The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-05-23
News of the Week.

\ llOau mas puTCHaStu Iut NOElntfH
lines in Manitoba.
By fall of coal and rock in the Gaylord
Nine. at Plymouth, Pa, last week, three
| Polish miners were killed.
The Democrats of Kentucky have nomina.
ted John Young Brown for governor, very
able and brilliant man, who was once a con.
gresham.
The President and party reached Washing.
ton on last Friday afternoon on schedule
time. During the trip the President made
40 speeches.
The Rohrerstown Rolling MILL in Lancas-
ter. Pa, shut down on Saturday, the pud-
oilers refusing to accept reduction from 81
TO $3.50 ton.
A steady rain prevailed throughout West.
ern Kansas on Saturday. This, it is believed,
insures the largest wheat crop ever raised in
that section of the State.
Patrick Caf'erty was shot and killed in
Scranton, Pa, on Sunday, by Joseph Noack.
The men lived ON adjoining properties and
quarreled about the dividing line.
The Dairymen's Protective Association Of
Pennsylvania met in Pottstown on Saturday.
Over $1,000 were subscribed to prosecute
violators of the law relating to the sale OF
oleomargarine.
The Directors of the Shoe and Leather
National Bank, in Lewiston, Maine, made a
report on Monday, showing that the various
Interpretations of ex-Cashier Percival
amount to SiS0,7l5.
A despatch from Bismarck, North Dakota,
says that George L. Gerome, Superintendent
o! the Indian Agency at Fort Stevenson, has
been arrested on the charge of misappropri-
aiing Government funds.
The Philadelphia Sunday Mercury has
appended publication, after an existence of
forty years, and the Washington, D. c.,
Critic has ceased publication also, and gone
into the hands of receiver
Joseph White, aged 50 years, was arrested
in Boston on Saturday on the charge of at
tempting TO ieloniously assault a little girl
not years old. The monster used knife
on the child, injuring her severely.
J. w. Childress and wife, who swore TO a
criminal assault on the latter by DR.. George
NJ. Wickliffe, in Campbell county, Va, have
each published alfidavits, declaring their
evidence against the Doctor 10 be false.
The Italian Consul at New Orleans, Signor
Pasquale Corte, has been recalled to Rome.
Mayor Shakespeare, of New Orleans, desired
his recall, as he regarded him the cause of
the trouble in New Orleans, to some extent.
Joseph Halloghan and James Sullivan had
a fight in Chicago on Sunday night and both
were fatally hurt. Halloghan's skull was
fractured by brick. but he succeeded in
stabbing Sullivan in the abdomen six times
A forest fire is raging at Theresa, New
\ DIRK. and over 600 acres of timber land have
been burned over. The forest fires in Cam
bria county, Pa, are still burning. Among
other losses are two steam saw mills and
several houses.
AT Stanford, Illinois, last week, j. A. and
Samuel Riley and Berry Fowler took drinks
from a bottle which they supposed contained
whisky, but which was filled with aconite.
In short time j. A. Riley was dead, and it
is said the other two cannot recover
A number of Protestant Episcopal clergy
men. in New York city, on Saturday, placed
in the hands of Bishop Potter Il request that
inquiry be instituted under the canons of the
Church concerning the public rumors re-
speeding the teachings of the Rev. r. Heber
Newton.
The annual Dunkard Meeting of brethren
and wives, from all parts of the United
States opened at Trotwood, near Dayton,
Ohio, on Saturday. Business and religious
meetings are held in an immense tabernacle.
There are also sleeping quarters and dining
halls for 10000 people.
Green B. Raum, Jr, son of the Com
missioner of Pensions, has rendered his resig-
nation as Assistant Chief Clerk of the PEN
sion Bureau, and the same has been accept
ed. For some time past rumors affecting the
official conduct of Mr.. Raum, Jr., have
found their way to Secretary Noble.
Robert Moore, colored, for the murder of
companion of his own race, committed in
July of last year, was hanged on Friday of
last week at Trenton, Georgia. The execu.
people. Moore made 4 long address to the
crowd, advising them to avoid cards and
whisky.
A tremendous hail storm occurred about
four miles West of Salina, Kansas, on Satur-
day evening. The hail stones were as large
as hens eggs, and the storm covered an area
two miles wide and more than eight long
The wheat was almost completely destroyed.
One farmer lost $50 acres and another 200.
The total loss is estimated at $50, 900.
Electric light and telegraph wires became
crossed in Lowell, Massachusetts, on Satur-
day. A lineman cut the telegraph wire in
two places and let it fall to the street. The
street car tracks became charged with the
current and Frank Burns, while crossing the
street, got two severe shocks. Several
horses we're shocked and one was killed.
The strike against a reduction in wages
begun 10 months ago by 5000 miners of the
PENNSYLVANIA and Westmoreland Gas Coal
Company, at Irwin, Pa, was declared off on
Saturday, and the men will return to work at
the operators terms. For the past five
months the mines have been operated to
nearly their full capacity by non-union men,
guarded by deputies.
L al. Al.
families, arrived at Stone Siding, on the
Northern Pacific Railroad, fifty miles from
Seattle, Washington, at one o'clock Sunday
morning The men work in the Oregon I'm
provement Company's coal mines at Frank
lin, in place of white miners. All the miners
at Franklin have struck. The negroes are
protected by Pinkerton guards.
A fire in Muskegon, Michigan, on Satur-
day afternoon, destroyed over 20 blocks of
buildings, including about $50 dwellings.
The total loss is estimated at nearly $500, 900
and the insurance at $500, 1000. Two uu-
known children are reported to have been
lost in the flames. Harry Stevens, assistant
postmaster, who was i'll of pneumonia, died
while being removed to place of safety.
The first of series of lovefeasts to be held
by the Dunkards in Berks, Lancaster and
Lebanon counties, in Pennsylvania, opened
in Mohler's Meeting House, near Ephrata,
Pa, on Tuesday, with 5000 people in attend
ance. The usual services, including feet
washing, greeting each other with the holy
kiss, lovefeasts, etc, took place, ending with
the ceremony of differentiation.
The committee investigating the charges of
fraud in connection with the recent Repub
lican primary election for Judge met in
Lancaster, Pa, on Friday of last week, and
testimony for H. c. Brubaker showed that
about l25 Illegal votes had been cast for
Judge Livingston, who, by the returns, has
80 majority. The committee adjourned until
Jdne 9Th, when Judge livingston case VIII
be heard.
A magazine, three miles South of Dallas,
Texas, containing three tons of powder and
two tons of dynamite, was exploded by
lightning on Sunday. A residence so yards
away was shattered. 1t was occupied by j..
Armstrong his wife and three children, all
Of whom escaped unhurt. A number OF
small houses, about a quarter of mile off,
were blown down without loss of life. In
Dallas houses we're shaken, windows broken
and church bells rung.