The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-04-11
News of the Week.

has been discovered IN ancouNer I>Iauu'
B. G.
There are more millionaireS and more
paupers in Moscow than in the whole of
England.
Precious stones to the value of 81, ST.,
645 were imported through the port OF
New York during the month Of March.
Aultman, Miller & Co., manufacturers
of binding and moving machinery, Cleve-
land, Ohio, have appointed receivers.
Indebtedness 81, 500, 600.
Land near Harvard, Texas, which sold
the last week in March for $40 per acre,
now brings from $3.50 to 800 because of
the fine yield Of coal oil.
A battle was fought April 3 in the
Okhrida district of Albania between Bull
garians and Turks, and it Is reported 1000
men were killed and wounded.
The d. W. Field Company, in Brock
ton, Mass. aud the American Textile
Company, in Pawtucket, Il. l., shut down
their plants for an indefinite period.
Mrs. Henry 5. Hoyt caused sensation
in Newport society last week by posting a
notice in a newspaper repudiatlng debts
contracted by her niece, Mrs. John hing
Rensselaer,.
The Buffalo Commercial published a
story Monday stating that Arthur X. Pen
nell was a defaulter to the extent OF
Sl50.OOO or 5000, 000 This was adj
vanced as probable motive for his suicide
For several years past suicides have been
increasing in Chicago at ratio far IN ex-
cess of the increase in population. Three
hundred and ffty-siX suicides IN l9oU
were followed By 800 10 1902 aud i39
last year.
The +. Il Patch Manufacturing Com
pany, Of Rutland, Vt, secured verdict
of g.. 500 damages against the local lodge
of tie International Association Of Ma
chinist for boyeottinc the company aud IN
timidating the workmeu.
The numerous instances Of the Ill -treat-
ment Of German soldiers by officers and
othcer~ have caused En-
pernr William and the soyerelZns Of the
individual states Of Germany to unite IN
speciil measures to put a stop to it.
G. Mailman Sims. collection clerk for
the Capital Ci,y National Bank, Of At
lants. Georgia. has been placed under ar.
rest by United States Drpu'y Marshal
Scott upon = warrant sworn cat by the
president Of the bank. charging Suns with
embezzling a sum estimated at nearly
$40, 000 Sims Is now held by the Dep
uty Marshal He refuses to talk about
the affair
Frauds have been discovered in the
methods Of the school directors # six iown-
ships Of Sehuylkiu county. IA. and start
ling developments are cxpec'e,i- Some ct
the directors live very well, and their
~ourycs Of ineoa3c are a mystery The
coal companies, uho pay nearly al the
taxes ia these townships, have bven VA
ves,isating existing coudiiIous there iof
several months past.
\ dispatch frum =, Johns. y. +
April i. SAYS another severe blizzard, With
the Thermometer registering u te-rc,s
below Esra. has frustrated the efiHts Of
the tailrpai eBployes who have been iry
ing to clear the snaw from she tlackei
lines aad Trlezse the trains which weTc
showed up 10 the interior u she Islaai
From present appearances sevesal seek
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l. resumed
After carefully arranging her hair and
dressing herself 10 3 beautiful SAX sown.
Mr. lo,lise Au,~ Vac Wck, who vas
until rycentiy the Baraa,-s W0lfbauer
she having procurr,l ,iisogee IN Soaih
pak,4a. sl,u, hsr-s.lf threu-h thc temple,
IN her ruom "a the lluics Wa-hiu-tou.
jersey CTS. Arul s. She sa. daaeh
ter of Captain Ams@, T. : 4 and a
Il the late ha-hop +. x
Ames Of Balsituore, Nd. fgr YEAR :
bishop a the Methodist Episcopal Church
Las, Sunday nigh, thirteea prs~aners
oon6ned ia The trial departlnsni o the
Chausangua oauu'y jail, a, Nayvi4.r. \
Y. made desperate effort O. uyrrpowes
the sheriff, II II Cooper snd eseape
The sheriff had uul zkcl the DIOR to- pas,
ia 4 pri.ener when the occupants n the
cage spraus upon him Although alone
he fanghl desperately and kep, 81 the
prisoners csuiuel Ia the earridaE antI h"lp
arrived he va F9ushly handed. but
not seriously iulap-i So.ar 81 re pms
oners we're seventy huu
The hBlshl,- AZ the eastern essd Of
ChimboraEo Park. Rjchat5ad Va coz
riuue The ground AJAX. slowly, tui the
damage i considerable 4 serJson - shs
government raad q loo f,v; e more has
gone dowu tx feet The stose copiu-
around the >vFius aud o,b,r heavy masonry
have been Displaced Ia some Flaces large
trees have been removed The Theory Is
that a stratum Of iallrrs earth 81 quick
sand underlying the top LAYER has byen
squeezed or washed uu, aud lie, the bank
down
In PHILADELPHIA IA Thomas + &
Seixas. joseph Trs,i, aud y Frank
Browu, the Twenty eighth Wand Sehos3
Director, aud David g Jahu-ou, Who
we're lfied on the charge Of having c1n-
.pirrsi 10 extort money from persons SEEK
Ing positions a. school teachers, were found
guilty last saturday Jadse DAVIS refused
To admit them to bad, pending = motion
fur new trial, aud lhey were sent tu
Moyameusins The maximum penalty iur
the crime Of which they were convicted ],
s500 fine and an imprisonment fer two
years. Their counsel moved for uew
trial if that l. denied an appeal sill II b,
understood, he taken 20 the Supreme
Court
Maryland Affairs.
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