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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-09
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81 Philippi w. Va. !. Nov. s. The South
|ern Coal and Transportation COM
pany's coal mines ct Berrysburg, six
miles from here, was the scene Of an
awful catastrophe about i 80 satur-
day morning. q "a terrific explosion,
heard for fully dozen miles around,
was the signal that alarmed the neigh
borhood and caused hundreds Of peo-
pie to hurry to the scene to see what
had happened. The sigh appalled,
them, and the result Of the explosion
fills scores Of homes with grief.
Eleven men are known tosbe dead, and
the list may prove to be much longer.
The explosion was not Of gas, butswas
caused BY dynamite. There had been
fall Of top rock in the mine and in
clearing this up dynamite was. being
used. Several shots hada been pre-
pared and one Of; these produced con-
cussion sufficient to discharge q
sticks Of dynamite which were lying
on the ground in too close proximity.
There were 100 men employed ii the
mine, most of whom were negroes who
live in the neighborhood with their
families. .5 .s5. Il #l.
The force Of the explosion was so
great that two men were found 60
feet from the mouth of the mine. An
hour after the explosion hundreds had
visited the mine. The call for. relief
brought every physician in Philippi to
the scene. The sight was most hor-
rible one. Screwed along the main
channel and aabout the opening were
the arms, legs, hands and other .por-
stions of the bodiestof the dead miners.
Fathers and mothers were frantical-
kly hunting for sons, and as fast as
body was recovered they would glance
att and, recognizing it, would give
!. hysterical screams The hotel I has
been turned intosa hospital, and those
still alive when brought II out were
taken there. 4:2 .i &. ,5z$ s.
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An immense, cave has been found in
the Helvetia mine, 80 miles south Of
Tucson, A. T. A cave filed with water
was first encountered, and examina tion
showed that this was but the begin.
ming of a mammoth cave $50 feet wide
In places. Its length is unknown, but
500 feet have been explored. The cave
Is lined with copper in places. Remark.
ably rich ore has been taken out. There
is constant flow of water, which /,
pumped out and used in camp for smell.
ing operations. .nZ - -.
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+: MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

More than four-fifths of the popula.
ton of Mexico are of mixed or Indian
blood. T.. :. e {
The Missouri is now claimed to be
the longer by 200 miles than the Mis-
sissippi. ~'r::s. z.& Z 1:2s a; r.:
For the first time since the opening
of Oklahoma. farmers complain Of too
much rain. i :ss:.-.. ss,:..s 3.
Some statistician discovers that the
average woman carries 40 to so miles
of hair on her head. ! 81 v. 49, r.. ~ =
Railroads centering'i in st. Louis ask
their employees to work for the pro-
posed exposition in 1903. &. !. q 3 3. 4 +
John Wanamaker has been reelected
president of the Pennsylyania State
Sabbath School association. 5s..5 11t&tf
Chinese viceroys memorialized the
throne to punish Boxer leaoers and
save the empire from disruption. il
The Woman's. club, of s. Medford,
Mass, withdrew from the general fed
Grafton on account Of the race ques.
ton. :. ny s..ss; .<<.e.,s,:
Bresci, slayer: Of King Humbert,
wrote to his wife in New York that
he is kept in a damp we'll and com.
PEELED to stand all the time. 5$s.5s
Capt. Hassell, who commanded a
company Of American scouts in the
Boer army, thinks the Beers will re-
sumo fighting in the spring.
Turkey has been taking q census 81
islam and finds TINT The Sr,,,,,; r., ~
Mohammedans in the world is 1867
l50o, 900. OF these Il, oo0, 600 are in 9Tur-
key. !, zj.I5
James NJ. Lynch, the new president
LOT the International Typographical
union, succeeded S. 3. Donnelly, the
lretiring presid il adquarters OF
1.-THE union are at Indianapolis, Ind. 81 IS
The Paramount Park assoc ton of
IPhiladelphia Inns decided to erect =
istatue OF Robert Morris, to- cost $l5,-
loco. His home was 3 meeting place
lof the celebrities Of colonial days
Prof. Hilprec ht, OF the u University Of
IPennsylyania returned from Meso-
Ipotamis and tells Of The discovery 81
Ian ancient Babyl onian library 81 the
Temple of Nippur, which sheds new
Hight on the world = history
hut i've per cent. of the money and
!!valuables taken from TIE 6 Galveston
dead has been clafnesdl, and the money sy'
dstill held by the commit tee aRereRafes
many tllodsA al sSf dollar, while tie
ss1ewelr . = 9TH sat lisaslt u So.
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Alfred Harmsworth, the owner Of
the London Daily Mail, and 30, other
publications, is said to be = bidder for
the London Times. Though but - years
old, young Harmsworth il the wonder
of the newspaper world and, sta rting . 5
an ONCE boyaiu the London tTit-Bits
building 20 yearss a9o, heshasSbu up
a fortune estimated at fully 32o ,oo0, 900.
The introduction Of American methods
in his publications 10 considered NJ the
principal reason for his success.
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Burnsd 20 Death.

