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I .- s» ikr SA'y,- sk ip jta W'~ a «,* THE ADVANCE. 'i .,. •'•'.• 1NOMAS DOVEI'.Y,.Publisher. WORTHINQTON, MINJf. fcf*U A--***"! A memorial tablet baa been erected on the house in Park lane, London, where EdVard Jenner, the originator of vaccination, resided In 1803. Among the little trades of Paris ia that of selling food for birds, either in the street or in a corner of the market place. The state of Kentucky is claiming from the Southern Pacific Co. back taxes estimated at 111,857,902, which the state claims accumulated between 1900 and the present year. The South ern Pacific Co.'s position is that it owes the state of Kentucky only 148,000. Late estimates indicate that tha coming orange and lemon crops in California will be record-breakers. Shipments, it is declared, will reach 35,000 cars, and may go to 40,000. The yield of the current year, as given by the Southern California fruit ex change, show that the last crop yielded to growers $7,000,000. The out put of the coming year, on the samt basis, will produce $12,000,000. That American method of scientific husbandry will soon be introduced into distant parts of the world will receive striking demonstration at Missouri university, when a large num ber of foreign students will enter the Canada, Mexico and Japan. Among them will be natives of Egypt, Turkey, Canada Mexico and Japan. Among those from Japan will be Aoata Su zuki, the famous wrestler, who was recently defeated in a conteit with George Baptiste in St. Louis. Since the Boxer uprising nothing has happened to stir up the people of China so much as the present agitation against the United States. This it a commercial demonstration made in view of the renewal of the treaty be tween these two countries regarding the entrance and residence of Chinese subjects in the United States. Tha present movement is one to boycott all American trade, all schools conducted by Americans, and all American em ployers in all the ports of China. While the emperor of Germany does not fail to transact a large amount of public business during his various voy ages for rest and recreation, he is said to be, when on his yacht at sea, a very different man from the ruler of a great nation living in state at Berlin. Aboard ship he casts aside court etiquette and is a bluff and jolly marin£r. The em peror likes to take along with him as guests men eminent in various call ings, in the conversation of each of whom he finds pleasure and profit. A novel bicycle has been built in London which has been pronounced "as comfortable as a rocking chair" and which shows a remarkable me chanical Ingenuity. This new ma chine is fitted with an anti-vibrating easy-chair-like saddle which affords wonderful relief to a tired baclc and which proves a luxury when coasting down long hills. The ladies' ma chines are meeting with particular fa vor. They are of exactly the same construction as are the machines built for the men. Baroness Rosen, wife of the new an* bassador at Washington, will in all probability become asocial leader with the members of the diplomatic corps in the capital city. The graciousness and charm, which are marked charac teristics of the baroaess, were made apparent several years ago, when her distinguished husband" had charge of the Russian legation In this country. The baroness is an unusually clever woman, and has the added prestige of being a member of one of the houses of the oldest Russian aristocracy. Suicides among people of high social station and comfortable circumstances are quite as common as among those where other conditions prevail, al though several states of the union make the attempt at suicide a pun ishable offense but we have yet to learn df single case whefe the pen alty provided by statute for this crime hnR been imposed. Woulfl-be skicides are often fished out of rivers or forci bly relieved of a dose of poison and hauled off to a police station under arrest, but that has always seemed to be the end of. the proceeding. Russia and India have within the fast six months taken increased quan. titles, and nearly every country in Eu rope is now requiring additions to their stock of subsidiary coin. The activity of business in all parts of the world creates this increased and ur gent demand for the minor coins. The United States government will have to arrange throigh the next congress for