The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

at Pratt Mills, Ala, and her son Willie,
nine years old, were murdered by negro
on the 18th. No motive for the crime was
known.
In the Office of the city collector at Rich
mond, Va, defalcation of 500, 600 was re-
ported on the 18th.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
GREAT distress was on the Sth said to
exist among the crofters on the island of
Lewis, Scotland. Crops were exhausted,
and in some districts people were on the
brink Of starvation.
MANDALAY advices of the 8th state that
battle had been fought between the Brit
ish forces and the Karens, a wild tribe of
the country, the British losing five killed
and the Karens over two hundred
A sLEET-sToRM on the 8th at Kingston,
Can, did great damage to the telegraph
wires, and MANY orchards were destroyed.
In portions Of Canada q wind storm did
great damage on the 9th, the greatest de-
struction being done between Cornwall
and Napanee, including Kingston. Hun
dreds OF trees were torn down by ice and
wind, houses were wrecked, and the total
loss was estim ated at nearly Il, COO. OO0
PERU advices Of the 10th say that in a
riot at La Plaza indiscriminate firing by
the troops killed 1877 men, women and chill
dren. and sixty others were wounded.
ON the 18th the oldest musical society in
the world, the Antlitzgesells aft, Of St..
Gall, Switzerland, celebrated its two hun.
dred and SEVENTEEN anniversary.
ADv1oRs Of the 18th say that the steam
ship MacGregor was wrecked on a reef in
Ascension bay, Yucatan, and that both
vessel aud cargo were total loss. The
passengers, crew. mails and valuables
were saved. The ship was valued at $780,
600.
The damage done by the recent storm in
Ontario and Quebec was on the 18th said
to aggregate $2,O 00, 000 Wrecks of houses
and barns were seen in every direction
and numerous lives were lost
ARRANGEMENTS were completed by the
Mexican Telegraph Company on the 18th
for the laying Of q new cable across the
Gulf of Mexico from Coatzacoalcos to
Galveston, Tex, q distance of one thou
sand miles.
In wreck in the English channel near
Finistere, nine persons were drowned on
the 18th.
On the 18th twenty seven Socialists, in
Guiding the Socialist leader Becker, were
arrested in the suburbs of Vienna.
By the wrecking of the British steamer
Priam, from Liverpool for Hong Kong, on
the 18th on an island near Corunna, the
ship surgeon and four of the crew were
drowned.
In the palace Of the Archbishop of
Valencia, Spain, bomb was exploded on
the 18th. No lives were lost but much
damage was done.
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ley were killed on the morning of the 18th
by the fall of an elevator at ". A. Woods
reaper works, Hoosic. N. Y Two other
passengers were badly injured.
The Secretary of the Navy has issued in
strucdons to Rear Admiral Kimberly COM
handing the Pacific squadron to proceed
in the U. 8 steamer Trenton to Samon.
The French Senate on the 18th adopted
"a articles OF the bankruptcy bill, which If
1t becomes q law will enable the Panama
Canal Company to lquidate it's obligations
without going into bankruptcy.
GEN Alvin p Hovey was inaugorated
Governor of Indiana on the 18th
Mr. Allison from the Senate Committee
on the 14th introduced an amendment to
the tariff bill providing one cent bounty
per pound on sugar. In the House Mr..
Browne of North Carolina introduced q
bill to repeal the tobacco tax The inter-
nal revenue bill was referred to the COM
mittee on appropriations
The landtag, the upper house Of the
German Legislature was opened on the
14th by Emperor William in person.
NATURAL gas was discovered at Oak Park,
near Milwaukee, Wis, on the 18th
A PASSENGER train and freight on the
N. Y, Penn. & Ohio railroad, collided
near Talmadge. O.. on the morning of the
14th. Eight persons were killed and six
badly wounded. The accident was caused
by the freight breaking in two
In the Senate on the 18th q concurrent
resolution was introduced by Senator Hoar
OF Mass, providing for the counting of the
votes for President and Vice President in
the House of Representatives on Wednes-
day, Feb 18th
The boiler of the Appleton, Wis, Manu-
featuring Co.'s works exploded on the
morning Of the 18th, instantly killing
Waterman Richter.
The first sleighing of the winter in St
Paul was on the 18th of January
WHITE caps on the l4th took VIM Dowell
OF Andrews Ind, and strung him up to .
he was rescued
VIZ P: PAGE, messenger for the Hancock
Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., started
for the bank, ON tho 14th with 81. 600
He has not been heard of since
In nearly all Of the states the electoral
colleges met and cast the ballots for Presi-
and Vice Presidenton the 14th
TIE anarchists at meeting in Chicago
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too conservative.
An arrest was made in ST Louis. Mo, on
the 14th that, led to the disclosure that
baby farming with al Of its cruelties had
been carried on right IN the heart Of the
city: Tho bodies Of several dead infants
were found 81,
! ATwo-xEA1-o1D. daughter Of ]. n. Day.
WinonA MINI J. on the 14th Tell into q large
coal stove terribly burning her about ths
face and meek.