The Worthington advance., 1905-01-27
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For tho Week Ending Jan. ~23.

For tho Week Ending JAM 20.
Kuropatkin's reenforcements swell
his Mukden army to 100000 men. 4
Miss Helen Gould gave reception to
1000 sailors of the navy at Norfolk,
Va. e.
Senator Mitchell will return to Oregon
to demand a speedy trial in the land
fraud suit.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Joseph L. Bristow has formally retired
from that Office.
The Cleveland city council has voted
to ask Andrew Carnegie to build
100000 library there.
John G. Harner, a druggist, was
burned to death at Caney, I. T., in fire
that destroyed his. drug store.
~ ~Ex-Copgressman B. F. Rice, who
served several terms as representative
from Arkansas, died at Tulsa. r.
President Roosevelt is among the
first subscribers to the national exhi-
bition to be held in Ireland in 1907.
The annual report of the Carnegie
relief fund shows 875 workmen bene-
fitted and $242,000 paid out in pensions.
The editor Of the Breeders Gazette
says reciprocity with European coun-
tries means boom for our live stock.
Mrs. Mignonette Seavy of Barring
ton, a patient at the state insane asylum
at Concord, N. H., killed two inmates
and injured nurse.
Corporal punishment for men who
beat their wives. or any other female,
is provided for in bill filed in the Mas
sachusetts state senate.
The president has decided to appoint
A. G. Stewart, of Iowa. attorney gen.
eral of Porto Rico to succeed Willis
Sweet, of Idaho, resigned.
Divorce legislation is planned by the
Illinois legislature. A member has Sc
cured statistics showing that 2,492 di-
vorce cases are pending in Il4lnois.
Nathan Young, of Cranberry, N. c.,
died in the city hospital in Kansas City,
Mo-. as the result OF an assault upon him
by footpads on the night of January IL.
A valise containing $1,270 was stolen
from the Office of Robert Stevenson &
Co., in Chicago, While the cashier was
at the telephone talking to the thief's
accomplice.
At the beginning Of the present
school year there were approximately
1000 public schools in operation In
Porto Rico, involving an annual out
lay of 100000.
Fire entailing loss of $150.0O0 oc-
Cured in the power plant of the Terre
Haute Ond.) Traction & Power COM
pany and business was paralyzed to a
considerable extent.
The Italian government has issued
decree providing for the abolition Of
slavery in Italy's East African colonies.
which was first denounced years ago by
the American consul at Cairo.
The government school for Indians
on the Menominee reservation, Kesh-
ano, eight miles rcrth of Shawano,
Wis, has been totally destroyed by
fire. The loss will reach $4,000.
A protocol between San Domingo and
the United States has been signed, the
latter guaranteeing the integrity Of
Dominican territory and agreeing to
adjust its obligations foreign and do
mestic.
While attempting to arrest Robert
and James Mcbride at Tuskegee, Ala,
Sheriff F. F. Connor was perhaps fatally
stabbed. the Mcbride men were both
shot to death, and two other officers
were wounded.
The United Society of Christian En-
deavor has received at it's offices in
Boston reports from all parts of the
world, showing the year 1904 was the
most progressive the Endeavor move
ment has known.
Gen. Reuben Williams, editor of the
Northern 1ndianian and Daily Times, OF
Warsaw, Ind, died as the result of ex-
posure while returning from the inaugu-' J
ration of Gov. Hanly at Indianapolis.
He was 73 years of age.
Willard Elder, aged u; George Leiper.
aged 10, and George Thomas, aged ~,
while coasting at Tyrone, Pa, were car
ried under moving shifting locomotive.
Elder and Thomas were killed and Lei
per cannot recover from his injuries.
Gov Adams has replied to allega-
tions of former Gov. Peabody, contest
ant for the governorship of Colorado,
and charges the republicans with plot
ting to stuff ballot boxes after the elec-
tion in order to cot IN a nrv of fraud