The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-12
WEST AND SOUTH.


of the confederate army, Edmund Kir-
by Smith, was unveiled at the Univers-
ity of the South at Sewanee. Tenn.
Peter Bons, charged with criminally
assaulting and numbering Pearl Morri-
SON at Crystal Falls, Mich, has made a
complete confession, acknowledging
that he assaulted the girl and then
strangled her to death. =
J. w. Hollyday, of Ohio, was appoint
cd chief clerk of the railway mail serv-
ice and succeeds Alexander Grant, Of
Michigan.
An express train on the Union Pacific
road made the remarkable run of 955
miles, from Evanston, Wyo., to Omaha,
Neb., in "a hours, the fastest time on
record.
H. A. Rucker, the negro recently ap-
pointed collector of internal revenue
for the district of Georgia, took the
oath and assumed charge of the Office.
Six deputies resigned rather than serve
under colored collector
Stenographers from various states
held at meeting at the Tennessee ex-
position and decided to form a national
organization at an early date.
The election in Tennessee to decide
whether or not constitutional con-
vention should be held was overwhelm-
ingly defeated.
BY the falling walls and fire which de-
stroyed the Northwestern elevator at
Chicago, four men were crushed to
death and two-score injured. The prop
erty loss was $35O,O00.
One woman and three men persisted
in a fire which destroyed an all-night
restaurant at Cincinnati.
Maj. r. T. Scott, encouragement of
Virginia, died at Warrenton of typhoid
fever.
John Williams was lynched near Bar
bersville, Ky, by mob for ravishing
a deaf mute girl named Whey Bays.
DR.. Thomas Fillebrown, of Boston,
was elected president of the American
Dental association in session at New
port News, Va.
Three hours before he was to have
been married Jesse BaIbcock committed
suicide at Eagle Bend, MINI.
At Columbus, O., Joe Patchen paced a
mile in 2:011a, the fastest time on rec
ord.
On his farm near Schooner, Ind, John
Ratchet plowed up an old pot contain
ing $1,000 in gold coin.
Montgomery, Ala, was said to be suf-
fering from smallpox, and about 300
patients are undergoing treatment at
the pesthouse. T.
H. A. Daley, wealthy Jenison
(Mich.) man, shot his wife and then
took poison himself and died. The
woman may recover.
For an attemp pied assault upon the
daughter Of his employer George Turn
er, a negro, was hanged near Spring
Hill, Ala. .....&. -us.a-... .,.s
z. William Martin, q locomotive en-
gineer, was killed in collision be-
tween switch engine and passenger
train at Indianapolis.
What is known as the breeders law
in Missouri, under which poolselling
and bookmaking are prohibited except
on race tracks, has been prom ounced un-
constitutional. ,s.,,. .3(= ss%..S..s
= .Chicago's wheel tax law was declared
unconstitutional by Judge Tuley.
! Hon, ohm Park, six times mayor of
Memphis, Tenn, is dead, aged IS years.
The National Christian alliance be-
gan it's annual session at Cleveland, o.,
with between 400 and 500 members
present. DIS, .st
During a storm the home Of farmer farm
named Bostwin, near Gibbs Cross Roads,
in Tennessee, was struck by lightning.
The house burned and Bostwin and his
wife and a grown daugh liter were burned
to death. B 81 85s sy3s e. :,,s1
John McKane shot and killed William
=. Albin as result Of q dispute over q
game Of cards at st. Joseph, Mo.