The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

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years, Gied at the German old peoples
homo in Chicago.
The republicans in the Sixth district
of Virginia have nominated S. H. Hoge,
of Roanoke, for congress.
Returns from elections in Vermont
indicate that five of the six cities and
less than so out Of 246 towns in the state
voted in favor of licensing saloons.
Ferdinand Brucker, who was demo-
cratic. congressman from the Eighth
district of Michigan for the term be-
ginning March 4, 1897, died in Sagi-
nav.
Joseph w. Babcock has been renom-
mated for congress by the republicans
of the Third Wisconsin district.
John keenan,, head of the famous New
York franchise Doodle ring in 1884, died
in poverty on Long Island.
Congressman Phillip P. Campbell, Of
Pittsburg, Kan, has been renominated
by the republicans of the Third district.
Walter S. Frazier, proprietor Of the
Aurora (1ll.) News, died at his home In
that city.
home in Council Grove, Kan, aged SO
years. He was chaplain of the Eighth
Minnesota volunteer regiment in the
civil wa:.
Isaac +. Stoddard, secretary Of Ari'
IONA territory, has resigned.
The Indiana republican state com.
mittee fixed state convention for
Nd
Rev. Robert Clark. one of the pio-
neer Methodist Episcopal ministers of
Illinois, il dead at his home in Waver-
! ly, ILL.,, aged "a years.
| The Washington Star says: Sen
ator Fairbanks will not resist move
ment to make him the vice presidential
nominee OF the republican party. II
the convention dominates him he will
| accept"
The Yale club at New York booms
Secretary OF War Taft for the nomina-
ton for president.
The Henry Siegel corporation is be-
| ing formed in New York, with SO, $780,
900 capital, to control and operate all
Siegel-Cooper stores under one man
agement.
The Porto Rican house has unani-
mously passed bill the purpose OF
which is to prevent the dissertation of
the United States flag.
Negotiations in the Panama canal
matters have been halted just as the
government was about to hand $10,-
$1,000 over to Panama. because Attor-
ney General Knox has found that At.
| torney Cromwell cannot give a clear
| title to the property.
FOREIGN.
Students in the women's university
| in St. Petersburg not only refused TO
join in an address of loyalty to the
| car, but addressed kilograms of SYM
| pathy to the mikado.
Robert MacMahon, respondent over
| his fall from a millionaire to stranded
book agent, committed suicide at Water
! loo, la.
Baron Hiayshi, Japanese minister to
! Great Britain, declares that his country
has NO need of foreign war loan.
The Japanese fleet is reported to
udtC OOuUdIOSu IO1l 1AlVl-
| walls on February 20. March l and 2.
Japanese sailors landed at Tengchow
and reported battle between one Jap
anese and one Russian warship off the
Miaotau islands. south of Port Arthur.
Both vessels were sunk: all the Rus
SLAMS were lost. Junks saved 200 Jap
anese.
Russian people fear that the car is
going insane because of the war, and
the czarina is also in a sad state Of
mind.
Russians believe a decisive engage
ment will not take place until their
army has been concentrated in the far
east.
Field Marshal Waldersee Of the Ger
man army is dead.