Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-02-19
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Friday. February n.

ter" was the verdict rendered by a
Jury at Parkersburg. W Va. In the
case Of ]. Everett Sayre. business
man. charged with having caused he
ieath of his wife by administering %
her bichloride Of mercury or their
wedding day.
Frank Hartscueh. forty years old .
prominent oil operator, committed sui
eide az his home near Huntington
W Va. by nring q bullet into his
brain He had been married only q
month and left . note saying that the
Indifference manifested toward him BY
his bride was responsible for his de
spondency.
Saturday. Februar, ".
Brigadier General Robert l. Meade
U 8. NJ. C.. retired, died at his home
in Lexington. Mass. after an Illness OF
several months
Representative Edgar D. Crumpack
or. Of Indiana was placed In the heli
as q candidate 10 succeed Speaker
Cannon al q meeting Of the indiana
Society Of Washington The society IL
non-partisan
@. W Thomas. fail guard and
Matthew Godsey. superintendent Of the
street force fought q duel on the
street at Chattanooga, Tenn. Thomas
died two hours after the encounter
his body riddled with bullets Godsey
may recover.
Monday. February ~.
Thomas II. Dodge. a philanthropisi
snd inventor Of the cylinder printins
press died at his home At Worcester
Mass. aged eighty.sevsn years.
NJ. y Woodrow. q Rhodes scholar
from Kentucky. won the vincrian Law
scholarship At Oxford university. Loi.
don. The scholarship 10 among the
more important Of those open to com
petition.
Atlantic City. ". j.. will hold an in
ternational lying machine meet during
June. according to plans Of George
Romans. q New Yorker. who Is backed
by big hotel men Of the resort Ho
mans has started to raise 100000 &C
be awarded for prizes.
Tuesday, February IS.
William II. Slough. aged hfty-si,
years. died AZ York. Pa. from blood
poisoning. caused by a splinter he raj
into his hand while handling lumber
Colonel Edwin 8. Jewett. genera
passenger agent for the Missouri PA
cific Railway company. Ia dead At Kar
sae City. Mo. aged seventy-one years
Hugh Fl. mn. aged hfty.eisht years
a pioneer Delaware & Hudson railroad
engineer. was stricken with heart iis
case while attending mass In Hcl,
Saviour church at Wilkes Barre. Pa
and died before aid could reach him
Many robberies which have occurred
In the Young Mems Christian Asso
citation at Trenton. ~ j.. baffiing the
police have resulted in the placing OF
large placa-ds prominently about IN,
building warning the nom bers against
thieves.
Wednesday. February 10.
Timber thieves Of southern Indians
have been driving away the farmers
with Are. Houses and barns on Gig
teen farms lately have been destroys.
Thomas Coley, supposed outlaw
was killed another robber was wound
ed and David L. Newlin city marshal
was shot In fight between SherIn
John Lawrence and his assistants and
two robbers near wilburton. Okla.
Burglars blew the safe OF the citi
xens' bank. Of chatsworth. Ind. with
nitro glycerine and escaped with a
team. taking $4,000 in paper money and
$4,000 in silver. Night Waterman Kyle
and Albert Kerber. a citizen. were
found later. bound and gagged.
Because four OF its members were
colored Jury was dismissed b.
Judge John II. Pitchford in the dis
trict court At Wagner. Okla Judge
Pitchford ssid: "f do not propose tc
insult white men by making them
serve on the Jury with negroes"
Thursday. February ~.
r. Schalhirt, general agent -
Hagerstowp Nd. for the Norfolk q
Cumberland Valley railroads. com
mitted suicide by shooting.
II is learned from Linkoping. Swe
den that John Bleckman. OF Chester
ton. who died At the poorhouse last
month. left an estate In HE native
country valued at $4,000.
Miss Cynthia Woody died at Roam
oke Va. aged seventy years Shortly
after her sister. Miss Susie Woody
aged siSty.seven years died A third
sister. Mrs. NJ A, Penn, was taken III
and her condition IL serious
BY vote Of 100 10 3. the house g.
representatives OF South Carolina
passed the resolution for an amend
nnent IN the federal constitution nor