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Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

We could name one prominent gen. tleman who would no doubt be glad to help Ida NJ. Tarbell fit up north pole expedition, provided she agreed to go at the head of 1t.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

"Nothing in this country has been touched by a trust" declares William Travers Jerome, that has not been caused to grow and improve" How about the pocketbooks?
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02
Prehistoric Bonfire.

While George E. Taylor and son were blowing a tract of land in Shel- bourne, Mass, they found foot and half below the surface charred wood and ashes where some savage or pre- historic man had built bonfire. The land has not until lately been under, drained, 50 1t was possible to drive a team over 1t.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

Mir. Rockefellers attorney says Ida Tarbell doesn't know the difference be- tween a plaintiffs petition and decls, ion of the court. Unless John b, calls of hls lawyers Ida will be Justified presently in deciding that the age of chiyalry is past.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02
Measure of His Success.

"But he's the author of a successful novel, understand"
 Not exactly. He's the successful author of a novel,"
 well, that's the same thing"
 "Oh, no; he has succeeded in writ ing a novel, that's all."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

The saloons are closed in Norway on pay day. An attempt to introduce an innovation of that kind In thls country would probably result in the abolition of pay day.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

It is not so very long ago that the sufferings of Finland were being dis cussed in every civilized land. The writer in the newspaper, the preacher in the pulpit, the philanthropist in his speeches-all were expressing their ab- horrencs at the oppression of that un- fortunate country. Who speaks of Finland nowf The Finnish people are
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

An enormous lighthouse Is to be erected by the Japanese navy depart ment on Okino Island, in the Strait ot Korea, as monument to the victory over the Russians In the Battle of the Sea of Japan. There will be other bat. tie monuments, but none will be of more service to the world than this.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02
Learning From Experience.

Judge Qmpatiently interrupting a lawyers carefully selected cltations)- Can't you take 1t for granted that l understand an ordinary point of law!
 Lawyer (coolly)-Your honor, that's the mistake made in the lower court where I. lost my case.-Sunshine.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

Ut Is deplorable," says an exchange, ito see an aged and long-honored statesman like Senator Mitchell con- victed of corruption" Not at all. It Is deplorable that he should be guilty of corruption, but conviction of cor rupt statesmen should never be de- plored,
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

In Boston the people are stringlnS live wires on their back fences for the purpose of keeping the cats of1 al night The s. P. c. A. has not felt called upon to act.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02
Nothing to Boast Of.

visitor-You don't know who I am, do you, Jimmy?
 Jimmy-Naw.
 visitor-Aha. I know who you are, though.
 Jimmy-Aw, that ain't nothin'-r know that myself.-Cleveland Leader.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

The Chicago actress who gave up beQuest of S1 ,OOO0O rather than leave the stage has an unconquerable love Of her .. a.a a wldeawake press agent
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

James J. Hill says a business boom Is approaching. Mir. Hill must be long now on few things that he would be pleased to see advance.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

Isn't 1t about time for another of those reports that Germany is trying to get a coaling station in the West Indies?
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

If lawyers success depended wholly upon the gift of gab thero would be more woman lawyers.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02
No Profit in Sight.

"Why don't you make some ringing speeches against the trustsT"
 Nothing to gain," answered Senator Sorghum. '.Ths public wouldn't believe I meant 'em and the trusts might."- Washington Star.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02
lncOmpatiDle,

"What would you do if you had $1o0,O0O" "I'd own a private yacht"
 '9Then you wouldn't have $10O,OOO." Washington Star.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

Many a man who has succeeded in carving out vast fortune for himself would not be able to carve boarding. house turkey.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

If Jones' bones were as familiar as his jokes they are discovering In Paris, we should have no misgiyings.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

Cha ancey for once may be unable to see the joke.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

Theodore Roosevelt hopes that every knock on the Panama Canal will be boost.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

Lucky il the man whose troubles don't bother him any more than they do his friends.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

China objects to the "open door, that swings only one way.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-02

