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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
MINOR NEWS ITEMS. !:

The street cars at Wichita, Kan, have
been declared a public nuisance and
have stopped running.
Charles Acton Ives, well-known law
yer of Newport, r. l., died of heart dis
ease while riding bicycle.
The discovery has been made that
100000 silver dollars stored in the
Philadelphia mint vaults have rusted
from a leak.
The first annual reunion of the rough
riders will be held in Las Vegas, N. NJ,
June "a. Gov. Roosevelt and staff will
be present.
Henry C. Prick, head of the new Car
negie syndicate, made his fortune by an
early appreciation, of the possibilities
of the coke industry. =,
Ex-Queen Natalie of Servia is writing
an photographed novel, in which her
family troubles are to be given to the
world in the guise of fiction.
New Rochelle, N. Y, has the largest
mayor in the country. His name is Mi
chael J. Dillon, he is nearly six feet in
height and weighs over 300 pounds.
A Dickens of the third generation has
taken to novel writing. She is daugh-
ter of "''Charles,the Second as the eld-
est son was playfully called by his
friends. ~. s~, ...,,,,: .. ,...,S..,
Matthias Steinberger, who lives with
relatives on a. farm in Jackson town
ship a few miles out Of Fostoria, O., has
recovered his memory and inte11ect f.
er lapse of SO years. =. ~-..s .......,. j,
The Massachusetts, supreme court
has rendered an opinion holding that
passengers can recover damages for in
juries to baggage from the last road
over which their baggage came.
/ Sleeping Bear, a full-blood eros
Ventre Indian, successfully conducts a
general store at Great Falls, Mont. He
will not give his own people credit, but
extends it to a limited number. Of
whites. : .>~...t>5t. H. Et =
By the purchase of the Bell telephone
interests in the state of Wisconsin the
Cleveland (O) Telephone company be-
comes the largest concern Of the kind
in the world. It now operates 1874
miles Of wire and serves $4,000 sub
scribers. .s 81
Marion Chester Stone, inventor and
capitalist, died IN Washington, aged 81.
He was the inventor Of the cigarette
holder, paper straws for cold. drinks
and many other things, which brought
him fortune. Mr.. Stone was also well
known for his philanthropy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

At the annual dinner of the St.
Georges Society of New York city q
few nights ago Lieut.. Col. Lee, of the
British army, who was with Gen. Shat
ter's army before Santiago, was an in
vited guest. In brief speech he said:
II want to say word for your regu-
lars. have seen many soldiers in many
parts of the world, but for endurance,
courage, loyalty and steadfastness
there are no superiors and few equals
to the regulars of the United States
army" He might have added that the
seasoned volunteers are as good as the
regulars.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
CURRENCY REFORM.
An Outline of the Scheme Agreed
Upon by House Republican
Caucus Committee,

Washington, May 22.-It is under
stood that the house republican COM
mittee appointed to frame scheme of
currency reform has agreed upon a
measure along the following lines:
The redemption of all obligations of the
government in gold, on demand.
Greenbacks, when once redeemed for
gold, to be reissued only for gold.
Permitting national banks to issue notes
to the par value of their government bonds
deposited in the treasury, instead of 80 per
cent, as at present.
\ Permitting the minimum capital of ma
tional banks to be $4,000, instead of $50, 900,
as at present.
This plan is much less comprehensive
than ardent advocates of general cur
rency revision have urged, but was
adopted because harmonious agree
ment on it was possible, which was not
the case when more radical measures
were suggested.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

Some one wanted to know the opin-
ion of a Cumberland county (Pa.) farm
err on the questions: Is marriage fail
ure? His reply was: II should say
not. Why, Lucindy gets up in the morn
ing, mill<s the COWS and gets breakfast,
starts four children to school, looks
after three others, feeds the calves and
pigs, skins the milk, washes the
clothes, gets dinner, and does lots of
other work, and helps in the field when
she is not busy. Think could hire any
body else for what she gets? Marriage
is grand success"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

