The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-26
WEST AND SOUTH.

at Cedar Rapids nominated L. M. Shaw
for governor, J. C. Milliman for lieuten-
ant governor, Charles M. Waterman for
supreme court judge, C. L. Davidson
for railroad commissioner and r. c..
Barrett for superintendent of public
instruction. The platform indorses
the national and state administratio
In state convention in Des Moines, Ia,
the middle-of-the-road populists NOM
mated the following ticket: For gov
ernor, Charles A. Lloyd; lieutenant
governor, D. L. Perkins,; judge of the
supreme court, J. A. Lowenburg; su-
perintendent of instruction, William
Blaine; RAILROAD commissioner, L. H..
Griffith. The resolutions reaffirm the
platforms of the peoples party adopted
at Omaha and St. Louis and declare in
favor of the initiative and referendum.
In the glucose works at Davenport,
Ia, an explosion of dust killed John
Rapp, John Hamm, William Wolf and
his daughter Paula.
Mrs. Lena Collinsworth died in Clai-
borne county, Tenn, after fasting 50
days. She quarreled with her hus-
band, they separated, and she vowed
that she would fast until he returned to
her. ...,,
In Detroit the twenty-third annual
convention of the American Bankers
association came to an end after elect
ing as president Joseph C. Hendrix, of
New. York. .;s5f ,
Fire wiped out nine, business build
ings in Ortonville, MIMI, the total loss
being $25O,ooo.
At Lynchburg, Va, the prohibition
state convention nominated Rev. L. A.
Cutler, of Louisa, for governor.
The doors of the private banking
house of G. A. Rice at Eureka, Utah,
were closed with liabilities of $4,000. ..
James Mccullough, Will Lipps and a
ten-year-old boy were killed by the ex-
plosion of thrashing engine. boiler
near Hastings, Neb.
In all portions of the country improve
ment in business was reported.
After passing the bill revising the
statutes of the state the Firty-third
Wisconsin legislature adjourned sine
die. :
At Springfield, O., the. national en-
campment of the Union Veterans union
elected as commander in chief H. L..
Street, of New York.
Heavy frosts did some damage to
growing crops in Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan. Ii & En- .ssa5
Near Lima, o., an Observation-Disclosures
wrecked and 20 persons were injured,
some seriously. . osr. rs.:.4y-
A call was issued by the national
executive board of the United Mine
Workers for conference of organized
labor in St.Louis August 80. The board
rejected the proposition of the Pitts
burgh operators for a conference to ar
bitrate the wage dispute.
@. At Mount Pleasant, Mich, the Peo-
pies Savings bank closed its doorswith
liabilities of $50 D0O.s ~ ~ r{s. IT $
In Niles, Mich, Mrs. J. C. McCabe, Of
Coloma. was Instantly killed and Mrs.
r. S. Bailey fatally injured in runa-
way accident. ss.s 0sssss .i;;sts .ss.,s
| AT the home Of her moth in Mash
vile, Tenn, j. B. Rich shot and killed
his wife, killed his brother-in-law and
then shot himself. Domestic trouble
| was the cause.
A mob took Elcany sullivan, con-
| victed of assaulting Sarah Lawson and
sentenced to 90 years in prison, from
Jail at Williamsburg, KY. and hanged
him.. y -,t !. 81
At Beu1ah. IS. G., whitecaps horse
whipped three Mormon elders and
drove them out of town. g s'
The confession Of d negro murderer
at Hahnville, La, shows that three Ital
ians who were lynched two years age
for the murder Of an old spaniard were
innocent. ss3s
a mob lynched Andrew Green (col.
ijored) at Lovett, Ga, for killing George
Heath, a prominent white man.
1 Elmer f. Struble, the cashier, while
/ defending the funds Of the Farmers
sbank, at Shepherd, Mich, was shot and
] killed BY robbers.