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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-06-03
STARTLING EVIDENCE.

!. Fresh testimony in great quantity
is constantly coming in. declaring
DR.. Kings New Discovery for. Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds to be
unequalled. A recent expression
from 7. j. Mcfarland, Bentorville,
Va. serves as example. He writes:
II had Bronchitis for three years
and doctored all the time without
being benefited. Then began tax
ing DR.. Kings New Discovery, and
few bottles wholly cured me. =
Equally effective in curing all Lung
and Throat troubles, Consumption,
Pneumonia and Grip. Guaranteed
by All Druggists. Trial bottles
free, regular sizes soc, and 800
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On Monday tho 9Th, the frat day
Of the period the moonisat full and
extreme declination south, indica-
tions that disturbances ot this per-
iod will develop early in the period,
and continue with greater or less
intensity for several days. The
center of low barometric pressure
will lie to the south, inducing north
erly air currents and causing cool
northerly to northeasterly rains
during most of this period, over all
sections north of the center of low
barometer. .l-t.-s
In the n ture of things, June will
bring many showers and some gem
erai hard rains, to most sections,
but we do not believe that the rain
falls will come up to the average,
taking the country as a whole. This
means, CT course, that some sections
will have a shortage of moisture be-
fore the close OF the month. We be-
leive that such sections will be in
the north, to northwestern parts of
the country. As to the seasonal
conditions during the remainder of
the summer, we will say that a Mars
period dominates the last half OF
July, and that the character of rain
fall and weather prevailing as we
enter this Mars period may be ex-
pected generally through July and
August. We fear that there will be
a shortage of moisture over much of
the great grain producing sections
Of our country.
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pearanoe he 10 dark brownish gray
with short carr, . short snout and
short legs and . short tail. Person
ally he is good sort Of q fellow, an
excellent family man, frugal, indus
trious and careful BY tradition.
There is some intelligence to him,
together with 9 reputed sense of
humor. And according to his lights
he is strict, he 10 earnest in his duty
to God and man. -Mankato Free
Press. $50 5 5ss
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VETERINARIAN,

nR. J. N. GOULD. ~
Veterinary Surgeon. -.
- Office at Western House. a.,
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DRIVEN TO DESPERATION.

DRIVEN TO DESPERATION.
Living at an out of tho way place,
remote from civilization, family
is often driven to desperation in
case of accident, resulting in Burns,
Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers, etc. Lay in
q supply of Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
It's the best on earth. Csc, at All
Drug stores. -
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in response to a message announc-
ing the serious illness of her brother
John, and arrived to find him some
what improved.
Tie spring term of the village
school closed last Friday and both
teacher and pupils are enjoying a
well-earned rest. Appropriate ex-
cruises marked the close of the term.
A new school district is being
formed in Dewald township in the
territory occupied by the farms of
o. j. Roskan, John Mckenzie and
others and they are making ar
rangements to build echoolhouse.
John Baird spent Sunday at the
HON II Joh. LcEenzie.
Vim. Whelan had the misfortune
the fore part of the week to step in
trough and sprain one of his ankles
badly. At first it was not thought
necessary to call a physician Lut lat
or one was called who placed the in
jured member in a plaster cast. Will
will be confined to the house for
some time.
The ball boys drove to Brewster
Monday where they met defeat at
the hands OF the local nine. Our
boys should win a game pretty soon
or we will have to bet on the other
fellows.
Frank IHman and wife, of San.
born, Ia, spent Friday and Saturday
! at the home of c. F. Martin. They
returned Sunday. =.
Miss Ida Gregg, of Rushmore Wis.
| tied Miss Ehie Buick Tuesday.
Jas. Baird, ST., of Rushmore, has
been buying wool in this section
this week. .
| F. A. Durfee made a flying trip to
the county hub Monday.
A mixture of the Summit Lake
nine and the Reading second nine
played a game of baseball at Rush
more, with the high school players
of that place, who added another
scalp to their belts.
A large number of our citizens at
! tended the Memorial services al
Worthington Monday. =" ~
ID. Fancher and wife are enjoy.
ing visit from the formers moth.
er, who arrived from Dodge Center
Tuesday. ~ :
Uphoff & Hawkins hav e eomn1enc;
ed to raise the building occupied by
Nv. a. Eikenberry, Preparatory tc
placing a stone wall under the same
and making other improvements
about the premises.
W.. II. Eikenberry was a. business
visitor TO the metropolis Tuesday.
T. The road soverseers are doing
some good work on. the highways
IN this section. :
WI y " T..
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J.. K. DARBY,

