The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-16
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending August II.

For the week EN0AnB Au8uss L. .a%
President Kruser's mind is.osaidr. to be y.
falling. ALI
The business section of Mercer. Mo-. was I
destroyed by fire. =" &F.Gt
Gold assaying $30G to the ton has Deen
found near Ottawa, ILL., g..
The business portion Of Lime Springs.
Ia, was wiped out by fire.
King Edward and the queen left for Ger
many, to be gone six weeks.
The Harrison monument fund at Indian
apolis now amounts to GO,OOV. ~
A mother and three children were killed
by lightning at Mount Hennen, La.
A mass meeting at Fort Scott, Kan, or"
dered temperance workers to leave the city.
BY the overlooking Of the Yangtse river
in China over 1900 persons were drowned.
September 5 will be "PresideEts day
at the Pan-American exposition In Bu1-
falo.
Charles Bull Towle. Of Boston, United
States consular agent at saltlllo' Mex Is
dead.
Chinese troops have&azrived at Picking
to preserve order after foreign soldiers
leave.
An American syndicate is trying to get
control of German transatlantic lines Q!
steamships.
Senator Tillman has been sued for $lO.-
900 damages for SANDER by resident OF
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 photogra pher In the world, oled at
the age Of "a years.
Clements Buchter shot and killed his
daughter, aged 10. and fatally WOUNDED MS
wife in Louisville. KY.
Count Won Waldersee was welcomed on
arrival at Homburg by Emperor William
and the crown prince.
The United States will protect chinese
from the Colombian rebels along the llne
of the Panama railroad.
Ten persons were hurt. two fatally, In an
accident on the Lehlgh SaHe1 iaA1ooo
near North Leroy, N. y.
Fire among department stores in Sydney.
Australia, caused a loss of over $S.0O0'VoO
and five persons were killed.
"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
Cloudbursts 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 " orth,
Tex, packing plant to cost 100000.
Postal receipts for the year will show
an increase of $7,00O,0Oo the total belns
nearly 100 per cent. greater than IN 1871.
An American syndicate is negotiating for
the purchase of all the Belgian glass works.
consisting of 40 plants, valued at s4,cOOeOo.
Santos Dumont's airshlp was wrecked at
Paris while test was being made ara the
aeronaut had narrow escape from oeath.
Prince Henry Of Orleans, oldest son OF,
the duke of Chartres and cousin OF tho
duke of Orleans, died at Saigon Chlna.
aged g.
Malarial fever epidemic in Evanston. Ill.,.
is charged to mosquitoes Stagnant pools
and breeding places are to be attacked with
kerosene.
The Northwestern Steamship company
will discontinue its service between Cha"
cago and Europe because OF unfair lnsur"
ance rates.
A mining stampede has been started to
| the Rig Snowy mountain 100 miles east
| of Helena, Mont, by the discovery or rich
| gold fields.
A Havana paper publishes letter from
| Estrada Palma which Indicates an un~lii-'
iugness to become a candidate Tor presl-
dent OF Cuba.
The war department is planning to bring
home all the artillerymen now In the Pnll-
ippines because they are needed to man the
| coast defenses.
Prof. Triess, 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
Bourke Cochran because Of the latters
Boer sympathies.
Fears of a widespread plot of European
ana rcnists against the lives OF rulers gre"
out of the recent attack on the doWaser
empress of Portugal.
The government Is to establish colony
FOR lepers on the island of Barri. north or
Luzon. 1t is two miles long ana niue
wide. and in a favorable location.
The government crop report shows that
the damage done to corn by the drought
was worse than expected Inc total yleld
IL estimated at LOO, 000,0 Co bushels.
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 300 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.
Coreans on the island OF Quelpart re-
helled against the collection Of taxes and
started a religious war, killing Catholic
missionaries. French gunboats have been
sent to the scene.
A thief who robbed the Washburn Jewell
nv company Of Anderson, Ind. OF $3WO
worth of goods three months ago. repented
and confessed to priest In Chicago who
recovered the plumber and restored 1t to the
owner.