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MONEY OF MANY LANDS.

Whales teeth form the currency of
the Fiji islands. They are painted white
and red to represent different values.
The natives carry their wealth around
their necks.
In Kaf6rland cattle constitute the
chief currency. In old Russia skins
were used for buying and selling. The
trouble in both cases is. it is hard to
make change.
Among the natives of New Britain
she'll money is called tambu. tits made
from small and rare shell dug from
the sand. Loads of these are threaded
and hung on trees to be used when the
tribe barriers with another tribe.
One of the largest and most cumber-
some forms of money is found in cen
trail Africa where the natives use cru
ciform ingot Of copper ore ten inches
long. It is heavy enough to be a
formidable weapon.
In the Loyalty islands little twisted
tufts of fur taken from behind the ears
of the flying fox form the money. In
Santa Cruz feather money is used, the
red feathers being taken from the
wings of tame parrots. In one part of
Africa iron spades are used as coins.
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KILLED ITS KEEPER.
Big Elephant WfnterinE at Argen-
tine KAN, brushes Frank FOs-
ter to Death.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 1o.-"Rajah,"
a mammoth elephant owned by Lemen
Bros. Circus company, which has been
wintering in Argentine, Kan, near
here, on Sunday killed it's keeper,
Frank Fisher. Fisher had returned to
the tent intoxicated and tried to make
the different animals perform. Com
ing to the elephant, he Rugged the
beasts trunk and ordered it to open
it's mouth. Becoming enraged. Rajah
crushed Fishers arm, and throwing
him to the ground, made repeated eff
forts to pierce the PROSTATE trainers
body with it's tusks. Unable to reach
him, Rajah finally knelt upon Fisher,
crushing his life out before assistance
could arrive. Fisher was 20 years old
and his home was in Montreal, Canada.
He is said to be Rajah's ninth victim.
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THE EAST.

In New York city the home of Wal
ter c. Andrews, millionaire, was
burned and Mrs. St. John, the married
daughter of Mr.. Andrews, and her
young son and four servants were
killed.
In the United States there were al
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 9TH, against 1914 the week
previous and 232 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 9TH aggregated
$2,051, 580,811, against $1,900,982,1 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 59.7.
Nearly 5000 cotton mill operatives are
idle as the result of many strikes in
Rhode Island.
In the fire which destroyed the resi-
dence in New York city of Wallace C.
Andrews, a millionaire, he and his wife
and Mrs. G. B. st. John, and her three
children and six servants persisted.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

AL Camanche, La, Ii. y. Lum and wife,
old residents, were killed by the cars.
In Havana all the official flags were
half-masted at the hour of the inter-
ment in Arlington cemetery of the SOL
diers who gave up their lives during the
war with Spain.
Anna Wright, aged ~, and Howard
Lease, aged 70, eloped from Rawlings,
Nd, and were married.
The steamer. Arizona arrived at San
Francisco from Manila with 165 sick
and convalescent soldiers from the Phil
ippines.
Forest Jamison and Nose Anderson
(colored) were lynched by mob for
the murder of T. 81. Cleland, q farmer
who lived near Brooksville, Miss.
The governor has signed the bill
passed by the general assembly legaliz-
ing prize fights in Colorado conducted
by licensed clubs.
At his home near Decatur, Ind, JON
athan Reed celebrated his one hun
dredth birthday.
Cuban generals met in Havana and
decided that Gen. Maxine Gomez rep
resents the Cuban army.
In St. Louis Allen L. Dalrymple, as
sistant superintendent in the railway
mail service, was instantly killed by a
train.
The practice of betting on horse
races has been prohibited in San Fran
cisco.
The 13 men accused of lyrching
Frazer B. Baker, colored postmaster at
Lake City, S. c., February %, 1898, have
been indicted for murder.
The Oldest mason in the United
States, James Clark, died in Quincy,
ILL.,, aged nearly 100 years.
The famous man-killing elephant, Ra-
jah, killed in Kansas City, Mo-, his
ninth man, Frank Fisher, his keeper,
being the victim.
E. A. Won Schmidt, one of the best
known of the San Francisco bay pilots,
killed his divorced wife and then killed
himself.
From the results of a surgical opera
ton Menard X. Bowen, president of the
Chicago City Railway company, died.
The execution of Matthew Hancock
(colored), who killed Ticket Broker
George Horton July II, 1897, took place
In St. Louis. s....
In Arkansas all the accident insur-
ance companies have suspended bust
ness on account of the antitrust law
recently enacted by the legislature.
State Senator A. w. Reed and State
Fish Commissioner II. D. Mcclure were
drowned near Roseburg, Ore, by the
upsetting of a boat. F. ri.
Reports from Maj. Hazard, chief SUR
geon at Santiago, say that the city and
department Of Santiago are now in good
sanitary condition. Fl. d
In Chicago r. R. Donnelley, the found
er of the City Directory and member
of the firm Of r. R. Donnelley & sons
Printing company, died suddenly Of
apoplexy, aged 81 years.
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MANY VICTIMS.
Ice Gorge Breaks In Montana and
Twelve Lives Are Lost I'm the
Flood Which Follows.

