Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-12-18
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Friday, December -.


Laura Johnson, the only ..nown wo-
man bookmaker In Chicago. pleaded
guilty and was fined S. and costs.
Fourteen men OF the second com
2any OF native constabulary. stationed
at Davao, Mindanao. Philippine Isl.
ands. which mutinied on the night OF
June 6. were sentenced TO death after
being convicted Of the murder OF Roy
Libby.
J. r. Cahill, Investigator for the la
Dor department Of the board Of trade
Of England. who is now in Chicago
says: Il can't understand how we can
buy bread in England for one.third the
price you pay in Chicago when you
send US our wheat"
Saturday. December II.
Two Polanders have been arrested
at a Blaney, Mich. lumber camp in
connection with the murder of four
teen-vear.old Hattie linda. in Milwau-
kee. Nov H.
c. Sawyer. r. Kline and G. Wagner
were killed by an explosion in the
brass mill OF the Austin Powder com
pany's plant at Glen Willow. near
Cleveland. o.
William J. Monkey. OF Chicago. was
sworn In as representative OF the
Sixth Illinois district TO succeed VIII
liam Lorimer who resigned to take a
seat in the United States senate.
George f. Hedrick. Of Albany ". Y.
was elected president OF the Interna
tional Brotherhood Of Painters. Deco
rators and Paperhangers at the bien-
NAL convention at Cincinnati o.
Monday, December 10.
Victim of 4 hideous crime. thirteen
year-old Helen Brown was murdered
at Detroit
Seven men were injured. two fatally,
by an illuminating gas explosion in q
saloon at Lexington. Ky.
The war department plans TO send
its Wright aeroplane TO some southern
city for experiments during the winter.
Augustus Kocher. a retired farmer.
respondent because Of I'll health. com
mitted suicide In Moore township. near
Easton. Pa.
James Reeder. track foreman for the
Pennsylvania Railroad company. of
Tyrone. Pa, was struck by train and
ground TO pieces.
Tuesday. December "a.
John Thomas. a former supervisor
of Batavia. n. Y. wanted at that place
for the theft of s35o0 was arrested at
Salt Lake City. Utah
John Richards. his wife and son.
Thomas Richards. were asphyxiated
by fumes from gas stove in their
home at Topeka. Kan.
Through the parting of an elevator
cable in the new Goodrich building at
Akron, o.. James VIENNA was killed and
Guy Larocco fatally hurt
Nelson Davids. aged nineteen years.
and Mary Mylanher. aged twenty-one
years. both school teachers. were
drowned while skating on the Portage
river at Oak Harbor. o
Wednesday, December IS.
The Grand Opera building. housing
nal and the Peoria Demokrat. was
burned. entailing loss of 100000.
Ortis Hamilton formerly adjutant|
general OF Washington. was found
guilty by jury at Olympia, Wash. OF
embezzling $500 OF state military
funds by forged vouchers.
Theodore r, Ballard, former presi
dent OF the Merchants Exchange inI
St Louis and prominent In Democratic
politics in Missouri. was killed by an
automobile driven by boy
A rescuing party. headed by State
Mine Inspector Norwood. found the
bodies OF the seven miners entombed
several days ago in the Baker mine
of the West Kentucky Coal company.
near wheatcroft. Ky.
Thursday. December 16.
General W. W. Dudley. former com.
missioner of pensions. died at his
home In Washington
Grant-Lee hall. the main building OF
the Lincoln Memorial university. at |
Gap. Tenn, was destroyed |
by fire
Emmett Delton Williams aged fifty
four years. direct descendant OF /
Roger Williams. the founder of Rhode
Island died al his home at Kansas
City. Mo.
A. F. Woods. director Of the depart
ment OF plantology OF the agricultural
department at Washington. was elect
I'd dean of the Minnesota State Agri-