The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-08
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

the NE rs I'M BRIEF.
~ 1or the Weak Ending July 9.
George Frederick Watts. the painter,
died In London Of bronchitis.
The National Educational assoeia-
ton convention ended Ito session in
~ Louis. 5, .Gss 56Sf4T
vi Ina quarrel between John Wainscott
and Channely Cardinal at Madison. Ind.
Cardinal shot and instantly killed Vain
scott. ' vi" .5@s W. &.l%
The first national bank Of Saratoga
Springs. N. r., was closed by direction
of the comptroller Of the currency, A
run on the institution caused the failure.
The remains Of Daniel Decatur EN-
nett, the author Of the song, Dixie"
who died June 20, were laid to rest in
Mound View cemetery, Mount Ver-
non, O. :; H@.z .,+.g5t . ..f,. 49, .4-I
John Jones, the negro assailant Of
Mrs. Banister. was lynched near Car
.tersville, Ga. The negro's body was
riddled with bullets, more than 500 shots
being fred. n ,.-~ ~. T.. :: w. &
n Secretary Hay and Minister Quesada
have exchanged ratiieations of the
permanent treaty. between America
and Cuba. emhodying the Plat
amendment. .r '-
After a separation Of q. year and q
half. Lester May, formerly connected
with a Brooklyn newspaper, killed his
wife and committed suicide at Ocean
Grove. N. ]. s.....
An unusually heavy hail storm in the
vicinity Of Bolton, Mo-, and Manhatton,
KAN, has done much damage to crops
and orchards and broken hundreds of
window panes. II -. ii - ::
Through the accidental explosion Of q
rocket at Kiel. Germany, on board the
cruiser Juno, one Of the English vessels
escorting the royal yacht, two of the
crew were killed. .&' 49, ,-,,.,'
Joseph r. Ryan, national democratic
committeeman from Nevada, and head
Of the Nevada delegation to the demo-
cratic national convention, died in St.
Louis, Of pneumonia. 49, q
= A locomotive boiler exploded on the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad while going up
the mountain, SO yards from Ehrenfeld
station, Pa, killing three men, injuring
two Others, one of them fatally.
John B. Stewart, So years of age, was
shot and almost instantly killed by the
husband of his step-daughter. Samuel
Peck, "a years of age, at their home in
Collinwood, o., as the result Of a fam
| lily row.
Col. Edward Butler, prominent st.
Louis politician, came into, court in an
,wer to a bench warrant charging him
| with bribing witness. He was released
on q bond of $40 900, with John J. O'Brien
as surety.
| Frederick Field Billiard, we'll
| known organist and musical composer,
died in Boston of pneumonia. His best
known compositions are 1.-THE Stein
Song" ''The Sword of Ferrara" and
'"tThe Nottingham Hunt" !,
The stockholders of the State National
bank and of the Euclid Park bank of
Cleveland, o., voted to consolidate the
two converns. The combined capftal-
laztion amounts to 81 ,OO0, 900. The de-
posts aggregate $12.o00,OoO.'
James Cowan, a Mojave, Cal, miner,
charged with the murder Of James
Cummings, a negro, who was lynched
at Mojave on March 10, was conviced of
manslaughter. The jury recommended
the prisoner to the mercy Of the court.
Dr.. Seymour T. Jarrecki, young
physician, was shot and killed at his
home in Denver, Col. Two shots were
fired, one bullet entering his body near
the heart. Apparently he had been
called-to the door and assassinated. The
murderer escaped.
The, pension bureau at Washington
estimates that the unknown army
of veterans made eligible for pensions
under the new order of President
Roosevelt will not exceed $4,000 men,
and of these less than 5000 have ap-
piled for pensions.
Judge George Gray; of Delaware, ex-
presses hope that former President
Grover Cleveland will be nominated for
the presidency by the st. Louis conven-
ton. Next to Clevelandhe favors Judge
Parker for the nomination. He declares
he is not himself candidate.
In rear-end collision between To-
cal and a. limited car of the Jackson &;
Battle Creek Traction company, two
miles west Of Marshall, Mich, three
men were seriously injured and a
score Of persons were badly shaken up
and bruised. !
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