The Worthington advance. [volume], July 27, 1906, Image 1

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Roy Mb, a 16 year old boy of
thin city made a grue6$me find last
Friday morning as he was on his
way to go fishing. While walking
along the road on the south shore
of the lake, about 15 rods beyond
the ice houses, he observed some­
thing lying at the waters edge
which he supposed to be a rag doll,
fle approached it cosely and turned
at over and was horrified to find the
•dead body of an infant He
hastened back to,town and notified
ithe authorities. The coroner, Dr.
IF. H. Manson, set & guard to see
•that nothing was disturbed and
proceeded to empannel a jury, oom
•poeed of the following gentlemen
J. 6K Mitchell, F. L. Humiston, ,W
M. Evans, Will Buchan, Fred Goff
and Dr. Dieckhoff.
At 1 o'clock the jury proceeded
to the soene to view the situation.
Near the body was a telescope
?alise, which had been opened
near by was also a large pile of
^newspapers, bearing dates from
July 7th to the 14fcu, also a small
-quilt, and several infants 'napkins,
two of which were soiled. The
corpse was fully dressed in an in­
fant's outfit, and. had on a small
jacket and a cap. It had the ap­
pearance of being from one to two
months old.
E. F. Buchan took a photograph
of the scene, after which every­
thing was picked up .and taken to
the undertaking rooms of Chaney &
Mackay. The jury
Grewsome Last
Friday Morning By Roy
Lee on South
of Okabena
Man and Woman Seen in Town
Thursday Believed to Be
of the
Crime.
Coroner's Jury Sift Case Thoroughly
and Find Considerable Evidence
Pointing to the Guity
Parties.
was
dismissed
until 7 p. m. pending an autopsy
made by Dra. Clark and Dolan.
The autopsy disclosed that the
foiiifl was in a starved condition,
but whether the cause of death was
actually starvation or not did not
«eem clear, it is possible it was
strangled before being up in the
water as it did not die by drown­
ing. The cause of death assigned
was inanition.
The coroner spent all day Satur­
day and Monday, and part of Tuns
day in inquiring into the case. It
developed, after close inquiry, that
the child, jdid not belong in Worth­
ington or vicinity. The crime is
believed to have been committed
by a man and woman who arrived
in Worthington Thursday morning
on
the 9:47 train from the uth.
The woman carried a baby which
corresponded, so far as it was
possible to determine, to the
murdered child,
(and
the man
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carried a telescope valise
resembled the one found. They
were seen about town and at
several places near the lake. The
last time they had neither the child
nor the valise.
On Sunday King Roshon, of the
Advance force, found a bundle of
clothing consisting of one full suit
two coats and two pair of pants in
a rubbish pile south of the* ice
house. It is possible that this
bundle was taken out of the valise
before the child was pat in it. The
valise had holes in the top and
bottom evidently cut to let the!
water in.
It is evident that the valise had
been thrown Into tfce water and had
drifted to shore where it was fished
out by someone who emptied it of
its. contents but failed to report his
find. The valise had been partly
submerged but when found by Lee
it was too far out of water to have
been washed by the waves.
The parties suspected of the
murder have been traced to Sioux
City but here tracks of them dis
appears. The authorities are mak­
ing every effort for their appre­
hension and it seems probable that
it is only a question of a short time
before they will be arrested.
The remains of the child were
burried by Chaney & Mackay at the
expense of the county.
Verdict of Coroner's Jury.
An inquisition taken at Worth­
ington in county of Nobles on the
20th day of July A. D. 1906, before
Dr. F. M. Manson, Coroner, of said
County of Nobles upon view of tUe
body of an unknown male infant
lyingthere dead by the oaths of the
Jurors whose names are hereto
subscribed who being sworn to in­
quire on behalf of the State of
Minnesota, when, how, and by
what means the said infant came to
his death, upcn their oaths do say:
That on or about July 19th, 1906
the said male infant came to his
death by inanition or asphyxia
through the criminal negligence in
liie hands of a person or persons
unknown to this Jury. In testi­
mony whereof the said Coroner and
Jurors of this inquest have hereunto
set their hands, the day and year
aforesaid.
