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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-09

! Thursday night from an EXTENDED
trip in Arizona.
John NJ. Webster, residing in
Lorain, will hold an auction sale on
Wednesday, September II.
Mrs. Dunn; who has been visit
ing the family of her brother Prof.
Nicholas, returned Friday to her
home in Albert Lea.
Talk about fine apples! The mail
! carrier on Route received of j
Fitzgerald some apples as fine as
any that grow in Southwest Mime
sofa
D. D. Dayton is down from
Minneapolis and is enjoying the
week hunting in this locality. Mr..
Dayton Was formerly Worthing-
ton boy.
Mrs. James r. Jones and Miss
Marguerite Becker, who had been
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. J.
Jones the past week, returned to
Adrian on Tuesday.
The foundation for the new ad-
dition to the Worthington creamery
con. pany il finished and work on
the superstructure was commenced
Saturday morning.
Hugo Stumm, the cheerful former
day operator for the Omaha, loft
Tuesday night for Heron Lake, he
thaving been assigned to that station,
and F. A. Shaker is again operator
for the Office here. .-
A r. Bielke of Reading stepped on
a nail a few days ago and was
brought to the Walker hospital to
have the foot operated upon he il
getting along nicely and will soon
be around again.
Mr. and Mrs Lindsay, who have
been visiting their relatives, h
Prideaux and wife, left the first o.
the week for their home at Doge
Vile, Wis They visited the Mime
sofa state fair on their way home
Attorney Stelle Smith went tt
Round Lake Friday to look at tn
big ditch which is begging du'
to drain Indian Lake slough. Tn
. biz slough will be tapped about tn
8 first of the week and It is. probabl
several parties from here will 6
down to $40 the sight
Q ). W. Colvin of Wilmont passe
q through town Friday on his way t
9 Minneapolis. He had; with him hi
8 twin sons, one of whom he was tai
q ing to the cities to consult with
specialist regarding one of the boy
; eyes which have been giving II
d little fellow some trouble of Lat
70 While there Mr.. Colvin intends
q put in day the state fair. =.
a. Mr. and Mrs r L Dunlap loft So
l. afternoon for their new home .
Iowa City, Iowa Mrs Dunlap, wh
it has been in weakened conditio
r since she was taken sick wit
% typhoid fever three months ago, b.
). regained enough strength to sta!
10 on the trip but DR. Dolan accom-
d panied them to attend Mrs Dunla
d should, q relapse occur. Mrs. Dunla
has many friends here who hor
/. for her safe arrival at their ne
t. home Z 81 s : , zSs2.. = ~,
n Burglars raided the general me
|. chandise store of J. 81. Hubbard [
y Bigelow Thursday night and stole
l. couple pairs Of rubber boots and
q pair Of glass belonging to Mr.. HUI
g. bard. Entrance to the store VI
70 made by removing a window J
10 the rear of the building Sever
|. colored hoboes who had been loa
70 ing about town Thursday are gu
pected of the burglary. !.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-09
ANNOUNCEMENT.

X hereby announce myself % 9
candidate for nomination for the
o6ice Of County Commissioners Of
the 5th district, subject to the VIII
of the republican voters at the
primaries on Sept. 90, 1904.
- IA !. Gus Swanberg. 4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-09
FOR TREASURER

/ hereby announce myself as re-
publican. candidate fcr the nomlna IA
tion 50 treasurer Of Mobiles County
a,1biect to the endorsement of the
voters at the primary. election Tues
day, Sept. 20. @4 as . s.,4s
d IN IA ,,.$ &c. Stitser.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-04

Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana. Mississippi. Missouri. North Carolina. South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas. Vir- which any doubt has been tenable dur ing the last quarter of a century Is Kentucky. which in 1896 gave McKin- ley a plurality of two hundred and eighty-one popular votes. and twelve out of its thirteen electoral votes. It is also true that in 1899 Kentucky elected a Republican Governor by a plurality of two thousand three hum dred and eighty-three, but in the fol- lowing year, 1t returned to the Demo- cratic column, where 1t has since re- mained.
 Of twenty States which have one hundred and eighty-two electoral votes. and which are set down as in disputably Republican, we regard the inclusion of one Eastern and some Western commonwealths as open to controversy. Disregarding Kansas, which voted for Weaver in 1892 and for Bryan in 1896, but which, since 1898, has increased steadily the Repub- lican pluralties-and also passing over Rhode Island, though of late this State has repeatedly chosen a Demo- cratic Governor-we would point out that the seven electoral votes of Con necticut are by no means asured to Mir. Roosevelt. IL is true that the State was carried by Mckinley in 1S96 and 1900, and during the last eight years has thrice elected a Republican Cover
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-04

