Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-05-22
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Thursdav. MAY "a

Thursday, May "A.
Joseph Herzog. forsierly a promi
nent 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
Seventy-hve ovens of the Pennsyl-
vania. Beech Greek and Eastern Coal
& Coke company. at Gallitzin. Pa.
which had been idle, have resumed op-
erations.
Three foreigners. alleged members
Of Black Hand organization. recently
convicted in the circuit court Of con
spring to take property not their own,
we're sentenced at Morgantown. W..
Va. to ten years Imprisonment.
Friday. May IS.
The cornerstone Of the new $500, 900
naval Y. NJ. C. A. building at Norfolk
Va, given by John D. Rockefeller. was
laid Thursday.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans. &C,
eompanied by his wife and daughter.
arrived in Washington Thursday even.
ing from San Francisco.
David Daniels. Of Philadelphia. e
freight conductor. was instantly killed
by a draft Of cars in the Harrisburg
yards Of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Michael Mulcahy sixty-eight years
old. the last survivor Of the three
aides who accompanied General Phil
Sheridan on his famous ride to Win
chester. died at Cleveland. o.. after a
two-weeks' illness from apoplexy.
Saturday, May rs.
Walter Augustus Wyckoff, A. NJ, as.
sistant professor Of political Oconomy
in Princeton university. died at Prince
ton. N. j., aged fifty years.
Edward BOeck. who pleaded guilty |
in New York to the theft Of more than
100000 worth OF jewelry. was sen
fenced to Sing Sing for not less than
six years or more than seven years.
Smith W. Ketchum. a prominent De
troit business man, died at hospital
in Buffalo, N. Y. from a stroke of apo
plexy, superinduced by being struck
by a cab as he was boarding a street
car.
Monday, May 1s.
Fifty masked might riders" invaded
the Hinton section OF Scott county
KY, and destroyed many tobacco beds
Conrad Pfromm, a miner. was in
5tantly killed in the Cranberry col
iery. near Hazleton, Pa, by a fall Of
coal.
Sailing from Boston for Europe for
ais health. accompanied by his wife
Senator Tillman prophesied a Demo
,ratic victory should the Republicans
dominate Secretary Taft.
In hiring crews at Superior, Wis.
or the approaching ore shipping sea
ION, the United States Steel corpor
ltion is sticking to the open-shop plan
nions being disregarded.
Tuesday, May 10.
Edward B. Deacon, a well-to-dc
armer, committed suicide by shooting
t his home, near Mount Holly. N. J.
John P. Palmer, a farmer, living
ear Dyersburg. Tenn. stabbed and =
atally wounded his son during fam {
" quarrel.
Secretary Metcalf has detailed Rear n
.dmiral D. Evans, late commander-in
hief of the Atlantic fleet, to duty with C
he general board of the navy, which
as to do with the preparation OF
lans for the naval campaigns, for \
Sc in time of war.
Jennie Blunt, who shot and wounded
harles NJ. Sanford. a Brooklyn law [
er, in his office, last February. after
e had refused to give her money, was
sntenced to serve not less than three
Or more than four years in the state n
rison at Auburn, N. Y.
Wednesday, May 20.
United States Senator Samuel Doug
s McEnery was elected by the Louis
ma legislature to succeed himself.
Frank E. Ferguson, of Hagerstown
o. was appointed assistant director
the bureau Of engraving and print
g by Secretary CortelyOu. NJ
Five persons were hurt in a wreck \
a Lehigh Valley passenger train at II
e junction of the Lehigh Valley and n
lffalo. Rochester & Pittsburg rail N
avs. near Caledonia, N. Y. q
John E. McGaughey. a former mem N
T of the board of county commits
1ners. at indianapolis, Ind. shot and N
lied himself because of the connec.
IN of his name with the scandal p.
lich has developed in the Office OF Fl