Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1909-08-20
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday. Auaust h.

DSopoAueul from III nedlUn, MIS-
Games H. Ritter of McComb, O., clasp
ed her baby in her arms and commit
ted suicide by jumping into an aban
doned we'll
Oscar Cassel. aged sixteen years
fell from a train on the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad at Chester. Pa.
while stealing a ride and both legs
were so badly mangled that they haC
TO be amputated.
Masked men, styled might riders
by the country people at Brownsville
Ky, wounded Harden Minton, a far
mer, and took Andrew Farris. another
farmer, and two women from theiI
homes and whipped them.
Friday August 10.
Mrs Mary Munro 103 years old
died at the county hospital at vii
mington, Del, where she had been for
some time.
The Buckeye Rubber plant at Akron
o.. was partially destroyed by fire
with its hundreds Of tons of raw ma.
terial, entailing a loss Of $200.000@
Fire at the Reading pa Abattoir
company's plant resulted in a loss es.
timated by the firm at close to $4,000,
about two-thirds of which is covered
by insurance.
William Reed and five-year-Old Eve
Ign Trautman were instantly killed and
Mrs Guy Trautman. her mother. per
haps fatally injured by being struck
by a passenger train while driving
across the Erie tracks at North Center
near Akron, o.
Saturday, August Il.
During an electrical storm at Hobbs
island. Ala. Mrs. John Hornbuckle
was instantly killed and her little
niece. Matte Lemley, fatally injured
by a bolt of lightning.
The plant Of the Empire Graphite
company, at Porters Corners. neal
Saratoga. n. Y, including a four-story
mill and several smaller buildings, was
burned, with a loss of 100000.
Despondent because he had been
reprimanded, Sergeant F. A. Burger
Of the marine guard Of the cruiser
Tennessee. now at the Puget Sound
navy yard, committed suicide by cut
ting his throat
Esther Detweiler. three years old. is
dead; her sister, Rebecca, aged six
years. IS dying, and the mother of the
children is seriously burned as the re
suit Of a lamp explosion at their home
ct Vandergrift Heights. Pa.
Monday, August is.
The Hotel Arlington at Santa Bar
Dara, Cal, was destroyed by FIRE /
which drove out several hundred
guests. Loss, $4,000.
Hugh c. Ward, prominent Kansas
City phllanthropist. law partner of
Fadley, of Missouri died in
a sanitarium at New York Of apoplexy.
Samuel s. Martin, of Voganville
Pa. was seriously hurt by a fall OF
.hirty-fve feet while painting, both
arms being broken and internal in
luries sustained.
The International Typographical
lnion. in session at St Joseph. Mo
voted to require local unions to afili
ate with the central bodies of the
Tuesday, August II.
Harry Shellenberger. a York. Pa.
butcher, died of blood poisoning, caus'
I'd BY a small cut on the hand
Benson Miller, fourteen years old
was killed at Chicago by a pitched
,all. which struck him on the ear.
Lady Alma-Tadema, wife of Sir
lawrence Alma Tadema, the painter
md herself an artist Of note. is dead.
Because she Tilted him, Harry Bliss,
lged eighteen. shot and fatally wound
ID Miss Minnie Clarke. aged seven
cen.
Ned Marshall, who is described as
N American millionaire. was killed
t Monte Carlo by a hospital guard,
Who escaped.
Prince Albert Leopold, heir to the
belgian throne, has arrived in Ant
yerp from his trip to the Congo, and
vas given an ovation.
Wednesday, August 10.
Charleston. s. c., voted against pro
ibition for the county dispensary siN
q one in the liquor election.
Carrying twenty-five passengers, the
teamer Seattle turned turtle 300 feet
rom her dock at Couer DAlene,
Wash. No lives were lost.
The petroleum fuel of the steamer
Ionte Blanco caught fire in the har-
or at Callao. Peru, and the steamer
as completely destroyed.
The first bale of new crop North /
arolina cotton was sold at Norven
r II ,cIassed as good middling
nd brought IA cents a pound. ;
Ella Bullock and her two small sis {
,rs were burned to death in a fire s
lat destroyed the farmhouse near La
rosse. Kan. The fire was caused by
gasoline explosion during the ab-
snce Of the parents.
n1o1IINE OUnTATIOMC