Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-10-02
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Friday. September e..

Fire destroyed the Otto Kuhne pre-.
serving and picking works at Topeka.
Kan. causing loss Of sia5.000.
Three women were killed and three
men and a woman seriously injured
when an automobile containing eight
persons jumped OFF q trsstle at Seat
tie. Wash.
After attempting to kill his father at
La Crosse, Wis. William Schaefer.
while insane. turned the revolver on
himself and fred one shot, falling
dead on the floor.
John NJ. Grice. an American mining
contractor. and five Mexican miners
were instantly killed BY an explosion
Of dynamite in the Petgrina mine. In
the Guanajuato district at Guanajuato.
Mexico
Saturday, September %.
Frederick L. Kinds. OF Ausable
Forks. near Plattsburg. ~ Y. well
known Adirondack hotel man. commit
ted suicide.
Robbers broke into a number Of the
watch houses along the Norfolk &
Western railroad between Glasgow
and Buena Vista Va. and stole mum.
Der of Winchester rifles kept for the
use OF the watchmen.
Charles W. Blodgett. OF Chicago. a
travelling salesman. was killed. Albert
westerberg was fatally injured and
Oscar Johnson. Ernest Christensen
and Fred Dangston were hurt when an
automobile in which they were riding
turned turtle at Rockford. Ill.
Monday, September ~.
The death sentence has been i'm
posed at Sudbury. Ont. on Mrs. Annie
Robertson for killing infants Of her two
daughters.
One man was killed and several 9TH
ers were seriously hurt when the Buck
eye powder mill at Edwards station.
ILL.,. blew up
Having failed to kill himself with
chloroform Rev. +. J. Woodland. of
Tuckerman. Ark. shot himself TO death
at Hot Sprinks. Ark.
Bottle manufacturers. in confab at
Pittsburg. reported that the wave OF
local option and prohibition had badly
crippled their business.
Charles j. Bell former governor OF
Vermont. died suddenly of heart fall
ure on a train in the Grand Central
station In New York as he was about
to leave for Boston.
Tuesday, September 20.
Eugene Swinbank. seventeen years
old. died after being hit by pitched
ball in a game being played at Chicago.
Four persons were instantly killed
and three others injured in a collision
between a freight train and hand car
near Milwaukee. Wis.
William Davis. twenty years old
killed his father, Eli Davis. six miles
south of Coshocton. o., during quar-.
rel between the boys parents.
DR.. John Janvier Black. a leading
physician OF Delaware and known
throughout the country for his writ
ings on medical and other subjects.
died at his home In New Castle, Del.
after a brief illness. aged seventy
three years.
Wednesday, September 20.
The National Guard Association OF
the United States selected st. Louis as
the place for its convention in 1910.
Rolla B. Noodle. formerly p. dent
OF the National Association of Master
Plumbers, died at his home at Dayton.
O.. from heart trouble.
After running amuck and attacking
the officers and hospital stewards of
at Manila, John Ransom, a fireman Of
the ship, was shot and killed by Civil
han Mate Heinke.
A mountain feud was revived In the
circuit courtroom at Hot Springs. Ark.
when Will MacDaniels shot E. l..
Walker In the presence Of Judge
Evans. while the latter was instructing
the newly empanelled grand jury.
Thursday, September 80.
Miles b. McSweeney. former gov
error OF South Carolina. died in a pri
vate sanitarium in Baltimore.
AS the outcome Of a quarrel Ben
Tingle was shot and killed by his
brother-in-law, Lonnie Rushing. on the
road near Wingate. N. C.
While demented from brooding over
the death of his wife. John Champion.
a pearl hunter, fired his shanty boat
In the Ohio river at Paducah, KY. az
ter Staying his eldest son.
Joe YAK. thirteen years old, and his
brother Scott. aged eleven. grandsons
of Jie Bedore. st. Clair Flats resort
keeper. near Detroit. Mich. chased a
floating bundle OF clothing with their
rowboat. and towed to shore the body
OF their dead mother. who died OF
heart disease before falling into the
river