The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-08-26
News Of the Week.

Terrific gales and floods continue IN Chile
Near Santiago 8 train fell into rlyer from
railway bridge and fifty persons were drowned
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad is preparing to
build AN electric line from New York city to
Washington. D. C. It viii parallel It's main
line.
To piease his sweetheart William Grove,
at Louisville. Ky. Jumped from a railroad
bridge. a distance Of as feet to the river be-
low. and was not hurt
Ellis Rinehart, regular army soldier, OF
Maysville. Ind, who was reported tortured to
death il the Philippines, is al bis home, hay-
ing never left this country.
A number Of New York capitalists are go
ing 10 build double track electric railway
from York. Pa, to Peach Bottom, distance
of S5 miles. and will handle passengers and
freight
The West Indian hurricane visited the
Island of Andres, of the Bahama group, in
aicting great damage 10 property and com
pletely wrecking the sponging feet. II IS
said that $50 bodies were washed ashore
This has been the dryest summer on record
in England. Only 1870 tons Of water per acre
has fallen instead Of the usual average Of
6lo tons. For % days the thermometer
has registered a temperature Of over 90 de-
grees.
Damaging fires prevailed in the Adirondack
region. y, =. last and this week. Owing 20
the rigid enforcement Of the game laws many
arrests have been made this season, aud the
hunters and their friends refused to aid in ex-
tinguishing the fires.
By an explosion Of gasoline in the cottage
Of Charles Rettew, on the camp meeting
grounds of Mt. Gretua, Pa, last week, Mrs.
William Miller, Of Harrisburg, was so horribly
burned that she died. Fourteen cottages
were burned in the fire which followed. She
placed the can on the stove while she attended
TO some other duties, forgot II, and was going
towards it when the explosion occurred.
Frank MeAleer, aged 16 years, was fatally
injured by being caught by revolving cylinder
in a curled hair factory and having his right
arm torn off in Philadelphia, Pa, last week.
While responding to the call from the factory
the ambulance Of St. Mary's Hospital collided
with a trolley car, and DR.. Samuel kall, the
attending surgeon, was thrown out and Sc
yerelv injured. A woman passenger on the
car was carried into the hospital suffering
from shock.
AT Huntington, Pa, on Sunday evening, a
probable double murder was committed.
Basil Bell. licensed eolored preacher, who
has been living with a white woman named
Mary Winters for several years, while IN a
drunken frenzy attacked the woman with an
axe, with which he knocked her down. he
then kicked her in brutal manner. Bell
then called Oh John Rnmsport, neighbor,
whom he accused Of making love to Miss
Winters, and cut him dangerously with the
axe. Neither Of the injured persons is ex-
peeted to recover. Bell is in jail.
Delaware is flooded with counterfeit coins
and complaints are pouring in from all parts.
The men engaged in passing the money found
easy work at the various camp meetings dur
ing the past few weeks. The coins first made
their appearance at the big Thursday eele-
bration at Oak Orchard in Sussex county,
and several hundred dollars in counterfeit 80
cent pieces we're put into circulation. Henry
Phillips, who conducted confectionery
stand, at the end Of the day found $50 worth
of bad coins in his cash drawer. The coins
are a good imitation. A number of them
have made their appearance in Wilmington.