The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-08-25

Wednesday the mercury fell to 81 at North
field. Vermont and to 80 at White River.
Differences as to wages at Fall River, Mass,
and other New England towns, has caused
the locking out OF over $4,000 hands.
The Ashland (Wisconsinl Iron and Steel
Company will resume operations September
| with large force Of men. who were dis
charged six months ago.
At Manchester, New Hampshire, the Amos
Keag cotton mills began work on Monday
and will run sixty hours week. The mills
employ 10000 persons.
The Tingue Manufacturing Company's es
tablishment, of Ansonia, Connecticut, which
has been closed since July, 1888, has resum.
ed work with 800 employees.
Reuben H. Walters, aged So years, shot
and instantly killed his wife at their residence,
in Reading, Penna., on Tuesday. He then
made an unsuccessful effort TO kill himself.
Mrs. Villa Boyd, widow, was murdered
at Chicago, on Sunday, by her brother, John
Fowler, who cut her throat with butcher
knife because she would not pay his laundry
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Rev. Stephen Wall, Vicar General of the
Western Pennsylvania Diocese, of the Roman
Catholic Church, died suddenly Tuesday
evening, of apoplexy, at his residence, in
Allegheny.
A result of religious revival in Hammond
sport, Ohio, is that seven women have left their
husbands because they would not join church
One of the deserted husbands way laid the
evangelist and tried to kill him.
City Councilman Callahan, of New Orleans,
Louisiana, has been convicted of receiving
brides in connection with the awarding OF
contracts for city work. Several other Coun-
cilmen are to be tried on like charges.
Charles Robinson, the first Governor OF
Kansas, died at Lawrence on the l1th inst,
aged 76 years.. He was elected to the Gov
ernorship four times, the last time in 1861, on
the admission of Kansas into the Union.
William Burke, section foreman, Philip
Roth, laborer, and Joseph COriey, aged 10
years, have been arrested at Chicago on the
charge of attempting to wreck train on the
Chicago and Great Western Railroad, at May
wood, Illinois, on July 9th
Judge Coffey, of the Probate Court, at San
Francisco, has ordered that Mrs. Herman
0elrichs and Miss Virginia Fair, of New York,
daughter of the late Mrs. Theresa Fair, be
awarded their portions of their mother $
estate. Each will receive 81, 500,000
Three men, who boarded train on the
Mouon road, near Delphi, Indiana, Monday
night, and tried to rob the sleeper, which was
occupied by knights of Pythias, were driven
/ by the trainmen to the roofs of the cars, where
they were captured and sent 10 prison.
The International Takamine Company, JC
Chicago, with capital of s. 900, 900, ha'
been Incorporated. 1t has been organized to
control throughout Europe new process IL
the manufacture of fermented liquors. Th,
Whisky Trust has purchased exclusive right!
in the United States.
Statement has been made by the disburs
ing officer of the Agricultural Department
showing that there was reduction in the ex
penditures of that Department during the ifs
cal year ending June 80, 1894, OF more thai
IA per cent, and that there will be covered
back into the Treasury nearly 100000.
A fire, believed to be of incendiary origin
at Bergen Point New Jersey, on Monday
destroyed the agricultural implement factory
of Carr & Hobson, and badly damaged the
works of the Makite Fireproof Construction
and the Otis Glass Manufacturing Company
Malicious tampering with the fire bydranti
added to the difficulty of fighting the flames
Total loss about $250,000.