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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-25
MINOR news ITEMS,

Moses D. Clements, of Portland, Me-.
left his entire fortune, 100000, to
charity.
Ruel H. Fletcher, master of the
Thorndike school, Cambridge, Mass,
has just celebrated his fiftieth ami
versary as teacher.
DR.. P. T. Hale, of Owensboro, KY,
has been elected president of the
Southwestern Baptist college, of jack
son, Tenn.
R. S. Long, of Pittsburg, is one of
the 36 survivors of the GIG delegates
to the Philadelphia convention which
nominated Fremont in 1856.
The battleship Illinois arrived at
New York with a brick and cement
wall built in her stern to keep the wa
ter from entering through hole in
her hull
BENJAMIN Wood Davis, of Cincin-
natl, willed $4,000 to various insti-
buttons, but as the will was made less
than a year ago the requests are void.
The newspaper libel law enacted by
the legislature of Kansas of 1901 has
been declared unconstitutional by the
state supreme court.
Japan is not in need of any foreign
loan for the time being, home SUBJ
scriptions and raise in taxes being
sufficient to prosecute the war for the
present.
Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and
Ep1scopalian clergymen in Chicago de-
clare st. Patrick quite as much a men,
Der of their churches as of the Ro-
man Catholic.
On the steamer Lowther Castle.
which arrived in Boston from the far
east with a million-dollar cargo, were
two wild animals, young lion and a
hyena. for President Roosevelt from
King Menelik, of Abyssinia.
Marvin Shearer, a one-armed man
in Akron, O., has made a clock which
records hours in different cities, regis
ters changes in temperature and hd-
Nudity, and shows historical pictures.
The previous high record of a WIN
ter's snowfall in Chicago has been sur
passed by nearly three inches for the
present winter. Total fall for this sea-
son is 1914 inches.
Right Rev. Louis Maria Fink, bishop
Of Leavenworth diocese of the Catho-
lie church, died at his homo at Kan
Sas City. Kan.
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sSZSsS
I'M A1tsT ~ {i1S ilAA y =
grower at Grand Junction. Col. has de-
lveloped . method d growing seedless ap-
pies. N. .S.as I'M. E
Edward s. Caldwell, an influential and
wealthy farmer, died at Laporte, Ind,
after four days of continuous hiccough-
ing. 49, "5n
Gov. Warfleld, of Maryland, has signed
a bill requiring railway companies to pro-
vide separate coaches for colored pas
sengers except on express trains.
The department Of commerce and Ia
Dor has begun an investigation OF
charges made against the alleged beef
trust.
Chauncey Dewey, a millionaire, and
his two cowboys, Clyde Wilson and
William J. Mcbride, were acquitted OF
the murder of Burchard Berry at
Norton, Kan.
Fayette Sawyer and Burke Harris,
two negroes, charged with the murder
of Sid Killum, a negro porter, were
hanged by q mob at Cleveland, Miss.
Mrs. Edward Willingham and Seph
Crook (white) and Jake Dyer (colored)
were killed and Newt. Clements fatal
w wounded in q race war at Bessemer,
Ala.
A severe earthquake shock In portions
of Maine, New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts caused damage to buildings
and their contents.
On request of Minister Takahira the
United States will ask Russia to use
clemency toward noncombatant Japa-
nese in that country.
Henry c. Payne may retire as post
master general, his health being such
as to give his relatives and friends alarm.
Louis H. Mott, wife murderer, was
hanged at Missoula, Mont.
Robert Hooker, the man who initiated
the Prince Of Wales, now King Edward,
into the third degree Of masonry, died
at San Bernardino, Cal.
Internal revenue collections in Feb
ruary amounted to 81, 403 1868, an in
crease of 81 ,052,s over the same month
in 1903.
A report Of the state board of arbitra-
ton shows that strikes in New York
state the last year cost the workingmen
100000. -.
Mrs. Langtry finished her American
tour in New York and said she had had
a most pleasant and successful visit.
According to the calculations of cot
ton market experts, Daniel J. Sully lost
about $1,7O0,000 by his failure in New
York
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Another Lynchinc.

