The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-08-09
THE NEWS in BRIEF ! J ! |! ! II


For ne week naAlns A.. M
Mrs. Lewis. aged lls years. died q Quils -
~, Ill. II XXX Ss RE ss 4
The bank at Avilla. IND. closed ~ doors;
with liabilities Of ~, 90.
isaac Lane and wife were shot to AeatA
by negroes near Helena, Ark. 3S$Si
Frank Collier, formerly brilliant Chl-s
cago attorney, died In the county hospital
Jerome B. Osier celebrated his one hum
ared ard FIRST birthday ct his home N Chl-ees
cago. AZ S
Ava Jones and wife. an aged couple, died
almost at the same, time IN Kinde
Mich. @E, r@ I. ::s24$ t35S sssS5s IA
The Venezuelan government announeeds
its victory over rebels and invaders TON oil's5
Colombia. So - u5.Ss. NJ t5a
John schaefer. Of Brooklyn. who was un-
der water 70 minutes. was restored 70 liie
by the doctors. 81 3D.. "@s ss
Raw cotton exported during the year just
closed was $S13s 73.4A3. which exceeded Al
previous records. s>t," lT5,
John W: L,pps. of Chicago found HI. son
In an orphanage at Berne, lnd., AFTER
separation of Elk years. ,s.3 ss &
John 6iegele, rich farmer Of Niles Cen
ter, ILL.,, drank acid by mistake for whisky
and died in Is minutes. " s@
Wyatt Hairless shot and killed Maudos
Policy, his sweetheart, at Brownstown, W..
Va, and then shot himself. >sr-y.lgsS.
Miss Ethel L. Philips, Miss Jennie White
ard G. G. Ratcliffe were drowned near
Salisbury. Nd, while bathing.
A seven.year-old girl arrived In New
York from Sweden with tag a attached show
ing she is to 60 to Colorado. T., WI
Prof. Russell. Of Columbia university.
says teachers are the most narrow ana
bigoted set Of people on earth. ~ ~.
Great Britain is to withdraw 1900 troops
from South Africa and send them to India
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.
Rasnius Anderson shot Miss Emily
Campbell and p. C. Christensen at Mantt.
Utah, and then committed suicide. ~.
J. H. Dow. for more than 30 years one
Of the leading merchants Of western KAN
sas. drowned himself near Olathe.
The Michigan peach crop will be one
third less than usual because Of the
drought following 4 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 tns
place.
John Davis, who represented the Fifth
1892 as populist, died in Topeka. agedH
years.
LLOYD and Marie Shoemaker, aged five
and eight years, were killed by rolling over
a precipce 200 yards high near 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 and that the Beers may yet
| win independence.
Architect D. II. Durham and his fe!-
| low commissioners returned from Europe.
where they studied plans for the beautl-
| dcat ton OF Washington.
AT Graham, Tex. GLAND w. King and
| Roger Davenport two well-known young
men, were shot and killed by william
Rothwell. an insane man. ~
| Two more steamers have been wrecked
on the rocks off Cape Race, increasing to
eight the number which have met disaster
in that vicinity since January l. tsl... u
The Maryland democratic state conven-
| ton In Baltimore adopted platform de-
claring 1t the purpose of the party to
/
| Anew church called the Church of Man"
has been organized in Chicago. Its tenets
! oppose belief in God and it claims justice
| and glorfncation Of humanity as its chief
| creed.
| A clothes sorter in the laundry of the
Auditorium Annex. Chicago. found $4,000
| worth of diamonds and was rewarded with
ten dollars for returning them to the
| owner.
Americans have taken a hand In devel-
| oping 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
ficers may be established by the govern
ment at army posts. They will be taught
tactics, field engineering and military law
by older officers.
| movement is said to be on foot by
| Irieh societies to strike q blow at England
during the South African trouble. Plans
are to be considered at a secret meeting In
New York In September.
While crossing the Wabash tracks at
Litchfield, ILL.,, Lafayette Sweet. aged q.
was struck by train and instantly killed.
He was a civil war veteran and one Of
LitchAeld's Oldest citizene.
| Commander Murdoch believes the United
| States will next fight Germany. He de-
clares our navy must he Increased to check
the kaiser in South America or the Mon
roe doctrine must be 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 aurpass all ex"
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