The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-06-07
THE NEWS in B1RIEF..
For the Week Ending June 3.


The warship Illinois Is to be given Its
official trial on June IL.
June Is will be Illinois day at the expo
sition In Buffalo. N. Y.
Ohio democrats will hold their state con-
ventlon In Columbus July 8.
The bank at Collision, ILL.,. was robbed
by burglars of $1,000 in cash.
L. +. Loreee has been elected president
Of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
Russian troops killed 40 strikers and
wounded $50 near st. Petersburg.
The liners St. Paul and Teutonlc lett
New York for a race across the ocean.
Brig. Gen. Thomas Wilson. y. s. A. IRE
tired), died in New York, aged 10 years.
Minister Loomis will not return to Vene-
zuela, but will be given another position.
The Pennsylvania republican state con"
ventlon will meet at Harrisburg August Il.
The Peoples state bank at Gothenburg.
Neb., closed its doors with deposits OF $780,
600.
The United States supreme court has ad-
journed until the second Monday in Octo'
Der.
Robbers wrecked bank at bowling
Green, Ky, with nitroglycerin and secured
5000.
Lieut. Col Francis Michler. military Sec
rotary to Lieut.. Gen. Miles. died In WASH
ington.
An English syndicate is said to have pur-
chased control of y zinc and lead mines in
Missouri.
Nelson Hatfield killed his wife and him.
self at Avoca, Ind Domestic trouble was
the cause.
The transport Logan sailed from Manila
with two battaiions OF the Twenty eighth
volunteers.
A profile of Sampson is to be on the
medal awarded for naval service IN the
Cuban campaign.
James A. Herne. the well-known actor
and playwright. died at his home IN Ne"
York. aged G3 years.
A. H. Brooks of the geological survey. IS
to investigate the mining resources OF
southeastern Alaska.
The one hundreGth anniversary or the
birth of Brigham Young was generally oo-
served throughout Utah
Ninety houses in Bakersvlle. N c.. ana
vicinity were swept away and four lives
lost by the recent flood
Nick Conner killed his wife and fatally
shot himself at Cassopolis. Mich. Domes-
tic trouble was the cause.
Frank Reeves. a fegro. was hanged by
a mob near Georgiana. Ala. Tor attempt
ing to assault white girl.
Trades unionism is blamed by British
manufacturers for England's failure to
control the worlds markets.
Bank notes to the Value OF $2oVVVV "elo
stolen from the Singapore branch OF the
Hong-Kong and Shanghai bank.
William Campbell (coiored) was lynched
by a mob at Pond Creek. Okla. Tor SHOOT
ng Deputy Sheriff George Smith.
Military surgeons in convention at Min"
neapolis adopted resolutions calling for the
restoration of the army canteen.
Gen. John B. Gordon was reelected COM
mander of the Comic derate Veterans as
Senator T. C. Plat made an unsuccessful
appeal to the Preside mt to reinstate the five
West Point cadets recently dismissed
Gov La Toilette has appointed Dr. Alma
j. Frisbie the first woman member OF the
Wisconsin board of university regents.
Gen. Weyler proposes to reorganize the
Spanish army by establishing three army
corps, capable of repelling any INVASION
Boston Is to have college for training
young women to earn livelihood. FUNDS
were left by John Simmons for the purpose.
Dowie declared himself the messenger
of the Covenant" and the reincarnated
Elijah before a large audience IN Chicago
Wiley Kirk (colored). Is years old. was
hanged at Towson, Baltimore county. Md.
Friday, for criminal assault on q white
woman.
Queen Wilhelmina was welcomed to the
German capital with military display.
She was escorted by the emperor and his
guards.
A gang of five tried to hold up Burling-
ton limited, en- route to Minneapolis from
Chicago, but was foiled by the quick wit
of the engineer.
Michigan athletes won the championship
of the intercollegiate Athletic association
held tn Chicago. with Wisconsin second
and Chicago third.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
officials approve the pension and sick Den-
eft system for their employees. to become
effective In September.
The Minnesota supreme court gives Rus"
sell Sage, as assignee Of the Hastings e
Dakota railroad, possession OF $1,000 acres
Of land now held by settlers.
Mrs Nancy B. Irving offered $1,000 to
the business or professional man In Chi
cago who can prove he has carried on his
work for a month without lying.
Presbyterians are planning to form
central organization of their Individual
church associations to be known AS the
Young Mems Presbyterian union.
An Italian anarchist under arrest IN Rome
persists in the statement that plot exists
to assassinate Car Nicholas. Emperor
William, President Loubet and the queen
of Italy.
Gilbert e. Meirs, a noted forger of rail-
road passes. made a feint at suicide IN
Joliet Oll) penitentiary by hanging. but
instead of being cut down by sympathetic
cellkeeper he strangled to death
John D. Rockefeller is to establish In New
York the Rockefeller Institute for Medi"
cal Research the object of. which will be
the investigation Of the causes Of disease
and their prevention 1t is similar to the
Koch institute of Berlin.
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