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The Worthington advance., 1900-12-14
lVEEBS HISTORY
The Import tant Happenings Of I
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS or THE lL1] UNION.
All tho Latest News Of Interest from
Washinst ston; From the East the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FIFrY-sIxTH CONGRESS.

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FIFTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.
A bill providing for a bridge across
the Mississippi at Dubuque, Ia. was
passed In the United States senate on
the 6th. The rest Of the time was de-
voted to consideration of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty in executive session.
In the. house the army reorganization
bill was passed by vote Of 16e to 1873,
with an amendment prohibiting the
canteen.
After an executive session, in which
no business of Importance was trans
acted, the United States senate on the
7th adjourned to the 10th. In the
house the Grout bill, intended to pre-
vent the sale of ,butterine for butter,
was passed. The war revenue bill
and measure authorizing the ap-
poinment of Mr.. Boutelle, of Maine,
az a captain on the retired list of the
navy upon his resignation from con-
gress were favorably reported.
The United States senate was not in
session on the Sth. In the house bill
was introduced to provide habitations
and employment for the homeless poor.
The day was devoted to paying tribute
to the memory of the late Representa-
tive Alfred C. Harmer, of Pennsylvania.
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will come later. after the Chinese + -
been given 8 reasonable onnortnni+y
for the consideration of the condit;ons
laid down by. the powers. The complete
agreement dec;nbara3 So, +ha a:loade
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CUR PICS .

s. 4n roy y - butcher y named
Calnller.
. a man named Boatzrnan runs ) ferry
8 Aiasis.ip
Hoss u Harness Il ! s Hver.y, stable
drm q Indiana.
Out Of 100 people born, only one
lives ''' g the age Of s5.
IN Marion, Ind &. : law firm bore tho
nan name Of Robb q Steele.
p South Pittsbursh there il a=law
flrm named Bright 6 Early.
There are fewest children, compared
to the population, In France and
Brazil. s .5s 7.-t
IN Japan It is customary for the
I bride y d to give all her wedding presents
10 her parents. 5:.5s= !. m s.. #$
Bandmaster Sousa says the. Amer
lean. lean people as a mass are the most
musical in the world.
! Apples and several other Australian
{ fruits are exported packed in the
shredded bark Of the tea tree.
Almost every class OF skilled labor
q said to be scarce in Texas. and
good mechanics are in great demand.
:. During the short period that King
Victor Emmanuel III: has reigned over
Italy he has received million bep.
Eging letters. 55s.s E. Fl 5.' & {
Mr.. Woolley, the prohibitionist can
dldate Tor president, received upward
OF 400, 600 votes, the largest candi-
'l date OF that party ever received. ]
There is an inexpensive cure for
rheumatism which is rarely tried and
Will never be popular It is the sting
OF the bee, the ordinary everyday
bee. ! . : VI IL -
Forty tomato growers of Ohio, In
diana and Kentucky met at tCincin-
natl and made an agreement to raise
the price of their product 30 per cent.
over last season. .,.-. .3s. .-...,
Col. Don Augustin. Cervantes, of
Havana, Cuba, is man who can
truthfully declare that he'd rather
tight than eat. His IS duels are proof
sufficient of such statement.
The government of Canada has at
last, after repeated efforts, been pre-
vailed upon to permit the celebrated
4sta Highlanders' Regimental band,
OF Toronto, to make an official con-
cert tour of America.
Over 5000 miners employed in the
Scranton (Pa.) region left for other
fields of employment during the re-
cent strike. Many of the Slav and
Hungarian miners returned to their
former homes in Europe.
A philosophical statistician calcu-
1ates that in the year :oO0 there Will
be 1.7oo,ooo,ooo people who speak the
English language, and that the other
European languages will he spoken
by, only 5oo,ooo,oo people.
Mojeska was comic opera singer
before she. attempted tragedy, and
one. of Lecocq's most brilliant COM
positions was written for her, and
she sang It in French, afterward in
German, and finally in Polish.
A Chicago woman talked herself to
death not long since; literally and
actually cut off her itespan with her
tongue and her teeth. For over ten
years she had never stopped talking,
by night or by day, asleep or awake.
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Great Britain and Ireland, with a
population of 40, ,ooo; 900, cast only 4.316,-
7o3 votes at the recent parliamentary
election. As compared with the vote
of some 100000 in this country this
would seem to indicate an apathetic
feeling, but in reality it was not so
much apathy as the very conservative
suffrage laws that kept the vote down.
The ruling classes in England have not
yet reached the point where they will
fully trust the common people to par
ticipate in the government.
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The census shows some queer things
about Texas; For instance, Bailey
county has but four residents, Cochran
has rs, Andrews 81, Lynn II, Dawson
80. Twenty-Five others have less than
500. Some counties have no running
stream within their borders, some are
hundreds of miles from a railroad and
others are almost wholly inha bited by
prairie dogs, jackrabbits and rattle
snakes. Tom Green county, the large st
in the state, has $4,000 square miles.
which is larger than the whole state of
Ohio, and has but 6,so4 inhabitants.
Great state. T..
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NeEro} Lxnche 4.

