Milford chronicle., 1907-02-15
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, February 7.

1FreSlQ6QL hOOSeN6lJ expects " NASAt
laska on a hunting trip after his
Presidential term expires.
ASam Wah, proprietor of laundry in
Philadelphia, was found seated in a
chair in his house frozen to death.
James Bryce, British ambassador to
the United States, will sail for New
York from Liverpool on February 1S.
Raymond Meyer, a school boy, OF
Broolzlyn. N Y, who was bitten Jan
nary II by a mad dog, died of hydro
phobia.
DIR. William c. Pickett, professor of
nervous diseases at the Medico-Chir-
urgical College, Philadelphia, one of
DE best known neurologists in the
United States. died of heart disease.
Friday, February 8.
Preston H. Leslie, former governor
of Kentucky and Montana, died at
Helena. Mont, aged SO years.
A bill has been introduced in con-
gress to appropriate 100000 for the
erection of a bronze statue to General
Robert E. Lee in Washington.
Eight employees of the Insurance
Stove and Foundry company in Gov
ington, KY, were terribly burned by
an explosion and two of them may die.
Number 5 breaker of the Delaware
& Hudson Coal company at Parsons
near WiIkes-Barre, Pa, was destroyed
by fire, causing a loss Of 100000 and
rendering 1900 men and boys idle.
Saturday, February 9.
Keziah Jackson, a negress, "a years
old. and once nurse for James G..
N9laine, died at Uniontown, Pa.
NCaptain Samuel F. BOssard, aged S6,
rominent citizen of Wilkes-Barre,
VA died after a weeks illness.
Congressman George X. Favrot was
indicted at Baton Rouge, La, on a
charge of murder for shooting DR..
Harry Aldrich. -,
Warren P. Halsey, of Brooklyn, i'll
with consumption and Respondent
committed suicide by shooting in a
New York hotel.
J. H. Hodge, white, convicted OF wife
murder. and Freeman Jones, colored,
found guilty of burglary, were hanged
at Durham, N. G.
Monday FepTudTy IL
Sir William H. Russell, the famous
war correspondent, died in London
aged Sc years.
June 5 to II has been fixed for the
encampment of the West Point cadets
at the jamestown Exposition.
Twelve men are under arrest in
New York for obtaining $4,000 from
the Degnon Contracting company by
false pay checks.
A South Dakota legislative commit
tee charges former Governor Herreid
with drawing large sums OF money
without lawful authority.
A number of coal region constables
instructed counsel to sue the NOrthum
bo-land (Pa.) county commissioners
alleging the latter were unlawfully
Withholding $4,000 fees of the officers
Tuesday, February II.
Grover Lockwood shot and killed
Toseph SNYDER and wife, and then kill
himself.
infred Goff, noted baritone sing
Grand operas. died suddenly IL
ashington of pneumonia.
William Alden Smith was sworn II
al United States senator to fill the
nnexpired term of former Senator Al
ger, of Michigan.
The annual convention of the Penn
svIvania branch Of the National AS
sociation of Hardware Dealers was
held at Pittsburg.
Hobart Reeder and Henry Harhns
former attendants at the Ohio STATE
bospital. at Athens, are charged witt
killing W. J. Baines, an inmate.
Wednesday, February 49,
President Alfred Walter, of the Sea
board Air Line railroad, died in New
York. after being i'll two weeks.
Governor Stuart, of Pennsylvania
appointed Samuel B. Rambo, of Harris
burg. superintendent of public grounds
and buildings.
Two men were killed and three in
iured in a collision between freigh
trains on the Southern railway nea
Johnstown. S. C.
John L. Crowley, a student in th'
Hartford. Conn.,, nigh school, died o
injuries received in football gam
over a year ago.
Beulah Francis, months old wa
burned to death in her cradle in he
hquke in Philadelphia by fire started
lr 4-year-old brother while playing
with matches.
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