The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-04-13

I lumbia, Pa, were closed on Monday, as the EN-
! pOyes refused to accept a reduction in wages. Tn
employees Of the Columbia Rolling Mill accepted
reduction.
President Harrison has issued proclamation re
questng that services of praise and thanksgiving
held in all the churches throughout the Unite'
States in the morning the Both instant, the cen
tennial anniversary ofthe Inauguration of Presden
Washington.
David Hodyshel1. of Shermantown, Pa, LEFT 70
Perry county on Thursday of last week with 500 u
pay of his employees. and has not been heard o
since then II is supposed that he was murdered by
tramps on the North Mountain, near Carlisle, ant
his body hidden
AT the annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Cherokee Manufacturing Company of Dalton. Ga.
manufacturers of furniture &c. dividend of forty
per cent was declared to the stockholders, and q
reserve Of 121z per cent. left, which shows a mel
profit o. 52is per cent
James /. Christie acting assistant door keeper OF
the T. s Senate, died at his residence in Washing
ton on Saturday morning aged ~ years. He was
another victim OF exposure during the ceremonies
OF inauguration day, when he was attacked with
congestion Of the lungs.
Downs 4 Finch. Of New York the largest shirt
instant, liabilities $4,000 Isaac Rich & Co, the
oldest fish house in Boston, Mass have failed liza
biiHies SeooOoo WHY q Greene, wholesale groceFs
Of Atlanta Ca. have failed; liabilities $4,000.
Miss Ejla white a music teacher was arrested in
susqnchanna, Pa. on Monday. the charge of
defraudins various people in Elmira New York. out
Of sums aggregating $4,000 on fictitious mining and
silk mill stocks and other pretenees. she confessed
that she lost the money in an Elmr bucket shop"
The ColIender Insulating aati waterproofng Com
pany, Of New York and East Newark, New Jersey.
failed on Monday. 1t was Incorporated in lSSS.
with an authorized capital Of ss900o0. The CON.
pany las, July claimed assets 10 the amount of
S17 600 Of which $4,000 was valuation OF patents.
The liabilities were placed at sass
The Charlottesville tva) WOODEN Mills Company
have received contract for furnishing sky blue
kecy for uniiorming the entire park police force of
New York city. another contract for furnishing
mcloas and dOeskinS for lOoo suits for the Phila-
delphia letter carriers ahd still another contract for
500 yards Of blue kersey cloth for the soldiers
Home At Hartford, Conn.
John o-Conneu. ex President: Thomas Riorden,
President. aud Patrick ;. Chase. Walking Delegate
Of the Ale and Porter Brewery Employees Protective
Association in New York. who are charged with
felony in wrccking Stevenson 5 brewery with dyna.
mite February ssh last. were Srraigned in court
on Monday, and p.eaded not guilty. They were
placed under $1,000 bail each Tor trial
About Eve O'Clock on Monday evening Henry
zciglrF. Of eockeIs Church. drove to Emigsville
neaF YORK. Pa. and stopped al store 70 make some
purchases From some cause the team became
frightened aud zeiglcr rushed ont % catch them.
Mi-caicuiating his efforts. he caught between a
Telegraph pole aud the wagon and received such
injuries around the head that he died few minutes
Afterwards
Lewis Patterson a wealthy farmer living near
Centrrviiie, Pa. was robbed on Monday night by
threa masked men There MAS nobody ia the house
With him at the time bat his mother. - years old,
The robterz burned Mr. Pstierzoas feet and face in
an unsuccessful effort 10 make him tell where his
meney was hidden. They then searched the house,
aud departed amer securing Sgs IN money and Mr..
f'aiiersons gold watch,
Two sirauxcrs visited naGieI Keller an old
FARMER. al shamakin. Pa GA Tuesday and aller
proposing b buy his farm engaged him in a game
of cAris, Keller became interested thai he pro
cured SiIDo and pnt il up a. stakes The strangers
scizs The noacy and covered Keller with revolver
whilc they got OF with the cash One OF the fellows
himself 10 b. the OF B. Packer OF
SunbaFy, an old friend Of Keller.
