Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-02-12
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Friday. February 4.


threc.ycar.cld son OF Mrs. Bonnie Mil.
Ter. Of Arabia. O.. started FIRE with
coal oil The house was destroyed. The
boys eighteen.months-old sister per.
ished.
President Taft announced that he
did not consider an amendment 10 the
corporation tax law necessary In order
TO prevent rival concerns from obtain
ing information as TO the private az
fairs Of competitors.
To prevent the lynching Of a dying
colored man. members OF the state
militia are guarding the Jail at Hope.
Ark. The prisoner. who Is charged
with having insulted n white woman,
was shot while enroute to prison.
Saturday. February 5.
An apparent shortage OF upwards OF
s450. 900 In the accounts Of the South
Bridge tMass) Savings bank was ad-
mitted by officials OF that institution.
Chicago will vote on the saloon quos.
ton at the April election provided the
petition filed can Withstand the legal
attacks planned by the liquor organi.
cations
President Taft has agreed. other en-.
gagements not interfering. to attend
on Feb. % the annual banquet OF the
Alexandria. Washington lodge OF Ma
sons. Of which George Washington was
the first master
Seizure of twenty barrels OF oysters
on the complaint that they had been
contaminated by sewage. created ex-
element among Chicago dealers The
oysters We're said to have been shipped
from South Norwalk. Conn.
Monday. February 7.
William S. Skaters threeyear-old
son Charles was perhaps fatally scald.
ed near Marietta. Pa.
Struck by ball In racquet game
at Chicago Walter Farwell son OF
former United States Senator Charles
b. Farwell lost an eye.
After Icing resistance. James Daniels
and his five sons. noted feudists. who
are charged with murder. surrendered
TO the Kentucky authorities.
Following anonymous threats to poi.
son every person In the village OF
Surfing Wis. one child has persisted
by poisonef candy. and the population
OF 200 Is terrified
Tuesday, February 8.
The main factory building OF the
Quaker Shade Roller company. at Bay
City Mich. was partly destroyed by
Are causing loss OF 100000.
John II. Core. aged seventy years.
one of the wealthiest men in eastern
VII ginla, and the largest individual
holder of real estate in Norfolk. Va.
Is dead.
Homer c. Cope. an indianapolis
Ind. bricklayer. shot and. killed his
motherin.law. Mrs Louisa C. George:
shot his wife In the head and then
killed himself with the same weapon
Cope and his wife had separated.
Wednesday. February 9.
Car shops to cost more than 81 900.
900 are to be built by the Big Four
railroad AT Beech Grove near Indian
arolis Ind.
Herman Strauss. twenty-four years
old. who just completed a penitentiary
term. shot and killed his wife Annie.
eighteen years old, and then killed
himself in fiat in New York.
William o. Parsons. thirty.hve
years old Of Ripley. W. Va. Demo.
cratic nominee for congress In the
Fourth West Virginia district In the
last campaign. died suddenly OF heart
failure in local hotel.
Clyde Morlen. eight years old. was
attacked by wolves at the city park
mcnagerie in Parkersburg. w Va. and
an arm was so badly laceraied that II
Will have to be amputated As the hoy
stood near the cage one animal seized
his left arm and two others fastened
their teeth in his legs
Thursday. February 10.
Three men who slept in one room
In Brooklyn were found dead from gas;
and the theory Of the police Is that the
gas was accidentally turned on.
Ninety per cent of the men employ
ed in the Chicago freight yards are
said to have voted in favor OF n strike
unless the railroad managers agree to
an increase IN wages.
Health commissioner Rex Shell. OF
Peorio. vi. has ordered an immediate
investigation as the result Of what Is
declared e be widespread epidemic
Of stomach and howell trouble. the
cause OF which Is thought to be EN-.
balmed beef.
Bessie Longenecker. exhibited In
museums throughout the country I'M
der the name OF Baby Madeline" who.
although only seven years old. weigh.
ed $50 pounds. died In n hospital at
Columbus, o.. an hour after her cloth
ing caught fire from a stove.