The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-11-10
THE NEWS IN BRlE 4,

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending nov. 9.
Five American missionaries have bean
murdered 1T ilenchow, China.
G. w. sangster, accused Of sending
POISONED candy to his wife and child.
was indicted in Chicago.
Robbers wrecked the vault and safe
Of the Bank Of Creighton. at Creigh-
ton, NO., and escaped with $4,000.
Arthur Foster Bowers, formerly city
editor of the Tribune, died from pa
ralysis at his home in New York city.
Col. Henry c. Ward, Fifteenth United
States infantry, at his own request has
been retired, after AZ years active serv--5
ice. ,..
Mistaken for bear. John McAlister
was shot and killed at Maple Ridge,
Mich, by William Bridges. his brother
in-law. w. E~@-
Two men were killed and three seri-
ously injured by an explosion in the
Potomac electric powder house In
washington, d. G.. w. - =
A locomotive on the Houston & Tex
as Central railroad exploded near En-
mis-, Tex. killing two persons and f.
tally injuring third. ~ :5S
w. o. Chadaeyne, Of Buffalo, N. T.,
has completed q motorcycle run from
New York city to San Francisco in II
days % hours and so minutes.
Edward Brieske, aged 16, was killed
by the accidental discharge of his shot
gun while hunting ducks on Black riv-
or, at New Amsterdam, Wis. ~.E-s
The Pecher block, containing several
stores, was destroyed by fire at Onaga,
Kan. The hremen removed several per.
sons from the upper floors. Loss, $780,
900.
Prince Louis of Battenburg praised
President Roosevelt at a luncheon in
Washington, saying that next to the
king Britons revere the American pres
-iGent.
James w. Alexander, former presi-
dent of the Equitable Life Assurance
society, is reported to have lost his
mind as q result Of insurance investi-
cation. -. d.
Hon. L. T. Neal died at Chillicothe.
O., of acute Bright's disease. He was
prominent in state democratic politics,
being a candidate for governor at tho
late state convention.
Seven miners are dead and q number
OF others were seriously injured as tho
result of an explosion in one OF the
Tidewater Coal & Coke company's
mines of Vivian, w. Va.
Emperor Francis Joseph has decided
to grant universal suffrage to Austria,
and has instructed the premier, Baron
Gautch Won Frankenthurn, to draft q
measure on a comprehensive basis.
The Myar opera house, at Ell Paso,
Tex, was totally destroyed by fire.
Besides the playhouse and hotel. q
number of stores were located In tho
building. The total loss is over 500, 900.
Theodore Klinker. night Waterman
at the Canton, O., post Office, is held
on a charge of taking money from
Chain letters sent to Justice Day, chair
man of the Mckinley National Memoir
ial association.
Huron college, PRESBYTERIAN institu-
ton at Huron, s: D., has received a
100000 endowment from Ralph Voor-
hees, of New Jersey. Two years ago
Mr.. Voorhees, gave $4,000 for the erec-
ton of q dormitory for girls. .- ~
CIV. Van Dousen, appointed by Pres
ident Roosevelt to look into naturaliza-
ton frauds, reports that from Is to IS
per cent. of those admitted to citizen
ship are not entitled to it, and declares
labor conditions are largely RESPONSE
BILE.
William Karr, formerly disbursing
clerk of the Smithsonian institution,
indicted for embezzlement, pleaded
guilty at Washington. Sentence of i'm
prisonment in the West Virginia PEN
itentiary at Moundsville for five years
was imposed. .:o.
The whaling steamer William Bay
lies, one of the vessels which escaped
the grip Of the Arctic ice, arrived at
San Francisco with over 10000 pounds
Of whalebone and the oil from 16
whales. The value of her cargo is es'
timated at $150,000.
The contest for the typewriting
championship of the United States was
held in Madison Square garden, New
York. There were 10 contestants. The
winner of the first prize of 500 was
Paul Munter, of New York, who wrote
1000 words in 30 minutes. =