The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
News In Brief.

The Twin City Rapid Transit COM
pany has granted McAllister & Co. the
contract for building the Saltwater
extension. Work will be commenced
Immediately by the contractors and
will be finished by July 1.
A large section of the main dam on
the West Side just above the apron Of
st. Anthony falls at Minneapolis,
tumbled into the river, and through
the gap, ITO feet in length, the waters
are pouring in wicked looking food.
Burglars cracked the safe of the
Pittsburg Plate Glass company in
Minneapolis and secured $50 in cash
and secured thousand dollars worth
of paper.
The Commercial hotel at Detroit was
destroyed by fire. Small insurance on
the furniture, but none on the build
ing.
An endeavor will be made to secure
the participation of soldiers of the
Spanish-Alnerican war in the Memorial
Day parade at Minneapolis this year.
Of the five men who for their excel
lence in scholarship have been selected
by the faculty to deliver commence
ment exercises in Battell chapel of
Yale Theological school, on the even
ing of May II. the name of Ernest
Ellsworth Day, b. A., University of
Minnesota, 1895, Minneapolis, heads
the list.
The barn of Edward DuShane in
Ravenna was burned with two horses.
three COWS, seven calves. three sets of
harness, a quantity of hay, etc.. with
no insurance.
The Minnesota Stoneware company
and the Red Wing Stoneware' COM
pany voluntarily raised the wages of
employees per cent. A week ago both
sewer pipe companies in. Red Wing did
likewise.
An unknown man was run down by
the early fast mail train on the Mil
waukee road on trestle near Homer.
His head was torn from his body and
thrown into the river.
The identity of the man decapitated
by the fast mail over the Milwaukee
at Winona has been esta blished. His
name was Ole Langness and he resided
in the city. Both head and body were
thrown from the trestle into the river.
A freight train collided with pass
enger train at Little Falls. The en-
eines were badly damaged, and were
taken to Brainerd to the shops. The
only casualty was that of Engineer
Wilson, of the passenger engine, who
sprained his ankle as he jumped.
The St. Cloud police raided house
occupied by Mrs. Martha Murphy, her
son-in-law, and discovered several hum
dred dollars worth of goods of various
kinds stolen from clothes lines, stores;
slaughter, houses and smokehouses.
The quartet have been arrested and
will be bound over to the grand jury.
Handel has already served a term in
the reform school,
Aculprit named Nicholas, from Pope
county, in the county Jail at Morris,
assaulted Keeper Tandy and made his
escape. ~. =.
Plans for the new Indian school at
Leech Lake will be submitted to the
secretary of the interior soon. When
til is s;3'i approved bids will be adver-
tised and the work carried on rapidly
as possible The new school will cost
$4,000. ..~-.,< =,
RI. Tigen, wagon maker of Kas.
son. was found in this barn hanging
from the COW stanchions. Despond.
encye is assigned as the cause of the
suicide gk-.. se.& arste@1 ~ - '''-7
Mis- Emma Eagan and Grace Clinton
riding tandem colidc@ with bicy'
Gle in front of Michand's grocery store
in st. Paul. The tandem was forced
against the building and the two
young women crashed through the
window. The window was valued al
IT'S and was insured.
Among the personal property Of ar
old lady who recently died in Winons
was found a draft for $500, dated
March 10, 1877. It was at first though
to BE worthless, but has since beer
found to be worth its full face value
The sols heir issa nephew who lives j
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