The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05

the party favors the single gold standard.
Sixteen of the Gravesend election in :
spectors, associated with John Y. Nc
Kane. pleaded guilty and were sentenced
to various terms of Imprisonment Mon
day. tv1 .s
The new Platte River (Coio.) paper
mills, erected at cost of S525, 900, have
begun opera tions, with force of 200 men
in addition to those employed in the old
mill. .
Grand army men at Denver, Colo, al
lege Misrepresentation OF Soldiers and
Sailors Home funds and demand that an
investigation be made by the govern
ment.
Farmers and ranchmen living in the
western part Of Arapahoe county. Colo,
have applied to the county commission
ers for relief, representing that they are
destitute.
People of Ell Paso, Texas, paid the
railroad fare of Gen. Frye's addition to
Coxey's army to San Antonio. There are
700 of them and they are on the verge of
starvation.
In his speech before the republican
clubs of Minnesota, Governor Mckinley
defended the republican policy and said
the country can never be prosperous
without it.
DIR. Paxton, who failed to report the
New York marriage of Col. Breckenridge
and Mrs. Wing, has pleaded ignorance of
the law as an excuse, but he will be
prosecuted.
One person was killed, fifteen injured,
four of them probably fatally, and prop
erty worth $4,000 destroyed by the col
lapse of water tower holding 800, 600
gallons at Peoria, III.
An extensive find of gold is reported
from Virginia, u town in the Mesaba
range in St. Louis, MINI. The discovery
was made accidentally while explora-
tions were being made for iron.
1t is feared by growers that the cold
weather has destroyed all chances for
fruit crop in Illinois this year. Michigan
fruit growers claim that the peach crop
will be total failure in that state.
The judgment by default for $4,000
damages for libel against the editor OF
the entinel- Democrat, at Alton, ILL.,, has
been set aside, and the case will be tried.
Tyndall Palmer of Philadelphia is the
plaintiff.
Alexander Ross, who pleaded guilty in
the United States court at Pierre. 5. d.,
to embezzling $4,000 while acting as
cashier at the First National bank, Lead
City, was stntenced to five years in the
penitentiary.
Friends of Assassin Prendergast say
plan is on foot to take change OF venue
from Judge Chetlain to Judge Brentano,
In which event they fear he'will be again
sentenced to hang, the probable date be-
ing April 6.
The movement of Texas cattle to the
Indian Territory has begun. Several
on the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
Railroad to the Territory pastures with
in the next two weeks.
BY a vote of 81 to the St. Paul Cham
Der of Commerce adopted resolutions
urging Congress to take prompt and final
action on the tariff, and by quieting agi-
tation bring about prosperity through
the regained confidence in business af-
fairs.
The entire strawberry crop of Tennes-
see was killed by Sunday nights freeze.
Considerable attention is paid in that
state to this and other fruits and the loss
will be heavy. The preceding warm
weather, by the advancement of growth,
added to the damage.
Ex-Congressman Bowman of Council
Bluffs, who has just returned from Wash
ington, is reported as saying that Presi-
dent Cleveland will offer to ex-Gov. Boies
the appointment as member of the inter-
state commerce commission to succeed
the late Judge McDill.
At their meeting at New York Thurs
day the eastern anthracite coal sale
agents reduced the price of stove and
chestnut coal for April delivery to s3.75
and of egg and CRATE to $3.50. The re-
duction of output will be 100000 tons,
or 40 per cent, for April.
The Commonweal army Saturday num-
bered about 200, and new recruits are now
joining every day. The army reached
East Palestine, Ohio, Friday evening
and camped at or near New Galilee, Pa,
Saturday evening. Commander Coxey has
preceded the army to Pittsburg.
Bert Hamilton, who is organizing sill
yer army at Denver to go to Washington,
appointed 100 officers, each of whom will
be expected to work up the project. MIR.
HAMILTON says he will not start from
Denver with less than 1000 men, and is
confident of leaving Colorado with 5000.
II. B. Moorehead, President of the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette company,
confirms the report that a majority of the
stock of that paper has been purchased
by Perry S. Heath, the Washington cor
respondent, and his associates, who are
Ohio, Indiana, and New York capitalists.
Maj. w. D. Bickham, the veteran ed
itor of the Dayton, o., Journal, dropped
dead at his home Tuesday after brief
relapse from a severe sickness. He was
stricken with apoplexy while walking up
stairs. Maj. Bickham led an active jour
nalistic life, achieving national reputa-
ton as an editorial writer.
The superintendent of the Missouri Pa
cific at Atchison, Kan, has received re-
ports concerning the wheat from every
station in western Kansas and eastern
Nebraska. They indicate that wheat
has not been injured in Kansas although
it is too early to tell definitely. The Ne
braska replies indicate slight damage.
It is feared that the recent cold snap,
following a season of warm wea ther,