The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-02-11

Col. Robert =. Crofton, Fifteenth in
fantry, has been arbitrarily relieved by
order Of the president. -. "a
Edward j., Ivory, who was arrested
on charge Of completely in dynamite
conspiracy in England, arrived in New
York. :. XXI ..,, ..--.. > 81
The First national bank of Griswold,
a., suspended with liabilities of $50 900.
The national good roads congress in
session at Orlando, Fla, effected per-
manent organization, and Gen. Roy
Stone, of Washington, was elected pres
ident. =. >
Mas & Schwarz, cotton factors at
Selma, Ala, failed for 100000.
There were 311 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 5th, against 331 the week
previous and 1923 in the corresponding
period of 1896. ~.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 9Th aggregated
$1,O47, 1o9,7 66, against 1851, 245,22s the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 40.
The president sent to congress the
complete report Of the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition commission.
The First national bank of Franklin,
O., suspended with liabilities of $75 900.
The Northwestern national bank at
Great Falls, Mont, closed its doors with
liabilities of $7oo,ooo: assets, $75o, 600.
John X. Gowdy, chairman of the In
diana republican state committee, an
nounces that he has been appointed and
has accepted the post of consul general
to Paris.
Joe Richie and John Thomas, stone
masons, were killed in a premature
dynamite explosion at Frankfort, Ky.
Anderson Parker, farmer of Rock
Castle county, Ky, in drunken rage
struck his wife and fractured her skull
with club. He then shot his son
through the wrist, when the boy Sc
cured a revolver and killed his father.
Cashier C. E. BREEDER, of the First ma
tional bank of Bethlehem, Pa, was said
to be defaulter to the extent of SIS, 600.
Thirty thousand people in the towns
east of Shreveport. La, are said to be in
a starving condition.
Charles Radbourne, the famous base
ball pitcher, so long identified with the
National League clubs of Providence
and Boston. died in Bloomington, Ill.,,
aged 43 years.
A revival of industry is beginning in
the Monongahela (Pa.) valley, over 1000
men having been given work in the past
week.
In a collision between freight trains
on the Louisville & Nashville railroad
near Montgomery. Ala, Sink Kirkland,
engineer, and Brakeman Weller were
killed and the fireman fatally hurt.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
at Bengles and Chase's stations in
| Maryland and also at Baltimore.
After a quarrel with her husband the
wife of Robert Cort, a well-to-do rancher
living near Big Timber, Mont, drowned
her three children and herself.
large portion of the business part
of Sherlock, Ia, was destroyed by fire.
Judge Goff,, Of West Virginia, has, it
is said, declined cabinet appointment
because of his wife's poor health.
John Hardisty and Miss Cora Akers
were killed by the cars near Caliente,
CAL, while gathering wild flowers.
The president has signed an order re-
ducing the number of pension agencies
| in the United States from 10 to9.
I In a freight train wreck near Tolono,
ILL.,, 80 fine horses were killed and five
cars of merchandise destroyed.
The New York Central's four-track
| steel drawbridge over the Harlem river
in New York, the largest bridge of the
kind in the world, has been completed.
It cost over 5000, 00o, land work was be-
gun on it September 1, 1895.