The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-01-08

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Bradstreet's annual review predicts Z
year Of Satisfactory conservative Dusi-
ness for 1904, following the severe strains
put upon the industrial and speculative
communities Of 1903.
Lives lost in wars throughout the
world the past year number S6,46S,
against $500 in 1902.
Mrs. Myra Jane Williams, OF Brainero'
Mimi, was sentenced to the penitent1ary
for life for the murder Of her little daugn-
ter. ..-
Experiments with turbine propulsion
prove successful and the new system Will
be used on new naval ships OF the Unit
ed States.
Detlef Evans, q German farmer near
Denison, Ia, poisoned his 18-month-old
child and his wife. It Is believed Evans
is insane.
BY the Identification Of the unknown
dead the number of unidentified 1ro-
Quois theater victims at the various
morgues in Chicago has been reduced
to 81 out of total of 5S2. New Years
day was given over to burial of the
dead. more than 100 funerals taking
place.
There were 1916 crimes throughout
the country resulting in death by va
rious forms of violence in 1903, against
1884 in 1902.
DR.. John Alexander Dowie departed
from Zion City on his world trip, which
is expected to take six months.
There were 232 business failures In
the United States during the seven
days ended on the LIST, against 29S the
same week in 1908.
James Davis and twenty horses were
burned to death in . fire which de-
stroyed the stable of the Western
News company in Chicago.
Throughout the United States there
was 8,597 cases of suicide the past year.
against 1921 in 1902.
The total number Of legal executions
in 1903 in the United States was 123.
against IA in the previous year.
Government receipts in December
were $42, IA, 532 and expenditures $751;
248, 900, leaving surplus for the
Bonds to the value of $4,000 were
missing from the Bank of Staten Island
at Stapleton, N. j., and Otto Amman
cashier committed suicide
Mayor Harrison closed 1S theaters
and concert halls in Chicago because
of imperfections.
Lynchings numbered 104 in 1903, as
compared with Sc in 1902.
Railway earnings in 1903 were larger
than in any previous year, exceeding
81 $50, OOO, 900, an increase OF ABOUT
eight per cent over the previous year.
Over 1000 persons have been killed
and over 5000 injured in railroad accl-
den,s in this country the past year.
Dun's weekly review Of trade says
that business men express confidence
In the future, especially south ana
west.
Eff. Ware, commissioner OF pensions,
SAYS that 150,S28 pension certificates
were issued for the year 1908, wnlcn Is
q, 900 more than were issued In lso2.
The embezzlers and defaulters In 19O3
in the United States got away Win
$6,5s6.165.
Notable gifts in the United States IN
1909 were: To educational Institutions
$39, $50, 692; charities, $21. 726, 31S; re-
ligious purposes. $s,s9e,s12; museums
: art galleries and for municipal better
mepts, }2,927 500; libraries, 1858 ,556.
Fire destroyed the Louvre hotel In
Chicago and three persons persisted In
the flames.
The Office Of the mayor of New York
city has been turned over to George b.
! Mcclellan.
The enrolment of pupils last year In
Indian schools was nearly $4,000.
Tsirty-four women teachers in the city
! schools are among the dead and missing
in the IroQuois theater disaster in Chi
| cage.