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RANK and FILE WANT JEROME
THE DEMAND AS STRONG AS THAT
OF REPI'BLICANS FOR ROOT.

Young Democrats. Independents and Dis
satisfied Republicans Hope for His
NomInatton-Hl Courage, Honesty
and Capabiiity Commend Him 10 AL
Who Wish 10 See GEeilIsm slammed Ont.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18

counties are retrieved by the improved
showing for johnson in Hennepin.
R. c. Dunn and james A: Martin, his
manager, have conceded Johnson.s cleo
tion. The Pioneer Press comedies the
state to johnson by 1900.
The remainder Of the republican state
ticket is elected by varying majorities.
including Ray w. Jones and the supreme
: The next Minnesota house WIN consist
Of 1o7 republicans and twelve democrats:
The Roosevelt wave swept away several
democrats who had strong hopes Of elec-
ton. and the republicans have the strong.
est hold on the legislature that they have
held in recent years.
Three Of the democrats elected are from
Ct. Paul and two from Minneapolis.
The senate vill be q: before tiftX;two
was one election, 20 nu the vacancy
caused by the death Of A. F. Ferris, re-.
publican senator from tho forty eighth
district. John T. Frater. republican was
The legislature will therefore stand 16s
republicans and twenty two democrats
on Joint ballot, and 1t will take eighty
votes to control the republican caucus.
Out Of 119 house meNbers sixty-three
served in the last house. and eight others
were In the 1901 Legislature. There are
forty-eight new members.
The following tables shows the latest
returns on governor. Where only one fig
ure Is given, It Is the plurality:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18
THE FIRE CURTAIN.
Showing Method Of Operation to Prevent
H. the Spread Of Big Fires.)

= nv The FIRE CURTAIN.
(showing Method Of Operation to Prevent
H. the Spread Of Big Fires.)
system, and. as result Of tests the value
Of the appliance has been so recognized
that q substantial reduction has been
made in the fire insurance premium de-
manded by the company carrying the
risk.
On every side of thu building separate
water pipes, perforated on the under
side, are attached to the roof few feet
from the walls. These pipes are con-
nected by valves with central one, in
which water pressure of 80 pounds to
the square inch Is maintained.
II fire in nearby building threatens
to spread the opening of a single cock.
accessible from the street, will throw
from the pipe on the roof thousands OF
Jets of water SO close together that they
form perfect water curtain between the
fame and the threatened side Of the
building. The force with which the
streams are thrown from the pipe makes
it impossible for the water to be evap-
GRATED by nearby flames and prevents
absolutely any flames from passing
through it.
The water may be turned on to protect
only one wall or all of them. as circum-
stances may make necessary, and anoth-
er set of drenchers, working on the same
principle, but throwing the water hori-
zontally, protects the roof.
The valves which control the system
on the London building are operated from
the sidewalk, and the police stationed
nearby have been instructed how to
operate them. London authorities
have declared that the system is q
notable advance in protection against
fire.
Network fire experts. who have stud
led the plan which has been tried in Lon
don. say that II generally adopted here
it will effectively stop the spread of big
fires. Had some of the big buildingsin
Baltimore and Paterson been so
equipped. they say, condagrations in
those cities would have been checked
much sooner and possibly might have
been checked At the outset.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18
tyA'TER CURTAINS ron FIRES
" laocsssful London scheme Likely
.5. 10 Tried In New York
- City. .@. .-

\ New York. The adoption by this city
of m auxiliary system Of mains which
will carry salt water for fighting flres
has interested merchants and owners Of
warehouses and other large buildings in
. scheme for checking the spread Of fire
from, one building to another, by means
Of . curtain of water. which, in IN emer-
gency can be turned on, completely COW
ering the sides Of building with q force
SUFFICIENT to prevent any flames from
penetrating It. - s'..-5
4 building in London has recently
been equipped with such q protective
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18
PEAnY'S NEW VESSEL
SHIP IN WHICH ExPLoRER WILL,
SEEK THE NORTH POLE.
Wi1l Have the Good Points Of All Yes.
sells Used IN Polar. Explorations
" ITO 30 Of !, 500 Tons #
r. Displacement

