The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-06-15
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Tuesday, June s.

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Mrs. Margaret Biddle, of Philadel-
phia. committed suicide by drinking
carbolic acid while i'll and respondent.
Railroad detectives from all parts of
the United States and Canada held
their ninth annual session at Cincin-
natl.
Whitelaw Reid, the new American
ambassador to England. had an au-
dience with King Edward and pre-
scented his credentials.
Samuel Lobby, who robbed the
EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society. OF
New York, of $4,000, was sentenced
to eight years imprisonment.
George Baldwin, foiled In an attempt
at criminal assault, shot and killed
Nellie Hart and Madge Dimes and then
committed suicide at Hillsboro. o.
Wednesday, June 7.
James w. King, a retired chief en-
gineer OF the United States navy. died
at Philadelphia, aged s. years.
Governor Pennypacker has appoint
ed DR.. Samuel G. Dixon, OF Ardmore,
Pa. state commissions Of health.
The body of Daniel NJ. Taylor, who
disappeared from Wilmington. Del, on
Nav 10. was found in New York har-
Dor near the Battery.
Three men were killed and two seri-
ously injured by cap blowing on one
of the boilers at the American Steel
company's plant at Cleveland, o.
A. ]. Cassatt, president OF the Penn
sylvania Railroad company, has re-
signed from the directorate Of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
Thursday, June 8.
Joseph H. Choate, former ambassa-
dor to Great Britain, arrived at New
York on the steamer Caronia.
The annual convention Of the Ma
tional Liquor Dealers Association was
held at Chicago. with 600 delegates
present.
NJ. Cohen, a wealthy junk dealer of
st. Louis. has reported to the Chicago
police the loss of $1,000 by "wire-tap-
ping" swindle.
At the commencement of the Ne
braska Wesleyan University the de-
gree of doctor of laws was conferred
on William J. Bryan.
General William j. Palmer and An
drew j. Carnegie have donated re-
spectively 100000 and $4,000 to the
$500, 900 endowment fund OF the Colo
RADIO College, at Colorado Springs.
Friday, June 9.
Colonel William H. Cheseborough, a
prominent Civil War veteran. died n
London Of peritonitis.
Secretary Shaw delivered an address
to the bankers of Florida and Georgia
at Atlantic Beach, Fla.
Lynchburg. Va, has invited Presi-
dent Roosevelt to attend the inter
state fair there and make an address,
Over 100 employees of the Allentown,
Pa. Spinning company are on strike
for higher wages, and the entire plant
is tied up.
Mrs. Jane NJ. Worrall, senior vice
president of the Army Nurses Associa-
ton, died at Cambridge, Mass after a
long illness.
Saturday, June 10.
A gas explosion in a mine at Sulli-
van. Ind, burned seven men. three "a
tally.
President Castro was formally in
stalled as president of Venezuela at
Caracas.
Arthur L. Gibbons, clerk in bank
at ST. Paul, Mimi, was sent to prison
for two years for embezzling funds.
Frank O'Leary. who recently arrived
at New York from Panama, died in
the quarantine hospital of yellow fever
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has donated $4,000 to the Harrisburg
hospital in appreciation of the care
given to victims of the wreck of May IL.
Monday, June II.
Congressman George E. Senney died
of heart failure at Titfin, O.
Mrs. G. Lewis. aged 80, of Chevy
Chase. Nd. dropped dead on pier at
Atlantic City, N. J.
Tufts College at Medford, Mass, will
confer the degree of LID. on Kogoro
Takahira, the japanese minister.
The $1.125.00O dry dock for govern
launched at Sparrows Point, Md, being
christened Dewey by Miss Endicott
The Woman's International Union
Label League adjourned it's convention
in Chicago to meet in Millville, N. J.,
in June 1907.
Thrown from his twO-ton wagon in
a runaway accident at South Bethle-
hem Pa, its wheels passed over Pat
rick Love. killing him instantly.
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