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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
BRIBERY IS THE CHARGE
Another Batch of Indictments
at San Francisco.

San Francisco, May 25.-The grand
Jury has returned bribery indictments
as follows.
Against President Calhoun. Of the
United Railroads, IA; against Assis'
tant to President Thornwall Mutually,
IA; against Attorneys TREY l.. Ford
and w. M. Abbott of the legal depart
ment Of the United Railroads, IA each;
against Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, Is;
against Abraham Ruef, IA; against
President Louis Glass of the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany, 2; against Theodore V. Halsey,
formerly an agent of that corpora
ton, 1.
Ruef, Schmitz, Calhoun. Mutually,
Ford and Abbott are charged with
bribing fourteen supervisors to grant
an overhead trolley franchise to the
United Railroads Schmitz is further
charged with bribery in connection
with the fixing of the gas company's
rate and with receiving $4,000 in the
United Railroad franchise deal.
The indictments against Glass are ad'
ditional to the eleven indictments al
ready returned against him on the
charge of bribing supervisors to re-
fuse competitive telephone franchise.
The indictment against Halsey is for
the same offense.
Superior Judge Coffey fixed bail in
the sum of $4,000 on each of the
charges and gave the accused one day
to furnish bonds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
THEODORE TILT0N DEAD.
Plaintiff In Famous Suit Against
Henry Ward 1eecher.

Paris, May 25-Theodore Tilton Is
dead. For some days past Mr.. Tilton
had been suffering from double pneu-
monia, complicated with heart trouble.
Theodore Tilton. author and Jour-
nalist, was born in New York Oct. 2,
1885, and graduated at the College of
the City of New York. He was editor
of the Independent, New York, from
1856 to 1870; editor Of the Golden Age
from 1871 to 1874 and from 1874 to
1876 he was editor of the Brooklyn
Union. In August, 1874, Mr.. Tilton
sued Henry Ward Beecher for 100000
damages for the alienation of Mrs.
Tilton's affections. The trial lasted
112 days and resulted in disagree
ment Mr.. Tilton had lived In Paris
since 1898. His last known work was
a poem, published last year, entitled
"Tbe Fading of the May Flower"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
SUBJECT AGAIN BR0ACHED
United States Desires to Secure Dan.
ish West Indies.

Copenhagen, Denmark, May est
is stated here that the question of the
acquisition Of the Danish West Indian
islands by the United States has been
Informally preached again by the
American minister, Mr.. O'Brien, in
conversation with the Danish foreign
minister, Count Levetzau. 1t is con-
sidered, however, that political and
other reasons will prevent Denmark
from consenting to the sale. There
is little probability that the govern"
ment will be able to obtain majority
in parliament in support of the propo-
sition.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
AFFECTS $4,000 OPERATIVES
Increase in Wages in New England
Cotton Mills.

Boston, May 27.-The general up
werd movement in the wages Of New
England cotton mill operatives Mon
day affected about $4,000 operatives
in Rhode Island, Southeastern and
Western Massachusetts,, Amesbury,
Mass, Pownavale and other places in
Southern New England. The advances
in the sections named amount to about
10 per cent Early next month It is
expected an increase Of per cent will
be given in many mills in other manu-
featuring districts. The cotton mills
of New England employ upwards of
100000 hands when the machinery is
fully manned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
WILL REMAIN IN new YORK
Mother and Wife Of Harry Thsw
Within Call Of Prisoner.


Within Call Of Prisoner.
New York, May 28.-Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw, who has made tie Hcte:
Lorraine her home during the many
months her husband, Harry K. Thaw,
has been in the Tombs for the murder
Of Stanford White, has left the hotel,
according to an announcement pub
lished here, and with her mother.in-
law. Mrs. William Thaw, has taken up
her home in house on Park avenue,
near Fifty-ninth street. There the two
women whose devotion to the prisoner
was a marked feature of his recent
trial will remain in seclusion for the
summer, it is said, so as to be within
call of the prisoner and to await
events in his case. The second trial
OF Thaw will not be reached until fall.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, May 2S.-Cattle- Beeves,
$4.35@6.50; COWS, $1.75@4.75; heifers,
$26O@5.40; calves, $4.50@6.75; good
to prime steers, $5.45@6.50; poor to
medium, $4.35@5.4O; stockers and
feeders, $3.OO@5.15. Hogs-Light, $6.05
@6.3O; mixed, $6.0O@6.25; heavy,
$5.S0@6.17h; rough, $5.80@5.95; pigs.
$5.75@6.25. Sheep, $4.50@6.40; lambs.
$6.25@7.9O.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
Three PERSONS PERISH.

