The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-02-05
News of the Week

A hill to iucorporlte the National Hudson Bridge
Company and authorize it to construct and main
tain bridge across the Hudson between New York
and New Jersey at New York City, has been intro
duced in the House. 1t is for railroad as well as
carriage and pedestrian use.
Amob invaded the Jewish quarter i'll Algiers. Jan
nary %. and pillaged the shops The police were
powerless and troops called. The Zouares
charged the crowd with fixed bayonets and dis
perse1 it, many persons being injured. \ number
of arrests were made. The riots continued several
DAYS several Jews were stoned Ia death and their
dwellings and shops burned.
Rev. Clarence H. Woolston, a Baptist minister of
Philadelphia Pa. member of the crusade against
disorderly houses. &c, in his report says 1--WE
rounted four hundred dhorderly houses and that
they saw more vice in two nights than ParkhurSt
saw in his whole trip around New York. In
nearly all of the places liquor was illegally sold.
1t is reported from the City OF Mexico that the
National Tehuamtepec Isthmus Railroad has been
leased to Sir Sweetman Pearson ~ Son for period
of fifty wears The Iessees are to build harbors ut
Salina Cruz and COatzacoalcos and rehabiitate the
railroad itself, the Government guaranteeing Il per
cent on whatever investment is made i'll the rail-
road.
The fact that LOO iG1 bushels of have left
Philade phu Pa, alone for foreign countries since
the first of the year points to considerable demand
for that cereal abroad. Corn is the one great
American staple for which no adequate foreign
market has yet been found, but as it SeXactly such
cheap and wholesome food as is needed by mill
ions of poor people in other parts of the world,
there can he no doubt that it will ultimately form
one of our chief articles of export 1t only needs
proper introduction in foreign markets. The cargo
sent to the starving people of India was eagerly
welcomed and greatly appreciated by them.
Joseph Hamdley died in Philadelphia, Pa. on
Wednesday of last week and was buried the Friday
following He weighed GOO pounds. A special
casket six feet six inches long and four feet six
inches wide had to he made and the door iambs re-
moved i'll order to permit its being taken i'll and
out of the house. The casket and body weighed
about 200 pounds, and i'll removing il from the
house the body was rolled out on steel truck, and
fourteen pallbearers were required to lift it into
the dead wagon" which had to be used 10
hearse could be found in the city large enough. At
the church the casket again rolled up the aisle
on the steel truck
The Shrewsbury correspondent of the Han
over. Pa. Record, gives the following ages:-
Joseph Anderson aged So years. Charles X.
Yost, IS; Herman Noise. 81; John Conrad,
81; Jacob Snoll SO; Joseph Giesey, 50; John
Bott. 81: James Fullerton, 80; Vim. Boesser,
so. The combined ages of these nine men
are TAB years. Sarah Young, 81; Ann Fred
erick. SO; Eliza .Jamison, 50; Maria Beck, 81;
Lydia Brenise, so; Julia Yost, 80; Susan
Hendrix, so; Urba Hedrick 80; Eliza Kline
feller, so; Mrs. johnson, so; Mrs. William
Boesser, so years. The combined ages of
.ho
are twenty-four other women besides those
named above whose ages are beyond 20 years
each. and whose combined ages are 1776
wears