The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-04-28

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20. Any woman suffrage Organization
ean send delegates.
AT Colunbia, ". C., de old line re-
publican convent ph ia1ppted resolu-
tons indagsing zPreatdent Harrison,
protection Ind yecipesity, and.ashose
delegates at large to the Minneapolis
convention.
THE Kansas democrats III state con.
vention at Salina elected delegates 10
the national convention and adopted 4
platform favoring THE etsctnnDfs He'd
States senator's by the .direct-vote~e Of
the. several states; the free coinage OF
both gold and silver, and .ihstructine'
the aelegatss~toss vote for cleveland for
president.
TIE republicans of the Sixteenth
Illinois district nominated Jerry ls4ler
for congress. & IL T. -
IN Des Moines, b., James Gctserham
shot and killed his divorced wife and
also an unknown man who was in her
company. Jealousy was the cause.
AT 'Reisel, Texv gEugenes Kap6naR
postmaster, was assassihated by two
negroes who were trying to rob his
store. ear ;k-<,s~TsE sxsSss 81
'HzxRr w<hseDr;. Whine leaving the
Ohio national bank in Cincinnati was
robbed by twoymen OF $780, Swksg6A
3 INDIANA democrats in convention at
indianapolis nominated Claude Mat
thews for governor, Mortimer Nye for
lieutenant governor, w. Il. Myers for
secretary Of state, Albert Gall foxytreas-
urer and Green Smith for attorney
general. The delegates to the national
convention were instructed for Cleve-
land first and Gray afterward The
platform arraigns President Ilarrison's
administration, declares for tariff REL
form, and favors the election of United
States senators by the people.
REPUBLICANS of the Eleventh Indiana
district have nominated w. +. DAILY for
congress. In the Sixth district II. u.
johnson was renominated
AT the age of "a years Rev. DR.. John
c. Burroughs. formerly president and
one of the principal founders of the old
Chicago university, died at his home in
Chicago.
In the Twentieth Illinois district
George Smith was nominated for con-
gress by the republicans.
In California another severe earth.
quake shock did great damage at Sac
rarnento, Winters, Dixon and other
towns.
AT Selma, O., the city council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting girls
from being on the streets after o'clock
at night.
JOSEPH McCALL1srER and John Rooney
were shot dead and Jim Knichen, ne
gro, fatally injured in fight between
farmers near Henderson, KY.
AT Jonesboro, Tenn, three men
were instantly killed by the collapse of
a brick wall in the courthouse and
three others were fatally injured.
JUDGE FOLEY decided in a test case
at Sioux City, Ia, that street cars were
necessity and could therefore run on
Sunday.
GEORGE and Henry Kelly, of Salem,
O., hare fallen heirs to property valued
at s4o,ooo,ooo in the Lehigh valley coal
region.
AT New Orleans Philip Baker was
hanged for the murder of Mrs. Nelson,
the wife of his employer, at Carrolton.
The execution of Charles Miller, aged
II, took place at Cheyenne, Wyo., for
killing Waldo Emerson and Ross T.
Fishbaugh in a box car on the Union
Pacific railroad.
THE death of Joseph Bertrand, a half
breed Indian, occurred at South Bend,
Ind, aged ITO years.
The damage to property by the Cali
fornia earthquake was placed at $780,
600. One man was killed.