New York.-Encouraged by his pre-
vous performances, Commander Rob
ert y. Peary. OF the United States
navy. is now having built new craft
for his final dash for the north pole.
Less than = years time will see this
sturdy vessel headed for the north
land and the region Of eternal ice. In
this last and what Ia to be his final
effort Commander Peary has united the
fruit Of his own experience in the past
together with the difficulties that have
confronted his rivals In this forbid.
ding field of geographical research.
This new ship viii be very remarkable
in many ways. S.gg, "a. ,-..
The vessel is technically described as
Q three-masted fore and aft schooner
rugged steam vessel. with auxiliary
sail power. says writer in the New
York Herald. The foremost and the
mizzenmast will be single sticks Of the
best Oregon pine, and the mainmast,
while of the same material, will carry
4 separate topmast Of selected yellow
pine. At the masthead Of the main
topmast will be carried the crows
nest" from which q lookout will direct
the navigation Of the craft.
The ship will be 1874 feet long on the
load water line and $50 feet long from
the tip Of her stem to the afterside Of
her rail. Her maximum beam over her
guard will be nearly IS feet, and when
laden she will draw nearly II feet Of
water. Her displacement when ready
for sea. and with all coal and stores
aboard, will be quite $500 tons.
The two big deck houses will pro-
vide quarters for Commander Peary,
the ships officers and the members Of
the scientific staff. These houses will
be Of peculiar construction and are de-
designed to be portable. The object
Of this Is to facilitate their removal
from ship to shore If emergency de-
mand, where they may be turned into
reasonably comfortable habitations.
susceptible Of economical heating and
maintenance Most of the crew, Of
which there will be about 20, will be
housed on the berth deck.
The keel, stem and sternpost will be
built of heavy white oak, and over
the regular keel there will be stout
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18

with It the Daring Explorer VIII Attempt
to Reach the North Pole.)
false keel Of tho same material, which
will bear the rub Of thick ice and
grounding. The frames will also be
i Of white oak and closely spaced. The
deck beams will be OF very thick yel-
low pine. unusually we'll supported and
fastened to the frames by big through
bolts.
Amidships these beams will be sup
ported right up from the keelson by
steel stanchions so arranged that they
may bet set up by bolts to take up any
''give". In the structure during the
course Of construction. TO insure ex-
ceptional stiffness to the hull there
will be heavy yell"w pine diagonal
braces, very securely fastened. at every
frame. While cutting up the space BE-
tween decks; this arrangement gives
Just that resistance to the pressure Of
ice upon the bottom and bilges that
will cause the vessel, like q melon seed
pinched between the fingers. to rise
and free itself Of the stress.
Above all things l" is essential that
the vessel should not leak, and to In
sure this and to take the constant rub
Of the ice the hull will be covered with
4 double course Of ave-inch planking.
The inner course will be Of yellow pine
and the outer course which will be i'm.
mediately subjected tto wear. will bs
If we'll seasoned white oak. The inner
course will; be: scaiked when. finished
and made securely water tight "a xer
the inner course will then be lid {
sheeting Of tarred hemp or tarreds eAn.
vas. After this Is thoroughly secured
the outer planking will be laid and
bolted with exceptional strength to
each frame. :. .;,S, IS 5$$.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18
Strenuous Politics.

Danial F. Collins, we'll known rail-
road man, living at White Bear, died
of apoplexy on the street.
While on his way down town. COL
Inns engaged in heated political ar.
gument, and he became so angry that
he suddenly became ILL He started for
home, but he rapidly became worse.
and few minutes after he reached his
house he was dead.
Collins was about fifty years old and
was employed by the Northern Pacific
railroad.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18
HUGE FIGURE OF BUDDHA.
Discovered by English Troops Nea1
tho Forbidden City 3
Lhasa,

London.-One of the most inter-
esting Of monuments seen by En-
glish > troops in Thibet was the
huge figure Of Buddha passed
about Is miles from the forbid
den city Of Lhasa. Some idea Of the
great size Of the idol may be obtained
by comparing It with the height Of the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18
Great Salt Plants.

