Democratic messenger., 1904-06-18
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday. June 10.


has been appointed a district judge Of
Porto Rico.
Franklin and Marshall College. Lam
caster. Pa. held its 6Sth commence
ment. and a class of a. was graduated.
Samuel NJ. Wanamaker. one OF the
best known clothing dealers in Phila-
delphia. died suddenly of heart failure.
He was brother of ex-Postmaster
General John Wanamaker.
The home of Henry Suthern. Mag
gard. KY. was destroyed by fire and
sll the occupants perished. the charred
remains of Mr.. and Mrs. Suthern and
their daughter being found by neigh
bors.
Saturday, June II.
Eighteen buildings were destroyed by
fire At Nahma, Mich. entailing a loss
Of $4,000.
Lawrence Hutton. the well-known
author and essayist, died at Princeton.
N. j., aged 81 years.
The Standard Oil company has re-
duced the price Of all grades of refined
oil one-half cent gallon.
Workers Union, sailed for Europe to
study the labor and industrial situa-
ton there.
Miss Lena Morton. daughter of Levi
p. Morton. of New York. died in Paris
OF blood poisoning. following an oper-
alton for appendicitis.
Monday, June 10.
Paid admissions to the Worlds Fair
at st. Louis for May totaled 542.02S.
The New Jersey Editorial Associa-
ton enjoyed an outing to Mount Po-
como. Pa.
Mrs. Maria Cooper. colored. born a
slave at Winchester. Va. died at
Washington. Pa. aged 40 years.
While whipping his wife at Nor
ton. Kan, A. C. Jenkins was shot to
death by his 11-year-old daughter.
BY the explosion of a dyeing ma
chine. two Chicago workmen who were
bending over II were literally torn to
atoms.
f. J. Robinson. OF Scranton. Pa.
former city treasurer and controller
and a member of famous family Of
brewers. died after long Illness.
Tuesday, June IA.
The Supreme Council. Legion of the
Red Cross. held four-day session at
Atlantic City. n. J.
Fire destroyed block and half o.
business houses at Spooner. Wis. en-
failing a loss Of $4,000.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a call for the condition of na-
tional banks at the close of business
June 9.
Chief Engineer J. F. Wallace. of the
Panama canal commission. will sail
for the isthmus June 81 to establish
headquarters.
Colonel Francis II. Harrington. Of
the Marine Corps. has applied for rc-
instatement as brigadier general. hav-
ing served over 40 years.
Wednesday, June IS.
More than 400 tickets to Europe
have been sold at Scranton. Pa, since
the steamship rate war began.
w. ii. Osgood. assistant biologist In
the department of agriculture. left for
Alaska to investigate the game condi-
tions.
Brigaiier General Frank G. Smith.
retired. has been designated as a men,
Der and secretary Of the Chickamauga
Park commission.
Layton ]. Large. aged So years. a
real estate dealer of Philadelphia,
dropped dead in st. Louis while on a
visit to the Worlds Fair.
Governor B. B. Odell. OF New York,
returned to this country on the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
after three weeks trip to Europe.
Thursday, June 16.
Colonel James Forney. of the United
States Marine Corps, has been retired
on the age limit
Next years session of the Great
Council OF Pennsylvania Red Men will
be held at York.
The Kentucky building at the St.
Louis Worlds Fair was dedicated with
elaborate ceremonies.
The estate OF the late Levi z. Letter.
OF Chicago. who died suddenly at Bar
Harbor. Me-. is estimated at between
$25.OOO.OO0 and $30,OOO.OOO.
Rev. DIR. Theodore Herman, of Al
lentown. Pa. has been chosen profess
sor of systematic theology at the Re-
formed Seminary. Lancaster. Pa.