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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
LATER.

Crossed wires caused a small hre in
one of the worlds fair buildings
The saw mill of J. F. Buehler at
Halstad, Mich, is destroyed by fire..
DR.. VIM. Aubin, prominent citizen
of Racine, Wis, was arrested upon the
charge of counterseiting.
The attendance at the worlds fair
the week of the 21st was 257, 900.
Three persons were killed and ten
injured in an explosion in the indie
pendent Fireworks company At Cam
den, N. J.. -
Cholera has made its appearance in
the japanese camps Z.
The police raided 800. poolroomsI in
the tenderloin district of New York,
taking large number of prisoners.
Ninety head of cattle were killed in
a wreck near Everly, la. Train wreck
ers had removed a rail. s&"$ "a
Congressman Babcock of Wisconsin
declares that factional differences in
the republican party in Wisconsin
never will be adjusted until the SUI
preme court has passed on the legality
of one of the two state tickets placed
in nomination. ....ss5S,eya.,-
President Palma thanks President
Roosevelt for the help of the United
States to Cuba.
Police raid the policy shops of Chi
cago and make 100 arrests
The Chicago Rock Island and the
Pacific railroad is in the hands of a
company similar to the Northern Sc
curities company. ,l=f&<,..
The report that. Rear Admiral Jessen,
finding it impossible to save the pro-
tected cruiser Bogatyr, which went
ashore recently in fog on the rocks of
Vladivostok, caused her to be blown
up, is confirmed. ,GG@~s
Wealthy Seattle man and others are
arrested on the charge of smuggling
opium and SEC, 900 worth of the dope is
|seized. = @
It is announced in Paris that the re-
call of the French ambassador to the
Vatican was IN full sense Of the diplo-
matte term II 49, ="
An estimate of the next census places
the population of the United States at
about ninety millions.
A Japanese third army is mobilizing
at Hiroshimi. A change in the Japan
csc plan arising from the disaster to
the japanese vessels results in using
the second army for the reduction of
Port Arthur, and therefore the first ar
my is entrenchlng at Feng- Wang
Cheng.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
MEASURE TO END "CURSE.'
Massachusetts, Legislature Passes Bill
to Stop Practice Of Bril-
ing Servants.

TX Boston, May 24.-The state llegisla-
ture has passed q bill, which has gona
to the governor for his signature, for
the purpose of stopping the corruption
of employees by the giving and receiving
of bribes The practice is said to be quite
general throughout New England, and
the manufacturers particularly regard
the corruption as *curse." The bill!
provides that whoever gives, offers OF
promises to an agent, employe or serv-
ant any gift or gratuity whatever
with intent to influence his action in
relation to his principals, employers or
masters business, or any agent, en-
ploye or servant who receives or &C.
cepts a gift or gratuity or promise, un-
der an agreement or with an UNDER
standing that he shall act in any par
ticular manner in relation to his en-
ployers business, shall be punished by
fine of not less than ten dollars nor
more than $500, or imprisonment for
not more than one year. The act is de-
signed to prevent the payment of COM
missions on purchases of supplies or
for the use of the employees influence.
by bribing him, to secure contracts, ap-
pointments to position or any act by
which the employer is imposed upon.
1t probably covers the cases of buffers
and other domestic servants who have
an understanding with the butcher,
grocer and other tradesmen from
whom employers purchase household
supplies
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
FOREIGN.