'Hi~~-. = ~ p
William Rapp, brakeman on the
st. Paul b Duluth division Of the
Northern Pacific, was burned to death
in aswreck near Hinckley. s..zzs.s,r I T.
-. The accident happened when the
limited, due in MINI eapolis at 6:55. ran
on . siding and collided with, a freight
train standing there. u ~. .e 81
FIJI Rapp was in the .caboose5 at the time
the biz engine Of the limited plowed
through the caboose and was pinioned
SO he could not escape. A can Of oil
was broken and the inflammable fluid
took are an<ts con the caboose and the
car ahead Of il became q mass Of
f1ames.s ~ <sass By ffsg3 D.
The unfortunate brakeman could not
be released and persisted in the blazing
wreck. r. asSf F$a}= =
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Z. i"Oter sEdom will Cast my SHOE"
says the psalmist, the throwing of .
shoe being the symbol of new owner
ship, q testimony in Israel Of posses
sion. In Anglo.Saxon, times the IA
&ather Delivered the brides shoe to the
bridegroom, who touched her with it
to show his authority. The custom
ofthrowing an old shoe after the bride
in England and Scotland signifies that
the parents case up all right or do
minion over the daughter. -,
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New York. Nov. The steamship
.St. Paul. of the erican line Capt.
Roberts il command. arrived import
'sunday q hours late &. with her star
sboard propeller gone and her eng ine-
room badly damaR red. atements ot
different ohicials vary az to the cause
Of the accident, but the damage nus.
tanned BY the steamship viii prob
ably amount stp several hundred thou
sand pillars. The Sc. Paul left
Southampton and Cherbourg on oc-
tober ~ with d full cargo, 316 cabin
passengers and 245 in the steerare.
About eight O'Clock on the evening of
Wednesday last, while some 81 the
saloon passengers were still at ain.
3ner, and other passengers promenade
ing, q sudden shock was felt all oyer
the ship, although it was not suffi-
GENTLY severe to cause "a panic. The
engines were stopped in few seconds
after the shock. but it islsaid that
during that brief time the whirl-
ing machinery, free Of the weight so,f
the propeller, wrought havoc in the
5engine-room. The officials of 4 the
steamship refuse to allow anyone TO
enter the engine-room. Il: q 8
Capt. Roberts and Chief En- ineer
John Hunter are under the impress
sion that the ship struck q derelict.
She was running at full speed at tho
time, but was not overtaxing hersen-
Igines. Chief Engineer Hunter, Ut the
moment Of the accident, happened to
be passing through the pantry, and
Immediately turned !. the \ emergency
valve, thus shutting of the steam.
About the same time the assistant en-
gineer happened to be IN the vicinity
Of the tail shaft when the propeller
struck something and dropped = of.
carrying with it a portion of the tail
shaft which broke just inside =; the
stern of the ship. The governing ma
chinery worked splendidly, and the
engines were brought to al full stop
in ten seconds. The St. Paul will leave
on Tuesday for the Cramps shipyard,
Philadelphia, where the necessary re-
pairs will be made. One Of the en-
gineers of the St. Paul made the fol-
lowing statement: VI - & z#.% p
$$''1t will take Ave months to repair the
damage which Is to the extent of from
$4,000 to 100000. The starboard engine II
q wreck The ship did not strikesa edere-
lict, but an unusually big sea struck her,
throwing the stern out Of the water, and
the propellers, having no resistance, made
frightfully rapid revolutions, which caused
the starboard engine to race, and the STAR
board tail shaft broke in two and with the
wheel fell into the water. The amount OF
damage done is not surprising. when. you
take into considerations the sudden liberia
ton of 10000 horsepower. Four OF the six
cylinders are completely wrecked. two
piston rods are bent. one connecting rod
is bent and the starboard engine shaft il
sprung six inches. The 4starboard engine
Is wrecked beyond repair +. 80 =
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/ THIS AND h ii 1

Insurance for bathers IS the newett
Apterprise gin the insurance hnessin
England. Penny h. hess1ot machines
ore IS go be- erected at the popular
= sBa.ton. to teet
slauare, suita bly inscribed has been
! eEfcted IA emef at Deer
dSld, Mass. nc mari: Tor the first
tine I'm pppropl1s e we the ggrass
where - mem women and children
s1szs q = y 17oa
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Women Must Renove Hats.

