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The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
'D0INGS 0P.A'V|||I''B|!ER
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS C0NDENSEDI
4 Complete Review Of tho Happenings
Of tho Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.


The census returns from 81 cities
show a population of 14,044,711 IN in
crease of 3,494, $50 in ten years.
The president has received ex-Pres-
ident Cleveland's declination of his ap-
pointment as member of the interna-
tional board of arbitration under The
Hague treaty. Ex-President Harrison
has accepted the appointment.
1t is announced by the census bu"
reau that the population of Portland,
Ore, is 9o,420, as against 46,3s5 in 1890.
This il an increase of 44,O41, or 94.95
per cent.
Sunday night President Mckinley
gave out his letter of acceptance,
pledging support to the Philadelphia
platform and meeting the issues put
forward by democrats. The financial
question is given q prominent place
and the isthmian canal is advocated.
The letter treats of the Philippine
question at length, reviewing the
events leading up to the present situa-
tion. He asserts that his policy will be
ITO establish in the islands a govern
ment suitable to the wants an6 con-
ditions of the inhabitants and prepare
them for self-government." Con6i-
tions in Cuba ana Porto Rico, the
trusts, civil service reform and his Chi
nese policy are among other topics
discussed.
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CLEARS WAY FOR BUEtBR.::
Ian Hnhailton Succeeds in Turuin.
the Right = Flank- of
the Beers,

London, Sept. 10.-The following
o1spatch has been received at the war
Office from Lord Roberts:
Belfast CFriday). Sept. 7-Ian Hamil-
ton succeeded in turning the Beers right
nank. clearing the way for Buffers ad-
vance,
''Dundonald and Brocklehurst occupted
Lydenburg Thursday
The Beers are split up and going
northward and eastward, Most of the
guns and stores have been sent to Kru.
gerspost.
Hart, who is operating, southwest of
krugersdorp. reports that among the
dead Beers left on the field it is believed
that the body of Theron has been found"
Commandant Theron, of the Boer
army, was known as a great scout.
1t was he who commanded the Boer
flying patrol that derailed and burned.
early in August, near Honingspruit.
the train carrying United States Con.
sui Stowe and flying the stars and
stripes.
Krugerspost is a small town about
20 miles north by east of Lydenburg
London, Sept. 10.-President Kru-
gers latest capital at Lydenburg has
been captured and the Boer forces
have split up and are falling back to
the northward and eastward of that
town into the mountains.
Cape Town, Sept. 1o.-Sir Redvers
Butler continues his advance. He
crossed the Mauch Berg, ten miles
east of tydenburg, and came into &C.
tion with the Beers. The occupation OF
Lydenburg. which took place last
Thursday, is regarded as marking one
of the last stages of the war; The
Beers now talk of trekking into Ger.
man territory.
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Galveston, along the line Of the Santa
/ Fe railroad. The tornado 8 was the most
destructive In the history Of the sst ate.
The town Of Alvin is report ca Ito be
practically demolished. Hitchcock has
suffered severely from the storm, while
the little town of Alta Iona ii Re-
ported without a house standing. The
town of Pearl has lost one-half of ito
buildings. L. B. Carlton, the & spresi-
dent of the business league ofsAlyin.
and prominent merchant there, re-
ports that not a building is left stand
ing in the town, either residence sor
business. Stocks of goods and house
furniture are ruined, and crops are q:
total loss. Alvin is a town of about
1900 inhabitants. Seven persons were
killed in and near the town.
- A Train Wrecked. .
The Santa Fe train, whichleft here at
1855 Saturday night, was wrecked at a,
point about two miles north OF Alvin.
Mrs. Prather, of Rosen berg, Tex. was
killed and. several' were injured. The,
train was running slowly when 1t en-
countered the heavy storm. Ii is re-
ported that the train was literally lift
ed from the track. Mrs. Prather was
thrown across the car. and half way
through a window. When the car was
reached it was found that her ead had
yoeen under water and she was
Il
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IN VARIOUS PLACES.