. Rome, Ga. Dec. 10. The negro, Bud
Rufus, who Friday assaulted and fatal
II wounded Mrs. Joseph White. the
wife Of a farmer living 1e miles from
Rome, was caught and lynched near
here Saturday morning. Mrs. Whites
death is expected hourly. -
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The recent loss of the cruiser Yose-
mite during the typhoon at Guam was
fortunately not attended with heavy
loss of life. 1t means one ship less, and
a very efficient ship she was, even
though she was nothing more than a
merchant steamer converted into an
auxiliary cruiser. Oriental waters seem
to be extraordinarily dangerous to
American ships. First the Charleston
was wrecked, then the Oregon narrow
ly escaped destruction, and now the
Yosemite is total loss.
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"A two-story street is now being
planned for crowded London. 1t is pro-
posed to have an elevated iron sidewalk
directly above the ordinary walk, and
at street corners light steel bridges will
provide passageways from one side to
another, while at every other street
corner there will be stairways, and the
shops along the street can have show
windows and entrances on the second
floor as we'll as the first. The idea is
credited to Charles Dickens, who suq-
gested such a plan as far back as 1854.
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Just previous to the recent election
a Tennessee editor ventured on fore
cast of coming events and invited his
readers to watch the result and see how
far he missed. In his latest issue he
manfully owned up as follows: 1--WE
are now able to state we missed it by
exactly the space between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans east and west and
from the great lakes to the Gulf Of
Mexico north and SOUTH"
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It is believed by the engineers who
are repairing the Galveston-Mexico
cable, which was broken by the Gal
weston hurricane, that the storm was
accompanied by submarine eruption.
The evidence of this eruption is found
in the twisted condition of the cable.
The sheathing is found to have been re-
versed and the wires binding it to the
core turned the wrong way.
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SLIPS BY TIE BRITISH.
Gen. De Wet Succeeds i'm Extricat-
ing Himself from a Very
Tight Place.

Aliwal North, Cape Colony, Friday,
Dec. Gen. De Wet appears to be
in a most dangerous position and to
need all his strategy to extricate his
force. With strong British columns
on three sides and two swollen rivers
barring his front, the British com
manders begin to be hopeful that the
great chase by four columns, which
has been one Of the most exciting
operations of the war, will result in
the capture of De Wet, Definite news
Of his whereabouts was first received
December 2. The next morning Gen.
Knox started in hot pursuit and
Pitchers and Herbert's columns were
detached to make q turning move
ment.
After three hours march Gen.
Knox learned that during the night
De Wet had doubled back past the
British right, necessitating com.
plete change of plans. During the
night of December 3 Gen. Knox en-
camped on the Carmel farm, the site
OF the Boer lager, which evidently
recently and hurriedly moved. Gen.
Knox started again at daylight, hop.
ing to corner De Wet while crossing
Karrepoort drift, but he arrived too
late. The British experienced very
great difficulty in following De Wet,
owing to the rise in the river, but
they succeeded in crossing without
the loss of man or beast. From
that time on the pursuit of the Beers
was taken up without baggage, the
troops being supplied by foragers
enabling them to make more rapid
movements, and keep in touch with
the republicans.
johannesburg, Dec. 1o.-The Beers
have captured 1900 sheep from a
small detachment of British troops in
the vicinity of Krugersdorp.
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One of the most frequent uses to
which the telephone is put by French
country subscribers is that of an
alarm to wake them in the morning.
Those who wish to. be aroused at a
given hour have only to advise the
telephone administration the night be-
fore of the hour at which they wish
to be rung up.
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Three Men killed..

