Democratic messenger., 1909-08-07
CONDENSED NEWS IrEms.
Friday. July 40.

The French ambassador to the Unit.
"a States. J. J. Jusserand. and Nine.
Jusserand sailed for Euroye on the
steamer La Lorraine.
John r. TAFT, ranking high a. an
artist and critic of note. was found
dead at the foot OF flight Of steps In
his home in Baltimore.
The plant OF the South Baltimore
Steel Car and Foundry company was
bought In by the reorganization COM
mittee OF creditors for $4,000.
George Watson. seventy-six years OF
age. a prominent retired citizen OF
Reading, Pa. died on trolley car
while returning from park, where he
had become Ill.
Frank NJ Boyer, an appendicitis pa
tient in the Harrisburg. Pa. hospital.
fell or threw himself from q third
story window in the hospital and died
two hours later.
Saturday, July 81.
The senate ratified an arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Paraguay. which was signed on March
13 last.
President Taft has been elected an
honorary member Of the Tuna club.
the famous fishing organization Of
Catalina island. at Los Angeles. Cal.
AS a result of switch engine dash.
ing into heavily loaded suburban
street car in Memphis. Tenn. one per
son was killed and five or six were
injured.
Claude Brooks. aged twenty-one
years, a negro. was hanged at Kansas
City for the murder OF Sidney Hern.
don. a well.to-do real estate owner. for
merly Of Tyler. Tex. Jan. IS. 1908.
Monday, August 2.
The government contract for $4,000
yards OF olive drab cotton cloth for
the army goes to Massachusetts, mill
at 25 cents yard.
A nail In the foot. then gangrene
and amputation of the leg to save his
life all ended In the death OF Thomas
Lauer. at Berwick. Pa.
From bullet wound inflicted by his
divorced wife. John Haker died near
Lansing. Mich. question OF money
having started the trouble.
The North Carolina corporation com
mission has closed the Citizens. Bank
and Trust company. at Southern Pines.
bacause OF q cash shortage.
In an auto accident at Lake Geneva.
H., Philip Swift. eldest son of Edward
F. Swift, the packer. had a leg broken
and was badly cut and bruised.
Tuesday, August 8.
President Taft has decided to in
clude Charleston. S. c.. In his timer
airy for the western and southern trip.
The funeral Of Harry c. Pulliam.
late president of the National League.
who committed suicide in New York.
was held at Louisville. KY.
Franklin X. Lane. member of the
Interstate commerce commission. Is at
present in France. studying the regu-
lations applied to French railroads.
In the presence OF large number of
citizens the tablet marking the site Of
old Fort Yates. where General Grant
led his regiment. the Twenty-first iii.
nois infantry. in 1861. was dedicated
at Springfield, III.
Wednesday. August 4.
Thomas Heist, former owner OF
the Bolton house and a prominent
business me- = of Harrisburg. Pa. died
suddenly at his home at Wayne juno
tion. Philadelphia. aged seventy years.
The raising of the battleship Maine
In Havana harbor by the United States
government was favored in a resolu
tion passed by the New York state de.
partment, United Spanish War Vet
erans.
President Taft has approved the SEN
tence OF dismissal in the case of First
Lieutenant Frank W. Ball. Twenty
fifth infantry. Y. s. A.. recently tried
twice by court martial in the Philip |
pine Islands on charges of drunken.
ness.
Thursday, August 5.
After taking poison, John Mackay
a Civil War veteran from Des Moines.
Ia, jumped into the Erie canal at
Rochester. N. Y.
The will e. the late Don Carlos. pre-.
tender to the throne of Spain. leaves
to the pope works of art and money to
a total OF 100000
Sv. Mcdonald. farmer living near
Chickasha. Okla. during III of in
sanity shot and killed his wife's
brother. J. A. Thompson. and Mrs.
Thompson and then shot himself.
Justice Mills. in the supreme court |
at White Plains. ~ Y. affirmed YER
dict OF s22.500 in the case of Warren
Palmer against the New York Central
railroad for damages for injuries re.
ceiyed about a year and half ago.
when his wagon was struck by train |