The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-27
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/ JOHN LEv'Es, aged forty years, the pho
nomenal fat man, who weighed six hum
dred and forty pounds, died at his homo ut
Elmira, n Y, ON the 18th from erysipelaa
| On the 18th Pennsylvania voted on tho
question of the adoption Of o constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of intoxicants in tho State, and the
returns indicated Z majority of la, 900
against prohibition. An amendment in
favor of abolishtng tho poll tax was de-
feated = ? .
= WnL1AME. CHANDLER was elected United
States Senator by the New Hampshire Log
islature on the 18th.
In New York Antonio Ricomio was re.
leased from prison on the 18th, where ho
served q term for having stabbed his wife,
returned homo and crushed her skull with
fiat-iron, killing her. He was arrested.
THE Baltimore / Ohio Telegraph COMPANY
on the 18th conveyed to the Western Union
Telegraph Company all its telegraph lines
and property Of every nature and descr1p-
ton. 49,. II e 49,.
RETURNS on the 10Th from every county
In Pennsylvania allowed that the prohibi-
ton amendment was defeated In the 70.
cent election by 1SS, 40 majority. Reports
from all but twelve counties showed a
majority of LAC, 996 against the amendment
providing for the repeal of the poll-tax
qualification
The flood loss in Wiliamsport Pa, was
estimated on the 10th at $1O, OOO, Goo
ON the 10th the Cunard steamer Bothnia
sailed from New York for Liverpool
crowded with delegates for the Worlds
Sunday school convention to be held in
London July to5
The death of Charles s. Collins. for manv
years a leading editorial writer on tho
Troy Times, occurred at Troy, N. Y, on tho
10Th.
AT stelton, N. j., the Baptist church, the
third oldest in the United States. cele-
brated it's two hundredth anniversary on
the Goth.
On the 2Oth sixteen bodies were found at
Johnstown, Pa, and Immediately buried.
train consisting of eighteen freight cars
loaded with provisions of all kinds, arrived
from Caldron. Neb.
AT West Mystic, Conn. Alvin Park, wid-
over aged forty -one years, murdered q
fourteen-year-oldg girl named Littletield on
the 10th because she refused to marry
him.
In Rhode Island the fifth amendment to
the constitutton-the prohibitory amend
ment-was on the 10th repealed by a vote
of ), 400 more than the three-fifths of the
total vote necessary to carry the amend
ment The question before the people was
the adoption of an amendment repeating
the prohibitOry amendment adopted three
years ago. The total vote was: Approve,
e, 449; reject, 9,813
On the 10th Andrew Grimes (colored)
was hanged at Nays Landing, n J., for the
murder of John Martin, mate of schooner.
On the 2lst thirty two bodies were taken
from the WreCkapo at JOhnstOWn pa tho
largest number found for several DAYS Six
of those recovered belonged to one family
and were found in one foundation near their
former home. Besides these several parts
of human bodies were found.
The official returns from eyerv county in
Pennsylvania on the 2lst showed the ma
jority in the recent election against the
prOhibitory amendment to be 1900 The
majority against the suffrage amendment,
providing for the repeal Of the poll tax
qualification was 235, $40
In New York on the 21st William E..
Howard was sentenced to nine years and
eight months imprisonment at Sing Sing
for completely in the Electric Sugar Rein
ing Company frauds
In New York City on the 2lst James Riley
was sentenced to three years In the peni-
Tertiary for stealing ten cents from James
McGlory. The theft took place on the
street $50 -
FRANK MILLER, aged eleven years, of
Long Island City, N. Y, died on the 2lst of
hydrophobia- He was bitten nine weeks
ago by a rabid dog.
A FIRE destroyed Heyer Bros. fireworks
establishment at Boston on the 2lst, and five
persons persisted in the flames The loss on
building and stock was $10O, COO.