he has banished the white race from Nantura. and there now the colored race have found a new asylum.
 Though claiming to feel fairly well. all appearances are against Harper liv- ing many months and his slow dissolu- ton has now become so perceptible that his career may come to an end at any day in the near future. He is the last of his race by name, and with his going. Nantura will have become a memory In turf annals, as 1t will be divided up in the settlement of his great estate, and the brood mares now roaming in the green fields, the de- scendants of Nantura and Fannie Hol- ton. will be scattered and become the stars of other and newer breeding es- tablishments. Harper Is now seven ty-seven years old, and belonging to a family famed for longevity. he might have become centenarian. but for his failing eyesight. The thoughts of hopeless blindness have preyed upon his mind and wrecked his once rugged constitution. He has spent small for tune to remedy his deficient eyesight, but the most expert specialists have
 utterly failed to benefit him, and so he lives on with no hope in the future
 but that of utter blindness
 For seventy years Nantura has been u buCctSSLul DTeeuinS pAhits put a strange fatality has always hung over
 the historic place. Tn citizens re- sistance against the devastating gue- rillas, Adam Harper was shot down in the doorway of his old homestead. Not a decade later John and Betsy Harper were murdered in their beds, and now Frank Harper has the nemesis over the great estate to strike him with blindness and bring a pathetic close to the life of d man, who, in his young days ~ns giant in health and strengt,. The Harpers above noted have been in possession of Nantura all of its seventy years history as breed- ing farm. and It's passing goes with the soon fading away of the Harper name. What will become of the next holder of the property is a subject oe final act of thrilling melodrama. A weird air now hangs over Nantura. On entering the gate a stiffness which is almost stifiing seems to pervade ths place. The shTill screech of a guinea fowl adds to the gloomy surroundings and the barrenness of other lifo around the front part of the place adds to the gloom. Ii is the picture which seems to suggest the song of the dying swan. a great estate slowly dying along with It's owner. who has ieade ft a spot in Kentucky that, to turfmen at least. tho mention of whose name will always arouse most interesting "reminiscences.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-04
FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER.
Illinois, Nebraska, New Jersey and
 Wisconsin Doubtful.

1drper weekly.
 Of the many estimates of the proba- ble outcome of the coming presiden- tial election, the calculation published on July Is by the Evening Sun, though not entirely acceptable. deserves par ticular attention. because the writer is evidently well-informed and disinter- ested. Before marking what seem to us some weak points in his computa- = tion. we should remind the reader that there are now four hundred and seven ty-six presidential electors. and 1t fol lows that. to gain the Presidency, a nominee must secure two hundred and thirty nine, or more than half No body will dispute the correctness of the assumption that the Democratic nominee Is virtually certain to carry thirteen States, which. together pos sess one hundred and f1fty-one electo- ral votes. Named in alphabetical order these States are Alabama. Arkansas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-04
KENTUCKY HORSEMAN
AFTER AN EvENTFUL CAREER IS
 SLOWLY PASSING AWAY.
F. B. Harper Nearly Blind.-strange Fatality Seems to be Hanging Over the Home of the Once Famous Turf Heroes, Longfellow and
 Ten HrOeek.

Special to The New Orleans Times Democrat.
 Lexington, Ky.--rwenty-seven years ago Frank B. Harper was the most | spectacular figure on the American turf. He owned the champion race horse of the day, Ten Broeck, the only performer that ever held all records from one to four miles, and as a conn panion to him in the stud at Nantura stock farm he also possessed the won- derful Longfellow, which mighty horse has left an impression on Ameri- can racing which time can not efface. Harper was heir to a large fortune, and for years he has been accumulate ing thousands to add to the big legacy he inherited by the tragic death of his uncle and aunt. who were murdered over thirty years ago in the room now occupied by him.
 Worth thousands and able to possess any luxury. with an acQuaintaceship which would give him as companions the society leaders of Woodford coun- ty, the great breeder is nearing the end of his long career surrounded by members of the colored race and in the many buildings on vast Nantura there Is today not single white person as an inhabitant. Nearly blind and hard ly able. to walk over the threshold of his home into the outer air, the once rugged physique of Harper today is a sorry spectacle to those who knew him when Ten Broeck was as much of a king on the race track as Is Hermis or Sisonby In the present year. It is the opinion of those who live in the neigh borhood of Nantura that Harpers thousands will fall to members of the colored race. These people are old slaves and descendants of servants owned by the Harpers before the civil war. One of these. a great-grandchild of an old slave who recently died at the advanced age of one hundred and eight years, acts as valet to Harper and Is his constant companion. The little pickaninny occupies the same room and sleeps in bed with as rich fur nishings as that claimed by the child of any millionaire. He has his pony to ride over the place and his toys are the most costly to play with when his services are not needed to walt on his benefactor.
 Harper has been won over to his love for the colored race by the faith fulness of his negro help. He has tried several white managers on his estate. and all have cost him dearly. Two of his nephews used his name to the cost of thousands of dollars to him, and white man cruelty murdered his rela- tives, Aunt Betsy and Uncle John. so
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-04

