Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-02-24
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. February is.

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Friday. February t6.
General Fred Walsen. "A famous Colo
RADIO pioneer. died at u uyer OF dropsy.
Shadrach Bray. III last saIviNor of
the Seminole war OF 1896 died AT Fort
Payne. Ala.
Mrs Aaron Blair, ii. in-iaw OF
General Lew Wallace G,,d in Wash
;ngton OF apoplcNy.
rhc Riggs National Bank OF Wash
mgtun. was awarded 600 QUO per
rent. Philippine bonds at $i.0S3.7l7.
while responding TO an alarm of fire.
chief William T. Cpcswoll. Of the Bos-
ton fire department. dicd Of heart dis
Ease.
Saturday. February II.
Three children of Joseph Rods. OF
Traverse city. Mich. were burned to
death in lire which destroyed their
home
II is runored In San Francisco that
Jamess J Hin intends to run a line
OF steamers between that port and
Honolulu
Rev u. Lee Ilarrel. a Presbyterian
preacher. OF Monticello Ga, was acct
dcnfa!ty srot dead by friend while
bird hunting
While driving across the railroad
tracks near Columbus. o.. in buggy.
Miss Maudc Klc and Miss Georgia
Robinson we're struck by a train and
killed.
Marrants were sworn out at Charles.
ton. :. G. for the officers of the de.
funct Columbian Trust and Savings
Eank for accepting . 800 deposit af
ter they knew the bank was insolvent.
Monday, February 10.
The bee, sugar industry has in
creased 80 per cent in product and
23l per cent in value OF product since
1900
Trainman Jacob Koontz was killed
and three passengers were injured in
a wreck on the b. 4 o. near Johns
town Pa.
Three men were killed and % girls
were slightly injured by an explosion
at the Hercules Powder Works at
Louisiana Mo.
Elmer T. Strawn. aged 81 years. was
caught In the machinery at the Beth.
lchem steel Works Bethlehem. Pa,
and crushed to death.
Tuesday. February 20.
Mary Wilkes. widow of Rear Ad
miral Wilkes. T.. 5. n. died at Flor
ence. Italy.
Joseph r. Osborne. an actor. was ac-
cidentally thrown from a train at Chi.
cRgo and killed.
Rear Admiral L. I.ongnecker. on
duty AZ League Island. has been placed
on the retired list.
Secretary of the Navy Bonapartc al.
dressed the alumni association of the
Catholic University AT Albany. " Y.
In saving her friend from being
crushed by train. Miss Anna NJ.
Meigs was struck by the locomotive
and instantly killed al Glasgow. Mo.
"CuiCSOaJ' FSpi uo' y Gi'
Tho plant OF the Saston Cordage
company near Easton. Pa. was dam
aged by fire 10 the extent of S25 900.
The Goth annual meeting OF the
American Newspaper Publishers As.
sociation was held at the Waldorf.
Astoria motel in New York.
Placing in partialy-flled bucket
her child whom she found on fire in
cradle Mrs. Bozeman. of Seabright.
Ala stumbled into well and both
were later found dead.
A spark from a sailors pipe. that
dropped into $0-gallon tank of gaso.
line. caused an explosion on the auXil-
larry sloop Sinhad al Atlantic City. n.
j.. inlet. doing considerable damage
Thursday, February %.
Twenty buildings were destroyed by
fire at Hitchcock. okla, entailing a
loss OF sl5o000,
Mrs Silvia l.. Durham. the second
oldest person in Connecticut died at
Southington. aged los years
Miss Hildegarde McKenna. daughter
of Justice and Mrs. McKenna, was
married to John l.. Pultz in Wash
ington.
Mrs Hannah Ingram. of Philadel-
phia. was burned to death in her home
by the explosion OF an oil stove.
The British high court OF justice
have declared Dakota divorce valid
in England.