The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-17
!. vi n. Ne NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the week Ending March 13.

Z The Russian authorities are unable to
check the rising Of peasants; pillage and
disorder continue.
Frank H. Hitchcock, of Massachu-
sets, has been selected for first assist
ant postmaster general.
Canada faces cabinet crisis and, q
general election as result of the church
school issue in the northwest.
Warren county, Illinois, secured an
injunction stopping the oil trust from
building it's pipe line across the county.
The Flovilla, Ca, bank was burglar
lied and the vaults wrecked with nitro
glycerin. The robbers secured $4,000
in cash.
Henry M. Lewis, of Berwick, ILL.,.
member of the Thirty-first general as
sembly of Illinois, is dead. He was 81
years old.
The wholesale grocery house of Will
hanson, Hallsell, Frazer company, at
Chickasaw, I. T., was destroyed by fire.
Loss, 100000.
The. constantly increasing depth of
water in the great lakes is regarded with
interest by vessel owners, who, however,
are unable to explain it.
Judge George w. Wakefield, of the
district court, ex-president Of the Iowa
State Bar association, is dead at Sioux
City, la. He was IS years old.
A vast system of wharves is planned
for the port of London to care for grow
ing commerce, and the docks will have a
yearly capacity of 100000 tons.
Twenty-six lives have been lost as
result OF an explosion which occurred In
the Cambrian colliery at Clydach Vale,
in the Rhondda valley, in Wales.
Fire completely destroyed the big
plant of the Connellsville (Pa.) Car and
Machine company, causing loss OF
$150.000, with insurance Of $65, 900.
The Mothers congress, in session in
Washington, planned to renew the
fight for ousting Senator Smoot, and
will try to force action by the senate.
James Ince, at Danville, Ark. con-
fessed the murder of his wife and three
children, because it seemed impossible
for him to make living for his fam
lily.
Gov. Sparks, of Nevada, vetoed the
bill prohibiting the sale of liquor with
in five miles of any camp or place where
government work is in progress in Ne
vada.
AS the result of furnace explosion at
the Cambria Steel company's works at
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, three men. foreigners,
were killed. Their bodies were horribly
burned.
A fire which started in the general
store of A. S. Leyman & Co. burned
out over half dozen of the principal
business buildings of Stanford. III.
Loss, $4,000.
August Oberg was killed and three
others more or less badly injured by the
collapse of floor in the building occu-
pied by the Cleveland CO., Machine
Knife company.
The United States and Great Britain
were unable to agree with Germany on
the amount of claims due German sub
jects in Samoa, and a commission may,
be necessary to close negotiations.
While seven men were being hoisted
in the carriage in the Clear Spring COL
liery at West Prison, Pa, the rope
broke and the men were hurled to the
bottom, a distance of $50 feet. All
were killed.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
with the CLERK of the United States dis
trict court at Springfield, ILL.,, by Tere
A. Clark, a mining promoter of Quin-
cy, Ill. He scheduled his liabilities at
1854 500, and assets at $50.
An explosion of gas at Granger, Utah,
in the basement of the Ward meeting
house of the Mormon church, wrecked
the structure. Miss Nellie Mackey, the
organist, was killed and 26 other young
persons were severely injured.
In a decision handed down by the
supreme court at Hartford, Conn.,. the
superior court is upheld in declaring
that the sealed letter in the Philo S.
Bennett will containing a bequest of
$4,000 TO William ]. Bryan is not
part of the Bennett will
The big new steamship James G.
Wallace, building at the American
Shipbuilding ccmpany's yards was sue
cussfully launched at Lorain, o. The
steamer is one of the largest. on the
lakes, and will have capacity OIL 10,-
900 tons. She is $50 feet over all, $50