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The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
KILLED IN A STORM.


st. Paul, Mimi, May "a. Three per.
sons were killed and two seriously ins
jared during. severe wind and rain-
storm shortly after eight o'clock Sum
day evening. The killed are: a1nIe;
Mullen, $40 Summit avenue. killed in
St: Luke's church; John N. Land, Still
water. road, struck by lightning; Pat
rick Sexton, 700 Dayton avenue. Ini
jured: Mary Sexton, 100 Dayton av-
enpe,s arm and head. cut and bruised
Patrick Sexton, Jr., aged ten, bruised
and cut. '35 s.sss.sss s.s
The wind played havoc with thetele-
phone wires between this city and Min.
neapolis, connection between the two
cities only being obtained now by
roundabout circuits. The poles OF the
telephone company's line for q two wvic
blocks We're strewn over the tracks Of
the interurban trolley line, thus block 3
ing traffic for the ght. Sidewalks in
various parts Of the city ware displaced
by the windstorIn, andbuildiags in va
rious parts of the city: suffered by wind
and lightning in. shattering of chint-
neys, windows, etc: ....3.-=. s4EeEz ~
Patrick Sexton. senior member Of
the firm Of fSexton& Co.. wholesale cigar
dealere, had been at Como park with
his four children, and they were driv-
ing home when the storm broke. Driv-
ling down Dale street toward. their
home. they were right in the path&of
the fiercest storm, which dislodged the
sidewalk at the west side of the street.
and crashed into Mr.. Sexton's carriage,
killing him almost instantly, a nd ore
or less injuring his daughter. who was
in the seat with him, as well.as his ten-
year-old son. Both the children will
recover. =. ~ INV
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
HIS TREASURE.
An incident Of CITY Life i That Shows
Up q Masculine Failing That
. hi IL ;UniYersal.

sSL-s T -f-.F-@R
Vanity seems to spring eternal in the mas.
culine breast, and the less it has to feed upon
the more it'tRrives, apparently.
One day; says the Baltimore News, tramp
Of high degree il yagEancy stopped before
won women Xsss stsadiPs Ae IA t.ttsrsd and
TINT chat he lrdlse& j eel6f ptdeep sym.
pathy. in the hearts Of the maidens who
looked down upon him as stood gazing
intently at some objecthe held in his hand.
Il wonder what he fas,' said the senti-
mental one of the two4as she peered down
esosdn; e. s5,%; SeF lSek Of woman's hair !
More ifay a coin e's found. he looks
Rlssssd, coined thS Prae eticals one, scot
would reveal the objeefto her.
But st was neither, shey discovered. It
was just bit of looking glass, in which the
man was surveying his features with salts
fed air that told Of his entire contentment
with his very rugged physiognomy. -
.t3 sfj9 Lag az ;as: the 1ss51nilD}s sfs4nal}ss
u mas? lt bs; nss ssseiosity si9t's doess
in the feminine.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

Less than two years ago Grant
Gillette was perhaps the leading cat
tie dealer and speculator in Kansas.
He was worth millions and bade fair
to practically own all the herds in
that state. Just before Thanksgiv-
ing, 1893, he collapsed through over
speculation. Cattlemen and banks
are now fighting over the remains of
his once vast estate, and Gillette is
now peddling shirt waists to the
senoritas of Chihuahua, Mexico.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
WORK IS SLOW
Resume or the Business SO Far Trans.
acted by the Mefhodist Gem
eral Conference.

Chicago, May 14.-The general con-
ference of the Methodist church has
been in session two weeks, but very lit
tie of the work mapped out has reached
the stage of final action. The great
reforms being advocated are nearly
all in committees. The following was
the net result at the close of Saturday
mornings sessions: ss:;z =,
Equal, representation Of laymen con-
Nine of the ten articles of the Iconstitu-
A commission created to report four
years hence on the consolidate Of the
church extension freedmans aid and
southern education and home missionary
and general education departments. t'~
The effective bishops to be continued in
their present relation. |.
There s6resi the hands of the various
committees plans for the following
REFORMS and changes
Number OF, new bishops and missionary
bishops tosbe chosen -.
( Consolidation Of or reduction Of church
papers. - s@sT ! .~,.1T :: :
L Abolition Of tho time limit of ministers.
Modification Of the prohibition asains,
Reduction Of the number Of salaried Of.
+ Confinement et the business Of the book
concern to@the PURPOSE for which it was
| eStaOllSQG0. $3s-tGsss5sag 90 esEa = -sa:-
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
LATER NEWS.

