the mis-
taken notion that domestic postage ap-
plies to Hawaii. Letters for residents
Of Hawaii still require the inteTna~
tional postage Of five cents per half
ounce, though all mail to people IN the
United States military or naval service
il transmissable at domestic rates.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

Now that we have tropica! island of
our own in Porto Rico, it is very likely
to divert some of the winter pleasure
travel that has heretofore gone to Flor
ida. The same will probably come true
of Cuba when the island has become
quiet under new order of things. Al
ready we find in a New York paper an
advertisement of an excursion to all
the places made interesting to Amer
leans during the recent war. But the
cost of such trip will probably pre-
vent it from displacing the customary
winter resorts. Besides. most people
will not care to challenge malaria
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
Dewey the Ranking Officer.

Washington, Dec. Is. - Admiral
Dewey is now the senior officer of the
American navy, having reached that
position without congressional action
through the retirement Sunday last of
Admiral Bunce. He will continue to
hold that distinction until the Goth of
December next year, when he will go
upon the retired list, unless congress
excerpts him from the operation of tho
law, and after making him admiral OF
the navy provides that he may hold
that office in active service without age
Limitation.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
No death sentence has been E

No death sentence has been executed
on any Yankee soldier in the late war
for any of the crimes that are punish
able by death under the rules of war.
And President McKinley's commuta-
ton of the death sentence passed upon
private soldier for having murdered
one of his comrades helps to preserve
that remarkable record. It is interest
ing to note, by the way, that in this case
the offender was a colored trooper,
who killed white man, and that the
recommendation for mercy was made
by Gen. Joe Wheeler, of Alabama.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

The orders issued for the last force of
regulars to be sent to the Philippines
direct that commissioned and noncom-
missioned officers be permitted to take
their families with them on the trans
ports. This signifies that the troops are
not to make a flying trip, but will re-
main at their new post of duty for an
extended period.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
Will Reduce Stock of Gold.

Washington, Dec. 31.-To-day United
States Treasurer Roberts will mail
checks in payment of interest on the
four per cent funded loan of 1907,
amounting to $5,559,0oo, due on Jan
uary 1. On the Sd of January he will
mail checks in redemption of Central
Pacific six per cent bonds due January
1, amounting to $12,7oo,ooo. By this
means the treasury will materially re-
duce its stock of free gold, which on
Friday amounted to nearly $246, 00O, 900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
Meets . Horrible Fate.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 31.-At the Dove
tail box factory in this city Joseph
Pocher, aged II. an employe, was
caught in the machinery, whirled rap
idly about a pulley, parts Of his body
being cut or twisted of and whirIed
in various directions, and the body torn
to shreds. Gudor Hough tried to res
cue Pocher and was also caught and
whirled three times around the pulley.
but the machinery was stopped in time
to save his life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
Preferred Death.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-Rather than SUBJ
nit to the disgrace of arrest and i'm
prisonment on charge of larceny as
bailee, Joseph Kasper, at one time a
well-known downtown jewelry mer-
chant and large holder of real estate
on the North side, fred bullet into
his brain while insthe office Of the II.
Piper company, 613-619 Wells street,
Thursday evening". He was taken to
the Alexian Brothers hospital, where
he died at 2: 16 o'clock Friday morning.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

The English war department recog-
nizes the value of singing by it's soldiers
while on the march. and has ordered
$4,000 books of patriotic and military
songs as an experiment. These books
will be distributed among the men in
the infantry regiments, and classes for
singing will be formed in the barracks.
A similar experiment has been tried in
France with great success, the number
of stragglers on days march being re-
duced 10 per cent, when the men were
singing.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

The queen of Spain and the youthful
king have had pleasant little windfall.
Some time since there died in Madrid
an old gentleman named Soler, who
bequeathed to the young king legacy
of 100000 pesetas. The relatives of
the testator opposed the will, but the
queen, as her sons next friend, sup
ported it, and has won her cause. It is
stated that Soler was a natural son of
King Ferdinand VII, and hence great
uncle of the young king.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

Miss Maria Sandoval, the only woman
lawyer in Mexico, won case the other
day in the criminal court at St. Louis.
twenty-five years ago news of this sort
would have been remarka BILE, now it is
nothing very unusual.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
strange Methea Of s.,e,ae.

Chicago, Dec. 25.-Louis Slick, OF
1904 North Marshfeld avenue, chose
a unique and horrible method to end
his life. He lifted the lid from the
stove and held his head against the
glowing Goals until he was burned so
severely that he was rendered uncon-
scious. He was found few minutes
later by his wife, and eight hours later
died without regaining consciousness.
Slick was 6s years old.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
Grants Annesty to Many.