There are two great plants for solar
evaporation Of salt in the United States.
one at Salt Lake and the other on San
Francisco bay. Thebrlne pumped At Salt
Lake carries over 20 per cent saltand IL
free from impurities. That pumped at
San Francisco has On the other hand
somewha less salt than the water o.
the open sea, and It has the customary
impurities. At present Utah ranks sixth
among the states % q salt producer. and
it, output now reaches up to 60o. 900
barrels per annum. e..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18

APsarl Tssrr.

Il
a Pearl Farm.
Pearl farms will certainly b popular
enterprises in Minnesots IL the ons
that Former AldermanE r Jefferson
Of Duluth has at Bay Lake, near Deer
wood, is success. He has kept the
fact that he has = pearl farm secret
for four years. and now that he has
actually grown some pearls, Mr.. Jeher-
son has fenced OF . part of Bay lake
and in it he has seven hum
dred fresh water CLANS, each Of which
he has treated with = particle Of for
eign substance. His method was to
bore tiny hole in tho shell near the
hinge and insert . particle Of glass.
Mr.. Jefferson began this treatment
four years ago, and has kept adding to
his stock until he has now the number
of clans stated. Each 10 the possible
broader Of valuable gem. When .
clam 10 treated as described the date is
scratched in the shell for future refer
ence. Mr.. Jefferson is exhibiting
about town two tiny pearls that were
taken from two of the CLANS that he
treated four years ago.
The pearls are about tho size OF
pin head, and are Of no value, but he
has demonstrated that his principle is
right, he says and has faith that among
the clans will some day be found val
, liable pearls. Mr.: Jefferson estimates
that it will take some years yet to de-
yelop pearls of fair size. He says that
he has to protect his treated clans
from the raids of muskrata
School Expenses.
The total expense for running the
schools of Minnesota during the year
which ended Oct 81. 1904. was So, 1885,
se4, according to a report made by
John Olson, superintendent Of public
instruction.
The largest item is for teachers
wages and this amounted to 81. 95s, 946,
over half of the total amount Fuel
and sup ,lies were purchased at total
cost of $7lo.074, and $o7e, 500 was spent
in the erection Of schoolhouses Text
books cost $l69. 666 and transportation
of pupils $4,267. The total increase
over 1908 was 81. $40. s73, and there was
in the treasury at the end of tho year
81. l77,595.
Cool Burglars.
c. A. Growers fat at Minneapolis
was robbed of two gold watches and
SIS in cash by two men in the plain
- nh
playing in the yard.
The children saw one Of the men 60
up to the house, open window and
crawl in. When the man inside was
through he came out as liesurely as he
! went in. The children never thought
to mention what they had seen until
after it was learned that q robbery
had been committed.
The police have good description OF
the men.
Terrible Death.
Jack Conner, lineman for the Twin
City Rapid Transit company, was kill
ed by live wire while working on
new lines at Twentieth and Lyndale
avenues N. Minneapolis =,
Conner was sitting on tho iron arm
that supports the feedwire and the end
of it came in contact with another
wire. The shock lifted Conner up
from the>pole and then dropped him to
the ground. Immediately his clothing
was q mass of flames He was COW
cred with blankets from nearby wag-
on and taken to the city hospital and
died soon after.
|. Strenuous Politics..
Danial F. Collins, we'll known rail-
road man, living at White Bear, died
- ~ hA 81 oot
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18
News Notes.

