Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-06-04
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday, May 27.

Andrew wayne. OF Tower City, Pa,
was killed by lightning while on his
way home from work.
Six prisoners dug through the steel
ceiling and brick wall In the
Greenup. Ky. Jail and escaped.
a dispatch from Rome says Cardinal
Satoli when in Washington will re-
quest an audience with President
Roosevelt.
Secretary of the Navy Moody has
recovered from his recent indisposi.
navy department.
J. T. Morgan 4 Co. of New York,
announce that the transfer of 100000
900 to Paris tn pay for the Panama
canal have been completed.
Saturday. May %.
Cardinal Satolli sailed from Naples
for the United States on the steamer
Princess Irene.
The Republic of Panama has passed
a law to establish a national bank. with
a capital of Sl.o0O.0o0.
In fire that destroyed the Farmers
hotel at Iawton. Okla. two guests
werc burned To death and two others
fatally injured.
I.cuis Rothhaas. of Wilkesbarre.
Pa. while dcspondent from i'll health.
han ;c,l himself on his dining room
door and was dead when found.
al his own request. Rear Admiral
Philip II. Cooper. commander of the
Asiatic station. will be relieved of his
command in October and retired.
Monday. May 80.
President Roosevelt received about
300 school children from New York and
Baltimore.
The Mctcalfe Machine Shops. at
Quincy. Pa. were destroyed by fire.
entailing loss Of 81 i.ec0.
Advocates of William X. Hearst for
president control the Hawaiian conven-
tion for election of delegates.
Viewers awarded $4,000 damages
to B. J. McGrann. to be paid by Ian
caster city. for running sewer
through his farm.
The jury who heard the case against
James Gillespie. charged with murder
ing his twin sister AT Rising Sun. Ind.
failed to agree after ~ hours and were
discharged.
Tuesday, May 81.
The German tran port ship Pisa. with
1900 officers and men. arrived at New
port News. Va.
The New York University will con-
fer the degree of doctor of laws on ex-
Secretary of War Elihu Root.
The American colony in the City of
Mexico has invited cx-President C.eve-
land to address them ON July L.
The wages of 10000 berry pickers in
the fruit belt of Delaware was cut %
per cent by an agreement of the lead
ing growers.
Judge PrYncll. of the federal court of
North Carolina. has appointed V. +.
McBee co-reccivcr of the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad.
Wednesday. June I.
The United States supreme court has
adjourned until next October.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has laid off 100 shopmen at Column
bus. o.
Charles NJ. Schwab. former president
of the United States Steel Corporation.
has sailed for Europe.
Rear Admiral Mortimer l.. Johnson.
U. S. N. has been retired on age He
entered the navy in 1859.
Hiram Stanley. a young business man
Of Anderson. Ind. was stoned to death
by unknown assailants. The motive
is not known.
The Los Angeles convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
elected NJ. Cadle. of Scdalia. Mo. first
assistant chief engineer.
Thursday. Jun. 2.
Rev. Cordova and Julia Bovine. who
eloped from South River. n. j.. have
been located in Toronto. Can.
The 10th annual convention on In
ternational Arbitration was held at
Mohonk Lake. n. Y. with 500 delegates
present.
James G. Wilson. aged "a years, of
the Baltimore banking firm of Wilson.
Colston & Co. died from general de-
cline in health.
President Roosevelt appointed VIM.
NJ. Lanning. of Trenton. United States
district judge for the district of New
Jersey. to succeed Judge Fitzpatrick.
deceased.
Charles l.. Thayer. of Brooklyn. was
committed to Jail in default of bail.
charged with defrauding J. N. Patter-
son. of Devon. Pa, out of $4,000 in a
stock transaction.
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