The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-04-23
News of the Week.

schools are cl0seu-
The well known Staten Island IN. y dye works
were burned on Tuesday loss 100000
Snow fell to the depth of four inches at Lake Falls
Minnesota. on Wednesday, and was followed by
blizzard.
Eenosha. Wisconsin, had 100000 fire on Tues
dav. Much valuable lumber and machinery were
destroyed.
Mary Butler, an old colored woman of Washing
ton. D. c., was burned to death on Saturday by her
clothes taking fire from stove
Herr Jaeger, chief cashier for the great banking
house of the Rothschilds at Frankfort Germany is
a defaulter for over 100000 marks.
Charles McCune, aged IL years, was caught in the
machinery at his fathers sand works, near Daw-
son. Pa. on Tuesday night, and was crushed to
death
The trustees of Pennsylvania College, at Gettys-
burg. have elected Rev. DR.. Eli Huber, of Phiadei-
phia, to fill the lately endowed English Bible chair
in that institution
The fly wheel at one of the divers mills, in Pitts
burg burst Wednesday afternoon 1t Will take SIX
weeks to REPAIR the machinery, and 300 men are
thrown out of work.
The mutiated body of woman was found on
Tuesday on the lake shore at Chicago. The legs
were cut off below the knees, and the body was
otherwise disfgured.
An epidemic of black small pox is raging in Po-
land especially on the Galieian frontier. The dis
ease is very fatal most OF those who are attacked
dying on the third day.
The works of the American Forcite Powder Com
pany near Mount Arlington New jersey, blew up
Monday afternoon; seven men were blown to atoms
and two were fatally injured
The American Steamer Conemaugh win sail from
Philadelphia Pa. today for relief of the starving
Russians Her cargo will include 100000 pounds
of flour and 5000 pounds Off rice.
tornado passed over the western section of the
Creek Nation, in the Indian Territory, on Saturday
night. demolishing several houses and many barns
and killing three persons, besides number of cat
tle
The mortgage Indebtedness on farms in Kansas is
estimated to have been reduced S99SOO0 in March,
The banks in Kansas report that the deposits OF
farmers haye increased during the year, many hav-
ing doubled.
barn on the stock farm of Elihu Carr, near
Charlestown, Indiana, was struck by lightning at
O'Clock Monday morning. and the building, valued
at 5000, together with a stock of thoroughbred
horses valued at ssO,0OO were consumed.
The heaviest rain ever known at Whitehall, ILL.,,
fell there on Sunday night The Hartwell levee,
which protected several thousands of acres of farm
land mostly planted in wheat, broke, and the whole
tract is flooded All the country bridges were swept
away.
In a notorious dive in Providence. Rhode Island,
on Saturday evening, Mary Karrigan aged % years,
and Asdour SimOnin, an Armenian fought about
so, and both were MORALLY wounded, the woman
being disemb0welled and the man shot in the alb
domen.
Last week John Leek celebra ted his Tooth birth
day at Grafton, Ga. The ages of II of his guests,
together with his own, aggregated nearly thous-
and years On April Is, Mrs. Johanna Ketchum, of
Hanover Neck y. j., was 100 years old. She is in
excellent health.
During fight in Germantown, Pa, on Sunday,
Michael Needham. aged 81 years, had his neck
broken and was stamped into jelly by some
roughs Needhan was not engaged in the rumpus
but interfered to prevent another from being hurt
when he set upon and killed.
A Duluth despatch says there is now in store in
the elevators in that city more wheat, with one ex
ception than has ever been collected in one market
at one time in the history of the American grain
trade The total is about Is 265 600 bushels and all
but 10000 bushels is of the finest milling grade
Samuel r. Hersey, who was suspended on the Sth
inst from practice before the Pension Office, pend
ing the Congressional Investigate on Of that Office on
account of his misuse of his Congressional call
slips has been dsbarred entirely from practice be-
fore the Interior Department and all of its bureaus
1t is reported from Dubois, Pa, that the great
Dubois estate is about to pass into the hands of
stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
for the consideration of S7 600 The tract con-
tains about IS 900 acres, is nearly all heavily tim
bered and is underlaid for the greater portion with
coal.
One hundred and thirty convicts in a camp near
Chiekamauga. Tennessee mutInied on Saturday
morning and refused to go to work. The guards
overpowercd them, but they still refused to work
and the effort will be made to starve them into sub
mission. All of the convcts, excepting three are
negroes.
-Four colorcd men were lynched at Inverness.
Fla, Monday night, where they were under arrest
on the charge of numbering Robert Stevenson, pay
master of the Empire State Phosphate Company,
and Mr. Payne mail carrier. 1t is said the men
confessed and implicated two others, who will also
he lynched if caught.
Three incendiary fires occurred in San Antonio,
Texas on Saturday night, by which property valued
at 100000 was destroyed, City Marshal Shardein
has received all anonymous note saying that the
fires have only Just begun. meeting OF citizens
has been called to protect the city by patrollng the
streets, and visit vengeance on the incendaries if
caught.
From adyices received in London it is learned
that cholera spreading at an alarming rate in the
Punaub, British India since the return of the pill
grims from Hurdwar. a town and place of pilgrim
age where at the spring equinox the largest fair in
India is held, being attended annually by from
100000 to 900 persons and every twelfth year by
10 nf1primS and dealers,
A terrific storm, causing the loss of number OF
lives and the destruction of an immense amount OF
property prevailed on Wednesday in Trent, Austria.
The large roof of the military barracks was ripped
off and fell, burying two soldiers. Four persons
were killed by falling rock and dirt loosened by the
storm, their bodies were mRnged and crushed, and
three Others were badly injured.
The strike of the Amalgamatcd Association of
Iron and Steel Workers. which was inaugurated at
Lebanon, Pa, on the 18th of last July, and con-
tinued ever since. has been declared off, and the
men arc now at liberty to resume work wherever
they may get it. The benefits of single men were
cut off by the National Association last week which
led to this action the part of the three lodges in
Lebanon.
A telegram from San Antonio, Texas, says that by
reason of the long drought in Starr, Hdalgo, Porti
cas- Japatca Mexico and Duvall counties, the prev
alence disease and the Garza troubles the people
are reduced TO extremities, and that from 1000 to
5000 people are utterly destitute Some of tho peo
pie are eating the meat OF cattle which died of dis
ease. An appeal has been Issued for contributions
of corn and other supplies.
William Radlof 81 years old, living near Seattle,
Washington, was burned TO death on Saturday, and
1t is stated that there is evidence that murder
committed in order 10 secure his life insurance of
$4,000. Radloff's house was burned and among
the cinders were found his oharrcd remains. Louis
Krostruch. his hired man. has been arrested. On
his person was found love letter from Mrs. Rad
loft, and money order drawn for her by her hus-
band. Mrs. Radloff was away from home when the
fire occurred. The life insurance money will go to
the wife.
AT MonlToSe, BE-, on Saturday, United States
Marshal Barring made arrest that caused great ex-
element in susquehanna county. Pension frauds
have been committed in Auburn Centre, Spring
vile and other places in that county for the past
year. The crime fixed on George Billings. alias
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