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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-07-28
Last Excursion of the Season to Ar
nold's Park and Spirit Lake
Sunday, August 6tl,


The c., M. & St. P. R'y will run the
last popular rate excursion of the sea.
son to the above points on the date
named. In addition to the every day
attractions of this charming lake re.
sort special and exceptionally inter.
estiug entertainment program will be
furnished FREE to all holders of ex.
cursion tickets.
PROGRAM.
y. Concert. Edison's Concert Pho
nograph. The grandest achieve
ment of the talking machine art.
2. Pictures. Edison's fastest Nov
ing Picture Machine and Stereop.
ticon. The Passion Play of Ober-
ammergav illustrated.
8. Music. A number of first class
hands will be present.
The above program will be given in
large Pavilion Tent seating 1900 peo.
pie and will be free to all holders of
excursion tickets.
Excursion rate from Cresco 2.2s.
Special train leaves at 4 OF a. m. Aug.
6, and returning will leave Arnold's
Park at $40 p. m., same Gate.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
WESTERN ENTERPRISE.
An Oklahoma Town, Organized Re-
Gently i'm One Day, Buys Out
right a Rival Village.

Ell Reno, O. E., June 5.-Mountain
View, o. T., the new terminal town on
the sChicasha, extension of the Rock Is
land, that was organized in day, broke
another record in town enterprise Sun
day. There has existed rival town a
mile and a half west and it was deemed
advisable to consolidate them. After
a weeks diplomacy the protocol was
signed and the towns are now one. The
consideration was raised by the citizens
of Mountain View. and amounted in
tota to $34,3so, and now "Oakdale,' - the
rival town, is on'wheels and strung out
on the road to Mountain View. This is
probably the first case of buying a
whole town outright that the annals of
the west record rff,-. +>.55
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
IN REM0TE PLACES

The Ainu women in Japan tattoo
their faces to give them the appearance
OF men with whiskers. e.
A vieyard on the Moselie which con-
tained only one acre OF ground recent
ly sold for 100000, which is the high
est price ever paid for vine land in the
Moselle territory or probably in the
whole Rhine district.
The better class of Russians keep
their houses at almost fever heat dur
ing the winter. The result is that many
Of the occupants are susceptible to
chills, and even in summer have to wear
heavy garments. 49,
Africa is the most elevated of all the
continents. It is the continent Of plat
eaus." The great tableIand IN the
south has mean altitude Of over $500
feet; the wide tableland on the north
has an average elevation Of about /, 800
feet.
A peculiar way of committing sui
eide is practiced by the African tribes
who dwell near Lake Nyassa. When q
dependent tribesman tires of life he
wades into the lake and patiently waits
until an alligator approaches him with
open mouth ard swallows him.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Sam T. Jack, New York theatrical
manager, willed his wife to his brother
James C. Jack. ~
The University of Colorado has con-
ferred the degree of IL. D. upon Brig
Gen. Irving Hale, U. A. 80
Rear Admiral Walker hasgpurchased
for country house the New Hampshire
farm on which he was born wv q. -
James Cannon, a young man, was;
killed in q bicycle road race at Water.
vile, O., by his wheel breaking down.
Graves of 10000 union soldiers and Of
several hundred volunteers in the war
with Spain ware decorated in Chatta-'
nooga, Tenn. ,~a -, ~
The Columbus To- police. have un 1-s
earthed a school for crime at which
boys sare@taught to steal and dispose
of thes stolen goods.
A bill passed by the Texas legisla-s
ture provides for the teaching in the
public schools of a course of humane
treatment to animals. 49, ~.
A Pennsylvania company has the COM
tract to build, ~ steel bridges for the
Trans-Siberian railroad.
| Edward Conner, catcher in a ball.
gume Between two local mines at Law
renee, Mass. was struck over the heart
Eby af0ul bali sand Killed. =
There has beensincorporated with the
secretary Of New York state 1.-THE Naval
and Military Order 5of, the Spanish
American War; with the principal of
| fees in New York city. Gov. Roosevelt
is one Of the directors. ~"- w
The Erie railroad has practically de-
cided to build q direct line from Cleve-,.
land to Marion, o., to connect at the
lattsr psinA hitAthe Chicago & Erie.s
giving it an air line between Chicago
and Cleveland and Cincinnati. r.
Leading Methodists plan, to eliminate
competition between tho. colleges Of
that church in Ohio by making the
Ohio Wesleyan university at Delaware
university to which all other Metho-
dist schools in the state shall be subcr-A
Ths statistics & tiz Il liz Production Il
|scoai III the United States during 1895
have just been completed by Edward
NV. Parker, 4 st atistieianSof the United:
States geological survey. The compi1a.
ton shows that the total production st
all kinds Of coal in. 1898 reached the
enormous figure Of 219, s35,993 tons,.an
increase of nearly ten per cent. over the
output In 1897, e'ssS 3 80
/ q a & ~ 50 q ~ ss ~ k Ri M W
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
WEST AND SOUTH !

