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The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29
RAILROAD PROGRESS.
The Burlington Road Will Open
A New Summer Resort.

On the Omaha, the roof is being
put on the round house, and the
house brick veneered on the inside.
Tho freight house now stands square:
u across 10Th street the south side
lining with tho elevators. ). Winston
Bros, are now preparing the road bed
Tor the south track. The masonery
for ~ under track highway is com.
pletsd. T: c@.:@:z .~...... :.
H. Spencer, division superintend.
int .has severed his connection with.
ths road TO take effect July lot. He
has bean with the company fortwenty.
sevDn years continuously, during which
I .tims be has made many friends among
imployses. and patrons Of the road,
He willIbe succeeded BY W. Winter.
On tho Burlington, the track layers
toaohsd Hardwick Tuesday afternoon
Ind tho track is now being ballasted
attsr which more regular trains will
So put on. IS .=:..- s...s-..
The tence gang, putting up woven
w,birs fence are about four miles out
from here. Nothing further has been
dune 10 regard TO the now depot, but
Il Has been suggested that if the
oonpany want : depot on the lake,
The Worthington advance., 1900-06-29

~ : = - l - :
! #S 81. Moro Trains.
It Is reported that the Burling-
ton will in inaugerats nav train
service o the new limo next Sun
day.
According 70 the report : train
will leave here in the morning for
Lake Park and On tho return run
through 70 Lake Park and one
train leave Jasper in tho morning
running through 70 Lake Park
and return to Wosth thingtDn, lying
hare over night
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
BoER TEXT TELaeRAPErNe.
But the British Knew Some Appro-
p.Inte Quotations.
IEro,n fhe Ion5np N.vs

Hitherto the accounts OF Boer dispatches
by Scriptural quotation have reached US
from American sources, and have not been
read without some suspicion that they
might be mere illustrations of American
inventiveness and American humor. To-
day however, the news of another cores
pondence by citation of Scripture texts
comes through Berlin. The messages are
said to have passed by heliograph between
De Wet and Cronje, at the instance of
President Kruger. The Psalms of David
constituted the code for reference. Mr..
Kruger began by announcing that re-en-
forcements were on the way. and quoting
Save me from the lions mouth" etc De
Wet transmitted the encouragement to
hold out, but preferred to send his own
quotation from the Psalm: But God shall
shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly
shall they be wounded" II was certainly
a more cheerful text in the circumstances.
Cronje replied that he was getting short
of provisions. by Psalm 90, vii. The texts
were thus banded about for two days,
Cronje once pathetically referring to a.
passage which, on being looked up, is
found to be a complaint that vain is the
help of man.
Here the British began to read the hello
graph messages, and put in a quotation of
their own at the end Of an emphatic warn
Ing that further resistance was useless
bloodshel. This appropriate verse de-
clared. They shall fall by the sword
they shall be a portion for the foxes -
When his enemy began to quote the
Psalms against him Cronje surrendered.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
New York's Hnrbor Horror.

There is much left for inventive genius
and applied science to accomplish, while
such sickening horrors as the fire in New
York Harbor on Saturday afternoon are
possible. The story is horrible almost be-
yond belief.
1t does not appear to have been one
which ordinary foresight could have avert
ed. Vast piles of Gotten in bales close by
hundreds of barrels of spirits awaiting
shipment at the wharves of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company at Ho-
boken. were ablaze and carrying destruc-
ton to the people on the piers and the ships
lying at them, and the latter were afire
within few minutes from the time that
q single cotton bale was diz 5yered burn
ing. On the mighty liners an unknown
number of men, working below, were
caught and imprisoned TO meet an awful
death; and as the vessels were pulled away
from the shore and Hoated down the har-
Dor the faces of the doomed wretches
could he seen at the portfolios. and their
agonized appeals for help heard by hun
dreds OF would-be rescuers.
The question which the whole world OF
commerce will Immediately ask is Can
such devastating accidents BIO prevented?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02

