The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-03-25
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Wednesday, March IL.

Mrs. Elinor MacCartney Lane, the
novelist. died at Lynchburg, Va, while
or her way south with her husband,
DR.. Francis r. Lane, to recuperate her
health.
Rev. Alexander Craig, former pre-
siding elder of the New Jersey confer
ence for the Paterson district, died at
his home at Newton, n. J.. after a long
illness, aged sexenty-five years.
The whine of a dog, which was
watching beside the body Of his mis-
tress. attracted the attention OF pas
sersby in an Evanston street house
in Chicago, and on entering the po-
lice discovered that Mrs. Ella Barber,
aged sixty-five years, had been dead
for ten days.
Thursday, March 10.
Representative Lafean, of Pennsyl-
vania, has introduced a bill IN con-
gress making Columbus day, Oct. IL,
a legal holiday.
President Taft accepted an invita-
ton to attend the annual spring dinner
of the Gridiron club, to be held in
Washington, April IT.
James w. Keller. a graduate OF the
Massachusetts Agricultural college,
ard for some time the first assistant
chemist of the department OF agricul-
ture of Pennsylvania, has been ap-
pointed chief, to succeed Professor r.
d. Fuller, who goes to Washington to
take a government position.
Friday, March 10.
Lyman C. Mann was declared not
guilty in Chicago of the murder OF
Mrs. France Gilmore Thompson.
Married to George F. Barber forty
FIVE years ago. Martha E. Barber has
filed application in Scranton, Pa, for
divorce. on the ground of desertion.
Winnipeg Manitoba, has decided to
have a worlds exposition in 1912, and
will raise a fund of s2,OOOOOO for that
purpose.
The legislature of Connecticut has
passed an act incorporating the
National Council of Congregational
Churches of the United States.
The main building of the Easton
Pa. Fcundry & Machine company, To-
Gated at West Easton, was destroyed
by fire entailng loss of 100000.
Saturday, March 20.
Bishop George D. Gillespie, Of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of west
ern Michigan, died at Grand Rapids,
after long illness.
William Fl. Stevenson, of Glenside.
was awarded $3.50 damages in court at
Norristown, Pa. by jury for the bite
of dog belonging to l.. E. Snively.
Believing that the constitution OF
the United States should begin with
the words 'In the name of God" Rep
1esentative Sheppard, of Texas, has in
troduced a resolution in congress pro-
viding for an amendment to that eff
feet
James NJ. Marshall, assistant post
master of Lancaster, Pa, who was
postmaster from 1876 to 1885, and was
connected with the local postoffice con-
tinuously since 1867, except during
Democratic administrations, died on
Friday.
Monday, March %.
Six men were killed and many in
jured in an explosion in the Sunnyside
ccal mine. near Evansville, Ind.
William Jennings Bryan condemned
the Democratic representatives who
supported Cannon in the recent fight
in congress.
Patrick Nash shot and killed Harry
Martin at Mahanoy City, Pa, declar-
ing the latter had called him a non
union workman.
Alfred Allen, who shot and killed his
Ala, was sent to the penitentiary for
twenty-five years.
Councilman John F. Klein, of Pitts
burg, who refused to testify in the
graft cases, was sentenced to thirty
days in jail and fined 800.
Tuesday, March %.
John II. Starin, the noted steamship
owner, died at his home in New York,
aged, eighty-three years.
Fire destroyed the Winchester tan
merry, the largest industrial establish
ment in Winchester, N. H., entailing a
less of $15O,OOO.
Arthelius Christian, a negro, who
on Feb IS criminally assaulted and
then stabbed to death a young while
school girl, was electrocuted in the
penitentiary at Richmond, Va.
George w Taylor, of Upper Alton,
ILL.,, a veteran of the Civil War, con-
victed of cheating the government out
of $4,000 in a pension fraud, sentenced
to six months confinement and fined
$4,000 is dead at the Peoria ILL., work