Glendive, Mont, April 1O.-Twelve
persons are known to have been victims
OF the overflow caused by the ice in the
Yellowstone river below Glendive Fri
day night. Mrs. r. w. Snyder, her
brother, Eugene w. O'Connor, her niece,
Miss Nellie Reagan, and visitor, Miss
Rose Wybrecht, lost their lives Satur-
day night trying to reach the Northern
Pacific railway tracks, half mile above
Glendive, during the overflow of water
and ice.
The entire family of James Sullivan,
wife and six children, whose residence
is within 200 yards of the nearest point
OF the Yellowstone river, also persisted.
When Sheriff Aiken and Charles Parker
crossed the river amid floating ice they
found the Sullivan residence with doors
and windows open, and the entire fam
lily dead in the rooms. -
At 1880 Sunday morning the third
span of the bridge was swept away.
Half an hour later the first span from
the Glendive side slid into the water.
Hundreds of head of live stock were
swept away.
Anaconda, Mont, April 10.-The re-
cent chinook has made raging torrents
out OF most of the rivers in Montana,
in many cases breaking all records.
The Yellowstone has caused the great
est loss to life and property. Ice jams
have backed the water up at G!endive
and Miles City, where the greatest
damage has been done. At Miles City
the ice damned at the mouth of
Tongue river, forcing the water back
until the entire south side of the city
was under water. Seventy-fve houses
had to be abandoned, the people having
to be rescued in boats, so quick had
been the rise of water. Later in the
afternoon the water broke over the
track into Main street, which ran tor.
rent. Dynamite has been used and it
is supposed that the worst is over. The
loss cannot yet be estimated.
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BUSY CAREER ENDED.
Death in Washington Of Hon.
Stephen ], Field.
He Had Served on the Supreme Bench
of the United states for Thirty.
Four Years Brief Sketch
OF His Life. = s.'s.

Washington, April 1o.-Justice Ste
phen j. Field, Of the United States
supreme court, retired, died at his
home on Capitol hill, in this city, at
$3.50 o'clock Sunday evening Of kidney
complications. About his bedside were
his wife and her sister, Mrs. J. Condit
Smith, Mr.. Justice David j. Brewer,
his nephew; Mrs. Edgerton, of Cali
fornia; Mr.. Linton, his private secre-
tary; Rev. Edward M. Mott, rector
OF the Church of the Advent, and the
family servants. He had been uncon-
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LATER NEWS.

