The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-09

In fire that destroyed the residence
of John h. Hibbard at Columbus, O., he
ond his wife and two children and Miss
Fay Hibbard and Mrs. Grace Hubbard
Lee. his two sisters, were burned to
death.
Peter Schertz, in the banking and
lumber business at Metamora, ILL.,,
failed for 100000.
In anticipation of the expected bond
issue there was considerable business
in gold in New York ut ~ per cent.
premium.
Four persons were killed, one fatally
injured, four more were missing and 81
received injuries moro or less serious
as the result of an explosion in build
ing in St. Louis. The money loss was
100000.
Fire swept over ten square miles of
valuable territory in Boulder county,
COL, causing loss of over 100000.
The statement of the receipts and ex-
renditures of the United States shows
that during the month of December
the receipts aggregated $26, 2ss,937 and
the expenditures amounted to $25,s14,-
81, leaving surplus for the month OF
$474,62O.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the Sd aggre-
gated 81, O2O, O42 400, against $1,144,92s,-
coz the previous week. The increase,
compared with the corresponding week
in 1895, was "a.
The burning of the Thornton Buggy
company's house at Des Moines, Ia.
caused loss of 100000.
There were 4O3 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Sd, against BIG the week
previous and 1913 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
At Millidgeville, Ky, boy named
Walters, while playing, secured re-
volver and fatally shot his two little
cousins, two girls, aged four and eight,
and then sent ball through his own
head.
The bodies of two more men were
found in the ruins of the explosion in
St. Louis, making q total of six lives
lost.
A Ere that originated in the basement
CT Horton Donilson's furniture store in
Creston, Ia, caused loss of $15o.0O0.
Singer L. Wheeler, wholesale dealers
in drugs at Peoria, ILL.,, failed for $780,
Geo.
Fire destroyed the hammer shop of
the American bridge works in Chicago,
the loss being 100000. Two men were
Totally burned.
Intensely cold weather prevailed in
the northwest, the thermometer rang
ing from IL degrees below zero in Hi
nois and Iowa to "a below in Wisconsin.
A report reached knoxville, Tenn,
that seven men were killed il battle
between moonshiners and officers near
the Tennessee and North Carolina line
Charles C. Hilton. of Chicago, was
appointed by Gov. Altgeld to succeed
Alfred Orendorfr as adjutant general
of Illinois.
Judge Morton decided in the United
States district court at San Francisco
that every Chinese born in the United
States is citizen thereof.
Fifteen persons were injured, some
fatally, in q railway wreck on the Erie
road at Meadville, Pa.
The oath of office required to be taken
by cardinal was administered to Mgr.
Satolli in the private chapel OF the
Catholic legation in Washington.
The Solicitors Loan and Trust COM
pany of Philadelphia made an assign
ment. The assets were 81 1000, 900, LA
! bilities unknown.
L. T. Myers, of Richmond, Va, has
been appointed assistant general SUPER
intendent of the railway mail service.
At Lincoln, Neb., Judge Holmes SEN
fenced George W. Davis to the peniten-
| tiary for life for wrecking a railway
train, whereby IL lives were lost.
President Cleveland signed the proc
lamation on the 4th admitting the ter
ritory of Utah to the family of states.
| The newly-made state comes in with
a republican governor (Heber NJ.
Wells) and republican legislature
During fire at the residence of Mrs.
! L. E. Harvey at Wheaton, ILL.,, A. S.
Grant and Arthur Vernon were killed
| by fallinng chimney.
Commander Lewis Kingsley, of the
training ship Essex, which is lying off
Yorktown, Va, dropped dead on board
! of his vessel.
Secretary Carlisle issued circular
for popular loan, saying that the gov
eminent would sell 500, 100000 30 year
four per cent. coupon or registered
bonds, dated February 1, 1895. for
which purchasers will be required to
pay in gold coin or gold certificates.
The two children of Abraham Leon
| ard were burned to death at Dallas,
Tex. while the parents were at church
The international ladies' six days
bicycle contest for the championship
of the world' began at the Madison
Square garden IN New York. Twenty
six young women started.
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