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The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
HE CANCELS ENGAGEMENTS.
Admiral Dewey, on the Advice O1
His Physician, Will Remain
Quietly at Home.

Washington, Oct. 23-Admiral Dew
ey, on the advice of his physician, has
Cancelled the dates for his visits to
Philadelphia and Atlanta and will ac-
cept no more invitations of this sort be-
fore next spring. The following official
statement on the subject was made at
his office here Saturday:
Acting on the advice of his physicians,
Admiral Dewey finds that it will be neces-
sary to cancel the engagements he has en-
tered into to visit certain cities and to de-
cine all invitations for the present. He
finds that the mental strain incident to
such visits is seriously affecting his
health"
1t is understood that the admiral's
health is not really bad. If he can be
relieved from the constant strain of
successive receptions there is little
doubt that he will soon be himself again.
At present he is worn out from his re-
cent experiences. Besides, he is need
ed here to aid the president in the
Philippine commission in the task of
deciding questions that are continual
ly arising in the far eastern possessions
of the United States.
The Dewey house committee, which
had in charge the purchase of a home
for the admiral from the moneys re-
ceived by popular subscription, has Sc
lected the house 1747 Rhode Island av-
enue, Northwest, known as the Fitch
house. The price of the house was $780,
900, but as the committee has only $4s,-
900 on hand, Mr.. Fitch, the owner, con-
tributed that amount necessary to
bring the sum up to $4,000. The So
licitor of the treasury will examine the
title to-day and the purchase will be
made and the property turned over on
Tuesday. 1t is a matter of interest to
note that the house selected finally was
that which Admiral Dewey indicated
as his choice before the committee be-
gan its work of examining more than
60 houses.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
FLOWERS THAT ARE EATEN

The Turks preserve yellow pond lilies
and make q cooling drink from them.
In Egypt flowers are pounded and
boiled in sugar. The resulting wine is
of a green hue.
In old Rome they made wine of vio-
let's, and to-day in Turkey sherbet is
made from these lovely blossoms.
Did you ever eat nasturtium saladg
In Europe they make salads from priru-
roses; too, and marigoIds are used for
soups.
Candied violets have always had a
large sale. In France all the stale vio-
let's are sold to confectioners, who
steam them, dip in boiled sugar and
sell them at high price. That is why
sometimes when one eats candfed yio-
let's they have woody taste-they are
not fresh.
The butter tree of India blooms I'm the
hottest weather and is the chief food
OF some tribes. One tree will Weld
several hundred pounds of the yellow,
pulpy flowers. When fresh they have a
delicious flavor and when dried they
look like raisins. They are boiled. made
into cakes or sweetmeats., All wild ami.
mails are very fond Of them.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
YALE DEFEATS WISCONSIN.
In the Football Gnne ut yew HnveB,
the Former Wins by
Score of 6 to @.

New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. 23.-The Uni
yersity of Wisconsin football eleven
had her colors lowered by Yale here
Saturday afternoon in contest the
final score of which was Yale s. Wiseor-
sin o, but the Yale men required near
1y all of the so minutes of play to se-
cure the single touchdown and goal
which constituted her victory over the
young men who came from the west to
wage the battle The game in many re-
spects was the finest ever witnessed on
the Yale gridiron- for it was not until
within the last five minutes of play
that the Yale men were able to cross
the coveted goal line At that the play
was of an extraordinary character for
the scoring came only after thrilling
run of 65 yards by Richards the Yale
halfback, who was carried by maznIff-
cent interference past the Wisconsin,
rush line. and then. being left TO his
own resources. wiggIed his way
through the entire Wisconsin back
field, eluding the four crack backs of
the Badgers, and ultimately planting
the ball sguarely behind the goal posts.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest. News Of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South. r.
TIE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
Secretary Root has instructed the
quartermaster general to forward from
San Francisco any Christmas boxes
which may be delivered there prior to
November 20 fol. officers and soldiers in
the Philippines.
The Duke D'Arcos, the new Spanish
minister, has reopened the-legation in
Washington.
President Mckinley and his party ar
rived in Washington from their western
tour at 1885 Thursday afternoon.
All engagements to visit Philadel-
phia, Atlanta, Chicago and other cities
have been Cancelled by Admiral Dewey
because of impaired health.
In an interview in Washington Ad-
miral Dewey said the American policy
towards Aguinaldo should be 'straight
from the shoulder" with plenty Of
force behind it.
The remains of the men who per-
ished in the blowing up of the Maine,
and which were afterward buried in
Havana, will be brought to this coun-
try and inferred in the National GEM
etery at Arlington.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
LATER NEWS.

