The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-01-07


The five children of Jacob Vogel, of
Sandusky, o., died in ten days from
diphtheria
Two close friends, Charles A. Weyrich,
aged "a, and Charles D. Carpenter, aged
20, ended their lives in the Planters
hotel in St. Louis by taking poison. No
cause is known for the deed.
Ex-Congressman Augustus w. Cutler
died at his residence in Morristown, N.
j., from the effects of a surgical opera
ton, aged 81 years.
Edward Wright (colored) was hanged
at Wilmington, DEL, for killing Ida
>Crummel \colored), of whom he was
Jealous, on July 80, 1896.
The production of precious metals in
Colorado in 1896 was: Gold, SIT, $780,
0OO; silver, $12, O58,00O. In Utah the pro-
duction was: Gold, 1886 fine ounces;
silver, $685. 05 fine ounces.
Helen NJ. Cougar, of Indiana, the
pioneer champion of prohibition and
universal suffrage, and member of the
central committee of the national prohi-
bition party, has been expelled from
that committee.
At the capitol in Lansing Hazen S.
Pingree was inaugurated governor of
Michigan.
Frank S. Black was inaugurated at
Albany as governor of New York.
A cyclone struck and almost literally
demolished the town of Mooringsport,
La, and killed the four children of Jesse
Goodman. Many other persons were in
jured, some fatally.
The Fiftieth general assembly of
Tennessee convened at Nashville for a
session to last rs days.
A Missouri Pacific freight train ran
into a landslide near New Haven, Mo-,
killing Engineer Homar Evans, Fire
man Henry Horkup and Brakeman J. II.
Mcqueen.
The State savings bank at Whitehall,
Mich. closed it's doors with liabilities
Of 100000.
William A. Hammond, aged As years,
second vice president of the National
Bank of Illinois, that failed recently in
Chicago, committed suicide by drown
ing himself in Lake Michigan.
The Citizens national bank at Fargo,
n. d., suspended payment.
The total government receipts during
December were 25,s57, ia, and the ex-
penditures 23,S12,6 1854, which leaves a
surplus for the month of So ,044, 450. For
the six months of the fiscal year a de-
felt is shown of $751;, 902,397.
The monthly statement issued by the
comptroller of the currency shows the
amount of national bank notes out
standing at the end of the year to have
been $685., SIG, 1881, an increase for De-
cember of $264,27s, and for the IL
months of $21 ,94s,56o.
The Omaha (Neb.) savings bank
closed its doors with liabilities of $780,
600; assets, 100000.
Sixteen men persisted in the wrecking
Of the filibustering steamer Commo-
dore, which was sunk about 20 miles
off New Smyrna.
A fire which started in Lebeck's dry
goods store in Nashville, Tenn. de-
stroyed ten buildings, the total loss be-
ing 100000.
The public debt statement issued on
the I'd showed that the debt decreased
S., $3.50, SIT during the month Of Deem
Der. The cash balance in the treasury
was 1855, 463, 551. The total debt, less
the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts to 81 .221 .249,961.
At the close of the six-day interna-
t;onal bicycle race in Washington the
score stood as follows: Waller, s74
miles laps; Maddox, s74 miles laps;
Ashinger, 1873 miles laps; Lawson, ST.
miles 10 laps; Hunter, ST. miles 10
laps; Forster, $40 miles 10 laps.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 2sth was: Wheat,
52l .443,000 bushels; corn, 1885, 900
bushels; oats, 13,476,oo0 bushels; rye,
100000 bushels; barley, 4,s75,0oo BUSH
els.
One thousand Chicago saloon keepers
have been compelled during the last
three months to retire FROM business
because of hard times.
Frank E. Clark, for is years editor of
the GRANVILLE Cll.) Independent, COM
mitted suicide by taking poison. No
cause is known.
The Bank of Superior at Superior,
Wis.,, closed it's doors with liabilities of
100000. -.
BY the explosion Of a lamp Gregor
Kirchbaum and his wife were burned to
death in their home at Johnston. r. l.
At Stamford, Conn, Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher fell and broke her hip and may
be forced to use crs,tches for the rest of
her life. She is 81 years old.
Will Robinson (colored), who killed
3hi. sweetheart in q church in Pike coun-
", No.. was taken to the penitentiary
for 102 years.
The large furniture house Of julius
Lansbnrg in Washington was destroyed
by fire, theloss being $4,000.
]. The Mccoy Banking company Of In
dependence, Mo-, went into voluntary
!iauida ton with liabilities Of $125.OO0.
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Lansing w. Bancker, who enjoyed
ftthezdistiMton ofEbeing the oldest liv-
ing clown except Dan Rice. died in Phil
adelphia; aged IS years. .4.zsg.ssss .g3$ +