Disastrous Fire Along Water Front at
Boston.
Boston, May 25.-Three 1nen lost
their lives in fire which broke out in
the heart Of the woodworking district
along the East Boston water front.
They were Patrick Kourke of East
Boston, member of the firm of John
son & Rourke; Jane, Varassc Of East
Boston and an Italian known as Tony
Rose.
The victims were working in the
upper part of the building and the fire
cut off their means of escape.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
Santiago Strike Spreading.

Santiago, Cuba, May 2S.-The state
department at Washington has de-
clined to permit the American consul,
Mr.. Holiday, to act on the strike
arbitration board and George w. How
ard, acting manager of the Royal Bank
of Canada, Canadian citizen, has
been substituted. A company of artil-
lery is guarding the dock and ware
houses. The typesetters have joined
the strikers, with the result that no
neWspapers are appearing.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
PANEL IS EXHAUSTED.
steunenberg Murder Trial Is Again
INTERRUPTED.

Boise, Ida. May 28.-The Steunen-
berg murder trial has again been in
terrupted by the exhaustion of the
jury panel. The last man of the Sec
ond special venire was disqualified and
Judge Fremont Wood postponed the
trial until Friday morning, when Sher-
If Shad Hodgin is to produce another
special venire of sfxty-one men. The
odd number was jocularly asked for
by the defense in the hope Of changing
the luck that has logged the even
numbers used.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
BLIZZARD IN MICHIGAN.
Heavy Fall Of Snow Accompanied by
Hiuh Wind,

Detroit, May 27.-Snow is reported
from all over the lower peninsula of
Michigan, with veritable winter
blizzard prevailing over the Saginaw
valley. Cadillac reports five inches
Of snow, with more coming, and six
inches have fallen at Petoskey. Snow
fell during the morning at jackson
and Kalamazoo. High winds are re-
ported from all of the lakes. It is
feared that the cold will cause heavy
damage to vegetation.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
BODY EXPOSED TO VIEW.
Crowds Take Farewell Look at Re-
mains Of Mrs. Mckinley.

Canton, o., May 2S.-Long before
the time set to admit to the Mckinley
home those who might desire to take
a farewell view of the body of Mrs.
Mckinley there had gathered in front
of the famous North Market street
cottage crowd of people made up of
youth and old age. From the public
schools came children in troops who,
with blanched faces and in hurried
whispers, awaited their turn for adj
mission. Neighboring cities and viii
lagos and the surrounding country
contributed to the list of those who
passed through the residence.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
wheat PRICES SOARING.
July Option Goes to $1.03H and De
cember to $1.05N.

Chicago, May 27.-New high rec
ords for the crop were made in the
wheat market, July selling at $1.O3k
and December at s1.0512. September
reached it's high mark of $1.043, made
last week. Killing frosts were report
ed from parts of the Wheat belt Of
Kansas and heavy frosts were gen.
oral over Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.
Even with this news to hoist prices
the market was not especially active
ano after the bulge at the opening the
market became rather quiet.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
Held Guilty Of Contempt.

Topeka, Kan, May 25.-David w.
Mulvane, Republican national commit
teeman for Kansas, was fined S. by
Justice of the Peace Bollinger and or
dered committed to the county Jail
until the fine is paid for refusing to
testify in a suit brought by H. H.
Tucker, Jr., former secretary treas
urer Of the Uncle Sam OIL company,
now In the hands Of receivers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
PLOT TO KILL KAISER.
Thirty-five Suspects Arrested In Ger
man CAPITAL.

London, May 25.-The Berlin CORE.
spondent of the Daily Mail says that
the arrest recently of several Russian
students there was the result of accu-
mulated evidence that they were asso-
ciated with a Russo German plot to
assassinate the kaiser. Thirty.fve, in
Guiding three women, were arrested.
twenty-five have since been released
upon the establishment of their com.
parative innocence. Six of the others
were expelled from the country.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, May 2S.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.02%;
No. / Northern, $1.01%; No. North
ern, 99Mc; May, $1.O1; July, $1.01A;
Sept, $1.011k. Flax-To arrive and
on track, $1.25k; May, $1.25A; July,
$1.26h: Oct, $1.25%.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
st, Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, May 2S.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.50@5.75; fair to good,
$4.OO@5.O0: good to choice cows and
heifers, $3.50@4.75; veals, $4.25@4.75.
Hogs-$575@6.0212. Sheep-Wethers,
s6.50@7O0; good to prime lambs, $7.75
$3.50.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
LOCAL OFFICIALS MURDERED
Serious Rebellion Breaks Out at Wong.
kono, China,