Houston, Tex, March 22.-John May
.nard, a negro, was found hanging to a
telegraph pole Monday at Montgomery
station, on the Santa Fe railroad, about
100 miles from Houston. Maynard was
charged with being one of party Of
negroes who robbed number Of Bohe-
milan railway workers, and, after beat
ing the Bohemians, killed one. May
nard confessed. Two other arrests
have been made and feeling IS very high.
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be made to reestablish the business.
AS Mr.. Sully had entered his Office

be made to reestablish the business.
AS Mr.. Sully had entered his Office
he said:
Il am sure I shall resume very
short1 :" adding that no statement of
assets or liabilities <ould be ready un-
til after the meeting of the creditors
Monday. Mr.. Cutcheon made the fol-
lowing statement later:
1.-THE statement of assets and liabili-
lies is being prepared inaMr. Sully's Of
fee. People generally and even the cot
ton exchange element have but little
idea what a tremendous job is involved
in the preparation of this statement. 1t
Is doubtful, though, whether this mass
of work can be finished Monday"
Estimate Of sully Losses.
1t was not until late Saturday after
noon that the calculations of the average
price of cotton for the day were COM
pleted. Superintendent King, Of the
cotton exchange, announced the settle
ment price reached by taking into con-
rsideration all the sales on contracts
made in the two hours session.
!. These are the official averages of
prices upon which the creditors of D. j.
Sully & Co. will settle: March, 1926;
April, 1886; May, 1888; June, 1886;
July, 1874; August, 1890; September,
1928; October, 1852; November, 11.63,
and December, 11.54.
The greatest interest was felt in the
prices of the May and July options, for it
was known Sully's holdings were almost
entirely in those months. The expert
opinion was to the effect the average
price of the Sully holdings was between
Is and 15H cents pound. The average
price of those months, as calculated by
the exchange, is 1853 and 1874. The
difference estimated by the expert is
therefore rs cents a pound, or $3.50 a
bale On an estimated amount of 225, 900
bales which Sully is believed to hold
there is loss of about%$1, 700 900, which
will have to be made good in order to
pay creditors in full. - -,
! New Orleans Market Steady.
!, New Orleans, March 22.-The cotton
market opened steady and from 2 to
10 points higher than Saturdays close
On extremely favorable cables from
liverpool. A moderate volume of buy
ing orders was seen. May showed an
advance of A points at 1915 and July an
~,dvance of 80 points at 1882. The mar
ket was not excited. There was nothing
new reported in the Sully affair, but the
Impression seemed to gain that the New
York firm would resume business
shortly. ~ ..5 -
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Mrs. Nancy Tigue celebrated her one
hundred and fifth birthday at her home
in Lafayette, Ind.
The republicans of the Eleventh dis
trict of Georgia have nominated Rev. A.
B. Finley, of Douglas, for congress.
A call issued for the democratic state
convention in Springfield, ILL.,, June IL,
provides for 1,341 delegates.
Jesse Spalding, pioneer lumber man
and banker, died in Chicago, aged 81
years.
Commander William E. Sewell, late
governor of the island of Guam, died
at the hospital on Mare Island, Cal.
Gideon c. Moody, who was the first
United States senator from South Da-
kota, died at his home in Los Angeles,
CAL, aged u years.
Gen. Joseph Warren Keiffer has
been nominated for congress in the
Seventh Ohio district by the republic
cans.
Henry T. Thurber, who was secre-
tary to President Cleveland during his
second term, died in Detroit, Mich,
aged so years.
The Kentucky republican state con-
vention will be held at Louisville
May 3.
Minnesota republicans elected dele
gates to the national convention in
structed for President Roosevelt.
Connecticut republicans will hold their
state convention in New Haven May 10.
Arthur L. Bates has been renominated
for congress by the republicans in the
Twenty fifth Pennsylvania district.
The republican convention at Las
Vegas, N. NJ, elected Roosevelt dele
gates and adopted resolutions asking
for statehood
Representative Charles w. Thomp-
son, of the Fifth Alabama district, died
in Washington of pneumonia, aged A
years.
The republicans of the Tenth Mis-
souri, district have renominated Rich
ard Bartholdt for congress-.
California democrats will hold their
state convention at Santa Cruz May Is.
Former President Cleveland quietly
observed his sixty-seventh birthday at
his home in Princeton, N. J.
DR.. ". c. Mckinney, editor of the
Havana Qll.) Republican, died at the
age of 81 years.
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A WEEKS RECORD
All the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESS AT WORK.
Daily Proceedings Of thu Senate and
House Briefly Told.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESS AT WORK.
Daily Proceedings Of thu Senate and
House Briefly Told.

