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Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
Posse Riddles Neoro.

Mack Neal, a negro. who shot one
person to death and wounded four
Others it is reported from Waverlv
va, the scene Of the shooting was rid.
died with bullets by a posse that sur.
rounded the negro.
Neal fired eleven times through a
window of a house occupied bv Anna
and Eta Johnson, killing the former
and badly wounding the latter. and
Paul Brow. who was in the house At
the time.
While hiding from the posse. Neal
nred upon Leslie and "Spo i;' J,ek.
son. boys on their way to wlr. B,fhI
were badly hurt. The ambushed attack
On the boys was unprovoked
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
Kills Baby to Hide Shame.

Disconnected because she was IN
able 70 keep an appointment with he,
husband. but apparently little concern
ed because Of the charge against her
OF killing her grandchild with cbloro-
iorm' Mrs. Adelaide Robinson. aged
SiKty-six years, OF Hollidaysburg. Pa
was arrested at Jonhstown and taken
70 the county jail at Ebensburg.
= did it to save the honor of NV
daughter. she repeated over and over
.tt they would only let me pay the
funeral expenses. l could 90 to AL
to9na to meet my husband. / Thought
it vas all right to dispose of the babv
ana then my daughters disgrace
would never become known"
samuel Robinson, aged seventy. the
husband Of Mrs Robinson, and DR.. E
n Dun. also Of Hollidaysburg who
we're arrested during the investigation
u the babJ S murder. will probabIv he
'eleased- There is no direct evidence
connecting them with the case. A NOS.
aortem exami&Ton showed the child
ad been chlorssEmed.
Mrs. RobinsonNAas arrested inst af.
or she stepped Niom cab AT The
ennsylvania railrtad station when
le cab driver, JoAp Schultz called
4 officer and declaAed he had seen {
e woman dministeEchloroform 10 I
child while riding i&his carriage
ID then place the inf&A In a teie. !;
opic travelling bag. The Nslice allege
at Mrs. Ro..nsoR contested to this I!
zen brought to police headquarters 81
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
cudahy Left s2n. .nnn mn

An examination of the estate of the
late Michael j. Cudahy, former wealthy
packer, OF Chicago, disclosed the fact
that church and philanthropis enter.
prises have been receiving yirtnaII,
all MS vast income for three wears
Attorney Noble B Judah. counsel,
for the estate, and the packers sons
and daughters, are now busily eneaee5
trying to place a value on the estate
Despite his many benefactions friends
100000. y P-O'
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
Mrs. Eddy Was Born on = Ear,

10y was 20lU on a 4 arm.
mrs Mary Baker Eddy, commonly
spoken OF as the discoverer and the
founder of Christian Science. was born
on farm near Bow. New Hampshire
On July I6, 1921 the daughter of Marx
and Abagail A. Baker. She was the
youngest of six childIen.
sue grew TO be. as some one wrote
not long ago "one of the richest WON.
eo H. America-more than that. the
most powerful American woman
IRere came a time. it was in 1873
IuaI aDout dozen disciples or wom-
an named now Mrs Mary Baker
Glover the head Of an idea that had
70 do with the teaching Of a mental
healing OF physical LESSONS. met at
Lynn Mass. to organize by resolution
the hrst Christian Science association
Ih.rty-one years later in June. 1906
from all over the world came Christian
scientists 10 dedicate in Boston the I
most pretentious religious edi6ca in ,
New England ana one of the most
cOctly IN the United States. the "motb. {
er church at Boston. y
Out OF that little meeting in vn, t
uds grown an institution which statis. t
tics Of last year show that in the
United states there were 66S Christian
science chu. hes, and also churches in
taiy. Franc, Great Britain. Canada h
ind British Columbia, Norway. swift Ia
'erland' India. China, South Africa h
Australia and many other countries
Nlso in the United States were l39e di
Science readers and S5 0eG re
All these churches and ca
le churches in foreign countries are III
ne result Of the thinking Of the deli. az
ate. religious little farm girl. and all cr
re branches Of the mother church al wa wa
oston. This great growth has result. sii
! IN spite of the adverse attitude Of
e world and the criticisms of the
,wspapers.
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT.