Crying to the last that her husband
had forced her to drink poison MIRA
Mary Clancy Of Minneapolis with
lips. mouth and throat fearfully
burned by carbolic acid, sank to her
death.
Track laying for tho Fargo q Moor
head Street Railway was resumed In
Morhead to the gratideation Of tho
citizens Of Moorhead.
Ephriam Tressler, about 50 year old,
q wealthy farmer living near Delavan,
committed suicide by taking carbolio
acid
A fre that originated in defective
wiring damaged the Globe building,
Minneapolis, to the extent Of $4,000.
! "A loft Of the National Order OF Hay
Makers has been instituted in Winona.
Tho natives Of Holland in the Twin
Cities and vicinity will form IN organi.
cation. in the nature Of club. An in.
tial meeting for that purpose has been
held, and q committee of two appoin-
ted to carry on tho work Of organize
ton.
The two small children Of Gus Bolt
ers. who lives on farm near Rice mar
rowly escaped death in 3 fire which
destroyed the house and barn on the
place.
The sum Of $4,000 is now asked by
Attorney General DonahOwer from
Congressman C. B. Buchanan, for al
legged trespass on state timber lands
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18
A Curious Structure.

\ In Segovia, Northern Spain. stands
one Of the most curious structures in
::he world, q palace that is known a.,
"tne. house Of the points," because its
front Is c"rved into innumerable facets.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18
Sunotherod.

Danial Danielson. aged IS years, q
St. Paul teamster emp Dyed in hauling
sand, was smothered to death beneath
tons of loose earth at tho base of an
excavated cliff in tho rear Of East
Fourth street. st. Paul.
Danielson was digging and loading
sand from q loose vein which ran close
to and partially under tho cliff. As he
made the excavation near tho base of
the cliff, which was about twenty feet
high, the earth above gave way and
plunged in heap uoon the workman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18

soldiers shown in tho sketch fling past
The Buddha was carved out OF the cli6
itself, and 10 rudely colored. 1t u pro-
tected by two lofty stone buttresses and
a light roof. The heap Of white stones
shown on the right Of the sketch is the
accumulation If years. Devout travel
ers add to the heap as they pass. The
troops passed many Of these figures
carved In the rocks during their march,
but none eQualled this one In magnt-
tudo.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-11-18

Thousands Of wild horses roam the
unfenced ranges Of Oregon, and the state
-eterinarian has ordered that they shall
be shot. This is to prevent the epreao
IT mango among cattle and other live
stock. .-r =.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-09-14
COleridge's Visions.

Coleridge once read to his friend Cot
tie, the publisher, from his pocket
book list of eighteen different works,
not one of which he ever wrote. For
many years he meditated a heroic
poem on the siege of Jerusalem by
Titus. and among other projected
works were a Treatise on the Corn
Laws" Book of German Bellies
Lettres," Book of Morals" in an
swer to Goodwin, an Essay on the
Writings Of Johnson and Gibbon," a
poetical pantomime and kind Of
comedy" II should not think Of de-
voting less than twenty years to an
epic poem," he writes-"ten years to
collect my materials and warm my
mind with universal science" Five
were to be spent in its composition
and five with it's correction. His
tastes and inclinations were undoubt-
eddy catholic. but persistent effort in
any one direction was i'll suited to the
genius of Coleridge, and he was con-
tent with his books and his opium and
consequent glorious dreaming.--Cham-
bers' Journal.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-09-14
THE TOWER OF HUNGER.
A Famous Prison of Pfsa Long Since
Destroyed.

A Famous Prison of Pisa Long Since
Destroyed.
"The Tower of Hunger" was a name
given to the tower of Gualandi, in
Pisa, celebrated because of the refer
ence made to it in Dante's Inferno"
Ugolino. count of Gherardesca Q22O-
69), was the head of a leading Chi
belline family in Pisa. DESERVING the
Ghibellines. he went over to the
Guelphs. Afterward he returned to
his own side and Joined that uncom-
promising faction which regarded
Archbishop Ruggieri as their head. un-
til dissensions arose between him and
them after he had killed the archbish-
ops nephew in quarrel.
In the summer of 1888 Ugolino was
seized by the Ghibellines and sent a
with his two sons and two grandsOns.
Here they were kept till March. 1899.
when the door of the tower was fas-
tened, the keys thrown into the Arno
and the prisoners left to die of starva-
ton. The tower. which was ever after
known as the Tower of Hunger was
in ruins at the end of the fifteenth cen
fury and was finally destroyed in 1865.
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branches, will find his or her services
valuable and in demand. The New
London Business college, New Lon
don, Conn, has equipped hundreds of
young men and women with that
practical knowledge which has OBJ
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right start in the business world.
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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-09-14
Skeptic and Pessim list .

