The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
FOREIGN INTEl;LL1GENcE.

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An order has been placed by Russia
in the United States for $40 ,O0O,Ob0
worth of guns. ~ f&jt I.ts ta
With Admiral Dewey on board the
United States cruiser Olympia sailed
from Colombo for Port Said.
On account Of the growing opposition
to the governments suffrage bill Bel
GUM is threatened with revolution.
ellen G. johnson, superintendent OF
the Massachusetts, women's .reforma..
tory prison, died suddenly in London
where she was attending the interna.
tional council of women. it,y3 ~ So
Flames totally destroyed machinery
haR on the Industrial exhibition
grounds in Toronto and damaged the
Agricultural Implement hall.3l@ ST
The now famous Capt. Dreyfus ar
rived at Rennes, France, and was taken
to prison at Bruz.l!{ s.ilt. ~ - t3,-
The oldest and mosteminent Journal
list of Vienna, Leopold Won Blumencron,
editor of the iFremdenblatt,, died, at
Brunn, aged Sc. "a; Iymm ~ .,'ii ,as.
A resolution adopted by the French
chamber of deputies authorizes duly
qualified women, to practice at the bar.
At Westminster, B. c., Donald Perrier
was hanged for the murder of j nnie
Anderson. ~ = 49,, .'1:J.'t
Advices from Manila say that col
lision between the two armies at San
Fernando seems inevitable soon. The
insurgents were active all around the
town and could be seen working in the
trenches to strengthenit their position.
LATER, NEWS. ..
The naval arsenal AZ Talcahunao,
Chile, was destroyed by fire: 1t is sus-
pected that the fire was the, work OF
an incendiary, with a view of covering
defalcations by government officials.
At Fredonia, ILL.,, the non-union ne
gro miners made raid upon the
houses of the union miners. The bat
tie ragged until the union miners were
driven off, and then the torch was ap-
piled and all of the houses burned
down.
For the week ending July 1, gold to
the amount of SIS, 075, 1914 was shipped
+ A 19-year-old boy named Thomas,
living near Athens: Ala, killed his
mother and sisterbecaiise they insisted
he do his share Of the work on the
farm. :, = s4SEssss$gJ ~
At mass meeting 81 the packing
house employees at Chicago, it was de-
cided that no strike be called at pres
ent. The idea sof the strike was not
abandoned, but the opinion prevailed
that the time was not yet ripe.
The National democratic committee
July 30. ..7@.''"'s>
Fifteen new cases of yellow fever
have appeared at Santiago de Cuba.
Two street cars, heayily,loaded with
passengers, collided on a steep grade
in Pittsburg, Pa, killing o. C. Opsian
and w. K. Kirkland, a motorman. !
There now seems to be no doubt that
there will be an extensive strike at
the big Homestead, Pa, plant of the
Carnegie Steel company. Whether sor
not the contest will rival that inaugu-
rated July /, 1892, remains. to be seen.
The question at issue is practically the
same as in. '92-recognition' by the
company of the Amalgamated associa-
tion-and the men seem determined to
stand. steadfast by. their. union to
the very last. The company, on the
her:hand, has announced decisively
that no Amalgamated association men
can have employmentsins it's plant.
At Barcelona, Spain. fight occurred
between the municipal guards and the
people in which four persons were
killed and II wounded.
The police of Chicago made raid
upon what purported to be the head
quarters of bible company and cap
tured wagon load of lottery tickets.
The war department received the in
telligence that the customs receipts at
Havana for June have passed the mil
lion dollar mark. Since American oc-
cupation Of the island there has oeen
gratifying growth of customs re.
coi1,tS 1T that mort ri. til