The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending March "a

Peter LaVerdure, aged III years uleO at
Great Falls. Mont.
Cambridge defeated oxford in the fifty
ninth annual boat race on the Thames.
John Henry Peavy, a negro, was hanged
at Vienna. Ca, for the murder OF Jesse
Ford.
Achilles l., known as king Of Patagonia,
died in Paris, leaving his throne to an un-
known.
The state institution for the deaf ard
dumb at Jackson, Miss, has been destroyed
by fire.
A London paper predicts civil war in Ire
land as result of the United Irish league
agitation.
w. ]. Bryan celebrated his forty-second
birthday by moving to his farm near Lin
coin, Neb.
The senate Philippine committee has de-
cided upon distinct coinage system for
the Islands.
A jury declared Stewart Fife not guilty
| Of the murder of Banker Richardson at ST.
Joseph, Mo.
The special session of the Colorado !egis-
lature adjourned after the passage OF the
revenue bill.
Republicans 'of the Ninth Indiana dis
| trict have renominated Charles 3. Lands
for congress.
James Hatfield, of the famous Kentucky
| family of feudists, was killed in light at
North Bend. o.
Green W. PritcharG was killed and John
Below, farmer, fatally wounded IN duel
at COrydon, Ky.
| The Virginia constitutional convention
| has practically agreed upon plan to dis
| franchise negroes.
| Two little children of John Bergue OF
| Mound Lake. Mimi, fell through the ice
! and were drowned
| Thomas L. Burns, an old-time famous
| ball player died suddenly of heart disease
| at Jersey City. N. }.
The civil tribunal at Paris has approved
| the cession of the Panama canal property
| TO the United States.
| The Missouri supreme court rendered a
decision upholding the right of labor men
| to enforce the boycott.
| Thirty rioters were killed by Russian
| troops in an attempt to release imprisoned
strike leaders at Batoum.
George Carter (colored) was hanged at
Moundsvilc w. Va. for the murder Of Vir-
| ginia Whistler, also co!ored.
| An avalanche overwhelmed Japanese
| refinery, crushing the building and start
| ing fire, and POI lives were lost.
| Four negroes were killed and one "a
| tally beaten by white men at Madrid
| Bend, n.y., for stealing chickens.
| Santos Dumont will visit ST. Louis TO Sc
| lect fair site for d balloon shed IN con-
nection with the airship contests.
| John Woodward. the negro murderer OF
Leonard Calvitt. white planter was
| lynched by Il mob at Eidalia. La
Mrs. Betsy Bailey. an aged woman OF
| Mauuoketa Ia, was burned to death. her
| clothing catching fire from stove.
| The barge Hamilton was wrecked of
| Newport News and Capt. Shoemaker ard
| his crew Of four men were drowned
| Congressman Henry Gibson. of the Sec.
| ond Tennessee district, was renOm!nateo
| for his fifth term by the republicans.
Judge Russell Smith Taft, aged G. years,
| chief Justice of the suprt me c0ur. or YER
mont, died at his home in Burlington.
Jerome Magce. of the University OF Chi
| cago track team, went II feet 3 inches IN
| a pole vault. breaking the indoor record.
Two persons were killed, ten hurt and
| much mail was lost il a wreck on (he
! Southern railway near CharlottesVllle' va
| German manufactures may be excluded
| from the United States in retaliation 1or
the exclusion of American meats by Ger
many.
The worlds sugar production in 1900. ac'
cording to a treasury bulletin. was s.sOo''
900 tons Beets furnished 81 per cent. OF the
supply.
Justice Mayer, of New York. set free
| Miss Florence Burns saying there was nc
| evidence connecting her with the death OF
| Walter Brooks.
Prince Adabert, third son of Emperor
! William of Germany, is to visit the United
| States in April cadet aboard the train
| ing ship Charlotte.
| Five hundred German. Austrian and Rus
! sian emigrants. disappointed with condl-
| lions In the United States, have returned 10
| their former homes.
! NAVIGATION on the great lakes Will open
| April /, upon which date insurance on huI!s
and cargoes is obtainable, the earliest of
| any season on record.
! Stanislas La Croix, who murdered his
wife and an old man named Thomps, who
was endeavoring to protect her. was
hanged at Hull. Quebec.
| strike of IS 900 miners in Virginia and
| West Virginia is expected If operators re.
fuse the request of the national olncerS OF
| the miners for conference.
| The weekly trade review notes numerous
| evidences Of further impruvemt hts IN
! markets, with vigorous domestic demand
and gain in foreign business
! The Hartman interests are said to have
! secured control of the Rock Island rail-
road through purchase Of the Moore and
| the Leeds and Reid holdings.
| Battle-scarred and depleted in ranks, the
! first and third batalions of the twentieth
| regiment arrived at Fort Sheridan AFTER
| three years campaign In the Philippines.
| Josie Mansfield. who was the cause OF the
| famous StokesFisk tragedy in New YORK
| 30 wears ago, has disappeared from hcr
| home in Paris. She may be in this country.
| Commodore Howell, of the navy. has
perfected a method of transforming soft
coal into a smokeless product. The coal
| is reduced to powder and made into bricks.
|