The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-16
BRIEF STATE NEWS.

John Bols' restaurant at Stewartville
was partially burned.
At a special election the village of Ex-
celsior decided not to enlarge it's limits.
Fire in the plant of the Minneapolis
Bedding Company caused a loss of $1,000
The schools in Fremont have been
closed on account of an epidemic of
diphtheria.
A project is on foot at Crookston to
build a: large lumber.mil in. the Cass
Lake region. -. - ~ * ;.
The Butler-Ryan company of ST. Paul
gets the contract for building the north
pier of the Duluth ship canal.
Sixteen young lads of St. Cloud we're
found guilty of stealing i tor of coal
from the Great Northern yards.
Clara Gregory. arrested in wine
room. will test the validity Of the law
porhibiting women from entering sa-
looms.
The large village school house at Ho-
kah was burned while school was in
session. All the scholars got out safely.
Loss $4,000
The final report of D. B. Scofeld. re-
ceiver of the Bank of Zumbrota. was ap-
proved by Judge F. M. Crosby and a div
idend of II ITO per cent. ordered paid.
w. F. Porter of Minneapolis. has been
awarded the contract for furnishing the
heating apparatus and pine coverings
for the public building at Akron, Ohio.
His bid was s3,54S.
The only school building at Excelsior
was destroyed by fire. The building was
Is years old! The fire caught in the base
ment, and : rapidly spread through the
entire building. It's cost was $4,000.
Adjt. Gen. Lambert is hustlng to re-
cover the. arms and equipments of the
Minnesota national guard from WASH
ington. He expects to have them here
ready for business in the early spring.
The state prison yesterday turned over
10,755.Ss to Auditor Dunn as the amount
of January earnings in that institution.
The Milwaukee road also handed the
auditor s25,0Co~to apply on its gross earn
ings tax.
The directors of the First eongrega-
tiOnal church, Moorhead. have come to
the conclusion that the old church build
ing is too small for the large member
ship and have decided to: build a new
edifice next summer.
General Reeve writes from Manila that
he has got his fill of the Philippines, that
it is not white mans country. It is all
right to hold the Philippines, he says.
but he wants to see new set of men do
the holding. Those who have been at it
for five months have had enough.
Insurance Commissioner Dearth has
revoked the license allowing the Fort
Wayne Insurance company to do bust
ness in this state The action was due
to the fact that there appeared to be
some irregularities in s195.oGo in common
stock certificates of the American Sugar
Refining company. ~.
The ST. Cloud Normal school, the menu
bers of which have arranged for Joint
debate with the high school of Duluth,
to take place on the evening of April %.
have decided to take the negative side
OF, the subject; Resolved. That the jury
system should be abolished. 49, :
John Hansen, .teamster at Winona
made an unsuccessful attempt to- COM
nit suicide by taking tincture of aconite.
He was poor, his family were suffering.
and he wanted to die. He was saved
with difficulty. Charitable institutions
have taken his case in hand, and will
render the family assistance. "@