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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

It took 20 years. to build the statue OF
Victor Emmanuel, recently unveiled al
Turin.
The khedive of Egypt draws salary
ten times as great as that of the presi
dent of the United States.
William Margrave has been justice
| OF the peace at Fort Scott since 1854
He is the Oldest Office holder in Kansas
Rudyard Kipling has been officially
recognized as a man of letters by hav.
ing an Ohio post Office named after
him.
Ex-Secretary Sherman and wife, Of
| Mansfield, O., have gone to their Wash
ington home. where they will spend
the winter.
The Young Peoples Temperance
union, recently organized at Chicago
has prefixed the word ''American' to its
official title.
Fred T. Moore, the absconding as.
sistant paying teller of the National
Bank of Commerce of Boston, has been
captured in Chill.
The London Daily Mail says that Mrs.
Langtry MRS. Hugo Gerald de Bathe)
is writing her "reminiscences, which will
be published about Christmas.
A movement is on foot to form com
bination of Pittsburgh (Pa.) hotels,
with a capital of $5,Ooo,Ooo. It is pro
posed to take in all the large hotels.
A fund is being collected in Eng
land to raise monument to John New
bury, the first man to collect and pub
lish the immortal melodies of Mother
Goose"
John Livingstone, who recently died
in Tistowle Ont, was brother of the
African explorer, was two years his
senior and was the last survivor of the
family. &c.,. "
There is official authority for stating
that the passenger business of the
Pennsylvania lines east has this year
actually exceeded that of 1893, worlds
fair year. .... .......-.. ....s. :
The secretary of the interior has au-
thorized the agent of the Cherokee In
dams to remove from the reservation
of that tribe all persons who refuse to
pay their taxes under the tribal laws.
The prison congress, in session in
Hartford, Conn, elected S. w. Nc
Claughey, of Illinois; Rev. DR.. Hender-
son, of Chicago; Rev. J. Milligan, Penn
sylvania; Gen. r. Brinkerhoff, Ohio,
and the president, Edward S. Wright,
delegates to the international congress
in Brussels, Sc !. tsss s@ y!
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06
THE EAST.

The firm of Aiello & Co., italian bank
ers in New York, made an assignment,
owing depositors $4,000.
In the First Maine district Amos l..
Allen, formerly private secretary to
Thomas B. Reed, has been nominated
for congress by the republicans, and
the democrats have nominated Luther
Mckinney.
In the name of the people of the EN-
pire state Gov. Roosevelt officially well
coined Admiral Dewey to New York.
Gen. Miles and other distinguished per-
sons also called upon the admiral and
during the day Admiral Farragut's old
flag was presented to Admiral Dewey
and his men were given the medals
voted by congress. The, Washington
committee presented it's compliments
to Admiral Dewey and gave him the in
vitation to visit that city.
In New York the naval parade in
honor of Admiral Dewey was the great
est display of the kind in the history
of the nation. Warships and countless
other crafts sailed up the Hudson to
Gen. Grants tomb and returned, the
sight being witnessed by at least
100000 people on land and 10000 on
board vessels. The Olympia led the
parade. In the evening magnificent
display of fireworks took place.
The month of September was the
twelfth in succession in which the VOL
ume of business throughout the country
was greater than in the same month of
any previous year.
In the National league the per-
centages of the baseball clubs for the
week ending on the list were: Brook
lyn, 1884; Philadelphia, .622; Boston,
.621; Baltimore, 1874; St. Louis, 500;
Cincinnati, SAT; Chicago, .5o4; Pitts
burgh, .493; Louisville, .4s9; New York,
Alb; Washington, .34s; Cleveland, 1855.
At Stockdale, Pa, Alexander Wust-
Itch, an aged and wealthy German, was
killed and his wife fatally wounded by
burglars.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

The Brass Foundry company. at New
Haven, Conn.,, has protited by the low
price of copper coinsain India to buy
them by the ton to meltup. Nearly 49,
900 bags. or about $50 tons, of these old
coins have been brought from India as
scrap copper to be melted up, as at the
present price of copper they are worth
more than their coin value. Scrap cop.
per is worth 10 cents pound, but for
~ cents silver several pounds of these
coins cam be bought in India, and, with
proverbial Connecticut shrewdness, one
foundry, company in that state has prof
tied financially by this fact.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