thousand offices. previously protected by
the civil service law have been taken
from under its aegis. and placed under
the spoils system. Since that act of po-
Iitical perfidy the merit system has been
a farce and the Civil Service Commission
a perfunctory body without power, and
tolerated only by the President as a pre-
tence calculated to impress voters with
the idea that something is left of the
once great reform. We have no fault to
find with the Roosevelt sentiments on the
subject, only he must admit that it IS
dangerous cue for a gentleman in his
peculiar and perhaps uncomfortable sur
roundngs to breach.
He is equally imprudent in stating the
proposition that 1.-THE spoilsmonger and
spoilsseeker invariably breed the bribe
taker and bribesiver, the embezzler OF
public funds and the corruptor Of voters"
1t is a truism TO be sure, but it is reck-
lessness in him to mention the matter.
Because, it at once refreshes the public
memory in regard to allegations which
were once made concerning a Senatorial
election at Columbus. 1t also reminds
one of other disagreeable things. Rath
bone and Nelly among them. Evidently
it would be the part of wisdom for tie
Governor to take the bride from his
broncho and place it upon his eloquent
pen and vocal apparatus He should re-
fleet that "all things which are honorable
are not always expedient."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
Theodore Roosevelt ON Spells.

We have always been apprehensive that
Theodore Roosevelt, as Hanna machine
candidate, would turn out TO be rusty
as well as rough rider. and indulge
in the expression of sentiments which
could he only taken as condemnatory CT
the methods and practices of the party
and the Administration. But VIC never
imagined that he would break loose In this
direction at the very outset of the Presi-
dental campaign. In this. however il
is plain that We were mistaken, for in
yesterdays New York Journal" the :r-
repressible cowboy statesman of Oyster
Bay is present with his picture aad an
article on the "Spoils System in Poll
tics" few sentences from the essay
will serve TO show what dangerous
heresies-from an Administration paint of
view-the Republican Vice Presidential
candidate is liable at any time to air
For example he writes:
81 know that no Republic can permanently en-
dnre when It's politics are corrupt and base; and
the spois sys;em the application in political life
of the degrading doctrine that TO the victor be-
longs the spoils, produces corruption and degra-
dStion. The spoilsnonger and syoiIs
seeker invariably breed the bribc,akcr and the
bribcgfyer. the embezxer of public funds, and the
corruption of voters"
II Mr.. Roosevelts purpose had been
90 make a bllstering arraignment of the
political organization in whose interests he
is supposed to be speaking he would hardly
have succeeded better than in addressing
the words above quoted to the American
Duh;fc through thu col,,mpa nf n laad
ing Democratic newspaper. Tie present
Administration, whose power he is pre-
sured to be helping to perpetuate. is no.
torious for its deliberate and cynical vio-
lation OF the civil service pledges made
by the Republican party in the St Louis
platform. and by President Mckinley IN
his inaugural address. Not less than Eve
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
PETER cooPER's CAMPAIGN.
II eilcs of the Greenback Party's Cam
vaNN In 1876.
(From the New York Sun. }


An old campaign document that has at
tracted some interest in the Amen Corner
OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel recently Is the
property of one of the regulars who go
there to sit and talk over the situation
every evening. He unearthed it from box
fall CT cid letters and documents, and
Trough IL is rot very ancient in point OF
date he values It as being probably one
OF the few survivors Of a forgotten issue
II WAS got out By the Greenback party in
the campaign OF 1875. when they nominated
Peter Cooper for President and Samuel F.
Cary for Vice President, and is in imita-
ton OF 4 currency bill.
In that campaign thousands of the imi
tation bills were scattered abroad and
were known, so the present owner OF the
speciment says, as the "We-must-have-
bread BILL from the legend that occupies
the front of the biil-"THE BANK OF
BREAD" Below this is printed Pay to
the order of yourself. by your own labor.
for an honest days work, THREE DOL
LARS BY voting FOR Cooper Cary and
against National Banks, Untaxed Bond
holders, and Nonopolists." The signature
to this sentiment shows a curious instance
OF misprin;ing. as it reads Independent
Greebnac,i Party" Across the top of the
bill is the legend: PETER COOPER the
FRIEND of the Working Man, the PRO-
TECTOR of the Poor and Distressed
At the left is 4 picture Of Peter Cooper.
looking strikinsly like the illustrations OF
Dom Faal Kruger. surmounted by the SEN
timeut BE STRONG. BE COURAGEOUS"
and bounded below by this quotation from
one of Mr.. Coooer's speeches: National
Prosperity cannot be restored by enforc-
ing idlenes3 on a large portion ithe pen-
pie" On the right hand side Samuel E.
Cary's picture is presented beneath THE
LORD IS WITH TIE RIGHT and above
quotation from his own words. NO nation
can exist with an untaxed monopoly in its
midst
On the reverse side is the National ticket
aud the GTeenback State ticket consist
ing Of Richard Montgomery Griffin for Gov
ernor. Thomas Armstrong for Lieutenant
Governor. Marcena NJ Dickinson for As
sociate Justice cf the Court OF Appeals,
Abraham j. Cudieback for Canal Commits
sioner. and John ". Crrmp for Inspector
of State Prisons. There are also some
GresnbacI: arguments in small type and
battle sorc to othe tune of Hold the
Fort" of nature to suggest that at leas;
there has been no deterioration IN the
a.eut-day political poetry.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
HAVANA'S NEW OFFICIALS.
Mayor RodriEueH and the Council-
men Formally Installed.