Is once moro before the public %
an auctioneer. Will cry all kinds. of
sales aud guarantee. Will have
notes cashed as cheap if not cheaper
than anyone else. See him before
securing your auctioneer for terms
and dates -
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FIELD MICE DESTROY FRUIT
TREES. ~

FIELD MICE DESTROY FRUIT
TREES. >#@
Field mice wrought great destruc-
ton to fruit trees in this vicinity
last winter. Some farmers in Man
kato and Decoria and other town
ships lest every fruit tree that they
had through the mice eating off the
bark. One farmer lost $50 worth
of trees. The loss appears to have
occurred mostly in orchards where
there were a lot of weeds for the
mice to take shelter in. When these
were burned in the spring the mice
jumped in all directions.
The damage wrought by the mice
was not confined to this section,
but papers received from Wisconsin
tell the same story and orchards il
other states suffered likewise. The
matter has led to some discussion,
owing to its features. At, Arst
thought it scenes absurd that mics
shonld eat the bark Of trees, but
the bark Of young fruit trees is soft
and juicy. The marks of the teeth
of field mice can be easily discover
ed on the bark Of the dead trees.
|, Whether any other trees through
out the entire country were damag-
ed to any extent in like manner is
not known but it is probable. Ac-
cording to The Boston Transcript
this obstruction of trees by field
mice was due entirely to the ex-
treme cold weather of the past win
tor. It is said that last summer the
number of mice increased wonder.
fully in number and that when
winter came and they had no sup.
ply of dried grass to live on they
turned to the trees as their. only
means OF 1OOu.
Just as the field mouse in summer
remains hidden under the punches
of grasses 10 in the winter they
make little borrows underneath the
| snow to their feeding places. In
many places the snow was quite
deep and thus The mouse could
climb higher onto the trunk of the
trees where the nourishment would
be softer and still be under the Gov
ering of sown. The rabbits are also
said to have helped the mice in thit
destruction for the same reasons.
The meadow mouse is one of oul
commonest animals. 1t has not the
tin can appetite of q goat; but il
will subsist on grass and the root.
of grass, and on most other vegeta
bic matter. 1t keeps down innum
cradle insects that prey upon thu
crops. It occasionally feeds upo1
animal flesh, and when pressed by
the famine of severe winter i
takes to the bark and buds of youns
trees. In addition to this hardness
it is highly prolific. Eight young
appear at a birth two or thre,
broods are raised in season, ant
the female is full of resource in say
ing her young from harm. .Occas
ionally they devour one of theil
own 70 i ind; but ordinarily murder
and self slaughter are barred by
strict convention among the sect
and for all the snakes and weasleI
and hawks they manage to flourish
and multiply. The mouse's pres
ence over the land is something
enormous. The ram bling pedestri
an crossing a field or down will not
ice thai hardly a single square foo
OF it's soil IS left untouched by hi
never ending net work Of paths ant
galleries through the grass. In ap
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PHYSICIANS.

A. b. CLARK :..zg. II.
= %@4E}r '''
Physician and Surgeofs .
Office over Citizens National Bank.
Residence or, 10th street between 9th
and 7th. avenues. -....-
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put that In the year book. 1t will give
THE impression throughout the south
that you are drawing the color line
l,rhe word colored after the name
IF church means to the people OF the
south that it is little lower in the
social scale than the others" Rev. J.
a. Kirbye, OF Atlanta, favored this for
the reason that 1t was a, practical way
10 designate the churches which were
colored.
4 The Divorce Question.
No radical action was taken on the
divorce evil. A standing committee of
i've was created which is charged with
the studious inquiry into the material
industrial, educational and legal con-
ditions upon which the fulfiilmentS of
the function Of the family depend, and
the recommendations of such attitude
and action of the churches thereto as
their own interests and those of the
family alike require In view of the
facts. The committee Is also authorig-
ed to confer with representatives of
other national UNCONVENTIONAL bodies
to secure uniform action in regard to
the marriage of divorced and other
persons. Graham Taylor of the Chi
cago Commons was chairman of this
committee, making the above recon-
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" ANTS MONEY
WATERLOO MAN ASKS REBATE
BECAUSE SUIT WAS uN.
SUCCESSFUL.

