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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
CURIOUS OLD CUSTOM.
Strange Norman Ceremony Over the
Dead Observed in the Suburbs
of Paris,

In one of the suburbs of Paris a
wealthy merchant died the other day.
and on the evening of the funeral his
neighbors witnessed a curious cere-
mony, reports a London paper.
An hour before the body was to be
taken to the cemetery the relatives of
the dead man, five or six in number.
went out into the garden adjoining
the house and walked solemnly and
silently around it. Each carried a
lantern and kept his eyes fixed on the
ground, as though he were looking
for something. Finally they all halt
ed in front of a large pile of stones,
and, laying aside their lanterns, pro-
ceeded to throw down the pile. After
every stone had been removed, they
examined infinitely the spot on which
the pile had rested, and slowly, and
with bowed heads, returned to the
house.
This is an old Norman custom, and
It was observed in this instance be-
cause the dead man was a native of Gil
son. There is n tradition in Nor
mandy that before burying body all
the ground around his dwelling
should be searched, in order to make
sure that the soul has not hidden itself
somewhere. At one time every fam
ily in Normandy faithfully observed
this tradition, but now only few pay
heed to it.
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~ that annually are quartered
in that famous horse haven-Mont-
gomery Park, near Memphis, Tenn
New Orleans winter racing, out
side it's one classic the Crescent
City Derby-is not generally recog"
nized as the beginning of the thor
oughbred's season of activity. Men
who follow the horses cup the line"
from the Little Rock to the Chicago
race meetings wait for Memphis to
open before they begin to plan on
stake victories. The Montgomery
Handicap and the Tennessee Derby
mark the beginning of the stake sea-
son, which also has the Kentucky and
Latonia Derbies and the old Amerl-
can "blue ribbon event." the original
Derby of Washington park.
Reports from horseland in Tennes"
see during February generally sc1n-
tillate with trials of Derby candi-
dates. Trainers have all sorts of try
outs, and many stake is won by the
owners and rail BIRDS" who sit on
the fence and watch the workouts.
This year has been the most back
ward season in the south noted IN
many seasons. Because of the sever
ity of the winter and the presence OF
snow and mud many valuable colt
and flly depended upon for large
earnings this year has been deprived
of opportunities to show fast quar-
ters and start all sorts of gossip in
the haunts of the winter bookmakers.
Costly indeed are the early spring
operations of a big stable. The own
er ,foots big bills that the public has
no idea of. If the season is back
ward and the trainers are unable to
report satisfactory progress in pre-
pairing horses for racing, the financial
hackers of the stables are likely to
storm and fret. The conservative
owners, however, nonchalantly accept
the conditions and hope for weather
in the spring meetings that Will COM
pensate for the bad spells. j. w.
Schoor, one of the representative
turfmen of the south, recently de-
clared that as long as he had been
conducting a stable he had made no
profit from it. His animals are first
to make the mud fly at Montgomery
park, yet both he and Sam Hildreth,
who owns McChesney, considered to
he a great factor in the American
Derby and other stakes, realized this
year the futility of trying to give
their animals early preparation when
the weather was more suitable to
arctic exploration than to training.
"As the die is cast in the south, so it
will remain through the season. used
to be an adage with the turfmen. But
the latter have departed from that
belief. They will not move their ani'
mails farther south next year, bue
will take the early spring weather an
it comes. T. G. WEsTLAkE
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
ST. pATRICK'S DAY.
York City-The Shamrock in Evi.
dcnce in Other Cities.

New York, March 1s.-St. Patric's
day was observed in this city by special
services in all Roman Catholic church,
es, by parade and number of dim
ners. The parade was the largest in
some years, $4,000 men being in line.
The line of march was up Fifth aveue.
The paraders included the Sixty-ninth
regiment national guard, the First
rgiment of Irish volunteers, and the Hi
bernians rifles, acting as an escort to
the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Tons of shamrock graced the days
commcmoration. 1t is stated that
more genuine shamrock was brought
over from Ireland this year than ever
before.
Chicago, March 1s.-In celebrating
St. Patrick's day Irish-Americans of
Chicago promoted the cause of the
United Irish league in this country.
Two distinguished leaders Of the Irish
movement direct from the Emerald
Isle, William Redmond and John Dew
lin, took part in the celebration at the
Y. NJ. c. A. at night. and added to the en-
thusiasm for Irish liberty.
London, March 1s.-St. Patrick's day
was celebrated Monday more generally
than usual. The Irish flag was flying
from many public buildings, special
services were held in the Catholic
churches, and the shamrock, or some
thing representing it, was seen every
where. The Irish troops at the vari-
Gus garrisons were given days leave.
Following the precedent of Queen Vic
toria, Queen Alexandria sent the bat
talon Of Irish guards on duty at the
Tower of London large quantity Of
shamrocks, which were distributed to
the men at parade Monday morning.
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ROTHWELt.