Postmaster E. M. Day, of Enid, Ok,
was found dead in his Office and the
postofice looted. No clue to the MUIR
derers.
The whole street car system OF
Wheeling, w. Va, was completely tied
up the 10th by strike.
Hon. 81. A. w. Taber, postmaster of
Denver, Colo, and ex-United States
senator, died the 10th of appendicitis
he was 81 years old, and at one time
was the richest man in Colorado, but
lost all through unfortunate specula-
ton.
A riot occurred at Pana, ILL.,, between
deputies, negroes and white miners.
Two white men, three negroes and a
negro woman were killed. A dozen
were wounded.
The president has selected Bartlett
Trip, of South Dakota, formerly min
lister to Austria, as the United States
representative on the Samoan Joint
commission.
General Lawton's division has cap
tured Santa Cruz after fierce battle.
Forty of their wounded were captured.
Our loss was one killed and six wound
ed: Two cannon were captured and
many prisoners were taken, together
with hundreds of rifles and a large
stock of ammunition.
The war department has issued the
order to the commandments of all United
States military posts to carry out the
law of the last congress relative to the
sale of intoxicants in canteens. The
order in substance is that hereafter no
officer or enlisted man, but only civil
ian employees, may dispense beer in the
canteens.
An explosion of gas in the Veda RIGA
silver mine, in the state of Coohuila,
Mexico, caused the death of 10 miners.
All the employees of the Star Glass
works at Medford, N, J. have struck.
Stove manufacturers, representing
practically all the territory between
New England and the Rocky noun
tains have decided to increase all the
prices 10 per cent.
The Twenty-third Kansas regiment,
(coloreD was musterd out at Fort
LeavenwOrth.
Frank Galloway caused panic at
St. Louis department store by
shooting and killing his wife who was
employed there as saleswoman.
Godfrey D. Bland, first secretary of
the British embassy at Washington,
died suddenly of heart disease.
Two COWBOYS held up the Alamo Cor
do IN. NJ Lumber Co. for $50, 900.
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A venerable lady in New Philadel-
phia, o., recently gave a party which
was thoroughly unique in it's charac-
ter. The company was made up of
seven couples who were related to the
hostess, and all of whom had eloped to
get married. In no instance had there
been any serious opposition to the diff
ferent matches. 1t simply runs in the
family to embrace matrimony in that
way, and the style is faithfully MAIN
tanned, the youngest couple having
eloped in February in face of the cor
dial approval of their attachment for
each other by their parents.
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CLAIMS ACTION ILLEGAL.
Germany Declares the Crowninr OF
Tanus Is Clear Violation of
the Samoan Act.

Berlin, April 10.-Both Mr.. White and
the British ambassador, Sir Frank
Lascellos, conferred with Baron Won
Ruelow Saturday with reference to the
latest Samoan developments. The Ger
man government earnestly urges the
speedy appointment and dispatch of the
commission so as to prevent further diff
fculties.
A foreign Office official, empowered to
speak for the government, tells a cor
respondent of the press that the ac-
ton of the Americans and British is a
clear violation of the Samoa act, that
Germany intends to adhere to this
view, that she considers the new gov
eminent of Samoa illegal and that she
has so instructed her ambassadors at
Washington and London.
Berlin, April 10-The National Zeit-
ung, discussing the situation at Samoa,
declares that all changes which have
occurred there since the middle of
March are invalid and that the condi-
tions established by the joint procla-
nation Of the consuls on January are
N'"AAA NO LII AOANOs -" 111C
the "amicable attitude of the American
government" the National Zeitung
says:
1T must remain undecided for the pres
ent whether Admiral KautZ has assailed
the honor of the German flag. If this should
prove to be the case we have the fullest
confidence in the ability Of the govern
ment not only to keep the actual solution
of the Samoan question in view, but also
to secure adequate satisfaction for the real
interests of the German empire"
Washington, April 10. - The secre-
tary of the navy has received the fol-
lowing official advices confirmatory of
the press dispatches of Friday:
"San Francisco, April 8. - Secretary of
the Navy, Washington: Malietoa Tanus
Installed as king on the 23d with appro-
pirate ceremonies. Report by mall No
fighting since the 21st.
(SigneO "KAUTZ"
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The Casquet rocks in the English
channel, upon which the steamer Stella
1oundered recently and sent so souls to
81 watery grave, lie 20 miles west of
Cape La Hague, France, and about 1870
miles southwest of Portsmouth. There
are three lights there which rise 113
feet above the sea and can be seen in
clear weather for 20 miles. The sea for
half a mile north and south is full of
sunken rocks and many vessels have
gone down there. The lighthouse is
very difficult to approach and some.
times it takes three months to get a
load Of provisions out to the keepers. T
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

Rear Admiral Higginson declines to
take a promotion because it would put
him ahead of other naval officers whose
gallantry he thinks should be rewarded.
And Lieut.. Ward refuses advancement
because it would give him precedence
over his classmate, Lieut.. Staunton, and
he regards this as~unjust to the latter.
Is it any wonder that the American
navy commands the admiration of the
world? Its lustre will never fade so
long as it is commanded by such off,
GERS.
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Acquitted.

