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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-04
FOREIGN.

- Viceroy Alexieff has issued proclama-
ton to the Chinese in Manchuria warn
ing them that they must aid Russian
forces or determination will follow.
A man and woman who have been liv-
ing together at Campbell Ford Ont, for
IS years as man and wife and who have
reared family of five children have dis
covered they are brother and sister.
The Japanese fleet was repulsed in q
second engagement at Port Arthur, fol-
lowing the attempt to close the harbor
by sinking stone-laden ships. The Jap
anese forces land in Possiet bay, 80
miles from Vladivostock, and advanced
to Hunchun.
That the nations of Europe are aban-
doning their fear of complications
growing out of the war is shown by
France and England resuming work on
their treaty.
John Alexander Dowie was chased by
mobs in Melbourne, Australia, and re-
fusee rooms at fashionable hotel.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-04
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 the Senate ant
House Briefly Told.

Daily Proceedings Of the Senate and
House Briefly Told.
The senate spent the greater part OF
the session on the oath in discussing the
agricultural appropriation bill. The leg
islative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill, carrying $2S,736,233, was
reported. In the house the naval appro-
priation bill was further considered and
a bill was introduced limiting to $4,000
the number of aliens to be admitted to
the United States In any one year from
any foreign country, Canada, Mexico and
Cuba excepted.
The senate on the 25th passed both
the agricultural and the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bills
The building programme of the navy
as contained in the pending naval bill
occupied the time in the house.
The senate on the 26th considered At
some length the bill requiring the
use of American ships in carrying gov
eminent supplies. In the house the
naval appropriation bill was passed.
The time in the senate on the 9th
was occupied in discussing the bill re-
quiring the use of American ships for
the shipment of government supplies.
In the house nearly the entire session
was devoted to the passage of 269 private
pension bills.
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WORK Of A NEGRO
train R0BBER
KILLS POSTAL CLERK AND IN
JURES ANOTHER NEAR
MERIDIAN, MISS.
BANDITS LEG CRUSHED
IN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
Bloodhounds Immediately Placed on
the Trail apd He Is Captured-Mil-
itia Called Out to Guard Him from
Lynching.

Birmingham, Ala, March I. Jim
Paris, negro, shot and killed Postal
Clerk Stockton, and slightly wounded
Postal Clerk Bass, on the north-bound
A. G. s. train No. 2, just two miles
this side of Meridian, Monday morn
ing at 1880 o'clock.
According to the reports received
here by the officials of the Alabama
Great Southern railroad, the shooting
Of the two postal clerks was part of
plot to rob the train. The negro
boarded the train in the Meridian
yards as it was pulling out. Before
it was under good Roadway Paris en-
tered the postal car and opened fire
on Clerks J. T. Stockton and A. j.
Bass, killing Stockton instantly and
wounded Bass in the arm. The ne
gro then seized package of registered
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SECOND SESSION IS BEGUN
OPERATORS AND MINERS MEET
AGAIN AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Will Make Another Attempt to Reach
Agreement on Wage Scale
caucuses Held.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 1.-The Sec
ond session Of the joint conference be-
tween the coal operators and United
Mine Workers of the Central COM
petitive district to agree on wage
scale opened here Monday. J. E. kol-
sen, of Chicago, presided and Secretary
Wilson, of the Mine Workers, was Sec
rotary. There were present about 500
miners and about the same number of
operators as before. The $50 addition
al miners are here from Michigan,
Iowa, Kentucky, West Virginia and the
anthracite field. They will attend the
special national convention of the min
ers which will be held during the ses-
sions of the joint conference.
-. Dolan, of the Pittsburg district,
moved to adjourn till Tuesday morn
ing at nine o'clock, as many miners
had just arrived.
This was lost and Harry Taylor,
operator of Illinois, moved to adjourn
till two o'clock, but President Mitchell
objected.
During the vote by states, the chair
announced that a majority vote would
prevail. The motion was lost. A sec
ond motion to adjourn till Tuesday at
nine o'clock was carried. The conven-
ton adjourned. The operators imme-
6iately held a caucus at the Claypool
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A REC0RD-BREAKING WINTER
Coolest Ever Experienced in New York
City-Long Roll Of Fires
and Disasters.