Mr.. Dolan looked ait his visitor with
an expression of confirmed opposition
and during the friends argument he
further emphasized his disagreement
by an occasional emphatic shake of the
head.
Nav, ! don't hold wild loife insur-
ance companies, nor yet wild savings
banks" he3said stubbornly. "A cousin
o measown, he had his loife insured fol
the benefit ., his WILDLY, am afther ali
he niyver had one, for twas him liveG
to be eighty, an her that doied.
"Wid banks it's just the other way
he continued. .'For there was me own
uncle, he put money in the bank and
he kept sticking it iii and sticking it iii
In the hopes that whili old age come he
scud take 1t out gradual loikc and enj'y
himself. and instid O. that twas him
that had the wildly BEFORE he touched
isixty-two! They're wurrked ON the
wrong plan, the both O. thin institu-
tons, man, and it's wonder to ne to
hear you spanking good wurr1 for
'om0 y t6' ;a<t
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-09-14

sTalking about philosophy" said a
noted author, who would never in the
world forgive me If mentioned his
name. reminds me of man ! used to
know in Louisville He raised hogs
for a living, not because the hog, per
Sc. is a thing of beauty, but because
he had an idea that by nurturing hogs
in a certain way he could make them
pay better than any other crop.
'aThe idea was still in his mind when
the hogs were ripe. He drove them to
Louisville, but the price offered him
did not seem adequate. He felt sure
that over In Indiana-Indiana Is very
cultured state-hogs of an exceptional
kind would be more keenly appreciat-
ed. He drove the hogs to Indianapolis.
The price there also was inadequate,
SO he footed it to Chicago with his
crop. Some time late in the fall he re-
turned to Louisville, still driving his
hogs before him, and there he sold
them for considerably less than the
price he had refused in the beginning.
Somebody expressed sympathy for him.
"'Well,' he replied, I've lost the
whole summer, and I'm out a good deal
on the cost Of them critters, but I've
had the society of my hogs Wash
ington Post.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-09-14
Fair Notes.

1t is only three weeks before tn,
big Stafford fair, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, October 4, 5 and 6.
The premium lists are completed
and in circulation. They can be Sc
cured at the Office of Gary Bros. or Al
The Press Office.
Wormwood's animal circus, a ia
vorite everywhere, will be one of the
features of the platform show this
year. i.
Miss Effie Brooklyn, the beautiful
ballad singer, has been engaged fol
all three days.
The act of the Gordon sisters, box.
ers and bag punchers, is bound to
prove interesting.
The improvements at the fair
ground are nearing completion. By
the change in grade it will be posi-
BILE for occupants of the grand stand
to follow the progress of the racing
from start to finish.
Superintendent Wheeler, with q
force of men, are at work getting the
track in first-class condition for the
trotting events.
Visitors at the Stafford fair this
year will have chance 10 see the
sacred white tattooed bull of Benares,
India. This bull has been one of the
leading attractions at Coney Island
the past season. 1t was secured by
Bostock, the king of animal trainers
and collectors. just how MIR. Bos-
took got the animal from the temple
in India does not appear, and it does
not matter. If the Indian high
priests do not watch their stage prop
erty closely, some American Snowman
will get in his work. The sacred
bull is hairless, except for the tip of
his tail, and his decorations are artis-
tic in q rare degree.
One of the leading features of the
platform show this year will be Miss
Ora Cecil, trainer of leopards. Miss
Cecil is slender, blonde girl of %
years, but she is absolutely fearless
and handles the leopards like so many
cats. The Stafford fair association
has shown in former years what it ia
possible to do with birds, lions, seals
and other animals, but this 10 the
first time that leopards have had a
place on the program. This feature
alone is worth coming miles to see.
William Hill, the high wire artist.
is one of the men who will thrill the
crowds by his daring and dangerous
act each day of the fair.