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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
News In Brief.

John BrusKe,- of Renville county,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart, because certain
Young woman would not marry him.
On the Benedict farm. near Sabin,
in a gravel pit. were found two human
skeletons Apparently they had been
there for at least 20 years.
The dead body of . fully developed
girl baby was found near the Great
Northern tracks at Crookston. The
body is thought to have been thrown
from 4 train.
Three boys, Stephen Lepinski, Joseph
Werdick and Felix Kobas, were arrest
ed at Winona on charge of entering
the residence OF l. l. Lusk and steal.
ing three valuable rings.
The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific took between. $500 and 1900
harvest hands out of the twin cities for
the western harvest fields in one day.
John Sutterman. l2-year.old Min
neapolis newsboy. was drowned in the
Mississippi river near Red Rock.
The state grain department reported
July receipts to the, state auditor
amounting to $l3. 900.
The state university sent remit.
lance to. Auditor Dunn of S12, 1857
representing July collections, OF which
0lO, 426. Is was from the sale of so.called
salt spring lands.
The model in butter of the new Min.
nesota capitol building is*sattracting
general attention at the Buffalo expo
sition. At
A st. Paul lady left her baby on the
street cars in Minneapolis. It was
finally returned, much to the relief of
the mother .., .....
The missing wife Of Henry Remack.
era. of Chaska, was discovered in the
insane asylum at Rochester. !. Z
Permits have been taken out for the
erection of the university buildings.
The physics building, three stories In
heiehth, will cost S75. 900, and the me-
chanics arts will cost $6O, 900. The
buildings are to be completed by De-
cember 81.
Arthur Dingel, Of st. Paul, aged II
years, was drowned in White Bear lake
whele bathing. .
Major Fred Bracket, of Minneapo-
lis, has been appointed auditor and
pavmaster for the st. Louis exposition.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
SULTAN or NOR
Young African Ruler Has Aany
Extravagant Fads. !,


