The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-08-04
THE NEWS IN 1nlEE

THE NEWS "A; 4 6lR r.! &. u.
~ tho sWAk 1ading Julyaa s
The plant Of the Lumberton MISSY
Stores company burned. Lcss, 40, 00O:s5
insured. gss
u President Roosevelt will visit Ports
mouth during the conference Of the
peace ENJOYS. i. M S.3'.'''.Fs.s
Emperor William seeks to unite
Norway, Denmark and Germany in
new driebund. AZ ss.es..-s
More than 500 Chicago freight
handlers threaten to. 60 ON strike un-
less their demands are granted.
The receiver Of the recently closed
Farmers bank 1t Spring Valley, O..
announces an apparent shortage Of
$4,000.
Fire destroyed the Missouri Grain
company's elevator 1t Moberly, Mo-,
containing large amount of grain.
LOSS, $500, 900. 's
Matte and Grace .Wigner, sisters,
aged IA and Is years, respectively, were
drowned while attempting to ford
creek west of Lacyne, Kan.
'Ex-State Senator William E. Finck
anu wife, were fatally burned by ma
tural gas explosion in their home in
Somerset, O. Both are dead. 1H
President Roosevelt made a visit to
Coney Island to inspect the institution
established there by the city of New
York to improve the condition of tho
poor.
Senator Depew has returned from
Europe, and declares he will give out
. statement soon showing his connec-
ton with the Equitable society's Af-
fairs. us - :. <t$
The sentence of Emil Totterman,
who was to be executed flor murder
on August /, was commuted by Gov.
Higgins, Of New York. to life impris-
onment. # @& s&
}$ Fearing bombardment by the Japa-
nese, the commandant of VladiyOstok,
has ordered all able-bodied citizens to
make ready to fight fre and protect
property. - &
George T. Moore, psychologist and
algologist of the department of agri-
culture. Friday rendered his resigna-
ton to Secretary Wilson and it has
been accepted. f.~-.- +
H. A row boat. carrying Miss Anna
Mcbride and Carroll Powers was
swept over the dam in the Elkhorn
river, near Norfolk, Neb., and both the
occupants were drowned.
. Fire destroyed the state peniten-
tiary at Huntsville, Tex, entailing =
loss aggregating $4,000. The con-
victs were removed and locked up
when the fire was discovered.
Dell Stewart, ex-mayor of Osceola,
a., and formerly district judge in
Iowa, died at q hospital in Portland.
Ore, as the result of an operation.
Death was sudden and unexpected.
William slugger shot his wife and
William Vivian at Noxen, Pa, and then
fired a bullet into his head. Slugger, be-.
fore losing consciousness, said that he
had found Vivion in his wife's room. 4
James Salerno, an Italian, cut the
throat of his 15-year-old stepdaughter.i
Elizabeth, Carney, at Williamsport,
Pa. The girl died few hours later
in hospital. Salerno was captured.
BY an overwhelming majority the
Zionist congress-, in session at Basic.
Switzerland, decided not to accept the
offer of Great Britain of a tract of land
in East Africa for the formation of q
Zionist colony.
There is great rejoicing in Toxic
over the success of the Sakhalin ex-
petition, and the landing at Krest-
kamp lighthouse Is regarded as the first
entry of the Japanese army into Rus
sian territory proper. ~
Chicago finds herself overrun by an
army of outlaws as a result OF the
teamsters' strike, which called the po-
lice of patrol duty, and the daily mid.
summer crime calendar is as long az
It is in the winter season.
+ The Japanese navy department an
nounces the rescue of the, crew of the
German steamer Cecele, which Is
aground off Cape Patience, island or
Sakhalin. Four Germans, two British
subjects, one Norwegian and 36 others
were saved.
Joseph Meyer, pawnbroker in De-
troit, Mich, was attacked by thieves
who caught him alone in his office.
The thieves got away with about 5000
in money and probably $1,000 worth
of diamonds. They left Meyer I'M
conscious and he died later.