The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-05-20
A WEEKS RECORD
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News Of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
j. at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.

: DOMESTIC.
The seat of H. Archie Pell on the New
j York stock exchange has been sold for
the reported price of $60,500. This is
about $500 under the last price OBJ
A. tanned for 4 stock exchange member
ship.
In an explosion of powder at the shaft
+, of the Big Muddy Coal & Iron company,
in Herrin, ILL.,, five men were killed
outright, five seriously injured and 20
others slightly injured.
The international convention of the
= Young Mems Christian Association OF
North America convened in Buffalo,
N. Y.
= The gross postal receipts for April
1904, at the so largest post offices in the
country, as compared with April, 1908.
aggregated $5,S30,S19, net increase Of
$439, 65S. or over eight per cent.
The annual convention of the Wom-
ans International Union Label league
has been called to meet at Niagara
Falls June Z
Robert NJ. Furman, aged CT years,
editor of the Raleigh Morning Post,
died at Beaufort, N. c., where he had
gone in search of health. The cause of
death was heart failure.
Alfred Bissell, veteran of the Mex
lean and civil wars, died at Oregon
City, Ore. Mr.. Bissell was a delegate
from Illinois to the convention that
first nominated Lincoln for the presi-
dency.
The restaurant belonging to John
: Ziegle, in Rochester, Mimi, was de-
stroyed by fire and the head waiter,
Emma Domvi, lost her life.
Fire of incendiary origin damaged all
buildings on two sides of the public
square at Chareton, Ia, the total loss
being $25,0O0
At Dover, DEL, Mrs. Mary A. Powell,
who was convicted of murder in the
second degree for killing Estelle Albin,
was sentenced to Imprisonment for
life
In a wreck at Hope Mills. N. c., on
the Atlantic Coast Line Engineer Dyer
was killed and the fireman fatally in
jured.
The Farmers State bank, at Nardin,
Okla, failed. Assets and liabilities not
given. 1t had $4,000 in the Capitol
bank at Guthrie, which failed recently.
Ward S. Williams, first mayor Of
New Richmond. Wis, and prominent
business man, died of paralysis, aged
G years.
A lake strike threatens big COM
mercial disaster to Chicago and the
west. Fully s25O0O0,00O capital is in
volved and 100000 men are idle.
The Day Lumber company's sawmill
the Mullnomah truck and box factory and
the building of the Ira F. Powers Manu-
featuring company, at Portland. Ore,
were destroyed by fire. Loss, $250000.
The Washington monument, at the ma
tional capital, was struck by lightning.
but was not greatly damaged.
Testimony was begun in the trial at
r Rising Sun, Ind, of James Gillespie. Mrs.
. Belle Seward and Mr.. and Mrs. Barbour
for the murder of Elizabeth Gillespie,
twin sister of the first-named defendant
John Brown is under arrest at Dick
son, N. D., charged with the murder of
his 12-year-old son while in fit of an
ger. The father buried the boy imme-
dkately.
The steamer Doric, arriving at San
Francisco from the orient, brought ST.
100000 gold from Japan.
/, Ernest A. Roeber. a butcher in COL
wyn, a suburb of Chester, Pa, has re-
ceived check for $25 900 from the estate
of Mrs. Martha Dobbs, who was a
wealthy resident of Pittsburg. Roeber
- saved her life in runaway accident Is
years ago.
- The firm of WhitRey, Pousland & Co.,
leading commission merchants of Bos-
! ton, filed voluntary petition in bank
4 >ruptcy with liabilities of Sill 1903 and as
( sets of 1853.
mi Dun's review of the weeks trade says
4 crop conditions are satisfactory, bank
! clearings are larger, and trade outlook
Is encouraging.
The official roster of the American
derby entries shows 119 nominations
s Including seven derby winners.
Lon B-istow. Iowa horse dealer, was
N robbed of $10,750 in Chicago.
Harry G. Selfridge. Of. the firm Of
II Marshall Field & Co., Of Chicago,
y has purchased the entire business,
ID stock and building of Schlesinger &
81 MAYER for $5.O0O,000.