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The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
COLE PLEADS GUILTY.
Former Prestdent of Globe National
of Boston to Go to >Prison-sen-
tence Not Yet Pronounced,

boston, April 16.-Charles II. Cole,
former president of the Globe national
bank, under Indictment for embezzle-
ment and -misapplication of the funds
of the bank, pleaded guilty Saturday
in the United States district court,
Sentence will be pronounced later. On
motion of District Attorney Boyd D.
Jones, Coles bail was increased from
$50,000 to $4,000. The specific counts
OF the Indictment to which Cole plead
ed guilty are three. to which excep-
tions had been taken. The exceptions
were overruled by the district court
and the United States court of ap-
peals.
There are Is counts in the indictments
FOUND against Cole, alleging the embezzle-
ment and misapplication of funds of the
bank aggregating 100000. OF the three
counts to which he pleaded guilty to-day
the fifth alleges the misapplication on
June 8, 1899, OF $4,000: the sixteenth al
leges false entry July IA, 1899, of Sill, ,563 81
In the account Of demand loans: the
nineteenth alleges false entry on August
II. 1899, Of $126. 401 to the account of bonds
and stocks In paying teller's books. Coles
arrest last January followed the closing
of the Globe national bank by order of
the comptroller of the currency in De-
cember. Cole resigned as president of
the bank In November by request of the
directors. After leaving the bank he
went to California with his family. When
Cole resigned. on demand of the direct
ors. he assumed personally loans aggre-
eating large sum, which he had made
as president of the bank. In examining
the accounts of the bank after 1t had
been closed Receiver Wing discovered
evidences of methods which led him to
take action toward bringing about the
arrest of the former president. Secret
service agents located Cole in Los An
geles, Cal. At the proper time Cole was
made acquainted with the situation and
expressed willingness to- return to Bos-
ton and face any charges which might
be made against him.l
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Climate and Crop Bulletin.

The U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, Minnesota section, reports that
north of the vicinity of the Minnesota
river the soil is generally in excellent
condition in the prairie regions; in the
timber regions, on clay lands and in
low places, the soil is still rather damp.
In the southern part of the state the
SHOWS of March IS and 20 were much
heavier than farther north, and in con-
sequence the soil is wet, and in south
eastern counties it is very wet. In the
Red River valley and on favorable
lands in central portions seeding began
on the I'd, becoming general on the 5th
and 9th. In south central counties
seeding has had only a beginning,
while in southeastern counties it has
not begun. A few oats have been
sown. The condition of winter wheat,
winter rye and clover can yet hardly
be determined.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Steal the Poor Box.

Whiting, Ind, April 16.-The Cath.
olic church was entered and a daring
robbery was attempted, but was frus-
trated through the Intervention of the
pastor, Rev. Charles Thiele, who hal
his suspicious aroused the previous
evening by the extraordinary devotion
of some strangers who attended the
Holy week services. They succeeded
only in capturing the poor box, and Al
many valuable vessels and vestments
were exposed at this time Father
Thiele considers himself fortunate.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
STATE PENSIONS FOR AGED.
English W0Fkmen Are Entitled to
Assistance When Disabled
By Years.

