The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-10-17
News of the Week.

Great harrington, Mass, had a 100000
fire on Monday.
The York Mills, at Saco, Maine, which
have been idle for three months, have re-
sumed operations.
The Bee Hive, one of the large dry goods
houses in Augusta, Georgia, has failed. 1t is
stated that all creditors are secured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter NJ. Castle, of San
Francisco, were held in 5000, 000. bail in Lon
don, for a further hearing, on the charge OF
shoplitiing.
The dead body of George Freck, aged II
that city Monday. The boy had been muir
dered and robbed.
The Cape Charles Lightship was picked up
100 miles at sea on Monday night by the
cruiser Columbia, and was towed to Fort
Monroe Tuesday.
A gang of masked men looted the little
town of Peryear, in Henry county, Tenn,
early Wednesday morning. They set fire to
several buildings before they left.
The Marine National Bank, of Dulth, Min
nesota, failed Wednesday. The banks CAPT
tai is 5000, 900, and it had on September %
loans and discounts out TO the extent Of
1886, 43S.
In Yankton county, South Dakota, hogs are
dying by thousands Herds numbering hun
dreds have been almost completely wiped out,
and the infection is entering other herds
every day.
The grand jury at New Orleans has indicted
eleven directors of the bank of Commerce.
which closed up last month with a loss of
$40, 600 Cashier De Blanc was also indict-
ed for swearing falsely to bank statements.
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coast are heart-rending. Millions of dollars
in property have been destroyed to say moth
ing of the great inconvenience to the property
holders. 1t is feared that the loss of life will
be great.
despatch from Fairmount, Mimi, says
that the two desperadoes who robbed the
Sherburne Bank and murdered three people
have been positively identified as j. A. and
Lu Kellihan, Is and % years old, of Rock
Rapids, Iowa.
The Everett Mills at Lawrence, Massachu-
sets, have started up giving work to 1909
persons. The mills had been shut down since
July 80. Several departments of the Airing
ton Mills also resumed operation, giving work
to 5000 of the $500 employees.
The storm of two weeks ago destroyed one
fourth of Georgia's rice crop. The last cyclone
is believed to have ruined another fourth of
it, and the planters who had looked forward
to profitable year will now be more than
content if they make both ends meet.
In St. Lonis early Monday morning Philip
thinner, a blacksmith, fatally shot Celia Veitz,
his sweetheart, at her home, shot his sister
slightly and then committed suicide. ZiIn
mer and his sister called on the Veitz girl,
and quarrel over another young man led to
the tragedy.
Michael Boyd and man named Murphy,
in the employ ofthe Solvay Process Company,
were asphyxiated Wednesday in large gas
tank at the company's works near Solvay.
Tennessee. The men had entered the tank
to do some repairs, supposing that the gas
had been turned off.
Mrs Eliza LOOMS, who was 100 years old,
started to walk from Elmira, N. Y, to Can
ton, Pa, on Tuesday distance of 30 miles,
to see her daughter, Mrs. Fassatt, of Canton.
Ten miles from home she got lost in the dark
ness and sank exhausted by the roadside.
She died the next day.
The Union Loan and Trust Company, of
Boston, was not open for business Monday.
The Savings Bank Commissioners claim that
the reserve of the company was per cent.
below the legal requirements, and asked for
receiver. The question will come up be-
fore the Supreme Court.
A house near Oxford Centre, Massachusetts,
was destroyed by an incendiary fire on Sun
day. Willie Trushaw, IL years old son of
Nelson Trushaw, asleep in an attic, was burned
to death. Eli Dupuis, brother-in-law, in
an attempt to save the boy fell from the attic
window and was badly injured.
Two trains on the Florida Central and PEN
insular Railroad came IN collision, head on,
near Swansea, Wednesday morning. Bag
gage master Lines and mail clerk Thomas
were caught in the wreck and burned to death.
None of the passengers were seriously injured.
W. Z. Almar, hagman, is missing, and is be-
liered to be in the ruins.
despatch from Columbus, Ohio, says that
the Columbus, Hooking Valley and Toledo
Railroad Company has filed a four per cent.
general lien mortgage for $50, 900, 600 to the
Guaranty Trust Company, of New York. Of
the sum S22, ZOO, 900 is designated 10 hquidate
outstanding bonds, and the remainder TO be
reserved for construction purposes.
While the members of Pacific Grove foot
ball team were being conveyed from Salinas
to Monterey, California, in an omnibus on
Monday evening, the vehicle struck a deep
hole in the roadway, and went over an EN-
bankment, carrying with it the occupants and
four horses. Frank Oyer was crushed beneath
one of the horses and instantly killed. The
other members of the team were badly
shaken up.