The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-10-22

Fourth infantry. succeeds Col. Crofton
as commandant of Fort Sheridan.
At the annual meeting in Colorado
Springs, Col, of the internationally
graphical union William p. Prescott. of
Toronto, Ont. was reelected president,
and nine-hour labor law was passed.
Col. j. John Donoghue. of Whining
ton, Del. was elected commander of
the Union Veteran Legion at the annual
meeting in Washington.
j. H. Brigham, of Delta, O., president
of the National Grange, said at tho an
nual meeting in Manchester, Ia, that
there are now nearly 1000, 900 members
and $4,000 oranges in the United States.
The wholesale clothing firm OF Hex
ter Brothers in Philadelphia failed for
$17O.OOo.
An anvil burst at political meeting
IN Shelbyville, Ind, and half Of it was
blown through q window in the resi-
dence of John Lansing, fatally injuring
two children who were sleeping in the
room.
Rev. John W. Milan, pastor of the
Madison Avenue Nj. K. Church at Indian
apolis, Ind, and his wife have both
been declared insane. Overwork on his
part and illness on her part were tho
causes.
Henry Miller, negro who assaulted
Mis-. Blanche Gray, young lady OF t1ne
family in Spalding county, Ca. was
hanged by y mob.
The house of J. S. Miller. farmer
living four miles north of Linden,
Wash, was destroyed by fire and six
children were burned to death.
John Imboden, aged %, killed his SIS
ter. brother and an old man named
Jacob Wilhelm who made his home
with the Imbodens near Piedmont, Mo.
At the session in Chicago of tho In
ternational Association of Farmers
Institutes George McKerrow. Of Wis
consin. was elected president.
Heine Supp, who is girdling the
earth, has reached Washington. Supp
started from Munich, Germany, July 81,
1895, and expects to arrive home De-
cember 20. His object is to travel
around the world, 1900 miles of which
will be accomplished on foot, in IL
months.
The county workhouse prisoners at
work near Soddy, Tenn. mutinied and
four of them were fatally shot by the
guards.
A monument to the army corrcspon-
dents and artists of the late war was
dedicated at Gapland, Md.
The post office at Granville. O., was
entered by burglars and 81 900 in stamps
and over 5000 in money taken.
Three fremen were killed and six
badly injured at a FIRE at the chemical
warehouse of Gilmour G. Co. in Montreal.
Can. The property loss was 100000.
There were 1928 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 296 tho week
previous and 1853 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
AlissRita and Josie B., Mrs. w. e. ID.
Stokes double team, PAGERS, lowered
the worlds record from 2:12A to 2:o9h
Ut Lexington, KY.
Harold Cavelle, the matrimonial
swindler, was sent to the penitentiary
in Cincinnati for II months and heavily
fined.
Six men were killed and one seriously
hurt by an explosion OF dynamite near
Van Buren,. Ark.
Wheat has advanced II cents bushcl
since October l, the closing price in the
Chicago market on the 10th being 72H
cents.
The business portion of Cherry Creek,
n. Y, was destroyed by an incendiary
fire.
The West Michigan furniture factory
at Holland, Mich, was burned, the loss
being 100000.
The Merchants bank, one of the oi:-
est financial institutions in Atlanta, Ga,
closed it's doors with liabilities of $27s.-
900.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on tho 10th aggregated
$o93, 325, o04, against $1,o5s,172,45a the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
is 14.7.
w. L. Lee, photographer at York.
Neb., il charged with being principal
in a plot to wreck the Burlington flyer
near York in order to collect $4,000 &C
cident policy on the life Of A. BisseIl,
known to be on that train.
Freeman, Ives Il Co., produce dealers
at Little Falls. N. Y. failed for $4,000.
Northern Wisconsin experienced the
first snow Of the season, two inches
having fallen at Hayward.
After paying all its depositors tho
Bank Of Pukwana at Pukwana, 8. D.,
closed it's doors and went out Of bust
ness.
A fire in Korbel's big wine factory at
Kobers Station, CAL, was extinguished
by throwing upon it 10000 gallons Of
wine.
John Walsh. of Boston, was garroted
in indianapolis, Ind, and robbed of ST.
zoo. He was badly injured.
Fire in the Fowler paper box factory
in Los Angeles, CAL, caused loss Of
100000.
twenty-five freight cars with their
contents were destroyed in a wreck on
the Big Four railroad near Wellington,
O.. the loss being 100000.
Secretary Lamont estimates that the
concentrations renrired nv the war de-