While insane Alfred Wells, a farmer
aged 40, living near Thorntown Ind,
killed three of his little boys. - '~ =
In Cleveland Henry Lower, aged 20
years, died from the effects Of a cat
bite received three months ago. d.
Albert j. Hopkins, of Illinois, has
withdrawn from the speakership con-
test, throwing the state delegation to
Col. David 3. Henderson, of Iowa.
Masked bandits held up Union Pa
cific passenger train west of Wilcox,
Wyo., blew up the express car with
dynamite, severely wounded the en-
gineer and escaped with over 100000.
The well-known actress, Marie Vain
wright, was married in San Francisco
to Franklyn Roberts, an actor in her
company.
At Holly, Mich, Day Terbush, a
wealthy farmer, was swindled out of
$4,000 by two bogus real estate men.
At his residence in Cincinnati Will
liam McAlpin, well-known capitalist,
dropped dead.
Upon arriving in San Francisco from
Sydney $4,000 in gold were found miss
ing from the treasure-room of the
steamer Alameda.
Flames destroyed the Smith wagon
shops in Pekin, ILL.,, the loss being $780,
OOO.
In Galena, Kan, Mrs. Mary Jane
Douglas, 1902 years old, and James Nor
gan, 70 years of age, were married.
At the age of IS years William H.
Ellerbe, governor of South Carolina,
died at Sellers. ..z.sp 5.
Ohio republicans in state convention
in Columbus nominated for governor
George 4. Nash, Of Columbus, and for
lieutenant governor John A. Caldwell,
OF Cincinnati. The platform indorses
the administrations Of President Nc
Kinley and Gov. BushneR, &denouncces
trusts and lynchings, praises the mag
nificent achievements, of our army and
navy in the war. with Spain and com
mends the president for the judicious
notifications of the civil service rules.
t At Republic, Wash, fire destroyed32s
buildings, causing d loss of $3.50, 900. II =
w. G.. Erwin, of Lincoln, Neb., an
evangelist, was robbed of 5000 in Chi
cago hotel. AlE5 .Es.:&l :: + 3 @5a& 'sfY
The death of Henry C. Grabenhorst
occurred at his home near Webster
City, Ia, aged 100 years and two
4 months. a7s
Gov. Gen. Brooke appointed press
censor for Santiago in view Of the CON
tinued publication of inaammatory ed
itorials in the local press. t,F s g
Fire destroyed the St. Charles thea
T ter, built in 1885, IN New Orleans. s IS
Because of poor health W. e. Stiles,
g well-known ship-timber manufac--
tnrer. committed suicide in Warren, o.
For cattle stealing John Mays. a
Choctaw Indian, was publicly logged
tn death at San Rnis. IT & 4 a, .ss
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

Memorial day was celebrated this
year on both sides of the world. Before
morning dawned in the United States
the notable ceremonies at Manila were
nearly over. The graves of Americans
in Cuba were covered with flowers and
festoons of laurel were placed on the
wreck of:the Maine in the harbor of Ha-
vana. One year has brought striking
changes, carrying the flag westward
across the Pacific. and a thousand miles
to the east in the Atlantic. The observ-
ance of the day was general, and the
marks OF sympathetic interest were
never more impressive. ~ <.s$sS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

A monument is to be erected in Ken
isco cemetery, New York city, in honor
Of the unidentified dead who persisted
in the Windsor hotel fire and are buried
in that cemetery. The monument will
be of granite. 81 feet high, with life
size bronze figure of Grief standing be-
side three columns. One of these col
umns will be perfect, to represent those
who escaped from the fire; the second
will be partly broken. to represent the
identified dead, and the third will be
brokensof at the base, to represent the
unidentified dead. ,Ehe monument is to
be erected at a cost Of $500:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

Justice is ofttimes snail-like in it's
movements, but from New York comes
the news of an instance of slow Justice
that is record breaker. After 26 years.
battlingin the courts, it has finally been
decided that the city owes William A.
Brickilf $s94,633 for an invention which
the fire department has been using for
30 years. Brickill spent his life fighting
for his rights, but died in poverty three
years. ago, and now final settlement of
the case finds Mrs. Brickill in absolute
want. If there were more justice and
less law in the courts lawyers would not
be so cOrpulent.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
Transn,ississfppiC Congress Ends.

