Milford chronicle., 1904-11-18
, WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
rhnrsday. November 10.

n. Snanish-American War Nurses
- hoId their next convention al
washington. D. c.
TT;lIiam Mayer, of Mount Carroll,
II, lost his home betting on Parker
tn- il,' nresident and committed suicide.
~, rbo hank of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., New
vor- have organized a syndicate to
snance one-half of the new $6O,000,0OO
Japanese loan.
Trs Annie McCarren, Of Coates
.,IIe Pa. narrowly escaped death by
.aling an overdose of laudanum in
mistake for medicine.
Friday, November II.
Mrs Will Carleton, wife Of the
tomous poet-author, died suddenly at
her home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Iohn Morley, the English author and
nnhIicist, was the guest of President
and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White
House.
The plant of the Watson Stillman
Manufacturing company. at Aldene,
n J.. was destroyed by fire, entailing
a loss of $4,000.
Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsyl-
vania. has issued his annual Thanks
giving proclamation, designating No
yember "a as day of praise.
The general missionary committee
of the Methodist Episcopal church at
their Boston meeting voted $1,22O,OOO
for missionary work during the coming
year.
Saturday, November 12.
The anthracite conciliation board
will meet in New York November IS.
Two miners were killed by an ex-
plosion in the mine of the Peabody
Coal company at Sherman, III.
Because he lost his election bets,
Frederick Griebel, aged rs years, of
New York, committed suicide by |
shooting.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland laid the
cornerstone for the new Hebrew Tech
nical School for Girls, now being
erected in New York.
While standing on a street corner
in wilmington, Del, Richard Tierney
was stabbed in the breast by an un-
known man and died several hours
later. His assailant escaped.
Monday, November IA.
In a head-On collision on the Union
Pacific railroad, near Azusa, Wyo., II
persons were killed and Is injured.
Blood poisoning, resulting from the
scratch of a safety pin, caused the
death of Mrs. John Sullivan, of Cory,
Pa
oDonovan Rosa sailed from New
York for Ireland. where he will on
November % unveil a monument to the
Manchester martyr at Skibbereen.
Two persons were burned to death,
me man had both legs broken and two
women were severely injured by jump
ng from a third-story window of a
turning department store in Washing
on D. c., near the postoffice depart
lent building.
Tuesday, November is.
The supreme court Of the United
tates has adjourned for two weeks to
ermit the preparation of decisions.
Fire at Knoxville, Tenn, destroyed
le public library and three other
entailing a loss of over
lO0,0 900. '
The congressional committee ap- S
ointed to inspect the Panama canal I
allied from New York on the trans
ort Sumner for Colon.
Exports Of domestic products from \
lie United States during October ag-
regated $9S,SS1, ,11S, a decrease of 49,
1915 from October, 1903. d
The New Brunswick IN. j. Presby- '
,ry, at its Trenton session, voted 7
gainst the union of the Presbyterian
hurch Of the United States with the h
umberland Presbyterian Church.
Wednesday, November 16. ?
Elias Carver, the oldest Odd Fellow c
Pennsylvania, died at Doylestown, h
sed 81 years. h
The comptroller Of the currency has h
sued a call for the condition of ma p
onal banks at the close of business s
thursday, November 10. a
William Wright, colored, who shot "
oliceman Hall at Danville, Va, last p
ugust, was arrested at Roanoke, Va.
here was a reward of $125O for his Il
rest. d
The cold storage plant, with consid- n
able dressed meat and much valu- (;
Bile property, in the United Stock b
ards at Jersey City were destroyed h
= fire. Loss, $125,0 V
A shifting engine on the Pittsburg h
nd Charleston railroad ran into an
pen switch at Brownsville, Pa, and
as derailed, killing the engineer and c
tally injuring the fireman.
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