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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
IEFFRIES THE WINNER.
Defends His Title as Champion
Fighter of the World in Con-
test in San Francisco.

San Francisco, Nov. 16.-The 20
round fight last night for the heavy
weight championship of the world be-
tween Jim Jeffries, of Los Angeles,
and Gus Rubin, of Akron, O., ended
abruptly. After three rounds of
easy fighting Jeffries pounded the
Akron giant to pieces in the fourth
round. In the fifth he almost stopped
him. Rubin foresaw the outcome.
So did every spectator of the 10000 in
the hall. At the end of the fifth
round Rubin gave it up.
It is estimated. that there was
something over $4,000 realized at the
box office, and Of this 62H per cent,
divided in purses of rs and 25 per
cent, goes to the participants in the
event.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
MANY LIVES WERE LOST.
A Terrific Gale Sweeps Over Great
Britain and Ireland, Causing
Death and Ruin.
WAS VERY DISASTROUS TO SHIPPING.
A LarEe Number of Wrecks Are Re
pOrted and Fully One Hundred
Persons Are said to Have Perished
-SnOwstOrm Does Great Damage
In Denmark.

London, Nov. 14.-The gale which has
been sweeping over Great Britain and
Ireland for the past two days continues
undated. Over the Welsh lowlands
the torrential rains are increasing,
causing disastrous floods. Reports of
wrecks and casualties continue to flow
in. The death list, made up of threes
and fours, has an aggregate approach
ing 100.
Early Wednesday French bark
struck off Hendon, south of Sunder-
land. Nineteen of the crew were
drowned.
Numerous other wrecks have been re-
ported, but the weather, in most cases,
prevents the Identification of the craft.
The revenue cutter Active has been
wrecked in the Firth of Forth. Twen-
ty-three of her crew were drowned and
three were saved.
The Norwegian bark Inga, Capt. o.
sen, has been totally wrecked at
Tynemouth and 16 members of her
crew have been lost.
The Swedish bark Trio was driven
and was broken up. Three of her
crew were washed ashore alive, while
the remaining seven were drowned in
sight of thousands of spectators pow
crless to help them, all attempts at
rescue with rockets carrying life saw
ing lines having failed.
Gale and SnOvvstorm.
Copenhagen, Nov. IA terrible
gale and snowstorm, lasting for
hours, has done great damage
throughout Denmark. There are five
feet Of snow here. Eight vessels are
reported drifting ashore, two have
been wrecked and many lives have
been lost.
Life-Savers Perish.
London, Nov. 15.-The loss of life
boat and II of it's crew near Var
mouth heads the list of Thursdays
wrecks by the continued gale. The
lifeboat was on it's way to the rescue
of distressed vessel when it was
struck by a great wave and capsized.
The crew were imprisoned and only
three of them succeeded in making
their escape.
Over $50 Drowned.
London, Nov. 15.-It is still impos-
sible to estimate with any exactitude
the total loss of life and property re-
sulting from the protracted gale, and
proba bly, the full extent of the damage
will never be known. Much wreckage
of unidentified vessels are still being
thrown up. Altogether it is known
that some vessels have been wrecked
along the British coasts, "a OF these
have been absolute wrecks, involving,
it is believed, a loss of more than $50
drowned. The Yarmouth ifeboat dis
dren.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

Otto Schultz, stenographer, writes
in the Brandenburg Schulblatt that
Bismarck had wonderful memory.
"Nhen he had delivered a two-hour
speech, and looked over our short
hand reports the next day. he re-
membered exactly every expression he
had used, and did not forget them
for years. The novelist Spielhagen
once told Schultz that he could re-
cali wildly every one of the thousands
of persons he had met in his life, and
every word spoken by casual acquaint-
ances, together with their gestures,
and the cut Of their hair and clothes
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

The mole, which is perhaps the most
voracious of all animals, usually feeds
on insects and earth worms. But it
will devour other animals, including
rats, and, sometimes, birds. The last
named it catches in very ingenious,
if cruel, manner. Buried in mole
hill, it moves it's muzzle very slightly
just below the surface of the soil.
The bird, thinking worm is stirring,
Immediately darts down to seize it,
but is itself seized by the mole, drag
ged below the surface, and devoured.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