Wichita, Kan, June 5.-The trans
Mississippi congress adjourned sine die
at noon Saturday after adopting reso-
buttons as, follows: For government
construction and ownership of Mica
raguan canal; opening of southwest
pass, Mississippi delta; rushing of deep
water work at Houston, Tex; foster
ing beet sugar industry by congress;
reenactment of the original homestead
act; prohibiting. coolie or other con-
tract labor; recognizing the: prowess
of the army and navy in the late war
with Spain, and guardedly favoring ex-
pansion, particularly as to the widen
ing of commercial opportunities.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

cree establishes the innocence of the
prisoner. The documents which were
used in his conviction are practically
declared forgeries. The condemnation
of the first court-martial is quashed,
and the accused will have a new trial at
Renner, not far from Nantes. He will
be brought to France at once.
Nine. Dreyfus is in an ecstasy of JOY.
She. has obtained permission to cable
the news to her husband, and ere this
is printed he will know the triumph of
his friends, who have labored unceas-
ingly four years for the revision of his
trial. Nine. Dreyfus said she owed a
debt of gratitude to lola, Clemenceau,
Mornard and Picquart she can never re-
pay. She expressed her deep appre-
citation Of the sympathy of the Ameri-
can press. -.,-,.~-.- u ,,.-. ;s;,.
Esterhazy's declaration that he wrote
the bordereau under the express or
ders of Col. Sandherr has caused re-
vulsion of feeling in Paris, and the pub
lie is readily believing the most extrava-
CANT rumors of more arrests to follow
the incarceration of Du Patty de Clam.
Gems. MERCER, Boisdeffre and Come are
selected by the excitable populace as
the next victims.
The court of eassation's review and
declaration that the captain is suffering
for crime he never committed leaves
little chance for another conviction.
The decision says that the prisoner
is to be retired on the following nues-
ton:
"Is Dreyfus guilty of having in 1894 prac-
ticed Vaccinations or of having had COM
munication with q foreign power or its
agents with a view of facilitating acts of
hostiNties in the case of a war with France,
or having furnished the means therefor, by
furnishing notes or documents retraced on
the bordereau?"
The audience received the decision
with cries of 'Vive la Justice!" "Vive Ia
Loie!'
All the revisionist papers acclaim the
decision as the triumph of truth, juS.
tice and law, and express the hope that
| all France and all right-minded men
will bow before; the decree. They ap-
peal for reconciliation and calmness,
The anti-revisionist papers consider
the duty Of all to- submit, in order to
restore peace to the country. A few
| of them affect to "await with confidence
the verdict of the new court-martial,' -
implying that this will be another con-
demnation.
Paris, June 5.-The cabinet council
Sunday morning decided that the
French second-class cruiser Sfax, now
at Fort de France, Martinique, should
proceed Immediately and bring Dreyfus
from Devils island to France. The
cruiser is expected to arrive at Brest
about June 26, when Dreyfus will be
handed to the military authorities and
lodged in the military prison at Rennes.
Paris, June 5.-M. Emile lola. who
has returned to Paris, has written ask
ing the public prosecutor to send to his
residence notification Of the sentence
which the Versailles court passed upon
him in the libel action brought by the
handwriting experts in the Dreyfus af-
fair.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
NEW TRIAL FOR DREYFUs.'


Paris, June $. The verdict sof the
court Of cessation, given Saturday.
makes Dreyfus, for the time at least, q
freS man, for until the second court
martial pronounces him guilty. con-
tingency now undreamed of in Paris
he is a captain in the French army, en-
titled to wear his uniform and the cross
of the Legion of Honor.
The verdict of the. court exceeded
even the hopes of q majority of Drey-
fus. friends. for the wording Of the de.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

The officer of the wrecking company
who superintendent the raising Of the
Reina Mercedes in the harbor of Santi-
ago says he could raise every Spanish
wreck at Santiago if the government
wished, but he does not think it would
pay. He says there is so much lye in
the water at Santiago that the machin-
cry and boilers of the vessels are pitted
and eaten away, besides which the
heavy armor plate on the vessels would
have to be removed and the vessels re-
plated at great cost.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
Jefferson Davis Birthday.