Two japanese divisions have arrived
near Mukden with the object of cut
ting off Gen. Kuropatkin's line Of re-
treat northward..
It is reported from reliable source
that the Japanese army from the va
lu river has received heavy blow and
been driven back to Fangwangcheng.
The Japanese lost two war ships OF
Port Arthur May Is. the cruiser
Yoshino being rammed by the cruiser
Kasuga in fog and the battleship Hat
suse striking q Russian mine. Six
hundred and fifty men were lost.
Seventy thousand Russian troops are
reported to be advancing to relieve
Port Arthur. The japanese hasten
their operations against the fortress
with $4,000 men, advancing to within
seven miles of the batteries.
Korean independence is said to be
tottering. The Japanese are accused
of plotting to overthrow the emperor
and seize the government.
Russians are reported to have lost
1000 men, killed and wounded, in bat
tie at Kaichu on May 16.
The second anniversary of Cuba's IL
dependence was appropriately OBJ
served in Havana.
The British steamer Turret Bay, la
den with coal and bound to Montreal,
struck on the rocks off St. Pauls is
land on the coast Of Cape Breton. and
sank in deep water 20 minutes later,
causing a loss of IL lives.
The Japanese army advancing against
Mukden was defeated by a force of Cos
sacks in a battle lasting all day and
driven back upon Fengwangcheng. The
japanese were forced to abandon four
positions, and reports in st. Petersburg
state that the loss was heavy.
A Danish scientific expedition. to the
polar seas under Erickson is reported
safe after severe hardshtps.
A Russian force has reentered New
chwang with artillery and .intrench-
ments are being hastily thrown up
near tha town. ,,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The possibility of the exhaustion Of
the gold reserve is one of the theories
based on the heavy gold export.
Chicago scalpers have been restrained
from dealing in St. Louis exposition
excursion railroad tickets.
Assistant Secretary of State Pierce is
in China investigating complaints
against United States consulates II
that country.
/ Argentina has entered the field as
competitor to the United States in for
eign meat markets.
The Liberty bell will leave Philadel-
phia June for St. Louis, where it will
be placed on exhibition at the exposi.
ton, and will make short stops en-
route.
Railroads have discharged many EN-.
ployes because of a remarkable falling
of in traffic.
Arnold Mortimer, claiming to belong
to good Chicago family, was caught
in New York while attempting to steal
a $1,000 brooch.
President Roosevelt orders that men,
bers Of the Marine band shall not re-
place striking musicians, In response IL
protest from the union.
Stockyards butchers in Chicago and
other cities will demand ten to rs pei
cent wage increase next August, o.
when contracts expire. !
Poolrooms and handbooks in Chica-
go, deprived of race track reports by
the Western Union, find 1t impossible
to conduct business.
Miss Gertrude Harvey Beggs, of the
University of Denver, has been elected
to the chair of Greek at Earlham col.
lege in Richmond, Ind.
The old Newgate prison building a!
CRANKY, Conn, relic of colonial days
was destroyed by fire and most of tn?
valuable historical relics burned.
Statistics for April show that Brook
lyn leads all other cities in building
The increase over April, 1903, is 1876 pei
cent. \
John Alexander Dowie is to speak in
Carnegie Music hall, New York city
June &c, and his agents say he also
may engage Madison Square Garden. ::
Former Governor Black of New York
former Secretary of War Root and Sen.
Lator Lodge held a conference at Wash.
ington at which itswas decided that>e
Gov. Black should place President
Roosevelt's name before tie Chicago
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
Valuable Gems Stolen.

Chicago. May "a. Diamonds and
jewelry valued at nearly $4,000 have
been stolen from the residence of John
w. Kiser, 1857 Michigan avenue, AMI
the police are at loss to explain
whether porch climbers, or some ono
familiar with the premises secured the
plumber They incline to the latter
theory, however. Stephen Herbert, a
butler who was discharged by Mr..
Kiser, is sought by the police on the
theory that he may know something of
the case.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
Kills Self to Pay Debts.

Macon, Ca, May 24.-Realizing that
he was financially wrecked and that he
would be worth more to his creditors
as corpse than while. living, r. H.
Plant; once a millionaire banker, arose
from sick bed, put on his bathrobe
and slippers, and asked his nurse to
assist him to the bathroom. Then,
passing through the bathroom, he went
to the back porch and sent a pistol ball
through his head Saturday, afternoon.
He died without a word. Nothing by
way of explanation was found. He
carried $500, 900 in life insurance.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27