News that the sultan Of Morocco
has bought two cameras, one guar.
template and one half-plate, costing
81, 800 and $500, respectively, ~ re II
garded by camera experts a. sug-
gesting that the sultan of Morocco
is good deal more, fondrof spending
money than is the sultan of Turkey.
1t is doubted If he has any prettier
harem than has the Turkish sultan,
and if he has it is argued by experts
in camera goods that he could get
just as good picture of his favor
ties with q 500 machine.
According to the story Of the sui
tan's purchases in London al the
metal work of the quarter-plate
camera is of solid gold, even to the
screws and hinges, every piece bear
ing the British hall mark. It's total
weight is $50 ounces. The half-plate
instrument is of silver, with finest OF
sys$
DR.. William H. Knapp, of Chicago,
representing the manufacturers who
made the lenses for the sulten,s
cameras, says in effect that the sul-
tan paid through the nose for what
he got, so far as pictures are con- con.
cerned. =. @rssa.
"For such cameras we couldnt
make lens that would cost more
than $780," said DR.. Knapp to . Chi
cago Tribune reporter. '"The bess
framework for lens is brass and
one set in gold would be less adapt
able in photography. We make the
best quarter-plate lens for 81, with
SIG more added for shutter. The
sultan hasn't got anything better,
though it. may be set in solid gold.
"But even. in solid gold, wherever
the metal could be worked in, It e
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hard to see how such q charge could
be made for such small camera as
q quarter-plate would be. It would
take q photograph only 3Ax4A
inches, and the half-plate would be
only 4Ax6H inches. s.
~ Counting gold as worth $50 an
ounce and the lens of the camera at
500, the camera would have to weigh
nearly 500 ounces to have" $4,000
worth of gold in it. That is2it would
have to weigh more. than 30 pounds
avoirdupois. This is an absurdity.
Carving, jewels, engravings and the
height of ornamentation might make
. camera cost as much as $10,5oo, but
you couldn't prove it by . quarter
plate negative
In general, the cost of camera is
in the lens. For q sneak thief there
is scarcely more inviting field than
a frst-class photographers studio!
While men lock up bartenders in the
ice box to raid a saloon cash register
with $685. in it, a sneak thief easily
might unscrew a $500 portrait lens
from camera and sneak out with
the booty in his coat pocket. For a
costly camera the lens usually costs
ten times as much as the box, and it
has not a hundredth part of the bulk.
The largest lens ever made for a
camera was nearly nine inches in
diameter, was ten inches long, and
lens and metal casing weighed 40
pounds. This lens, made under tho
most trying circumstances, cost 3d.
600, and was designed for q plate
4xs feet. The first photograph taken
through it was life size photograph
of DR.. John Alexander Dowie, short
ly before he was reincarnated into
Elijah III. IT.
The plate which registered this
"counterfe1t presentment" of Elijah
cost 500, and it cost at least five
dollars to develop and "fix" the mega
tive, the prints from it costing about
three dollars each. :, - H..
The unusual size Of the lens for
this camera necessitated camera
box AXIS feet and a focal adjustment
of Is feet. In making the lens it
was difficult to find glass sufficiently
large and free from flaws, air bulb
bles, and "striae." When one glass
had been cut and adjusted it had to
be thrown out because of one OF
those. almost intangible blemishes
termed striae. ~ g.
In lens Of ordinary size the de-
Walton of one-thousa ndth of an inch
in it's thickness will make it useless
for photography, causing it to dis
tort lima ges.e Testing these lenses,
grinding and polishing and fitting
them and correcting them to hairs
breadtl,s is the work of the human
hand and eye, but SO accurately are
these experts trained that in q box
of dozen lenses of the same style
it is the boast of the manufacturers
that no man needs search to find a
best one. ..:-. 4, ~ :. = .
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S0oSsSsS,..-.
duke of Marlborough will preside.
The duchess of Marlborough will en-
terrain this great throng at luncheon
in o huge tent especially erected upon
the historic grounds. All unionist
members of the house Of commons
have been invited. The palace will be
opey1d for public inspection, and, in
fact, Blenheim will be en- fete as 1t
has not been for many years. A dis
tinguished house party will follow,
several of the most prominent per-
sons present remaining to the end of
the week. Among the features of
the fete will be a recital upon the
celebrated organ in the long library,
boating upon the lake and the render.
ing of band music during the entire
day. IT,.
The duke of Marlborough said to q
representative of the Associated
Press:
mo significance is attached to this
fete, so far as am concerned; did
something similar five years ago, only
on a much smaller scale. I thought
this would be good for the unionist
party, effectively prove its cohesion
and the concord which prevails In the
party, and also give the leaders q
chance Of personally thanking their
agents and workers; so I asked them
all to come to Blenheim."
The duke of Marlborough is not 60.
ing to the United States, and has not
the faintest idea. of succeeding Lord
Nihto as governor general of Canada;
he characterized. both reports as nj Y
terly unfounded. .s%:z ::$S$ . S =:
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scribes her as a ''high flyer ct fash
ion." Judging from accounts Of Q re-
cent visitor to Russia, the same dis
tinction .haracterizes the husAoad
and wife. This visitor describes h1s
interview with the great author and
reformer. The count was in peasant
dress and received his guest in a
plainly furnished study. X But when
the two repaired to the reception
room they found the countess in
magnificent court costume, and the
ladies who were with her were sim
ilarly attired. These things, how
ever, are mere matters of taste.
From the events of the late uprising
in Russia it. would seem that the
countess has peculiar right to be
heard and honored by everyone. Her
husbands accommodation gave her
an opportunity of Issuing public
letter which was especially appeal
ing. The brave wife closes her letter
in these words: God will be lenient
to those who even outside the church
have lived a life of humility, renun-
citation of the good things of this
world, love and devotion. His par
don is surer for them than for those
whose miters and decorations sparkle
with precious stones, but who strike
and expel from the church those
over whom they arc set as pastors.
Hypocrisy would vainly distort my
words, for good faith does not err
in judging peoples real intentions"
Countess Tolstoi for many years has
noted as her husbands friend, secre'
tary and critic. The romance OF
their lovemaking il found in "Anna
Karenina."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09


Divine Healer Sent, to Workhouss After
Long Debauch.)
crowd of boisterous boys around him.
A few days before he was arrested
% insane, but was discharged. To the
officer who last arrested him Schlat-
ter admitted that he had been drunk
since July 3, and said he Believed that
about two days confinement would
do him good. He will have 80 days.
In his own defense Schlatter testified
that he came to Washington to find
his wife, who had deserted him, and
get her permission to sell some prop
erty in England. Becoming discour-
aged in his efforts he got drunk.
:'What is your occupation?" asked
the Judge. 49,. :: .,..,.' ..-,: =; -
n am . divine healer" was the an
swer. #,T~ -..v
1 .sThen," said the court, "you should
obey the scriptural Injunction: 'Physi.
clan, heal thyself.'" II
schlatter begged to be released from
custody, but the court fined him ten
dollars, with the alternative Of 80 days
in the workhouse. :.
After he was taken back to his cell,
the ''healer" became, alarmed lest the
prison authorities should cut off his
long blonde curls. w.: (
8 III 1 am shorn Of my locks" said he,
II will be ruined. 49, t...
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
THE COUNTESS TOLsT0I.