obtaining bar silver to coin into half dollars quarters and dimes, and the crder will be for no small amount, ft will require from $10,000,000 to $26, 000,000 of coinage value, annually. M. Eugene Brusseaux, a French offi cial and an explorer, has Just returned from Algiers, bringing with him pho tographs of giant gorillas, one of which was killed by his escort of nv tive sharpshooters. The animal is of great size, being seven feet six inches in-height, while. the width of the shoulders is four feet One of its hands, when cut off, weighed six pounds, while "the carcass turned the scale at 720 pounds, and the united efforts of eight native soldiers were necessary to drag it to the French res. idoncy at Quessou. *V''. •5^'W SEVEN VICTIMS EXPLOSION SETS FIRE TO A BIG FACTORY IN AVON, CONN. Panic Among the Employes—Seven Lives Lost—Eleven Persons In jured—Spectators Helpless to Save the Unfortunates. Avon, Conn., Sept 16.—The explo sion of a fuse, followed by afire in a building of the Climax Fuse company here Friday afternoon caused a panic among 20 employes in the building and resulted in the death of seven and in juries that doubtless will prove fatal to several others. There was no way of coping with the flames, which soon spread rapidly, and in less than an hour after the explosion occurred those who were unable to escape were in. the clutches of afire that eventually burned their bodies to ashes. As the day wore on the great crowd that col lected in the hamlet saw the bodies of men and women roasting in the fire and were powerless to check the flames. The Victims. The dead are: William Burke, 40 years old, married James Joyce, about 35, married Robert McCarthy, aged 18 James Wallace, married Mollie McCarthy, Mis3 J1 Sullivan, Mrs. M. B. Tucker. Eleven persons'were injured. The exact cause of the accident which caused the loss of seven* lives may never be known, but it is the ac cepted theory-here that in an effort to burn out a stoppage in one of the ma chines a workman caused an explo sion of a fuse, wfth the hot iron he held, in his hand. Inflammable material was set on fire and in a few moments the room was a mass of flames. In an instant there was a mad rush for the doors and win dows, and during the scramble many were pushed back into the building, while others were severely burned. The scene at the fire was heartrend ing. Friends and relatives of the missing were almost frantic with grief when it became known that bodies of •.hose close to them were being burned to a crisp in the ruins of the factory. As there is no fire department in the town it was utterly useless to cope with thellames with buckets. Helpless to Save. As one of the walls of the second largest building fell several bodies could be seen entangled in the mass of machinery in the ^asement, and in a Rhort time they were reduced to ashes. Early in the evening the body of a wo man was seen near the edge of the fire and an effort was made to pull it away from the flames, but on account of the great heat this was impossible. Soon after the building In which the lives were lost was consumed the fire spread to the new structure, Which was just completed at a cost of $35,000, and in a few hours this building was gut ted, only the four walls remaining. Two smaller buildings were reduced to ashes, making a total of four burned, the loss on which is estimated to be $100,000. SHOWS A LOSS. Iowa's Census Gives State Population of 2,801,372, a Loss of 30,481 Since 1900 Des Moines, la., Sept. 16.—According to preliminary figures of Iowa's state census, completed Friday by Secretary Davison, of the executive council, the state had a total population January 1, 1905, of 2,201,372. This is a loss of 30, 481 since the census of 1900, when the state was accredited with a population of 2,231,853. Twenty-two of 99 coun ties showed increases in population, while the remainder showed decreases. Practically all of the larger cities and counties showed gains. The loss was almost entirely' in rural sections. All of the census authorities -who have studied this year's statistics are agreed that the loss was due to enlargement of Iowa farms and attendant emigration of-Iowans to districts where cheaper lands were available. Fulfills Suicide Pact. Marion, Ind., Sept. 16.