The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-07-20
News of the Week.


Dispatches et Friday, July y.
Max Garner, Of Los, Greek quarry,
Kentucky, was frightened 50 badly BY prae-
tical iokers on Thursday night that his re-
covery is doubtful. Boys put bologna
sausage in his bed and he thought they
were snakes.
Denison. Texas. was visited By deluge
of rain Wednesday night and continued
nearly all Of Thursday There was a
rainfall Of nearly nine inches and great
damage was done to railroad and farm
property. A similar report comes from
Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Six persons were drowned in Rinedos,
Mexico. on Thursday. in a waterspout
which washed away part Of the village.
A special grand jury has been impan-
elled in Chicago TO investigate specific
charges Of conspiracy and solicitation of
brides on the part Of Aldermen and their
go-betweens. Indictments were returned
against Aldermen VIM. Finkler and Chas
Martin on the charge Of soliciting brides.
Convict John &. Bittel escaped from
United States Marshals Mix and Merrick
IN New York city, last night. while they
were bringing him from Guthrie, Okiaho-
ma, TO serve seven years term Of i'm
prisonment in the Kings county peniten-
tiary for forgery.
Carl Thalhelm until recently agent at
0eala, Florida, for the Anglo Continental
Guano Company Of Hamburg. Germany,
has been arrested and held under bond Of
$40. 000 on a charge of embezzlement Il
Is alleged that during his connection with
the company he Incorporated over
S100, GOO, using it 10 purchase phosphate
For himself.
A Cincinnati despatch says that the for
geries of the Urbana bond broker, Il. I.
Lewis, win amount to at least $500, 600.
Rev. Dr. MeAnally, senior editor Of the
Christian Advocate, and one Of the most
prominent men in the Southern Methodist
Church, died at his residence in st. Louis,
ON Thursday night, aged IS years.
The Rev. Samuel W. Anderson, eolOred,
pastor Of the Mount Zion Baptist Church,
Of Peoria. Illinois, committed suicide BY
shooting himself and cutting his throat.
Business troubles are said TO have been the
cause
Bessie johnson made an unsuccessful
attempt at suicide in the police court at
Cincinnati by throwing herself head first
down a fight Of stairs She had just been
sentenced to three years imprisonment as
an habitual drunkard.
Samuel X. Kindig, travelling sales
man for Johnston, Warner 4 Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa, grOcers, has been committed
to answer the charge Of embezzing about
$1,000. The firm attribute Kindig' down
fall to his passion for gambling.
At Asbury Park, n j., Zimmerman
made mile on his bicycle, on a third of
a mile track, in l57 As.
Six months of reform( p by Republicans
in New York city has amounted to over
$500, 00e as compared with last year.
Forest fires have been raging in the up
per part of the lower peninsular Of Michi
gan, and much valuable timber, towns,
farmhouses, etc, have been burned; for
tunately no lives were lost, though many
narrow escapes were made. The celebrated
orchards are all burned or scorched 50
badly that they viii have TO be cut down
Dispatches Of Saturday and Sunday, Ji'ly N
and Is.
Fire destroyed an elevator at Indianapo-
lis, Indiana; loss Sl00, 900, insured.
Cats and dogs have become so numerous
in Clarksboro, New jersey, that poison is
being used to rid the town of the pests.
A despatch from Zacatecas, Mexico
says that Jack Morgan, an American des-
perado, who came to Mexico from Texas
IL years ago and took the leadership of
band of Mexican brigands, has been killed
by ranchmen. who pursued the bandits
into the mountains. Two other brigands
were also killed and three captured
John Wilton and Bob Morrow fought
duel Sunday at K Diamond ranch, in
Oklahoma, because of a quarrel over the
ownership Of a calf Wilton was shot
twice in the legs and once in the body, and
Morrow received six bullets The firing
began on signal and the distance was
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