The Democratic advocate., 1894-12-01
News of the Week.

Five Villages were destroyed by the recent earth
quakes in Sicily.
Princess Bismarck, Duchess of Louenberg wife of
Prince Bismarck died at varzin on Tuesday.
On Sunday night the ticket agent at Mont Clair,
New Jersey, was bound hand and footand the office
robbed.
During the past week Boston banks have been
swindled by New York sharpers out of over SlJ0000
by bogus checks.
Mrs, William Quinn and Miss Rose Cleveland were
killed near Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, on saturday,
by being struck by train.
Walter Blackburn, aged 10, was fatally injured in
foot ball game at Shreve, Ohio, on saturday. His
spinal column fractured.
Both the state and Navy Department have reeeiv-
ed official dispatches confirming the report of the
capture of Port Arthur by the japanese.
All the public and private schools have been
closed in Detroit, Michigan, and many in Philadel
phia, Pa, owing to the prevalence of diphtheria.
Right Rev. William Bell White Howe, S. t. D.,
Bishop of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina,
died sunday evening at his home in Charleston
At Emile Pa from 1900 chestnut trees, which were
especially planted were realized 100 bushels which
were sold for So Others have gone into the bus-
ness.
The schooner Lille G. Howard stranded on
Saturday, off Highland Light, Massachusetts. The
crew of II men were rescued by the life saving
crew.
A watchman in the New Netherlands Hotel, New
York city, during the past three months stole about
three large truck loads of furniture, bed and table
linen and table ware.
During a quarrel in saloon, in New York city,
Rosario MarciglianO was stabbed and almost in
stantly killed by his brother Gennaro, who has not
yet been apprehended.
A despatch from Sandusky Ohio says the steamer
Tempest and consort became unmanageable in a
gale off that port on Sunday and both grounded.
They are lumber laden.
w F. Gallager, Superintendent in Wheeling, West
Virginia. of the Fidelity Building Loan and Invest
ment Association, of Washington, D. c., has been
arrested on a charge of fraud.
Issae Taylor, aged GO years. his wife, aged 5s, and
Miss Kidwell, aged II years struck by train
on bridge at Green Springs, West Virginia, on
Sunday morning and instantly killed
At a meeting of Methodist Episcopal Ministers in
Columbus, Ohio, on Monday the life tenure of the
Bishops was attacked. 1t was declared that under
the present system the Bishops became tynnnical.
Charles Hart, who is in Jail at Bryan, Ohio, has
confessed the murder of Ashby and Elsie Good two
children, at Paulding several days ago. After as
saulting the girl he made an attempt to burn both
bodies.
The German steamer Taormina 2i days from
Hamburg, bound for New York, with a general
cargo and Il steenge passengers arrived at st.
Johns. n F.. on saturday, short of provisions and
coal She was badly battered by the waves, and
Boatswain Martinez was fatally injured.
1t became known in New York, ON Tuesday that
| a discount clerk, named Morgan, who was employ
ed at the Bank of the Republic, was some months
ago found to be ss2 600 short in his accounts The
deaulter was discharged, and relatives it is said
made good the greater part of the money.
At Bragg Station, Indiana Territory, Wednesday,
seven men, mounted on horses, armed to the teeth,
undertook to hold upa freight train in broad day
light, but the engineer and fireman lay down in the
cab and let the train go ahead volley of bullets
was fired at the cab, and, as the caboose went by,
that also fired into and riddled with bullets.
despatch from shelbyyille, Indiana. says that
! by mistake on Thursday night of last week, the
natural gas given high pressure in the low pres
sure mains and at midnight it was discovered that
over 800 stoves and heaters in all parts of the city
were melting under the intense heat, and many
buildings were igniting. Bells were rung whistles
sounded and the citizens aroused 10 discover them
selves in the midst of general fire. The flow of
gas was arrested and only three houses burned.
Over twenty-five members of Congress, it is said,
have written to the Sergeantat Arms of the House,
asking that their sileage for this session be for
waried to them, as they do not wish 70 come to
Washington this winter. Replies have been sent
that no mileage can be paid to members, except to
those who actually attend the session of Congress
In nearly every instance the request has been pre-
ferred by a defeated member and it indicates a