The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-06-23
News of the Week.

The large Schmelser spinning works at
Werdau, Germany, have been destroyed by
FIRE.
The insurrection in Bulgaria is spreading.
Fifty peasants have been killed by the military
at Duran Lekah.
The steamer Knight Bachelor cleared Tues
day from New Orleans for Cape Town with
0,O00 horses for the British army.
Thomas Drummond died 100 years ago.
after spending half lifetime on the threshold
of the invention of the electric light.
Henry Baeijer, ST., merchant of Winches-
ter, Va. had his hand and wrist crushed on
Tuesday while oiling hydraulic pump.
Gertrude Eckert, aged years, was killed
in Cincinnati on Tuesday evening by the col
lapse of u paper warehouse adjoining her
home.
The plant of the National Steel Company,
in Columbus, Ohio. employing nearly 500
men, has closed down on instructions from
the New York Office.
The journeymen plumbers, of ST. Paul.
Minnesota, after an unsuccessful strike for
shorter hours, lasting six weeks, have forma ally
declared the strike off.
Three departments of the Illinois Steel
Company, at South Chicago, employing 700
men, which were closed down two weeks ago,
have resumed operations.
fire occurred in the Morrison Hotel, at
South Bend, Indiana, Wednesday morning.
L. C. Smart a guest, was burned to death,
and six were severely injured.
A woman is alive in Vienna who sang in
the chorus at the first performance of Beet
hoven's Choral Symphony. Her name is
Frau Grebner, and she is 81 years old.
The carpenters strike in Denver has ended,
the contractors having agreed to the unions
demand for wages of Al cents an hour, aud
II half day holiday on Saturday throughout the
year.
Lizzie Matte, 10 years old, to make room
for passenger entering Cincinnati stree.
car, Tuesday, rose to her feet. The car startled
with jerk, and she fell from the car and
fractured her skull, dying soon afier.
Herman Schaeffer, up to two years ago
President of the Germania Club, of Brooklyn,
was found dead in his home in Brooklyn
Wednesday. He had taken carbolc acid.
He left several letters expressing WEAKNESS OF
life.
home drunk Tuesday night, knocked his wife
and daughter down, and was beating them,
when his IS year old son ran for his pistol,
aud shot his father twice. The father died,
and the son was held for murder.
Burglars blew open the safe in the county
treasurer's office at ST. Clairsville, Ontario,
Canada, on Monday night, and secured 5000
worth of stamps belonging TO the postoffice,
and $l25 in cash. They failed to reach the
strong box, which contained $4,000.
At Petersburg. Va, on Tuesday, Rev. j.
E. Roane Riddick was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary, in accordance with
The verdict Of the jury, which convicted Rid
dick for the murder of DIR. W. II. Temple.
The court ordered that Riddick be sent to the
penitentiary at once, TO prevent mob violence.
Bloomington, Illinois, had s., 00O, 900 fire
on Tuesday. 1t started in the business sec
ton, and sparks set fire to the court house, all
the records in it were saved. Dynamite was
used TO check the fire by blowing up buildings,
otherwise the entire city would have been de-
stroyed, as II strong wind was blowing at the
time.
Smallpox prevails among the negroes of
Charlestown, West Virginia, and the section
in which they reside has been quaranlined and
guards placed so as to prevent outside. inter
course. On Monday night negro went to II
guard, placed a revolver at his breast and fired,
fortunately the clothing offhe guard prevented
fatal results.
At Mary's Landing, N. j., on Monday,
David Carr, well known snake fancier came
aear losing his life by six foot pine snake
coiling around his neck and choking him.
Carr had been in the habit for years Of cap
turing the several varieties of reptiles common
to the woods and swamps in that vicinity and
selling them to museums. He is often seen
with black and pine or water snakes crawling
around in his bosom, and seemingly has no
fears.
While cutting lumber on farm, near Vir-
ginia Beach, Va, Tuesday, Isaiah Etheridge,
aged 81, and Wesley Perry, "a negro, about II
years of age, became engaged in difficulty,
the result of which was The death of the form
err. Etherdge, after hot words had passed,
started nat then --;.h k";f-. Perry
grabbed his axe. and, as Eiheridge approach
ed him, chopped The latrer's right arm off,
just below the elbow, and afterwards split his
left arm open. Perry, after going for a
physician to attend Etheridge, surrendered to
the authorities at Virgin ia Beach. The in
jured man died from his wounds.