Milford chronicle., 1905-07-14
a WEEKS NEWS coNpENsEn
Thursday, July 6.

CnarleS duncan, IOr 10 years clerk o.
the Toledo, o., police board. has con
fessed to embezzling funds.
The Methodist church at Harvey's
Lake, near Wilkesbarre, Pa. was de-
stroyed by fire started by fire rocket
James Lyon, who assaulted Miss
Mary GLADDEN.. was taken from the
Jail at Russellville. KY, by mob and
Iynched.
Helen Vangloska, Of Philadelphia,
was convicted Of second degree murder
in killing her newly-born baby and
sentenced to five years Imprisonment
The comptroller Of the currency mas
appointed receivers for the Spring "al-
ley National Bank, of Spring Valley,
ILL.,, and the First National Bank, Of
Toluca, Ill.
Friday, July 7.
Rear Admiral w. H. Whitney has
, been retired after serving AZ years in
the navy.
President Roosevelt has approved
the issue of 5000, 900 Of bonds by the
territory of Hawaii.
Baron Speck Won Sternburg, the Ger
man ambassador, and his wife sailed
for Germany from New York.
The wholesale grocery store of Phil
lips, Webb & Co. at Nashville, Tenn,
was destroyed by hre, entailing a loss
of $4,000.
The Philippine commission has
granted a franchise to Sabin Glass, Of
San Francisco, to construct telephone
and telegraph systems throughout Inc
islands.
Saturday, July 8.
The National Association of Railway
Agents will hold a convention at Port
land, Ore. July 1920.
c. c. Dromgoe, a tobacco salesman
of Richmond, Va, was found dead in
a hotel at Knoxville, Tenn.
James Marsublo, a trackwall1er on
the Pennsylvania railroad, was struck
by a train at Chester, Pa, and in
stantly killed.
Two children are dead, another pain
fully burned and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Brandt the parents, are in a serious
condition as the result of the explo-
sion of an oil lamp at their home in
Allegheny. Pa.
Monday, July 10.
Falling from a Reading Railway
train at East Penn Junction, Pa,
Brakeman William Shaffer lost both
legs.
Lorenzo Buchanan, aged 20, was
thrown while endeavoring to stop a
runaway horse at Altoona, and fatally
injured.
It is announced that the next con
vention of the Catholic Young Mems
National Union will be held August
1928 at Albany. N. Y.
The topedo-boat destroyers Whipple
and Stewart collided while entering
the harbor of Rockland, Me, the for
mer being considerably damaged.
Tuesday, July II.
John L. Markle, an actor, committed |
mitted suicide in New York hotel by
shooting.
Coutny Collector E. J. Mackey com.
mitted suicide at Phillipsburg, N. J.,
by hanging
Andrew Sargent, of Philadelphia,
was instantly killed while adjusting
an electric fan in a confectionery
store.
J. H. Thomas, proprietor of a cloth
ing store at Natrona, Pa, shot and kill
ed an unknown burglar whom he found
his store.
Arthur Nicely leaped from the fourth
floor of a burning building in New
York, landing on his head on the side
walk, and was killed.
Wednesday, July 12.
The Pennsylvania State Educational
convention was held at
Reading.
A party of 100 Roman Catholics on
4 pilgrimage to Rome sailed from New
York on the Slavonia.
Mrs. Helen L. Johnson, mother of
Mayor Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, died
1t her home in Brooklyn of old age. /
The Jews of the United States are /
lending 30 delegates to the seventh
Zionist congress at Basle, Switzerland, :
July q.
Count Cassini, the retiring Russian
to the United States, sail
ID for Europe on the Kaiser VIII
lelm H.
William B. Lyons, former chief of
olice of Baltimore, and one of the
est-known detectives in the country,
led from the result of fall from a