The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-08-21

on I10uEy II. AATA0Sm LOT 0OVeEuOr.
The Governor Of Kansas on the 18th
proclaimed Labor day. September !, :
holiday.
MRS. JOHN ZueNER and two children
were thrown from buggy in . runaway
at Lima, O., on the 18th and instantly
killed.
DEMOCRATS in State convention 1T
Omaha, Neb., ON the 14th nominated
James E. Boyd, OF Omaha. for Governor
The distillery of the Kentucky Dis
ti1lery Company and Conrad & Sellers
Great Western pork house at Louisville,
Ky, were destroyed by fire on the 14th.
The loss was estimated 1T over 81 ZOO. =
900; partly insured. -.
H. E. WALDO. Of Minneapolis, and
Miss Gussie Hoffman. of Kansas City,
were drowned on the 18th while fishing
on American lake, near Tacoma, WASH,
by the capsizing of their boat
AN oil we'll was struck on tho 18th
near Findlay. O., that produced 1000
gallons the first hour. This was said
to be the largest flow known.
Mna BRIDGET DooDY, of Mineral
Point, Wis. died on the 14th. aged 120
years. She was born in Ireland, and the
parish record shows the date OF her birth.
In dispute at North Platte, Neb.,
on the 18th Edward Newman shot his
wife and himself, both dying instantly.
NEAR Santa Barbara, CAL, on the 14th
natural gas was struck with dow of s.
600, 900 feet day.
BY a unanimous vote on the 18th
the United Carpenters Council Of Chi
cago resolved to call out on a strike oil
carpenters and jobbers under its juris-
diction September l. The violation by
tho New Bosses Association. Of the
agreement by which the recent strike
was settled was given as the cause.
Eight thousand men would be affected
by this decision.
NOMINATIONS for Congress on the
18th were as follows: Indiana, Eleventh
district, A. N. Martin (Dem.) renomi.
mated; Thirteenth district b. F. Shive-
ly (Dem.) renominated; Wisconsin
Ninth district. NJ. H. McCord (Rep.) re-
nominated; Third district r. E. La
Follett (Rep); California, Second dis
trict, George G. Blanchard (Rep);
Third district, Joseph McKenna (Rep)
renominated; at large. w. w. Morrow
and J. c. Campbell (Rep.); South Caro-
lina,~ Seventh district, Il. E. Miller,
colored (Rep) }; Florida, Second dis
trict, f. W. Bullock (Dem.) renomi-
mated; Ohio, Ninth district, T. T. vii.
son (Rep.); Virginia, Ninth district, j.
A. buchanan Dem) renominated;
Georgia, Third district, C. F. Crisp
(Dem.) renominated.
A TRAIN on the Michigan Central
road struck broken switch on the 18th
at Augusta, Mich, overturning the
engine. which exploded, killing the
engineer and fireman, and injuring
several other persons.
WILLIAM TULLEY, of Columbia CITY,
Ind, set a spring gun for burglars in
his gun store on the night of the 14th.
On entering the store the next morning
his foot struck the trap and he received
both loads from a double. barreled rifle,
killing him instantly.
CHARLES PRATT, farm hand, was
taken from Jail and lynched at Blair,
Neb., on the 18th by enraged citizens
for the murder of NJ. r. Towne and
daughter. A love affair was the cause
OF the murder.
NOMINATIONS for Congress were made
on the 18th as follows: Indiana, Tenth
district, II. J. Adams (Pro); Florida,
First district, $. R. Mallory (Dem.);
Wisconsin, Eighth district, Nils P.
Haugen (Rep.) renominated.
CARELESS contractors on the 18th
caused the almost total demolition Of
Red Cliff, COL, by the explosion Of pow.
der with which they were blasting.
UNKNOWN miscreants placed an OBJ
struction on the Baltimore & Ohio rail.
road tracks twenty miles from Pitts
burgh on the night of the 14th. An ex-
cursion train struck it and two en-
gineers and supposed tramp were in
stantly killed.
J. H. WARD, = member Of the Balti-
more Corn and Flour Exchange. COM
mitted suicide on the 18th by cutting
his throat with razor.
Ir was said on the 18th that the wheat
crop in Minnesota and the Dakotas would
reach 90, 900, 900 bushels. The yield per
acre for the State of Minnesota was es.
timated at ID bushels; for South Da-
kota, 1917 bushels, and for North Da-
kota, III bushels.