Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-02-03
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. January &c.

'
Millvile. y j.. became blind after a
severe coughing spell.
Cardinal Peter Lambert Gossens.
archbishop of Mechln. died at Brussels
Belgium. AGED ~ years.
While stealing ride on the Reading
Is years old, was run over and killed
A. J Howard. OF Philadelphia. com
mittpd suicide in hotel at Colorado
Springs. Col. by shooting himself in
the head.
The justices Of the supreme court
and their wives were guests Of honor
nj a dinner given by President and
Mrs Roosevelt at the White nouse
Thursday night
Saturday, January 81.
The grain min ana elevator Of Close
Brothers al Schenectady. \. " was
burned eutailine a loss Of 100000.
Andrew Carnegie has given Mount
onion College. Aliana, Ohio. 100000
conditioned upon Sl5o.ooO additional
being raised
Grady Miller IL years old of Flor
ida Aa and colured porter in the
l.akeview Hotel had a pistol duel in
which both were killed
President Roosevelt has refused TO
pardon Charles II cole formerly a
bank prcsid nj Of Boston convicted OF
violating the banking laws
Monday January 29.
Radumo Domnis foot was caught in
a switch near Lancaster Pa and he
was run down by freight train and
Killed
The release OF Elijah Lynch serving
one and half years fol forgery. has
been ordered At Toledo BY President
Roosevelt
George Wharton Pepper receiver OF
the Bay State Gas company, began
proceedings at Wilmington to foreclose
a mortgage for s33.29S which he holds
against the farm OF j Edward Addicks
IN Bmndywine hundred Del
Captain William II Van Schaick. OF
the steamboat General Siocnm. which
was burned in the East river New
York. in June. 1905 with the loss OF
1000 lives. was found guilty OF Grim
inal negligence and sentenced to 10
years imprisonment
Tuesday, January 30.
Secretary TAFT sent 20 congress drafts
OF several important bills designed to
increase the efficiency OF the army
Mrs lane Pcrryman one of the
earliest missionaries among the In.
dians. died at TULSA l. T. aged 20
years.
The safe in the postofllce at New
Richmond o.. was blown open by rob
beers and $500 in stamps and money
was taken
Gustav A. Con2man. former cashier
of the Nieo County National Bank at
Tcrre EIaute. Ind. was sentenced to
eight years in prison for cmbezzlemcnt
Wednesday. January 81.
Fire destroyed the plant Of the Belle
foniaine tOl Bridge ana IRON COM
pany. ontailns a loss of $6o.oo0
Three houses at Port Griffith. near
WiIkos-Bar Pa were destroyed by
fire. and John SlaNok was burned To
death
Kansas viii hold a scmi-ccntennial
exposition in Topeka in 1911 to ccle-
bratc the 5oth anniversary Of The states
admission to the union
Col A. X Mcclure, of Philadelphia.
accepted an invitation ID deliver the
memorial address at the Gettysburg
battlefield next Memorial uay
Charles Abbey a wcIl-known base
ball player was run ovo by q Wash
ine'on street aar and his lert arm was
so badly injured +, had 20 be ampu-
tated
Thursday. February I.
Tho entire business section of St
Adams ~ Va was destroyed By fir.
Loss $l500on
Executors OF the estate OF Marshall
Fiold place the value OF the estate in
Illinois n s75.oooooo
Miss Rose Weller. aged Is OF Rome
n. T.. died AFTER lying in a trance for
more than three weeks
The New York legislature passed a
bill authorizing the insurance nvcsti.
eating committee To have 5on0 copies
Of the insurance testimony printed
A Delaware & Hudson passenger
train collidcd with a work train near
Schenectady n r.. and one laborer
was Killed and two passengers fatally