Milford chronicle., 1905-09-08
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Luke Saunders. 6S years old. was
run over and killed by a heavily load
ed brick cart at Chester. Pa
Major General Leonard Wood and
Mrs. Wood sailed from New York on
their way to the Philippines.
Edward R. Ladew, one Of the most
prominent leather manufacturers in
the United States. died at Glen Cove,
L. l.
The United States collier Marcellus.
which went aground near Baltimore.
was foated and was apparently unin.
iured
The next meeting Of the Southern
Educational Association is to be held
Jointly with the Association OF Col
leges in Nashville, Tenn. November
22-25.
Friday, September I.
Fire destroyed the White Pine Lum.
Der company's mill at Priest river.
Idaho. causing S275O0O loss.
Jordan Davis has been convicted Of
eavesdropping at Raleigh, N. c.. the
first offense of the kind tried in the
state.
Juliet Fox, Il years old, and Frank
Osz of South Bethlehem. Pa. on the
way to New York to be married, were
arrested by order OF the girls father.
The new 10000 ton batleship Yer
mont was launched at the Fore River
Shipbuilding company's shipyard at
Quincy, Mass.
Jacob Mueller former consul gen
eral to Frankfort-on-theMa under
President Cleveland, died at CleVe-
land o., aged SO years.
Saturday. September 2.
Charles Dewey, brother of Admiral
Dewey, died at Montpelier. VT. aged
70 years.
In a railway accident at Witham,
England 10 persons were killed and
20 injured.
The tannery plant of Henry Holm
ger, Columbia, Pa, was destroyed by
fire. entailing a loss Of 100000.
The United Mine Workers in Mon
tana and Wyoming have accepted the
present scale of wages for another
year
James H. Clark, former partner OF
John D. Rockefeller in the oil busi-
ness, died at Madison. o., aged 79
years.
Monday, September 4.
Thousands of dollars il a-aages was
done to tobacco crops ab GAINESVILLE,
Wis. by hail and wind h
Joseph P. Killebrew, of Tennessee,
has been appointed tobacco expert OF
the department of agriculture.
Fully 10000 persons have visited
Yellowstone National Park this sum-
mer, breaking all previous records.
John Segush and John Fletcher were
killed by an explosion of gas in the
Henry eolliery of the Lehigh Valley
Coal company, near Wilkes-Barre, Pa
After chasing her recreant lover
Gottlieb Gille, 10000 miles, Julia Wex-
Ter. from Austria, overlook him al
Coplay. Lehigh county, and forced him
to marry her.
Tuesday, September 5.
]. F. Caldwell, a wealthy stockman,
was murdered and robbed in his home
at Mentor, Kan.
The Iowa Odd Fellows Home at
Mason City, Ia, was destroyed by fire,
causing a loss Of $4,000.
Tired of life, W. A. Lewis, aged 60
years, hanged himself to tree along
a public road near Chester, Pa.
Frank Smith, a 15-year-old boy, was
drowned wmile crossing a swollen
creek at Eckley, near Hazleton, Pa.
The newly completed $4,000 Labor |
Temple at Seattle, Wash, was dedi-
Gated, following the largest labor pa.
rade ever seen there.
Wednesday, September 8.
An epidemic of typhoid fever pre-
walls at Nanticoke, Pa, over 100 cases
having been reported.
Two persons were killed and 1S in
iured by a trolley car crashing into a
tree at Charlton, Mass.
Fire destroyed one of the finest bust
ness blocks of Madisonville, KY, en-
a loss of 100000.
Dr. William M. Late, a prominent
physician of Bridgeport, W. Va, died
at Bordentown, N. j., while on a visit.
Hezekiah Butterworth, the we'll
known author and historian, died of
aged rs years, at Warren,
R. L
Thomas Jordan, formerly one of the
wealthiest cattlemen in the Indian
is accused of having turned
bank robber to get money which he
asserts was due him.