The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-10-13
News of the Week.

/ Lightning rod swindlers are at work ia the
! Southern part Of Pennsylvania and Western
| Maryland.
/ Statistics shows that 544, - children hcjos
/ IL years at age are engaged IA industrial pur-
suits in Germany.
, William Brown Il sons. wool dealer. al
Philadelphia. have failed, with habiliury ct
over Sl.O00.OO
Daniel Hoizapper, - wear. old. che oldest
! bachelor Ia York county, Pa. died al hi-
| home, IA York township, hast Neek a.. bad
/ lived Ia that township all his life.
! IL i estimated that the cuilun damage csu~,,i
by the recent floods and high wafer ~ rrVa>
will reach ioo. 0oO bales, worth at icsst SD,
/ coo GO
| Al the close nl business GA last Satur lav lhr
banks Of New York city had on deposit
Ss77. 2l0. 500, and their circulation ga, ) %.
/ ITO. 500.
! The official number uf bodies recovered
/ from the debris 81 Galveston, fexa- Is Z, tsl0,
/ beyond the city limits, anj ua the mainland
I over 1900.
receiver was appointed Saturday G.r Il"
/ Cumberland Builsling AM Loan Association
of Tennessee. Liabilities arr stated % e.
about SlI4.eiO.
Winfield Townsend. q negro, w,s bursrs,l
al the stake Al Eclectic. Eimore county. Ais
/ bama, on Tuesday 81 last week. lie assaulted
I a white woman and fully confessed.
A tornado at Biwab,c. ia the Me,aha ir,u
range of Minnesota, or saturday Killed ten
| persons and destroyed property variously e--
timated AT from $500, 90 20 500, coo
! The assignment Of the firm of Charlie, VI
| lee Sons. boot and shoe manufacturers. ai
| Boston aud Afhol. Is announced. The haali.
/ tiles are placed a, Sl25, go with assets .ral
stated.
A dispatch from Fort Worth. Texas. saf,
that the losses caused by the storms aud food
I IN various sections OF the State SINCE the Gal
weston disaster are estimated al Sl,Ocl. 40,
4 The nyers are sill rising.
In Chester aud Montgomery counties. Pa.
| a small black flea j. eatiag the wheat stored
| IN barns and stacks, aud hundreds nf bushels
have been destroyed. Farmers arr rapidly
! threshing ia order to save what Is lea.
| The Adams Mine powder hoRse al Eyeleih.
| Minnesota, blew up Sunday evening, breaking
every glass ~iudow in the city. No fatalities
are reported. The shock was distinctly frlI
twelve miles from the scene Of the acesdent-
Representatives of the insurance comGauga,
/ believe that Marie beienhAch aas murdered
IN Chicago. As the result u a conspiracy 80
/ secure Sl3. 90 insurance. and De. Augu-i u
| Ungrr. r. Maryland aud Detective Frank II
Smiley we're arrested.
general strike has been ordered ia the
/ cigar factories Of SANCHEZ 4 Hvya and Ar
guelles Lopez & Brothers, Tampa, Florida.
About 1909 persons were thrown cut al work
The strike grew out Of the employment 1t
three non-union men.
receiver has been appointed tor the Mont
gomery Banking and Trust Company, Of
Montgomery. w. Va, on the application 81
its officers, who alleged that the cashier ms
| appropriated funds to the amount of So ak,
making the bank insolvent.
Nearly one half Of the -four mill, operating
| IN Minneapolis closed last Saturday uighi for
an indefinite length Of lime. The officials r.
| port the cause due exclusively Ia the bate
marked shortage in demand for -four The
foreign trade il Is declared is practically dead.
Eight days at sea Ia an open boat. with
! plenty of food bat not drop Of fresh wafer,
Is the painful experience OF SAmUel buitnu
aud John Bauer. two Alaska miners. Shu
started out from Nome September II To round
the cape on u prospecting trip. They we're
caught in the great storm and blown out To
sea, but were finally rescued by the steamer
| Centennial.
A remarkable engineering feat Is sooH 10
| be attempted IA Boston-ihe moving OF q SIX
| story brick and stone hotel building from one
| site to another without taking it apart, The
ground upon which the building nov stands
is Of swampy character, and $50 piles will
have 10 be driven around the foundations of
the structure TO support tine 1000 jacks upon
which i; will be raised from It's founda
| ton prior 10 its removal. IL will be trans
ported TO its new location. ~ feet away. On
teal rollers.