It is curious fact that the identical
gun-carriage invented by Capt. Percy
Scott, to take the ~ gun of her maj
esty's ship Terrible to Ladysmith, was
used again to take it to Tientsin. The
naval "petv silenced Gen. Nieh's big
Krupp gun at the fourth shot.
On examining some of the alleged
poisonous bullets brought home by Sir
w. MacCormac, which the Beers were
reported to have used, it was found
that the charge was totally untrue.
The green coating complained of was
not verdigris, but compar ratively
harmless product of the reaction Of
the metallic casing of the cartridge
upon wax coating used to prevent
damp and rust.
A much-needed reform has been ac-
complished in St. Louis. Heretofore,
the streets have been covered in sum-
mer with mud, caused by too-gen-
erous spr1 king service. A measure
has been passed by the city council
requiring that sprinkling shall be per-
formed by perforate- pipe device,
while sprinkling cars will make but
two trips a day instead of deiuging
the streets four times daily.
Horsemen have discovered that
while the bicycle and trolley car, as
well as the automobile, have decreased
the demand for horses, it is only for
the common grades; fine bred ami
mails are still bringing tie usual high
prices. This means that the common
variety of horses is doomed to extinc-
tion. 1t will not pay to raise horses
to sell at ten dollars head, and con-
sequently they will not be raised. An
other feature is that the fine bred
horses will increase in number until
they can be sold at reasonable figures.
Mr.. r. E. Foster, of Oxford univer-
sity, scored 100 or over in both in
nings of the recent cricket match be-
tween Gentlemen and Players, being
the first. time that the feat has been
accomplishedr ii that match. He had
previously scored two centuries zone
match, this year, and the repetition
Of the feat in one year in frst-class
cricket is a record for England. Last
year he also made two centuries in
successive 1nningsso that at 22 and
in two years play he has three double
centuries to his credit, record ap-
preached only by DR.. w. G. Grace,
who has also made centuries IN both
innings three times, but in q cricket
career covering 20 years.
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The richest ducinG leaul
soil II thezworll Good watee m absind-
.ance, market facilil the sbsst We hayo
Eafsw farms q present 70 Oilers Big Bar
gains. 81 u
5. loa. coo -acrefarm, miles from good
MARKET miles from county seat; 860acres
under highest cultiyation, !, balance can all
be. .6roke;s80 acresDf fenced edpastnresHouse
16x2k addition 12x24, two stories, stone!
foundation. Barn l6xS6, addition 16x6G,
~. posts, stonS basement. Blacksmith
sAopf6 granaries and Other outhouSes, 8
HEoodweAsOf water One mile from school
shousein thfcklV settled neighborhood.
ss No. lOo2O0 acre farm, 90 rods from
county ssat and market. Population Of
county seet 100. 1l5, acres under cultiva-
ttom. 30 acres good meadow, balance can
all - cultivated Good black loan and
clay subsoil. Good well OF water
No. 108. 60-acre farm, al wild, Joins
the city limits, county seat. All good
tillable land, black loam and clay subsoil,
8 dr1t-class quarter section. I'd,
Terms-Some cash down, balance time
to suit. 55zs # 81 T =s5 isss ssss 81
Take advantage Of this opportunity be-
fore II slips away. Address, ss1I.. 5.5 .@s
~. NORTH DAKOTA LAND e.. LOAN Co. pa tsz
Rugby, Pierce County, N. D.
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Can 3Telephone#Without Wires.

Bradford, England. Sept. 10.-At Sat.
urday's session of the physical science
section of the British Association fol-
the Advancement of Science, now ir
annual session hers, =sir William Hen.
ry Preece, consulting engineer to the
British post office, made the interest.
ing announcement that as a result o1
his experiments with wireless teleg.
raphy he had found it. quite. possible
to convey audible speech -sixato eight
miles across the sea without wires
He added that it was a practical #com.
mercial system and 'might'be extend.
ed to communications between ships
and between ships andatheA ehore.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
.LATEl1 HEWS

The southwest Louisiana rice crop,
sunered considerable loss from the,
recent storm. Rice men estimate the
damage at 10 to IS per cent of the crop
rs a whole.
Aspeciat Zdispatch: from! Berlin says
Great Britain and Ger many have
agreed not to ;evacuate Peking: until
full satisfaction for the recent out
RACES has beenTobtaincd. .j
The Citizens, bank at Evanston, Ill,
was robbed Of $4,000 by a :ruse.-, The
cashier was called into the street by a
man driving phaeton. When he re-
turned to his desk desk he discovered
that g second person, previously. con-,
cea1ed in the basement had stolen into
the vault and secured the money, No:
trace of the robbers has SO far been
discovered.
Woodpecl<ers are destroying the
Missouri Pacific RAILROAD. station at
Lydon, Kan. In two weeks they have
perforated the east end. The boys of
the town drive them away with stones
and clubs, but they always return and
renew their works of obstruction.
John Gooduow. the United States
consul general at Shanghai. after in
quiries in every possible source, learns
that the number of British and Ameri-
can missionaries probably murdered
during the uprising in China has been
90.
Gen. Butler captured the Boer posi-
ton at Spitzkop. The Beers lost
heavily.
In fit of jealous rage, Frank For
est, living near Livingston, Mont,
shot and killed Willis Howard and ia.
tally wounded Lenora Lynn. Both
men were in nlove with the lady.
An official bulletin issued at Glas,
gov, Scotland, shows an additional
case of the bubonic plague has been
reported. The total is sixteen cases
and 112 persons under observation.
The little town of Hermonsville,
Mich., was almost totally destroyed by
fire.
The Choate-Hollister furniture fac
tory at GAINESVILLE, Wis, was destroyed
by fire. Loss, ss5,0o0.
In quarrel over their children at
Dubuque, Iowa, John Arthofer killed
his neighbor, Antoine Laibi.
The monthly report of the depart
ment of agriculture states that the
average condition of corn Sept. was
500. There was a decline during
August amounting to 60 points, and
the condition on the first of the pres
ent mouth was 4.6 points lower than
Sept, l. 1899.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

