The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-05-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Wednesday,, May -.

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wedn ssday, May IS.
The Mississippi at st. Paul is reced.
ing and all danger is past.
The Ohio grand lodge Knights Of
Pythiss is in session at Springfield.
General Benefits division of the
" commonweal army has arrived at
\ Seneca, Kan.
Governor Flower has signed the bill
providing for q new system Of rapid
transit in New York city.
81 J. s. Kriese, we'll known merchan!
4 Of Hedrick, Ia, committed suicide on
account of financial trouble.
Henry Somerville, so years of age, 8
prominent resident of Dodgeville, Ia,
was drowned while bathing.
The Brazilian chamber of deputies
has approved the attitude of President
Peixoto in regard to Portugal.
The Reading and New England rail-
road has begun burning hard coal in its
engines, on account of the scarcity OF
soft coal.
The st. Paul city council is kicking
on bills presented for stamping out the
smallpox cases at Midway. Several of
the claims they think exorbitant.
The California Populist state conven-
ton to nominate full state ticket is in
session at Sacramento. Over 800 dele.
gates are present, some of them women.
Thursday, May -.
Another case OF smallpox has devel-
oped at St. Marys hospital, Duluth.
William Bickford,a piooneer of Good
hue county, Mimi, died at Bowdle, S. D.,
aged 100 years.
The congressional convention OF the
First Minnesota district will be held at
Winona Aug. 20.
Fire destroyed the warehouses OF
Archert & Howe at Henry, S. D. Loss,
$500. Thought to be the work Of
tramps.
II. A. Taylor, editor of the Madison
Journal, announces his candidacy for
the Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial
nomination.
California Populists in state conven-
ton demand the impeachmento Cleve-
land ''for his arbitrary action in various
matters to the detriment of the people"
Mayor John c. Koch Of Milwaukee,
who has been the leading candidate for
the nomination for governor Of Wis
consin on the Republican ticket, has
ann ounced his withdrawal from the
race.
Friday, May rs.
Dobbins won the Brooklyn derby.
Lazzarone, the favorite, captured the
Latonia derby.
The illness of Emma Juch has be-
come quite alarming.
The Mississippi is higher at La
Crosse, Wis, than at any time since
1882.
Representative Baldwin of Minnesota
has introduced bill to establish an
assay Office at Duluth.
Representative Breckenridge OF Ken
lucky has left Washington for another
round Of speeches in his district.
The J. Z. Gill company of Portland,
Or, wholesale books and stationery,
has assigned. Liabilities, $50, ZOO.
The H. Wittbeck Lumber company's
dry kilns at Marinette, Wis, burned,
with $4,000 feet of choice lumber. Loss
$25, 900; partially insured.
The attorney general has appointed
Frank P. Van Valkenburgh of Mil
waukee assistant United States attorney
for the Eastern district of Wisconsin,
vice G. S. Carter. resigned.
Saturday, May &c.
C1o-o1,~1 bo, %o
Washington from his fishing trip.
Governor Flower has vetoed the bill
prohibiting the display of foreign flags
on public buildings.
The house committee on public build
ings has decided to erect the new Chi
cago building on the site Of the present
postofice.
Robert Schubring was fatally injured
in the Little Badger pulp mill at Kau-
kauna. Wis. He was caught in the
betting of the machinery.
Bulletin: s'Mr. Gladstone passed a
quiet night, free from discomfort His
eye is progressing quite we'll, and his
general health is excellent"
B. F. Mccormack, formerly a men,
Der of the South Dakota legislature,
now superintendent of the Anadarko
Indian school among the Kiowa Indians
in Oklahoma, has resigned. J. G.
Hunt. now in charge of the school at
Fort Bennett, s. D., will succeed him.
: Monday, May rs.
G. c. Colgate Of the we'll known New
York family died of paralysis.
The marriage of Princess Josephine
of Belgium to Prince Charles of Hohen-
zollern-Sigm aringen took place at Brus-
sells.
Frank Burchard, manager of dis
reputable resort near Huron, S. D., was
shot and probably fatally injured in a
quarrel with his wife.
The United States supreme court up
holds the constitutionality of the assess
ment of railroad property by the Indi-
ana state board of tax commissioners.
The decision affects other states.
The house committee on public lands
has ordered favorable report on the