The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-09
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For tho week Ending Dec. s.


For the Week Ending Dec s.
A movement has been started I'm
London t. erect an international
Shakespeare memorial ..J~ -. ,...4.
The famine in, Ireland grows worse
as a result Of the failure Of the potato
crop, and suffering is great. d
Morris Abraham, q Chicago saloon
keeper, was shot to death by robbers
while trying to protect his cash. al
Grain to the amount of 100000
bushels, sold to fasteners, will leave
the north Pacific states in the next GO
days.
The National w. G. T. u. convention
adopted resolution protesting
against agitation for repeal Of the an
ticanteen law.
George j. Baer, formerly assistant
postmaster at Kansas City, was
ground to death under the wheels of a
train in that city.
A certificate of election has been given
to Bennett, republican, who was OPP
posed to Kehoe, democrat, in the Ninth
Kentucky district
BY the explosion of gas plant in
the cellar of their home, Matthias
Haines and his wife, of Mexico, Me-.
were burned to death.
A ruling by Postmaster General
Wynne classes guessing contests" as
lotteries, and the use Of the mails will be
denied their promoters.
DR.. Martin L. Yost, aged 70 years,
while driving over a trolley crossing
in South Allentown, Pa, was struck
by a street car and killed.
In an opinion from the appellate Gi-
vision Of the New York supreme court
the "closed shop" was declared illegal
and opposed to public policy.
John Winters, Harry Wolburn and.
Henry Clay were dropped 700 feet and
killed by the breaking of cable in
the Loop River mines, near Toloquon,
w. Va.
Chauncey F. Black, former lieuten-
ant governor of Pennsylvania. and
leader of the democratic party, died
at Brockie, his suburban home, near
York, Pa.
Rev. William T. Manning, D. D., vicar
of St. Agnes chapel, Trinity parish, New
York, city was elected first bishop of the
newly organized Episcopal diocese of
Harrisburg.
The inhabitants of two villages in
Gishilinsk district of Russia have
died of starvation. Famine prevails
throughout the district, owing to the
scarcity of fish.
la@The strike Of coal miners in the Mas
f>sillon district, O., in which 1 900 men have
been involved, was settled, the employ
ers granting concession of two cents
more per ton for loading.
John Dussola, alias John Congdon,
formerly of Milwaukee, Wis, was
convicted at Detroit, Mich, of the
murder of Bartender William Herman
and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Constable Joseph F. Biedermann
was killed when rival slot machine
,raiding parties clashed in, Blue
Island, ILL.,, saloon. His antagonists,
two of whom wore constables' stars,
were arrested. !
The Ohio state board Of pardons re-
jected the applications CT Murdelers
William Nichols and Philip, Nagle for
Communication of sentences. Nichols
will be executed December and Ma
gle December %.
The, National Women's Christian
Temperance Union, in session at Phil
adelphia, reelected the general OFF,
GERS for another year. Mrs: Lillian
M. N. Stevens, Portland, Me-, was re-
elected president.
Reports from all over the state OF
Ohio show that the young wheat Is
badly damaged by the drought. 1t has
been stunted in it's growth and with
winter at hand the farmers and grain
dealers say the outlook is the most
discouraging for years.
James N. Rice and his son, J. N.
Rice, Jr, II years old, were sentenced
in the United States district court at
St. Louis on. counterfeiting charges.
Rice was given ten years in the peni-
Tertiary and his son three years in the
reform school.
According to the report Of J. G.
Cotchett, secretary of the bureau
which managed all conventions and
congresses at the worlds fair, $4,000
%lo OK onl