glimpse of the doings of Radcliffe girls after they have taken their diplomas and joined the breadwinners is that. given a real university education, wo-
 man find for themselves unoccupied
 fields Of activity which they can fill better than men. and which are cul-
 tivated to the advantage not merely of the individual, but of the world at large.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-04

French translators are to make an- other attempt to turn Shakespeare's King Lear" into their language. This, the third attempt, will be undertaken by Pierre Lott, a noted French author. French translations of the English po- ct since the days of Voltaire have never proved successful. being either bur- lesques, rank perversions or too literal renderings of the original.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-04

The will of Samuel Smiles. author of Self-HeIp dlscloses the fact that his estate amounted to T4.o00 pounds; and an English commentator remarks that Smiles would seem to have put into practice the tenets he laid down in his famous book for helping ones self to- wards success in life.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-05-05
NEW YORK MARKET.

NEW YORK. May 4.-Flour-Receipts,
1925 brls: exports 7.s44 brls. Market about
steady but quiet. Rye flour quiet. Corn
meal steady. Rye steady. Barley quiet
wheat-Receipts. 5000 bu. Spot market
firm; No. red Sl.0i elevator. Sl.05d1.0S (. 0.
afoat; No. hard Manitoba, nominal. OPP
tions opened easier because of fine weather
but recovered Southwest strength. small
Western receipts. bullish Missouri State
report and covering. Near the close they
reacted partially under sales for profits and
were finally steady at 1sdssc net advance
May 9l7sm92c. closed at 917sc: July S9IsH
50 l3-l6c. closed at S9l2c; September, S27sU
sSssc. closed at S5lsc; December. SSGSSi.c,
closed at SIC
Corn-Receipts 1875 bu: exports. ASA bu
Spot firm; No. 2. 60i2c elevator and Soc T. o.
b. atioat: No. . yellow. 57lac: No. 2 white
the forenoon on covering by July shorts,
light stocks and the wheat advance. finally
yielding slightly TO realizing, with the close
dull and isc to i1c net higher. May. 557sa
5ei,c, closed at 56isc. July, 53d55hc, closed
al SIC: September 53d5Slsc. closed at SIC.
Oats-Receipts, 1880 bu. exports. 3,347 bu.
Spot firm: mixed oats. % TO 81 lbs. 450i6c;
white. 30 TO 40 pounds. 5ld53c.
Hay. hops. hides, leather and beef steady.
Wool firm. Coal nominal.
Cut meats dull: picked bellies. s650n7.
Lard firm: Western steamed. $40: refined
steady; continent. $40: S. A.. $50; COM
pound. S6..5ei6Ssi5. Pork inactive.
Molasses firm. .Coffee-Spot Rio quiet.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-05-05
THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, May 4-The cotton market
opened steady at an advance of 7Q1S points
on covering and buying by room bulls in
response TO firmer cables than expected
and reports of a more active spot business
in Liverpool Early weather accounts were
generally favorable, however and immedi-
ateiy after the opening the new crop posi-
tions showed rather declining tendency,
but later were rallied by the continued
of a storm over sections of Texas. which
was sufficiently severe TO interrupt the tel
egraphic service with Galveston and Hous-
ton.
During the entire session the market,
While showing more or less irreguarity,
Was generally firm. led by the near posi-
uoi.s. which were governed by the outlook
fol a better spot demand in connection
with the sensationally light interior move
ment. which reached less than thousand
bales for the day. Local shorts were evil
IDENTIFY uneasy in view OF the diminishing
stocks. further exports and talk that Eng
l1sh spinners would go on fun time after
Whitsuntide.
In the afternoon May sold up to 137Oc on
stop orders. while June hung around 16 Soc
The net gain on the general list was mat
ter OF 9q24 points, the latter positions be-
ing relatively heavy under the generally
faVorao ole crop weather. which undoubtedly
restricted commission house buying to some
extent. The market closed at within ) to
3 points of the best for the day; quiet i'm
tone at a net advance of 6Ml9 points Sales
estimated at 25c 200 bales
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-05-05
NEW POTATO PRICES
ARE ON THE DOWN GRADE
Reduced to S1.5O Yesterday from $I.75
The Crop This Year Is Large
and Especially Good.

