Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1906-11-30
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Thursday, November e.

nuFsoayr NOVEMBER q.
The National Farmers Grange vot
ed to hold its 41st annual convention
in 1907 at Hartford. Conn.
Bishop John j. Tigert. of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church South. died al
Tulsa, l. T.. after an III Of 10 days.
James D. Ferguson. one of the found
ers of the Philadelphia Produce Elk
change, der at his home in that city
aged 70 years.
Harry Leddy was arrested at Ep,
ping, N. H.. on suspicion of being con.
cerned in the death of Miss Mamie
Kicker. at Paterson. n. J.
After kissing his mother goodbye
Summers Raibsome. of williamsport.
Pa. committed suicide because his
father had reproved him for miscon.
duct
Friday, November %,
Four men attempted to rob the Ma.
tional Bank of Pleasant Unity. near
Greensburg, Pa. but were driven of.
Six men were drowned when the
steam barge Resolution sprung a leak
and sank outside the harbor at To-
ronto. Ont
Dominick Bannor and Francisco
Friesco were killed at Huntingdon,
Pa, by fast train on the Pennsylya.
mia railroad.
The home of James Menselle. at
Latrobe, Pa. was blown to pieces. and
Almeda Dronesi. a boarder. was killed,
when key of powder exploded.
Bert Cavagna. teller of the First Ma
tional Bank, at Cincinnati. o., con
.fessed that he embezzled S31 900, and
was held in $4,000 bail for trial.
Saturday, November "a.
The New York Central Railroad com.
pany granted their fremen an increase
in wages averaging s to z per cent,
Joseph Owick and Walter Perish
linski were killed by a fall of rock in q
plaster mine near Grand Rapids. Mich.
Dr. William H. Chandler, emeritus
professor of chemistry at Lehigh Uni.
versity, at Bethlehem Pa, died on q
complication of diseases. aged e.
years.
A Philadelphia jury awarded the
parents of William Holmes. who was
killed in a railroad wreck near Harris
burg, Pa. in May, 1905, S1O,50O dam
ages in their suit against the Pennsyl
vania railroad
Monday, November 2s.
The Reading Iron company has Of
fered the striking puddlers at its Dan.
vile plant an advance of 121s per
cent.
H. c. Burch, proprietor of the Ebbii
house, in Washington, D. c.. and one
of the best known hotel men in the
country. died of indigestion. aged Ga
years.
A federal investigation is being |
made of the whereabouts Of Professor
Y. Yamashita, instructor of Japanese |
wrestling at the naval academy al
Annapolis Md
The Adams Express office at Kay |
ford, w. Va, has been robbed OF $4,000 |
$4,000 of it belonging to c. w. Boxley |
a railroad contractor, and was for Sat /
urday's pay roll.
Tuesday, November 27.
The Reading Railway Company ha;
refused the demands of the trainmeT
for a 10-hour day.
As the result Of a grudge, John Up
ton shot and killed Jim Herald at Mid
dleboro, Ky, and escaped to the noun
tains.
In the presence of so frightened mer
and women in a New York trousel
factory, Giuseppe Figlia, an Italian
shot and killed his sweetheart.
Judge George Gray. of Delaware, has
accepted the appointment as umpire
on the board of arbitration to settle
the differences between the Southern
Railway Company and its machinists
Wednesday, November %.
Bishop George f. Seymour, Of the
Episcopal church. is critically ill with
pneumonia at Springfield, Ill.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company granted an increase
of four cents an hour in wages to its
trainmen.
Fire destroyed the handsome Y. N
c. A. building and several other
buildings at New Britain. Conn. en-
failing a loss of 100000
United States Senator Knox. Of
Pennsylvania, has accepted an invita-
ton to be the commencement day
orator at Yale law school next June.
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