Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-11-20
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Friday, November IL.

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mist. was sentenced in Cleveland. o..
10 three years In the penitentiary and
hned $500.
Fire destroyed a building in the stock
yards in Chicago owned by Armour &
Co.. and used for storing fertilizer.
The loss Is estimated at 100000.
A correspondence school for minis
leriai students is an innovation which
Is to he started in Chicago in connec-
ton with the Chicago Theological SEM
mary by the Congregational church.
Negroes of the United States will
celebrate the flftieth anniversary of
the Emancipation Proclamation in
1913 with a mammoth exposition at
Macon. Ca. II movement launched
by the Georgia State Agricultural and
Industrial association is carried cut.
Saturday, November 10.
The Bank of Norden. S. d.. was rob-
bed OF s23S4. the safe and building be.
Ing wrecked completely.
Three Italian track laborers were
struck and killed by train Oh the
Erie railroad near Guynard. N. Y.
Mrs. Ann Coker shot and fatally
wounded James Coker. her husband.
at Knoxville. Tenn, whom she met in
company of his first wife, divorced ar
teen years ago.
An attempt to burn alive Professor
James Payne. colored Sp.Wnalist OF
Chicago and his family. was made by
persons who poured kerosene over the
porch of the Paynehome and In the
hallway and then set fire to the place.
Monday, November IS.
The Massachusetts supreme court
denied new trial to Chester 9. Jor.
dan. convicted of numbering his wife
in September 1908.
Because Indians are threatening an
outbreak in Manitoba women and chill.
dren are being sent in canoes from
Hazelton TO Prince Rupert.
The SEVENTEEN anniversary Of the
birth of President Joseph F. Smith. OF
the Mormon church. was informally
observed at Salt Lake City.
Convicted of embezzlement, George
o. Lamprecht. a Cleveland. broker
whose firm failed for s1,500.000. was
given three years In the penitentiary
The general committee of foreign
missions of the Methodist Episcopal
church. meeting at Albany. N. Y. ap
portioned over sS25.000 for next years
work.
Tuesday. November f6.
John r. Mofiitt. the inventor of the
threshing machine. died at his home
at Denver. Colo. aged eighty-four.
s. c. Hackley. seventy-two years OF
age. was shot and killed at Abilene
Tex. by Ruby Payton. his brother-in'
law. aged sixty-two years.
Jacob Long. of Coles Summit. near
Huntingdon. Pa. eighty.four years old
started out alone to hunt. when he
was seized with apoplexy and died.
The monument erected in memory
of the Massachusetts soldiers who
were buried at Baton Rouge. La. dur
ing the war between the states. was
unveiled Monday.
James Mckee was fatally wounded
In fight on Louisville & Nashville
train near Paris. KY. and in a panic
which followed among the passengers
several were trampled.
Wednesday. November II.
Henry l.. Fisher. the oldest member
of the York county. Pa. bar. died AT
his home in York. aged eighty-seven
years.
John Frost. nineteen years old. and
Lester Clements. Ave years old. both
negroes. were burned to death in their
home in Baltimore.
Mrs Sarah McWilliams. living ON a
farm four miles outside of Mansfield
O.. was shot and seriously hurt by
hunters on her place.
The common councils of Albany. N
Y, passed an ordinance which. II ap
proved. will limit the Fourth OF July
celebration In that city TO the use OF
small frecrackers.
Thursday. November 10.
G. l. Norman. prominent archi
tect. despordent from Ill health. com
mitted suicide by shooting at Atlanta
Ga.
Rev. Jay y. c. Hathaway. rector OF
st. Paul's Episcopal church at Mary
Vile. Mo-. committed suicide by hang
Ing. No cause for the act is known.
An indictment was brought la by
the grand jury at Grundy. w. Va,
against Hiram Little for the murder
OF Mrs. Betty Justlc. George Meadow
and his wife and three children at
Hurley. W. Va.
President Taft settled the North
Carolina census supervlsorship by ap.
pointing Representative Moorehead's
friend and supporter named joyce in
place OF Professor J. r. Glasson. who
,,itt IN ,rivau a norfftO, In tho rancuc