The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-08-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

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For tho Week Ending Aug. z.
The hamlet OF st. Henry, near Celina,
o., was almost destroyed by fire.
President Roosevelt will visit Ports.
mouth during the conference Of the
peace ENJOYS. -
Emperor William seeks to unite
Norway, Denmark and Germany in q
new driebund. u
The Warren paper mills at Raubsville,
Pa, were almost destroyed by fire. Loss.
$4,000; partially insured. i:
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 at Spring Valley. O.,
announces an apparent shortage OF
$4,000. .z
o. B. Dahle, wealthy pioneer, died at
his home in Mount Horeb, Wis, aged 80.
The deceased man was the father Of
former Congressman H. B. Dahle.
Edward Lyman Short, general solic-
sitor of the Mutual Life Insurance com.
pany since 1896, is dead at his home in
New York city from heart failure.
4 Senator Depew has returned from
Europe, and declares he will give out
a statement soon showing his connec-
tion with the Equitable society's af-
fairs. at.F-aia
Fearing bombardment by the Japa.
nese, the commandant Of Vladivostok
has ordered all able-bodied citizens to
make ready to fight ilre and protect
property.
Daniel Nolan, laborer, is blamed
by coroner's jury for the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois railroad wreck at Ste
ger, ILL.,, July IA, In which three lives
were lost. ;~,s>-sss2 .ss,.s .sls,.5as
Edmund Furthmann, Of Chicago, for
mer assistant states attorney and WELL
known traction lawyer, died at an
Evanston hospital after an operation
for appendicitis. @ =
A row boat carrying Miss Anna
Mcbride and Carroll Powers was
swept over the dam in the Elkhorn
river, near Norfolk, Net., and both the
occupants were drowned. =
T. Dell Stewart, ex-mayor of Osceola,
Ia, and formerly district judge in
Iowa, died at a hospital in Portland,
Ore, as the result of an operation.
Death was sudden and unexpected.
Judge Barnes, of the Nebraska su-
preme court. granted temporary In
junction against the Nebraska Grain
Dealers association, which, it is alleged,
is operating as trust and in restraint
of trade. tt.- ,>s,rs@-
By an overwhelming majority the
Zionist congress, in session at Basic,
Switzerland, decided not to accept the
offer of Great Britain of q tract of land
in East Africa for the formation of q
Zionist colony. .. .~~,>'a >%%
Y Sixteen-year-old Estel Payton, while
catching in q baseball game,between two
amateur teams at Nasty Corners, Ia,
was struck over the heart by q foul tip.
He threw the ball back to the pitcher
and dropped dead. s;5 - ~ ~ =.
The body tof q wealthy real estate
broker of New York was brought home
by expressmen and dumped in the YES
tibule of his house, where his wife
stumbled over it. She is almost insane
as result Of the shock.
-. The Fair department store, at Chi
cago, established by the late E. ].
Lehman in 1873, passes to the control
of his widow, who purchased the inter-
est of Otto Young The transaction ID
said to involve $4,000, 900.
The Japanese navy department an
nounces the rescue Of the crew OF the
German steamer Cecele, which Is
aground off Cape Patience, island OF
Sakhalin. Four Germans, two British
subjects, one Norwegian and 36 others
were saved. y -.
IT, sudden rise of rs feet of water in the
fOsage river through Miller county, No.,
caused much alarm among river farmers
and tiemen. The lowlands were sub.
merged to depth of three to five feet,
and the growing corn crops on these
lands, roughly estimated at value oil
$250, 900, will be total loss. -. ~.
. III. H. Lowing, a former banker Of Pa
ducah, KY, shot H. a. Rose, q promi-
nent lumber man three times and killed
him. d The men had been officers OF q
lumber company until few days ago,
when Rose was forced out by charges OF
crookedness, and it is supposed that the
shooting resulted from q quarreltover
business affairs. -