The Democratic advocate., 1900-05-05
News Of the Week.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt OF
Saturday night in various towns throughout
Gloucester and Camden counties, N. j.
Sample cargoes of New River, West
Virginia coal, to Russia, have resulted in
contract for 600, 900 tons to the Chesa-
peake & Ohio railroad; delivery to begin at
once.
The roof of building in course of con-
struction at the Dimmick Pipe Company
plant, at North Birmingham, Alabama,
collapsed Saturday, and two men were
killed and eleven injured.
Three bridge builders were killed and
three injured in Richmond, Virginia, on
Saturday, by the fall of hoisting engine
and crane The men were employees of
the Pennsylvania Steel Company, at Steel
ton.
Forest fires devastated thousands of acres
of timber land in the wilds of Cumberland
and Atlantic counties, N. j., last week.
The village of Pleasant Mills was partially
destroyed by fire last Friday afternoon,
supposed to have been started by forest
fires
Bishop Hartzell. the missionary bishop
to Africa of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, praised England as the friend of
missions everywhere, and said the result OF
the present war in South Africa would be
the betterment of the condition of the
Beers
"Miss Murphy, the hippopotamus in
the Central Park New York; menagerie,
Saturday night gave birth to the fourth
Young ''hippo'' born in the Park. This
newest hippo is about IA inches long,
stands inches high and weighs about 20
pounds.
Mrs. james Simmons, who lived near
Otter Lake, Michigan, deliberately jumped
in front of Michigan Central express train
Saturday with her 2-year- old child in her
arms. Both were terribly mangled, dying
almost instantly Mrs. Simmons's mind
was unbalanced.
The striking employees of the New York
Central Railroad have refused to accept any
compromise, and it is believed that great
railroad strike is impending. The strikers
claim to be able to add thirty thousand
men to their ranks and cripple the entire
New York Central system.
By the collapse of condemned foot
bridge belonging to side show in the Ex
position grounds at Paris Sunday, caused
by the overweighted towers, six persons
were killed and about forty injured. The
structure, which was not in use, crashed
on the great crowd passing below, burying
many in the debris.
The latest reports from the great fire at
Ottawa and Hull Canada, on Thursday of
last week, state that more than five square
miles of territory were burned over. More
than 1000 buildings were destroyed, Z
lives lost, 1000 men, women and children
made homeless, and the property loss is
S17, 900, 900, with less than third
covered by insurance. Most of the losses
are on poor people, laborers in the great
saw mills and lumber yards.
The Philadelphia PA. Manufacturer
says : ''The Standard Oil Company some
days ago disbursed $40, 900, 900 in divi-
dends. The directors declared, few
weeks ago, the regular quarterly dividend
of per cent on the 500, ,OO0,0 900 com
mon stock, and II per cent. in an extra
cash dividend. This is probably the largest
cash disbursement ever made at any one
time on the stock of single corporation.
The magnitude of the shifting of capital
involved in this payment may be judged
by the fact that the largest quarterly pay
ment which the United States Government
ever has to make on its debt is S5, 45O,-
600, or less than one fourth of the Standard
Oil disbursement.