The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-10-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THURSDAY, Oct. 22.-The Ogden Hous
at Council Bluffs, Iowa, one Of the fines
holels in the West, was burned yesterday
Loss $4,000; insured :35, 600. . The re
union OF the army Of the James was he {
in New York yesterday. Gen. A. H
Terry, at present in command Of this mill
tary department with headquarters at st
Paul, was elected President for the ensuins
three years. Geo. A. Cameron, delegat.
to Congress from Utah, indicted for lewd
and lascivious cohabitation, surrendered
himself to the U. S. Marshal at Salt Lake
and gave $4,000 bail for his appearance 70,
trial. ....N is estimated that nearly
10000 acres of prairie land timbe,
land is burning OH the line Of tue
Fs.. W. & w. R. r. near For, Wayne,
Ind, and fears for the safety of the city are
expressed ....A boiler explosion in the
rolling mill OF Coaters g. Bros, Baltimore,
yesterday, destroyed the boiler room, a
solid brick structure, and the chimney Is
feet high, and severely injured five men,
two fatally. Several hundred men are
thrown cut of employment until tts
dama,. 3 repaired. ...A disastrous gale
visited the northern coast ofEngland ana
Scotland Tuesday, duljng which many
vessels were wrecked, much prop
erty destroyed and lives lost. >. The op-
ponents Of Tamnany Hall have nominated
Oswald Ottendorf for mayor of New
York andP H. Jones, late postmaster OF
the city, for register
FRIDAY, Oct. 23.-E. r. Chandler.
Secretary Of the State Aid Society Of Ne
Draska, states that there are from 1000 to
10000 grasshopper sufferers in that State,
who will have to be fed the coming win
ter. .Mackin & Co., bankers Of New
Jersey, have failed with 100000 liabili-
ties. ...Gov. Furnes, Of Nebraska, having
ardoned J. l.. Weber, the notorious forg-
er and swindler, the people Of Fremont
burned the Governor in efigy to show
their detestation Of the act. ...J. Kennedy,
San Francisco street car conductor, shot
and killed himself last night. Bishop
Hare, now missionary bishop to the various
Indian tribes on the upper
Missouri river, is prominently men,
toned for the vacant bishopric
in Iowa. ...Reports from Louisiana indi-
cate the largest crop Of sugar produced in
that State since 1861 ...1'he arrest of
sixty-nine merchants Of Shreveport, La,
who signed paper not to employ any per-
son who supported the republican ticket
in the present. contest, has been ordered.
Advces from other portions Of the State
mention frequent arrests by U. S. authori-
ties....The principal boss coopers of New
York city have notified their men that
after Saturday, no members Of coopers
unions will be employed. =. .Nena Sahib,
the butcher Of Cawnpore, has been cap
tured in India.
SATURDAY, Oct. 24.-The Chicago
board Of public works propose to spend a
half million Of dollars to improve and in
crease the water supply Of that city this
season. Reports from Gen. Miles
prosecuting the retalitary war against the
hostile Indians, are most cheering. He
has given the indians severe cbastise-
ment wherever he met them, and destroy
ed an amount Of property that cannot
he replaced for years. The official re-
turns Of the late Ohio election, give the
Democrats majority Of 1902. The
Congressional delegation stand ii Dem.
to seven Republicans. Henry Clews &
Co., Of New York, financial agents for the
government at the time OF the late tinan.
cial stringency, have at last been forced to
make an assignment in favor Of their cred
itors, and their Office and effects are in the
hands Of the sheriff ''''Ex Governor Har-
ris Flanagan, Of Arkansas, died at his
home in Ar;adelphia yesterday morning.
Tie was Governor Of Arkansas during the
war, and leading member OF the late con-
stitutional convention. -. Naval Com
'""nder a. Pendergrast, died at Philadel-
pnia last evening after brief illness. He
was appointed from Ky. in 1913. .. The
Phoenix woolen mills at Seneca Fails, N.
Y, burned Friday morning. Loss $780,
600; partially insured. .. Commodore
VIM. Inman died at Philadelphia Friday.
He entered the navy in 1872, and at t,.t
time Of his death was at the bead Of Com
lnodores on the retired list.
MONDAY, Oct. 26-Several of the lead
ing citizens ofShreveport, La, have been
arrested charged with violation Of the
enforcement act. Warrants have been
issued for the arrest Of many others....
Failuers in Boston have beea reported as
follows: J. N Lord, teas and coifees; C.
8. Barbour, trunks; s. Bearse, Jr, hats
and caps; C. C. McElvoy, furniture, and
). Belcher. boots and shoes. Gen. Sher-
idan announces several successes by Col.
Buell. over the Indians in Texas. Several
camps have been broken up involving the
destruction Of considerable property -.
The registration in New York, which clos.
ed Saturday, shows total of
l46,075. with fifteen districts missing -.
While hunting in Ponola county, Miss,
Wednesday, Ben. Mitchell shot into some
cane in which he supposed was a deer,
killing Thos. l.. Mosley, 1nortally wound
ing David White and severely wounding
W. ?. Johnson. his three companions ..
by the explosion If boiler in the salt
works Of G. H. Cooper & Co., at New Riv-
er, Mich, Friday, two men named Cathan
and John Talbert and little son of Get
tellv we're fatally scaldea anl s.,...al .,