The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-01-28

william w. sticlney, one Of tho orig.
inal 49ers, died at his homo in Boston,
aged "a years.
Tho Cuban League Of tho United
States is organizing q branch league in
every town or city in this country Of
5000 or more inhabitants.
Miss Sophronia Breckenridge, daugh-
ter of Col. w. C. p. Breckenridge, has
heen admitted to the bar at Frankfort,
KY, by the court of appeals.
There were 400 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the ED, against 453 the week
previous and 373 in the corresponding
period of 1896. '~-~ .,'''
In fight at Shreveport, La, Rainey
E. Carter and S. H. Murphy, prominent
men, killed each other.
"Ben," horse owned by the late B..
G. Clarke, and the oldest carriage horse
in New Jersey. died at Elberon. aged AZ
years.
Four men who attempted to rob 4
bank in New York were captured, tried
and sentenced to ten years each in
prison, all in less than SO hours.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 22d aggregated ST.
042, 412, $50, against $1,O47, 100000 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1906
was SO.
The Tennessee legislature has passed
a bill to prohibit the sale Of cigarettes
or cigarette paper in the state.
The legislatures Of Indiana and Ne
braska have taken steps toward abolish
ing the game of football in those states.
Matthias Settler died ut Decatur, Ind,
after fasting, it is said. for eight
months.
The Jail at Jefersonville, Ca, was
broken open by masked men and two
negroes, William White and Charles
Forsythe, implicated in the murder of
Mrs. Rowland at Adams Park, were
taken out and hanged.
The village of Atingo Junction. o.,
was nearly wiped out by fire.
The Indiana Republican State Edi-
tcrial association in annual session in
Indianapolis elected as president James
A. Kemp. OF Salem.
1t was decided at q cabinet meeting
in Washington to begin foreclosure pro-
ceedings against the Pacific railroads
at once.
Pierce Taylor. young negro who at
tempted an assault upon Miss Emma
Apthorp. was taken from the Jail at
Tallahassee, Fla. by mob and hanged
to a tree.
Greenlee Bros. & Co.'s foundry in Chi
cago was destroyed by fire, the loss be-
ing 100000.
a schoolhouse built of sod near Perry.
q. T., collapsed and Is school children
were injured. several fatally.
In an accident on the Pittsburgh &
Western railway near Clarion, Pa,
Engineer Moriarity. Fireman Beatty
and Mail Clerk Copely were killed.
The house of William Croyle, Of Bed
ford, Pa, was destroyed by fire and Mrs.
Croyle and two children were burned to
death.
The Upland bank at Upland. Ind,
went out of business. It's officials an
nounced that it would pay depositors
in full.
Samuel Kirby. aged IS, and his wife.
aged so, were murdered at their home
near French Lick. Ind. by unknown
persons.
Fire at Sandusky, O., destroyed six
business houses, the loss being 500, 900.
The Farmers and Merchants bank at
Excelsior Springs, Mo-, closed its doors
with liabilities of $4,000.
The most widespread cold wave in
years was reported from all sections.
In the northwest the temperature
ranged from IS to 30 degrees below zero.
In the east thes ;same conditions pre-
vailed, and low temperatures were re-
ported from points as far south as Gen.
trail Texas and northern Louisiana.
The residence of Charles ]. Barnes
was burned in Chicago, the loss being
100000.
At the close of the six-day female BIZ
cycle race in Indianapolis the score
stood: Anderson, 246 miles laps:
Farnsworth, 24e miles w laps:: Allen.
24s miles 6 laps: Baldwin and Chris
topher. 246 miles 2 laps.
Manly p. Ramos & Co., the oldest and
best known piano and organ dealers
in Richmond, Va, made an assignment.
Tho visible supply OF grain in the
United States on: the 18th was:
Wheat, 52.459 900 bushels: corn. 1922
600 bushels; onts.- 1861 900 bushels:
rye. 3,443.000 bushels: barley. 3.s77. 900
bushels.
Mrs. Sarah Dick, the only female no
tional bank cashier in the United States,
was for the twenty-fourth consecutive
time chosen to that position in the
First national bank of Huntington, Ind.
The First national bank Of Newport,
Ky, closed its doors with liabilities of
100000.
N. Coffinberry. a banker at Garrett.
Ind, charged with forgery and en-
bezzlement, fell dead from heart dis
ease as the sheriff was about to arrest
him.
Fire destroyed the business portion
of the village of Sta1fordville. Conn.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.