The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-03-05

death. :
DAVE SEVILLE knocked out Arthur
Majesty in a glove contest at Nelson
vile, o., and the latter died two hours
later from the effects of the blow.
In a wreck bn the Pan Handle road
at Hagerstown, Ind, four persons were
killed and large number of passengers
were wounded
In the Two Medicine mountains in
Montana four of party of Ave labor
ers in search of work were frozen to
death.
GOLD was reported to have been
found along the streams Of Brown
county, Ind, since the recent freshets.
The region near Jeffersonville, Ind,
was visited by tornado. The greatest
damage was done at U tica, where many
dwellings and business buildings were
demolished.
In the cars near Athens, Ca, John
L. Sullivan, the pugilist, was soundly
thrashed by train hand for using in
sulting language.
FLAMES in Counselman's grain ele.
vator in Chicago caused q loss of
100000.
The chief sanitary inspector of the
state board of health announced that
there were in New Orleans twenty-five
fully-developed cases of leprosy.
AT Irwin, COL, Mrs. Ed. Clarke and
child, Supt. Ropell and Engineer Il. F.
Smily were buried beneath snowslide.
THE Michigan democrats have re-
nominated John w. Champlin for su-
preme Judge and Charles S. Williams
and Arthur A. Clark for regents of the
state university.
BY a vote of - to 81 the Kansas house
defeated the proposition to resubmit
the prohibition amendment.
A DAUGHTER of Frank Rufus (colored)
at Pine Bluff, Ark, picked up an ak
and killed her father during quarrel.
WHILE under the influence of liquor
ex-Judge Bobo, of Decatur. Ind, shot
his son Roland, aged % years, inflicting
fatal wound.
In the village of Yuma, A. r., every
building except two was swept away
by floods. In Tia Juana, CAL, not a
building was left standing on it's
foundation and several persons were
drowned.
]. c. ARNOLD, guard, and two pris-
oners, Charles Oleson and Charles Bar
rett, were drowned at Tacoma, WASH,
by the capsizing of sailboat while at
tempting to reach the mainland.
w. Fl. LAWRENCE, who confessed to
wrecking a passenger train at Boone
vile, Mo-. last November, was sem
fenced to five years in the penitentiary
The population of Kentucky by races
was announced by the census bureau
as follows: Whites, l,5s5,526; colored,
272,9s1; Indians, 80; Chinese, 80; Japan
csc, l.; total, 1,s5s,635.
The death of Judge c. c. Fitch, of
Gainesville, KY, occurred at the age
of 80 years. He was the oldest mason
in the state.
AT Fort Wayne, Ind. Abraham
Gump, who wagered with Col. Geary
that he could fast thirty days. gave up
after fasting twenty-five days and
losing twenty-four pounds.
Two CHILDREN of Henry Going, of
Silver Lake. Kan, were burned to
death during the absence of their
parents.
OVER the northwest the coolest
weather of the winter was prevailing,
the thermometer ranging from 1 to 40
degrees below zero
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
AT Spring Hill, N. S.. the work of re-
covering the bodies of the victims of
the mine explosion showed the number
of dead to be 119. OF these 81 were
married men, 40 single men and rs boys.
DURING fight with bandits and Off
GERS in the state of Jaliseo, Mex.
twenty-five of the former and four Of
the latter were killed.
In revenge for raid on the Italian
frontier Italian friendlies surprised and
attacked 600 Soudanese near Burr,
Africa, killing 200, including the lead
ing chiefs.
AT St. Johns, N. B., Mrs. Rose Walk
er. los years old, was burned to death
by her bed-clothes catching fire while
she was smoking.
GEN. DA FoNsECA has been formally
elected president of Brazil.
PR1ER, WorroN & Co., lumber mer-
chants in London, failed with liabilities
of e39o.Oo0.
THE governor of Moss BE, an island
and French colony off the northwest
coast of Madagascar, caused the execu-
ton of over 100 rebels and killed their
wives and children.
DURING the bonn bardment of Iquique.
Chilli, the insurgents sacked and burned
six of the principal squares and 200
women and children persisted in the
ruins.
AT San Felipe, Mex, floods de-
stroyed eighteen houses and many fam
lilies were made homeless. A number
of lives were lost and many cattle were
drowned.
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