The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-06-06

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lister to Pekin.
In Indiana, Cambria and Clare ooun-
ties, Pa, the frost of Tuesday night,
was the heaviest ever known in May.
Fruit and early vegetables were killed
and crops were damaged.
Friday, May ~.
Secretary Gresham continues to i'm.
prove. Representative Hit is reported
to be growing stronger.
Prince Bismarck's neuralgia of the
face has reached an acuter stage.
Otherwise his health is in satisfac-
tory condition.
The main building of the Star Brew
cry at Belleville, Ills, with its con-
tents, was burned. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Charles Wiley, aged 20; Kate John
son, aged Is, and Maud Meyers were
drowned at Efangham, Ills, by the
capsizing Of their boat.
AT Paris the Belgian champion bicy-
Aist, Houben, beat the American,
Banker, in three matches. Distance,
1000 meters at the Velodrome.
DR.. William NJ. Thornton, widely
known as the Author Of a number of
works on medicine and allied sciences,
died at his home in Boston, aged 40. ~
Mrs. Anna Annabel of Chicago shot
and killed her husband and then killed
herself. The tragedy was the result of
jealousy on the part of Mrs. Annabel.
. II. ;. q. Saturday. May rs. IL =
Police Inspector Williams Of New
York city has been retired from the
force on his own application.
The statement of the condition of the
treasury shows available cash balance,
$16y, 455, S05; gold reserve, $98, S4S, 559.
Mrs. Victoria Machen, widow Of the
late United States Senator Willis B.
Machep, committed suicide at Clinton,
KY.
Governor Mckinley Of Ohio has &C.
copied an Invitation to deliver me-
mortal address Of Grants tomb, Deco
ration day.
The Russian thistle has gained firm
foothold throughout Eastern Colorado.
Thousands of acres in and about Den
yer are covered with the pest.
William Gardner Hale, head Of the
department Of Latin in Chicago univer-
sity, has been chosen the first director
of the American College Of Classics in
Rome.
Mrs. Williams, wife of Mr.. Charles
R. Williams, editor Of the Indianapolis
News, died suddenly in that city. Mrs.
Williams was a daughter of William
Henry Smith.
Monday, May 81.
The St: Louis hodcarriers' strike has
been declared off.
Street car mail service has been be-
gun in Chicago.
The Mexican government has denied
the extradition Of Thompson, the Sc
dalia, No., banker.
Rev. William E: Henshaw, pastor of
the Methodist church at Belleville,
Ind, has been arrested on the charge Of
wife murder
The Charles A. Wood company Of
Cleveland, extensive dealers in build
ers' supplies, hasG3assigned to P. G..
Kassulker. Assets, $40, 600; liabilities,
$40,
Fred Griffin, who, as cashier of the
Chicago National Bank defaulted for
about $50, 900, has. been sentenced in
the United States court to five years
imprisonment
The officers commanding the Irish
American Military union Of the United !
States have issued call for national
convention, to be held on Sunday, June
16, in Adelphia Hall, New York.
Tuesday, May 20. ~.
In an accident on the Northwestern
at Cherry Valley, Ills, two
men were killed. 's
On account Of Secretary Gresham's
death Secretary Carlisle has cancelled
his appointment to speak in Louisville.
The Michigan house, by q vote Of 43
to 80, defeated the capital punishment
bill which passed the senate last week !
The Japanese have arrived off
Tamania on the northwest coast OF the
Island of Formosa and fighting is ex-
pected to occur. ,.s
John p Morgan & Co. have closed |
the subscription list to the bonds of the |
Terminal railway Of st. Louis. The |
list is largely oversubscribed.
An>explosion occurred on the Turkish |
torpedo boat Destroyer, which is being |
built at the Germania shipyards at |
Kiel, and seven men were killed and IL |
injured. H.
Easbound shipments from Chicago |
last week amounted to 47,2l3 tons !
against 40,323 for the preceding week |
and 4S,S]S for the corresponding week
of last year. ~, =.
Seventeen passenger conductors on |
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad lines.
west Of the Ohio river have been dis