Milford chronicle., 1907-01-25
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
IhursdaN January 17.

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
"a 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. kin.
Ing one man, fatally injuring another.
and the conclusion was felt for Is
miles.
Friday, January IS.
Elmer Demster a negro, was hanged
at Washington, Pa, for killing Mrs
James Pearce and her three children.
In a 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 ill health.
Nine persons, seven children and
two policemen. bitten by a mad dog at
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 10.
James Ward, a negro, was hanged at |
Richmond, Va, for the murder of Car |
RE Meekins, also colored.
The United States senate passed a
resolution instructing the secretary of
commerce and labor to investigate the
lumber trust"
Frederick Seegman, Is months old.
fell from chair into a bucket of boil
ing water at his home in PHILADELPHIA
and was fatally scalded.
A fire caused by the explosion of a
lamp occurred in the Virginia Military
Institute at Lexington, Va. but was ex-
with small loss.
The Countess of Yarmouth, sister of +
Harry K. Thaw arrived in New York ,
from England to attend his trial for ,
the murder Of Stanford White. II
Monday January Fl.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick is about to
go on the lecture stage, and will tour v
he country. f
General Robert E. Lees Tooth birth t
lay was celebrated generally through S
tut the south Saturday. v
I The battalion of the 25th infantry a
colOred), now at Fore Reno. Okla, n
will sail for the Philippines on March a
5. "
Twenty-Five deaths have occurred at s
Ionowa. I. T., from a strange disease c
omewhat resembling spinal menin- tc
tits. ic
Eight prominent society women Il
rere seriously poisoned by drinking IL
ineapple punch at a dance at Nor in
)lk, Va. hi
Tuesday, January %.
William C. Ashwell, a prominent
CIV York stock broker, was struck by m
street car and killed. c;
P. H. Fitzerald, a wealthy lawyer, bT
Indianapolis pleaded guilty of using lii
lie mails to defraud, ard was fined til
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The Merchants and Farmers bank, wi
Fairmont, Mimi, has suspended m;
lyment. Liabilities, $77,974; assets, his
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Emperor William has conferred the
ed Eagle order of the first class on the
iron Speck Won Shentberg, the Ger bu
an ambassador at Washington. be
Rev. DR.. w. H. McClaufin, of Min apl
apolis, has been elected general Be
perintendent of the UniversaIist ceI
urch, the highest position in the de- Fol-
mination. the
Wednesday, January %. anC
The Alabama legislature has re
cted United States Senators John as
Morgan and E. w. Pettus for an in
Ter term. Dal
francis S. McAvOy was elected re. cOu
der in New York to succeed John spe
Golf, who has been elected to the his
IRENE bench. {"
clarendon Henri was sentenced to the
r years Imprisonment at Cincin- orat
i, Ohio, for stealing a famous pic auc
e from the art museum. swa
David S. Reeder, of Centreville. Md. Den
81 years an engineer on the Della. its
e railroad, was stricken with apo -
KY on his engine at Townsend, Del, ness
died in a few moments. knig
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