Milford chronicle., 1902-01-24
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, January 10.

Thursday, January TO.
The entire business portion Of |
Arapahoe, Okla, was wiped out by
fire.
The Brotherhood of Railway EN-
ployes will hold it's next convention
in May, 1904, at Chicago.
Two men were killed and three in
jured in a dynamite explosion near
Machay, Idaho, yesterday.
John e. KOllcamp and Harry Ream,
of York, Pa, were acquitted on the
charge of highway robbery with as
sault to kill Elmer Fry.
David McCOnaughy, aged Is, the
oldest member of the Adams county,
Pa, bar, is dead. He was the origina-
tor of the Gettysburg Memorial Battle
field Association.
Friday, January II.
Glenn A. Pruitt was shot to death
by William Pittser at Pittser's home,
at Frankfort, Ind, during a dance.
Thomas Mills and Henry GTenfeldt
were killed by a premature explosion
in the Wabash mines, near Custer,
s. D.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave
a state dinner last night to the JUS
tees of the United States supreme
court.
The American Protective Tariff
League met in annual session in New
/ York yesterday and elected officers
/ for the ensuing term.
Samuel Houch was arrested at Har-
] ,,f- Do hull LOT
wound in his hand dressed. He is
charged with robbery.
Saturday, January 10.
Three miners were killed and sew
eral injured in a dynamite explosion
in mine at Carterville, Mo.
The shortage of former City Treas
urer Stuart R. Young, of Louisville
KY, is placed at $4O,52 by experts.
Harry c. Long pleaded guilty in the
Federal court at Wilmington, Del, tC
abstracting money from the mails.
Finlay Gray, of Quincy, Ind, who
was spending the winter at Miami
Fla, committed suicide by shooting.
Henry Schaub, of Newark, N. ].
who murdered his wife and child, wal
sentenced to be hanged on Feb. %.
New Mexico's claims for statehood
were presented to the house commit
= tee on territories by a committee o
prominent citizens.
Monday, January 20.
, Fire in the Globe yarn mills at Fal
. River, Mass, damaged the plant t,
the extent of 100000.
Ohio Masons of the Scottish Rit
will celebrate the 5Oth anniversar
of the order next month.
Town Treasurer Albert Jennings
of wellesley, Mass, admits a shortag
of $4,000, procured by forgery.
Memorial services commonwealth
the birthday of General Robert f
Lee were held throughout the sout
yesterday.
> Mrs. Albert J. Yeager, of Allentown
Pa, who was injured in the trolley az
cident at foot of Lehigh Mountain
Il four weeks ago. died yesterday.
The Daughters of the Confederac
S of Wilmington. N. c., adopted resoll
lions endorsing tn action protestin
o against the production of "Uncl
c Toms Cabin"
s. Tuesday, January Fl.
Il The transport Grant, with GovernC
l. Taft of the Philippine Islands, arrive
= at San Francisco.
3 Leonard Roeder, Of Quincy, III
- celebrated his 1O2d birthday. He wi
II messed the battle of Waterloo.
John Moses, aged 70 years, one
- the leading manufacturing potters
- the United States, died at his home
n Trenton N. J.
II. Governor Stone appointed Villa
J. Hughes to be magistrate of cou
Philadelphia, vice Richard
deceased.
Pennsylvania and New Jerst
company, capital 100000, fiji,
Giles of Incorporation in the count
ks office at Camden, N. J.
Wednesday, January %.
President Roosevelt yesterday nom
ted DR.. P. M. Rixey to be surgeC
general of the navy.
he old receiving ship Vermont
u. S. navy has been stricken fro
naval list and will be sold at au
United States transport Bufo
Yesterday from New York f
With a large number of 81
tier, formerly a draught
engineering department
Y, committed suicide
IhR NRh.