The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-05-31
News Of the Week.

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Mrs. Eliza Schall, Of York, Pa, died Thurs
day, aged 90 years.
The postofice at Trenton, Michigan, was
robbed of over $1,000 in cash and stamps
Tuesday night. ,.',{.,!s ace.4.s, s.tl.9i
Snow to the depth of inch fell at Terra Alta
aud Berlin, W.. Va, last Tuesday. Damage
to truck is reported. sg.ri8t .A asss sdA
The six railroads entering Memphis, Tenn,
have been indicted for having arranged a pool
for division of the cotton traffic. 7a ss.' 5aJ
Detectives have been asked to look for a
fine SIS 200 painting purchased by an Ameritt
can steel magnate and stolen while IN, transit:
The plant of the American Steel Foundry
at Granite City, Illinois, is closed for an in
definite period, owing to the strike OF the
coremakers. -~.-,1'1-.{ ~ q z s ei1s3
The worst forest fires in the. history of the
mountains of the Continental Divide are rag
ing in the Collegiate range and the Sangre
de Cristo, Colorado. esq .ti4i 2 G;5'2
The coal companies IL the Pottsyille dis
trict are swearing in special. policemen to pro-
tect nonunionists, with whom they expect to
start up the mines. .a ,,...f, ..ss.
Judge Kayanaugh roundly denounced the
jury in. his court in Chicago which had ac-
quilted William McFetridge, who had DELHI,
erately shot his brother to death. l..e =ss1
$ Five thousand union men employed in the
building trades in Denver are on strike for
the purpose of aiding the wood workers In
their efforts to secure an eight hour day. sls
The treasurer of York county, Pa, has been
paving raised bills to the amount of over
$780, An investigation is to be made and
some startling develop ments are promised.
Rev. DIR. B. NJ. Palmer, one of the best
known Presbyterian ministers OF the South,
and who was prominent IN the Contederacy,
died at New Orleans Wednesday aged 80
years. 4. #a aB9E 81 oN
Luther C. Hershey was fatally injured at
Tifin, Ohio, Tuesday night, during bar room
quarrel, by Col. Albert Brewer, who threw a
bottle at him which punctured his brain.
Brewer was held in $40, 900 bail.
A dispatch from,St. Johns, Newfoundland,
says that the Strait of Belle Isle is now free
of ice, but heavy Arctic foes are drifting south
some miles east of the coast, efectually pre-
venting the approach of ocean steamers.
A German steamer has landed at Naples
twenty survivors of the British steamer Ca
morla, bound from Madras to Rangoon, which
is supposed to have foundered in cyclone.
She carried $50 native passengers and crew
of SO. tg- sl..iss e..g. h
Charles d. Thompson, ex-Supreme Finance
Keeper ofthe Supreme Tent, Knights of the
Macabees, was arraigned in Port Huron,
Michigan, Tuesday, ard refused 10 plead to
the charge of embezzling $57, 900 from the
Order. 1879 . 1
2 The American Packers Association of all
the fruit and vegetable cauneries in Della
ware, Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virgin
ia, and several in New Jerser-was ncorpor-
ated at Dover, Del, with a capital stock of
100000.
At the instance Of the St. Louis grand jury,
bench warrants, charging misconductin Office,
were issued Wednesday for, the arrest of
Charles L. Geraghty, member of the House
of Delegates, and Louis Schnell, member Of
City Council.
Arthur Taylor and Baldwin S. Bredell
pleaded guilty in the United States Court at
Philadelphia to indictments charging them
with completely in the counterfeiting conspir
acy at Lancaster, Pa, and were each sentenced
to seven years in prison.