Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-03-06
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday. February n.

Thursday, February 27.
Frenzied by jealousy. Andrew Kali
nosh murdered his wife. Katie. and
Jacob Schneider, a boarder in his
wife's home at Cleveland, O., and es-
capped.
Despondent over the fact that he
had been discharged from position
he held for twenty-five years Ernest
Eugene Meier, chief clerk in the Ger
man consulate at Cincinnati. commit
ted suicide by shooting himself.
Rear Admiral Converse. testtfying
/ before the senate committee on naval
affairs, declared that the United States
is building the best battleships in the
world and refutes the char - made
against the efficiency of the 1avy.
Friday February %.
A S225O0O building permit was is
sued in Washington to the Carnegie
Institution for the erection of an ad-
ministration building.
c: D. Anderson, a prominent official
Of the National Cash Register COM
pany, of Dayton. o.. was thrown from
his horse and died an hour later.
Mrs. Margaret Smith died at the
residence of her granddaughter. Mrs.
Norris Dixon. in Wilmington, Del,
aged 101 years and days.
After making his will. Frazeur
Lore. farmer. who had been despond- !
ent since the death of his brother. |
committed suicide by hanging at his
home at Dragston, near Burlington, |
M.
Saturday February 29.
Five unemployed men, with large
families, of Monessen, Pa, left for
Portland Tenn, where they will farm
land on the community plan.
The Delaware Republican state cen
trail committee. in session at Dover.
selected Tuesday. April z, as the date
for holding the Republican state con
to the Republican national convention.
Charged with having started a fire
at Barnesboro, neal Jamestown Pa.
last week. which caused 500. 600 loss
and burned a woman to death. Leroy
s tailor who occupied
one OF the burned buildings was ar,
rested
Monday, March 2.
The Bruner brothers, farmers, near
Pa, have a COW that gave
birth to four calves the other day.
New York and Pennsylvania capital
SITS have bought $4,000 acres of tim
Der land in Northern California for
lbout s450O,0OO.
President Mitchell, of the United
Wine Workers, has called a soft coal
for March 70. at Indianap-
Ills. to consider the situation inthe
central field.
Mrs. Rosa Bendi and her year-old
ably were fatally burned and two
ther young children were seriously
INJURED when an oil lamp fell from a
1antel in her home at Monessen, Pa,
nd exploded.
Tuesday, March g.
George Dawkins, a Brooklyn police
ian convicted of burglary was sent
need to serve eight years in prison. t
Bishop w. w Duncan, of the Metho-
list Episcopal church, south. died at {
S. c., after a long i'll
ess. '
United States Senator Allison. was G
sventy-nine years old Monday and re- ,
sived the congratulations of his col
agues.
Representative Harrison. of New
ork, introduced a bin in congress (
aking the 18th day of October of \
lch year. the day on which Columbus /
America, a legal holiday. i
Wednesday, March a. Y
The 1900 employees of the Hoche- s
ga and the Ste. Annes cotton mills, /
Montreal. Can, went out on strike. n
Before sailing for Europe, Charles Y
Grasty, turned the Baltimore News q
er to Frank A " 1sey, who re- n
ntly purchased it r
Rear Admiral Evans will have SUI r.
enc command of the grand review O
the ships of the Atlantic and Pa f.
C fleets in San Francisco bay. o
At the final session of the East h
Evangelical conference. "
Shamokin, appointments of pastors q
re made for the following year. q,
The general assembly of South a,
rolina convened in extra session at a,
lumbia for the purpose of electing al
to the late Senator Asbury n
Lattimer, who died Feb. 20. a,
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