The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-12
DOMESTIC.

The South Carolina constitutional
convention adjourned after signing the
revised constitution. The negro dele
gates refused'to sign on account OF the
provision depriving them of suffrage.
Luis Felipe Carlo, minister of the
new government of Ecuador. is study
ing American institutions and will en-
deavor to get teachers to inaugural.
the public school system in Ecuador. u
It was reported that the reply of the
marquis of Salisbury to the note OF
Secretary Olney on the Venezuelan
question was a refusal on the part; of
Great Britain to arbitrate. ..,...-.
At E. convention in Guthrie memo
rial was adopted asking congress to ad
NIT Oklahoma as state ut once, as sh..
has a greater taxable valuation and
population than any other state in the
union at the time of admission. ~.
The Chaffee block at Allegan, Mich.
was burned, the loss being $1o0,O0O. I :,
The Empire State express on the
New, York Central road now, makes
daily trips from New York to Buffalo,
40 miles. in 495 minutes, making it
the fastest passenger train in the
world. ''$sg i4AH .3".Er : .yli3>
There was but little over foot of
water in the Mississippi river ut St.
Louis, the lowest record in nearly 20
years. n.. Z, - .r--.. e,
wv. Forlines, engineer; A. w.
Straley, conductor. and Brakeman q.
H. Heilgi were killed in q railway
wreck at Lick Branch. w. Va. &
All. Andrews T. Co., manufacturers
in Chicago of fine furniture and Office
fixtures, failed for s$4oo.ooo; assets.
100000. '''' '.'+
William J. Murray, prominent resi-
dent of Toledo. o., died after continu-
Gus self-imposcd fast of Al days.
A negro named Isom Kcarse, and his
aged mother. charged with stealing u
Bible from church near hroxton Ford,
s. c.. were whipped to death with a
strap by mob. A&.. ..s.B Il e.. ..sas
77yy77r Peter Maher and Robert Fitzsimmons
were matched to fight to finish for the
worlds championship near Ell Paso,
Tex, between February 11Tand Febru-
ary1
A trust. comprising almost every car
pet tack factory in the country, was
formed in New York, and the price OF
tacks was advanced to almost double
the former rates. ~-5y..- ......:,..
The movement to bring about the
taxatioh of church property in Missouri
was assuming commanding proper
tons. IL -
Melancholia. brought on by trouble
in love affairs. caused Miss May Wills.
young society woman of Akron, O.. to
hang herself. #f g. 'le +
John and Margaret Cowling, aged -
and 20 years. respectively, after having
been separated by divorce "a years, were
reunited in marriage at Jacksonville.
Ind.
In tearing out the wall of an aban-
doned cellar near Larned. Kan, the
skeletons Of five men were found. and.
they were thought to be the remains
of party of land-b,iyers who wentto
western Kansas in 1880 from Pennsyl-
vania, and who mysteriousiy disap-
peared. They were probably murdered
tor their money. &c. S@
4. NJ. G. King. a justice; of the peace,
and his wife. who had been ill, died sud-
I denly in Claybourn county, Tenn. from
the effects of q dose Of medicine given
them BY an Indian doctor. sgj IS.
At its quarterly meeting the w. g. +.
10. OF Richmond. Va, adopted rcsolu-
tons denouncing the new woman's
Bible. sE E&$ H. 0 sx
The First national bank of Pratt,
Kan. went into voluntary liquidation.
- All AAnn~:%nra Sa,sarsa IN III In full g,
Heinrich HOstman, of Dortmund.
Prussia. arrived at Cincinnati on his
trim around the world on abicycle He
q to make the trip in two years.