The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-03-08
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Robert Osgood Of Iowa College was the
winner Of an oratorical contest recently
held at Fairfield, Iowa, In which eight OF
the state colleges participated.
John Y. McKane, once the mighty
chieftain of Gravesend, but now shorn Of
his power as we'll as luxurious mustache
and goatee, is in Sing Sing prison. 4
In the opal mines near Caldwell, Idaho,
an opal has been found as large as q
hens egg and without a flaw. It is esti-
mated the gem will dress 325 karats.
Announcement is made Of the appoint
ment of Bishop Otto Zardetti, Of st.
Cloud, Mimi, who Is now In Milwaukee,
to be Archbishop of the Sec Of Bucharest.
Application to Comptroller Eckels was
recently made for the reorganization OF
| the defunct Plankinton bank Of Milwau-
kee into national bank with capital
of $500, 600.
Indictments have been returned against
III. q: Yetzer. president, and A. w. Dicker-
| son, cashier of the defunct Cass county
bank at Atlantic, charging them with
fraudulent banking.
| vs. E. T. White, at Nebraska City, Neb.,
has been found guilty Of criminally libel
| ing j. Sterling Morton. The libel con-
sisted of hanging Secretary Morton in
| effgy in the city park. !
The Foreign Minister of Nicaragua has
sent a cable message to the Nicaragua
Consul in Paris saying that the allied
| forces have Captured Tegucigalpa and
| that the war Is at an end.
Presidents of western lines are trying
| to settle the Southern Pacific Atchison
differences over rates. The antipass
| agreement has been dissolved by unan-
imous vote Of the parties thereto.
Senator .. =. I'LL has written letter
! saying that he was not and would not be
q gubcrnatorial nominee this year. At
the same time lie expressed his belief that
Coy. Flower would be renominated.
The London Chronicle says that both
| the Queen and Prince of Wales are strong
" and even nervously opposed to Lord
Salisbury's attitude, both in regard to
! the local government and the employers
liability bills.
"a large party of prominent coal OPP
orators of Chicago and other western
cities have been examining Kentucky
coal fields with the view of handling
coal on large scale and also of investing
in coal properties. .....-...sz.a ,s,.s-.
The Senate, at Albany passed the great
er New York bill Tuesday by a vote OF
| % to 2, and it now goes to the Governor.
The bill allows the voters in the terri
tory to be included to vote on the propo-
sition of consolidation. 9*i$a1 al 34a-,. y
Another chapter in the amendment can
| vass scandal went into history at Mason,
Mich, when five of the indicted men were
arraigned before Judge Person as the
preliminary step in securing bail for their
early appearance for trial.
In a car load of live chickens that ar
| rived in Chicago there were 1900 lbs out of
about 5000 lbs dead. Shippers should be
] careful in shipping in close cars and see
that the stock can receive air. The cars
| should have free ventilation. .,-
| Bulletins from Guadalajara state that
| Representa- tive William L. Wilson is still
improving. He Is gaining strength even
more rapidly than his physicians expect
ed IN NIr. Wilson'S recovery is now regard
led as certain pro- ided. he is not impru-
dent. h. ~ n s.z' 81
w A party of patriotic Kentuckians is
taking steps to purchase the birthplace
| of Abraham Lincoln in La Rue county,
KY, and convert it into a park. Nego-
tiations are about completed and if sue
! cessful work will be begun early in the
! spring. s.,g, IS, .&N!
The general executive committee of the
| Knights of Labor at Des MOines made
! public, through Mr.. Mcclure, a member,
| statement to the effect that they entend
to investigate the record of P. M. Arthur,
chief of the Locomotive Engineers Broth
erhoOd. f. ~ - T.. y @r-t. -'>
CalArmstrong, escaped convict and de-
faulting Deputy Treasurer OF Upton
county, Ind, was arrested at Chicago by
an officer from Kokomo, Ind, and taken
to the penitentiary at Michigan City,
Ind, where he will serve q sentence OF
three years. .4 D.. ,2Gta... g.. +,aa,:
Officers in Milwaukee have arrested
Francis j. Logan for incendiarism. He
has some strange ideas. He believes that
the world owes him living, and as he Is
too strong to work, he goes about setting
fires in order to get q berth In some
States prison. - .-H w t'
Intense. excitement still prevails
throughout the Kanawha valley, West
Virginia. The sheriff is strongly backed
by his posse, and Gen. Moore sent GU
with his troops by the governor, with
full powers, is ready to declare martial
law at any moment. S4T
Stanley w. Turner, Auditor General of
Michigan, has swelled the list of State
officials who have not conducted them
selves in seemly manner. His expenses
have been over 800 per month, while his
predecessors account showed only $3.50
for his term of two years.
A petition is being circulated at George
town, Colo, which calls upon the silver
producing states to secede from the gen.
eral government and join the Republic of
Mexico. Mayor Parker who heads the
petition says it will be circulated in ev-
cry mining camp in the west.
Corbett, the pugilist, was acquitted at
Jacksonville, Florada, of the, charge of
lighting by previous appointment" The
Jury was out of the court room less than