Milford chronicle., 1906-02-02
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
ThursdaY. January q.

Thursday, January 25.
Charles Snisman, while driving IN
Camden, N. j., was thrown from the
seat of the team and run over ard
killed.
The Chinese imperial commission,
sent to the United States to study
conditions, was received by President
Roosevelt.
Simon Shupp, a well-known Demo
cratic politician of Stroudsburg, Pa,
committed suicide by shooting while
respondent from i'll health.
The Coal Dealers Association of the
Virginias and Carolinas was formed
at Lynchburg, Va, by representative
dealers from the four states.
Friday, January 2s.
Luella Charlesworth. years old, of
Millville, N. j., became blind after
severe coughing spell.
Cardinal Peter Lambert Gossens,
archbishop of Mechlin, died at Brussels,
Belgium, aged 70 years.
While stealing a ride on the Reading
railway at Hatfield, Pa, Roy Bailey,
Is years old, was run over and killed.
A. J Howard, of Philadelphia, COM
mitted suicide in hotel at Colorado
Springs, Col. by shooting himself in
the head.
The justices of the supreme court
and their wives were guests Of honor
at dinner given by President and
Mrs. Roosevelt at the White house
Thursday night.
Saturday, January 27.
The grain mill and elevator of Close
Brothers at Schenectady, N. Y, was
burned. entailing loss of $4,000.
Andrew Carnegie has given Mount
Union College, Alliana, Ohio, $4,000,
conditioned upon S15OOOO additional
being raised.
Grady Miller, 16 years old, of Flor
ida, Ala, and a colored porter in the
Lakeview Hotel, had a pistol duel in
which both were killed.
President Roosevelt has refused to
pardon Charles H. Cole, formerly
bank president of Boston, convicted of
violating the banking laws.
Monday January 2e.
Radomo Dominis foot was caught in
a switch near Lancaster, Pa, and he
was run down by freight train and |
killed.
The release of Elijah Lynch, serving
one and a half years for forgery, has
been ordered at Toledo by President
Roosevelt.
George Wharton Pepper, receiver of
the Bay State Gas company, began
proceedings at Wilmington to foreclose
a mortgage for $33, ,298 which he holds
against the farm of J. Edward Addicks
in Brandywine hundred, Del.
Captain William H. Van Schaick, of
the steamboat General Slocum, which
was burned in the East river, New
York, in June, 1904, with the loss of
1000 lives, was found guilty of Grim
inal negligence and sentenced to 10
years Imprisonment.
Tuesday, January 80.
Fritz Reuter-, hotel and restaurant
keeper of Washington, D. c., committed
suicide by shooting.
Secretary Taft sent to congress drafts
Of several important bills designed to
the efficiency of the army.
Mrs. Jane Perryman, one of the
earliest missionaries among the In
dians, died at TULSA, I. T., aged 20
years.
The safe in the postofice at New
O., was blown open by rob-
bers and $500 in stamps and money
was taken.
Gustav A. Conzman, former cashier
Of the vigo County National Bank at
Terre Haute, Ind, was sentenced to
eight years in prison for embezzlement.
Wednesday, January 81.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Belle
fontaine CO., Bridge and Iron COM
pany entailing a loss of S6000O
Three houses at Port Griffith, near
Pa, were destroyed by
ire, and John Slavok was burned to
ieath.
Kansas will hold a semi-centennial
exposition in Topeka in 1911 to cele-
lrate the 50th anniversary of the states
admission to the union.
Col. A. X. Mcclure, Of Philadelphia,
accepted an invitation to deliver the
memorial address at the Gettysburg
battlefield next Memorial Day.
Charles Abbey, a well-knOwn base
jail player, was run over by a Wash Y
ngton street car, and his left arm was n
70 badly injured it had to be ampu- {
ated.