The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-07-21
News of the Week.

on Monday.
Floods in Poland have made thousands
homeless, especially in the region OF the
Dniester River.
Northern Texas has been deluged with rain,
while at Galveston 132 inches of rain fell In
less than "a hours.
Two plantation owners of the Hawaiian Is
lands have left for the United States 10 secure
negro laborers of the Southern States.
The converter and billet mills of the Illinois
Steel Company, at Joliet, Illinois, have re-
sumed. Nearly 1000 men were put to work.
Officials of the Milwaukee Public Museum
report the theft from that institution OF large
| collection of rare coins, estimated in value at
between $1,000 and $1,000
The Midland Steel Works have resumed
operations at Muncie, Indiana, with full
| complement of 800 men, as a result OF the set
Element of the wage discussion.
The National Telephone and Telegraph
Company has been incorporated at Trenton,
N. j., capital $50, 600, with power to
operate in any state or country.
Prescott, Arizona, had 81, 0OO, 600 hre
last Saturday night. Itstarted in the business
section and buildings were blown up IN order
to save the remainder of the city,
BENJAMIN I. Silliman, of New York, Is the
oldest living graduate of Yale, OF which ms
father and grandfather were also graduates.
Mr.. Slliman is 95 years old, but still practices
law.
Chevalier Trentanove, sculptor, OF Wash
ington, D. c., has been awarded the con-
tract for erecting $l2, 600 monument 10 inc
Confederate dead. that will be placed IN
Springfield, Missouri.
Mrs. John Myers died at her home in Adams
TuI in
Her husband was 92 years old at his death,
and her mother, who lived with her, died
few years ago, aged 102 years.
The mining companies at Belle Island,
Nova Scotia, have been obliged to close down
the work indefinitely. 1t is impossible tor
them to secure any more laborers. Inc
strikers are apparently more determined than
ever.
Peoria, Texas, was destroyed by a tornado
Monday Mrs. John Nelson and her two
children were fatally injured. Two churches
and several dwelling houses were destroyed,
together with an immense amount OF farm
property.
The Chinese residents of the recently quar-
antined district of San Francisco are prepar-
ing to demand compensation for losses alleged
TO have been sustained owing to the action OF
the health officials. Damages are placed at
about s., 100000.
DR.. Henry d. Cogswel died last week at
San Francisco, aged so years. He was the
founder of a polytechnic college IN that city,
but will be remembered chiefly by the drink
ing fountains which he presented to many
cities throughout the Union.
The California Cured Fruit Association re-
ports that the June crop of prunes is UMPIRE,
cedented in recent years. 1t is estimated
~ 49, ha tull
Peaches have ripened prematurely and the
total output will be reduced.
b. a cloudburst at Coleman, Texas, on
Monday, Is lives were lost, and it is feared
many others we're drowned in the valley be-
low. The cloudburst followed three days
unprecedented rain At Kerrville there was
a cloudburst the same night. Many farms
were flooded, destroying crops and cattle.
The Fourteenth Regiment, United States
Infantry, and Relly's Battery, of the Fifth
Artillery, sailed from Manila for Taku, China,
last week. Three months subsistence for
5000 men and 500 rounds of ammunition per
man were also sent. Winter clothing for
the troops will be shipped from San francisco
Seven thousand allied troops attempted to
storm the city of TEN Tsin July Is. Twenty
thousand Chinese defended the place, and
finally drove off the attacking force. The
Americans suffered terribly, il being estimated
that rs per cent. of those engaged were hit.
Colonel Liscum, of the Ninth Infantry, was
killed. The engagement is said to have been
hotter than Santiago.
Farmers throughout the State of Delaware
have not been as prosperous for many years
az they are at present. Thirty-three to thirty
FIVE bushels to the acre was formerly large
wheat yield, while this year forty-hve to ilty
bushels is the yield. In addition to this,
every peach tree is loaded with fruit, and for
the first time in FIVE years there will be large
crop of Bartlett pears in Kent county.
The Shadyerove Band of Franklin county,
| Pa, held fair and festival on Saturday night,
which broke up, as too many OF the same al
fairs in the country do, with riot and night.
Wiley C. Holman, OF Altenwald, was cut with
razor through his felt hat from the crown OF
his head to his shoulder. and almost hled to
death before he could be driven to a surgeon
in Greencastle He was kept quiet until Sun
| day night, and then taken to his home. In
the same row his cousin, Charles Holman, oil
the same village, was shot in tie left side just
below the heart, and was hurriedy taken to
| his home
Hail, heat, hurricane and rain struck vari-
Gus portions of Chicago Sunday. There were
MANY prostrations during the day, but only
one death was reported. Of those prostraied
five are in u serious condition. In the even
ing the hot wind which has been blowing from
the west all day increased in violence. 1t tore
down signs, destroyed shrubbery and shade
trees. In Lincoln Park many of the small
boats were driven ashore before the blast and
the occupants compelled to wade to the land
The church of the Mystic Three was partly
demolished. Five hundred persons who wert
in the building were panic-stricken. In tbs
rush to escape several persons were severely
injured A severe wind and rainstorm pre-
vailed Monday evening, doing great damage te
buildings and fatally injuring several people