davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
NO LOAN MADE.
Semi-Omcial Statement ReRard1nc
Anglo-German Agreement
Made by Portugal,

Lisbon, Jan. S.-A semi-official note
to the press regarding the Anglo-Ger-
man agreement has just been is
sued. 1t is as follows:
THE British and German governments.
having previously reached an agreement
between themselves. informed Portugal
that In the event of her contracting large
loan for the purpose of reorganizing her
finances, the. two governments were dis
posed to guarantee the success of the op-
Grafton. At the same time the govern
ments of Great Britain and Germany as
sured Portugal that the basis OF the agree
ment between them was the recognition of
the integrity of the Portuguese colonial
dominions and the legitimacy of Portu-
guese sovereignty over the Portuguese
possessions. They further suggested that
in the event of Portugal accepting a pro-
posal concerning loan the latter should
be guaranteed by the colonial and Gus
toms receipts. The Portuguese govern
ment then declared that it had no need
Of such loan and, according to our in
formation, has no such need to the pres
ent day."
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
+. GRAND JURY ADJoURNs.
More Indictments Are Returned
Against Michigan State
Oncia1..

Lansing, Mich, Jan. S.-After seven
weeks hard work the Ingham county
grand jury, which has been investi-
eating charges of official corruption
in state offices, was discharged at
noon Saturday. The net known result
of the investigation is the Indictment
of II persons, nine of whom are noW
holding or have recently held Offices
under the state government. The fol-
lowing are the persons who have been
indicted and the offenses alleged:
Edgar J: Adams, speaker Of the house of
representatives.: two indictments tor
bribery.
William A. French, state land commits
sioner: Offering bribes.
Charles H. Pratt, agent for a law book
concern; Offering bribes.
D. Judson Hammond, Of Pontiac, state
representative; soliciting bribes
Fred A. Maynard, ex-attorney general:
m1sdemeanor in retaining portion of his
chief clerks salary.
Will L. White, state quartermaster gen.
era!.
Col. Harold A. Smith. assistant quarter
master.
Arthur F. Marsh, adjutant general and
chairman Of the republican state central
committee.
Ell r. Sutton. regent of the University Of
michigan and member of Gov Pingree's
military STAN; charged with fraud and en-
bezZlement in connection with sale and al
legged repurchase of military supplies.
One person besides Sutton was in
dicted Saturday, but his name is not
positively known as yet. These will
be arraigned to-day. All the others
appeared for arraignment except Gen.
White, who has disappeared. All the
military men indicted were appointees
OF the governor, but it is regarded as
settled that the governor had no
knowledge of the alleged frauds. The
eleventh person under Indictment.
against whom true bill was returned
Saturday is thought to be J. H.
Brown, of Battle Creek, president of
the state live stock commission, who
was accused by another member of
the commission of defrauding the
state by putting in bills for work
never performed. The grand jury evil
IDENTIFY reconsidered it's determination
to indict other persons, not officials
of the state, who were instrumental
in defrauding the state in the mill
tary supplies transactions. These in
dividuals reside at Kalamazoo. and
they gave valuable testimony tending
to establish the guilt of military Off
cialS.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Pana, ILL.,, Jan. Sat the trial of
Henry Brunot and his mother Saturday
for the murder of Jane Brunot, whose
body was found in an abandoned we'll
April 10 last on the Brunot farm. Bru-
not confessed the crime, exonerating
his mother. Brunot was given a life
sentence. Mrs. Brunot was acquitted.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

A big salt mine opHated by the
Belle Isle Salt company, at Belle
Isle, Miss, was recently flood ed, when
the shaft penetrated a big spring, but:
an engineer has SOLVED VIE VliffSnltII.i
He will freeze all of tha4Water III the
mine by means of d refrigeratihg
process, and will then cut out the ice.
When the ice has been cut out near
to the spring dam will be built, and,
the spring will be perRianently walled
up. The company has so much conf.
dence in him that they have given;
the work. ~
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
FROM WASHINGTON,

The total subscriptions to the Law
ton fund are over $4,000.
A majority of the senate committee
on elections opposes seating of Sena-
tor Quay of Pennsylvania on the gov
ernor's appointment.
In Washington Gen. A. w. Greeley
was seriously injured by a drunken
man who tried to gain entrance to his
house.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
THE EAST.

