Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Queen Regent has signed the
treaty of peace between Spain and the
United States.
Mrs. Martha Place. who murdered her
step-daughter and assaulted her husband
in New York some months ago with an
axe, was executed for the crime in the
electric chair at Sing Sing Monday. She
is the first woman judicially electro
cuted
Amos ID. Palmer. wealthy Young
man. has been indicted for wife murder
at Providence. X. |.
J. Schwartz, sentenced to prison at
Dawson for mixing brass filings in his
gold-dust. is world famous diamond
Swindler.
Edward p. Smith. of Dayton. O., who
fell down flight of stairs at Buffalo
IN. Y. hotel last Thursday, died yes
terday.
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of the United States will meet
at New York, April %, to make fall
conference assignments.
The Rome correspondent of the Daily
Coroniclc says: Although there is no
immediate alarm, il is genarlly felt that
the Pope's life is cbbing away
Samuel G.. King, ex-mayor of Phila-
delphia, died i'll that city Tuesday. He
was prominent Democrat and always
took an active interest i'll the affairs of
his party.
The Democrats of Kent County Del,
held a meeting and read Clark. KING
and Farlow, who voted for Addicks,
ont of the party. The Young Mems
Democratic Club of Wilmington did
the same The charges of bribery are
being Investigated by the Attorney
General
Cities in cold climate erect ice pal
aces. but Salt Lake intends 10 put up
salt palace Millions of tons of salt rock
are available, and committee is to
meet tomorrow night To complete ar
rangcmcnts. II is said that there are no
difficulties i'll the way of making the
proposed palace entirely of salt.
Charles +. w. Smith. the New York
capitalist, has renewed options onm per
cent. of the factories preparing for mar
kct the peanut product of Virginia and
North Carolina. and the $. 900, 900 pea
nut trust will probably bean accomplish
ed fact within go days.
Judge Sloan wants Garrett county
commissioners indicted for not improv-
ing Jail, as ordered by the court.
Somerset County Teachers institute
opened Monday in the Princess Anne
high school building.
IF ever was sick of place it is Man
ila. We can goashore all we like. but one
day is sufficient for all time" writes
Gunner Levin l.. Wallace. of L. ). :.
cruiser Boston. to his uncle. Capt. w.
L. Ford, of Somerset county.
In cellar of state house were found
judgments of the provincial court from
1869 to 1901. l7i2 to ia to l115. They
have been added to the archives of the
state.
An erroneous report was sent out from
New York yesterday stating that Sec
rotary Sherman was dead. Later in the
evening a dispatch was received from
Santiago contradicting the first report
Mr.. Sherman was improved.
\ shirt factory recently established at
up in flames Friday, with $50 dozen
shirts Loss 81 800, and % girls thrown
ont OF work.
The champion milk giycr is COW on
Filston dairy farm, AT Glencoe Balti-
more County. She gave .,3S2 pounds of
milk i'll one month. and III pounds !
ounces of butter in week.
Petitions are being circulated asking
Baltimore county commissioners to
make special levy for maintenance of
kindergarten schools
Two big freight trains crashed to-
gcthcr head on near Dover. Del. sun
day morning at 10 o'clock. The two en-
gincs were tclcscoped and twelve cars
were crushed Ia mass. The train men
saw the danger too late Ia avert a col
lision. but jumped i'll time to save their
lives The escape of Engineers Finley
and BARLEY seems even more miraculous
than that of the crews. as the collision
of the powerful engines. which were in
stantly transformed into one lump of
stcaming iron. must have been fright
full The loss il estimated at $4,000.