Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-11-28
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday, November 10.

Fire or unknown origin destroyer
Green Brothers shoe factory at Fred
ericksburg. Va.
Bitten in the hand on Aug 80 while
rescuing several children from rabid
dog. Gustave A. Wolff died In Chicago
OF hydrophobia.
Major General W. II. Duvall has
been selected to succeed Major Gen
eral John f. Weston. in command OF
the troops in the Philippines.
Fire supposedly OF incendiary orr
gin. at the Wabash Screen Door COM
pany at Memphis Tenn. destroyed s.
300 900 feet OF lumber. entailing loss
OF si25.0O0.
Friday. November 20.
Continued III health caused Judge
S. A. McClung. OF common pleas court
of Pittsburg. 10 send his resignation to
Governor Stuart.
Mrs. Mary Harbour, accused OF the
murder OF Miss Rose Adams her fos-
ter daughter. was found guilty OF muir
der in the second degree at Sioux
City. la.
Samuel f. Campbell. an automobile
dealer at New Haven. Conn. was held
criminally responsible for the death
OF Rev. DR.. G. Brnley Morgan. who
was struck and killed by Campbell's
machine.
John Krauss who is connected with
the Pacific State 4 Sunset Telegraph
company. OF San Francisco. commit.
ted suicide in his cabin on the steamer
Adriatic while the vessel was enroute
to Queenstown. Ireland.
Saturday. November q.
Seven track laborers on a hand car
were run down by a Chicago. Burling-
ton 4 Quincy railroad passenger train
between Highland and Lagrange, ILL.,
Henry l.. Schrifogel was found guilty
OF murder in the first degree for kill.
ing Mrs. Mary Hamilton by a jury In
the criminal court. Washington.
Joseph Meyer. a chaufIeu and Mar.
garet Atkins were drowned when an
automobile carrying them and three
other chauffeurs. each with a young
woman companion. swerved trom its
course and plunged into the Calumet
river at Chicago.
Monday, November %.
Bryan's official plurality in Nebras-
ka was 4l02.
A heavy bowlder that fell into the
West Algion slate quarry at Pen Argyl
Pa. struck Martin Parson. at WORK AT
the bottom. and crushed out his life.
Fred Campbell, convicted OF attack
ing and shooting twelve-yearold girl.
was sentenced at Franklin. Pa. to a
term OF fifteen years in the peniten.
| tiary.
A big automobile. containing nine
occupants was struck by an electric
car. at East Charleroi, Pa. and seven
OF the occupants injured, one of them
fatally
Tuesday, November "a.
John Barrow a wcll-kn0wn river
man at Pittsburg was murdered and
robbed of $500 and his body thrown
into the Allegheny river
Arthur Honekar ten years old was
drowned while padding in a leaking
boat on lake at Bridgeton, N. J.
Rev Henry F. O'Reilly rector Of
the Roman Catholic Church of the An
nunciation at Shenandoah Pa. for the
last forty years. died suddenly of apo.
pleXy.
During heavy fog at Wheeling
w. Va. two street cars collided at
Schads Crossing. fatally injurng Mo
torman Woods and seriously hurting
six passengers.
Wednesday, November rs.
The largest wooden schooner in the
world. the six-master Edward b. Wins
low. 3lS fet long was launched from
the yard OF Percy & Small at Bath Me.
While playing with the fire in the
kitchen stove in his home In Philadel.
phia the clothing of three-year-old
Russell Simon became ignited and he
was burned to death.
John Haynes. a farmer of Winona.
s. c.. after trying 10 kill his wife and
children with a shotgun shot Henry
Moore. who went to the assistance Of
the family. In the leg. and then blew
out his own brains.
The orange crop OF Cuba this year
will be the largest in the history OF the
island and will reach 100000 boxes.
according to a report made TO the bu-
reau OF manufactures by Consul Hola.
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