In Pittsburgh the American Steel &
Wire company (the wire trust) has
advanced the wages of 10000 men 7A
per cent.
At the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges dur
ing the week ended on the 5th aggre-
gated $1,7s1,771,641, against $780,
375,220 the previous week. The in
crease compared with the correspond
ing week of 1899 was 90.
In the United States there were 273
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 5th, against 221 the week
previous and 243 in the corresponding
period of 1890.
The total bank clearings in the
United States in 1899 were $o3,504, ,932,-
CSC, an increase of $25,004,59G over
1898.
Fire losses in the United States ana
Canada in 1899 were $136, 773, 200, an
increase of ST., ,00O, 900 over 1898.
Twenty-Five persons lost their lives
by gas asphyxiation in December last
in New York city.
III I've" 4OIh 11ulUcTL IL. warner, LOT.
merly Il well-known patent medicine
man ufacturer, filed a petition in bank
ruptcy with liabilities of $2,31o,o27, and
no assets.
The paying teller of the Fidelity
Trust & Guaranty company in Buffalo,
N. y, F. A. Newton, is charged with
being an embezzler of $4,000.
The famous actress, Julia Marlowe
Tabor, has been granted divorce from
her husband, Robert Tabor, at Hyde
Park, N. H.
In Webster, Mass, incendiaries
burned the oldest house, and Lucy
Boston, aged 105 years, was burned to
death.
:, DR.. Edward McGlynn, famous Roman
Catholic priest and single taxer, died
:et< the rectory in Newburg, N. Y, aged
o. years.
Ss ,arhe death of Ernest ]. Lehman,
J founder of the Fair in Chicago, and the
/ originator of the department-store idea,
occurred in a private insane asylum
In White Plains, N. Y, aged 81 years.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

It is intima,ed that the census Of
Cuba will show lape ger population-:n
the island than was expected.- -Esti-
mates from careful authorities on the
ground put the number of Inhabitants
at about 100000, (which is 100000
more than has been: commonly sup
posed. Another fact which, will cause
general surprise is Tint the Proportion
of negroes in the island is found to be
much smaller than has been imHgiped.
The ratio, it is now believed. wul be
found much below that in Mississippi,
South Carolina and Louisiana. We
have already enough. ',
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
BRYAN IN CHICAGO.
The Nebraska Orator Criticises poli-
cies OF the Administrations at
jackson Day BANQUET.

Chicago, Jan. 8.-Jackson day was
celebrated by the William J. Bryan
league at the fremont house Satur-
day night. The celebration began
early and ended long after mid
night with the closing address
of William Jennings Bryan. Other
speakers were Mayor Harrison, Joseph
B. Doe, of Wisconsin; Thomas E. Bark
worth, of Michigan, and James II. Null
hgan, of Kentucky. Ex-Gov. Altgeld
was not in attendance. A synopsis of
Col. Bryan's remarks follows:
He declared that the reason the oppo-
nents of imperialism sympathize with
the Beers was not because England
was the aggressor, but because of the
American belief in the American charter of
liberty.
In MS attack on the currency bill which
is pending in, the senate Co.. Bryan excori-
ated the republican party for it's alliance
with the banking interests and declared
that the bill, as passed by the house, would
have condemned the republican party to
overwhelming defeat If it had been pro-
posed by the president in his letter of ac-
ceptance. Mr.. Bryan added that the cur
rency bill would fasten on to the United
states the financial systems of the old
world and would subject the people of this
country to all the disturbances which af-
feet them, while it places the control Of the
volume OF paper money in the hands of a
bank trust which would be as merciless to
the people of this country as was Weyler
to the reconcentrados
On the subject of trusts COL Bryan had
little to say that has not been covered in
his former speeches. He insisted, how
ever. that the republican party would be
noh f1
and that the trusts would play fast and
loose with present trust laws until the peo-
pie forced a remedy
Mr.. Bryan insisted that the increased
production of gold had shown the wisdom
of the quantitative theory of money ad-
vanced by the democratic party in 1896, and
had answered the argument that the parity
between gold and silver could not be main
tained because of the overproduction of
silver.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Residents of West Hartford Conn.,,
have organized the Noah Webster Me-
mortal association, the object of which
is to erect library building in that
town in memory of the: great lexicog-
rapher. Mr.. Webster was born in Oc-
tober, 1853, within the;limits of West
Hartford, when it wast:I portion of the
town of Hartford, andflfe died there in
N(o1, 1QAo
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

