Milford chronicle., 1910-02-18
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday, February 10.

three men who slept IN one room
In Brooklyn were found lead from gas
and the theory Of the police Is that IN
gas was accidentally turned on
Health Commissioner Rex Shell. .
Peorio Ill has ordered an immediate
investigation as the result Of what G.
ieclared 20 be a widespread epidemi,
sf stomach and bowel trouble IN,
cause Of which Is thought to be EN-
oalmed beef
Bessie Longenecker. exhibited II
museums throughout the country un
der the name u BABY Madeline who
although only sever wears oid weigh
% 25t pounds died 10 a nospita at
Columbus o an hour after her cloth
ing caught fire from stove
Friday, February n
GUILTY OF involuntary manslaugh
ter was the verdict rendered by a
Jury at Parkersburg " Va. in the
case OF : Everett Sayre. a business
man. charged with having caused the
death Of his wife by administering Z.
her bichloride OF mercury on their
wedding dav
Frank Hartsough forty years old. a
| prominen; oil operator committed sui
| eide AZ his home near Huntingdon
" Va by firing a bullet into his
brain He had been married only a
month and left a note saying that the
Indifference manifested toward him by
his bride was responsible for his de
spOndency
Saturday, February Y
Brigadier General Robert L. Meade
q s NJ c. retired died al his home
IN Lexington Mass. after an illness Of
several months
Representative Edgar = Crumpack.
sr OF Indiana was placed IN the field
as candidate 10 succeed Speaker
Cannon al a meeting OF the indiana
Society of Washington The society Is
non-partisan
G W Thomas iaii guard and
Matthew Godsey superintendent OF the
street force fought duel OIL the
street al Chattanooga Tenn Thomas
died two hours after the encounter
bis body riddleG with bullets Godsey
nay recover
Monday, February "A,
Enamel hardware material got into
sore II her hand and Miss Mary
Corner Of Marietta Pa, has a bad |
case o. blood poisoning
Thomas H Dodge a philanthropist |
and inventor Of the cylinder printing I
press died at his home at Worcester
Mass aged eighty seven years.
NJ. F Woodrow. a Rhodes scholar
from Kentucky won the Vinerian law
scholarship at oxford university. Ion
don. The scholarship is among the
more important OF those open to com
petition
Atlantic City. n. j.. will hold an in
ternational hving machine meet during
June. according TO plans Of George
Homans a New Yorker. who is backed
by big hotel men Of the resort. Ho-
mans has started to raise 5000. .0O0 to
be awarded for prizes
Tuesday, February IS.
William H. Slough. aged iftvsiv
years. died At York Pa. from blood
poisoning caused by splinter he ran
nto his hand while handling lumber
Colonel Edwin s Tewett. genera
passenger agent for the Missouri pa /
,ifc Railway company. is dead at Kan,
,as City Mo. aged seventv-one years
Hugh Flynn aged fifty eight years
pioneer Delaware E Hudson railroad
ngineor. was stricken with heart dis
'ase while attending mass in Hol.
Saviour church at Wilkes Barre Pa
nd died before aid could reach him
MANY robberies which have occurref
n the Young Mems Christian Asso
iation n rrenton. N. j. battling the /
olice. have resulted In the placing NJ
lrge placards prominently about th4
uildins warning the members against
nieves
Wednesday, February 49,
Timber thieves Of southern Indiana
ave been driving away the farmers
18th Are. Houses and barns on eigh
zen farms lately have been DESTROYED
Thomas Colev a supposed outlaw
as killed. another robber was wound !
1 and David L. Newlln. city marshal
as shot In a fight between Sheria
1hn Lawrence and his assistants anC
yo robbers near Wilburton. Okla
Burglars blew the safe Of the Cit
ms bank of Chatsworth Ind. with W
tro-glycerine and escaped with a
am taking $4,000 in paper money and al
ZOO in silver Night Watchman Xvi
ID Albert Kerber a citizen wer, -
und later bound and gagged
Because four OF its members were n
lored a Jury was dismissed BY -
dge John II Pitchford in the dis
lei court at Wagner. Okla Judge
tchford said "l do not propose IT, "a
suit whire men by making them DC