The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07

Aboard the Baltimore,A dmiral:Wat,
son left Greenock, Scotland bound FOL
home.
In Milan Bresci. the assassin Of king
Humbert Of Italy, was found guilty 81
murder and sentenced 70 imprison.
ment for life. s,s ].
British occupied Machad odorp with.
out fight and Gen. French turned
the Beers out Of Elandsfontein.
Russia and the United States have
formed compact for the settlement
OF the existing Chinese question and
Great Britain, France and Japan have
agreed to the proposals. The Russian
minister and troops have been ordered
T. leave Picking and the United States
minister and troops viii 60 to Ten
tsin. A belated message from Min
lister Conger says that the foreign
troops in Peking marched through
the imperial palace.
Lord Roberts reports that the Brit
ish had Gen. Botha hemmed in at
Helvetia and London thinks tho war
is practically at an end.
England views with suspicion the
peace plans of the United States and
Russia, but the London papers admit
that the withdrawal of the armies
of the two nations may force the 9th:
er powers from Chinese soil. Gen.
Chaffee has been. ordered to hold hia
troops in readiness to evacuate Pc.
king and when the car gives the
word the Russians and American,
will march to Tientsin. Ii Hung
Chang says If the foreign troops are
withdrawn from Picking he will take
vigorous measures to restore order.
Roberts reports that only q few
Beers remain in the country occu.
pied by his troops, and that kruger.
army is in fight toward mountain
north of Delagoa Bay railroad.
LATER NEWS.
Nearly 100 people in Glasgow, Scot.
land are suffering; from the bubonic
plague.
Lord Roberts issues a proclamation
formally annexing the Transvaal to
the dominions of the British crown.
Two policemen were killed and II
injured at st. Louis while using the
telephones. An electric light wire
came In contact with the telepone
wires which caused the catastrophe.
An apple core thrown by a colored
boy which struck VIM. Kohles. q white
man caused small riot between the
whites and blacks in New York city.
1t was howevery very quickly quelled
by the police.
Thirteen persons killed and over 80
others injured is the appalling record
OF q rear-end collision between an ex-
cursion train and a milk train on the
Bethlehem branch of the Philadelphia
& heading railway at Hatfield, Pa.
A new electric tramway has been in
augurated at Santiago de Cuba.
The fast mail on the New York Gen.
tral struck buggy at Syracuse, N. Y,
killing four people.
About $4,000 Chinese are reported to
have left Annoy on account Of the land
Ing OF foreign troops there.
Fred Lutte, railway crossing night
watchman at Chicago, shot and prob
ably fatally wounded his wife, and
then blew out his brains. A recent
attack of typhoid fever is believed to
have unbalanced his mind.
The Chinese attacked the allies at
Kong Chun, but were repulsed with
heavy loss.
Chung We, father-in-law of the late
emperor of China and heir apparent,
committed suicide. -
The United States transport Lawton
is to be sent to Cape Nome to relieve
destitute miners.
It is rumored that Prince Cheng has
been appointed regent of China, but
is afraid to return to Picking unless
the foreign ENJOYS will guarantee his
liberty. ..
M. E. Gardner, who travelled for q
Cincinnati firm, committed suicide at
Centerville, Ala. He was talking to a
lady at the time. and, saying he was
tired of living, shot himself.
The United States transport Califor.
MAN arrived at Manila safely. She
was delayed sixteen days at Guam with
q broken propeller.
Arthur E. Sewell, democratic candi-
date for vice president in 1896, was
stricken with apoplexv at his summer
home at Small Point, Me.
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