Rome, Dec. 3o.King Humbert has
signed decree amnesty wing or reducing
the punishments Of the rioters who
took part In the disturbances last
spring. About 100 persons who were
sentenced by courts-martial and about
1000 who were condemned by civil
courts have been liberated, but all
recidivists or habitual criminals have
been excluded from The benefits Of the
decree.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

Two new papers started in Manila are
called "Freedom" and "American."
Journals printed in Spanish are sus-
pending. and Manila will henceforth
get the latest news in the English Ian
guage,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

At Shelby. Tex, arsenic placed IN
coffee BY some one unknown caused
the deaths Of Frank Lomack, his wife
and five children.
In San Francisco Mrs. Cordelia Bot
kin was found guilty Of murder and
sentenced to life imprisonment for
causing the death of Mrs. John r. Dun
ming by sending box Of poisoned can
dy to her home in Dover. Del.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
Brooms have lately advanced rs cents
dozen. This comes of cleaning out
so many Spanish cities.

1t is stated that there is no profane
word in the Japanese language. If a
citizen of Japan misses his train there
seems to be no relief for it except silent
GiStruSt.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

Maryland has revived an old state law
providing that when one person kills
another he must pay the family of the
murdered man $1,000. Itdoes not. how
ever, prescribe place for finding the
S. O0O
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

Chicago, Dec. 30-The grand jury in
vestigation Of bribery in the city coun-
ell is at an end. After . day and half
OF earnest effort the grand jury was
unable to develop any evidence upon
which TO base indictments. Nearly
every member Of the city council was
before the grand jury during the day.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05

The nude appearance of the man
with the scythe and hour-glass, as de-
picted on the new calendars, shows that
very few people have been taking a
stitch in Time
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
Co~HspatIon CODpIet<a~

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 3o-The Post
says the American Steel and Wire com
pany, the combination which has been
in suspense for some time because some
of the largest. plants in the country re-
fused to enter, was completed Thurs
day. The capitalization Of the new
company will be $4,000. 600 Thenew
company viii practically control the
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18

fresh flowers and fragrant plants, about
forty guests sat down last evening to
partake of the good cheer proyided for
the first annual banquet of the California
Commandery of the Society Of American
Wars, which was held in the conservatory
of the Palace Hotel.
In the effort to make their initial din
ner a success those having the arrange
ments in charge gave the chef carte
blanche impressing on him the necessity
of doing HIS best regardless of the dam
age. The consequence was that a menu
was provided which carried the guests
in an epicurean ecstacy far on into the
evening.
When the cigars had been lighted and
the black-coffee cups had been filled for
the second time Toastmaster Com
mander Henry Glass, U. S. N, arose and
called upon the following gentlemen, who
arose in the order named, and spoke on
the following subjects: Prayer. Rev.
Arthur Crosby; THE Society of American
Wars" David Starr Jordan; "The Navy"
Captain Caspar Frederick Goodrich; Cal
ifornia!;' Hon. George G; Perkins; The
navy navy irSng Si9g N. S Scott .oe IN ali os Of these
speeches and in the impromptu ones that
followed there was not a sentence ut
tered that was not pregnant with wisdom
The dinner was complete success and
so much did those present enjoy 1t that
the sun was only a little behind them
in rising.
Previous to the banquet meeting was
held in the hotel. at which the. following
ensuing year: Commander, Captain
Henry Glass. U. S. N; recorder, A. ].
Edwards; vice commander, V. Snow;
second vice commander. c.. P. Eells;
registrar, w H. Anderson; historian, w.
A. Brewer; chancellor, Hon. R. c. Harris;
chaplain, Rt. Rev. w. H. Moreland;
surgeon, Colonel c. r. Greenleaf; treas
urer, H. G. Stevenson, and medical di-
rector, A. Crosby. The following gentle
men were also chosen to compose a coun-
Gil: David Starr Jordan, K. c. Babcock,
Commander w. Rae, U. S. N; ]. ]. Val
entine. Irving M. Scott, w. T. Reid,
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, w. r. Dudley, F.
j. Symmes, George c. Perkins, D. Cleve-
land and NJ. S. Wilson.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18
Cruelty to a Child.

Neighbors of Mrs. Augusta Haskins,
whose husband has a clothing store at
440 Bush street, complained to the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
that she was in the habit of taking her
stepdaughter Dora, aged years, into the
yard and beating her numerically. She
was arrested yesterday afternoon by Off
GERS McMurray and Coleman and taken
to the City Prison, but was released on
$50 cash bail. The child was examined by
the matron at the prison, but beyond a
slight mark on her cheek and an injured
kneecap nothing wrong was found. The
girl said her kneecap was injured by a
fall. Several of the neighbors will be
asked to testify in Judge Mogan's court
to-day
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18
JOSEPH FOSTER, GRAND HIGH
PRIEST, WHO WILL BE THE
NEXT GRAND PATRIARCH.

