Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-08
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday, August 81.


The British premier died after a long
illness AT Marienbad. Bohemia.
Dora MOrOwitz. years old. Tell into
tub OF water AT her home IN Phila-
dclphia and was drowned.
George J. Gould and Judge d Cady
Herrick resigned as members Of the
board OF directors of the Equitable
Life Assurance society
The Pennsylvania railroad flyer
struck a switch engine al Ebcnezer.
near Buffalo ~ Y and both engineers
were seriously injured
Homer 5 Castle. Prohibition candi.
date for governor of Pennsylvania
was notified of his nomination nj his
home in Pittsburg.
Saturday. September I.
Fifteen buildings were burned ut
Fryehurg, Me, including u residences.
causing n loss OF $4,000
Edward Rosewater. proprietor and
editor OF the Omaha Neb Bee was
found dead in the newspaper building.
Helen Keer. aged 8 years fell from
second-s,ory window AT South Bend.
Ind, was impaled on a picket fence
and fatally injured
a B. & o. passenger train collided
with freight AT Wheeling. w Va.
and Engineer Lee McMann and Fire
man William Moran were killed.
Masked robbers. who travel in an
automobile blew open the safe in the
postolllce al Highland. ~ s. and So
cured $500 in money and $500 in stamps.
Monday, September 3.
The Marquette Club of Chicago. will
give a banquet on October . in honor
of Speaker Cannon.
Jacob Sudan OF Remington y.
j.. was instantly killed by stepping in
front OF fast-moying train
Three hundred butchers in Balti-
more have gone on strike for nine.
hour day without pay reduction
Miss Dottie Glover. Of New York.
saved Walter Stinson from drowning
after his canoe upset on a lake al New
Egypt. n J.
James c. Alternately managing edi.
tor Of the Charlotte y. C.. Observer.
died at Ashevillc. where he had gone
for his health
Struck by lightning while AZ work
at Troy. Ala. Newton Graves a car.
penter and his two sons John and
Bascom were Killed
Tuesday. September !.
The fourth annual convention of the
Interstate Amateur Press Association
was held at Boston
Twelve men were injured Two 50
riously by an exploding bomb during
tho labor parade al st. Louis
Fifteen car loads OF strike breakers
have reached San Francisco TO operate
the street car lines with non-union
men
While respondent over financial mat
ters. W. r Hansberger, city council
man of Sedalia Mo. committed suicide
by shooting
Henry Duntcr shot and Killed Grace
Reed and severely wounded sam Moore.
a successful rival and then killed him
self al Davenport Ia
Wednesday. September s.
Lawson addison colorcd murdered
two negro women at lowryyille ). c..
and escaped
The monthly statement Of the ma
tional debt shows that on September !
it amounted to $3.50. 3GS 1888
Estel s. Kirk Pennsylvania rail
road car inspector, was crushed to death
between ears at Camden y J.
\ man supposed to be- W J. Jones.
of Richmond Va committed suicide
by shooting in hotel al Halifax. y. ).
Robert Cotton colored who mu"-
dered his wife by literally cutting her
body into pieces. was hanged at Vim
ita, I T.
Thursday, September 6.
The fourth annual convention Of the
American Institute Of Bank Clerks was
held at Atlantic City. y j.
Judge David Torrance chief justice
OF the Connecticut supreme court. died
at Derby from heart trouble
United States Senator r. G Knox OF
Pennsylvania arrived in New York
from Europe on the steamer Oceanic.
While cunning for reed birds. John
j Steyer, of Philadelphia. dropped dead
from heart disease near Chester. Pa.
The director OF the mint rejected all
bids for silver because they were too
high. the lowest being ga. cents an
ounce.