The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-11
WEST AND SOUTH.

James Shipp, three prominent young
business men of West Superior, Wis.
were drowned in Lake Superior by the
upsetting of a boat.
A NEGRO was killed and three others
were lynched in Pointe Coupee parish,
La, on account of quarrel in game
of craps.
AT Indianapolis L. E. Rheinhold,
lawyer, was found guilty of conspiracy
with burglars and sentenced to ten
years imprisonment and a $500 fine.
In South Dakota cyclone complete
ly wrecked the village of Hazel and
killed three persons Near Watertown
several buildings were destroyed and at
Waverly barns and sheds were demol-
ished. "A large number of cattle were
killed.. - :. 60 :.
On the Sac and Fox Indian agency in
Indian territory, three white men were
killed by the Indians while Attempting
to steal horses. The Indians were ar
rested.
In St. Louis many men and their fam
lilies were starving because the city
council refused to pass an appropriation
bill to pay them for services already
rendered.
EUGENE STORY was hanged at Lex.
ington, Miss, for the murder of P. b.
Kleinfelder.
A w1NDsTORM passed over Freeport,
ILL.,, and vicinity, leveling many barna
and destroying an immense amount
| of property. At Belleville numerous
| fields of ripened oats were laid waste.
The velocity of the wind was 50 miles
an hour.
In railroad accident near Talladega,
Ala, w. H. Harrington, an engineer,
Frank Elwood, fireman, and a man
named John Hammond were killed.
THE terrible fact was revealed by the
exhuming of the remains of Miss Alice
| Woodward, at Douds, a., that the
young lady was buried alive. The
body was found to be lying face down
in the coffin, and the appearance clear
ly indicated that terrible death strug-
gle had occurred in the grave.
! A TORNADO did great damage to
buildings and crops at Lima, O., and
several cattle were killed in barns, and
ut Salina the Friends church was
wrecked and eight houses were un-
| rooted.
TIE following ticket was nominated
by the peoples party of Iowa in con-
vention at Des Moines: For govern
or, A. J. .Westfall, Woodbury. county;
lieutenant governor, w. s. Scott,
Appanoose county; railway commits
sioner, d. E. Rogers, Dallas county;
superintendent public instruction,
C. w. Bean, Buena Vista county;
supreme judge, T. f. Willis, Page
county: The platform favors the Aus.
tralian ballot, censures the old parties
for constant efforts to reopen the tenn.
perance question to the exclusion of
grave economic questions, favors a uni
form school book system for the state,
books to be furnished at cost to pupils,
and favors state legislation directed at
the ultimate suppression of all private
corporations.
NEAR Bedford, Ind, a sawmill engine
exploded killing five men and wound
| ing three others.
On the Sd 10000 persons were at
Galena, ILL.,, to witness the unwilling of
! the bronze statue of Gen. Grant pre-
scented to the old home of the hero of
Appamattox by Mr.. H. H. Kohlsaat, of
Chicago: Chauncey NJ. Depew, of New
York, delivered the grafton. ) -
IN Chicago three men were caught
under the ruins of a house which col
1apsed and were instantly killed. -. :.
A TORNADO tore up trees and demol-
ished several buildings at Seymour, Ind.
MRS. IDA DAVIS, the first female
county superintendent of schools in In
diana, was elected by: the trustees of
Terre Haute.
The doors Of the City national bank
at Marshall, Mich, were closed on
account of the embezzlemnt of $40, OO0
by E. J: Kirby, the assistant cashier.
pa The death of Delilah Vaughn oc-
CURED at her home in Jacksonville, ILL.,,
at the age of o0:years. ~" H.5s'.T< $50 :.
| The immense barn of James Austin
at Falmouth, KY, was blown down in
a storm and Miss Mamie Austin, his 49,
year-old daughter, who was in 1t, was
killed.
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