The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-03-05

There will be no more days of grace In
Ohio, the governor having signed the
law.
At q meeting of the New York Yacht
club Lord Dunraven was expelled from
membership in the club by vote of 80
to /.
Moritz Tirky, wealthy farmer resid-
| ing near Blue Earth City. Mimi. muir
dered his wife and committed suicide.
No cause was known.
Judge Grosscup refused to modify
the sentence in the case of Joseph Dun
lop, of Chicago, convicted of sending
improper matter through the mails.
and the two years imprisonment in n
penitentiary and the fine of $4,000 will
stand.
A gasoline stove explosion at Eureka,
s. D., caused the destruction of Frank
Il. Puckett's house and killed Mrs.
Iuckett and two children.
Twenty-one thousand acres OF land
in O'Brien county, Ia, recovered from q
railway, were thrown open to settle
ment.
Charles L. Colby, of New York. aged
| 60, and formerly president of the Wis
l,consin Central Railroad company,
dropped dead at Newton, Mass.
There were 21S business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended ON the 2sth, against ESQ the
week previous and $50 in the CORE
spending period of 1895.
John Nelson was hanged at Palmyra,
Mo-, for the murder of John Zull and his
old mother in August, 1893.
a gallery in the casino ut Fall River.
Mass. collapsed during II pole game
| and 80 persons were injured. Narcissus
Maynard, an old r1an. died soon after.
and seven Others were thought to be To-
!! tally hurt.
A boiler in the establishment OF W.
H. Overholt at Frankfort. W. Va. t.x-
| ploded, instantly killing Samuel Live
say, kell Livesay, Woodson Ransberger.
Clowney Fersmner and MIR. Dunbar aud
injuring six others.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 2sth ag-
gregated $ol3,6c2, 465, against $l,os2.-
244,54S the previous week. The in
crease, compared with the correspond
ing week in 1895, was 1875.
Pruitt Turner (colored) was hanged
at Van Buren,, Ark. for the murder OF
Robert Hawkins February II, 1895.
Advices from Washington say that
! horseless mail wagons will soon Ike used
in all the large cities of the United
States.
A. China Springs, Tex. julien Evans
and Henry Wilson, farmers, WHO had
long nursed feud. fought with rifles
and beth were killed.
Two children of Howard Allen, near
SHANGHAI, Ind, were roasted to death in
their home y here they had been lett
aloha
In The Iowa legislature the horse de-
featcd the woman suffrage bill.
Je>.ousy, prompted by his in.agina-
| ton that his fiance was untrue to him,
led Edward Peters, Chicago printer
| 10 years old, to shoot and kill Flo"a Lar
big, aged II, and then to end his own
life =. sending bullet into his Train.
The Wisconsin legislature in extra
session passed a new superintendent
bill ard adjourned sine die. Tie gov
ernor signed the measure.
Fred Struenkei and two If his chill
dren were asphyxiate'i by coal gas in
their home near Crete, ILL.,. and airs.
| S:truenkel and four other children we're
| dying from the same cause.
Alexander Rhimcs. of Niles, Mich,
made application in an Indiana court
for his ninth divorce. Rhir,es, who is
how Is years old. began his n,atri-
lnonial career March ~, 1876.
The Eek Lumber company of Tole'io.
! O., doing an extensive business in Ohio,
Indiana and Michigan. failed for $780,
coo.
Thomas Jones, n widower with five
children, angered because Mrs. Annie
Muzz, of Denver, would not marry him.
shot her fatally and killed himself.
\ heavy rain caused floods in portions
of New England. the losses beng esti-
mated at $2,oo0,000.
\ The slaughter house and packing es-
tablishment of Hasley e. Reef was
burned at Ogden, Utah, the loss being
100000.
Editor Mcbride, whose Office at
Mitchell, S. d., was wrecked by citi-
zens, has commenced suit against 4S
! residents of Mitchell. damages being
placed at $25, 600.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad COM
pany, one of the Oldest and most ex-
tensive transportation systems III the
United States, went into the hands of
receivers.
| Paul Frances and Gilbert Frances
were taken from Jail at Convent, La,
and lynched by mob for attempting
| to rob u store.
Darlington Booth was said to oc max.
ing plans for an independent American
Salvation Army, Of which he aud his
wife will be the leaders.
Thomas and James Casey, brothers,
aged 80 and % years, were killed by a
premature blast in the lead mines ut
Adams, Wis.
Melville Kennedy (colored) was
lynched by a mob at Windsor, S. C., for
alleged assault "n young woman.
Michael kraemer shot and killed his
mother in Long Island City. N. Y, md
then killed himself. No cause was