Waterloo, Oct. Automatically on
her return from Chicago last evening
Mrs. Eft1e Hartman Curtiss was served
with an original notice Of suit for
S1S,5o0 damages for breach Of promise.
The plaintiff Is George w. Bowder, a
prominent real estate man of this city.
Mrs. Curtiss was welded In Chicago
Wednesday to q. K. Curtiss, promi-
nent business man of Waverly. The
match was said to be rather sudden. Mr..
Bowder claims $4,000 of the amount
to have been expended on Mrs. Hart
man while he was suitor for her hand.
Mrs. Curtiss was formerly Mrs. w.
D. Hartman of this city, wife Of the
late w. D. Hartman, one of the own
iers Of the Courier, and state oil in
ispector. The starting of the suit is a
Sensation in Waterloo circles, where
both Mrs. Hartman and Mr.. Bowder
are prominent. The Curtisses went to
,Waverly last evening.
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properly passed by the legislature,
that the city ordinance was void for
the reason that it provided that the
owner of the building must erect and
maintain fire escapes, while the state
law provided that the lessees should
be charged with that duty,
Many Cases Are Pending,
Judge Preston of the district court
sustained this motion thus virtually
throwing the eases out of court. His
ruling has not been followed by the
other two judges, however, for both
of them have overruled the motion.
thus allowing the cases to be tried an
their merits. One of the cases is to
be tried in the federal court next week
and it is said that all the cases which
were filed in the district court will
now be filed in the superior court en-
cent such as can be tried in the fed.
eral court under its rules,
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RIIS LAUGHS. At ACTION
OF COUNCIL BLUFFS BOARD

Council Bluffs. Oct. 21.-Jacob Riis
has written sarcastic letter to the ed
iter of local Danish paper in refer
ence to the recent action of the demo-
cratic trustees Of the public library in
rejecting his Life of Roosevelt" The
letter is published in the Danske
Foiktidende He writes:
will you kindly give nay regards to
the democrats on your library board,
who, learn from the newspapers,
threw out my book on Roosevelt for
fear it would help elect Roosevelt.
mo help is needed to do that. but if
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WAY IS OPEN FOR CLIFTON
HOTEL FIRE DAMAGE SUITS

Cedar Rapids. Oct, 21.-By the de.
eiston of Judge Rothreck Of the supe.
rior court of this city which has Just
been announced. and the similar rul-
Ing made by Judge Reed of the federal
court recently. the doors of both these
courts have been opened for the trial
OF the long series of damage cases
arising out of the Clifton hotel fire
over year ago in this city, when
many lives were lost and many guests
of the hotel were more or less severely
injured.
Discuss Fire Escape Law.
Petitions were filed in the district
court. the federal court and the supe-
rier court several months ago. Similar
motions to strike were argued in all
three of the courts. the attorneys for
the defendant claiming among other
things that the fire escape law was
void for the reason that it was never
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STRICT LAW
ON DIVORCE
rPIscoPALlAN DELEGATES Al
BOSTON FINALLY AGREE ON
= NEW CANON.

Boston, Mass, Oct 81. = BY II ov.
erwhelming majority compromise
canon on remarriage of divorced per.
sons was adopted by the house Of dep.
uties OF the Episcopal general conven.
ton late yesterday afternoon and II
II Is concurred In by tho bishops the
most important Issue that has come
before the present convention will be
disposed of for at least three years
The compromise measure, like the old
law, permits remarriage of innocent
persons in divorce for cause of inf.
deity, but further provides that no
remarriage shall be allowed within
one year after the decree has been
issued by a civil court Satisfactory
proof OF the innocence of the appli.
cant for remarriage must be furnished
in the shape OF court records and after
the consent of the bishop Is obtained,
and clergyman may refuse to per-
form such ceremony without subject.
ing himself to censure or discipline.
Says cano is Strict.
In the opinion of Francis A. Lewis
Philadelphia, member Of the commit.
tee on canons, who favored no remar.
AAs15o " any alYoiGeu persons, DuC
who accepted the compromise, the
canon adopted yesterday is SO strict
that, If endorsed by the bishops, 1t
will practically put the church, as he
expressed 1t tout of the divorce bust
ness" Others, however, claimed they
say loop holes" in 1t. The vote on
the question of adopting the new sec.
ton was as follows: Clerical So, for
z against. 2 divided; lay 46 for. S
against, 2 divided; total, SO for, u
against, 4 divided.
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any were, they have given him and in,
cidentafly my book an able lift all
through the east. Rooseveltis friends
are laughing at them and the Parker
champions are grinding their teeth.
SIT was only yesterday Mr.. Bryan
administered his left handler to the
ticket in Nebraska, and here comes
your library board in the same BUSH
ness. Tell them that wish heartily
for more power to their elbows /
presume it must be with the e,baws
they pick out books for their library,
unless they Go il with their hoofs.
/ Jacob A, RiIs,p
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MAKES REPLY
PARKER INSISTS THAT His
CHARGES CAN BE PROVED
BY FACT.

