Milford chronicle., 1903-04-24
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, April 10.

tHuEeudyg EPTu To-
Carlos French, a millionaire manu-
facturer Of Ansonia. Conn, fell dead
from heart disease.
The Pope has consented to receive
King Edward on his visit to Rome
after the king has visited the Quirinal.
Reuben Wagner, a wealthy citizen Of
Mahanoy City, Pa, while despondent
from iii health, committed suicide by
shooting.
The German empress, by the advice
Of her physicians, has abandoned the
idea of accompanying Emperor Will
lam to Italy.
Governor Pennypacker, Of Pennsyl-
Vania, appointed James E. Roderick,
of Hazleton. chief of the new depart
ment of mines.
Friday, April II.
The National Manufacturers Asso-
citation will meet at Pittsburg next
year.
The Ohio Democratic state conven-
tion will be held at Columbus on Au-
gust 25 and 26.
William A. Sunday, a well-known
base ball player. was ordained a Pres
byterian minister in Chicago.
Archbishop Falconio, the papal dele
gate to the United States, will make
a tour through California and the
southwest.
While the family of Philip Stock,
Of st. Louis, was eating supper burg
lars ransacked the house and secured
$4,000 worth of jewelry.
Saturday, April 10.
The window glass industry in West
ern Pennsylvania and Ohio suspended
operations today for an indefinite
period
Lieutenant Thomas F. Howard, Of
the United States army. committed
suicide at St. Louis. He was de-
spondent.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has placed an order with the
American Car Company for 1900
freight cars.
The 29th biennial convention of
the Order of Railway Conductors Of
the United States and Canada will
meet in Pittsburg May u.
Monday, April 20.
A French syndicate is reported to
have paid s7,OOO,OOO for oil property in
the Trenton Rocks Fields of Indiana.
The biennial convention of the Amer
lean Committee, federated with the Y.
w. c. A., adjourned sine die at Wilkes
barre, Pa.
King Edward has appointed a royal
commission to inquire into the ques-
ton of importing food into England in
time Of war.
BY the collision of an automobile and
a street car at Indianapolis, Ind, DR..
Charles Howard was killed and his
chauffeur seriously injured.
Kate Bolosl1y, the helpless girl who
was supposed to have wandered away
from Shamol1in, Pa, turns out to have
been abducted, maltreated and then
sent home.
Tuesday, April Fl.
The postoffice at Herrickville, near
Towanda Pa, was broken into and
robbed of $50 in stamps and other
property.
The immense packing house of the
Pacific Meat Company, at Tacoma,
Wash, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
100000.
Two-year-old Fanny Himeldorf, Of
Philadelphia, drank a large quantity
of oil of wintergreen and died few
hours later
While cleaning a revolver David
r,-o,,o,. Of NTo,,, WorIy n CoI,,r,1,io TTnf-
versity student, accidentally shot and
killed himself.
Lieutenant General Miles, General
Randolph and other army officers in
spected the new system for aiming
and firing coast defense guns at Fort
Pickets, Pensacola, Fla.
Wednesday, April %.
The Ohio Republican state conven-
ton will be held at Columbus on June
8 and 4.
Five persons were killed and IA in
jured in a wreck on the Frisco railroad
near Everton. No, caused by defec-
tive rail.
Seventeen houses were wrecked by
tornado at White Springs, a summer
resort near Fredericktown, Mo. There
were no fatalities.
Brigadier Generals L. H. Rucker and
T. A. Baldwin. recently promoted, were
placed on the retired list of the army
on their own application.
Miss Alice Roosevelt has arrived in
Washington from BiltmOre,, N. c..
where she was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Vanderbilt.