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

Hunters on private shooting grounds
near Crown Point, Ind, were fired into
by O Waterman and Theodore Profit,
Frank kosti, Alvin Boutwell, and Cha rles
P,ott were fatally wounded.
The third session of the Fourteenth
parliament OF the Victorian era opened
in London by royal commission with the
usual formality.
s. E. Carothers, aged So, proprietor
OF the National hotel at NcKeesport,
Pr, was found drowned in q shallow
we'll.
Fred A. Kueh, OF Arlington, 8. D..
freshman at the University Of Wiscon-
sin in Madison, was drowned while ice
boating on Lake Mendoza.
Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, u. D.. was in
stalled as rector of the Catholic Univer-
xity of America in Washington.
North and east Texas had their first
snow OF the present winter and the fall
was the heaviest for years.
The Germanla Safety Vault g. Trust
company of Louisville. Ky failed for
100000.
John Hoch was executed by electrici-
ty in the state prison at Auburn, N. Y,
for the murder on July 10, 1895, Of Min
ME lngersoli. l6 years OF age. at Chapel
Hill.
The extra session of the Iowa legiala-
ture convened in les. Moines. Gov.
Drake in his message calls attention to
the code revision and touches on the
financial condition of the state.
Charles T.. Moody, wholesale grocer
in Boston. suffered loss of $125,OO0 by
fire.
+: In San Francisco the Golden Rule
bazar, owned by Davis Bros, failed for
$250.Oo0.
Gus Williams, John johnson and
Archie Joiner were lynched by mob
OF Amite City. La, for the murder of tho
Cotton family. five in number.
The Youths Temple of Honor, an in
surance organization in Minneapolis,
failed for 100000.
John Dacey. aged 20, and Benjamin s.
, Dryman. aged "a, fought duel over a
girl near Cynthiana. KY. and both were
killed.
The entire west side Of the public
square at Waxahachie, Tex, was burned.
the loss being 100000.
The trump" legislature of Delaware
adjourned sine die after issuing mapi-
festo declaring that the rights of the
people are continually denied in Dela-
ware.
j Charles r. Rumsey, boot and shoe
manufacturer at Lynn. Mass, failed for
100000.
y Some one made an attempt to wreck
~ Santa Fe passenger train near Ster-
ling, Kan. by placing ties on the track,
but fortunately no damage was done.
The Texas legislature has passed
bill prohibiting Sunday baseball play
ing in the state.
The German savings bank of Des
Moines, Ia, closed it's doors with la
bilities of $554,OOO.
A Southern railway express train was
Il held up ut Bankston, Ala, by three
masked men and robbed.
b Robert &. Ingersoll has given up the
practice of law in New York and here
utter will devote his time entirely to the
lecture platform.
The schooner Nahum Chaplin. Of Rock
land, Me-. was wrecked near Quogues
+ j. l., and the crew of nine men persisted
ia sight of hundreds Of people gathered
on the shore, who were powerless to
render any assistance.
@ Gov. Leedy, of Kansas. has pardonetl
III. C. Wilmoth. who was serving ten
months sentence for bigamy. Wilnoth
I has wives in II cities. !. '--
Prof. John u. Dow, formerly o men,
her Of the faculty of the University Of
Wisconsin. committed suicide in Madi-
son. .,s 81. .. 3.:+
Alfred j.. Baker and jefferson Foster
we're drowned at Cristield. Md. BY the
uneetting Of Il boat. .al g.
The Nevada legislat ORE 1S0nvened III,
saighteenth session q Carson.