The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-03-30
News of the Week.


I.ycurgus Dalton, Postmaster otthe National
House Of Representative. died in Washington
On Sunday evening.
BY the explosion OF saw mill boiler at
Van Vert. Ohio. Tuesday two men were
killed and three injured.
John Ringo. colored. has been arrested in
Huntingdon, West Virginia. charged with
numbering his two sons. aged : and years.
\ gang of counterfeiters have been arrested
at Elizabeth. New Jersey. and Brooklyn, New
York. together with their plant. which was
very extensive.
Thirteen arrests were made in New \ Ork
civ on Saturday of election officers indicted
by the extraordinary grand jury for various
election frauds.
Revenue collectors have found an l00-gallon
moonshne diStillery in Brooklyn, New York.
Ii was one of the slickeSt arranged stills that
has ever been captured
/ Leo Hale. cashier of a factory in ST. Louis.
was robbed in a street car in that city, on
Saturday, of valise containing 500. by a
I thief who made good his escape.
During drunken fight among negroes at
Saratoga. New York. Tuesday night, Richard
jackson was killed and William Palmer WAS
fatally cut with razor by Julius Bartlett.
About 1000 acres are devoted to the growing
/ of caulihower in Long Island, y. y. From
: POO to 500 barrels day are shipped 10 New
York city from August - 10 the last of Dcccm-
/ Der.
/ The registration Just closed in Kansas shows
/ that the women voters propose 10 take an
/ active part IN the coming elections. Al To-
pcka 2520 registered, and al Lcavenworth
/ 300
Captain J. W. Haggerty. City Treasurer Of
Warrington. West Virginia, committed suicide
on Saturday in the presence of a committee
which was investigating a Shortag" ia his ac-
counts.
. Governor Holcomb. of Nebraska. has signed
( the bill passed hy the Legislature appropriate
( inc 500 600 for the purchase of seed grain
and food for drouth->tricken farmers of West
rru Nebraska
Great Britain was swept 10y terrific cyclone
ON Saturday night and SUNDAY. Many per
sons were Killed Ly falling walls. hundreds
injured hv flying debris and much damage
done shipping.
sydney W. Npnge. cashier of the Con
tincntal Clothing Company. OF Boston. Is
under arrest charged with cmbezhlement Of
the funds of the concern Ia the extent Of 81.
t.Nl or S.;0.OO0
MAJOR dtub Mtlituhtt4N, a~~l~laii ~Nff'tiH-
teudent of delivery ia the Boston poStoi|ice.
pleaded guilty in that city 20 the theft of let
ter, from the mails, and MAS sentenced TO five
wears imprisonment
Cornelius la Munyou. at la Grange, In
diana. on Saturday night, committed suicide
hy blowing hi head off with a shotgun. He
Wa intoxicated and his wife aud children were
IN the room at thc time.
Although 90 wear, old. Rev. Allen Thomp-
Ion. Methodist Episcopal divine l. able oc-
cs,sionally to occupy a pulpit and deliver a
good sermon. He oiiieiatrd ON SUNDAY in the
First Church, al Bordentown. y. J.
A syndicate 4, going to build hotel at
Atlantic City. New Jersey, nine stories high,
34oN3'n feet Il is 20 be- of steel. brick and
stone construction aud thoroughly hrppropf
Il j. said the total cost will be- - O0o0OO.
j. r. Young was sentenced 20 five year- and
Edward Steele to three wears at hard labor ia
the peniteutiary by Judge Gross cup ia
the Federal Court al Chicago on Saturday for
sending immoral book, and picturcs through
the mails,
Lightning struck the residence Of Jcptha
Williams. farmer. near Pine Hill, Monroe
county, Ala. saturday instantly killing Mrs.
William, and her son. James W Williams.
aged ter YEAR M Williams WIS rendered
totally blind
ca Monday night Polk Gaines, colored.
while un hi. way home Ia an intoxicated CON
diiion. tell against the fence in front ct the
Versailles keatucky Cemetery. Til, head
became fastened between the pickrt- and he
rhokci 10 death.
The wall, OF a brick building ia rours, Of
construction at Crr,tou, Ohio. were blown
down hy the wind on MONDAY Jacob Vent.
contractor. vas killed Andrew Baird
skull was fractured and Martin MURRAY was
internally injured.
partial report Of thr experts appointed
hy the court to examine into the Affairs ct the
Whisky Trust vas made public In Chicago ON
Monday and shows q discrepancy Of Sl,924,
l2u and an effort 20 hide II by rr1surrS on the
anoks 1T the company.
4 despatch from New iberia. Louisiana.
SAY, that an important discovery Of rock salt
ha. been made ou Orange Island ON the
southwest coast of Louisiana, not tar from
Avery island, Orange Island Is owned by
Joseph Jefferson, the actor
Barry Mines. the former clerk Of the bank
ing house af J. Pierponf Morgan 4 Co. who
vas arrested last week Tor alleged embezzlc-
lusut of $4,000 from thar house pleaded
gailiy before Justice Fitzgerald. in New York,
aud Mas sentenced tn three year. impri~on-
mrni
Mr.. samuel Butler aud her child di>ap-
pearcd from their home al Poplar Springs.
Missouri, last December. aud Butler said they
had gone To- see relatives. On MONDAY their
remain, were found in a shallow grave near
the house. their skulls crushed with au axe.
Builer is missing.
The Delaware Methodist Episcopal Con.
ference, colored. has expelled from the minis
TN and membership Ia the church the Rev.
e. W. Grandson. u. D.. formerly pastor Of
E1ion Church. Wilmington. and at one time
Nas President of Bonnet College. North Caro-
lima. lie va, charged with drunkenness.
solomon H. Mann vas Identified in New
York on Saturday by Loretta Hannigan. who
va, diving q, a result of criminal malpractice.
a. the person who was the cause OF her trouble.
David Loretta. the woman brother. made a
desperate attempt TO shoot Mann and was
only prevented hy one Of the officers thruSting
hi, thumb under The hammer Of the revolver
Augustus : Barber. the oldest newspaper
man in New Jersey. died ai his home ia
Woodbury., Monday morning. aged 50 wears
lie WAS "a native of Chambersburg. Pa. where
be- learned the printing trade. and in 1874 re
moved 20 Woodbury. and established the Con,
,TituIion a. an advocate Of the Wing party.
Il has since hrru strongly Republican in
. politics.
\ train ON the Florence aud Cripple Creek
Railroad was held up by masked men, near
Victor. Colorado. on SATURDAY night. The
bandits went through the mail and express
ear. but found nothing valuable They then
compelled the express messenger To take the
/ lead, aud. going through the coaches. they
T held up several passengers, taking two or
three gold watches and some money. Noone
WAS Injured bloodhound put ON the trail
of The robbers SUNDAY led the officers To
{ the cabin Of Bob TAYLOR, an eN.deputy sheriff,
aud Frank Wallace, who were arrested, The
7 trainmen identified TAYLOR.
For the Democratic Ndvoeate-l
MESSRS EpIruRS might with rroprieiy
decline 10 reply to anonymous communica-
( mons, but am impelled from a sense of duty
to say 10 your correspondent, Z. Pluribus
Unum. that NV statement. which he eyi-