Milford chronicle., 1905-08-11
4 WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
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making their escape.
Andrew Wylie. formerly a justice Of
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia, died in Washington.
Miss Romaine, a school teacher of
Newark, n J., died suddenly of apo
plexy while driving near Middletown,
NJ.
Kicked and trampled by horse he
was about to buy at Womelsdorf, Pa,
Charles Brown, a farmer, died of his
injuries.
Mrs. William Bramm, of Harris
burg. died OF heart failure caused by
seeing a boy run over and injured by
an automobile.
Friday, August 4.
Caleb C. Willard, owner of the Eb-
bitt House. Washington, d. c., died at
an Atlantic City hotel
The Warren paper mills at RaIbs-
town. near Easton. Pa. were damaged
by FIRE to the extent of $4,000.
B. F. McGehee. president of the
Columbus Paper company, committed
suicide at Columbus, Ca, by shooting.
James McKettrick. so ears old,
farmer of Somerdale. N. J.. was struck
by railroad train while driving across
the tracks and killed.
A flying cork from a bottle of root
beer she was opening struck Bessie
Bailey. a 15-year-old Atlantic City, Nj, |
girl. in the eye, totally destroying the |
sight
Saturday, August 5.
John Laughlin, one of the best |
known lawyers of Buffalo, N. Y, died |
suddenly of heart failure.
Winfield S. Wilson, president of the
Philadelphia, Germantown & Norris
town railroad, died of heart disease at
New Centreville, Pa.
Charged with swindling merchants
of Il cities out of thousands of dollars
by raised money orders, Norman E.
Roberts is under arrest in Chicago.
Captain Edward Lloyd, of the 18th
Infantry. has been appointed professor
of military science and tactics at the
Maryland Agricultural College, at Col.
lege Park. Md.
The District of Columbia grand jury
investigating the statistical bureau of
the agricultural department. took
recess until August 10, when the in .
quiry will be resumed.
Monday, August 7. &
William r. Russell, the new Ameri r
can minister to Venezuela, sailed from g
New York for his post a
William Fife, designer of the two t
Upton cup challenging yachts. has ar. '
rived in New York from Liverpool.
Two Cinnamon were killed in a pis. =
tol fight between rival Chinese socie. y
ties in a Chinese theatre in New York Il
city. n
Christopher Steinhauser. a soldier o
just returned from the Philippines. v
was drugged and robbed Of 5000 at b
Pa. o
Captain Evan P. Howell. formerly :,
proprietor of the Atlanta Constitution, ~
died in Atlanta, Ca, after a short i'll. d,
ness, aged 65. Sc
Tuesday, August 8. 81
The International Brotherhood OF in
began their annual conven. la
ton in Odd Fellows Temple, PhiladeI su
phia. 90
Lightning split the foremast of the ~ -,
British steamer Heathburn, from II. tv
JliOs WullG at duCuOI III lue delaware
tn
Jealous of his sweetheart. Maud ag
Shaffer. Harvey Colvin shot her and co
hen committed suicide at New Phila. VIC
lelphia, o. She may recover. 81, W
President Schurman, of Cornell. has at
'eceived a diploma making him a life Nh,
member of the American Academy at sec
Rome established for the advance Ca
men of the fine arts. De
Wednesday, August g. I
Postmaster General Cortelyou has no
,one to Long Island on his annual va h' tn'
alton.
Charged with robbing the Darling. wb
on, Ind, Bank of $4,000, Harry Haas ing
ras caught at Fruitdale Miss. she
Willard Merrill, for years vice pres. VIII
lent of the Northwestern Mutual Life sue
Company, died at Pasadena. tro
al
The Republican state convention
let at Roanoke, Va, to nominate Des
Ill state ticket, with nearly 1900 dele S!
ates in attendance. T
James Mitchell shot and instantly jus
illed Mrs. Linnie Rankin at Grafton. OF
t., and then sent a bullet into his 10
wn brain. He is not expected to live. 'T1 q.
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