The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-11-16
News Of the Week.

The highest receipts ever taken in for the
use of the Saez canal in one year were $780,
461, 800.
New York State farmers are buying pota-
toes for their own consumption. "a situation I'M
heard of there for years.
The plant of the Lawrence Ice and Storage
Company, in New Castle, Pa. was burned last
Sunday, the loss amounting to $3.50, 900.
Snow fell briskly in Troy, New York, last
Sunday, the furry lasting for several minutes.
The temperature was below the freezing point
all day.
Two widows of Presidents now receive pen
sions voted by Congress. They are Mrs.
Grant and Mrs. Garfield. and the amount to
each is $1,000 year.
now than they have been for the past nine
months, and dealers expect them to remain
that way for some time.
George Wilson Alder, member of the
Miffin County Pa. Bar for half century a
solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, died in Lewistown, aged 80 years.
Rice lands in Texas two years ago were
selling slowly at SIS to $15. Today such land
is selling much faster at $50 to $50 per acre,
and immigration to the rice belt is quite active.
The orange and lemon shipments to the
East from Southern California last season ag-
gregated %, 500 cars. 1t is expected the ship
ments this season will not fall short of 26, 600
cars.
Nearly $4,000 head of horses and mules
have been purchased in the United States by
Great Britain for her army since October,
1900. The cost of these animals was about
SIG, 200, 600.
Colorado and Iowa have both restored the
death penalty for murder. There are now
only four States in which the death penalty is
not inflicted Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine
and Rhode Island.
1t is estimated that the total vote in Ohio
may be 100, 600 less than for Governor two
years ago, and almost $50, 900 less than for
President last year, when the total vote OF
Ohio was l, 049, 12l.
Charles H. Faulkner, of New Britain, Con-
nectcut, who has been in Jail for some time
awaiting trial on the charge of embezzling
$4,000 tax money from the town of New
Britain, was found dead in his cell.
Forty seven coremakers, employed by the
National Malleable Castings Company, at In
dianapolis, are on strike because the COM
pany refuses to discharge thirty-fve negro
coremakers employed in the same department
with them.
When the first Bible society in this country
was organized the English language was
spoken by only 20, 0O0, 900 people. Now l20,
! 600, 900 people speak it. Then the Bible was
printed in fifty languages; now it is printed in
420 languages.
Caravan robbing in Tripoli seems as profit
able as holding up pay trains. One captured
by Arabs at a place called Damerghon con-
sisted of IL, 600 camels, laden with corn, ivory,
ostrich feathers and skins, all valued at 1926,
600. In the fight 21O men were killed.
In England the average yield of wheat is
over thirty bushels to the acre, but in this
country it is below fifteen bushels, the differ
ence being mainly due to the fact that in
Great Britain highly productive varieties OF
the grain have been secured through long
period of selection and breeding.
p. Morgan and those who were associated
with him in the work of organizing the United
States Steel Corporation will realize profit
of over $26, 100000 in that operation. The
profits of the syndicate are expected to be 26
per cent. or better upon the nominal capital
of $500, 600, 600, in addition to the 122 per
cent paid in capital. The subscription rights
in the syndicate are now selling at 25 per cent.
premium As the amount of cash capital ac-
tually employed by the syndicate was only
$25, ZOO, 900, the earnings will be over 100 per
cent on that amount in single year.