The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-20

Ar the session IN 81 Louis on the lStn OF
tho American Federation Of Labor recon-
mendations wero adopted that tho society
use its best endeavors to establish the
eiShth0ur work day; to secure legislation
against the Importation Of foreign or alien
labor BY contract; that . 'strike fund" be
established, and that the matter regarding
child labor in factories be brought to the
attention Of Congress.
OK the evening Of the 18th Vioe-Presi-
dent-elect Norton, who was guest Of
General Harrison, was given public re-.
ception by the citizens Of Indianapolis In
Tomlinson Hall s,z@
ELEVEN Well-to-do citizens of Harrison
County, Ind, were indicted at Corydon on
tho 18th for "White Cap" outrages.
A STEAMER arrived at San Francisco
from the Orient on the 18th without hav
ing on board single Chinaman bound for
that port-the first instance of the kind In
years. <- -
A DENIAL OF the reported judicial shoot
Ing In Indian Territory OF Lyman Pulsee,
an Indian, for murder, was made on the
18th, . respite having been received from
the Governor of the Choctaw nation at the
last moment
A TRAIN was derailed on the 18th near
Tallahassee, Fla, and Engineer Scott Sea-
brook and Fireman James Convers were
killed and Brakeman Rice was fatally in
jured.
OK the 18th the American Federa alton of
Labor In session at st. Louis fixed May /,
1871, Tor the inauguration Of the eight
hour rule throughout the country
ON the 18th the express car attached to
passenger train on the Illinois Central
road was robbed Of 5000 by two masked
men near Duck Hill, Miss. Many shots
were fred, Charles Hughes, passenger,
being killed.
The death of DR.. James Scott, author of
the famous Scott liquor laws, occurred at
his home at Lebanon, O., on the 10th, at
the age Of seventy three years.
On the 18th Rev: Frank Alfred, of
Jasper, Ark, q Methodist minister, and
his two children, aged ten and six years
respectively. died from the effects of
drinking milk from diseased COW.
A FIRE destroyed the plants of the Rech-
told Printing Company, Little & Becker
and the Ntxon-Jones Company in St
Louis on the 18th. Totol loss, S15O,OOO
ADDISON WORKMAN, Lebanon 0nd
Toy, had his left hand cut off while play
ing with saw on the 18th.
SAMUEL GoNPERs was reelected presi-
dent of the American Federation OF Labor
in session at st. Louis on the 18Th
THE United States District Court grand
jury for Northern Iowa on the 18th found
seventy-four indictments against persons
selling liquor without a Government
license.
The farm residence of ]. s. RUSSELL near
Charles CITY, Ia, together with large
barn, forty tons of hay, thirty head of cat
tie some horses and hogs, were destroyed
by fire on the 18th. No insurance.
The death Of Charles Boyle. recently ap-
pointed Chief Justice Of Washington Ter
ritory, occurred on the 18th at Seattle.
AN Indian called 'Pretty Boy'' while
drunk killed his squaw, shot dead three
Indian policemen and then took his own
life at the Fort Peck Indian agency in
Montana on the 18th.
In the South Carolina Legislature the
House Committee on Elections on the 18th
recommended constitutional amendment
to provide an educational qualification for
voters. It was said such amendment would
disfranchise over thirteen thousand whites
and fifty thousand negroes