wits Hail pleaded guilty It j St:
Louis to the murder Of Victor Daus-
son, and was sentenced to 50 years in
the penitentiary. &I,gG YIN H.r Z, u
Estimates have. been received from
county clerks to the effect that Kan
sas will need 10000 helpers from 9th
er states to save the wheat crop. Lass
year the farmers asked for $4,000 men.
Prosecution of the anthracite coal
trust railroads by the government Is
promised. Just when and where the
proceedings will be Instituted officials
of the department of justice refuse to
disclose. ....
AS a result of an explosion in the
two drying rooms of the Lake Shore
Novelty company's plant at Findlay.
O., seven persons are known to be
dead, five are so seriously hurt that re-
covery is believed to be impossible,
and IL or Is are injured badly.
George I. Wilkes, secretary OF the
Packers Baseball league, was killed by
a batted ball in Chicago. :
The closing of the poolrooms in New
York city means the loss of 1000 daily
patrons and of $15,000,00o annually in
receipts to the bookmakers. =.
The Standard OIL company is the real
defendant in a suit for $50, 10000 for
royalty brought by the widow OF the
inventor of a process for refining oil.
Sherman Bell, adjutant general OF
Colorado, has resigned because he says
military is used to awe laboring men
and protect corporations. The COVER
nor and the mayor of Denver are &C
cused.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

>~As>e~O~
Democrats of the Thirteenth Ohio
congressional district nominated for
congress David r. Cruissinger, Of Ma
rion.
Senator's Spooner and Quarles took
sides with the anti-third termers IN
Wisconsin. Two tickets were named
by rival republican conventions in
Wisconsin. Gov. La Toilette heads that
named by the organization and ex-Con-
gresham Cook the other.
At Los Angeles, Cal, three more
bishops were chosen by the Methodist
general conference. They are: Will
liam Burt, of Rome, Italy; Luther B.
Wilson, of Baltimore; and Thomas B.
Medley, of Philadelphia.
The Thirteenth Illinois district re-
publican convention renominated X. Il.
Hit for congress by reclamation and
Endorsed him for vice president.
Ernest B. Schneider, of GAINESVILLE,
was nominated for congress by the
democrats of the Fifteenth Ohio dis
trict.
The president Of the Carnegie hero
fund committee, Charles L. Taylor, re-
ports that the committee has now
custody of the 100000 in bonds do
mated by Mr.. Carnegie to endow the
fund.
The First Wisconsin district repub-
lican congressional convention renom-
mated Congressman H. A. Cooper.
The Illinois republican convention
takes recess of eleven days and will re-
convene in Springfield on May 3d.. when,
it Ia hoped, the deadlock on the guberna-
torial situation can be broken. Fifty
eight ballots have been taken for gov
ernor without result Yates leads In the
race, with Lowden, Deneen, Hunter,
Warner, Pierce, Sherman.
State Senator Fort, of Illinois, candi-
date for the republican nomination as
lieutenant governor, died in hospital
at Springfield after a collapse cause
by the strain of the convention.
DR.. James r. Day, of Syracuse. N. Y,
was elected bishop by the Methodist
general conference at Los Angeles, Cal.
This completes the list of eight bish-
ops chosen.
President Roosevelt has 744 dele
gates to the national republican con-
vention absolutely instructed for him,
while 226 are uninstructed.
J. A. Parker, chairman of the nation
al executive committee of the populist
party, declares himself for Hearst.
The Tennessee prohibition state con-
vention at Knoxville opposed the can
didacy of Gen. Nelson A. Miles for the
presidency on the ground that he was
not a prominent prohibitionist.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
EXPLOSION TAKES ! ! ]
|. Lives , Or / SEVEN ! ! ! |
TERRIBLE DISASTER OCCURS IN
FACTORY OF NOVELTY CON- w
T. GERM AT FINDLAY, o. !. a
FIVE OTHERS MAY BE " 4
D." r, " g. FATALLY INJURED
Several Others Less Seriously Injured
Entire Plant u Destroyed : y
Three Killed BY Explosion in New
Jersey Fireworks Factory. n }@..sss

