The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-02-04
News of the Wees

News of the Week
Ia every "a wears 3he average nl.i, grows q
beard - feet long. hair almost ~ i"ei long
aud nails p feet long.
Owing to the great strike ot coal miners ~
Germany many large business places arr
closed and a coal famine IS feared.
The latest thing la hotel bills ct lsrr Is stated
to be an edible menR card. /! Is generally
made o, bIseuir. ~bfch the guest eats w,ih has
CHEESE.
Ifthe Dauners in Great Britain r~rr arranged
ia 3 PROCESSION, four abreast, 70 Is computed
thar the procession would be ucasly lea m'ies
ia length.
At omahA. Nebraska, ON Jauusry -. lb"ro
vas SEQ. go IRE III the business centre. uw.
iuE 10 the extreme coli the hremeu Suffered
extremely
A dispatch from Santiago. Chile. January
q. Says:-The FIRST automobile bas 1ssi crossed
the Andes al an elevation Of 800" ltei above
the sea level.
Since the latter part Of last Nusembsr. there
have been las cases Of smallpox exported iu
York county Pa. sad iha disease extending
into Adams coan'y.
II IS said that Mrs. Asias ~orr neariy $50
600 worth IT diaug'sds 81 The hall rrrvriis
given BY her. Il Is said a. scmeH sore 'Isra-
and 2ii sore dog collar
Dr. Edwari Lindsay C,anuinEban, ssii Zee
have been the oldest suvsivteg graduate ai the
Harvard Medical School. dtc8 a. NrsP1si, X
l., January -. ~ be age Of - years
After IS indictments wefr foaa3 sgatHs, be
'swhi,e slave dealers in Ph,iaic'apha, Pa,
last SATURDAY.. those under suspicion lvi' hr
fore warrants craii b~ served oa ;h--n,
At Jacksoayiile. FLORIDA. the ,cuIefpiare
Thursday morning.. January -. vas IL An4
q, Jupiter 80. eqaaliag 5, the latter plscr tbe
previous Toe record Of December -. 1894
The sapreme Coar, Of Virgiuta rrtased ihe
supplementary appeal Of J, Samuel AeCar.
sentenced TO BE- banged st Charlottesville oa
February 10, isr The murder 81 hls ~'ir.
The County Cocft 10 Omaha, Nebraska hiss
granted 80 year-nii Chsgles CupN e srit %
habeas corpus iog the possession q a.s IN
tended bride. Mrs. Matilda Reed, uaesa
age IS CO.
MS Louisa Cody has SLED 10 raeycaar,
Wyoming. an amended ansarf gs far amended
pe.ilioa Of her husband, Buffalo B.l. tsy ID
vorc=. She druies al cH1r1rs mnae by bean
and HsAkes elarEes ssa'uzi hIu-
FIVE live stock trains Arre stalled 30 suas
drifts ju Northampton csun7y. Pa. .as' wees.
and msuy hrsi ot cattle and rEfair- 81
fowls yefi.h,ug The sSine b-yaue ,.f .uat-
drurd that they killed. and dsvuard 'HaHF ei
their uasubrr
A special tram ns,g The Snstbrru f-.iray
one aay last seek carried 10 csssasis 81. t4,.sl
hay. shiproti Irsm HAFrgsoHbals Va by be
Suh.elt Hay Cu4apauy. thr igta. Essshi 49,
be,~ern 4gO aud 5Oo taas, aus represented s
cssb value Of 5000
Charles |. Frerr. Of neiroa. hae esrIed 10
give 10 the SHiits,ntan institution a "a'i'-
inefaa an at collection no~ wariH ss~H 90.
90 s,.eud S4esl. uoe additional n periretl4- los
the eolIrcIiun. and TO gisr S5ta n-4 go Ua'}4
n structure in Washington 90 6casr the eo.ire
t,ou.
The Shakers OF Mouut is~baaoa, y. t., and
West Piusfeld, Ma. hay- SOLD L. the flores
,ry department uf Pennsylvania lbeiF 'pCota
ised iaud." Tor $4,000. Taey have held 't
since 1875. and with taxes. &e.. cost thea
SIa0OUn The tract consists Of lu.nUo ACRES
IA Bloomington, Pike county, Pa-
On the arrival nf the sfeamer Aoifke AT New
York, JAnnar, - from Hamburg, Marie Boa
ids. Hungarian glrl, - wears old, sas taken
into cnsiujy by the immigration authorize ~
the request Of the Austrian teasal. Nbo .a'a
he had been informed hy cable that The k's
was wanted ga q cnsrg- eft murder.
Al Burlington, Iowa. January .. between
the hours Of 10 aud ] every store aud factory
Ia tae city was closed % enable employees 10
attend revival services Many Residences were
throwu oeeu for the holding Of prayer meet
ipgs. Mayor Castor issued n proclamation
urging all 10 close shops and spend the day 3u
worship.
The largest diamond ever discovered aas
found near Pretoria. IN South Africa, January
p. The stone weighs 1852 car4ts. and Is
said to he a pure white diamond OF good
quaity. Il Is locally valued AT $500, goo 70
81 600 600 The famous kohinoor, which Is
valued a, $500 COO weighs l23 carats. though
il is said to have weighed 600 before It was
cut.
Shovel Brown. died January .. al his res
idence in Charles Town. West Virginia. 90
his 14lh year. Mr. Brown was a civil engineer,
having twice Surveyed the entire county ct
jefferson. He also served as engineer In the
Confederate Army. He Is survived by q
widow and six children, also a SISTER Ruin
Brown. of that city, and a brother, !. y. u.
Brown, living in the West.
AT Surry IVA. County Court negro girl,
Is years old and her brother, IL years, were
convicted of the murder of their father. The
girl was sentenced to Is years IN the penlteH
lary aud the boy To- SIX years. After sentence
had been passed the boy confessed that he
killed his father with an AK, and that hls sister
had helped to drag the body from the house
and had washed up the blood stains.
AT Psssaic, n. j., George Udell. who said
he was lis years old. died January % in a
hospital, from exposure and starvation. He
was found in an old shed on Thursday OF last
week and taken to the hospital. Udell went
there twelve years ago He will be the first TO
be buried in the new Hebrew cemetery there,
as it is believed by that sect that an old person
should be first inferred in new cemetery.
Alonzo ]. Whiteman, draft raiser, tUrger
and bank swndler formerly Mayor OF Duluth.
a member of the Minnesota State Senate and
bank president, was arrested in Danville, n.
| Y, at a late hoar on the night of January p,
| by Pinkerton detectives, in the home OF his
| father. once a banker aud lumber merchant.
| In his career Wkiteman has squandered an
| inheritance of about a million dollars in add
ton to many thousands obtained by his Grim
| inal operations He was known to sporting
men throughout the country the hacker oil
Courtney. the worlds champion oarsman.
| Although he has been arrested % times, in
dicted II times, tried times, and sentenced
in all to l6 years, Whitman served only one
wear in prison. Whiteman graduated from
Hamilton College, Utica. n. Y, with honors, and
| practiced law. He went to Minnesota, became
president of two banks in Duluth, the owner
| of two newspapers, aud was also elected Mayor
| of the city. His downfall came within year
| after his rise into positions of trust in MINES
! ota through losses sustained IN speculation.