The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-08-23
News Of the Week.


Chicago is threatened with hard coal
famine.
Holiday, Kansas, is to build $40, 600, 600
cotton mill.
Gen. Franz SigeI died in his home, in New
York, Thursday, aged 70 years.
A fuel famine is threatened at Pittsburg.
IF it occurs so, 900 men will be thrown out of
employment.
John Anderson, farmer of Salina, Kan,
drowned his four children In cistern and
then shot himself.
The Farquhar Agricultural Works, Of York,
Pa, have received an order for Is, 600 plows
from South Africa.
The Armour-Swift combination in New York
is reported to have lost heavily in its attempt
to corner the egg market.
Smallpox is alarmingly fatal in Wise coun-
ty, Virginia. In one village Is deaths have
occurred ard others are expected.
The Island Of Torishima, Japan, was over
whelmed August 1916 by volcanic eruption
and the $50 inhabitants were killed.
The White Star Line steamer Cedric, q, GOO
tons, the largest liner adoat, was successfully
launched Thursday at Belfast, Ireland.
Frank G. Andrews has been sentenced to
the Michigan State Penitentiary for 10 years
for wrecking the City Savings Bank of Detroit.
August II was the hottest day of the year in
Nebraska, the temperature ranging from go
to 1922. At Fairbury for six hours it was
above 1902
The Mutual Building and Loan Association
of Passaic, N. j., has suspended business.
1t is 500, 900 short through the alleged errors
of former secretary.
Well informed men in the anthracite region
expect to see the strike broken by September
l, owing to the growing dissatisfaction of the
miners over the seanty relief funds.
Clash between miners and deputies at Mes
quehoning, Pa, Monday, resulted in killing
of Edward Sharp, a striker, and General
Goblin has been asked to send troops.
The splendid home farm of Vincent O'Bold,
in Conowago township, Adams county, con-
tanning 200 acres, has been presented by him
to the Sisters of st. Joseph at McSherrystown,
Pa.
In Wilmington, Del, on Wednesday 16
workmen are known to have been killed
are missing and three others were badly in
jured by the explosion of two steel digesters
in the Delaware Pulp Mills.
Mrs. Sarah Mackey, near Porterfeld, Pa,
died August 10Th from constant sneezing.
She sneezed 500 times in an hour by actual
count. Previous to this she had made
record all the way from 100 to 200 sneezes an
hour. Her physicians were unable to do any
thing for her relief.
Southern competition is responsible for the
abolition on three weeks notice of a payroll
of SIG 900 month in New Hartford, Conn.,,
of 1000 inhabitants who work in the cotton
duck factory. The business is to be removed
to Tallassee Falls, Ala, and the mill there is
to be abandoned September L.
Another series of severe lightning and wind
storms passed through Southeastern Iowa on
the afternoon of August II, doing much dam
age. In the last few weeks more than 100
barns have been struck by lightning near
Keokuk, and more than that number in South
eastern Iowa. Many Northeastern Missouri
counties have suffered the same way.
Near Laurel, Delaware, on the farm of L.
A. Watson, is probably the largest white oak
tree in America. Its trunk measures six feet
in diameter, and its limbs extend ITO feet
every way. For many generations this yene-
rable oak has stood at the entrance of the
Watson homestead, and it is said was land
mark for the first settlers in that section.
Joseph Shirk, the inventor of the grain
cradle died August 20, at his home in East
Earl Township Lancaster county, Pa. He
was 83 years Old and, besides being noted
inventor, was surveyor. In the early thir-
ties Shirk made revolver. which is believed
to have been the first frearm ever made with
revolving chamber. He claimed to have
shown this weapon to Colt, and shortly after
ward the Colt Company was organized and
commenced the manufacture of them.
A great ocean steamer is a world in ITSELF
Out of the 1851 passengers who arrived at
New York Wednesday on the steamer Oceanic
| it would have been possible to have orgaized
bank, differed a big corporation, financed
| trust, equipped factory, started new
church and a school and produced play and
| an opera. For the passengers included Mr..
Morgan, Mr.. Griscom, Mr. Widener, Bishop
Potter, j. Ogden Armour, Mrs. Patrick
Campbell, Eugene Kelly, Mr.. and Mrs. James
| f. Hackett and G. r. Parkin, who is to select
pupils for the Cecil Rhodes scholarships.
The international Harvesters' Company has
been organized under the laws of New Jersey,
with capital stock of $120, 200, 600, to man
ufacture and sell harvesting machinery. 1t
| has purchased the property and business of
the following manufacturers The McCor-
mick Harvesting Machine Company, Deering
Harvester Company, Plano Manufacturing
Company Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Com
pany Champion and Milwaukee Harvesting
Company. The company is capitalized upon
an exceptionally conservative basis. Of its
assets, $50, ZOO, 900 is in cash working capital
The company will require no financing, and
there will be no offer of its stock to the pub
lie, all the cash required having been provided
by its stockholders By this combination
10000 men will be discharged as agents.
Storm DAMAGES Crous.