The spread of educated socialism in
Great Britain is also factor in fos-
tering their feeling of industrial self
respect. It is inculcating q higher
conception of the dignity and rights
of workers in q complex community
dependent entirely upon labor the es-
sential elements of existence. These
ideas are terminating "a large and
liberal discomfort" at the UNEQUAL
fortunes and fate of labor and capital
in the industrial partnership of So
ciety, and before the growth and
spread of this new spirit the work
house and other objectionable fea-
lures of the existing poor law system
are menaced with radical and funda-
mental change, if not with COM
plete abolition.
The popular demand for state pen
sions for the aged and deserving poor
is based upon other grounds as rea-
sonable and sound as the argument
against the injustice of the poorhouse
and it's callous stigma of pauperism.
This demand asks for justice, as
substitute for charity, at the hands
of ruling capitalistic class. It is
claimed that wages, even at trades
union rates, are regulated more by
the struggle for existence among
competing workers than by any
standard Of fairness in the measure
ment Of labor's share in the joint pro-
duction of wealth. This contention is
sustained in its force by the known
enormous wealth of the English cap
italistic class, on the one hand, and,
on the other, by the attested fact
that one of every four or five workers
at the age of Is has nothing to look
to in his helpless years but the poor
house or outdoor relief. Statistics
confirm the truth of this contention.
Taking capital, land. and superin-
tendence as the three capitalistio
agencies for exploiting the energies
of labor in the creation of wealth,
their share of the annual aggregate
value of this production is computed
at two-thirds of the whole, leaving
one-third as the portion awarded in
wages to the entire laboring class.
Making every allowance for probable
fnaccuracy of estimate and calcula-
tion in this general statement, there
can be no denial of an equivalent con-
tention which leads to the same con-
clusion; namely, that there is no
country in the world in which the
two extremities of wealth and power
ty are more objective in their exist
ence than England. This, then, is
one other ground upon which the ad-
vocates of state pensions for aged
workers rest their case.-Forum.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
SEEKING INFORMATION.

though the senator was more than
1900 miles distant from Washington.
and about 1000 miles distant from
Emporia. But the business was going
on, although he was absent. Good
business men having large interests to
look after cannot do everything with
their own hands. They can select their
assistants, and supervise; and that was
what Senator Plumbs did, and his con-
stituents all believed in him and loved
him, because all of their business re-
ceived his attention promptly. 1t was
not necessary to explain to them what
methods he employed to accomplish
the result, nor how much it cost him.
This brief story would not be COM
plete without saying that the dear old
senator did by me as he did by all
others. He paid me literally; much
more than had expected or desired. ;.
Now, to illustrate what Congress
man Brundidge has found out. I
never went to the postmaster general,
nor to the first assistant postmaster
general, nor to any chief clerk, for in
formation concerning Plumb's post
office business. knew that DR.. Brum-
baugh was the clerk in charge of Kan
sas postal affairs, and I went directly
to his desk every day and secured the
information without delay.
BY the way, George Fenton was the
clerk in charge of the Ohio post Offices.
Often have l seen Congressman Will
liam Mckinley sitting by the desk of
that subordinate and obscure clerk,
getting information concerning the
post office appointments in his district.
Congressman did not have private Sec
retaries paid for by the government in
those days, and William Mckinley did
his own department work. Poor Fem
ton Is dead now. If he had lived Me-
Kinley would have done we'll by him,
for he was splendid clerk and did lots
of things for Mckinley, because he
liked him; things which were not
necessary r him to do, and which the
Ohio congressman highly appreciated.
Now you see how the departments
are arranged. The members of the
cabinet know very little about the de-
tails of their departments, and when
they are called upon for information,
they send for the quiet plodders in the
civil service. In the navy they call the
men who do the actual work, "the men
behind the guns" These clerks who
carry on the real work might we'll be
called the men behind the scenes; for
they are they who handle all official
papers. while the higher officials d.
rect the general policies of their de-
partments. Not one letter out of TO-
600 addressed to the postmaster gen
eral is ever seen by him. The same
may be said substantially of all other
cat met officials.
The suggestion of CONGRESSMAN
Brundidge that there should be pro-
fessional private secretary in Washing
ton is very good one; but it will be
many day before it is carried out, be-
cause the politicians at the homes of
the statesmen will it otherwise: and
few congressman realize what an ad-
vantage a professional private secre-
tary would be to them and to their
constituents. SMITH n ERv
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
THE sTREEr-CAR CONDUCTOR.
He Frequently Has to Pay Fare for
Passengers Who Have No
Money.