House Briefly Told.
The entire time in the senate on the
18th was spent in executive session con-
sidering the confirmation of Gen. Woods
nomination. In the house, during the
consideration of the post Office appropria-
ton bill, Mr. Spight MISSY discussed
the negro question, and declared unjust
the attacks on the people Of the south.
who had been charged with brutality
and barbarism toward the colored race.
Senators in executive session on the
18th amused themselves learning to play
jai alai, the game for which Gen. Wood
granted concession in Cuba, and which
act has an important bearing on his con-
firmation. In the house the post office
appropriation bill was further consid-
cred.
The senate on the 18th confirmed Brig.
Gen. Woods nomination by vote of As
to Is. In the house the post Office ap-
preparation bill was further discussed
and a resolution was introduced pro-
viding for an investigation of the trust
question, by a committee of five house
members.
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Attacked BY Ladroues.

Manila, March 22.-Ladrones at
tackled surveying party Sunday ten
miles north of Calamba. A. s. Per.
kins, who was in charge of the sur
veying party, was wounded IN the bat
tie and one private of the coEstabulary
was killed and another wounded.
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Three killed. bya Train.

Clarksburg, W. Va, March 22.-Seven
people crossing small railroad bridge
near Wilsonburg Monday were run
down by a Baltimore & Ohio passenger
train. Anthony Manardi, wife and chill
dren were killed outright. Frank ia
metti was fatally hurt and three 9TH
ers were seriously injured.
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DOMESTIC.

The appellate court at Springfield, ILL.,,
holds that saloon keepers are liable for
the death of their patrons who are killed
while under the influence Of liquor.
The Colombian legation in Washing
ton has been closed.
Gen. H. H. Thomas, aged 70, former
government appraiser, dropped dead in
lawyers ONCE in Chicago while seek
ing pension.
Major William H. Bean, chief COM
missary of the department of the Mis-
:issippi at Omaha, after requesting his
wife to play lively air on the piano, shot
himself dead.
Two earthquake shocks were felt at
Seattle, Wash
w. T. Nichols has been appointed by
he president to be secretary of Ari-
IONA.
David Carroll, aged 30 years, shot and
killed Anna Maxwell, a 16-year-old girl,
because she would not marry him, and
then killed himself at Nemaha, Neb.
Gov. Herrlck has signed a bill abol-
ishing spring elections in Ohio.
followed by terrific rain, did damage in
New Orleans to the extent of $4,000
For the second time in two years the
building industry in Sacramento, CAL.
has been suspended because of strikes.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth
anniversary of the evacuation of Bos-
ton by the British troops was observed
in that city.
The insurance companies have
closed 600 of the 1900 losses by the
Baltimore fire. 1t will take a month
longer to complete the work
James Mcdonald pleaded not guilty
to the murder Of Sarah Schafer at Bed
ford, Ind, and his trial was set for
May 16.
Representatives Of leading advertising
agents, publishersand advertisers met in
New York and organized the 1nterna-
tional Federation of Advertising Inter-
ests.
Weekly trade reviews find much en-
couragement in business conditions
throughout the country.
Five unknown tramps who were
stealing ride were killed in freight
train wreck at May1e, Col.
Daniel J. Sully, the New York cotton
king" announced that he was unable to
meet his engagements and wild panic
ensuedon the cotton exchange The la
bilities of Sully we're estimated at 49,
100000
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
seven days ended on the 18th aggregated
81 ,S47 ,O73,258, the decrease over the same
time last yearbeing 49,
The Maryland legislature has passed
a bill appropriating $250,0OO to relieve
the destitution caused by the Baltimore
fire.
= The coal miners voted against strike
by majority of 81 ,141, and the reduction
in wages proposed by the operators viii
be accepted.
= The president has signed the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropria-
tlon bill and this is the second of the big
supply bills to become law.
= Two sacks Of registered mall including
several thousand dollars, we're stolen
frog q Milwaukee train at New Lisbon,
wis,
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LATER.

