The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-05-20
News of the Week.


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The forest fires in Falmouth, Maine,
have quoted down, and the people have
returned to their homes.
Fire at Port Burwel, Canada Saturday
morning, destroyed twenty business
places and hotels. Loss, $50, 600.
-Four men were instantly killed and two
fatally injured on the 18th instant, BY A
slide of a culm bank at Centralia, Pa.
Forest fires have been almost suppressed
near Berlin, New Hampshire, Canaan,
Vermont and Colebrook, New Hampshire
after heavy losses.
A half block of business houses were
destroyed by fire, at Palestine, Texas, on
Thursday of last week. Loss, SO, 600;
partly covered by insurance.
An Italian named o. H. Minotte was
killed at Bridgeport, Connecticut, Sunday
by some Of his countrymen for assaulunS
the ) year old daughter Of an Italian eou-
pie named Fonderelle.
Mill No , of the Il. G. Peters Salt and
| Lumber Company, including shingle mill,
two derlickS and drill houses, at East Lake,
Michigan, were burned on Saturday.
Loss, SIS. 900; insurance, So, 600.
Mrs. Crosby has been sentenced at Chi
cago to one year in the penitentiary for
the murder Of Deputy Sheriff Nye, who
broke into her house to serve writ, and
was shot Her son was acquitted,
Fire on Saturday in the department
store Of the Hoyt, Kent, Seton Company,
Cleveland, Ohio, caused loss of about SO,
900 The guests in the Colonial Hotel.
adjoining, were imperiled, but all escaped.
The British Admiralty has offered SO,
600 for an electric gun invented by the
son Of a Portland grocer. The gun throws
an explosive shot distance Of i've and
half miles. 1t is noiseless aud smokele,s.
The New England Mutual Accident
Association. Of Boston, having $50, 600,
a00 of business in force. has been absorbed
by the General Accident Assurance Com
pany. Of Perth, Scotland. aud viii retire
from business,
The machine shops aud foundry q the
Mountain Copper Company, at keswick,
California. with machinery, two locomo
tiyes and number Of box cars, were de
stroyed by FIRE Thursday night oi last
week Loss. SO, 600
George Hinkley, barber, Of Milwau
kee. Wisconsin. shot Miss Bertha krue
ger and then killed himself on Thursday Of
last week. a. the result Of love affair
4 corset steel DETECTED the first bullet.
and the eirl escaped with serious wound,
Governor Stone, Of Pennsylvania, has
cut the public school appropriation one mil
lion dollars for the neA. two years, the .
Normal Schools are deprived Of halt their
appropriations. and other reductions will J
make total reduction Of 81, i5j, 600 in
the State educational system
Gloucester county, \ J farmers arr .
alarmed over the early appearance q the .
potato bug. and. from presen, indications.
the pest viii be the most blIghting for
years. The bugs are already marching .
towards the fields by the thousands. and .
the early plants will suffer greatly from .
their rayage>
amateur farmer at New Cumberland .
Ia. claims O. have discovered that by
piantin. onions in the same Geld with % /
tatoe, the onions become - strong that they
bring tears to the eyes of the potatoes 70 I.
such volume that the roots are kept moist .
and a biz crop l. assured even in the dryest /
weather
An equestrian statue Of Maj. Gen John /
f. Hartranft, in Capitol Park, Harrisburg
Pa. was unveiled with impressive cere-
monies on the 12th instant, followed BY .
parade. in which the survivors Of the Third
Division Of the Ninth Army Corps. com
manded BIS Gen Har,ranft in the Civil
War. had the nigh, Of lnc
While pushing small carriage contain
Ing an invalid woman into an elevator III
the Ci,y Han, Philadelphia, Pa, james
W. Fox, aged 81 years. wa caught be
tween the root Of the car and the second
floor Of the building and killed. the eleya
tor having suddenly started downward and
gotten beyond the control Of the man IN
charge.
4 collision Of passenger trains occurred
On the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
at Exeter Station, near Reading, Pa. 90
Friday night q last week Several ears
Of an express train were wrecked and -
persons we're killed and - injured. some
severely manned. The train was returning
from the unwilling Of the statue Of Gen.
Hartranft At Harrisburg. Sixteen Of the
dead we're from Norristown.
Newark \. j., ministers are eriticisin@
the Epworth League and Christian Endea
vor Society At he preachers meeting,
recently. il was stated that there was
decline Of 5000 in membership and 1000
in probationers in New York city, New
Jersey and Philadelphia Owing 10 the
religious services in these meetings all in
terest 10 church work is lost. and it i feared
they will become the church.
The sullen disposition Of the Cuban
leaders is causing apprehension at Wash
ngton The Government having demand
ed the surrender Of arms before the So
600 600 can be distributed to the -oldiers,
the Generals, in meeting, have resolved
that it would be shameful for the Cubans
70 surrender their arms for a money con
sideration 1t is feared the leaders have
IN mind the possibility of revolt