The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-06-24
News Of the Week.


The Sultan of Morocco, in granting com.
mercial concessions to Germany, has taxed
French patience until crisis seems near.
The declaration of the Citizens Union. of
New York, for city ownership of lightning
plants and transportation lines defined the
form that the coming municipal ownership
campaign will take.
Enormous damage has been done by floods
in the Mississippi, which have spread over the
lowlands of Iowa and Missouri. One man
was drowned and seven persons are missing.
Large numbers of livestock have been lost.
The scandal in connection with the leak
of information regarding the Government cot
ton report now includes the reports on corn,
wheat and other products Chief Statlstician
HYDE has been ordered TO return from Europe,
and the investigation will be made in thor
ough manner.
On the site of the Plaza Hotel. at Fifty
ninth street and the Plaza, New York, it is
planned to erect within the next year hotel
which will rival any similar structure in the
world. Fifteen stories high and having near,
ly 900 rooms it will be erected at a cost OF
SIS, O0O, 900.
Well drillers in drilling a well on the prem.
ises of John Aubel, in Fairview township,
York county, Pa, came upon a small vein OF
coal at depth of about 20 feet from the sur
face of the earth. Marks on the drill indicate
that the vein is about nine inches thick. The
coal is Of the semi bitumlnous variety.
Francis Henry Saltus, of New York city,
died recently at Tarrytown, n. Y. he was a
very distinguished man and WAS responsible
for the improvement of the modern weapon
by the means of rifing. For this he was hon
ored BY many countries and was the possesSor
4 4 Al, h., do uea n
1t has been announced that a satisfactory
settlement has been made between the Prince
ton theological Seminary aud the heirs oil
the late Mrs. Mary J. Winthrop. whereby the
seminary receives 81, $50, 600. Since the death
of Mrs. Winthrop, three years ago, her heirs
have been contrasting the viii, by which she
left the bulk of her estate to the seminary.
Mrs. Molie Anderson, an aged woman,
died at Richmond, Va, June 8, the end hAv-
ing come on the day predicted by her. year
ago her niece. bearing her name, died, and
Mrs. Anderson said that she herself would
pass away on the first anniversary OF the death
Of her young kinswoman. She became III
month ago and died on the date she had indi-
Gated
Last Saturday while Albert Arbogast, of
Selinsgrove, Pa, prominent dealer 10 harm
ing implements, was driving near Mckee. 5
Half Falls, he was suddenly stricken with
apoplexy ia his buggy. The horse trotted At
the usual gait and stopped at Rhine's store.
When Mr.. Rhine came out TO wait on has sup
posed customer he found dead man sitting
in the buggy, with the lines wrapped about
his hands.
A short time ago some men we're engaged
in putting up telegraph poles on some land
belonging to farmer in Kent county. who
disliked seeing his wheat trampled down.
The men produced paper by which they said
they had leave 10 put the poles where they
pleased The farmer went back and turned
large bull in the field. The savage beast
made after the men aud the farmer, seeing
them running from the field, shouted at the
top of his voice ''ShoS him the paper !
Show him the paper
Merchants of Van Buren,. Indiana, aud vi
entity have been heeced out of 100000 by
bogus checks on the Standard Oil May pay
roll The forged pay checks range IN face
value from $50 to 81 goo and are duplicate
numbers of the genuine Standard checks,
through which fact the frauds we're discovered.
The forgeries passed the banks and were not
discovered until checking mp At the company 5
offices. The signature of F. 5. Blake, treas
urer of the company, is so well initiated that
II deceived bankers familiar with II It's said
that bogus checks are being received at New
York from the Pennsylvania, Ohio, lHdIana,
aud Kentucky oil fields, in each Of which IN ?
vesigations are being made