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UTSUUW
E. C. Dieckhoff,
John G. Mitchell.
Worthington,
The official who is on no particular
side of any question, except such
as conoern great corporations, who
promises nothing to the people who
elect him, and does nothing, cannot
be considered efficient.
No matter if he is a good fellow,
who knows how to look pleasant,
especially election years, who
hypnotizes you with a genial hand­
shake and tickles your ear with
rhetorical oonfeotionary, be sure
whether he is for the people or'the
corporations. He may be generous
with oigais, or whatever else you
like best and yet perhaps you have
paid for his generosity several 1im«
over in freight, express, or any one
or more of various ways, while his
freight, express .or passes were free
perhaps.
Let us reflect. If the great cor­
poration trusts of the country are
getting millions that they do' not
earn, then some of the people are
earning millions that they do not
get, watered stock excepted. Why
does the express business of the
oountry, for illustration, make so
.many millionaire whose wives dress
which silk and nde in automqh^lepf
Do they work harder or more fcofcxsf
Are their wives more industrious or
economical than other men's The
inference answers itself.
If we are the willing slaves of oil
trusts, steel trusts, lumber trusts
and all the others, we have our­
selves to blame. We should quit
electing their men to make laws
and elect our own. If these points
seem too extreme, post up about
our lawmakers and they will not
seem so.
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Plan to the Chautauqua Assembly at Worthington August 6 to 14
W. H. Buohan.
F. L. Humiaton.
Fred Goff.
W. M. Evans.
F. M. Manson, M. D., Coroner.
Fooling the Farmers.
Minnesota is a farming state,
especially the- south-western pajrt.
The men who represeut us in Con­
gress and in the state legislature
(or mis-represent us, as the case
may be) are elected largey by the
votes' of the farmers. They are
supposed to work for the interest
of the people who elect them in a
broad intelligent and efficient
manner.
Qne of the Farmers,
School Meeting.
The schpol meeting held last
Saturday evening at the High
Sohool building was a quiet affair,
there being less than 150 votes out.
Gus. Swan berg and C. J. Smallwood
were re-elected as director and
treasurer, respectively, for the
ensuing term.
Below we give the annual reports
of the clerk and treasurer.
Clerk's Report.
Report of District Clerk to the
annual school meeting, July. 21st,
1906.
There are employed by the board
of education one superintendent at
a salary of... $ 1400.00
One Principal of High
School 765.00
Three Assistants 1665.00
Fourteen grade teachers 6390.00
One librarian 225.00
Two janitors 675.00
There has been expended
for salaries 11314.94
Fuel and supplies........ 1781.62
Repairs and improve­
ments 297.29
Interest 1320.00
Sundries 689.53
The bonded indebtedness of the
district is $33,000 at 4 per cent,
semi-annual interest.
Respectfully submitted.
A. T. Latta, clerk.
Treasurers Report.
Receipts.
July 13 1905, cash on
hand $ 8338.72
Nov. 11, received from
Co. Treasurer
March 2nd, 1906, re­
ceived from Co.
Treasurer
6351.71
5093.20
June 22nd received from
Co. Treasurer 5617.91
Interest on deposits 175.91
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HscellaneOus..
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Over drafts. ZZ MM
Sale of cotton wood 5.00
Tuition and fines 132.07
Total... ........ .... 25735.98
Disbursements.
Salaries $11418.00
interest on bonds 21,1320.00
'•"fuel 1182.19
Supplies 665.23
Painting and Repairs... 315.84
Rent of^li brary 175.00
lilText books... ...... 16279?
A NARROW ESCAPE
Jas. Mackay's Tijnely Departure
From His Store Saves Him
From a Charge of
Bird Shot.
