The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-03-16
News of the Week.

eleven OtneT peESohs.
Captain John Ericsson, the famous swedish engi-
neer who designed the ironclad Monitor died IN
New York on March s. He had been i'll foToniy one
week lie was born in 1873.
Elizabeth johnson. a widow. aged Gj years, died
in Jersey City New Jersey, on sunday while stand
ing beside the coffin her daughter. Mrs Langdon'
whose fuReral was about to take place
The house of J. Calvin Core, farmer, near Union
town Pa was entered by six masked men ON sun
dav night Core was bound, and the robbers search
ed the house for money, and finally found aboutsS"'
August Neuman, farmer, living at Round Lake,
Indiana has been arrested as one of gang engaged
| in a systematic plundering of the Nickel Plate
! Railroad Goods valued at 81 800 have been recov-
/ cred.
The schooner William b. Wood, Of Bridgeton. New
/ jersey, which went ashore on Wallop's Beach, Va,
/ on Saturday is a total wreck. She was bound from
| Cuba to Philadelphia. The schooner was valued at
$4,000, and the cargo of sugar at sIogJ1
Postmaster General wanamaker has purchased
from the Frelinghuysen estate the residence which
/ has been, until recently, the home of secretary
/ whitney The price paid for the house and part
of the furniture is understood to have been $4,000
4 An epidemic Of diphtheria has prevailed at Gal
/ Iitzin, Pa since November. and about 100 deaths
from this disease alone have occurred during that
| time in total population of 1000. The disease Is
attributed to the disregard of the common rules of
sanitation.
Jacob Perch. of Mt Pleasant. Pa, was taken with
a tit of sneezng on Saturday las; He sneezed yio-
lently at short Intervals OF fifteen minutes When
heparoxysms were finally quieied it was found that
four of Perchs ribs had been broken, so violent was
the shock to his frame from the commissions.
The President. on Monday. nominated Thomas
W Palmer of Michigan. to be Minister to spain;
John F swift of California Minister to Japan: Johr
D. wa,hburu Of Massachusetts,, Minister to Switzer
land and George TichenOr Of Illinois, Assistant
Secretary OF the Treasury, vice Isaac l. Maynard.
resigned All were confirmed.
A mob of about two thousand people gathered in
front Of the City Hall in Milwaukee Wisconsin, on
Monday during the hearing Of sam Zip ia and Hah
I sing. the two Cinnamon charged with enticing
little girls into their laundrics for immoral purpo
ses The mob dispersed after smashing in the doors
and windows Of a number Of Chinese laundries.
some weeks ago William CahOon. landlord OF
small tavern near Jackson. Michigan. received a
warning from White Caps. but paid no attention to
H. ON sunday night while sitting In room read.
Ing. loa of buekshot crashed through the window
aud lodged in one of his legs. J. :. Price neigh
Dor who quarrelled with Cahqon has been arrested.
Ms Thomas Love was shot dead by her husband
near Fredericksburg Virginia. saturday evening
Love says "he was replacing the handspring In his
revolver and that his finger slipped from the ham
mer His wife was standing In front Of him and the
bullet catered her lef breast, Killing her Instantly
Mrs Love was q years Of age and had been married
eighteen months
general strike OF weavess for an advance in
Wages took place in Fall River. Massachusetts, ON
Moaday The weaving departments Of ffty mills
were practically shut down. and six thousand weAv-
srs arr out Those who refused TO strike DO not
I number more than bali enough 10 keep one min
going The Board Of Trade sag sha,n advance will
I he given, and a bitter struggle Is anticipated
+ The hotel known as Cliloa Hall. in Lakewood.
. New Jersey, WAS burned al an early hour Monday
rnerntax sixty guests and 10 servants in the
house wheu the Ere was discovered All escaped.
some tn their uszht rbs some partly clad, bat none
fully dressed Dr = Wallace. Of Philadelphia
( Jumped from a SECOND siorT window and fractured
f one q bis lssS The loss Is placed at $1,000.
A iepa.aii.sa has gone % Ottawa from Montreal %
lsos sler The pFgiect 70 construed a bridge acFoss
the - Lawrence from LcugusGn 90 - he3ens
Island with ulae spans and srpm the island %
P.sgnt = Cbaslss vllh fourteen spans Provisions
TO be rasss 10 thc plan fo5 double track line Of
raIlvsy far uaa can. As vel IS q roadway cor
yrhBc3ez and ess pzsscagerz- Tie estimated cod Is
sson0no.
E asnrraI simon CameFon on March :. celebrated
Id path birthday a. bis residence Ia Harrisburg.
