The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-10
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For til, Week Ending March g.

For tn, Week Ending March 9.
Speaker Cannon was given loving
cup by congress at it's closing session.
Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, for
the third time took the oath of United
States senator.
The elaborate decorations for the in
auguration made Washington a city
of magnificence.
Germany is sounding the United
States on the possibility of negotiating
| a new commercial treaty.
British diplomats declare Emperor
Nicholas reform measures can do no
good while the Japanese war lasts.
The Flovilla, Ca bank was burglar
lied and the vaults wrecked with nitro
glycerin. The robbers secured $4,000
in cash.
Francis T. Fox, the 12-year-old heir
to fortune, killed himself accident
ally in Chicago, while playing with a
revolver.
| Lady Curzon with her husband. the
| viceroy Of India, has arrived at CAL
cutta, where she was given unique
| reception.
A fire, supposed to have been started
by a cigarette, damaged High Wall.
one of the finest private dormatories at
Yale, to the extent of $4,000.
The CURL house bill, prohibiting
trade combinations tending to restrain
trade and control prices, was defeated
| in the Indiana senate by vote of q
to IA.
Frank Elster, of Springville, CAL, shot
and killed Milton Hubs, a neighbor, and
after killing his wife. committed sui
| eide. The triple tragedy is attributed to
| jealousy.
The liabilities of the firm of Filing
wood & Cunningham New York, bank
ers and brokers, which suspended Feb
ruary 16, will total 81 ,239 sos, with assets
of $685., SO1.
Over 700 prominent educators from all
parts of the country attended the con-
| vention of the department superintend-
| ents of the national educational conyen-
ton in Milwaukee. Wis.
More than $3,125,OO0 is bequeathed
ford, filed with the county clerk of
Santa Clara county. CAL Her relatives
benefit to the greatest extent.
| Creditors of the Arnold Brewing
company of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich,
have asked for a receiver for the con-
Germ. The liabilities, it is claimed. are
about $85, 900 and the assets about $685.
900.
| A fireworks display was the outdoor
climax of the Inauguration celebration
at night. The inaugural festivities
were brought to close with a grand
ball, which surpassed all it's predeces-
sors.
William Robyn, 81 years old. the or
ganizer Of the first symphony orches-
ira west of Pittsburg, and who for
many years had taken a leading part
in all musical enterprises in St. Louis,
is dead.
William CLANCY, aged 16, killed
Howard Tapscott, aged 18, at Borton.
ILL.,, while the boys were returning
from a revival meeting. A quarrel
was followed by knife slash across
the throat.
John S. Johnson, accused of the
murder of Patrick J. Doyle. in quar-
rel over a dice game August 10, was
convicted in Milwaukee, Wis, of mur-
| der in the second degree. Sentence
was deferred.
Mary White, an SS-year-old insane
woman, and Della Owens. aged IS.
| feeble minded, were burned to death in
| a fire which destroyed the main build
| ing of the county poor farm, near
| Hillsdale, Mich.
The Osaka Shoshen Kaisha steamer
Natorigewe, while entering Osaka har-
Dor (Japan), ran on the breakwater,
owing to a dense fog, and sank at
once. Out of the 1923 passengers and
crew only 16 were saved.
Henry c. Whitney. for years one OF
Chicago's leading lawyers and member
| of the Boston bar, is dead at his home in
Salem, Mass. He was "a years of age, and
was at one time connected with Abra-
ham Lincoln's law Office in Springfield,
Ill.
Klathlo Harjo, Seminole known as
"Old Fish," said to have been the old
est Indian living in America, is dead
at the age of 40. He was born in the
Everglades of Florida, and fought in
| the war of 1912 against this country,