The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-11-28

Philadelphia, Ia. IOr s"lnuiluS S"il
schools in this country and Europe out OF
more than 81, 900, 900.
J. 5. Bennett. accused of numbering
Deputy Sheriff H. o. Richard, of Starke,
Fla. has been captured. with his brothers,
after desperate battle with the sheriff
posse.
Harry Beno, a side-show man, whose
chief feat was driving an awl into his skull,
drove it in too far while showing at Kan
sas City, and it went into his brain, killing
him.
\ terrific storm prevailed in the West
ern part of Europe November 81. Many
vessels were sunk on the coasts, several
lives lost. and owing TO the uprootlng OF
trees all traffic was stopped in several cities.
Standard Oil directors declared their
fourth quarterly dividend November on
I6. 1t amounts to sl2, 900. 600, or II
per cent. for the year on 500, 600 600.
John D. Rockefeller receives for his yearly
dividend $1,000. 900.
Two persons were killed and several In
iured in wreck on the Pennsylvania Rail
road near Philadelphia, last Sunday,
Spikes had been drawn from plate con-
Meeting the tracks and the rails had been
spread apart.
Rev. James Mimic Pullman, D. D..
brother of the late Rev. Royal II. Pull
man. of Baltimore, died at Lynn, Mass,
Of apoplexy last Sunday just after preach
ING sermon in the First Universallst
Church of that city.
\ rug made from the breasts Of ostriches,
costly vases, silver spoons, Bible and low
ing cup of silver and cut glass were recent
" stolen from the home Of Mrs. Mary Ba-
ker u. Eddy, head of the Christian Sci
ence Church, at Pleasant View, \. II.
Carl Borniquist, tailor at Lacrosse.
Wis. who committed suicide while insane,
was said to have been talked TO death by
ext nited States Senator Has and Attor-
ney John DIN, during the trial Of case
in which he was juror.
Mrs. John Bombelack, Of johnson City,
Pa. on November 20 became the mother
Of pair of twins, the fourth pair in sue
cession. She is 30 years Of age, and has
been married twelve years. She has ff-
teen children, three Of whom are girls.
Near Lilly, Pa, while 100 Italians were
asleep in a shanty, fire broke out at an
early hour on the morning of the 2lst.
Nearly all escaped, but some went back
after their trunks and in the rush 80 men
were burned to death and 10 others Sc
verely burned. 1 of whom will die.
The Cripple Greek Mineowners Associa
ton charge that the dynamite explosion in
the Vindicator Mine, in which two men
were killed. was the work Of 1.-The inner
circle Of the Western Federation of Mi
ners. and offers a reward of So. 900 for
/ the arrest and conviction Of the perpetra-
| tors.
George Becker, of Hanover, Pa, GO
| years old. retired manufacturer, died No
vember 90 from the effects of blood poison
ing. About a week previous he inflicted
a wound on his right leg by scratching with
the finger nail, from which the poisoning
! developed
Morris Williams, of Wilkesbarre. who
has just been appointed president Of the
| Pennsylvania Coal Company, started his
work about the mines as breaker boy and
has risen through all the grades of mining
1 to his present position. where he controls
millions of dollars worth of property and
commands 10, 900 men.
Andrew Beard. a negro. who has worked
in the machine shops of the Louisville and
| Nashville Railroad Company. in Birming
ham. Ala, for 20 years, has just sold a
patent car coupler of his own inven-
ton for 800, 900 In addition he is TO
get royalty on every coupler made on his
model for Il years
/ The farmers of Salem county. y. j. .,
are puzzled over a disease that is killing
dairy COWS. The COWS appear 10 be sick
in the morning and fall paralyzed and in
many cases die before night The veteri-
narians have tried to stop the spread of
the disease. but have been uncucessful.
Four COWS died on one farm in less than a
/ week.
At Springfield. Mass. on the night of
! November 81 series of startling burgla
ries were perpetrated, the thieves working
with audacity which paralyzed the city,
| Working with skeleton keys, they ran
sacked the half dozen trading houses in
the centre of the city and stole clothing
! iewelrv and even ornaments. In one place
| a cook stove was taken BY the burglars
evidently in a spirit of bravado.
Emile Brazeau. of Montreal, Canada
died last week from an attack of Group
He was % years of age, and his parents
and those who knew him well are authority
| for the remarkable statement that never
during his life had he partaken of solid
food, vet he was a healthy and apparently
robust young man. He began when a
child living upon diet of milk and sugar
and continued it up to the day of his death,
his usual allowance being three pints of
milk and a pound of sugar. Until at
tackled by Group he was never i'll day in
| his life.
Warrants have been issued in Grand
Rapids, Mich, for seventeen ex-city eff
Gals, charging them with accepting bride
in connection with the notorious Garman-
Cameron scheme for supplying the city with
water from Lake Michigan All of the
warrants, it was said, were the result of a
confession made by ex City Attorney Liant
X. Salisbury on his return from serving
two years term in the Detroit House of
Correction for breaking the Federal Bank
ing laws in connection with the scheme.
An ex Mayor of Grand Rapids, with six
teen other city officials, are accused.
At Omaha, Nebraska, the federal grand
jury have returned true bills against United
States Senator Charles III. Dietrich and
Postmaster Jacob Fisher, of Hastings,
/ Neb CHARGING them with conspiracy and