Tbs uassstes. % The stats Legislature called upon
hia in b,,ly as ala Governor Beaver and the
hss s,Ate aseeys The delegates the STATE Council
gsfhs Cathnlie KHsxhls Of America. and hundreds
I az private raslsrns General CAmerun, Sho Was IN
sSerliens svgrsts received bis callers with great
s,pf,8aliIy.
5 TIE segss s,andry rolling mii. The ncw pips miil
and tsr rsc 81 The ReAilug Iron Works, At Reading
rsuna suspended operations GA Augday aud will
probably aas rc.ums until The company 2iairs arr
..rttissl The Murks whgeh closed No aday employcd
q the busiess tiHaes. SD and boys The sheet
asiIi has bea el1sssi iog time aud the CON
gssuys oaly works Ia op~ratsou arr the blast fur
naces sal = portion u tbs tabs mill.
An a,lsuaps va made 81 mob Al We; Troy New
Yoyk oa sunday snesuoaa to inoiasFatc - Italian
ishsafeus me dnett % sAe wooden buiiiing Ia
whish they wsFv hoesei were bsrEiesiesi aud ailer
the place had teea saturated with keroscae vas ~
on FRY The Italians escaped Shrough s'nan win
DOE In the reaF q Ihs baslasg bat lost all thsiT
sFscss The sroDbis vas brpagAt about by The
Italians takias the Plaees % American werkmcn
me Chieaeo. milwaukee AMI 81 raal Railway
officials have issued secret order rsdaeing wage.
Of a tarsV uantcF q ssnPiaycs ys' per cent Exact
~ The aaaah.-r Affected by the Is n0g known. II
!. snsiessso theE the reduction j. cuahaed psinel-
;aisy 10 the agents and eieSks 0f which tbs r1ad
employs sssai array. ~ enc szule time therv d
sse4lus that all the esheF oaPloyes % the rad viii
~ called upon shortly % share In the resFcnchment
Aesslse Belanxer arrived al RAymond. Dakota, on
sanasy from hts home Ebpus - miles north Of
nsland- lie said that Eve masked men took him %
his lara and pizoi.s rope around hts peck. FAis
s hin sieg 20 ois; threatening " kiii aim II he
did nos aalszs saat be burned Ms netghhors bald
49, h. q A
then tirs sen away aud bis house was burned Tie
knows an she men aud 0faccrs have staTtei afler
them.
The ansuai report Of the New York Emigration
Couan! scion. Is prepared foF The State Legislature.
sh0Hs that during is>s the total number OF passen
ser, frum all foreign por;s landed a. Castle Gatdcn
was so - ~ 80 were males aud isl 81 females
The principal natonaiities reprsSegied were irisRs
4ss8E English. - SIS. GeFnan sSit5: FreRch, less
Than 0ocs Russian Ss052 swedish, 81 s3i iialisn,
tgas7. Australian. 10 Csaineas. s Ofthe total mum
bes Of smaigrants e. SIS under IS ycars Of
axe. ~ 500 over that age and under a. s77a) over
% yeap.
NJ r. Norris Of the old Laws irm Of MerTick &
Morris % Washington. has written % ex-Sceretary
Farehid Offering his services counsel in the suit
rcecnuy brought against the Secretary by samuel
Strong for damages on account Of his deeizsoa in
relation 10 his award lie says ihas he dses this out
OF admiration foE NJ FaiFehilds honest admin IS
,ratian an she condition that he receive No fee or
eamppusaIson. Mr.. Fairchlld has accepted the Of
fer and M Morris wiz act with OF the Assistant
Attorneys eneral who has already been assigned to
the defence.
Rev C. u smith. formerly Of Rochester, MIMI,
was Installed Pastor Of the Congregational Church
In dorchester Massachusetts, on "Wednesday OF last
week Atthc service ON sunday morning, where he
was TO deliver his init aory deacon Of the
church announced that Mr.. smith had not been
seen since SATURDAY afternoon about O'Clock, and
that hat which had his name marked on II, vas
picked up near the bank of the Charles river in the
vtsinity of the Massachusetts General Hospital. His
friends think that state OF temporary insanity,
he either committed suicide or wandered away
among strangers.
James Taylor, alias Samuel Oakley aud having
nearly twealy other aliases was captured 10 hotel
in Montreal on Saturday. He has operated In
nearly every State of the Union. notably in New
York Ohio. Minnesota. Kansas, Dakota, Maryland
and Pennsylvania. II appears that he managed to
introduce himself into church societies took charge
OF Sunday schools, and Joined actively in the work
of the Young Mems Christion Association, thus
gaining the confidence of worthy and wealthy peo
pie in large cities. With this confidence TO back
him. he forged checks on his friends and, after
having them eashed, would quietly deeamR
F. L Smith Cashier Of the Norwood Bank in