The Milford Board Of Health have
made the following report which speaks
plainly for itself;
Milford, Del, December 1910.
The President and Members of Town
Council Gentlemen:
As secretary OF the Local Board Of Health
have the honor to submit herewith nv
annual report of sanitary work. etc ac.
complished during this fiscal year in and
around the town of Milford within one
mile.
: For the year ending November 8Oth.
1910, there was recorded by the secretary
40 deaths, Is marriages, and 80 births.
1t is a matter of importance 70 note that
eight Of these deaths recorded were
caused by tuberculosis, while only one
death was due to typhoid fever mark /
the number it totals, one. fifth of all the
deaths. There were recorded as sick
with typhoid during the fiscal wear only
10 cases. This showing is the result Of
well directed efforts aimed at controlline
the spread of the disease by means NJ
cleanliness of premisis and foodstuffs !
combined with efficiency in sanitation. {
good water supply and general healthful. G
ness OF conditions of the town. Fifth
conditions have occupied minor positions +
Imong the ailments with which our towns. a
'eople have been afflicted with this wear. 81
ne Board of Health claims the credit Of b
educlnR the number of infected individ-
avs because of its efforts we'll directed Il
'"ards the proper disposal of sewage III
nu better cleanliness than was ever So th
lred within the town at any previops RI
erlod in the history of Milford. as 70. io D'
lrds premsis, etc. The Board wishes 70 IA
ate that that part of Milford commonly tn
lied Jim Town" was Kept in an es. "
clally cleanly condition during tbe u ~
MINER months, when conditions else ex
lere IN the town were at their worst
u wishes to acknowledge the cheerful du
operation of the residents of this 500. 80
n IN complying with the orders OF the op,
ard '"e bpt b
u scarlet fever there was recorded 4
es' and OF diptheria 3 cases. An were ! Poa "a
equally y quarranteened and segregated it b
orough disinfection at the termination ficii
ne cases wasaccomplished. Nodeatb ing.
lred from either disease. Ofcbieken ana ano.
> measles and whooping cough many Pffie
g occurred, but as no records uoro of a
OF these diseases it was not possible and
etermine the exact number none - aLno o
cases died. There was recorded % for I
cases OF tuberculosis, while IA old ton
previously reported are on the hooks emol
with the disease arrested. some safe; ssIe
ie ~ tue same or worse con. hOrs,
u Alter perusing the records =,
ses you will note that the f,tb die
tuberculosis, stands prominent ..
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
sews Mans Ear On

with his right ear hanging to the
side OF his head only by few sh~eds
OF flesh, William Driver an empIova
OF the Adams Express company was
brought to the Medico Chirurgical hos
pital in Philadelphia.
Dr. Charles F. King, in the accident
ward sewed the mans ear on again
and when the operation was success
fully finished Driver was overioved
He was able to go home. Driver was
injured when his wagon struck a teIe.
graph pole and upset
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09

mong them. The Board tber.t.
gests that measures which vii LnIe sug.
, tIoi the spread of this diseasa s''er con-
lne antl-splt laws, etc, be better auch as
ahu that further permits for b,,i5i Io'ced
ouiy ior such as will combine thn.luR * be
ltles OF ventilation, light. etc qua''
osnl]eu 10 be OF standard healtbf,,G rec
~ IL is not now possible bv Iau, y, 'uess-
gaze Cohsumptives, or to thorop,bi eeste-
'Iol them, the Board OF Healtb ~ uoh-
as d proper safeguard that the nao,,fIsss
come acquainted with these ronss!e De-
"uich roster the development Of ~ 9i
ease, and that they live up 10 Tho. .ie u.s.
gion. F''eut conts-
IN ngurlng our vital statistics the doo.t
are rated l35 per 1000, births at 10s 01ssaths
IVUO' ana marriages at 6 per 1000 of ger
population FOR the fiscal wear e15; Gur
November 30th, 1910 euuIag
During the year the Board has
tgated many complaints and or5e7
corrections for those deemed iusti6ohtao
many latrines, pounds, stables y,,S.
ana houses were ordered Cleaned 80
lew houses were ordered 10 put in 80 sa,..
/" sewer
The complaint in particular sborl5
brought before the council because ~ y!
bearing upon the question which -
raised as to the remedy | refer IN ~
igitatlon started by the running into ~
own water mains during the recent 49,
\ contaminated water from the Misnil;o,'
me Board considered the practice -.
to the health of the commrr
" and ordered that hencefortb otba-
frangements Tor reserve water spnni,.
hould be had whereby the danger Wppi33
e eliminated.
because OF the lack Of support from
oWD Council and other public bodies of
le municipality there was Introduces A.
ie iast meeting Of the Board of Health
le following resQlution which was car.
"a Inc following, members of tba
Iaru -,n oi Health of Milford, appointed for
~, hereOy tender their designations 10
Ae eHect at tht December meeting of
e Town Council, John Welch, President.
llllam u. SammOns, Vice President. Dr.
Lynn Pratt, DR.. J. q. Dawson d.
llilam Marshall, Jr., Secretary and
ecutive officer" u
The duties have been especiallv a.
Gus and disagreeable this year made
oy those who were being benefta6
1 VINO should have cheerfultv CO.
sTateu with the board to these ends
who didn't do so.
ls secretary who is retiring from the
'rd l can recommend to council what
'ould have done several years ago had
een that would have been the bene-
ary which fact deferred me from so do.
refer to a paid Board of Health
especially better paid one than The
ient secretary who is the only health
er who draws a salary. The duties
secretary are numerous, irving. and
often dangerous, they demand a great
unit OF time, and it is more than can
expected that a man sacrifice himself
ne public good with the compensa.
OF the princly Five dollars a wear "a
Iument. The salary will not comUen-
MIN tor shoe leather used in the
&c to say nothing of gasoline AID
'1esh spent in official business.
Yours very respectfully,
WILLIAM MARSHALL, JR.,
Secretary Board of Health.
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
New U. S. Steel Pension Plan.

