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

Inc president OF the Portland (Ore.
chamber of commerce asks the govern
ment to transport supplies to Yukon
miners to prevent starvation.
In Dubuque, Ia, ex-Mayor Olinger
and eight former eouncilmen were in
dicted for voting themselves an increase
in salary.
In Chicago the fifteenth Baptist con-
gress will be held in Emmanuel Baptist
church, November 16 and IS.
In Missouri the corn crop this year
will be 167,5o0,000 bushels against 2OO,-
100000 bushels for 1896.
= On the 22d inst. Capt. Lowering will be
tried by court-martial at Fort Sheridan.
ILL.,, on the charge of cruelty to Private
Hammond.
Cuban residents of Key West, Fla,
made a great demonstration against
the acceptance of autonomy from Spain.
At Charlotte, N. c., A. J. Baldwin
went mile on bicycle in two minutes,
breaking the worlds record.
In Iowa the unofficial vote for gov
ernor is: Shaw (rep), 224,555; White
(dem.), 1e3,5e7; Lloyd, populist, $3.50;
Cligget, gold democrat, 5,434; Leland,
prohibitionist, 1862. shaw's plurality,
3O,9SS.
In Maryland an official count of the
ballots cast gives the republicans ma
jority on joint ballot in the legisla ture
of II and a republican will succeed Ar
thur p. German in the United States
senate.
Apoplexy caused the death of D. w.
Bunker, of Galesburg, ILL.,. junior COM
mander of the Illinois G. A. R.
Later advices from the Ohio election
say that the republicans will have a
majority of five on joint ballot in the
legislature.
John Mcintosh killed Frank Pott-
myer, the proprietor, in a saloon fight
at Logansport. Ind, and wounded Will
liam and Edward and Louise Pottmyer.
Severe shocks of earthquake were
felt the entire distance from Silver Bow.
to Monida, Mont
At Grand Encampanent, Wyo., gold
was found in great quantities that as
sayed $1,000 per ton.
o. On the Menominee range the most
important iron ore discovery in several
years has been made few miles east
of Crystal Falls, Mich.
In Indianapolis Elijah Mendenhall
and his wife, Mary Angeline Menden-
hall, who had lived together for Sc
years, we're buried in the same coffin.
: At .Wheatland, Mo-, James Allen, a
school-teacher, attacked by students
whom he had punished, died of his in
juries.s III
A measure was defeated by the
Georgia senate which, if passed, would
have made Georgia prohibition state.
: Mrs. Amelia Stewart, 101 years of age,
was found dead at her home in Mar
tinsville. Ind. &C. - .,s:' :'~2..,,'o.e
Fort San Carlos near Barrancos, Fla,
is to be restored and fortified.
@ In San Francisco Mrs. Rudolph Yves
sells, and her five-year-old son, Rudolph,
lost their lives by the explosion Of a
lamp at their home. qrs.,., &
At Ardmore, I. T., Charles Reinard
cut the throat of his sweetheart, Miss
May Reese. and then cut his own throat.
RS While deranged Ralph Van Horn, a
farmer living near Unadilla, Neb., shot
and killed his fve-year-old son and then
committed suicide.
An incendiary fire destroyed the
Hotel San Marco, one of the finest hotel
properties in st. Augustine, Fla. en-
failing a loss of $25O,0oo. 4
At Fulton, Mich, Charles Pinkerton,
under sentence of life Imprisonment for
the murder Of his nephew and son-in-
law, Charles Pinkerton, Jr., cut his
throat in the county jail.
In football games in Chicago six per
sons were injured, Bert Richie and
Robert Grange probably fatally.