New York, March 1.-The winter OF
10000, with it's long roll of fires and
disasters, closed Monday with a record
in New York of having been the cold
est in the annals OF the weather bu-
reau. The mean temperature has been
26 1-3 degrees.
Billiards and heavy snowstorms were
responsible for a snowfall of % inches,
which cost the street cleaning depart
ment more than 100000 to remove.
In fact, according to the officials of
the department, no such amount of
snow has ever been shOveled from the
streets of New York in the city's his
tory.
There were nearly 1000 fires in the
city since December l, and, with the
high cost of meat and provisions and
the raising of rents, the sufferings and
privations of the poor have kept Face
with the record breaking winter.
Statistics of the United States bu-
reau show that the mean temperature
was 1-3 degrees lower than any winter
during the last 3 years, and one
degree lower than the winter of
1874-75, heretofore the coolest on
record.
The changeable weather of the sea-
son caused much illness, especially in
pneumonia, bronchitis and pulmonary
diseases The deaths from pneumonia
and kindred diseases due to the I'M
healthful weather exceeded former sta
tistics in the health department.
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D0WlE CHASED BY MOB.
Meeting at Melbourne Broken Up by
Antagonistic Crowd-Refused
Rooms at Hotel.

Melbourne, March:1.-JohnIAl Alexander
Dowie's meeting in the Exhibition
building Sunday afternoon was broken
up by the crowd shouting and singing
comic songs. He was obliged to ADAM
don the evening meeting and was him
self chased around the CITY by the
rougher element, the mob yelling chal-
lenges to him to justify himself as a
prophet. Public antagonism is so strong
that Dowie has been refused rooms at
a fashionable hotel.
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LATER.

Rioting was feature Of the con
gressiona; primaries at Des Moincs
Iowa.
An arbitration treaty between Eng
land and Spain has been contaminated
Fred Baskins, of Hibbing, Mimi.
fought for 30 minutes With three
masked robbers. Over twenty shots
were fred before the men were driver
away.
Fire at Livingston, Mont, destroyed
$3.50, 900 worth of property in the heart
of the city.
Owing to heavy rains and melting
snow many of Chicago's suburbs are
inundated.
The postoffice at Clarendon, Ark.
was wrecked by dynamite because Of
the appointment of a negro postmaster
i 1t is reported at St. Petersburg tina,
the Japanese feet at Port Arthur has
begun furious attack on the Russian
warships and Notifications there. An
unconfirmed rumor is current saying
that Russian battleships and torpedo
boats have been sunk by Japanese fire.
The report does not say how many.
Fire destroyed Conway's button fac
tory at Harper's Ferry, Wis, causing
complete loss of the plant and $500
worth of button blanks.
japanese began their scheduled at.
tack on Port Arthur March /, day ahead
of time scheduled. Battle lasted two
hours. Reports of damages are con.
flicting; one says two Russian gun
boats and one Japanese torpedo boat
were sunk, and fertilization damaged
others that one Russian cruiser was
sunk; two others and the Retvizan
badly damaged. Three cruisers went
out to meet them.
The house committee on territories
authorized a favorab BILE report on bill
granting the territory of Alaska the
right to send a delegate to congress-
The grave diggers at Mt. Carmel
cemetery, Chicago, have struck.
The strike of boilermakers on the
Southern Pacific railroad is ended
Twelve lives are lost in a, FIRE which
destroyed the home of Thomas Quay
at St. Felicien, Quebec.
James Colgate, mine teamster al
Hurley, Mich, fell heir to 81 900, 00(
and Immediately became crazy.
A blizzard ragged all over New York
state the Goth.
Snow storms the Goth in Northern
Michigan tied up all railroads.
A detachment of Moros near Jolo il
wiped out by American troops.
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Long Wah Sang, known as chief OF
the Chinese free masons, died in Den
yer. After elaborate funeral cere-
monies his body was shipped direct to
Hong
Two hostesses will preside at the
Missouri state building during the
worlds fair, the state commission hav-
ing been unable to select one from the
numerous candidates.
The seventh annual convention of the
Federation of American Zionists will be
held in Cleveland June to Z, inclusive.
Japan has sent ENJOYS to London
and New York to negotiate for loans to
insure the strength of her war fund in
case the struggle is prolonged.
London, it is said, is at the mercy of
any fleet that wishes to enter the Thames,
and investigation shows that the forts
are useless and the gunners not drilled.
Baron de Fersen, of Russia, who is in
Chicago, says the United States SYM
pathy for Japan is visitation of divine
Justice on Russia for failing to aid the
Beers.
| Pope Plus, in receiving Seth Low and
q party of Americans presented at tho
vatican by Archbishop Farley, ex-
pressed his admiration for the United
States.
Former members of the Salvation
Army and American Volunteers have
incorporated in Nebraska new order
under the name of Volunteer Warriors,
to work along the lines of the older or
CARNATIONS.
The will of the late W. c. Whitney,
of New York, leaves $250,O00 to each Of
two stepchildren. The bulk of the
estate is left in trust to H. P. Whitney,
one-tenth each to son and daughter,
and three-tenths to his daughter
Dorothy.
| Secretary Shaw is considering the adj
visibility of attempting, in view of the
possible demands upon the money mar
ket by Russia and Japan, to float large
issue of government consols to provide
for work on the Panama canal.
John D. Rockefeller's offer of funds for
new building at the University Of Me-
braska has divided the state into two
factions. one for and one against ac-
Iceptance, and the controversy is likely
to develop into political issue.
Admiral Evans has cabled the navy
department that he will sail for home
about March 2e on the battle,lip Ken
tuckv
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Floods Feared.