This is told of Admiral Dewey: While
cruising in the Mediterranean II years
ago squall struck the vessel and sail
ors bungled their work in such a way
as to nearly cause the loss of spar.
They expected to hear something sui
Phurous when they reached the deck,
but Dewey only said to his next in COM
1nand: 'Will you kindly tell me what
was the matter just now with the agri-
cultural population on the main top
sail yard?" Needless to say the sailors
would have much preferred good hard
cussing to being thus delicately classed
as farmers.
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NAY SOON FIGHT.
ON and Boer Expected
This Week.

London, Oct. 2.-Not the faintest hin.
is allowed to escape as to what diplo-
matte communications, if any, are pass.
ing between London and South Africa.
So far as the public is concerned, mat.
tiers have not advanced since Friday. 1t
is noticeable that not even the Brus-
sells agency of the Transvaal govern
ment has yet issued Mr.. Kruger's latest
note to the press. The silence main
tanned on both sides is regarded as
ominous.
From South Africa the news is wholly
concerned with feverish preparations
for hostilities. Commandant Gen.
Joubert is reported to have said that he
has 10000 men on the Natal border
and that Commandant Cronje has 5000
on the Bechuana' side. The British
camp in the vicinity of Dundee consists
of 5000 men, with "a guns in strong
position. The Orange Free State is &C.
lively communicating. The Transvaal
government has virtually taken over
the Netherlands railway for military
purposes and Natal trains are being
turned'back. Telegraph wires between
Natal and johannesburg have been cut
since Friday.
The Daily News Berlin special says
that DR.. Leyds names next Tuesday as
the date for formal declaration of
war by the Beers.
1t is evident that Buffalo river, the
northeastern boundary of Natal, is to
be the Potomac of the war. In view of
its strategic value, Joshua Joubert has
taken personal command of the Boer
forces there, establishing strong line
OF pickets along the river, and has or
dered the natives to drive in all the
stock: While the movement of individ-
ual commands as yet does not show
concerted plans, it is evident that the
narrow, wedge-like strip of Natal, whose
apex is crowned with the ominous name
of Majuba hill, will be the center of
the coming storm. Late Saturday the
Beers established a camp at Scheeper's
Mex, near Vryheid, and they will mo-
bilize great force on the Buffalo river
to-day, which the authorities at Dun
dee expect will move across the border
to that spot, probably at once. 1t is
believed that conflict at this point
will certainly occur early in the week.
A Cape Town dispatch says: Many
well-informed persons in Capt Town
discredit the idea that the Beers will
take the initiative. President Kruger,
it is said, does not despair of the sym
pathy of at least a portion of the Brit.
ish liberals, and he knows that if the
Beers fire the first shot their sympat by
will be absolutely forfeited.
A dispatch from Dundee, Natal, says:
Five thousand Beers are now concen.
trated in close proximity to the from.
tier, and it is reported that they are
| about to attack Dundee. The most com
plete precautions have been taken
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Leavenworth, Kan, which has been des-
ignated as his place of confinement.

Leavenworth, Kan, which has been des-
ignated as his place of confinement.
Capt. Carter was appointed military at
tache at London in the summer Of 1897 and
had hardly reached his post of duty when
he was recalled to answer charges pre-
ferred against him as the result of the al
legged discoveries of Capt. c. E. Gillette,
who succeeded him in charge of the i'm
provement of Savannah harbor and ad-
jacent parts Of the Georgia coast.
A board Of inquiry composed of army
engineers, examined the facts and heard
Capt. Carter. TheyEunanimously reported
''that he had failed to give watchful super
vision; that he had falsified vouchers and
certificates relating to absences and de-
ceived and misled the chief Of engineers in
official reports"
Testimony was given that Capt. Carter
was in league with a contractor or contract
ors and in the course of a searching in
Quiry made by the war department the
judge advocate of the court-martial for the
case made a calculation based on testi-
mony which showed that in one item Of
brush mattresses Capt. Carter's little
group of contractors had got from the gov
eminent upward Of s1.7O0. 900 to which they
were not entitled"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