5: st. Louis, Nov. 5.-As special to the
Post Dispatch from Fort Worth, Tex,
says the city council has passed an
ordinance compelling women to re-
move their hats at all public enter
tainments where fee is i charged.
The ordinance provides fine Of five
dollars or expulsion from the enter
stainment for violation. FIJI s'5 s*tD p" VI
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= 5k S5S5 - * NEl-ts : Est53i7 ::
mother Body FOun n !.

/ New York, Nov. S. Another body
was taken from the ruins ofAthe Tar
rant building Sunday. The body
proved to be that Of q man. The right
leg and left arm were missing, the
features unrecognizable, and there
were no marks son the clothing which
would identity the wearer. ~ 4
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. May, Rebuild the Jettie.

= Galveston, Tex, Oct. 5.-It#is learned
from an official source that the board
OF army engineers which recently sat
here will recommend the rehabilita.
ton Of all the Galveston Notifications
and the repairing and raising Of the
jetties. The <jetties cost about s., OO0,.,
600 and the Notifications $500, 900.
The total damage to all by the storm
was about 81, $50 900. The work which
the engineers will recommend: will
cost about $500, 900.
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aEnrth Il !. du| 4 /
II. HAwLxY, Putlisher.
ssoRTssiNoToN.
ll1lIVDs'
sfS4l7l- ia

Most readers are familiar With BY
ron's famous song, maid 81 Athens :,
The maid In question was There's,
Maori, daughter q the English sice
,onsul ct Athena, who afterwards mar
ried . man by the name Of Black. She
was born In 1899, and died October 81
1878. 81 rs u ssS S ayss|
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ne 1eM1ne ~ nd ~ 10 AdN1lly ~
appearing At the prssNnt time only
900 600 persons ara receivin III
d Commissi homer Roclshill Has been -.
pointed council or 81 the American Ie9n.
tion at Pekin8. NE slSss ssss
n October the Brit ish Losses ii South
Africa numbered go 4 Lcndonpaper
Isys the Boer revival 50 more serious
than 81 IRA thoneh g, and lord Rob
erta' return may - ds1ayed
Reports returned s. e1hing ton say
that the powers vim dsmand the retire
ment Of the dowaSer empress. the Gre
lation o. a indemnify fund ~ doubling
revenues, and the appoin tsnent Of :
minister Of foreign FAIRS before pro
ceeding with negotiat ions. Five OH
cials Of Paotingfu have been sentenced
TO death Tor ontrages.on misaionariea.
Advices from Austrada indicate the
selection Of Albury, n. 8. w, 8 the
capital Of federated Australia. zs
On account Of the Carlist revolt Spain
has been declared nnde r martial law.
Advices from China state that the
Germans have defeated force Of
Boxers near Kaumi, province Of
shantung, killing many Of them.
In Admiralty islands . German
warship quelled the rebellion, shell
ing and destroyingsa native village.
Portugal's queen jumped into the
sea and saved q fisherman from
drowning.
Fire destroyed large tannery at
Rancho Del Chopo, Mexico, with Q
loss of $500, 600. 4 .sz:. IF. Isl s ss5
China's emperor will not return to
Picking while the city is occupied by
foreign soldiers. st Il s.:, :S. %#G
In the past week active scouting
by American troops had depressing
effect on Filipino insurgents. 81. J. /
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Ships can now 90 to sea with frozen
ammunition. IA method Of utilizing
liquid air on 'warships has been dis
covered which will render the explo-
sion of a magazine, even. when the
ship is in action, almost impossible.
Thu, method is to 50 place the liquid
air that it will feeze the ammunition
to several hundred degrees below zero.
In. that condition it could not ex-
plodc, even il she'll should burst in
the magazine.
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A few years ago when there was .
threatened ivory famine, the inventive
genius came to the rescue with that
remarkable imitation known a., eel
: 1ulofd, and now the limitation has
itself been initiated, and % German
named Knipers has made q discovery
that will furnish . still cheaper sub
stftute. It Is 3 preparation Of potato
pulp, md will Re used largely In the
manufacture Of buttons. The in
ventors:, can furnish q substitute for
almost Anything. H. ,-.s.@ s5s
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( Eleveni. Hurt. 4