A pessimist thinks it's an i'll wind that blows anybody good but himself.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
BLACKMAlLERS FOILED.
Two Men Who Tried to Squeeze $780,
600 Out Of Armour & Co.,
Caught In Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 18-Forty thousand
dollars was the price fixed upon a
number Of letters stolen from the cor
respondence of Armour & Co. by q
former employe of the big packing
firm, whose threat was that unless the
money was paid the letters would be
turned over to the government as evil
dence to be used in the prosecution OF
the so-called beef trust. J. Ogden Ar
mour, upon whom was made the first
attempt to levy blackmail, refused to
consider the proposition. The affair
came out Friday when it became
known that two men were prisoners
in the county jail, charged with con-
spiracy and extortion by threats.
The climax in the scheme to collect
$4,000 came Thursday night, when At
torney Moritz Rosenthal, representing
Mr.. Armour, received William s. Nc
Swain, No. 428 Oakley boulevard, In
his apartments at the Auditorium An
mex, and turned him over to Inspector
LAWN of the Harrison street police
district after McSwain had demanded
$4,000 as a first installment of the
blackmail. A few minutes later Will
bur Cole, brother-in-law Of McSwain,
walked into the same trap, and both
men were hurried away to the Cottage
Grove avenue police station.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY TOLD.
Witness Describes Details ef Awful
Crime Charged to Dayton
O., Doctor. .a

Dayton, O., Nov. 2o.-Coroner Wal
ter L. Kline rendered verdict ofsguil-
ty in the case of DR.. Oliver Crook
Haugh, in Jail here charged with the
murder of his father, Jacob, Hangh, his
mother, Mary Frances Haugh, md his
brother, Jesse Haugh. The last witness
to be examined was Jesse McClelland,
of Chambersburg, a farm hand on the
Haugh farm, who was the first on the
scene of the tragedy. He related
story which in it's horrible details
shocked every one who heard IT. Nc
Clelland states that the bodies OF the
victims then being cremated& were
plainly visible through the windows
and doors of the burning cottage, and
that they showed they had been mu-
tilated. It is the belief that the bodies
were disemboweled and oil poured into
them. McClelland stated that the body
of the mother had the legs cut of at
the knees. 1t was the first to fall
through the burning floor and stood
upright against flue, with the stumps
of the legs resting on the ground. The
sons body was the second to fall to
the cellar and the father followed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
WHISKY MAKES HOT FIRE.
Destruction Of the 0verholt Distillery
at Broadford, Pa, Causes Loss Es-
timated at "a, 100000.

Connellsville, Pa, Nov. 20.-At the
A. Overholt distillery at Broadford
Sunday $4,000 gallons of whisky fur
nished spectacular fire, entailing q
loss of 100000. The main bonded
warehouse was burned to the ground.
A steady northeast wind, which blew
the flames toward the Youghiogheny
river, saved the town of Broadford,s the
buildings of the H. c. Prick Coke COM
pany and the B. & o. railroad station
from destruction. The blue Hinged
flames from the burning alcohol shot
more than 100 feet into the air. As
barrels of old rye whisky on each
of the four floors burst the blazing
liquid was splashed in all directions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
DISASTER IN POWDER PLANT
Explosion at Edwards Station ILL.,,
Kills Two Men instantly
Several Injured. 80

Peoria, ILL.,, Nov. 17.-1n an explo-
sion Thursday afternoon, the Buckeye
powder works at Edwards Station. IL
miles northwest of Peoria, two men
met instant death and several other
employees were injured, two Of them
seriously. The dead are: Addison
Long, aged %; William Hassler, aged
As. The seriously injured: Fred Fo-
gelman, Ellis Henderson. The cause
of the explosion is not known. Three
explosions occurred in quick success
sion, all in the press department. Not
a moments warning was given to the
men, and they were thrown into the
air, Long and Hassler being instantly
killed. Their bodies were burned to
a crisp. Fogelman and Henderson
were a short distance away, and es-
capped more luckily, although their
lives are despaired of. Fogelman is in
a hospital in this city, and Henderson
at his home in Edwards Station, too
badly injured to be moved. The ffnan-
cial loss will be about $4,000. =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
VICTIM or RLooDP POISONING
Death in st. Louis Of the Noted Ger
man Journalist, DR.. Emil
Preetorius. 0&

