The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-23

previous and PAL in the corresponding
period of 1895.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses In the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
$?S4,33s,7G4, against $926,22O,:55 the
previous week. The increase, conf
pared with the corresponding week in
1895, was Sc.
1t has been decided to change the
place of burial of Secretary Gresham
from Oakwoods cemetery in Chicago to
Arlington at the national capital.
A rainstorm in Vernon county, Wis.,,
swept away many barns and granaries'
and a large number of cattle, hogs and
sheep were drowned. The entire viii
lage of Odanah was under water AMI
great damage was done.
Andrew Olson and his wife were fc-
tally injured by lightning at Wallace.
Mich, and their two little children were
killed.
Josephine and Edward Courmatine.
Lena and Annie Dubois and Rosie Bon
MEN GALL children) were burned to
death in q tenement-house fire at Tur-
ner Falls. Mass.
Fruit in the orchards of the centra:
part of California was severely dam
aged by frost.
Joseph Daugherty shot his wife, aged
20 years, and then shot himself at LitZ.
Pa. No reason was known.
James H. Eckels, comptroller OF the
currency, addressed an audience OF
1000 Cincinnati business men on the
financial question from the gold stand
ard point of view.
A counterfeit ten-ccnt silver piece
was discovered at the treasury in Wash
ington.
Four men working in the slope of the
Eddy Creek colliery near Olyphant, Pa,
were instantly killed by the ground cav
ing in.
The works of the Dauntless Bicycle
company and Baker Brothers machine
factory were burned at Toledo, o., the
total loss being 100000.
By an explosion in the Broadwater
mine at Niehart, Mont. seven men lost
their lives and six others were seriously
hurt.
Two tiremen were killed and several
others seriously injured by fire which
destroyed the old depot of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company in Philadel-
phia. Loss, 100000.
Startling Savage was taken from his
bed at Irving College, Tenn, by mob
of "moonshiners" and hanged. He was
suspected of being a ''spotter" for the
United States revenue officers.
Cloudbursts in various parts of Wis
consin washed away bridges and cnf-
verts, lightning struck many buildings
and heavy damage followed, and IS cows
and four horses were burned to death in
Brighton.
The supreme tribunal of the Knights
of Pythias in session at Denver decided
that the law excluding gamblers and
drunkards from the order did not affect
those who were members of the order
before the law was rassed.
The national encampment of the uni
formed rank of the knights of PytEias
will be held. in Cleveland August "a TO
81.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 10th were as follows:
Washington. .6G7; Pittsburgh, .667;
I:rooklyn. .667; Cleveland. .667: Phila-
d!elphia, .667; St. Louis, 500: Chicago,
500; New York, 1888; Boston, 1913; Bal
timore,- 1888; Louisville. $50.
The Conway Cabinet company made
an assignment in Milwaukee with liza
hjlities of $4,000.
The fishing schooner J. w. Campbell
of Gloucester, Mass. went down in 4
squat on Long Island sound and nine
of the ablest sailors from that port
lost their lives.
Powell & Hollingsworth's tobacco fac
tory and IL residences were burned at
Princeton. Ky.
The river front at Evansville, Ind,
was swept by fire, the loss being $780,
Geo.
Albert Somcrvillc, in a tit of jealousy
shot and killed his cousin, Ella Somer'
Vile, a daughter of Judge II. L. Somer.
Vile, of Richmond. Tex. and then at
| tempted suicide, but made only slight
wound.
Samuel Drew left his wife near Han.
nibal, Mo-, and eloped with Mrs. Otto
Oatman and her two children during
the absence of Mr.. Oatman. On their
way down the river their boat upset
and the four were drowned.
oepeoNnI AND poi ,TlcAL.