New totasoes are now the most conspicu
Gus product on Commission row. Yesterday
the price of new potatoes was reduced %
cents per bushel by the leading dealers. to
$l.50. and further reductions are predicted
soon
The Alabama and Louisiana crops this
year finer and larger than they have
been for several years. Most of the new po-
tatoes coming TO this market now are from
these two States. The Florida shipments
are about over for this season.
Considering the quality of the product
and the lateness of the season this year new
potatoes are cheaper now than they have
been for a good many years. Last year at
this time new potatoes were selling in the
local market * cents a bushel cheaper than
the present price. but last years new pota
toes were not of nearly fine quality
those On the market now. Besides this, the
fact must be considered that last years
crop was matured much earlier than the
, crop this spring. This makes a great deal of
difference in price. III the weather had been
as advanced this year IL was last year
the first of May new potatoes would now
-e much cheaper than $50 a bushel The
receipts are increasing every day now and
prices will go lower and lower Until the
homegrown crop comes into market.
A leading dealer on Commission row said
yesterday that new potatoes would be
down to 70 cents a bushel-that is the
Southern crOp-by the first of August when
the homegrown crop comes into the mar
ket.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-05-05
TRADE III GENERAL.

ST. LOUIS. May 4-Flour steady and un-
changed; red winter patents. Si90W5. spe-
cia brands. 15G c5c higher; extra fancy and
straight $i.e0uis5; clear, SS.90di.l5. Tim
steady at $40. Bran higher; sacked, east
track. s5cdsl05 Wheat higher; buying
heavy on crop news; No. ? red. cash, ele-
vator, Slc3 asked; track. S141tS; July,
S2S4c; September. s0l4c bid; No ,. 92G9ic.
Corn higher; cash demands urgent; No. ,
cash. 49c bid; track, 5O12u5l1zc; July, &c
No. cash, i1c: track. 42c July. &c asked;
September, o0lac bid; No. white, 4ihc.
Hay steady; timothy, $SdI14; prairie. $6at9-
Whisky steady at sl.521s. Iron cotton ties,
higher: jobbing. $I1 s5. Lard higher; prime
steamed, So %. Bacon steady and un-
changed; boxed extra shorts, 81; clear ribs,
S.S71A; short clear. s7.62Hs. Reccipts-Flour.
oats. $1,000 bu. Shipments-Flour 5000 brls;
wheat. $1,000 bu; corn, 5000 bu; oats, D.
0C0 bu.
KANSAS CITY. May 4.-Close: Wheat
cash, No. hard, S9d9l1kc; No. 3, S69s9c;
No red. 99lAc0$l No. 3. 93@97c. Corn
May, 457sc: July. 4S7Sa4Ss4c; September.
iS17@i9c; No. white. 5O1kc: No. 3, soc.
Oats steady: No. white. 41lRc; No. mixed.
3Sl3c. Rye-No ,. 64c. Hay steady; choice
timothy, sl0,5OQ11: choice prairie SS0S.25
Receipts-Wheat, 20,sO0 bu; corn. 9,60O bu;
oats. 500 bu. Shipments-Wheat, 1920 bu;
corn, 5000 bu; oats. 1900 bu.
CINCINNATI, May 4-Flour quiet.
Wheat. No. red, s1O6d1O7 Corn firm.
higher; No. mixed. 501alD53c. Oats firmer;
No. mixed. A1a@42c Rye steady; No. 2
mixed. 76@7Sc. Lard quiet at s6.l0. Bulk
meats steady at $3.50. Bacon steady at $40.
Whisky-Distillers finished good steady on
basis of $12S Sugar easy.
DULUTH, May 4-Wheat-In store-No.
hard, 92isc; Nos l and 2 northern, $3.50.
To arrive-No hard. 92isc No. northern,
907sc; No. northern, 9Ossc; May. 905sc;
July, 90Ssc; September. S02sc. Oats-To ar
rive, 4lc. On track, 402ic.
TOLEDO, May 4-Clover seed-Cash.
s6.S5; Oct $3.50 asked. Prime alsike, s6.15;
August, s6.25 bid Prime timothy, $40;
September, S145 bid. Wheat-May, S1.O1;
July, 9S$4c cash, s1.01h.
MINNEAPOLIS. May 4-Wheat-May,
9l@sc; July, 9llsc; September, So1kc on
track, No. l hard $3.50; No. l Northern,
1850; No. Northern. 92asc.
LIVERPOOL. May 4.-Wheat-Spot dull;
No. l California, Is. Corn-Spot steady;
American mixed, new. As Sd; American
mixed, DID, As I'd.
BALTIMORE, May 4-Close: Wheat
May. S.02; July. SS12c. Corn-May, 521ac;
July. 5314c.
MILWAUKEE. May 4-Barley steady;
No. 2, C3c; sample 4006lc.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-05-05
LOAN EXPANSION AND
SPECIAL DEPOSITS