J. W. Dyer, £the gunsmith, oc­
cupies quarters over Chaney &
Mackay's furniture store. On
Tuesday evening while mani­
pulating a'shot gun he was re­
pairing the weapon was discharged
and tne charge passed through the
floor and lodged in the office chair
and desk in the store below. Mr.
Mackay had just locked up and left
the store to go to the bath house.
Had the aooident happened half a
minute earlier he would undoubt­
edly have received the full charge
in the back and head, and would
possibly have been the subject for
an inquest. As it is he feels very
thankful that he was in a hurry to
get to the bath house. Mr. Dyer
feels highly worked up over the
matter, which was purely acci­
dental. He was testing the,ejecting
mechanism, when the gun was dis­
charged.
For Register of Deeds.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Register of Deeds,
subject to the action of the Republi­
can voters at the primary election.
If nominated and elected I shall
give the office my best efforts.
Harry R. Tripp, Round Lake.
Died.,
C. G. Anderson, who had been
a resident of Worthington for up­
wards of 15 years, died at his home
on north 10th street Sunday, July
22, aged 68 years. The funeral was
held on Monday, interment being
made in the Worthington cemetery
beside the remains of his wife, who
died last winter. The deceased
leaves two sons, John and Chas.
Anderson.
Notice.
The Worthington Dress Club will
be moved to the Darling building
on 2nd avenue, Aug. 1st.
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196.72
'10150716
Total 25735.99
C. J. Smallwood, Treasurer.
BURGLARS CAUGHT
forties Who {Robbed Ellsworth
Saloon Arrested Last
Thursday Night.
The two burglars who robbed the
Biilehay saloon at Ellsworth last
i$ek were arrested last Thursday
rening. One, who gave his name
a Ed Evans, was arrested at Adrian
jr Marshal Mitchell and Deputy
Sheriff Blade. The other waB
at Lismore, and gave his
as Chas. Martin. They
ured about $105 in booty, over
of whioh was reoovered. They
the money from the safe in the
oon, which they opened by
orking the combination.
The prisoners' were arraigned on
iday morning before Judge Dow
confessed to the crime and
aide application to plead guilty.
Martin is an old offender, having
in sent up for two yean (rom
is county about two years ago for
rglaizing^a saloon at Wttmiont.
S. B. BEDFORD, of Rushmore,
Candidate for Republican Nomination
for State Senator.
Above we present an excellent
likeness of Mr. S. B. Bedford, cash­
ier of the State Bank of Rushmore,
who last week announced his candi­
dacy for the Republican nomination
for state senator from the district
comprising Nobles and Murray
counties. Mr. Bedford is a native
of Pennsy vania, where he was born
in 1857. He came to Nobes county
with his parents in 1873, and Bet
tied on a farm two miles from Rush
more. In 1876 he left the farm to
olerk in the drug store of Dr. R. D.
Barber, in Worthington, and later
became a registered pharmacist. In
the spring of 1880 he bought a
small drug store at Rushmore, and
in August of the same year he
bought the general store of ,8.
M.
Rushmore, whioh he conducted for
many years, and in connection with
which he gradually drifted into
banking. In 1894 he established the
bank of Rushmore, which in 1903
was organized into a State Bank.
In 1880 he was married. He was
jrostttiaBter at RushmOfre from!880
until relieved by President Cleve­
land in 1894. He served as countjr
commissioner from 1884 to 1888, and
made a most enviable record for
himself. He is now serving his
fourth term as mayor of Ruhsaioro,
During his Iws eww Mr, Bed*
fOFd has discharged every
public and private with fidelity and
ability treating all alike with cour­
tesy and affability. He is a pioneer
of the county, having grown to man­
hood here and has been a potent
factor in the transformation of the
prairie wilderness to a land of hap­
py and prosperous homes. In his
laudable aspiration to the highest
office within the gift of this district
he has the hearty support of hun­
dreds of life long friends who take
keen delight in doing their utmo3t
to forward his candidacy. He is in
every way deserving of the honor,
and has the experience and ability
to make a brilliant career as state
senator. His platform has the
right ring to it and will make votes
for him whever it is read. He is
of independent disposition, utterly
fearless and in hearty accord with
the sentiment for better govern­
ment now sweeping over the land,
and will do his best to advance its
cause. A vote for S. B. Bedford for
state senator at the September
primaries is a vote for the princi­
ple) of government ao ably advo­
cated by President Roosevelt.