4 Atlanta, Ca, June 5.-The state
house, city hall :and all banks were
closed Saturday in honor Of jefferson
Davis birthday. Memorial services
were, held at Atlanta camp 15e, Con-
federate Veterans, at the capitol at
which Hon. Henry Richardson was the
orator. The day is a legal holiday in
many of the southern states. 81
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
Price of the Caroltnes.

Madrid, June s. Germany, it is an
nounced, pays 25,ooo,ooo pesetas for the
Caroline, Palaos and Marianne islands.
Spain retains three coaling stations, one
in each group, and Germany undertakes
to defend these stations in case of war.
Germany, in addition, grants Spain the
most favored nation treatment in Ger
many and in the colonial islands. .-~--..,..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
JOHANN STRAUSS DEAD.
Eminent Composer of Wa1tzes Sue
cumbs to Lung TrOubIes-Sketch
of His Career.

Vienna, June 5.-Johann Strauss, the
famous composer, is dead.
Johann Strauss was born October Is,
1925, in Vienna. His father, also Johann
Strauss, was musician of note in Vienna,
and at the time of his sons birth was the
Strauss was bitterly opposed to his son be-
coming musician, and separated from his
wife because of the secret assistance and
sympathy which she extended her son. She
neglected no opportunity to have him
placed In the hands Of competent teachers.
At the age Of six Johann composed his frs:
piece. notwithstanding the opposition Of
his father, he frequently attended the re-
hearsals of the Strauss orchestra. Hie
love for the piano was profound, and with
his younger brother, Josef, he would play
on the piano waltZes of his fathers COM
position.
At Is Johann was obliged to go to work
IN a bank to make living, but he soon
tired of the clerkship, and began his ca
reer as composer and orchestra conduc-
tor. AS early as 1874 Vienna had gone wild
over him. In October Of that year, while
performing in Vienna, he rendered some of
his own compositions, and was recalled Is
times. He was proclaimed Waltz King
Johann the Second
At this period of his career Strauss was
q most prolific writer, and the Strauss
dances now number nearly 500. ARTIST
Life 'The Beautiful Blue Danube"
wine, Women and Song,'' From the
Mountains" German Hearts," and will
lage Swallows" are some Of the most IA
nous. Aside from his waltzes, he was also
the composer Of numerous polkas which
are known the world over.
After the death of his father, in 1s4a,
Strauss and his orchestra gave concerts in
all the principal cities of Europe. In June,
1872, 1.-The waltz king" came to this coun-
try. Patrick s. Gilmore had engaged him
at large salary to conduct the Boston
peace jubilee, and his appearance there was
round of triumphs. He directed an or
chestra Of over j. 600 musicians, and more
than ever popularfZed his compositions, In
the same month he gave four concerts in
the Academy Of Music at New York 1t
was while in New York that Strauss COM
posed his Manhattan waltzes, in which he
introduced "Old Folks at Home and the
"Star-Spang1ed Banner"
In 1871 Strauss entered the field of light
opera, producing IA pieces in all, amonx
them Indigo" Carnival at Rome" Gag
;hisf: !" The Merry War" and "A Nisat
IN Venice" Nearly all his operettas have
been performed in America.1 =.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
TOrnados fn IOwa.

Dubuque, la, June 5.--A tornado
swept the country west of Dyersville
Sunday evening At some points the
path of the storm was mile wide. The
operator at Thorpe, Ia, reported build
E#ings and cars being blown over. The
.neighborhood of Kellogg, Ia, also suf-
sfered.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
The Woman'si Temple.