In view of the fact that public atten-
ton seems to be concentrated upon the
condition of the Kew York banks chiefly
because of the almost unprecedented ex-
pansion of loans which has, nearly every
week since the beginning or the year, re-
suited in new high records, II VIII doubt
less be Of interest 10 trace this expan-
sion through the reports OF averages as
made to the clearing house i'm the weekly
reports at the same, time noting also the
changes in the items of specie, legal tend
ers and deposits lnasmuch as the expan-
sion of loans has been greatest among the
ten hanks which were selected by the Sec
retary of the treasury last February as
temporary custodians OF surrendered public
funds which he, early In Marcn, directed 10
be deposited therein, and as these institu-
tions embrace four having the largest capi-
tai, the analysis of conditions will be con-
fined 10 these ten special repositories.
Compared with the beginning of the year
the loan expansion shown by all the banks
in the association has been $l30.Oeaon. The
ten institutions above referred TO con-
trbuted SOS 100000 TO this total, and or THIS
SOS 900 900 four of tho larger banks show an
expansion of Si.5o0.o0J. In this interval all
the hanks i'm the association gained So, 3D.
600 of specie and 100000 legal tenders, maxi
ing a total gain of $50. 20o.000 in cash. The
ten banks show increases OF Si5,535,J55 specie
and 100000 of legal tenders. total OF
s46 333. .3S3 cash; four of the larger banks.
Included in the above, gained $3S. 900 cash.
All banks in the association increased de-
posits by Sl99 99o00.0O0. of which the ten banks
contributed Sl49 4W.uVvi Tour OF the larger
institutions embraced In the ten show
gain of ~SI26. .333. .333. 1t Is noteworthy that
two of the largest capitalized institutions
included in the above four. together show
"A gain of S6S 100000 of the $9S 100000 increase
in loans reported by the ten banks, 81, 90
900 gain In cash out OF Si6333. .333 and S32.-
100000 out of sls9 100000 increase in deposits
by the ten institutions. The above traces,
the expansion In the loan item of the bank
statement since the beginning OF January
chiefly TO two of the largest institutions
I'm the city whose capital and surplus or
nearly $S0.OOJ.00O would seem TO Justify such
a N ipcrea N loans
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-05-05
THE MONEY MARKET.

II is unlikely that our money market will
be directly affected by the reduction in the
Bank OF England minimum rate of dis
count from 10 3l1 per cent.
There have been many times in the past
when an advance or decline in the Bank OF
England rate has met with immediate re-
sponse from our money market. but the
tone has for long time been so easy that
actual relief. so far as banks are concerned.
would be afforded by some event that would
higher rate OF interest
Indirectly and in the course OF time. II Is
possible that the ultimate result of the
change in the Bank OF England rate may
be of such "A character.
For il must be apparent that the gov
ernors OF the bank would not have changed
the rate unless they had previously salts
fled themselves that all the gold needed by
Paris for "A long time TO come would be
supplied By New York
Although there has been a good deal Of
talk about a reduction OF the bank rate for
several weeks. IL is significant that nothing
was done about IL until nearly 100000 gold
had been shipped from New York 10 Paris.
and the rates Of sterling at Paris and New
York indicated the probable continuation
Of such shipments.
II Paris should take enough gold from
New York 10 cut into our supply OF cash
seriously. the money market would soon
take on a firm tone.
There Is another influence. however. that
NAV check the decline III sterling at Paris.
and that is foreign investment in British
bonds Of municipalities. etc.
The triangular operations through which
GOLD is now being exported 10 Paris IN
volVe the sale OF sterling bills here against
at Paris. which IS paid for with the eoid
exported.
make such operations unprontable. II Is
conceiS able that sterliag here may advance
TO a point at which II would pay To export
gold direct To London.-W ail-street Journal