Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-02-14
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
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EouI ives We're lost when the hOusa
OF Thomas Yeast, four miles southwest
OF Preston, Mimi, burned to the
ground.
A new cold weather record for Ball
ston' n. Y, was made Wednesday when
the mercury dropped to forty-five de-
grees below zero.
Miss Carol Hartman daughter Of
Edward H. Hartman, of New Yorl,
was operated upon for ear trouble at
John Hopkins hospital, Baltimore Nd
After reading several chapters in the
Bible and kneeling with members of
his family in prayer. David Potts. of
Birmingham, Ala, retired to his room
and with shotgun blew the top of his
head off
Friday, February 7.
While insane Gustav Walstedt shot
and killed his nine-year-old daughter
and himself in his home at Chicago.
Jack Long, accused of murdering
John Sapp, was taken from the Jail at
Gainesville, Fla, and lynched by a mob
of 200 men.
Governor Stuart approved the char
ter application of Hershey Chocolate
company, of Hershey. Pa, which is
capitalized at s15OO,OOO.
George Hastings, the last of the trio
who held up a Northern Pacific train |
near Butte, Mont, last May and muir
dered Engineer Glow, confessed the
crime and was given life sentence.
Saturday. February 8.
Harriet Field, widow, aged eighty
four. was burned to death in a fire
which destroyed her home at Orange.
Mass.
While walking on the tracks of the
Allegheny Valley railroad at Kittan-
ming, Pa, Samuel Salliday, John Miller
and August Hettler were killed by
train
While driving across the tracks of
the Pennsylvania railroad at Darling
ton station, near Chester, Pa, Isaac
Schofeld was struck by a train and
instantly killed.
An Erie passenger train struck and
instantly killed Daniel Thomas and
Mrs. Phoebe Taylor at a crossing near
Akron, o., where the two were cross
ing the track in binding snow storm.
Monday, February 10.
A fullgrown deer wandered into
R. l., and caused much
until captured.
The West Virginia senate is probing
reports that a liquor lobby has raised ]
5150,000 to defeat prohibition
DespOn lent because Of feeble health,
David Wsnger. aged eighty-three,
committed suicide near Amsterdam. S
Y. Y.
Frank Lane was stabbed in the head
It CORY, Pa, by two men who at
acked him, and he was perhaps ia
ally injured. j,
The camp Of Confederate Veterans '
t Waco, Tex, has adopted resolutions
against the pensioning OF -
soldiers by congress u
Tuesday February II. "
The First National bank, of Brook. Il
IN, N. Y. which closed on Oct 25 o.
ist reponed for business o.
Between 5000 and 5000 men return. +
4 to work at the Lorain plant of the SC
ational Tube company. near CIeve a
md. o. IN
After leaving a note in explanation tn
lat his act was due wholly to finan- er
al reverses, Frank Harris, a broker, dc
,mmitted suicide by shooting in m
)tel in Boston. tn
Henry ThaxtOn, a negro. convicted in
killing W. E. Hunstucker. white, be
70 years ago, after being thrice pre- an
ously respited by the governor, was pc
inged at Birmingham, Ala.
Wednesday, February II. tn
The bank of Willard, Mo, was loot or
of $1,000 by robbers after the safe tn
ID been blown open by nitro loi
ycerine. jes
The bill appropriating $780, 900 for an
rticipation by the United States in du
international exposition to be held
Toxic, Japan, in 1912, was passed an
the senate. wa
Milton Heidelbaugh, sixty-fve years bo
|. serving his fourth term as state the
lator from the Thirteenth district the
d a prominent Republican, died at
home in Lancaster, Pa. Nc
While a dinner party was in pro
sss at the home of Frank G. Jones Pts
Memphis, Tenn, thieves entered a sat
,ond-story window and made away wo
h jewels valued at 100000. wa
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