Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-06-26
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.



Furnis. thirty-fve years old. who ar
rived In Pittsburg from Austria on
Tuesday night. committed suicide by
cutting his throat.
Cigarette smoking by the enlisted
men OF the United States navy should
be discouraged as much as possible.
in the opinion Of Rear Admiral Seaton
Schroeder. commander-in-chief Of the
Atlantic battleship feet.
Ida NJ. Wynne. second daughter Of
Robert J. Wynne. the American con-
sui general In London. was married In
London to Hugh Ronald French. first
lieutenant In the Seventh Dragon
Guard. one Of the crack regiments Of
the British army.
Saturday, juno 10.
William Lorimer, of Illinois. took
the oath OF Office and became United
States senator on Friday.
The Alaska building at the exposi-
ton at Seattle opened its gold exhibit
with display Of 100000 Of dust, mug
gets and bars.
After killing q woman named Emma
Raymond in the red light district Of
Macon, Ca, Patrolman Oscar Abel
turned the revolver upon himself and
blew out his own brains.
Dan Tso Ac, seventeen-yearold
Navajo Indian boy. pleaded guilty at
Salt Lake City, Utah. in the United
States district court to the charge Of
numbering four of his relatives sew
eral months ago at Aneath. in a re-
mote part Of the state. and was SEN
fenced to ten years Imprisonment.
Monday, June Fl.
Fire caused the death OF ten men
and sixty horses In the board Of trade
livery stable at Duluth. MINI.
The Elk Mountain cotton mill, at
Asheville. N. c.. capitalized at $225,-
900. was placed in the hands of re-
ceiver.
Mrs. Mary Montjar Van Dyke. aged
102 years, one of the oldest women In
western Pennsylvania. died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter
Ghost. OF Clintonville> as the result OF
internal injuries sustained by a fall.
Because her husband. George Hip
piefi an electrical engineer, was cleo
trocuted on an electric light pole In
Pottsville. Pa. his widow, Mrs. Cath
arine Nipple. brought suit for $4,000
against the Edison Electric company.
Tuesday, June %.
Major James NJ. Hadley. father OF
Governor Herbert 8. Hadley, of Mis-
souri,. died OF apoplexy at his home in
Dssota, Kan.
Old age and dependency caused
George Kraus. eighty-three years old.
Of Pittsburg. to commit suicide by TAX
Ing paris green.
Judge Emmett Field. Of the first divi-
sion, circuit court in Louisville. KY,
was stricken with apoplexy as he was
about to open cour. and died In a
few minutes.
While Respondent from Illness,
Frank NJ Campbell. manager OF the
Philadelphia branch of the Jones &
Laughlin Steel company. of Pittsburg,
shot and killed himself at Nanwsrt, o.
Wednesday, June %.
DIR. II. B. Hoover. OF Susquehanna
university. Selinsgrove. Pa. was elect
ed president Of Carthage Qll.) college.
The buildings of the Laurel Cut
Glass company. CO Ier.nyn. near scran'
ton. Pa, were destroyed by fire, along
with much finished stock, entailing a
loss of $4,000.
Clyde Cow, former Methodist
preacher, was sentenced to serve four
years In the penitentiary at Mexico,
Mo-, as an accessory In the death OF
Miss Elizabeth Gleason.
Charles Ulary, said to be the son OF
q wealthy undertaken OF New York
shot and slightly injured Beatrice
Kelley. eighteen years old. at Erie
Pa, and then committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head.
Thursday, June "a.
| President Taft has been mustered
In as an honorary member of the
local camp of the Regular Army and
Navy Union.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland. with her
daughters. Esther and Marion. and
her son. Richard, are at their summer
home in Tamworth. N. H.
Foes OF the liquor traffic In Chicago
hope to have 100000 persons in line
in the temperance and law enforce
ment parade on September rs.
According to an official statement
given out by the Louisiana game com
mission. $500 deer were killed In that
state during the season just closed.
The degree OF doctor OF laws was
conferred by the trustees OF Washing
ton and Jefferson college at Washing