The science of surgery is accomplish
ing wonders. In Vienpa wonderful
piece of work has beerskformed by
DR.. Schroeder. A 12.fFM1old child
swallowed a piece of &g as a
half sovereign. 1t was s.Iorttsa t1A ms
of the X-ray. the leaahayipd sd
the trachea and lodgfT 1si 6stss14I qll5ss
of the second order. aSSJh84Aa
was inserted and elec3r4fif
and then, with the X-ral3kiaiaS Allaf
the piece of lead wasiH11sd sld k}
means of specially soaEraets
of pinchers. The operASn SnE VIII xgs e e. -
formed without pain:> lTs:; ssa
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles O'Brien, who
are now man and wife. but who be-
fore their marriage were brother-in-
law and sister-in-law. sn3me all the
way from Liverpool toshe united be-
cause Of the EnglishSla which pro-
hibits the marriage oR man TO his
deceased wife's sisters frhey were to
have been welded in dorsey City, but
were in such haste t9 catch the first
steamship going back fSat" they did
not wait for the five days required to
elapse in New Jerseygfter the issu-
ance Of the license, .anaswere married
in New York by an ul9erman.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

It is estimated that we have in this
country 21,45S,294 children of school
age, and that 70 per cent Of this num-
Der are in school. In 1870! the percent
age of children in school WAS but 61.5.
The American people are not degen-
Grating when they can+show such a
magnificent record as this.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
WEST AND SOUTH.

W. W. Watt, white man, was shot
TO death by mob at Newport News,
Va, for criminally assaulting Mrs. T..
N. Simpson.
] John Lynch and 21 horses were
oremated in a livery stable fire ID
West Lafayette, Ind.
J Zack Singleton and Charles Wilson,
negroes, were hanged at Charleston,
S. c., for murder.
Norman B. Ream and Robert T. Lin
coin, executors of the Pullman estate
in Chicago, receive $425, 900 fee. The
estate is worth $14,0OO,OOO.
The extra session of the Michigan
legislature adjourned without passing
tax bills.
On the Tennessee railroad eight
miles from lockwood four men were
killed by a dynamite explosion.
Antonio Flores and Geronimo PARA.
Mexicans, were hanged at Ell Paso,
Tex, for murder.
Matthew Wewa in a drunken quar-
rel at a Piute Indian camp near Pine
vile, Ore, killed his wife, his brother
and two squaws and killed himself.
In San Francisco Go See, Il Chinese
murdered, convicted of killing a coun-
trymap. was yhangedA,s J..
At Wsita q aI, a51Rmurder trial
Eess i4sss1a Hsd ); j re fight and two
kke9E skillsdslSsfs $<s:
bp% chill, rs Aiichtal Kerrick,
tf8l1n q: 4 tsI. MINI, were
q 9epl s;that destroyed
Thisafe in Judge F.A. Hackenkamp's
office,1 n Quincy. Ill.,. was blown open
and notes to the amount of $4,000
taken.
Areport that Rev. John G. Fee, found
er Of Berea college in Richmond, KY,
was dead. was not correct.
In despondent fit J. F.. Sutton, edit
or and proprietor of the Logansport
(lnd.) Daily Reporter, committed sui
eide in St. Paul. MINI.
Edwin Lee. William Williamson and
James Hinton. young men. were
drowned at Hinton's pond near
Raleigh; N. e., while crossing the ice.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

A soldier in New Mexico has been
married to a Kentucky girl by tele-
graph. All that is needed now is sys-
tenn of engagements by mail, honey
moons by long-distance telephone and
divorces by thought transference to
make marriage an estate of beatitude-
for those who don't do it.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
MatrimOny on Small Capital.

