The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-12-02
WEST AND SOUTH.

Iowa's encouragement says that all
the banks in the state having less than
five stockholders must reorganize at
once.
In car on the Illinois Central road
steam heater exploded near De Koven,
ky, and many persons were injured.
John Anamasin while drunk killed
his wife and another Indian named Pc
terson on the Fond du Lac Indian res
ervation in Minnesota.
In Chicago in football games Thanks
giving day the University of Chicago de-
feated University of Michigan, the Chi
cago Athletic association defeated the
New Jersey association, and the Uni
versity of Wisconsin defeated the North
western Only university team. In Phil
adelphia the University of Pennsylvania
defeated Cornell, of Ithaca, N. Y.
Kate and Mary Seaman were drowned
near Middletown, O., as the result of
runaway.
In storage warehouse at Pensacola,
Fla, an incendiary fire caused a loss of
100000.
I At the age of sc years Rev. Miner Ray
mond, D. D.. one of the most distin-
guished preachers and teachers of the
Methodist church, died in Evanston. III.
In the Wilmington Qll.) coal field
the 5000 miners resumed work, ending
the big strike.
A mob took Hicks Price. a negro
charged with criminal assault, from the
Jail at Starks, Fla, and hanged him.
Miss Jennie Sheress and Miss Louise
Lasalle, each II years of age, were
drowned at Duluth, MIMI, while skat-
ing.
The towns of Chesterfield, DaBeville
and the Indiana spiritualists' camp in
Indiana were wrecked by the explosion
of 60 quarts of nitroglycerin.
On the Chicago board of trade De-
cember wheat sold at one dollar.
The Chinese merchants of San Fran
cisco have combined to suppress the
murderous highlander societies.
Wages of the $4,000 employees of the
Missouri Pacific railway have been in
creased ten per cent.
The fusionist republicans elected to
the Ohio legislature have decided to
vote for the republican caucus nominee.
which will make the legislature stand
80 republicans to IS democrats on joint
ballot for senator.
Jacob Hitler and wife. of Elkton,
Mich, celebrated their eighty-eighth
wedding anniversary. The husband is
108 years old and the wife 107.~
"A Baptist association was organized
at Rainey Mountain, o. T., consisting
| Of four church organizations composed
wholly of Indians.
With % passengers from Dawson
City whose money possessions amount
to $1,200,ooo in drafts and gold dust.
the steamship City of Seattle arrived
in Seattle, Wash, from Alaska. They
reported that fear of famine amounting
to panic prevailed in the Klondike gold
fields.
Lynchers burned to death Nathan
Willis -(colored), charged with the
murder of a white man near Town
Creek. N. C.
Uncle Sans revenue cutter Bear
sailed from Seattle. Wash, to aid the
whaling fleet imprisoned in the ice in
the Arctic ocean on the northern shore
Of Alaska.
In Nebraska the products from beets
this season will be nearly $4,000, 900
pounds Of sugar. -.
At the age of so years Col. John
Laing, a noted engineer of England
and America, died at his home in Balti-
more, Md. ~
In San Francisco counterfeit dollars
better in the quality Of silver they con-
tain than those turned out by Uncle
Sans mint are in circulation.
Anticipating the opening Of the new
lands to settlement, hundreds Of per
/ sons are arriving IN Oklahoma, &