The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-12-31
FROM WASHINGTON.

The issue OF standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
on the 10th was $3.50, 97a The issue dur
ing the corresponding period of last
year was SS03.84a
In the supreme court the hearing for
the release of Schwab and Fielder, the
Chicago anarchists, will take place on
January II, 1892
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 21st was: Wheat,
43, 262, s44 bushels; corn, 8, 9l5, o22 bush
els; oats, 8, 84S, S44 bushels
The work of converting trade-dollar
bullion into standard dollars has been
completed and the coinage of stan dard
silver dollars is therefore at an end
A LETTER written by the Russian
charge d'affaires at Washington says
that any aid for the famine districts of
Russia will be faithfully distributed.
1t further states that 10000, 600 of his
countrymen are suffering from lack of
food.
For the twelve months ended No
vember 80, 1891, the total value of ex-
ports from the United States was $780,
o22, 1855, against $3.50, 953, 1873 the pre-
vious year. The value of imports dur
ing the year was $50, s72, 4s9. The
balance of trade in favor of the United
States for the twelve months ended
November 80, as shown by the state
ment of the bureau of statistics, was
$129, 649. 800.
In the past year 4, 1853 miles of raj l.
way track have been laid in forty
three states and territories. This in
crcases the railway system of the
United States to III. 900 miles.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 23th mum bered 292, against 1886 the
previous week and 1913 for the CORE
spending week last year.
The officials of the state and navy
departments were said to consider the
prospects of peaceful settlement of
the Gillian affair more doubtful than
at any time since the Valparaiso out
break.
THE oath of office as secretary of war
was taken by Stephen b. ElkinS
DURING November last the bureau of
statistics reports that SO, SIS immigrants
arrived in the United States, against
40, 64s during November of last year.
The director of the mint has COM
pleted arrangements for issuing the
new silver subsidiary coins, dimes,
quarters and half dollars early in 1892.
THE EAST.
The Massachusetts executive coun.
Gil has advised the pardon of James
Dunlap. who was sentenced in 1878 to
twenty years Imprisonment for the rob-
berry of the Northampton bank.
FLAMES in Cook & Hancock's crescent
pottery in Trenton, N. j., caused a loss
of 800. 200.
A JURY at White Plains, N. Y, in
vestigating the condition of Edward
NJ. Field, brought in verdict that he
was insane.
FIRE ruined the scale factory of John
Chatellon & Sons in New York, the
loss being $115,ooo.
In Pittsburgh beer wagon collided
with cable car, crushing in the side
of the car and fatally injuring two
persons and seriously wounding sever
al others.
The grip caused the death of J. Law
renee Getz at Reading. Pa, aged
70 years. Mr.. Getz was a member of
the Fortieth, Forty-frst and Forty
second congresses.
On the New York Central an express
train ran into another train near Hast
ings, N. Y, and eleven persons were
killed, six fatally injured aud four
badly hurt. A drunken brakeman
caused the disaster.
WHISKY caused the death of Martin
Myers, one of the leading checker
players of this country. at Reading, Pa.
WEST AND SOUTH.
In Iowa the total value of the prod
ucts for 1891 was $449, 897 sos.
The firm of Lusk & Co., dealers in