Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-27
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED,
Thursday, June 10.

Thursday, June 10.
Toledo, o., has extended an invita- |
ton to President Roosevelt to stop
there on his way 10 Detroit next Sep
TENDER.
Cornell UniveTsity's 34th annual |
commencement exercises were held at
Ithaca, N. Y, yesterday.
The Turner, Day & Woolworth ak
handle plant, at Louisville, Ky, was
damaged by fire yesterday to the ex-
tent OF $4,000.
The senate committee on naval af-
fairs reported favorably the bill pro
viding that Rear Admiral Schley be
given the pay of a rear admiral on the
active list.
Friday, June 20.
Lieutenant General Miles returned
to Washington yesterday from his visit
to Fort Riley, Kan; West Point and
other places.
The United States transport xii.
patrick, with $50 marines, SO enlisted
men and 65S casuals, arrived at San
Francisco yesterday from Manila.
Miss Helen Gould has given Mt.
Holyoke College, Northampton, Mass,
$4,000 to endOw a chair in Biblical
literature, in memory of her mother.
William Crosby of Warsaw, N. Y,
yesterday shot his wife and mother-in-
law, and then shot himself through
the temple The tragedy was caused
by domestic troubles.
Saturday, June Fl.
Frank Jones and John Johnson, ne
gro murderers of a Hebrew peddler.
were hanged at Ellicott City, Nd, yes
terday.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce authorized a
favorable report on the bill to pen
sion members of the life saving ser
vice.
Ten-year-old Annie Reno was fatally
burned at rubbish heap in Braddocl1,
Pa, yesterday, and four others who
went to her assistance were seriously
burned.
The senate and house conferees
reached an agreement yesterday on
the military academy appropriation
bill, naming $5,5OO,OOO for new build.
ings at West Point
Monday June %.
Woodrow Wilson will be inaugu-
rated president of Princeton Univers-
ity, Princeton, n. j., on October %.
President Roosevelt has decided to
, attend the next convention of the
Spanish War Veterans at Indianapolis
Ind
Rev. Father Camillius, o. F. NJ.
celebrated his 5Oth anniversary as a
priest yesterday in st. Joseph's
Church, Cleveland. o.
The round house and - locomotives
of the Southern Pacific Railroad al
Fresno, Cal, were destroyed by fire
! yesterday. Loss, 100000
The 800 coal miners who have beer
on strike at the Sonman shaft. neal
! Altoona, Pa, to force recognition Of
f the union, have won it and returned
{ to work.
Tuesday, June "a.
Lord Kitchener and General French
sailed from Cape Town, South Africa
. for England yesterday.
q The trolley strike at Toronto, Ont.
was settled yesterday, the men receiv
Secretary of War Root attended tn
S commencement exercises of Hamilton
College, Clinton, N. Y, today.
During a fit of dependency, J. R
! Conkling, of Middletown, N. Y, sho
> his wife dead and then committed sui
eide
l.. c. R. Walker and F. W. McElro,
/ were killed in a collision during FOL
y on the Cleveland and Pittsburg Rail
e road at Mingo Station, o., yesterda,
e morning.
Wednesday, June IS.
President Roosevelt attended the an
nual commencement of Harvard Col
lege, at Cambridge, Mass, today.
a Civil government has been establish
e ed in the Island of Mindoro and in tn
r Island of Paragua, Philippines.
President Roosevelt accepted the in
2, vitation to lay the corner stone Of tn
new Dutch Reformed church in Wash
ington on Jelly 1.
The senate yesterday confirmed tn
r nominations of John C. Bates an
q George w. Davis to be major general
:, in the United States army.
/, It is rumored in Philadelphia tina
L Attorney General Elkin, of Pennsylya
> MIA, will succeed Justice Shiras a
II United States supreme court Justice
The senate yesterday passed the Ar
II palachian Forest Reserve bill, whic
provides for the purchase Of 1900. 90
a acres Of land at a cost not to excee
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