Milford chronicle., 1907-07-05
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, June 27.

Four persons were killed and FIVE
badly injured by the collapse Of a
scaffold at San Francisco.
William Fl. Gwinner, aged so years
| Of Easton, Pa, was overcome with the
heat and died shortly afterward.
Oliver NJ. bennett, the New York
stock broker, who pleaded guilty to
receiving stolen goodfAHGas sentenced
TO five years Imprisonment.
William H. Hazlet, Of Philadelphia,
and Representative Andrew B. Hitch
rock, OF Tioga county. We're appointed
inspectors for the Pennsylvania state
insurance department at a salary of
$500 year.
Friday, June %.
The Wisconsin senate by a vote of
to q killed the two-cent railway fare
bill.
A woman and four children were
burned to death in a fire which de
stroyed a laundry at Almonte, Can.
President Roosevelt promoted AL
fred S. Hartwell from associate to
chief justice of the supreme court of
Honolulu.
Edward Ramsey. of Philadelphia,
was killed at Wilkes-B Barre by heavy
beam falling on him while at work on
a railroad depot.
In an effort to have the twO-cent fare
law declared unconstitutional. the B..
& o. Railroad company has filed an
equity suit at UniOntown, Pa.
Saturday, June 29.
A receiver has been appointed for the
Marquette Mutual Life Insurance com
pany of Chicago.
George Wade is under arrest at Nor
folk, Va, on the charge of fatally
shooting his father-in-law, during a
family row.
While playing with fire crackers, O.
year-old Constance Gabrin set fire to
her clothes. in New York, and was
burned to death.
J. E. Hutton, who shot and killed
Sam Parker, a well-known football
player at Huntsville, Tenn, was sen
fenced to 10 years Imprisonment.
Charles A. Press. years old.
while playing in his home in Philadel-
phia, tripped over a bucket fell on his
head and died of a fractured skull.
Monday, July I.
The Allentown-B Bethlehem Pa, turn
pike will be freed of tolls, at a cost of
S2O,4OO.
In a dispute over a delayed letter,
A. J. Word, postmaster at Mclean,
Ga, was fatally Slot by w. w. McEl-
murray.
The plant Of the Brubaker Cattle
Powder company, at Lancaster, Pa,
was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of $4,000
Returning to her home at Chase
City. Va, Mrs. Tunstall found the
house in flames, her granddaughter
burned to death and its cOlored nurse
missing.
Trying to jump n the hosting car
riage after making a mistake and get
ting off at the wrong landing, William
tumbled down Bellevue shaft.
at Scranton, Pa, and was killed.
Tuesday, July 2.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
resignation of w. r. Wilcox as post !
master of New York.
Despondent and out of work, Wal
ter L. Latham committed suicide near
Amber, Pa, by drinking poison.
One man was killed and a dozen |
others injured by being struck by a |
train at the Carnegie steel plant at
o.
Because Miss Minnie Phatum refused |
10 marry him. Magnus Thompson shot |
and fatally wounded her and then
killed himself, at Blackbrook, Wis.
Carl Pohlig, court conductor of the
Royal Opera of Stuttgart, has been
engaged as conductor Of the Philadel-
ohia Orchestra, to succeed the late
Fritz Scheel.
Wednesday, July 3.
Governor Hughes called an extra
session of the New York legislature for
July s.
The Casino building on the bluff
overlooking the James river at New
,ort News, Va, was destroyed by fire.
.oss $4,000.
Spontaneous combustion among fire.
works caused a fire in Minneapolis
which destroyed a four-story building
nd caused a loss of S150,000.
The first national bank Of Hicksville,
J.. has been closed by direction of the
of the currency, and a re-
eiver appointed.