The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-01-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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Mrs. Dora Bsaeinger Of St. Louis, Va
fatally shot yesterday by Chas. L. King,
married man with whom she refused t
elope =. The Governor Of Aassaohusett
refuses to. pardon Spence p tits y.
Charles Albert, attorneg, and uncle q
Irwin, who was disbursing agent for tha
gentleman in the Pacific Mail subsidy bust
ness at first, but refuses to tell 10 whom h
paid the money. lie said, however, tha
none that passed through his hantls wen
to Coagressmen ..... Sergeant-at'-Arm'
Ordway reported to the ways and means
committee that he was unable to find w.
8. King. Irwin was before the bar Of thu
House yesterday, and refusing to tell to
~hom he paid the corruption fund, wa:
committed to the common Jail Of the Dis
trict. The Legislature Of Pennsylvania
Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois con-
vened yesterday. State Senator G. W.
Graham, ofVirginia, was before the Honse
naval committee and swore that Congress
man Stowell sold cadetship for u, 500,
his only connection with the transaction
Icing that oil agent for Stowell. j.. Matters
il New Orleans remain quiet. Gen. Sher-
iIan telegraphed yesterday that threats Of
assassination had been made against him,
but that he was not afraid, and would not
be stopped from enforcing the government
laws. The board CT Underwriters and q
large number of tie clergy issued address,
es to the country, in which they denounced
the action and statements OF the General
a. malicious and false. while Secretary
Belknap, for the President, telegraphs him
that his course is fully sustained.
FRIDAY, Jan. 8.-Thc jury in the Beech.
er case is completed and the trial will
now commence. In the Republican
senatorial caucus at Augusta, Maine, last
nignt, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin WAS nomi-
mated on the first ballot, ~ was Hon.
Zack Chandler in the Republican cancus
Of the Michigan legislature. .. The Goeer-
nors Of Ohio, Massachusetts, Tennessee
and Arkansas have addressed special mes
sages to the legislatures of their respective
States in relation to recent affairs in Loui-
siana, recommending the adoption Of a
protest to the use made Of the military to
be sent to Washington. Irwin COM
planned to the Hoase yesterday Of his quar-
ters in the common Jail, and asked that
he be removed to more comfortable
place in conformity with the previous
action of Congress in such cases, but,
ater q brief discussion, his applica-
ton was denied. Mr.. Charles Albert,
lrwin's uncle, was again before the Pacific
Mai! investigating committee, and again
declined to tell to whom he paid thlt por-
tion Of the subsidy fund which passed
through his hands. Finally he was ex-
cused until Saturday to mahe his final de-
cision. Nv. c. Bryant, VIM. N. Evarts,
Whitelaw Reid, Manton Marble and other
leading citizens Of New York, embracing
men Of all polit cal beliefs, have united in
4 call for Louisiana Indignation meeting
At Cooper Institute Monday evening. -.
Both houses Of the Indiana Legislature or.
ganized Thursday. The Republicans and
Independents controlled the Senate and
the Democrats the House. The latte,
have eight majority on joint ballot. ...A
fire at Baltimore destroyed the State to.
bacco warehouses. with 2,7c0 hogsLeads
Of tobacco. Loss on tobacco 9250, 600 and
on buildings $40, 900. Tie crisis i1
France has resulted in the resignation o.
the ministry, but Mcmahon refuses to &C
cept for the present.
SATURDAY, Jan. 9.-Representative Par
Sons in his statement In the Pacific Mai
investigation, says he was employed b,
stockwell as an attorney to prepare pa
pers, et,.; that he received in all sl3,50O
which included clerk hire, travelling ex
penses, etc. ), and that he paid no hone,
to any membsr Of Congress-, and had n
knowledge Of any money having been 81
paid. Representative Schumacher wa
also before the committee and testified tha
during 1923 he was attorney for tn
Pacific Mail company; that h: had checl
Of his clients for @275 600, of which $40,
600 WAS for personal service, the remand
being distributed AZ directed by hi
client to different parties, but to who,
and for what purpose the none
mas SO distributed he could not sta
without consent Of his clients, an
finally that hc never bribed or attempte
to bribe any member Of the AID Congress;
....A mail car WAS burned on the Bait
more and Potomac railroad yesterday wi,
the postal clerk, Thomas Fayman, who
body was burned to crisp, and e40O, "
iu national bank notes, $500, 900 in leg
tenders and fractional currency, and Il
entire northern mail from Washingto
excepting one pouch. The Pennsylv
mia State Grange is in session with an
tendance of 1000 members. {. Macbri
l. Williams, produce dealers Of New Yo,
have suspended, with liabilities Of S8
COO. Hutch cDaniels, a steamboat ca
tain, At Point Pleasant, West Virginia, v
shot and killed Wednesday BY VIM. We
eel, for having criminal intimacy with
wife,. "A. H. Cheering, Democrat. '
elected president pro tenn. of the Illin
Senate; yesterday, on the 10Th ballot.
MONDAY, Jan. 11.-The celebration
the anniversary Of the battle Of New
leans was observed at Wooster, o Frid
in An appropriate manner. About 20.
people participated in the exercises. 6
Allen delivered the principal address.
tits stated that Dan. VOORHEES,, the 81