Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-05-21
A WEEKS New S CONDENSED.
Friday, Nav t3.

Nelson Perrin. one of the leadidng
financiers OF Baltimore Md. died from
n complication of diseases. aged 81
years.
Passenger train No. 80 on the South
ern railway. was wrecked at Charlottes-
vile. Va, and two tramps. who were
stealing ride. were killed.
Secretary Hay will represent Presi-
dent Roosevelt and deliver the address
of welcome to the International Press
Congress al the St. Louis fair.
Fifteen states and two territories
were represented at the Nashville.
Tenn. meeting of the Womans Mis-
sionary Union of the Southern Baptist
Church.
Saturday, May "a.
Convicted of abusing child. Willis
Broadwater. of Bridgeton. n. j.. was
sentenced to seven years at hard labor
in prison.
BY an explosion of gas i'm the I.acka-
wanna Coal company's mine at In
diana. Pa. three men were killed and
one fatally injured.
Rear Admiral S. Henry. retired. for
merly paymaster general of the navy.
has been selected as treasurer of the
Panama canal commission.
President Roosevelt has signed the
proclamation opening the Rosebud.
S. D.. Indian reservation to settlement
on August s. The reservation con-
tains $4,000 acres.
Monday, May 16.
The body of Frederick Regan. of Lit
tie Meadows. Pa, who disappeared last
November. was found in the Susque-
hanna river
Miss Clara Barton. who resigned as
president of the American Red Cross
Society. is succeeded by Mrs. John A.
Logan, the first vice president.
Thrown from her horse Friday at
Richmond. Va. Miss Caroline James. of
New York. died from a fractured skull,
her death occurring on her birthday.
b. o. Webster. an attache of the
United States fish commission. has been
appointed by Pennsylvania Fish Com
missioner Meehan. superintendent of
the Bellefonte. Pa. hatchery.
Tuesday, May II.
J. b. Patterson. of Brooklyn. n. Y.
has been appointed United States con-
sui at Puerto Cabello. Venezuela.
The i9th annual Southern Baptist
convention AT Nashville. Tenn. ad-
journed to meet next year in Kansas
City.
After hiccoughing for week.
Nathan Null wcll-known Civil War
veteran. died at his home at Reading.
Pa.
Hon. Levi p. Morton. of New York.
form er vice president of the United
States. celebrated his S0th birthday
anniversary.
The battleship Missouri went into
dry dock at Newport News. Va. to
undergo repairs for injuries received
during collision with the battleship H.
linois.
Wednesday, May 1S.
Former Queen Liliuokalani. of Ha-
waii. will sail for Honolulu from San
Francisco on May %.
Mrs Roosevelt has returned To
lIbui NuCit
she visited relatives and friends.
The Slst annual session OF the Penn
sylvania Grand l.odg". |. o. O. f.. was
held at Easton. with 2100 delegates
present.
The battleship Rhode Island was
launched at the yards of the Fore
River Ship and Engine company, at
Quincy. Mass.
Fire at Waverly. Sussex county. Va.
destroyed the business part of the
town. including the bank building.
postoffice and railway station. Loss.
$4,000.
Thursday, May 10.
Thieves blew open the safe in the
postoffice AT Swarthmore. Delaware
county. Pa, and secured $500 in stamps
and $500 in cash.
Former Secretary of War Root. who
conferred with President Roosevelt in
Washington about political matters.
has returned to New York
A Philadelphia jury awarded Joseph
Pollock. IL years old. s4250 damages
against the Pennsylvania railroad for
the loss of an arm in an accident.
Burglars entered the Offices of Ed
ward Hart. George Hart and Herman
Reynolds. at Townsend. Del. and after
blowing the safes secured SIS and a
watch. overlooking $1,000 worth of