Mascoutah, ILL.,, April 1o.-Alonzo F.
Pitts, formerly a citizen of this COM
munity, has just been acquitted on two
murder counts at Garden City, Kan.
Pitts had trouble with neighbor about
line fence. The neighbor and his
grown son attacked Pitts, and Pitts
killed the two men.
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Honored by a King.

Washington, April 1o.-King Oscar of
Sweden has conferred knighthood upon
George D. Meiklejohn, assistant secre-
tary of war, and has decorated him
with the insignia Of the Royal Order of
the Sword. Secretary Meiklejohn is
barred by the constitution of the United
States from accepting the knighthood,
but he will retain the jewel which the
Swedish monarch sent with the patent.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

Some persons may be confused by
reading cabled accounts of the fighting
in the Philippines dated several hours
ahead of time, but it must be remem-
bered the difference in longitude repre-
sents 4 difference of II hours in time.
Thus readers of morning papers may be
informed of events that took place in the
Philippines as late as II o'clock on the
day of publication,
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While every dead American soldier
on the fighting line in the Philippines
represents glorious bravery and devo-
ton, the most distinguished victim in
Luzon thus far has been Col. Henry C.
Egbert, of the Twenty-second infantry.
Here, in the jungles of the tropics, was
ended the career of an American n officer
of &c years active service. Col. Egbert
had been wounded in three wars, in
1864, in the civil war; in 1898, at Santi-
ago. in the war against Spain in Cuba,
and in 1899, at Malinta, in the war with
the insurgents of the Philippines. It is
a rare record.
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Columbus, O., April 1o.-The trees
which are to mark the graves of the
confederate dead at Camp Chase, which
was used as prison as well as a sta.
ton for federal troops, were planted
Saturday. A party of ex-confederates,
members of their local organization,
planted the trees which were marked
to show the state from which they
came.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

Minnesota has decided to reforest the
dcnuded pine lands reverting to the
state through the nonpayment of taxes,
amounting at present to 100000 acres,
and likely to reach 100000. The lands
will be. permanently held, and the state
expects to be amply remunerated when
the pine trees mature.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

The settlement of Ponce de Leon at
Caparra, near the site of Pueblo Viejo,
across San Juan bay, in Porto Rico, is
now, by more than IS years, the first
town established within the present
borders of the United States. Histo-
rians, therefore, must give the prestige
of antiquity, not to the Spanish town of
St. Augustine, Fla, of 1865, as formerly,
but to Caparra, founded in the year
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Peri.hed on a Glacier.

Seattle, WASH, April 10.-L. j. Ma
lone, of Boston, Mass, who arrived
here from Copper river, Alaska, brings
news that lawyer named French,
formerly of Chicago, persisted on Val
des glacier about three weeks ago. His
body. was recovered and buried at
VaIdes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

The historic Washington elm in Cam
bridge, Mass, under which Gen. Wash
ington stood when he took command
of the army of the United States, is rap
idly decaying and the park commission
ers say that it can live but year or
two longer. Special efforts are now be-
ing made, however, to preserve the tree,
all the dead branches are being trimmed
off and the ground is being enriched as
much as possible, so that the historic
old wood may stand at least until the
end of the century,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

