The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-07-20
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A party OF HNe EuEllSnnleu- Nlilic IT AttE "
ascend Mount 0rtler without q guide. the
lofaiest mountain of the Tyrol and of the Ans
TRAN Empire, situated in the Rhatian Alps,
fell over precipice aud all were seriously
injured. One of the party Is dead.
There has been serious bread rioting in the
city Of Zanora, Spain. Several ,gendarmes
have been injured aud one spectator was
killed Forty of the rioters have been ar
rested.
A soaking rain visited Midland. Michigan,
checking the forest fires The settlers at
Hubbard are ont Of danger for the present.
The leather dressing mill Of john |. Adams
& Co, at Johnstown, \. y, has been de
stroyed by FIRE. involving q loss Of about
$4,000.
In the Iowa Federal Court yesterday judge
Woolsen sentenced Ex-Stafe Senator r. X.
Cassett, the Bella bank wrecker. 10 niue years
in the Anamosa peniientiary.
The Rio Grande River Is higher than It ha,
been for wears All East III Paso IS under
water. Considerable stock has been drowned.
Mexieans are working hard on the Juarez
side strengthening the bikes. The river Is
still rising
At the sale of Gideos, L Daly's stable at
Sheepshead Bay, keenan, was brought hy
August Belmont Tor SIS, GEO. RamaP0 brought
Sc, coo. the purchaser being Dake Broihers-
Mr.. Belmont bought Hastings for So, so
The American Bible Society distributed
Lass. GA bibles during she past year
/. n. Durboraw. Justice of the peace for
50 years IN Mount Joy Township. Adams
county. Pa, was accidentally killed Monday
morning. He Was assisting IN tearing down
a frame barn on the farm Of ;. W Bercaw.
neigbbor, aud fell from the frame. distance
F.,s H. h.aa sfrfsrl a tg51f and
be- lived bnt an hour Tie was member Of
an old family. veteran Of the First Penusyi
vania Reserves, aud held a position in the
Office &c the clerk Of the House Of RePre~en-
tatives under the last Republican clerk.
Basic CITY, Virginia, was swep, by storm.
Nearly every building was damaged, ami
some ruined; fortunately no lives were lost
The bodies OF two Of the missing children
Of BENJAMIN r Pitezel, Of Philadelphia. Pa,
Eta. Alice and Nellie. we're found by netec-
tive Cever. barred in the cskar of a house IN
Toronto. Canada The girls were taken 20
Toronto hy II. II. Holmes, who rented the
house. Holmes Is Ia prison in Philadelphia,
awaiting sentence for conspiracy - deiraud
ia the Pisezell insurance case. He Is said 20
have made a full confession.
A Detroit despatch SAYS that Don VI. Dick
inson, representing the MergenthaieT ilueQ-
type Company, paid 10 Celone Frank J.
Hecker the sam Of $4,000. which gave 20
the Mergenthaler people al rights, title and
interest in the psteuts on the machines 81 TIE
Rogers Topographic Company. This deal
ends long and hard fought legal battle
which has lasted Tor many years.
Electricity generated hy the falls q the
American river a; Folsom. California. VAS
turned on in Sacramento, "a miles away.
Only street cars we're furnished with power
Yesterday. but the electrical power will ~
extended 10 All kinds Of industrial establish
ments, and used for light sud heat. Il j. es-
timaied that 80 per cent Of the electric power
generated at Folsom sill be transmitted to
Sacramento.
A Dies Moines. Iowa, inventor claims TO
have discovered process for making Damas-
Gus steel.
The steamer Cihola. Of the Niagara River
Line. was burned to the waters edge AZ Lew
isfon. New York. The flames spread 20 the
dock and destroyed IL the custom house and
the American hotel William Hammell, the
third engineer Of the steamer, was burned -
death. The total loss may reach s265.1oo.
A brick building. owned by A. MeCailum.
dry goods dealer IN Northampton, Massachu-
seifs. was burned Sunday night. Loss, Sssi,
ESQ; insurance, s75,0eA
PRAYER for rain was offered on sunday il |
an the churches in that pari 0f Michigan 1
stricken BY forest fires
A despatch from Petoskey, Michigan, says |
that rain fell on Sunday plight, ane thai the
forest fires have gone down somewhat.
At Barnesville W. Va. while Mamie Floyd. |
aged years, was playing around stove, her
dress took fire and she was burned &c death. /
Her mother, in attempting 10 put oui the |
flames. was so badly burned that she died in !
a short time.
In freight wreck on the Big Four Rail-
road AZ White Sulphur. Ohio. on Sunday,
Richard Henley xss Killed, and Il cars loaded |
with merchandise we're destroyed. Loss, |
$4,000
A tornado aesr Grafton. North Dakota, on |
Sunday, wrecked several houses and killed
l2-year-old girl named Peters.
A mob OF several hundred people called Al
the Owsley county Jail. at Bonneville, Ken |
lucky, on Sunday, and after taking three al
legged immoral persons from the Jail gave each
one hundred iashes on the bare back, alter
wards returning them to the jail.
The man who threw bombs at the residence
Of Jerry Bliss, director Of Public Improve
ments in Columbus, Ohio. was arrested and
confessed.
In Chicago, Peter hasef attaehed MS VIE
with a knife, inficting severe wounds on the
forehead, hand aud shoulder. He then cut
his own throat and died almost instantly MIR.
and Mrs. Haser had not been living happily
together for some time, and the discovery that
his wife meant to apply for n divorce led to
the attempted murder and suicide.
Emil Michaels, Of ST. Louis, aged 80, who
was last week defrauded ont of all his money
In a business transaction. and who was to have
been married at O clock on Sunday evening,
died at that hour in Forest Park from poison
selfadministered.
Barn Of Henry Heistand, Lancaster county,
Pa, burned, loss $4,000. All this years
crops we're in and around the barn.
The egg product of this country is estimated
at $50. 900 600 per annum.