Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-08-08
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

According TO figures furnished by
Rev. DIR. ". H. Roberts. stated clerk
OF the General Assembly OF the Pres
byterian Church. there is steady
growth in the membership oil the
church.
Antonio Turckowski. a Pole who was
put 10 death i'll electric chair at Ossin-
ing. y. y. for the murder of a Brook
Ign Salounkceper. declared to the last
that he was innocent.
William Law, wealthy coal opera
tor al Scranton. Pa. has engaged at
torncys To bring action against the
Mayor Tor police interference with
Carrie Nation last week
]. La Rix. 4 chemist OF Merlin, Ore,
claims to have made silver from gold.
and 10 have developed 4 new metal
from state from which he expects TO
produce gold.
X >peoia grand iury was convened
at Jefferson City. Mo, to inquire into
charges al booding preferred against
certain members OF the Legislature.
The trial OF former Secretary OF State
Powers. OF Kentucky. on the charge OF
completely in the Goebcl assassination
began At Georgetown. KY.
Miss Clara Barton proposes the or
ganization of national relief body.
with branches in every town and city.
Thomas 5. Lippy. the klondikc mil
lionaire. was held up by masked men at
Seattle and was robbed.
The first bale OF the present cotton
crop was marketed AT Albany, Ga. for
Is cents per pound.
Joseph Saxton. aged u years. the
last surviving uncle oi Mrs. Mckinley.
died al Canton, 0.
The trustees OF the Newport Hospital
have received from Mrs Vanderbilt the
formal transfer OF the $4,000 ward
which she has caused to be erected as 4
memorial to her husband, the late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt.
Judge Lochren. OF the United States
Circuit Court. in the case OF the State OF
Minnesota against the Northern Sccuri-
ties Company. decided in favor OF the
defendants and dismissed the bill OF COM
plant.
Ida NJ Tritt. the first woman to hold
an executive position i'll any railroad in
the United States. has been elected
treasurer OF the New York and Queens
County Street Railway
1t is expected in Boston cotton-manu-
featuring circles that moro than 100000
spindles will be idle throughout the
North during the month Of August
Eighteen British subjects were refused
4 landing by the United States immigrant
commissioner at San Francisco because
they were contract laborers.
Further evidence was given in the
trial at Cynthiana. KY. OF Curtis Jett
and Thomas White for killing !. B.
Marcum that Jett admitted the killing.
A freight train ran into h:lf-open
drawbridge on the Delaware and Hud-
son. killing the fireman and seriously in
juring the engineer.
The mobilization of the greatest fleet
OF warships in American waters has been
successfully accomplished At Frenchmans
Bay
Three men were found crushed to
death on a gondola car, loaded with lum
her. from Williamsport, Pa, for Phila-
deiphia
Lawrence Murphy. former treasurer
OF the Journeymen Stonccutters' Union.
who was arrested last December.
charged with embezzling $4,000 from
the labor organization. and who was
convicted in New York on Monday OF
grand larceny. was sentenced by Judge
Ncwburger. i'll Part IL. OF General SEES
sions. 10 FIVE years and six months
i'll states prison.
The French steamer lie Lion arrived
III Philadelphia. having on board the
crew OF the Italian bark Vermont.
which capsizcd i'll the Atlantic during
Z storm.
A fisherman in the Mississippi river
near Lacrosse. Wis. was pulled over
board by IN enormous catfish and WAS
drowned.
Ben w Stcarncs. the one-armcd lie
prisoner who escaped from the federal
prison at Fort Lcavcnwortl, Kan, was
captured.
Robert Lee. the negro who shot Po-
liccman Massey in Evansville. Ind,
died from effect OF wounds inflicted by
Massey.