The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-18
DOMESTIC.

Over IL, 900 children carried the Amer
lean flag in the parade at Cincinnati
that opened the golden jubilee COM
memorating the 5Oth anniversary of the
ordination of Archbishop Elder as
priest.
1t was said that C. W. Fairbanks. of
indianapolis. would be made temporary
chairman of the national republican
convention at St. Louis, and that John
N. Thurston. OF Nebraska. would be per-
manent chairman.
The family, six in nu1nber. of Thomas
Thomas, of Fayette county, Ind, were
dying from the effects of eating Ice
cream in which it was thought poison
had been placed.
Lake City, mountain village in Cali
fornia, was nearly destroyed by wa
terspout. No lives were lost.
Secretary Carlisle in his reply to the
subcommittee of the senate finance COM
mittee charged with the investigation
of the sale of United States bonds dur
ing the years 1894, 1895 and 1896 says
that foreign investors became uneasy
regarding our ability to pay in gold and
bonds were necessary to maintain our
credit.
BY the fall of balcony at Ottawa,
Kan, so persons were injured, some
probably fatally.
i w. w. Hamilton rode mile on the
race track at Denver in 1850, breaking
all previous bicycle records.
A mob of 300 men took from the Jail
at Bryan, Tex, Louis Whitehead and
George I. Johnson, who assaulted DR..
Wilson'S daughter, and Jim. Reddick,
who assaulted an Italian woman, aad
burned them to death.
Fire destroyed the saloon of Joseph
Homan at Whiting, Ind. and his wife
and two children persisted in the flames.
The town of Wyeth City. Ala. con-
tanning 200 inhabitants, was swept away
by cyclone and two persons were killed
and Is wounded, six Of the latter
fatally.
One hundred and eighty cans Of dyna-
mite exploded about mile below Lilly,
Pa. and one man was killed and six ia
tally injured.
Sevenry-three young men graduated
from the military academy at West
Point, N. Y.
The 18th annual national convention
of state boards of health met in Chicago.
Jonn Wolter shot md FATALLY wound
ed his two young stepfaughters in
Chicago because they refused to buy
beer for him.
A cyclope nearly destroyed the vii
lage Of Topaz, Mexico, and IL persons
were killed and many others were in
jured.
T. Sylvester Ryan, 20 years Of age, his
brother Albert, aged "a, and Patrick
. Schigh, aged 10 years, were drowned at
Logan's Ferry, Pa.
Thomas White fatally shot his sweet
heart, Bertha McKelvey, at Chillicothe,
o.. and then killed himself Jealousy
was the cause.
Y Being charged with forgery c. M.
Benson, judge of probate of Polk coun-
ty, committed suicide at Grand Forks,
n. ID.
On the race track in St. Louis Free
Advice clipped half a second off the
worlds record for seven and one-half
furlongs, making the distance in 1:3312.
The r.. Douglas Crockery company ut
st. Joseph. Mo-, failed for 100000.
Frank Jahrenski, aged nine years;
Reuben 8. Woodwork, aged four. and
Max ferag, aged IL, were drowned i'll
Milwaukee while boating.
Fire destroyed the building of the
American horse exchange in New York
and over 1925 ~hQFse4 were burned to
death, the loss Being 100000. -
on July all the whisky distillrries in
Kentucky will close until January !.