The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-09-12
News of the Week.

News of the Week.
A father, mother and four adult children hanged
themselves in Paris, France, on Monday.
At Bermuda, on Tuesday, terrific storm prevail
ed. 1t is said to have been the worst since 1880.
Mrs. Henrietta Morgan, mother of the famous
raider, Gen. John II. Morgan, died on Monday, at
Lexington, KY. of inanition, aged Sc years
William A. ". spotswood died in Mobile, Ala, on
Monday. He was born in 1906 He served in the
Seminole and Mexican wars and the lote war.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has donated property valued
at 100000 to the benefit of the Society for the
Relief of Orphan and Destitute Children in Albany,
NY
A new and damaging insect has attacked the
sugar beet at Watsonville California. 1t is of
species unknown to the entomologists of that part
of the country.
At McGregor, Texas, on September s. Mrs. Nc
Griffin, who gave birth to trplets ten months ago,
presented her husband with quartette. All seven
are doing well.
Coal equaling that of the finest Lehigh Valley
grade has been discovered in Brazil the veins being
from to % feet in thickness. The mines are situat-
ed at and near Sonora.
T. A. Kellar of Roanoke, Va, on Monday, at
tempted to get on a dummy car, missed his footing,
fell under the car and had both legs cut of at the
thighs. He died the same night.
Susie Zealy Il years old, was burned to death in
Jonesville, Alabama, Monday. Her clothes caught
| fire al CRATE der father and mother were fatally
burned while trying to extinguish the flames.
An extra stock train on the West Virginia and
Pittsourg Railroad ran wild down the Buckhannon
Mountain Monday afternoon. The train was loaded
with fine cattle. seventy-six head were killed.
A dynamite cartridge placed in a sheaf of wheat
! by some unknown person caused the destruction of
threshing machine near Find.ay, Ohio, on Satur-
day One man killed and four others injured.
Forest fires ragged for several days last week in the
Cascade Mountains, near Hot Springs, Washington,
destroying much valuable timber. At last accounts
| the fires extended y miles along the mountain
range.
Frank Chaves, sheriff of Santa Fe county, New
Mexico and exofiieal tax collector. has resigned
Hefs short $4,000, collected by him during several
years past s20O9O being county and $4,000 Terrific
rial funds
Near Vaughan, Mississippi, Monday, Mary
Coleman, eolored, blew out her husbands brains
with shot gun while he was asleep. She then
drowned herself and her year old son in a creek
near the house.
At Lebanon, Pa, on Saturday night last, fight
! took place between union and non-union men in a
to arrest the ring leaders set upon and had to
defend themselves with revolvers
Dr. Joseph C. Chinn, the oldest man in Lexington,
KY. died on Monday aged 81 years His wife died
year ago at the age of 1O2 years. They were mar
red about ten years agO. The doctor was one of the
best known men in Central Kentucky.
W. r. Hearst, proprietor of the San Francisco Ex-
aminer contemplates the erection of building in
Washington at a cost of nearly two million dollars
1t will be built with view to accommodating press
associations and newspaper correspondents.
In New York city, on Monday night, seven
Italians were playing cards. One was caught
cheating and was accused of it. He denied it.
Pistols were used and six of the party were killed
outright will die from the effects of the wounds
f. E. Wise Treasurer Of the Hutchinson and
Southern Railroad, has been arrested in lIutchin-
son. Kansas. and warrant has been issued for the
arrest of H. A. Christie, President of the same road
They are charged with the enlightenment of $780,
600.
A destructive storm passed over Alliance, Ohio, on
Sunday. Twelve houses and barns,wer struck by
lightning and destroyed, causing loss of $50 O0O
II is reported that number of lives were lost, but
the wires are down and the report has not been
confirmed.
The trestle at the east end of the bridge Red
river, near Clay City Kentucky, on the Kentucky
Union Railroad, fell forty feet Monday morning,
carrying with it an engine and seven cars Fireman
Thomson Hall was killed and engineer Hanna was
badly scalded.
Nine Keifer wife of the acronaut who fell into
the lake at Peoria, Illinois, last week, made an
ascension on Sunday under protest as strong wind
was blowing. The parachute did not open soon
enough and she fell into the lake. She was rescued
but it is feared she will die.
Joseph Perrin the wealthy miller in Detroit
Michigan who was abducted and held for ransom,
has sued William and John Consadine, Frank
Kennedy, Ed Kent and Frank Griffin for 100000
damages, alleging that they were his abductors
Warrants are out for their arrest.
John Carter and George Buro visited Evansville
Indiana, on Saturday night On their way home |
Buro occupied the front scat in the wagon. Carter
sitting Immediately behind They quarrelled, and |
Carter seized Buro's head pulled it backward and |
cut his throat from to ear, causing instant |
DEATH
Its expected that within few weeks the Iowa |
and Sac and Fox lands, adjoining Oklahoma on the |
cast will be thrown open for settlement 1t is said
that enough negroes from the South are on the way
to pre-empt five times as large a territory. They |
seem TO have the idea that the land is for their race
alone.
George b. Parks, of Atlanta, Georgia, who has just
returned from Liberia. Africa, says the American
negroes there have assumed the most tyrannieal
rule over the natives. No part of the ground is
under cultivation. Children there offer themselves
for sale Parks, because he would not deal in
human flesh was ostracised by the negroes from
America.
At Independence, Iowa, on September 4, Abortion
trotted mile in 21O fat browning himself King of
stations Direct, the little black pacing wonder,
covered a mile in BOG. breaking the worlds stallion
boti
ony breaks the stallion pace but breaks the pacing
record of the world and travelled the fastest mile
that ever drew a sulky,
The storage warehouse of K. c. Layton, in New
York, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. Almost so
business houses had goods in storage in the build
ing, and among the contents were chemicals
drugs jute shellac and a variety of general mer-
chandisc The loss to the contents is estimated at
500 OOO The damage to the building was $4,000
Five firemen were burned, two severely
heavy rain storm and high Saturday
and Sunday, caused much damage along the New
Jersey coast The bluff at Long Branch was eaten
away in many places and bulkheads badly shatter-
ed. At Sea Bright the Highland Beach Railroad
tracks were inundated. In Asbury Park streets
were washed out, while in the low lands near there
the first floors of dwelling houses were flooded
The French steamship La Touraine, arrived at
New York on Sunday from Havre, aud experienced a
violent hurricane, lasting IS hours. During the
gale the sea stove in the lookout on the foremast
which was 10 feet from the water, and also broke
number of the sanchions The cap, too, of the iron
windlass. weighing over 400 pounds was hurled to
the port side of the steamer distance of several
yards
DR.. James Il. Speer, who died in Pittsburg on
Sunday, in his 96th year. was born in Chambers
burg Pa. He graduated at Washington jefferson
College in 1876 aud began the practice of medicine
in Pittsburg in 1925. He was well known through
out Western Pennsylvania as physician, especially
for diseases of the eye. His father, Rev. VIM.
Speer, Presbyterian minister, was the uncle of