Chicago, June 5.-An officer of the
SWoman's temple said Saturday that
100000 of the 5000, 900 necessary to re-
tire the temple trust bonds and secure
the legal control of the building has
been provided for. Mrs. Carse, who is
now in California, will return in ashort
time and put into operation a new plan
for raising the necessary funds to pay
1,oS n o1,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

The organisms of hailstones have
been investigated on two occasions by
F. c. Harrison, Canadian bacteriolo-
gist, who has found numerous bacteria
and molds, including bacillus and
coccus hitherto undescribed. The char
acter of the germs confirms Bujwid's
theory that surface water is carried up
by storms and frozen, producing hail.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

A back bone is worth $4,000. At least
that is the finding of the superior court
of Massachusetts,. Antonio Bartolo-
meo, laborer, sued contractor for
damages, alleging that because of the
contractors negligence trench caved
in, buried the plaintiff and permanent
ly injured his spine. The court awards
the laborer 100000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

The Medical Record calls the follow
ing more or less good advice for doc
tors" and, it may be added, for their
patients also: Drink less, breathe
more; eat less, chew more, ride less,
walk more; clothe less, battle more;
worry less, work more; waste less, give
more; write less, read more; preach
less, practice more"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

An Italian duke has started for the
north pole, carrying in his supply train
asteam piano and 1000 bottles of liquor.
Curious people will at once begin to
wonder why he should burden himself
with so much piano.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

In a criminal prosecution recently
tried in Nebraska town the jury, after
brief elaboration, returned the fol-
lowing verdict: 1--WE, the jury in the
above-named case, do not believe one
word that the witnesses have sworn to;
neither do we believe that any of the
attorneys have spoken the truth, nor
that either of them could do so, even if
he should care to take the trouble to
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

The estimated loss of $1,O0O,00O in the
burning of Dawson, Alaska, sounds
queer, when it is known that the place
was but a collection of log houses. But
that is country where plain, every
day door costs. about $50.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

In naval tactics the word fleet means
any body of warships numbering ~ or
more ships of the line, namely, battle
ships and first-class cruisers. A feet
is divided into three squadrons, known
as the van, the center and the rear.
The senior flag officer, under the fleet
commander, commands the center, the
next in command the van, and the third
the rear-whence the term rear ad-
miral
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09
LATER NEWS.

AAAAAS M W.
Count De Castellane denies that his
wife formerly Miss Anna Gould of
New York; participated in the riotous
proceedings in Paris, sszsssasf ,.,s,.,,. =,
John Shehosh, an Indian, shot and
mortally wounded Hans Peterson at
West Superior, Wis. ass.,..
Three engines and seven freight cars
were demolished on the Northwestern
road at Ames, Iowa sf ~ at$& t4%b ST X
A tornado. destroyed. considerable
property at Otseea, Wis. The path of
the storm was narrow.
Frank P. Melons feed store in Phil
adelphia was destroyed by fire. Six
fremen were injured.
Advices from Samoa state that both
the native factions, the Matietoans
and the Mataafans, are disarming.
Mataafa has surrendered 1880 arms.
The thermometer the .5th registered
80 degrees in the shade at Chicago and
SO at st. Louis.
Gen. Otis advises the war department
that the Oregon regiment will be the
first of the volunteers to leave Manila
Tor the United States.
Brig. Gen. Charles King, who has
just arrived at San Francisco from
service in the Philippines, has been
honorably discharged from the volun-
teer army, to take effect Aug. 2.
Col. Whalley's battalions, under
cover of the .'tin clad" gunboats, were
landed near Morong. The American
artillery opened fire ON the insurgents
and drove them from their positions.
killing nine of them and wounding
five. The Washington troops then
took the town, the rebels fleeing to
the hills.
There were violent scenes in the
FRENCH chamber of deputies the 5th
owing to ,royalistsa denounciations Of
President Loubet. A soldier on duty
had to expel the. chief anti-Loubet
speaker,sM. Rious dessLargentaye. 2s
. According t. aadispatch from Man
dial, -theamost southern town of Nor
way two boys, on May II last, found
on the north coast of Iceland small
cork case. containing a slip of paper,
July II, 1897. signed '"t4Andree, Strind-
Derg ana fraenekel, ana bearing the
words ''All well. Thrown out about
longitude 81 latitude unknown. -
The attempt to organize the leading
street, car works of the country into q
trust has failed. -.
Admiral Dewey returned to the flag
ship Olympia and expected to sail from
Hong Kong the 9th. e..
The Grand Trunk railway track men
again on a strike. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

Only four Independent states remain
in Africa. They are Abyssinia, Moroc-
CO, Liberia and the Orange Free State.
The slicing up of Africa by Europe is
nearly complete, and Asia is fast I'M
dergoing the same operation.