Countess Sophia Andrerovna Toll
stoi, wife of the famous Russian now
.elist and sociologist, may be account
ed one of the most remarkable wom-
en- in Europe. She has stood fast BY
her husbands side in all his ups and
downs of fortune and was his main
stay during his recent Disgrace by
the Russian government for having
defended the liberty-loving students
of St. Petersburg. Countess Totsloi
is a genuine wife and mother and
very different in her tastes from her
philosopher husband. The count de-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
THE IVA TE OF II AVAIL
! Politicians ana Statesmen Are Much
Interested n Il. 4
Natives Want Statehood Of Annexa.
tlsn 70 California-OthSFs Think @
Territorial Government II !,
"A Coed EneU "a. ~

While Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii,
Is urging that the archipelago (now
. territory be admitted to the union
% state the Recommendation is
heard in some quarters that the is
lands be annexed to California. The
Honolulu Sunday Volcano. for exam.
pie, says: II .:S
The Volcano, in advocating the an-
nexation Of Hawaii to California,
does 20 with the most patriotic mo-
tiyes. The Hawaii of to-day Is carry
ing all Of its eggs to market in one
basket. We are raising two products
sugar and children. The contract
labor: laws having been abolished,
children are hardly . commodity of
commerce. Hawaii under present
conditions to be prosperous must have
. stable market for it's sugar. The
market for Hawaiian sugar is Amer
lea. Under the Downes decision of
the United States supreme court con-
gress has the power to levy duty on
any or all goods shipped from ter
ritory Of the United States. Now we
do not believe that congress will ever
place q duty upon Hawaiian sugar.
But, believing this, would it not be
presumptuous to say that congress
never will do it7 There is no telling
what an Hawaiian legislature or an
American congress will do. ''.
"Is it not best to be safe in this
matter? Haven't the people Of Ha-
wait had enough dearly purchased ex-
perience in assessment sugar stocks
without investing in an assessment
government. By becoming q part OF
California, Hawaii would be forever
free from tax on it's sugar. What a
strong argument this is for annex
alton to the Golden Stated"
The semi-official Philadelphia Press,
however, expresses it's belief that
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
SCHLATTER. IN JAIL,
tsDivine Healer" Comnaitted at Wash.
inEton, ID. O., ~ . Warrant After =
Long Drank. 49,. -

Francis Schlatter, who still claims
to be a divine healer, has been COM
mitted to the workhouse in Washing
ton as 4 vagrant, charged with drunk
enness.. schlatter once had many fol-
lowers in the west, who believed IN
his divine power as healer, but in
the police court he sat among hard
ened criminals, and the police officers
testified to finding him drunk with a
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09

The duke Of Marlborough Is shout
appear in Q new role. There will oc-
cur at Blenheim palace, the dukes seat
at Woodstock, Oxford, August 10, one
Of the largest political demonstrations
Of recent times. Its object 10 to cele-
brate the third unionist victory in the
elections. Three thousand delegates
from the conservative and liberal
unionist associations throughout the
country will be present, while the
ga altering will number in all about
1000. Mr.. Balfour and Mr.. Chamber
lain win make addresses, and the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
Hawaii will remain q territory. It re.

