The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-12-04
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Friday, November 27.

ffiddy, november ~
In attempting TO cross a lake al
Orono. Ne. the thin ice broke ana
James F. Aldrich, Of Little Falls. n
Y, was drowned.
Dean Frederick Howard, OF the mu
sical college Of Drake university and
well known in musical circles. died
suddenly at Des Monies. la.
Baroness Alice Decartier de Mar.
chiene. wife Of the chief counsellor Of
the Belgian legation. died at Phoenix
Ariz.. where she had gone for her
health.
Three women and one man were
baptized in the chilly waters OF the
Delaware river at Gloucester. n. j.
by Rev. Bicksrs Gill. pastor Of the
Helping Hand church OF that place.
Saturday, November %.
Colonel Harry Q. Page, one OF the
Oldest newspaper men in New Jersey,
and editor and owner Of the Bayonne
Herald. died at his home in Bayonne,
n. J.
Acting as her own detective, Miss
Amelia Ernsten captured Edward
Kelly, a hold-up man. in Chicago. who
six weeks ago robbed her Of Sl25 and
a gold watch.
OF the estate Of s665000, half a mil.
lion dollars was left to the American
Bible society by Bloodgood H. Cutter
the poet. Of Little Neck. L. /. who died
last September.
DR.. John Bell Henneman. Of the
University OF the South, at Sewanee,
Tenn. one Of the most prominent edu.
Gators IN the south. died In Richmond
Va, after an operation.
Monday, November 30.
In a head-on collision on the Sea.
board Air Line railroad near Ocala
Fla, FIVE persons were killed.
F. W. Vanderbilt has given Yale
university $4,000 to enlarge Wander
bilt square. at New Haven. Conn.
Presidentelect Taft will preside
over the conference Of the governors
and the national conservation commits
sion at Washington. Dec. 8.
Pleading guilty in the United States
court at Baltimore. Nd, to accepting
rebates from the Pennsylvania rail
road. the Baker-Whiteley Coal com
pany was fined 5000.
Joe Berenski and John Bardale
while hunting near Steubenyille, o.
fred a shot into a can that contained
nitro glycerine and were instantly
killed by the explosion.
Tuesday, December I.
Comptroller OF the Currency Mur
ray issued a call on national banks foi
a statement OF their condition at the
close Of business Nov. a.
Chairman stellvagen, OF the inaug
ural committee, has appointed Major
General J. Franklin Bell chief OF stan
U. S. A., TO be grand marshal Of the
inaugural parade.
One man was killed, five other'
seriously injured and many passengers
badly shaken up when train No. 5
known as the Chicago Limited, on the
Pittsburg & Western branch OF th'
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, crashed in
TO a "buckled" freight train near Va
lencia. Pa.
Wednesday, December 2.
Burglars blew open the vault OF th'
State bank at Port Huron. ILL.,. and es
caped on a handcar with nearly S5OO'
in gold. silver and currency.
After an idleness Of thirteen month";
the old open hearth department Of th'
Illinois Steel company's plant at Soutl
Chicago was reopened and 1000 mel
resumed work
Chief Of Police Blggy, OF San Fran
cisco. who has been prominent In th'
bribery case as custodian OF forme
Mayor schmitz. fell from a polic'
launch and was drowned of Alcatra
island. in San Francisco bay.
A meeting Of the officers and boar
OF governors OF the Descendants o
the signers OF the Declaration OF In
dependence has been called by tn
president, Judge Albert Mcclellan
Mathewson. 70 meet In Philadelphia Of
Dec u.