Lewis Haydn. one o. the most prominent ealored
clgizens Of Boston. died on sunday morning IN that
city. aged - years. lie was born n slave in Ken
lucky. bar escaped 70 Canada whea a young man.
and In iS4s went 10 Boston b reside. His residence
became headquarters for anti slavery workers.
and he became noted a. lecturer lie served two
terms 10 the Massachusetts, Legislature and was
active in recruiting eolored soldiers for the war
As Robert Sehideler and wife were driving TO
Manson. Iowa on Monday, spark from Schideler's
pipe iguited the clothing Of his wife, aud. the
wind was blowing a si y gale she was soon envel-
0ped m flames. She jumped from the carriage and
was harmed % death, notwithstanding the efforts
made by her husband to queneh the flames Sehi-
deler's hands were burned 70 the bone. and il IS
feared they VIII have to be ampu,aied and his ply
sieians say he may die. Mrs sehideler was & years
old, aad her husband 20.
The house Of Robert MeBAue an aged farmer near
East Liverpool Ohio. was entered by two masked
men early tuesday morning. They attempted 10
chloroforR the inmates. but were unsuccessful.
They then knOckei three small children almost
senseless and looked them in a small room. Nm.
McIane was loo ked In a closet aud Mr.. McBane was
knocked senscless with a fire shovel. The thieves
escaped with small amount Of silver. \ neigh
Dor rho called few hours later, found the mother
and children almost sufocaied in their close quar-
tiers. and Mr. MeBane almos, dead from the loss OF
blood
The American Bible Society has granted funds 10
the amount Of s2S5LsI. including appropriations to
the American Board for work in spain and Ceylon.
20 the Missionary Society Of the NJ. E. Church for
work in Germany, aud 10 the La Plata, the Brazil,
the Venezuela. the Cuba and the China Agencies of
the Society. Two anxiiiaries have been recognized
in Dakota two in Iowa, and one in each of the
states OF Arkansas. Kansas and Louisiana. The
cash receipts In March were s7i,2i7.S9. The total
issues from the Bible House for the year ending
March sist not including those issued in foreign
lands were i0ls,57i volumes,
Frank shutz has been arrested at For3yee, Ark
for completely in the murder of. r. King, his wife
and six children IN Titus county. Texas on the 10th
OF December last The heads of all the victims had
been crushed In with an axe aud their house was
burned 10 conceal the crime. Kings son-in-law
shullz cousin OF the man arrested at Fordyce, was
suspected of the crime and confessed 10 a friend
that he and his cousin did the killing that he kill
ed King and his wi fe and that his cousin killed the
six children, and then set fire to the house. The
children were from to Il years of age and were all
found where The beds stood except girl IA years of
age, who was found near the door, as though trying
to escape.
About 30 girls we're discharged from the Chaplin
Nut and Bolt Works in Cleveland. Ohio. on Saturday
last because they in constant danger OF having
their dresses caught in the machinery The girls
were hot thankful for their delverance from acct
dental death, and when the boys who were hired to
take their places went to work Monday morning the
girls assisted by all their female relatives assaulted
the new hands with clubs, bricks and stones. The
boys, several of whom were considerably injured,
took refuge inside the building, which was then
treated to a shower of missiles from the enraged
Amazons Several arrests were made, but the often
ders were discharged, on paying costs and promis-
ing cessation of hOstilites.
In Pttsburg Pa, on the 9th instant Frank Kohler,
treasurer of the Peoples Mutual Accident Insur-
ance Company, charged Mrs. Hettie B. Garfield,
widow of prominent merchant; Dr. II. f. Camp
bell and Christ Martin with conspiracy to defraud
the company out of 5000 Kohler alleges that the
accused presented certificate last week demanding
$ eco for the death OF Mr. Garfield which occurred
recently and that the statements therein were
false. The certificate stated that Carried had died
from injuries received on the 18th day of October
last This is sworn to by Mrs. Garfield and Dr.
Campbell. Mr.. Martin claimed TO have seen the
accident on the day mentioned. Mr.. Kohler alleges