The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-08-05
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For th, " ~ XndinR Aug. 4

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For tho week Ending Aug. 4. nv
Chicago is to be the democratic head
quarters for the campaign IN the wei.
The commercial treaty between Gef-8
many and Russia has been signed.
Minister Leischmann insists that the
sultan shall give protection to Ameri-
can schools In Armenia. y
Troops will be sent to Bonesteel to I
remain during the land filing from
August 8 to September 10. NIX tsS.
Albert Phillips, aged AZ, labor
leader, was fatally crushed ut Wool
ey's mine. at Bonneville. Ind. Il 25S3
The state department awaits Minis
ter Bowen's report before it acts on
the Venezuelan asphalt seizure. s d
Fire in an immoral resort at Nash
wauk, on the Minnesota iron range,
burned three persons to death. Es&E5
Twelve business houses were. do
stroyed by fire at Mora, Mimi, causing
q loss estimated at about $4,000. y a. s5
A fire at Salisbury, Nd, destroyed
the mill and lumber yard of E. 8. Ad-.
kins & Co., resulting in loss Of $40..
900. -' '.-'-, $'.' 90. '13 .'. n
The associated banks of New York
s., $50, 900 increase in the surplus re-
serve.
The people Of Great Britain are face
to face with hard times. with no
money in circulation and all business
In condition Of stagnation. -., At.
The house of John Harper, at New
Haven. in Hamilton county, O.. burned,
and Mr.. Harper and his wife, both over
80 years old. were burned to death. IN ID, . /;
! During q heavy rain at Elizabeth, N.
J., Patrick Meckeesey, 60 years old. em--
ployed by the city, was drowned in
sewer which he was engaged in cleaning.
F. A. La Roche reached Chicago
from New York in an automobile en-
durance test, his machine having run
1900 miles in 120 hours without stop
ping. .
Mrs. Minnie c. Love, Of Chicago, was
given a decree of absolute divorce
from Sidney c. Love. with $4,000
alimony, $4,000 of which was paid in
court. -. 49,
The death of John Rogers, sculptor
and designer of the famous Rogers
|. groups of statuary, is announced. II
occurred at his summer home in New
Canaan. Conn. &.
Henry R. Hodges, his wife and three
children, living about six miles from
Statesboro, have been killed and their
home burned Robbery is supposed to
have been the cause of the crime.
President Roosevelt told commit
tee of the National Grange that he
would allow the organization to select
the successor Of the late J. H. Brigham
as assistant secretary of agriculture.
]. H. Murley, of Denison, Tex,
freight train brakeman, who recently
inherited $4,000, and who was maxi
ing his last trip as brakeman, fell un-
der the wheels of his train and was
killed. i, sg; j.. 1 - '.5.@@g.} .ssr4sss
The comptroller of the currency has
appointed e. b. Shaw, a national banks
examiner, as receiver of the First ma
tional bank, Of Grinnell. Ia. whose
doors were closed by the directors
Tuesday. - aA. ~ H. Il.
Gov. Peabody, in q statement, de-
tends his use of the militia in the
Cripple Creek region, blaming tho
miners union for crimes and holding
that vigorous policy was absolutely
necessary. T<'.'s>P
Samuel II. Cordell, an insurance
agent, of Dallas. Tex, shot and killed
his wife while she was asleep. Cordell
then shot himself through the head,
dying instantly. Jealousy is given as
the cause. ct. ~
Gen. Leonard Wood, commanding
the department of Mindanao. Philip
pines, has taken steps to have swim
ming taught the soldiers Of his COM
mand as the result Of numerous acci-
dents in the water. ~... Ia
Postmaster General Payne has given
ten days leave Of absence to all post
masters at all first-class Offices to at
tend the annual convention Of the Ma
tional Association of Postmasters at
Niagara Falls, August 22-25.
Capt. Van Schaick and Federal
Steamboat Inspector Fleming and
Former Inspector Lundberg were in
dicted in New York by the federal
grand jury in connection with the dis
aster to the General Slocum on June
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