'Do we ever pay fare for people?"
said street-car conductor, in reply
to the question of a reporter who had
scraped acquaintance through fre-
quent trips over the line. "Wen, I
should say we do. have a lot of
steady customers on this run who
ride with me as regularly as the
clock, and it's no uncommon thing for
one of them to get on without any
money. In such a case put up the
nickel myself, as matter of course,
and collect it next day. But there are
plenty of others where I have to take
chances, or else seem brutal, and
sometimes it's pretty hard to know
what to do. It seems queer, but most
of the folks who suddenly discover
they haven't the price appear to be
people of means, and a good many of
them tell me they make it rule
never to carry any money except q
little small change, which they are
apt to spend without being aware of
it. Generally they give me their
cards, take my number, and send
around a servant with the fare as
soon as they get home. I'm sorry to
say, however, that some of them are
far from being that considerate.
y, Last fall q very elegantly dressed
lady got on the car and found she had
nothing in her purse, oh, well,' she
said IN just give you a check and
ii spite of my protests she pulled
out = book Of blanks and asgold foun.
tain pen and wrote me check for
five cents. Just for the fun Of the
thing I presented it for collection, but
the teller insisted on my being prop.
erly identified, and, the result, war
that missed my afternoon detail and
lost half days pay. Another lady,
who IL very wealthy, gave me her ad.
dress and made me promise to call
next day. Her house is away out il
the suburbs, and &fter allowing me ia
wait for half an hour in the hall she
sent down q servant with four cop.
pers and q postage stamp. All IN all,
though, have actually lost very lit.
tie money paying passengers fares.
II wouldn't amount to half q dollar
In the last two years, and during that
time I've certainly made good for sew.
eral hundred people. ~ o. Times
Democrat s7s=.=3 5.$z
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Eminently a Chr

Eminently q Christia. Daily.
Editor Sheldon says he will retain the
working force of the Topeka Capital
while he is at the helm. This decision.
says the Kansas City Times, of course,
means that the services Of the circula-
tion swearer will not be dispensed
with.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Burned to Death.

Mrs. Ludlam, wife of Rev. r. L. Lud-
lam, a minister of Clinton Falls, was
burned to death near Owatonna. Mr..
Ludlam was working in a field about
forty rods away when he saw his wife
come out on the porch. A few seconds
later she ran toward him, but after
taking a few steps she tumbled and
he then noticed her clothing was on
fire. When he reached the scene his
wife was unconscious, although her
clothing still burned. Mrs. Ludlam
never regained consciousness.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

c1rsr Recognition Of the Deity.
The word God" never appeared in
any government act until the year 1864,
when, at the suggestion of the director
OF the mint, ex-Gov. Pollock, of Penn
sylvania, I'm God We Trust was
stamped on the copper two-cent piece.
Before that time "E Pluribus Unum"
had been the motto. Strange to re-
late, "E Pluribus Unum" on coins never
was authorized by law.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
FORGOT His ENGLISH.

Last winter Edward Berg was shot
in the head by companion while
hunting out near Nary, on the Duluth
line. He was taken to the Brainerd
hospital and the bullet and a small
portion of the brain was removed. He
has been discharged as cured and now
finds, that although he could before
the accident talk English fiuently, he
has entirely lost all knowledge of the
language and must learn it all over
again.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
Hapbened In KanAas.

81 Happened In KAnAas.
"A dehorned bull, we are told, gored
man to death the other day. The
Chicago Tribune says that it hap
pened, however, in Kansas.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

