The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-05-19
News of the Week.

Camden N. j., had a 5000, 600 fire
on Sunday.
More than 5, 900, 900 persons are being
relieved in India.
According to the National Underwrit-
ers Review the fire losses in this country
for the year ending May /, were Sl53,-
597, $50
In Delaware county, Pa, wheat fields
are nearly all killed by the fly, All wheat
seeded before October will not pay for the
cutting.
By a vote of % to 10 the Presbytery
of Washington city has decided to over
ture the General Assembly to prepare
brief evangelical creed
j. L. Hill. of Adams county, Pa, has
planted 33 acres in potatoes. 1t required
225 bushels of seed potatoes and he used
$500 worth of fertilizer.
One of the big Steel Trust mills at Terre
Haute, Indiana, is to be closed down in
definitely ON June l. In addition the en-
tire office is to be laid of
In Clarified county Pa court Mil
lard F. johnson has confessed that while
Jury Commissioner last year he placed
names fraudulently in the jury wheel
1t is estimated that during the past four
teen months upward of 10, 900 wolves have
been killed in Wyoming, in addition to
mountain lions, wild cats, lynx, bear and
coyotes.
The Northumberland county, (Pa.) }
grand jury have indicted number of
councilmen and ex -eouncilmen of Shamok-
in, on the charge of conspiracy in connec-
ton with street paving contracts.
4 new shell has been invented by an
American naval officer, which, in the re
cent tests made at Indian Head, penetrated
and split every kind of armor now manu-
featured in any part Of the world.
At Fargo. n D., Saturday was the
warme>t May day. with one exception, in
twenty years. and the warmest ever re
corded at this early date The tempera
ture ranged from 90 to 100 degrees.
At South Omaha, Sunday, Mrs Lena
Anderson and Mary Olsen, the latter aged
5 were burned to death, aud Axel Olsen
probably fatally burned Mrs. Anderson
had used gasoline for starting the fire, mis-,
taking it for oil
The water in the ST John river and its
tributaries is unusually hugh, the immense
quantity Of snow in the woods of Northern
Maine. Quebec and New Brunswick hay
ing thawei rapidly. The lower sections
of 81. Johu are hooded
The proprietors Of number Of Canadian
newspapers have waited on the Dominion
Government to ask tina, the duty on news
paper print paper BE- removed. owing to
the scarcity aud increased cost Of Ii ia
Canada. caused b. the destruction Of the
Eddy Mills, Ottawa, aud the laurrntide
Mills. Quebec.
Chief Wilkie. Of the Secret Service. has
found the plates for the counterfeit $50
bills buried at 4 spot described BY their
makers. Bp-lell and Taylor, As well A.
AANAsAtA AAAtf8tB- AAA eaf+%AN4-t - " AAafaaAs
which were buried in FAirmoun, Park,
Philadelphia. Pa
A nasional reconl was hroken by the
New Orleans Mint during the la,, month
Ia that peTioi 900 0O0 standard silver
dollars we're turned oal, that beng more
than were ever before coined At the NcS
Orleans Mint o. 81 any ether institution
throughout The country.
In Philadelphia, Pa there : a 'ho;
time between John Wanamakcr and
Mayor A.hbF,igc aud Director OF Public
Safety English Ia the meantime pe,i-
,iou has been pTcscntci to the Mayor hy a
number Of business men. asking tor ,he
suspension %, English Beforc she rack
e, Is over the fur will d.
Unusually high temperatures prevailed
/ last week ~ the Northwestern State With
maximum readings 81 degrees in Bismarck
and willistou. y u The weather con-
,iaucs very warm IN AnEoua, where =
maximum Of l04 de.rccs on Wednesday
and 100 DEGREES On Thursday was noted
q, Phauix In the Eastern and Southern
| State the temperature Nas ave TO ten dc
gres-s below the seasonal average
By the aesIigenoe Of Frank iantsll, 4
Baltimore i Ohio sIgual tower operator,
who went 20 sleep at bis pot, ~As declared
To have BEEN responsible for the disastrous
collision ia the Tweniy nth .trees tunnel
late on Friday night Of las, week The
accident vas much more SERIOUS than ~As
at first supposed, aud in addition to the
two lives known to have been losi, It :
probable thar five unknown tramps we're
| als1 killed in the crash \ number Of
6remen were injured and, in addition to
the destruction Of the trains and thelr con
tents. the tunnel vas ~ badly damaged
that portion siIl have To be rebuilt, the
total property loss being estimated at sls5,
600. Immediately after the crash OPer
ator Lantsll disappeared, but subsequently
gave himself up TO the PhIlAdelPhis au
4 thorities.