The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-05-22
FARMvILLE, VA. FRIDAY, MAY %, !sOs.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Thursday. May a.

Joseph Herzog. formerly a promi-
nont business man OF Lancaster. Pa.
committed suicide by hanging In a
stable
a bill was passed by the house OF
representatives providing for the pro
lection Of owners Of United States pat
ents appropriated by the government
Seveniyfve ovens Of the Pennsyl.
vania. Beech Greek and Eastern Coal
& Coke company. at Gallitzin. Pa,
which had been idle. have resumed op-
srati0ns
Three foreigners. alleged members
Of a Black Hand organization. recently
convicted In the circuit court OF con
spring to take property not their own
were sentenced az Morgantown W
Va. 20 ten years Imprisonment
Friday May IS.
The cornerstone of the new $500. 000
naval Y NJ. C. A building al Norfolk.
Va. given by John d Rockefeller. was
aid Thursday
Rear Admiral Robley d Evans ac.
companied by his wife and daughter,
arrived In Washington Thursday even
inp from San Francisco
David Daniels of Philadelphia. q
freight conductor. was instantly killed
o. a draft Of cars in the Harrisburg
Yards Of the Pennsylvania railroad
Michael Mulcahy. sixtyelght years
old the last survivor Of the three
aides who accompanied General Phil
Sheridan on his famous ride 10 Win
chester died at Cleveland o.. after
.wo-weeks illness from apoplexy.
Saturday, May 16.
Walter Augustus Wyckon a NJ. as.
sistant professor Of political economy
IN Princeton university. died at Prince
'on. y j.. aged fifty years
Edward Boeok. who pleaded guilty
in Now York 10 the theft Of more than
100000 worth Of jewelry was sen
fenced 10 Sing Sing for not less than
-ix years or more than seven years.
Smith W Ketchum. a prominent De.
troit business man, died at a hospital
10 Buffalo. ~ Y, from a stroke Of apo
plexy supernduced by being struck
by a cab as he was boarding a street
car.
Monday May 10.
Fifty masked might riders" invaded
the Hinton section Of Scott county
Ky and destroyed many tobacco beds
Conrad Pfromm. a miner. was In
stantly killed IN the Cranberry col
liery near Hazleton Pa, by a fall OF
coal
Sailing from Boston for Europe for
his health. accompanied by his wife
Senator Tillman prophesied a Demo
cratic victory should the Republicans
nominate Secretary Taft
In hiring crews at Superior. Wis
for the approaching ore shipping sea
son. the United States Steel corpor
alton is sticking TO the open-shop plan.
unions being disregarded.
Tuesday, May 10.
Edward b. Deacon. a well-to-do
farmer. committed suicide by shooting
at his home. near Mount Holly. n. J.
John p. Palmer, a farmer, living
near Dyersburg. Tenn, stabbed and
fatally wounded his son during a fam
ily quarrel
Secretary Metcalf has detailed Rear
Admiral d. Evans. late c0mmander-in
chief of the Atlantic feet. TO duty with
the general board of the navy. which
has 10 do with the preparation Of
plans for the naval campaigns. for
use in time of war.
Jennie Blunt who shot and wounded
Charles NJ. Sanford a Brooklyn law
yer. in his Office. last February. after
he had refused to give her money. was
sentenced to serve not less than three
nor more than four years in the state
prison at Auburn. ~ Y.
Wednesday, May 20
United States Senator Samuel Doug
las McEnery was elected by the Louis
lana legislature to succeed himself.
Frank f. Ferguson of Ilagerstown.
Mo. was appointed assistant director
Df the bureau OF engraving and print.
Ing By Secretary Cortelyou
Five persons were hurt in wreck
VI a Lehigh Valley passenger train at
NE junction of the Lehigh Valley and
Buffalo Rochester q pittsburg rail.
Nays. near Caledonia. ~ Y
John T. McGaughey a former mem |
Der Of the board of county commits
,loners. az indianapolis Ind. shot and |
killed himself because of the connec- |
ion Of his name with the scandal |
which has developed in the Office OF |
.he commissioners
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