The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-04-19

Binshamton. New York, had large fire
and among the buildings destroyed wal
that belonging to the Leader newspaper
! establishment.
| The soft coal miners on the mountain
between Gatlitzin and South Fork. Pa;
1900 to 5000 in number, 1till say they
viii! refuse to Accept reduction Of 10 pei
! cent On tho price Of IS cents per ton io'
! mining.
BY ~ deed filed in the registers Offices
New ork City, Mrs. Helena French trans
and two adjacent stores ON Park KoN. I'd
Joseph Pulitzer proprietor Of tile NV
York World. The consideration named ID
TIE Republicans have carried Rhode Isl
and by about fifteen bundled majority:
the following officers having been elected
Governor, Royal c. Taft; lieutenant gov:
ernor. Enos Lapham; secretafy OF state,
Samuel L: Gross; attorney, general, Gen:
Horatio Rogers treasurer, Samuel Clark.
Wilhelm Meissel, section officer Of the
steamship Werra. of the North German
Lloyd, has Invented an oil rocket that
throws oil over a very large area. He
claims that by the use Ut this vessels can
sail safely in the most tempest uous wealth.
er, the oil calming the most dangerous sea.
O"u Az AOS0u, OEss u1k0 uk4O h uouCluE At
Newcastle. Pa. on the charge OF shooting
Angelo Nocerio, an Italian. with intent to
Kill during the riot at Carbon quarries. A
large number OF witnesses were examined.
Alderman Leslie decided that Logan was
obeying All order from the sheriff and he
was discharged.
The amnesty decree for Alsace Lorraine
is published in Strasburg, together with
the ministerial rescr,pt relating to the de-:
cree. 1t is u duplicate Of The amnesty
proclamation recently issued in Prussia.
and also ANNOUNCES the pardon Of persons
Rentcnced for uttetihs seditious cries, dis.
playing seditous emblcms Of infringing
French press laws still in force:
The Amalgamated Association 81 Iron
and Steel Workers is growing iii numbers
and at the next meeting of the national
convention between 80 and 10 new lodges
will he represented. Heretofore none bat
skilled workmen were eligible to member.
ship: but after the last convention it was
decided to admit others.
General Master Workman Powdetly has
written letter to the Knights of La:
Dor throughout the country in regard to
hours OF labor. He advises the knights
to discuss the eight hour plan ,dispassion.
atel " with their employers: He says that
an Immediate change cannot be- insisted
ou' WV tASSO pI SACvICSlI pun 0uOulU DP
perfected.
The house committee on military affairs
instructed Mr.. Ford to report favUrably
the senate bill increasing tho number OF
officers which may be detailed from the
army as instructors at academies, agricul.
tural and other colleges and universities,
from forty to fifty. This bill is the out.
growth OF the continued agitation made
by the governor and other state officers of
Minnesota to secure from the secretary of
war II detail for the Minnesota State Uni.
versity:
Chief Arthur has returned to Chicago
from Cleveland. He held conference with
Chief Sargent and Chairman Hoge. He
said after the conference that the attitude
OF the strikers was unchanged. The exact
aate when the brakemen employed on the
Burlington railroad are to strike has not
yet been determined, it is said, but they
will 90 out very shortly, unless some ar.
rangement is made between tho COMPANY
and tho striking engineers.
The statement is published in San
Francisco that the Oceanic Steamship
Company (Spreckel's line) has signed
a contract by the term OF (which it becomes
the representative of the Canadian Pacific
railroad in San Francisco. It Is claimed
that the contract is one OF unusual signifi.
cance ana th;tt IN accordance With ite prop
ositton the Canadian Pacific line OF
steamships now pl ying between Vancouver
and Hong Kong will make San Francisco
their terminal point.
Miss Nina Alcan. the young lady who
created a sensation by leaving q good
home in Beloit. Wis.,. to unite with the
Salvation Army, has returned from New
York. where she has been spending five
months in the headquarters training
school. She says she has given up her
labor with the Army for the reason that
she feels that she has filled her mission in
that direction. She says her sacrifices
have more than been compensated for in
her observations while with the army, and
cause Of her stay with It. She was not
elevated to high Office. as has been re.
ported. but devoted herself to the work at
the training school.