The Worthington advance., 1906-02-23

Victor Coal COmpanyS NINE at Malt
land, Col. $,
Delegates from all but three states
attended the congress ON uniform al
vorce laws at Washington. Drastic re
strictive legislation was advocated by
Pennsylvania representatives In a res
olution.
The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany will cons..uct tunnel six miles
long through the Sierra Nevada noun
tains. The tunnel will cut down the
present mountain climb by fully 1900
feet and will eliminate many curves
The estimated cost is $10,000,000.
Brig. Gen. James Ketner (retired)
died at his home in Junction City,
Kan, of la grippe and old age, aged
&C years. He fought through the civil
war with distinction.
Mrs. William Conley and her young
son were burned to death at their
home at Burika. Robertson county,
KY.
Pat Grove was arraigned in Council
Bluffs, Ia, on the joint indictment
against himself and Arthur Levi for
/ holding up two street car crews on
July 2, 1905. He pleaded not guilty.
John Mitchell, president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, received
e. telegram from Peoria, ILL.,, in which
he was offered the Democratic nomi-
nation for congress, to represent that
district. Mr.. Mitchell Immediately de-
clined to accept.
John A. Mccall, until recently presi-
dent of the New York Life Insurance
company, died at the Laurel House,
in Lakewood, N. J. Worry over the
recer1 investigation of the affairs of
the New York Life company and the
disclosures made brought on the ILL.,
ness which resulted in his death.
Clement Armand Fallieres assumed
the duties of president of France,
while former President Loubet passed
into private life. The ceremony of the
transmission of Office took place in the
Elysce palace in Paris.
Six large brick blocks in the busi-
ness section of the city, occupied by
nearly score of firms and many
smaller tenants, were destroyed by fire
at Rutland, Vt. The loss on the en-
tire property is estimated at $750,000.
Mrs. w. J. Florence, widow OF Bill
ly' Florence, the noted comedian, died
at her home in New York city, after
an illness of several months.
Six railroads are said to be contem
plating the erection of a $2O,00O,O00
union depot in Kansas City.
A big elevator at Duluth, Mimi, was
burned at a loss of 100000 lack of
water handicapping the firemen.
The pope has issued an encyclical
strongly condenlning the French
church and state separation law
New York hotels, although they can
accommodate 100000 transients, are
inadequate to take care Of the throng
of visitors constantly in the city.
TIE remains of the late King Chris
tian were laid to rest in the church at
Roskilde, Denmark. King Frederick
of Denmark, and his queen, Queen Al
exandra, the dowager empress of Rus
sia, King Haakon, of Sweden, Emperor
William of Germany, King George of
Greece and other royal personages and
representatives OF foreign sovereigns
attended.
Issues of railway stock are growing
much faster than construction OF
roads, according to report of the in
terstate commerce commission at
Washington.
Yale university has decided to es-
tabl;sh a department of sociology un-
der the charge of Prof. William G.
Sumner, now head of the political
economy department.
Jonn B. Stetson, the millionaire hat
manufacturer of Philadelphia, died at
his winter home at Gillen, near De-
land, Fla.
A terrific explosion of giant powder
in the Buttonwood mine, operated by
the Parrish Coal company, about two
miles from Wilkes-Barre, Pa, caused
the death of four men.
AS result Of family quarrel over
the disposition of farm property, Ho-
mer Porter, aged % years, shot and
killed his father, William Porter, at
their home, near Lathrop, Mo.
American consuls report excellent
opportunities for trade extension In
European and South American coun-
tries.
The New York insurance report rec
ommends standardizing of policies,
forbidding investment in subsidiary
funds and limiting of amount of new
business.
Railroad earnings are running at
the highest volume in the history of
the country's traffic.
J. Bertram Lippincott Of Philadel-
phia has abandoned plans to compile
a complete dictionary after IA years
work and the expenditure of more
than $50O.000.
The Congo Reform association or
ganized a concerted movement in Chi
cago to arouse the interest of con-
gress in the conditions prevailing in
King Leopold's African territory.
Naval bureaus refuse to give the
EoSc conmittee anv helm in its search