St. Louis, Nov. 20.-After suffering
for one week from blood poisoning re-
sulting from q slight scratch on the
leg, DR.. Emil Preetorius, aged 70 years,
editor-in-chief of the Westliche-Post
and nestor of the German press Of the
west, died Sunday at his home. He
had been practically unconscious for
two days. ...s&.
DR.. Emil Preetorius was born in AL
zey, Reinhessen, Germany, In 1927.
About the time he attained his major
ity he essayed q part in the German
revolutionary measures Of 1889, and
was forced to hurriedly leave Germany.
He fed to America and came directly
to St. Louis, having steadily resided
here since. In 1860 he took the ros-
trum for Lincoln, and In 1862 was elect
ed to the Missouri legislature as an
emancipationist. He was an earnest
advocate Of the freedom of the slaves
as a war measure. In 1864 he took edi-
torial charge of the Westliche,P ost,
and soon afterward Carl Schnrz, who
also fled from Germany, became asso-
ciated with him on the newspaper.
Later Mr.. Schurz severed his connec-
ton and went west. Mr.. Preetorius
steadily advanced until at his death
he had been editor-in-chief and proprie-
tor for many years, and was promi
nently known throughout the country.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
MONUMENT. TO M'KINLEY.
Corner Stone OF Memorial to La
mented President Is Laid
at Canton, o.

Canton, O., Nov. 17.-In the pres
ence of Mrs. Mckinley, the trustees of
the Mckinley National Memorial as
sociation, other noted guests and citi-
zens and school children Of Canton, the
corner stone of the Mckinley monu-
ment, the gift of the American peo-
pie, was formally laid Thursday at II
o'clock. Justice William r. Day, secre-
tary of state, and peace commissioner
to Paris during Mckinley's admins
tration, presided. Rev. o. w. Holmes,
d. D., pastor of the first M. e. church,
of which Mckinley was q member and
trustee, offered prayer. The Grand
Army band played America" A box
containing records, newspapers and a
list of names of trustees was put into
q niche in the corner stone by Fred
erick s. Hartzell, assistant secretary of
the Memorial association. The corner
stone was then brought into position
and formally placed by Justice Day.
Nearer, My God, to Thee" was played
by the Grand Army band and the as
semblage dispersed. During the cere-
monies Mrs. Mckinley sat on plat
form prepared at the monument Tor
her, Ter friends, the trustees and other
noted guests.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
STRIKE IS OFF.
st. Petersburg Workingmen Decide to
- Return to Work-1ssue
Proclamation.

St. Petersburg, Nov. 20.-The general
strike in Russia is at an end. The
workmen's council, after a, long and
stormy session, voted at three o'clock
Sunday morning that the toilers Of st.
Petersburg should resume their tasks
today at noon. This action was taken
because the rank and file of the en-
ployes, panic-stricken because of the
employers ultimatum promising a long
lockout, threatened to desert the lead
.rs. The workmen's council, however,
in its proclamation calling of the
strike, claims that the movement
achieved the object for which it was
started-that of saving the lives of
the 1900 Cronstadt mutineers. This
It denominates a great victory"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
EIGHT MEN KILLED.
Awful Gas Explosion in Pennsyl-
vania Mine-Fire Damp Probably
the Cause.

Monongahela City, Pa, Nov. 16.-Sev-
en- men were blown to pieces in the
depths of the new shaft of the Braznell
Coal company, on the outskirts of Bent
leysville, while another outside the mine
is dead as the result of gas explosion
Wednesday. Coroner Sipe, at Washing
ton, and Mine Inspector Harry Loutrit,
at Monongahela, were Immediately mott
fed. The latter gave as his opinion that
the explosion was caused by fire damp.
He believed the gas came seeping upward
and reached the miners lamps just as it
was at the explosive point. The disaster
occurred about two miles from Hazel
Kirk mine, No. 2, at Van Vorhis station,
where five men were killed October ~,
and two men were killed October 10 by
similar explosions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
SLAIN By AN ASSASSIN.
Wife of Foreston, ILL.,, saloon-Keeper
Shot While Standing at Window
Two Arrests Made.

Freeport, ILL.,, Nov. 20.-Mrs. Harm
Anderson, of Foreston, ILL.,, was shot
to death by an assassin while standing
at the front window of her home. A
rifle bullet entered her forehead and
she died instantly. No one saw the
assassin, but as Louis Swank, son of
State Factory Inspector Swank, had
had a quarrel with the woman's hus-
band, who is a saloonkeeper, earlier in
the evening, he was arrested. William
Ralsbaugh and E. Bokeholder also
were arrested, and will be held pend
ing the coroner's inquest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
SHOOTS GIRL; is KILLED
A Kentucky Man Figures in Fatal
Household Tragedy-Forced
Wife to Leave.

