The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-08-17
| WEEKS NEWS CONDENSER
Tuesday, August 8.


The International Brotherhood Of
Transfers began their annual conven-
ton in Odd Fellows Temple, Philadel-
phia.
Lightning split the foremost of the
British steamer Heartburn, from H.
oilo, while at anchor in the Delaware
Breakwater.
Jealous of his sweetheart. Maud
Shaffer. Harvey Colvin shot her and
then committed suicide at New Phila-
delphia, 0. She may recover.
President Schurman, of Cornell, has
received diploma making him life
member of the American Academy at
Rome, established for the advance
men of the fine arts.
Wednesday, August 9.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
gone to Long Island on his annual va
cation.
Charged with robbing : . Darling
ton, Ind, Bank of $1,000. r.y Haas
was caught at Fruitdale.. Al S.
Willard Merrill. for years vice pres
ident of the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company, died at Pasadena,
Cal.
The Republican state convention
| met at Roanoke, Va, to nominate a
full state ticket, with nearly 1900 dele
gates in attendance.
James Mitchell shot and instantly
killed Mrs. Linnie Rankin at Grafton,
| VT, and then sent bullet into his
| own brain. He is not expected to live.
Thursday, August 10.
| General Freight Agent S. T. Sohr,
| of the Chicago Great Western, has re-
| signed. w. f. Pinckney succeeds him.
Before the Pennsylvania state med
| ical board, in session at Atlantic City.
n. j., out of 466 candidates, Sc failed.
| Boston has been selected as the
meeting place for the 21st annual con
vention of the American Philatelic
| Association
The General Supply and Construc.
ton Company, of New York, will build
the new union passenger station OF
the Southern Railway at Mobile, Ala
to cost $500. 900.
| Alexander r. Smith, superintendent
of the New York Maratime Exchange
has resigned in order to accept a po
sition with the Merchant Marine
League of the United States, with
headquarters in Cleveland, o.
Friday, August II.
The Southern Vehicle Association
met in annual session at High Point
N. C.
The Russian ministry of finance has
ordered a reduction in the export duty
on petroleum.
The state convention of the Broth
erhood of the Union installed officers
at Scranton, Pa. and selected Leba
non for next years meeting.
District Attorney Bell, of Philadel
phia, who was severely injured in al
elevator accident recently, has beer
taken from the hospital to his coun
try home, at Radnor, a suburb.
Saturday, August II.
Robert S. Huston, chief clerk at the
PHILADELPHIA mint. committed suicide
by hanging:
Former Congressman Francis Mar
vim died at Port Jervis, N. Y, aged q
years. In business he was a banker
and railway promoter.
Mrs Naomi Aldrich, of Frederick
Mich, was arrested. charged with muir
dering her two little boys to obtain al
insurance of $50 on each.
William Ruch, of Allentown, Pa, {
Civil War veteran, Became SO excited
over seeing President Roosevelt as h
passed through to Wilkesbarre tina
he suffered a stroke of apoplexy, from
which he died.
Monday, August IL.
Alan w. Wood, the Pittsburg mil
lionaire, died in New York from the Ell
fects of an operation.
Memorial services for the dead II
the gunboat Bennigtnon disaster wer
held at San Diego, Cal.
An elevator in the chamber of com
merce building at Buffalo dropped 81:
stories seriously injuring six persons
Cornelius P. Shea was reelected
president of the International Brother
hood of Transfers at the Philadelphia
convention.
By fall of coal in the Truesdal
colliery at Wilkesbarre, Pa, John E
Lovett Matthew Kaleas and Anthem
Zaharaskus were killed and Thoma
Walters was fatally injured.