Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-04-03
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Friday, March 40.

FRIDAY, Merch ~.
Harry Barber Moon. q member Of
the lower house OF the New Jersey
legislature, died at his home In Phil
lipsburg. aged thirty-one years.
Charles A. Smith. freight agent Of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad company
on the Hazleton and Mahanoy divi.
sions. died at Hasleton. aged nfty.six
years.
Pensions will be granted to all per.
sons who have lost the sight Of one
eye or their hearing from causes orig.
mating In the military or naval service
OF the United States, II q bill intro
duced in the house by General Keifer.
of Ohio, becomes . law.
Saturday. March ~.
The bank of Watson. ILL.,. was robbed
Of $4,000 cash by cracksmen.
DIR. Robert Reyburn. one Of the ply.
sicians who attended president Gar
field after he was shot by Giteau. died
In Washington. aged seventy-six years.
John Z. Buckingham. seventy-one
years old. who was doorkeeper ut
Fords theater at the time President
Lincoln was assassinated. died in
Washington.
Owners and proprietors Of moving
picture shows. both In Pittsburg and
Sharon. Pa, were ordered not to pro-
duce pictures showing the kidnapping
OF Willie Whitla, under q penalty Of
forfeiture of the films and licenses.
Monday, March 20.
Three persons were killed at Bryant.
Pa. in q collision on the Pittsburg q
Butler trolley line.
Harry Smith killed his six-year-old
son Richard and then committed sui.
eide at Corapolis. Pa.
Five men were arrested In San
Francisco. CAL. on the charge Of con.
spiracy to steal records Of the district
attorney and block prosecution IN
graft cases.
Fire destroyed the buildings Of the
Baltusrol Golf club. at Summit Hills.
N. j.. one of the most famous organi.
cations Of its kind in the country. the
links of which have been the scene Of
many notable tournaments.
Charles NJ. Schwab In an interview
In Chicago declared that he feared no
tariff reductions on steel and other
products. asserting that the skill Of
American workmen would meet any
competition and that business would
not suffer.
Tuesday, March 80.
A prairie fire which swept Crosby
county. Texas. caused a loss estimat-
ed at 100000.
Justus d. Andrus. aged ninety.hve
years. believed to be the oldest mem.
Der OF the G. A. R.. is dead in Chicago.
President Taft appointed James T.
Dubois. of Pennsylvania. consul gen.
eral of the United States at Singapore.
Straits Settlement.
Noble NJ. Davidson. inventor Of the
traction engine. was killed a. Ada. O..
by being struck by the engine Of
Pennsylvania passenger train.
TON" Rivers. q noted Kentuckian.
was fatally shot and Officer Clarence
Rupert seriously wounded at Sapulpa.
Okla. In fight in gambling resort.
WEDNESDAY, warren 81.
M. c. Eversol. sheriff Of Perry coun.
ty, Ky. he's been arrested at hazard.
charged wit shooting Nathan Engle.
The tobacco factory of C. C. Bell &
Son. at Sp. .ngfield. Tenn. filled with
tobacco belonging to the Imperial To-
bacco company. was burned.
DR.. william Ader. dentist. wss
shot four times by Harriet Pace.
full blooded Chickasaw Indian. at Ma.
dill. Okla. and died OF his wounds.
Joseph Peter Mcintyre. chaplain Of
the battleship Oregon during the mem.
orable run from the Puget Sound navy
yard around Cape Horn to Santiago.
died at Seattle. Wash, of nervous dis
orders resulting from services during
the Spanish war.
Thursday, April I.
Medical Inspector Henry T. Percy.
U. s. N, died at the naval medical
school hospital in Washington from
uraemic poisoning.
Eighty federal prisoners confined In
the penitentiary at Moundsville. w.
Va. were taken to the federal prison
at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
The New York senate codes commit.
tee reported favorably the bill making
the maximum punishment for kidnap-
pink fifty instead OF twenty-five years.
The Delaware state militia intends
to raise fund from among Its men,
bership with which to purchase a H.
brary as a gift to the battleship Della.
ware.
The extensive dry kilns OF the Fore.
man.Blades Lumber company. at Eliz-
abeth City. N. c.. were destroyed by
fire. with a loss OF 100000 feet Of
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