The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-08-22
SUMMARY Of WEEKS NEWS.

SUMMARY OF WEEKS NEWS.
Weslne sday, Aug. II. ss I'M w IN
The American Library association il l
holding a convention at Denver.
Howard Goald's yacht Niagara has !
won second race ut southampton.
Five children were accidentally shot
ut Iowa City by q man who fred at the
sheriff. Two may die.
"A negro in st. Louis fired into pas
sengers and the crew Of the steamer
st. Louis, wounding four. 5ss
DR.. Russell, said to have been muir y
dered by Holmes in his castle, is living
at Grand Rapids, Mimi. n
Fourteen countries are. represented
! at g parliamentary conference on arbi-
tration which opened at Brussels Tues
day. + - IF
Manitoba's wheat crop, it is esti-
mated, will average $3.50 bushels per
acre and total Of over $4,000, 900 \
bushels. = ,'Es~r'.ygs Il 43..t \. .5ls h.
>Hofer and Bird of st. Paul won four
of the seven races the first day Of the
Minneapolis meet, Hofer winning
three. E. 80
I Justin Mccarthy has been reelected
president of the Irish parliamentary
party. 80 ~ y .:..z
"A government commission is in Chi
6ago to inspect the big drainage canal
and to ascertain what effect it will
have on the water in the Great Lakes.
Thursday, Aug. 16. \ ~
An injunction has been granted
against betting at the Harlem track,
Chicago. ..- 49," ID.
Henry T. Thurber, President Cleve-
lands private secretary, is i'll at Mag
ara Falls.
. Sioux City's population has decreased
nearly O,O0O in the past five years, &C
cording to the late census.
Billy Smith and Jimmy Carroll have
gone to Mexico to show President Diaz
that prize fighting is not brutal sport.
j. G. Black was renominated by the
Tenth Alabama Democratic congress-
ional district by reclamation. The
platform was a compromise on the
financial question.
Baron Bernhard Christian Tauch-
nitz, the celebrated publisher Of Greek
and Latin classics, Hebrew and Greek
Bibles and continental editions OF
British authors, is dead. &~,'' I,
Friday; Aug. 10.
Tom Wilbur, aged 81, suicided at
Norwich, N. Y. II.
P. F. Rothermel, ST., the artist,
died at his home in Linfleld, Pa, aged
81 years. ... :
The Providence Machine company
has announced 10 per cent advance
in wages.
The s. P: Morse Dry Goods company,
an extensive Omaha department. store,
has failed.
M. D. Van Horn, ex-mayor of Dem
yer, fell from third story window
and was killen. -#.
The North Atlantic squadron has left
for Bar Harbor. Secretary Herbert
ing quarters with Captain Evans.
The Evening News, Augusta, Ga,
has suspended publication. The en-
and the sheriff levied upon the plant.
- 49, Saturday, Aug. ~. 3s>.:s
Lieutenant General Schofeld is the
guest of Secretary Lamont at Bar
Harbor.
A branch of the National Postal
Clerks association has been organized
at Sioux City.
A general advance in wages has been
granted the wiredrawers at the Cleve-
land rolling mills.
The American Librarians association
has decided to hold the convention in
1896 at Cleveland, O.
Conferences will be held at Pittsburg
next week to settle the wage scale for
over 40, 600 wage workers.
In the presence Of 5000 persons at
Leinster Hall, Dublin, Peter Maher,
the Irish champion, knocked out John
son of London in half a minute.
| The wholesale notion house of G. M.
Linnington, Chicago, one of the larg-
est concerns Of the kind in the coun-
try, has made a voluntary assignment.
Hon. w. D. Dabney, solicitor of the
state department., will resign during
September to accept the position Of
professor of law at the University Of
Virginia.
Monday, Aug. 10. ~
NoAooCAy vas VAo A1l Sos0 WAASAy
producer last year.
In battle near Belise, British Hon
| duras, 600 negroes and 800 natives were
killed. = .ss. s.a.. 49, =
Bourke Cochran announces that he
has severed his connection with Tam
many Hall.
Jockey Davis was seriously injured
and two horses were killed in an acct
dent at st. Louis. -
President Diaz Of Mexico will send
troops to punish the Santa Cruz Indians
for their depredations. = u 5s.~.
Ex-Governor Waite of Colorado
called ''sound money men robbers
and thieves in an interview in Texas. 3
George F. Shelton of Helena has
been appointed an assistant United
States attorney for the district Of Mon