Milford chronicle., 1909-11-19

Ind, a month ago. was found in the
st. Joseph river, with his skull
crushed
Handsome and lavishly gowned
Maud DAILY, twenty-four years old,
tearfully pleaded guilty In police court
AZ Toledo, o., of shoplifting, and was
given an aggregate sentence Of i'm
prisonment and fines. which. if fully
enforced. will require her to serve
nearly two years in the county Jail
here.
Friday, November t2.
Lucian Pickett the convicted blga-
mist. was sentenced In Cleveland. o..
TO three years in the penitentiary and
Aned $500.
Fire destroyed a building in the stock
yards in Chicago owned by Armour &
Co. and used for storing fertilizer
The loss is estimated at 100000.
A correspondence school for minis
terial students is an innovation which
Is to be started in Chicago in connec-
tion with the Chicago Theological sem
mary by the Congregational church.
Negroes of the United States will
celebrate the fftieth anniversary Of
the Emancipation Proclamation in
1913 with a mammoth exposition at
Macon. Ga, If a movement launched
by the Georgia State Agricultural and
Industrial association is carried out.
Saturday, November 13.
The Bank of Norden. S. D., was rob
bed Of s23S4 the safe and building be-
ing wrecked completely.
Three Italian track laborers were
struck and killed by train on the
Erie railroad near Guynard. N. Y.
Mrs. Ann Coker shot and fatally
wounded James Coker, her husband,
at Knoxville, Tenn, whom she met in
company of his first wife. divorced tf-
teen years ago.
An attempt to burn alive Professor
James Payne. a colOred Spiritnalist OF
Chicago and his family, was made by
persons who poured kerosene over the
porch of the Paynehome and in the
hallway and then set fire to the place.
Monday, November IS.
The Massachusetts supreme court
denied a new trial TO Chester S. Jor-
dan, convicted of numbering his wife
in September, 1908.
Because Indians are threatening an
outbreak in Manitoba women and chill
dren are being sent in canoes from
Hazelton to Prince Rupert
The seventeen anniversary of the
birth of President Joseph F. Smith of
the Mormon church, was informally
observed at Salt Lake City.
Convicted of embezzlement. George
o. Lamprecht. a Cleveland broker,
whose firm failed for S1,5OO,OOO, was
given three years in the penitentary.
The general committee of foreign
missions of the Methodist Episcopal
church. meeting at Albany n Y, ap-
portioned over $S25.0OO for next years
work.
Tuesday, November 10.
John r. Mofitt the inventor of the
threshing machine. died at his home
at Denver Colo. aged eighty-four.
S. C. Hacltley. seventy-two years Of
age. was shot and killed at Abilene,
Tex, by Ruby Payton. his brotherin-
?, aged siXty-two years.
Jacob Long, of Coles Summit near
Huntingdon Pa. eighty-four years old,
started out alone to hunt. when he
was seized with apopleXy and died
The monument erected in memory
Of the Massachusetts soldiers who
were buried at Baton Rouge. La. dur
ing the war between the states, was
unveiled Monday.
James Mckee was fatally wounded
in a fight on a Louisville & Nashville
train near Paris, Ky, and in a panic
which followed among the passengers
several were trampled
Wednesday, November II.
Henry L. Fisher, the oldest member
Of the York county, Pa, bar, died at
his home in York, aged eighty-seven
years.
John Frost nineteen years old, and
Lester Clements. five years old. both
negroes. were burned to death in theif
home in Baltimore.
Mrs. Sarah McWilliams, living on a
farm four miles outside Of Mansfield
o.. was shot and seriously hurt by
hunters on her place.
The common councils of Albany, N
Y. passed an ordinance which. if ap
proved will limit the Fourth Of July
celebration in that city to the use Of
small firecrackers.