Esopus. Oct 21.-Judge Parker to-
day addressed delegation from Hud-
son county, N. j., on the subject Of ad-
ministration extravaganza, answering
the speech made by Secretary Taft, In
which the secretary called upon the
democrats to give bill of particulars
in connections with their charge that
economy in government affairs has
been forgotten since the republicans
have been in control of national af.
fairs.
Promises Particulars.
Judge Parker quoted few totals
from the official reports which he as
serted fet only raised the presump,
tion of extravaganza, but proved it. A
bill of particulars will be given, he
raid, when the democratic administra.
ton gets a chance at the books
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MAKES AN APPEAL FOR AID. 4
President Hancher, of Iowa Wesleyau
Asks Financial Support.

Fairfield, Oct. 21.---President Ham.
cher Of the Iowa Wesleyan university.
which is located at Mt Pleasant, has
made an appeal to the Methodists of
Iowa to help prevent the debt of that
institution from being enlarged.
Though the running expenses are only
100000. the income of the college is but
$4,000, leaving the institution $4,000
In the hole every year. aside from the
present debt. DIR. Hancher wants 600
people each to promise to give $40 per-
year for six years, hoping by that time
to be able to have the college pay its
expenses without asking for this help.
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r H r W r A T II r. R

Iowa Partly cloudy tonight with
showers in the east portion Saturday
fair.
Illinois = Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday with probably showers to-
night.
+. South Dakota = Generally fair to.
night and Saturday. Cooler in the
east portion tonight.
The Local Weather.
. O'clock last night :. :. :. i. SO
= o'clock this morning 81
. oolcck this afternoon ), !, 49,, So
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PEORIA MAN ATTACKS WOMAN
WHO MAKES TRYsT WITH
HIS PARENT.
TELLS sTORYOF TROUBLE
Richard Higgins, Son Of. Prominent
Peoria Man, Reveals Family skols.
ton When He is Jailed on Murder
Charge - Woman Not Divorced
From Husband. :.

Peoria, Ill.,. Oct. 21.-Mrs Nellia
Ihomasson, wife OF q former prominent
real estate dealer in this city, died att
Lacon last night the result of Injuries
received in sensational encounters
with Richard and Jennie Higgins, the
children of John G. Higgins, member
of the board of supervisors of Peorlal
county, and a prominent man in res,
publican politics.
Intercepted Fathers Mall. sS'li
Higgins children intercepted letter
written to Higgins, Sr., who is in ST.
Louis. by Mrs. Thomasson, in which
she asked him to meet her at the Rock
Island depot in this city. When Mrs.
Thomasson arrived she was confronted
by young Higgins, his sister and uncle.
What took place Is mystery, but
some time latter the ticket agent as
sisted a woman to the train and found
the floor of the waiting room covered
with blood and the woman almost
dead.
Mrs. Thomasson fingered In great
agony at her home in Lacon until she
died. Higgins was arrested on the
charge of murder. Mrs. Thomasson's
body presented horrible appearance
Frlghtful Injuries.
Her lip was severed. both eyes
blackcd, her shoulder was displaced
and her back was covered with bruises
The intestines and internal mem
branes were evidently ruptnred, as the
woman vomitted blood excessively.
Made No Statement,
The attending physician was unable
to ronse the patient suae q - H ~ -
q dying statement. but the inJurisa
were evidently inflicted BY ! boat u
some heavy instrument.
Higgins Tells Of Trouble.
Higgins wept when he was placed
in Jail. He Eaid the children had BEEN
trying for years to break up the rela-
lions between their father and Mrs.
Thomasson, that at the depot the wo-
man drew hatpin, whereupon he
pushed her sharply and knocked her
over a chair. Higgins sister corrobs
GRATED the statement.
Mrs. Thomasson Not Divorced.
| Mrs. Thomnsson has not lived with
her husband for three yenrs though
they are not divorced. The attack on
Mrs. Thomasson occurred last Satur.
day. Higgins who is Familiarity known
as Dick" is 26 years old, and his
sister is 81.
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MORE COAL in UNION COUNTY.
Twenty,slx Inch Vein Has Heen una
earthed Along Grand River,

