The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-02-26
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I THE NEWS m BRIEF.

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For the Week Bading Feb. ~.
President Roosevelt has signed the
urgent deficiency bill. 'sE>
Speaker Cannon thinks congress will
DO ready to adjourn before May 1.
n General trade revival is prevented only
BY weather, according to Dun's review.
The dowager empress of China, the
real ruler of the empire, was reported
dead.
The Iowa republican convention has
been called to meet in Des Moines on
May 10.
Mexico has onicially declared her
neutrality in relation to the war in the
far east.
Z Onicials in New York say they have
unearthed system Of extensive natural
ization frauds.
The work of clearing the streets in
tie burned district of Baltimore has
been completed.
+ Fire destroyed the buildings OF the
Greensboro IN. c. female college, the
loss being $125,0OO.
Republicans of the Fifth Ohio district
have nominated w. w. Campbell, of Ma
poleon, for congress.
Joe Buffalo, official head of the Lake
Superior tribe Of Chippewa Indians.
died at Ashland, Wis.
Late advices from San Domingo say
Gen. Jiminez, the rebel leader, has fed
and his cause is hopeless.
The Spanish cabinet has been warned
by France against alleged British plans
to seize Spanish territory.
Official announcement is made Of the
union of the Presbyterian and Cumber-
land Presbyterian churches.
Russia has abolished the censorship
on all kilograms going abroad, thus re-
versing the practice Of centuries.
Indian territory ard Oklahoma prob
ably will be admitted to the union as
one state under the latter's name.
The Printers Exchange, a slx-story
structure at Minneapolis, was destroyed
by fire, the loss being over $4,000.
Mrs. Lottie Garwood and her daugh-
ter and Miss Ethel Clark were burned
to death in a fire at Youngstown, o.
At his own request Rear Admiral
Charles S. Cotton, commander of the
European station, has been retired.
I At Hanover, N. H., Dartmouth hall.
built ITO years ago.. the Oldest building
at Dartmouth college, was destroyed by
fire.
Lieut.. MacRae and six privates were
killed by bolo rush Of 500 fanatics while
patrolling the east shore of the island of
Samar.
Possibility of war with Great Britain
was openly discussed by Russian mill
5tary officials, who count on Germany's
support.
Juhn Chuck shot and killed his rival,
Rolla Smiley, at Rockville, Mo-, and then
kissing the girl they both loved, killed
himself.
+ Possibility OF converting rainwater
into mineral water, by use of radium
was demonstrated at Ann Arbor mich
university. :
At Denver, COL, Frank G. Senter killed
himself and wife, having been driven
insane by her devotion to the faith heal
ing cult.
The Lothrop Publishing company, one
of the oldest houses in the trade, made
an assignment in Boston with liabilities
of $3.50, 900.
There were 287 business failures in
the United States during the seven
= days ended on the 10Th, against 274 the
same week in 1903.
Mrs. Jacob Antoiassi and five chill
dren were burned to death in fire
consuming the house In which they
lived near Croton, N. Y.
The census bureau has begun the work
of gathering statistics of special classes
Of population, including penitentiaries,
aims houses, insane asylums, etc.
Frederick HI. Winston, United States
minister to Persia in 1856, and prom
inent in Chicago for 40 years, died at
Magnolia Springs, Fla, aged 70 years.
The republican state convention,
composed of what is known as the lily
white element, met in New Orleans
and nominated w. J. Behan, of New
Orleans, for governor.
Col. Henry T. Cranberry, SO years
old, who in 1891 put down an insurrec-
ton at South Hamden, which became
known in Virginia history as Knapps'
war, died in New York.
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