The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-11-22
News of the Week.

The spread of cholera is alarming Ma
mia resident. Thirty new cases Is the
daily average.
The volcano Kilauea, on the Island OF
Hawaii, is in the most violent eruption
known in twenty years.
Two persons were killed and ten injured
by an explosion of dynamite during fire
at Pell City, Alabama, Monday.
The Standard Oil Company has declared
dividend Of $40 share, making the
total dividend for the present year 40 per
cent.
Mrs. Roland B. Molineux has gone to
Sioux Falls, S. D., to establish perma-
nent residence there for the purpose OF
obtaining divorce.
Harlan Buckler, on Saturday sentenced
at Elizabethtown, KY, to life imprlsou-
ment for the murder Of Robert L. Reid,
was hanged by mob.
Edward B. BOLTON, of Trenton, N. j.,
who lost more than $500, 600 in stock spec
ulation, has disappeared, and is believed to
have committed suicide.
Owing to the action of the Chicago Cold
Storage Company in buying up eggs, 1t Is
feared the price will be advanced to such
an extent as to be almost prohibit their
use.
The students of the West Penn Medical
College, in Pittsburg, Pa, have struck for
fresh cadavers, claiming that those fur
nished are not worth the money they are
required to pay.
Fire of incendiary origin destroyed the
planning mill and bending works OF William
G. Leas, of East Berlin, Adams county,
Pa, November Is. The loss is estimated
at s25, 900, insured for one-half.
Frank G. Marin, former Brooklyn
LAWYER. who had been posing for four years
as Judge Franklin Stone, was arrested on
the charge of improperly securing $50, 800
from Mrs. Caroline Barry, of Brooklyn.
Mrs. Mary Eliza Skidmore, of Hemp
stead, L. T., has been informed that she
is one of the heirs to fortune of $40, 00O,-
600, left by her uncle, John Tyson, who
died five years ago at Sydney, New South
Wales.
Williamsport (Pa. } physicians who per-
formed the autopsy on the body of Robert
Remington, who, it was alleged, commit
ted suicide in the reading room at Newport,
few months ago, made statement that
he was murdered, and, it is said, an arrest
will be made at once.
A dispatch from Madrid, November 10,
says:-Torrential rains have fallen through
out Spain, causing great damage to the
railway tracks and to the telegraph system.
Many landslides are reported from the
Province of Valencia. Bridges have been
destroyed and many villages flooded.
Armour & Co.'s large plant at Sioux
City, Ia, was destroyed by fire Sunday.
Loss 5000, 900; insurance $721, 600.
Spontaneous combustion or an imperfect
DRYER was the cause. Six hundred men
will be thrown out of employment. Inn
mense tanks of ammonia exploded, spread
ing the flames
An attempt to assassinate last Saturday
King Leopold was made in Brussels by
Rabine, an Italian Anarchist, who fred
three shots at the royal carriages. No one
was injured. The assailant is said 20 have
declared that he attacked the King because
of the latter i'll treatment of the Princess
Stephanie, and because he wanted to prove
his loyalty to Anarchists in London.
4 gang of counterfeiters were captured
in Tamaqua, Pa, on Monday, at hotel
where they had been staying for several
weeks. Joseph Purnell of Harrisburg,
and Wm. Day of Steelton, are under ar
rest. The latter made confession and
gave the names and description of the
Others They made silver dollars and half
dollars that were almost perfect in finish
and easily passed.
At Pittsburg, Pa, on Monday night,
Mrs. Martha J. Virgin, of $40 College
avenue, lost diamonds and jewelry esti-
mated at $4,000 by burglary She had
been inspecting and cleaning her jewelry,
as is her practice each night, preparatory
to putting it away in safe. The tele'
phone bell rang and she went to answer
the CALL She was engaged in conversation
several minutes by an unknown party, but
person seemingly familiar with her affairs.
When she returned, the gems were gone,
case and ALL A window leading from a
porch was found open, but Mrs. Virgin
told the detectives that the window was
open before she left the room. The burg