The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-07-30
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
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After hsying cut his wifes throat
with a razor in their room in a hotel
al Hartford Conn William Arnold
killed himself by shooting in the back
of the head.
James o. Troup attorney for the
Standard Oil company I'm northwest
ern Ohio. and a prominent member Of
the Ohio bar. died at his home at
Bowling Green. o.
Without firing a shot. a mob took
Albert Lawson. negro. who shot
Sheriff r. w. Compton from the Paris
Ky. jail and hanged him to a mui-
berry tree a few yards from the jail.
Friday July %.
A receiver was appointed for the
Lancaster Silver Plate COMPANY at
Lancaster Pa. Assets Sl971313. and
liabilities S34eOl33.
The comptroller Of the currency an
nounced the selection OF South Omaha.
Neb.. as a reserve city for the deposit
of government funds.
Official announcement was made az
the Erie railroad general Office in New
York that the board of directors had
passed resolutions restoring salaries
of officers and employees which were
reduced some time ago.
Knocking out the wrong prop under
a cupola at the Pennsylvania South
Altoona. Pa, foundries, Ludwig Ach-
actz was caught under a shower OF
molten metal and burned from head to
foot, dying a few hours later.
Saturday, July "a.
President Taft has added Columbus,
Ca. to the list of places he will visit
on his trip i'm the fall.
Fred G. Jenkins. receiving and pay
ing teller of the Farmers National
bank at Cynthiana, KY. and a promi-
nent Baptist. shot and killed himself.
John Davis. road overseer Of Floyd
county. was killed at Rome Ga, by
Micaiah Landrum. a sixty-year-old
farmer. in a pistol duel. the result OF
a feud of years.
Mrs. J. W. Holloway, her sister.
Mrs. George Myers. and two Of the
formers daughters. aged three and
five years. were killed at Columbus
Miss. when a Mobile G Ohio freight
train backed into a carriage in which
they were crossing the road.
Monday, July rs.
James Crichton captain of the
steamship Tuscany. committed suicide
as the vessel. under a pilot entered
New York harbor
Edward Ludruff. fourteen years old
OF Winsted. Conn. accidentally killed
his sister. sixteen years old. as she
was watching him clean and load a
rife.
Frederick W Moore, an exporter OF
hosiery in New York. sued for separa
ton from his wife on the ground OF
cruelty. inasmuch. he AYERS. that she
insisted that her father and mother
should live with them.
An automobile containing Ole Erick
son. president of the State bank OF
Escanaba. Mich. his wife and b-other
in-law we're struck by a Northwestern
passenger train at Birch creek, and all
three were instantly killed.
Tuesday, July 27.
A concentrated attack on the recent
revival Of prize fighting in Butte
Mont. has been made by the ministers
Miss Josie Pomfret one of the
claimants to the $l7OOOO0O Pomfre'
estate in England. died in the county
poor farm in independence. Kan.
DR.. Albert NJ. Curry, of Brooklyn
was stricken with heart failure while
bathing at Atlantic City and died be
fore he could be taken to hospital.
Rev. William r. Huntington. ageC
seventy-one years. rector Of Grace
Episcopal church. New York city. diet
at Nahant. Mass, after lingering i'll
ness caused by intestinal trouble.
Wednesday July %.
Dilla Killebrew. colored. aged on'
hundred and sixteen years, probably
the oldest person in Tennessee, die
at her home near Needmore.
Fire destroyed the Peterboro Lum
Der company's mills and the store
house of Florence & Co.. at Peter
boro. Ont. entailing a loss OF $4,000
ANY woman in Georgia who ride
astride will become a felon if the bill
introduced in the house by Represen
tative Wright. of Stewart county. be
comes a law.
Robert Wilson. one Of the four ne
groes under arrest at Elkton- Nd. TO
the murder of Railroad Detective
Harry II. Boon. confessed and exon
Grated the three other negroes.