The United States Steel corporation
Eas made public in New York its sec.
ond plan for the protection of work.
men at times Of disability from injury
and in old age 1t comes in the shape
OF a pension system for long service.
Judge Gary announced the details
as follows:
Plans have now been consummated
20 begin on Jan. 1, 1911, to pav pen.
slons from the United States Steel and
Carnegie pension fund. which was es.
tabllshed last spring by the United
States Steel corporation and Andrew
Carnegie.
For this purpose the United States
steel corporation provided $4,000 900.
winch. with the Carnegie relief fund
OF S4'OOOO0O, created by Andrew Car
negie on March u, 1901, makes nm
JOINT fund OF sl2.0G0OOO. This pension
fund is administered by a board of ,
-welve trustees, through a manager ,
appointed by the board.
Under the pension rules three class.
IS OF pensions are provided.
tlrst-PensiOns by compulsory re- L
irement. granted to an employe who :.
las been twenty years or longer 10 i
ne service and have reached the age
I seventy years for men and sixty IS
ears for women Il
Second-Pensions by retirement at az
lelr request, granted to employees who u
ave been twenty years or longer in ne
Le service and have reached the age be
fifty years for men and fifty Years ne
r women. We
Ihird-Pensions for permanent in br
pacity, granted to employees who tW
We been twenty years or longer in It
e service and have become perma. he
ntly totally incapacitated through no loo
lit OF their own We
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
Pardoned SLAYER Seeks o#..

Jim Howard. who was convicted soy.
erai times and pardoned by Governor
Wilson as being the principal in the
murder of Governor William Goebel
VIII make the race for the state senate
az frankfort Ky, and will be backed
by Congressman-elect Caleb Powers
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
Cuts Of Raby,s Einner

While Mrs. Job Smith. Of Upner
Sandusky' O., was holding her six-
months-oid daughter in her Ian her
two-year-old daughter cut off one ~
the baby's fingers with a pair of scts-
sors. sSiS-
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
Peanut King Marries.

Pembroke D. Gwaltney, Sr.. the nea.
nut king of Smithfeld. Va. and Misc
Matte Womble, of Virginia Reach
were quietly married at Suffolk Va
The bridegroom, a millionaire is sew.
years old. He made nearly
all OF his fortune out of peanuts.
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
confesses to Two More Mnrd.r.

SS''SSseS 70 Wo More Murders.
Joseph Christock, the confessed uur.
derer Of Mrs. Mary Richards. at Au.
cheys station, two weeks ago. who is
now in the Schuylkill county prison at
Pottsyille. Pa, under sentence Of
death has confessed to two other muir
ders committed by him
A formal statement from him to This
effect will be taken before the week is
out
among the murders to which Chris.
tock now ccnfesses is that of Mrs
Arthur Morrison, a young woman OF
Cumbola This took place five veors
ago. Mrs Morrison was found with a
bullet in her body, dead in bed. by the
side OF her babe and husband.
l. A. Reed was district attorney at
the time, but could find no trace Of
the murderer. Tracks were discovered
IN the snow. which were evidently
made by the murderer. but beyond
this no clew was found.
The husband could give no very
clear account of the affair and for
lime was unjustly suspected. The fact
S Nouple were on excellent
erms and that the husband had al
ways treated his wife with the utmost
refuted the theory that
Ie had anything to do with the foI
eed. :
Christock says that Mrs. Morrison q
woke while he was trying to rob the n
ouse and he simply shot her dead to i,
ave no witness behind. Christock's +,
arents lived at New Philadelphia at I,
le time of the commission of the a
'lme' only a short distance awav from
le scene Of the murder He tells the e,
ory Of the deed with all the circum.
antial details, which fits exactly into Iii
e known facts Of the murder. Chris. bf
OK was nineteen years old at that IN
ne. -
Another murder to which Christocly We
ntesses is that Of tollgate keeper
d IN this. as in the other crime he tb,
'ntions. he gives full details. but the ba
me Is withheld by the authorities. the
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
Live stonk Mark.ts