Knoxville, Tenn, Nov 1S.-An alb
duction and killing is reported from
Lookout, little town: in eastern Ken
lucky. A few days ago a married
man, Gilbert Bartley,s went from Look
out to Toms Creek, Va. and abducted
a 15-year-old girl named Cosby. TAX
ing her to his home, he forced his
wife to leave. BARLEY soon became
tired of the girl, and while in rage
shot her. BARLEY was arrested, but
made a break for liberty, and was
shot and instantly killed by an officer.
The Cosby girl will recover.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24

How quickly the inhabitants Of OH
Asiatic islands may become animated
with the progressive spirit Of Ameri'
can ways and institutions is proved in
tho case Of Jose Burgos, a Filipino lad
who IL one Of the brightest students at
the Cincinnati university technical
school. Burgos, who is II years old,
and stands at the head of his classes,
is being educated at the expense of
the Filipino government. He is said
to be the only Filipino football player
In the United States. and is making
IN enviable record on the class team
by quick, decisive plays.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24

Mr.. Prentis 1ngraham, the American
author. long before his death year
ago, succeeded in breaking the record
attributed to Dumas. In the course
Of 20 years authorship Mr.. Ingraham
turned out the amazing number Of
1000 novels, aggregating some 60,000,-
900 words-25 novels q year for 40
years! His most successful novel,
which went into many large editions,
was written with pen within fort
night, at an average rate of 10000
words a day. In later years, by dictat-
Ing to shorthand writer's, Mr.. 1ngra.
ham found he could easily increase his
immense output of work.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
MANY VICTIMS OF :
THE CRUEL FLAMES
LODGING HOUSE FILLED WITH
MEN DESTROYED By FIRE
IN CITY OF GLASGOW.
OF the Inmates Thirty-Nine Lose
Their Lives and Many Others Are
- Injured-Fire in q New York Ten
euasnt Costs Five Lives.

Glasgow, Nov. 20.-The most terri
BILE fire that has occurred In Great
Britain for many years broke out here
Sunday in cheap lodging house for
men in Watson street, and resulted In
the loss of 80 lives and the severe in
jury Of many others. The flames were
first noticed at six o'clock Sunday
morning on the fourth floor of the
building, which was occupied by $50
men. An alarm was raised and the
flremen responded quickly, but flames
and smoke were then issuing from
most of the windows on the fourth
floor. An extraordinary scene was Gre
ted by q procession of almost naked
nen rushing out Of the entrance to the
building and against their frantic ef-
forts to escape the flremen had actu-
ally to fight for admission. Reaching
the upper floors the firemen found that
the narrow passages were becoming
congested with men who had dropped
to the floors overcome by smoke. The
fire, however, was confined to the
fourth door, and as soon as the firemen
were able to get to work it was speed
lily extinguished.
The dead were mostly workmen In
the prime of life. They presented q
horrible spectacle, their blackened
faces bearing evidence of terrible strug-
giles to escape. Many men were sleep
ing in the attic floor, and these had
narrow escapes. The flames burst
through the floor and it was impossi-
BILE for the men to descend. The win
dows were securely fastened, and the
men had to break them SO that they
could climb through to neighboring
roofs. BY ten o'clock. a search of the
buildings was made and complete list
of the victims obtained, which showed
that 80 were dead and 81 injured.
New York, Nov. 17.-At least five
persons were burned to death in an
Italian tenement house fire at 221 East
Seventy-third street early Thursday.
The house was six floors high, and
the sleeping tenants on the five upper
floors were made prisoners by flames
with the ground floor q roaring fur
mace beneath them. Three of those
who lost their lives were kneeling in
prayer when the fire reached them.
The dead are Guiseppi Randazzo, An
tonia Lorea, Salvatore Ttazza, Santa
Tiazza, Anotnio Selarde.
Tho lessee of the house told the po-
lice that the Black Hand society had
7neoently. sent him letters dennandine
$4,000. Although the demands did not
state what the penalty was to be for
refusing to pay the money, the police
have begun an Investigation on the
belief that the fire was started by the
writer Of the letters.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24

