The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-16
WEST AND SOUTH.

Jim Herrick and John Hinkle killed
each other in quarrel at Stricken,
Ark, and the younger brother of each
man took up the battle and fought I'M
til both were MORALLY wounded.
Gen. Gomez says in farewell mani
festo there is no longer need of soldiers,
but men for the maintenance of peace
and order, which are the basis of Cuba's
future welfare.
By July 1 the White Pass railway
will be completed to Lake Bennett,
when the schedule time from Puget
Sound ports to Dawson will be eight
days. >~-%+. =.
Peter A. Claire, chiefofpolicein Ham
ilton, o., and his daughter were killed
by the cars and Mrs. Claire was fatally
injured.
It has been shown by investigation
that the beer drank in this country is
almost universally mingled with sail
cylic acid, which is dangerous to health.
At Poplar Grove, ILL.,, the two chill.
dren of Mrs. Carl Dettloff, aged one and
three years, were run over by freight
train and killed.
In Indiana trusts received stunning
blow when the supreme court unani-
mously held that existing laws were
sufficient to protect the public.
Two young men swindled the Ger
man insurance bank of Louisville, Ky,
out of $4,000.
Near Holly, Mich, lightning struck
an oil car on a train and nine cars were
burned and five tramps were cremated.
In session in Milwaukee the United
States court of appeals decided that the
alien labor law applies solely to common
laborers, exempting clerks and all
kinds of skilled artisans.
In Chicago Martin Meier, aged g., q
wealthy and eccentric recluse, was
found murdered in his home.
The execution of Freeman Cochran,
who killed George Scarborough in 1897,
took place at Bethany, Mo.
In Havana Gov. Gen. Brooke issued
orders appointing Senior Gonzales de
Quesada special commissioner for
Cuba at Washington, with a salary OF
$4,000.
A mob lynched Will Hill, brother Of
Alex Hill, the negro who killed Mrs
Hester Hubbard, near Eoline, Ala.
Fire destroyed the Harrison county
courthouse at Marshall, Tex. recently
finished, with it's contents, the loss be,
ing 100000.
The election is announced of Chancel
Tor Mclean, of Nebraska university, Of
president of the University of Iowa a,
Iowa City.
Seattle (Wash.) advices say that 20c
miners persisted last winter along the
Edmonton trail.
In railway wreck near Golf, Kan
30 passengers were I'M ured. y .--
| At Peru, Ind, cloud burst and storm
leveled scores of houses and demolished
80 derricks in the oil field, together with
barns, trees and fences innumerable.
| At Rose Hollow, Ark, a landslide en-
quilted % men. all of whom were killed
While bathing near Rennville, MINI.
Leonard Mason. well-known young
business man, and William Anderson
were drowned. ., 8@ &. r. e.
The Modern Woodmen of America, ir
session in Kansas City, reelected a:
head consul William A. Northcott, Of
Illinois. + < >. z d ~
In the vicinity of Austin. Tex, {
cloudburst transformed rivers and
smaller streams into raging torrents
sweeping everything before them, and
rs persons lost their lives. =.
The collapse is announced Of the Pa
cifc Coast Biscuit company, otherwise
known as the cracker trust.
While fishing Herman Clavite and hi,
brother-in-law, Chris Kervis. two well
known farmers Of jackson township
ILL.,. were drowned. =
Opposition on the part OF Cuban IN
surgents to receiving the gratuity from
the United States has ended.
In session in Detroit the United
States Brewers association elected a
president Rudolph Brand, Of Chicago