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The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12
ARMY. AND. NAVY,

T., ;Twenty-seven japanese and II Chi
nese officers are attached to the Ger
man army for instruction, besides rep
resentatiSes of other foreign armies.
II In order to facilitate communication
between the German soldiers in China
and their homes, the government, has
contrived a special code of about 100
important sentences and reduced the
rate from $3.50 word to the same
charge for telegram of any length
from commissioned officer and to Is
cents for the messages of lower off,
GERS and priyates. = -
Three curious waterpipe cannon,
which were actually used by the Fill
pinos' against the Americans in the
campaign on the island of Luzon, have
just been lent to the museum Of the
Royal United Service Institutions: The
exterior surfaces of the improvised
guns are bound, with hemp, galvanized
wire and telegraph wire. ... :
Capt. Lans, of the German navy.
who took such q prominent part in
the capture of the Taku forts, writes
home that the Germans captured at
that place II guns of various caliber
and much ammunition. "These,' de-
clares Capt. Lans, ""are the guns which
have killed and wounded so many Of
my brave fellows, and which, alas! like
almost all the enemy's guns and am
munition, come from our native coun.
try. The guns are all modern quick
6rers from Krupp's." ..r-% r. ).
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FLOUR MILLS TO CLOSE.
for an Indefinite Period-short-
age in the Demand.

Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. s.-Nearly
one-half of the -four mills operating
in Minneapolis will close for an in
definite length Of time. The Wash
burn Crosby: and the Pillsbury Mill
ing companies report that 40 per cent.
of their mills will close. and it is also
reported that the Consolidated Mill
ing company will discontinue opera
tions, although it is not learned tSw
many mills will be affected. The o.
fcials report the cause due exclusive
" to the marked shortage in demand
for flour. The foreign trade, it is de-
clared, is practically dead, while the
present stock OF, the mills will be suf-
ficient to supply the domestic trade
for some time to come. 1t is contend.
ed generally that the coming election
and political excitement have to some
extent brought about the sudden de.
cline in demand, and it is probable
that none of the mills will resume op-
erations until after it is over.
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DUEL ON TOP OF CAR.
Desperate Struggle ON a Moving
Train Results I'm Death OF
Unknown Man,

St. Louis, Oct. s.-On the top of q
Chicago & Alton passenger train NOV
ing at the rate of 40 miles an hour, Will
liam Burke, of this city, and an un-
known man fought q duel to the
death. The two men were beating
their way to Chicago After the train
left East St. Louis the stranger drew
q revolver and demanded Burke's mon
ey. Burke refused to comply with the
request and grappled s'ith his antag-
onist. During the desperate struggle
which followed the unknown shot
Burke in the side, but the latter finally
managed to push him from the top of
the coach. He was picked up with his
skull crushed in and otherwise hor-
rihly injured and barely alive. Burke
will recover.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12
] KNEW ALI lBoU GENIUS


81 have Just finished sonnet, !" said the;
poet. according to the Atlanta Constitution.
Thank heaven!' exclaimed the wife,
tsthat'll buy 9 beefsteak and sack Ct
aour!" pa s. .
And here Is an ode for the state fair. - - I
How fortunate! Ham IL IS cents as
pound, and We haven't had any in six
weeks!''' :5ss sS5 SIS .2s
II have also written alove song which q
as tender as an April rose. go
What q dear, sweet soul you are! I'm
sure lnat's good for . can Of lard and q
gallon of molasses!"
.''Woman!' said the poet, sternly, do
you know what genius is p s., as
'Yes,"' she said, thoughthlly. Some
shutting @ the door on the baker, hidin from from
the house rent man, and singing, when Sun
day comes, I would not live always; ask
not to staY!, =. g
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12
FOREIGN INrELLrcExcr. 8.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.T Tss ssS
Turkeys sultan is paying his In
debtedness to the United States ON
the installment plan.
Gen.. Roberts reports daily fighting
with the Beers in both the Transvaal
and the Free State.
The government Of Italy has sent to
Washington protest against the ''ex-
cessive liberty" accorded to anarchists
in the United States. :,
The restoration of Emperor Kwang
Hsu to power at Peking and deposition
of the empress dowager from all au-
thority over the government Of China
is the tacit though not avowed policy
of the powers. England, following the
American course, has instructed Minis
ter Macdonald on the same lines as in
structions sent to Minister Conger.
Il In the Austrian Alps the summer
seasons death roll amounts to So, all
caused by slips in climbing.
Gen. Roberts reports that 10000
British prisoners have been taken
from the Beers.
Emperor Kwang-Hsu admits that he
is to- blame for the Boxer uprising,
but he says it was the fault of his ad-
visers, and he orders Prince Tuan and
others punished. Eight thousand Chi
nese troops forced the Germans to re-
tire from fight near Tientsin.
In Mexico rivers overflowed their
banks and washed away whole viii
]ages and ruined thousands of acres
Of growing crops.
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Insulted In Chicago.

