The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-03-11
News of the Week.

The strike Of miners in Tioga county, Pa,
which has lasted nine months, is likely to be
settled
Charles Sleg. of Altoona, Pa, last Sunday.
became suddenly insane while at dinner, and
tried 10 Kill his family.
While drunk, Joe Coburn told in Beatty
vile. Kentucky, how he and his brother had
killed John May at the reques; of the latter's
wife.
Government figures show that the balance
of American trade in agricultural produce for
the last fourteen years has been in favor of
exports. Last year exports were 1858. .l60,-
264.
Judge John II. Reagan, sole surviving
member of the confederate cabinet, died
March Q, at Palestine, Tex, of pneumonia.
Judge Reagan. who was Sc years of age, had
been in falling health for year or more.
On March 3, near Charlottesville, Virginia.
Mrs. Delilah Ann Gibson died aged l02 years.
Her husband. Abraham Gibson. who died IA
years ago, was 30 years old, while her eldest
son, who passed away in January last. had
reached the age OF 50. Mrs. Gibson leaves
children, rs grandchildren and large number
great grandchildren.
According TO the latest issue of the Catholic
Directory, published annually in Milwaukee,
in the United States and its island possessions
there are -, l27. .S54 Roman Catholics. The
Catholic population ofthe Continental United
States is II, Ss7, ,S17, which is an increase over
last year of575,476. The two largest dioceses
in this country are those of New York and
Chicago, each having Catholic population
ofover !, ,200, COO. The total number Of priests
in Baltimore is S96. There are "A churches
in that city, Is ia Washington, 6l outside of
those cities, SO missions with resident priests
and IS ehapels. There are As Catholic
schools in Baltimore and 1889 pupils. The
total number of orphans and other young peo-
Pile under Catholic care is s,549. The Cath
ole population of the archdiocese is 250, 900.
Old man Tom Lilly and his two sons, Tom
and Elias, the most desperate gang OF moon.
sinners, were captured last week, without 6r.
ing a gun, at one of their disiilleries in MeF-
Ger county, West Virginia. For over 20 years
internal revenue officers have hunted this gang
and few ever returned. as il was said the Lii
lys had fixed them" Last Spring Max
Whitten, one of the bravest and keenest nosed
men who ever hunted the moonshiner In his
lair, was put to work locating Lilly's last
stand. Disgusting himself as a hunter aud
fisherman, he went to that section Of the State,
in the edge of Mercer county, and began his
hunt Tor the Lilly's hiding place. After months
OF tOi uc unhit1 kzlncu tuciE COulueuCc huu
their arrest followed The Lilly's were taken
to Charleston and lodged in Jail and viii have
their trial at the April term Of the United
States District Court.
On the afternoon of March l, one of the
most remarkable reunions ever held in Rock
county took place in the town of Footyille,
Wis, at the home of Mrs. Kate Dean. The oc-
casion was the celebration Of her mothers 92d
birthday. and there were present 9 children,
"a grandchildren aud l3 great. grandchildren,
With the exception Of the death of the father,
James Snyder, Is years ago, there has not
been death in the Snyder family for 81 years,
Klathlo Harjo, a Seminole, known as sold
Fish," said to have been the Oldest Indian in
America. died at the age of 40 years at Shaw
nee, o. T.. March 8. He was born in the
Everglades of Florida and fought in War OF
1912 against this country, as well as in the
Seminole wars. He enlisted as volunteer
soldier of the United States dnring the Civil
War aud served with distinction. Since then
he had lived with his tribe and acquired rep
utation as a doctor among the Indians.