" Chattanooga, Tenn, Dec. 10. "A
freight wreck Saturday night on the
Southern railway three miles south o1
Sanford, Tenn, resulted in the death Of
Conductor David :. Glover and two un.
known tramps. Thirty-two cars got
loose on a grade and ran into an engine.
that was aiding in pulling on the track
two derailed cars. # 4 81
The Worthington advance., 1900-12-14

Thanksgiving day originated in 1921,
when Gov. Bradford, of the Plymouth
colony, appointed day for public
praise and prayer after the first har-
vest. The practice was taken up by
the other colonies and during the revo-
luton was introduced in a number of
the middle states, since then extending
to all states and being regular ma
tional holiday since 1863.
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The plan Of a town in Missouri for
portable schools to keep up with the
shifting population never will appeal
to the small boy. From his point Of
view it is bad enough to have to 60 to
the school without having the school
come tagging around after him.
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Consnls inR Turkey report q dread.
Rfuls condition. a a6airs III armenia,
and state i-lat hundred 10 81 Armenian
are daily being killed, IN
Warships Iowa 81 md hiladelphia
have been ordered from san Diego,
Cal, to South America on . mys- y1,-
terious mission. I'll Admiral Kautx
In command. 4 Il B
II In q speech at Durham Lord Rob
'erts indicated the beginning Of 4 con-
ciliatory policy ~ Great Britain to-
ward the Beers.
a Chinese reformer says the Chi
nese people hate the dowager empress
and blame her for the calamities Of
the nation, and that the emperor's
restoration Is the only plan for peace.
In the British parliament Joseph
Chamberlain said that civil rule
would soon be estab blished in the
South African republics, with Sir AL
fred Miner o. governor.
Portugal and Holland have quar-.
re;ed over the question Of the Dutch
consul at Lorenzo Marques and have
recalled their ministers. s@.:s 4.
Great Britain has not formally noti.
fed the powers of it's annexation OF
the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
Orders have been given all the for
eign ministers in Peking except the
British envoy to sign the joint demand
on China. =,r#, .. ~. ..ss
The czar Of Russia wrote to Kruger
expressing sympathy, but saying that
owing to illness he could not receive
him nor help his cause. =s
In the states of Jalisco and Guerrero,
Mexico, floods drowned hundreds of
cattle. g., 49,. IL
American advance in the Philip
pines is being rapidly made, with but
little actual fighting. -. !.
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LATER NE W..

A burglar in q black mask boldly en-
tered the Office of the Anderson hotel
at Mason City, TO-, and compelled the
night clerk to deliver the cash III the
money drawer, amounting to $50.
There is no clue.
The Roth hotel at Oconto. Wis. was
destroyed by fire. All who were in
the hotel escaped except Edward Kim
ball. who lost his life through sutfo.
cation.
Judge Sneed, of the Knox county
court. decides the anti-cigarette law
passed by the Tennessee legislature
in 1899 as unconstituti onal and void.
Seth Duncan shot and killed H. T..
Slaughter and E. A. Simonton while
they were drinking at bar in Madi-
sonville, Texas.
At noon the 10th Charles A. Towne
took the oath of allegiance to the
United States as a member of the sem
ate to succeed Cushmap K. Davis, de-
ceased. He was accompanied to the
presiding officers desk by Senator
Nelson, the two walking through the
chamber arm in arm.
The transport Hancock arrived at
San Francisco from Manila via Ma
gasaki with gruesome cargo. 1t con-
sisted Of the bodies of about /, 500 sail
ors and soldiers who either died in
battle or succumbed to the ravages of
disease in the Philippines, China, Gu
am and Honolulu.
Gen. Wood severed the Official con-
nection of the Havana bar association
with the government in consequence
of the action of the association in
electing to the board of governors five
ldeposed judges who ha.: been removed
for dishonesty.
The postoface at Evanston, Iowa,
together with mail, stamps and fix
lures, was destroyed bY fire.
The czar of Russia has refused to in
tervene in Transvaal matters.
A disastrous gas explosion occurred
in the new Union Pacific railroad tun-
mel, by which four men lost their lives
and several others were injured.
Gov. Roosevelt has presented the
African-American conference with a
parsonage at Oyster Bay, N. ].
An armed uprising against the ex-
isting state government of Yucatan
took place few days ago at Solferino.
The rising was quickly quelled, and
the leaders taken to Kofell for trial
They will probably be shot.
Edward Swanson, q snake charmer,
while giving an exhibition at Ham
mond, Ind. was bitten by a rattle
snake, causing death in a few hours.
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Political buttons cannot be worn. in
Canada during the heat Of = cam
paign. This is due to clause in the
dominion franchise act which says
that no person shall exhibit any sign
of his political faith after the official
nomina tions are made. @ i 80,
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It will be shown by the United
States census that fully 1000. 900 mar
ried women are employed in the fac-4
tories Of the country. It IL rather a
sad commentary upon the married men
of the land. 'a#.. 5 81 p e IS 5%s. F5i
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Lived over 1O3 Years.