Cresten, Oct, 21.-Another vein OF
coal has been found in Union county
which promises a large yield of that
mineral. Word was received In this
city Wednesday that two young mem
in Pleasant township, on the old Cue,
farm, where a portion of the Grand
river bank had been washed away by
last summers rains The work of sink-i
ing shaft will commence at once, and
Union county people are of the apinioW
that Union county coal will soon be on
the market
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TO ISSUE CALL
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL
SOON INVITE NATIONS TO
PEACE CONFERENCE.

Washington, Oct, 21.-In the course
OF two days President Roosevelt will
dispatch formal invitations to the
powers to name delegates to the new
peace conference to be held at The
Hague. The powers are invited to
suggest dates for the meeting of the
conference. Secretary Hay submitted
draft of the invitation to the cabinet
today.
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HONOR eRENADiER crNREs,

Chicago Business Men and Soldiers
Entertain British Band.
Chicago, Oct. 81. The famous
Grenadier Guards band, Of which reg.
iment King Edward is colonel in chief
arrived in Chicago today from ST.
Louis the members being entertained
ny the city officials, prominent bust.
ness men and members Of the Second
regiment I. N. G.
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: :
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE WED,

Former Representative s. r.. Watkins
and Mrs. Clare E. Trout, Marry.
Fairfield, Oct. 2.-Hon. Samuel H.
Watkins and Miss Clara e. Trout, both
of Libertyville, were married Wednes-
day morning. Captain Watkins was
for several years state representative
and Mrs. Watkins is postmistress at
Libertyville
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FATHERS lNFATUATI0N
MAKES SON A MURDERER
FOR VIOLATING POSTAL LAW.
William H. Doris is Indicted by Fed.
oral Grand Jury at Creston.

Creston, Oct. 21.-The jury in the
United States circuit court has been
discharged, as there will be no cases
for their consideration this term. The
grand jury was also discharged on
Tuesday, having completed it work.
The attendance on the court Is large,
and number of interesting cases
have come up and are being adjusted.
William H. Doris was indicted for a
violation Of the postal laws and a
bench warrant was issued for his ar
rest.
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FIEND'S ACT
FORMER MEMBER OF NAVY AR,
RESTED FOR AssAuLTlNe
LITTLE GIRL.

Keolult, Oct, a.-tspeeiai, Felix
Reynolds, discharged landsman from
the steamer Pensacola, was arrested
here by the police and has been identi,
fed by the sheriff of Louisa county as
the man who raped Lizzie Suizbupger,
aged 12 years, six miles northeast of
Wapello on Tuesday. The sheriff took
Reynolds to Wapelle this afternoon.
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BRUTAL MURDER IN ILLINOIS.
Unknown Man Cuts Throat of f7.Yeap
Old Girl and Burns Bodv.

waterloo, H., Oct, s1.-Eleanar
Woedcock, the seventeen year old
daughter of Richard Woedcook, q.
wealthy farmer living near this place,
was murdered yesterday by an uniden-
titled man, who finding her alone at
home, cut her throat and dragged her
body to neArby field where he placed
1t under pile Of straw, to which he
set fire in an effort to burn the corpse,
The girls body was partly destroyed
when found
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GERMANS LOSE
BATTLES IN SOUTHWEST AFRICA
RESULT FAvoRABLY TO
= NATIVES.

Berlin, Oct 81. - Great Britain has
refused to grant Germany's request to
permit the latter to use Walfish Bay
for landing the troops and supplies
essential in the war against the ma.
tives Of German Southwest Africa.
The bay is the only good harbor for
1000 miles along the coast, Almost
daily the dispatches bring news of
some small German reverse in South
west Africa