Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-06-24
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Friday. June 10.

l.on held its 18th annual convention at
Wilkesbarre.
Captain ii. B. Mansfield was placed
on the retired list of the navy with the
rank of rear admiral.
William Hansboro. negro. was
hanged at Warm Springs. Va. for the
murder OF James N. Keene.
William b. Woodbridge. a prominent
Boston business man. was killed in IN
automobile accident at Saugus. Mass.
Governor Higgins. of New York. has
called a special session Of the legisla-
ture for June 81 to consider the charges
against Justice w. b. Hooker.
The Atlantic City convention of the
Supreme Council of the Red Cross be-
fore adjournsng voted to open the char
ter to membership fro.a every state in
the country.
Saturday, June IL.
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, who
died recently in Vienna. bequeathed
$4,000 900 TO charity.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Brown and Mrs.
Rathburn were killed by a train at q
railroad crossing at Bryan. o.
Despondent from i'll health. Mrs. Paul
Klass, of Keller. Wis, killed her four
small children and committed suicide
w. III. Werner. of Columbia. S. c.,
the winner of the Cecil Rhodes schol-
arship at Oxford University, committed
suicide by shooting.
The convention of the National AS
ISOLATION of Credit Men elected o. G..
Fessenden. of New York. president,
and decided to meet in Baltimore next
year
Monday, June 10.
For prisoners. three of them white.
broke Jail at Gate City. Va. and are
still at large
The New Jersey Carpenters and Join
ers of America held their annual con-
vention at Trenton.
Elmer Deacon. while playing base
ball at Delanco, N. j.. broke his leg
while sliding to third base.
An express train on the B. & o. rail-
road killed Alexander and Warren
Mills. father and son. at Hyndman, Pa
Lloyd Longenberger. 6 years old
was gored by cow in Roaring Creek
valley. near Shamokin. Pa. SO badly
that he is expected to die.
Tuesday, June 20.
Colonel b. X. Roberts, of the Artil-
lery Corps. has been promoted to brig
adler general and retired.
~
national Printing Pressmans Union
was held at San Francisco.
H. c. Frick has offered the G.. A. r.
81. O0O. 900 towards a $2.5OO.OOO fund to
erect a memorial hall in Pittsburg.
The Fredonia National Bank. FIRE.
donia. n. Y. was closed by the comp
troller OF currency and receiver ap-
pointed.
Arthur Bell and Louis Tuck. while
swimming in the Ohio river at Wheel
ing. w. Va. were seized with cramps
and drowned.
Wednesday, June 81.
William r. Dean. the oldest clerk In
the United States treasury department
died at Auburn, N. Y.
The Retail Coal Merchants Associa-
ton of Pennsylvania held its annual
convention at Reading.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Colonel Winfield s. Egerly. OF the Sec
ond Cavalry. brigadier general
While out cunning. Lewis Allen. OF
Philadelphia. was accidentally shot
and killed with a 22-calibre air rifle.
The West Virginia State Board OF
Trade was organized at Wheeling by
delegates from all sections of the state.
The United States government has
been requested to participate in the in
ternational conference upon the af-
fairs of Morocco.
Thursday, June %.
The Southern Wholesale Grocers' AS
sociation will meet next year at Jack
sonville. Fla.
The Imperial Council, Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine. decided to meet next
year at Los Angeles. Cal.
Laurence c. Francis. who was said
to be the oldest living Mason, died at
his home in Philadelphia, aged IS
years.
General Edward NJ. Henry, former
mayor of Norfolk, Va, and once on the
staff of the late General John b. Cor
don. died at Norfolk
In pistol fight with burglars in Chi
cago. Policeman William McGeohegan
was fatally injured and one of the
cracksmen seriously wounded.