The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-16

Gov. Hill of New York has granted Daniel
Lyons, the murderer, a respite until Tues day,
Aug p. The document from the governor,
accompanying this respite. says that he dis
approves Of the custom which has SO long
been in vogue, Ut having all executions upon
Friday.
j. Harmon Reed and Miss Milliken took a
cruise out and around Bar Harbor. The
night was intensely dark and, becoming
alarmed at their absence, searchers were sent
out. At an early hour next morning the
wharves in the vicinity were crowded with
anxious friends, who hoped and waited until
noon. when a gun from the steam yacht Nov
sia belonging to Montgomery Sears, an
pounced that she bore tidings. She had
picked up the boat, bottom up, off Egg rock,
a distance of three miles from Bar Harbor.
and was chaperoned BY Mrs: Van Voorhees,:
Her parents arc residents Of New Orleans:
Mr.. Reed was a son OF Joel Harmon Reed,
one of the wealthy iron foundry men of Al:
bany N. Y The age of each of the supposed
victims was about twenty-five years.
While Gen. Boulanger was driving in open
carriage at Saint Jean d 'Angely Prof. Perrin,
of the Lyeee, fired five shots Mt him from q
revolver. NJ: Katapan, q friend ofthe general,
aside. The result was that Ratapan himself
received a bullet in the head, but the wound
is not serious. The peasants were also
wounded. Gen. Boulanl,er was not touched.
Prof Perrin is friend of Mayor Lair, tho
candidate nominated by the Opportunities in
surred Mt the height of a pitched battle be-
tween the rival political parties. When the
genlarmes charged Count Dillon received a
blow on the h0ad from stick and other
Boulangcrists were roughly handled. 1t is
not certain that Perrin intended to aim at
Boulanger.
Dispatches report that IN agitation il be-
ing ~arried on in Cuba, with the assistance OF
influential American politicians, in favor OF
The Cuban situation is becoming extremely
difficult, owing to the financial troubles and
the increasing agitation in favor of home
rule.
Carlessness on the part Of an engineer
caused O collision between two "Q' freight
trains ut Chicago and entailed u loss of SAC, )
900. A number of oil cars were struck by
the locomotive Of a train going in On oppo-
site direction and upset. The oil, of which
destroyed four tank cars and ruined the To-
motive which was the cause of the trouble.
r. NJ. Epos of Chicago, a drummer for
McLaughlin's coffee house, who has been i'll
at the Michigan Exchange hotel at Salt Ste.
Marie for three weeks, exhibited symptoms
Of insanity, and was conveyed to the county
jail. Signs of mental alteration have been
noticeable for sever al Days, but it was not
until lately that he became violent. Enos ID
a nephew Of Capt. Enos Of Waukesha, Wis.,,
the well known politician.
A dispatch from Corning, New York, gives
the details of u wreck on the Erie railway,
two miles east Of that village. The locomo.
motive of the Chicago and St. Louis limited
express, east-bound, running at the rate Of
and dashed into a Lehigh Valley locomotive,
standing still. The passenger locomot i've
overturned and crushed to death John Mer.
cereau of Hornellsville, the engineer: The
fireman escaped. Henry Fisher, the Lehigh
engineer was hurt about the head. Two
baggage cars and the smoker were wrecked
Louis F. Denmuth. of Chicago, was hurt inter:
| nally and Hans Won Open of Cincinnati had
one hand hurt. These were the only injuries
to passengers.