Milford chronicle., 1910-04-22
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
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Thursday, April "a.
The se50.000 stone dam OF the Otis
company. at Three Rivers. Mass. has
been blown up TO permit the construc-
tion of & new dam higher up in the
Chicopee river.
Edward ROelich, a mechanic, was ar
rested in Chicago, charged with hav-
ing thrown a pot of hot coffee on his
wife and baby, scalding them so Sc
Yerely that they may die
Paid a salary Of SIS a month. Rev.
Thomas L. Frazee. OF Cleveland. o..
has contributed his salary to pay OF
the mortgage on his church. and earns
a living by working as a mechanic
Several score widows of miners who
died in the St. Paul coal mine disas-
ter at Cherry. ILL.,. last November, at
tackled deputy sheriffs while the bod
les OF thirty-one miners were being
prepared for burial The women seized
a board fan on which were scrawled in
chalk the words. Still alive Nov. a."
Friday, April IS.
Hurled from telegraph tower when
It was demolished by a small freight
wreck. c. r. Deasley was instantly
killed at Thompson station. near Pitts
burg, Pa.
At a meeting Of the directors Of the
American Hardware corporation at
New Britain. Conn. it was voted to in
crease the capital stock from S7.50O.-
900 to $500 0OO
The Nebraska state railway COM
mission has started a movement to in
fuence President Taft against the ap-
pointment of any person who has been
a railroad attorney to the United
States supreme court.
Saturday. April IS.
A fully equipped "moOnshine stilI
was found at Memphis, Tenn. by
Postofice Inspector Kline in shanty
boat
A freakish tornado at Parsons, Kan,
swept away barns and outhuoses in
its 2OO-foot path and sucked dry the
Bachelor creek for a considerable dis
tance
D. B. Ruhns. chief engineer Of the
Mariana mines at Mariana. Pa, was
struck by pieces OF a bursting ny
wheel his skull fractured and an arm
torn of.
H. C. Kennedy. OF Charlottesville.
Ind an expert in the manufacture OF
matches. was killed in an explosion
At the plant OF the Acme Match COM
pany at Roanoke. Va.
Monday, April ts.
One fireman was killed and three
were injured in a 84O.0 900 fire at Nash
Vile. Tenn.
sisters Of Charity carried patients
from their burning convent hospital at
Cleveland o.
A temporary shutdown Of cotton
mills at Fall River. Mass. has thrown
10000 operative out OF employment.
Falling over a ffteen-foot wall into
the creek at Mahanov City. Pa. eight
yearold Anthony Wassell was fatally
hurt
Insanity is thought to have prompt
ed Mrs. Cora Van Orsdale. OF Fair
berry. Neb. to kill her twoyear-ol'
daughter with a hammer.
Tuesday. April 10.
A lightning bolt descended upon a
fishing camp on the bank Of creek
eight miles from Salisbury. \. C.. in
stantly killing Charles Carroll, sixteen
years old
Thlrty-hve Of the 1900 conyicts at
the western penItentiary at Pittsburg.
Pa. appeared for the sunday dinner
dressed in neat black suits instead OF
the regulation prison stripes.
Three Milwaukee bows aged fifteen.
armed with bowie knives and revolv
ers. bound for the home Of the late
Jesse James. in Missouri were ar.
rested by the Chicago police.
Afer they had danced l9 hours and
38 minutes. a contest in which four
San Jose. Cal. men were the only ones
on the floor out of a list Of twelve en-
trants. was stopped by the police.
Wednesday, April 20.
Robert L. Bradford. thlrty-nine years
old. was shot and killed at Fayette'
Vile. W Va. by Romeo Bennett. son
of Circuit Judge William R. Bennett.
James Jackson. president Of the
Eclipse Coal company at indianapolis.
Ind. has been sent TO jail to answer
TO the charge Of swindling customers
by selling short weight coal
Herbert W. Tiers. who pleaded
guilty in Plttsburg. Pa. to abstracting
funds OF the First National bank and
was sentenced to FIVE years lmprison
ment. has had his sentence commuted
by President Taft to four years
James Bryce. British ambassador
has accepted invitations TO address the
Kansas City (Mo) Knife and Fork
club and the students Of the Univer-
sItv of Kansas at Lawrence. Kan. on