The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-12-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For tie Week Ending Dec. 8.

For tie Week Ending Dec. D.
American warshlps will keep close
watch of events in Venezuelan waters.
George Bear, an Indian, was
hanged at Sioux Falls, S. D., for MUIR
der.
Mont Pelee, on the Island of Mar
Unique, has resumed it's dangerous
activity.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt cele-
brated the sixteenth anniversary of
their wedding.
The American league is to have
Sunday baseball only in Chicago and
St. Louis next year.
Daily earthquake shocks have been
felt in the southern portion Of Utah
since November II.
Burglars entered the Whiteville
safe and secured $4,000.
The official vote of New York at the
last election shows a plurality for
Gov. Odell (rep.) of s,so3.
J. Pierpont Morgan is preparing to
take in every anthracite coal COM
pany in the United States.
The coinage executed at the minis
of the United States during Novan-
Der amounted to $5,246,050.
The naval game between the fleets
of the United States navy is now in
progress off Culebra island
Benjamin Wagner shot and killed his
nephew, d. W. Bair, and then blew out
his own brains in St. Louis.
The schooner Wesley NJ. CLEAR was
wrecked in storm off Hatteras in
let and the crew of ten drowned.
The president has appointed Rob-
ert NJ. McWade, of Pennsylvania, to
be consul general at Canton, China.
Shamrock, a prize bullock at the
stock show in Chicago, was sold at
Sc cents a pound, bringing ,$l,Ol0.8o.
Sagasta will retire from politics
in Spain, no matter what the OUT
come of the present cabinet crisis.
Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs.
Shaw on their twenty-fifth marriage
anniversary gave dinner at Washing
ton.
Ed Kirk and his wife and two chill
dren were cremated during the burn-
ing of their home at Pleasant Hall,
Tenn.
Weekly trade reviews say that bust
ness activity continues Throughout:
the country in excess of previous
years.
John H. Holder, publisher of the
Aurora Beacon and the pioneer news
paper man Of Aurora, Ill.,, died sud
denly.
Robbers who entered the bank at
Cropsey, Ill.,, and secured only $500.
were chased 80 miles by 4 posse, but
escaped.
Mrs. Fanny D. B. Chase, wife of
Simon b. Chase, died at Hallstead, Pa.
She was the first national president of
the w. c. T. U.
An injunction against Cleveland la
Dor unions to prevent boycotting of
Il restaurant has been made perma-
nent by Judge Ford.
w. r. Wanser, Fl. Cole and NJ. NJ.
worth, Wash. while surveying Il To-
cation for power plant.
1t has been decided that the America
cup race shall be sailed beginning Au-
gust 20, 1908, and continuing on al
ternate days until concluded.
Sir Hiram Maxim, British inventor
and gunmaker, will start for the United
States soon to begin flying machine ex-
periments that will extend over two
years.
The post Office department has be-
gun to issue stamps bearing the
Martha Washington portrait. They
will replace the present eight-cent
stamps.
American and British ambassadors
at Paris ask the French government
to except the Passionist fathers from
the order expelling religious orders
from France.
A girl aged six years and an in
FAINT of two months, children of Mrs.
Ainsley Bowers, of Saginaw. Mich,
we're burned to death while their
mother was absent from the house.
The schooner Winchester reached
Gloucester, Mass, in charge of a relief
crew after her captain and five men
prevented the vessel from sinking in
gale by being dashed to the pumps.
They had worked SO hours without