1t is suggested that the expression
'Dear SIR at the beginning Of busi-
ness letters and "Yours truly or
''Yours sincerely" before the sigma
ture to such communication be
dropped. The reformers believe that
the name of the man or firm addressed
is all that is necessary and that the
writer's signature at the bottom will
suffice. It is said that the time has
come to quit calling men dear" or
respected" when there 10 no proof
to that effect and to cease calling
yourself some business mans "obedi-
ent servant"
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

The sinking of the torpedo boat
destroyer France by the big battle
ship Brennus, recalls the terrible mis-
take which ended in the destruction
of one of England's finest battleships.
During the meneuvers of the English
squadron in 1893 Misunderstanding
ended in the collision of the battle
ships Camperdown and Victoria, the
latter going to the bottom. The loss
of life in that terrible calamity was
$50 officers and men. Practice work in
naval warfare seems to be almost az
expensive az the real thing.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

Here are some of the titles which
officially belong to Abdul Hamid, sui
tan of Turkey: The beloved sultan
of sultans, emperor of emperors, the
shadow of God upon earth, brother Of
the sun, dispenser of crowns to those
who sit upon thrones, sovereign Of
Constantinople and the great city Of
Brousa, as we'll as of Damascus, which
is the scent of paradise; king of
kings, whose army is the asylum Of
victory, at the foot of whose throne
Is justice and the refuge of the
world.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

r. An evangelistic campaign has been
planned in England for next Febru-
ary. Regrets are expressed in this
country that our religious bodies
have not taken steps to organize .
similar campaign with which to open
the new century. An effort u being
made now to ascertain if such cam
paign cannot still be ARRANGED for,
If not in January, then for as early
q date in 1901 as may be. The Eng
Hsh campaign will begin in February
of the new year. and will last eight
days and nights. 1t will include Gos-
pei n,eetinas to be held in every town.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

Sing Sing IN. w. penitentiary, tho
largest penal institution in the coun-
try, has declared against the old-time
''lock step" walk and it has been
abolished. The lock step requires
that each man march almost in the
footsteps of the man in front, with
the left hand on his shoulder. The
prisoners are much pleased over the
innovation, because in no other way
than the prison lock step il their deg
radiation brought home to them. The
Sing Sing convicts are now marched
in companies in, double, file. Other
states may emulate the example.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

Some of those who are watching
the Belgian hare craze which is
sweeping this country at present fear
that when it subsidies the land will be
afflicted with pest which will
threaten the agriculture. T. s. Palm
er, acting chief Of the biological sur
vey, has sent out warning letters in
which he suggests that steps be taken
to keep under observation the hares
that have been liberated and that
all possible measures be adopted to
discourage the liberation of the ami
mails.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
WEST AND SOUTH.

