The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-01-26
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
ChrODicled.

Charles l. Tucker, under conviction
for the murder Of Mabel Page at Yves
ton. Mass. I'm 1901, was refused a new
trial by Judge Sherman Of the superio
court.
The Northampton (Mass) Munlclpa
theater announces profit OF S941 FOL
last year. The receipts were S11.
OGN.0S and the expenditures $11O5S.G7
The $941 will be used to reduce IN,
1904 deficit Of $500.
Joseph Sitman, a subfreshman who
left Jefferson (Miss) Military acade
my Jan. II, IS dead at his home. and
it is alleged his death was due TO in
juries received at the hands Of a crowd
of hazers at the college.
Monday, Jan. ~.
lmpaled on fence picket after leap
ing from the second story Of his home
William G. Stevens. flfty-four years
old. retired business man. was killed
instantly I'm the rear OF his home at "a
ST. Nicholas avenue New York.
Since Tuesday, when they left Perth
Amh0y. y. j.. in a catboat, nothing has
been heard Of Gustave Stone and Otto
Hulof. The men had in tow a ten foot
duck boat, which they intended TO use
In hunting near Clinwood, in Raritan
bay.
Rev. II. /. IIoag. pastor Of the Meth
odist church at Leeds, n. Y. was as
s1ulted and forced to seek safety I'm
flight by Philip Robins Of South Cairo.
who is said to be suffering from reli-
gious mania. lie said he had Gods
command to kill the pastor
Mrs. 4. =. Hall Of Milwaukee. Wis.
sister Of Viola Allen. the actress. has
admitted that the report concerning
her sisters marriage to Peter Duryea,
turfman, IS true. when did your Sis
ter intend to announce the fact?" she
was asked. Not until she sailed for
Europe next summer"
-Four hundred and seventy-fve Yale
alumni attended a dinner in New York
i'm honor Of the alma mater It was
the largest Yale dinner ever held IN
that city. Football was the main topic
of discussion, and the general senti-
ment expressed was that the game,
modified In some particulars, ought to
be retained.
Saturday, Jan. 20.
Secretary Of the Navy Bonaparte has
decided that he will not accept the res
ignation Of Nlldshlpman Minor Meri-
wether. Jr. who rendered the reslgna-
tlon upon being brought before a court
martial 10 answer the charge Of hazing.
Viola Allen, the actress, and Peter
Duryea, millionaire, OF New York and
Lexington, who is now being sued for
breach Of promise by Miss Sarah Mad
den, also an actress, were secretly mar
ried in Louisville on Aug. 10 last
The discovery OF a wild man, nearly
naked, with brown hair several inches |
long covering his body and a gray
beard reaching TO his waist, roaming |
the northwest slope Of Pixies peak,
Colorado. may explain the mysterious
Of tourist in this sec
ton ten years ago. lie Is believed to
be Alfred Marlowe.
Friday, Jan. 10.
Dr. Swan NJ. Burnett, a noted ocullst
of Washington and the former husband
)f Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. the
luthoress, died suddenly Of heart fall
lrc.
A Turkish bath house was the only
'cfuge the Rev. Newell Dwight Hills,
Of Henry Ward Beecher in
plymouth church, Brooklyn, could find
"A Kansas City, Mo. Dr. Hills took a
'cgulatlon bath and is now a firm ad-
'ocate Of the oriental method
Senator Tillman's resolution, that
he president OF the senate be author
zed to appoint a committee Of FIVE SEN
tors 10 investigate the recent unfortu-
ate incident at the White House re-
ultlng in the expulsion from the ex-
cutive offices Of Mrs. Minor Norris"
vas defeated by vote of "a to s.
Miss Florence w. Allinson, about
hlrty-fve years Of age, who was living I
% the farmhouse on the country seat OF I
frs. L. r. strawbridge, near Moores-
own, n. j., was found dead In the sta
c, with a strap fastened about her ,
lroat and her skull crushed. Beside d
he body lay the club with which she /
nd been killed. Twelve negroes have /
cen arrested on suspicion. 9
Thursday, Jan. IA.
John L. Redmond, leader OF the Irish i
party in the British I
ouse Of commons, and T. 7. O'Connor, '
T.. have great hopes for home rule Il
rom the results of the British cleo I
ons.
The most appalling tragedy ever re-
,rded in New Hampshire was enacted
North Pembroke when the farm T.
llldings Of Charles +. Aver were de- t.
royed by fire. Seven members Of a
ycr's household are missing. Later
yer killed himself In the town Of Chi
icstcr. n. II.
Wednesday, Jan. II. 1,
Rev. w. n. Cleveland, brother OF
rmcr President Grover Cleveland,
cd at the home Of his son at Column
IS. O., from the effects Of paralysis.
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