Hawaii will remain territory. It re.
marks: -~
-. Delegate Wilcox, Of Hawaii, who
is enthusiastically advocating state.
hood for the territory of Hawaii, is
wasting his time Hawaii is not fit to
become. state, and it will be long
time, If ever, before it will be 80 fit
ted. There is NO evidence whatever
to show that Hawaii would be better
OF ~ q state than AZ q territory,
while it's expenses would be greatly
increased. ,~. - *...::-:--.: r.,
1.-THE talk of uniting Hawaii with
California meets with no favor either
in Hawaii or in California; and IL CHI
merical. Congress would give no con-
sideration to such q proposition. Un-
der the decision Of the United States
supreme court, Hawaii needs no
staten God, and, like all our other pos
sessions, can be well governed under
. territorial form of government
such as it now has.
"As to complaints about the al
legged ignorance and corruption OF it,
legislature, they count for nothing
in view of what some Of our state
legislatures do, particularly that OF
Pennsylvania. No territorial legisla-
ture will probably ever exhibit such
rottenness as has characterized the
Pennsylvania legislature, or that OF
Montana, and fortunately no terri
torial Legislature would have the
power to rob the people Of the terri
tory in the way the Pennsylvania leg
islature has robbed the people of this
state" - =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
r.,<ht,irx Strikes Feathers.

T. The popular idea that feathers are q
nonconductor Of electricity, laboring
under which delusion many people
scary about lightning climb under
feather beds. even in Summer, was ex-
iploded in q very remarkable manner
during the recent heavy thunderstorm
q aChambersburg, Pa. While the
storm was ct It's worst bolt Of light
ming struck the center Of the public
square of . country. town and struck
a rooster which was running across
the opening. It hit him square on the
head, and, Of course, killed him in
stantly. and also burned oil the feath-
ars OF his back and sides. ss~ r..
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here Cershs % Bank bills.

: = Herse Coughs UD Baak Bills.
: Elwyn Philips, employed by o. G.
Gardner, baker in Southampton. Z.
T., lost $3.50 few days ago, and was
unable to find any trace Of the money.
The bills were, in . roll held together
by IN elastic band. One Of the bakers
horses had a coughing fit theother day
and coughed up the roll of bank notes
tntact. The rubber band had held Sc
,curely, and the money was returned to
Philips, He believes that he acct
dentally dropped the roll from his
trousers pocket, and that the horse
picked it up and swallowed:it. y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
A KINGS MONOGRAM.
King Edward Has Adopted . New De"
" sign for Use Through0at the
e. British Empire.

King Edward has chosen new
cipher for monogram to be worn on
all badges, buttons. and other devices
used throughout the royal service and
wherever the royal monogram is borne
at present.
The, new monogram is really very
pretty and is given below. The cipher
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
ministers Have Lons Lives.

! The longevity of ministers has long
since passed into proverb. A reader
Of the Church finds that Of ~ deceased
clergymen whose age was given, the
youngest was 81, the remaining II
were 20 years old ct least, and four
were over so. The average age Of the IL
was over n. -...s3 Il ~ - e ( ~ X
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
Wolf Bountle0.

The state has paid out 81. 226 IS in
wolf bounties during the fiscal year
lust closing. There Is no appropria"
ton for the purpose for the next two
wears, and the counties will have to
cease paying ~bounties. Polk was the
leading wolf county this year. return
ing lss scalps. Houston had l1o: Ohm
sted. IS; Stearns. 80; Fillmore, 90;
Mower, n; Sherburne, IS; Douglas, u.
Tho total number of scalps redeemed
was .46s,
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Z 81 NEW BRITISH CIPHER.
adopted at the Special Command OF King
r. r. Edward Wiz

, q "
consists of "E" for Edward and "R''
for Rex, which means king, you know,
the two letters mysteriously, but
plainly woven together. In the lower
loop Of the 'E" the numerals "V11"
are, Enclosed and the whole reads:
..King Edward VII" Above the mono
gram is q crown, made very plain &C
cording to the wish of the king. The
monogram IL chosen for the whole OF
King Edwards reign, and not even
the slightest change must be made
by the workers who place It. upon
the royal service. No device or orna-
ment may be placed above or upon it.
& Special instructions have been given
through the secretary of war as to the
crown to be used, also. There are how
Ia use some half dozen crowns OF diff
ferent patterns, some of them of
shapes and patterns foreign to the
British. The one which has been
chosen and which is to become the
sealed pattern for the army IL the
Tudor "Henry VII" crown, which, 1t
Is stated, was the favorite of Queen
Victoria, and was always used by the
late sovereign. All other patterns are
to be destroyed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
Murdered.

Two armed men got into a box car
near Belle Plaine and held up two no.
boes. One of the victims, not having
any money, was taken by the neck and
thrown from the car The other man,
named Ben johnson, was shot dead
and thrown from the car. Later .
train came along and cut his head of.
The two murderers escaped. The com.
paniou of the man who was murdered
is detained
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
A Freak College.

