The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-08-21
MoKinley's Prosperity (q) Increasing.

The Building Trades Council Ct Chicago on
Friday of last week began strike on the
public school buildings, owing to the refusal
of the Board of Education to place clause
IN all contracts for school building work
binding the contractor to employ none but
union men. Twenty five hundred men went
out. Work on 35 buildings is stopped.
There we're 239 failures reported last week.
John F. Egerton, Baltimore, Nd, has
petitioned for insolvency.
Charles r. Lowenbach, OF Leesburg Va,
has made deed of trust.
Michael Safer, individually and trading as
Martinez Co., cigar dealer, Baltimore, Nd,
has appointed trustees.
The sheriff has received two attachments
against l.. NJ. Buck, Memphis, Tenn.
P. R. MollOy, manufacturer of ladies hats
at St. Louis, has given trust deed.
J. H. Parker, grocer at GAINESVILLE, Wis,
has made an assignment.
w. C. Strecker, dealer in salt and produce
at Peoria, ILL.,, hiss confessed judgment.
The Daley Mercantile Co., dealer in mems
furnishings, &C., at Kansas City, has given a
chsttel mortgage.
Frank r. Peacock, doing business as Frank
T. Peacock & Co., dealer in dry goods at La
fayette, Ind, has given bill of sale.
Pembroke W. Pitt and Clarence NJ. Pitt,
copartners trading as Pitt Bros. & Co., grain
commission merchants, Baltimore, Nd, have
made deed of trust. The failure is due to
the rise in wheat. the firm being unable to
meet their obligations in connection with ex-
port contracts.
Chas Lantaff, dealer in varieties at Elmira,
V has Oivpn a hill of sale.
Waite & Hayes, dealer in sheep and calf
skins at Boston, Mass, have filed petition OF
insolvency.
Frederick Narr, banker and broker at
Philadelphia, Pa, has confessed judgment,
and execution has been issued.
A. H. Gray, dealer in dry goods at Franklin,
Pa, has been closed by the sheriff on execu-
tons for $4,000.
John E. Nelson, dealer in store and office
fixtures at Chicago, has made an assignment.
E. S. Rothman, dealer in dry goods and
clothing at Glouster, Ohio, has made an as
signment.
The Interstate Milling Company, (hour) of
Little Falls, Mimi, has made an assignment.
Shields Bros, general store at Park City,
Utah, have given chattel mortgage.
The Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills, Salem,
Mass, have resumed operations after shut
down of l6 days. The mill will run AZ hours
a week for the present, but will run on a full
time schedule before very long, if the market
is satisfactory. The plant employs l,4OO
people.
Two hundred coal miners at Witteville, in
Scott county, Arkansas, have gone on strike.
Frank List, grocer, Baltimore, Nd, has
made deed of trust.
The Hitching Cycle Company of St. Louis
has made an assignment.
E. Ponder Elzey, dealer in hardware,
Princess Anne, Nd, has assigned.
Henry Amos Osborn, a large land owner
and Gamer, near Havre de Grace, Nd, has
been declared insolvent
Mai. George S. Merrill, the Massachusetts,
Insurance Commissioner, has presented
petition in the Supreme Court for the appoint
ment of a receiver for the Massachusetts, Ben
eft Life Association, on the ground that the
further continuance of the association in bus
mess would not be for the best interest of the
policy-hoders