The doors of the state bank of La
mont, ILL.,, were closed with liabilities
of $12, 900; assets, $24,O0O.
In a quarrel ranchmen drove 5000
sheep over q precipice at Sharpsdale,
COL, and all were killed.
Letter carriers in national conven-
tion in Detroit, Mich, elected John N.
Parsons, of New York, president.
The population of Peoria, ILL.,, is &c.
100, an increase of 1906 in ten years.
Fire swept away the entire business
portion of Manito, Ill.
Populists and democrats fused in
Minnesota and renominated John Lind
for governor.
At Columbus, O., Seth w. Ellis was
formally notified of his nomination by
the union reform party for president
of the United States.
w. J. Bryan completed his tour Of
West Virginia. s.@} -. 's1,..
At Des Moines, Ia, Justice Halloran
decided that labor union is pool OF
trust. .& I. @:s
Gen. shafter, commanding the de-
partment OF California, has been in
structed to4discharge all volunteers in
San Francisco.
n The human arrow" CharlesRussell,
z famous acrobat and clown, died in
poverty at St. Louis. s'' ''>S.
Rev. Lorenzo Waugh, the oldest
Methodist minister in the world, died
suddenly In Williams, CAL, aged %
years.
With Denver the pennant winner,
the Western Baseball league closed its
season.
:. A. gale swept the Florida coast,
causing loss Of life, wrecking otsships
and great damage to shore property.
At Marshall, Mo-, robbers held up
the Alton station and killed the
watchman.
At the Union iron works in San
Francisco the monitor Wyoming was
launched. ga4 ~
From Havana the United States
transport Rawlins arrived in New
York, among the passengers being
Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, commanding
the eastern department of Cuba.
After several sessions the national
executive board of the United Mine
Workers of America adjourned sine die
in Indianapolis, Ind, without promul-
eating a formal Endorsement of the ap-
Ipication%of the miners Of the anthra-
cite district for permission to strike.
The board empowered President
Mitchell to order an anthracite coal
strike If pending negotiations failed.
From 1900 to 5000 persons are re-
ported killed by the hurricane at Gal
weston, Tex, and 1000 buildings de-
stroyee. The city il still cut of from
the mainland. Ninety bodies have
been found in other towns. Relief
trainsare blocked by great waves eight
miles inland. Sabine Pass, Port Ar
thur and other places are isolated and
their destruction 10 feared. Hundreds
Of dead are strewn over the prairies.
lYesseh were driven eight miles inland.
The rice crop Il DESTROYED. IT.
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All Were Saved,

Cohassett, Mass, Sept. 1O.-The ex.
cursion steamer John EndicottJ on the
Boston & Plymouth line, truck sunk
en- rock just east Of Minot's light Sun.
day afternoon and tore hole in hel
side so that she>wass obliged to rur
full steam for, the shore off North
scituate, where she foundered. There
were on board 600 paSsengers at the
time of the accident. But by the hasty
use. of all her lifeboats and with the
assistance from the boats near BY
every person on board was saved.
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Fail to Reach Agreement.

Il Detroit, Mich, Sept 81 q 1o.-Afte1.
spending the past six days conferrinf
on the bar mill and pudding scale
the conference committee of th,
Amalgamated Association Of Iron ant
Steel Workers and representatives Q:
the great iron and steel manufactures.
adjourned Saturday afternoon with
out ansagreement being reached. Th,
adjournment was taken subject TO til,
call of either side.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
aHE EAST.

The women singers in Roman Cath
olic churches are alarmed because of
the decree which forbids their appear
ance in choirs. s8 xag$ss
At West Point the freshman class, 176
in number, is the largest in the his
tory of the military academy.
At the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the 7th aggregated
81, ,145, ,371 1888, against SLIPS, ,946, 1913 the
previous week. The decrease COM
pared with the corresponding week Of
1899 was 1884,
In the United States there were 145
business fail res in the seven days
ended on the 7th, against ITS the week
previous and 1872 the corresponding
period of 1899.
In Brooklyn, N. Y, John Reider,
aged 60, killeu his wife, aged 40, and
himself. Jealousy was the cause.
The Fifth Avenue. Savings and Loan
association at McKeesport, Pa, was
placed in the hands of q receiver, with
liabilities of $500,CC0.
At the races at Hartford, Conn.,, The
Abbott lowered the trotting record to
wagon to 2:O5h.
Albert D. Shaw. former commander
in chief of the G. A. R., was nomin-
ated for congress by the republicans
of the Twenty-fourth New York dis
trict.
The death of Thomas Kingsford,
head of the Kingsford Starch CON-
pany's works ct" Oswego, N. Y, oc-
Cured at the age of 73 years.
The big excursion steamer John En-
dicott struck a sunken rock off Minot's s
light, near Cohassett, Mass, Sunday
night and founderd. All on board were
sR we'd
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

The secret service bureau has made
. report for the fiscal year. It has
secured the arrest of s54 persons and
has convicted 21s. Missouri heads the
list with 7S cases. The counterfeit
money captured by the department
amounted to $4,000, while 200 plates
and 80 molds were seized.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
Married ON His Sick Red.

