The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-09
News of the Week.

At Scranton, P a., 1000 workers in
the silk mills are on strike.
John Mundel & Co., shoe manufac-
turers, Philadelphia, Pa, have failed
Mrs. Mary Wolf, who remembered
having seen Napoleon, died at the age of
1O2, in Wheeling, W. Va.
Twenty one electric light companies Of
Hudson and Essex counties, N. j., have
consolidated, with capital of. $40, 900,
600.
Crazy Snake, the leader Of the hostile
Greek Indians, and II of the minor lead
ers of that tribe are in Jail at Muskogee,
T. 7.
Natural gas and oil are reported to have
been discovered in large quantities on the
farm of NJ E. Mitchell, south of Walla
Walla, Wash.
Warren Matthews, colored, was lynched
by mob at Ocean Springs, Mississippi,
Saturday night. He had feloniously as
salted white girl.
Last Saturday, in Detroit, Michigan,
the Dreskill-Jupp Paper Company and
Detroit Free Press Printing Company were
burned; loss $500, 900.
At St. Francis Monastery, Delaware
county, Pa, eight hogs were killed recent
ly. Four of them weighed 2S47 pounds,
and the other four 1850.
The oil tank steamer Washington brought
to New York last Sunday the crew of the
British fishing schooner Devon, which had
been wrecked during gale.
Fire destroyed the large plant Of the
National Wire Company, at Fairhaven,
CT, early Sunday morning and entailed a
property loss estimated at 1926, 900.
Dun's Review of February 2, says -
Commercial failures in January we're l, 242
in number and S11 ,220, 81 in amount,
against 989 last year for $40, 304, 464.
A furious storm ragged along the coast of
newfoundland, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday. The steamer Bruce was roughly
handled by the waves and had her saloon
flooded
A terrific snow storm prevailed last Sat
urday night and Sunday from Chicago,
West In some places it took the charac-
ter Of blizzard, and great damage re-
suited
Thomas McHenry, lumber merchant
and farmer, near Rohrsburg, Columbia
county, Pa, was shot Sunday morning by
an unknown assassin, death ensuing few
hours later.
Rev. John Keller, secretary to Bishop
S.arkey, was shot and seriously wounded
by Thomas g. Barker at Arlington. n. j.,
who charges that the clergyman had as
Saulied his wife.
At Youngstown, Ohio, last Sunday, the
steel plant of the National Steel Company
began IA run on 30, 900 tons of steel rails.
It will require three months, day and
night work, TO finish the order.
A Lancaster county, Pa, jury has
awarded Miss Annie M. Schaeffer, SIS, 900
against Rev. Frank Elwood Raub, pastor
of the Moravian Church, at Harrowgate,
Philadelphia, whom she charges with
breach of promise of marriage.
Willie Wilton, colored, who was arrest :
ed in Portsmouth, Va, last Saturday, on
the charge Of having committed a felonious
assault on Mrs Watkins, Of Blackstone,
Nottoway county, Va, was taken to the
penitentiary to protect him from lynchers.
The King and Queen of England, in a
special audience granted Ambassador hoate
and Secretary of Embassy White, expressed
themselves as profoundly touched by the
manifestations of sympathy in America.
In conversations had by Mr.. White with
other members of the royal family all gave
expression to similar sentiments.
A tornado Saturday night did great
damage in the western portion of Delta
county, Texas The home of James
Moody, at Honest, was wrecked and his
14-year-old daughter fatally injured. Tink
Surrett was killed and two daughters Sc
riously injured at Rattan, where number
of houses was wrecked. At Denton an
oilmill was wrecked, but no one was hurt.
Under special military guard the body
of the late Queen of England, reposed in
Albert Memorial Chapel at Windsor Sun
day, and at p. M, Monday it was re-
moved to Frogmore, where the final cere
monies were held and the interment
made. In st. Georges Chapel a memoir
ial service was held Sunday, attended by
the King and Queen and other royal per-
sonages. The special service was used,
and the Bishop of Oxford preached the
funeral discourse.