Milford chronicle., 1908-02-07
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
ThursdaY, January 80.

PeaU FlIlS, nine years Ola, was
burned to death in her home at Phila
delphia while playing with matches.
Mistaking his father-in-law. William
Connor, for a burglar, A. C. Burr. shot
and instantly killed him at Dallas
Tex.
Rev. John w. Venebal, for forty years
sovereign grand chaplain of the Odd
Fellows in the United States, died at
Hopkinsville, Ky.
Two negroes, charged with having
waylaid and killed their father near
here Monday for the purpose of rob
berry, were captured by a mob OF
negroes at Commerce, Miss and
lynched.
Friday January 81.
Arthur W. Ferguson, secretary to
the Philippine commission, died sud
denly of heart disease in Manila.
Judge George W. Morris, of the cor
poration court, dropped dead on the
way to his Office, at Charlottesville,
Va.
Fire at Big Stone Gap, Wise county,
Va, destroyed the principal business
section Of the place, entailing a loss
of s125,OOO.
f. G. Anderson, coal dealer and
prominent citizen Of Aberdeen, S. D.,
was arrested at Minneapolis charged
with purchasing coal which was stolen
by employees Of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad.
SATURDAY. February I.
While on his way to work John Vita
shin was struck and killed by freight
train near Norristown, Pa.
Anna E. Hahn, one of the first Amer
lean school teachers to go to the Phil
ippines, was murdered at Batangas, Is
land Of Luzon.
The public school at Mcdonald, Pa,
near Pittsburg, was closed by the
health authorities on account of an
epidemic of scarlet fever.
B. A. McGee, telegraph operator for
the AtlantR Coast line at Golfers Sta
ton, near Petersburg Va, was shot
and instantly killed by a negro tramp
whom he had ordered not to build
fire on the railroad track.
Monday February 5.
Federal Judge Thompson at Cincin
natl refused to enjoin the Interna
tional Pressmen's union from striking
Mrs. J. NJ Underwood and her two.
year-old son were burned to death in
a fire which destroyed their home at
Raleigh, N. C.
While polishing the kitchen stove
at Scranton. Pa, Mrs. Peter Courtesse
was set afre, the polish exploding, and
died from her burns.
Unable to break the senatorial dead
lock, the Kentucky legislature adopt
ed q resolution favoring the election
Of senators by popular vote.
Aldus ]. Barr, a Lancaster county
Pa. farmer, fell dead from heart dis
ease while feeding his stock, and over
exertion brought on the attack.
Tuesday, February 4.
Colonel T. c. LawlOr postmaster OF
Rockford and former commander-in-
chief of the G. A. R., died at Rockford,
Ill.
George w. Smith, Democratic candi-
date for county superintendent of
schools, committed suicide by hanging
at his home near Boone, Pa.
The ordinance recently passed by
the New York board of aldermen, for
bidding women from smoking in public
places, was vetoed by Mayor Mcclellan.
Judge Thomas D. Mellon, retired, one
Of Pittsburg's foremost citizens, and
well known throughout the country as
4 banker and capitalist, died on his
ninety first birthday.
Wednesday, February 5.
The Standard Tin Plate plant at
Pa, resumed operations
in all of its six mills here.
Hon. George d. Wise, for many
years member of congress from the
Third Virginia district, died at Rich
mond.
Fourteen passengers on a street car
were seriously cut and bruised when
the car was struck by a Pittsburg,
Virginia G. Charleston railroad pas
senger train at Homestead. Pa.
When fire in the Ontario Powder
works at Tweed. Ont, reached the eX-
Dlosive building, the resulting explo-
sion destroyed twelve buildings and
shattered windows for miles around,
but there were no casualties.
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