All the recent babies named for Ad-
miral Dewey have been thrown in the
shade by the discovery of a young man
who was named for the admiral when
the admiral was lighthouse inspector.
A young man who has parent that can
distinguish military genius that far
away should have an easy time getting
through the world.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

Americans enjoy being humbugged
All think that French brandy is the
best, and for that reason thousands OF
bottles of American brandy are each
year sent to France, stamped with
French labels and shipped back to be
sold here as French brandy. The re.
ports of the French government show
this by stating that the manufacture OF
brandy in France last year amounted
to 100000 gallons, while the export
was 100000 gallons. The humbug
shows up in the expectation from
France of three times as much brandy
as France made. -..>... .. .---,s-~s..--,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06
CAPT. CARRIERS DISGRACE.
Dismissed from the Army, Fined 3d..
900 and Sentenced to a Prison
Term of Five Years,

Washington, Oct. 2.-President Nc
Kinley has approved the findings of the
court-martial in the case of Capt. Ober-
lin NJ. Carter, of the engineer corps.
This action was kept secret almost "a
hours to permit of the prompt arrest
of the convicted officer. His sentence is
dismissal from the army, fine of $4,000
and Imprisonment for five years.
Assistant Adjt. Gen. Simpson
went to New York with the order of ar
rest and Capt. Carter was taken into
custody Saturday and transferred to :,
cell at Governors island preparatory
to being sent to the military prison at
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06
LATER NEWS.

The buoy marked ''Andree Polar Ex-
peditiOn," which, with an anchor at
tached, was found Sept. 0 on the north
coast of King Charles island by the
master of the Norwegian cutter Martha
Larsaak, was opened at Stockholm,
Sweden, in the presence of a number
OF experts and members of the ca inet.
It was found to be the so-called north
pole buoy which Andree had arranged
to drop if he succeeded in passin the
pole.
The president has notified the Orange
Free state that this country cannot in
terfere in the Boer troubles.
A ukase has been issued raising the
state of siege established in the de-
partment of Belgrade at the time of
the attempted assassination of ex-
King Milan.
TIVE nty-eight more of the Scotsman's
crew were arrested at Montreal when
they arrived on the steamer Ottoman.
When they were searched. over 81, 600
in money was found on them and a
quantity of goods of jewelry.
At Stronger, Texas, M. NJ. McKin-
ney killed Paul Norman, the proprie-
tor of general store, and then went
to vacant house near by and blew
out his brains. Soon after the shoot
ing it was discovered that Mrs. Nc
Kinney, wife of the murderer, had
been murdered, her dead body being
found at her home.
2. w. John shot and fatally wounded
Walter Boot at West Liberty, Iowa
The two had an alteration at a lunch
counter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

do you mobe?" is the question of
the day, its single variation being ''Do
you mote?" 1t applies, of course, to
your habits in regard to automobiles.
Nothing in the way of such slang could
ever be quite as Objectionable as the
mutilated .'bike," but these two recent
authorizations are nearly as bad, and, as
they are having fashionable vogue,
they will doubtless be heard from one
end of the country to the other.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 27.-Leopara
B. Imboden, president of the Planters,
bank, wildcat" concern suppress.a
by the state officials several man+h.
ago, was on Tuesday found guilty. ~
forging draft for $4,000 with wb;sh
he hoped to get false credit for n.
bank, and was sentenced to ten 49,
in the penitentiary.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

The island of Elba, where the great
Napoleon was once confined, used to
be the most forlorn place on earth, but
the atmosphere there has recently
changed very materially. Deposits of
very rich iron ore have been discov-
cred on the island, great smelters and
machine shops have now been erected,
and the whole place is alive with in
auStrv
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06
Mother and Child nrn~~s

Tecumseh, Mich, Sept. 2o.-Thursday
afternoon an infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Stanley, living on the
Reynolds farm in Franklin, fell into a
large cistern. Mrs. Stanley jumped in
to the cistern and attempted to save
the child, but both were drowned be-
fore help arrived. Mr.. Stanley left home
at four o'clock and returned an hou-
later and discovered the traoedv.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