It is somewhat common practice
to discard the tips and butts of the
ears when Smelling the seed corn for
planting, but the practice is of doubt
full benefit. A number of the expert
ment stations in both the north and
the south have made repeated tests
of the productiveness of seed from
different parts of the ear, but these
tests have shown no marked or con-
slant differences in yield, even when
the selections have been repeated
through several generations.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

The Youngest college president is
said to be John H. McCracken, who at
25 presides over Westminster college
at Fulton, Mo. Jerome Hall Ray
mond, president of the University of
West Virginia, was elected to that Of
flee when % years old. President
Boothe Colwell Davis, of Alfred uni
versity, New York, was elected when
80 years old, and Rev. Burris A. Jenk-
ms was two years younger when he
became president of the University
of INDIANAPOLIS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

In tiny island called Minikoi, off
the southern coast of India, most
peculiar state of society exists, for
woman is lord of all she surveys. The
wife is the recognized head of the
house. She owns it and everything
in it, while anything that her hus-
band, who works very hard, can earn
goes to increase her wealth. Her
husband belongs to her, too, and when
she marries him she gives him her
name instead of taking his.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

The clock in the Greenwich observ-
atory is the most important one in
Europe, for it furnishes correct time
all over that part of the globe. 1t is,
therefore, looked after and regulated
with the greatest care. and is never
allowed to get more than one-tenth
Of second fast or slow. Of course
it is impossible to correct so small an
error by moving the hands, but an
electromagnetic serves the purpose adj
mirab
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
BANK ROBBED.
Burglars Steal $4,000 from First Ma
tional of Leroy, Ia.-Eighth Affair
of the Kind in Iowa In n Month.

Leroy, Ia, Nov. 15.-The First
National bank of Leroy was brok-
en- into Wednesday night and
$4,000 taken. The robbers effected an
entrance through the door and ex-
ploded the safe by the use of nitro
glycerin. The bank building was
wrecked and the entire contents of
the safe scattered about promiscuous-
ly. No one was awakened in time to
see any of the robbers or secure a
clew. All the cash was taken. This
makes the eighth bank robbery in
Iowa within month.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

What is known as the pay we'd
ding" is popular in Germany. The
bride receives the guests with ba-
sin set before her, and into this each
visitor entering the reception room
drops either some jewelry, silver
spoon or piece of money. In some
parts of the country the expenses of
the marriage feast are met by each
guest paying for what he or she may
eat and drink. Some visitors pay high
prices, and the happy couple make a
handsome profit out of their we'd
ding.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

Springfield, Ill.,, Nov. 16.-A. j. Funk
houser, of Charleston, suicided Friday
at Jacksonville by shooting himself.
He had for the past four years been
chief clerk and purchasing agent at the
state institution for the deaf and
dumb, Jacksonville, and had applied
for reappointment, and was strongly
Endorsed, but failed to be reappointed
and in a fit of dependency suicided.
He was formerly county superintend-
ent of schools in Coles county, and was
highly respected.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Woman Murdered.

Evansville, Ind, Nov. 13.-The police
of this city are greatly exercised over
the discovery of two bodies of women
who have been murdered, each appar-
emily having been done to death by
the same means, but both of which
were found in different portions of the
city. Both bodies had been laid in a
ditch and in both cases the bodies were
badly bruised. The bodies were identi-
fed as those of Mrs. George Railey and
Miss Lena Renner.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Dropped Dead.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Nov. 1S.-To the
happy golden wedding celebration of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Soverhill, of this
city, there came a sad ending Sunday.
AS the guests were departing William
Sanford, the aged brother of Mrs. Sow
erhill, played 'Home, Sweet Home" on
his violin, and as the last strains of
the melody died away he dropped back
in his chair dead. He was rs years of
age, and had lived in this city five years,
coming here from Michigan.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
New Record.

Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 13-Dan Tew,
a linotype operator in this city, broke
the worlds record for speed, setting
3,344 lines of nonpareil in eight hours,
newspaper measure, equal to s6,944
ems
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

A freak of nature is the lost river
in Kentucky. 1t is known as the Hid
den river, because no one knows its
origin, and it vanishes into cave
leading no one knows where. 1t flows
without ripple, and is of pale blu
ish color. Speaking of color, the Chi
nese believe that the Yellow river has
always been of it's present hue, ex-
cept one day about 5000 years ago,
on which occasion a great man was
born, and the river was perfectly
clear
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Prairie Dog Pest in Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 16.-Statistics
collected from official sources show
that prairie dogs occupy and render
worthless, or nearly so, for agricul-
tural purposes 1,224,s54 acres of land
in Kansas. All efforts to exterminate
the dogs have failed, even with the
cooperation of the department. of
agriculture.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
"Jo.h Billings" Widow Dead.

Saratoga, N. Y, Nov. 14.-Zieppa E.
Bradford Shaw, widow of Henry w.
Shaw, "Josh" Billings is dead at her
home here. The burial will take place
at Lanesborough, Mass. Mrs. Shaw
was 81 wears old.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Marshals Killed.

Oxford, Miss, Nov. 1S.-John A.
Montgomery and Hugh Mont gomery,
deputy United States marshals, were
killed by Will Mathis, a moonshiner,
near here.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Cuf His Sisters Throat.

Centerville, Ia, Nov. 10. - Louis
Battles cut the throat of his sister,
inficting fatal wound, and then
slashed his own throat in futile at
tempt at suicide. He is believed to
be insane.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
TRAGEDY in Wisconsin.

St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 16.-A special
from Eau Claire, Wis, to the Pioneer
Press says: Oscar Israel, IS years old,
shot his wife with a Winchester rifle
and then fired a bullet through his
own head. Mrs. Isreal will recover,
but the husband died INN tely.
He is believed to have been tempo
rarily insane.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Skaters Drowned.

St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 1s.-A special
to the Pioneer Press from Lowry,
Mimi, says: George Peacock and
James Campbell, two young men,
were drowned while ska ting Sunday.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
q pure ink

Undoubtedly the most useful plant
in China-perhaps in the worlds
the bamboo. 1t furnishes many varie-
ties of food, is manufactured into
dress goods, paper, furniture, is used
in boat and shipbuilding, construct
ing houses, etc. 1t is called the "uni-
versal MATERIAL in China, and is, per-
haps, her most valuable product.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Onnoaes the Combine.

St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 1S.-Gov. Van
SAINT takes stand against the Great
Northern-Northern Pacific combine,
saying he will order the attorney gen.
eral to proceed under the state law
the consolida ton of paral-
lei lines, and if necessary will call
special session of the legislature.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Fatal Fire at Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 14.-Pow-
er's theater was destroyed by fire
early in the morning. The property
loss amounts to about 100000. One
man persisted and several persons
were overcome by smoke.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

A river of ink is formed in Algeria
by the union of two streams, the wa
ter of one being impregnated with
iron, and the other, which drains y
great swamp, with gallo acid. This
combination of iron and acid forms
p,,ro ipl,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Forty MQnkeYs Burned.

Toledo, O., Nov. 15.-The city's win
ter quarters for the zoo were burned
Thursday night shortly after ten
o'clock. The loss will be heavy, for
the monkeys and birds and all the
tender animals of the collection were
stored in the building, and it was
found impossible to save any of
them. About 40 monkeys persisted.
Two horses, also belonging to the
park, were burned. It is not possible
to estimate the loss.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Held in BULGARIA.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 15.-Miss FL
len NJ. Stone and Nine. Tsilka, the
captives of the brigands, are now said
to be occupying a hut in a village of
southern Bulgaria, to which they are
closely confined.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Sentenced for Contcmut

Chicago, Nov. 18.-Judge Hanecy
sentenced A. NJ. Lawrence and H. S.
Garfield, of the Chicago American,
to 40 and 80 days in Jail for contempt
of court, but they we're set at liberty
on a writ of habeas corpus.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
One II Dead.

