The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-08-05
News of the Week.

has sold to a syndicate of Ohio capitalists
his truck farm of over 500 acres for 1925
per acre.
H. H. Mcconnell and his wife, an aged
couple, were killed by lightning at their
home, near Cottage Grove, Henry county,
Tennessee, Saturday.
At Dents Run, Pa, on Monday, 81
horses, 1900 bushels of oats, &c, were
burned in the barn of Kidd 4 Anterior;
loss IS, 900; no insurance.
Parts of Mississippi are, being devastated
by grasshoppers, One plantation, with
800 acres in cotton, has been ruined. and
another of 1000 acres greatly damaged
The plant of the Lacrosse Wallice car,
rage works, at Lacrosse, Wisconsin, was
destroyed by fire on Saturday. Loss
| SIS, 900; insurance, S25, 600.
Fire which started from a spark from a
locomotive destroyed the shingle block
lumber yard of the Northwestern Lumber
Company in Stanley, Wisconsin, Saturday,
The striking motormen at Cleveland did
not prevent the regular running Of cars
Sunday The boycott is being continued
against the troops to embarrass the com
pany, and there is some talk of declaring
martial law in the town
Yellow fever has broken out in the
! Soldiers home at Hampton, Virginia, and
the United States Marine Hospital Ser
! vice has taken charge. There are 40
cases of the disease in the Home and
/ there have been six deaths.
For the first time in its history Nlilwau.
kee. Wisconsin, had a colored jury sum
moned last week. 1t was a Coroner :
| jury, and was called together to hold au
( inquest over the body of one negro sup
posed to have been killed by another
The Sloss Iron and Steel Company, Of
Birmingham, Alabama, has reorganized as
the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Com
pany, and will be incorporated in New Ier
sey in a few days. The new organization
will have a capital stock Of $50. 000 uOn.
Last year only one passenger out Of ,, E
{ 267, 270 carried by the railroads Of the
United States was killed a. a result OF
railroad accidents For each passenger 80
killed 60. SAP, 670 passenger miles were
accomplished 1t Is safer To ride Jhan Co
walk.
An odd mouumen. was desired by an
elderly maiden lady who died few weeks
ago in Afhlone Ireland She icf, for
tune Of e37. 000 TO De spent in the cree
ton Of a church. provided thay her body
should be converted into ashes and used in
making the mortar for building The eiihc,
p,.;,, -, ,..,,t;n,.5 ,r,,ll.. with p,ep,
b,rs g n. Ill rn;,,s If rho 4m.I,g
r,s,e5 Association oc Meat Cutter and
Rn,rbar Workmep m. cgtir. kiIh1- .,-
nsrt,nept a. the Sshvsrz.ehiltl 4 ~glzhar
yer packing house. at Kansas City. WAS
closed on Saturday. Over 800 men arr
out Of work
freight train an tho Eric Rafiraal
ran into an obstruction near I.aelavsxcq
On saturday MIGHT and a fast passenger
train from New York far Bafalo aad
Cleveland ran into the dcbri, and VA, also
wrecked. The engineer and fireman 81
the passenger train were killed and
,rainmen and passengers were injured
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Governor of Ohio. United State Senator.
Secretary Of the Treasury and Chief Jus
tice Of the United States Supreme Cour,
died n her homestead Ed.ewooi. IL
Washington suburbs. early M0aIa,
morning. from a camplira,ion II liver and
kidney troubles. Her early life was bril-
liant. but her affair with the late Roscoe
Conkling eaused a divorce from her bus
band. and she sank into almost social obi
won.
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men. and though subjected 10 the sc.erc.t
punishment absolutely refuse Do work
/ Though the warden doe, 10, admi, il. Il il
believed the men viii sooner Or later Kin
each other Narlatt fought ike maniac
against being put in the cage. and 81 re-
uuired six men to control him.
Mr.. S,r,b Anne W,o,lar H.. ,,,s,
know, ..Rumbo., Nom, OH, 80.
/ her headop,r,ers dnring N. war i, U.r,T
ton Roads. and who with base Of sup
plies at Phoebns, for the last EIGHT wear,
4 Ia. reddlei her wa.es aba,rd .6ip n d.
most everr ,,,,t IN ne Atlsn,;. 60, ,...
married nm IN S.tnrj,y Sbs ,o.l. !.
bar ansb,o3 Ge,r,.e Pos /, ,,f.- !,
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ance If her % children fonr If Will -.
adopted In order 10 avoid d;grr.o,,r
I with her children. several If whom are
older than her last husband NJ. Wu.ols.
brouab, her swee, ba,rr J., Na,v,,r, NJ.
and had the knot tied Tbay ,be, l.6
for Providence r wber,. .bo h..
/ $40. 600 invested
Charles 4 Yoh chief train dssn,,.be,
Of the Cumberland Valley Railroad 'rbam
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