The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-10-27
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
ChronioIed.


presses the opinion that there should
be an international interdlct upon d.
yorces where children have resulted
from the union.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland. sister
Of eX-Presldent Cleveland. has just sold
for $4,000 a portion Of an island near
Camden. Ne. the whole OF which cost
her $500 twenty years ago.
Monday. Oct. ~.
Five persons, the body Of one hay
ing been recovered. were drowned by
the running down OF catboat by tue
OF Yonkers. ~ y.
Martin Barth Is dead no his home In
Gallatin. Tenn. Mr. Barth in 1s4s was
chief messenger OF the old Atlantic
and Ohio Telegraph company 90 Pitts
burg. where Andrew Carnegie had his
FIRST employment as a messenger boy.
In attempting 70 climb the face Of
East rock az New Haven. Conn. John
Tracy slipped after almost completing
his task and fell headlong down the
jagged side Of the rock, a distance Of O
hundred feet lie was picked up at the
base terribly Injured and Is not expect
cd 10 live.
Sir Charles kirkpatrick and his
plucky handful Of Pilgrims from Phila-
delphla paid a flceting but successful
visit TO New York IN the cause OF foot
ball under association rules. Opposed
by picked band Of its adhcrents there,
Sir Charles and his merry men exposed
the weakness Of its cohorts 10 the tune
Of goals TO /.
Saturday, Oct. n.
Definite news has reached Cleveland,
o., that the barge Tasmania founder
ed of Pelee island and that her crew
Of seven men were all drowned.
The steamship Amerika Of the Ham
burg American line, said TO be the lar
gest and most luxurious vessel ahoat
arrived at New York on her maiden
voyage with over 1900 passengers.
George ]. Klndel, a dlsgruntled Equl-
table policy holder. was upheld by a
jury at Denver for his recent action In
placing a picture Of Henry b. Hyde,
founder of the insurance society, In a
gallery Of noted crooks OF the world.
James II. Hyde had Klndel prosecuted
for criminal libel, but he was acqult-
ted.
Refusal Of the Truck Owners asso-
citation to aecede to the demands Of the
international Brotherhood Of Team
sters resulted in n strike, which may
involve the entire trucking business Of
New York. In many respects the con
troversy Is similar TO that which para
lyzed the industries Of Chicago for
weeks and was attended by riotlng.
Nearly $4,000 Of the SlO1, 900 stolen
by George Cunllffe from the Adams
Express company In Pittsburg was re-
covered at the home Of Joseph w.
Boardman, Cunllne's brother-in-law, at
Bristol. For just a week the fortune
had been In an old suit case, unknown
to Boardman. who was holding the
yallse, expecting its owner would call
for II any day.
FrIdny, Oct. 20.
King Oscar wept in closing the ex-
ira session Of the diet at Stockholm
which dissolved the union Of Sweden
and Norway.
Police are guarding the Trenton
CN j. battle monument because Of
rumor that Princeton students have
planned to paint the statue Of Wash
lngton yellow.
In a remarkable speech delivered at
a mass meeting Of the Republican par
ty at Philadelphia Governor Penny
packer approved the executive acts OF
Mayor Weaver. His political action,
however, he condemned.
That she had stolen $1,000 from her
employers 10 meet the demands Of her
sweetheart was the signed confession
made by Mary Goldlng Of Brooklyn.
until recently employed as confidential
cashier by Larkln & Co, manufactur-
ers Of New York.
General Charles Miller. commander
Of the Pennsylvania national guard.
was deposed as a member Of the board
Of managers Of the Mission society Of
the Pennsylvania Baptist association
in session at Scranton, Pa, on the
ground that he. a divorced man, had
remarked.
Lieutenant General Chaffee. chief OF
the general staff, has made a reply TO
German criticisms Of our army. Gen
eral Chaffee said: "No. sir: the Ameri-
can army is not rotten Man for man
and soldier for soldier I am willing 10
invite comparison with any other army
In the world. Everything taken into
consideration. our army is nj least the
equal Of that OF Germany or Of Russia.
with which II has been compared"
Thursday, Oct. 10.
"How are the homes Of the city pro-
tected? I'll tell you! BY men who
have spent three and four years In the
penitentIary and whose pictures were
taken from the rogues' gallery by ex-
Director Smythr' exclaimed Superin-
tendent Taylor Of the police depart
ment OF Philadelphia.
After an investigation Of the books
Of the Enterprise National bank Of Al
legheny. Pa. which disclosed that the
bank was insolvent. T. Lee Clark,
cashier OF the institution for years,
went to his home at Bellevue. spent a
sleepless night, IN the morning took
poison and then shot himself fatally
william J. Bryan addressed an audi
ence OF about 1000 persons az Tokyo.
with Count Okuma. the former foreign
minister and leader Of the Progressive
party. In the chair. His simple style
and clear pronunciation made his
speech. which lasted forty minutes, in
telllglble even TO the youngest stu.
dent.
Tommy Murphy Of New York was
badly beaten by Terry McGovern in