The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-07-02
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday, June "a.


IN az an honorary member of the
local camp of the Regular Army and
Navy Union.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland. with her
daughters. Esther and Marion, and
her son. Richard, are at their summer
home in Tamworth, n. II.
Foes Of the liquor traffic in Chicago
hope to have 100000 persons in line
in the temperance and law enforce
ment parade on September %.
According to an official statement
given out by the Louisiana game com
mission. $500 deer were killed in that
state during the season just closed.
The degree of doctor OF laws was
conferred by the trustees OF Washing
ron and Jefferson college at Washing
ton. Pa, on former Judge James Gay
Gordon. Of Philadelphia.
Friday, June IS.
Cantain Abraham f. Culver. of the
United States navy died suddenly IN
Washington. aged fifty-three years.
The comptroller Of the currency Is
sued call on all national banks for
report of their condition on June 20
Following a trivial quarrel at Waco
Tex. George Cohen. nine years old, Sc
cured a target rife and killed Maggie
Farrell. eight years his senior
Joseph Bertucci, an alleged Black
Hand SLAYER. was found guilty by a
Jury I'm Chicago and was sentenced 70
twenty years in the penitentiary.
Firm in the belief that she was to
die soon. Mrs. Mary Moore. Of Sallna,
Kan. wrote her obituary notice few
DAYS ago and Thursday She died.
Saturday, June &c.
Mrs Albert Pulitzer, wife Of the
we'll known New York journalist died
suddenly
Fifteen masked men took Albert
Reese a negro. who assaulted a white
woman. from Jail at Cuthbert Ca, and
hanged him.
A resolution was adopted by the
WASHINGTON legislature inviting Presi-
dent Tat TO attend the First National
Conservation Congress, to be held In
Seattle. Aug 90
After Spending twenty-five years IN
Jauan serving - teachers, Miss lsa-
bella Graham Prince. aged eighty, and
Miss Nary Gray Prince. aged seventy
six. arrived in Seattle. Wash, enroute
10 their old home in Portland, Ne.
Monday, June %.
The No Name Hat company, en-
blowing 400 hands, decided to move its
plant from Orange. n. J., to Philadel-
phia
Five explosions OF nitrO-glycerine at
Wheeling Junction o., ruined steel
Orders valued at 100000, which were
intended for a non-union operation.
Stock raisers got a judgment for
$4,000 against the Traders Live
Stock Exchange I'm Kansas City In a
suit under the Sherman antitrust law
The Society Of Naval Architects, IN
session at Detroit, refused 20 admit
Noah to the rolls of honorary mem
bers. on the ground that he was a
+ gamekeeper. not a boat builder
Charles Clark, the boy leper who es-
caped from the almshouse near Cam
den. N. =, was a prisoner at the house
of correction at Philadelphia from
June 10 to Saturday. having been sen
fenced for vagrancy.
Tuesday, June 29.
Two negroes were killed and five
others were wounded at stone
quarry near Ripley Okla. in a quarrel
over crap game.
]. Frank Hawkins. Of East Orange
n. j.. formerly editor of the New Jer
sey Standard. was killed at Newark
by falling under a train from which he
was alighung
Permission has been granted by the
United States to the Fitch regiment OF
Canadian artillery. armed and equip
ped. TO enter this country July foi
the purpose of attending the Seattle
exposition.
Wednesday, June 30.
Former President Charles W. Eliot
of Harvard university. has been elect
ed president emeritus of the institu
ton
A bid of $4,000 was reported made
for a seat on the New York Stock Elk
change. equal to the record price, es
tablished in 1906 and 1905.
Middlebury VO college conferred
the degree OF doctor of laws upon Gov
ernor John Franklin Fort, Of New Jer
SOW and Governor George H. Prouty