. A Wilmington clergyman tells of Phila-
delphia couple who came to him to be mar
ried one day. When they left the boat at the
Fourth street wharf in the city they had but
five dollars between them. Nevertheless, the
groom called cab and ordered to be driven
to the city hall and then to the nearest min
lister. At the city hall he paid $500 for a
marriage license, which left 81 40 to pay the
cabman and to fee the minister. At the lat
groom replied that he did not have it, and
the driver compromised on a dollar, leaving
40 cents for the minister. The groom, how
ever, was not done buying, for he stepped in
to nearby store and bought an envelope
for cent. In this he put the remaining 80
cents, and after the ceremony handed it to
the minister. How the newly-married
couple got back to Philadelphia is a mystery.
-Philadelphia Record.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Toledo, O., Jan. S.-The supporters
of Mayor Samuel M. Jones in his nou-
partisan campaign are organizing his
strength into a party, or movement,
which has for its object the control of
several congressional districts in this
corner of the state next fall, and if
possible the election of Mr.. Jones to
the United States senate in 1902.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Representative Roberts, of Massa-
chusetts, has introduced bill in the
house which attaches a penalty of $50
to the desecration Of the national flag
in any way. 1t prohibits the printing
of pictures of political candidates on
a flag, or words, figures and designs
of any kind. 1t also prohibits it's use
as trademarks for advertising mer-
chandise of any sort. Nearly all of the
patriotic organizations :qf the country
asked for such bill two years ago.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Among the men who have come TO
congress this session for their first
term is Delegate Pedro Perea, of Ber-
nalillo, N. NJ, who is one of the
wealthiest ranchers of the southwest.
He is a man of middle stature, has
sparkling black eyes and in many re-
spects looks like spaniard. His fam
lily is one of the oldest in New Mexico.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
Robbed of 81, ,OO1.

Chicago, Jan. S.-George w. Hartzell,
yardmaster of the South Chicago di-
vision of the Chicago, Rock, Island &
Pacific railroad, was beaten and robbed
of $1.oo1 Saturday night at Calumet
ridge and the Belt Line tracks in South
Chicago.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Benjamin Prime, whot has just cele-
brated his one hundrea and tenth
birthday in New York! says he does
not remember of ever having seen
Washington. The New York World
remarks that "he must have been born
hind
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

The gondola has had its day of use
fulness in Venice. A corporation has
been at work for some time supplying
the city's historic waterways with
steam launches. 1t is only a question
of time now when the palace of the
Doges will have to make way for a
skyscraper office building
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

In all French official departments
the hours are now counted from ore
to twenty-four, beginning at one a. m.
The wee sma' hours are unchanged,
but the midnight stroke is a monitor
that seems disposed never to quit.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
Death DR. n Veferan

New York, Jan. S.-Brevet Brig. Gen.
William Glenny is dead in this city,
aged 60 years. In the civil war he
rose t. be colonel of the Sixty-fourth
New York volunteers. He was brev-
eted a brigadier general for gallantry.
He was severely wounded at the bat
t1e 0f Ea:r Oaks
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
In Still LiyinU.

Richmond, KY, Jan. 8.-The reports
sent out last week that Rev. John G.
Fee, the founder of Berea college and
the noted abolitionist, was dead, were
not correct. DR.. Fee is recovering.
Many floral tributes were sent to Berea,
thinking the noted divine was dead.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
Cotton for Janan,

New Orleans, Jan. 8.-The Norwegian
steamer Ansgar, Capt. Amundsen, has
cleared and will sail in day or two for
Kobe, Japan, with aScargo OF $4,000
bales of cotton. This is the third steam
er hence this season for japan direct.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
Killed by a Fail.

Cleveland, O., Jan. 8.-Hans Ravene,
a we'll known German actor, who has
been playing recently at the Cleveland
theater, was instantly killed by falling
from a stairway at his boarding house.
His neck was broken.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

After a test Of Ameria3n locomotives
on French state railroads the authori-
ties managing the lines have ordered
ten more for passenger traffic. Wher-
ever they are tried abroad our locomo-
tives score an invariable success.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Uncle Sans new refrigerator at Ma
Mia will be building $50 feet square
and As feet high. In addition to pre-
serving rations it will produce daily so
tons of ice and 5000 gallons of distilled
water %N
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
Four Children Burned.

Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. s.-A Jour-
nal dispatch from Little Falls, Minn.,
says: Four children of Michael Ker-
rick, a farmer, were burned to death
in a fire that destroyed the house. The
remains cannot be identified and will
be buried in one grave. The children
were from to IS wears of AGE.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

A dispatch from Vienna says that
the government is fearful that the
country will be depopulated by the en-
igration to America. From one county
alone $500 men have started for this
country during the pasts11 months.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
Will Be Made Receive-

Washington, Jan. g. s.-Comptroller
Dawes has decided to appoint Daniel
G. Wing the temporary receiver of the
failed Globe national bank, of Bos-
bn, as permanent receiver to wind I'M
its affairs.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

No way has yet been discovered by
which the year 1900 can be abbrevi-
ated in writing. In this respect it will
be one of the longest years ON record.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
Knew 1t Was in LehiEh.