George Pfance, of Marshalltown, TO-.
committed suicide by igniting dyna-
mite cartridge held in his mouth. His
head was blown entirely off and body
mangled.
Major General Fl. w. Lawton, U.S.V.,
has been made brigadier in the regu-
lar army, vice Burke, retired.
The English gained another victory
at Glencoe. The Boer artillery began
the fight, but the guns were wretched-
ly served and did little execution. The
British guns replied and quickly ST.
fenced the batteries. Then the Brit
lsh forces made another charge, and,
as in the two other battles that have
been fought, the Beers broke and fed.
An attempt was made to wreck
Northwestern passenger train near
Watertown, S. d., by placing obstruc-
tions on the track. A boy named Nc
Dowell saved the train.
w. I. Buchanan, has resigned his po-
sition as United States Minister to Ar
gentine, to accept the position of di-
rector general of the panAmerican
exposition.
Rupert Hoffman, aged 70, was found
dead in shed at Pleasant Run, O.
He had BEEN dead several days, there
being two large gashes in his throat.
He was, by common report, miser,
and it is thought he was murdered for
his money, but it is possible he may
have suicided.
The British brig Westaway, Captain
Young, which sailed from Barbados
Sept. % for Rum Cay and New York,
stranded Oct. at Watings island, one
of the Bahamas and became a total
loss,
The fight within the United States
Brewery Workmans' association, which
resulted in the boycott in 1894 of the
Pitsburg brewery workers, has been
settled.
Anti-Semitic riots broke out at
Halleschau, Moravia, Jewish houses
were stoned, stores were pillaged,
house was burned and the gendarmes
charged the rioters, killed three per-
sons and injured several others. The
military finally restored order.
A zinc trust has been formed at Kan
sas City, Mo-, to control the output of
the zinc mines. The capital is $1O,-
OOO,O
Miss Esther L. Burns, of Denver,
Colo., became maniac on the day of
her wedding.
A strike is imminent at the rolling
mills owned by the Republic Iron and
Steel Co. at Springfield, ILL.,, involving
S00men, who demand wages increased.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
A LIFE OF CRIME.
Are Confessed by q Convict I'm
q MinnesOta Prison.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. ga spe-
cial to the Times from Saltwater, Mimi,
says: J. c. Mcbride, convict at the
prison, received from jackson county
in December last to serve three years
and five months for an assault, has
made remarkable confession, show
ing him to be one of the most high
handed murderers in. the country. His
confession was made to Warden VOL
fer in letter written October 8, and in
it he related the murder of two officers,
Joseph Grant and John McNott, at
Geneva, ILL.,, August 20, 1886; the mur-
der of Julia Buckmore, at Geneva; a
post office robbery and the murder of
the marshal of Ossawatomie, Kan; the
burglary of hardware store and the
shooting of policeman at Guide Rock,
Neb., and many burglaries and high
way robberies. If the story is true he
has been veritable terror.
Speaking of the circumstances of the
murder of Grant and McNott at Geneva,
he says:
II shot Joseph Grant and John McNott
Three OF us, two pals and myself, were in
the act of committing burglary at Geneva
at about one o'clock in the morning August
20. 1885, We entered the house of an under
taker for the purpose of robbery about two
blocks south of the courthouse and one
| west. My two pals were arrested by these
officers. I walked some distance away
from the place of robbery to the courthouse
and secreted myself behind a maple tree,
when the officers came along with my two
pals shot them, killing Officer McNott in
stantly and shot Officer Grant, who lived
until the next day.
II also murdered a woman by the name
of Julia Buckmore, in the outskirts and
east side of Geneva, about two weeks before
I murdered the officers. My object was rob-
berry. cut her throat with razor because
she recognized me while in the act of COM
mitting the robbery. I carried the body
to a hen coop and set fire to the house. The
| body was found in the hen coop the next
morning.
Mcbride says that his right name is
George Bullock, and that he was born
| of respectable parents, who have re-
sided in Geneva since 1871. He has
served two prison terms in Illinois and
one in Nebraska. After receiving the
letter and calling Mcbride into his Of
fee for a more explicit story of his
crimes, Warden Wolfer communicated
with the authorities at Geneva and
elsewhere. He learned that the crimes
were committed, but has received no
additional information. Mcbride is now
33 years old, and says he has followed
the life of robber and murderer since
he was ten years old. While relating
the story of his crime he gave ali the
details in matter-of-fact manner, and
evidently felt relieved. He claims to
have confessed because his conscience
bothered him, and says he is anxious
to be punished for his many crimes.
In the murder of the officers at Geneva,
he says he had two pals, one of them
Harry Ester, later arrested and SEN
fenced to Joliet penitentiary for Is
years. The confession covers four large
manuscript pages.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
At sagua ID Grande, Cuba, q tornado
killed ten persons and destroyed sew
eral buildings, among them being the
American hospital.