The biggest trust after all is the
country newspaper, says an exchange.
1t trusts almost everybody, and for that
reason the people like it. 1t is the only
trust on earth that is worked to the
limit. and the only trust where the pro-
prietors get the smallest share of the
dividends. Every city in the state has
branch office in this trust, and the
trusting. soul who goes down in his
pocket for the dust to keep this trust
going is. abused like u pirate if he even
hints that his paper needs something
besides air to keep his trust inflated.
And hickory nuts are not ripe yet.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

periodical gives illustrations of the
methods of cooking with electrical con-
trivances at the table. The new process
will permit hosts to assemble guests
for dinner parties and to chat while the
meal is in course of preparation be-
meath their noses. When this method
comes into common use bills of fare
will perhaps. contain 45-volt butter, ten
nmpere meat and electrical light bread.
There will be electrode pudding, watt
pie with short-circuit crust, honey from
archives. positive and negative cur
rants, battery cakes, and, best of all,
the whole meal may be CHARGED.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

In Telling a number of magnificent
oak trees on the Lawrence estate at
Cottage farm, one of the suburbs of
Boston, Mass, the other day workmen
found imbedded in the wood large
quantities of grape shot. The fact that
these missiles plowed their way into
the trees over 1874 years ago is pretty
we'll authenticated, for it is well known
that the section of the country in which
the oaks grew was swept by artillery
during the siege of Boston in l775.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

Ponce de Leon sought the fountain of
youth in the everglades of Florida. A
Missouri doctor looked nearer home
and claims to have found the elixir of
life in the goat. The frequent advice,
Don't grow DID, can now be supple
mented by the practical suggestion,
try the capricornus lymph.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
nm PEACE coHcRrs4
or1ay-sAn 0uflgne ~ fke
Rroeseassss-

The Hague, May 22.-The second sit
ting of the peace conference took place
Saturday morning and lasted IS min
utes.
The president of the conference. Bar
ON De StaaI, read the replies of ffe
car and Queen WiIheImTna TO the feIe-
grams sent them by the conferences on
Thursday.
The president then addressed the DEL
exafes ON the subject of the Iabors be-
fore them, and it was decided not To
publish the speech
The president proposed the adoption
of arrangements for the committees.
which was agreed 80 without dTseus-
sion. Baron DE SfaaI further proposed
that, although the principle of secrecy
should be maintained. communications
might be made through the press bst-
reau. subject to the approval of the
president. This was also adopted.
Tt was learned during the day that "
De StaaI placed the question of media
ton and arbitration in the forefront
during his speech The question Of the
laws of war rendering war as humane
as possible by the extension of the reg
latfons already existing was then
touched upon by the president md he
reIegated the question of the reduction
of ornaments TO the third place
This Indication modiffss the order IN
which the three points were placed IN
the circular of the Russian minister Of
foreign affairs, Count Nuravieff. but it
has the merit of corresponding more
closely to the views of the delegates.
and it is now considered certain that
mediation will have the chief place IN
the work of the conference Further,
the opinion is unanimous that the
American and British delegates will
take the most important part in the
study of this question
The American members Of the eou8-
mittees are as follows.
Messrs White. Nafan
and Crozier.
Mahan and Crozier.
-Messrs White. Low and
Hollis.
The committees viii meet for the
first time Tuesday The eight points
| enumerated in Count Murav5efT-s cfrc1I-
lar for their consideration have been
| distributed among the committees
They are as follows:
The disarmament committee will con-
slider: First. the limitation of expendf-
ture- Second the prohibition of new
| firearms Third, the limitation of the
| use of explosives Fourth prohibition
of the use of submarine boats
The committee on the laws of warfare
will discuss: Fifth the application OF
| the Geneva convention to naval war
fare. Sixth, the naturalization of YES
sells in an engagement while engaged
in saving shipwreeked men during and
after naval engagements Seventh the
revision of the declaration of Brussels
of 1874 on the notifications and customs
of war
The committee on arbitration and
| mediation will deal with the eighth
question of Count Muravieff's circular
| The British members of the arbftra-
ton committee are Messrs. Pauncefote
and Howard
The conference decided Saturday that
all delegates. including the technical
representatives. are to participate IN
| the sittings and join in the discussions.
The date of the next sitting has not
yet been fixed. 1t depends upon the
progress which will be made by the
committees.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