New York, Sept. 10.-Gen. Edward
Wellman Serrell, warned by physi1
clans that peritonitis threatened hi.
life, three hours later married Mis-
Marion G. 'Roorbach, of Staten Island
The ceremony was performed at thu
generals bedside, in the Hotel Clar1
'endon, by Rev. Samuel Tyler, assist
ant pastor Of st. Georges church.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

The Philadelphia Times states that
Porto Rican pesos and centavos are
daily finding their way into the
United States mints in large num-
bers, in exchange for United States
money. So far total Of 81, ,s62, 1880
of the Porto Rican coins have been
received at the Philadelphia mint.
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Thnt Funnx Feelinr.

ftDa amt no feelin'," remarked, Uncle
Eben,s "dat can hold er candle to de per-
cniiar sensation dat melts in =er mans soul.
meanders down his spine an trickles out
at his heels when he done lays down er
6ve-doalar bill ~ip payin' fo' er ham an de
grocer hans him back jes' s.. 81 IN change"
Chicago Evening News. .
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

The Boston Elevated Railway COM
pany distributed about 100000 free
tickets, through churches and chari-
table associations, SO that mothers
and children and sick and aged per-
sons who cannot pay may be carried
to the woods or the seashore.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

According to q recent order of the
marquis of Londonderry, postmaster
general Of England, post Office clerks
must hereafter use Esq" in ad-
dressing all male correspondents un-
less they ARE evidently laborers, per-
sonal servants or tradesmen."
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
1t Came Natural.

Mrs. .Johnsing-Mah lands! Dat chile can't
be mo- den fo' mont's ole an walkin' eroun'
like er fu.l-grown man! How'd yo' larn him I?
Mrs. Jackson-Why, Nose begin whistlin'
cake-wa:k de odder day, an dat's de re-
sult.-Puck.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
THOUSANDS PER !SH.
Hurricane and Tidal Wave Strikes
!. Gulf Coast.


Memphis, Sept. 10.-An special to
tho Commercial Appeal from New
Orleans, says: aAdvices regarding the
EsWful effects Of the storm which. has
been raging along the guilt coast of
Texas are just beginning to arrive and
the story they tell is fraught with
horror. First in Importance is the
news that Galveston was struck by a
tidal wave and that the loss of life
there was between 2,500 and 5000. The
water is Is feet deep over Virginia
Point. " %;%@
Every effort is being made out of
New Orleans to- get telegraphic or
cable communication with the wrecked
city, but to little avail. One message
was received fixing the loss of life at
1900. It came by cable from Vera
Cruz. and was later confirmed in .
general way. !.
Great damage and considerable loss
Of life is reported along the line of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad.
There is much anxiety about Sabine
Pass and Port Arthur. The last news
received from Sabine Pass was Satur-
day at noon, and at that hour the
town was entirely surrounded by wa
ter. The storm had not then reached
its height nor had the tidal wave
come which gis reported to have,swept
over: Galveston. However, at the time
the last report was sent out the people
were fleeing to- the highlands for
safety, and it is hoped that they may
have found refuge in time.
Port Arthur is. not so exposed; to
the waves as Sabine, out the damage
there is believed to have been great.
>: Telegraph wires are; down to Port
Layaca, Rockport, Arnsas Pass, Cor
pua Christi and Brownsville, on the
lower coast, and grave fears are en-
tertained; regarding the. safety of the
inhabitants of those towns.
Lesles Else1yhe1e.
Towns along the southern Texas
shore are, flooded and the ragingswa-
tiers have swelled the list of fatalities.
Among the places where heavy loss of
life and property is rumored are:
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The population of the United States
In 1890 was 62,622,250 and the esti-
mate of the treasury department on
July / last was 77,s16,000. The vote
cast for president in 1888 was 1885,
oas; in 1892, 12,11o,636; and in 1896,
13923 643
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
,EJUF9lC1vF9JSSgI SgIF7!vg' - ~,

Ten car loads of American table,
ware, 100000 pieces in al, were re-
Gently shipped to Sydney, New South
Wales. This 10 the first shipment of
the sort that ever went from this
country to the antipodes.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14
LOW-RATE EXCURSIONS.

Via Missouri Pacific Railway and
Iron Mountain Route, ass"S'
To points in the West, Southwest and South.
east, at half.rates (pius $2!GO) for the round
trip. Tickets on sale Tuesdays, September
4th and 18th, October I'd and 10th, Novem.
Der 9th and Goth, and December 4th and 18th,
1900. For full information, land folders,
etc, address any agent of above lines, or H.
C.Townsend, G.P. l. T. Agent, st. Louis Mo.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-14

The New Hampshire Federation Of
Woman's Clubs has adopted the fol-
lowing apt motto: I'm principles like
our granite, in aspirations like our
mountains, in sympathy swift and
1ar-reaching like our rivers"