FOREIGN sINTELLIGENCE.
A hurricane that swept across Nor
way killed 13O persons.
The American proposition for the
temporary adjustment of the Alaskan
boundary dispute has been formally ac-
cepted by Great Britain.
In the republic of Colombia martial
law has been proclaimed as result of a
liberal revolution. - s@s
In San Domingo Juan Isidro Jimines
has been elected president. -"
In the Transvaal the first really de-
cisive battle was fought and won by
the British in the immediate vicinity
of Glencoe. Gems. Symons and Hunter
led the British, Gen. Joubert the Beers.
The losses were serious on both sides.
The British have $50 killed and wound
ed, while the Boer loss is estimated at
800 killed and wounded. Gen. Symons
was. .mortally wounded. ....,..
A Manila dispatch says that Ameri-
can troops have cleared the road of
rebels from San Fernando to Arayat.
Insurgents made an attack on
Oceania, between Arayat and Cabiao,
and Maj. Guy Howard, division quarter
master, and son of Gen. o. O. Howard,
of Burlington, VT, was killed. The
rebels were repulsed. Gen. Otis has re-
fused to receive the latest Filipino COM
mission.
Dispatches from Cape Town say that
the Beers have been driven from
Elandslaagte, an important strategical
position between Ladysmith and Glen
coe: In the battle the Beers had 400
men killed and the British $50. Among
the killed is Gen. Jan Kock. of the
Transvaal army.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27

New York city is excited over an
other terrible murder case. The dis
membered body of beautifully formed
woman was found scattered all over
the city, the torso being found in the
river by a boy, the arms in another place
a mile away, and other members and
pieces of the body in different places
about the city. All parts of the body
have now been found except the head.
The police have been unable to disclose
the identity of the murdered woman,
nor have they anything more than
''clews' as to the murderer.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
WEST AND SOUTH.