prize fighter to give huge or
ders for photographs and
conduct bureau for supplying thou
sands of papers and periodicals with
pictures, gossip and pugilistic news.
Since it has been definitely arranged
that the battle for the featherweight
championship of the world shall be
fought October Is between Champion
William H. Rothwell (Young Corbett)
and former Champion Terry Meow
ern, the bureaus of publicity of the
two athletes have been busy flooding
the cities with ''literature" and pho
tographs. One of the pictures OF the
Denver lad who gained fortune by
defeating McGovern recently found it's
way into a club the membership of
which is composed exclusively of col
lege men. There were millionaires-
financial kings of the stock market
professional men, clerks, statesmen,
etc., in the group that sat in the library
when one of the young men produced
the photograph of the champion pu-
gilist.
''See how good you fellows are at
character study" remarked the old
Yale man, cutting off the name from
the photograph and exposing the fea-
lures of a smooth-shaven, square
iawed and determined-looking we'll
dressed young man. There was moth
ing about the photograph to indicate
the prize ring votary.
''That young man has character
stamped on his face" said we'll
known lawyer.
'He resembles the boy we had play
ing quarter on our team when L was
trying for the varsity said Har-
ward man.
almost an image of Art Curtis,
who used to captain the Wisconsin
eleven" said another.
"Reminds me of a civil engineer
course student at Illinois who went
to New York to install the electric
system of the Manhattan railroad
was the opinion of another.
might be Pitcher Mathewson when
he was twirling for Bucknell college,
said another.
'I'n warrant you he's a trim-cut
varsity athlete" ventured another.
So the current of opinion ran. Not
a man mentioned the prize ring in
connection with the boy whose photo
graph was on view. One particularly
shrewd business man thought it was
the photograph of the young Van
derbilt who worked in the New York
Central railroad shops.
''Give him up?" asked the owner of
the picture, after exhausting the sym
postum.
Sufficient to say that when the
throng learned it had been looking
at the features of the greatest little
general of the prize ring at his
weight-127 pounds-there were ex-
pressions of absolute surprise. This
test satisfied the critics that the
modern prize fighter bore few OF the
characteristics that were generally
attributed to him in fanciful newspa-
per sketches.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
School Enrolment.

The school enrolment of Minnesota
in 1860, when the population was 49,
O23, was 1888. In 1895 the population
had increased to 1,574,619. while the
school enrolment had grown to 1884,
092. With gain of about 100000 in
population shown by the 1900 census
the school enrolment had increased
to 399,2O7. Teachers numbered 724 in
1860 and 12.059 in 1900. It is expected
that at the close of 1905 the school
population will have reached half Q
million or more.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
A Terrible Fall.

Mrs. Mary Nielsen, wife of John Mel
sen, of Markville, Lake Minnetonka,
fell four stories down a light well at
the Market hotel, 80 First street north,
Minneapolis, crashed through two sky
lights on the way and sustained such
injuries that she died soon afterwards.
The force of the woman's fall was so
great that her head was literally driven
through the hardwood floor where she
fell and the boards had to be cut away
before she could be extricated.
Her skull was fractured, the bones
of her face crushed and her scalp near
ly torn from her head. She was other
wise cut and bruised.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Insurance.