Cincinnati, Nov. S. Two electric cars
on the Cincinnati, 81 awrenceburR &
Aurora Electric railway ollided Sun
day near Cleves, o., owing to- q misun-
derstanding Of orders. The cars were
wrecked and ~ persons injured, some
seriously, none fatally. 5SsEt. b s.
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johanna" 10 dead. she was one Of
the most remarkable trained animals
the world has ever known, and every
body knew her. Johanna was aSgorilat
with Barnum ABailey's circus, and was
valued at many Thousands Of dollars.
She died Of pneumonia ct Nuremberg.
GArwo~v Ssss Rh StFS XII
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new telephone fire alarm syster

! AheW teisphone Are alarm sy.tem
has just been patented, the whole
system being operated by magnetic
current and dry batteries. After the
system is once installed the only thing
to get out Of, order ID the burning out
occasionally ofs - fnsS, 1 which may be
quickly repaired. a separate wire il
used for each fire district, and any
number of telephoneI may be con-
ileeted WITH any distfict wire. By
means IL this .systsm eye1T. house and
factory 4l5Ag thss li3 Z 6hnnnect-
ed. with the alarg snd mos pro
tectie.sr ag le TIT l61 cost.
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The new census 10 said TO demons
strate that the average age Of mar-
riage in the United States has been
increased ct the rate Of . fortnight
year for number Of yearsspa II
this progress keeps mp only octogena-
Rams will be at marriageab!> age ate,
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Freight Train Robbed. ).

There is 2 gang Of organized train
ROBBERS operating between Hopkins and
Albert Lea. and although they have
been At work for some time the mat
ter was not brought to the attention
OF the police until recently. The rob
are not daring enough to attack pas
senger trains, but limit their:work to
l lat who manage TO secure trans
portatfon from Albert Lea to Mime
Espoliston freight trains over the Min
neapolis & st. Louis road "A case was
reported BY 2 man who had been held
up in freight car by two masked men
and at the point Of q revolver robbed
of $780,. sEsS ~ .s.r.Ss 4 t<a.%.Y:
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|saIvationlsts choose Hea Il. p rte :,

New York, ov. Commando.
Booth Tucker and several other OH.
X GERS OF the Salvation army have pur>
chased homes in Mount Vernon ii
which city, it is said, the American
headquarters Of tho army will be 10.
Gated. s3 4
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LATER .xnWS,

| A. boiler exploded in the plant of the
Wylie Cooperage company at Inter.
lochen, Mich. Z Charles Honks' skull
was fractured and he will die. Bert
Diler was seriously injured and q num-
Der OF others received minor injuries
In q quarrel over politics at the
rooms Of q colored republican club at
Wilmington, DEL, Oteery Dumpson
was shot by his brother Charles. He
is fatally injured and Charles is under
arrest. E;*@ Ehss5
Judge Vail decides that the Chicago:
board of trade must furnish quotations
to the public without. Dissatisfaction.
An explosion took place In the dry
house connected with the works Of the
Winchester Repeating Arms company
at New Haven, Conn. The walls were
blown out and the window lights in
adjacent buildings were shattered. No
one was in the building. , 1 4
A number Of Austrian manufacture
ers have formed an association for in
surance against strikes. q?
During q. parade in honor Of South
African volunteers at Toronto, Canada,
lizzie Magee was knocked down by q
buggy andfkilled. Jennie Theekel was
killed BY: q falling board and two men
were fatally injured.
tits believed that the plan of NOV
large bodies of troops about the coun-
try will now be- abandoned III the
Transyaal and that the subiuRation
OF the country will be made: bysmeans
of garrisons in the district towns,
which will be well stocked with pro-
Visions. and made the basis for; mount
ed troops, who will scour the territory
round the bases. -. E:,..S y. / :
European diplomats are.. Interested
in the passage tof the battleship Ken
lucky through European 9a waters.
The Kentucky will be the first Ameri-
can battleship which has, ever been
across the Atlantic. p ~ -: .. .s.r%
T. According to q dispateh from PETER
the Times Of Natal says
that the return of Lord Roberts to
England may still be delayed for sew
eral weeks. L - H. 's' T.. =
The journeymen plumbers, who have
on a strike in Pittsburg, Pa, since
October, have returned to work. The
strike was compromised, both sides
making concessions. ,'~"*a5 III !
1t is learned that in q few days there
will be published plans OF new canal
Of the greatest Importance, to be built
by Russia. It will connect the Baltic
and White seas, running from St.
Petersburg along the Finnish gulf of
St. Catherine, the new naval harbor
on the Thurman coast. =
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THE EAST.