To the attractions of st. Paul will
soon be added a freak medical college,
If the intention of the promoter OF the
scheme are carried through. DIR:
Matthew Rodermund, who brought
himself into notorious publicity at Mil
waukee a few months ago with his
anti-smallpox agitation, proposes to
establish college in the Sanity City,
to advance his theory of the no1-con-
tapiousness of the disease, and TO COM
bat the established doctors.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
Duluth Boy Won.

Word has reached Duluth that Adolph
Hartman. son of Emil Hartman OF that
city, recently won . duel with Lieut.
Pachmann, of the German army. The
lieutenant made some ~derogato'y re-
marks . concerning America. which
Hartman resented with slap on his
face. It was . bloody encounter, and
the Duluth boy escaped with but one
serious wound, while Lieut.. Pachmann
was grievously wounded in three
places, including the jugular vein, and
it is estimated that it will take three
months to enable him TO att< nd to
military duty again.
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lMINNESO ia NEWS.
snasll Cosstsr. sltlax.

K ). ~NSSSSs s~sSs$ssSs y rh
q A gang Of youthful counterfeiters haA
been st work for some time IL South
Minneapolis, where they have been en-.
gagged in making spurious 1-cent coins,
bearing the date Of 1889. @ (,
The police say the boys that are
being detained are but tools Of the
real culprits, and the boys agreed to
reveal the identity Of the principals In
order that they themselves may 60
clear. The government officials have
been notified, and the case will eventu-
ally be placed in the hands of the fed
eral authorities. .~. .'-.
No attempt was made to pass the
coinsAn the open market. but the boys
have been fessting from the good
things contained in the penny slot ma
chimes scattered about the streets and
stores Of Minneapolis, several OF which
machines were drained of sailed pea
nuts, gum and candy.
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BOARD Of Appeals.

Gov. Van SAINT has announced the
members of the two boards Of grain
appeals. Three members will work in
Minneapolis and the other three in Du-
luth. The members Of the boards are
as follows: =
Minpeapolis-Franklyn L. Grcenleaf,
reappointed: A. C. Ashby, Rock Dell,
0lmsFead county; John Gleason, Crook
ston.
Duluth-E. H. Pugh, Duluth; c. J.
Stang, Alexandra; James K. Stone,
East Granite Falls, reappointed.
Messrs. Stone and Gleason are demo-
Gratis.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-28

Yale won the intercollegiate bicycle
races with 80 points, Pennsylvania scored
s points and Columbia points.
Pennsylvania defeated Columbia Uni
versity in a track meet, IS points to IS.
Halstead L.nsey of Harvard won the
intercollegiate golf championship by de-
feating Charles Hitchcock of Yale.
THE TURF.
In England the Alexandra handicap of
1000 sovereigns was won by Richard
Crokers Harrow with Lester Reiff in the
saddle.
Thomas w. Lawson of Boston has
bought Draughtsman and Ronkonkoma,
the steeplechasers.
The Latonia Derby was won by Her
nandeo.
R. t. Wilson'S The Parader won the
classic Withers stakes at Morris Park
BOXING.
The Southern Athletic Club of Louis
vile announces the matching of Dave
Sullivan and Terry McGovern for the
featherweight championship. -
An attempt to bring off an exhibition
bout between Root and Carter in Osh-
kosh, Wis, was abandoned owing to the
action of the Governor.
The wife of Tommy Cox asks for "a
ulNoTce lie marriage LOOK pace III
San Francisco eight weeks ago, and the
wife says that Cox struck her soon aft
erwards. Mrs. Cox is not yet sixteen
years old.
Jim Jeffries says that he is through
with acting and is going to get back
into the fighting game as quickly as pos
sible
The Childs Martin colored champion
ship fight has been declared off on ac-
count of the interference of the Govern
or of Michigan.
MISCELLANEOUS,
In a baseball game In Cuba the ma
tives beat the Americans by the score of
lilo. A Cuban lowered the American
flag to half-mast and the rural guards
charged the crowd with drawn ma
chetes.
Moulton t. Needham, treasurer of the
Washington Baseball Club. is dead.
John Tucker. the well-known horse
man, is dead of apoplexy.