Brazil's coffee crop is said to be worth
S14o,oo0,oO0, and most of the product is
sold in the United States. Properly
painted and mixed with German black
Jack" even Brazilians would not recog-
nize their own product under the Sc
ductive names of Java and Mocha. As
to the beverage resulting from it, it is
such coffee as your mother never made.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
Reina Mercede. Arrfve.

Newport News, May 22.-The Spanish
cruiser Reina Mercedes arrived in
Hampton Roads Sunday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock in tow of the Merritt
Wrecking company's tugs I. J. Merritt
and Rescue, and accompanied by the
steamer S. T. Morgan. She is now at
anchor nearly two miles off Old Point
Comfort, where she will be held in
quarantine for five DAYS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

A Missouri paper contains a para
graph to the effect that Mr.: Coffin has
gone to visit his cousin, Mr.. Graves, in
Tombstone, A. 7. The paper also says
that Mr.. Coffin is on pleasure bent, but,
nevertheless, the item sounds funereal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
All But One Lost.

1 Victoria, B. co., May 22.-News has at
last been received of the schooner
Werfa, which left Dunedin, N. e., last
September, on, an inter-island trading
expedition with party of 10. The
schooner, as had been feared for some
time, was completely wrecked and all
but one Of those who started out on her
were lost Esf .42f @tsE Eas
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

William 3. Twembly, the private in
company B of the Twentieth Kansas,
who swan the Rio Grande river under
fire at Calumpit with Col. Funston, to
carry across a rope that the troops
might be ferried over the river on RATS,
is but % years old. He is the only son
of widow living in Kansas City. His
tory has but few instances of such bra
VprV
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

An inventor who believes the Ameri-
cans are becoming lazy has invented Il
rev appliance for holding a mans hat.
1t is in the shape of a wire spring that
fastens to the inside band of the hat,
and then passes around a mans ear
with Il loop. Next thing they will be
putting a ring in Il mans nose to hold
I'D his CIGAR.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
WEST AND SOIlTu

Expenses of the last legislature OF
Illinois were in round numbers $337,-
600, trifle less than those of the pre-
ceding assembly.
The national organization of the
peoples party has issued an address to
the populists of the country denounc-
ing fusion.
Near Colesburg, Ia, a cyclone did
great damage to property and killed
George Lang, Jerome Jacobs and a
child named Upper.
At West Alexandria, O., Frank Camp
bell murdered his divorced wife and her
sister, Miss Bitha Gay, and then killed
himself
The death of John F. Potter, of anti
slavery fame, and member of congress
from 1857 to 1868, occurred in East
Troy, Wis, aged 50 years.
A manifesto was issued by Gen. Co.
mez to Cubans in which he advises all
soldiers to go to work and expresses
full confidence in the good faith of the
United States.
Trustees of Wittenberg college, a
Lutheran institution at Springfield, O.,
voted to admit women to it's theological
department.
Ex-senator Pfeffer, of Topeka, Kan,
one of the founders of the populist
party, and who was for years consid-
cred as chief exponent of populism, has
returned to the republican fold.
Near Custer City, S. D., vein of ore
carrying $4,000 in free gold to the ton
has been discovered on a.ranch.
Publishers of German daily papers in
the United States organized in Chicago
under the name of "German American
Newspaper Publishers association
From Manila the transport Portland
arrived in San Francisco with dis
charged soldiers.
At Fort Collins James e. Dubois, Sec
rotary of the Colorado state board of
agriculture, committed suicide. Grief
at the death of his wife was the cause.
At meeting of the coal mine opera
tors, the state board of arbitration and
United Mine Workers officials the ii
months struggle between union miners
and operators in Pana, Ill.,, was ended.
Fire nearly wiped out the town of
Jerome, Ariz., and woman and child
persisted in the flames.
At Middleburg, O., Ernest Austin,
aged rs, farmer, shot and killed his
mother and his brother William be-
cause he was opposed in his wishes to
marry neighbours daughter, a nd then
shot himself. CO.,
Flames wiped out the business por-
ton of Dawson City, the metropolis of
the Klondike. One hundred and eleven
buildings were burned, and the loss is
estimated at $4,00O,OOO. ""'
At the age of 100 years Mrs. Julia
Tanning died at Valparaiso, Ind.
The former Spanish cruiser Reina
Mercedes, the only trophy ship of any
size rescued from the waters in which
they were sunk, arrived in Fort Monroe,
Va. .:, ..r,.z -.
John Washtub and Joseph Starr, two
cattle thieves, were publicly logged
with 100 lashes each at San Bots, I. T.
In Peoria, Tex, a horse attached to a
hack ran away killing Thomas Livejoy
and fatally injuring two young ladies'.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
FOREIGN 1NTELI1GENcE.

