The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-04
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NEAR IASaN15OAl, ~ l., Eugene
aged forty years, murdered Cora Grimes,
thirteen years old, on the 18th because she
refused to marry him.
SARAH JANE WHEELING, who was con-
victed of poisoning her husband and two
children, was hanged at Philadelphia on
the 18th. She met her fate without exhibit
ing a trace of fear.
On the 18th seven bodies were recovered
at Johnstown, Pa. General Hastings stated
that the State work had so far progressed
that he estimated the cleaning up of the
debris ETC., In the Conemaugh above the
stone bridge and in the streets and thor
oughfares in Johnstown would probably be
completed within ten days
AT Albany, N. Y, a boating party con-
sisting of John baltimore, Edward and
Joseph Cody, Maud and Maggy Horner and
two girls. cousins of the Horners, while
rowing on the river on the 25th were run
down by q tug and their boat upset and
all were drowned except Joseph Cody.
MICHAEL R1zzoLo, known as Red-Nosed
Mike, was executed on the 25th at Wilkes
barre, Pa, for the murder of Paymasters
Mcclure and Flanagan, of the Pennsylvania
road.
The American Medical Association held
it's fortieth annual meeting at Newport, R
l., on the 18th.
On the Goth the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company estimated its loss in the Johns
town flood at 81, 750, OOO
S. ROBBINS 4 Son, iron and steel manu.
facturers Of Philadelphia, failed on the 18th
for $l20,
AT eight o'clock on the evening of the
Goth General Simon Cameron died at his
home in Donegal. Lancaster County, Pa.
aged ninety years. Mr.. Cameron was first
elected United States Senator in 1915 and
reelected in 1856. When Mr.. Lincoln
formed his Cabinet he made Mr. Cameron
Secretary of War. In 1862 he was appointed
Minister to Russia but returned to the
United States the same year. He was re-
elected to the Senate in 1886 and again in
1873 In1677 he resigned his seat, which is
now held by his son, J. Donald Cameron.
FREIGHT trains collided on the Goth at
Latrobe, Pa. and an engineer and fireman
and eight other men were instantly killed
and eleven We're seriously injured.
PENNSYLVANIA Prohibitionists have de-
cided on August 2S as the day for holding
their State convention
ON the 9th the monument to Captain
John Mason the defender of New En-
gland in 1881" was unvailed on the site of
the old Pequot Fort near Mystic, Conn.
Conn, between the freshmen crews of
Harvard and Columbia was won by Harvard
by two lengths.
The death of John p Verre, who was a
Representative in Congress from 1858 to
1852, occurred in Philadelphia on the 9th,
at the age OF seventy-three years.
On the 9th Eugene Thayer, doctor of
music, an eminent New York organist
committed suicide ut Burlington, Vt No
cause was known.
The Democrats of Iowa have decided to
hold their annual State convention at Sioux
City on September Is.
FIVE bodies were found at Johnstown on
the 9th, OF which two were identified.
The work of clearing up the debris was
being pushed forward rapidly.
The grand meeting of the six nations of
the tribes of Indians in New York State was
being held on the Tuscarora reservation in
Niagara County on the 9th.
AT Paterson, N. j., Tunis Labee was hanged
on the 9th for the murder of his wife.
JOHN GorTFR1ED, four unknown women
and one man were found dead in the apart
ments of Gottfried at Paterson, N. j., on
the 2Sth ult They had all been smothered
by inhaling gas after drunken debauch
For the eighth time in the series of four
teen races on the Thames at New London.
Conn, between Harvard and Yale the latter
crew won victory on the 2Sth nit by six
lengths, the time being p 80; distance, foul
| miles
THE death of Maria Mitchell, the noted
| astronomer, occurred in Boston on the 2Sth
ult. ut the age of seventy years
| ADJUTANT-GENERAL HASTINGS said in 9
| report submitted to the Governor on the
2Sth ult that the State would complete the
work at Johnstown, Pa, in ten days. This
/ included the removal of the debris in the
| Conemaugh river and the clearing of the
| streets and cellars.