The supreme court of Illinois has rem
dered a decision declaring the Amer
lean Glucose company of Peoria trust
and it's charter in violation of the anti
trust laws of Illinois of 1891 and 1892.
Millions of feet of lumber have been
burned by forest fires in the mountains
near Parsons, w. Va.
The Wisconsin tobacco crop is the
largest on record. More will be grown
next year.
Fires have been lighted in the fur
mace of the Duluth (Minn.) Furnace
company, after being idle five years.
With headquarters at Omaha, Neb.,
Maj. Gen. Guy V. Henry has been as
signed to the command of the depart
ment of the Missouri.
At St. AIMS, Miss, burglars robbed
the house of j. H. Gambrill and then
fired the building, and Mrs. Gambrill,
two grown daughters and two little
boys were burned.
James and John Faullzs and a young
daughter of James Sparks Mere killed
in fight at country dance at Drip
Rock, Ky.
Near Donnelly, Mimi, Joseph Haigh,
a farmer, shot his 21-year-old son to
death and then shot himself.
At St. Anne, Miss, Joseph Leflore, a
negro, who confessed that he set fire to
the house in which Mrs. j. H. Gambrel
and four children were burned to death,
was burned at the stake by mob.
The Pullman Do1oon Tor
has absorbed the Wagner Palace Car
company.
John De Jarnett, aged 40 years, killed
Miss Eliza Perapp, at Centralia, Mo-,
because she Tilted him and then shot
himself dead.
Ira C. Hatch killed Miss Ruby Sher-
man in a lovers quarrel in Grand Rap
ids, Mich, and then killed himself
Under the command of Col. j. C.
Loper the Fifty-6rst regiment of Iowa
volunteers, numbering 764 men and 46
officers, arrived in San Francisco from
Manila. a.,
Fire destroyed 21 buildings in South
Chicago and IT'S persons were left home
less.
The appointment of -brigadier gen.
eral in the newly-formed volunteer
service has been accepted by Brig. Gen.
Funston, and he will return to the
Philippines as soon as the Twentieth
Kansas, his former regiment, is mus
| tered out.
Mrs. John NJ. Wilson, a widow, and
Buckner Mckee, prominent farmer,
we're found dead by the roadside near
Lawrenceburg, Ky.
Gen. Miles and party are on an ex-
tended tour of inspection of the army
posts of the west. '.:
The death of John X. Pollard. United
States consul general at Monterey,
Mexico, occurred at Carthage, o.
1t is said that George Bullock, a con.
vict in the Minnesota penitentiary
converted, has confessed to three muir.
ders in Illinois and one in Missouri.
At Naco, Ariz., war between Amer.
leans and Mexicans broke out and four
Mexicans +, and one American were
killed. .s:s.ls .. ...
A mob hanged John Gray (colored)
implicated in the murder of the Gam.
brell family at St. Anne, Miss.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Bourlze Cochran, the famous New
York orator, was once porter for A. T.
Stewart.
John Wanamaker authorizes the
statement that he never advertised in a
Sunday newspaper and never will.
Baron Won Windheim, chief of the
Berlin police, is coming to this country
soon for study of our police methods.
Charles E. Littlefeld, who succeeds
Nelson Dingley in congress, will be the
tallest man in that body, being six feet
five inches in height.
Gen. John Bidwell, of Chico, CAL, who
led the first party of whites over the
Sierras into the golden state, is still
hale and hearty at the age of so.
Official estimates of the wheat crop
in France place the yield at 346, 6,600,554
bushels this year. This is falling off
of 25,098,963 bushels from last year.
A call has been issued by the execu-
tive council for the nineteenth. annual
convention of the American Federation
of Labor, to be held at Detroit, Mich,
December IL next. ~
Gen. Lawton, who has been described
in newspaper biography as able ito
drink any man under the table," tells
correspondent in Manila that he never
drank drop of liquor. ~:
ii, Emperor William has issued decree
directing that all regimental COM
nanders shall strongly revive the cab
met order of six years ago forbidding
gambling in the Germany army.
The navy department has sold the
steamer Hector, formerly the Spanish
merchantmen Pedro, for $65,0O0. The
Pedro was one of the first vessels cap
tured during the Spanish-American
war.
The dwelling once occupied by for
mer President Martin Van Buren at No.
81 East Twenty-seventh street, New
York, has just been sold and it is an
nounced that the property will he con-
verted into business block.
The Lake Drummond Canal and Wa
ter company, a corporation which
George Washington was instrumental
in forming and of which he was
the first president, has formally
opened to navigation the Dismal
Swamp canal, which extends from Nor
folk, Va, to Elizabeth City,. N. c., con-
Meeting the Elizabeth river of Virginia
with the Pasquotank river of North
Carolina, is % miles long. By it's use
vessels may avoid rounding Cape Hat
teras. 3
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
GEN. HOWARD BRRRAvHD,
Son Of the veteran II IEillea In the
Philippines-Otis Refuses 70 He.
ceive AguinaldO's EDIssaRfes.

Manila, Oct. 23.-An American OIL
Ger was killed and two men were wound
ed by the Filipinos in an attack on q
launch with Gen. Lawton's expedition
in the Rio Chiquita, near San Isidro.
The rebels fired volleys from the shore.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 23.-A special cable
was received here Sunday announcing
the death in the Philippines on Satur-
day of Maj. Guy Howard, son Of Gen.
O. o. Howard. The cablegram, dated
Saturday, was received by Judge j. M.
Woolworth, father-in-law of Maj. How
ard, and read as follows: "Guy How
ard killed in action to-day" Maj. How
ard was well known in Omaha, being
on his fathers staff when the latter
was stationed here. He was married in
this city Is years ago to Miss Wool
worth, and the nuptials were a notable
society function. Mrs. Howard resides
here with her three children.
Burlington, VT, Oct. 23.-Maj. Gen. o.
o. Howard received a message Sunday
afternoon announcing that his eldest
son, Col. Guy Howard, had been killed
in action in the Philippines Saturday
afternoon.
Manila, Oct 29.-Gen. Lawton's col
umn is establishing base at San Isidro.
Launches and cascoes navigate the shall
low Rio Grande with considerable diff
Guilty, but supplies have been landed in
the vicinity to be transported over
land.
Gen. Otis has replied to the three
insurgent officers who entered Angeles
last Friday with a request, made
through Gen. Macarthur, for permis-
sion for a Filipino commission, headed
by Filipino major general, to visit
Gen. Otis, in order to discuss peace
terms and to arrange for the delivery
of more American prisoners, that the
desired interview cannot be granted,
because the suggested propositions of
the FiliPinos are vague, indefinite and
unmilitary, and because the Americans
must continue to decline to receive anv
representative of the so-called Filipino
government.
San Francisco, Oct. 23.-Gen. Fun
ston received the following telegram
from Adjt. Gen. Corbin:
I'm view of the recent increase of the VOL
unteer forces it is now possible for the de-
partment to avail itself of your further
services as brigadier general, of which
the secretary of war directs me to inform
you. Should it be agreeable to you orders
will issue for your return to the Philippines
as soon as your former regiment has been
mustered out and received by the people of
Kansas. Please signify your pleasure in
the premises at the earliest possible con-
venience."
An hour later Gen. Funston an
nounced that he would return to the
islands. This was after he had talked
over the telephone with his wife. Kan
sans who are here say that Funston
could have any office in Kansas that he
might ask for, possibly barring the SEN
atorship, but he has said all along that
politics offered no allurement to him
and he halls the unsought opportunity
to stay in the army with considerable
satisfaction.
Gen. Funston will return to Kansas
with the Kansas volunteers, who will
be mustered out October 90. He then
will report in Washington for duty in
the Philippines.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27

