The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-04-01
DOMESTIC.

Three negroes were killed in battle
between blacks and whites at St.
Charles. Ark.
A state good roads convention will be
held in Springfield, ILL.,, May 3.
Andrew Isgrigg, Arthur Everhart and
Edward Hert, young men of Jefferson
vile, Ind, were drowned in the Ohio
river.
Orders have been issued in Keokuk,
Ia, to open the United States-Des Moines
Rapids canal for navigation ON April l.
Thirty-three shoe manufacturers in
Lynn, Mass, locked out their men be-
cause of proposed strike.
Aften ten days of civil control San
Miguel county, COL, has been placed
1nder martial law again to prevent armed
bands of strikers from destroying prop
erty.
Robert Allison, aged "A, pioneer type
founder, dropped dead at his home in
Cincinnati.
The national bank of Holdenville, I.
r., capitalized at $4,000, has suspended.
Prairie fires near Holdrege, Neb.. did
great damage to property and caused the
loss of three lives.
Fifty-eight freshmen at Ann Arbor,
Mich, have formed an organization to
secure revenge upon sophomores who
caught and sheared them.
Burglars took 500 in money and
stamps from the post Office at Piper City,
III.
Specific charges against Judge Swayne,
of the Florida district, were filed with
the house committee by members ap-
pointed to investigate.
Jerry Duggins was convicted at Terre
Haute, Ind, of the murder of Mrs. Sarah
Ramsey and her two children and SEN
fenced to be hanged.
Because she refused to marry him
George Kelch killed lisa Matthews and
himself near Georgetown, o.
A party of wealthy Japanese has ar
rived at Seattle, Wash, and will visit
the principal centers of the United
States to inspect industries and practical
working of the laws.
A daily newspaper with latest news
by wireless telegraph, is to be issued on
board all transatlantic steamships, be-
ginning in May.
Troops are on guard in mining dis
tricts in Colorado where trouble is ex-
pected from striking miners.
Justus L. Brodrick, president Of the
wreck~ Elkhart (Ind.) bank, ended his
trial at indianapolis by pleading guilty
to enbezzlement.
A storm which swept the entire south
eastern section of Wisconsin did great
damage.
Six houses were completely wrecked
at Grand Rapids, Mich, and their in
mates injured by tornado. At Muske-
gon several building were unroofed.
Heavy rains checked the prairie fires
at Holdrege (Neb) and vicinity after a
loss of property of 100000.
Reports from northern North Dakota
and Montana say snow has fallen to the
depth Of two feet.
Eighteen Minneapolis flour mills have
shut down Indefinitely, throwing thou
sand of people out Of work.
The worst blizzard Of the season
RACED at Bismarck, N. D., and snow
drifts from three to six feet deep
stopped business.
!, Refusals of miners in joint confer
ence at Des Moines to arbitrate ques-
lions affecting the wage scale may
cause a strike of 10000 men.
Forty of the largest factories in
. Grand Rapids, Mich, were obliged to
/ close because of flood, and thousands
4 or men were out Of work:
:. Conservative estimates Of the dam
age caused by the flooded rivers and
creeks of lower Michigan place the
property loss ct more than $1,000, 900.
Two lives have been lost
Nine negroes have been lynched at
st. Charles, Ark, during last week as
Vi resnlt OF race troubles. .,