Smyrna times., 1907-03-06
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Tuesday, February rs

Tuesday, February rs.
Following six weeks of illness, Mrs.
Wilmer Fell attempted to commit sui
eide in Wilmington, Del, by shooting,
but will recover.
Mayor Charles Davis, of Ell Paso,
Texas, and Colonel John w. Brady are
critically i'll of ptomaine poisoning,
caused by eating canned tomatoes.
Mrs. Holbrook, wife of Captain w.
A. Folbrook, United States army, de-
tailed at Pennsylvania Military Col
lege, died at Chester, Pa of pneumo-
mia.
Mrs. Benjamin c. Wright and her
daughter were found dead and Mr..
Wright in dying condition in their
home at Denver, Col, from taking
cyanide of potassium.
Wednesday, February 27.
The New Jersey legislature elected
Joshua E. Borton, of Burlington. state
director of railroads.
George T. Jones was killed and Will
liam H. Brown had his right hand torn
off by the fall of a derrick boom at
Baltimore.
Miss Ellen Prickett. formerly an en-
ploye in the agricultural department
at Washington. was sentenced to FIVE
years in the penitentiary for forgery.
Governor Stuart rendered a recep-
tion to the members of the Pennsylva-
MIA legislature and state officials at
the executive mansion at Harrisburg.
Thursday, February %.
Two firemen were killed and IL 9TH
ers rendered unconscious by ammonia
fumes at a fire in New York.
Governor Stuart has re-appointed
Samuel G. Dixon to be state commits
sioner of health of Pennsylvania.
w. A. Garrett was elected president
of the Seaboard Air Line railroad tc
succeed Alfred Walter, deceased.
James w. Ryan, former district at
torney of SchuyllIill County, Pa, died
suddenly at Mahoney City, of heart
trouble
The Indiana legislature passed a
bill appropriating $4,000 for statue
of General Lew Wallace to be placed
in Statuary Hall at Washington.
Friday, March 1.
A seat on the New York Stock Elk
change was sold for $4,000.
Amy Rockhold a former Virginia
slave, aged 102 years, died at Piqua, o.
The Wisconsin senate defeated a
bill to appropriate $4,000 for the
| jamestown exposition.
| The boiler of locomotive on the
Michigan Central railroad exploded at
| Chicago, killed two trainmen and in
| juring one.
After quarreling with his wife
Henry Gam, of near Mt. Holly, N. J..
swallowed strychnine, and died il
great agony.
The Kelly Coal company at Dan
vile, ILL.,. with. five shafts and an out
put of 100000 tons annually, was
sold to syndicate for 100000
Saturday, March 2.
The Y. M. G. A. building at Utica
N. " was destroyed by fire, causing
loss of S150,000.
In attempting to save the life of his
son, John Nolls was struck and killed
by train at Chicago.
Frank M. Mabry, well-known bank
er, was sentenced to prison for five
years at Waco, Texas, for embezzle
ment.
George A. Fuller, master of the
New York State Grange, dropped dea(
at his home in Philadelphia, N. Y, o
heart disease.
One fireman was seriously injured
and five others slightly hurt at a fir,
which destroyed a schoolhouse valuet
at $175,000 at Allegheny, Pa.
Monday, March q.
The German cruiser Bremen is tn
first of the foreign war ships to reacl
Hampton Roads, Va, for the James
: town Exposition.
William Giles, crippled son of
wealthy farmer. was shot by a bul
glar at his home. near Edinboro, Pa
but will recover.
In II days a $275,O0O fund was raj.
ed in Indianapolis for a Y. M. C.
building, and $4,000 out of $4,000
for a Y. w. c. A. building.
Stepping from the way of Readin
flyer at Yardley, Pa, a man fell to th
ice on the Delaware, 65 feet, and wa
crushed beyond recognition.
A third charge of forgery was lod,
ed against Claude A. Marette, a Lei
anon, Pa, life insurance agent, who
believed to have realized $4,000 b
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