HAVANA, July 1.-The new mayor and
counclnien took the oath OF Office today
in the presence OF Governor General Wood
with his staff. the secretaries. and the
outgoing mayor and councilmen. The old
mayor administered the oath. after read
ing an address giving an account OF the
actions of the municipal council OF Ha-
vana since the American occupation. Many
prominent Cubans were present ard great
interest was manifested in the ceremony.
Gen. Maxine Gomez was the iirst to
embrace Mayor Rodriguez after the
latter had shaken hands with General
Wood. After taking the oath Mayor
Rodriguez made a short address and sug-
gested that the new municipal officers
formally visit General Wood TO express
their confidence in him and the promises
Of the American Government. banquet
was then given in the city hall.
Later the new city officials visited Gen.
erai Wood and Mayor Rodriguez made an
address, in the course of which he de-
clared that General Woods administra-
ton has been very successful, meriting
the admiration of Americans and the
gratitude OF Cubans.
IN reply General Wood said 1t had al
ways been the intention of the Americans
to give independence to the island and
that the only people who could prevent
independence fere the C1bans themselves.
An enthusiastic procession numbering
about LOCO persons paraded the streets
in honor OF the occasion. In the process
sion were some picturesque ears file, with
plants and Cuban girls dressed in Cuban
style. These cars were drawn by mules
and oxen. AS the procession passed the
city hall cheers were given for Mayor
Rodriguez. General Wood was also cheered.
He saw the procession from a balcony
of the palace. There were no American
flags in the procession and very few Of
them in the streets.
Cuban and Spanish bands alternately
played the Cuban hymn as the procession
was passing the palace. This was the
first time that the Spanish bands have
played in a Cuban fete. The matter was
arranged by Senior Segrario. the Spanish |
Consul General, who took advantage OF |
the occasion to foster a friendly spirit |
between Cubans and Spariards
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02

Ii the British Government is not destined
to be racked with army transport scandals
of the kind that developed in this country
during the Spanish war, it promises to lie
in hot water enough over a cognate mat
ter The condition of its base and fed
hospital services in South Africa is b ling
shown up by Mr.. Burdett-Coutts and
other prominent men who have made pr
sonal Investigations, as something 90 cruel
and revolving for belief. The Brit sh peo-
pie are not as patient in view Of such
disclosures rs are their American cousins.
and it seems probable that the Secretary
for War, Lord Lansdowne, il not the entire
Ministry, will be driven from Office in con-
sequence.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
TO MARK BRANDYW1NE FIELD.
Pennsylvania War Veterans VIII
Erect n Flax Pole.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, July Mccall
Post, Grand Army OF the Republic, Of this
place, has taken up the matter Of mark
ing the historic ground where the battle
Of Brandywine was fought near this Dor
ough, and is now arranging for the cree
ton of a large flag pole and flag at Sandy
Hollow. The erection Of the pole will take
place on September II. the anniversary Of
the battle. and there will be appropriate
ceremonies of a military and civic char
acter.
The pest has just received the report OF
committee which was appointed several
years ago to prepare an accurate history
OF the baptism OF the American flag in bat
tie. and Of the battle Of Brandywine. The
committees report is a most interesting
one. 1t reci;es a number of facts which
have never as yet appeared in published
accounts.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
EannnisIn In IlIincls.


