Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-09-25
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Friday. September II.

FTuay ScptempoF W.
Fire destroyed the -four mills and
elevators Of Iglehart Brothers. at
Evansville. Ind. entailing q loss Of
5000 900.
Burglars broke into the Neenah.
Wis. postoffice. blew open two vaults
and obtained about $1,000 in stamps
and money.
DIR. John W. CONN. q major In the
Tenth PenI sylvania Volunteers during
the Spanish-American war In the Phil.
ippines. died at FL Paso. Tex.
National Negro Baptists at their an.
nual convention at Columbus. o.. unan.
imously reelected Rev. DR.. q. c. Nor
ris. OF Helena. Ark. to serve as presi-
dent for his sixteenth year.
Saturday, September 10.
Bishop McCloskey. OF the Catholic
diocese OF Kentucky. died ct Louis.
Vile. Ky.
The convention Of the Fraternai Or.
der OF Eagles at Omaha. Neb.. decided
to hold It's next grand asrie Ut st.
Louis.
Chang Yin Tang. the newly appoint
ed Chinese minister to the United
States. in succession to WI Ting Fang.
has left Picking for Washington.
Harrisburg. Pa. grocers. who were
prosecuted by Dairy and Food Com.
missioner Foust for selling ketchup
containing excessive quantities Of ben
zoate of soda. pleaded guilty and paid
fines Of $50 each.
Monday, September 20.
The union label will be restored in
all the hat factories OF Danbury. Bethel
and New Milford, Conn.
For killing a fellow-soldier. John e.
Gibson has been given o life sentence
in the federal prison at Lsavvnworth.
Kan.
A shipment of 1913 high-sred cattle
from the Isle of Jersey. estimated to
be worth 10000, has arrived at Coop.
ersburg Pa.
Police Of Nashville. Tenn. have
averaged six arrests day for drunk.
enness since July /. whom prohibition
went into effect
Governor Harmon, Of Ohio. invited
the governors Of all the states and ter
ritories OF the United States to attend
with delegations the National Good
Roads Congress. to be held In Column
bus. o.. Oct 26 to 20.
Tuesday. September n.
Bishop Seth Ward. of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. died at Toxic.
Japan.
A. II. Sanders. Of Chicago. announc.
ed his acceptance of President Taft's
invitation to membership on the new
board OF tariff commissioners.
James King. charged with having a..
sassinated Charles Scribner from am
bush near Beattyville, KY. has been
captured by a posse OF officers with
bloodhounds after n chase OF five days.
Heart. broken because Q scornful
laugh from the belle of the Italian
quarter greeted his pleas for her hand
in marriage. Luigi Bracaleone leaped
to death from the high bridge over
Panther Hollow in Schenley park at
Pittsburg.
Wednesday, September a.
John and Henry Queen. brothers. Of
Fleming county. KY. In general light
with negroes, were both MORALLY shot.
There was an aggregate Increase OF
$1.19O.O37 in internal revenue receipts
for August as compared with the cor.
responding period OF 1908.
Three men were killed when the
Montreal express. bound from Mon
treal for Boston. crashed into the rear
OF the disabled Quebec express from
Quebec for Boston about q mile and
half from Pattee, n. II.
In the superior court at Greensboro.
n. c., Gather Holt. a negro youth.
pleaded guilty to the charge OF at
tempted rape on Maggie Powers. a girl
of his own color. and was senter' to
fifteen years In the state peniten. AIRY.
Thursday, September %.
Sailor Bill" Maccabee celebrated HIS
10Gth birthday anniversary on We'd
nesday In the United States Naval
home at Philadelphia.
Engineer s. PER-. Of Spencer. n. c.,
was fatally aurt six miles below Lynch.
burr. Va. by jumping from his engine,
which had left the rails.
NJ. r. Ryan. of Kansas City. was
elected grand chief OF the Brotherhood
of Railway Carmen OF America at the
convention at Atlanta. Ga.
Robert Hoe. aged seventy years,
head OF r. Hoe & Co.. printing press
manufacturers OF New York. died in
London after n short Illness.