The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-01-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THURSDAY, Dec. 3l.-Ex-Senator Nor
gan, Of New York, declines the Russian
mission. .. The preliminary examination
ofex-Gov. Yarmouth for the killing o
Byerly was h~1 yesterday and he was dis
-:charged. ....I In the Pacific Nail investiga.
tion at Nav York yesterday, evidence wal
produced showing that @275 600 of the
corruption fund was drawn by Congress
men Schumacher, Of Brooklyn. 1t wa
also shown that the total amount Of money
placed to Irwin's credit while tho snbsidy
was pending was >seo, 900. :. Hampton
Post, G. A. R., Of Cleveland, Ohio, has dis
banded on account Of an accumulation o,
debts. The spinners and wsavers of the
Fall River, Mass, cotton mills, have re-
solved to accept the reduct' on Of wages
under protest, and p, e;'are for strike iu
the spring il. The Congressional commit.
tees have commenced their investigations
at Vicksburg and New Orleans. The
testimony thus far produced is very con-
flicting aud throws no new light upon the
recent and existing troubles. . . . Potters,
the notorious forger, is to be pardoned,
that his testimony may be Used to secure
the conviction Of other parties. He has
already confessed. duplicating two OIL
GERS OF the detective force of New York,
the same against whom the Bank Of Eng
land last year made complaint Of
completely with the forger Mcdonnell, now
= serving sentence in England.
VIM. NJ. Everts, counsel for Beecher,
says the decision of the Brooklyn cour.
denying the bill OF particulars asked by
Beecher, cannot be appealed from, and
that the trial will now go on. ....At Cleve-
and, O., yesterday, young man named
Horace F. Andrews suicided by shooting
himself at the residence Of his mother.
He left letters disposing Of his property,
and also saying that An examination would
not disclose the cause OF the act. In the
same city Judge Caldwell sentenced John
Johnston to he hanged April 28th, 1875
....Thos. Pencil, treasurer of Cumber-
land county, Me-, was knocked down in
his Office last night, and the safe robbed of
between 81, 900 and $l0, 900. .. An explo-
sion in coal mine near Evansville, Wyo.
ming, resulted in the death of eight per-
sons. John Goodman for the murder of
the Haywood family, was hanged at Oatta.
wa, Putnam county, O.. yesterday. The
hanging was witnessed by y large crowd.
Goodman confessed that he committed the
crime and that his punishment wat just
....The election yesterday in Manitoba
resulted in favor Of the government. . "A
new revolution has broken out in Spain,
Gen. Mart,ney Campos having pronounced
in favor Of rrince Alphonso, son of ex-
Queen Isabella, and with force Of troops
has taken NJ IN. Video, in the province OF
Valencia. portion of the Republican
army has been Withdrawn form the Carl.
ist front and sent against him. -. The re-
bellion in Peru is ended.
SATURDAY, J.n. 2.-San Francisco in.
dulged in two murders Thursday. ...six-
ty thousand English colliers have struck.
.Tke internal revenue receipts for De-
Gem yer were %, 1854, $50. .. Many railroads
in Austria have been forced to discontinue
on account Of snow The thermometer
was 80 degrees below zero in parts Of New
Hampshire yesterday ....The bureau OF
Indian affairs have instructions that Indi-
ans must be kept on their reservations,
and notifying them that when
found aaway from them, with.
out written permit, they will he
looked upon and treated as hostile bands.
....lt is stated that thorough canvass
Of the new Wisconsin legislature has been
made, and it is believed there is a decided
majority in favor Of repeating the Potte,
railroad law, and for restoring the ques,
ton of pas ssenger tariffs and freight charge:
back to the officers Of the road. Two
men named Fuller and Clemens, Ra,
county, No., quarreled about some whis
Ky when Clemens shot Fuller and Eu'le
stabh Clemens With knife, almost dis
czah 'eling lin both men died. Cen
ductor Ria and his son, and Jerry Aaho
ny, who have been on trial At Kansas Cit,
for several days past, for the ,nur:er o
VIM. Strobe and Henry Barrett, who wer
found dead on the railroad track nea
Kansas City, about two weeks ago, wer
honorably discharged Wednesday ...
Wednesday night , Yrs. Nolan, Of Chics
: Sc, was found dead in bed, caused by
essknib wound In -herside. 4. Her husband
who was subsequently arrested, said sh
died about 9 clock, that lie went out fe
help, got drunk. and KIN ew nothing abol
his wile's wound. "A desperate fight occur
red in the Indian Territory between Ii
Ross and Downing factions by which ha
dozen of the contestants were killed an
many others wounded. A general reie
of terror is reported anl many Of the pc
pie are fleeing to Kansas and Fort 0ibso
1.-THE Spanish Republic is lead. II
manifesto declaring Prince Alfonso Xii
has been generally accepted by the Repu
ican army and ministry, and regen'
has been formed under the Presidency
Cono7osdel Castello. The new King
on his way t, Spain, having already
nounced his ministry. lie has also tel
sraphed the Pope asking his blessing al
promising that like his ancestors he Vi
defend the rights Of the Holy See. +
Congressional committee at Vicksbu1
Thursday, had number of witnesses b
fore them, their testimony being II
white Democrats and Republicans unit