The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-11-25
News Of the Week.

Norfolk, Va, shipped recently the largest
single cargo of lumber ever sent out ESQ.,
600 feet of North Carolina pine, for New York
firms.
A Bricker, a blacksmith, of Hurricane, W.
Va, is in Jail on charge of attempting to
murder his wife, whom he accuses of stealing
$3.50 from him.
W. M. Simmons, clerk in the Norfolk,
Virginia, postoffice, has been arrested for rob
bling the mails He confessed, but claimed,
that the packages had not sufficient postage
on them
An eyewitness of the recent riot at Vladiv-
ostok, Russia, who has arrived at Nagasakl.
Japan, reports that nearly half the city was
burned, and that 600 of the garrison were
killed, that the Jail was thrown open, and that
General Kappek is missing. The damage is
estimated at SIS. 600, 600. Soldiers from Har
bin are reported to have joined the rioters.
The worst fire that has occurred in Great
Britain for many years broke out at Glasgow,
November 10, in cheap lodging house for
men, in Watson street, and resulted in the loss
of 80 lives and the severe injury of many
others. The flames were first noticed Mt 8
O'Clock last Sunday morning on the fourth
floor of the building, which was occupied by
$50 men.
Japan is building FIVE immense batleships,
having a total displacement of more than 49,,
900 tons. Two, which have just been con
tracted for in England, will weigh 10000 tons
each, being the heaviest and largest fighting
ships yet planned. Japan is also having built
two great armored cruisers, each of 1880
tons displacement.
Rev. George S. Pratt, at the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the Archangel, New
W L. -
Little Things and read an offer from an
undertaking concern of rake off " on all
funerals sent by the clergyman. He also said
he had received guarantee of free grave for
himself aud 500 on his funeral expenses in
consideration of his good will.
John Jacob Astor's income. already esti-
mated at $50, 600 day. will be augmented by
1925 a day, which is the fee allowed bv the
courts as compensation for jury duty. Colo
mel Astor has been served with notice to ap
pear before Justice P. Henry Dugro, in the
Supreme Court, and he has signifed his will
ingness to serve, saying that he considers It
one of the most important duties of an Amer
can citizen.
The tragic death of Edward H. Carley,
New York city letter carrier, revealed the fact
that be was bigamist, and on Sunday his two
wives met at his bier. having learned for The
When Carley fell from the fremont Aveuue
Station, on the Third Avenue Il, and was
ground to death beneath the wheels OF a train,
Coroner Berry took charge of the body. Two
addresses found in his pocket led 10 the dis
covery of his double life.
The commercial apple crop is reported the
smallest in "a number of years. The shortage
is most in evidence in the big surplus States,
New York, parts of New England, Michigan
and a number of sections of the southwest.
The crop for 1905 is estimated al % 100000
barrels. compared with As. 800, 600 barrels one
year ago. and compared with the small yield
of 1901 approxmaIing q .000, 600 barrels, aud
the largest crop on record, IN 1896, when u
approached 20, 000, 900 barrels.
The Illinois Anti Horse Thief Society held
its 23d annual meeting at Springfield recently
and its reports showed that there was less
horse stealing in Illinois than in any other
State. Membership is l.210. The associa-
tiou in Kansas has the largest membership,
10000 0kahoma has II 900 members; In
dian Territory, $4,000; Missouri, 1000; ARK
ansas, 1900, and Iowa, 2,00o. Because Of
the comparatively small amonnt Of horse
stealing in Illinois the association pays more
attention to petty thievery and irespass.
The Southwestern Railways eros. channel
steamer Hilda was wrecked November l9,
on 81 malO, on the uOEtu GptsR oi AiAitGeF
and il is known that l2S OF more Of her pas
sengers and crew were drowned. The Hilda
left Southampton, England, Friday ulght for
St. Malo with considerably more than 100
souls on board. Her passage was greatly de
layed BY fog in the Channel and when nearing
St Malo she ran into severe snowsiorm. Ap.
pareutly missed her course and ioundered on
the rocks off Jarlin Lighthouse. miles from
ST. Malo. The company's steamer Ada, out
ward from ST. Maio. rescued five Of the pas
sengers and one of the crew.
Mrs. Marie Santangelo, an Italian immi
grant, is detained at Ellis Island, New York,
while making the choice between PAIRING,
possibly forever, from her two children IN Or
der 10 make her home here with Der husband,
or os giving up her husband to return to Italy
with the children. The husband IS a natural
lied American citizen, living at Yoaugstowa,
Ohio. The children and their mother are
afflicted with trachoma. an infectious disease
of the eye. and the law in such cases reads
that the wife of citizea of the United States
cannot be deported. but that her children, IN
case they are suffering from any infectious dis
ease, must be sent back TO the country they
came from.
On November I9. the A. 0verholt Distil.
lery at Bradford, Pa, $4,000 gallons Of
whisky we're burned. entaiiing loss Of ST.,
SOC, 600. The main bonded warehouse was
burned to the ground. A steady northeast
wind which blew the flames toward the 1ough
iogheuy River, saved the town of Broadford,
the buildings of the II. C. Prick Coke Com
pany and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
station from destruction. The A. Overholt
Company is one of the largest manufacturers
Of whisky in the world The plant is practi
cally owned BY II. c. Frick and the MELONS,
Of Pittsburg. The plant was established by
A. Overholt in 1910. II was burned 10 1884,
and was rebuilt on u much larger scale. The
burned building was one Of four warehouses
containing $4,000 barrels of whisky eight
years old. Each barrel contained As gallons.
Much of the whisky had already been sold
and was being kept in storage for the owners.
The distillery has an output Of 1000 TO 1000
gallons a month aud about 3 5000, 600 gallons