Chicago, March H. Floods are
threatening the Outlying districts and
suburbs of Chicago as result of the
sudden thaw. Open fields and streets
and even many thickly populated parts
of the city are already covered with
several inches of water, and in some
places the sidewalks are submerged. In
the Fox river valley serious trouble is
feared from floating ice and high wa
ter. Ice gorges 10 to II feet high
in the Fox river around Aurora are a
source of fear to the residents of that
part of the valley.
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Revolt in Africa.

Berlin. March 1.-The native troops
at the Cross and Nssanang rivers re-
gion of German Kamerun, equatorial
West Africa, have revolted. Dispatches
reached the colonial Office Monday say
ing that several factories of the north
west Kamerun company have been
burned, and that four Germans were
killed. All the German African COL
onies are in ferment over the state
ments spread by Hereros runners that
the Germans are being driven into the
sea-
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VESSEL BATTLES :
STORM AND FIRE
FOURTEEN LIVES LOST IN PERIL
~-ous voYAat OF STEAMER
QUEEN oE PACIFIC. r
BOAT F'NALLy\REAcHEs
PORT At SEATTLE
Three Of Victims q urned to DEATH,
Three suffocate, even Drown and
One Dies Of Exposure-Story Of the
Captain.

Seattlc, WaSQ., MATCH Latter DaC-
Ting for five hours with, a fire that all
but consumed the ship and a~storm
that every moment threat tened to sink
the vessel, the steamer Queen has ar
rived in this port.
During the period of peril, which
created a panic among the 200 passen-
gers on board, IA persons lost their
lives. Three were burned 70 death,
three were suffocated, one died from
exposure and seven were drowned.
List Of the Dead.
The death list is as follows:
Passengers: Miss Steiner, Gle Elum,
Wash, drowned; Mrs. Adams, died
from exposure; D. Newsbury, Texas,
drowned; H. Ruckley, drowned.
Crew: A. Nielsen, J. Nielsen, p
Preitas. w. H. Enemah, M. Somers, H.
Douglass, A. Donelly, - Raymond,
Peter Mulin, M. Flynn.
The Captains Story.
Capt Cousins, of the steamer, gave
the following account of the disaster:
Eat 4:50 o'clock Saturday morning
when We were 80 miles to the west
ward of Tillamook Light on the coast
Of Oregon on our way to- this port, Sec
ond Officer Reese reported to me that
the ship was on fire. fastened from
my stateroom and rang the fire alarm.
Getting all hands on deck, we started
to fight the fire which was located in
the after saloon. When came on deck
the flames were shooting 80 feet high
out of the saloon skylight. We COM
menced playing water on the fire, but.
it continued to gather Roadway until
the whole after part of the ship was,
in flames. When it looked impossible
TO keep the fire under control, l gave
orders to clear away the boats, filling
those on the starboard side with wom-
en- and children. At this time it.
looked impossible to save the ship.
Boat Is Upset.
FINALLY the starboard boats were
lowered into the water. One of them,
in charge of Second Steward Savage,
got under the guard and was stove in
and later upset, the other boats going
to the rescue.
II do not know just how many peo-
pie there were in the various boats
lowered, though possibly 60. The boats
were out in the open until $3.50 O'Clock
when, believing we had the fire under
control, blew three whistles signal
ing the boats to gather around the
ship, and by $3.50 all save those lost
were on board again.
"The men in the glory-hole, when
called with the discovery of the fire,
came up through flames and binding
