Milford chronicle., 1903-09-11
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
ThursdaY. septemher 8.

/
ing Of a 40-ton crane at the American
Steel Foundry works at Chester, Pa.
The dredge Benyard, the last Of the
government vessels at the Trigg ship
yards at Richmond, Va, has been
launched
Grain merchants of Philadelphia and
/ Baltimore will confer with railroad
representatives for cheaper rates for
transporting grain.
The contract to prepare the plans for
the new agriculture building at Wash
ington has been awarded to Rankin,
| kellogg & Crane, Of Philadelphia.
Friday, September Z.
A special session Of the Ancient Or
! der Of United Workmen Of Pennsylva-
MIA was held at Pittsburg.
James Donoghue. a fagman, was
killed in a collision on the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad at Perth Amboy, n. J.
Venezuela has 1oated a loan OF
! 60.900,OOO in Paris. guaranteed by Gus
tom receipts. to pay the national debt.
S. P. Mcpherson has been appointed
United States attorney for the south
ern district of Ohio, vice W. Z. Bumby,
deceased.
Mrs. John Henderson and Mrs. Will
liam Shaffer. Of Blue Ash, o., were
burned to death by the explosion Of a
gasoline stove.
Saturday, September 5.
The National Association of Sta
ticnary Engineers will hold its next
convention at Richmond, Va.
It is believed President Roosevelt
win visit West Point. KY, during the
army manoeuvres this fall.
The wedding of Miss May Goelet
and the Duke of Roxburge will take
place at Newport, R. l., in November.
Mrs. Annie NorkO, of Bethlehem,
Pa, was run down and killed by
Reading railroad engine while cross
ing the tracks in that city.
Remorse for going on strike caused
Jacob B. Smith, of Chicago, to throw
himself from a fourth-story window of
his home. He was instantly killed.
Monday September 7.
The University of Kansas. at Law
renee, Kan, will have a chair of jour
nalism this fall.
Macungie. Pa. a village of about 400
persons. hasn't had a case of typhoid
fever in 40 years.
Twelve rioters who assaulted the
Danville. H., jail, July 25, were found
guilty of intent to commit murder"
On September 20 coffee growers of
Porto Rico will hold a meeting to
agree on plans to market their pro-
duct in the United States.
Miss Florence Love, of Philipsburg,
Pa, became insane worrying over pre-
dictions of fortune tellers and was
taken to the Danville (Pa.) asylum.
The exective council of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor will meet in
Washington September q to formu
late its report to the next convention.
Tuesday, September 8.
Peru has set aside s5O,00O for an ex-
hibit at the St. Louis Exposition.
The Catholic archdiocese of Phila-
delphia celebrated the golden jubilee
OF Archbishop Ryan.
sGeneral Lucius II. Foote is danger
ously i'll ct San Francisco, and his re-
covery is despaired Of
The 146th anniversary of the battle
Of Lake George, N. Y, was celebrated.
with Governor Odell and Chauncey NJ.
Depew as the orators.
Nearly 200 delegates attended the
convention Of the German Christian
Endeavor Societies of the Atlantic
coast district at Orange, N. J.
John SucHlin, former burgess Of HOl-
lidaysburg, Pa, dropped dead at his
home, aged II years. He was a lead
ing figure in the Knights of Labor
movement.
Wednesday, September 9.
In collision on the Frisco Railroad,
near Baxter Springs, Mo-, y people
were injured, two fatally.
Edward Murphy, Of Philadelphia,
while swimming in the Delaware river,
was seized with cramps and drowned.
Over 300 delegates attended the
eighth biennial session of the Brother
hood of Railway Carmen of America
in st. Louis.
The annual convention Of the United
Order of Red Men was held in Brook
lyn, N. Y. delegates from all over the
United States being present.
Charles Clayton, of Berlin, Nd,
dropped dead while at work at the
plant of the American Car and FOun-
dry company, in Wilmington, Del.
Patrick F. Conklin, a wife murderer,
was put to death in the electric chair
in Sing Sing IN. " prison. Three
shocks were given before he was dead.
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