The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-11-13
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Thursday, November 3.


the bursting OF a steam pipe at the
Aberioyie mills az Chester, Pa, and
may not survive.
The Holland Torpedo Boat company
won a suit in New York. securing a
verdict of S48.4S2 from Lewis Nixon
for breach of contract
Gus Jensen. charged with assault
and battery with intent 20 hl COM
mltted suicide in prison in Philadel-
phia by hanging himself with his shirt.
While removing debris from the cell
lar Of a building recently destroyed by
fire at Erie. Pa. two men were killed
and three injured when a wall col
lapsed
Friday. November 8.
President-elect William H. Taft ac-
copted an invitation to deliver an ad-
dress at the unyeillng Of the Martyrs
monument on Nov Il in Brooklyn.
A. b. Worthington. president of the
Nuncy Manufacturing company suf-
fered an attack Of apoplexy and fell
dead I'm his Office at Muncy, near VIII
Transport Pa.
John Wilson. moiorman was killed.
Mrs. Edgar Austin was severely in
iured and a dozen trolley passengers
were cut and bruised when a limited
traction car was knocked from the
track by train at Laporte. Ind.
Saturday, November 7.
Snow 10 the depth of several inches,
the first Of the season. fell throughout
northern New York Friday.
The treasury bought 5000 ounces
Of silver for delivery at New Orleans
and $4,000 ounces for delivery at DEN
yer at 503G5 per fine ounce.
Frank Semple. slyty-seven years Of
aee. who was in charge Of the William
Thaw estate and interested in many
financial institutions, died IN Plttsburg
from pneumonia.
: N. Miller. engineer AMI William
Green a twelve-year-old boy were
scalded 10 death. and Lillian Green
was fatally burned when a lumber
train on a branch Of the Buffalo &
susouehanna railroad made a dash
down a steep grade and jumped the
track near dubois Pa.
Monday November g.
Charged with contract grating,
twentyeight Canadian marine officials
have been suspended at Quebec.
While his wife was selecting a collin
for her father. John w. Hawkins. an
invalid. blew out his brains at SAT-
Lake City Utah.
Because of illness. Major General
Iobn r. Weston viii probably ask ia
be recalled from the command OF inc
troops 90 the Philippines.
suney Ushinsky disobeyed orde
while resetting timber az Eilangowat
colliery. Mahanoy City. Pa, and as
result was caught under falling Goa
and killed.
President Roosevelt selected Job j
Hedges of New York AZ assistant
treasurer OF the United States at New
York To succeed Hamilton Fish who
resicned the Office 20 become a candi
date for congress.
Tuesday, November TO-
Whiskcy valued at sl2500o an'
buildings worth $4,000 were DESTROYED
bv fire at Daatsyille. near Louisville
Ky
In a street car collision at Monigom
erv Ala. two negroes were killed ont
right and four white persons were in
iured
Princess Sophie Hohenberg. wife %
Archduke Franz Ferdinand. heir To- ih'
Austrian throne. has been delivered %
a sull-b0rn son.
The steel hull freight lighter tasion
beine built for the Central Railroad o.
New Jersey. was launched al the yard
M the Harlan q HolIIugsworth CO..
poration at wilmington. Del
Wednesday, November II.
President R0osevelts country lii
commission met at Richmond Va o
| Tuesday.
Count Moltke. the new Danish miI
lister 10 the United states presenie
his credentials TO the president %
| Tuesday.
General Samuel Chamberlain. age
eiqhtv-one years. a veteran OF the Me'
lean Indian and Civil Wars. died
worcester. Mass. from inhrmit.es 10
cident 20 old age.
The postmaster general announce
that the president has decided 10 u
move George ". Stewart posimast'
nj Seattle. Wash as the result OF a
investigation OF charges that Dee s.
ucitated campaign contributions.