The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-01-06
News Of the Week.

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mills of New England 100000 persons ar
benefited.
Copper and other mining stocks hav
fallen off over $1S7, 900, 600 within tn
past two weeks.
J. Henry Park, malster, has confesse'
insolvency at Chicago, Ill. Liabilities
$3.50, 675; no assets.
Last years fire losses in New York an,
Brooklyn amounted to about S., 500, 900
and 7S lives were lost.
Chicago, Illinois, had 81, 600, 900 fir
on Saturday last, in the business centre o
the city. Nine firemen were injured, twt
fatally.
The Messrs. Dukes, tobacco men o
North Carolina, have recently purchased
"a, 900 acres of land in Florida, which vii
be planted 10 tobacco.
Harry P. Mawson, of the firm of Ed
ward s. Mawson & Sons, Chicago, Ill.
which dissolved Is years ago, has asked t.
be discharged from s12O, $50 Indebtedness
A blizzard was raging Dec. 29 in North
western Pennsylvania. At Cory, Pa.
and vicinity the snow had attained depth
of four feet. At Altoona the cold was in
tense.
The system of pensioning old employees
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on
the lines east of Pittsburg was started on
the LIST instant. Nine hundred and fifty
men were retired.
Stahl & Straub, of Philadelphia, Pa,
who failed November 20, have not dol
lars worth of available resources. The
total liabilities amount to 81, 221, 308 and
the total assets 1927, 47S.
Even, Mcintyre & Co., proprietors Of
one OF the largest department stores in
New Haven, Conn, has filed petition in
bankruptcy. Liabilities 1921, 807.72 and
assets s205, 451.78.
A. NJ. Stetson & Co., lumber dealers,
Boston, Mass, and Alphues NJ. Stetson
individually have made voluntary assign
ments for the benefit of their creditors.
Liabilities $3.50, 900.
Rev. Sylvester Malone, the Oldest Ro-
man Catholic pastor in continuous service
in Brooklyn, died December 30, aged 79
years. He was one of the Regents of the
University of New York.
The dry goods establishment of John NJ.
Conklin & Son, of Brooklyn, N. Y, has
assigned Assets, s155, 900, of which
s125, 900 is represented by stock; the
balance by book accounts.
David Z. Weber, formerly of the firm
of Weber Brothers, of Milwaukee, Wis.
which dissolved in 1894, has filed petit
ton in bankruptcy at New York. Liabil-
tiles, 1912, SEQ; no assets.
Executions have been issued at Lancas-
ter, Pa, against Hershey Brothers for
S24, 900, and against county treasurer
Emanuel H. Hershey for $4,000 The
latter's books show deficit of sos, 042.
Al.
Thos. MacKellar, of the type founding
firm of MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, Of
Philadelphia, Pa. died December 20, aged
77.years. Mr.. MacKellar published many
poems and hymns, and for many years was
active in church work.
George V. Metzel, founder of the Order
of Heptasophs, died suddenly at his home
in Stewartstown, Pa, on the LIST instant,
aged IS years. On December ID he cele
brated his golden wedding. He was a
native of Baltimore, Md.
Severe gales, rains and snowstorms were
reported in the mountains of Ireland last
week. At Nenagh, near the Nenagh
river, landslide, followed by rush of
water, swept away two farm houses, with
their occupants.
A new industry that will employ about
500 persons has been secured for Dillsburg,
Pa. A company, composed of Boston
capitalists, after a thorough investigation
of the kaolin and other clay deposits near
there, has purchased land, and will erect
large works at once. The estimated cost
of the plant is S416, 900.
A petition in bankruptcy has been filed
by Russell Dart, Jr., formerly a partner
in the insolvent firm of Clarke, Radcliffe
& Co., New York city. He gives his liza
bilities and also those of the bankrupt firm
at 1921 ,033; no assets. The debts, which
mostly consist of money borrowed since
1888 from National banks, are classed as
secured claims to the amount of S102, 100
and unsecured claims of S718, 943.
Mrs. Jacob Lady, aged 40 years, was
so severely burned at butchering at hel
home near Arendtville, Adams county,
Pa, last Saturday, that she died Sunday
morning. Her dress caught fire in the
outdoor fireplace. A high wind was
blowing at the time, causing the flames te
spread rapidly over her clothes. Before
assistance reached her she was burned
severely, and she suffered great agony un
til death relieved her.
If Mrs Sarah Cover, Merchandising,
Pa. lives until April, 1900, she will be 10:
years old. NANNY" Greenly, colore'
woman of New Cumberland, was SO years
old on January l. Twenty three year
ago she was housekeeper for James Nc
Carthy, when he taught the New Cumber
land grammer school. Mr.. Mccarthy i
well known in Western journalism unde
the de-plume of "Fitz Mac" Oh
a recent visit to New Cumberland he ar
ranged that "Mammy' Greenly shout
be placed in the Dunkard Home, wher
she will be cared for the rest of her life.