The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-02-01
News of the Week.

Newport News, Virginia, will soon rank
with the foremost ports. Its exports last
year were near S14, 900, 900.
William d. Wheelwright & Co., lumber
dealers, of Brownsville, Georgia, have
failed. Liabilities 5000, 900.
The New jersey Rubber Company
retaining mill, at Lambertville, was burned
Sunday night. Loss, over $50, 900.
At Gouverneur, n. Y, on Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Howard Smith celebrated
the 10th anniversary of their marriage.
Philip Ripley, at one time one of the
most widely known newspaper men in this
country, died in New York on Saturday
night, aged SO years.
Basic City, Virginia, is about to start
ahead again. The celebrated iron works
will be started shortly giving employment
to a large number of hands.
Several deaths have occurred in Ale
gany Co., Pa, recently, from hydrophobia,
and the citizens had Ground up" kill
ing all dogs that were running at large.
Overdrafts to the amount of 1929, 900
have been discovered in the accounts Of
the Farmers National Bank, of Ports
mouth, Ohio, which suspended last week.
A tidal wave struck the British steamer
Ailsawold, on Friday of last week, off the
coast, sweeping sailor overheard, injur-
ing two Others, and probably damaging the
cargo.
Mn. Betsy Halton Moody, mother Of
Evangelist d. L. Moody, died in North
field, Massachusetts, Sunday, from an
attack of the grip. Mrs. Moody was in her
9lst year.
DIR. jain costly collection Of antiques
had $50, 900 worth taken from those in
his New York residence on Saturday night.
His entire collection is valued at over
$3.50, 900.
The Clarksdale Bank and Trust Com
pany, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, made an
assignment on Saturday. The deposits
amount to about $50, 900, and s42, 900 is
due to other banks.
Incendiaries are at work in Lancaster,
Pa, three fires taking place there last
week On Saturday night there were
several started but were controlled before
much loss resulted.
A safe in the Office of Boericke 4 Tafel,
Philadelphia, Pa, was ''cracked' Satur-
day night or Sunday morning. and 5000
in currency and $4,000 in registered bonds
were secured by the burglars.
Robert Fitzhugh, a notorious negro
tough of Washington, d. c., was killed
by John 7. Clarke, on Saturday night.
while robbing his money drawer
The Matteawan New York; State hos
pital for the criminal insane was damaged
by fire to the extent of 500, 900 on Sat
urday morning. The fire was started by
Charles F. Whitehall, one Of the inmates
The Champion Blower and Forge Works,
Lancaster, Pa, were burned Saturday
night, causing loss of $50, 900; insur
ance $50, 000 George Miller, the watch
man, is supposed to have persisted in the
flames.
The police raided number of 'speak-
easies' late Saturday night. This plan
will be followed hereafter by Superinten-
dent Linden in consequence of the opinion
by Judge Arnold that the making of ar
rests on Sundays for certain classes of Of
fences Is not lawful in Pennsylvania.
The American liner st. Paul ran ashore
off Long Branch, New Jersey, early Sat
urday morning while dense fog prevailed
On Sunday the steamer was moved 10
feet seward, and at last accounts lay in
more advantageous position. All passen-
gers were safely landed, and the cargo was
taken out by lighters.
A despatch from St. Johns, Newfound-
land, on Sunday night says that the worst
snow storm in 20 years was experienced
there during the past four days. Some of
the drifts in the streets were 10 feet high
and business is at standstill The outly-
ing settlements have not yet been reached
for two or three days, owing to the railway
lines being blockaded.
The first section of Raymond & Whit
comb excursion train, ON the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, ran into fallen boul-
der at Crooked Run, near Riverton, Vir-
ginia, early on Saturday morning, and was
wrecked. 4 colored porter, named Phil
lips, was killed and several persons were
injured. All but four of the passengers
resumed their journey.
The Chicago Board of Trade have APP
proved the report of subcommittee
which has been formulating the plan of
Robert Lindblom for trading in cash grain
to the exclusion of futures. The plan is
that all trading in wheat shall be in cash
property, and that the Board of Trade
cash grain depository shall be organized
with 81, 900, 900 paid up capital to take
care of the wheat and advance money on it.
The barn of Hon. A. S. cambridge,
near Shepherdstown, West Virginia, was
completelydestroyed by FIRE Saturday night
Six horses and seven COWS were burned to
death in the barn, only one horse and two
cows being saved. A large quantity of
hay and fodder and few farming nipple
ments were consumed 1t was of incen-
diary origin. The barn and the horses
were insured, but the loss will exceed the
insurance considerably.
Mrs. Mary Yontz, widow of Cornelius
Yontz, died Sunday afternoon. She was
in the 90th year of her age, and was all
her life resident of Shepherdstown West
Virginia She is survived by two sons
and three daughters and two sisters and
two brothers. The latter are VIM. Weise,
james Weise and Mrs. Eliza Mong, of
Martinsburg, and Mrs. Joanna Rouskulp,
Of Hagerstown. The deceased was for
many years member of the Lutheran
Church.
Near Oxford, Pa, on Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Matte Porter, aged so years, was
found dead, with three bullet holes in her
head The body was lying on bed
The neck of her dress, in which she car
ried money, was cut off. Mrs Porter had
lived alone for years on the farm of her
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