—In carrying out her .part of a suicide compact, en tered into with her chum, Cleo Baugh er, who committed suicide at Muncie a month ago, Miss Chlo Thompson, 17 years old, Friday swallowed a large quantity of arsenic and died from the poisoning. Town Destroyed. Rome, Sept. 16.—The town of- Monte Rosso, an almost inaccessible place of 3,000 Inhabitants, was destroyed by an earthquake, according to dispatches re ceived in Rome from places near the village. It Is believed that hundreds of lives have been lost. Wisconsin Pioneer Dies. Milwaukee, Sept. 15.—Peter Vieau, the eldest native Milwaukeean and brother-in-law of Solomon Juneau, died Wednesday night at his home at Muskego Center at the age of 86 years. He suffered a paralytic stroke several days ago. Pupil fills Teacher. Athens, Tenn., Sept. 13.—Prof^Albert Watchenberger was cut to death Tues day by Ernest Powers, a pupil in his school. Watchenberger had attempted to chastise the boy. To Meet in Dallas. -Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 15.—At its closing session here the great council cf ®e£ Men accepted the inVitation of Dallas, Tex., to meet there next year. VK.'* WAR MAY Bf AVE$f§D. Norway and Sweden on th* Pplnt of Settling Their Differences— Xing Edward Aids. Karlstad, Sept. 18.—It is believed th&t Sweden has averted all danger of war with Norway by proposing com promise by which Norway n^ed only disarm her forts instead Oi. demolish ishing them. The compromise answers Sweden's purpose and relipv^i' Nor way of humiliation. The first- Official announcement indicating- thatthe dele gates of Norway and Sweden were ap proaching an understanding in their effort-to establish a modus vivendi for the countries as separate governments was given out Saturday night ft the close of the joint session of the dele gates. This announcement reads: "The probabilities are that-in the near future the negotiations can he brought to a definite result." This cryptic an nouncement is accepted as indicating that the negotiations' have finally reached a stage where aiagreement is in sight and that a resort to arms, which have involved other powers, may safely "be considered to beTout of the question. London, Sept. 18.—The -^belief that there would be an amicable, settlement of the Swedish-Norwegian dispute has developed into confldencfe.There is rea son to believe that King Howard has taken a direct personal interest in the matter, and it is known that Messages bearing on the situation at Karlstad have been continually passlng^between the foreign offiee and the kiniJ for sev eral days. In fact, it is believfed that King Edward suggested a modus vi venudi. The exact nature of thi3, of course, is not known. TO DISCUSS QUARANTINE. State* Call Governors of Twelve Conference at Chata nooga, Tenn^^||p|! Chattanooga, Tenn. Sept. 18.—A quarantine conference will^be £eld in this city November 9. Governors of 12 states have sighed the. call tor the meeting. Representative business men from all over the south tMli -attend. Measures will be discussed for relief from the stringent yellow. antine regulations, which, the are crippling the great, bi ests of the south. Tjie growth of the southern sitai cited at length and the call by Govs. Cox, of Tennessee chard of Lpuisana Warfiqld.of Mary land Dawson, of West Virginia Mon- quar- 1 says, mter- Blan- tague, of Virginia Broward, Of Flori da Vardaman, of Mississippi Beck ham, of Kentucky Heyward, Of South Carolina Lanham, of TexaS^-.Jf'olk, of Missouri, and Terrill, of Gea&ur. New Orleans, Sept. 18.-r^CEe^yellow fever record up to six p. m, Sunday is las follows: New cases,*''24 total cases, 2,571 deaths on Stni^iy, 2 total deaths, 335 cases undM treat ment, 323. The Sunday rejx|t| are usually lighter than the weekday re ports, but it was not expected that the report would run as low as it did. This leads to the hope that the reports this week will be much lighter than they were- last week. LIGHTNING KILLS FOURV Bolt Strikes Crowded Exhibition Tent at County Fair in Iowa. a*!-- Indianola, la., Sept. 15.—Fouf^mm we:e killed, six were seriously in jured ai»d a dozen more stuDOtl by a bolt of lightning which wreck* 1 a crowded poultry exhibition tent jjat the county fair here Thursday ittbrn :ng. The dead are: Ray AnderiBpil, Carl Peterson, Theodore Young, all" of Indianola Blain Wright, Pleisant ville. The seriously injured: Dr. Car penter, J. McGranalian, E. W. Freel, Earl Barker, C. Shellberger, all )f In dianola. Wwi' The tent was crowded at that iitfrs by people who had gone into it' .to escape the rain, which was responsible for the large loss of life in the dls^ aster. The lightning bolt struck- ihe tent pole and split it wide open,' the lightning radiating over the tent 'and tearing it into shreds. Four of the oc cupants were instantly killed. Half a dozen were burned perhaps faitally and a dozen men, women and children were stunned. Thousands of chickens in the coops were killed. -J7 Will Test Anti-Pass Law. Plainfield, Wis., Sept. 16.