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Ysrds,
CATTLE strong: choice. s6 959e "a.
prime, s6G6.2O. F0'-' V O'OO'
SHEEP slow; prime wethers. 81 n
@4.25; culis and common. ST 506 50.
lambs S4Uj; veal calves. S9.5OG1O
HUGS active; prime heavies and
mediums, ,S7.65; heavy Yorkers. s765
~ 81; 81 lIgn. n9 Workers, SZ80d790: pigs.
Milford chronicle., 1910-12-09
MRS. MARY EDDY
CALLED BY DEATH
christian Science Founder Dies
Of Pneumonia.
HAD BEEN I'LL A WEEK
No Praetieing Physician Was Called to
Treat Her and Her Last Moments
Are shrouded In Mystery.

Mrs. Mary Baker C. Eddy. who al.
ways Insisted upon being called the
discOyerer and founder" of Christian
science. died at her splendid mansion
on Beacon street, Boston, in the Chest
nut Hill section Of the city, at the age
OF eighty nine years.
Death was due to an attack of pneu-
monia' from which the aged woman
suHered about week or ten days. in
the opinion Of Medical Examiner
George L. West who was called and
viewed the body. Mr.. Alfred Farlow
onlet press agent for the church OF
which Mrs. Eddy was the head, said
that It was simply a case of old age.
out after being hectored BY the report-
ers' he gave out what the medical ex
aminer had put ON the death certiA-
cate These words we're natural
causes" the contributing cause being
probably pneumonia
For more than a week Mrs Eddy
had been ailing or, as a Christian
scientist would put It, had been in
error Still she was up and about.
taking her daily drives up to Friday.
"heu she took to her bed and did not '
leave ii again. On Thursday she trans c
acted some business and went out for !
snort drive. The following morning d
sue arose at her usual hour, and after
1uSyIug herself some time in her study a
began to feel so weak that she went to d
'ed She failed steadily, but no prac le
icins physician was called in, the pi
MEMBERS of her household, most of u
Fhom are Christian Science healers CT
lYing her the regular treatment. and tn
4E tarlow said that Mrs. Eddy 81
ought all her powers to bear in an ST
uort TO heal herself of the error" In
The end was peaceful one, accord. To-
y TO the press agent. and he said III
lat Mrs. Eddy retained al her facul.
es up to the last moment. col
, 1910-10-15

DE Roo, Charles Gerard, James Duggins.
and r. p. AG@erboIln.
Oct 1lth-Yiking from st, TLomas-N[r.
4 Fritzberg.
Fredoriksted.
Oct 9th-Per 5 5. ST Lucia from Copen-
hagcn-Miss /. Stein. From St. Tuomas-
Miss Agnes Gliding.
oct lVth-Per :. 5. Pnriua from New
York Mr.. Gins Potion, and Mrs Hendricks
son aud 3 children. From St. Thomas
Mr.. 4. l.. Morwiu, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs.
Thompson and infant, Messrs \. W, Ihpln-
berg. Mr. NJ. Skooch, I I Navarro and Ben
jaluin Christian.
Oct l3th-Prr 5. 5 "Korona' from Bar
bados-Mt. George Hoyte.
From st. kitta-Btr. S. G Stokes
10 st Thomus-Mr. Dauie,scu, Miss
Munel Henderson, Euscnia jacobs and l1r.
amt Mrs. Hugghue
10 New York -CIuudinm knight. Samuel
Froderiks, Julinua Baker md Cha,,es
Gerard.
Oct. 1Stb-Per sIoop NIizpah to St Tho
nIas-Mr, and Nh. George parson. George
Richards md Ann keturo and sen l. usyll.
, 1910-10-15

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, 1910-10-15

a'"'0te"kaldot gtsr Be2~rjag AZ Gou-
0etjfntente0.
FremlwggeIso og Proyelso If ynlg-
brew for 2dot kongoyalgto Modem
af Raadot, G. Lnwuotz
lndbringeise oB 1ste D~ohaudhrs at
Forslag til TilI@gsbevilhng til Bud
gottet FOX Kommuneu ST. Croix for
Finansaaret fra lsto April 1910 til
Bite Marts 1911.
, 1910-10-15
DAGSORDEN

for Colonialraadets extraordinairc
Mode TORSDAGEN den 20de Ok
tober 1910 III. l Eftermiddae.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-08-11
viraInIans. Rux Oil Land.

