The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-11-03

| Judge and was Tor several terms
Legislature.
Two green goods swindlers, John NJ Townsend
and James NJ. Dewitt, were convicted in New York
on Tuesday under the new law against these enter
prises. Sentence was postponed. This is the first
conviction under the law.
| The officials of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
are overhauling the accounts of Charles Warden,
Chief Clerk and Cashier of the freight office in Col
/ umbus Ohio Thus far shortage of 5000 has been
discovered. Warden has been arrested.
A despatch from Buffalo, New York says that
! Henry f. Albers coal and lumber dealer in that
city, has gone to Canada under cloud. 1t is
charged that he forged the name of Jacob Schen, a
retired brewer, to notes aggregating S2OOJO
Mrs Charles N Thorpe, wife of the President OF
the keystone Watch case Company, of Philadelphia
Pa, ON behalf of $50 women employed by the com
pany, on Tuesday presented to Mrs. Cleveland, at
| Oak View, a watch the case OF which was made by
them.
The Berkshire Wooden Company, of Great Bar
rington Massachusetts, with capital OF SlOO,OOO,
and employing 800 hands, suspended on Saturday,
and the works are closed. The same company fail
ed in 1876 for $1,000 and compromised for 46 cents
on the dollar
for eloniously assaulting Lydia Jane Seals and Liz
Zie Shelby, aged respectively is and y years, who
had gone TO that city from Oney, illinois, in search
OF employment The first-named girl is dying from
the effects of the assault.
John Price, alias c. II. Simmons, New York
thief Pardoned from the Georgia State Prison last
New York TO 10 years and months Imprisonment
for stealing $4,000 in Missouri debentures from A.
At Ardmore, Indian Territory on Monday night,
D. L. Wood, a professional gambler got drunk and
terrorized the town with revolver. Tuesday MORN
ing his mangled remains were found on the Santa
he Railroad track Ii Is thought that he had fallen
on the track in drunken stupor.
| colored man, named Smith, beat his wife to
| death at Guthrie, Kentucky on Saturday. Being
pursued by the sheriff. Smith grabbed up his little
child. and. while running, threw II into pond
when il was drowned He was subsequently cap
tured. He was jealous of his wife.
Con John Ramsey of the New Jersey Republican
State Committee was on Tuesday held in $500 bail
in Jersey City on the charge OF consprng to
an illegal registration Keeie, who brought the
charge and Is in turn charged by Ramsey with
perjury, was held on that charge in $500 bail.
cave-in occurred Monday morning over an
abandoned mine at Curry Hill, plymouth Pa. The
house of John Fox sank II feet, and the inmates six
in number were thrown from their beds and severe
| ly injured. Several other buildings were damaged,
and it Is said, their occupants will have to vacaIe.
Judge d. r. Eekles died at his home. in Greencas-
tie Indiana, on Monday. He was born in 1906 He
was the first Mayor of Greencastle captain in the
Mexican war Circuit Judge tor l6 years, and Chief
Justice of Utah, under President Buchanan. He
| was leading Democratic politician, and was highly
respected.
! A herd of co COWS was struck by railroad train
near Bolton Notch, Connecticut, on Saturday night
aud II of the animals were killed. high rate OF
! speed saved the train from being hurled down 45
| foot embankment The train ran mile before it
could be stopped, the air-pipe having been broken
| by the shock.
! Dr. n. Bishop. of Hoopeston Illinois, extracted
u tooth for his wife on Sunday last and after wait
ing while for her TO recover somewhat to extract
another her father thought 10 relieve the pain by
exercising his mesmeric power over her. He made
/ a few movements over Mrs. Bishops face when she
uttered scream and died in the chair. 1t is said
she was not subject TO heart trouble.
Mrs. Anna Shoots now under three indictments
for murder in the first degree, for poisoning her
children was placed in jail in Janesville, Wiscon-
i sin, on Monday with her baby. She has been out
on $1,000 bail for over year on two charges but the
Grand Jury indicted her again last week, when an
ounce of sulphate Of copper was found i'll the re-
mains OF her baby that died five years ago.
| Hermann Baade, a section foreman on the Bur
lington Railroad, started for Dubuque, Iowa, on
Sunday afternoon on hand car, having with him
his wife, three children and friend. When round
ing a curve they were run down by q train. Mrs.
Baade and her TWO sons, aged ana 10 years Were
killed. The men escaped, as did also the baby
which Mrs. Baade threw down an embankmeni
when the train struck the car.
Governor Leslie, of Montana, in his annual report
estimates the population OF the Territory at l40 600
an Increase of 1000 over his estimate OF last year
The Territory is entirely free of debt and has plenty
Territory have been highly prosperous during the
year The total assessed value of the taxable prop
erty of the Territory is stated to be S69GOO0 Min
ing is the leading pursuit o f the people,
While a gang of men were repairing an iron truss
| bridge which spans the Muddy river, near Blairs
vile. Illinois: on Monday afternoon, an order was
1 an inch The grder was one of the main supports,
/ and one turn OF the wrench swung the bridge out
of plumb and without moments warning, It was
| dropped to the water 50 feet below. One man was
killed and five fatally injured. The bridge was 10
! feet III the clehr anu 10 lcet aDONS IliBH
N NJ wilkins Postmaster at Jahma, lead county,
| Kansas in a letter TO the Posiothce Department,
states that owing the failure of the crops the peo
pe in that section are suffering for food and cloth
ing Three-fourths of the people he adds, will
starve unless aid can be procured. The people of
this county have been pleading for aid since spring,
] but as vet no aid has reached us. Some in our
county are living on parched corr, and Others on
bread and coffee. and Others on bread and water.
Governor semple of Washington Territory, in his
annual report places the population of the Terri
tory at 167 increase of about "a 900 during the
year The taxable property in the Territory is placed
at SAG 1872 large increase over last year The
coal mines during the year produced 1l33.S01 TONS
as against 52l T05 during 1887. Gold and silver min
ing Is also in prosperous condition. The salmon
mack for the year was 360S20 cases. The Governor
urges the admission of the Territory into the Union
Policeman James Brennan fatally shot by an
ex-eonvict named Henry Coulton, in New York,
carly Sunday morning. Coulton running away
after having knocked down a man who had refused
to pay for drinks, and the policeman attempted to
policeman, lodging two bullets in his head and one
in his abdomen. Brennan was taken to the hospital
where he died in two hours. His murderer
caught. The policeman had been Is years on the
force. and leaves wife and six children.
Gustave Falk, native ofSweden, has been arrest
ed in Chicago the charge OF being a confed crate
in big mortgage swindle, whereby the Guaranty
Association Of Stockholm Sweden, is the loser ola
large amount Falk made written confession in
which he revealed conspiracy to commit fraud in
which he is but an Insignificant factor, He says
that in st - there exists gang of mortgage
aneratofs. who have swim