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Secretary Taft is contemplating 9 re-
turn to the Philippines in the event Of
Mr.. Roosevelt's election. Tho trip to
be taken by the secretary of war will
mark the first step toward self-govern'
ment for the islands. e..
A battalion of a Welsh regiment
numbering 600 men, was in open mutt
ny at Howick in Natal. The battle
hon was en- route from Pretoria to
Durham for embarkation. =.
Fifty buildings are partly wrecked,
one man mortally wounded and sever
al hurt; the town is in total darkness
and the streets are strewn with debris
Jas the result of q tornado and hail.
storm which struck Higgingsville, Mo.
Bonn bardment of Port Arthur from
front and rear reported resulting in
Japanese occupation of the town, un-
confirmed.
Six hundred Russians reported killed
in battle at Chiong. Syong. *
Russians evacuate ANU and retreat
before the main body of the Japanese
army, which at once occupied the
place.
The democrats of Milwaukee renom-
mate Mayor Rose for the fourth time.
John L.. Sullivan, the ex-puilgist, is
in danger of losing his eyesight.
Two persons were killed and five in
jured by pass niger train near Wheel
ing, w. Va. =!
An anti-ly ncbing crusade has been
inaugurated by the Confederate veters
ans of Grenada, Miss
Mayor Harrison promises to reform
the police force of Chicago.
VIM. r. Grace, former mayor of
New York city is dead.
Switchman John Allen fell between
two cars at Altoona, Wis and his head
was severed from his body.
The U. S. Supreme court decides that
persons travelling on railway passes
cannot secure damages in case of acct
dent
The warehouse of the Deering Har-
vester company at st. Louis was de.
stroyed by fire causing loss of $780,
600.
At Keokuk, Iowa, trolly car ran
into minstrel parade fatally injuring'
James Barandi.
Burglars took $7Oo worth of cloth
ing from the store of H. N. Isreal, Co.
dar Falls, Iowa.
The German bark Mona collided
with the English bark Lady Cairns off
Dublin bay, Ireland. The Cairns sank
In a few minutes, with her crew of
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wealthy Soap Manufacturer Dead.

Il Pasadena, CAL. March IA. w.
Colgate, of .Morrfstown, Mass, =. a
wealthy soap manufacturer, aged IS
years, dropped dead as he was about
% enter the residence of friend on
Orange Grove avenue. Death was due
to heart failure
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Supreme Court Adiourns.

e Washington, March 22.-The SUI
preme court of the United States Mon
day adjourned for two weeks for the u.s.
ual Esstcr recess.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19
IMPROVING THE NILE.

The English government estimates
for further Improvements in the Nile
valley in the LIE Of extension of the ir-
rigation system call for $102,000,0 900
miles Of canals. uneQualed fertility on
the arid desert soils, perpetual sunshine
overhead, tropical and perpetual sum-
mer just water wanted, and the Nile is
to give ii. The land Of the pharaohs, of
three century old mummies. Of buried
temple and city, Of ancient lore and
hieroglyphics. of camel. sphinx and
bandit Bedouin, is to cast off the death
and lethargy of the ages and become,
through the intervention of modern en-
cheering and water once again the
fairest land of the orient.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19
THE NORTHERN SUMMER.

The. b:iet Summer season of the
north country is miracle worker
Out of the long winter paralysis, the
Sow banks. the chill ana dilatory
spring. with May frosts and snow
storms, the grip of the cold is broken
at last, and heat, moisture, electricity
and seventeen hours of sunshine get in
their work Grain, fruit and flower
then go on a wild sixty mile an hour
race, and the garden of Eden replaces
the arctic wintry waste. Such wheat,
such oats. such fax, such potatoes and
garden truck, and life on the farm one
mad rush to save and gather the
abundance before the geese start south
and the praties freeze in the ground.
Three months of heaven to Offset nine
months Of purgatory. The Finn, the
Russian ;.aG tie Norseman take kind
ly to these conC.,io
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19
WHAT FRUIT TREES TO PLANT.

