Milford chronicle., 1905-04-28
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, April 20.

tary of the P. o. S. of A.. died at hi,
home in Philadelphia.
In an attempt to escape from iai
at Pontehatoula, La, three prisoner,
set fre to the building and two were
burned to death.
BY the explosion of a lamp in the
home OF Mahlon PriRvenhoof at Mont
gomery, Pa. bank notes valued at s1O
900 were destroyed.
Robert E. Wright, of Allentown. Pa.
grand secretary of the Odd Fellows in
the United States, appointed ex-NIayor
John B. Goodwin of Atlanta. Ga.
grand secretary, vice J. F. Grant, de-
ceased.
Friday, April 21.
Lieutenant General Chafee. chief of
star. left Washington to inspect mill
tary posts in the south and west.
Mayor Dunno, Of Chicago. has in
vited President Roosevelt to visit that
city when returning from his hunting
trip.
Turpentine operators of Alabama.
Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and
Texas have formed a combine for pro
lection"
DR.. I. S. Weyand, of Denver. Colo,
committed suicide by opening an
artery in his leg after taking dose of
morphine.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans has
transferred his colors as commander
in-chief of the squadrons from the bat
tleship Maine to the Kearsarge.
Saturday, April %.
James Mack, city treasurer of
Wilkesbarre, Pa, died of cancer, aged
a years.
M. Paul Lessar, Russian minister to
China, whose foot was recently ampu-
tated died at PelSin.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis, or spotted
fever, has broken out among the for |
eign element at Phillipsbug, N. J.
Charles W. Heminway. a salesman
of Binghamton, N. Y, committed sui
eide by gas in a hotel at Passaic,
N. ].
The next negro Young Peoples
Christian and Educational Congress
will be held in Washington on August
S-12, 1906.
Fourteen thoroughbred horses per-
ished in flames which DESTROYED the
barns of the Frankfort Driving Asso-
citation at Frankfort, Ky
Monday, April "a.
Acting Secretary of State Loomis is
in New York city for a brief visit.
The Spanish government has au-
thorized the issue of 100000 900 treas
ury bonds at per cent.
-Four men were killed by the explo-
sion of can of powder in the store of
John Sturgill, at Flat Gap, KY.
William ]. Bryan addressed the Buff
falo Y. M. c. A. at their Easter ser
vices, on ''The Prince of Peace"
Three hundred miners are on strike
at Coke Bros Oneida, Pa, colliery. be-
cause a dozen of their number, who
'1aid off" on Good Friday, were sus-
pended.
Tuesday, April 25.
Charles Vanauken killed himself at
Pa, by sending a bullet
into his brain, after failing to drown &
himself in a pond. S
Colonel Charles Smart. ranking as 6
sistant surgeon general of the United Z
States army, died at st. Augustine, '
Fla, aged 64 years. 0
While burning rubbish on a lot near ?
her home in Manayunk, Pa, Mary {
aged So years, was burned s
70 death by her clothing taking fire. $
W. P. Breckenridge, of Washing
on, D. c., has been arrested in Colo Il
ado at the request of the chief of r
,olice of that place for forgery and s
passing worthless checks. b
Wednesday, April 2s. II
Edward Floyd, colored, was hanged
t Greensburg, Pa, for numbering
ieorge Uhring.
The 34th annual meeting of the (
Vomen''s Foreign Missionary Society
Tas held at Minneapolis, MINI.
The B. & o. Railroad company has di
.osed contracts for $50 new locomo- G.
YES that will cost over $4,000, 900. de
Nashville, Tenn, will aid in erecting st
le building destroyed by fre at Van
erbilt University, over $4,000 being 81
Inscribed. co
Howell c. Stull, a hardware dealer, We
Trenton, N. J., and a former assem- M
lyman, committed suicide by shooting or
mself in the head. 81