And now the health cranks have dis
covered that house brooms are breed
ing places for whole colonies of horrible
germs. What is to be done about it they
do not say, but presumably the only
hope of safety is to buy new broom
each daV:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

Miss Mary Croker, of San Francis
co, has just received 100000 from the
executors of her fathers estate. San
Francisco is considerable distance
IRON Europe and railroad fares are
high, but we anticipate that a good
many titled foreigners will get there,
even if some of them have to beat their
wav
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

Evelyn B. Baldwin, of the United
States weather bureau, who was men,
Der of the Wellman expedition, says
that the electrical energy which pro-
duces the aurora borealis can be, and
one day will be, utilized just as coal is
now to produce light, heat and power.
Perhaps so, but 'some day" means a
great deal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06
Will Go tn Chicaro

Chicago, Oct. President Mckinley
has sent positive word that he will be
in Chicago to lay the corner stone of the
new federal building and to participate
in the autumn festival. According to
the presidents plans he will reach Chi
cago at four p. m. October z, coming
direct from Galesburr. e 80
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

Among the ministers sons who have
amounted to something" are Senator
Hawley, Richard Watson Glider, Henry
James, George Bancroft, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Presidents Cleveland and Ar
thur, Vice Paresident Morton, half a
dozen senators and 40 representatives.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

Creede. COL. Oct. IS B. gerus~u
county surveyor. claims to have Wit
messed the outbreak of Volcano IN
miles from this city. He says that the
eruption occurred near the Santa Maria
lakes and lasted less than an hosur. He
approached to within 500 feet of the ur-
heavai and says the heat was very nm
comfortable at that distance. 4 narrv
left here for the scene to obtain fYII
particulars.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

An old darby by the name of Mace
Jackson, living in Monroe City, NO., Gel
ebrated his one hundred and twenty
seventh birthday few days ago. His
great age is not as remarkable as the
fact that he does not claim to have seen
WASHINGTON,
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s. Fire swept away 80 business houses
and reside ncess in Nebo, Ill, town Of
500 inhabitants. #s&
FOREI0N INTELLICENCn !.

| +
Thirty lives were lost by the burn
ing OF the steamer Montoya on tht
Magdalena river in Central America, in,
GLIDING that of Gen. Julio Rengfrifo
minister to the United States.
f. Castro, the insurgent leader in Ven.
ezuela, was reported to have 3estab.
lished provisional government at Va
lencia. ,.&a
To the last British dispatch the
! Transvaals reply says the South AT
rican republic adheres strictly to the
London convention of 1884. Boer forces
were hurrying to the frontier from al
sides. u" --.7 - T.. +
Germany has paid into the Spanish
treasury 25,o00,oo0 pesetas, the price Of
the Caroline islands.
Off st. Pierre, N. F., the schooner
Edna, of Baltimore, was wrecked and
her crew of seven lost their lives.
Dispatches from South Africa say the
Beers continue to concentrate between
Utrecht and Volksrust, where their ar
tillery is known to have moved, and
threaten Laing's Mex. Large com
mands have also assembled on the west.
ern frontier of the Transvaal near Kim.
berley.
The Filipinos delivered up IA Ameri
can prisoners at Angeles, all enlisted
soldiers. The insurgent commissioners
called upon Gen. Otis with fresh pro
posals from Aguinaldo. Gen. Garcia
leader of the insurgents in the eastern
part of the island of Mindanao, has Of
fered to surrender the arms of his fol
lowers and has asked the American au'
thorities to send a garrison to take full
control of the country.
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eonstanfrnople. Oct. z.-The ems
toms officials having refused TO pass
$1,000 sacks of American -four arriving
directly from the United States. ON the
ground That the -four was unwhoIe-
some, the United States minister here
oscar 5. Strauss eueryeticaIIv pro-
tested at the palace and obsaiu~d a.,
.raae ordering the admission of the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