Findlay, O., May As q result Of
an explosion in the two drying rooms
of the Lake Shore Novelty company's.
plant here Sunday, seven persons are,
known to be dead, five are so seriously
hurt that recovery is believed to be-
impossible, and. IL or Is are injured
badly. From reports of the physicians
ten Of the less seriously, injured may
die as resulu Of blood poisoning from
the potash that was driven into their
bodies. $,l ,~;>,
The Victims. f.,
The dead are: Joseph Sherwood
aged Fl; Jay Sherwood, aged "a; Edith
Dillon, aged II; Dean Shaw, aged IL;
and Mary Snider, aged a.. These were
killed instantly Estella Decker. aged
is. and Frank Grant, aged 81, died
later at home.
The injured, whom is believed can,
not recover: Maggie Logan, aged -;
injured by flying debris; Thomas Book;
struck in the back by flying BARREL,
arms and legs broken, internally In:
jured; Claude Shaw, twin brother OF
Dean, back severely injured and ankle
broken; Effie Peterman and her broth
er Roy, caught in falling debris and
internally injured. /.
The property less is $4,000. The,
plant, it is said, will not be rebuilt
Most of the funerals occurred Monday.
and business generally was suspend
ed. Three bodies were found at dis.
lance of 800 feet from the scene of the,
explosion.
= Cause Not Definitely Known
The Lake Shore novelty works plant
covered nearly ten acres of ground in
the Southwest part of the city and:
employed nearly 200 men, women and.
children. Railroad: torpedoes and,
Fourth of July explosives we're manu-,
featured. Owing to the large rush OF
orders the officials of the plant re-
quested the employees to report for duty
Sunday. About 80 complied with the:
request, During the morning residents.
of Findlay were startled by two ex-
plosions that shattered windows
throughout the city. The conclusion,
was felt for miles around. Two maya
zines in separate rooms at the novelty
works let 60 simultaneously with ter
rible reports. ). The exact cause OF the
explosion is not definitely known.
Three Killed at Camden. d Vi %2
Camden, n. j., May ---One man
and two boys were killed and six men
and two girls seriously injured by an
explosion which occurred Monday in
the fireworks factory of Jose Scalona
on the outskirts of this city. The
names of the dead and injured have
not yet been obtained, with the 'excep-
ton of William Scalona, father of the
proprietor, who was taken to hos
pital in dying condition. Three one
story sheds and one two-story brick
building were, wrecked by the ex-s
plosion. Fifteen girls and Is men were
employed in the factory. Joseph
Scalona, the proprietor, was subse-
quently arrested and held pending ar.
investigation as to the cause of the ex-
plosion. The explosion is said to have
occurred in the mixing room.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
Strike Nav Spread.

New York, May 24-Unless their de-
mands for increased wages are grant
ed, the striking. freight handlers and
firemen Of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford and the Mallory steam.
ship lines declare they will force an
extension of the tie-up now prevalent
among the Long Island sound freight
vessels, = &c Y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
State Closes Case.

Bedford, Ind, May 24.-The state
closed it's evidence in chief in the Nc
Donald murder trial Monday and Judge
Palmer made the opening statement
for the defense. It is expected the
case will go to the jury Thursday. The
plaster cast of the track in the alley
mud claimed to have been made by
Miss: Schafer's murderer and McDon-
AIDS shoe were put in evidence. "
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
PUTS THE BAN on DIVORCE
Observation-Disclosures PREsBY-
\ TERRAIN COMMITTEE. sI
In line with Other Bodies-Mar'
(, riages of Members Of Other
Churches Forbidden.

Buffalo, nay, May 24.-At the gen
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
church of the United States Monday, the
special committee on marriage ana o1-
vorce made its report and submitted
the following recommendations for the
consideration and action OF the gen.
eral assembly: 1,L~>.
1.-THE general assembly again enjoins
all ministers under it's care and author
ity to refuse to perform the marriage
ceremony in the cases OF divorced per-
sons. except as such persons have been
divorced upon grounds and for causes
recognized as scriptural in the STAND
ards of our church. VT
"Recognizing the comfy whlch
should exist between Christian church
es, and believing that it would be de-
sirable and tend to the increase OF
spirit of Christian unity, we earnestly
advise all the minister under the care
and authority of this general assembly
to refuse to unite in marriage any per-
son or persons whose marriages sucn
ministers have good reason to believe
is forbidden by the laws of the church
in which such person or persons seek
ing to be married may hold member
ship. ,..... ....,
...The appeal and address to the in
terchurch conference is hereby In
dorsed by this general assembly, and
commended to the consideration OF all
our ministers and congregations. The
stated clerk is instructed to issue it in
such form and to such extent as may
seem desirable and expedient, and 1t
is requested that it be read by pastors
from their pulpits on some appropriate
Sabbath.
THE stated clerk is directed to call
the special attention of presbyteries to
the action of the. general assembly
with the view to securing the enforce
ments of existing laws and obedience
to the injunctions of the general as
sembly. The committee on marriage
and divorce is continued and instructed
to cooperate with the representatives
of other churches in endeavoring to-
obtain such ecclesiastical unity, and
such state or national legislation, as
may shield both church and state from
existing and impending perils.'
The committee is working with COM
mittees of 13 other denominations, all
of which form the interchurch confer
ence on marriage and divorce which
recently issued an appeal to the Chris
tian public.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
Western Miners Meet.

|a Denver, Col, May 24.-Over $50 dele
gates to the twelfth annual convention
Of the. w sstern Federation of Miners
assembled here Monday to consider
questions ITALY, affecting the weltar:.
Of the Organization. 81 3 -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-27
Bicycle Record Broken.

