The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-08-18

The Olympia with Admiral Dewey
sailed from Naples for Leghorn. The
admiral says that there never before
was SO much kindly feeling abroad for
Americans.
h Off Rockingham, B. c., the bark Car
Isle Castle was wrecked and ii lives
were lost, and the City of York went
ashore at Rottness and II of the crew
were drowned. #
Attorney Labori, counsel for Drey-
fus. was ambushed by two men as he
was en- route to the courtroom in
Rcnnes, France, and one shot was fired,
hitting Labori in the back. Mr.. Labori
fell in the roadway. He is still alive.
It was announced that the bullet had
entered his stomach; that there was no
outward bleeding, and that the physi-
clans believe that Labor will die from
the wound. ~, .,....&..s
Gen. MERCER testified in the Dreyfus
trial at Rennes, France. His evidence
was repetition of the old charges and
accusations against Dreyfus. He was
the recipient of Kisses and curses from
the audience as he left the stand.
Late news from the Arctic whaling
feet is not encouraging. The season,
it is stated, has been a complete failure.
AS a result of the West Indiana hur-
ricane, the latest estimate places the
dead at 1900.
American troops under Gen. Young
captured the city of San Mateo, ten
miles from Manila. The American loss
was three killed and 10 wounded.
Twenty-three of the enemy are known
to have been killed.
Admiral Dewey has arrived at Leg
horn, Italy.
Five persons were drowned by the
sinking of the French steamer PIANO.
boto in collision off Lowestoff with the
steamer Her cules.
LATER NEWS,
Young Critic, the once famous Aus
tralian pugilist, is dying at the Dun
ming ull.) insane asylum.
Fire at Ames, TO-, destroyed Michaels
Brothers barn, together with thirteen
horses.
In East Middlebury, Conn.,, a man
named Eastwood went to the home OF
his mother-in-law and shot his wife
and her mother, killing both. He then
drove to Middlebury, went to the resi-
dence of Frank Fem, shot him through
the heart, killing him instantly, then
shot at Fenn's wife and just missed
her. Eastwood then went to the resi-
dence of his wife's brother, E. D.
Brown. evidently intending to kill
him, but could not find him.
w. H. Close, of Duluth, MIMI, was
found dead in bed at the Colonial hotel
at Mt. Clemmens, Mich.
The transport Mcpherson, with a
| cargo of supplies, left Brooklyn for
Porto Rico.
The business men of Cleveland, O.,
have raised large fund and will make
vigorous campaign against the boy
colt.
President Diaz, of Mexico, will visit
Chicago during the laying of the cor
nerstone of the federal building.
Fire caused by gasoline explosion
at Cass Lake, Minn., destroyed fifteen
buildings in the business portion OF
the village.
Natural gas in great quantities was
struck on the farm of Robert Lee, near
Muscatine, 10.
President Kruger; accord ing to dis
patch from Johannesburg, has sent a
reply accepting the proposal of the sec.
rotary of state for the colonies, Joseph
Chamberlain to submit the franchise
controversy to joint commission of
inquiry, on condition that the indepen-
dence of the Transvaal shall not be i'm
pugned.
It was announced from Washington,
D. c. the 18th that there have been en-
listed for the ten regiments for the
PHILIPPINE islands 1900 men, leaving
but so more to make the regiments
complete. It has been determined to
send 400 recruits of those raised to the
PHILIPPINES for the Thirty-sixth and
Thirty-seventh regiments.
The woodwork factory of Davis,
Sorenson & Co., La Crosse, Wis, was
destroyed by fire.
George Henson, who was a witness
in an assault case at Chinook, Mont,
was taken from his home by whitecaps
and dragged through the river until
he promised not to appear and testify
in the case.