The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-10-08
Friday, October I.

As the result OF hdLlhs ny iOui
schoolmates. Albert Whitticker, OF
River Park. east of South Bend, Ind
is in a serious condition.
Lucius II. Bigelow. head Of the mu-
sic publishing firm of Bigelow & Main,
New York city died at his summer
home at Ridgefeld, Conn, in his sew
enty-second year.
Three passengers were injured and
q dozen others badly shaken up when
the Niagara Falls train on the New
York Central collided with an east
hound through freight at Wilson. y. Y.
Dr. Alfred NJ. Webster general sec
retarv OF the New Era association, a
life insurance organization. was found
living dead on the floor in the Offices
of the association at Grand Rapids.
Mich. with a bullet hole in his head.
Saturday, October 2.
George Washington Moore. founder
of Moore and Burgess Minstrels, and
known in sporting circles as Pony
Moore. died in London.
Jewelry valued at $4,000 and $1,000
in coin was stolen by robber who
shot and killed Con Wing. wife Of All
ruis a rich Chinese merchant of San
Luis Obispo Cal.
Presumably struck by a rock while
leaning ont Of the cab window. Engi
neer T. Conley. of an Iron Mountain
freight train. was killed while passing
through a tunnel near Cricket. Ark
The state Of Oregon will collect from
the estate of the late Z. II. Hartman
as soon as the appraisement of his
railroad property is made. approx
mately 100000 as an inheritance tax
Monday October a.
Run over by fire engine respond
inc to an alarm in Altoona Pa, \. Del
Blondo. AGED nine years, died.
Alausdale and Danville junk dealers
confessed stealing a hot-air furnace
from c.. C. Barger in Bloomsbury ia
Charged with dynamitng the home
7fa steel trust Official at Youngstown
o. John Bailey has been arrested al
Muncie. Ind.
Alarm is caused among white neigh
hors bv the restlessness of 5000 Cney
enno Indians on the Sheridan roserya
ton Wyoming.
Because she refused 10 marry him
Charles J.. Miller an engineer broke
into the room of Miss Phoebe Arm
strong at Chicago. murdered her anc
then killed himself
Tuesday, October s.
Mrs Eta Jarvis Shepard. wife o.
Seth Shepard. chief justice of the Dis
fr,et of Columbia court of appeals, die
foo Washington.
Ray Lamphere who was convicted
as am acc0mplice OF Mrs. Belle Gun
ness is dying from consumption in the
jail at Laporte. Ind.
Dolirious from fever following wounds
received p q fight in a saloon. Police
man w. a Irwin threw himself from
n third story window of a hospital a
Detroit. Mich, ard was killed.
John White. twenty years old. sen
fenced TO four years for robbing
store an Rayville La. now admits tina
he stole in order TO be with his moth
or. Mrs. Bette White. who two years
ago murdered her husband and wa
D. sentenced To twenty years.
Wednesday, October 6.
The body Of Charles B. Wahl, age
thirty-one years. missing for SOM
DAYS was found in the Schuylkill rive
at Reading Pa.
The Governor John Albert johnson
Memorial commission has been organ
lied at st. Paul Mimi. to raise a fun'
OF $4,000 Tor a memorial to the lat
Governor Johnson.
Thomas j. O'Brien, United State
!, ambassador to Japan. sailed from Sal
Francisco for his post in Toxic afte
a visit to his old home in Michigan
and other points in the east
/ Hugh Mcintosh. the fight promoter
left London for Paris to try and al
range a meeting between James J
Jeffries and Jack Johnson for tn
worlds heavyweight championship.