The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-23
THE Arkansas democrats in state con

vention at Little Rock nominated q
full state ticket headed by William NJ.
Fishback, of Fort Smith, for governor.
The Kansas peoples party in con-
vention at Wichita nominated S. d.
Lewelling, of Wichita, for governor.
FLAMES at Elizabeth, w. Va, de.
stroyed factories and sawmills valued
at $500, 900.
BY the capsizing of ferryboat that
was crossing Bayou La Fourche at Ma
poleonville, La, five persons were
drowned.
In convention at Columbus the demo.
Gratis of Ohio nominated the following
ticket: COL W. A. Taylor, of Franklin
county, for secretary of state; John =.
briggs, of Monroe, for supreme Judge
(long term); Thomas Beer, of Crawford,
for supreme judge (short term; w. II.
Wolfe, of Fairfield, for clerk of the SUI
preme court. The delegates to the No.
tional convention were uninstructed.
a BRIDGE across the Licking river be-
tween Covington and Newport, KY,
fell, and twenty-three men who were
at work on the structure were killed.
CROP reports indicate big yield of
grain and fruits in Michigan.
The executive committee of the Irish
National league at a meeting in Des
Moines, Ia, unanimously adopted a
resolution condemning the division now
existing in Ireland and declaring that
1--WE will not contribute one cent to
either party until they unite"
The Michigan peoples party in con.
vcntion at Lansing elected delegates to
the national convention at Omaha and
adopted resolutions against fusion with
any party and demanding shorter hours
for laboring men.
Four men were killed in saloon fight
at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
THE southern Minnesota counties Of
Jackson, Martin, Faribault, Freedom,
Blue Earth, Mower and Fillmore were
swept by a cyclone and at least seventy
lives were lost. The destruction OF
property was enormous.
In convention at Parkersburg the
peoples party of West Virginia NOM
mated s. A. Houston for governor.
James BASEBALL was nominated for con-
| gress in the First district and n w.
Fitzgerald in the second.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were
made as follows: Iowa, First district,
John II. Gear (rcp.); Indiana, Eleventh
district, William johnson (rep.); North
Carolina, Ninth district, w. Il. Craw-
ford (dem.) renominated.
The peoples party of North Carolina
| in convention at Raleigh made the fol-
| lowing congressional nominations: Sec
ond district, E. A. Thorne; Fifth, w.
r. Lindsay; Eighth, r. L. Patton.
Two MEN and one woman were in
stantly killed and several others were
injured by bolt of lightning that
| Chicago, during a storm. The statue
| itself was not damaged.
| NEAR Sedro, WASH, four Italians
were lynched for numbering John A.
Nelson, a mine foreman.
| Tie Nebraska grand lodge of masons
in session at Omaha decided that no
liquor dealer could become 4 member
of the order.
AT the age of 100 years Mrs. Eliza
beth Stilgenbaucr died at the home OF
her son near Column bus, Ind.
IN -' '>olS>lppi IHe SrdSSloppefS were
destroying many cotton fields
\ JUDGE at Mount Vernon, Ill.,. has
| decided that the women members of
| the school board could not hold office
AT Vermont. ILL.,. j. Marsh 4 Co., pri-
vate bankers and merchants, failed for
! 100000.
THE supreme court of Michigan rem
dercd decision sustaining the consti-
tutiona ity Of the Miner election law,
which was passed by the last lcgisla-
! ture.
THE execution of Joe Wallace, the
murderer OF Henry Cote, took place
near Jasper, Marion county, Tenn, and
was witnessed by 10000 people.
PRoHlBlTloNISTs of the Sixth Illinois
district have nom mated r. j. IIazclett
for congre SIS.