Denver, Col, Dec. 1O.-Adnah Ad-
ans Treat died here Sunday, aged 1o3
years and eight months. He had long
been the oldest living mason, IN point
of age, and the second oldest mason,
in point Of time, connected with the
order. . sSs .S* T
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Train wrecI. gtreet c.

+ Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 1O.---The Cum.
berland accommoda odation for Pittsburgh
on the Baltimore & Ohio road crashed
into United Traction car filled with
people at Rankin. One man was killed
outright, his wife SO badly hurt that
she can hardly recover, his baby was
seriously injured and score Of other
passengers were badly hurt.
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A sanitary Testament for use in the
administration of oaths has been put
on the market. It il bound with white
celluloid instead Of leather, and It can
therefore be washed and disinfected
from time to time. &.
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"a Brave 70 llllll = yIlyoluIInall Z.

Hunting ton, ". Va, Dec. 10 The
Bowen building at Guy dotte burned
Saturday morning Miss Annie Cook.
agsd e, ran into ths building and
carried q three-ye yenr-cld child to =
splacse of safety, but was herself fatal
IL burned.
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FloodI.. n {. ReIriuml,. 81. &

sl Brussels, Dec. 70. Owing to- recent
heavy rains the River Seine has over
flowed the suburbs and inundated q
portion Of the eft The Rue dus Cercle
s. under water. The inhabit tants are
imprisoned ii their houses and some
stock has been drowned. sz!!
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Sleeper. Wa n. KAT,

Excurslon sleepers Via NJ, X. 4 T. ny.
Weekly Excursion Sleepersleave st. Louisf
via Katy Flyer On. X. l. T. Ry. J every Tuee.
day at 8:l6 p. m. for San Antonio, Los An.
ge1es and San Francisco. > ! o.
City via the NJ. X. & T. Ry. every Satu5iay
at 9:05 p. m. for San Antonio, Los An9.ses
and San Francisco. 7'77s7GssSS
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!. Due. "a Overheated stov, -,

Virginia, ILL.,, Dec. TO- Fire de-.
stroyed all but two buildings on the
east side Of the square, causing loss
Of $50 ,00O. which is partly insured. An.
overheated stove caused the FIRE. <s.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

A packing firm in New York paid
s2,145, or $3.50 pound, for steer at
the fat stock show.in Chicago.
A mob lynched Dan Long, negro,
near Ivanhoe, Va, for criminally as
s*xlting Mrs. Fisher.
A row and a split in the organiza-
tion ended the Ohio Federation of
Labor convention.
A bill was passed by the Alabama
legislature calling for constitutional
convention to restrict the negro vote.
In the past season 40 persons lost
their lives on the great lakes, against
100 in 1899.
At Pontiac, Mich, ]. J. Axtell, ex-
parson, barber and pugilist, was
knocked out in 43 seconds . by Kid
O'Hara, Of Detroit. ! Ley
The death of John Lawrence Manning
Irby, formerly United States senator,
occurred at his home in Laurens, s. C.
At the Morgan Park (nl.) academy
students celebrated victory at foot
ball by burning building. .~
A skeleton of a woman chained to u
rOck On the eOge OF 6reaL salt Lake
gave clew to tragedy so years ago.
The oldest mason in the world, Adna
Adams Treat, died at Denver, Col, aged
103 years and 8 months. T. %.S +.
b In Canton, O., the Saxton block,
owned by Mrs. NJ. C. Barber, sister of
Mrs. Mckinley, was destroyed by fire,
the loss being $3oo, 600. 5 ]: Is,%st
At the age. Of 81 years William N.
Jackson, the oldest man in active rail
road service in the United States, died
at indianapolis. s.. 81. !. l.s Il.
About 1000 telegraph operators on
the Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe rail-
road covering the territory from Chi
cago to San Francisco, went On .
strike. badly Gripping the road.
u, w. Coppinger, former United
States consul to Toronto, died at Al
ton. III, aged - years. II. 3ss5 .s5
Fire destroyed the main building Of
the State Agricultural college at Ames,
ia. Loss, about so, 600. Il 5s.s.35
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Washington, Dec. 10.-President De
Young and Thomas F. Walsh, of the
Paris exposition commission, called
upon President Mckinley and pre-.
sented him gold badge on behalf of
the commission, to be handed to Mrs.
cKinley with their compliments.
The badge is one of the finest pieces
Of workmanship produced by Partisan
goldsmitls, and the president pro-
nounced it the most beautiful he had
ever seen $Ey5 $*5sasSti ~ .;<s. 4 q, 4 s..
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Made q Confession.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 1o.-Al
scharsch, head bookkeeper in the
Fourth national bank, q popular.club-
man and active in society and military
affairs. confessed that he had appro-
priated So, ,423 Of the bank funds during
the past year and had spent it all. He
was locked up. .l5y;.S Il. z,s.eS- l.#
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Always I'm One.