An attempt was made to assassinate
Rev. Father Bloznoski, pastor Of the
Polish church at Wilkesbarre, Pa. He
was shot at through the window, the
bullet striking within an inch of his
head. .oI II
1.-The U. S. supreme TT decides the
inheritance tax is constitutional and
valid, but held that it applied to the
amount Of the legacy and not Of the
estate as whole.
General Roberts has an army of 200,-
600 men for guarding his communica-
lions and operating on a front virtu-
ally 200 miles wide, frem Fourteen
Streams to Biggarsburg.& Against this
army the Beers have 20, burghers
in the Transvaal and Natal, and Presi-
dent Steyn has perhaps 5000 b,irghers
under arms in the Bethlehem district.
After Governor Gambler of Georgia
had ordered the militia to prepare to
protect William Willis from a mob, the
coroner was notified that Willis had
been taken from q train en- route to
Atlanta by mob and lynched.
The Manitoba & Northwestern rail-
road has been leased to the Canadian
Pacific.
Seven Filipinos made an attempt to
burn a quantity of hay near the quar-
termaster's storehouse in Manila. The
guards killed one and injured another.
The rest escaped. .'' -.
The lumber town of Fisher, Mich,
was wiped out by forest fires.
The carpenters strike IN Omaha has
ended with an amicable understand
ing, the men returning to work.
Mount Vesuvius is again in a state
| OF eruption, and spectators are for
hidden to approach within a certain
| distance.
The Democratic congressional con-
| vent1on of the Ninth district of Mis-
souri, declared Champ Clark. of Pike
county, the nominee for congress to
succeed himself. ...
Fire destroyed the large livery es-
tablishment of c. NJ. Klotbach at Madi-
| son. S. D. together with from 50 to 50
horses, among them team valued at
$500. The loss aggregates $1,000;
insurance, $1.500.
The Germans have forcibly seized all
the Congo Free State territory up to
Rusizi river, occupying 5000 square
miles on Congo territory with 1000
soldiers and fifteen cannon. The Bel
gian officer withdrew from his station
under threat of instant attack. The
Germans burned the station, Their
officers acted on instructions from
Berlin.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
Jurist and Author Dead

Logansport, Ind, May Il. Judge
Horace Biddle died Sunday night, aged
go. He was an eminent lawyer and lit.
terateur, and had served on the bench;
of circuit and supreme courts of Indi.
ana. He retired 2olyears ago, and con.
tented himself with his writings, He
picked flaws in Prof. Tyndall's work
on Sound and made a reputation in
music. Among his books are: II
science. The Musical Scale;" in phi
>losophy. Elements of knowledge; ;. IN
poetry, "A Few Poems,'' american
Boyhood" and ''Glances at tie
World" ! ,5.s5sa
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

In an address at the banquet of the
Worcester (Mass.) board of trade Gen.
"A. w. Greely, head of the signal service
system, made a statement which indi-
Gated the efficiency of the United States
army during the war with Spain. He
said the signal service was carried tor
ward with SO much enterprise and with
such adaptation of electrical appara-
tus that at no time during the war was
Gen. Shafter in Cuba more than five
minutes distant from President McKin-
ley. The English In South Africa are
modelling their field signal apparatus
on the same SYSTEM @ H =
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
SPARKS AND FLASHES.

The use of the telephone in Ba-
varian cities costs from $27 to $37 a
year. ''tI .
Glasgow and Edinburgh have s1,-
100000 invested in electric lighting;
Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee. Govan. Green
ock, Paisley and Perth 6 100000.
The Shawinigan falls will be util-
lied for the purpose of generating
electricity, which will be transmitted
to, Montreal for use. The works con-
sist Of canal, fumes, etc., which will
develop 10000 horsepower, and this
amount can be increased, if necessary.
The Manhattan Elevated Railway
company, of New York, is con sidering
q plan for providing it's stations with
inclined stairways. Such elevating
means would have capacity of 5000
persons per hour. The stairwas will
be run on the endless chain principle,
and will be actuated by electricity.
At the electric cab station in, Bos-
ton, where there are over, 100 auto
mobiles, arrangements are provided
for working the carriages after the
batteries have been removed. melee
tric cable isssuspended from the roof
and, this transmits the power to the
carriages by the mid ofsa plug SO that
the carriages Gun be run oaround tho
floor with its aid. B.
An relectrically-driven saw has been
found to be of great use in surgery.
The shaft upon which it runs is CON
nected with q motor by a flexible
spiral coil enclosed in a braided
sheath. The macliine has been ex-
tensively used IN the larger hospitals,
and operations that hare been usual
" fatal with the old handlsaw have
been very successful with the new
ones. Y
Nearly" an OF the jutelmflls in India
nre how lighted with electric lights
It was found that the working people
could work overtime under much bet
ter conditions with. increased pay in
the electric-lighted mill; the conse-
quence was. that the workmenE fiocked
to the well-lighted mills so that
those mills, which opposed the intro
duction Of electric light were forced
to provide It. ..s
A woman could spin from dawn to
dark in 1900 from 40 to 60 knots of
yarn. Now, with modern machinery,
|one operative can spin s150, 900 knots
I'm the same time. y 5sss sc
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

