The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-01-12

| six inches of snow fell in Wisconsin on Tuesday.
The postoffice at Hatfield, Penna, was robbed on
Sunday night of 500 worth of stamps and 5000 in
| cash.
NJ E. Gaffney the outgoing County Clerk at Ash
land wisconsin committed suicide Monday.
He was about $1,000 short in his accounts
Miss Sarah Bunker has resigned teacher in
Grammar School No Z of New York City, after fill
ing the position for 81 years She is in her soth year
On Sunday night the residence of Hon. Percy
seawen wyndham. in London, England, was burn
ed The family escaped in their night clothes.
Loss 500 ol0.
Governor Beaver has fixed March - next as The
date for the execution Of Sarah Jane Whitcling,
convicted in Philadelphia, Pa, of the murder of
her Young daughter by poisoning. Mrs. Whiteling
confessed that she had also poisoned her husband
and another child.
A despatch from Lexington, Virginia, says the
Victoria Iron Furnace and mines at Goshen. with a
capacity of 200 tons of iron daily, owned by an
English syndicate have been leased to Chamber
lain Wheeler & Co., of Colum bus Ohio Furnace
company, railroad and furnace mines employ over
a thousand hands The furnaces consume over 200
tons of coke day. About six years ago this plant
suspended operations. owing to litigation and de-
preston in the iron market.
A riot occurred at the New Castle Mine a. Seattle,
Washington Territory. on the 4th instant between
knights of Labor and members of the Miners
Union, in which William Raston was killed. The
difficulty arose over man nomed Boyle who went
TO work on breast" and whom the Knights IF
Labor claimed had no right to the place. Two COM
panies of militia left Portland, Oregon Saturday
morning for New Castle, but found everything
quiet, and one of the companies has returned home
Ten Knights of Labor have been arrested for taking
part in the riot and held in $3.50 each to answer.
One of them P. 5. Wilkes, is County Commissioner.
Members of the Colored Catholic Congress called
at the White House Friday last, the 4th instant
Robert L. Rufin. of Boston, made an address to
President Cleveland, in which he thanked him for
his kind treatment OF the colored people. The
President replied that he glad to meet the rep
resentatiyes the eolored Catholic Church. recog-
MIXING in them powerful element in the progress
and prosperity of the country. He said he was fully
convinced that good reigionists. who take an in
terest in the welfare Of the nation, powerful
auxiliary to a good administration and a good
Government He then shook hands with each dele
gate.
Henry G. Friend about year ago formed COM
pauy OF American and English capitalists for the
purpose Of refining sugar by electric secret pro-
cess" Factories were built, but was allowed
inside of them but Friend his wife and a few igno
rant workmen. The rooms were always securely
locked. Friend died suddenly on March IS, 1887
aud last week Mrs Friend and all who had been
connected with the factory disappeared. When
the officers and stockholders Of the company entered
the secret rooms Friday they only found a num-
Der Of machines used in breaking cube sugar into
smaller particles and in granuatng the eoarser
grades. There was no electrical apparatus. Not a
pound OF raw sugar had been refined. Quantities
OF refined sugar. chiefly cubes had been purchased
by the operators and prepared with chemical liquid
which eliminated the ordinary impurities found i'm
all sugars. The chemical used crysializsd the
cubes to large extent and when they were broken
they had iner appearance and quality than sugar
was ever known 20 possess How many persons
were Interested In the scheme Is not known, nor
viii tbs officers Of the company tell how much
money was paid to them, although they admit that
adding the cash aud the proceeds from the stock
together. they must have realzsd 8 sun aPproxi-
mating $1,000 The loss TO the stockholders is over
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