The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-19
The news.
Domestic

John Larley. who had Just finished
long term in prison. shot Daniel
A.. Fenton, hotel proprietor. OF
Middletown, n. Y. one of his Jurors
who convicted him. and then ended
his own life.
DR.. Jesse Cope Green. aged go
years, Of West Chester. Pa, suppos-
ed to be the oldest dentist SSIS ip'Etbe
united States, has retired after sc
sion.
President Taft has pardoned Man
ming c. Palmer, former president of
the American Exchange National
Bank of Syracuse. n. Y, convicted OF
the misapplication OF bank funds.
John Simpson, a we'll known farm
er OF Scottsville, Ky, was called out
or bed to the door of his home
by mob of six masked men and shot
to death.
Clifford PinchOt, the government
forestry expert. declares that a trust
in water power. TO control all 9TH
er trusts. is In process OF forma-
tion.
Orville Wright sailed for Europe
to give aeroplane flights for Ger
man corporation, which will con-
chine. -. q
Robert Womack, who discovered
the Cripple Creek gold regions. died
at Colorado Springs in poverty
The constabulary board at Manila
that investigated the Davao mutiny
recommended the severe punishment
of the four officers who had charge
of the mutinous company.
Prof. Wilhelm Bernhard. former
director OF German in the high
schools Of Washington, D. c., was
run over and killed by a train near
Burlington, VT
J. A. Engleman, agent of the
Queen and Crescent Railroad at
Kings Mountain, KY, was assassina-
ted while at work in the Office of the
company.
The third attempt to blow up the
southern Railway viaduct within a
few months was made, causing hun
dreds of dollars damage to build
ings.
Thomas Katsnes boarded a crowd
ed street car in Chicago and shot
and killed Victoria Kawalec, then
shot himself with suicidal intent.
The plant of the Reading Abattoir
Company was almost totally destroy
ed by fire, the loss being placed at
$4,000.
One striker was killed and several
injured in riot that took place juct
outside of Schoenville, near Pitts
burg.
Five persons lost their lives at
Hancock, Mich, when the residence
OF Edward Dionne was burned
The Buckeye Rubber plant at Ak
ron. o., was partially destroyed by
hre, the loss being 100000.
Fire in the East Buffalo plant of
the Jacob DOld Packing Company
caused 100000 damage.
James McSorley, the ex-convict
who shot and killed Daniel NJ. Fen
ton. one of the jurors who convict
ed him. and then killed himself, had
planned to kill three men.
A loss estimated at $1,OOO,OOO,
was caused by the fire which swept
so buildings from the main street
OF the summer resort town of Mon
ticello, New York.
Miss Elizabeth Phillips, known to
thousands of Philadelphia poor as
Miss Santa Claus" committed sui
eide, probably owing TO failing
health.
Rafael Cascone, killed in New
York, declared before he died that
ne was 'Sn0t by. Amato Santaniello,
whose brother CaSCSHa had killed.
The parade of the Gra..i. Army
veterans in Salt Lake City, two
miles long, was reviewed by Com
mander-in-chief Henr. NJ. Nevius.
The United States authorities at
Honolulu are investigating charges
OF smuggling duplicating officers and
men of the cruiser st. Louis.
Ambassador 'Brien had long in
tervlew with President Taft, at
which all questions in the far East
were gone over carefully.
Ralph Crocknell, a leading golf
critic, says that President Taft's
game is absolutely American and his
strokes national ones.