The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-05-29
FARMvILLE, VA. FRIDAY, MAY %, 1908
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Thursday, May p.

Thursday, May p.
The comptroller of the currency IS
rued a call for the condition of na-
tional banks at the close Of business
"a May a.
Percy C Marling. aged efty.fve. of
Montreal. committed suicide by jump
ing from the window o. "a room IN the
Hotel Manhattan IN New York city
Twentyone persons were injured.
many OF them seriously. and hundreds
narrowly escaped death al a perform
qnce Of the Charity Circus in Chicago.
when an the seats Ia the tent sud
denly gave way.
Friday, May p.
Joe Cans and Battling Nelson have
signed articles fcr q foriy-hve-round
battle. to take place In San Francisco
on the afternoon 0i July a.
Mrs. Fred Grothe was killed and
several others moro or less injured in
n tornado which struck Lincoln. a
small town northwest OF Sallna. Kan.
The business OF the United States
Steel corporation during April has
shown an improvement over March
which. as officially announced by Pres
ident Gary when the annual report
was made public. was considerably
better than the business in February
or January
Saturday. May p.
In the midst of an exciting game of
base ball in Hardwood. near Pitts
burg. Ralph C. Barr. aged eleven. one
Of the players. was struck over the
heart by hard hit line drive and died
almost Immediately
From the reports now in the posses
sion Of C. NJ Day. president Of the
Denver Convention league. IL IS evi-
dent that more than 100000 visitors
will attend the national Democratic
convention in July.
Ira Oakley. a young white man. has
been arrested In Clarksville. Va.
charged with the murder OF Mrs. J. NJ.
Underwood and her young son and the
burning of their house at Fuquay
Springs. y c.. TO conceal the crime on
Feb ! last
Monday, May 25.
Forty-elght per cent of the adult
Indians of Alaska are suffering from
tuberculosis. while practically all Of
the children have some disease OF
other
Rev. William II Connolly for the
past three years rector OF ST. Ga
briers Catholic church at Hazleion
Pa. died from kidney trouble. aged
foriy-four years.
Harry Russell a ten-ycarold boy
has confessed 10 robbng a railroad
depot at Spokane Wash. of $500. a
crime for which an aged section fore
man had been arrested.
Elmer Peterson. aged seventeen
and his brother. Charles. aged six
teen. were killed In a mine OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Coal & Coke company
at Hastings. near Johnstown. Pa
Tuesday. May 26.
Five persons lost their lives in the
floods in Oklahoma and many had mar
row escapes.
Thomas +. French. Samuel X. Rob
bins and George j. Bergen were ap
pointed receivers for the State Mutua
Building q Loan association of New
Jersey.
Stanictos Rokwsh. sixteen years o
age an Inmate of the Boys Proiectorl
at Flatlands. near Norristown PA. wa.
drowned while bathing in the Perho
men creek.
Congressman Charles Z. Littlefeld
OF Maine. who will retire from con
gress at the conclusion OF his present
term. WIS admitted 20 practice law il
the federal courts by Judge Hough n
New York city.
Wednesday, May p.
Peter Celop. an Austrian. was hang
cd Al Harrisburg. Pa for the murde
of Stefan Cosio. on Dec Q last
Alleged to have scolded four moi
AMI embarrassing them In public. Ms
Carrie Nation was arrested at Pitts
burg Pa, charged with dlsorderly con
/ dlct
Frank Stillwell. eighteen years old
serving a sentence for burglary at th
Indiana reformatory At Jenersonville
Killed himself in his cell by hangin
himself with a towel.
Wi iam VI. Simpson. a woll.knowI
locomotive engineer. was shot AM
killed at Roanoke. Va. by Sadie But
Ter. formerly of Lynchburg. who I'M
modiatcly drank a bottle of carbo.t
acid and died in a few minutes.