The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-01-16
News of the Week

An epidemic Of typhoid fever has brok en-
out at kittanning, Pa.
Mrs u. b Curtis has sued the estate
Of Frank Jones, &c Portsmouth \ H,
fos S400. 600 for board, entertainment and
services
After the death oF John Walker. Of
Soa;h Omaha, SIS. goo in gold ard bills
was found sewed in his garments lie had
been generally regarded as a pauPer
The father and stepsnotheF Of i've
year-old boy have been arrested in New
York city charged with beating him and
pulling his hair out by the roots
4 dea,hbesl confession If Mulhe Bryt,t
i said to have revealed the whereabouts, Of
papers that viii prose the elaim cf the
Brobst heirs to millions Of dollars worth 81
Pennsylvania zeal lands.
The mystery surrounding the death Of
Ansel Lewis. whose body was found near
Banning. Cal. on Thanksgiving DAY has
been cleared by the arrest of three boys
who confessed 20 having stoned him 60
death
Mrs Mary Kumpf. also kuown a. Mmc
Yucca. the strong woman with Bar
nun 4 Bailey circus. has askei for dl-
vorce from her dlminuiiye husband in NeS
York because. she said, be beat her
The annual report Of Superintendent
Frederick D. Kilbaru, of the State Bank
Department. contaius severe structures nn
the management Of the Trust Company of
the Republic and 81 the New York Build
Ing, I.oan aud Banking Company
Mayor Harrison has ordered al theatres
Of Chicago closed until every regulation iur
safety required hy city ordinances should
be complied with The proprie,ors Of the
Iroquois Theatre and the City Building
Commissioner Of Chicago have been ar
rested OF 4 charge Of mauslaughIer
4 recent report Of the Census Bureau
shows that at the present time there are
-. 571 miles Of electric railway in the
United States, operated by 9ST companies.
with par value Of capital stock and out
standing funded debt Of 81, 300, 600, 600
They use ,29s, 900 horse power, haul
), 900, O00, 600 passengers and have 1873. r.
GAL employees.
Because one Of the Township School
Board had broken faith with him and had
criticised bis course a a school teacher.
Kurvin Luther Eys;eT, aged 20 years, a
school teacher, of West Manchester town
ship, York county. Pa, committed suicide
By hanging, recently. His body was found
suspended from a steam pipe IN the engine
room of the grist mill owned By his father
Daniel Eys,er, of Jackson township.
The great value Of timber is shown in
the case Of tree recently cut near
Waynesyille, ~ c. This giant Of the
Allegheny Mountains was a curly poplar
50 large that II horses were required TO
haul away the butt cut, which vas , feet
long. The lowest limb was so feet from
the ground This single tree contained
%, 600 feet of frst-elass lumber, most of
1t useful as yeueering, and its value was
81 500 The single tree was worth more
than the entire mountain farm upon which
it stood
On January low range of tempera
ture in almost every State north Of Georgia
was reported At Hagerstown, Md, the
mercury was 20 below zero, and in many
places in Pennsylvania, New jersey, New
York, and the New England States from
80 to 50 degrees below zero were reported.
In some instances the Weather Bureau
thermometers bursted from the intense cold
after reaching 80 degrees. Traffic on rail
roads and streets was suspended in several
cities and towns owing to the intense Geld.
In New York city II persons were frozen
to death and p persons were in the hos
pital more or less frozen.