The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-07-21
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For the Week Ending July II.

II. For tho Week Ending July ~.
Trade exchanges of the country may
Join In crusade Of determination
against the bucket shops. r'@ @ VI
!. p. G. Renfrow and Thurston Plow.
man were killed at Cougar, Oklahoma,
in a quarrel that is said to have arisen
over school matters. ~. &s@8
{ In q feud battle on Ely creek, near
Lee City, KY, Frank Smith and his
two sons, William and Manfred, were
killed by Scott McQuinn.
Auren Garrett, one of the pioneers Of
Illinois, and for u years a resident Of
Peoria, ILL.,, died from heart failure and
senility at the age of 81 years.
Premier Balfour's redistribution
scheme promises to provoke the bitter
est fight in the history of Ireland's
long quarrel with England.
Larry McCuen, IS years old, and James
Brown, 16 years old, were found dead
under tree near GAINESVILLE, Wis. The
pair were killed by lightning.
+ News was received Of the drowning OF
over 500 Chinese as result Of the COL
lapse of an overcrowded mat shed on the
banks Of West river, near Canton.
The dates for holding the thirty-flrst
annual convention of the American
Bankers association at Washington,
have been changed to October II, II and
13, 1905.
~Disgraced by revelations in divorce
suit, Louis J. Apgar, manufacturer
and a grandfather, who was named as
correspondent, committed suicide in
New York.
The twentieth annual reunion Of tho
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
will be held in Denver in 1906. One bal
lot decided that at the grand lodge meet
ing in Buffalo.
John T. Foster, one Of the most famous
inventors of the United States, under
whose direction the first gold pens were
manufactured in New York city, died
In Arlington, N. J.
President Roosevelt signed the proc
lamation providing for the opening to
settlement on August % of the unal-
4OLIOu 1c1Auo Ill ClO O4ACSIA AAAOAoA ACo-
ervation in Utah.
Rev. Fred w. Perkins, of Lynn
Mass, was elected president Of the
Young Peoples Christian union, Of the
Universalist church, at the convention
in Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. Rockhill, the American minister
at Picking, has cabled the state depart
ment that the Chinese government is
vigorously opposing the threatened boy.
colt of American goods.
BY the discharge of shotgun which
he had loaded for the purpose of shoot
ing stray cats, Thomas L. Hagar, q
cousin of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, was
instantly killed at Weston, Mass.
1t is reported that President John
Michel, of the Mine Workers union, has
lost $4,000 through the failure of bank
at his home in Spring Valley, ILL.,, and
that this sum represents his entire saw
ings.
Gen. Napoleon ]. T. Dana, U. S. A..
retired, of Washington was found dead
at the home of Mrs. George H. Joy, in
Portsmouth, N. H., where he was pass
ing the summer Death was due to apo
plexy.
DR.. Louis Zorn, dentist who in 100;
shot and killed Albert Sechrest, his
tenant, was found guilty in Kansas
City of murder in the second degree
and sentenced to Is years in the pen
itentiary.
Rev. Father Andrew Morrissey, presi-
dent of Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind,
has obtained leave of absence for two
years because Of ill health, during which
time he will be succeeded by Rev
Father John Cavanau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Kerouac, who
had only been married year, have been
drowned together in Lac Grand Fouche
near Ogdensburg, N. Y, by the leaking
and subsequently laundering of a boat
in which they were rowing.
Judge DeHaven, of the federal cour,
at Portland, Ore, overruled every mo-
ton made in the interest Of John H
Mitchell, the convicted United States
senator, giving his attorney only few
days to prepare his bill Of exceptions
Richard Wareham, the Oldest member
Of the knights Of Pythias, died of heart
failure at his home in Rock Island, Ill.
He was 70 years old and was the last
i surviving charter member of the origi-
nal lodge organized at Washington, D.
c., in 1862.