Smyrna times., 1907-01-23
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
TUESDAY,. January Is

one time Americas leading tenor, died |
of a paralytic stroke at Burlington, la. |
Meyer Rubin, his wife Rosa and !
their son and daughter were asphyx-
lated by gas in their home in Brook
lyn, N. Y.
In a collision of trolley cars at Al |
lentown, Pa, George Peters, a motor
man, had leg so badly crushed it
had to be amputated.
-Four trainmen were seriously in
jured and a number of passengers
shaken up in a collision on the Allan
tic Coast Line railway at Bensch. N. c.
Wednesday, January 16.
The LaclIawanna Railroad company
will build $2,OO0,OO0 locomotive shops
at Scranton, Pa.
The 18th annual convention of the
United Mine Workers of America
opened at indianapolis, Ind.
One trainman was killed and two
fatally injured in collision of freight
Buffalo, N. Y.
. w. j. Bryan was thrown into snow
bank, but escaped injury, when the
horse drawing his sleight ran away at
Pullman, Wash.
Fireman c. A. Carlson, driver of
hose wagon at Des Moines, received
injuries from which he died in col
lision with street car.
Thursday, January II.
Edward F. Brassen was arrested in
Jersey City, N. j., charged with the
murder of his wife in Jackson, Mich.
Mrs. Selma Abraham, the first
Jewess born west of the Allegheny
mountains, died at Cincinnati. aged
S4 years.
The annual reunion of the Blue and
the Gray was held at Fort Fisher,
N. c., and was attended by 300 sur
vivors on both sides.
A ton of dynamite exploded in a
stone quarry near Monroe, Mich, kill
ing one man, fatally fnjuring another,
and the concussion was felt for 10
miles.
Friday, January 19.
Elmer Demster. negro, was hanged
at Washington, Pa, for killing Mrs.
James Pearce and her three children.
In quarrel over a legacy of several
thousand dollars Alec Balance at Bar.
ton, o., killed his wife, daughter and
| himself
General Quincy o. Gilmore, com
mander of the Second Brigade, Ma.
tional Guard of New Jersey, resigned
on. account of i'll health.
Nine persons, seven children and
| two policemen, bitten by mad dog al
Norfolk, Va, have been taken to Rich
mond for the Pasteur treatment.
! John D. Rockefeller has been re
elected superintendent of the Sunday
school of the Euclid avenue church in
Cleveland. in which capacity he has
served for 25 years.
Saturday, January 19.
James Ward, negro, was hanged a
Richmond, Va, for the murder of Car
rie Meekins, also colored.
The United States senate passed f;
resolution instructing the secretary o
commerce and labor to investigate tn,
lumber trust"
Frederick Seegman, Is months old
fell from chair into bucket of boil
ing water at his home in Philadelphia
and was fatally scalded.
A fire caused by the explosion of
lamp occurred in the Virginia Militar
Institute at Lexington, Va, but was e1
tinguished with small loss.
The Countess of Yarmouth, Sister @
Harry X. Thaw, arrived in New Yor
from England to attend his trial TO
the murder of Stanford White.
Monday, January Fl.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick is about t
go on the lecture stage, and will tou
the country.
General Robert E. Lees Tooth brit
day was celebrated generally through
out the south Saturday.
The battalion of the 25th infantr
(colored), now at Fore Reno, Okla
will sail for the Philippines on Marc
Is.
twenty-five deaths have occurred ;
Konowa, l. T., from strange diseas
somewhat resembling spinal meni
gifts.
Eight prominent society wome
were serioucly poisoned by drinkin
pineapple punch at dance at No
folk, Va.