The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-11-18

| chiefs. Hence his desire for some educa.
ton. The Indian bureau ia by no means
satisfied that granting this request would
be jutlici6us.
! Lieut. Schumacher OF the Chicago police
arrested young woman named Mary
Fitzpat rick. with any quantity Of aliases,
and locked her up on q charge OF obtaining
money under false pretcnses. A search oil
her person by the luatron at the station
revealed a new phase Of criminal clvernesa
which is az bold as it is ingenious. The
young woman was arrayed in the garments
! OF a lightning change artist. and could,
without the removal Of an article. change
her dress into four distinct styles.
| Most Rev. William Delaney, bishop Of
the Catholic diocese OF Cork. is dying.
The switchmen OF Milwaukee ore talking
about a strike.
There is great excitement at Omaha over
the escape OF DR.. David H. Weir, who ia
accused OF criminally assaulting Mabe,
Clark, Il patient, who died from injuries
received ut his hands.
| A telegram received at the Northern Pa:
citic offices from, j. N. Strong, manager oil
the Yellowstone Park hotels, says there
were strong Invitations that Excelsior gey:
ser, on Hell's Hall. Acre, is about to orupt.
! Strong convulsions were felt. Houses were
|
! Basins, and crockory and glassware thrown
from, shelves. At Norris windows were
broken and tho plaster On the walls of thu
! houses cracked.
4 young man named Preston, who was q
! collector in Ohio for tho International
! News Company Of New York, collected
81. 600 and absconded; going to Hamil-
| ton, Ont.
Lyman A. Hin OF East Machias; Me-;
and Charles Niles ofWesley, were shot dead
at the Fletcher brook. Hemnenway town
ship. on tho Machias river by parties I'm.
known.
| A dispatch from the Boston police asked
! Inspector Byrnes OF New York to arrest
charge OF embezzling IS 900. Fabraham
| was arrested.
Five masked men entered the house OF
George Smith, near Cherry Tree, Pa, and,
holding a revolver at his head. forced hin,
to produce $4,000 in gold which he had
concealed In the house: Tho robbers took
the money and escaped:
Gen. John B. Gordon was inaugurated
! as governor of Georgia. He was sworn In
| by Chief Justice Jackson: His inaugural
| address was q plea for the reassertion OF
| of states rights. There was an imposing
military display:
Lieut.. E. A. Darlington, who has been
! ordered to Washington from Dakota, has
] been selected, ut the request OF Gen. Maury,
| minister to Bogota, as military attache
to that legation.
The secretary Of the interior has ordered
! the issue OF rations to the Hualpai In.
dians. located on reservation in
Northwest Arizona, who are in a destitute
condition.
Catholic curate named Szitar has muir
dered DR.. keregyarto at Jasz Karajence,
Austria. The doctor had asked the bishop
OF the diocese to dismiss the curate on ac-
! count OF his irregular life. The curate has
been arrested
The annual report of Commissioner of
Customs McCalmont shows: During the
past fiscal year there was paid into the
treasury from sources the accounts relating
to which are settled in his office 81 o. 1884,
$50, Of which 1897 ,S44 was received
from customs duty. There was paid ont
Tor expenses connected with the adminis-
tration OF this branch Of the government
service $24, 165, 246, $6,427, 6l2 of which
was on account Of expenses OF collecting
tho revenues from customs.
Judge H. F. Somrall, the defeated repub.
lea" candidate for congress- in the Shoe
String district OF Mississippi. has received
a letter from Gen. J. R. Chalmers, who
was defeated by Judge Morgan (Dem.) in
the Second district. stating that he (Chalm-
ers) would contest the seat of Mr.. Morgan
before tho Fiftieth congress, and advising
the Judge to take similar steps against
Gen. Catchinqs.
In fight between fence cutters and state
rangers ten miles from Brownsville, Tex,
two fence cutters named Lovel and Rob.
berts were killed.
Associated with R. J. Lane in the man
agement OF the Saccarapa leather board
enterprise, which is said to have absor bed
SO large Il share Of the funds of the Nation.
al bank at Arlington, Mass, was George F.
Davis, a young man electromagnetic bits,
living in Boston. Davis died suddenly.
1t is now asserted that he embezzled $685.
600 or $4,000 OF the banks money,
which had been invested in the Saccarapa
enterprise.
Judge Dundy in the United States court at
Omaha has ovcrruled the motion for a
! new thial in the Smith s. Lowry case. This
shuts out creditors OF Loyal L. Smith. the
merchant dry goods prince, from obtain.
ing any relief. He abscounded, leaving
debts amounting to over 5000, 900.
The star route case at Omaha, against
Col. NJ. T. Patrick for $134, 900 has been
dismissed by the government owing to a
~
| against Luke Voorheese OF Cheyenne,
which was q similar case.
Paul Mittag, n young man OF means,
came to Milwaukee year ago and started
big livery business, into which he took
Charles l.. Lorenzen rs partner, who, how
ever, had not a cent of his own. Lorenzeu
recently absented himself, but returned,
and again left with his wife and baby and
household effects, and also, rs Mttag al.
leges, with $4,000 that belonged to the
latter.
The official vote of the Ohio election gives
Robinson (Rep.) 34O, so5, Mcbride Dem
329,314. Smith (Pro.) 2S.657, and Bonsal
(Greenbacker) 1902; Robinson's plurality,
1851. The total vote was little over
100000.
At Hartford, the police found Jesse H,
Lord, formerly one of the editors of tho
Post, more recently OF the Boston Journal
of Commerce, and lately with the Scientific
American, lying on the grave of his wife in
the Old North cemetery. He had shot
himself through the head with q 32.caliber
revolver. He was conveyed to the hospi.
tai. where his wound was pronounced
fatal.
The Flour City National Bank has been
organized at Minneapolis, with capital
stock Of $3.50, 1000.
Postoffices established: Wisconsin,
Montreal, Ashland county. Postmasters
commissioned-Iowa: Spragueville, viii.
helm c. Blosfeld. Minnesota: Eden Lake,
:: Cossairt; Townville, J. McLaughlin.
Wisconsin: Withee, u. NJ. Cummen.
Fourth-Cass postmasters appointed
Dakota: Shenford, F. 0. Brace. Iowa:
Iowa &c inter-, Mrs. Agnes Highly.
The abandonment OF Fort Halleck, New,
ordered by the war department, is the
prosecution OF q plan which involves the
abandonment OF large number OF the
smaller posts and the concentration OF
troops in larger bodies at the more inn
portant ones. Fort Abraham Lincoln,
Dak., will be next Abandoned. Fort Smell
ling ia looked upon as the most important
strategic point in the United States, and it
is intended early next spring to mass here
at least two regiments, and perhaps more.
Treasurer Jordan says that the effect
OF the offer to prepay interest on the pub.
lie debt would he to distribute almost i'm.
mediately about 81 0, 900, 900 among about
10000 banks and individuals in every
section OF the country, AMI would, in his
opinion, be of great advantage in the NOV.
ing OF crops and other branches OF busi-
ness The apcrntarv's u ctiou In .,;l ,.,o