Milford chronicle., 1910-03-18
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday. March 10.


Chi~aro elevated railroads carried
f72Gi.lGO passengers in the last siN
months OF l999-a daily average ol
100000
James Derr. a prominent produce
dealer Of Philadelphia, hanged himself
Ia the cellar of his home while men
tally deranged.
Despondent because she was sopa
rated from her husband Mrs. Jaco,
Rufe. forty y.eight years old, of Ians
dale. Pa. committed suicide by shoot
ing herself
The old car ferry Ann Arbor, No l.
burned at Manitowoc. Wis. and fhe
rev narrowly escaped. Two men
we're forced to jump into the river
The loss is about sl50,0OO.
Friday, March II.
Dpvid Alexander Munroe. assistant
editor OF the North American RcviaW
died Of a complication Of diseases in
St Vlncent's hospital in New York.
Robbers dynamited the safe Of the
Bank OF Edna. Kan. obtained a sum
estimated at $4,000 and escaped on a
hand car after exchanging shots with
a number Of citizens.
Merritt c. Burns, a machinist EN-
ployed at the Reading railway shops
at Reading. Pa. was engaged in max
ing a test Of tank. when It exploded.
tie top striking his head and crushing
his skull
A sixty-inch searchlight, the largest
in American fortifcations. is being in-
stalled at Fort Rosecrans. on Point
Iona. at San Diego. Cal. It can pick
up a vessel over thirty miles at sea.
Saturday, March z.
A warrant was issued at Savannah.
Ga. charging James VI. Doyle for
merly teller Of the Hibernian bank
with embezzlement Of something over
$4,000.
Colonel Alexander Robert Chisolm.
formerly lieutenant colonel on the star
Of General G. T. Beauregard. of th-
armies Of the Confederacy, died at his
home in New York.
Charles Davis. colored who last
August murdered Ella Welch, ased
fifteen years. of Ironton. also colorod
was electrocuted in the Ohio pen!ten
tiary a Columbus. o.
Charles r Hunter. commander Of
the Rough Riders, issued a cali for
every member OF the regiment TO meot
in New York city on June rs to Join IN
welcoming former President Roose.
velt back from Africa.
Monday, March "A.
Vincent Anglo, Of Lansford was i'm
stantly killed by an explosion Of dy-
Mantle in a mine at TamaQua, Pa.
81 am getting too old to work, said
5ilas Tuniso. aged sixty-seven years
It Chicago. as he slashed his throat
with razor and died.
A man supposed to be named Bar
zer jumped from a Seaboard Air Line
rain into the Manitee river at Tampa.
Fla. and was drowned.
A reward Of 5000 has been Offered
o rthe arrest Of James Doyla alleged
% have embezzled s996SS9 from the
Iibernian bank. Of Savannah, Ga.
Tuesday, March 10.
The nomination Of Harry W.
Thatcher to be postmaster at South
bethlehem. Pa. was confirmed by the
United States senate.
John H. Santory. MANAGER Of a
clothing store at Kingston, ". Y. pur
hased new automobile Saturday
md caused $500 damage while irving
o learn how 10 run it,
Nicholas Rotelle twentv-foUr yaa~s
Id was crushed to death beneath p .
reieht car on the Trenton Cutoff rai' t.
oad near Norristown Pa He hal /.
rawled under the car 10 make re .
airs.
Rather than a'lav another "a'e p {" .
se her blue ribbon coach horses Mrs. I.
A. E. Edgerton. a resident Of the mil 1
Ionaire colouy at Plainfeld. " J.. re .
entity had a veterinary surgeon shoot .
hem. Mrs Edgerton lately became ?
evoted to the automobile.
Wednesday, March 16.
During an argument with his wife
augustus H0f. of Philadelphia. com
lltted suicide by shooting himself j"
he head
Mary Wilson. seventy years old
loaded guilty in New York to shop
fting and was sentenced to serve
leven months in the penitentiary
Among the nominations for post
lasters sen. to the senate were thr
blowing: Peter r Wanser, Jersey
Iity. n. T.. and George W. Schaeff
Pa.
Kirk Alexander. sivty-two years old.
nd his son Alvin. thirty years old.
-ere found dead in their bed in OK
ord. near Chester. Pa. from inhaling