kong, China.
Swallow, Province Of Kwawatung,
China, May PA rebellion has
broken out at Wongkong, in the Uping
district Of the Chinchu prefecture. All
the civil and military officials at
Wongkong have been assassinated and
their yamens burned.
The local revolutionists, who were
Joined by natives of the neighboring
provinces, concentrated for their at.
lack on the officials without being mo-
Tested by the populace.
The military commander here has
mustered the station guards and start
ed for the scene Of the outbreak.
Steps are being taken by the local
police to prevent excuses here.
The Chinese bankers have organ
lied steam launch patrol of the coast
to prevent piratical attacks on the
part of marauders from the seward.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. May 2S.- Wheat-July,
981hc; Sept, 995sc. Corn-May, 54Bc;
July, 53h@53Ac. Oats-May, 47Ac;
July, 47kc. Pork-May. s16.22k;
July, $500. Butter-Creameries, 18
@23c; diaries, 17@21c. Eggs-14c.
Poultry-Turkeys lie; chickens, 13c.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, May 2S-Wheat-On
track-No. 1 hard, $1.02k; No. I
Northern, $1O1h; No. 2 Northern, 80
@99hc; No. Northern, 96@97c.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
DEED OF DEMENTED WOMAN
Kills Mother. Attempts to XIII Father
and Suicides.

Chicago, May 2S.-Mtss Philaner
Swimmer. thirty years old, believed to
be demented, shot and killed her
mother, attempted to kill her father
and then set fire to her garments and
was burned to death.
The woman was released from the
Dunning asylum year ago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
CREWS REPORTED SAVED.
Lake Steamer and Barge Go Aground
During Dense Fog.

During Dense Fog.
Harbor Beach, Mich, May 27.-The
nfesaving station here has received
notice that the wooden steamer B. F.
Bielman and the barge McLeachlan,
bound from Escanaba to Lake Erie
loaded with ore, went hard aground in
a dense fog at Port Austin at 2 a. m.
It Is understood that the crews were
taken off by the Port Austin lifesavers.
There is a heavy sea running and a
bad northwest wind, which, unless it
moderates soon, will work havoc with
the vessels.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
0A8rozIA.
p.h. 1.-The Kind You Have Always BOUGHT
Signature q: &M2z<zx

True Poiitcness.
True politeness is perfect ease and
freedom. It simply consists in treat
Ing others Just as you love to be treat
I'd yourself.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31

Canton, China, May 27-Admiral Ii
with the Kwangtah and Meefoo, on
board of which are detachments of
troops, is proceeding to the scene OF
the rising in the Uping district.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-31
JAPANESE ARE INDIGNANT.
Resent Renewed Attacks on Country
men in San Francisco.

men In San Francisco.
Toxic, May 25.-A report from the
consul for Japan in San Francisco
confirms the news Of attacks made
recently upon Japanese restaurant
keepers in that city. The public here
is indignant, but the press refrains
from any hostile comment, trusting
tho Washington government to pre-
vent the repetition of similar occur
rences.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-01

neutral her ships would carry the bulk
or the contraband material anyway;
and If she were one Of the belligerents
her merchant ships would be at her
own disposal II the right of contra
band seizure is retained by all nations.
ner merchant navy would be the first
point of attack from hostile nations,
and their protection would require a
large detachment of cruisers and war
vessels. Ultimately 1t seems reasonable
to suppose that private property afioat
VIII have the same exemption from
conhscation that private property
ashore has in time of war; but just now
the selfish interests of the continental
powers block progress in that direction.
So far these selfish interests and the
Indifference of the public have minim-
lied the effectiveness of the conference
and made it's results seem ludicrously
inadequate. After long preparation
and much palaver none but minor pro-
posals have been adopted, while the i'm
pOrtant questions have gone into the
limbo of an international deadlock.
Universal disarmament and the mil
lenium still linger in the far distance,
while the work of building more and
greater warships goes on apace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-01
HIGH SCHOOL FRATERNITIEs.

