The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-02
THE NEWS m BRIEF.
For the week ENDING nov. e.

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For the Week Ending Nov. 81.
The Swiss confederation has signed
treaties Of arbitration with the United
States, Great Britain and Italy.
As a result Of business rivalry, w. =.
Murray shot and instantly killed hi AZ
uncle, J. S. Murray, at Durham, N. 9.
Frank Duncan, the noted safe blower
and murderer of Policeman G. W.. Kirk:
ley, was hanged at Birmingham, Ala.
P. H. O'Donnell, once convicted and
fined as a jury briber. is set free BY
Judge Hanecy in Chicago on . writ Of
habeas corpus. >.Ns-.. ,.' 4 s
The Indian population Of Canada.
given for the year ending June 30 last.
Is placed at 108,232. or 255 less than for
the previous year.
A monument to the memory Of Presl-
dent William Mckinley was unveiled
Thursday at the main entrance of Gold
en- Gate park, San Francisco. -
Miss Nellie Slower, Of Minneapolis,
Mimi, laughed so heartily at story
told by one of party of friends at her
home that she dislocated her jaw.
Despondent over the death of his wife.
which occurred about two months ago.
Charles Mikelson, aged IS, killed him
self on her grave at Hibbing, MINI. y
Calvin Farmer, of Sac City, Ia, II
years old, is dead as the result OF In
juries received in q game with the
team from Lake City on Thanksgiving
day. =
Landon Armstrong. farmer, who has
lived alone near Ashland, ILL.,, since
the death OF his wife, 20 years ago, was
found dead in bed and partially eaten by
rats.
Dowie is reported to have received .
gift of $3.50, 900 from a woman in Scot
land and second donation of $4,000
enabling him to pay q receiversh1p
debt.
The next annual reunion Of confed-
crate veterans is to be held in Nash.
vile, Tenn, on June S, and Z, instead
of in Louisville, KY, as had been ar
ranged.
Jimmy Michael, the professional
bicycle rider, and three years ago cham
pion middle-distance rider, died aboard
the French liner La Savoie en- route to
America.
Three children of Thomas Moran. liv-
ing near Wayne, Neb.. set fire to barn
in which they were at play. One was
burned to death and the other two are In
a serious condition.
Milt Shaw, a prominent lawyer OF
Hickman, KY, shot and killed his uncle,
Robert Buck. The dead man, 1t 10
claimed, went to Shaw's house with the
intention of numbering him.
J. w. Burdette, of Berea, KY, a stu
dent at the Michigan Agricultural col
lege, died at Lansing. Mich, from in
turies received in q football game last
week. His spleen was ruptured.
William e. Curtis writes in the CHI
cago Record-Herald Of the enormous
expenditures in 1902 and 1903 for new
buildings in the United States, so cities
investing $765, 725. 900 in structures
The canals of New Yorks closed on
cially Saturday night. Boats on their
way to tidewater were granted special
permits and water will not be drawn
from the canals until November 20.
Lewis Nixon has been engaged by
Russia to build 100 warships in two
years in the yards at Sebastopol on the
Black sea. Seven thousand American
workmen will be taken abroad for the
purpose.
Yale university has obtained for its
forest school all the forestry exhibits
at the st. Louis exposition of Cuba and
Hayti, and also large and important
parts of the exhibits Of the Philippines
and Japan.
w. M. Evans, senior member Of the
faculty and head of the English depart
ment of the Eastern Illinois Normal
collage, died at Charleston, ILL.,, Of
blood poisoning, resulting from sur.
gical operation.
With 5000 fine horses. cattle, sheep
and swine on view, the annual live
stock show opened in Chicago.
The Standard Oil company Is to be
investigated by the bureau of corpora
lions. The inquiry will be conducted
in Washington.
While on their way to Sunday school
at New Britain, Conn, Harold G.
Parke, II; his brother, Howard J.
eight, and George Halvorson, ten years
old, were drowned in Walnut Hill res
ervoir, which they attempted to cross
m a thin cnating If ire