Grimes-Is your wife fond of pets! =.
Harum--I should say she was. She is IL
most always in one.-Boston Transcript.
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!. roREIoN ;IxII1ELLrc;;E..NClR.... ! :; !. & .

On the Nehico river in Luzon Gen.
Funston attacked and routed 100 Eli
sfpinos.
For numbering Miss Annie Griffin,
his sweetheart, George Arthur Pear
SON was hanged at Hamilto on, Ont. !.
The British author rites say they
are unable g to ind 4 . ilipino junta S.
Hong Kong.
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Fatal lllIr.all,.,,'

New York, Dec 10. Ohm McA Auline.
70 wei known artist, aged % years, was
accide dentally killed Sunda ~ failing
from. ] window of his resid1nce.
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Bric.a.brac is hard to define precisely. But
anything that you can afford and that there
is room for in your house is not, strictly,
bric.a-brac.-Puck.
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hold handle
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m. 0REEMEyS OFFER Or FREE ADKN0E.
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Wet l4th se Nsw York City, -
the road
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InSociety.

!, News Note-The earl of Makearaise haa
arrived in New York. .
Many Rich Fathers rs-What's his price,.
Detroit Free Press.
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WISCONSIN AND IOWA

WISCONSIN AND IOWA
People cared by KID.NE.OIDS. In writing then.
please enclose stamped addressed envelope.
J. II. Rose 1st Ward Independence. Ia.
John w. Lohmer, 1910 Johnson st.. Keokuk. Ia
W. 8. Hayden. l428 West Reid St., Keokuk, H.
G. W. Wilsey, Delivery Clerk Keokuk. In.
Mrs. WIN. Thompson. I'LL Park st., Keokuk. H.
Mrs. w. J. Aorden, 40 E. Bromley st., Aarshali
town. II.
Nrs. W. =. Lefever. IA sth st.. Fond.du.lac, Wis.
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills,
but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty
cents a box at drug stores.
JOHN MORROW 4 co.. SPRlNoFlELo. Q.
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klD-nE

are guaranteed under oath to be tho
best remedy in existance for Bright's
Disease or any other form of Kidney
Trouble. A cash forfeit is offered for
any case Kid-ne-oids will not cure.
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SWOLLEN FEET

and hands usually indicate an ID.
vanced stage of Kidney disorder. It ~
one of the last special pleadings of na-
ture to seek remedy. Look out also
for backache, scalding urine, dizziness,
headache and brick-dust or other sedi-
ment in urine which has been allowed
to stand. Heed these warnings before
it is too late. =
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-10-12
COMMENCING ON CUTTERS.
New Engineer Appointed and a Por-
ton of the Street Was Laid \
Out.

In the absence of person who could
not accept the position Of city engineer
on account of their official connection
with the city council, Mayor Van:Al-
stine appointed W 5. Hull, of Alex
audria, as the new city engineer Friday
morning, and he at once took the oath
and furnished the bonds required to be
given by that officer. Mr.. Hull at once
began the work of running the survey
for the new cement cutters on Main
street and the work of putting them in
will commence right away. Il was
necessary to have an official engineer,
and as the men in this city who are
capable OF doing such work were un-
able to accept the appointment for the
reasons stated above, it was necessary
to secure Q man from outside of town.