Milford chronicle., 1909-05-21
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday, May 1s.

! Dominick Acdierdi, two years old
was killed by falling from the fire
/ escape at his home, 327 West Sixty
ninth street, New York.
The Pemigewassett house, one Of
the largest hotels in the White noun
tains, near Plymouth, N. H., was de
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss Of
/ 100000.
Dr. Lucien Treadway, Walker Tread
way, William Treadway and Samuel
Amen were held for the grand jury al
Beattyville Ky. on the charge Of at
tempting to assassinate Charles VIII
liams, following feud troubles.
Friday, May "A.
Engineers in wireless telegraphy
will be trained in the engineering de
partment at the Ohio State university
at Columbus.
Joseph Sickle, a veteran Of the
Civil War committed suicide by in
haling gas in the room of Post Is, G,
A. R.. at Manayunk. Pa.
The Christian Herald sent the Red
Cross $4,000 for relief work in Turkey,
and this has been cabled to the Ameri-
can ambassador at ConstantinopIe.
Neal Harris, a negro. is held in the
Madison county jail, at Brooklyn. H.,
in connection with the killing of
Charles Cheatham over a game of
craps.
Saturday, May IS.
General" Means, a negro. commit
ted suicide at GAINESVILLE, o.. follow
ing his arrest on the charge of muir
dering his tweHty-two-year-old wife.
Mansfield Haroldson. one of the
Jurors who tried the eight night rid
ers at Union City. Tenn, last January,
six of whom were sentenced to be
hanged. committed suicide.
Some liquors confiscated at speak
easies' by Pittsburg police and given
to hospitals we're found to contain
knockout drops" after patients and
attendants became unconscious.
A new speed record for typewritig
was made at Kansas City. Mo, by E.
A. Trefzger. of New York when he
wrote an average of 1O9 words from
copy each minute for fifteen minutes.
Monday, May II.
Three men were killed and one ia
tally injured when the starboard boiler
of the steel steamer James H. Hoyt
exploded at Cleveland o.
President Taft has sent a letter to
Governor Stubbs. of Kansas, in which
he makes it clear that the administra-
tion will not be drawn into state fac
tional fights.
Rt. Rev. John Lancaster Spalding,
who recently retired from the direction
of the Catholic diocese of Peoria. has
been elevated to a titular archbisho-
pric by Plus X.
A large number of persons were in
iured. none fatally, when a terrific
electrical storm broke over Cory. Pa.
and blew down the main tent Of Cole
Brothers circus.
Captain John c. Henley, formerly
mayor of Birmingham. Ala, and one of
the city's wealthiest and oldest citi-
zens. committed suicide at his home
bv shooting himself in the mouth with
a pistol
Tuesday, May 1s.
Fire at Fort Smith. Ark, destroyed
a. compress and 5000 bales of cotton,
causing a loss of 100000.
Andrew Carnegie was received in au- |
dience by King Victor Emmanuel in
his palace in Rome.
Two miners were buried alive in a /
mine at Negaunee, Mich. and when |
rescuers reached them they were
dead
Irwin. W. Schultz, former judge Of
the Warren county, N. j.. courts, died /
At his home in Phillipsburg, ~ j., Of
cancer.
Smith NJ. Lindsay. for years a prom
nent lawyer and post supreme regent
If the Royal Arcanum, died at Utica.
n. Y, after a long illness.
Wednesday, May 10.
The Delaware militia will camp from
he oath to the S1st OF July on the
tate rife range below New Castle.
President Taft has decided to ap-
,oint Oscar L. Whitelaw as assistant
of the United States at st.
Iouis. to succeed T. J. Atkins, recently
appointed postmaster at that place.
On behalf of George B. Dovey, presi-
lent Of the Boston National league
cam. Senator Lodge presented to
Taft a special pass to the
-ates of that club in Boston this sum-
ner.
Aram Zartanian, nineteen years old,
hot and killed himself at Providence,
/. l., after inficting a dangerous
round on Mabel Arabian, sixteen
ear-oid girl, who objected to marry
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