The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-06-23
News of the Week.

Scranton, Pa, had $50, 900 FIRE on Sun
day.
Carlisle, Pa, has FIVE cases of small pox
Get vaccinated.
On Thursday 10000 miners in Kansas wen
on sympathetic strike.
Four persons committed suicide in Pitts
burg, Pa, on the 18th instant.
William Walter Phelps, ex minister to Ger
many, died at Englewood, N. j., on Sunda,
aged So years.
Fire in MacVeagh's spice mill and Haye
4 Tracey's Japanese goods store in Chicag'
Saturday night caused total loss of $40, 900
By an explosion in coal mine at Karwin
Austrian Silesia, on the 18th instant, 23(
miners were killed and 20 seriously injured.
James Francis Forshay, aged Al years,
and killed his son Walter, aged u, and then
committed suicide.
The Central Stock and Transit Company,
abattoir at Jersey City was burned Saturday
night together with 5000 sheep and 20 fai
cattle; loss 100000.
United States revenue inspectors in Cali
fornia have recently discovered several hun.
dred illicit brandy distilleries in the mountain
districts of that State.
Goodwin & Swift, surface railroad con
structors and bankers, of New York city,
have made an assignment. The liabilities are
from $500, 900 to $750,000.
Emma and Dora French and Fanny Car
penter, all under 10 years of age, we're drown
ed by the capsizing Of boat 20 miles from
St. Joseph, Missouri, on Sunday.
Judge John G. Crump, of the Court Of
Common Pleas of New London county, Con.
necticut, committed suicide by shooting Tues
day night. He had been in i'll health.
On June 10, in Shrewsbury, York county,
Pa, Mrs. Julian Bailey died aged 80 years, j
month and 7 days, and in York, on the 18th,
Mrs. Eliza Bott, aged Sc years and q days.
A mob of over 1000 Poles marched to the
Mayors office and poor Office in Buffalo, New
York, on Tuesday, and demanded bread or
work. The mob was finally dispersed by the
police
Fire early Sunday morning destroyed the
Legois livery stable and other buildings al
Chippewa Falls, Wis, with four horses.
Loss, $4,000. Four fremen were severely
injured.
A boy employed on the farm Of John Utz,
at Beaver Dam, Frederick county, is under
arrest for mixing paris green in the food for
the stock, resulting in the death of a horse,
COW and sheep.
On Sunday 720 kegs of powder in the works
of the Chattanooga (renn.) Powder Company,
exploded. The buildings and contents were
scattered oyerauarter OF mile, aud the shock
was felt 20 miles Off
liking Pharaoh or John Hannibal, as he
was better known in private life, the last chiei
of the Montauk Nation Of Indians, died al
his home, in Franklinville, Suffolk county,
N. Y, on Sunday, at the age of 81 years.
The American Strawboard plant, at Rohbs.
vile, Indiana, shut down on Saturday, on
account Of the coal famine, aud the Lake
Erie and Western Railroad has discontinued
its local freight trains for the same reason.
A dispatch from Buenos Ayers, June l8.
say;-Drought in the Providence of Eutre
Rios, Argentina, has killed 100000 head oil
cattle, 10000 sheep and 300 horses, the
whole being valued at three millions in cur
rency
The Fire and Police Board of Omaha, Ne.
hraska, has ordered the dismissal of all police
officers who have been active in the A. p A.
or Roman Catholic factions, which have dis.
organized the force for years aud made il
practically useless.
A fishing schooner, with 55 men on board
ran into An iceberg on Saturday off Labrador,
during fog, and sunk. Twelve Of the men
took refuge on the berg and just as they were
nearly exhausted the fog lifted and they were
rescued.
Fully 80 per cent of the striking miners
have retnrnedto work. Al least 100, 900 men
were engaged in il for so days at loss Of
Sc, GOT, 900 in wages 10 the men, to say moth
ing of the great discomfort and Inconvenience
to those who were dependent upon them for
fuel, etc.
Jacob N. Slagle, Of Hanover, Pa. made q
misstep on Sunday evening, while going down
. stairway in his residence, and badly frac-
tured bis right arm from the wrislso the elbow
and his head was cut, the cash being
about i've inches long on the right side, which
bled quite freely.