A cable from Admiral Dewey from
Manila says that he will reach Hong
Kong May Is. .s..va a. @#s s.asH
At the opening of the peace confer
ence called by the car of Russia at The
Hague 16 countries were represented.
M. de Staal, the Russian ambassador
to Great Britain, was made president of
the council. a; s s.ss * Us
Outrages upon Armenian Christians
have begun again in Diarbekr, Turkey.
The car, has ordered a commission to
consider the question of substituting
another penalty for transportation to
the Siberian mines.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

Sandy Hooks big gun, to be mounted
next September, is so feet long and fires
a 2,400-pound shot with the ramming
force of a big battleship going IA miles
an hour. 1t is the most powerful gun
vet construct e6
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
Pedestrian Keats a Train.

Chicago, May 22.-Steam was van
pushed by human power Saturday
when Charles L. Buel, an amateur Pc
destrian, journeyed on foot from
Trover. Wis. to the Union stock yards,
a distance of GO miles, in 13 hours and
IS minutes, or four hours and Is min
utes faster than the time occupied by a
regular cattle train in making the dis
lance. fl..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

Americas exhibit at the Paris world
fair will probably be sent to St. Peters
burg and then to Glasgow for exhibit
ton The advertisement will be a good
one. 1t pays nations as we'll as indi-
viduals to advertise.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
Rains Cause Dams to- Brea1<

Marinette, Wis.,, May 22.-Word was
received here that Stoddard, Long Pond
and Dow McAlester dams had gone out
on the south branch of the Pike river.
The loss will be $4,000. 1t is the most
serious mishap that has occurred in
years on the upper streams. It will
seriously retard driving on that stream.
It. rained almost steadily for three days
in the northern country and this
caused the trouble. -..--. 49, ! = = -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

Among the industries fourishing in
the Klondike is the manufacture of
bogus nuggets to catch outsiders. Pro-
motors up there find something to &C.
cupy the long winter evenings.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

The officials in charge of the WASH
ington monument report that since its
opening to the public on October 9, 1898,
the ascent has been made by no less
than 1,169,631 persons. The record is
unapprOached.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

The collecting craze still thrives. A
dozen authenticated personal relics of
Lord Byron were recently sold at auc-
ton in New York city for $2,7sO. The
$780,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

An order for 100 American locomo-
tives comes from the Midland Railway
of England. The tests made abroad
prove that our locomotives stand at
the head for speed, power and general
ufi1itv
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
Found Dead n nea.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 22.-Rev. II.
N. Robertson, D. D., of the presbytery
Of Des Moines, was found dead in bed
At the home of his son-inlaw, T. E.
Tenny.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

Will Build Homes for Workmen.
Lorain, O., May 22.-The johnson
Steel company, of this city, this sum-
.mer will spend 100000 on homes for
its workingmen, office employees and Of
ficers of the company. . f.. ~:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of q
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
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
Figures compiled by the treasury de-
partment show that China's imports
from the United States for the fiscal
year of 1899 will exceed $13,O0O,OO0.
The president and party have re-
turned to Washington after most en-
joyable vacation of IL days at. Hot
Springs, Va. ..~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
Monument to.Carnot.

