Smyrna times., 1906-09-19
A WEEKS rEwa CONDENSED
rueraaY. s.ntsmber f1.

william J. Bryan has accepted an
Invitation TO visit Jackson, Miss, on
September %.
Miss Rose Porter, widely known as
an author, died at her home in New
Haven, Conn, aged sc years.
The Catholic church at Parkesburg,,
near Coatesville, Pa, was destroyed
by Ere, entsiling loss of $4,000.
Twelve persons were injured one
fatally, in a collision between trolley
cars at the New York end of the Brook
lyn bridge.
While engaged in a friendly boxing
Dsut with a companion at Little Rock,
Ark, Carney Griffith became ill and
died of over-exertion.
Wednesday, September IL.
Robbers entered the bank of Akley,
with $4,000 in cash.
George A. Clemens. a New York po-
liceman, died at Easton, Pa, where he
was spending his vacation.
Beginning November 1, the maximum
one-wsy fare on the Erie railroad will
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cents.
The 36th annual convention of the
Select Castle of Pennsylvania Ancient
Order Knights of Mystic Chain was
held at Lancaster.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Colonel Culver c. Sniffen to be pay
master general of the army, to sue
ceed General Dodge, retired.
Thursday, September 13.
In a collision between two freight
trains on the Western G Atlantic rail-
road at Ringgold, Georgia, seven train.
men were killed.
The Order of Hoos-Hoos has chosen
Atlantic City, N. j., as the place for the
next convention.
-Four persons were killed and many
injured in the collapse of a hotel at
Chihuahua, Mexico.
The 35th annual meeting of the
Lutheran Synod of New York and
New Jersey was held at Berlin, Ont.
The California Democratic State
convention endorsed William ]. Bryan
for the presidency and pledged him
their support.
Friday, September IA.
The Select Castle of Pennsylvania
Knights of the Mystic Chain will meet
next year at York.
Colonel w. H. Knauss of Columbus,
| o., was elected commander-in-chief of
the Union Veterans Legion.
William Butler, of Philadelphia,
tried to commit suicide by cutting his
throat with the blade of safety razor,
but will recover.
A street rumor started by a drunken
man caused a run on Exchange Ma
tional Bank at Atchison, Kan, and
| $4,000 was withdrawn.
George A. Fuller, of Syracuse, N. Y.
who was nominated for state treas.
urer of New York by the independence
League, has refused to accept the
nomination.
| Saturday, September is.
The boiler in a saw mill at Martha
Ky, exploded and killed three EN-
ployes.
Lightning struck a building of the
New Jersey state reformatory at Rah
way and rendered four boys uncon
scious.
Mrs. Mary A. Bigley, mother of Cas-
sic Chadwick, the frenzied financier
of Cleveland, o., died at Woodstock
Ontario
The Wyoming Democratic state con
vention adopted resolutions endorsin:
wv J. Bryan, the triumphant presi
dental candidate in 190S"
Monday, September II.
Four robbers blew open the safes O
two banks at Underwood, N. D., an
escaped with about $4,000 cash.
w. ]. Bryan will address the rttiona
meeting of the Presbyterian Brother
hood at Indianapolis November IA.
Six men and one woman were Stable
in a fight among Poles and Austrian
at the mining settlement at Long Rur
o., and three men will die.
4 The resignation of several Methods
ministers from that church and appli
cation for admittance to the Episcops
church in the Cory district, Pa, ha
aroused much discussion.
Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsy
vania has notified Albert c. Leise1
ring, of Upper Lehigh, that he had S,
lected him as delegate to represer
Pennsylvania at the Mining Congress