The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-05-25
FARMvILLE, VA. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1906
CONDENSED DISPATCHES,
Notable Events Of the Week Briefly
Chronieled.

she might turn white and thereb,
please her colored husband, Alice Carr
a comely mulattO, at Syracuse, n. Y
was taken TO police headquarters
where she will be examined AS to he
sanity.
As a result OF a shooting ARRAY ol
John ID. Rockefeller's place at Pecan
tlco Hills, near Tarrytown, n. Y, on
man is dead and another dying. II 4
said that another wounded man RAJ
into the woods. He has not beer
found. Coroner Russell is at work OF
the case, assisted by tina police.
Monday, May FL.
Alta Rogers. fifteen years Of age, an(
Anna Bayler. thirteen years. wer,
caught on a high trestle near Athens
Pa, by the Black Diamond express OF
the Lehigh Valley and killed
James II. Van Blarcom. a contractor
of East Orange, who, with his wife
was on visit TO Robert Slckles. Mrs
Van Blarcom's father. at Netcong
n. j., was shot and instantly killed by
! Henry Stevens, a teamster.
David X. Francis. at St Louis. presi
dent Of the Louisiana Purchase eXpOsl.
tion, is in daily receipt OF letters
threatening his Immediate assasslna-
tion unless he Immediately pays TO the
writer $1,000. The matter has been
put In the hands OF the police.
Seriously injured by a Lackawanna
railroad train at Short Hills. y. j.,
Professor Guillaume A. Scrlbner Of
New York, lecturer at Harvard and
Columbia universities. Is lying I'm the
Orange Memorial hospital. He has a
bad scalp wound and is otherwise hurt
Saturday, May 10.
The British torpedo boat No. 81 cap
sized Off Port Said, Egypt. during a
storm. Seven Of her crew were drown
ed.
BY vote OF 1O7 to 90 congress re-
fused TO pass the antigaft bill dealing
with cotton leaks and other matters OF
confidential character which. should
they become publicly known, might
have tendency 10 affect markets.
The bill was killed because the con
ferees had recommended that members
Of congress be included within the
scope Of the bill.
At the close Of a reunion Of the Cam
bridge Commercial school graduates at
Boston George NJ. DeWOlfe. aged
eighteen. fired a shot at Lillian Thor
oughgood aged seventeen, and then
shot himself In the head. DeWolfe
died an hour later. A locket worn by
the girl saved her from being injured,
although her clothing was set on fire.
The two had quarreled
The Slmplon tunnel through the Alps
was naugurated by King Victor En-
manuel, who went from Domodossola.
Italy, TO Brique on the Swiss side OF
the mountain. The royal train passed
through the twelve miles OF tunnel
drawn by steam engine, the electric
motors not being ready. The piercing
OF the Slmplon IA regarded as one Of
the greatest engineering achievements
Of the age
Friday, May IL.
Tho death sentence OF Anna Yalen-
tina has been cOmmuted TO imprisOn- |
ment for life by the court Of pardons
now sitting at Trenton, n. ].
Advices received at London from
Cervera. Spain, say that an earthquake
occurred there. Many houses were
thrown down. and great damage was
done.
Hugo SpIegel, the defaulting cashier,
who robbed the Upper Slleslan Coke
and Chemical company at Berlin OF
was sentenced to four years
Imprisonment.
Alexander Berkman, the anarchist,
who has been In prison for more than
years for shooting H. c. Frick.
the multlmllionaire and AT that time
head Of tho Carnegie Steel company In
pittsburg, has been given his freedom.
Thursday, May IT.
That the earthquake which destroyed
San Francisco was an important fac
Tor in determining the vote Of the sen
,te committee on interoceanic canals In
'avor OF a sea level type Is apparent
rom the fact that feature OF the ma
ority report is a discussion OF the ef-
'ect such an earth wave might have on
ocks and dams.
Thomas A. Edison, with his brother
n-law. John n. Miller; Frederick OFT
md George POppe. is now on his way
rom New York to North Carolina for
IN extended vacation trip TO be spent
n the open. The party Is travelling in
wo automobiles. Both vehicles are
veil stocked with food and cooking
Itenslls. tents and tent equipment and
ir. Edison and his friends purpose to
amp out each night on the way.
wednesday, May 10.
Father Gapon. who was found hang !
d In an upper chamber OF a cottage
1 Ozerki, Finland. and who Is believed
, have been executed by revolutionsts
Or treason, has been buried there
Speaker Canyon, relying on watch
'hlch he had owned for a quarter OF
sntury. thought he bad ample time 10
zach the capitol, but was eight min :
tes late, and congress opened without
i'm.
EeNr York Gnrhnna Plant nnrned.