The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Endins AuE. :. Nj

For the Week fading AuE. Z. 4
Mrs. Lewis. aged 1l5 years, died at Quis-
cy, Ill.
The bank at Avilla. Ind. closed It's doors
with liabilities Of $4,000.
Isaac Lane and wife were shot to death
by negroes near Helena. Ark. ta Gl
Frank Collier, formerly brilliant Cn!'
cago attorney, died In the county hospital.
Jerome B. OsIer celebrated his one hun
dred ard first birthday at his home IN Cni-
cago. .
Alva Jones and wife. an aged couple, died
almost at the same time IN kincersook'
Mich. :.
The Venezuelan government announced
Its victory over rebels and invaders ITO"
Colombia.
John schaefer. Of Brooklyn, who was un-
der water 40 minutes, was restored 10 ll1e
by the doctors.
Raw cotton exported during the year just
closed was 3313, 673 ~, which exceeded all
previous records.
John w. Lips. Of Chicago, found his son
In an orphanage at Berne, Ind, after
separation Of elk years.
John Siekele, rich farmer Of Niles Cen"
ter, ILL.,, drank acid by mistake for whisky
and died in Is minutes.
Wyatt Hairless shot and killed Mauds
Policy, his sweetheart, at Brownstown, W.
H.,
Miss Ethel L. Philips, Miss Jennie White
ard G. G.. Radcliffe were drowned near
Salisbury. Md, while bathing.
A seven-year-old girl arrived IN Ne"
York from Sweden with tag attached show
Ing she is to go to Colorado.
Prof. Russell. Of Columbia university.
says teachers are the most narrow ara
bigoted set Of people on earth.
Great Britain is to withdraw 10000 troops
1,,<H, nd
for possible use in Atghanistan.
Twenty-Five Judges and clerks of election
were indicted for making false canvass
at the election last fall In Chicago
Rasnaus Anderson shot Miss Emily
Campbell and P. C. Christensen at MantL
Utah. and then committed suicide.
]. H. Dow, for more than 30 years one
of the leading merchants OF western s'ea NaH-
sas, drowned himself near Olathe.
The Michigan peach crop will be one
third less than usual because OF the
drought following cold, late spring.
The weekly report Of trade declares that
the western rains saved late crops. while
wheat promises to upset all records
Mrs. josephine Dashault wrecked sa-
loon at Sandusky. O.. with bricks, because
she saw her husband coming out OF the
place.
John Davis who represented the Firth
Kansas district in congress from 1880 to
1892 as a populist died in Topeka, aged u
years.
Lloyd and Marie Shoemaker, aged five
and eight years. were killed by rolling over
a precipice 200 yards hlgh Hear morgan
town, w. Va.
Mrs. Fanny Hemming and her daughter
and two granddaughter were drowned
near Central City, w. Va, by the upset.
ting of boat.
Cuba is to be turned over to the natives
by the United States on February Is. the
| anniversary Of the destruction Of the Maine
| in Havana harbor.
| Michael Davitt arrived at New York. He
said the Boer war would last at least an
other year ard that the Beers may yet
win independence.
Architect D. II. -Burnham and his fe!-
| low commissioners returned from Europe.
| where they studied plans for the oeautl-
| fcation of Washington.
AT Graham, Tex. GLAND w. King and
| Roger Davenport. two wel!-known young
men, were shot and killed by William
Rothwell, an insane man.
Two more steamers have been wrecked
| on the rocks of Cape Race. increasing TO
eight the number which have met disaster
in that vicinity since January l.
! The Maryland democratic state conven-
ton in Baltimore adopted platform de-
claring 1t the purpose of the party 10
| eliminate the negro from politics.
Anew church called the Church Of Man.
has been organized in Chicago. Its tensts
! oppose belief In God and 1t claims justice
| and glorfncation Of humanity as It's chief
creed.
A clothes sorter In the laundry Of the
Auditorium Annex. Chicago. found $1,000
worth Of diamonds and was rewarded with
ten dollars for returning them to the
| owner.
Americans have taken a hand in devel-
opine the vast mineral wealth Of Siberia.
! paying especial attention to the copper
mines, believed to be the most extensive
| in the world
Schools for instruction Of green army of
| fcers may be established by the govern
ment at army posts. They will be taught
tactics, field engineering and military law
by older officers.
A movement is said to be on foot by
| Irieh societies to strike blow at England
during the South African trouble. Plans
| are to be considered at secret meeting IN
New York in September.
| While crossing the Wabash tracks at
Litchheld, ILL.,, Lafayette Sweet. aged u.
was struck by train and instantly killed.
| He was a civil war veteran and one OF
Litchheld's oldest citizens.
| Commander Murdoch believes the United
| States will next fight Germany. He de-
clares our navy must be Increased to check
| the kaiser In South America or the Mon
roe doctrine must he waived.
Despite the breaking of the drought and
| the cooler weather. Statistician Snow, OF
Chicago, puts the condition of the corn
crop at the lowest mark on record, but he
! says the wheat yield will uurpass all ex"
| pectatiOns.
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