Besides creating Lord Nelson's
brother, the clergyman, a peer, and
purchasing a 100000 estate for him
in Wiltshire, a grateful country con-
ferred a perpetual pension of $4,000
4 year on the earldom. For deeds
wrought by his great-uncle 100 years
ago, the present earl, an old man OF
81, who has never been conspicuous
for anything but straight-laced piety,
has drawn from the national treasury
$1,75O,O00. He possesses an estate Of
over 1000 acres and a rent roll Of
nearly $4,000 a year. The Nelson
pension was the last perpetual ono.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24

: Few persons have any conception OF
how generously England has reward
ed her naval and military heroes and
their often unworthy descendants.
For his military victories the duke OF
Marlborough was granted a perpetual
pension Of $4,000. The taxpayers
built him q grand palace and pur-
chased an estate for him at q cost
Of over $1,240,000, in addition to
which he drew emoluments Of 100000
year. The family has been paid over
$5,O00,000 for battles gained by their
ancestors more than 200 years ago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
STRIKE 0k.R0ckS!|
IN SNOWST0RM
STEAMER CROSSING ENGLISH
CHANNEL FOUNDERS OFF
NORTH COAST OF FRANCE. .
Passengers and Members Of Crew to
the Number, Of Over 100 Perish
Cruiser Sinks Torpedo Boat at Kiel
-Thirty-Three Dead.

London, Nov. 2O.-The Southwestern
railways cross channel steamer Htlda
was wrecked Sunday morning off St.
Malo, on the north coast of France, and
it is believed that 100 or more Of her
passengers and crew were drowned.
The Hilda left Southampton Friday
night for St. Malo with considerably
more than 100 souls on board. Her
passage was greatly delayed by a fog
in the channel, and when nearing st..
Malo she ran into a severe snowstorm,
apparently missed her course and foun-
dered on the rocks of Jardin light
house, three miles from St. Malo. The
company's steamer Ada, outward from
St. Malo, rescued five Of the passen-
gers and one of the crew. These are
now on their way to Southampton.
There is an unconfirmed report that
10 had been saved. The crew number
ed rs and there were about 100 pas
sengers, all Frenchmen, the majority
being onion dealers from St. Briae and
neighborhood.
Thirty-Three Perish.
Kiel, Nov. 20.-Torpedo boat 49,
1926" collided near Buelk with the
small cruiser Undine. The torpedo
boat sank and one officer and 80 sea-
men are missing. The disaster occur
red during the maneuvers in Kiel bay
A torpedo boat division was making q
regulation attack upon the Undine,
which had blinded her lights. Later
she suddenly used her searchlight,
which confused the helmsman of the
"S-126" and the torpedo boat got un-
der the Undine's bow and was struck
amidship, causing the boiler of the
"S-126" to explode. The suddenness of
the catastrophe explains the great
number of victims. The accident &C.
Cured in the midst of driving snow
storm and when the night was very
dark. The torpedo boat sank in four
minutes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24

Principal George H. Linsley, Eho 10
the best-known educator in New Jer-
sey, holds a remarkable record. He
has been a teacher for 65 years, and
for "a years was principal Of Public
School No. /. in Jersey City. He es-
tablished the first normal school in
the state, and was it's principal for 20
years. His friends and associates
paid a remarkable tribute to his worth
when they gathered together on the
day that marked the completion of his
active work. BY an act Of tho leglsla-
ture, he will now enjoy yearly pen
Won at $1,000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
Editor Commits Suicide.

Marshalltown. Ia, Nov. u.s.. p.
Ayres, editor Of the Marshalltown Her.
aid, committed suicide by shooting
Thursday afternoon. He had become
excessively respondent because Of Ill
health. Mr.. Ayres was we'll known in
Iowa newspaper circles. He was for
several years editor Of the Daily Tel
egraph at Atlantic, Ia. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24
Historian Dead.

Vincennes, Ind, Nov. 1S.-Henry 8.
Cauthorn, well-known as a historian,
died Friday. He was speaker of the
Indiana house of representatives IN
1879. His grandfather, Elihu Stout,
founded the first newspaper published
west of the Allegheny mountains.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-24

In the planet incline" Is another
deadly invention. In a big globular
car men and women are placed as pas
sengers. The great ball rolls down an
incline. shoots up a second incline,
rolls down a third toboggan and is
brought to q stop. But the slightest
variation in the course would precipi-
tate the occupants to the ground 100
feet below