Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-29
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Friday, May Fl.


yelling at Hodgenville. KY, May 81,
OF the Abraham Lincoln memorial
statue.
Charles Il. Barber. member or the
Aero Club of America. died In his
home at Warwick, n. Y. OF injuries
sustained when his automobile was
struck by locomotive.
Pennsylvania State Forestry Com
missioner Robert S. Conklin announc-
bought in Westmoreland and Somerset
counties had been constituted n state
reserve. the first to be established on
the Ohio river watershed.
Saturday, May 22.
Clarence Herbert Freeman. former
national checker champion, died at
Providence. II. l.
In the presence of their little daugh-
ter. Eugene PEBBLES. a young iron
moulder. apparently insane. killed his
wife at Norfolk. Va. In a boarding
house kept by the victims twin sister.
Armed with small base ball bat.
Miss Clara Anderson, servant In the
household of l.. S. Sehwabacher. vice
president of wholesale hardware
company at Seattle. Wash. attacked
burglar In the family residence. knock
ing from his hands jewelry said to be
worth $4,000 and driving the thief from
the house.
Monday, May "a.
T. c. Bush. formerly cartoonist for
the New York World. died at his win
ter home at Camden. S. c.
The Florida house voted $4,000
appropriation for silver service for
the battleship Florida. now under con-
! struction.
Thieves entered the shoe store OF
Samuel Goldberg. at Vineland. N. j..
! and carried away $50 pairs of shoes.
| S3i in cash and check for $3.50.
A stone found In Wisconsin. bearing
Runic characters and the date 1862,
was made the basis of claim that
Norsemen discovered America earlier
than Columbus.
Wells Post. G. a. r.. of Columbus,
O.. has adopted resolutions condemn
ing the erection of a monument to
| Captain Henry Wirz. former COM
mander OF Andersonville prison.
Tuesday, May rs.
| President Taft sent to the senate
the nomination of Colonel Richard I.
Yeatman. OF the Eleventh infantry. to
be a brigadier general.
In closing their convention at Bos-
ton the Order OF Railway Conductors
chose Jacksonville. Fla. as the place
for the next biennial convention.
Three lives were lost in a collision
between the steamer Western States
and the tug Princeton in the harbor
off the United States life saving sta
ton at Buffalo. n. Y.
After a trip of 5000 miles. without a
cent in their pockets. Arthur Crane,
aged seven years. and Joe Crosby.
aged nine years. both of Saginaw.
Mich, arrived at Toledo. o.
Wednesday, May 26.
Five children were fatally burned
during commencement exercises in a
private school at Central City. KY.
George A. Dayton. of Boonton. n. j..
committed suicide in the Central hotel
at Boston by inhaling illuminating
gas.
Lovett Davis. negro. charged with
attempting to criminally assault a six.
teen.year-old white girl, was lynched
at Pine Bluff. Ark.
Mrs. Lizzie York Case. well known
writer OF verse and prose for newspa-
pers and magazines. died at her home
near Baltimore. Md, aged seyenty-two
| years.
President Taft issued an executive
order directing that when holidays fall
on Sunday. all government employees
| entitled to holiday shall be granted
leave on the Monday following.
Thursday, May 27.
The Grand Lodge Of the Brotherhood
Of Railroad Trainmen will meet In
Harrisburg. Pa. in 1911.
Senator Beveridge introduced an
amendment to the tariff bill, the pur-
pose OF which Is 10 prohibit tobacco
manufacturers or dealers from using
the coupon or premium system to
stimulate sales.
Secretary of War Dickinson will at
tend the graduation exercises at the
United States military academy at
West Point and make the presentation
OF the diplomas to the members OF the
graduating class on June II.
Forced by the order Of his physician
TO resign the Office of police magis-
trate ct East 81. Louis. ILL.,. and TO OBJ
tain employment where he could enjoy
pure air and outdoor exercise. Thomas
Stanton has started TO work as a