Insurance.
The report filed by Insurance Com
missioner Derth shows the withdraw
al from business in the state OF nine
foreign and IS American companies.
One of the Americans was a Minne-
sofa concern. The reason given for
withdrawing was lack of business.
The average premium rates on each
$500 given by fire insurance companies
was 1.34, an increase over the average
for 1900 of .O3. The average premium
rates received by the American COM
panies was 1926, against 1877 received
by the foreign companies. These fig
ures, said the report, show clearly
that the foreign companies carry
very much heavier percentage of haz-
ardous risks than is written or carried
by the American companies. On the
other hand, it is an indication that the
American companies get larger per-
centage of the preferred class of risks.
The Mutual fire and Lloyds compan-
les wrote $12,211,192 of insurance, an
increase over 1900 of $5sS,044. The
premium receipts for 1901 were $780,
391.29, decrease from 1900 of $5,155.
The losses for the year were $95,39o.57,
decrease from 1900 of $3S,517.42. The
loss ratio to premium is Abb, and the
average premium rate per 500 is l.35.
Many Casualties.
The logging industry of Northern
Minnesota has claimed more victims
this winter, it is claimed by men who
are in touch with it, than in any pre-
vious winter, and the number of seri-
Gus but not fatal accidents are num-
bered by the hundreds. There is
scarcely day that somebody in the
woods is not reported as having been
killed or desperately injured. Many
of the injured may be seen walking
the streets of Duluth. after their hos
pital experience. in many cases Grip
pied for life. It is said that the usual
precautions against accidents prevail
everywhere, and the increased number
of killed and the MANNED may be at
tributed to the greater number EN-
ployed.
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All in Chicago.

''They say that a person on the
verge of delirium tremens dreams of
creeping and crawling things"
"By Jove! I must be going to have
an attack
"Why so?"
Last night I dreamed Of nothing
but messenger boys, carettes and
cable rs."-Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
THE MARKETS.
Grain. PrOvisiOns, Etc.

Chicago, March II.
FLOUR-Was quiet and unchanged.
Spring Patents, special brands, s4Vta4 ~:
hard Patents, $305@nS.7O; Straights, 5000
800; Winter Patents. $3509S.6o; straights'
s.. 30d3.4 40; Seconds, $2.092.40
WHEAT-Unsettled. Higher early. low
err later May, 75@76c: July. 75AG76%c.
CORN-Higher. May. 62k@63hc; July.
62A Gp625sc; September, 6oAG6O7sc; Decem-
Der, 5o3s@eO1kc.
OATs-Lower May, 44h@ 4524c; July. SOS
@36kc.
RYE-Was just steady. No. cash, $50
56hc; choice by sample, 570l5714c; May de-
livery, 66Ac.
BARLEY-Salable and steady for all
grades and better qualities firm. Screen
ings 46@6Oc for poor to choice: thin barley.
according to color, 57@62c; stained, dirty
5706Oc; clean. fair TO good color, 63@tGoc;
fancy shade over.
MESS PORK-Trading was fairly active
and feeling steadier. Prices ruled lower at
$l5 3l61535 for cash; SIS. 4Olp15.57 for May.
and 15.52k@15.6o for July.
I.ARD-Fairly active and feeling was
steady. Prices unchanged. Prices ranged
at ss2111@9.95 for cash; $9.S71k@9: 42k for
May; $9.471all950 for July, and s9.517sM960
for September.
SHORT RIB SIDES-Tradirg Only mod
crate and prices steady. Prices ranged
at s. 30@S4O for cash; $S.40GtS.45 for May;
So. 50@s55 for July and $S.6OQS.G21a for Sep
TENDER.
POTATOEs-Market firm. Rural. good
to choice, 7s@s2c; common. 72l75c; red
stock, 6SG14c; Burbanks, 70I16c.
EGGS-Quotably steady. At mark. cases
returned, 14hc; at mark new shipping
cases included, 15c.
BUTTER - Market nrmer Creamcri,s.
1sM2ClEc per pourc; Gairies. 19M13c
LIVE POCLTRY-Stead y. Turkeys. SD
lie; chickens, lie; ducks, 10Gl1i@c.
New York. March II.
WHEAT-Firmera ard steady. May. 81 3-l6
MS1Hc; July, S1a4MS2c; September, SlhsV
81 3-16c.
RYE-Steady. State. G0dlG1c c. ]. f. New
York car lots; No 2 Western. Gao f. o. b.
afoat.
CORN-A shade firmer with wheat. May.
6SMSShc; July, 6'067Ac; September e5AD
65Mc.
OATS-Steadier with other markets.
Track white 63M5Sc
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
New Colombian Minister.

Washington, March 1s.-Senor Jose
Vincente Concha, the newly appointed
minister from Colombia, presented his
credentials to President Roosevelt
Monday. He was accompanied to the
state department by DR.. Silva, the re-
firing minister, and Mr.. Herran, who
has acted as charge at times and is the
secretary of legation.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
Uncle Allen,

"There is no experience in life. my
boy" said Uncle Allen Sparks, 'but
will be good for you if you make the
right use of it. Even when you do a
mean thing you hate yourself for it,
and that's always a useful exercise
of the mind" Chicago Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
Her Only Hope.