A Chicago paper tells of two boys
about II years of age who, starting
last summer without a cent of out
side aid, worked their way to Balti-
more, then on cattle ship to London,
and finally to Paris, where, through
the assistance of Consul General
Gowdy, they obtained remunerative
employment, learned the city and the
language, and are now advertising to
act as guides for American visitors to
the Paris exposition. Those boys win
be heard from later,
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

Boston has long been known as the
most advanced municipality in the
country in undertaking things else
where left to private initiative. One
of Boston's efforts at this time Of year
is the free distribution of trees. To
he sure, the care and planting Of trees
in city is not new, and many cities
do it altogether. Boston each spring
distributes among it's citizens thou
sands of trees free, the only regula-
tion being that the number each per-
son may have is limited by the ex-
tent of the street frontage Of his
DrODertv,
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

1t appears from letter of an army
paymaster that the soldiers in Panay
and Negros' islands have deposited
100000 of their pay as savings during
the past six months. He says hundreds
of the men intend to remain in the
Philippines when their terms of enlist
ment expire and engage in business,
and are boarding their pay as capital.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
WEST AND sOuTH.

In national convention at Sioux Falls.
S. D., the peoples party nd minated
William Jennings Bryan, of:N ebraska,
for president, and Charles AT Towne, of
Minnesota, for vice president. The plat
form favors 16 to 1, income tax, postal
savings banks, government railways
and telegraphs, antitrust legislation,
direct legislation, and denoupces the
currency law,and the Philippine war.
The Tennessee democrats renom-
mated Benton Mcmillan for governor
and elected Bryan delegates to the ma
tional convention. x#s% q
= In Detroit Schairmakers from NIL parts
OF the United States organized the
National Chair association and elect
ed as president G. w. Cam, of New
York.
Colorado and Iowa republicans elect
ed Mckinley delegates to the national
convention. -. ~sa"
In runaway at Winamac, Ind, Mrs.
Joseph Cramer and her child were
killed.
The Oklahoma republicans in choos-
Ing national delegates indorse McKin-
ley and ask for statehood. &-
In st. Louis orders were issue ed to the
police by the chief to suppress all law
lessness by the railway strikers. by
persuasion if possible, by clubs If nee
essary, and by bullets if other means
fail.SfxI
- With the greatest parade the town
had ever seen Bloomington, ILL.,, cele-
brated its semi-centennial.
In the Second Illinois district VIII
liam Lorimer has been trenomiqated
for congress by, the republicans.
IN San Francisco Miss Nettid r. Cyav-
en-, who claimed a. widows share 81
James G. Fairs millions. has been in
dicted on acharge of perjury (
AT Hinton, W. Va. Will Lee, "a negro.
who attempted to assault Mrs. s.. Fl.
Diefenbach, was hanged by mob.
Engineer Schaottman. Firern nan Nc.
Afee ana fouTetraips were killed in q
railway wreck near Clifton, MN.
The priyate bankssof Frank /. Fuller
at Rocl<fordsand EedarSprings, Mich,
were closedson d trust mort gage for
o,ooo. I VII
Senator Marion Butler, oil Eorth
Carolina, has been reelecte Ted, chairman
ofithe populist national committee.
Illinois social democrats have nom
mated James Beattie, of Spring Val
ley, for governor. = s.,s.s.s.: g. @:ss. s'ts.
During 9 severe windstorm in St.
Paul three persons were Killed and
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

During 1899 the national govern
ment redeemed 1920 pieces of the
old fractional currency, including
specimens of every denomination that
has been issued, the aggregate value
of which was $3,344.4s. More than
$350,00O,Q00 of the fractional paper
currency has been issued at various
times, but about $12,0oo,oo0 is still un-
redeemed, one-half of whic ch it is es-
timated has been destroyed.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

A story of a strange will comes from
Rochester, N. Y. A. A. Putnam, an
electrical engineer, in the presence of
a number of friends as witnesses,
talked his will into phonograph. He
then took hot copper wire and guided
it along the wax roll of the phono-
graph, writing "this is my last will and
testament" and signing his name. The
witnesses then signed their names in
the wax. 1t is clever idea, but we are
willing to bet that the lawyers will
find some way of getting around it.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

