The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-12-15
News of the Week.

Washington, ID. e., is OverTun with tramps
from all parts of the country.
Contractors in New York city have locked
out 1000 of the Brotherhood of Tailors.
Richard H. Towne, a well-known lawyer,
was nearly killed by three footpads in Chicago
on Saturday night.
Forged school bonds of South Dakota.
amounting to over 81 800, 600, have been hoated
in England and ireland.
Diphtheria is prevailing in Philadelphia,
Pa. There have been 81 deaths from the
disease in less than two weeks.
Daniel Doty, brother-in-aw of Governor
Ogle, of Arkansas. was assasSinated in Rich
mond. KY, on Sunday.
AT least 90 skaters have been drowned in
the Northwestern and Eastern States this
month. Ice too thin is given as the cause.
torrentiaI rain, followed by a slight earth
quake shock, visited Reggie, Sicily. which
was recently nearly destroyed by an earth
quake.
AT Carson, Nevada, on Monday, there was
"a heavy snow storm. Traffic on railroads
was stopped and all out door work sns-
pended.
Owing to excessive cigarette smoking.
Harry Lott aged IS years Of Mt. Holly, New
Jersey. died on Sunday from Spasms resemb-
bling hydrophobia.
Maris Goods cigar factory and Mrs. Anna
Froelich's dwelling, at Conestogo Centre,
Lancaster county, Pa, were destroyed by hire
early Saturday morning.
The Shenango Glass Works, at New Castle.
Peana., were entirely destroyed by fire Sun
day. The loss is 100000. Three hundred
men are thrown ont of employment.
Severe rain and wind storms prevailed in
Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Flor
ida and Louisiana this week. Many lives were
lost and much property was destroyed.
A iadle containing eight tons of molten
metal was overturned in the Bessemer mill
of the Carnegie Company, at Pittsburg, on
Saturday, and eight men horribly burned.
VI. Chambers 4 Co.. dealers in and import
ers of fur trimmings in New York, suffered a
loss of 81 900 by fire Sunday. Other tenants
in the building had goods damaged by water.
A Clarke county. Ga, couple last week eel
ebrated their golden wedding in the house in
which they were married fifty years ago and
which had been their home continuously
since.
Harry Schaeffer, aged 40 years, of Will
Jamestown. Pa, a repairman on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. was accidentally killed by
train at Horseshoe Bridge, Lancaster county,
Pa, Saturday.
A delegation of Chippewa Indians visited
Washington, this week, to lay before the
Government claim amounting TO 81, OOO, 900,
arising from an alleged breach of the terms of
. treaty made in 1854.
Sunday was the 300th anniversary OF the
birth of Gustavus Adolphus, the hero of the
Thirty Years War in Germany and the Luther
ans throughout the world celebrated the oc-
easion in fitting manner.
David Jones, colored;of Pittsylvania county,
Virginia, was found in starving condition on
Friday of last week. A neighbor sent him
eight pounds of beef and he ate all of it at
once. His death followed almost Immediately.
Daniel F. Beatty, of Washington, New
Jersey, has been convicted in Montpelier,
| Vermont. of using the mails for fraudulent
purpose. 1t was alleged that Beatty adyer-
Used certain style oforgan and that the article
furnished did not correspond.
]. A. Goblentz, who was sheriff of Conway
| county, Ark, when John NJ. Clay was assas-
sinated at Plummerville, in 1884, committed
suicide in Walla, Wash, on Saturday night.
He warned Mr.. Clayton that if he remained
at Plummerville he would be killed.
The New York Produce Exchange has
mortgaged its property at Broadway and
Beaver street to the Bowery Savings Bank for
| 81, 900, O00 The mortgage, WHICH is for a
period of five years at four per cent. has been
| filed. The Exchange has the privilege OF
paying the money back in instalments OF
$50, 900.
A. d. Barnes. ianitor in an apartment
building in Chicago, was murdered on Thurs
| day night of last week, in the basement Of the
building. The hacked and mutilated corpse
was hidden in hole in the sidewalk on South
Park avenue, where it was found the next
morning. Edmund Jordan, an assistant Of
Barnes, is suspected of the crime.
Dr. John H. Durland, President of the
Provident Bond and Investment Company Of
| Philadelphia. Pa, has been convicted in the
| United States District Court of using the mails
! in carrying on scheme to defraud. Argu-
ment is to be heard December 18th upon q
motion for new trial, pending which the de
PENDANT was sent to prison and sentence de
ferred.
Mrs. Margaret Mullany, Go years old, was
/! frightened to death Wednesday morning while
crossing the railroad tracks at Carbondale
Penna. She was on her way to the Catholic
church service. and had started across the
tracks. when swift approaching engine sud
denly sent forth shrill whistle. The surprise
of this so overeame the old woman that she
| dropped dead.
Count De Lesseps, the celebrated French
| engineer, died on Friday of last week in Paris.
Count De I.esseps had been i'll for long time
| ever since the trial of the Panama canal con
spirators The Suez canal. of which he was
the protector, uniting the Red sea and the
Mediterranean sea, was begun in April, 1859
and was opened for traffic in November, 1859
| De I.esseps was the engineer of the Panama
canal The details of the scandal connected
/ with the canal project are well known. His
son was among those imprisoned for fraud
and conspiracy.
The Catherine Cling murder mystery in
! Minneapolis, last week. has been cleared by
the confessions of c. A. Blixt, who was sns-
4 pected of having committed the crime at the
| instigation of Harry Hayward, who had Sl0.-
900 insurance on Miss Ging's life, and OF Hay.
wards, brother, Adry The latter told of his
brothers plot to kill Miss Cling, and Of his
I efforts to get him into the conspiracy Before
| the murder Adry went to Levi NJ. Snyder, q
friend, and told him the story, but Snyder did
not believe him. Blixt. on Sunday broke
down and charged Harry Hayward with kill
ing the woman. He said he got rid of the
body and was to have received 5000 OF the
| insurance money.
Among the serions results Of Thanksgiving
dayfootball. ARE Charles Jones, ofthe Stockton
] camden, n. j. Athletic team, suffered con-
I eussion of the brain at Millville, n. j.; Harvey
Burns, at Elkton. Nd, had his leg broken.
! and Hallowell, of Harvard, had his nose brok-
en- in Philadelphia; Burton Pagan, young
man. of the same city, received broken arm
and a dislocated shoulder. In game at
Germantown, Pa, between two local teams,
Thomas Motion, captain ofone ofthe elevens,
had his collar hone broken. Quite a serious
case is reported from St Louis, Mo-, near
where football game between college team
against the Town men of KirkwOod. Mo-, re-
suited in the serious and possibly fatal injury
Of Philip Gauss, quarterback of the college
mems team. He was the under man in a
scrimmage, and his physician reports him