The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-18

In the senate on the 10th q letter was read
from Gov. Bradley. of Kentucky, ANNOUNCE
ing the appointment Of Andrew T. Wood as
senator to succeed Mr.. Blackburn, and the
matter was referred to the committee on
privileges and elections. Senator Shoup
of Idaho asking for the annexation Of
portion Of Wyoming to that state. but no
action was taken. At 12:40 p. m. the special
session adjourned sine die.
DOMESTIC.
A cyclone mile wide struck Ralston,
O. T., and nearly every house in town
and in the path of the storm was blown
down. Many persons were wounded.
The Western association baseball sea-
son will open April 20 and close Septem-
Der 22, making total of 126 games.
The dam in the Genessee river at
Mount Morris, N. T., was washed away
by flood, causing loss of 100000.
The Ryan elevator in Buffalo, N. Y,
was burned. the loss being $125,0o0.
Troops have been sent to the Uncom-
pahgre Indian reservation in Utah for
the purpose of removing intruders.
A train on the Evansville & Terre
Haute railroad struck washout near
Hazleton, Ind, wrecl<ing the entire
train and killing at least six persons
and injuring several others.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chi
cago railway was sold in Indianapolis
by the receiver to New York parties for
$500, 900. >r.-r
Richard Graham and wife, an aged
couple residing alone on farm at Crab
Tree, Pa, were the victims of fatal as
sault by burglars.
A, woman named Sandoval and her
paramour, Silverio Martinez, were killed
by the woman,s husband at Coyote,
n. M.
Mrs. C. Bragg, widow of Frederick
Bragg and a wealthy woman, was found
fatally shot at her home in Chicago,
and her stepdaughter, aged IS, was
charged with the crime. 81. 49,.
In Indiana the loss from floods in Rip
ley county will aggregate $150,ooo, in
Decatur county 100000, and in Law
renee county $2,o0o,o00.
The Thirty-frst general assembly of
Arkansas came to a close after 6Odays'
session.
Later dispatches say that only four.
lives were lost in the Evansville e. Terre
Haute wreck near Hazelton. Ind.
The Mckinley schedule on woods and
woolens has been substantially adopted
by the republican majority of the ways
and means committee.
President Mckinley has proclaimed
the new treaty with Japan and it is now
operative.
The National Building & Loan asso-
citation of Milwaukee failed with heavy
liabilities.
The total exports of breadstuffs dur
ing the first eight months amounted to
si36,951.7s9, against $o4,224,249 in the
same period last year.
At Savannah, Tenn, Mrs. Alfred AL
exander, young wife, hanged herself
because of jealousy.
A young man named Harrington and
his mother were drowned near Romeo,
Mich, while trying to ford Belle river.
The ice on the Missouri and James
rivers at Yankton, S. D., is three feet
thick-a condition unknown before at
this time of the year.
The St. Paul (Minn.) Plow company
failed for 100000.
It is announced that the men who
have been appointed United States SEN.
ators by the governors in states where
legislatures have had an opportunity
to elect will not be admitted.
There were ESQ business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 246 the week
previous and 300 in the corresponding
period of 1896.
The fourth legislature of Oklahoma
adjourned sine die at Guthrie after pass
ing bill prohibiting man from mar
rying his mother-in-law.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
$925.145,384. against. 81 ,010,4 26, 627 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 20.
4 In a sparring match at Cheyenne,
Wyo, between Privates O'Shay and
Collie, OF the Eighth United States in
fantry, Collie was struck a blow that
killed him instantly. - ".@
In a quarrel William Drossel shot his
wife in Chicago and then shot himself
dead. a-....
Trade throughout the country is said
TO be slowly but surely improving.
Arthur Mayhem, a negro. was electro
cuted in the prisonat Sing Sing. N. Y,
for the murder of Stephen Powell.
prominent and wealthy resident of
Hampstead, 7. l., March Z. 1896.
The new tariff bill has been practical
sly completed and it is said that 1t will
Increase the revenues about 100000
per year.
The Jenney electric motor works at
Indianapolis were burned, the loss be-
ing 500 600.