The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-19
TlB PlTH OF The NEWS
Wash1Agton GOSSIP.

I16 PlIH VI ThE NEWN
Washiagton Gossip.
Tho attorney general advises congress- to pay
Kilbourn his 10000
Attorneys Cook and Cole denied that they
received money to prevent the indictment of
Contractor Colgrove in the star route cases.
The secretary Of the interior has disbarred
from practice before the pension Office John
Algoc, of Flint, Mich, and Edwin ]. Smith, of
Whitewater, Mich.
Mr.: Washburn said Wat he intended to again
urge the postmaster general to remedy the
complaints made against the arrival of the
mail trains in st. Paul He will insist upon an
least IN hour and half earlier.
Postofices Established Minnesota: Kost,
Chisago county. Postofices Discontinued
Mosley, Minnesota: Polk county Postmasters
Observation-Disclosures Peterson, Lake
Harold: Mimi :; Mash Mcknight, Kimberly,
Mimi ;James g. Pitts Winona, Emmons county,
Oak. Abram G. Rhinehart, Deett, Polk county,
Mimi
Special cablegrams from Washington an
nouncing that the United States government
has received no communication from England
concerning American dynamite conspiracies
against the British government, and meditates
no suppressive action, have kindled anew the
feeling of irritation against the American au-
thorities.
Secretary Lincoln and Gen. Sheridan, COM
ing west on the Fort Wayne limited express,
rendered their passes, but were informed that
it was not a paper train. Sheridan remon-
fo6 mi "a tod hot
must pay their fare or he would stop the train
at the next station for them to get of, and pro-
ceeded to carry this programme into execution,
when Phil paid his money and continued his
journey.
As was announced when Minister Sargent
retired, the president and secretary Of state
have determined to leave the German mission
vacant until Chancellor Bismarck learns how to
ernment As an act Of retaliation, Bismarck
has decided to suspend relations with the
United States, and Baron Eisendecker, the
German minister, presented to the secretary
Of state his letter of recall. They visited the
president and the usual speeches of regret, good
wishes, ETC., were made.
The speaker has laid before the house COM
munication from the attorney general, trans
hitting letter from the United States district
attorney of the District of Columbia concerning
the trial of the case Of Hallett Kllbourn vs. ].
G. Thompson, saying: Ifear that unless con-
gress shall either direct that tho Judgment
which now stands for $2O, 600 shall be paid, or
shall modify the laws 80 that the connection of
the government with this case shall cease when
final action shall have been taken on the bill Of
exceptions by the supreme court of the United
States, the government may have to pay much
larger sum than 10000
The Criminal Calendar.
Isaac Jennings at Pendleton county, Pa,
shot his son, thinking he was panther.
Emma Hines, Baltimore, was scolded by her
father, wrote poem on stDeath, and then took
fatal dose of laudanum. She was seventeen
and pretty.
William G. Morgan, general auditing agent
Of the New York banking firm of Putnam Il
Earl, was sentenced at Hartford, Conn.,, to three
years in the penitentiary for embezzlement.
W, H. Abbott, on trial in Montana on the
charge of numbering railroad boss in Rocky
1855, was acquitted on proof of self-defense.
Frank l. Loring, of Flemming l. Merriam
"Fund W." fame, was taken into custody at
Chicago by United States marshal and conveyed
to the county jail, where he will be required to
imposed upon him by Judge Blodgett, beside
paying fine of 500. His partner, John Flem-
ming, is at present in Dakota, but is expected
here in two or three days to join LorinS in his
enforced retirement
Mrs. Charles Wright, a young widow of Tou-
lon, ILL.,, retired to her bed chamber and made
an attempt to hang herself, but tho rope was
broken in the attempt. She then procured
butcher-k knife and hacked her throat in fright
pair of scissors, intlcting chastity wound.
She next repaired to the medicine chest of her
late husband, who had been druggist, and
mixing together four or five poisons Swallowed
the deadly dose. Shortly after this last des-
perate attempt, she was discoveredin an in
sensible condition and tho services of physi-
clan secured who succeeded in saving her life.
She still avows determination to die