In order to refute, the charge that the
automobile is a menace to the safety of
pedestrians a paper published in Paris,
where the motor carriages are extern
sively used, publishes a list of accidents
caused by horse and horseless vehicles,
which is greatly in favor of the latter
Automobiles, according to this show
ing, caused one death and 33 wounds,
while during the same time 81 persons
were killed and 745 injured by horses.
The moral is plain; sell your horse and
buy an automobile. At the Paris rate,
the horse is the best advertising me-
dium the horseless carriage can have.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
wsnt Roberts to ResfSs.

New York, Oct. ga prominent Nor
mon leader now in this city said Sun
day that pressure was being brought to
bear on the poIygamous congressman
elect, Brigham H. Roberts. by the lead
ers of the Mormon church TO induce him
to resign to save him from expulsion.
The church realizes that If Roberts is
expelled by congress it viii put the
Mormon faith back at least half a cen
tury. To save the church and prevent
the further spread of antagonism the
Mormon leaders are said 30 be ready TO
sacrifice Roberts.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
THE EAST.

At the age of IS years William H. Ap-
pleton, for 60 years member of the
publishing house of D. Appleton & Co.,
died at Riverdale, N. Y.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the Goth aggregated ST.
953,763,s77, against $1,s29, ,768,586 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1898
was 1870.
In the United States there were 145
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 20th, against 164 the week
previous and 221 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
The Oldest locomotive engineer in the
United States, Joseph Wood, died at his
home in Red Bank, N. j., aged 80 years.
In Boston harbor the fishing schoon-
er Two Forty was run down by the
British steamer Ardanhu and sunk and
four of the crew were drowned.
Off New York the third and final race
in the series for the yachting suprem-
acy of the world was won by the Co.
lumbia, defeating the Shamrock, the
British challenger, by six minutes and
"a seconds.
AtNyack, N. Y, an explosion of dyna-
mite killed four men and seriously
wounded four more.
In New York F. Tennyson Neely,
book publisher, filed petition in bank
ruptcy, with liabilities of $359,o0o.
Brooklyn won four of the seven base
ball games of the exhibition series with
Philadelphia.
The New Orleans, in command of
Capt. Longeneclker, left the Brooklyn
navy yard on her voyage to Manila.
In 1901 Sir Thomas Upton will chal-
lenge for the Americas cup.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27
Heavy Failure.

New York, Oct. 23.-F. Tennyson
Nicely, book publisher, who has been
in business at ia Fifth avenue for a
number of years, filed voluntary pc
tition in bankruptcy Saturday after
noon in the United States district court.
The total liabilities are placed at $780,
531. The assets are placed at $414, ,739.
The Worthington advance., 1899-10-27

The sultan of Turkey has ordered the
repairing and rebuilding, with govern
ment assistance, of all Armenian
churches, schools and monasteries de-
stroyed in the riots of 1896 and 1897.
This is heavy contract, as some of the
oldest monasteries in Asia Minor were
destroyed and hundreds of churches
and schools. The same order removes
restrictions imposed upon Armenians
and in general way complies with the
demands of the European powers.