—C&litrgeff fr ith using his railroad pass in viote tion of the- law, W. B. Angelo, an at torney for the Wisconsin Central Rail road company, and holding a pojfftfoft as a notary public, was on Friday placed formally under arrest on oonr pialni of W.* H. Berry, editor -of newspaper at Waushara, Wis. The ac tion is for the purpose of testing1 tfie anti-pass law passed by the last state legislature. Took Poison. St. Louis, Sept. 14.—Grief-stricken because of the death of her ohcie, James Smith, with whom she had made her home since childhood, Miss Georgia Taylor, 36 years old, committed sui cide with carbolic acid in his dMttt chamber. The uncle, aged 60, had died a few1 hours previously. Death of a Veteran. Tifflnt Op Sept 18.—BHg. Gen JWi* iel W. Benham, u. S. A., LOBS died sudden-: ly of apoplexy here Sunday, aged 68: He enlisted as a volunteer in 1861attd was placed on the retired list in July, 1898. Was Enormous. St. Petersburg, Sept 18.—The Rus sian losses in ships at Port Arthur, Vladivostok and the Sea of Japan, ac cording to official statistics, amount to $113,000,000. jflWlW FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Jt**' HON. PATRICK A. COLLINS DIES IN HOT SPRINGS, VA., AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS. Was a Noted Figure in National Dem ocratic Politics—Served Six Years in Congress and Was Consul Gen eral at London. Boston, Sept. 15.—Patrick A. Collins, mayor of Boston, died Thursday at Hot Springs, Va. The Immediate, cause of his death was a hemorrhage of the bowels. A telegram received by Mr. Curran briefly reported the sudden de mise of his chief. Mayor Collins left here about a week ago for Hot Springs to obtain a greatly needed rest. He was accompanied by his eldest son, Paul Collins. He had complained more or less of being ill and had kept to his room for the last three days, but had not been confined to his bed entirely. He was sitting up talking with his son Thursday morn ing when seized with the attack, death occurring at nine o'clock. Was a Leading Democrat. Mayor Collins was one of the leading democrats of the country. He served in congress from 1883 to 1889, and was United States consul general at Lon don from 1893 to 1897. He was the presiding officer of the national demo cratic convention of 1888. For many years Mayor Collins devoted much time in behalf of the cause of home rule for Ireland, and he was the first f/ .^national president of the Irish Land League in this country. Citizens Shocked. The news of the sudden death of their mayor came as a tremendous shock to the citizens of Boston. May or Collins was regarded here as one of the last members of the so-called "Old Echool" in national life. Thie gen eral respect in which he was held as a national figure was enhanced* by the affection in which he was held by the people of Boston. BASEBALL. Tables Showing the Standing of lubs of National and American Baseball Leagues. The following tables show the num ber of games won and lost and the percentage of club3 /vetfJ. of leading baseball organizations. National league: Clubs. Won. Lost. Per ct. New York Pittsburg Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati St. Louis Boston 'Brooklyn 87 .718 90 47 .657 .75 67 69 .688 67 69 .540 .72 American league: Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland New York Detroitr. Bwrt®n Washington St Louis 66 67 .496 58 a .888 .43 92 .819 .39 90 .802 .79 48 .622 .75 62 .690 .67 62 .619 .63 61 .508 .6» 66 .604 .62 68 .496 .53 74 .417 .45 86 .846 I I Danville, 111., Sept. 15.—Walter W. Juntgen, former bookkeeper of the Wrecked Edgar county national bank, Of Paris, 111., was indicted by the fed eral grand jury Thursday for making false entries and abstracting funds from the bank. The Indictment con tains 25 counts. fc .. To Be Hanged. Winchester, fcy., Sept. 15.