Centralia, ILL.,, Nov. 1s.-Jim Melvin
and Tom Koonse, miners, living at
johnson City, undertook to shoot
each other Saturday night. Melvin is
dead and KOOnse cannot live
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
End Reunion with BANQUET.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 15.-The So
ciety of the Army of the Tennessee
Thursday elected as president for
the ensuing year Gen. Grenville M.
Dodge, of New York. A banquet was
held at the Denison hotel in the
evening.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Fight with Robbers.

Greenville, Ia, Nov. 1s.-In fight
with three bank robbers here John
Sunbland, business man, and Mike
Conlin, one of the burglars, were
killed, and the other two were cap-
tured.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Robber, Blow Safe to Atoms,

Warren, O., Nov. 15.-Safe blowers
got $500 in money, about $4,000 worth
of bonds and 5000 in stamps at the
Rock Creek post office at night. The
safe was blown to atoms. The rob-
beers also entered the Pennsylvania
station and took a sum of money.
They then fed south on handcar.
Citizens are in pursuit.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
big Dairy Barn Burned.

bingham, Mass, Nov. 1.-THE Col.
H. G.. Jordan dairy farm cow barn
has Just been burned causing a loss
of between $4,000 and 100000. Be-
side farming implements 40 head of
cattle and seven horses were burned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Disaster at Sea.

Halifax, N. S., Nov. 1s.-The Nor.
wegian steamship Ella was lost in q
storm off the Newfoundland coast, it's
crew of IS men perishing. Other dis
asters at sea are reported,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Died at Are of 1O4.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 1S.-Mrs. Mar
garet Stringham, aged 104 years, died
of injuries received in an accident Fri
day. She was the oldest person in
the state. She was born in Kentucky
and moved with her son to this state 10
wears ago. Two sons survive her.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22

Miss Helen Miller Gould has given
to vassar college two scholarships of
$4,000 each, for the benefit of gradu-
ates of the Tarrytown high school and
of the Washington Irving high school
at Irvington, n. Y.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Vexed by JinxOea.

Berlin, Nov. 13.-Emperor William,
vexed by the utterances of jingoes, has
ordered his foreign office to so shape
its policy as to retain the friendly re-
gard of the United States.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Cables Thanksgiving to Manila.

Washington, Nov. 16.-President
Roosevelt's Thanksgiving proclama-
ton was cabled to Manila Friday to
be published in the Philippine is.
lands. 1t was found that the procla-
nation could not reach the Philip
pines by mail and consequently it
was held until Friday when the new
arrangement reducing cable tolls
about one-third went into effect.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Riot in Kentucky.

Madisonvillc, KY, Nov. 1s.-Guards
and striking miners at the Provi-
dence mine engaged in fierce fight
and two men were killed and several
wounded
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Bank Loses Heavily.

New York, Nov. 16.-Oficers of the
Williamsburg savings bank accuse
two old employees of taking 100000
and spending it in stock gambling.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
EARTH IR[MB[ES N UTAH
A Number of Severe Earthquake
Shocks Occur in Various Por-
tions of the State.
The PEOPLE ARE SAID TO Be IN A PANIC
Towns Report Buildings wrecked
and Other Damage DOne-NO Lives
Iost-Damage to Property, 1T Is
Estimated, Will Reach at Least
SHOO 600


