Milford chronicle., 1905-12-01
4 wEFK,s News ooNpENsEn
WednesdaY. November q.

Theodore s. Mohr has been appoint
cd postmaster at Stockton, N. J.
Dr. w. A. Biekers, SO years old, OF
Madison, Va, died suddenly from a
paralytic stroke in the Astor House,
New York.
Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York, said
to be the wealthiest woman in the
United States, celebrated her 10th
birthday Tuesday.
A. S. Bushby. former assistant
financial agent of the state of Texas,
was sent to prison for three years for
misrepresentation state funds.
Thursday, November %.
President Judge John H. Weiss, of
the Dauphin county (Pa.) court, died
at his home in Harrisburg, of para
lysis.
Dave Sims, the negro who shot and
killed R. F. Jones, at CoahOma, Miss,
was taken from Jail and lynched by
a mob.
Joseph Bulhack and John Pinisek,
miners. were killed by a fall of rock
in the Mineral Spring mine at Wilkes
Barre, Pa.
Mayor johnson, of Cleveland. o.. is
enforcing the city smoke ordinance
against railroad locomotives within
the city limits.
Friday, November "a.
Robbers broke into the Japanese
bank at Los Angeles, Cal, and stole
$4,000 in cash.
The National Grange, Patrons Of
Husbandry, will hold their next con-
vention at Denver, Colo.
Two men were killed and six injured,
two fatally. in head-on collision on
the B. & o. railroad at Albion, Ind,
during fog.
Henry White, American ambassador
at Rome, and Minister Gummere, Of
Tangier, will represent this country at
the approaching Morocco conference.
The Maltese Cross ranch, near Dick.
inson. N. D., owned and occupied by
President Roosevelt during his resi-
denee in North Dakota, was sold to O..
J. Delendrecie for $4,000.
Saturday, November 25.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Herbert ]. Hagerman governor of New
Mexico
Fire destroyed the business section
of Dickson, Tenn, entailing loss OF
$125,00O
Sylvester j. Abbott, of Delaware. has
been appointed deputy auditor Of the
treasury department.
August Belmont has been appointed
treasurer of the Democratic national
committee, to succeed George Foster
Peabody, resigned.
Thomas H. Mitchell, a Chicago
bricklayer is reported to have fallen
heir to s9,50O,OO0 by the death of rela-
tives in Australia.
Great Britain has accepted an invi-
tation to participate in the naval and
military displays at the jamestown
(Ya.) Exposition in 1907.
Monday, November 27.
The American Federation of Labor
will hold their next meeting at Mime
apolis. MINI.
Thomas /. Patterson, said to have
been the oldest active civil engineer
in the United States, died at Cumber-
land. Md, aged 80 years.
After saving two little girls from
death, Wallace Phillips, a wealthy
lumber dealer, was killed by an ex-
press train at Brazil, Ind.
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wife
of former Congressman Harrison, of
New York, was killed in an automo-
bile accident at Long Island City, L. I.
Surrounded by 100 women, some Of
them angry, others weeping, Mayor
Dunno, of Chicago, met their demands
that saloons be closed on Sunday by
reiterating that it was not up to him
to do it.
Tuesday, November %.
The American National Bank of
Boston, with deposits of s267.520. has
closed its doors.
Roger Britt, of Enfield. N. c., COM
mitted suicide in the Y NJ. C. A. build
ing at jamestown, N. Y.
Samuel NJ. Clemens (''Marb Twain'D
was a guest Monday af President and
Mrs. Roosevelt at luncheon.
Pension Attorney John w. Eighny,
of Amsterdam, N. T., was arrested on
a charge of forging pension papers.
Theodore Nicholson, aged 70 years.
who has been i'll for some time, COM
mitted suicide at Harrisburg, Pa by