Milford chronicle., 1906-02-09
a Weeks NEWS coNpErsrn
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Field place the value of the estate il
Illinois at s75OO0O0O
Miss Rose Weller, aged 1S, of Rome
N. Y, died after lying in a trance for
more than three weeks.
The New York legislature passed a
bill authorizing the insurance fnvesti-
eating committee to have 5000 copies
Of the insurance testimony printed.
A Delaware & Hudson passenger
train collided with a work train near
Schenectady. N. Y, and one laborer
was killed and two passengers fatally
injured.
Friday February 2.
W. N. Sawyer, of Elizabeth Citv
N. C.. former proprietor of the Arling-
ton Hotel, committed suicide by shoot
ing while respondent.
Masked burglars entered the home
Of Walter Dickinson, postmaster at
Beaver Meadow, near Hazleton. Pa
and escape dwith $500 in cash. stamps
and registered letters.
Tom Fifer father-in-law Of the col. |
ored man who killed Sheriff Robertson.
Of Covington county, Miss, was lodged
In jail at Jacksonville to escape a mob
that formed to lynch him.
Ensign Wade, U. S. NJ, attached to
the Bennington at the time of the fatal
explosion, is soon to marry Miss
Edith Fabregon, who nursed him
through critical fever while he was
ashore in a hospital. /
Saturday, February ).
Walter W. Hamilton, a negro, was {
hanged at Washington, D. c., for the {
murder of his common law wife. /
The temperature in the Adirondacks t
near Malone, N. Y, on Friday regis. t
tered 29 degrees below zero, the lowest n
this season. n
Thomas Minehall, postmaster at La \
Crescent Mimi, for 40 consecutive n
years. 1859 to 1899, is dead at the age n
of 50 years. r.
President Roosevelt has pardoned IN
John Paul Miller, of Ken. J,
lucky. recently convicted of hazing at j
Annapolis naval academy. m
Monday, February 5. M
The navy department has accented
he resignation of Midshipman Judson tn
Z. Hand, of Pelham, Ga. de
Fifteen persons were hurt, two IA wt
ally when an eastbound Rock Island ma
xpress train was derailed near Duran dis
!. M. m uis
Mrs. Mary Dougherty reputed to chi
ave been the oldest woman in Penn ~ a.,
ylvania, died in Tamaqua at the age - ~
y5J,o n,,aa 49, - mex
d Russell Fisher, Of Catawissa. Pa pm y
we'd his little sister from burning To -
ath after her dress had caught fire Oel'
Virginia manufacturers Of fruit and ot,a ot'.
getable baskets, packages and bar s allO
Is will lose heavily by the increased 1sn'
ice OF pine lumber, as the seasons aca'
ders are nearly all in. tne
Tuesday, February 8. Hral
James Ryan, alias New York Red !" haAi
S sentenced to 10 years imprison- pra1
mt for murder at Reading, Pa. cues
)ne thousand mounted men from slael
rt Sill, Okla, will participate in IN
ee-days' hunt to rid the national oiter
ne preserve of wolves. conv
frederick Kimban an Insurance sugg
mt and formerly an absconder, com 10 u
ted suicide in Worcester, Mass. by idea
dllhs gas Whlle respondent such
national convention of the lavmen admi
he United Presbyterian denomina-
will be held in Pittsburg for three
S, beginning February 13, to ex- ooo :
nge ideas on Christian work.
Wednesday, February z. vii
NUGGETS OF NEWS strove
illiam Milton was found in the road str,,ct
en- to death near Milton, Pa. from
le South Carolina legislature has pupils
ed bill to abolish the state dis were !
ary. ont =.
e funeral of the late King Chris to be
Of Denmark will take place on from
uary Is. estin,s
mes B. Doherty has been reap
ed commissioner of labor for the
of Virginia. Med
rec little girls of J. B. Cypher in coui
burned to death in fire that de- Poor ]
ed their home at Helena, Mont. Swarth
OBJ Kohter, IS years old. of Thom- Of Both
e, near York, Pa, was seized with a fine {
's and died in a carriage while county
taken to doctor. of emb
funds