Two persons of the name of William
Mckinley are on Uncle Sans pay roll.
One draws salary of $4,166 month
as president and the. other 500 a
month. as engineer in the Louisville
custom-house. There are 4S Bryans
and three of them were christened
William. There used to be two Grover
Clevelands in the public service, but
only one now, who is assistant farm
er at Fort Peck Indian agency and
receives a salary of $3.50 a month.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

"What does this nation need?"
shouted the impassioned. orator.
"What does this nation require, IL she
steps proudly across the Pacific-if
she strides boldly across the mighty
ocean in her march of trade and free
dom? repeat, what does she need?"
Rubber boots" suggested the grossly
materialistic person in rear seat.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
Thousa nds Hear rn,m..~.

Edinburgh, May 14.-Synod hall,
which has capacity Sof 5000, was
crowded Sunday by anassembly gath
cred to hearf Rev Or. T De Witt Tai
mage. After preaching here DR.. Tai
mage delivered a second discourse to a
large assembly blockading the ap-
proachesSto to the hall
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

John Brown, who has just been
taken to the county almshouse of. Or
ange county, New York, was once man
ager of that institution. and superin-
tendent of. the poor for that county.
He was once we'll to do, but is now d
pauper Is years old and incapable of
self-support. &
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
MAY19o0..

Foreign newspapers state that colos-
sal crosses are to- be erected this year
on 10 mountain peaks in Italy to COM
memorate the nineteenth century of
the Christian era. The crosses will be
cut from granite and marble and will
be large enough to be seen for miles.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
FROM WASHINGTON.

Gross receipts at so of the principal
post Offices tor April show an increase
Of $255, ,655 over April, 1899.
Appropriations at this ession of
congress will be $500, ,opo .Opol less than
two years sEage.2 / ~ 2Ea
President and Mrs. Mckinley after
the adjournment of congress will go
to their Canton home to ramain tie
greater part of the midsummer. -
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
Occuptellaby,..Ame N.

Manila,SMay 1.-THE towns Of Kill
Eongos and Maasin, in the island 81
Leyte, have been occnpied. By troops
zof the Forty-third volunteer infantry.
The insurgents opposed the landing Of
the Americans and sustained heavy
losses: The Americans had three
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
WIN Soon Adfaurn.

Washington May A.-Whena the
housella sent to the'senate thisweek
the last of the gensral supply bills. it
will be ready for adjourn hment 10 fter
argument in conference upon appro.
'priations. June 10 is named as prob
able date for the sessions end.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
Cholera RaRinC,

London, May IA. 5. The Bombay cor.
respondent OF the Times says: ..The
cholera continues to rage in the famine
camps. There have been 400 deaths is
three days at Mandivee, and so numer.
Gus are the cases at Cobra that it is I'M
possible to collect the bodies. These
lie for days. ii the; sun. The people
have fed and cannot be induced to re.
turn. a similar state Of Things prevails
at Broach.'' sE s- # ,sss IS
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

It is not considered good form for a red.l
haired girl to ride white bicycle. This IS
important and. should be- remembered.-s
1'eny ny u lsk h ,eee9 Hae9 1
1t sometimes happens that man of re.
sources is one who has ingenious method.
Fof OF sccntracting liabilities Chicago Daily
Inc only reas6H some persons pay their
debts is se that they will feeldgee to borrow
agaln.-N. Y. Press. .,E s.:sNsss 20
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
VIII Not he q Cand Idate

Indianapolis, Ind. May IA special
to the Sentinel from South Bend saws
Hon. B. F. Shiveley will not be agcan-
didate for governor this year. ne has
positively declined to allow the ,ise 81
his name before the democratic state
convention. 8 ~, .s-sss
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
Formally Turned Over..

Paris, May 1.-THE United States
pavilion on the Rue des Nations was
formally handed over to the exposi-
ton authorities Saturday afternoon.
The ceremony was favored by beau.
tiful weather and attracted % very
large asSemblage. s n
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
THE LETTER WAS GENUINE,
AND CONTAINED FACTS.
= t..,<. !. -

