The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-09-16
News of the Week.


The Spokane (wash.) exposition building. erected
in 1890 at cost of 100000 was destroyed by fire on
Monday night. No insurance.
Villaeiosa, spain. was visited by a obstructive
rain on Monday. over 40 houses were swept away
$50 damaged. and many lives were lost
Between 100000 and 100000 feet of lumber III
the yards of the Pullman Palace Co., at Pullman
Illinois were burned on Monday night.
Destructive rains have prevailed in North Caro-
lima and Virginia since Wednesday OF last week
Railroads, crops and county roads were damaged
The water in the upper Delaware river has been
lower lately than was ever before known The
lowest previously recorded was that of the summer
of 1919.
Five children of T. NJ. Whitley persisted by the
burning of their house. Silver Hill. Arkansas.
on Sunday night. while the elders of the family
were at church.
The house of W E Maxwell in Creston, Iowa,
was burned on Sunday by the explosion of gaso-
line stove, and Maxwelrs wife and daughter Stella
were fatally injured by the flames.
Richard Wheeler, aged IS years. wel-known
character of Hatfield, Mass, died on Monday the
result Of murderous attack made upon him week
previous by his uncle, Jared Remington.
H. T. Foutz. of Mountain Grove, Virginia, cele-
miles. Mr. Foutz has two sisters, aged 90 and s.
years, and brother who is &c years old.
pensioner of Clarified, Pennsylvania. who
signed patent medicine testimonial. certifying
that he had recovered his health through use of
the preparation, finds his pension stopped on the
strength of his certificate.
Alfred Wise one of the founders of the Prohibit
ton Party in Wisconsin, hanged himself in lansing
OH Sunday. He was &C years of age. For year he
had been melanchole. and his trouble was nggra-
waited by the financial panic.
1t is now stated that over 1000 people were
drowned or killed by the late storm in Georgia and
South Carolina and at least, 10000 persons are
homeless The governor of South Carolina has
made all appeal for money food and clothing.
Gen. Robert A. Mccoy cashier OF the Blair County
Banking Company, of Tyrone, Penna., committed
suicide Monday by shooting himself in the head.
He left letter stating that he wished to meet his
wife and son, recently deceased. He was about 60
years of age.
A despatch from Gettysburg Penna., states syn
dictate has taken options on the historic and most
interesting portions of the battlefield. The Cnited
States Battlefield Association will endeavor to have
the land condemned for public purposes under an
act of Congress.
AT noon, on September 9, the wife of President
Cleveland gave birth to daughter. This is the
first time that child of President has been born
within the White House. Ruth Cleveland was born
October g. 1891 at the then home of the Clevelands
on Madison avenue, New York city The new baby
will be ehristened Esther.
AT negro dance at Falconer Station. Ky, on Sat
urday night IL row started over women. and in the
fight that followed Bud Leach was fatally shot in
the stomach, Tom Ingram received serious wounds
To-, lnr, Daba
and VIM. Ingram knocked in the head with a
spade. Others, who escaped, were more less in
jured
Benjamin Jackson, colored, was lynched near
Quincy, Alabama on Friday night of last week.
As an outcome of an old feud. Jackson threw rat
poison into Thomas woodmeyer's well, causing the
death of three of woodmeyers children. Wood =
meyer cannot live. OF the 90 neighbors who visited
the family and drank of the poisoned water many
may die.
The infant who has just made his appearance at
Holkham is Lord Leicestcrs 18th child. The pres
cnt Lady Leicester sister of the Duchess of West
minister, married Lord Leicester in 1875. There are
50 years of difference in the age between Lord Lei
eester's eldest child Lady Powerscourt, and the
young gentleman who made his appearance few
days ago.
Geo. p Kegarise, prominent Dunkard preacher,
and one of the best known men in the county, COM
mitted suicide on Sunday morning by hanging at
his home near salemville Pa. Mr.. Kegarise was co
years Of age. He arose at o'clock and went to the
barn and fed his horses, as was his usual custom.
Two hours later his family found him hanging to Il
cherry tree close by the house.
Twenty masked men held up train on the Lake
Shore Road, near Kendallyille, Indiana on Monday
night They shot and seriously wounded the engi-
neer, who tried to start the train, and then blew
open the doors of the express car with dynamite
The safe was rifled but the amount secured by the
thieves is not definitely known. One account says
the safe contained from S25OOO0 to 100000. The
amount stolen is estimated at SO 400. About hun
dred detectives now at work on the case.
George W. Dye, one of the wealthiest planters in
Northeast Georgia. is dead and has lef his fortune
of over half million to the colored family who at
tended him for the last so years. Dye never mar
ried. He owned 10000 acres of land in one tract
and raised great quantity of cotton. He had no
member of his family living with him and his at
tendants were faithful negroes To these he left his
estate. His executors are leading men in Ebert
county. One is preacher Mr. Dye was 81 years
ofage
A letter from Wilmington, Delaware says The
peninsula peach crop viii have all been shipped by
the close of the present week. II was the largest
crop grown here. There have been about L.
100000 baskets shipped by rail aud about 900 200
baskets shipped by water In addition to this num-
Der about 100000 baskets have been destroyed by
the storms, that the total crop has not fallen be-
low 100000 baskets 1t is generally conceded that
there will never be such crop of peaches on this
peninsula again,
Reports from many points of Minnesota and the
DakotaS indicate that Sunday was the hottest day
of 1898. In st. Paul the highest temperature was
reached ut O'Clock when the register indicated 81
degrees. At Mankato the mercury ran up to 90 in
the shade and at several points along the railroad
border 1t more than 100. There has been no
rain in Western Mime Sota during the past six
weeks and many ofthe small streams have run dry
If that section does not get rain the stock will
suffer for grass and water
On Saturday the American agents in New York of
F. $. Ciampa x Sons, fruitgrowers, of Rody, Italy,
sent to Washington two boxes of lemons and oranges
they had received from Italy as present for Mrs.
Cleveland Each piece of fruit was wrapped in fine
tissue paper, an which was stamped picture of the
White House, after which the fruit was wrapped in
bright tinfoii, bound with girde of red ensmeled
paper. The boxes were of fragrant lavender wood
yeneered with olive wood highly polished. The
lids contained full-length portraits of Mrs. Cleve
land skilfully inlaid with different-colored costly
wood, with the inscription, ITO the Queen of the
White House." On one end of each box was an in
laid>peture of the White House. while on the other
end was sprig OF lemons and oranges also inlaid
with colored woods.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.