The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Jan. Is

Jacob ESllnger DIED at his nome IN C&r"
isle, Ind, aged 100 years.
Income tax returns show Herr Krupp
to be the richest man In Germany.
The next worlds Sunday school conven-
ton will probably be held in Jerusalem
Safe blowers robbed the Greensburg
QndD post office of 81 500 worth Of stamps.
The Peoples bank at gainesville, o..
closed its doors with liabilities Of $4,000.
The Grant club OF Des Moines gave re-
ception and banquet for Gov. Leslie M.
Shaw.
The governors of New Mexico and WASH
ineton have set aside January y as Mck1n-
ley day.
Nine Lillian Nordica. the famous singer
was slightly injured in train wreck near
Reeves, Ga.
Fire destroyed the American Mating
company's elevator in Chicago, the loss De-
ing over $250,0O0
A man who committed suicide at Seattle
confesses a murder for which another Is
serving sentence.
A man who committed suicide at Seattle
confessed a murder for which another is
serving sentence.
Martin O'Hara, aged IS, and his sister
Mary, aged Is, were drowned While skat-
ing at Osceola. Pa.
Andrew Carnegie has offered Columbus,
sing, Mich, $35, 600.
Marconi will go to England to hasten
work on wireless telegraphy stations con-
Meeting with America.
The pope and President Roosevelt are
said to have reached an agreement on Inc
Philippine church question.
The Baltimore & Ohio road will spend $780,
600, 400 on improvements, mostly on the line
between Pittsburg and Chicago.
The Minnesota legislature will meet IN
extra session about February Is to con-
slider the tax commissioners report.
A British collier was sunk in collision
with Portuguese steamship or the coast
of Portugal and IS persons persisted.
A memorial meeting in honor of President
Mckinley will be held in the hall OF the
house of representatives February y.
Former Gov. James E. McCreary has been
nominated for senator by the democratic
caucus Of the kentucky legislature.
Jim Mays, negro who attempted GRIM
inal assault upon little white girl was
hanged by a mob near Springfield, Ky.
Henry Clements, aged IS, of Knox. Ind.
killed Mrs. Edward Davis, who Tilted him
to marry another, and then shot himself.
Diplomats were dined by President Roose-
welt in the stately east room Of the white
house, never before used for a banquet.
Chill threatens to sever diplomatic rela-
lions with Mexico if the Pan-American corr
gress tries to adopt compulsory arbitra-
ton.
United States Senator Chauncey Depew
and his bride have arrived in New York
from Europe and said they had pleasant
trip.
St. Louis labor unions have declared a
boycott on the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
ton because the officials are not friendly
to unions.
Admiral Schley's visit to Gen. Gordon,
of Savannah, Ga, was made the occasion
of a great display of enthusiasm by the
whole city.
Lord Miner, the British high commits
sioner, in a speech at johannesburg de-
clared that the Boer war must he fought
to finish.
DR.. D. X. Pearsons, of Chicago, has Of
fered $10O. 900 to Wooster university. provld-
ed the school will raise SIC, 000 additional by
February Fl.
!. H. G. Saffel, a restaurant keeper at
Eureka. Cal, killed his wife in the pres
ence of his seven children and then ended
his own life.
Secretary Gage will retain the treasury
portfolio till February l at the request Of
Gov Shaw, who desires time to arrange his
personal affairs.
F. J. Moses, former governor of South
CarOllnd mas Detll SSutellCeu " IouA
months Imprisonment at Boston for theft.
His fall is due to opium.
Long Jones, of Milwaukee, maker Of
two United States senators and successful
as republican leader in Illinois and Wiscon-
sin, has retired from politics.
Daughters of the Confederacy Lex
ington, KY, have petitioned the manager
of an opera house to forbid further pres
entations of "Uncle Toms Cabin
A witness in the Nicely trial at Havana
told how the accused postal official had
formed a scheme to control the revenues Of
Cuba, which was spoiled by his arrest
A canvass among members Of both
houses of congress shows that there will be
practically no organized opposition to tariff
reduction on Cuban sugar and tobacco.
Paraguayan reVolutionsts have deposed
President Aceval and elected Hector Car
vallo in his stead. The new ministry was
appointed after a fatal riot in the senate.
of combiratio of nine big concerns which
formed for the purpose of controlling the
market
Boer sympa thizers at a mass meeting in
Chicago secured signatures to petition
in which they ask President Roosevelt to
prevent shipment of horses and mules to
South Africa.
Herr Bartemus, an Austrian electrician,
has invented a system for preventing rail-
way accidents, which he claims makes 1t
possible to prevent accidents arising from
trains meeting one another, or from one
train running into the rear of another.