Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-12-22
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday, December IA.

Dr James D. Eggleston was sen.
tcnccd to 10 years Imprisonment at
Denver. Col. for counterleiting $40
bills
The plant of the New York Cement
company at Rondout. n. Y. was de-
stroyed by fire. entailing a loss Of
s25o.0O0
Mrs. Martha Smith. IL years old.
was burned to death in her home at
brooklyn, ~ Y, by her clothing TAX
ing trc from lamp.
Colonel William l.. Brown, former
publisher OF the New York Daily News.
dod at his home in Great harrington.
Mass. aged IL years.
Saturday. December is.
Robbers wrecked the safe OF the In.
terstatc Bank at Drexel. Mo. and es-
capped with $4,000.
Miles Woodruff and wife were struck
and killed by an Erie railroad train
near Hornell n Y.
Ira Godfrey. OF Washington. n promi-
ncnt mining promoter. was struck and
killed by trolley car In New York
james a Kratz, private secretary
TO Attorney General Moody. has been
appointed special assistant attorney
general
President Roosevelt has declined 10
attend the reunion OF the Blue and
the Gray NJ Wilmington. n. G.. on
January 10. as he could not spare the
time.
Monday, December II.
burglars got $1,000 cash and 10000
in checks from T. d. G. Mathers' prl-
yato bank NJ Shortsville. n. Y.
The late United States Senator Cor
man left property in New York worth
SS2.4l2. OF this $40, 500 being in cash in
bank
Thomas Flannery, Of Wilkes Barre.
Pa. went TO sleep on the tracks Of the
Jersey Central railroad and was run
ovcl by a train and killed.
jefferson Morgan. who recently died
near Portcrsvile. Beaver county. Pa.
had $1,000 concealed in holes in the
ground and other obscure places.
Cholera has broken out among the
hoes in Blair township Blair county.
Pa. and II belonging to Oliver Shay
were killed and their carcasses cre-
mated.
Tuesday, December 10.
The senate confirmed the nomina-
ton of Afford w Cooley. of New York.
To be assistant attorney general.
Louis Dabnor pleaded guilty in court
in san Francisco 10 the murder OF NJ.
Munakata. manager Of the Japanese
bank.
The PENNSYLVANIA Limited ran into
freight train at Canton, o.. and the
engineer and fireman OF the freight
were fatally injured.
President Roosevelt will deliver an
address before the New York Board OF
Trade at a convention to be held in
WASHINGTON January 16.
Mrs Sarah Albright. of Lancaster,
Pa. was horribly burned while pour.
ing fat into a pan on the stove. which
caught fire and communicated with her
clothing
Wednesday, December 10.
Thomas Platter. aged II years, one
OF inc DtSt Known DankeTB IN len
nessee died at his home in Nashville.
a motor car in mine near Wheel
ing. W Va. ran away knocked down
several supports and caused a cavern,
which killed one man and injured sew
eral others.
James Thomas, president of the Da-
vies & Thomas company. and the
Wahnetah SILK company. died OF can
cor at his home in Catasauqua, Pa,
aged - years
Jewels valued at over $4,000 were
stolen from the residence of Joseph
Vega In New York and $500 reward
has been offered for the arrest of two
servants who disappeared.
Thursday, December 20.
Very cold weather prevailed at AL
toona, Pa. the temperature dropping
to degrees below zero.
C. y. Powers. proprietor of a hotel
~ Middletown. O.. which was de-