The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-01-10
SUMMARY OF WEEKS NEWS

I. SUMMARY OF WEEKS NEWS
Thursday, Jan. 8. 'o'.
Ex.President Peixoto of Brazil is
seriously i'll. ..... ..,... ..0
The Nebraska maximum freight
rate case has been appealed.
Thefts Of valuable miniatures from
the Vatican library have been detected.
Serious differences of opinion exist
between King Alexander of Servia and
his father, ex-King Milan.
Texas opponents of Senator Mills will
seek to have the legislature adopt res
olution calling on him to resign.
A brother of ex- Congressman Butler
believes his strange actions were caused
by blow on the head delivered by a
robber.
The Union Pacific receivers have de-
clared that they will fight application
to seperate the st. Joe and Grand Island
system from the Union Pacific.
The firm of Drexel, Morgan q Co.
has been reorganized under the name
Of j. P. Morgan & Co. Mr.. Morgan is
the only one of the original partners
surviving.
Friday, Jan. 4.
The number of smallpox patients at
Milwaukee is rapidly diminishing.
The executive council of the Fedora
ton OF Labor voted to aid Debs to ap-
peal his case to the United States SUI
preme court.
The cash balance in the treasury at
the close Of business Thursday was
$751;, 1873, sol. The gold reserve was
$S5, 1894, OS2.
A census office report shows that
owners Of farms and houses possess
more than 80 per cent of the wealth Of
the country.
The annual banquet Of the Boston
Merchants association occurred at the
Hotel Vendome Thursday night with
over 200 guests present.
Colonel G.. Norman Lieber, assist
ant judge advocate general, was APP
pointed judge advocate general with
the rank Of brigadier general.
The supreme court of California af-
frmed the decision of the lower court
that Alice Edith Dickinson was not the
legal widow Of millionaire Blythe. /
Saturday, Jan. 3.
The steamship Etruria took out $780,
600 ounces of silver Saturday.
Robert Nichols and John Mullaney
were killed in snowslide at Silver
City, Ida.
Health officers of Detroit have dis,
covered case of smallpox being treated
by Christian scientists.
DR.. George Marx Of the agricultural
department., a. we'll known entomolo-
gist and d worlds authority On spiders,
is dead
The president has issued an order ex-
tending the civil service regulations to
all superintendent of stations in the
postofices of the United States.
A delegation of Massachusetts, agri-
culturists had q meeting before the
senate agricultural committee Friday
in advocacy of bill to exterminate the
gypsy moth.
Vice President Stevenson has left for
Asheville, n. c., where he hopes to be
able to remain until there shall be an
improvement i'll the condition of his
daughters health. i
Monday, Tan. :.
Four men were badly hurt by the
explosion Of a boiler in a saw mill at
Metz, Mo. Two will die.
Pope Leo has sent cordial reply
through Mgr Satolli to the address OF
the Catholic editors Of the United |
States.
y A runaway train dashed into a
freight at the depot at White Haven,
Pa, killing two persons and carload !
of sheep.
Captain Albert Drayfus, convicted of |
treason. was degraded i'll front OF the |
military school in Paris in the presence
of 5000 troops.
A race from minneapolis to Chicago !
between cowboys mounted Oh bron- |!
chos has been arranged, the date Of the |
start to be Feb. :.
The American and United States |
Express COMPANIES fought for the bust
ness Oh the Findlay, Fort Wayne and |
Western and the former was forclbiy |!
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Tuesday, Jan. 8.
4 President j. Rodgers Maxwell of the
Jersey Central railroad is critically i'll.
Spencer Costello, a negro burglar
and desperate, was lynohed near Flora,
Miss.
A "A heavy snowstorm is seriously in
terfering with traffic in Scotland.
Several trains have been showed up.
Thomas R. Deverell, the well known
musician and bandmaster, committed
suicide in lodging house in Brooklyn.
The total value of imports into Great |
Britain during the year 1894 was
e4O8, 50s.7lS and the exports e216, 1884,
239.
\ Two negroes wero instantly killed |
and third seriously injured by an ex-
nlxni0n in the rniYaa at alnSs Station