The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-07-10
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS


iNufelalf July Z.
Rear Admiral Charles H Rockwell.
retired. died az Chatham. Mass. Of
fpoploxy. 40 the age of sIxtyolght
/ years
William Burns an iron worker. out
Of employment dropped dead DO bis
cei 90 Reading. Pa. from the shock
due Go his arrest
Lorenzo Dow Harvey ph Di. SUI
perlntondent OF public schools of Me
nominee Wis. was 20 ted IsesIdont
of the National Education association.
Mae C. Wood The Omaha woman
who sued United States Senator
Thomas C. Platt for divorce. was in.
dictel by a grand jury ln New York
ON charges of perjury and forgery.
Friday July g.
Denver was selected as the pace f0f
holding next years convention OF the
National Education association
The Pure on companys local plant
at Bethlehem Pa. was completely de-
stroyed by fre due 90 the explosion Of
n gasoline engine, causing q loss Of
$4,000
Five persons were killed and thirty
SIX injured near Knobnosier Mo,
when the fast California special on
the Missouri Pacific collliod with the
ST. Louis special
Four persons were seriously injured
and two dwelling houses partially
wrecked when charge of dynamite
was exploded by Black Hand agents
40 the home of George Deavoioria
wealthy Italian living at McKeesport
Pa.
Monday, July @.
Receivers certificates 10 the amount
OF 100000 may De issued 90 allow OF
the purchase of jamestown Exposition
state buildings
The police of Schenectady n. "
have arrested Eugene Wilson c0iorcd
suspected of being q mail rOhbor want
ed at Kansas City.
Wadng ont beyond hls depth and /
unable TO swim. Clement tho seven /
teenyearold son of } r Montgom |
cry of Orangeyile. Pa, was drowned /
In Fishing creek
After an illness of more than two /
years Mrs Ida Young wife of Judge /
James S. Young of the United States |
circuit court. died at the family resi- !
donce at pitfsburg
Tuesday July 7.
Minneapolis has been selected as The /
next meeting place OF the Nauona. /
Young Peoples Christian Union of the
Universaiist church. July 90 if 1909
The =. l. Du P0nt De Nemours Pow
der company. of Wilmington. Del. was
the lowest bidder at s23s f05. for cur
nishing 100000 pounds of dynamite
TO the isthmian canal commission.
Charged with disorderly conduct ir
masquerading for nine years as man
Mrs Augusta sIeg. ihIriysix years old
of 6il Sixth avenue New York. has
been sentenced 90 the w0rkh0usc i0i
FIVE days
The president has accepted the re
signaU0n of Judge William I0chren
Judge i0r the United States district
court for the district of Minnesota al
st. Paul and has appointed M ID
Purdy present assistant 90 the att0r
ncy general 20 the vacancy.
Wednesday, July 8.
Five persons. all members of one
family were drowned in the Nemahi
river. near Unadilia. Neb.. during g
food
Aeemon sarioris. a grandson o
President Grant, has been appointed
secretary of legation at Guatemala
vice William T. Sands
One man was killed. a woman was
fatally injured and damage amountini |
20 $4,000 resulted az Mononsahola
Pa. WHOM a boiler in tho water works J
plant exploded
Jacob Zimmerman. aged seVcnty-s1
years. engaged in the coal business a
Norristown. Pa. for many years. com
mttod suicide by shooting himself 30
the mouth with a revolver.