Calcutta, Sept. 2e-Lieut. Gov 81
John WOODBURY. announced To- .nI
council that 400 lives were lost fhroug,,
tine hoods at Darjeeling, capital Of n.
district OF that name, in additior >,
those drowned on the plaius "
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

The national hymn of Cuba is so long
that the singing of it occupies half a
day. 1t will 60 down to history as the
one song that never elected an encore
from a delighted audience.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06
Hanna's Opinion.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 2.-The Post
says that in an interview Senator Mark
Hanna, when asked if Mr.. Mckinley
would positively be candidate for the
presidency again, said everything
pointed that way.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06
4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happ enings Of .
Week Briefly Told.
en- ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
u Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

Capt. o. M. Carter, of the United
States army engineers, was convicted
of malfeasance in Office, discharged
from the army and sentenced to five
years. Imprisonment in the military
prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
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Grain Shipped to France.

Philadelphia, Oct. 2.-The first direct
shipment of grain to France made in
many years left here Sunday on the
British steamship Elton, bound to
Rochefort. The cargo consisted of o.
529 bushels of oats, valued at $51, 1852. It
is likely that other shipments will fol-
low, as France is said to be short of all
kinds of cereals, as are the countries
which supply her. 80. ......
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' Germany Pays for the Carolines.
Madrid, Oct. 2.-The German govern
ment has paid into the Spanish treas
ury the sum of 25,oo0,0O0 pesetas, the
price of the Caroline islands.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

Pttsfieid, Ill, Oct. Fire almost to-
tally destroyed the town of yebo. futT,s
southern part of this county. SATURDAY
night, burning over 40 buildiuvs
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

An exchange remarks that the earth
makes a revolution every "a hours, and
that Santo Domingo is good close
second.
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bne FEVER Hecova
key West, Fla, Oct 2-There vvsrr
4s new eases of yellow fever reported
Sunday and two deaths.
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Viewed BY 1900, 900 People.

At night, viewed from the roofs of
any of the high buildings downtown,
New York appeared an enchanted city.
The great buildings were bright with
dazzling light and gorgeous color. On
the rivers were fairy barges; in the sky
flashing shafts of blue. The water
seemed a river of lambert fame. Brook
Ign bridge was halo of glory from end
to end, the feature being an electrical
welcome to Dewey. Great searchIi0hfs
played from Brooklyn over the East
river
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Salute Mt Grants Tomb.

AS the tomb of Gen. Grant on River
side drive was reached the feet paid its
tribute to the memory of the great
warrior with national salute of 81
roaring guns. The feet then anchored
and reviewed the almost endless process
sion Of craft that steamed past. Toward
the end the parade became disorgan-
lied and it took hours for the hetero-
genous fotilla to get BY. Darkness at
last brought relief to the tired admiral.
who had stood on the bridge for six
hours bowling his Acknowledgements to
the stentorian EXPRESSION of homage
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-02
ATLANTIC CITY YARD

Charles L. O'Conner. aged years,
son OF the late Mr. John O'Conner.
while at play in n neishbors ward on
duncan avenue Friday afternoon, fen
from tree, striking his head on the
sharp edge of a fence. innlcting in
1uries which caused his death about
noon yesterday His funeral will take
place this afternoon.
The reshelling of Camp ana Colley
avenues, which have Just been com
lifted, VIII be followed by similar i'm
provements on other avenues.
Messrs. Long & Nichols have con
tracted Tor the erection of eight new
houses in the northern section OF the
ward.
several gentlemen arc making up n
nshinS party for n ten days sojourn on
chesapeake his week. They will take
aihPic provisions along for the cruise.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-02
Young Indy Graduate

The many Norfolk friends of Miss
Clara Doyle Kenny, daughter Of Mr..
{. ID. Kenny. of Baltimore, will learn
with pleasure of her graduation with
the highest honors of the Emmettsburg
Academy She received four gold med
ais and Il diploma from the school. and
a handsome gold ring, the award OF
Mayor Mallory, Of Troy. y. j., for TAX
ing the highest place in mathematics in
this school. as has been his custom for
many years. 1t is said that Miss Ken
ny took more honors than any pupil of
this school for twenty years.