Dijon, France, May 22.-The monu-
ment to the late Marie Francois Sadi
Carnot, fourth president of the third re-
public Of France, was unveiled here
Sundayin the presence of the president,
Emf lie Loubet;l the premier, Charles
Dupuy; the minister of war, Camille
Krantz, and other distinguished per-
sopages. 49,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
Final stage Of, Revissou

Paris, May 22.-The members of the
court of cessation have been summoned
to meet on May 20 for the final stage of
the revision of the Dreyfus trial,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

A professor of politics in an Ameri-
can college would be a sinecure. What
the rising generation Of this country
don't know about politics can only be
learned in ward meeting.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
Thanks Of American Governn

THANKS OF AmeFIcAm GOvefnment.
London, May 22.-The United States
ambassador, Mr.. Joseph H. .Choate. has
to the British premier, Lord
Salisbury, the thanks of the American
government for the honor shown by
Commodore Norcock, of the British
navy, to the remains of Rear Admiral
James II. Spots, United States navy.
at the time of their removal in March
last from Port Stanley, Falkland is
lands.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
Has Rexirned.

London, May 22.The archbishop of
Santiago de Cuba, according to a sPe
cial dispatch from Rome, has resigned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
viii He Launched 8. Ex.,.,

Bristol, r. l., May 22.-The Colum-
bias launching hour on June 8 has been
arranged by Managing Owner C. Oliver
Iselin, and Designer Nathaniel G..
Herreshof for 1880 o'clock in the even
ing owing the Discrimination of the
Herreshoffs, like Fife, to have photo
graphs of the Columbia's underwater
body taken at this time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
Challenred by Oxford and On n

Challenged by Oxford and Cambridge
/, London, May 22.-The American line
steamer Paris, which has just sailed for
New York from Southampton, takes a
challenge from Oxford and Cambridge
universities to the universities of Yale
and Harvard for an athletic contest to
take place on the ground Of the Queens
club, London, during the last week in
july. - ~ -"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
Ruildinr Collanses. Il

Building COllapses. s}Fa
Crefeldt, Prussia, May pa build
ing in course of construction collapsed
Saturday and killed IL workmen. -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-15
SMASH THE PIE TRUST.

A dispatch from Trenton n. j.. announces
the incorporation In that city Of THE Amer
lean Pastry and Manufacturing Company"
with an authorized capital Of s3.0o0.0c % OF
which amount 100000 is Z per cent. cumu-
lative preferred stock. The American peo-
pie will not be deceived by the innocent
sounding name of the new corporation or
the cold matter of fact statement regarding
its stock. This is nothing more nor less
than a pie trust. The fact that II IS incor-
porated under the laws of New Jersey. the
cradle and nursery Of nearly all the trusts
in the country. would be SUFFICIENT to raise
suspicion as TO its character. and the sus-
picion is confirmed by a statement in the
city columns OF the New York Tribune that
Options Of sale have been secured from the
Manhattan Pie Baking Company. of
Brooklyn. the New England Pie Baking
Company. Mrs. wagner's bakery. in Jersey
City. and q dozen other bakeries In the
metropolitan district" That is the way they
all do. Incorporated in New Jersey they be-
gin operations near home and from that
nucleus they spread until they overshadow
the whole country. At present the Amer
lean Pastry and Manufacturing Company
Is not content with taking options of sale
on the pie bakeries In the immediate vicia-