The Democratic advocate., 1901-04-27
News of the Week.

Jonas Livermore, of Blackwood, N. j., was
80 years old on April 2l.
George f. Stoner was killed in Philadel
phia, and his daughter of 10 is held, pending
an investigation.
In Atehson county, Kansas, a farmers
wife sold $1,000 worth of butter last year
Another one sold 1854 worth of butter and
eggs.
A majority of the Reynolds band of feudists,
who were entrenched in Letcher county, Ken
| lucky, defyiug arrest, have been induced to
surrender.
The United States leads all other nations in
the matter of fruit growing. Strawberries
were valued at $4,000, 900 last year and
grapes at $100,000,000.
Charles Brown and L. l.. Candy, president
and cashier of the First National Bank of
Vancouver, which was forced to suspend Sat
urday, committed suicide.
A. j. Schroth, bookkeeper in the First
National Bank of Birmingham, Pittsburg, has
been arrested charged with the embezzlement
of $40,0 900 of the banks funds
John Henry Walden was arrested in Chris
tianburg, Va, on the charge of poisoning his
wife. The doctors are not sure whether she
was dead or alive when buried.
Mrs. Nation and her hatchet have been
ordered from Kansas City, Missouri, by Judge
McAuey. She was informed that if she was
caught there again she would be placed in Jail
and kept there.
Suit has been entered at Louisville. Ky,
asking for the appointment of a receiver for
the Union Finance and Investment Company,
West Virginia debenture institution, with
capital of 100000
At Frankfort, KY. the jury in the case of
Captain Garnett Ripley, charged with being
in a conspiracy which resulted in the assassi-
nation Of William Goebel, on Saturday rem
dered verdict of not guilty.
A special from Americas, Ga, says: Many
farmers declare that their cotton crops were
either killed or badly damaged by the cold
weather The seed supply is said to be ex-
hausted and the problem is serious.
j. M. Mcdonald was suffocaled and twelve
men were overcome by smoke and gas in the
Great Northern Cascade tunnel at yelling
ton, Wash, Saturday. The men belonged to
section gang working in the tunnel.
There are in this country over 200 manufac
turing plants producing hats and caps for men
aud boys. The hat factories give employment
to 25, 900 persons, who turn out a finished
product valued at $25, 900, 900 annually.
A large iron tank on the Galbraith building.
in Chicago, was blown from its fastenings
Sunday and crushed through six floors to the
ground. Five persons were injured, and
damage was done to the eXteut of $40, 900.
"Mormonisn is gaining ground in Franklin
county, Pa. Recently number were baptised
and became members of that organization,
Among them were Mrs. Jeremiah Doley, Miss
Elsie McFarren and Miss Mollie Kindley,
while the family of George Barnes and half a
i ,,r,n H.,
same rite in few days. A number of the
recent converts have disposed oftheir proper
ty and gone to Utah.
Ex-Gov. Charles G. Stockley, of George
town, Del, died at his home on the night of
the 10th instant, aged 81 years. He was gov
ernor of Delaware from 1882 to 1886. He
also had served as county treasurer and sheriff
of Sussex county. He was State Senator in
1878. He was appointed register of wills of
Sussex county in 1891, serving his full term of
five years. He was director ofthe Farmers
Bank of the State of Delaware.
In the Pecos Valley, south from Roswell
to Barstow, Texas, distance of 10 miles,
there will be planted this year 1900 acres of
cantaloupes, with an approximate estimated
yield of 1000 car loads ofthe melons, or some
thing less than car load to the acre. The
crop will be shipped direct to Chicago, and
Will nave an average car loau net market value
of $450-the minimum per car load being
$500, with maximum of 5000.
Aguinaldo on the 10Th issued an address
TO the Filipino people declaring that COM
pete termination of hostiities is absolutely
essential to the welfare of the islands. He
says the cause of peace has been embraced by
the majority of his fellow countrymen, and
that he cannot refuse to heed the voice of the
people, and he adds: "By acknowledging
| and accepting the sovereignty of the United
States. as l now do without any reservation
whatsoever, believe | am serving thee, my
beloved country"
A mammoth black walnut tree on the farm
of E. P. Gaus, in Williams county, Ohio, has
just been sold for $4,000. Several lumber
dealers haye examined chips from this tree,
and all have declared it 10 be the finest speci-
men of that kind of wood they ever saw The
tree was eight feet in diameter, forty feet
above the stump and extended seventy three
feet from the butt of the first limb. This
item is worth considering. Walnut is becom
ing very scarce wood in this country, and,
therefore, high priced.