The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-12-25
Ti'AE NEWS I'm BRIEF.


For the Week H3fizg Dee,
One hundred pSSsa we're ~ MS
homeless by . IRE st atllyale.
q The Great Lakes IN eason now
closed: &. was the most prospss ous sines
1898. "a. ~ 4 Y. u
Sir THOMAS 1T has nepncs9
his readiness to. ohallengs again for the u
America cup. akt Il E5s.ssss
BY the sihkiRs &C thu tl,e 5bat Matte
n. at Lake GQRe9Edta Mlsa.. six men
were drowned; =. q 10y
John strtnger lenlht twas hanged
at Birmingham, AIR The murder q
William o. Ned 81 s,s: VII q. Al 58
Three children UK HGgust Batteen, = B
farmer Of Al!smek esfounty. Ia, weres
burned tqSAa e .Ssa (. Z: ss
s,.F'iye t6aassad II q Il ployesA n
Chicago y fecefHSs profits as
. Christians gift; s.lta ssssH. .s = .:
u, Martin Olson. John R4sK and LkfA
Anderson were gaf{ocatsa gshfal fire ~ 9
s a Ste; Aar:3 Mshs X, s,:tt:7 tsssi
s|sM Confess. ms3fhs1 e ;ths ssnaes, 3;
E4Ht4 from Neucn2te1s. .n48 SDSen EffSStS1ee
,presidsnt Of swft ~ Y !.
Fl Fhe. breaktnE ISkai dam 6osledt . large.
portion; nf the city 81 PATERSON. Aas1,
causing immensedaseasesss Il al
Anna: Krenen. vile {genen,
drowned herself and her two children in
. cistern at Lesueur, MINI.
The board of lady managers of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition decided
to ask congress for. &1oo, 900. Il. -
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~-Ae reoeral National bank, which was
closed by the stock panic early in Oc-
tober, reopened in Pittsburg. ~.
Twenty-Five citizens have. been
chosen by Judge Tuthill to plan cru
SADIE aginst crime in Chicago. .~- 49,
Mr.. J. Messersmith, her daughter.
and Frank Smith. clerk, were burned
to death in a IRE at Braidwood. Ill.
The American Baseball league meet
ing in Chicago ended with voting
President johnson salary of $4,000.
Mrs. Sarah Caswell Angel. wife Of
the president of the University of Mich.
Viola Sands Hazard, thought to be the
Oldest woman in Rhode Island, died at
her home at Wakefield. aged los years.
The negro problem has been solved in
North Carolina. according to Gov. Ay-
cock, by practically DISTINGUISHING him.
Alexander Mcdonald, who was elected
to the United States senate from Arkan-
:as in 1869, died at Norwood Park, N. ].
William I. Buchanan, of Buffalo, N.
Y, the first United States minister to
the republic of Panama, sailed for Pan
anna.
An earthquake has broken of tho
southeastern peak of Mount Rainier, ly-
ing 60 miles southwest of Tacoma,
Wash. ',. -. .s.-
Weekly trade reviews report heavy
consumption OF merchandise, growing
ease of money and fewer commercial
defaults.
The remains of Herbert Spencer were
cremated at Hampstead, England.
few invited guests attending the clos
ing rites.
Mrs. Elmira Drake, on trial at Coving-
ton, Ind, on the charge of having MUIR
dered her husband one year ago, was
acquitted.
Mrs. Harry L. Smith and her two
young children were burned to death by
a fire which destroyed their home al
Oaklane, Pa.
Judge Jonas Hutchinson, of the Cook
county superior court, died suddenly at
his home in Chicago of heart failure.
aged GO years.
Funerals were interrupted and de-
layed and many dead were left I'M
buried as the result of the strike of liv.
cry drivers in Chicago.
News of the passage by the United
States senate of the bill for reciprocity
between the United States and Cuba
caused rejoicing in Havana.
The celebration of the centennial ami
versary of the transfer of the Louisiana
territory, from France to the United
States began in New Orleans.
John A. Benson, a wealthy San Fran
cisco (Cal) real estate dealer, was ar
rested in Washington on a bribery
charge in connection with public land
deals.
The Big Four railroad is reported to
have contributed $4,000 to the fund for
erecting a gymnasium at Purdue uni
versity in memory of the students killed
in the Big Four wreck last October.
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