The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-04-05

bed with two bullets in his abdomen.
Both wounds are necessarily fatal
Information has been received at Wash
| ingtOn that registers and receivers OF land
Offices along the Northern Pacific road in
! Minnesota have been re sewing filings upon
lands lying within the indie unity limits OF
that road, although NO order has been is.
declaring these indemnity lands open to
settlement. The secretary OF the interior
vii issue at an early day an order direct.
ing the land officers to receive no ti)incs
upon indemnity lands: The decision Of
the attorney general in the matter OF these
indemnity lands MAY be delayed so me
months yet.
| A call has been issued for a convention
! Of farmcrs' to be hold at Topeka, Kansas,
May l. Tor the pu rpose of organizing a
farmers trust Giro ulars have been sent
! to the governors OF all the states west OF
the mississippi and to Illinois and Wiscon.
sin to send delegated to the convention.
The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro
brings China advices to the effect that the
British steamer Swallow struck on some
rocks off Naoma islands Feb. % and sank.
and that 81 persons who put off from the
! vessel in small boats are supposed to he
lost. The captain and q number of the
| crew and passengers saved themselves by
| clingins to the rigging. The body of the
engineer who was aboard one OF the miss
! ling boats, was recovered.
There is much speculation in tie A,neri.
! can colony in London over a press dis.
patch from Gibraltar announcing the dc.
parture from that place for Tangiers OF a
detachment OF British engineers. No one
is able to say why they are going and it is
| feared that in the event of an attack up-
on Tangiers by American war vessels that
the presence OF the English engineers will
still further complicate matters. Ameri.
! cans there do not expect that the issue of
f., the Morocco affair will be very serious
They derids tho quarrel and it's origin, but
are unanim GUS in the belief that the only
course left open to the Uuited States au-
thOritics in the circumstances has been
taken.
ton OF St. Louis at AS. 100, an increase
OF 20, 0s2 in the past year.
T. J. Cunningham, the editor of the
Times OF Chippewa Falls. Wis, who was
| connected with the Indian Pine scandal
and who is charged by Agent Gregory with
having offered him 81. 500 to allow tao
Caliigan Bros. to continue operations on
the reservation, has been summoned to
Washington to appear before the commit
number OF Others who have been connected
with the scandal who will probably be
summoned before the investigation cl oses.
Thomas Hill, OF Cadet, Wisconsin. COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself with
d revolver OF 80 calibre. He was 10
years old, q blacksmith by trade,
| and had been separated from his wife two
years. Domestic trouble is supposed to be
the cause.
johnny Curtin. q famous American thief,
has been arrested in Manchester, England,
f0N nnrS,. ls. n
tin has served time in New York, Illinois,
Pennsylvania and French prisons for dia.
mond thefta. He was one OF the thieves
who accompanied ex-Ald. Jaehne, the con-
victed boodler. to Europe, where they
did" the continent substituting paste for
genuine diamonds, Jaehne disposing OF the
proceeds OF the robberies for the other two
Benjamin Hopkins, late assistant cash.
Ter OF the Fidelity National bank OF Gin.
cinnati, convicted OF violation OF the ma.
tional banking law, was sentenced to the
pcnltentlary Tor seven years and two
months. lie appeared broken down from
illness
Bridge Waterman Edward Brislan was
killed at Crookston, Mimi, by an engine
that ran him down. His head was severed
a nd the body horribly mangled.
The mystery surrounding the identity Of
ths insane poetess uicide, Miss Bull who
died in New y ork. has been solved. She is
II second cousin TO Gen. w. T. Sherman.
She -as thirty-six years old. Her father,
Platt Bull, married an own cousin to Gen.
Sherman.
Nine. Diss De Bar, the alleged medium,
comes from Harrods burg. Ky. Her maid
EN- name wes Ann Odeia Solomon. J. Sea-
yer Page, OF New York. has given l:er fair
challenge to test her powers. He proposes
to furnish q marked canvas on which
spirit picture is to be produced by her in
lluence before disinterested witnesses Mme
Diss De Bar has not signified any willing
ness to accept the challenge. The relatives
Ol Luther X. Marsh. who has unbounded
fnith III the woman's powers, arc taking
steps to prevent the woman from securing
any more Of the old mans property.
The latest reports from Rich Hill, Mo-,
place the total number of deaths from tho
coal mine explosion at twcnty.four. 1t is
now reasonably certain that no more
bodies are in the ruins.
Judge Stephen G. Sharp OF Lexington,
KY. chairman of the state Democratic ex.
ecutive committee, has been appointed
treasurer by the Governor to succeed tho
defaulting treasurer. Tate. The nom:na-
ton was confirmed by the senate.
Numerous Socialists have been arrested
in Berlin. Hamburg, l-cipsic and Madge-
burg for circulating d pamphlet to the peo-
pie in response to the Emperor's procla-
nation.
Col. Harry Clarke, late manager OF the
Baltimore d Ohio Telegraph Company,
has been appointed to an important posi-.
tion in the navy pay office.
There is no doubt that the President
will sign the river and harder bill, provid-
ed the Senate does not unreasonably in.
crease the items as they now stand.
iIassard and worn, w. J. McGarigle. the
notorious Chicago Booder and hero of the
bath tub departed from the 800" for some
Canadian point. H. is posses sor OF real
er his interests. He spent most OF his time
in the Canada $780, He expressed him.
self AS tired OF being an outlaw, and will
try to get back to Chicago and square him.
self all around.
Nine. Putkry, the Hungarian tregedi.
cnne, who WAS reported to have committed
suiciJe after her husband had mortally
wounded her seducer in Il duel, has recov.
cred from her illness, and will shortly make
her appearance on the stage at Pesth.
Emperor Frederick has ordered the re.
building OF the Berlin cathedral on a scale
more worthy OF the Empire.
Senator Sabin introduced bill to ap.
prupriate $25, 900 to aid in making i'm.
provements in the cultivation and manu-.
fncture OF flax and hemp. the money to be
expended by and under tho direction OF u
commission to be appointed by the Presi
dent.
The body OF Are| Solder berg, a farmer OF
McCook county. Dak., who wandered from
his home in a nude condition while insane
from excessive bible study, was found on
the open prairie. The body was consider.
ably lacerated and frozen.
rov,nrt ronnoa frou, G1lconJo III ~
the severe chastisement inflicted upon two
Mormon missionaries who have been
prowling around Pope and Hardin coun.
! ties during the past two weeks preaching
the doctrine of polygamy, and had succeed.
| ed in making several converts. They had
| been driven out OF several localities under
| threats OF tar and feathers, finally taking
| Il determined stand near Allen Springs.
They were visited there by body OF mask.
ed men who diYested them of their clofhas