smoke. Three of these lost their way
and rushed into the cockpit where
they were suffocated or burned to
death.
AT the time the fire was discovered
the wind was blowing from the south
west probably Is miles an hour. There
was a. nasty choppy sea running.
Il have no idea as to the cause or
origin of the fire. 1t appears to have
burst forth very suddenly and but for
the heroic work of the crew and pas
sengers in fighting it the ship and all
aboard would have burned"
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Drank Carbolic Acid.

San Francisco, March /. John
Thompson. aged 40 years, committed
suicide here by drinking carbolic acid.
He was brother of William Thomp-
son, senior member of a manufacture
ing firm in Brooklyn. N. Y.
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Cigarettes Lead to Suicide.

San Francisco, March, ILLNESS and
excessive cigarette smoking led James
Baker, a bookkeeper, to commit suicide
with poison. Baker was only Fl years
old and had been private secretary to
Gen. Ludlow in Cuba. His father was
Justice of the Missouri supreme court
and for many years vice president Of
the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad.
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Has No Opposition.

Saratoga, N. Y, March 1.-Congress-
man Lucius N. Littauer, of Glovers-
vile, was Monday 1renominated by the
Twenty-f1fth congressional district re-
publican convention. There was no op-
position.
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Treaty Is Stoned.

London, March 1.-The arbitration
treaty between Great Britain and
Spain, which it was announced Feb
ruary 20 the two countries were on
the verge of concluding, was signed
Saturday.
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Prominent southerner Dead.

Nashville, ienn:, March Col. Jere
Baxter died Monday after an illness of
five weeks Col. Baxter was one of
the best and most prominent and
progressive citizens in the state, and
played a conspicuous part in it's mill
tary, material and civil annals. When
a young man he was president Of the
Memphis & Charleston railroad.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-04
Southern Financier Dead.

Norfolk, Va, March 1-Walter II.
Doyle, president of the Citizens bank
of Norfolk, and one of the most promi-
nent men in southern financial circles,
is dead.
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Flotilla Leaves Suez.

Suez, March 1.-The United States
torpedo boat destroyer flotilla, bound
for Manila, under convoy of the
cruiser Buffalo, sailed to the south
ward Monday morning.
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hotel, and the miners remained in the
hall to caucus at the request of Presi-
dent Mitchell.
The miners arranged their trans
portation accounts, and after complet-
ing other routine business adjourned.
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letters and jumped off. In leaving the
train he fell and had one leg crushed
under the wheels, but managed to drag
himse| three miles. Bloodhounds
were secured at Meridian, the train
having backed to that place. Their
scent led them to the capture of Paris
at daylight Several registered letters
were found in his pocket. He was
taken to Jail at Meridian. The rail-
road officials say three or four negroes
were involved in the plot to rob the
train, though only one Of them ap-
pears to have entered the postal car
Stockton, the dead clerk, resided at
Meridian. while Bass home was near
Birmingham. Detectives are at the
scene
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Can Resume Business.

