The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-18
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.

1T has been decided by Assistant Sec
rotary Bussey that, under the act of
June 90, 1890, a soldiers widow, if de-
pendent, may draw pension even
though she has remarked since the
death of her soldier husband.
THE president has nominated the
judges of the private land court as fol-
lows: Joseph r. Reed, of Iowa, to be
chief justice; Wilbur F. Stone, of Colo
RADIO; Henry C. Sluss, of Kansas;
Thomas c. Fuller, of North Carolina,
and William NJ. Murray, of Tennessee,
to be associate justices.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has appointed
Leonard W. Colby, of Nebraska, assist
ant attorney general of the United
States.
"A BULLETIN from the census Office
shows that petroleum was produced in
eleven states in 1889, namely: Penn
sylvania, New York, Ohio, West Vir-
ginia. Colorado, California, Indiana,
Kentucky, Illinois, Kansas and Texas.
The total production is shown to be
81, $40, 1906 barrels, valued at S26, 554, O52.
For May the cotton exports aggre-
gated 234, 256 bales, valued at $11 AGO.
9S7, against 100, 00s bales, valued at s.
/ 6,s57, in May, 1890.
THE business failures in tho United
States during the seven days ended on
the 18th numbered PA, against PAT the
preceding week and 2l2 for the cores
ponding week last year.
THE EAST.
THE firm of Charles Haight & Co.,
flour merchants of New York, has
failed for 100000
THE ex-city treasurer of Philadel-
phia, John Bardsley, pleaded guilty to
seventeen different indictments involv-
ing total of 1878, 405.
IT was said that ex-Warden Brush, of
the Sing Sing IN. W prison, had en-
be zzled s175, 600.
FIVE young persons who lived in
Flushing, l.. j., were drowned in Flush
ing bay by the sinking of boat. They
were Lizzie and Annie Ryan, Lizzie
idenbinder, William Hoffman and Job
Bernard.
HENRY and William Trumbar (broth-
ers), living 10 miles apart in Luzerne
county, Pa, retired to their beds in the
best of health and in the morning both
were found dead in bed by their wives.
Representatives from each family went
to communicate the sad news, when
they met on the road half way between
the houses.
The Reformed Presbyterian synod in
session at Pittsburgh, Pa, expelled the
five young ministers charged with
heresy.
CAMPBELL & Co.'s cotton mill al
Manayunk, Pa. was partially destroyed
by fire. Loss, 1926, 200.
At Princeton, N. j., the 144th annual
commencement exercises of Princeton
university took place.
w. B. PRESCOTT, of Toronto, Ont, was
elected president of the International
Typographical union at the session in
Boston.
1T was said that Julio Merzbacher,
the Spanish-American agent of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
was a defaulter to the extent of $780,.
900.
ERR GRAY, who is nearing his 1osth
birthday, has been taken from his little
home at Roxbury, N. Y, to the poor.
house.
In addition to the cmbezzlement of
over 81, 200,O 900 of the states money by
Bardsley, city treasurer of Philadel-
phia it was found that he had stolen
S445, 42S of school funds paid to him ty
the state treasurer for the year ended
June 80, 1891.
S1xTY-FIvE graduates at the military
school at West Point. n. Y, received
diplomas from Secretary Proctor.
In New York the London & Liver
pool Clothing Company failed for $780,
900.
A COAL train became unmanageable
on steep grade near Bellewood, Pa,
jumped the track, and three men were
killed and the engine and twenty cars
wrecked.
ALONG the New Jersey coast vio-
lent electrical storm prevailed, and at
Hammond Daniel Cross and two of his
children were killed by lightning.
WEST AND SOUTH.
THE sum of S163, 900 in gold and