We are frequently asked TO name
list of fruit trees suited to planting In
some distant state or locality. 1t is
isfactory manner. There is such
tremendous variation in soils, latitude,
location and even longitude and ele-
walton that no one, unless intimately
acquainted with local conditions, could
safely name list of fruit which would
one answer which can be made to these
inquiries. and that is to consult the
most successful fruit grower in any
given locality, whose advice would be
well worth needing. Millions of dollars
have been utterly wasted by attempt
ties unfit for their proper development.
There are u few general rules, how
ever, which are worth remembering:
One, that where common winter tenn
perature is % degrees below zero, there
it is utterly useless to attempt to grow
peaches, European plums, ounces,
prunes, apricots or any save the very
hardest Of apples, plums and cherries.
Where 20 below is common, there 80
and So below are possible and this de-
gree Of cold will destroy the fruit buds
of the species named, even IL the trees
themselves are not destroyed. The
record of mean temperature for given
locality is worthless as determining its
fitness to grow fruit 1t is the varia-
tons which must be looked up. Last
winter gave the east cold wave
Of almost unprecedented severity-35
below in New Jersey and eastern New
York-with the result that pear trees
forty years old, plums and peaches of
previous health and productiveness,
were wiped out by the acre, root and
branch. There can be given no arbi-
trary line Of latitude as guide, for
latitude Is so modified by elevation,
by mountain protection, by contiguity
to large bodies of water, that as a
guide alone to the fruit grower 1t is
worthless. Some of the finest apples
in the world are raised I'm Nova Scotia
in latitude 46, while in central and
western Canada in the same latitude
not an apple of any kind will grow. In
the case Of Nova Scotia the influence
of the ocean entirely changes climatic
conditions. II you wish to find out
what trees to plant see your neighbor
who grows fruit successfully and do
not believe the first word told you by
any tree peddler. The above may be
worth money to you.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19

Should the hired man be made to pay
for the machinery and tools which he
carelessly breaks or spoils? That de-
ponds on the man. If he will pay for
them and still stay with you when
you need him, he should as matter
Of equity pay for them. but If he pro-
poses to leave rather than pay per-
haps you had better stand the loss and
take II out in meditation. Circum-
stances alter cases.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19

The most profitable hog is that one
which is raised up to the age of six
months on foods other than corn. the
frame to be built up on grass, clover,
rape, milk and slops, and then finished
and filed out with corn. We never
see a two month pig running off with
an ear of corn in his mouth but it looks
like a two-months-old baby sucking a
pork rind. Grass made pork Is al
ways profitable pork; corn fed pork
sometimes is not
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19
THE COMING BUILDING MATERIAL.

A very significant item is found in
the fact that little prairie town in the
west far removed from all natural
sources of building material, such as
stone, clay or timber, recently skipped
two car loads Of cement building blocks
for use in distant city. If town has
available supplies of sand and trans
portation facilities 1t can at very
small outlay produce any quantity OF
the best Of building material and pay
no tribute to either the coal or lumber
trust.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19

We would like to know just what
causes have been at work this season
to produce SO large yield of potatoes
as compared with previous years when
conditions varied but little from those
of the present year. Some mysterious
and happy combination of weather
and available plaRt food seems to give
us potato years, apple years, corn
years, and the causes for such prolific
ness are not well understood. On the
other hand, the barrenness Of other
years is just as much Of a mystery.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19

The time is fast coming when 2,500,-
000.000 bushels of corn will not suffice
to meet the needs of this country, and
there is no new corn belt to be discov-
cred and opened up. Plenty of land
for wheat extension, but none for corn
growing. Lucky if you have a corn
farm.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19

The cement culvert Is taking the
place of the old wooden one on the
public highway. AS with the sidewalk.
1t costs about twice as much to put
1t in in the first place, and when in it
lasts for all time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19

About as soon as a fellow begins
to feel rheumatic he had better begin
to spend his money rather than keep
on working to make his pile bigger
for his heirs to quarrel over.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19

The best investment we make each
year is the % cents we put into a fat
file used to keep all earth working tools
as sharp as a knife. No money in
vested brings so large return.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19

Natural law Is arbitrary. When a
man fills his barn with half cured hay
he is quite likely to burn his barn up.
but should be escape fire he will have
a lot Of musty, worthless fodder to
feed next winter
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-10-19

The moon affects the tides and Is
an aid to counting. but she has nary
q thing to do with the weaving Of
babies and calves or the planting Of
potatoes.