Nv half a million dollars worth OF
damage has been done in Utah by a
series of earthquakes, beginning
Wednesday nj ght and lasting until
Thursday afternoon. Buildings were
wrecked in several towns. In one
place a chasm was opened in the
earth and a number of persons had
a narrow escape from death, although
no fatalities have so far been report
ed.
The first shocks felt in Salt Lake
City were slight and small attention
was paid to them. During the early
morning and forenoon, the state was
again shaken, and great damage is
reported from the south and central
part of the state. In the town OF
Richfeld alone the damage is esti-
mated at 100000.
Twenty Distinct Shocks.
In Sewer county, of which Rich
field is the county seat, 20 distinct
shocks were felt, the first being at
$50 o'clock Wednesday night and the
last at 1:1O o'clock Thursday after
noon. Buildings rocked back and forth,
glass was broken, walls fell and sew
eral structures were completely
wrecked. The Mormon tabernacle
there was severely damaged, the
front of the building collapsing. A
majority of the houses in the town
were more or less damaged.
Bishops House Wrecked.
At Monroe the large residence of
Bishop Orson Bagley was ruined, as
were several other buildings. There
are several hot springs at this place.
One of them ceased entirely to flow,
while the flow of others was in
creased.
Panis in a SchoolroOm.
At Elsinore the principal hotel, the
Jensen house, was partially wrecked
and will have to be rebuilt. The guests
escaped unhurt except for the shock
to their nerves. The schools were in
session when some of the worst shocks
occurred in the forenoon, and there
was another panic there. The children
attempted to make a break for safety,
but the teachers managed to prevent
a,serious stampede.
Landslides in Mountains.
At Kimberley there was landslide
down the mountain, which wrecked
some dwellings.
The Clear Creek road was blocked
by another landslide. Still another
came down over the Rio Grande
Western track near Marysvale, broke
rails and stopped traffic. Telephone
poles were broken and communica-
ton with the outside world was in
terrupted.
In Beaver the courthouse, Mormon
meeting house, Beaver Branch acad-
envy and scores of other buildings
were either seriously damaged or
completely wrecked.
Fillmore was badly shaken up, but
no buildings were wrecked. People
ran in the streets in the early morn
ing without waiting to dress.
Parowan, Cedar City and numerous
other towns over the state report
more or less damage.
Salt Lake felt the shocks, but no
great damage was done.
Near Moab it is reported that a
chasm opened in the earth. This was
not close to any habitation, and no
great damage was done.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Three Cremated.

Vernon, Ill.,, Nov. 1s.-The house
of Charles Boss was burned here and
his wife and two children persisted
in the flames.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
Population of the Yukon

Population Of the Yukon Territory.
Vancouver, B. c., Nov. 15.-There are
10000 people in the Yukon territory,
and the population of Dawson City is
approximately 5000. :
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-19
FIRE AT so. M'ALESfER.

A fire that started IN the South
McAlester. Eufaula Telephone Co.,
at South McAlester, early yesier
day. morning. swept out $40. 600
worth Of property before the course
of the flames could be checked.
The following is a partial list OF
the losses:
South McAlester-Eufaula Tele-
phone Co., Loss s4 $50; fully COW
cred by insurance. j. J. McAles-
ter, loss $40, 600; fully covered by
insurance. Photographer Mercer,
loss s400; no insurance. j. S. Ar
not. loss $1,000; insurance $500
Mrs. Bristow, loss 500; no insu-
rance. Gus A Hill, loss 10, 900;
insurance IS, ,500.
The absense of fire protection
made the battle with the flames q
desperate one. and for awhile the
entire business section Of the town
was threatened with destruction.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-19
FLYNN'S C0L0RS.

The position Of Delegate Dennis
t. Flynn, Of Oklahoma, on the
question Of single statehood, bas
been disclosed by that side-siep'
ping politician himself
After playing bat,Ie.door and
shrttle.cock with the Flynn infu
ence for several months, he has
shown his colors in the following
interview, when questioned di-
recllv as to he position on the
question:
"lt is my opinion that there is
no use talking about statehood Tor
Oklahoma with-the Indian terri
tory attached. At the present
time il would be useless TO attempt
TO secure statehood for Oklahoma
under such conditions. Tor people
in the east feel that the Indian
territory is not ready for statehood,
will not present a bill for state
hood with the Indian territory
made a part of Oklahoma. 1 do
not believe that il would do any
good. / would present such bill
II / thought il would have good re-
suits. but / do not think that Con-
press will be inclined to give state
hood 20 Okl ah0ma with the Indian
territory made a part Of the stale.
president Roosevelt looks "a
vorably upon Oklahoma. but 70
did Mckinley. What Roosevelt
will recommend in the matter is
hard to tell, but from personal IN
vestieation people in the east are
not inclined TO look favorably on
single statehood at this time"