He-When we get better acquaint-
ed [ shall call you by your first name.
she-All right. And I hope our ac-
ouaintance will reach the point where
nv friends can call me by your last
uame.-Chicago Daily News.
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tournament of Morris county, N. d..
when Walter B. Smith, young vest
ern schoolboy, came close to premier
honors, lasting to the finals with Find
lay Douglas. To avoid the charge of
Injustice and unfafrness to the west
and to promote the .setional spirit in
golf, the U. S. G. A. recently decided
1,non the Glenview Golf clubs links
at Golf, Ill.,, for the amateur cham
pionship of the United States. This
victory for the west after the east
seemingly had adopted the policy Of
keeping the championship tourney in
its own locality indefinitely was
gained only after the hardest and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
Unusual.

The initiation of the six Aultfather
boys into the third degree of Masonry
took place at Austin, with 500 Masons
present. Members of the order were
there from the entire section of this
state and Iowa. Among the cities rep
resented were Minneapolis, st. Paul,
Fairmont, Owatonna, Jackson, Albert
Lea, Blue Earth City, Lansing, Bloom
ing Prairie, Brownsville and Grand
Meadow, Mimi; and Winnebago City,
Northwood, Mason City, Leroy, Lyle,
Manly, Iowa.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

) REGULARLY as the seasons
roll by come the reports OF
the early work of race horses
that annually are quartered
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

South Omaha. Neb.. March II.
CATTLE-Market steady. Native Steers,
81 1nn665; Cows and IIcifers, A.GMo. 40;
Western Steers, sS.75dl35o Texas Steers,
S. OVlI475; Gamers, $1;OIi3. 90; Stockers ard
Feeders, 81. 750i4.75; Calves. $3.Hfl1CD; Bulls,
Stays, etc. s2.750l4.75.
HOGS-Market 5Grl0c higher. Heavy. Sc. %
M640; mixed, $6.1tnG2o; light, $5.SNn6.2O;
Pigs, s4.50M5.6 60; bulk Of sales. SGo5MG.2o.
SHEEP-Market steady to 1Oc higher.
Fed Muttons. s500Gi5.65; Westerns. $4,000
$4S5: Ewes. $2.5Od4.7O Common and Stock
ers. s2OOG45O: Lambs & 5O6S So
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
MinnesOta Stone.

w. ]. Bryan, democratic candidate
for the presidency during the last two
campaigns, is buying number of car
loads of Lake Superior brownstone in
Duluth for a new home he is building
at Lincoln, Neb. Mr.. Bryan on his
visits to Duluth has been much taken
with the results obtained from the
use of brownstone there and has fire..
quently commented on the beauties OF
the stone.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
Live Stock

Chicago. March II.
HOGS-Market active and feeling firm
er. Prices 1Oc higher. Sales ranged at s. 10
@5.75 for Pigs; $5.95dJ6.:35 for light: $3.50
625 for rough packing; s6.05M65"h for
mixed, and Sc. 30lIG.55 for heavy packing and
shipping lots, with the bulk of sales at
Sc. 2OlJ6. As.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
News in Brief.

