The Worthington advance., 1895-07-18
SUMMARY OF WEEKS NEWS.
Wednesday, July 10.

5aS B Wednesday, July 10. 81.
Twelve thousand bicyc4ers partici-,
pated in q parade at Chicago Tuesday
night. ts N ;55a55 t
Professor w. B. Moore Of Chicago
has been selected chief Of the weather
bureau, vice Harrington, fired. y
Fire in the famous Godolitz military
outfitting establishment, Paris, caused
damageto the extent Of 1000, 900 marks.
Secretary Hoke Smith has promised
to deliver financial address before the
Cordele, Ca, Sound Money league.
The union carpenters engaged on
the Catholic University at Washing
ton have struck for an advance Of
wages from 81. so to $2. 80 per day.
. Chief Engineer John L. D. Borth-
wick Of the United States ship Ampi-
trite, now lyi-g at Old Point, Va, at
tempted suicide by cutting his throat.
BY the upsett.ng of a boat on Lake
and two girls named eHedwick Lawson
and Christine Hegelen were drowned.
According to the general report the
Princess Frederick Charles of Prussia,
who has been living in Italy for several
months past, is about to become Ro-
man Catholic. ~
Thursday, July 4. I'D
The Cleveland City Forge and Iron
company has advanced the wages of
their men 10 per cent. ~.
A San Francisco restaurant keeper
named Scotto has fallen heir to an Ital-
ian estate valued at 4, 600, 900 francs. !. =
The agricultural department. says, as
the resul: of investigation, that AmerI-
can farmers use great amount of poor
seed. H.. * '~t. ~.<
A syndicate Of New York capitalists
has purchased the street railway and
the gas and electric light plants Of,
Charleston, w. Va. i
James Widber, treasurer of the city,
and county of San Francisco, died OF
pneumonia. He was born in POrtlandV
Me-. in 1928, and came to California in
1849.
Divorce proceedings have been insti-$
tuted by Mrs. Pearl Craget, the Eng
lish authoress, best known by the name
of John Oliver Hobbs. Adultery is al
legged in the complaint.
Owing to the failure Of the blueberry
cro.,. which is their main dependence,
the Winnebago Indians have asked the
interior department for the immediate
payment Of their annuities.
Friday, July 3. -
Russia's iron output was about
1,500, 600 tons last year.
The Southern half Of Arkansas has
had too much rain for crops. T.,
Secretary Morton has issued srate-
ment concerning the diseases of cattle.
Mrs. Eva Stone, living near Warrens-
burg, No., celebrated her tooth birth
day.
The remains of DR.. Buchanan were
inferred in Evergreen cemetery, Brook
lyn. ~
William j. Moses, owner and editor
of the Auburn IN. ~ Bulletin, is
dead. =;
Carpenters at work on the National
Catholic university struck for more
wages. # II 49,
Classification of pension Office en-
ployes for the civil service has been
completed. .,,t
A special agent has been sent by the
general land ONCE to investigate al
legged enclosures Of public lands in the
vicinity of Portland, Or.
Saturday, July q.
A mob of Italians threatened to burn
the town Of Rockport Ind.
A grand reunion of thousands of ex-
Pennsylvanians in Central Kansas was
held at Salina.
Carl Browne and Mamie Coxey went
to Washington, but were not married
on the Capitol steps e.,
The Order of Deaconesses will build
a hospital at Midway Park, between
Bloom ngton and Normal, Ills.
The internal revenue collections in
the Peoria district for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1895, was $l3,307, 10S,
against $l3,S34,90 the preceding year.
The North Shore coasting steamer
Otter, which has just arrived at Que