A certain Pennsylvania Sunday school
teacher was questioning her class. "Where
was Christ born" she asked of Willie Will
lie pondered awhile and finally announced: j:
''Mauch Chunk ''Mauch Chunk"
screamed the teacher. "You ought to know
better than that. Why, little George
knows where Christ was born. Where was
Christ born, Georgie?" And the treble of
the four-year-old answered: "Beth-le le-hem" "
''That's right" said the teacher. '*Well,'
said Willie, p9utting: II knew, twas some
where on the Lehigh Valley railway"
cago Chronicle
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
Dies of Heart ni.eo.e

New York, Jan. s.-Touro Robert
son, vice president of the American
Bank Note company, died suddenly of
heart disease at his residence in this
cifv ,'t
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

At the age of 1o3 years Mrs. Johan-
ma Reese died at Gelena, III. ~ F.
D. H. Bowen, of Waukon, was chosen
as speaker of the house in the Iowa
legislature at the republican caucus.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Secretary Root is trying the expert
ment of making sailors out of farm
ers. The new recruits ought to be
able to plow the seas all right.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Mr.. eipiggiesteinstopper is the name
Of a foreigner who has recently located in
this city. The other morning neighbor
passing by him in a hurry said: Good
nod mention your name; I'm shortness of
breathe dis mornin'. '."-Joliet (Ill.) Star.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
FATAL ROW IN KENTUCKY.
Fight Begins During Trial and
Court Is Adjourned While 1t Pro-
ceeds-TwO Men Killed,

London, KY, Jan. 8.-News reached
here of general fight on Otter creek,
Clay county, in which Lige Lewis and
Gen. May were shot ana killed and
four other participants seriously
wourded. The fight occurred at a
schco:house on. Otter creek where one
of the Jacksons was on trial before
magistrate for killing another Jack
son. The fight was started soon after
the trial began, and court was ad-
journed, and the fight carried on both
in the schoolhouse and yard. Four of
the men were brought to Manchester
and placed in Jail.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

Cora-<*Do you like to hear girl whistler"
Merritt tho, but like the way her mouth
looks when she gets ready to try."-Town
Topics.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
Heavy Loss by n Wreck.

St. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 8.-A Chippewa
Falls (Wis.) special to the Dispatch
says: The Wisconsin Central Railway
company suffered loss in Friday
nights wreck that is estimated. here
at fully 100000. The through freight
from Chicago, consisting of 2s cars,
all loaded, and bound for the Twin
Cities, Went through bridge IS miles
east of this c4y aAa: 17<cars with con.
tents we've tot&ly destroykNby fire.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.


Manila advices say that Col. Luther
r. Hare of the Thirty-third infantry,
and all the American prisoners, in
cluding Lieut.. Gilmore, have arrived at
Vigan. Admiral Watson has hoisted
the American flag over Sibutu island.
Denmark has, it is said, decided to
accept Americas informal offer Of
50, 100000 for the Danish West Indies
islands.
In London Sir Thomas Upton has
issued challenge for the Americas
cup in 1901.
London advices say the Beers have
begun an attack on Ladysmith, and the
shows the British forces there in a
very critical condition. Gen. French's
attempt to take Colesberg proved a fall
ure, and 70 of the British, including
seven officers, were taken prisoners.
Thurman, in British Bechuanaland, has
been captured by the Beers.
A British warship seized the German
ship Herzog, of the East African line,
and it was taken to Durham.
A dispatch from Manila says that
reconnoissances out of linus resulted in
the loss of three Americans killed and
20 wounded. The enemy's loss is esti-
mated at 60 killed and 80 wounded.
Gen. Schwan's column, advancing to
the south, occupied Binan. Lieut.. Gill
more, of the cruiser Yorktown, who
was captured by the insurgents near
Baler many months ago, arrived in
Manila.
The death of NJ. A. San Clemente,
president of Colombia, is announced.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12
Time and Money.

Miss Romantique-The foreign nobility
having nothing to do, must lead awfully mo-
notonous lives.
Miss kostique-Yes, notice those who
come over here never seem to have any
change-Catholic Standard and Times.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-12

The so-called modest violet commands
higher price, in proportion to its size. than
any other flower at a greenhouse-Atch-