The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-03-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

ed several buildings and did much other dam.
40. A man named w. H. Potter was fatally
injured and DR.. Williams had several ribs
broken and hn lungs injured. A train Of
freight cars were blown from The track, and
some carr carried distance Of 100 yards 80.
The Conservative caucus Of the Louisiana Leg
islature has agreed to accept the compromise
proposed by the Congressional; committee zee.
The Legislature Of Ohio has passed = bill pro-
viding for compulsory education 90. Gen. j.
ssph r. Havlsl has bssa rsnouainasedit 70 Con-
gress by the Republicans Of the 6rst district Of
Connecticut 80. Wintermute, who killed Gen.
NoCook at iankton, having secured tn. >90,-
40 bail required by the Superior Court, has
been discharged from Jail 49,. Now that tho bill
for the admission oil Colorado as State has
been successful in the Senate, the Republican
members in Congress have decided to press the
bin for the admission Of New Mexico At the
earliest possible moment :...A bartender
named Dempsey, In Warrington City, shot
his paramour, Lotta Warren, on Wednesday
night, aud then attempted his own lie. Both
parties were In 4 critical condition yesterday.
80. The Massachusetts, House yesterday de-
feated the proposition to amend tho oonstitu-
ton by giving the right Of suffrage to women
by 86 to 40 80. Harris, the so-called South
Boston wife murderer, has been convicted OF
murder in the second degree.
FRlDAY, Feb 26.-The ice in the Mississippi
river At St. Louis, which has been an embargo
on navigation since Jan. 4th, moved on ,yester-
day with damage to the large number Of steam
ers lying along the shore 80. Advicesfrom New
Orleans are that the compromise proposed by
the Congressional committee is very we'll re-
ceived, and indicate acceptance .... 4 dis
patch from Washington indicates thAt the new
tariff bill will pass tho Senate
substantially ~ It did the House
80. The Communists Of Chicago, society
composed principally Of foreign laborers, many
Of whom have been unemployed for many
months past, arc becoming turbulent and
threaten to help themselves to food if it Ia not
furnished them by the aid societies. The au-
nnents, and should any such riotous proceed
ings be indnlged in. Communism in Chicago
will bs severely dealt with 80. The freight
agents of the trunk railroad lines running west
from New York, have announced large re-
duetion In rates for sugar and coffee, whicA will
b followed, It Is believed, by = simi ar reduc-
ton on oil other classes 0: goods 80. The
trial of fifty -one persons Of Owen county. KY.
for conspiring to prevent . United States Mar
ohal from executing process Of the court is
in progress at Louisville, and is creating great
interest throughout the State 80. Timothy To-
has of Copenhagen, who served with the first
Napoleon in al his ways, died recently in the
Brown county, KY, poor house go. The Gus.
toms receipts for the week ending Feb. Goth
were ~ follows: New York 8, ,2s9, ,253; Boston
@a2a, ,l76; Philadelphia e226, ,767; Baltimore
sll], ,46s.
SATURDAY, Feb. 27.-Ex-Sena&or James w.
Nye, en- route from tho south to Warrington.
with his daughter and servant, was missed
from the train ON its arrival at Alexandra, Va,
and 'f1au were entertained that he got up in
hin 1lsep and walked of the car. Inquiries,
however, developed tho fact that he
lelt the. train At Richmond and
hid himself in the d.pot, where he was found
III i nearly nude condition. Mr.. Nye has late
" shown evidence that his mental faculties
were wavsring, and on this account he was in
duesd to visit his daughter In Florida. His
conduct. on leaving the train in the
condition he did, confirms the worst
eass Of his friends ~ TO his mental eou-
dition Mr.. Bartlett, attorney for the Pacific
Nail Steamship company, it IL announced, left
Washington, Friday, tor Minnesota, to attach
hapropegty Of VIM. s. King, In order to re-
cover The amount received by him in connec-
tion With the subsidy business 80. John A.
Tracey, director OF tho Lake Shore & Michi.
gam southern and Chicago h Rock
Islands railroads, died At Erie, Pa, Friday,
aged 70. -. A dispatch from Washington says
that the ways and means committee have
nearly completed their report on the Pacific
Mail subsidy. It is understood that the re-
port will recommend that measures be taken
to secure tho prosecution Of VIM. 8. King Of
Minnesota and Congressman sohumaker Of
New York for psrjury....A wall .of,, Shaw q
crockery store adjoining st. Andrew's church,
Duane street, New York, was blown over by
ths wind last night, and went crashing through
the church, which was filed with peoo ole, kill
ing six persons and seriously wounding tw en-
ty-hve others, mostly women and children. -.
Henry G. Bowen, editor Of the Brooklyn In
ds1ssIsse, published = card in the New
York papers Of Friday asserting that
the statement made by B. F. Tsty,
of counsel for Beecheri in the T1lton. Beecl'
trial, that he had been engaged in oonspira y
against Beecher, was malignant falsihcstion
from beginning TO end, a. said Tracy could
leafn BY summoning him to the witness stand.
by the breaking away OF the toe in the
Schuylkill at Manyunk, near Philadelphia, the
watsr rose to . height OF ~ feet, submerginaq
al the lower part Of the town, doing great
damage, and causing suspension Of all the
mills but one, thus throwing two thousand
persons out OF employment. 49,. The steamship
Hong Kong from London for Japan
foundered In the Indian OCEAN.
Six persons are known TO have
pssislsed and eighteen are missing 49,. James
n. Tyner Of Indiana, has been dominated by
- Rpoidant second assistant Postmaster-Ge n.
eral :. .. Gordon Claude. . naval cadet NJ An.
napolis, has been dismissed for refusing u
1enos with colosed cadet
MONDAY, March l.-.-The report Of the Way
and Means Committee in regard to the Pacit
Nafl fnveSStig CATION was made Saturday. It 10
oognlnends tha4 the papers in'regard TO VIM
3. King and Schumacher be submitted to III
44th ,Goupen for it, action; also that tn,
paztt Of TIE testimony relating to the truth
the testimony Of those gentlemen be transmit
tedto the q. 8. District -Attosneyeof. thes sDi
trict Of Columbia, tobss lid: ~ him bsfoTs Il
Grand Jusy,' and tlat any reporter o. CORE
pondept who ha9 received any Of 4
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