The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-02

~, near 1OFCaSe, WIS.,, were burned.
Nothing was saved. Loss, $4,000; partial
ly insured.
Ebcn Bacon. = farmer near gainesville,
Wis.,, killed hilneeN with al overdose 81
morphine
WASHINGTON eolored society. il. as,tated
over the elopenent q Mies Frenc;s and
Cassins Harrison, Miss Francis is the
daughter 81 the tichest negro in the city,
and WAS about to marry George NJ. Sneed.
L. II. Allison, scout and Interpreter, de.
clares that Ram. in the Face il not the In.
dian who killed Custer.
Thoebe has decided to contest the seat
OF Speaker Carlisle.
Scnatpt Sabia has withdrawn his oppo.
s'tscn to the appointment OF DR.. Guernon
as collector ut the post OF St. Vincent.
Members OF the Grand Army of the Re.
public are making move to induce con-
gress to buy the house in which President
Lincoln died.
Two freight trains On the Detroit, Grand
Haven Milwaukee railway Gollided at
motives weTe telescspss; ind 4 Ens; ine9i
Price, cf the eRet-bound train, was killed.
Rev. Miss Anna Shaw is a p!ucky woman.
She drew a revolver on stage driver who
lnsulted her in the woods in Michigan and
silenced him.
:. A Missouri Paid: passenger train col
1ided with a freight train near Greenwood,
Mo: Ti:S engines were wrecked, and the
freight engine was hurled upon tho forward
part OF the mail car, crushing it and kill
ing Elijah Maeofn, postal clerk. F. Ii.
beebe clerk. is in q dying condition:
At Cleveland, e; Coroner West returned
9 verdict in the WHEELER murder case. Mrs.
WHEELER, the murdered woman, was eighty
six years old, and was. worth $500, 600.
Tier husband; Benjan'in Wheeler, is eighty.
one anu he claims that his estate is still
large: tnan his wiie's. The coroner reach
Ell his conclusions after holding post
mortem examina ton on the dead body of
the murdered woman, and after examining
fourteen witnesses. In summing up he
says: II therefore find that Jane WHEELER
came to her death by being choked to
death by her husband, Benjamin WHEELER"
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Rail
road company has settled about halt of the
da!nase Claims growing out Of the disaster
ut East Rio. The husband OF Mrs. Scherer,
and Mrs. Johns OF Winona, MIMI, have re:
not be ascertained. but the fist settlement
was made at the rate of $4,000 each.
The law provides that the damages in each
case shall not exceed $4,000.
The last ray OF hope for the recovery OF
Hon. William T. Price OF Black River
Falls has vanished. Its only now a mat.
ter OF how long the ravages OF the disease
can be held back by medicine.
At the trial OF one OF the Milwaukee gar.
den rioters Judge Sloan discharged Henry
Gastel, one Of the prisoners. after hearing
his Testimony. Gastel WAS one OF the
workmen whom Il mob forced to quit
work. He had worked steadily at his
trade Tor twelve years without losing q
day, but when forced out became grossly
intoxicated and in this condition WAS in
duced to join in the riotous demonstration
at Milwaukee garden. He explained that
his condition was such that lie imagined
himself back in the old fatherland with
the army, and when he saw the police i'm
agined he was fighting the French Judge
Sloan commented on the evil conseq uences
OF workingmen compelling others to 20 in.
to idleness, and allowed the prisoner to
60.
Judge shiras. Of the United States district
court ut Dubuque rendered decision
IN tho case of Sheer VS.. Grass BROTHERS,
who conducted a retail saloon in connec.
ton with their brewery in Chickasaw
county, the question at issue being that no
federal question was involved. Tho Judge
decided that federal question was in
rolved, and that the case would have to
remain in the United States court.
At Appleton, Wis, q frame building
by Mr.. Baker and Miss Wheeler as a Jewel
ry and millinery store, WAS burned. The
loss on the building is covered by 5000 In.
surance, and on the jewelry stock by about
$500. On the millinery the loss is ST.
500; insurance, $1,275.
A committee OF citizens OF Helena. Mon.
tana, are getting up strong memorial to
congress for statehood, and will go tc
Washington to press the claim.
In his Forthcoming annual report Score.
tary Lamar will, to great extent, en-.
dorse the recommendations OF Commits
sioner Atkins as to the future treatment Of
the Indians.
1t is estimated that this month 3 revenue
from the oleomargarine tax will amountt c
100000.
Miss Mollie Smoot, over whose dismissal
Mr.. Doran had a set-to with Commits
sioner OF Patents Montgomery. has been
given place in the pension office a 81 900
a Year. Her salary in the patent office
was $1,000.
n1 Fo.rth-elass postm9sters appointed:
wood, Sarah A. Williams; Leok, P. D,
kribe. Iowa: sperry, J. NJ. Sperry.
The postotce at Edgeworth, Blue Earth
county, Mimi, will be consolidated with
Vernon Center Postoffices established-
Wisconsin,: Beatrice, Adams county. OF.
fees Observation-Disclosures Edgcwo rtb.
Blue Earth county.
Col. G. N: lieber, active Judge advocate
general OF the army, in his annual report,
recommends that to commissioned officers,
with certain narrow and well defined limits.
be entrusted the power OF summary pun
ishment, such as conferred by the English
code.
The lack OF power in court martial to
punish civilian witnesses who refuse to
testify is likely to lead to TN entire fail.
ure OF justice in some cases. The English
code and the articles OF our navy confer
this power, and it's extension to army
courts martial is recommended
An exciting scene occurred recently in
menagerie at Verviers. Belgium, Nine.
Soulet, 81 lion tanner, entered the cage OF
the lion Brutus~ in thu presence of the
keeper. accompanied by man named Gre.
nier No sooner had they entered than the
lion sprang savagely upon Grenier. Nine.
Soulet ran to his assistance, when the
beast turned upon her, and in the struggle
that followed her face WAS terribly LAGER.
Ateu. AN aCIenQanC cOurageously seized
the lion, aifording the woman's husband
an opportunity to save her. A life and
death struggle ensued between the lion and
the attendant, until another man attacked
the brute with pitchiork nd drove him
of. All three are badly injured.
The monthly report of Chief Switzler, OF
the bureau of statistics, shows the imports
and exports OF the following customs dis
tricts for the month OF Octoter: Duluth
Imports during October, $l1, 100; exports,
$514, $50. in the ten months ended Oct.
Il the imports were $50, All, and exports
$2,376, 1876, as against imports $123, 639
and exports 81, 1853, 1856 for the same time
in 1895. Milwaukee-Imports for October,
$4S, SG3; no exports. Imports for the ten
months ended Oct. 1886, 1894, 1872, for the
Same period in 1885, 1858, 1858. District
OF Minnesota-Importsf for October, 1921,
735 exports. $73, 4O6. Imports for ten
months ended Oct 81, 1888, 772; exports,
$725.59S. Imports for the same period OF
1885, $7S2,47S; exports. $1,245. GS9.
Queen Victoria has ordered the Vienna
artist, Croft, to paint her ifesize por
trait OF Prince Alexander of Battenberg.
The issue OF standard silver dollars from
the mints during the week ended Nov. p,
was 1855. $3.50; same week last year, $3.50.