Very small cruisers and light.
draught gunboats continue to be pro.
vided, their number and varying quail
ties depending upon the special needs
of the different navies for cruising or
for minor shoal-water operations.
With regard to torpedo boats s and de-
stroyers, foreign naval opinion is prac-
tically unanimous that the war has
thrown no new light on the question of
their value when used for the purposes
for which they are intended. Navies
which held them in high esteem before
still continue to do so. Their vulnera-
bility has long been recognized, as has
the fact that they are peculiarly a
weapon of opportunity, requiring for
tions which may or may not be present
at given time and place. Their use-
fulness in the training of young off,
GERS is universally conceded. Organ
lied as Institutional fotillas or as d
part of the mobile defense of ports, ex.
ercises with them are continuous and
systematic and arc not confined to the
period of the annual maneuvers. Tor
pedo boat destroyers, simply larger
torpedo boats with increased gun
armament and better sea-going quail
ties, are coming more and more into
favor as the best type. In Germany
it has been decided to build no more
small torpedo boats. New ones are to
be of the destroyer class, and will be as
large as the former division boats.
Foreign torpedo officers believe that
while torpedo boats are an accessory
upon which dependence cannot always
be placed, yet their presence will have
great moral effect, and that they are
capable of very effective work. In for
eign squadron maneuvers night at
tacks by torpedo boats have very fire.
quently been judged to be successful,
and it is urged that prior to the late
war the number and tonnage of vessels
sunk BY torpedoes exceeded those de-
stroyed by gun fire.
Submarine boats have not received
much attention abroad of late, except
in France, where number of them OF
new type have been authorized.
While, it has not yet received en-
bodiment to any extent in new con-
struction, foreign comment shows \
clear apprehension of the need of q
sufficient number of vessels for supply
and auxiliary service, having the speed
and other qualities requisite for effi-
cheney. These are seen to include COL
liers fitted to give coal rapidly at sea.
distilling ships to replenish fresh water
for boilers, repair ships to obviate
withdrawal for any except large re-
pairs, ammunition vessels to make
good the enormous expenditure of the
rapid-fire guns, provision ships with re-
frigerating plants, telegraph cable
steamers, fitted also for laying out SUBJ
marine mines and for countermining
operations, powerful tugs with nine
laying as we'll as wrecking facilities,
and hospital ships.
Setting q Nei4hboF Right.
"Was that your dog that was howling
~ u L
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
174,2SO
1884
$539,901. 90
2O4
1921
8,O93
$402,341.O0
eoo,ooo.oo
63,275.5o
60,369.21
937,7s5.oo
Total volume of sum-
mer business for

1899 ........ ...... Sc, ,6O9, 1864. II
In the body of his report he calls
attention to the vast Importance to
the state Of this great income to the
state from tourists visiting the White
mountains, and says it has solved the
problem of farming in his state, Civ
ing market for all their products in
gardening, dairying, poultry raising.
1--WE may add" says Minneapolis
man, interested in the matter, ''that
the establishment of great park and
forest reserve in northern Minnesota
will do the same for that part of our
state where farmers cannot now
be induced to touch the land.''
Mr.. Carroll goes on to earnestly adj
vocate forest preservation through
the mountains, such as that now car
ried on in the Adirondacks for park
purposes, as he says, ''to the lasting
benefit for future generations and the
best material interests of the COM
monwealth." With a fixed policy of
forest preservation carried out he
foresees rapid continual increase in
summer business from $15,0OO,OOO to
$20,00O,000 annually.
Their forests have almost all
been cut off for generations. The
Minnesota national park region
surpasses the White mountains
beyond comparison in beauty, in
possibilities for diversified enjoy
ment, and for health purposes. 1t
is accessible to unlimited millions
of people, and the financial value that
will result to this state by it's preser-
vation, in view of the figures given
above, is beyond estimate, and not
simply to part of the state, but to
the entire commonwealth, for the
tourist must travel through the state
in all directions, and will stop at the
hotels, visit the various other points
of interest and summer resort regions
which this state possesses in un-
equaled number and beauty.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
HafroWinH.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is au-
thorfty. for the statement that the
Boer plowman is making his furrows
with shells this year.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
A Base Deception.

Criminal Lawyer-I was deceived in
regard to that man whom 1 defended
on charge Of embezzling half . mill
lion. ..~..s.
Friend-You found he was guilty7 ~
Lawyer-No, confound it! He was
innocent. and didn't have . cent to pay
me.-N. Y. Journal .#E
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

Troubles are Ike babies; they grow,
larger by nursing. Il, .:S,,. $ss-z:>ss
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
settins a Neirhbor Risht.