~ Chicago, Oct. s.-Surrounded by men
and women of the congregation, with
the benediction of Rev. Peter Moer.
dyke, of Trinity Dutch Reformed
church yet sounding in his ears, Gov.
Theodore Roosevelt, of New York,
Sunday was set upon by rabble sof
boys and young men, who heaped tke
most obscene epithets upon him.
cursed him in the presence of women
and children and followed his carriage.
hurting mud and profanity after him.
The governor was plainly disturbed.
He was, however, inclined not to say
much of the occurrence, but did say
he was positive that the attack had
been ~instigated by local democratic
paper. ;.
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Visited His birthplace.

Salem, ILL.,, Oct. s.-W. j. Bryan rest
ed in the city. of his birth and spent
the Sabbath with relatives. He arrived
here about noon and dined at the res
idence of Mrs. Mollie Webster, his
cousin. Thirty of his relatives gath
cred at the residence and partook Of
the dinner. In the afternoon, accom-
panied by James C. Dahlman, the ma
tional committeeman from Nebraska,
who has charge of the special car in
which Mr.. Bryan travels; B. F. >Shively !,
the newspaper correspondents and old
friends residing in this city, he went
to the farm and looked over the scenes
of his boyhood. At night he attend
ed the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, accompanied by relatives.
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L1BERATE MANY PRISONERS.
Lord Roberts Reports That Nearly
10000 Britlshers Have been.
Taken from Beers.

London, Oct. 8.-A dispatch received
from Lord Roberts, dated Friday, Oc-
tober S. says:
''The number of prisoners captured or
surrendered is: daily increasing and must
low aggregate nearly II, 600 men.
"Commandant Muller has surrendered to
Clery and Commandant Dirksen and others
are on their way to Pretoria TO sure nder.
"A detachment of the London Irish en-
deavored to surprise party of Beers near
Bultfonstein October 1. but had to retire
after three hours fighting with six men
wounded. The Beers suffered heavily
London, Oct. Sit is estimated, ac-
cording to the Pietermaritzburg cor
respondent of the Daily Mail. that, from
1000 to 5000 Beers have retreated from
Pilgrims Rest, northeast of Lydenburg,
with four long toms and 22 other guns.
The correspondent understands that
their long tom ammunition is almost
exhausted.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12

Ex-Congressznan A. T. Gooduyn, from
Alabama, writes the following letter: y
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O:
Gentlemen have now used two bot
ties +cf Peruna, and am well MN to-day.
| could feel the good effects of your medicine
before I had used it a week after suffering
With With catarrh alta: for OYER & year:I Respect
Cataarh in its various forms is fapidiy be-
coming a. rational curse. An undoubted
remedy has sSbeen discovered byS=br. Hart
man. This remedy has been thoroughly
tested during the past forty years. Promi-
nent men have come to know offs virtues
and are making public utteranc6s on the
subject. To save the country wenust save
the people. To save the people wemust pro
tect them from disease. The diaease that
is at once the most prevalent and stubborn
of cure is catarrh. Public men Of all par
ties recognize in Pernna a national catarrh
remedy Of .unequaled. merit. .Sepd to, Dr..
Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, for afree book
on catarrh. ., IS
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The Rhode Island supren

The Rhode Island supreme court
says that flowers form q necessary
feature Of . funeral. The case was an
action brought by q florist against
the administration Of an estate Of q
deceased citizen who had refused to
pay for flowers furnished. The court
justified the expenditure, remarking
that "the custom of having flowers at
funerals is well-nigh universal in this
country and that, when not abused BY
extravaganza or unseemly ostentation,
it is to be commended az giving ap.
-propriate expression to our feelings Of
rs@nect and love for the departed =
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12
LATER NEWS.

