Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-01-25
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. January II.

Miami university. at oxford, o.. was
destroyed by fire entailing a loss Of
$4,000.
Mrs Lydia X Bradley, one OF the
richest women In Illinois. and well
known for her philanthropy died at
Peoria. ILL.,. aged ninety-two years.
The J. G. Brill Company. car build
ers OF Philadelphia. have been invited
to bid ON contract to supply cars for
the St Petersburg municipal street
railway
Arthur Chapman OF Doylestown.
was appointed member of the Penn
sylyania state board Of game commits
sloners By Governor Stuart to succeed
former State Treasurer Frank q.
Harris
Saturday, January 10.
George kenney a negro. was hanged
at Charlotte $ c.. for the murder of
II q Stello. white guard. at the
convict camp in this county.
While miners were drilling in a
missed hole" charged with dynamite
at the Wlnona mine. at Hancock.
Mich an explosion occurred, instantly
killing Henry Luckonen and fatally
injuring John Kosh.
Gilbert Maddox convicted OF the
murder Of James +. Camm watch
man al the South Jersey basket fac
tory nj Bridgeton on Oct 8, was sen
fenced to die In the electric chair
during the week beginning on Feb. %
next
Monday January 20.
All of the mills of the American
Writing Paper company. at lIolyoke.
Mass. resumed operations.
Frank Carlucci aged FIVE years.
PLAYING in West Scranton. Pa,
street was killed by an electric car
Interrupted while blowing open the
safe In the pOstoflce at New Canaan.
Conn. burglars wounded policeman
and escaped with $l6
More than one-half OF the $4,000
600 New York clearing house certitl
Gates issued during the bank panic
have been withdrawn from circulation
after helping milk the cows. Mrs
BENJAMIN l.cihert went 10 the barn
on their farm near South Bethlehem.
Pa. and crawled into the hay loft.
where she hanged herself and died.
Tuesday. January 81.
Fire destroyed the Suntlower Glass
company's plant at Coffeyville, Kan.
causing damage Of slo0000.
Max Rosenbaum. one OF pittsburg's
most prominent business men. dropped
dead on the street Of heart disease.
Betsy Bomnett, ninety-five years Of
age. daughter of Obeju. chief OF the
tribe OF Ottawa Indians died at San
dusky o.
Donatio Fabrazio. young italian,
was sentenced AT Reading Pa, to
twenty years in the eastern peniten
tiary for the murder OF a fellow-coun-
tryman at MonOcacy during drunken
bout
Wednesday. January %.
Rhode Island has population OF
$50 $50, according to a state census
just completed
Thomas King who Is wanted in
New York for the murder Of James
Gun on Nov T.. 1907. was arrested In
Chicago
band of On might riders burned
the large tobacco barn on the farm OF
James a Coleman near Hopkins
vile. Ky.
Orange 5 Brown postmaster OF
Wiliamsport Pa aud publisher ~
the Gazette and Bulletin died aged
sixty years
Thursday, January %.
John -. l.arkin. controller OF Pitts
burg and formerly postmaster was
found dead in bed at his home from
asthma
Morris X Jesup retired banker. and
long prominent in civic affairs died at
his home IN New York from heart
disease
Two men were injured and consid-
cradle damage done when the Pitts
burg Fulmitc Powder companys build
ing at Fombell. near P!ttsburg, blew
up
Fooled in her attempt to end her
life by inhalng gas Mrs Caroline Fer
guson succeeded In Guiding her watch
ers and hanged herself 20 a rafter I'm
the cellar OF her home in Philadel
phia