—Samuel HiBle. a negro charged with assaulting Mrs. Jasper Case, a white woman, was on Thursday sentenced to be hanged. The jury was out only seven minutes. The attorneys for Hisle announced that no appeal would be taken." Three Killed. Kimmell, Ind., Sept. 18.—Three per sons were killed and several passen gers were Injured in a collision be tween eastboiihd passenger train No. 14, on- the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and a light engine at a point one mile west of here. GAVE TO CAMPAIGN FUND. New Vork Life Contributed Many Thousands to Secure Victory for Republicans and Roosevelt. New York, Sept. 16.—On the stand Friday afternoon, in the insurance in vestigation, George W. Perkins pro duced a check for $48,702 drawn by the New York Life Insurance company De cember 30, 1904, payable to J. P. Mor gan A Cor Mr. Perkins testified that this check was a contribution to the national republican committee and was promised to Cornelius N. Bliss, treas^ urer of the committee. Mr. Perkins said the same thing was done in 1896 and 1900. The reason for these con tributions, he said, was "that the com pany feared its assets would be endan gered in case of'democratic success. Eposus, N. Y., Sept. 18.—To an inter viewer, who called at Rosemount, Judge Parker's home, and asked if he had anything to say in relation to the statement made by Vice President George W. Perkins^ of the -New York Life Insurance company jbefore the legislative committee investigating: the Insurance business, to the effect that President John A. McCall of that com pany had caused a contribution of about $50,0000 to be made last-year to the republican national campaign fund, Judge-Packer said: "Yes, I believe I ought to say, now that there is no political excitement to distract the public attention,_that the president of the New York Life- was not the only such contributor. The officers of other great, life Insurance companies, such .as the Equitable and the Mutual, also contributed from,-the policy-holders' funds for campaign purposes last year. What has been proved in the cftse of the New York Life will undoubtedly be proved in the other cases. Tie facts exists* and hon est fuxd able counsels backed by an honest cotnmittee, will undoubtedly bring them out for the public good. Were there an investigation of rail road, manufacturing and other corpo rations It would be found that these life Insurance officers were not the only corporation officers who put their hands into the treasury and tpok out moneys' belonging to widows and or-, phani to help secure a partisan tri umph. That their acts were unlawful, and their proposes corrupt, goes With out saying." ... .. AUTO PLUNGES OVER BRIDGE Four Hen Injured in Massachusetts—• Gov. Glenn, of North Carolina, Has Narrow Escape.'. Winchendoh, Mass., Slept. 16.—An au-, tomoblle .containing members of the party accompanying Gov. R. B. Glenn, of North Carolina, plunged over' a bridge on th^ jgad to. Royalston here Friday and landed at the bottom of a dlifch. The riiotiorcar containing Gov Glenn-was directly behind the automo bile which met with the accident, and only the prompt action, of vtl^e chauf feur avoided a collision between the two cars. May Be Delayed. St Petersburg, Sept. 18.—Emperor Nicholas, with the empreai and their children and Grand DQke Alexis, start ed Sunday oa a cruise in Flnn^jF waters. Iliey are expected to return toward the end of the week. The em peror's absence from St. Petersburg will probably delay the sieving of the peace treaty/ Russians Repulsed. 1.-. Toklo, Sept. 13.—A report from the Japuiese headquarters say that in the dii'ectlbn of Hsingching Gen. Hadri- koff, with sboiut three regiments^ opened -.jm attack on Busman on Mdn day, September 11, but was. immtfd}-: ateely repulsed by the Japanese. Mid rikofTs force is said to have prlnci#Kl ly consisted of bandits. Will Camden, N. J., Sept. 14.