The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-03-04
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday, February "a.

livery carriers MUTUAL bcH~H' 49,
citation convention at Cincinnati, when
national organization was formed
The discovery was made that
thieves had been plundering the Sev-
enth regiment armory. in New York
Of fixtures and decorations worth over
$1,000. Among the loot were two bronze
candelabra. each ten feet tall and
weighing a ton.
Visions of a fortune were shattered
along with the interior of a kitchen
in Roxbury. Mass. when Charles Dia
r,ond and Atkinson Sayles were seri.
ously injured in an explosion. result
lng from their attempts to Cook a
now washing powder OF their own in
ycntion.
Friday. February 25.
With anti-toxin prepared by the
army medical laboratory at Washing
ton. army surgeons in a series Of tests
are inoculating officers and men
against typhoid fever at Fort Wads
worth. Staten Island
Jacob Bollinger and wife prominent
residents OF Campbelltown. Lebanon
county. Pa. died at their home within
four hours of each other. The wife
dice of pneumonia and the husband
expired from shock. They were sew
nty years of age.
Word was received by the Washing
ton police that John Ward Sturgis
formerly a bookkeeper in the National
Savings and Trust company. Of that
city. who is wanted on the charge oi
forgery and grand larceny. has been
captured in New Orleans.
Saturday February IS.
Deputy Sheriff w. H. Luck. in an
effort TO arrest a cOlOred man. was
shot and instantly killed by the pris
omer. who in turn was killed by two
other deputy sheriffs.
The largest American flag. 100 by 81
feet. is now used to cover the lilie7
that are being raised in the Phipp
conservatory in Schenley park for tn
Faster flower show at Pittsburg
Wearing a wig and blue goggles
George Capron. thirtytwo years oil
who is charged with absconding with
5000 of the funds of the United States
Express company for whom he va;
cashier AT me Enelewood branch ~
Chicago. was arrested in a hotel lobby
in that city.
Monday February %.
Henry Koch. two years old. was ter
ribly scaldel at Danvlle Pa. by tn
accidental Cyerturning of a coffeepot
Antonio Mangano. who killed b
vito and three children last December
was sentenced at Cleveland. O.. to b
clectrocuted on July 10
Accidentally turning on the gas in 2
room in which his mother had locko'l
him. ten-year-old Patrick Guinness. OF
Providence. r. l.. was found asphyx
lated.
Thomas J. Quinn. fifty years old.
prominent mining contractor and q
leading member Of the Eagles. Elks
and A. o. H.. of Shenandoah. Pa, was
killed at the Ellangowan colliery by a
fall of coal
Tuesday, March I.
Andrew w. Brakeman. seventy-four
years old. a Civil War veteran. died at
Utica. ~ Y. and three hours later hi
wife. aged seventy-two years. died
Charles Bowser, of New York. col
ored. was electrocuted in Sing SIM
prison. at Ossning. n. Y. for the muir
der Of Eugene Hutchinson. also color
ed. last April
Attacked in her home at Cleveland |
O.. by tramp who had forced his
way into the house. Ethel Bates. four |
teen years old. had her hair clipped |
by her assailant. who escaped
Fire destroyed one of two large |
storage warehouses OF the Seaboarl |
Air line at Wilmington, N. c.. wit,
adjoining sheds containing a large |
amount of fertilizers Loss. $780, 900.
Wednesday, March 2.
Davis Bell. 105 years old. who wa
a friend of Davy Crockett. died at thu
home of his son at Tulsa. Okla. Bell |
was veteran of the Mexican and the
Civil Wars.
J. A. La Toilette. former treasure
Of Guernsey county. was sentenced al
Cambridge, o.. to five years at harI
labor and a fine of $500 for embez.
cling county funds.
At Laurinsburg. n. C.. Walter II
Neal Jr.. twenty-four years old. a son
Of former Judge Walter II. Neal. OF
y. c.. was killed by the
accidental discharge Of his gun.
In a fit of jealousy. Samuel Cochran
shot and instantly killed his wife a.
Toms Creek. w Va. On returning to
his home it is said he found Mrs
Cochran in company with Thomas
Turner.