The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-10-15

y The exchanges ut theleading clearing,
houses IN the United States during the
weed ended on tho 9th aggregated
81 .o5s, ~. 4ss. against sso4.27l 40 the
week. The decreasc compared
with the corresponding week IN 1875
is so. a. 81. 40
Burglarz entersdthe bank atBrainard,
MINI, and demolished the vault with
but failed to secure any
~
There were 200 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the eth, against BIS the week
previous and 26s in the corresponding
period Of 1895. ~
The National Association Of Ite
in session in Washington
as president E. w. Christie. Of
o. tx
: In celebration of the twenty-tifth Nh
Of the great Chicago fire near-
ly' 10000 citizens marched on the 9th
in the business mems "sound money"
parade IN that city. In the eveningthe
advocates ofefree silver to the number
of about 10000 paraded the streets. w.
John Lunn, wholesale grain desierlin
Philadelphia, failed for 100000.
All kite-hying records were broken
at. the Blue Hill observatory near Bos-
ton, where nine kites went to the height
of 9,ass feetSAbove the sea level s
The MinnesotaS conference Of ssthe
Methodist Episcopal church in session
ut Austin Voted Fin favor " admitting
women az delegates to the general con-
ference.
" Burglars robbed every store and shop
at Atwater, O.
Albert Bray,naged 80, a farmer living
near, Noblesville, Ind, cut the throatsof
his wife, his g. year-old son, Carl, h1s2.
year-old daughter. Edna, and then killed
himself. No cause is known for the
deed. .
Mira. Henry Grundy, 1 rich widow aged
so, died 1t * pungstown, o., as the re-
suit Of starvation. Her husband re-
Gently died and she afterward refused
all food.
a A man entered the bank at Hardie,
Ia, covered the, cashier with q revolver
and escaped with $500.
The Jasper county Jail at Paulding,
Afiss.,sswaG burned and two prisoners,
E.sA. sStricklandan and Mollie Daniels
negro woman. were cremated.
George. Sanders, fatally assaulted
withsa club piano tuner namedF Fisher
at La Grange, Ind, and then hanged
himself to q rafter in deserted house.
Corning, Ia, was visited by . fire
which destroyed one-third of the BUSH
ness houses. the loss being 100000.
DR.. Andrew j. Purdy, aged so, pas
tor Of tho Asbury Methodist church in
Buffalo, dropped dead on the street at
Corning, N. Y.
For splitting in his sons face Temple
Houston shot and fatally wounded J..
B. Jenkins at Woodward. o. T.
Fred Pratt, the companion of John
d. Sair in the bank robbery and double
murder 1t Sherburne, Minn., was ar
rested at Albert Lea, in that state.
James Anderson and Henry Cyat,
both cologed, were shot t.. death by 9
mob near Taylor's Ferry. Ala. They
were accused of having murdered and
robbed Randolph Falls, = farmer. '4
"A hurricane caused immense damage
to property on$the New England coast
and the loss of several lives. 5,f FL u i
At Garfield park, Chicago, James Mi
chael, the Weichman. clipped lsseoonds
of the American ive-mile bicycle rec
ord His time for the distance was
9:20. % >'s 49, VI
Mrs. G. Walsdorfer, of Leo o., was
playing with her baby, when the child
struck it's mother in the eyes with it's
finger nails, rendering her hopelessly
blind. =.
The Security Trust company, q
banking concern at Nashua, N. a., failed
for 100000. ,1y
d" Charles Hadworth and Henry Welsh
We're executed at Wewoka, o. T., for
murder.
The exports of specie from the port
of New York for the week ended on the
10th amounted toE$1 ,O0O3i gold and
1878, 74O in silver The imports were:
Gold, $2,213,2e6; silver, ISL, 907.
Prof. J. A. Blaisdell, aged 60 years,
of ,Beloit college, committed suicide at
Kenosha, Wis. Sickness was the cause.
Snow fell in portions of Nebraska
with temperature of only ten degrees
above zero.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
William D. Bloxham was elected gov
ernor Of Florida by the democrats by