Smyrna times., 1907-01-09
A WEEKS NEWS CoNDENsED
tuesday, January. I.


Tile, Wash, aged n years.
Andrew Carnegie has given Bates
college, at Lewiston, Me-, $4,000.
John H. Rankin, of Reading. Pa.
mas been appointed superintendent of
material and supplies of the Reading
railway system.
A broken rail threw a car from the
tracks on the Pennsylvania railroad
near Upper Marlboro, Md, and three
trainmen were injured.
Governor Pennypacker has appoint
ed Russell G. Stewart, of Easton, Pa.
judge of Northampton, county, to sue
ceed H. w. Schuyler, deceased.
Wednesday, January e
Eight people were seriously injured
In wreck on the Louisville railroad
near Richmond, Ky.
The wages of the 5000 coal miners
in Southern Colorado have been in
creased 10 per cent.
In collision of trolley cars at Will
mington, Del, Walter X. Farra, a. mo-
torman, was fatally injured.
Countess Clancarty better known in
England as Belle Billion, an ex-music
hall singer, died at her home in Lon
DON
Mrs. Thomas ]. Emery gave S10O 900
as an endowment for the Cincinanti
Art Museum on condition that Satur-
days be made free admission days.
Thursday, January 3.
Georgia, daughter of Mr.. Squires,
American minister to Panama, was
married at Panama City to Harold c.
Whitman.
Fred Zimmerman, accused of muir
dering woman, committed suicide in
Jail at Owatama, Mimi, by hanging
himself in his cell.
General A. R. Chaffee's home at Los
Angeles, Cal, was ransacked by rob-
bers. who secured jewelry valued at
$1,000 and escaped.
In fight between the Stone and
Hanks families at Pine Top, KY, one
of the former and two of the latter
were killed and several others were
wounded.
In fire in New York a dozen per-
sons were injured, 40 families made
homeless, so horses roasted to death
and property valued at 100000 was
destroyed.
Friday, January q.
Walter D. Swan, an instructor at
Harvard University, committed sui
eide at Cambridge, Mass, by shooting
himself.
William B. DeCosta, the negro tailor,
was found guilty of perjury in his tes-
timony in the Hartje divorce trial at
Pittsburg.
Representative Morrell introduced a
resolution in congress to widen the
channel in the Delaware river between
Philadelphia nd Delaware Bay from
| 600 to 1000 feet.
c. R. Kelley, chief of the bureau OF
exploitation of the jamestown, Va.
| exposition, resigned to devote his time
to private business.
Saturday, January 5.
John Francis, postmaster at ALE
gheny City, Pa, has resigned to accept
a position with a railroad company.
Miss May M. Idler, aged so year S
| died at her home in Philadelphia from
inhaling smoke during slight fire.
Stephen w. Keat. one of the pioneer
slate operators in America, died at his
home in Bangor, Pa, aged 79 years.
Herman Belek was held for trial il
Chicago, charged with the murder o
three members of the Vzral family fol
their insurance money.
Declaring he was tired of living thil
kind of weather, Anthony Koocher at
tempted to commit suicide at Pitts
burg by cutting his throat
Monday, January 2.
While her husband talked to an ac
quaintance at Hamilton, o., Mrs. vii
liam Keefe stepped beside him AM
killed herself.
|, Richard M. Jennings, a wealthy oi
operator and president of the Pine Oi
company, died suddenly in Pittsburi
of heart failure.
Betrayed by plugged nickel takel
from a child's bank, John Dillon i
held for robbery at Chicago. $1,000
! worth of stuff having been taken fror
I one place.
, Tommy McGeough, the Gilbertol
r (Pa.) sprinter, won Margaret Pitts, Q
! Girardville, to be his bride, when h
: defeated Barret, of Scranton, in 10(
yard dash at Mahanoy City, Pa, o
New Years day and captured 5000