Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED,


Thursday, May %.
Iowa's prohibition state convention
nominated A. U. Coates for governor {
and indorsed Mrs. Carrie Nation.
Collections of internal revenue for
April, 1901, were s26,941,579, an in
crease over April, 1900, Of SIS, $50 1926.
John R. Tanner, ex-governor of ILL
nois, died suddenly at Springfield, Ills,
of rheumatism of the heart, aged SO.
Milt. Calvert, a negro, charged with
attempting an assault on Tiny Gates,
10 years old, was hanged by a mob at
Grifiths, Miss.
Mrs. Elizabeth NoramOre, who muir
dered her six children at Coldbrook
Springs, Mass, has been sent to an in
sane asylum for life.
Friday, May "a.
The loss Of life in the Tennessee |
floods is now reported at IA.
An oil well struck yesterday at Ma
rion. Ind, flows 1000 barrels a day.
Senator Hanna was mustered into a
Cleveland Grand Army post last night.
An explosion in a mine at Senghen-
ydd, Wales, resulted in the death Of 80
miners.
John Alexander Dowie, the Chicago
faith curist. H. W. Judd and two wo-
men were arrested for allowing Judd's
wife to die Of neglect.
Gaetano Bresci. the anarchist who
killed King Humbert of Italy, commit
ted suicide by strangulation in his cell
in the Santo Stefano prison.
Saturday, May 25.
The consumption Of wine in France
has increased so per cent in four
months, displacing absinthe.
President O'Connell, of the machin-
lists union, will urge a strike for a nine
hour day involving 100000 railroad
workers.
The steamer Baltimore broke in two
in a storm off Ausable, Mich, and II
were drowned, including Captain Place
and his wife.
W. F. Solly, of Norristown, Pa, has
been appointed by Governor Stone
judge Of the orphans court of Mont
gomery county.
Admiral Remey exonerates Captain
Hall, of the United States marine corps,
from charges Of cowardice at Pekin
made by MinisterConger.
Monday, May 81.
Confederate Memorial day was OBJ
served in many southern states Satur
day.
Explosion of mine dust in colliery
at Dayton, Tenn, killed q men and in
jured nine, some perhaps fatally.
Robert Hislop. IS years old, wa.
murdered by burglars who entered his
fathers home in San Francisco.
Lieutenant Governor Allen and Hon
J. w. Ketchum, OF Vermont were az
rested for alleged completely in lootinI
a bank.
+ An American legation guard fired o.
: a German in Pelin, slightly woundin
another German. The German ignore
2 the guards challenge.
Tuesday, May %.
W. P. Hazen, secret service agent &
e New York, has resigned.
+ The new census returns give tn
+ population of Australasia at 4.550,G5
e an increase of 74O,756 since the las
e enumeration.
i Pennsylvania supreme court d
cided the ripper" law, relating /
Pittsburg, Allegheny and Scranto
constitutional.
Herman Luetgerth, a Norwegia
@ butcher, has been arrested in come
o ton with the murder of 13-year-ol
=. Robert Hislop on Saturday night
v San Francisco.
n At Tilsonburg, Ont, two boys name
q Harley Mann and ]. B. Adams WEI
IS playing in a barn loft when the hs
# became ignited and both were burnt
, to death.
e Wednesday, May %.
II Miss Melissa Van Vlack, a han
e. some 19-year-old girl, was killed by
train at Fishkill Landing, N. Y.
Forty-five students OF the Columbr
Qnd.) high school, who engaged in
rs class fight, were arrested for rioting.
~ Miss Aggie Long, who went to