The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-05-23
SUMMARY OF WEEKS NEWS
Wednesday, May 8.

General Pleasonton, Rear Admiral
Almy and General Coggswell are all
reported better.
King Humbert has signed q decree
dissolving the Italian chamber of depu-
ties and fixing May 26 as the date for
the election Of deputies.
The reichstag has definitely passed
the Baltic and North Sea canal festivity
credit of loo, 600 marks, the Social
Democrats alone opposing it.
Sir John Adam Hay is dead. He was
the eldest son of Sir Robert Hay,
whose mother was Sally, daughter of
Alexander Duncan of Providence, r. l..
Phillips, Nimick & Co., owners Of
the Sligo mill at Pittsburg, have signed
the wage scale of the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION. This is the first victory for
the strikers.
Thursdsy, May 8.
Turney has been inaugurated gov
ernor Of Tennessee.
Ex-Governor James A. Weston died
as Manchester, N. H., after an illness
Of several weeks.
During a quarrel at Galveston, Tex,
Louis Zimmerman was instantly killed
and Henry Bouss dangerously wounded.
DIR. Guzman has received . dispatch
from his government stating that every
thing is in tranquil state in Nicaragua.
The bill making the birthday Of
Abraham Lincoln legal holiday has
passed both houses OF the New York
legislature.
Charles E. Warner, knit goods manu-
facturer of Rockton, N. Y, has made
an assignment for the benefit OF his
creditors. His liabilities are 81, 900.
The Utah constitutional convention,
which has for 80 days been framing the
fundamental laws of the state, has fin
ished it's labors and adjourned sine die.
Friday, May 10.
Russia, France and Germany, it is
announced, are about to increase their
naval forces in the China seas.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, who
was chief secretary for Ireland from
1861 to 1865, is dead, aged 70 years.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued call to national banks for a
statement Of their standing at the close
of BUSINESS May T.
Advices from the Pescadore islands
state that 300 persons died there from
cholera during one month. The cpl
demic is now subslding.
Alfred Carl and Priesthood J. Ben
bow have been appointed receivers of
the Otis steel works of Cleveland, one
of the largest concerns of its kind in
the country.
Minnesota and Dakota lines are voting
on a proposition for one and one-third
fare on account Of the annual inter-
state encampment of the q. A. r. in
Ortonville, Big Stone county, Mimi,
June 1921.
Saturday, May IL.
Western railroads have agreed to quit
rate cutting.
Newton S. Fuller, professor Of Latin
in the Ripon Owls. college, died OF
consumption at Colorado Springs, Colo.
Colonel William P. Craghill has been
appointed to succeed Brigadier General
Casey as chief of engineers, United
States army.
Brigadier General Thomas N. Casey,
chief of engineers Of the army, has
been retired, having reached the age
limit, 81 years.
The state department has just pub
an appendix to the volume Of foreign
relations of 1894, comprising a history
of the Chinese-Japanese war.
Admiral Meade has requested to be
relieved from command of the North
Atlantic station and granted q years
leave of absence. The request has been
granted.
A woman named Fay, whose funeral
was in progress at Sank City, Wis,
raised up in her coffin. She was con-
scious, she says, during all the ar
rangements, but was unable to move.
Monday, May Is.
Fire did 800, 900 damage to property
at Oakfeld, N. Y.
The Adams Express company has
declared quarterly dividend of per
cent, payable June l.
Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Gould have
arrived in Paris on afortnight's visit to
Count and Countess Castellane.
A great demonstration was held in
Phoenix park, Dublin, Sunday, in favor
of amnesty to Irish political prisoners.
Miss Herbert, daughter of the secre.
tary of the United States navy, the
Hon. II. A. Herbert, has just arrived
in London.
JOAQUIN Miller, who was accused of
betraying and deserving young girl in
Honolulu, has written letter to the
San Francisco Chronicle denying the
charge.
Donald McNulta, son of General &c.
McNulta of Chicago and Miss Henrietta
L. Scott, daughter Of ex-Congressman
Owen Scott of Bloomington; were Sc
cretly married at Decatur, Ills.
Nine. Modjeska, the Polish actress,
who was expelled from Poland by or
der Of the Russian government on &C.
count of her utterances at Chicago dur
ing the worlds fair, has retired to Buda
Pest.
Tuesday, May II.
Mr.. Frank II. Thomas, the chief
clerk of the postoffce department, has
resigned.
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