II 1Or tI'c ~ f7'rF' III f'I'7I'''I
The heavy hand Of Hanna has fallen on the
once alltriumphant element of Illinois Repub-
.licansru with ruthless severity. The result is a
divided party and the enforced continuance OF 4
feud Of singular bitterness. Too much Admin
istratinn medd!ins in State affairs has headed the
Republican State ticket toward the rocks of de-
feat. II Illinois should be found in the Demo-
cratic column in November Mark Hanna will then
learn what ADLER party managers than he have
learned in the pas.-that Federal interference in
State politics is sure to be resented in manner
not easily forgotten
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
TRAINING SCHOOL BURNED.

Flames Destroy the New Building at
San Juan. Porto Rico.
SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. July 1.-The
model training school. which was COM
pleted last December. was destroyed by
fire today. The structure was OF wood,
two stories in height, and burned rapidly.
The fire department had no service able
equipment and little could be done to check
the flames.
The fire was due to spontaneous COM
bustion in the laboratory. The furniture.
stoek OF books. and the records OF tie
board OF education for fifty years we're
destroyed. The loss is $4,000; insurance
$4,000
A-crowd Of 5000 persons, including CIV
ernor Allen. assembled to watch the fire.
which could be seen for many miles.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
sequence.

The Canadian borderland of Minnesota
appears to be threatened with an Indian
uprising. The aborigines are reported as
holding war dances in the Rainy Lake re-
gion, and settlers are in terror. One COM
pany Of State troops has gone to the scene.
and more are to follow. 1t would be
strange II we had an Indian outbreak this
summer to add to our other cares; but it
looks very much as if one might occur.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02

The recruiting officers of the French army III
AGers report the probable survival OF hill
jewellers descended from the adventurous vaniaIi
that conquered northern Africa zoo years ago.
They are biHe-syed al-'aced and apprtciably
more intelligent than their Ksbyie neigh
bors. whose language they have been induced to
adept. The OF many hundred summers have
bronxed their hides. but dark brown boards Gun
ha"wn among the unmixsd Semit.s) are found in
every shepherds cabin Of the Algerian Atlas
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
ENSIGN MAGILL DEAD.
He Succunsbs to Typhoid Fever At
Newport.

The Navy Department yesterday an
nounced that Ensign Samuel G.. MagilI.
jr.. died Saturday at Newport from ty-
phoid fever. He had been attached 10
the naval training ship and training sta
ton at Newport since December 1898. He
was born in Iowa, entered the Naval
Academ yfrom North Dakota in MAJ 1898,
and was commissioned an ensign on July
/. 1899. In the Spanish american war he
served on the battleship Oregon as naval
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02

The ways Of Imperialism are beset with ipius-
ticc bloodshed. hurdensome expense and an Al.
ways uncertain future. II Europe desire, to MAY
that game to the finish let her do il without nnr
assistance, further than is absolutely necessary.
to maintain our national dignity and protect the
lives Of citizens abroad and their properly and
commercial riphts
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
The QuiER Patent Condenser.
IT,, 81.

MI Grosvenor submits that after the Hon. Lon
Quigg had condensed the platform it contained
2i3 more words. As condlnser Mr.. Qugg is a
brilliant failure" remarks the Chicago Journal.
In this respect our esteemed contemporary fails to
appreciate the purposes Of condersing. One of the
most useful aims OF tina; noble art ia to he'll
Town what is already written in order TO let in
some more words which the condenser regards As
absolutely necessary
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
"'hc Mn.sachuset,. s,.outer..

,
The Massachusetts men who followed Henry
Cabot Lodge at Philadelphia seem to feel that
somebody made monkeys of them at the Com
vention. They do not conceal their disgust with
Lodge for allowing them to 20 on shouting for
Long all day "wednesday. although he was party
to secret agreement with Hanna on Tuesday
night 10 nominate Roosevelt. This WAS character
istic OF The Massachusetts, boss.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
Queen E.Ii.abeth's autograph.


