The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-10-22
News of the Week.

Yellow fever is spreading in Mississippi
and other Southern States, and many
places have been quarantined.
Mrs. Viola Grignon, who was the first
white woman in the Klondike, died on
Sunday in Seattle, Washington.
Nine Italian anarchists have been ar
rested in Alexandria, Egypt, as a result of
a plot to assassinate Emperor William of
Germany.
St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church,
in Norristown, Pa, was damaged by fire
early Sunday morning to the extent of
SO, 900.
Edward Riessinger, in custody at Sun
bury, Pa, for the murder of Daisy Smith,
published in last weeks ADVOCATE, has
confessed his guilt.
The Atlantic Transport Company
steamer Mohegan, bound frem London ter
New York, went ashore off the Lizard on
the 18th instant, and 100 persons were
drowned
George Wilson Phillips, aged IS, who
invented most of the machinery used in
the first match factory in this country,
died at his home in Springfield, Mass, on
the 18th instant.
The Taconic Woollen Mills at Pittsfeld,
Mass, shut down on Saturday last for an
indefinite period The mills, which are
in charge of an assignee, were owned by
Wilson & Horton, who failed last summer
Snow fell at Chicago for over an hour
Thursday night of last week. 1t was the
first this season and the earliest in rs years.
A gale accompanied the snowfall, making
navigation on Lake Michigan impossible.
\ Jury at Norristown, Pa. has awarded
S3505. SO damages against DIR. Harvey f.
Scholl in favor of William II. Force, on
the ground that by improper treatment OF
a fracture he left Force cripple for life,
Jacob Kaiser, aged IS years, was killed
by blow on the jaw from Lewis Richter,
in Allentown, Pa, on Saturday night,
Kaiser, who was drunk, had jostled Rich
ter and struck him on the ear.
Several of the largest railroad compan
les in the country are planning to move TOR
a reduction in sleeping car rates. 1t is
proposed to have all the roads in the coun-
try using Pullman cars unite in an appeal
to this company to make reduction in the
rates charged for upper and lower berths
in sleeping cars and in the rates for seats
in chair cars
Samuel Packard immigrated to this coun-
try in 1888, and settled in the now his
toric town of bingham, Mass. His wife
and daughter came with him. From his
family have sprung 1000 descendants,
Ten years ago there was Packard reunion
at Brockton at which | 200 members were
present. The 260th anniversary Of his
arrival was held in Avon, Mass, Aug. 10.
One of the biggest cattle deals that has
ever been made in Southwestern Virginia
was consummated last week in Tazewell,
where an agent of w. W. Braun, of Rich
mond, bought at one purchase seventeen
hundrad export cattle from Tazewell farm
ers that would average close on to the ff
teen hundred pound mark, and paid there
for 500, 600. Four hundred and fifty of
the monster steers were shipped the day
after the purchase.
The Eldredge geological survey party,
which has returned from the Cook inlet
country, is declared to have discovered in
Alaska the highest mountain in North
America The government topographer
took triangulations of the elevations, as
ceraining by scientific calculations the
exact height of the peak, which he de-
clared to be more than 20, 900 feet. The
mountain was named Bullshae, word
spoken in exclamation by the Indian guide
of the party upon first beholding the won
derful peak.
1t was thought on the 18th instant that
an attempt would be made to land the i'm
ported negro miners intended for Virden
at Pana. Governor Tanner ordered Capt.
Harris to place guards at each of the coal
mines and at the approaches of each rail
road into Pana, and under no circumstan-
ces to permit any imported negroes to land.
Miners and citizens volunteered their SER
vices All trains with freight or passen-
gers stopping at Virden are carefully
searched for negroes, Virgil Bishop,
union miner, has sworn out warrant,
charging the managers of the Chicago
Virgen Coal Company with murder. The
warrant will not be served until after the
inquest has been completed.