—William P. Powell, United States minister toHayti, wio is on leave of absence at his home here, announces his intention of tender ing his resignation to President Roose velt at. once. He gives as his reason for resigning the prevalence of revolutions, riots and fever in HaytL rxqpivr CZAR C^LLS A SECpND ING 6F T£OB POWERS AT THSHACTOBi President Roosevelt Relinquishes ^.HisXart.ln Reassmbling th? In temational Congress.' The Sur prise is Great. Stf Petersburg, Sept. 10 —Emperor Nicholag^in appears before the world as.a promotor of universal peace. No sooner is* the Russo-Japanese war over, and ey^n before the peace treaty has been .ratified, than his majesty is-: sues invitations to a second peace con ference at The Hague. That the em peror has done so was learned from a source *wliich leaves no shadow of a doubt as toJts authenticity. ^lt is officially announced that the, Russian government "proposed to ad-.. dress the foreign powers with the view to holding a second peace confer* ence af The Hague" but it is known that negotiations preceding this an nouncement that thegovernment "pro-: pMed'tb address the powers" were en tered into, especially with the United Slates, and were conducted, with the greatest secrecy, there being not the slightest inkling that Russia contem plated anything of the kind. !fhe announcement created the great est surprise here, and that Russia should propose a second peace congress, notwithstanding the (dose relations be tween Emperor Nicholas and Presi dent Roosevelt, was heard with amaze ment. It is clear the step epuld not be taken by Russia without first .reach ing a complete understanding with President Roosevelt. The fact that President Roosevelt is reported as be injr entirely in sympathy with the idea that the promoter of the first confer ence should be the instigator of the second, and readily and gladly acceded to the Russian proposal, is a clear proof that the conference has already been called and that President Roosevelt relinquished his part in it to the em peror. There is strong reaaon to believe that the news even Of the intention of the Russian government would not be given out if invitations had not al ready teen sent to the powers and probably their answers received. SEQUEL TO KOCH TRIAL. The Barn of Henry Heinzman is De stroyed by Supposed In cendiary Fire. "ij St Peter, Minn., Sept. 19—A crime that many' people bellevr is directly traeeable to the Koch mu«der teh^. at Mankato was c3mmltted in Lime town sl^ip, Blue Earth County, when incen diaries fired a barn .belonging to Hen ry Heinzman, who. was a member of the jtijry that acquitted the New Ulm dentist, now practicingin Mimieapolis. When the third trial dtf. the celebra ted case wa«. hel^ at Mankato, Mr. Heinzinan, who is a milkman residing tbrre miles north of that Oity,' proved acceptable" to both sides,' and- was sworn as a juror. After the ve.rdict ol Not Guilty" had beqn rendered, Juror Heinzinan talked freely of tfie case, and.h!s,attitudie was resented by por sons 'believing in the guilt' of Dr. Itocb. Mr. HeinzmSn's barn was fired and entirely destroyed. .Ik is ^supposed that enemies he made, while tTie jnor der trial w'as 'in progress, adopted this means of obtaining Avenge. The. blage originated in the hay loft, two stories above the. ground, and this fact shows.csnclusiyely, it is argued, that it wis the work of firebugs. Mr. Heinzman's Ibss will reach fully S3,000j not including forty tons of hay and several hundred bushels of grain. Had he n9t S.uccee^d I*--' «.V!S in... driving, out his.stock t^e loss' would have' been -r mudh gireatee. Coilision. Minneapolis,' SeptL 19 —A railroad wreck and crackling flames Which con sumn^d parf of' the cOmbnstible re mains.of twosmsshedpassenger (foach furnished much excitement for Excelsior, citlsens at IC mt Mdnday. TW village was roused by th4' 'drash aetompanying a Ma^ebd collision between a-. west \ak4 P,sssen ger train jsUnding on the .Excelsior siding for the night Flames starting from the badly suiashed freight en gine ghve the eitixens and firs depart ment plenty to, do to.sa^e snr^inding railroacl property. Both engines were bmiy etip^ed. Engineer Xkiman of the frefgfit train and his fireman jumped to save their lives. .The pas i^^ge^ytrSin wss unoccupied. Csir WillSelp. Paris.'v&pit. 19."iT-A St Petersburg diBpatch to the Matin says the ezar. will meet King Christian of Denmark at parttstadt With a view to aiding in the ietQemeniy of Scandinaviatf affairs. WT BecoverTwo Bodlei: Didutb, Minn., Sept 16.—With the discovery of two additional bodies, the remains of fifteen persons who per ished in the wreck of the steamer Iosco and her consort, the Olive Jeannette, Have' now been recovered. Of these, eight have been picked tip along the beach in- the vicinity of the Huron Mountain club and the others ih the neighborhood of L'Anse. One'body found yesterday was of a man wearing silk underwear, although his trousers Were of the blue jean variety and his shoes of the common sort Defective