The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
WEST AND SOUTH.

the top-notch prices of the present bull
campaign when it reached $1.O3h.
In Chicago the Fitzgerald Trunk
comPany's factory was partly burned,
the loss being 100000.
In Detroit pure food associat ton I'M
der the name of 1.-THE National Associa-
ton of State Dairy and Food Depart
ments" was formed with J. F. Black
burn, of Columbus, o., as president.
After electing William Writ Howe, of
New Orleans, president, the National
Bar association completed it's conven-
ton at Cleveland.
Fire destroyed the C. H. Hensehell
factory at Sheboygan, Wis, that manu-
featured supplies for cigar factories,
the loss being 100000.
Floride E. Wilkinson, one of the best
known newspaper women in Ohio, died
suddenly in Toledo.
Business conditions throughout the
country were said to be very gratifying,
with no signs of reaction.
The breaking of scaffold on build
ing at RockIsland, ILL.,, killed w. H. Will
lis and C. j. Schreiner. John Lowe and
Joe Crudup were fatally injured.
In Chicago Henry C. bunker, bar.
Der, fatally shot Mrs. Harriet Storey and
her husband Richard, and then shot
himself, but not seriously. bunker was
in love with the woman, who repealed
his advances.
The death of William Crafty, the
noted abolitionist and director of the
famous underground railroad by which
so many fugitive slaves took safe pas
sage to liberty, occurred at his home in
Marysville, O., aged 90 years.
Advices say that rich strikes of gold
have been made on the American side
in the Yukon valley in Alaska. -.
In Chicago cigarettes have been raised
to double their former price a by the
Cigar and Tobacco Merchants associa-
ton.
Mrs. Cusick and Daniel o 'Rourke were
killed by the cars near Wilton, Wis, and
w. j. Bennett and Bryan Want met a
like fate at Reedsburg, same state.
Two 'aeronauts, Walter Steele and
Leroy Northcott, were fatally injured
at the tristate fair in Toledo, O.
A boar named Klevers Model sold in
Springfield, ILL.,, for $780, the, largest
price ever paid for q hog. ~ 'Ss ~, p
At sElmdale, Kan, cracksmen blew
open the vaults of the Exchange bank
and secured $1,800 in cash. r., I'D.
Fire wiped out the entire south side
of the square at Virginia, ILL.,, the loss
being 100000.
In Galloway county, Kan, eight per
sons were poisoned and seven died by
eating melon stolen from aneighbor's
patch.
i The annual session of the farmers
national congress began in st. Paul. S
The Portland, the treasure steam
ship of the North American Trading
and Transportation company, arrived at
Seattle, Wash, from Alaska with $685.
600 in gold dust on board. Her passen-
gers confirm the marvellous reports of
gold discoveries, but warn people from
making the trip until spring.
Mrs. William z. Hutchin, Of Flint,
Mich. wilhelm demented condition,
chloroformed her fve-year-old daugh-
ter, probably fatally
A violent storm struck Laurelwood
park near Batavia, H., where picnic
was in progress, and Mrs. Kate Brown,
was killed and II other persons we're
injured. All were from Chicago.
A. u Hachenberger rode 100 miles,
unpaced, on q bicycle. at Denver in S
hours and Is minutes, establishing q
new world record. 5s8
The president was given a recep-
ton in Cleveland by the Tippecanoe
club. # 81 s53a
Engineer Rafferty, was fatally In
jured and many other persons were
badly hurt in wreck on the Chicago
= Alton road near Alton. III.