DR.. L. ". Reed. aged - years, died
suddenly at Norristown, Pa. He was
surgeon general Of the Pennsylvania
guard for Is years. s.45@ ,'%
At the age Of 1872 years and 10 months
George Washington Freeman Green
(colored) died near Hampstead, n. Y.
/ At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during
the week ended ON the ed: aggre-
gated $1,673,1a4,2s4, against ;$1,7ae,-
ALL the previous week. The de-
crease compared with the corresponds
ing week Of 1880 was 1879. ( 49,
In the United States there were 19e
business failures in the, seven days
ended on the I'd against 2o5 the week
previous and 1873 the corresponding
period of 1899.
The last mayor of the old citysof New
York, William L. Strong, died suddenly
at his home in that city, aged 70 years.
The Gould family will pay the
81, TOO, 900 indebtedness of Count Castel-
lane, husband of Anna Gould. -
Gov. Roosevelt ended his campaign
Of eight weeks, In which he t Travelled
21.2oe miles and made g673 speeches, 4
record never equaled. Wv
In the Tarrant fire in New York the
dead: and missing are placed at IS.
On the Gath inst. the former flag
ship New York will go out of COM
mission at the Brooklyn navy yard.
L At sea the Atlantic liner St. Paul
suffered damages Of $2so,ooo and
reached New York late. p!
New York laundrymenj have de-
clared war against Chinese compel
itors. 49,, f." X ~ !EST'''
In 80 hours and 80 minutes Alexan-
der Winton rode from Cleveland, O.,
to New York In an automobile.
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/ Washington, Nov. 5.-The annual re-
port of w, S. Shallenberger, second
assistant Postmaster general, was
made public Friday. 1t shows that
on June 80 last the annual rate Of ex-
penditure for inland mail service was
81, Jag, oeo; for foreign service. ST..
/ OIL, 538; total expenditures, $57, 100 1893.
7A The total estimate: for all. mail
transportation for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1902, is $e1, 430,249, being
$2,15s,61o, or 1854 per cent more than
the current appropriation. IS
There were 22,s34 star routes,
with: q total mileage Of 2eo,s5s, i'm
volving an annual rate OF expenditure
Of $5,1s3,s7s; 1898 SPEC ial once routes.
1872 steamboat routes 2,66s> railway
routes (annua1 expense 81. 424, 1922,
22s railway post office car routes fan
:nual expense 81 1863 Oo0), $685. railway
post, Office clerksaf annuals expenditure
'$s,e46,424), ~, 100 mail /. messenger
routes, 22oo wagon. routes Din cities),
2s7' electric and cable car routesaand'
Ave pneumatic-tube routes = ennual
expenditure, = 1926, 1861. Necessary and
special facilities on trunk lines of:rail-
roads involved an annual rate Of ex-
pendit ure OF $195, 1923, ana mail equip
ments cost 1925, 744.4! The routes Of all
kinds in the domestic mail service
cover over soc, 600 miles in length, and
the number Of miles travelled per an
mum was 459. 205, 773. ~ - 49,; T.,
Washington, Nov. 5.-The report of
the auditor for the post Office depart
ment, covering the fiscal year ended
June. 30, 1900, shows that theatotal
revenues for: the department were
$102 ,354,579 and the expenditures 07,-
249, 29s, leaving q deficit of $3.50, IT'S.
The amount of stamps, stamped en-
velopes, newspaper wrappers and pos
tai cards sold during the year was
:$94 1913, 500. Second class postage COL
lected from t. publishers and news
agents was So, 825, 1889. The inland mail
transportation account shows q total
expenditure Of $54,7s1 ,5ss and the
foreign account $1,956, 7o1. The re-
ceipts from the domestic money order
system during the year 81, 915,-
1872 and the expenditures $6es, 1851, leav-
/ ing q net revenue Of 81 ,246, 500:
The report shows that the popula-
tion Of the United States in 1890, was
4, 900 5000; in 1900 it Is over 5000
ooo The wealth Of the, people in real
and personal property aggregated 3d.
100000, 600 Ia 1890 and is conservative
II estimated at $50, 900, oc0 900 ii 1900.
The number Of post offices was 70 in
1890 and is 1861 in: 1900. The postal
revenues were $50, 1875 in 1890 and $780,
354,579 in 1900 Therefore, while the
/ population Of the country has in.
creased 10 to in 10 years and the
wealth Of the people 40 to 1, the nuns
Der OF post Offices has increased i .0c6
to- and the revenues 81 the service
200 to !. *. S=; s%s. IS 81. s:,&z
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Tackleton..eI'm glad your yacht beat,
Bragman's. He was blowing SO much be-
fore the race. It your turn now. He
laughs best who laughs last. :" Mainsel g
yes, but say, rather: He laughs best who
tufts first. Philadelphia Press.