The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-07-19
News of the Week.

It is said that there is $130, 900, 600 in
the syndicate that has sscornered' corn in
Chicago.
Most Rev. Patrick A. Feehan, Roman
Catholic A rchbishop of Chicago, died in
that city on Saturday, aged 73 years.
Miss Annie McMaffon was fatally burned
while playing the part of the Christian
martyr in tableau performance in Detroit.
Ten thousand dollars in cash was found
| in the bureau drawers of Joshua Barnes.
miser, who died recently near Norwich,
In. Y.
Archibald Turner, a New YORK lawyer,
was frostbitten last Sunday while trying to
freeze out case of hay fever in cold
storage vault.
A Jury in jamestown, n Y, decided
| that beating that would be brutal if given
to horse would not necessarily be cruelty
| if administered to mule
Fruit is rotting on the hands of the
growers in Southern Illinois on account of
the freighthandlers' strike in Chicago and
the loss will be heavy.
Charles w. Whitelach and Lena Seigle
earned 500 by being married in the lions
den atthe Elks carnival in Springfield, O.. ],
| Saturday.
Mrs. Maria j. G. Mason, the nearest
living descendant of Thomas Jefferson, died
at her home, Alto, in King Georgia coun-
ty, Va, Sunday.
The drought of 1901 caused loss on
the export trade of 1902 as follows: Corn,
$50, 900, 900; oats, $4,000, 600; beef,
S11 900, 600 and cotton $24, 600, 900.
George Washington Stephens, president
and founder of the Moline Pillow Company,
died at his home in Moline, Illinois, Sun
day. He was 83 years old.
The Marquis of Salisbury has resigned
the premiership of Great Britain, and A.
J. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury
and government leader in the House Of
Commons, has been appointed to succeed
him. Mr.. Balfour visited the King and
accepted the premiership.
Floods in Kansas continued their work
of destruction Saturday and Sunday
Many persons are being supported by
charity there and in Iowa, as the floods
swept away all they had. The tracks of the
Santa Fe Railroad at Lakeview were washed
away.
An inspection of the mine at Johstown,
Pa, where SO many men lost their lives,
Thursday of last week, has been made and
the workings were found free from gas
Permission was given the company to re-
sumo work. The death roll now numbers
ia.
A diabolical story of revenge comes from
Granzendorf, Austria. where man called
Balika tied his enemy, Joseph Balan, to
the wheel of wagon and then drove at a
fast pace down the street. When the vii
layers hurried to stop the horror it was too
late, for Balan was already dead. His
murderer was at once arrested.
How much is involved in the present
hopeful outlook for the corn crop is clearly
indicated by the foreign trade figures of
the past fiscal year. Owing to the failure
of last years crop, the exports of corn
amounted to only 26, 1924, 26S bushels, as
against 176, 588, 1852 bushels in the pre-
ceding year, the decrease in the money
value being $66, 600, 900.
If reports are correct, the crops about
Opelika, Ala, are in deplorable condi-
tion One large farmer, who has 600
acres of cotton, says that the entire plan
tation will not produce 15 bales of cotton
this year. A dispatch says this is typi-
cal case. Many farmers have cut down
their corn for fodder, and the fodder crop
will not be one tenth the average. There
have been only four slight rains since
March, and neither of these was sufficient
to impart auy moisture to the soil. One
cantaloupe grower planted 500 worth of
seed, and got returns of S25 for his crop.