The Milwaukee depot at Hopkins
was destroyed by fire.
The recent state teachers examina-
tions resulted in issuing certificates to
2,729 persons. and in denying certifi-
Gates to 1927. There were 3O3 first
grade certificates issued, 1891 second
grade, and s35 limited certificates to
those who had never taught.
James Peterson. aged so, committed
suicide by taking carbolic acid at
Nadia. He was found in DR.. Cooley's
barn.
The east-bound Northern Pacific
passenger train was held to give the
company's physician time to vaccinate
carload of passengers. A passenger
suffering from smallpox was removed
at Little Falls.
A certificate Of membership in the
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce re-
Gently sold for $500, which is $500
higher than sale made a week previ-
Gus, and only $500 less thap the selling
price of the Chicago Board of Trade
memberships.
The first dramatic performance in St.
Paul was in 1881, when troupe from
New Orleans enacted "Slasher and
Crasher." The first fresh oysters were
brought to St. Paul from Chicago in
kegs in 1850 by Governor Ramsey.
A junk dealer of Minneapolis, named
Isaac Saladovsky, was held up by three
young men on the WATERFOWL road and
relieved of SIS.
The records of the St. Cloud land
office for February show receipts
amounting to $1,7o4.44. There were 70
homestead entries on 5,532.01 acres, 81
homestead proofs on 4,95o.7o acres and
cash to the extent of $9sO.75.
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of Hennepin county.
Herbert Gallehugh shot and killed
Charles Collins, the colored cook at
the Hotel Angelo. Minneapolis, for al
legged insult to his wife.
At mass meeting at Mankato is
was voted without dissenting voice
to accept the proposition of J. II. Col
Inns of Chicago to build a local cleo
trio street car and interurban line to
St. Peter by way of Kasota, and to put
in a competing lighting plant.
An empty 1nterurban car, going to
the Midway barn from St. Paul, ran
into a herd of twenty cows at the
west side of the Transfer bridge on
University avenue, at $3.50 o'clock last
evening. Three cows were killed and
seven injured. The car. No. 643 was
slightly damaged.
The Minnesota Sugar company. at
St. Louis Park, has contracted with
farmers near Hastings to raise up
wards of two hundred acres of sugar
beets the coming summer. Russian
families from South St. Paul will cu!.
tivate and harvest the crop.
The Commercial club of Red Wing
has decided to raise $4,000 with which
to buy site for the proposed new
building to be erected at the Red
Wing seminary, and present II to the
institution. Some of the leading men
of Hauge's synod. to which the school
belongs, have threatened to move the
seminary to the Twin Cities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-04-15
New Suits Filed.

Cora Williams vs. Boss Williams,
petition for divorce. Plaintiff accuses
defendant of notorious adultery with
another, and for causes ask for di-
vorce.
Mary l.. Stroud VS.. John p. Stroud;
petition for divorce. Plaintiff alleges.
for cause of action abandonment.
l.. NJ. Maurer VS.. Thos. Hammons,
unlawful detainer suit
j. X. Ellidge va. NJ. C. Ellidge, petit
tion for divorce. Plaintiff alleges that
he and defendant were intermarried
in Cook county, Texas, in the year
1881. and lived happily together for
year or two. but ever since that
time, up to 1899. there had been no
pleasure at his household. Plaintiff
alleges that defendant would frequent.
ly leave home and be gone for several
days; that at times she would strike
him, rub her fist in his face, ami
threatened to get rid OF him by pois-
oning him. Defendant finally desert
ed him and he came TO Ardmore,
where he has resided ever since. He
now prays the court for a divorce.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-04-15
CONFEDERATE RALLY. =
Tomorrow Night at kIoski's Opera
House.

Tomorrow Night at kloski's Opera
House.
Under the auspices of Chicka
saw Chapter u ID c., the program
at the Confederate rally tomorrow
night at Kloski's opera house will
be supplemented by,
Recitation, An Incident of the
war, Stella Carter, little daughter
of G. ID. Carter.
Reading, 81 years ago, Mrs. w.
7. Nixon.
Music, Mrs. Peoples.
Reading. We can drink from
the same canteen, Mrs. Ed Ringer
Song, Duet, Mesdames G. M
Campbell aud Max Westheimer.
Music. Duet, Misses Winnie
Phillips and Lenora Butt.
Song, solo, Mrs. E. +. Guillot
No admission will be charged.
Everybody come.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-04-15
Carter Avenue Revival.

Last night President Whitten
preached another fine sermon 70 quite
a large congregation. in the Carter
avenue church. The interest IS in
creasing from time to time, and the
choir is rendering some fine selec-
tions. If you want to hear a fine SER
mon and enjoy good singing. come to
Carter Avenue NJ. f. church South
tonight at 8 o'clock. Preaching every
night by President Whitten.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-04-15
PROF. HENDRIX APPOINTED
AS Instructor for the National Nor
NAL at Tishominuo.

AS Instructor for the National Nor.
NAL at Tishomingo.
Superintendent of Public Schools
j. X. Hendrix is in receipt of com
munication from superintendent of
instruction for the Chickasaw Nation.
p. S. Mosely, conveying the appoint
ment of Prof. Hendrix as instructor
in the National Normal, which is to
be held at Tishomingo during the
month of July. The position has
been accepted by Prof. Hendrix.
Prof. Hendrix feels honored by the
appointment. which was wholly un-
sought by him and came as a great
surprise. In fact, he had concluded
TO remain idle during the summer
months.
The compliment is a merited one.
however, and could scarcely have
been put in better hands.