Milford chronicle., 1909-05-28
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.

one person was killed and ten were
Injured by tornado which wrecked a
large portion of Douglas, Kan.
Charles Scarborough. the negro VINO
attempted to assault Hrs. Taylor FIle'-
SON OF Fort Myer near Barlow fla''
was captured and lynched.
Chasing a rebellious COW home from
resulted in the sudden death
from heart disease of Joseph Alaru'
a farmer. near Vineland. N. j.
Fire destroyed the plant Of the Lock
mort Rubber company, at LockporI ~
v. and damaged the adjoining works
Of the Susquehanna Smelling com
uany. entailing a loss of 100000.
The Longmead Coon company ana
other iron companies at Norristown'
Pa. increased the wages OF puddlers
from S3.75 to "a a ton.
The comptroller Of the currency Is
sued a call for a statement of the con
dition of all national banks at the
close of business Wednesday, April 20
The iewelry store Of John s. Town
send in Chicago was robbed OF articles
valued at $4,000 by burglars who tested
their plunder with acid before taking
it away. o.
A monument to Sam Davis, a Con
federate scout. who rather than dl-
vnIge the source Of information which
he badesecurod. suffered death on the
pallows at the hands Of the Federals
at Pulaski Tenn. on Nov. 2l' 1868
was unveiled at Nashville, Tenn.
Willie Carter. a negro. was hanged
st Ramberg. S. c.. for the murder Of
his paramour. u,-.,.. %,
deavor union completed the purchase
of a lot in Boston for the site OF an
international headquarters building.
clifford G. Raynor, formerly manag-
ing clerk for tine Jenkins Trust com
panv. of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty 70
forging notes to the amount of SlS'Oou
while employed by that company.
The Phi Kappi Psi fraternity con
cluded its annual convention at Har
risburg. Pa. by selecting MeadvilIe
as tbe Mace for next years meetlns
and the election Of E. S. Sprowls' o.
washington and Jefferson as Worlhl
junior archon.
] The will Of Governor iilley, Of Con
Dacticut devised an estate OF $1,000
600 one-third of which was in Ire IN
2 surance. -,
Henry w. Gazeu. officer Of a BAN
&, cleveland was sentenced to sevel
wears in the penitentiary for the thei
} of 100000.
, Admiral George Dewey and a nun
y her of naval officers who sailed VII
him into Manila bay on May l, 1877
Of a banuuet in washington celebrate
the eleventh anniversary Of that men
orable victory.
President Charles W. Eliot, OF Ha
i, yard university. will be honored by Tn
milIado of Japan on May II with IN
. decoration Of the Order Of the Rlsin
II SIM which will be bestowed upon hi
y nv Ambassador Takahira at Boston.
5 Samuel Eberly Gross, sixty-h7
" years OF age, was married at Ball
creek. Mich. to Miss Ruby Louis
ID Haugbev. eighteen years Of age.
William Zeltyt was shot and /
stantly killed and Simon Michwers
was fatally wounded during a hg
20 with Frank Linsld in a Chicago dan'
az hall go,
~ Tired Of life. Ellsworth 5. H. sand'
lg a painter and paperhanger. OF Rea
~ Ing Pa. committed suicide by s"'
lowing a big dose Of chloroform al
-, arsenic.
0, A. H. Demericl1, an electrical EN-
oi neer. was drowned in sluieing tu
ls nell 600 feet long, which was
py through a solid mountain at one el
lu NJ the Roosevelt storage reservoir
Phoenix. Ariz.