Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-03-14
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED



wife and his iifteen-yearold stepson
and then committed suicide
Mrs. Bridget King OF Sheffield. ILL.,.
Is dead. and her son John fifteen years
old. Is fatally burned. following the
explosion OF a lamp in their home.
General Frank A. Pargond, who
gained his title in the Confederate ser.
vice. is dead at his summer home. in
Branford. Conn. aged seventy nine
years
Anna Arnold and her two children.
Florida aged three years. and Arnell.
aged eighteen months colored were
burned to death In their home al Tam
pa. Fla.
Saturday, March 7.
+ b Gary was elected by the South
Carolina legislature to succeed Asbury
c. Iatimer in the United States sen.
ate
Alfred Johnson committed suicide at
cidentally shot and killed John Ben
son. friend and fellow.workman
The secretary Of the interior has Sc.
lected Moses Friedman TO he supern.
tendent of the Carlisle Indian school
at Carlisle Pa. succeeding Major w
A. Mercer
Court decides that ballot boxes can
be opened and ballots that elected
Mayor Mcclellan Of New York. count
ed in William r. Hearst's fight To ~
seat Mcclellan. charging fraudulel
election
Monday March 9.
Charged with emhezzling $i6.9H
from the Hod Carriers union. No. rs
OF York Pa Calvin Fells has been al
rested
For assaultinc a non-union work
man al Ashtabula O.. John O'Brien. e.
union labor header has been given six
years IN prison
Having stepped out Of second
story window In her sleep at I.ancas
ter. Pa. Miss Maize Maud Olhme was
so badly hur, that she died
For tobbng bodies in his cnars
Richard c Russell an embalmer's as
sstant was sent to state prison Tor an
indefinite term AT Minneapolis, MINI
Tuesday. March 10.
Edward II Chase one OF the best
known attorneys in Luzerne county
died AT his home in WIlkes- Barre. Pa.
The treasury department purchased
l000uu ounces ol silver for delivery
at New Orleans at $3.50 cents per
fine ounce
An unknown Young woman. well
dressed ju ped from the Smithneld
street bridge nj Pittsburg. Pa into
the Monongahela river and was swept
away by thu swollen water
Miss Jessie liaw OF Brooklyn who
had boon an inmate Of a sanitarium
al Fishkill Landing y Y FOR the past
three months threw herself from a
third story window and was Killed.
Wednesday. March II.
The school building nj Napoleon. O..
the largest OF the kind in the state,
was totally destroyed BY fire, entailing
a loss OF Slloooo
J. Wood Lukens, sixty-five years OF
age. president ana treasurer Of the
AfNit@ AAt'siti AVN COMPANY VI 'blAnAN'
hocken. died AT Norristown. Pa.
One hundred masked night riders"
rode into tho town of Birmingham,
Marshall county Kentucky, shot six
negroes one Of them. II is believed.
fatally and whipped five others.
Thursday, March ~.
Appropriations by congress this
year are Ia BE- kept inside $500. 900 900,
exclusive nj battleships ii possible
saws Representative Tawney
Despondent because he had been out
of employment for several weeks 10
seph SarIine cigar salesman. cut
his wifes throat at st Louis and then
committed suicide with carbolic acid
Representative Acheson. OF Pennsyl-
vania introduced bill in congress 70
promote efficiency among military Of
ficers by providing that total alb.
stainers be given preference In promo.
tons.
The jury in the case of John Abner
charged with aiding in the murder of
Town Marshal James Cockrill during
the Hargis Cockrill feud at Jackson.
Ky reported hopeless disagreement