The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-22
News of the Week.

news Oh Inc Week.
Chicago has contributed nearly 81, 600,
600 so far in war taxes.
Over $50, 600 people have persisted on
account of the famine in Russia
Charles NJ. Kinsey, aged % years, died
in Newark, \. j., on the 18th instant.
Miss Helen Gould is to be presented
with a handsome medal by the men Of the
Sixth Ohio Regiment.
Mrs. Eliza A. Debo;t, Of Geneva, ).
Y. has the lockjaw as the result Of the
attentions Of kissing bug.
VIM. Dodson, a negro, aged 50 years,
is in Jail at Alexandria, Virginia, for a.
sault on a child about ; years old.
Owing to the continuous drought corn
and cotton are burning up in the eastern
and middle parts Of Georgia
cambridge, Georgia, had a $4,000
IRE on saturday night. Twenty seven
business houses were destroyed Partially
insured.
\ terrific explosion Of gas occurred in
the Toyokuni coal mine, at kyushu, ia
pan. on June 10. There were 2p1 men
and women in the mine
The viii Of Mrs Mary johnson, Of New
York, bequeathing property valued at over
IS. 600, GOO to Roman Catholic iustltu-
tons. has been admitted TO probate
In New York city and vicinity there
were 80 deaths from lockjaw caused by
wounds from explosives ON the 4th instant,
up to and including the 18th instant.
On Sunday night the barn en- the farm
Of \. NJ Seitz, near York, Pa. was struck
by lightning and burned, together wiih
some stock aud all his crops and nipple
ments. Insured.
At Hanover, Pa, on Sunday last, che
new German Baptist church was epuse-
Grated in the presence Of large gather
ing. The building Is 40x6o feet, built Ut
brick and neatly furnished
The Rheuania six Mills, at ColIeze
Point. Long Island, which employed more
than 300 hands, has shut down for an IN
definite period on account Of depression 10
the silk industry.
The new treaty between the United
States aud Japan went into efect Monday,
according TO foreigners in the Oriental
country the same privileges enjoyed rs
native residents and imposing the same
obligations.
II Is announced that copper ere Of al
most incredible extent and richness has
been found in the Parry Sound district.
within about seven hours railway distance
Of Toronto, Canada
The Middlesex County Bank Of Perth
Amboy, y. j., wa wrecked BY its cash
Ter, George NJ Valentine, who was ar
rested for peculaiing Sl65, 00o. He
gambled in stocks aud used the funds Of
the bank
The United States Government has Dc.
clined the proposal Of the Government Of
Austria Hungary to arbitrate the claim,
for damages arising from the death Of she
Austrian Hungarian subjects in the Halle
ton, Pa, riots in September, 1897
4 National Park or Forestry Reserve
Association for the Governmental pre-cr-
walton Of over 900, 900 acres Of land in
Northern Minnesota viii be formed IN
Chicago this month. 1t is a step towards
the creation Of great national reserves for
the preservation OF native forests aud
streams and the perpetuatiou Of game
At Gainesville, Georgia, early Saturday
morning. a mob Of about thirty men sur
rounded the Hall county jail, and by
clever ruse tricked the sheriff into admit
ing them into the jail Five Of them went
to the cell Of 81 Smith, the murderer Of
Judge W b. Bell, Of Atlanta, and shot
him to death Kidding his body with bull
lets.
4 lady Of Findlay, Ohio. last fall made
a quantity Of ketchup, and after thorough
" cooking the tomatoes buried the refuse,
including the seeds in the ground in the
rear yard. This spring she was aston
ished to find perfect wilderness Of plants
growing up in the spot where the seeds
were buried and Is now anxiously await
Ing the ripening of the tomatoes from
these plants to see what kind Of a new
variety has been produced that the seed
can stand boiling and then a 20 degrees
below zero freezing, without destroying
their vitality.
Nearly all the conductors and motor
men of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany struck early last Sunday morning.
Those who had cars out left them on the
tracks The company endeavored to run
cars with non-union men on all lines, and
there was much disorder Many arrests
were made during the day. On some lines
the company maintained regular service,
and on others they failed altogether
Cars were unable to run to the ocean
beaches, but the tie-up was not nearly 50
complete as the labor leaders said it would
be.
At AshkOoda, Alabama, on last Satur-
day night, two negroes were killed and
another fatally shot in one sided battle
between shrinking miners and negroes who
have been imported to take their places
After the first brush, the firing became al
most general throughout the mining camp.
Many shots were fired after the first three
negroes fell, and it is almost certain that
more were hit For four weeks the mi
ners, composed in the main of blacks and
belonging to the Knights of Labor, have
been on strike During the past week
negroes have been imported from Georgia
and other Southern States to take their
places Deputies have been constantly on
duty, and the strikers have been in an
ugly mood.
Mrs. De Fiue-Here my new bonnet.