- - = SSsASe 1AAA9 elUCS u ItlST 1ppe4IeUs
nsahe kolun I me- BY Nj. w. H.
k1nkade, OF alameda, Assiniboia
Western. Canada, which caused that
eentlcMan 70 receive Q great many
inquiries, most Of them anxious to-
know It thesletter was genuine. To q
large number Of the inquiries answers
were sent, but. it was impossible to-
ffply 70 all. Weatake pleasure in
hbmitting - readers specimen
~ Kinkade;
Z T. tyr ed December 22,s
1s9es f9h e been written
1Es r. q In your local
aine hnd contained
sfact e lll eQta he informationi
srecei F1e madam Govern
nasl PIX coming here, =
didAnot aIsi1 le untrue state
melt - 4ian government il
m l.1tq Ind its agents dare
not misf This country or they
would lose their job. There is quite
a bit of land for demonstrating yet, q
very little close tQmarket, but main
1y from Six to*tWenfy miles from sta
tiois. " The country xhereabouts' is .
prairie, nearly level, slightly rolling.
not rough country by any means.
Homestead =, @ntrieaRost ten dollars;
on land that has been cancelled there
is. q stiye-dollara. il cancellation fee extra
and sin AoMe &as al spection fee
Of FIVE dollars, and where the former
occupant=hasamadsszsnys substantial
improvements there are small
samounts to pay for improvements.
This is a poor place for a poor man
unless he assbre1ps and muscle and
s.git and grit" but with these requi7,
sites she can succeed. The population
ofsthis part of Assiniboia has doubled
during the past two years. There has
been as much prairie broken the past
two years, as was already broken
previous to 1898. C. p. R. land Todd
sections) joining Homestead land sells
at three dollars per acre: Improved
quarters within foaf to I've miles OF
town sellsat1$1, 600 this spring. This
lis not a Garden .of 5Edehsat ALL No
man need think he can come here and
get rich in a short time without much
labor,F put Il he will work and be
saving he can soon be an independent
: farmer athling, his osvn soil and get
ting good returns for his labor.
1--WE burn coal, which costs us $1.s5
per load at the mines. which arc 20
miles sou Invest Of US. a !.
"People with stock and machinery
should come in May, so as to have all
June to break in..sS Those who expect
to work for wages for the first year
or two should come blythe end of
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
.sCopperasIntercsts Combine.

New York, May 14.-It has just been
learned, according to the Times, thata
a new consolidation of copper proper
ties is soon to come into the fed. It
will take over a number. of Mexican
and United States copper mines, and
be known probably as the SPan..s mer.
ican copper syndicate company AZ
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

= A a Warm Sunday.
Marquette, Mich, May 14.SSummer
temperature here Sunday. 95 in the
shade. :s.. 5#
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
Boycott Ordered.


During the afternoon the industrial
council held an enthusiastic meeting
and adopted resolutions sympa thizing
with the street car men and ordering q
boycott of the railway company. The
resolutions. request the heads of the
different unions represented in the
council to instruct their members not
to ride on the cars, and urg" the men,
bers of these unions working in the
company's powerhouses and shops, in
whatever capacity, to strike in sympa-
thy with the street car men. The reso-
lutions go so far as to request the
union musicians who furnish music at
the parks controlled by the company
to refuse to play for the daily concerts.
The industrial council is composed of.
So different unions outside of the build
ing trades. Each of these unions was
represented at the meeting by two dele
gates. K ~".' - .s'!' '''':
.,trE .3 Appeal to ConEressmen. =,
In addition to the resolutions of sym
pathy, the Industrial council unani-
mously adopted the following appeal
to the Missouri members in congress:
"A crisis has been precipitated by organ
ICED labor by the action OF the Metropolitan
Street Railway company in discha arging 65
of Its employees because these men saw At
Ito -connect themselves with Others of their
craft; that when the empolyes attempted
! to- exercise their manhood by reuuestinE
other employees to become members the
company resorted. to the United States
courts for blanket injunction restraining
each and every one from interfering in the
matter with the men in their employ, at a
time when not single unlawful act could
be charged up to organized labor; there
fore, we appeal to you In the name OF hu-
mantty to use your best endeavorssto have
congress pass an act limiting the ppwer Of
United States judges in issuing iniunctions,
and In this connection we favor the cleo
ton Of United States judges by direct vote
Of the people, g+n*. III,
This appeal. which was adopted
unanimously una imnou BY the council, was or
dered sent to each Missouri member in
congress. It was occasioned, of
course, by the restraining order issued
against the strikers by United States
Judge Hook. /. 3ss. {. t$z*.s.s
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18
Will Aid St. L0ui..

Washington. May 14.-St. Louis will
get a government appropriation of $5,.
O0o, 900 for the Louisiana purchase ex.
position This was the decision which
was practically reached at the session
of the house committee Saturday.
The Worthington advance., 1900-05-18

To Win UndyinE Fame.
S. Some. lay.aoeShift the small boy to an
|eaxthly fSEaaise, somebody will introduce
a fenceless baseball park and his fame will
last forever. Pittsburgh Times.