The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-18
THE NEWS m BRIEF.
For the wssk Ending March Ia.

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Mime. Patti is we'll satisfied with her
tour, which netted her $780,
600. -
Mrs. Eliza Montgomery, who was 100
years old, died at her home in Chi
cago. =" J. -J$@
The wife of David Swope, a laborer,
gave birth to Ave boys at her home near
Pittsburg, Pa.
Congressman Victor Murdoch of
Wichita, Kan. has been renominated by.
the republicans. n.
Sale of season tickets to the exposition
has commenced at St. Louis, the price OF
the ticket being $25.
Archbishop Machray, primate of all
Canada, died at Winnipeg of pneu-
monia, aged 70 years.
Gen. Henry Boynton, who won dis
tinction in the civil war, died at Angus
ia, Me-, aged 70 years.
One of the worst dust storms in years
swept over the central part of Kansas,
greatly damaging the wheat.
John w. White, head attorney for
the Modern Woodmen, died at his home
in Rock Island, ILL.,, aged 81 years. .
Trade reviews report improved busi-
ness conditions as q result of better
weather, all lines being more active.
Jacob Romefs, who served the Tenth
Ohio district in congress from 1884 to
1889, died at his home in Toledo.
A mob seeking to break into the jail
at Murphysboro, ILL.,. to lynch a negro
prisoner, was foiled by the sheriff.
Mrs. Rebecca Mayo, aged 80, the last
but one surviving widow of revolu-
tionary war soldier, died at Newbern,
Va.
Congressman Phillip P. Campbell. Of
Pittsburg, Kan, has been renominated
by the republicans of the Third dis
trict.
Russian refugees, succeeding in evading
military duty at home, reached New
York and related thrilling stories Of es-
cape.
The worst rain and wind storm in 13
years swept over San Francisco and
along the Pacific coast, doing great
damage.
Rear Admiral Walker says that he
expects work will be commenced on the
Panama canal within two or three
months.
The Maryland legislature has passed
q bill for. a constitutional amendment
designated to eliminate the negro vote
in the state.
Rhode Island democrats named dele
gates to the national convention
pledged to vote for William r. Hearst
for president. :,.
The postal receipts at the so largest
post Offices in the country for February
show an increase of 9.79 per cent. over
February, 1903.
The republican territorial conven-
ton 1T Tucson, Ariz., elected delegates
to the Chicago convention and instruct
ed for Roosevelt. ~
The president has directed the trans
fer of John Barrett. the president min
lister to the Argentine republic, to DO
minister to Panama.
Negro bishops and clergymen favor
a suggestion that the United States &C.
quire San Domingo as colony and
refuge for the blacks.
The will of Sarah Schermerhorn. Of
New York, bequeaths 5000 900 to charity.
of which $4,000 goes to the consump-
tives' home in Denver.
A committee has begun inquiry into
the charge that United States Senator
Dietrich, of Nebraska, sold post Office
appointment for $4,000.
James H. Shippie, % years of age,
when arraigned in court at Elizabeth,
N. j., on a charge of bigamy. admitted
that he had been married Al times.
One million women have begun cru
SADIE against Reed Smoot, and all pastors
in the United States are urged to appeal
to their congregations on March27.
State department officials are studying
American sentiment as to the far east
war. Sympathy is apparently with ia
pan, but is not antagonistic to Russia.
Attorney General Knox has Informed
members of the senate that there will
be no hitch in perfecting the title OF
the United States to the Panama canal.
After being speechless for five month
as the result of a fall from street
car, Rev. D. E. Standard, pastor OF
St. Luke's Methodist church in St.
Louis suddenly recovered his voice.