Night Blooming Cereus.
Mrs. G. W. Patterson is the
fortunate possessor of a Night
Blooming Cereus, a rare plant
which has a blossom of exquisite
beauty. The plant is of tW cactus
family and is a peculiar !reak of
nature in that it! blooms only at
night, an the flower lasts ony for
a few days. The flower is of mam­
moth size an great beauty. It is
bell-shaped, an$ when fifty ex­
panded will measure eight to ten
inches across.
Mrs. Patterson's plant was in
bloom on last Mnday evening and
large number of
she invited a
friends to see it
pleasantly spent and
were served.
The evening was
refreshments
Mrs. H. R. RdwarUe and daughter
returned home from fheir Wisconsin
visit Saturday.
SOCIETY.
e..i -Ps-.
I stand "four square" for the
principes as set forth by our Pres­
ident, Theodore Roosevelt.
I stand squarely on the Republi­
can platform as adopted by the par­
ty convention at Duluth.
I believe in a square deal for ev­
erybody that it is not right for the
rich to oppress tne poor nor for the
great to crowd, the small to the
wall.
I bellieve in the equal obedience
to law by every one, be- he rich or
poor, by be great corporations and
the small merchant, by the high
official and the private citizen, by
the saloon and the church, by the
man man automobile and the man
in the cart.
1 believe that no public official
should ride on a pass or have free
service by any corporation.
believe that the small dealer and.
farmer should have an equal ehanoa
with the lame and great.
I believe in Civic rigbteousMw
as opposed to all greed and graft
If elected, I pledge myself to vote
for the best interest of the district
and state. S. B. Bedford,
Called to Iowa by Death of
Father,
Mrs. G. A. Fairfield received a
telegram last Friday morning con
taning the sad news of the death of
her father, T. C. Ely which occur
ed at Elma, Iowa, on Thursday af­
ternoon of last week. He was 77
years of age. Mrs. Fairfield accom­
panied by her son Charles went to
Elma Saturday morning to attend
the funeral whioh was held oh Sun­
day. She will have the sympathy
of many freinds in the bereave
ment that has come to her.
Card.
We take this means of expressing
our sincere thanks to the friends
who so kindly assisted us in the sad
hour of our bereavement in the loss
of our husband and father, and to
those who seat. flowers and to the
quartette who sang so acceptably.
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Subscription
$1.50 Per Year
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For State Senator.
No-
To the Voters of Murray and
blee Co.
As a candidate for the office of
State Senator, I make the follow­
ing announcement
I stand for, and will uphold by
my vote if elected, the following
principles, believing them to bo
not only right but good business.
Mrs. Peterson
Mrs. Sprouse and family.
Do You
Drink
Ice Tea
We sell CHASE & SAN­
BORN'S teas, which for cold
tea or hot tea are unexcell­
ed for quality and are as
low in price as a good tea
can be sold
We have a special price
on a Jap tea for a short
time of
29c
PER POUND
HARRY B. LEWIS
Kjjl
Rushmore, Minn.
Lost End of Finger.
Little Helen, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W.E.Madison met with a pain­
ful accident on Sunday afernoon.
With some other little girls she was
playing with a lawn mower and in
some.manner the first finger of. he?.,
right hand was caught by the re
volving blades of the machine and
completely severed just below the
nail. Dr. Humiston was called and
dressed the injured member and the
little one is doit^g aqnipely as jpof*
wbie und^ey tfeecireufflftanoe#.
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