Milford chronicle., 1907-06-21
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, June 10.


and family will spend the summer a
Sandwich, N. H.
Thomas Baldwin, the murderer O,
four persons, died in Jail at Blooming
ton, ILL.,, of nervous collapse.
Mrs. Anna Joyce was stricken with
apoplexy on the street at Mount Holly
y. j., and died soon after in a hospital
DR.. Cyrenus A. David, a noted Chi
cago surgeon. died of blood poisonina
contracted while operating on a pa.
tient.
Enoch R. Morse, an inventor of safes
and a pioneer IN the safe building in
dustry, died at Somerville, Mass, aged
s5 years.
Friday, June IA.
Mrs Carrie Nation was fined S25 for
creating a disturbance at a saloon in
Washington.
Because he was unable to make a
trip to England with his wife. James
Ross, Of Philadelphia, cut his throat.
Rev. DR.. James Moore, presiding
elder Of the New Jersey Methodist
Episcopal conference, died in Camden.
Joseph L. Hitner, OF Philadelphia.
purchased the old sloOp of war st.
Louis at the League Island navy yard
for $4,000
August Mayer, a prominent shoe
dealer Of Brooklyn, was beaten to
death by highwaymen. one Of whom
was captured.
Saturday, June IS.
Elijah Meyer, city treasurer Of
Michigan City, Ind, was arrested,
charged with embezzling $4,000.
Mrs Grace G. Davis, Of Denver, Col,
a young singer, died suddenly in a
New York hotel of hemorrhage of the
lungs.
William Johnson, a negro, was hang
ed at Atlanta, Ga. for criminal as
sault. and confessed many other
crimes before he died.
Mrs, Telfair Hodgson, aged 60, a
noted philanthropist, dropped dead in
her home at Sewanee, Tenn, while
entertaining guests at dinner.
Rather than testify against his faith
er and sister, who are on trial at
Huntington, Ind, charged with muir
der, Emery Mosher committed suicide
by shooting himself
Monday. June II.
Rains at Nappanee, Ind, have dam
aged onion fields to the extent of
100000
A. p Whitney a lineman, fell from
a telephone pole at Allentown, Pa,
and received injuries from which he
died.
Disliked by his workmen, William /.
Kelly. a contractor, was found dead in |
the river near Means, N. Y, appar-
emily murdered.
Tripping on a piece of carpet at her |
home, aged Mrs. Ephraim Forney of |
Bell Grove. Lebanon county, Pa, broke
Ter neck in the fall, dying instantly.
Tuesday, June 1s.
Charlestown. Mass, celebrated the
32d anniversary of the battle of
Bunker Hill.
Governor Conner, of Alabama, has
.ppointed John H. Bankhead United
3ttaes senator to succeed John T. Nor
an, deceased.
Dr. Henry E. Muhlenberg, one of
he best known physicians in Lancas-
er county, died at Lancaster, Pa,
ged 81 years.
Darwin P. Kingsley was elected
of the New York Life In
urance company to succeed Alexan-
er E. Orr resigned.
Governor Stuart reappointed Will
Am E. Meehan, of Philadelphia, Penn
ylvania state fish commissioner for
be full term of four years.
Wednesday, June 10.
John B. Jackson, of Newark, N. J..
as been appointed United States min
ter to Persia. {
Miss Edith McGorray and Professor y
dward H. Schwab, brother of Charles
[. Schwab, were married at Cleve-
nd. o. c
Eugene Bisbing, of West Chester, b
a., has been appointed a clerk to the T.
oard of mercantile appraisers of Phil Il
ielphia. v
Lieutenant William Stewart. of the 6
tn Pennsylvania infantry in the civil 5
ar. was killed by sunstroke at the p
oldiers Home at Leavenworth, Kas. C
Thomas Johnson, a negro, a clerk II
the department of agriculture at il
ashington, shot and fatally wounded 4
nnie Washington. a 17-year-Old negro q
RI. and then committed suicide. Il
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