Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-02-22
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. February Il.

idle since November and December.
nave resumed work In the Wheeling
Nv. Va) district this week.
The eleven Cincinnati tO) laun-
dries under indictment for organizing
IA combination to raise prices pleaded
guilty and each was fined $50 and
costs
Andrew Wendell. who was a men,
aer OF the band OF soldiers which cap
,ured J. Wilkes Booth. after the assas-
sination OF President Lincoln. died In
Chicago.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
$50. 900 to Morgan college a Baltimore
institution for the education OF col.
ored youth. in case the officers and
trustees OF the institution raise an
other $4,000.
Saturday, February IS.
Professor w r. c. Hasson. OF the
academic force at the naval academy.
died at Annapolis. Md.
Yves Summerlin and his son Charley,
negroes. were hanged at Carrollton,
Ga. for the murder OF Pethro Jones. a
wealthy farmer.
Mrs. Della Taylor. whose husband
was found murdered at Creston Ia,
aud her two sons were arrested and
will be held pending an investigation.
Governor Stuart reappointed b. II.
Detweiler. OF Williamsport. Pa. and
W + Shay. Of Watsontown Pa. trus'
tees OF the Danville state Insane hos.
pltal.
Monday, February II.
Despondent over financial losses.
Edsen Van de Water. bank clerk.
killed himself at New York with poi
son
The oldest ex-governor In the Unit
ed States is Frederick Hollbrook. OF
Vermont. who was ninety-fve years
old Saturday.
Charges OF misconduct and viola
tion OF and contempt for the laws have
been fled with Governor Hughes
against Mayor f. r. Mann. of Troy,
n Y.
His coat catching in the machinery,
Joseph Gregg. at the gimlet colliery,
Shamokin. Pa was swiftly drawn into
the scraper line and frightfully In.
jured
Tuesday. February 10.
Two men were burned TO death in
fire which destroyed dwelling house
at Limestone, a. Y near Bradford Pa.
William Sells. the last OF the three
brothers who organized the famous
cntt~ n.o,harp' ptrnua cpp, hfuutinu
died suddenly In New York.
Or John c Shaub. veterinary sur
geon who was we'll known ali over
PENNSYLVANIA. was found dead in bed
at Lancaster from uraemic poisoning.
Five persons were injured, one prob
ably fatally. when Michigan Central
passenger train running twenty-five
miles an hour crashed into and tele.
scoped a New York Central yard en-.
CINE at Buffalo y Y
Wednesday. February 10.
Winfield 5 Riblet one Of the Oldest
and well known business men of Erie.
Pa. hanged himself in barn near his
home
Thomas b. Carl and his three year
old grandson were cremated in a fire
which destroyed their home at Brad
ford, Pa
AT Ludlow. near Warren. Pa John
Olson. a Swedish miner. crazed by sick
ness. attempted to murder his family
and fatally injured his son before he
was overpowered.
President Roosevelt has pardoned
Allen Parker. who was convicted in the
federal court in Nashville. Tenn. two
years ago and sentenced to serve five
years in the federal prison charged
with misuse OF funds of a bank at
Tullahoma Tenn
Thursday, February 20.
Mrs. Oscar Anderson and baby were
drowned while trying to ford the dry
Glaze river near Decaturvile. Camden
county Mo
Because his wife threatened TO secure
a divorce from him. l.. Asbury shot
and killed her and then committed sui
eide at Seattle Wash.
Mrs. Stinson. ninety-six years OF age.
was burned 10 death in fire which de-
stroyed the home OF her son-in-law.
Roe Deeter. al Winterset, la
Governor Stuart re-appointed Thos.
w Marshall. OF West Chester. and
Frank l.. Smith. Of Norris,own. trus.
tees Of the Norristown State Insane
hOspital