Setting q Nei4hboF Right.
"Was that your dog that was howling
all night?"
II guess it was"
"Why in thunder don't you feed
him?'
"Heavens, man, it's indigestion that
makes him howl!"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
4 The NATIONAL PARK.
= RESOLUTION has been Introduced IN Coa.4
gross And tho Time ID Opportune fo- !.
s5$4 s Vigorous Work. III

The national park movement in this
state has now reached . point, where
the promoters deem the time oppor.
tune for the introduction of legisla-
ton in congress, and last week reso-
luton was presented in the house by
Congressman % Tawney,s who has
favored the movement from the first. i
>az This resolution calls for the ap.
point1nent. of q commission of IA,
equally from both houses of congress-,
who shall investigate, adjust all mat-
ters pertaining to the question, and
present bill to effectuate the park at
the next session. 7@&s".*7 -, D.. ,.
Those who are interested say that
now is the time for the greatest effort
by the people of the state personally
with their delegation in congress, Ito
impress them with the fact that the
people of this state have become thor
oughly alive to the merit of the ques-
tion and want this remarkable region
saved" .o-'.
-: A striking illustration of the finan.
cial Importance of such regions to the
state having them is the annual re-.
port of Commissioner L. H. Carroll,
of the bureau of labor, of New Hamp-
shire, for the season of 1899, in the
White Mountains. A brief summary
OF figures are interesting in this con-
nection. He saws:
The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20

~ 49, Ne
Total number Of guests
for the season.
Total number of employees
Total wages paid.
Number of towns taking
guests ........ ........
Number of farm houses
taking guests ,..........
Increase in, number of
guests over 1898. 8....'....
Increase in cash receipts
over 1898 ...............
Total cash received at
boarding houses, etc.
Cash received in railway
fares (estimate) .......
Cash received from stage
fares .......... ........
Cash received from steam
boat fares .............
Cash invested in summer
property for the season.
The Lambertville record., 1900-08-29
Hints for Money-MaI<ers

In spite of the recent expose of the
scandalous Miller syndicate in Brook
lyn, which cheated lot of credulous
people ont of $l000,000 by pretending
TO give-and really giving to few az
the start 10 per cent. interest per
month on their investments" the fin.
ancial columns of the great dailes are
still full of enticlng offers to investors.
made by all sorts OF concerns. most of
them conspicuous by their proximity
TO Wall street and all the more dali
gerous because thereof
The eagerness for tips in this spec.
ulative era does not abate, and the
swindling operator has only to dangis
the bait of big profit before the pub.
lie to induce the latter TO shed their
pocket books and all their belongings.
When will the public understand that
reputable, well-established brokers
never condescend to such disreputa-
bic gambling methods in order to at
tract customf When viii my readers
comprehend the fact that the man or
firm offering extraordinary induce
ments and unreasonable rates of in.
terest or profits may be set down at
once as suspicious person, from
whom one cannot escape too quicLly2
-Leslie's Weekly
The Lambertville record., 1900-08-29
Liverita, The Up-to-Date Little Liver Pill
Railway Mali Service.

A writer In the Indianapolis Journal
graphically depicts the life of rail-
way mail service clerk 1t appears
that of the 5000 men employed in the
service. one half are always under an
awful strain. The days Of the postal
clerks are nights, or his nights days,
just as he may have his duty assigned
him. Sunday Is his most dreaded day,
and he Is practically the only govern
ment employee to whom that day is
not one of leisure. His position is
the most hazardous under the govern
ment, except the soldier on the field
of battle, yet so needless In the public
Of what is being done for 1t, so ig-
norant are people. Ia fact of the char
acter of this service. that the postal
clerk Is seldom thought or spoken of
save by some grumbler who, when his
newspaper Is one mail late. charges
inetficiency upon the entire depart
ment. Yet, despite this gloomy pie
ture of his hardships. and despite the
fact that the salaries of railway mail
clerks will not average more than
Sl,lOO per year, the supply of intelll-
gent, educated men anxious to get in
to the service Is one hundredfold
greater than the demand There is
only one conclusion to draw from this.
Either men are foolish and want to
get into employment that will quite
likely wear them out ia a few years,
meantime giving them bare living,
or other channels of employment are
very much congested The reader
can take his choice of the two reasons