The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-11-22
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Nov. IS.

Burglars secured $500 from the bank at
Plymouth. la.
A heavy snowfall was reported all over
the eastern states.
Ex-Queen Liluokalani, of Hawaii, ar
rived in San Francisco.
A meteor fell into a lake Of oil near Tulsa.
I. T., and set it on fire.
Col. ]. H. Mapleson, the noted operate
manager, died in London.
Mrs. Bridget Madigan died in Marinette.
Wis. aged nearly 1O2 years.
The business portion of West Branch,
Mich, was destroyed by fire.
The business portion of Clifford. N. d.
was almost entirely destroyed bY t1re
Lady Catherine Jane Carew died at
Woodstown. England, aged 1o4 years.
After a quarrel William Hamilton shot
his wife and himself at Rockton. Ill.
A rich mica deposit has been discovered
on the Eastbrook farm in Sherburne, VI.
Gen. Kitchener plans to capture the en-
tire Boer forces by piecemea4 py next
June.
I Joseph D. Keith was hanged at Mich
igan City, Ind, for the murder OF Nora
Kifer.
Lord Kitchener reported two encounters
with the Beers, in one of which the BRUSH
lost % men.
severe earthquake shock at Buena
Vista, COL, and vicinity caused consider
able damage.
The people of Illinois presented a silver
service to the battleship Illinois at Fort
reSs Monroe.
A new rule adopted by eastern trunk lines
requires high officials Of the roads to pay
fare hereafter.
Senator Stranahan, Of Oswego, N. T.,
has been appointed collector Of the port
of New York.
South Carolina will open her interstate
and West Indian exposition in Charleston
on December l..
Mai Hugh r. Belknap, formerly con-
gresham from Chicago, died Of gangrene
in the Philippines.
George Peacock and James Campbell,
two young men, were drowned while skat-
ing at Lowry, MINI.
Beds of live asphalt, said to be equal
to the Trinidad product, are discovered
near Escanaba, Mich.
The president has appointed Herbert II.
D. Pierce, of Massachusetts,, third assist.
ant secretary Of state.
American capitalists, headed by Rookie
Teller, have secured control OF the street
railway system In Paris.
The knights Of Labor. in session in In
dianapolis, elected Henry A. Hicks, OF
New York, as president.
President Roosevelt announces that civil
service rules will govern his appointments
in the insular possessions.
The mayor of the capital Of Canada lost
his office because of the purchase OF
drink in prohibited hours.
A conspiracy to establish republic In
Northwest Territory Is said to have been
discovered at Dawson, Alaska.
John w. Scott one of Virginia's wealth.
lest and most eminent lawyers. was killed
nv, q hiohwavman in Richmond.
Twenty-Five persons were killed and
many buildings destroyed by an earth"
quake shock at Erzeroum. Russia.
France Is stirred by the landing Of Amer
lean anthracite coal and its sale at price
lower than for the Cardiff product.
Because Of the discovery of deteriorated
American goods all timed food In the
French army stores is ordered destroyed.
Col. w. H. Dewey, of Idaho. says that
country will soon be exploited as new
Klondike in the matter of mineral wealth.
Thirty-ave states were represented at
the opening meeting of the national con-
vention of the w. C. T. U. in Fort Worth,
Tex.
The Japanese minister at Washington
declares his government has enjoyed ore
of the most prosperous years IN It's MS
tory.
Mrs. Sarah G. E. Morse, widow of Prof.
graph, died in Berlin Germany aged rs
years.
Henry Fourier, in automobile races
near New York, made a new worlds rec
ord of a mile in s. As seconds in gasoline
motor.
At the annual meeting in Indianapolis
Of the Army of the Tennessee Gen. Gren-
Vile M. Dodge, of New York, was elected
president.
The peace party in England is growing
rapidly. Powerful interests are bringing
pressure to bear on the cabinet to end
the Boer war;
Directors of the Northern Securities com.
pany elected directors in New York for the
$4O0, 900, 900 corporation. James j. Hill was
made president.
The Gathmann dynamite gun proved
failure In test at Sandy Hook. but T.
inch army gun produced results that may
revolutionize naval warfare.
In diplomatic functions King Edward de-
crees the placing of republics on an equal
footing with monarchies, desiring to honor
the state and not the man.
President Roosevelt explained to the
cabinet his plans for appointment in the
public service. Men with good records will
be retained in office wherever possible.
Morgan, Hill, Hartman, Gould, Wander
bilt and other transportation magnates,
who have opposed the isthmian canal, are
now lined up In favor Of its construction.
The minneapolis Flyer" Of the Chicago
Great Western Railroad company collided
with a milk train near St. Charles, ILL.,,
killing one person and seriously 1njurlng
three others.