The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-12-24

famous in California literature a. Jim
town." was almost destroyed BY fire.
Attorney-General Dawes in his bien-
MEL report says the Kansas prohibitory
law is dead letter.
James J. Corbett signed articles OF
agreement in Jersey City. N. j., to fight
Bob Fitzsimnons to finish on March
II, 1897, for purse Of $4,000.
The Casino skating rink and summer
theater, magnificent pleasure resort
in Schenley park. near Pittsburgh, Pa.
was Destroyed by fire, the loss being
$500, 900.
Alexander Hermann, aged So. the
worlds greatest exponent of legerde-
main, having no peer in the realm o1
prestidigitateurs, died suddenly in his
private car at Great Valley. near Sala-
manca, N. Y. Heart trouble is ascribed
as the cause of death.
Mrs. Martha McGill, widow, and her
1e-year-old daughter Esther, were
killed by the cars while walking on q
railroad trestle west of Ladoga, Ind.
John j. Thornton, editor of the Clay
County Advance at Ashland, Ala., was
murdered while sitting with his family,
the assassins firing through window.
Two married women, named Moon
and Shell, quarreled at Bethel, Pa, over
q trivial matter, and the Shell woman
threw bucket of strong lye water into
the face of Mrs. Moon and her infant
daughter, in:iuring both fatally.
Two highwaymen held up Southern
railway passenger train near Bryant
Station, Ala, and escaped with large
amount of money.
Gabriel Russ, John Antras, Charles
Swanson, Charles Anderson and Louis
jackson were instantly killed in mine
at Ouray, COL, by the fall of q cage.
Mrs. Mary j. Holmes, the authoress,
has been granted at New Haven, Conn.,,
All absolute divorce and 5000 alimony
from William Holmes, her husband.
Capt. George L. Lemon, aged IS, the
best-known pension attorney in the
country, and publisher Of the National
Tribune at Washington, died at Cor
onado Beach, CAL, where he had gone
for his health.
A fire that broke out in the Ryan
hotel annex in St. Paul caused loss of
100000 to Connheim's furniture store.
The United States senate committed
on foreign relations by a practically
unanimous vote ordered a favorable re-
port to be made to the senate on the
21st on the Cameron resolution recog-
nizing the Independence of the repub-
lie of Cuba.
At Upper Marlboro, Nd, James
Smith (colored) was hanged for thu
murder of Margaret Brown on July Is
last.
There were 367 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against $50 the week
previous and 377 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
Justice Russell, in the New York su-
preme court, decided that divorces Sc
cured in North Dakota do not hold good
in the Empire state.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
0s5, 921 ,c23, against $1,065, 63s,s61 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
was 81.
Three brothers, Arch, Dink and Bill
Proctor, were lynched by mob near
Russellville. KY, for killing Aaron and
Doc Grafton (brothers) at Adairville.
Frank C. Miles, for more than 20 years
treasurer of the Boston Safe Deposit &,
Trust company. one of the Oldest of
Boston's banks. is said to be de-
faulter for 100000.
The American Federation of Labor IN
session in Cincinnati reelected Samuel
Gompers president and selected Nash
vile, Tenn, as the next place of meet
ing. A resolution favoring free silver
was adopted and one condemning the
supreme court of the United States was
defeated.
A gale at Chatham, Mass, wrecked
$50 fishing boats and damaged many
buildings.
Henry Kimmeling killed the wife Of
his half-brother. Anton Benning. at
St. Louis, and then took his own life.
No cause is known for the crime.
John Krual and his wife were killed
by the cars near Denison, In.
President Cleveland. who has been
hunting ducks in South Carolina waters
for a week has returned to Washington.
Gov. Drake has issued proclamation
recommending that the people of the
state fittingly observe on the 2sth inst.
the fftieth anniversary of the admis-
sion of Iowa into the union.
Martha, Elizabeth and Charlotte Will
Dor. three aged sisters, were burned to
death in fire at their home IN Newport,
r. I.
The National bank of Illinois one
of the oldest and best-known banking
institutions in Chicago, with assets
amounting to nearly $l5,OOO,O00. has
closed it's doors.
At Fort Scott, Kan, George Bryant
fatally shot his young wife and her
father. w. 8. Reno. Domestic trouble
was the cause.
Randall, Selby & Bell, agricultural
implement jobbers at Des Moines, la,
failed for $4,000.
The business portion of the town of
Il a.