The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-29
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

The secretary ofthe treasury has sent to
congress supplemental estimate of appro-
priations for the next fiscal year. In this
list arc two items which will probably &C.
casion some debate. They are for the
purchase Of portrait Of Howell Cobb, who
deserted bis post ~ secretary OF the treas
ury and became . member Of the Confed-
crate cabinet, and for q portrait of Jacob
Thompson, ex-secretary Of the interior,
who did the same thing.
BY the breaking away Of dam at the
extensive water power reservoir at East
Less, Mass, on the morning Of the 10th that
town was Inundated, eleven persons
drowned.fou ofthe six paper mills wrecked
ana other manufacturing establishments
erty in the track Of the furious food that
swept through the streets Of the town. The
damage amounts to many thousand dol
lars.
During the first nine months of the pre-
sent fiscal year there was an increase of
over s., 0O, 900 in the revenues of the gov
eminent as compared with the correspond
ing period Of last year, and the expendi-
lures were over ST, 100000 less than for the
same period of last year, making net gain
OF over e8, 100000.
A tornado struck Killeen, Texas. on the
18th doing much damage to buildings, fruit
trees ard vegetation. 1t struck the house
OF Jacob UsetOn, demolishing the building
ana lnjurlng the entire family, tho baby
fatally. The Norman brothers, residence
was also demolished, but the family were
saved, having just taking refuge in a stone
house.
The House committee on war department
expenditures after Investigating the charges
Of irregularity in Gen. Hazen's signal SER
vice accounts, have adopted q resolution
declaring that evidence does not show tho
existence OF any fraud or corruption.
Grand Master Powderly aud Messrs.
Hayes and Turner of the Knights of Labor
appeared at Washington Wednesday for
the purpose I giving testimony before the
select committee charged with investiga-
ting labor strikes.
Jay Gould has sent $500 to deputy sher-
iR Williams at Little Rock, who was as
saulted and badly beaten by strikers while
guarding the Iron Mountain railroad
property.
Tho great flood at Montreal drove 7,422
families from their homes. making the
total population flooded out in district
affected 10000. The damage to property
is very great.
On the 2lst, the Senate passed 525 bills
between one and four O'Clock, 426 of them
pension bills. and a hundred bills to which
no objections were made. This beats the
record.
The Lake Shore switchmen at Chicago
still obstruct business at Chicago. and a
large force of deputy sheriffs have been an
pointed to protect property and the public
peace.
Secretary Manning is improving so much
that all talk Of his resignation has been
dropped. 1t is thought he will be at his
part again about the LIST of June.
James E. Blaine has written to aPenusvl.
vania friend that his political ambition is
satisfied and that he will not again enter
into public life.
The school furniture factory of A. H.
Andrews Il Co., at Chicago, was damaged
100000 by fire on the 22nd. The fire origin.
ated under an engine boiler.
A block on Crosby street, New YORK
City, occupied by wholesale firms in cloth.
ing. hats, silk goods &c., burned on the
END with the loss of $4,000.
The explosion of an oil tank, on the
10Th, at Bear Creek, on the ALLEGHENY R.
H. destroyed s45 900 worth Ct property.
Gov. West Of Utah and Receiver Shep-
heard of the Worthington land Office were
| confirmed on the 2lst.
The secretary of the treasury has issued
call for $4,000, 900, threes, to mature
June LIST.
! Inc Third avenue street cars, New York
City, are run under police protection.
Jay Gould testified before the special
committee on labor troubles, on the 22nd.
JEFF Davis has written a letter in favo,
OF arbitrating labor troubles.
President Clev Gland will marry Miss Fol
som in June.