The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-02
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died at Lawrence, Kan. last week.
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Herr Most, editor of the London
FTc:heit, has been convicted of melting to
murder. On account OF his being a foreigner,
the jury recommended him to the mercy OF the
court.
Ireland is practically in revolt
against the government, and stormy times are
predicted. The government evidently anitci-
pates the worst, and is makiug extensive ar
rangemcnts to put down all resistance with no
gentle hand. a few weeks, at farthest, cannot
fail to disclose acts of open hostility and blood
shed.
The Supreme Court of Denmark
has confirmed the sentence Of death passed
upon thirty-nine negro participants in the
Santa Cruz revolt by the West India COM
mission.
n dispatch from Copenhagen says
the Swedish government is becoming alarmed
and contemplates legislation in view of the
emigration, which is sassuming the proportions
OF an exodus. Several counties are practically
denuded Of all able bodied Inhabitants
A somewhat astounding fact has
been discovered, that Prince Rudolph, heir to
the Austrian throne, in marrying the Princess
Stephanie has actually married his aunt, a
long genealogical search indisputably proving
this assertion.
King Charles, of Roumania, has
been given a crown of steel manufactured from
cannon captured at Plevna. Bucharest was
brilliantly Illuminated in honor of the event.
In proclamation forbidding the
persecution of the Jews, the governor general
Of the Russian province of Charkoff declares
that he will not hesitate to put the region
under martial law and punish rioters with the
greatest severity.
1t is announced that papers left by
the late Count Henry Won Arnim will prove
him innocent Of the charge OF treason.
In'the French chamber of deputies,
the treaty with Tunis was ratified by vote Of
453 to /.
Prince Leopold, the. youngest son
OF Queen Victoria, has been given the title of
Duke OF Albany.
London publishers report the sale of
two million copies of the revised New Testa-
ment.
News from St. Petersburg to Nav
"a is confirmatory Of anticipated outbreaks.
Troops are forbidden to leave their barracks
under any pretense, and a revolutionary move
ment is anticipated.
On May lG, four days after the birth
OF her child, Hessy Helfmann,' who was ar
rested on charge Of completely in the assas-
s'nation OF the Gar, and whose execution was
postponed by reason of her being cncicntc,
was hanged i'll prison 1t is asserted that her
hanging was the result of an accident by the
authorities. For several days she had been
subject to the most inhuman torture for the
purpose of wringing from her a confession.
The night after her confinement she was
awakened and warned that her hour was near.
For several days in succession she was liter
ally strung up and cut down only Just in time
to prevent expiring. On the morning of the
10th the hanging lasted little too long, and
when she was cut down it was discovered she
had been strangled to death.
Troubles in Ireland are increasing.
and large bodies of troops are being hurried
forward for the purpose Of maintaining the
peace. Michael Brennan, secretary of the
Land League, has been arrested, charged with
melting to acts of violence
The latest arrests in Ireland under
the coercion act include Patrick Doyles of the
Killarney Land league, Fenton and O'0onneli
OF the Clommore branch, and a priest named
Sheehy at Kilmallock.
BY order of the Sultan OF turkey,
the Bey of Tunis has been deposed, and as he
is supported by the French government, there
is probability of trouble between the powers.
There is feeling ofdeep distrust in Russia re-
garding impending attacks On the Jews. Hun
dreds OF families are leaving the empire daily,
and those who remain have deposited their
valuables IN banks.
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