The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-21

the IS days of the month was IS, O0O.ooo'
The Red Lake Indian reservation In
Minnesota was opened for settlement
and many persons filed claims.
Rev. Mr.. Rhodes, living IL miles east
of Upton, Tex, while blowing his field
unearthed $4,000 Mexican dollars.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
O19, 0O9, 27s, against $1,135.0s3.412 tho
previous week. The decrease. CON-
pared with the corresponding week in
1905, was 1873.
There were 224 business failures In
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 23s the week
previous and 211 in the corresponding
period of 1925.
The poulation of Chicago, according
to the school census just completed, is
.,529, 900.
Bernard Koch, of Irwin, Pa, while in
sane drowned himself after poisoning
his brother-in-law, his wife and two
children.
Mrs. James Cadamire and her infant
child were burned to death at McDon-
aid, Pa, by All explosion of gasoline
and five other children were SO badly
burned that but little hope was enter
tanned for their recovery.
Alfred e. Fields (colored) was hanged
in Chicago for the murder on February
20 of Mrs. Ellen Randolph, also colored.
Nightingale, the fast mare of c. J.
Hamlin, of Buffalo, N. Y, and valued at
$4,000, fell dead on the race track in
Louisville, Ky.
More than 100 persons were killed by
Tex, and vicinity. Sixty or more mot
death in Sherman and 40 others were
killed south of there. The list Of in
jured was equally large. Fifty houses
were wrecked and the western part OF
the town was completely swept away.
Eight persons were killed ut Howe, ten
at Gribble Springs and two at Justin.
Gov. A!tgeld spoke to large audience
at the Auditorium in Chicago in favor
OF free coinage of silver.
Carl T1oppenburg, the cashier of the
Buffalo (1ll.) bank, and Joseph Klop-
penburg, his brother, confessed that
they were guilty of the recent robbery
of the bank.
The Markham hotel and business
block were burned at Atlanta, Ga, the
loss being 100000.
The supreme council of the American
Protective association ended it's session
in Washington by electing J. w. Echols.
OF Atlanta, Ca, as president, and by re-
moving the blacklist against Maj. Nc
Kinley.
4 message around the world in so
minutes by telegraph was the feature
at the national electrical exposition in
New York. It was sent from New Yorl:
to Toxic and back. via Chicago, San
Francisco. Vancouver, Montreal and
Canso, a distance Of 20 600 miles.
John Hornbuckle and Stone Steward.
two farmers from Platte county, Mo-.
fought with knives in a saloon III Leav-
enworth, Kan, and both were killed.
Henry Bolln, the defaulting ex-city
treasurer of Omaha, Neb. was sentenced
to 10 years in the penitentiary and to
pay fine of s211,O0O.
Nemaha, Marshall and Cloud counties
in Kansas were swept by cyclone and
.dismantled buildings mark the path OF.
the storm, IA persons were known to
have been killed, from 40 to 60 were
injured, several of whom would die.
and scores of families were homeless.
Nearly half the business portion Ut
Blue Island. Ill.,, was destroyed by fire,
the total loss being about $2tND. 900.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 18th were AZ follows:
Cleveland. .636: Boston. 1925: Baltimore,
.G25: Cincinnati. .625; philadelphia,
500; Pittsburgh, SOL; Chicago, $50;
Washingto .4sO: Brooklyn. Ass; st.
Louis, 800; New York, .304; Louisville.
200.
While fishing near Holden, Mo-,
Charles Brought and young man
named Cook were killed by lightning.
The schooner Mary D. Aver collided
in Lake Michigan with the steamer
Onoko of Crosse Point and Capt. Will
liams and four Of the crew of the
schooner were drowned.
The house of Anderson Jones was
wrecked by tornado at Elva, KY, and
he and his wife and three children were
killed.
Jacob Hess, an aged farmer, and his
son. were killed by an unknown as
sassin at Lindsay, o.
Mrs. Anna Devaney, 81 years old. of
Fort Dodge, Ia, and her grandson. FL,
mer Anterior, nine years old. were
killed by gas at Omaha. Neb.
The Rockford Qll.) Watch company.
Fl. W. Price, president, assigned, with
liabilities of $4,000.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
The Missouri republicans in conven'
ton in st. JOSEPH, elected Mckinley dele
gates to the national convention and
adopted u platform declaring for sound
money" and protection.
The Iowa prohibitionists in session
at Des Moines nominated full state
ticket headed by w. G. Wright. of Story
county, for secretary of state. and
'adopted resolutions cOndemning the