Smyrna times., 1909-03-03
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
tuesday, February %.


Bankers association held its annual
meeting and dinner at Harrisburg.
The British battleship Vanguard, the
seventh vessel of the Dreadnought
class, costing 100000, was success
fully launched at Barrow, Eng.
Jesse benson, a we'll known farmer
living near Marshall. Tex, shot and in
stantly killed Mrs. Samuel w. Ford
and dangerously wounded her hus-
band.
John Dolby was fatally injured at
Columbus, o., when he ran in front
of a Toledo & Ohio Central freight
train in an effort to save his poodle
dog from destruction.
Wednesday, February "a.
The president pominate6 the follow
ing captains to be rear admirals: Giles
B. Harder and Uriah R. Harris.
Fire of unknown origin completely
wrecked the Evening Journal plant at
Richmond, Va, entailing loss of $40.-
600.
The coal breaker of c. NJ. Dodson
& Co., at Beaver Brook. Pa, near Ha-
zleton, was destroyed by fine, entail
ing a loss OF $4,000.
Secretary Bacon and Count Won
Bernstorff German ambassador sign
ed a patent agreement between the
two countries. negotiations for which
have been under way for some time.
Thursday, February IS.
An extradition treaty with France
was ordered favorably reported from
the senate committee on foreign rela
tons.
Bernard H. Rawl, of Lexington. S.
c., was appointed chief of the dairy
division of The department of agricul-
ture, at S25o0 per annum.
Frederic Gooding Mason, assistant
superintendent of the liability depart
ment of the Fidelity and Casualty Co.
of New York, died at his home at East
Orange. n. J.
Two laborers working in one of the
McAdoo tunnels at the edge of the
Hudson river in Jersey City were in
stantly killed by coming in contact
with an electric light wire
Giuseppe Campagnolo. thirty years
of age, and Raffale Carfaro. twenty
years of age, were hanged at Weth
ersfield. Conn. for the murder of Dl
vid D. Sheehan in New Haven on the
night of Aug. Is last.
Friday, February &c.
The next annuel session of the trans.
Missouri Dry Farming Congress will
be held at Billings, Mont.
w. T. Gentry, of Atlanta Ga was
elected president of the Southern Bell
Telephone company at an annual meet
ing of the stockholders and directors
in New York
Senior Francisco de la Barra, the new
Mexican ambassador to the United
States. was presented to Secretary of
State Bacon by Senior Alvarez. charge
d'affaires of the embassy
Ten years in the federal prison in
Atlanta, Ga, for each, and a fine Of
$4,000 each. was the sentence imposed
by Judge Plat in the United States
court at New Haven, Conn, upon
Frank Howard and William Carlton
for breaking into the postoffice at East
Morris and Morris. Conn.
Saturday, February 27.
Governor Marshall, of Indiana, We
toed the bill legalizing Sunday base
ball The bill had passed both houses.
Professor B. E. Atkins, president of
Logan Female college, died of heart
trouble at his home at Russellville,
KY.
Franz NFcIIuob forroav 1ioh+u,oie,b+
pugilistic champion, who shot and
killed Hugh Christy. was exonerated
by the coroner at Toledo, O., on the
plea of self-defense.
President Roosevelt, Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson and Clifford Pin
chot, government forester, are now all
full fledged farmers" having just
been admitted ION sight" to member
ship in the Uational Farmers Union.
Monday, March I.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson. of Cleve-
land. has officially announced his in
tention to become a lawyer
Daniel Bingeman, of Kleinfelters-
vile, Pa. was killed under a tree that
he and John Noll were telling.
Four Chinese, arrested at Roches-
ter, N. Y. for being illegally in the
country, were ordered deported.
Two strangers, robbed of their pay
envelopes, were found murdered at
Gratztown. Westmoreland county, Pa
At the request of the Arkansas leg.
islature, government engineers will
examine the new state capitol. under
| construction. to see IL the work has