Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-08-08
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.


Thursday, July 81.
Boer Generals Botha, DeWet and De-
larey sailed from Cape Town, South
Africa, for England yesterday.
Three Berks county, Pa, postmasters
have been removed for conducting their
Offices in bar rooms of hotels.
In the Sayreton mines near Birming-
ham. Ala, break in the roof caused a
great mass Of rocks to fall and two
miners We're instantly killed
James Ruddy, a brakeman Of Palo
Alto, Pa was killed in a wreck of a
coal train on the Reading railroad near
Pottsville yesterday.
Postmaster L. D. Zimmerman, of
Linnville, Warwick county, Ind, was
fatally shot by two robbers, who secur-
ed $500 in money and made their es-
cape.
Friday, August 1.
Rev. Benjamin Sold, rabbi emeritus
of Oheb Shalom Temple, Baltimore,
died yesterday at Berkeley Springs
w. Va
1t is said in Washington that a flo
tilla Of torpedo boats will assist the
| army in the coming army and navy war
! manOeuvres.
The Patriot, the only morning news
paper Of Harrisburg, Pa, was sold to
Mayor Vance c. Mccormick yesterday
by D. A. Orr.
Reports from st. Petersburg say that
cholera is spreading rapidly in Man
churia and hundreds are dying daily
the victims being mostly Chinese.
Saturday, August 2.
The official trial of the new battle
ship Maine has been postponed from
August IS until September 1.
Major ]. NJ. Young, U. S. M. c., re
tired died suddenly of heart failure al
: his home at Baltimore yesterday.
The safe in the postOffice at Niles
O.. was blown open by cracksmen, WHIT
secured $3.50 in money and ZOO
stamps
Captain William Phillips, Of tn
Tenth Infantry, U. s. A., has been az
r pointed governor Of the Island of Para
P qua, P. l.
The entire National Guard of Ka1
sas will take part in the manoeuvre
of the regular army at Fort Riley
Kan. the latter part Of September.
Monday, August 4.
Canada is to have a steamship sci
vice between one of its ports and Sout
Il Africa.
J. Pierpont Morgan, who is now 1
London, denies that he will retire frol
active business on his return I
/, America.
, The German Army and Navy ASS
citation of North America held their al
nual convention at Hamilton, O., We
. terday and today
While picking berries on the mou
lr tains near Shamokin, Pa, Saturda
a, Mary McCollum was bitten by cope
v head snake and may die.
Tuesday, August 5.
q Secretary of War Root arrived
Carlsbad Austria, yesterday, where
will stay for some time.
49, Charles Vaughan, of Middlesbol
KY, was shot and killed yesterday
Sheriff Wilson while resisting arrest
let The Edgerton colliery of the Tenn
Dr. Coal Company, near Scranton, P
shipped 80 cars of anthracite coal y,
ay terday.
ev- Commander-in-chief Torrance, of
nor G. A. r., has appointed commit
to erect a statue in Washington
General b. E. Stevenson, founder
d the G. A. R.
lie During an electric storm lightni
ess struck the house of Thomas Jams
nit near Monticello, N. j., killing Jan;
and shocking four other members
his family into insensibility.
Wednesday, August 6.
President Palma, of Cuba, will g
to his first dinner to foreign minist
ow at Havana tonight
-" General A. W. Greedy, chief of
United States signal service, arri
gh- in Seattle, Wash, yesterday fl
9 Alaska.
=. The 25Oth anniversary Of the sci
will ment of York, Maine, was obser
lor- yesterday by a floral and histor
(. parade.
In a freight wreck on the Nor
A0'' and Western road, near PEBBLES,
ton Brakemen Foley and Harvey Norl
and were killed and three other train
nds injured.
hev Contracts have been awarded fl
I'D large addition to the Austin Hall
W School at Harvard College, Cambri
s .h Mass, for which 100000 will be
,'y- pended.