The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
THE NEWS. in !. BRIEF J B ] : /
For the Week Ending August "A.
President X ruger's mind is.asaidl TO be-


: For the Week Ending AuEust Il.
President tTlrugers mind Is said g ~
falling. - r., &%sFgs ~ A. sss$
The business section OF Mercer. Mo-, was u
destroyed by fire.. 5. s;s' z ss N, s
Gold assaying s3o6 to the ton has been
found near Ottawa, ILL., e" > = +ES4e2.a $
The business portion Of Lime springs'
Ia, was wiped out by fire" W Ff4.S gtEE43 N
King Edward and the queen left for Ger A.
many. to be gone six weeks. $ Ss
The Harrison monument fund at Indian NJ
apolis now amounts to- $4,000. -, T. =f5 E%
A mother and three children were killed
by lightning at Mount Hennen. La.s,S@ n
A mass meeting at Fort Scott, Kan, or
dered temperance workers to leave the city. +
BY the OVERCOMING Of the Yangtse RIVER
In China over 1000 persons were drowneo.
September S will be '.President's day z
at the Pan-American exposition In Puf-
falo. ~ A-a.. e
Charles Bull Towle. Of Boston. United
States consular agent at saltiiio' me@''s1
dead.
Chinese troops havesazrived at Picking
to preserve order after foreign soldiers
leave. ,%i#nl.
An American syndicate Is trying to set
control of German transatlantic INES Q.
steamships.
Senator Tlllman has been sued for $lo.-
Odm06SS 4O1 SAoHASA ~ -
Columbia, 8. C.
Jesse Jamison, chief of the Seneca 10"
dams, was killed in fight on the Catta-
ragus reservation.
Josiah johnson Halves. Of Boston, the
Oldest photographer In the world. DIED at
the age Of "a years.
Clements Buchter shot and killed his
daughter, aged 10, and fatally Wounoeo MS
wife in Louisville, KY.
Count Won Waldersee was welcomed on
arrival at Homburg by Emperor "'Ailan
and the crown prince.
The United States will protect Chinese
from the Colombian rebels along the l1ne
of the Panama railroad.
- Ten persons were hurt, two fatally, IN an
accident on the Lehlgh Valiey FaAloau
near North Leroy, N. Y. -
= Fire among department stores In sydney.
Australia, caused loss OF over $5'u''v"
and five persons were killed. j.
"A storm at Portsmouth, N. H., severely
damaged the navy yard and two persons
were killed and many injured -
Count Won Waldersee was given hearty
reception on his arrival at Hamburg. no
was decorated by the emperor.
>c,oudbursts in various parts Of Utah
caused the loss of two lives and great dam
age to railroad and other property ,,
Armour & Co. and Swift & co. have con-
tracted to erect and operate at Fort Worth,
Tex, a packing plant to cost $l,ooV'oO.
Postal receipts for the year will show
an increase of 100000. the total lot being
nearly 100 per cent greater than IN 1884,
An American syndicate is negotiating for
the purchase of all the Belgian glass works.
consisting of 40 plants, valued at S4'oOo'cVV.
Santos Dumont's airship was wrecked at
Paris while a test was being mace ana tno
aeronaut had a narrow escape from oeaoh.
Prince Henry of Orleans, oldest son or
the duke of Charities and a cousin OF inc
duke of Orleans, died at Saigon. China,.
| aged "a. 80, :.
Malarial fever epidemic In Evanston. Ill.
Is charged to mosquitoes. Stagnant pools
and breeding places are to be attacked WIN
kerosene.
The Northwestern Steamship company
will discontinue Its service between CHS
| cago and Europe because OF unfair 'nsuF'
ance rates.
A mining stampede has been started to
| the Big Snowy mountain, 100 miles east
| OF Helena. Mont, by the discovery OF rich
| gold fields.
A Havana paper publishes letter from
Estrada Palma which indicates an urwii!-s
| ingness to become a candidate 1or pres'.5
dent Of Cuba.
The war department is planning to bring
home all the artillerymen now In the Pnll-c
| tppines because they are needed to man the
coast defenses.
Prof, Triggs, of Chicago university. told
| his class in English literature that Long
fellows poetry was trivial and unworthy
| Of consideration.
Col. Lee. Of the British house Of COM
| mons. refused to accept an introduction TO
Rourke Cochran because of the Iatters
| Boer sympathies.
Fears of q widespread plot of European
anarchists against the lives Of rulers grew
out of the recent attack on the dowa8er
empress of Portugal.
The government is to establish g. colony
| for lepers on the island of Barri, north OF
| Luzon. 1t is two miles long and q mile
wide, and in favorable location
The government crop report shows that
the damage done to corn by the drought
was worse than expected. The total yield
| is estimated at !, 100, 0o0. 0Co bushels. IT.
/ United States exports to Germany have
| increased nearly 400 per cent. since 1870.
| imports from Germany in the same time
show an increase Of nearly 800 per cent.
Representative Livingston. OF Georgia.
| member of the, industrial commission, says
that body in its forthcoming report Will
handle the subject Of trusts IN vigorous
manner. e.
Coreans on the island Of Quelpart re-
belled against the collection or taxes ana
started a religious war, killing Catnonc
missionaries. French gunboats nave peeh
sent to the scene.
A thief who robbed the Washburn Jewel.
nv company of Anderson, Ind, Of $1,000
worth of goods three months ago, repenteo
and confessed to a priest In Chicago. who
recovered the plumber and restored 1t to the
owner.