The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-02-24
News of the Week.

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| John v. Storm, aged SO years and 2
months, died at Fishkill, N. Y, last week.
The gross postal receipts for January
were 81, OBJ, 9l9, an increase of 10.6 per
cent. over January, 1899.
Six hundred Finlanders have sailed from
Liverpool for Canada, making about 5000
who have emigrated during the past SIX
months.
Contracts have already been made for
vessels to carry Is, 500, 900 tons of iron
ore down the lakes this year, exceeding all
previous records.
The Fall River cotton mills have adj
vanced prints from l to 81 cents per yard,
and coarse colored cotton goods ] cent per
yard, by the case.
The cold wave did considerable damage
in the coast country of Texas to truck
farming and fruit. Strawberry farmers
have suffered the greatest.
The Erie Railway has placed an order
for eight passenger locomotives and twenty
five freight locomotives, which will weigh
ninety tons each without the tender.
An issue of alleged fraudulent naturali-
cation papers to Italians in Kline town
slip, Luzerne county, Pa, has been dis
covered, and Is arrests are expected.
The Michigan Bell Telephone Com
pany, which recently absorbed various in
dependent companies, has voted to increase
its capital stock from so, 500, 900 to S10,
600, 900.
The Abbott Downing Company, of Con
cord, New Hampshire, manufacturers of
coaches, carriages and wagons, made an
assignment on Saturday. The liabilities
are $500, 900 and the assets 5000, 600.
A squad of negro soldiers from Fort
Bliss, at I'll Paso, Texas, on Saturday
raided the police station in that city to re
lease comrade. A fight ensued, in which
one policeman and one soldier were killed.
Will Burts, colored, was lynched Satur-
day near Basket Mills, South Carolina.
He was hanged to tree and riddled with
bullets, after having attempted to assault
Mrs. G. L. Weeks, planters wife.
Burts confessed his guilt.
The Building Material Trades Council
of Chicago with a membership of 20, 900,
has announced that it will support the
Building Trades Councils demands, and
that no material will be furnished to con
tractors employing non union labor.
A Manila despatch last Sunday says
that out of total of 81 cases of suspected
plague reported, AZ proved genuine and
80 deaths resulted, half of them being
Cinnamon. There were IL cases during
the week, mostly within the walled city.
VIM A. Lott, died in Reading, Pa,
on the 10th instant, aged 43 years. He
weighed 537 pounds. Up to II years of
age he was very thin and delicate, but be-
gan to grow and take on flesh, and when
he was 6 years old weighed 523 pounds.
The American flag has been raised over
the Tatanes and Colagan islands, which
were omitted from the Paris Treaty of
Peace, because lying north of twenty de-
grees of latitude A gunboat sent to the
Bayat islands to raise the flag found the
Japanese flag flying there.
David S. Long, farmer, of Lebanon
county, Pa, on Sunday night shot and
instantly killed John Becker, neighbor,
who was detected by members of Long s
family in the act of leaving the house
through window Long surrendered
himself, and gave bail for hearing on the
charge of involuntary manslaughter.
The Lancaster (Pa County Tobacco
Growers Society have adopted resolutions
viewing the admission of Puerto Rico as
an integral part of the United States in
the light of a dangerous precedent, and
protesting against extending reciprocity or
free importation of agricultural products
to any tropical countries not integral parts
of the United States
Henry Clay Prick has filed bill in equity
in the Court Of Allegheny county, Pa,
against Andrew Carnegie and the Carnegie
Steel Company praying for decree
that 'pretended transfer of his interests
in the company was and is null and void,
and that he is still the owner of such in
terests" The bill shows the enormous
profits made by the company
The Philadelphia Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will probably
take some action with reference to charges
made in the official organ of the church
against Rev. Dr. Richard Harcourt. 1t
is stated, among other things, that DIR.
Harcourt applied to Bishop Paret for ad-
mission to the Protestant Episcopal Church,
and that Bishop Paret refused to grant
his request.