Mrs. Amelia New, serving a life SEN
tence in the Kansas penitentiary for the
murder of her husband, and George II.
Dobbs, serving a life sentence as her &C.
complete, are innocent-a convict, Alvin
Ballard, having confessed that he is
guilty of the crime. Mrs. New and
Dobbs were convicted upon circum-
stantial evidence, but the confession
made by Ballard clears itall up. =
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4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of a
Week Briefly Told.
NALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and tho South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
The new librarian of congress, Her.
bert Putnam, took the oath of office and
entered upon the duties.
President Mckinley has appointed
Col. Adelbert I. Burlington to be brig
adler general and chief of the bureau
of ordnance, to succeed the late Gen.
Flagler.
Andrew D. White, Stanford Newell,
Seth Low, Capt. Crozier and Capt. A.
T. Mahan will be the United States dele
cation to the disarmament congress at
The Hague.
In the presence of President McKin-
ley and his cabinet and a multitude of
people and with full military honors
the bodies of the 1886 dead soldiers of
the Spanish war were buried in Airing
ton national cemetery.
The formal invitation to participate
in the disarmament conference to be
held at The Hague beginning May 1s
has been received by the state depart
ment.
President Mckinley has named the
~ new warships provided by congress
as follows: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
New Jersey, Georgia. Armored cruis-
ers-West Virginia., Nebraska, Cali
fornia. Cruisers-Denver, Des Moines,
Chattanooga, Galveston, Tacoma. Cleve-
land.
The war department says that less
than 1000 volunteer United States
troops remain in Cuba.
Gen Hastings has declined the presi.
dents appointment as director of the
bureau of American republics.
The death of Justice Stephen ]. Field,
of the United States supreme court, re-
tired, occurred at his home in Wash
ington, aged 83 years.
In his eighty-eighth year NJ. Clapp,
at one time United States government
printer, died at his residence in Wash
ington.
Enlisted men of the navy for the
first time in it's history will on July 1
be granted the privilege of retirement
on two-thirds pay.
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Spanish Treaaure Unea-th.a

Galveston, Tex, April 1o.-A special
to the News from San Antonio says:
News has been received from Devine,
in Media county, that a Spanish treas
ure ofover 1o. 600 doubloons, jewelry and
documents, has been unearthed there.
The name OF the finder is not given, but
the story is vouched for by reliable peo-
r.. . ( .
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

The Minnesota supreme court has af-
firmed decision of a lower court which
held that Il telegraph company was liza
BILE for damages for the transmission of
libelous matter over it's wires. The
lower court found verdict for SEC, 900
damages. The supreme court said the
principle was correct, but the damages
excessive; that the damages should not
have been more than 81 900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

A Manila restaurant now serves
"Livre and Bacone American Style"
The next progressive jump may land
that restaurateur in the "Corne Beefe
Hasche"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

The Kennebec (Me.) Journal tells of
an Industrious bachelor living at waldo
boro in that state, who has "pieced"
and made three fine quilts this winter.
He did the work while watching beside
the couch of his sick father.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14
Declare for Gold Standard.

New York, April 1o.-The executive
committee of the Indianapolis none
tary convention met in this city Satur-
day and declared for a monetary sys-
tenn based upon a gold standard, and
sufficiently flexible to allow manufac-
turers to meet the EXPANSION of trade.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

The weights of classes of students be-
fore and after examination have been
made the subject of recent investiga-
ton. In high classes, where, naturally,
the examination was most felt, several
pounds were lost, showing how the
mental strain was felt. In lower classes
the loss was not SO great.
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Mu.t SuxDend Dusiness.

Little Rock, Ark, April 10. Repre-
sentatives of all the accident insurance
companies doing business in Arkansas
have been notified to suspend business
on account of the antitrust law re-
Gently enacted by the legislature.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14
Ordered Many New Cars.

Sacramento, CAL, April 1o.-In antici-
patton of one of the best seasons Cali
fornia has experienced for many years,
the Southern Pacific Railroad company
has ordered 5000 new freight cars and
SO locomotives. The shops are running
full force and within a short time the
hours of labor will be extended at in
creased pay. - ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

The United States naval supply
steamer Solace made the run from Nor
folk to Manila, 1870 knots, in 43 days,
averaging in the open sea a speed of
1872 knots an hour. 1t is believed to be
the best long-distance voyage on rec
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

BY food in the Yellowstone river
below Glendive, Mont, 1s persons lost
their lives.
In Maryville, Mo-, Frank Griffin, ed.
itor of the Daily Review. was fatally
shot by G. G. Jesse.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-14

According to recent statistics, it
costs more to get married in the United
States than to be born or to die. The
only thing more expensive than matri-
mOny is the drink habit.