The Worthington advance., 1895-12-19
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Fire destroyed the Dulldlng IN Cnl-
cago occupied by D. II. Fritts u Co., pic
ture-frame manufacturers, and caused
a damage of 100000.
J. p. Riply, q distiller at Lawrence
burg, KY, failed for $300. 900.
st. Emelianus' orphan asylum Mt St.
Francis, Wis, was burned, the loss be-
ing over 100000. There were 200 chill
dren in the building, but all were safe
" removed.
Mrs. Nancy ]. Thompson. aged IS
years, was found starved and frozen to
death near Maple City, Kan.
At the meeting in New York of the
American Federation of Labor resolu-
tions were adopted protesting against
the passage in congress of the COM
pulsory arbitration bill and against
capital punishment.
Representative E. NJ. Woomer, Of
Pennsylvania, representing the Fourth
district, fell on a slippery sidewalk in
Washington and broke his left leg.
The bark Theobald arrived at San
Francisco from Coal bay with the first
cargo of coal ever shipped from Alaska.
The character of the information re-
ceived at the war department in Wash
ington concerning the reported Apache
outbreak in Arizona shows it to be
trifing, and not likely to lead to any
general uprising.
The discovery in the dissecting room
of medical college at Topeka, kan., OF
the bodies of three women stolen from
cemeteries caused riot that required
the calling out of troops.
The schooner Elwood of San Fran
cisco is missing, and was supposed to
have gone down OFF the Alaskan coast
between Cooks inlet and Glazier bay,
with all on board.
Fire destroyed the business portion
of Carlock, Ill.
A gang of clever counterfeiters were
arrested at Pittsburgh by United States
authorities.
Miss Pearl Barton, young girl who
had been asleep at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
since November Is, died without awak-
ening. The doctors were unable to say
what the cause of death was.
Aaron Harper (colored) was hanged
Mt Coffeyville, Miss. for the murder of
BIS: wife last April. -. .,s,.s&.a, - ?.
The Weir plow shops at Monmouth,
ILL.,, were almost totally destroyed by
fire. the loss being $15O.OOO.
E. e. Taylor, city editor of the AL
ton (lll.) SentinelDemocrat. fell dead
of apoplexy.
At the annual convention in Batti-
more of the National Reform associa-
tion a proposed amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States was up
proved that acknowledges Almighty
God as the source Of all authority in
civil government, the Lord Jesus Christ
as the ruler of nations, and the re-
vealed will of God as the supreme au-
tllority in civil affairs.
The most famous blockade runner
during the rebellion, Alexander Collie.
died in poverty in New York.
A statement made by the bureau of
statistics shows that breadstuffs valued
at $107, ,349.274 were exported during the
II months ended November 50, against
$111.s2O,3 ,345 during the same time in
1894. Provision exports were $l3s, 1882
375, against $151,S0S,2259 in 1904.
William Campbell L. Co.. manufacture
ers of woolens in New York, failed for
$4,000 E
The exchanges ut the Leading caring
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
81, ,129, ,766, ,2ss, against 81 .194.y59 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week. in
1894, was lO.s u g.,-.@. +