New York, May PA new Ameri-ii
can record for one mile in a handicap
has been made by Fred Kramer, the
bicyclist, at Vailsburg, N. ]. His time
wasss1:52 3-5 from scratch. The pre-
vious mark was 1856 3-5.. - - ".zs.
Arizona republican., 1904-02-10
HE. MURPHY TAXES ISSUE
farisus Objections te Gov. BrOdis's fisEt Regarding Instructed Delegates

l--sfIn.l.aU reIlorrer saw Mr. Nur- TFF g-T =r-ay evening just before he -r-t for Tombstone and the Imperial f-..-r e.UIllgs mines. and in the
 r=e a- cllEerslriou he asked
 h- had seen the inter F-ra had H-th Governor Buodie and a-Llh bod l The Republican of Feb sl.a. e. H- replied Ihar his attention tI1 -l7- been called ru it. and that he s-ff i.t sTre sE-rh rhe governor s views is H-aEF TrsI-ets- that he might feel as tEs governor does f similarly situat- '=t- Llt lot being under personal obli- s<LIols to The president he felt conf t.l- r0 ~I-aE as republican without g--lu1lae.
 fi- slat-d that while the president has HlOubtedly done what he thought was tight iu dealing with the affaiIs of the territory. in doing SO he had hardly done mere than his duty Mir. Murphy does lot agree with the governor that -h-lzora delegation 10 the national convention should go instructed to vote .o. President Roosevelt first. last and al Ihe time. regardless, simply because Ice has treated the territory fairly He believes that President Roosevelt will have more respect for Arizona republi- cans Cuho are undoubtedly for him) 5f they stand up like men and express -Eeir honest views uuhampered, than f-vill if influenced to submit toinstruc- lions.
 M-. Murphy does not propose to exert himself in opposition 10 the governors s wishes. but he does insist that repub- Icau who differs from the governor
Arizona republican., 1904-02-10
AUTOGRAPH COPIES.
Presents From Authors Nice, but Are
 Sometimes Expensive.

Yes, it is very delightful to have so many authors send you autograph copies of their works" assented a man who has more friends than money just now. But it may be very expensive as well
 ''I met a bushel of authors four years ago in England-dear old England, where nobody has anything to do eX- cept drink claret and write books, I met so many, in fact, that when a package from $. Thoughtless, Bath, illuminatingly addressed J. Hardup, New York was brought to my door last week. I couldn't place Thoughtless at all until the emissary of the ex- press company took the package away to try some other one of the fifty J. Hardups of the city.
 "Of course. as time passed. I became more and more certain that the pack age was meant for me. and started to tell the company so over the phone to the tune of twenty cents a day. Fin ally the expressman returned the mys- tery into my hands and snarled.
 'Sixty-five cents. please sir
 This naturally unsettled me some. % New York Sun
Arizona republican., 1904-02-10
MUST KEEP FAMILY PROMISE.

Tatyana Yussopova, an unusually handsome Kirghiz girl of seventeen, presented herself. few days ago, be- fore the presiding judge at the district court in Astrikhan with the following prayer:
 As an infant of five years she had been betrothed by her father to the 1O- year-old son of a neighbor, the father acting according to Kirghiz custom. The young man now claims his bride. and although the latter loves another young tribesman she is held by both parent and bridegroom to her infan- tile bethothal. The weeping girl pray cd the judge to extend to her the right of Russian law to choose her own hus- band
 After careful reference to the code. the judge ruled that as the Russian law gave the fullest freedom of relig- ious and moral rites and customs to the non-orthodoX subjects of the Czar the fathers power was paramount. and the disconsolate girls appeal was refused.-London Daily Mail.