The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-06-08
News of the Week.

France has 4.I24.T34 acres Of vineyards.
The sacred city OF Beuares now sets the
standard Of time for al India.
The total number Of deaths due TO the San
Francisco earthquake and tre Is S9j.
4 man whose heart ~as recently sewn up
IN the hospital al Milan has been discharged
perfectly cared.
Daring 1898 !. las persons lost their lives IN
the euai mines Of Prnasy wanna aud there Wers
> 500 unufatal accidents
r Waiter Wariruberser. Of New York. has
invented = nr~ explosive. With which be
poets 90 brras up the Powdrr Trust.
San Shen ia. son Of q former governor Of
Canton. ChiuA. - to marry Miss Dolly Tres
colt, OF The san Francesca High School.
After beiaE inundated ~ years, the old
Muodsldr Arnv, oa the western boundary of
FserlAnd. Pa, - Aboa, 10 be reclaimed.
The iiitieth anniversary OF the trst Repub
Ecau National Convention ) to be celebrated
~ go.lea Jubilee ia Philadelphia, beginning
Juue Is.
Anna Loreaz has entered sul, ia Cincinnati
Tor a divorce from her husband. who, she
charges, ~rIsgici b. toes whea company was
pyesrat.
Farmer John Foster Rayuus, Of Niilbrook.
- year. old, married pretty Edith May Phil
bps, a schoolgirl 81 l. years, in Pogghkrepsie,
y. Y, last Saturday.
Seven bridge companies aud seven bridge
company agents have been toaud guilty Of
maintaining a combination va restraint OF
trade and hued by al Ohio court.
Dr. Lynn, Of Pana, H.. the oldest physi
can in that State. celebrated his lOIst birth
day last ~eek. More than l ,ooO persons az
,esIed a reception gwen 10 has honor.
With s2-o,0o IN paper money wrapped
about their bodies, Herman Jrrgrus Asd Guy
". Malon completed Journey fsom Ct0ciu.
matt 10 Little Rock, Ark.. last Saturday,
4 uew submarine destroyer, from which the
cree can see aud hear sights aud SQUADS al a
great distance, and thus strike ~iih greater
accuracy, has beca invented by Lewis Nixon.
Gen. J, c. JAmisou. Miss0ur,au OF the
old school, the greatest bard lover IN Okla
/ bona, his present home. 5 advocating the
adoption Of the study OF birds and their proiec,
ton iu the public schools
Five professional gamblers and a woman
aerced passengers OF the German steamer
hroapriHE Wilhelm out OF 900 by card aud
dIer games aud fake wireless kilograms ab-ut
the stock market and ihe races.
The Germans speud on drunk ia year about
S7oO. ~, 90. which Is three times the cost OF
the army aud navy combined. or seven times
the cost ct primary education to the country,
and almost squads the national debt.
German firms are unable 10 fll all foreign
orders Tor automobiles. Wee Consul Sehlym.
mer. Of Mannheim. writes that the German
motor production for 1906 was SlOO 900
the export to England aud France increasing
4un per cent.
At Roanoke. Va on May D, Judge J. K.
Bryan placed Henry HsrihaTger under heavy
| bond and iarmed han out to a local firm tor
| Il months. with the agreement that his wife
/ aud three children should draw the pay. He
WAS arrested upon the charge OF refusing to
/ support his wife and little ones.
! The biggest FIRE in the history OF South
/ Boston. Virginia, occurred June |, aud the
/ loss i, Is thought will amount to fully $3.50, 600
/ The IRE broke oui at o clock ia the stable OF
! Edmoudsou warehouse, fronting on MAN
! street. South Boston has only volunteer
/ Ere department. which was unable to check
/ the flames The burned district covers seyera
acres aud ia the structures that went down
| were some Of the finest and handsomest build
/ ings in the city. Major II. Edmondson's loss
Is estimated at 100000, with an insurance OF
! $4,000.
/ Inc report OF tht Appraiser Oh tue oIt oi
| New York on transactions for the month Of
| May. 1906. shows total of 35, $50 invoices
( and appraisement orders, OF an appraised value
! Of S62. 236, 2l7 81, an increase OF 81 GOO, 600
| as compared with the same month last year,
! The total value OF precious stones aud pearls
/ and uncut stones for the month of May is 81,
( O2l ,IOjub, an increase OF SsOO, 600, as com
| pared with May, 1905, and the largest single
months importations in the history of the
| port. The number of automobiles imported
| in May was 1874, including domestic cars, Of
| the aggregate value of S466. coo. From Jan,
uary to May, 1906, inclusive, $50 cars, in
Guiding 80 domestic, were imported at this
| port. OF a total value Of 81 935, 900.