The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-08

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other leading revolutionists he came to
America, settling at Cincinnati, where he
soon became connected with the German
press, soon taking a prominent position in
politics rs Republican In 1861 he was
American minister to the South |
American republic by President Lincoln,
which he resigned in 1864. In 1865 he be-
came part owner and editor of the Cincin- |
natl volksblatt, which position he has since
and making it one of the most |
German papers in the country.
The Case Of Riel.
Sir John Macdonald. premier Of the Do
midlbn of Canada, writing friend at Win
nipeg says if the Privy council Of England
confirms the sentence of death against |
Riel, that he will certainly hang. Sir John
further says that if the Freoeh Canadians
carry out their threat Of rebe lion if Riel is |
hanged, the English speaking people Of the
and Of the government must
meet them in arms. Ifthis is totake place, |
II there is to be . war Of race, no TINA Is
better than the present. IN |
Sl.' Hanged. l.
Patrick Hartwell, the Cincinnati wife |
was hanged at the Ohio peniten-
tiary, the 18th ult. The crime was COM
mitted Jan. 81, 1884. He was an idle man
and hard drinker. The greater portion Of
the night before the murder he spent in
prayers before q row Of lighted
candles. In the morning he got
an axe, ordering his wife to kneel
down and kiss the floor, and while she was
in the kneeling position, struck her twice
with the axe, killing her. 81
The Ticket Completed. Il
The New York State Democratic central
the 10th, filed the vacancy in
their state ticket caused by the refusal of
Roswell P. Flower to stand for lieutenant
governor, by naming Gen. Edward F.
Jones for the position. Gen. Jones COM
manded the Sixth Massachusetts regiment
when attacked in the streets Of Baltimore
while on its way to the defense of Wash
ington, in 1861. He is now a resident of
Binghamton, N. Y.
The Chinese Must Go.
The Pacific slope territories are greatly
excited over the question Of Chinese cheap
labor, and meetings are being daily held
to consider their expulsion. A very large
meeting was held at Seattle the 18th ult.,
presided over by the mayor at which re-
solutions were adopted declaring that the
territory must be relieved 81 Chinese labor
competition, peaceably il it .couldsbe done,
but by force II necessary.
Gored to Death by Ball.
On the 29th ult., Thomas'g Lumsden,
brother Of Sir Peter LumsdeH the we'll
known British diplomat, was gored to death
bull about twenty miles from Winnepeg.
He wasleading the bull y Winlepeg for ex-
hibition, and when about mile from his
home the animal suddenly attacked him
goring him trightfully. When discovered
three hours later he was unconscious and
never rallied.
= 80. Disastrous Explesiori. :.
The morning OF the Sd, battery Of
boilers in the iron works of Clark T. Co.,
Pittsburg, Pa, exploded, and seventeen
persons were scalded by the escaping steam,
five fatally and the Others more or less
severely. Those fatally injured arc:
Charles Harwood, Joseph Getze, Patrick
Henderson, Thomas Stein and William
Daniels.
.~.r .,+k,- :
ssz-0 90 Heavy Failures. -.-H
Financial circles in New York were con-
siderable shaken, the end, by the assign-
ment Of the heavy financial firm Heath q
Co and tho assignment of Henry,N Smith,
: heeyy stock. operator. The fixture q
Heath & Co., appears to have resulted from
the operations Of Smith. The extent of the
liabilities is thought to be very large. /
- ~. Insane Asylum Fire. y
The 10Th ult., one wing of the Montana
insane "sylum, at Warm Springs, was
burned, three inmates perishing in the
flames, viz: B. Maze, Hiram Belcher and
Hector Mclean. The origin Of the fire is a
mystery, there having been no fire in the
building since June.
= Gives It up. -,
U. 8. Minister Foster presented his letters
Of recall to the Spanish government the LIST
and left on tour Of Italy and Greece and
others before returning to this oountry. It
u said he entirely failed IN his efforts to ne
gotiate . now commercial treaty with
Spain. 4z@s's@ssos. ~ =lts,5a sss..z-s
- s1(aFFied.s F-
Mile Nevada, the California opera singer,
was married Ut Paris, tho first Is Or. Ray
mond cPalmer of Birninijh am, ing. The
ceremony was Witnessed BY neatly ali the
prominent Americans now in Paris. The
welded couple return to America at once.
Fire 1t Kau Claire. Wis. $50
An incsndiary Are at Eau Claire, Wis,
tho morning Of tho I'd, destroyed ten small
tenement houses and three barns, involY-
ing . loss Of $4,000. $500. ",
49,. lows Greenbackers. sa*
The Iowa Greenbackers, the and, nomin-
ated tho following ticket: Governor, Elias
Doty,. Cedsr Rapids; lieutenant governor,
J. <. Clark, Mount Pleasant; supreme
judge, Mp. Farnsworth, Cresco; state 50
perintendent, J. D. Guthrie, O.kaloosa.
Dsed Most Desperate. !.
At Winnspsg, MARI tie 81, fsaln
named William s Smith, set g Ais
hosss on hEv,as q Tor ~ tho pur-
poss s. burning his wibs ana children to
death. bat thsy escaping 10 sadsdhis own
LIE ~ cutting he thrnat ~. Is 5:s .s,t
a. axis AIa.sea 49,. .,,so .
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