Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-11-04
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday. October ~.

the National League of oPstmasters
Of the Fourth Glass was held In Wash.
lngton.
John Adams, colored, was convicted
Of mansIaughter at Eufalo n. Y. for
liillins John Graham. and sentenced
to ~ years in prison.
Four persons were killed and IL in.
jurcd in head-on collision between
passenger trains on the Rock Island
railroad at Fairfield. Ia.
The secretary OF the interior has
Withdrawn from entry 10000 acres OF
land In the Cheyenne CWyo.) land dis.
lrict. " it'll n view to creating a forest
reserve.
Saturday, October %.
VIII +. Granger. an actor. was shot
In tire eve during performance at
Chicago and will lose his sight.
The plant of the Central Manufact-
uring company. at Connellsvilie. Ind.
was destroyed by fire. entalling loss
OF $4,000.
John Johnson was sentenced At
White Plains. n. Y. To- be electrocutcd
at Sing Sing prison December is for
the murder Of his wife
Ephraim Ramsey was shot and killed
near Mount Vernon. Ind. by Thomas
Ridley. his nephew. in pistol duel
caused by domestic troubles.
Leaping headlong through window
four stories down to the street to
evade arrest. Adolph PERFORMER was
instantly killed In Chicago.
Monday, October 80.
Falling from Lake Shore train al
Porter. Ind. John Kelly Jr.. of Roches.
ter. n. Y. was instantly killed.
Mrs. John Shimenski has died In
Scranton from burns due to scalding
water thrown over her. II Is alleged. by
her husband.
Chairman Shonts. who is In Wash.
ington. denied that there is any fric.
ton between himself and Secretary
Taft over the Isthmian canal
Many Japanese residents OF South
srn California are hurrying home to
go into the newly opened commercial
fields Of Manchuria and Korea.
Former Governor ID. r. Francis. OF
Missouri. has been appointed special
commissioner to visit 43 foreign gov.
ernments 10 thank them for partici.
pating in the st. Louis Exposition.
Tuesday, October 81.
Six men were injured. two fatally,
by the derailment of b. & o. train
at Mariners Harbor. Staten Island.
The ninth annual convention of the
New Jersey Firemen's Benevolent As
ISOLATION was held at Trenton.
The convention of the Supreme
Lodge and the encampment of the
Uniform Rank. knights of Pythias,
will be hell at New Orleans the third
Tuesday In October next
Edward c. Bearden, money order
clerk in the Augusta. Ga. postofiice,
shot and killed himself on being asked
10 turn over his cash drawer and books
for inspection. No shortage was dis.
covered.
Wednesday, November I.
Three shot iircrs were killed In q
gas explosion In coal mine at Hart.
ford. Ark.
Colonel Henry c. Ward, of the 18th
q. :. infantry. has been retired after
~ years active service.
Aaron Levy. lawyer. was arrested
in New York for aiding and abettine
illegal registration.
Sylvester Kendall was caught by q
fall OF soapstone in mine at Bellaire,
o.. and instantly killed.
Henry Bills. aged 20 years. of Kent,
o.. while intoxicated. threw his wife
against door and killed her.
Charles II. Darling. assistant secre-
tary OF the navy. has resigned. and
Truman Ncwberry. of Detroit. will sue
coed him.
Thursday, November 2.
Fire nj Pensacola. Fla. destroyed a
block OF buildings. the largest stores
In the city being burned. Loss. $780,.
900.
+. II. Cordell. a capitalist. died ut
Wichita. Kan. as a result OF drinking
carbolic acid from n bottle supposed
to contain whiskey.
Charles !. Devlin. the widely-known
coal mine operator. who recently
failed. with liabilities of $4,000 900.
died in Chicago as the result Of a
stroke of apoplexy.
Chioago's wholesale trade and man
ufacturing industries increased in bust
,,...... 81. tfa Inct vaar on NOR ..nt .,vor
the preceding II months. and 100 per
cent over 10 years ago.
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