The board of education, following a
recommendation from Principal Eaton,
has passed a resolution declaring mem
bership in secret societies sufficient
cause for suspension or expulsion from
the High school. and the patrons of the
school Will commend the action.
Experience has shown that secret So
cieties or fraternities in the public
schools are pernicious in their effects,
subversive of discipline and undemo-
cratic in their social tendency, because
they establish cliques. miniature aris-
tocracies among children too young to
discriminate In their use of such insti-
buttons. In college, where boys and girls
have attained more mature judgment,
the fraternity is not an unmixed bless
ing, but it serves a valuable purpose in
it's cultivation of the social instinct and
its establishment Of a certain morale
among young people who have no home
restraints to guide them. In the High
school there is no need of such organi-
cations. because home influence still
prevails and stricter discipline is ne
cessary in the school than in the col
lege. The school board is following the
precedent established by experience and
approved by the judgment of educators
all over the country; and they should
be supported IN the move by the pu-
pills and parents affected by the resolu-
tion..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-01
cPEEDsTERs AND COURTESY.

While the recklessness of few
chauffeurs in every community serves
to arouse antagonism to the whole class
Of machine owners, eastern communi-
ties have discovered considerable ad-
vantage in courtesy to sensible drivers
and owners who constitute the large
majority. The first stage OF wrath at
fool speeders has passed and in its
place has come the wisdom born of ex-
perience, which shows the way to profit.
Commenting on the change in senti-
ment, an eastern newspaper says that
numerous towns are trying the effects
Of milder methods. In one town where
speeder and strung stout ropes across
his pathway to trip him up, and laid in
ambush to catch him. they now greet
him pleasantly at the town borders, and
hand him card on which he is asked
in courteous language to exhibit a gen
tlemanlike respect for the towns speed
limit
on one afternoon recently nearly 800
of these cards were handed out, and In
not a single instance did the driver
violate the legal rate Of progress. In a
number of Massachusetts, towns they
have hung white banners above the
highways, bearing such information re-
garding speed and distance as the
driver may desire to know. In several
New York towns similar devices are
being tested. and so far with only hap
by results.
A local application of the moral is not
far-fetched. The towns north and south
Of Salt Lake have been annoyed a good
deal by reckless drivers, and the result
has been a spirit of retaliation possibly
natural, but not altogether justified
From Brigham City to Provo the
smaller communities have profited a
good deal by the automobile trade.
Provo and Springville particularly have
been the destination of a great many
machine excursions this summer. They
have been popular because of the cour-
tesies they have extended to visitors
and because they afford excellent ac-
commodations to travellers.
There is no reason why every COM
munity along the great north and south
road should not profit to its full share;
and the eastern towns are pointing the
way to get it. Good roads, pleasant
treatment, desirable accommodations
pay in any line of endeavor; they will
pay particularly well with automobiI-
lists because they are usually able and
willing to pay well for what they get
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-01
LITTLE BROWN BROTHER.

philippines Gossip. May %, 1907.)
During the administration Of Governor
Taft as civil governor of the Philippines
he attended a banquet in IloilO. During
the course OF a speech at this banquet
Governor Taft made a statement the sub
stance Of whiQA was that if the Ameri-
cans did not IKE the way the government
was being run in the Philippines they
could get off the islands"
The statement created a sensation at the
time and was freely criticised and Eener-
ally resented by the American contingent.
especially the soldiers and eX-sOldiers,
who had made possible the esta blishment
or civil government in the Philippines.
AS a result OF the incident the following
poem was written by Mr.. Robert Z. Nor
rison. Scotchman, at the time en-
ploye OF Messrs. Smith. Bell & Co;
I'm only a common soldier man. In the
blasted Philippines;
They. say I've got brown brothers here.
but I dunno what II means.
Ike the word fraternity, but stlll I draw
the line;
He may be a brother Of william H. Taft.
but he amt no friend Of mine.
never had a brother who would beg to
get a drink
To keep himself from dying when he how
cred on the brink.
And when my pal had give II him and
emptied out his sack.
Would take the opportunity to stick him
in the back.
I never had a brother who could take a
wounded boy
And bury him to the armpits. with most
unholy joy;
Then train the red ants on him, like some
Gagged bubonic rat
Thank God, I've got no brother who
would ever stoOp to that.
Nor vet have I a brother who'd commit
nameiess shame
On a Door dead soldier lying where he
gave UP hope of fame;
Who could mutilate so fiendisnly a piece
of lifeless clay
And say his prayers the moment that his
passion died away
I'm here and have seen It, so you can't
make game of me;
I'd rather be an orphan. as in such fam
lice.
The l. B. B. may suit some folks, but
after all is said
The best one that I ever saw had an over
dose Of lead.
I'm only a common soldier man in the
blasted Philippines;
They say I've got brown brothers here
but / dunno what it means.
Ike the word fraternity, but still 1 draw
the line;
He may be a brother Of William II. Taft,
but he amt no friend Of mine
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