charge of their respective booths for the
purpose of entertaining the visiting
brothers and sisters and also extend hos
pitality to the members of the local
lodges
The ladies who belong to the Rebekah
branch have not been idle in the matter
of the jubilee Hundreds of them have
been working to the end that SO far as
they are concerned no one shall have 1t
to say that they have not done their
share toward the success of the celebra-
ton Some of the lodges Of this branch
have been busy during the past week in
the preparation of special features to
display in the parade tomorrow, notably
Oriental Lodge No. 80, which is preparing
float, but what it is to be the ladies
decline to tell as they say that they do
not want any other lodge to copy them
The members of Drill Corps No. have
feet as to attract the attention of all on
lockers and to win their commendation.
They have another motive In perfecting
themselves in the drill, and that is the
carrying away Of the first prize that will
be awarded at the competitive drill IN
the Pavilion tomorrow night. One of
the prizes is pair of ivory gavels mount
ed with 14-karat gold and having handles
made of historic wood from the Philip
pine Islands. 1t must be said to the credit
of the members of this corps that since
the organization last May no member has
missed a drill, with the exception of one
who hau the misfortune to sustain an
injury to one of her feet, which forced
her to withdraw from the corps
The Patriarchs Militant. the military
branch of the order, will also make fine
display, for there will be a number of
cantons in line in their neat uniform.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18

ond prize, $3.50 in cash; exhibition and dis
play drill by cantons of Patriarchs Mill
tant, and prize exhibition and display
drill by Rebekah drill corps, $50 TO each
drill corps making creditable exhibition
decorated their places of business with
emblems of the Odd Fellows. One of these
was the Emporium, which had placed a
fine display over the main entrance, and
it was to have been illuminated by cleo
tricity. Last evening while the lights
were being tested there was a leak and
the bunting caught fire, and in a very
short space of time the entire decoration
was mass of ruins.
At o'clock last night the electrical IL
Illumination at the Odd Fellows building
blue and gold was grand and effective.
The lights were allowed to burn but a
short time. The building will be illum-
mated all tonight and tomorrow and Fri
day nights.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18
ANNUAL SESSION
OF FORESTERS

TRESNO, Oct. 1.-THE tenth annual
session of the California High
Court, Independent Order of For
esters, convened at Spnney Hall
this afternoon. High Chief Ranger
G. A. McElfresh of Los Angeles presided,
and all the other officers were present.
Over 400 delegates were in attendance.
Most of the afternoon was spent IN or
ganizing the High Court. The reports of
the various officers were approved in
Guiding an address by the high chief
ranger. Mr.. McElfresh reviewed the
progress made by the order during the
year. In speaking of the prosperity of
the order Mr.. McElfresh stated that it's
membership consisted of $50 600 young and
vigorous men, whose average age is un-
der 81 years. 1t has a surplus fund
amounting to over s., 500 900 and an aver
age death rate Of less than six to the
thousand. He stated that the order had
distributed over $1,000, 900 among the
widows and orphans of deceased breth-
rem. The speaker ascribed the falling of
of business which followed the readjust-
ment of the rates of assessment to lack
of information upon the part of the gen.
eral membership as to the Importance and
necessity of the readjustment and the
keen competition of sister societies that
have not yet seen the Importance of re-
adjusting their rates, and which by rea-
the fraternal insurance field have
not been forced to do so by
the natural laws governing in the
premises. He thought the falling
off of new business only a temporary con-
dition, because the change was in har-
mony with the opinions of all the lead
ing and intelligent minds in fraternaI in
surance. The order, explained the
speaker, had suffered no loss in member
ship by reason of the readjustment. Other
features of Forestry were also discussed
by the chief ranger, and his address was
frequently interrupted by applause.
Tonight a grand banquet was given at
Armory Hall in honor of the visiting For
esters by members of the local court.
Tomorrow the High Court will be In
session all day In the evening the high
officer delegates will be given a recep-
ton at the Barton Opera-house by the
citizens of Fresno. On the day following
suburban railway excursion will take
place, and they will be banqueted at the
Maltermoro winery. The number of dele
gates in attendance is 423.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18

YESTERDAY was Grand Encamp-
ment day at the Odd Fellows
building, for that body met in an
nual session in Memorial Hall.
There were in attendance Grand
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18

Grand Chapter of the Eastern
Star held it's first session yesterday
afternoon in the Sherman-CIay
LII HILL There were nreSent all the
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18

Overture, Tampa" ....................... HeroId
Waltz. Wizard of the Nile" "........... Herbert
Selection, III Trovatore" Verdi
Patrol, The Blue and Gray" ........... Dalbey
MenueI fdQereWShl
Medley of late popular songs with xylophone
solo NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Braham
Grand march, "Tannhauser'' Wagner
Paraphrase, Home, Sweet Home .......Nhel
During the afternoon of yesterday the
Mechanics Pavilion. which had been in
the hands of the decorators for several
days was thrown open to the members
of the order for inspection, and all were
loud in their praise of the beauty of the
interior. To-day it will be opened to all
who may wish to view the decorations
The several districts. as announced in
yesterdays issue Of The Call, will take
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18
Two Of the Tableaux
Of the Parade To-
Morrow---Worko Of
Relief Board
bekah at the Well.

BenedlCtlOn
.......By Rev. E. R. Ollie, Grand Chaplain
Musical director, Professor Martin Schultz
From the conclusion of the exer-
cises till midnight there will be a grand
instrumental concert. during which the
Golden Gate Park Band will render:
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18
PATRIOTS TOGETHER
AT BANQUET ASSEMBLE
DISTINGUISHED MEN GATHER
ROUND THE MAHOGANY.

At tables arranged in the form of long
horseshoe and beautifully decorated with
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-18

"I like these automobile delivery wag-
ons."
'Why?"
They don't gnaw our shade trees"