Four thousand pilgrims assembled
for religious festival at the St. Nj
kander monastery in Russia. During
the night the upper floor collapsed,
crushing to death four men and thirty
six women.
The explosion of a calcium light in
the Star theater, Milwaukee,, caused
a panic, in which a number of people
weresinjured.
President Mitchell has issued call
for convention of the mine workers
of the anthracite districts of Pcnnsyi-
vania to consider the offer of the oper-
ators of an advance of wages.
Two masked men walked into a
gambling house~ins Sioux City, Iowa.,
and after locking the manager and
three inmates in a separate room, took
every dollar they could find aud es.
capped.
Four persons were killed in a po.iti-
cal riot in Ghayamo, Porto Rico.
The postottice department decides
that it a woman employed in post
office gets married she must resign her
position and leave the government
employ. :. =. .:4
A highly dramatic incident occurred
in the municipal; court room ut. BEN
nington, w., when Dennis M. Black
mer, who was being arraigNed on the
charge OF felonious assault on ~.
year-old girl, rose in his seat and shot
himself in the forehead, inAicting :.
fatal wound. .:s
John d. Borton. who. under several
aliases, including that of Harry Odel;,
who had swindled banks and business
men in many cities of the country by
forged checks, committed SUICIDE by
poisoning in the Suffolk county Jail ut
Riverhead, L. ].
Gen. Macarthur has notified the war
department that Paul Jenkins, Co. A,
33rd volunteer infantry. was killed
near San Quintin, Luzon, Oct: 4. and
Robert D. Harrison, Go. b. of the same
regiment, was wounded and captured
at the same place and the same day. !
At Pittsburg, Pa, seventeen pick
nickers returning horue it, u wagon
were all more or less, injured in u COL
lision with an electric street car. A
small child named John Smith was
internally injured and will! die.
Orders have been cabled 10y Secretary
Long for the trial by court martial at
Lisbon. Portugal of Lieutenant Patrick
w. Honrigan.- who is serving as navi-
gator of the Lancaster.
The census department announces
that the population. of Delaware is
1s4, 7s5 an increase Of 4s, 32' since ,lsgt'.
A plot to destroy the missions in Fat
Shan. China. is discovered
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VICTI1fs OF TORNADO.
Nine Persons Killed and Many IN.
Jared IN Biwsbil<, Minn.,
.S and Vicinity. S.s 81.

Biwabik, Mimi, Oct. s.The tornado
which ragged in this vicinity Saturday
evening WAS the most violent ever ex-
perieneed shsrea bouts. he storm cut
pat 1s0 feet in width through
the s mort thweAt erna corner of this town,
comp con pletely wrecking the buildings
strucll The shat fthpuses and build
ingsof three mines which stood in
the path sof the storm were reduced
to Andling wood The property loss
ls estimated at from S7s.00o to 500, 600
and the known fatalitiesanumber nine,
with 9 ascore or more lnj jured- some Sc
8 yserel others only slightly. The
storm swept in northwesterly direc-
ton after leaving here and struck a
4ittllees Finnish settlement near Pike
lake, where number of buildings
were wrecked, inSoneso which an en-
tire family. az, consis sisting of husband,
wife and four. chldren, were instantly
killed 81 81 So far their names, have not
been obtained. It is believed that
when the more remote districts are
heard from further casualties may be
reported. Sz tSs#s tSs =
gs1 The list of .1 those killed and injured,
SO far as learned, folloWs:
Killed.-Mr. and Mrs. Marowitz, William
Hilstrom. family Of six near Pike lake.
names not known.
- severely. In1nred.-Andrew Anderson, a
locomotive fireman, severely scalded, will
recover. L. Murray. locomotive engineer,
severely scalded and nd'otherwise injured, will
recover: ANDREW AM pepbs,-, laborer. severe
scalp wound win recover: John Morriston.
loot badly crushed. about Is others were
naorelor less severely cut and bruised.
The house in which the Marowitz
family lived was completely wrecked
and the body of Mrs. <Marowitz was
found fully 100 feet=away, every bone
in her body broken and her clothing
comp COZ letel stripped Oft, The body of
her husband was found Sunday jim the
debris Z, of their home, horribly mutt
lated. William Hilstrom was struck
on the head by II falling tree and
his skull crushed. He afterwards died
at: the hospital.
The engine house of the Duluth,
Mesaba g. Northern railroad was COM
pletely wrecked and number of To-
comotives and cars were shifted from
the tracks y g and pounded into scrap
iron. The engine on which Murray
and Anderson were when the storm
broke was blown from the track and
the men were pinned beneath it and
horribly burned by the escaping
steam. Other men at work near. them
had narrow escapes. Several cars
blown from the d., NJ. & n. tracks
were found in Duluth mine pit, hun
dreds Of feet away. Many of the
buildings destroyed were owned by
the mining companies and tenanted
by their employees. The duration of
the tornado was less than five min
utes, but it was preceded by an un-
usually severe thunder and rainstorm,
and tAe heavy rain has flooded many
of the open pit mines and they will
be unable to operate for>s some time.
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Daalalare ~ Flooda.