IN autograph, signature OF Queen Elizabeth Of
England Wa recently suDai,ted To Librarian
allen Of .he Department OF safe. for biz opinion
>, 4, IL authenticity. IL hal been in the pos
session Of a prominent Washington family and
vas :bo;it to be sold. Mr. Allen is recognized
expert in su:n matters and. after comparison
with eores of the Queens handwriting to which
he has aecsss pronounced il genuine. It Is very
rare specimen. Il is small square OF psrch-
nent tanned in an old-iashioned daguerrectypa
Frame and presumably ehpped-perhaps
s.olea-- from some old patent of inability.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
Dangerous Talk in uanna's Town.

tFrom the Kansas City Times)
DIR. Lyman Abbott used the best of English and
told plain truth in a Cleveland interview last
week, when he said "Mcn who combine to raise
prices thieves There is no use in mincing
matters. That's about the moral size of the fell
lows who compose the trusts
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
She Who Must he Oi,eyea.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealcr)
"a noticed after you left the house this morn
ing you went back again. Don't you know that's
unlucky2"
well, it would have been good deal un-
luckier for me ii / lsGn't gone back. My wife
called me-"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
WINS Nicely Not n Republican.

IFfDM Inc Q tIci UDstfVrfJ
Senator Wolcott says that the Cuban postal
thefts cannot be charged to the Republican party.
OF not Spain is probably responsible; or
the anti-imperialsts Agunaldo. But the Re
publican party? Oh, dear, no!
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
The Race Question.
(From the Hartford CourantD

We would like to know what the Associated
Press meant by telegraphing from New London
after fales victory that "thc greatest race ever
on the was at unhappy end"
The "A. p" should deal sparingly in adiectiyes
and abstain altogether from sympathies.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
Rather Sarcastic.


(FrOm the Chicago News.)
He-I don't seee haw YOU can stand sitting ~
sbf-lpere is TO other alternative. I can't yer.
we'll sit standing. you know.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02

(From The Albany Afgus.)
The strongest and ablest Republican OF today
was not at Philadelphia. Thomas b. Reed is per
soma non .,rata with the crowd which runs things
now.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02

From the Utica obscrvcr)
We haven't yet heard Algtr expressing hilarious
joy over Roosevelts nomination. Perhaps he still
rlmenbers that round robin.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
Atm FennIe College.

(From the Chicago Chronicle)
Prof Bore-Miss Eetchu;n. what kind of noun
Is a HIS?
Miss Ret ,rni-C 3mrcu.
prof Eart-Utoline 1t.
Miss Ketcl.uu-I Fever do.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02

n1rcm the Syracuse Herald)
Suar,ey-What strange shaped bedroom; al!
slopes toward the centre.
yoy-.Just A li:tle scheme of mine when !
drop a collar button | know just where it'll roll.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02
Prosperity Il Local Issue.
(From the Manchester Unic

II will not be of much use for the Republican
campaign spcl!binders TO crate upoa prosperity
TO the New England farmers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02

(fr0m the indianapolis Journal)
''What did you think OF my war poem, Bily?"
"well. l think it is fully bad any other
war poetry ever read.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02

In one word you eau express your satisfaction
for neuricns beer Phone 63i. Arlington Bot
thing Company. for a case Of Ma=rzen, Senate -
Lager.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-02

1t is one equally important to merchant,
carrier. and underwater. The lesson is
severe one, and it will probably teach the
necessity for radical reforms in the meth
DDS of lading now in usa. Perhaps in
vestigation may show that the dangers
incident to the accumulation of combusti-
BILE or highly inflammable merchandise on
steamship wharves are impossible to fur
Their minimize. In that case it is safe to
predict that there will be a substantial
rise in insurance rates on such risks as a
result Of the New York Harbor calamity.
In the death of Rear Admiral Philip,
which occurred at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard on Saturday, the country loses one of
its bravest. most efficient, and estimable
defenders, and the navy one OF its chiefest
ornaments. From his manly heart, in the
heat OF the sea battle off Santiago came
words that will live in history while our
country lasts. From the bridge of the
Texas he shouted to his crew, as they
cheered the effect of their shells. which
had helped to set afire one of the Spanish
ships, and which was sinking: Don't
cheer, boys. Those po2r devils are DYING"
Peace to the ashes Of gallant Jack"
Philip,