The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-02-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Feb. IS

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The Hotel Alexandria, at Tamms, ILL.,,
was entirely destroyed by fire. Loss,
| 100000. ..
An unnamed donor has given 81 ,00O,-
900 for home for the high school at the
University of Chicago.
DR.. Charcos antarctic expedition,
which has not been heard from since last
| April, is believed to be lost.
The Kansas supreme court has de-
cided 1t is no crime for public officials
in chat state to solicit bride.
Adolf Won Mcneil, the artist, died in
Berlin. He was about 80 years old and
had been identified with the best in Ger
man art.
Fire destroyed the eight-story build
ing of the Schwabaocher Hardware COM
pany, at Seattle, Wash. Loss estimated
at 100000.
Two men were killed and third Sc
| riously injured in al explosion CT hid
den dynamite on the drainage canal at
Lockport, Ill.
Mrs. Mary Borwhk, of the town Of
Westford, near Beaver Dam. Wis, is
dead at the age of ia years. She was
born in Poland.
WEIGH Bros, of Waterloo, Ia, dry
goods merchants, have filed petition In
bankruptcy. Their liabilities are $25, 900
and assets $4,000.
The residence of Carl Hoffman, two
miles from Unity, Wis.,, was destroyed
by fire Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs. Hoff-
man were cremated.
John B. Guyton, of Missouri, has con-
tracted with the Japanese government
to furnish them 1000 horses to be used
in the mikado's army.
Wells hall, used as 6ormitory for the
students of the Michigan agricultural
| college at Lansing. Mich, burned to the
ground. Loss, 5000.
The Oregon state senate, with one dis
senting vote, adopted concurrent res
olution expressing confidence in United
States Senator John H. Mitchell.
Former Congressman Leonard Myers,
| of the Third Pennsylvania district, died
at his home in Philadelphia, aged Is
years. He served five successive terms.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
| filed against Sullivan, Drew & Co.,
| wholesale dealers in millinery, one of the
! largest concerns in this line in New York
| city.
The appellate court in Chicago handed
| down a decision to the effect that no sur
geon has the right to perform serious
operation without the consent of the pa
tient.
Rev. w. H. Strout, for nearly half
century in the ministry and one of the
best known pastors in northern Illinois.
died suddenly at his home in Joliet, aged
70 years.
James Burton Reynolds, of Massachu-
sets, has been appointed as the sue
cessor to Robert B. Armstrong, assistant
| secretary of the treasury. in charge of
customs.
| A passenger train drawn by two en-
| gines on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad, was wrecked IL miles
west of Creston, Ia. One man was killed
and three were injured. -.
Thomas Adams, inventor and manu-
facturer of chewing gum. died at his
home in Brooklyn, Of pneumonia and
old age. He retired from business after
accommodating fortune.
AS the result of quarrel, John Flick
enschild, of Chicago, shot his wife and
then turned the weapon on himself and
shot himself through the heart He died
instantly. The wife is in dangerous
condition.
In the Wisconsin senate bill was in
troduced to change the seat of govern
ment to the city of Milwaukee, and set
ting apart the present capitol grounds
and buildings for purposes of the state
university.
The announcement that the senate
had passed the statehood bill providing
for joint admission of Oklahoma and In
dian Territory created great enthusiasm
| in both territories. Public demonstra-
tons of rejoicings took place.
Congressman J. N. Williamson and
his partner, Van Gesner, both engaged
in the sheep business were indicted by
the federal grand jury at Portland, Ore,
the charge being an attempt to defraud
the government of public lands.
Conductor w. H. Marsh was killed, rs
people were injured, eight passenge:
cars and an engine piled in the ditch and
a 2OO-foot bridge wrecked as the result
of broken rail on the Chicago. Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad near Melbourne,