St. Louis, Oct. 4. -Teleeraphic ad-.
vices from Tampico, Mex, state, that
the Panuco and Tames rivers, which
empty into the gulf at that place, are
on one Of the biggest rises in their hiss
tory, and great damage has been
wrought BY the floods IN the popu-
lated and cultivated valleys above there.
At one point near Chilas station, on
the line Of the Mexican Central rail-
road, the Tames river is over so miles
wide and has swept to destruction hun
areds Of houses occupied by Mexican
turner's and laborers. Many cases Of
drowning are reported.
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SCHURZ RESIGNS.
nee to Avoid All Chance
Criticism.

New York, Oct. s.-Carl Schurz, who
resigned his presidency of the Ma
tional Civil Service Reform league, as
we'll as of the Civil Service Reform as
sociation. explains his action in a let
ter to Secretary. George McAneny.
Mr.. Schurz says he resigns. rather
than be criticised as carrying on a
systematic course of antagonism to
the administration, his opposition to
it in regard to other policies having in
the meantime become more conspicu-
GUS. He says: .E.G&. =
! I'm my opinion, it is essential to the use
fulness Of the: civil service reform orEani-
cations that their :utterances or acts should
not only be. as am sure they always have
been. but also appear to be, free from all
personal or political bias. The possibility
OF their not appearing so I wish, so far as
am concerned in the interest of the civil
service reform cause. to avoid. especially
under the present somewhat critical cir
cumstances."
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12
SOME M; MEMORIES. N

OF MARKS THE LAWYER"
He sat on Lafayette's knee.
He ran errands to Aaron Burr,
He heard Jefferson play the fiddle. !.
He saw Tom Marshall play marbles,
He read the Bible to Gen. Jackson's
wife. @t-@@A
q He dined in company with Washing
ton Irving. ~ ..* s s:.s
He lived il tent with Samuel
Houston. 4sg. .s,.. 4. =s.:. 81. @s
He bought vegetables from the first
John Jacob Astor's wife.
He was accidentally stoned By Ed
gar Allan Poe. s 81
He was a friend Of Henry Ward
Beecher, but never met Mrs. Stowe,
who immorta1ized his name but not
himself in Uncle CONS Cabin
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12

The New York commissioner Of inn
migration in his annual report for the
fiscal year ended June 80 last records
the arrival at that port of s4oo, ,s42 inn
migrants. he calls attention 70 the
fact that therssis a.stesdily incre asin9
stream Of immigration from southern
Europe and orientst so1ntries. Italy
supplies the largest NUM- Der se, ,o1o;
the Poles numbered A3e. .la5, The Irish
2s,2oo, while Germany 10 fourth on tie
list with 23,3s2. There were 1880 He
brews, gathered from al the countries
Of Europe, who sought homes in the
United States durngfthe year.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12

Barry, the most famous St. Bernard
dog in all Switzerland, is to have q
monument to his memory. Barry lived
ten years with the monks, and in that
time saved 40 lives. His most cred
liable achievement was when he found
. child of ten years in the snow sue
cumbing to the fatal slumber which
precedes death. The dog first warmed
the child with its breath and licked it
until it awoke. Then, by. lying on his
side, the dog gave the child an obvi-
Gus invitation to ride. The child
mounted on his back and Barry car
Tied it to the convent.
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Want Surplus Used.