Muskogee, Okla, Aug. II. - Sixty
acres of oil land south of Muskogee
owned by the Mhldrabo Oil company,
on which there are seven producing
wells that are making about 400 bar
reIs day, were Wednesday sold to
W. A. McCurdg. of Richmond va. for
$4,000. Mccurdy. with his six other
virgianlans has been in the city for
several days hooking over oil proper
ties 1t is understood that they are
in the market for several other oil
purchases. The majority Of thelS are
bankers.
The deal is the largest consammat-
ed in Muskogee since the Standard Oil
company secured large amount of
local production last spring.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-08-11
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET

Governor-Lee Cruce. OF Ardmore.
Lieutenant Governor J. McAIes-
ter. of McAlester.
Treasnrer-Robert Dunlop. Of New
kirk.
Auditor
Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
tlon-R. H. Wilson. Of chickasha
Attorney General-charles West. Of
Enid.
Commissioner OF Charities and Cor
rections-Kate Barnard. of Oklahoma
City
Labor Commissioners Charles f.
Daugherty of Oklahoma City.
Corporation Commissioner-George
A. Henshaw. Of Madill
President Board Of Agriculture =
Thomas Bryan. OF Perry.
State Printer-GIIes Farris, of Man
gum.
Inspector and Examiner G. A.
Taylor, Of Pond Creek
Mine Inspector = Peter Hanraty, Of
McAlester
Insurance Commissioners. A. Bal.
lard. of Coyle.
Clerk Supreme Court-w H, L,
Campbell OF Ada. =
Supreme Court.
For Associate Justice M ]. Kane,
OF Kingisher.
For Associate Justice-J. J. Dunn,
of Alya.
Congressional.
First District-N. E. Mcneil. OF
Pawnee.
Secozs District = T. L. Fulton, Of
Oklahona City.
Third District--James Davenport, Of
vinita.
Fourth District-charIes Carter, Of
Ardmore.
Fifth District-seott Ferris. of Law.
ton.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-08-11
Nations Greatest Men Will
Attend St Paul Convention

to the fertilization Of soils and he has
been helping the farmer IN this respect
for years.
Thomas l.. Lewis president of the
United States Mine Workers of Amer
leo, the greatest labor union In the
United States, is going to talk on the
subject. Are We Mining Intelligent
lyz7 1t is not known. what the sub
ject of Mr.. Pinchot'ss addHess will be
and Senator's Beveridge ana Cummins-
have not said on what subjects they
viii talk Other speakers besides The.
president and former presidents are:
Governor Eberhart, Minnesota; Cow
ernor Stubbs, Kansas; HaEhedt Know
Smith. commissioner of corporations.
Senator Joseph NJ Dixon. Montana;
Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore, author, ar
tist. writer on nature subjects and an
expert on birdlife; Waltar H. Page,
editor. The Worlds Work; Governor
Herbert s. Hadley, Missouri, Alfred
L. Baker. president the Chicago Cham
ber Of Commerce: Henry Wallace, ex-
pert On farming and country life, Des
Moines. Ia; Frank NJ: Chapman, cur
sior American Museum of Natural His
tory: Senator Moses E. CIapR. Mime
sofa; Prof Henry s. Graves United
States forester; John Barnett, director.
Bureau of American Republics; DR. W
]. Niece. bureau of soils. department
of agriculture; Dr. Francis z McVey.
president, University OF South Dakota,
Capt. ]. B. White, chairman Of the
executive committee national conser-
walton congress; DIR Geuage r. Swain.
Harvard University; George c. Pardee.
former governor of California; New
ton c. Blanchard. Louisiana; Wallace
d. Simmons. Simmons Hardware com
pany. st. Louis; Judge Ben B. Lind
sey. Denver. Col: F. F. Westbrook.
Minneapolis and Miss Mabel Board
man. president Of the Red Cross so-
ciety.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-08-11
Opposite Postoffice

lahoma City may have a tract to offer
the state for capital It looks like
it.
Since the state Of Oklahoma already
owns the proposed site and $40 acres
instead Of 20 acres. why should not
the state plat the section and receive
all of the profits Of lot sales as promis-
ed in the capital bElle
The people viii do themselves a gen.
uine service by watching closely the
further developments IN this capital
location matter The World predicts
that the colored brother in the Okla
homa City woodpiIe is going to show
himself before the world is much older
Tulsa World