The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-04-11
News of the Week.

found and many relics unearthed
Phineas T. Barnum, the great Snowman died at
his home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Tuesday
evening He was in the Slst year of his age.
The St Louis Refining Company's property in st.
Louis has been sold to the American Refining Com
pany This brings the st. Louis into the trust.
J. serbough, Collector of Taxes at Clermont Pa,
who is charged with being a defaulter for $1,000,
was held in New York on Saturday to await re-
QUESTION.
In the New York Methodist Conference at Yonkers
on Monday the vote on the question of admitting
women to the General Conference was $50 against
and g. for.
The indianapolis, Logansport and Chicago Rail-
road has been incorporated with capital of $1,000,
900. 1t will run direct line between indianapolis
and Chicago.
A frame building in Rochester, Pa was destroyed
by fire early Monday morning and nine of the in
mates persisted in the flames. Seven of the number
were Italians.
Senator George F. Edmunds, of Vermont, who has
been in the Senate of the United States since 1866
has resigned, the resignation to take effect No.
vember LIST, 1891.
Charles +. Pidgn of Massachusetts,, has been ap-
pointed Chief of the Census Division of Fish and
Fisheries. pending an investigation into charges
ley the former Chief
During the week ending at noon on Saturday
there were 100 deaths in New York city against s95
for the preceding week. There were sc deaths from
la grippe against 10 the week before ofthe police
force 244 members on the sick list.
Ten mills in Minneapolis, with daily output of
1000 barrels, have formed combination against
the Pittsburg -washburn English syndicate. 1t is
understood that in a few months these opposition
mills will be placed under one management.
A fodder famine is reported in Prince Edwards
Island Hay is three times the usual price, and
seed potatoes grain and brush from the woods
have been fed TO cattle in many Two farmers
have killed their cattle because of the scarcity of
| hay.
According to despatch from st. Louis, the war
that has been waging between the manufacturers of
plate and window glass for the past year has been
ended and it is predicted that the price will ad-
from 20 to 80 per cent exclusive of rebates to
| dealers.
Eleven Hungarians were severely injured by an
explosion in row of frame tenements i'll Brad
dock, Pa, at O'Clock Tuesday morning. 1t is sup
posed that a gas leak was the cause. Four of the
men will not recover, while the rest have bare
| living chance.
There was light fall of snow throughout North
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snow there for over forty years. Ice formed a
quarter of an inch thick in Kentucky and Indiana
early on Saturday morning, and damage TO the
peach blossoms is feared.
Mrs. Jesse Gallo invited Mrs. Congetto Vallone 10
her home in Chicago on Sunday night, and then at
tackled her with knife and inflicted fatal injuries.
| There had been feud between the women of long
standing, and Mrs. Vallone induced to go see
her enemy by offers of peace.
The Chinese merchants at San Francisco have
| sent to their Minister at Washington a protest
! against the appointment of ex-senator Blair as
Minister to China. They say he has shown antag-
onism to their race, and that he will not be re-
ceived by the Chinese Government
At the conclusion of performance in Brooklyn,
| y. Y, on Saturday, Edwin Booth was called before
the curtain and said hope this will not be the
last time will be with you. But 1 intend to rest
for the next year and take care of my health. I
| hope to appear again in the near future.
At meeting of the Central Labor Federation, in
New York on Sunday, there was a warm debate
the killing of the strikers at Norwood, Pa,
and committee appointed to arrange a mon
demonstration for next week to protest general
ly against what is termed the hostility of State and
civic authorities against organized labor.
In Cincinnati, on Monday, the entire Republican
city ticket, headed by j. B. Mosby for Mayor, was
elected. The ticket elected by majorities rang
ing from 100 to 5000, Mosby having the smallest
majority on the ticket little over 100 Out of 60
members of the Board of Legislation, the Republic
cans elected 81, leaving for the Democrats.
About 200 honorably discharged soldiers, sailors
and marines, who have served in the United States
Army and Navy met in New York last Saturday
and adopted resolutions favoring organization TO
be known as the United States Regular Army and
Navy Veterans. copy of the resolutions were sent
to various organizations with request for endorse
ment.
The Columbia Iron and Steel Company, of Union
town, Pa. made assignment last week. The
liabilities are estimated at $4,000. The Pennsyl-
yania Construction Company, being an adjunct,
goes with the Columbia Its liabilities are S200OOO
assets sl5O0OO 1t is said the embarrassment will be
only temporary, and that a settlement is hoped for
within 80 days.
A despatch from Montreal says there is an ice
gorge at Victoria Bridge. This has caused the
water to back up and flood the south shore district
which is under water for miles. The village of La
Prairie has been deserted in consequence of the
inundation. There is no immediate danger of a
food in Montreal, but the merchants preparing
for the worst.
The immigrant inspector at Newport, Vermont
present superficial inspection of immigrants from
Canada does not prevent the admission of large
numbers of immigrants from European countries
who, in his opinion, either under contract to
labor in some of the interior States, who like
ly to become charges on the public
The Grand Jury in Dallas Texas, has returned
two indictments for criminal libel against Rev,
Robert T. Hanks, a noted Baptist divine and editor
of the Western Baptist. lie is charged with ibelling
Revs f. B. Hardy. L. R. Scroggs, S. R. Grant and A.
NJ johnson, all prominent preachers of the same
faith. The indictments are the outcome of bitter
newspaper war between the Western Baptist and
the Texas Baptist and Herald.
A light frost on Sunday and a heavy frost Monday
morning did great damage in the truck farming
district around Mobile, Alabama. Tomatoes, Gu
cumbers. squasheS, beans and peas killed Po-
tatoes cut down and damaged. The cabbage
crop is not materially injured Reports from South
west Georgia and Northern Florida show that great
damage to vegetables and cotton caused by frost
on Sunday. The melon crop is badly damaged
Mr. Sedgwick the Dominion Deputy Minister of
Justice, says there is foundation for the report
that the Sayward case is to be Withdrawn from the
U. S. Supreme Court, and that in reply to Mr..
Blaine Lord Salisbury has ntimaed that the suit is
in way to postpone stop the diplomatic cores
pondence in regard to the Behring Sea. The Say
ward case will come again before the Court on the
return to the writ of prohibition the 18th instant
1t is reported from Nevada that the men employ
ed in the Holmes mine at Candelaria have suffered
terribly from the grippe out of 600 men employed
in and about the mine more than 400 have been
Frustrated and over 100 have died. Work in the
mine had practically to be abandoned. There has
been an abatement of the disease within the last
few days. The grip is epidemic at Oshkosh Wis
coDsin, and the mortality alarmingly large. Similar
reports comes from all the small communities in
that State.
Fifteen hundred people attended Il meeting in
Chicago ON Sunday to protest against the carrying
out of the death sentence upon Todt, Rusnok and
Isabal, the three Hungarian laborers convicted of
Staying foreman during a labor riot in the Penn
sylvania coke region. Thomas Morgan the Socialist
candidate for Mayor of Chicago, was the principal
speaker A resolution protesting against the triple
execution was unanimously adopted and collec-
ta,, 10 tho axnansa ~ oitoiu