The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-06-21
News of the Week.

Mrs. L. Westrop killed her five children al
her home, at Martin, near jackson, Miss,
Monday.
Miss Mabel Hanna, daughter of the Sena
tor. was married in Cleveland, Ohio, to Harry
Parsons, Monday.
| Miss Rosa E. Guggenheim. of Chicago,
worth about $4,000 paid Thomas g..
Fisher ST., 900 to marry her.
Severe winter storms continue to prevail In
| Cape Colony, South Africa. Thousands Of
sheep have persisted in snowdritts
George Cushman, an expert accountant, in
New York blew out his brains because he
could not get more than So week for his
services.
A "moonshine" still, with a capacity OF 300
barrels day, has been unearthed In New
York city. All the parties connected with 1t
have been arrested
Fred Lee Rice, of Champagne, ILL.,, grad
uate of the University of Illinois, and then a
desperate crook, is under sentence OF death IN
Toronto, Canada, for murder
More stringent regulations have been adopt
ed by Gov. Wi liam Thompson, OF the Ma
tionai Soldiers Home, at Hampton, Va, with
view of keeping the veterans sober.
Abe Rothschild, who is accused of being
the principal in the unsuccessful attempt to
swindle New York diamond merchants, has
been arrested in Harrisburg, Pa.
Baroness Halkett, formerly Miss Sarah An
son Phelps Stokes, of New York, secured
divorce in London from her husband on the
ground of cruelty and inhdelity.
Rev. DR.. Nelson Head, aged 81 years, A
months and IL days, died at Leesburg, Va,
ON the 18th instant. He was the oldest and
widest known minister of the M. &. Church
South.
The striking puddlers in four rolling mills
at Columbia, Pa, although gra nted an IN
crease in wages, would not return to work
because the management refused to treat with
the Amalgamated Association.
A. Irby Swaney, af Wytheville, Virginia,
has been arrested charged with having robbed
the postoffice at that place on the night OF
June 8. when several hundred dollars In cash
and number of registered letters and pack
ages were taken Swaney is member OF
prominent family, and is a brother-in-law OF
Frank Hoyle, a revenue officer.
The coming of the locust has caused an ad-
vance in the price of eggs. The farmers OF
York county, Pa, have been compelled to
throy away thousands of eggs because the
hens eat the Young larvae. This makes the
yolk nearly the color of the young locust and
| at the same time gives it a peculiar odor.
The hens seem to like the locust as food.
A speaker at temperance meeting at
Chicago gave the record of the descendants
of a female criminal who died in 1927. OF
| 800 people whose descent had been traced,
she said 700 had been convicted of crimes or
instantaneous and 81 been convicted of muir
der. The bringing of these criminals to JUS
tice, she declared, had cost the public 3d.
100000.
A terrific wind, rain and electrical storm
did considerable damage at Richmond, Ga,
| Monday afternoon. ]. M. Hurley, peach
dealer, was instantly killed by lightning. He
was packing peachers under shed at the
time, and his wife, who was near him, was
severely shocked. The stores of Layfeld &
Bell, W. E. Etheridge, B. E. Mayo, I. S.
| Chappelle and the large Clegg building were
unroofed and their stocks almost ruined by
wind and water. The new school dormitory
a negro academy, the Methodist church, the
new Christian church, the new residence Of
| Edward Woodward were blown to the ground,
besides numerous small houses and shops.
Trees were uprooted and gardens and crops
are ruined The peach crop suffered greatly.