Dallas, Tex, Oct. <S.-Gov. Sayers
will turn over $4,000 cash to the re-
lief committee for the mainland suf-
ferers by the September gulf hurri-
cane. A movement has been started to
petition Gov. Sayers to use $15O,000
cash of the $2,ooo,oo0 surplus in the
state treasury to aid Galveston and
coast sufferers generally and to petit
tion the Legislature. to indorse this ac-
tion of the governor if he takes it.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12

The building of wooden ships began
in Maine because suitable timber in
abundance was close at hand. The To-
cal supply of material is practically ex-
tinct, but the industry still clings
there. The yards at Bath turned out
1858 tons of shipping last year. In
cluded in this lot was q five-masted
schooner whose frame was of Virginia
oak, planking Of Georgia pine and
masts of Oregon pine. "~-
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12

The census reveals the fact that the
block in New York city bounded by
Sixty-hrst and sixty-Second streets
and Tenth and Eleventh avenues Is the
most densely populated spot in the
world. The enumerators counted 6,sss;
living in the great tenement houses
covering that square. Even China can
not beat that record-but it il nothing
to boast Of
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12

Surveyors ia the Indian, lands of
Oklahoma are having so much trouble
finding the corner stones that they be-
lieve the Indians have made, sys-
tematic job of destroying all corners.
If the matter continues to be as bad
as it has begun 1t may necessitate an
other government survey, which would
require at least q year,
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He Addressed the Jury.

A man who had never seen the inside of
courtroom until he was introduced as 4
witness in a case pending in one of the
Scottish courts, on being sworn, took posi-
tion with his back to the jury and began
telling his story to the judge. The judge, in
a bland and courteous manner, said: "Ad-
dress yourself to the jury, SIR The. man
made a short pause, but. notwithstanding
narrative: The judge was then more ex-
plcit, and said to him: Speak to the jury,
sir; the men sitting behind you on the
benches" The witness at once turned
around, and, making an awkward bow, said
with perfect gravity: "Good morning, gen.
men."-Buffalo Courier.
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Burned ut Stake Playing Indian

Trenton, N. j., Oct. S.-Eddie Nc
Bride, ten years Old, died as the re-
suit of burns received while playing
"1ndian" with companions xef about
his own age. Mcbride was tied to q
stake and his clothing was saturated
with gasoline, then set ons rhe
boy offered no resistance snhtil the
Lighted match was applied then
broke loose and ran screaming His
cries attracted the attention of some
men who rolled him on, the ground
and extinguished the flames. The
boy was taken to- His home where he:
died. The police are Investigating.
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Dispatches received in New York city
announce that among the Catholic mis-
sionaries killed in China was Bishop
Fantosalli, who was tortured to death
in a most horrible man4er. Hisadded
that $4,000 native converts to the Cath
olic faith have been slaughtered in diff
ferent parts Of the empire. The news
makes all Christendom shudder.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12

The Pennsylvania railroad has begun
crusade against tramps, and it is an
nounced that the company has en-
ployed hundreds of special police who
will make the tramp nuisance their es-
pecial business. The road does not OBJ
ject so much to the tramps stealing a
ride If they would not steal everything
movable. The officials of the road saw
that the amount stolen each year by
these wanderers of the rail amounts to
thousands of dollars.
The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12

Over the greater part of the New
England coast the supply of clans has
suddenly diminished to an extent
which has become alarming. Extensive
areas which four or five years ago pro-
duced great numbers of clans are now
practically barren. The explanation is
simply that the demand has increased
at such rate that too large a anumber
of the natural seed" clans have been
removed and extinction suddenly fol-
lows.