The Worthington advance., 1896-12-10

The Imperial Grand Opera company,
under tho charge Of Col. Mapleson, was
stranded in Boston for lack of funds.
Charles Wittcr, of Winthrop, Minn.,
while undergoing the ceremony OF ini-
tiation into the Mystic Shrine at the
Masonic temple in Minneapolis, fell
dead.
Passengers who arrived in Key West,
Fla. from Havana reported that Wey-
!er's campaign in Pinar del Rio so far
had been q complete failure.
President Cleveland issued q procla-
nation reimposing tonnage and light
house duties upon German ships enter
ing the United States because Of fruit
less effort to induce Germany to no
longer impose such taxes upon Amcri-
can ships, and the action is in the nature
of retaliation.
The National w. C. T. q. sent a letter
to President-elect Mckinley asking him
to Danish wine from the white house.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 4th aggregated
81, ,2S5, ,4s5, ,s04, against $935,953,113 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
is 40.
The Cunard steamer Servia broke the
record from Europe to Boston, making
the run from Daunt's Rock in days,
IA hours and 8 minutes.
There were 370 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 4th, against 300 the week
previous and 324 in the corresponding
period of 1898.
East Corinth, a town of 500 popula-
destroyed by fire.
The report of R. E. Preston, director
of the mint, shows that during the past
fiscal year the total coinage was $71,-
ss,52s. He states that the silver coins
are being connterfeited, exactly sim,la:
to the genuine in size, weight and de-
vices, aud some cannot be distinguished
from the genuine. even by experts.
The town of Flippcn, KY, was almost
wiped out by fire.
A FIRE that began in the Baptist
church at Weston, Mo-. destroyed the
best portion of the village.
Dynamite Dick, the notorious Okla
homa outlaw over whose head hangs
o reward of $4,000, was killed in fight
with deputy sheriffs near Newkirk.
The annual report of Secretary OF the
Interior Francis shows that the total
number of acres disposed of up to June
80 last was 46,OOO,00O, leaving public
domain still vacant estimated at over
600, 900 900, not including the district
of Alaska, with an area Of over 800 ,OO0,-
COO acres.
One hundred families, numbering be-
tween 500 and 600 persons, were pois-
oned in Milwaukee by eating bread in
which arsenic had been mixed and a
large number Of the cases were con-
sidered serious.
Supervising Inspector General Du-
mont. of the steamboat inspection
service, in his annual report says that
60O, 100000 passengers were carried OH
steom vessels during the year and that
221 lives were lost, q decrease from the
previous year Of 173.
Arthur Palmer, of Montezuma, O..
and E. L. Godfrey, OF Emlenton, Pa.
both oil men, were drowned at st.
Mary's, o.
Fred Behme was executed in Nc
Leansboro, ILL.,, for the murder of his
wife and child on Easter Sunday last.
The battle ship Texas. which cost
the government $4,125,O 900, is said to be
complete failure.
w. E. Dupree, dealer in hardware and
agricultural implements at Waco, Tex,
failed for S25o.000.
An international six-day bicycle race
with % starters began in Madison
Square garden, New York.
Twenty-one store buildings and five
dwellings, were burned at Shaw, Miss,
entailing a loss of 100000.
The secretary of the navy, Hilary A.
Herbert, in his annual report warns the
country of the insufticiency of its navy
for the requirements of war. There are
AZ vessels in commission, and s.l65 en-
listed men. apd 1878 apprentices in the
navy. The department expending dur
ing the year $13,OO2,6 ,625.
The lumber schooner Nathan F. Cobb,
of Rockland, Me-, was wrecked on the
Florida coast and three men were
drowned.
An earthquake shock was distinctly
felt at Smith Lake, MINI.
A head-end collision between two
freights on the Southern Pacific road
near Waelder, Tex, resulted in the
death of two engineers, two fremen
and a brakeman.
In navigating the great lakes during
the season now closing 62 lives were
lost. Compared with previous years
this list is much below the average.
At Hartford, Conn.,, William Bourke,
years old; Josie Bourke. II years old;
Daniel Ryan, 6 years old, and Martin
Burns. 10 years old, were drowned while
skating.
A mob of farmers broke into the coun-
ty Jail at Lexington, Mo-, secured Jesse
Winner and James Nelson, held for the
murder of Mrs. Winner and her two
babies, and lynched them.
Blanche Bishop and Ella and John
Alpha were drowned at Hawley, Pa,
while skating.