The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-21

a "a young farmer named Andrew Mack
shot and killed his wife and then killed
himself near Gainesville, Ala.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
The troops Of Gen. Lawton moved
IL miles north along the lake from
Santa Cruz and took the towns Of Paete
and Longos. The gunboats shelled the
rebels for an hour, and they were driven
out after an hours fight The Ameri-
can loss was five killed and two wound
ed. "
Gen. Rios has been directed by Spain
to cooperate with Gen. Otisafor the evac-
uation Of Zamboanga and Zoulan.
Alonzo, president of Bolivia, has been
defeated by the revolutionary forces
and compelled to flee into Chilli. !,
On the 14th Gen. Lawton was embark.
ing his troops in tinclads and canoes
and was going to make a move in a new
direction. 1t was supposed he was 20.
ing to cross Laguna de Bay, possibly I'd
Cavite province, where it is reported
Aguinaldo is in hiding. IT,.
From Grand river valley in western
Ontario serious foods and loss of life
were reported. - +.
Maj. Gen. Lawton and the troops I'M
der his command, having accomplished
the object of their movement, were re-
turning to Manila where they will be
available for immediate operations
against Aguinaldo's new capital.
In a fire at the. almshouse in Cha
than, N. B., four persons were burned
to death. -
The Madrid government has named
the duke of ARGOS as Spanish minister
to the United States.
In Rome the celebration Of the TWEEN
ty-first anniversary of the pope's cor.
onation took place.
LATER NEWS. ..
In the United States supreme court
an opinion was handed down by JUS
tice Peckham pronouncing invalid q
portion of the state law of Michigan
regulating the sale of 1,O0O-mile rail-
road tickets. The part of the law af-
feeted is that providing that these
tickets shall be good for two years, and
shall be sold at a reduced rate.
Harrison Fletcher's saw mill at Of
tumwa, TO-, was blown to pieces by a
boiler explosion. The proprietor's son
was killed and several employees hurt.
A severe blizzard ragged throughout
the Black Hills in South Dakota the
18th. Snow fell but the weather was
not cold. j.
The Filipino government is reported
to have removed to Tarland, A miles
north of San Fernandino.
General Lawton's expedition has re-
turned to Manila. All the territory
he captured will be evacuated and all
the launches seized will be restored to
their original owners-that is to say,
they will be given back to the persons
from whom Aguinaldo's soldiers took
them.
During election riots at Bilboa,
Spain, twenty-six persons were wound
ed. At Portos, province of Tarragona,
the municipal officials fred guns at
the crowd, injuring number.
Announcements is made by all sugar
refners that they have withdrawn the
guarantees of thirty to sixty days of
the market prices on date of arrival of
sugar at the point where the buyer
did business.
While the fire department of Denver
was working to extinguish fire in the
Pintsch gas works, an explosion oe-
CURED inside the building, injuring
nine firemen
A fire at Kakazuka, China, destroyed
over 800 residences.
Prairie fires in Custer county, Neb.,
destroyed a great amount of property.
Tom Morrisy, of Eureka Valley, and
John Koch were burned to death.
Thomas Hemple, farmer, killed his
wife near Hudson, Mich, and. then
committed suicide. s..,
The Texas, Newark and Marblehead
have sailed from Barbados for Santa
Lucia.
AS result of street fghtat Clarks-
vile, Tenn, with pistols, Bud higgins
and Gus Moody were mortally wounded.
At Easton, Pa, Judge Schuyler SEN
fenced Liewellyn Stout, the murder of
Harvey Wurster, the Philadelphia &
Reading telegraph operator, to be
hanged