The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-07-09

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e29, as follows: Gold, 14o,sss pieces o.
the value Of $2,471,217; silver, 3,14s, AZ;
pieces of the value of 81 $50 500; mino,
coin, 0,496,2 10 pieces Of tho value o.
$202, 019.
The Mallory steamship line wharf
was burned at Galveston, Tex, tho loss
being s1s0,0oO.
A two-foot vein Of gold ore, assaying
s., 800 ton, has been found in the Bald
mountain district of South Dakota.
One man was killed and dozens were
wounded in q riot between striking
workmen and the police in the vicinity
of the works # the Brown Hosting and
Conveying company in Cleveland, and
the troops were called out to stop the
fracas.
The closing day of the encampment OF
the United Confederate Veterans al
Richmond, Va, was devoted to the lay
ing of the corner stone Of a monument
to Jefferson Davis.
Charles Williams (colored), Of Balti'
more, cut his wife's throat with q razor
at Atlantic City, N. j.. and then served
himself in the same manner.
Ten thousand coal miners In the
Birmingham (Ala.) district received an
advance Of seven per cent in wages.
Two ya.vls of the towboatFallie cap.
sized at Cincinnati and threw seven
men into the river, two of whom were
drowned.
The cruiser Charleston has returned
to San Francisco after an absence 0!
two years in Asiatic waters.
Uvalde county, Tex, was being dev-
astated by prairie fire.
The managers of the centennial cele-
bration to be held July 20 at Cleveland,
O., have asked the war department to
detail government troops to take part
in the ceremonies.
The boiler of railway engine ex-
ploded near Huntsville, Ala, killing Eli
gineer James Jones, Fireman Daniel
Aikens and Brakeman j. Jenkins.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the weel,
ended on the 9Th were as follows:
Cleveland, 672; Baltimore, .667; Gin
cinnati, .642; Boston, .6O7; Pittsburgh,
.541; Chicago, 500; Philadelphia, $40;
Washington, 500; Brooklyn, .492; New
York, .41O; st. Louis, .231; Louisville,
100.
There were PIT business failures In
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 4th, against PIT the week
previous and 1875 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
During a storm at Hardin's Valley,
Tenn, Arthur Peake, young farmer,
and two sisters named Swan were
killed by lightning.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
tho week ended on the 4th aggregated
$1,103, 51s,933, against $500, 1888, 1892 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
was 1870.
Rachel Mogstad and Bessie Youngren,
two young Norwegian girls, took their
own lives In Chicago because of pow
erty.
Sidney Randolph, a negro, charged
with the murder of little Sadie Buxton,
was lynched by mob at Rockville, Md.
Whitekouse, a town of 500 inhabitants
II miles south of Toledo, O., was nearly
destroyed by fire.
Arthur E. Smith rode from Chicago to
New York on bicycle in 142 hours and
Is minutes, breaking the record by 4
hours and 81 minutes.
Lena Bissig, IL years old, and Jacob
and John Lee, aged six and five years re-
spectively, were drowned at Rochester.
N. Y, by the upsetting of skih.
A cloudburst at Borden, Ind, swept
away several houses and stores and in
the surrounding country many bridges
and all the crops were destroyed.
Mrs. Robert Young and one child who
lived near Hillsboro, ILL.,, were burned
to death in their home, which was de-
stroyed by fire. Mr.. Young and five
other children escaped.
Near Adairville, KY, II. H. Harmon,
the town marshal, and Dick Younger,
an outlaw. killed each other in duel.
The newly-arranged flag containing
the 45th star, representing Utah, came
into existence on the Fourth.
Solomon Marable was hanged at
Farmville, Va. for the murder of Mrs.
Lucy Jane Pollard June IA, 1898.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
The following congressional nomina-
tons were made. Minnesota, First dis
trict, J. A. Tawney (rep.) renominated:
Second, j. T. McCleary (rep.) renom-
mated; Third, J. P. Heatwole (rep.) re-
nominated. Ohio, Fifth district, D.
Meckison (dem.); Eighth. M. Dunn
(dem.). Illinois, Nineteenth district,
A. ]. Hunter (dem.); Twenty-drst, T..
E. Ford (dem.); Twenty-second, J. J..