Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-09-09
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSER
Friday. eeptenher I.

Friday. sspternbsr I.
Fire destroyed the White Pine Lum-
Der company's mill at Priest river.
Idaho. causing s275.000 loss.
Jordan Davis has been convicted Of
eavesdropping at Raleigh. N. c.. the
frat offense OF the kind tried In the
state.
Juliet Fox. II years old. and Frank
Osz. Of South Bethlehem. Pa. on the
way 10 New York to be married. were
arrested by order Of the girls father.
The new 10000 ton batleship Yer
mont was launched at the Fore River
shipbuilding company's shipyard at
Quincy. Mass.
Jacob Mueller. former consul gen.
eral to Frankforton-the-M Main. under
President Cleveland. died at Cleve-
land. o.. aged SO years.
Saturday. September 2.
Charles Dewey. brother OF Admiral
Dewey. died at Montpelier. VT. aged
70 years.
In a railway accident at Witham.
England. 10 persons were killed and
20 injured.
The tannery plant OF Henry Holm
ger, Columbia, Pa. was destroyed by
fire., entailing loss Of $4,000.
The United Mine Workers In Mon
tana and Wyoming have accepted the
present scale Of wages for another
year.
V...a. II r,nrtr a forr,ar ro ~ -
John d. Rockefeller in the oil busi-
ness. died at Madison. o.. aged 70
years.
Monday, September 4.
Thousands OF dollars in damages was
done to tobacco crops about GAINESVILLE.
Wis. by hail and wind.
Joseph p. Killebrew. Of Tennessee.
has been appointed tobacco expert Of
the department Of agriculture.
Fully 10000 persons have visited
Yellowstone National Park this sum-
mer. breaking all previous records.
John Segush and John Fletcher were
killed by an explosion Of gas In the
Henry colliery OF the Lehigh Valley
Coal company. near Wilkes-Barre. Pa.
After chasing her recreant lover.
Gottlieb Gille. 10000 miles. Julia Wex-
Ter. from Austria, overlook him at
Coplay. Lehigh county, and forced him
to marry her.
Tuesday, September s.
J. +. Caldwell. a wealthy stockman.
was murdered and robbed In his home
at Mentor, Kan.
The Iowa Odd Fellows Home at
Mason City. Ia. was destroyed by fire.
causing a loss Of $4,000.
Tired Of life, w. A. Lewis. aged 60
years, hanged himself to tree along
a public road near Chester. Pa.
Frank Smith. a 15-year-old boy. was
drowned while crossing a swollen
creek at Eckley, near Hazleton. Pa.
The newly completed $4,000 Labor
Temple at Seattle. Wash. was dedi-
Gated. following the largest labor pa
rade ever seen there.
Wednesday, September 9.
An epidemic OF typhoid fever pre-
walls at Nanticoke. Pa. over 100 cases
having been reported.
Fire destroyed one of the finest bust.
ness blocks Of jacksonville. KY. en-
failing a loss OF 100000.
DIR. William NJ. Late. prominent
physician OF Bridgeport. w. Va. died
at Bordentown. N. j.. while on visit.
Hezekiah Butterworth. the we'll
known author and historian, died Of
diabetes. aged rs years. at Warren.
r. l.
Thomas Jordan, formerly one Of the
wealthiest cattlemen In the Indian
Territory. Is accused Of having turned
bank robber to get money which he
asserts was due him.
Thursday, September 7.
Brigadier General Thomas T. Crit
tenden. of Indiana. died suddenly at
East Gloucester. Mass.
The New Jersey Congress Of Moth
ers will hold their annual session at
Atlantic City on October 20 and q.
The working hours of $50 men In
the Reading railways shops at Read
ing. Pa, we're reduced to FIVE days q
week and nine hours day.
Because he met Mrs. Mary orris
walking with rival. Mack Murray In
a jealous rage stabbed her to death on
the street at New Kensington. Pa.
Francis B. Stevens. a member OF the
well-known Stevens family OF New
York and grandson Of the late Com
modore Stevens. committed suicide by
shooting himself at his home at West
bury. l.. |.