The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-01
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the We

President Roosevelt was 43 years old Sun"
day.
Frederic Archer, the noted organist' died
at Pittsburgh.
A young woman at Quincy, ILL.,, dropped
dead while dancing.
Andrew Carnegie has given $l0oVO 1or
library at San Juan.
King Edward Is declared to be amlcteo
with cancer in his throat.
The torpedo boat destroyer Chauhcey
was launched at Philadelphia.
The British war Office is ready to call out
every volunteer in the country.
The list of football casualties so far TINS
season Is five killed and 63 injured.
Peter Bell, of St. Marys, o., recovered
daughter stolen by gypsies In 1892
An Indian named Cocker died at his home
near Bloomer, Wis, aged lis years.
Fire destroyed 100000 feet Of lumber
at Iron River, Wis, the loss being S16o,Coo.
The steamships Campania and Lucania,
40 miles apart, communicated by wireless
telegraph.
Secretary Root has resumed his duties
at the war department after an absence OF
several weeks
In a Jealous rage Luther Estelle killed
Clyde McMains, May Berry and hlmsen
at Hot Springs. s. D.
Col, A. l.. Mills, the superintendent OF
West Point, reports that hazng has ceased
at the military school.
Henry Wiseman, prisoner at Jackson,
Mich, confessed the murder OF Mrs Huss
near Royal Oak, Mich.
The Dubuque Oa) Herald and Dubuque
Telegraph have consolidated under the
name of the Telegraph-Herald.
The Chicago university divinity school
has begun the use of a new Bible, when
contains many striking changes.
Gov Yates has issued proclamation
urging residents of Illinois to contribute
to the Mckinley monument fund.
Gen. Weyler may become ruler OF Spaln'
as he intimated he would accept the dc
tatorship If the people asked IT.
Prince Alert set a new pacing record for
geldings by making mile on the ne"
Billings track at Memphis in 2:0oA.
The thirty-third reunion of the Society
Of the Army of the Tennessee will be held
November 13 and IA at Indianapolis
The National hotel at Menasha, Wis.
was totally destroyed by fire, the guests
barely escaping in their night clothes.
Dr. c. NJ Bartlett. for 81 years pres
ident of the Maryvlle college at Mary"
vile, Tenn, died at the age of 81 years.
c. Charles. express messenger on
Southern Pacific train near Eugene. Ore.
prevented looting Of his car by robbers.
John W. Gates has bought the Kansas
City & Northern connecting road, his oo-
ject being to secure a transcont1nentals Ss-
TEN.
President Roosevelt returned to WASH
ington. accompanied by his daughter Alice
and his brother-in-law, Commander
Cowles.
Fire in the Woods Motor Vehicle COM
pany's plant in Chicago caused loss or
100000. twenty-five aut ON obiles were de-
stroyed
NJ Hutin has submitted a proposal on
behalf of the Panama Canal company to
sell the property to the United States gov
eminent.
The Pacific Mail steamship Siberia, tho
largest vessel ever constructed in America.
was launched at the Newport News (Va.)
shipyards
The American Missionary association. in
annual convention. approved President
Roosevelt's action in entertaining Booker
T. Washington.
A. c. Whitney, of Chicago, was given
SEQ, 600 Judgment against S. A. Schmidt. OF
New York, for alternating the affections
of the formers wife.
Winston Churchill in a speech at Leices-
ter, England, denounced the governments
conduct of the war in South Africa, which
he characterized as blunder.
Ninety persons we're poisoned at we'd
ding near Bath, N. Y, several of whom
solution are thought to be the cause.
Andrew Israelson. living at Beechwood.
Mich, became insane and killed his Wife
and his sister-in-law, mortally wounded
his father-in-law and committed suicide.
A farmer living near Rochester, N. Y.
narrowly escaped lynching by his neigh
bors because he attempted to have his
newborn son named after Mckinley's
assassin.
Gold to the value of So57 400 was pro-
duced in the United States in the year 1900.
and the silver output Of the world amount
ed to 17S.796,796 fine ounces, the largest
ever known.
Josiah Turner, the most historic charac-
ter in North Carolina died in Hillsboro.
aged so years He was elected to the
United States congress after the war and
refused his seat.
BY a new French invention In multiple
telegraphy 16 simultaneous messages are
transmitted on the same wire and are re-
ceived by an equal number Of operate rs
without confusion.
Secretary Chamberlain announces that
the Irish representation in parliament is
to be reduced and that the British govern
ment is to pursue a sterner course in the
SOuth African war