Washington, March 1.-The comp
troller of the currency has authorized
the National Bank, of Dundee, Kan,
to resume business Monday.
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Ohio Centenarian Dead.

Youngstown, o., March 1.-Maria
Wanser (colored), reputed to be 1O7
years of age, died here Monday morn
ing. Until a few months ago she was
in good health.
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DOMESTIC,

0OW60A AAs
Secretary Hay received information
that Japan had negotiated a treaty with
Corea, which guarantees the integrity
and independence of the Hermit king
dom.
Five workmen were killed and many
hurt in an explosion that wrecked the
c. NJ Warner sugar refinery at Wauke
gan, III.
Fire destroyed the livery stable of W.
r. Loveless at Farmer City, ILL.,, and "a
horses were cremated.
George Aderhelt aged 62 years, went
from Canton O., to Carrollton, Ca, to
cello brate his birthday with his father,
aged 80, whom he had not seen in Al
years.
Five Chinese were burned to death In
a fire that Quilted laundry in Stockton,
CAL
Robbers broke into the post Office at
Cairo, Ia, blew open the safe, secured
$500 in currency and made their escape.
Sam Cortes died in Ogden, Utah, max
ing the twenty-ninth victim of dyna-
mite explosion.
met in Chicago and agreed to form COM
oine under the name of the National
Broom company.
The anniversary of the outbreak of
the last war of independence was OBJ
served in Havana, Cuba.
Five of the ablest engineers of the
United States have agreed to accept ap-
INT re- nf
canal commission.
The New York legislature has grant,
ed a pension of s72 month to Hiram
Cronk, of Dunnbrook, aged 104, the
only survivor of the war of 1872.
Twenty-one British fire companies
lost S., 900, 900 in the Baltimore fire.
For the murder of Jesse E. Soles and
Jim Stanley at Whiteville, N. c., label
Register was hanged.
In railway wreck at Dyersville, Ia,
four stockmen and many cattle were
killed.
President Roosevelt has signed the
notifications to be exchanged between
the United States and the republic OF
Panama on the isthm1an canal treaty and
has named the commissioners.
Harry A. Zillafro was hanged at Kit
tanning, Pa, for killing his young wife
February IA, 1903.
John Conroy was hanged at Pittsburg,
Pa, for the murder of his wife on Deem
Der 2, 1902.
Fire practically wiped out the bust
ness portion of Conneaut Harbor, o.
The estate of the late Senator Hanna
is now placed at 100000.
Wallace H. Ham, a prominent BOs-
ton insurance man, confessed to having
embezzled $3.50, 900 from his company, a
church and hospital of which he was
treasurer.
Elsie and Robert Shonafelt, aged SIX
and four years, were burned to death
in their home at YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, and
two children of Carmack McAleer met
a like fate at Pittsburg.
Ratification of the Panama canal
treaty has resulted in the immediate re-
call of the United States warships and
about one-half of the marines from the
Isthmus.
Dun's review of trade says develop
. ment of spring business is slow, owing
to cold weather.
There were 24Y business failures in
the United States during the seven
days ended on the Goth, against 211 the
same week in 1903.
President Roosevelt issued procla-
nation putting into effect the Panama
canal treaty, and notifications were
formally exchanged by Secretary Hay
and Minister Bunau-Varilla-
The worlds record for individual
bowling has been broken by Homer FL
lott, OF Denver. who rolled TIP.
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Lynching Feared.

Meridian, Miss, March 1.-The killing
of Express Messenger Stockton has
caused much excitement. After Paris,
the alleged murderer, was placed in
Jail here, a mob of considerable pro-
portions gathered about the strong
hold. Fearing a lynching, the sheriff
notified Gov. Vardaman, and the chief
executive has ordered out the local
militia