The Democratic advocate., 1898-07-09
News of the Week.

The Flax Mill at Aazleton, Pa, was burned
Monday morning. Loss abont SAC, 900.
A large part of the town of Dunsair, Siski-
you county, California, was destroyed by fire
Tuesday.
Brainerd Bowen, aged 20 years, Il wealthy
tanner of Troy, Pa, was killed by runaway
accident on Saturday.
Five race horses were burned to death in a
fire which destroyed stables near the Fair
Grounds at st. Louis Tuesday.
storm at Hampton. N. H., on Monday.
wrecked Il skating rink, causing the death OF
three persons and injuries to many others.
A fire at Driftwood, Pa, Tuesday, destroyed
5000 cords of bark at Gleason l. Sons tam
merry, and seven dwellings. Loss, about 500,
600.
Common Councilman Frank J. Mitchell,
of Philadelp phia, Pa, while driving in the
West Park, was struck and instantly killed by
lightning.
What is said to be the largest flag in the
world, measuring rs feet inches by 81 feet,
was flung to the breeze at Mauch Chunk, Pa,
Monday afternoon.
The warehouse of Gale 4 Co., manufactur-
ers of shirts at Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
| was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning, the
loss amounting to $4,000.
Lewis Russ, we'll known hotel man of
Harrisburg, Pa, was shot and seriously
wounded by his brother, John, III quarrel
| Tuesday evening. John is i'll Jail.
Two oil tanks at the Bear Creek Works,
Marcus Hook, Pa, were fired by lightning on
Monday afternoon, and the oil was still burn
ing Tuesday. The loss is estimated at S75,-
600.
The Western Rubber Betting Company, OF
| Chicago. has made an assignment to the Chi
cago Title and Trust Company, with assets
| said to be $3.50, 600 and liabilities about the
| same.
A fire at Unientown, Pa, on Saturday, de-
stroyed about $4,000 worth of property.
The Chief of Police and fireman were badly
hurt, and two men are supposed to have been
| killed.
| A large number of persons were on board
the steamboat Surf City when she was struck
by squall and sunk near Beverly, Mass, on
Monday and fully twenty are believed to have
pershed.
Fire at Mcpherson, Kansas, Monday, de-
stroyed the First National Bank, three stores
and several offices, the loss being estimated
at $75, 600, covered to the extent of 100000
! by insurance.
James R. Griner convicted of manslaugh
ter for killing his epdaughter, has been
sentenced by Judge Woodward, In Wilkes
barre, Pa, to pay fine of $500 and be i'm
prisoned in the penitentiary for twelve years.
The report of the Director of the Mint at
| Washington shows that during the fiscal year
closed on Saturday the coinage at the Mints
of the United States amounted to $72, ,609, $685.
of which sum $40, 0,002, ,080 was in silver dol
| lars.
| While seeking shelter from the storm under
a tree near Strawberry Mansion, Fairmount
Park, Philadelphia, Pa, Alison D. Stager, aged
90 years, and Emma De Carey, aged 19 years,
were struck and instantly killed by lightning
on Monday.
It. is st lated that Lord Wolseley, Comman.
der-in- Chief of the British Army, is suffering
from cancer, and that the state of his health
renders his retirement from active life neces
sary, hence he seeks the post of Governor
General of Canada.
! Lewis Bender, hotel keeper at William
Penn, Montgomery county, Pa, was murder
ously assaulted by six masked burglars at his
home, early Monday morning, and robbed OF
1865 in money and two gold watches. He is
in a precarious condition.
The private bank of Thomas j. Kirby, al
Abilene, Kansas, has been taken in charge by
State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal. 1t has
S218, 900 on deposit and $40, 900 cash on hand
Its assets include large number OF farm
loans, and Kirby personally owns consider
able real estate.
The Northern Pacific Railway for May ha'
$745, ,043 net earnings, and for eleven month
ending with May reports $40, Asa, ,739 net o
which fixed charges take $5,665, 900, and I
per cent. dividend on the preferred stock
50, ,O0O, 900, leaving 81, 789, 739 for the com
mon stock, or about 2.23 per cent.
Samuel H. Taughinbaugh, aged 60 years
died in Gettysburg, Pa, on Thursday of las
week. His daughter was to have had ;
church wedding in the afternoon, but thu
marriage was quietly performed at her resi-
dence. On Monday last George g. Myers
aged "a years, died in the same place.
Jacob Yuckems, aged 81 years, and Ros
Michael, aged 81 years, his step-daugh hter
are in prison in Philadelphia, Pa, on the
charge of numbering Mary Yuckems, Jacob
wife, who was found dead, with her head lyin,
in pool of blood, at her home on Tuesday
Rose charges Yuckems with the murder @
her mother.
The cremated bodies of the American mis-
sionaries murdered in Sierra Leone, Yves
Coast of Africa, have been recovered by
British expedition. They bore no traces Q
mutilation. The search for Mrs. Cain, VIII
fled to the bush at the time of the massacre
was fruitless. The expedition severely pun
ished the rebellious natives.
Lightning struck and destroyed the larg
paper mill of Shryock Brothers, at Middl
Spring, Franklin county, Pa, Monday after
noon. Five houses were also burned and tn
Middle Spring Presbyterian Church PARTIAL
T destroyed. Wheat fields were ablaze in tn
vicinity and for time it looked as though th
town would be wiped out by the fire TIL
Middle Spring Church is one of the oldest i
. this section of the State
DARING Thaft