The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-02-18
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
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
sas was accidentally turned on.
Health Commissioner Rex Shell. OF
Peorio H.. has ordered an immediate
Investigation az the result Of what is
declared to be a widespread epidemic
of stomach and bowel trouble. the
cause of which is thought to be EN-
balmed beef
Bessie Longenecker. exhibited in
museums throughout the country un-
der the name Of BABY Madeline. who,
although only seven years old. weigh
ed $50 pounds. died in a hospital at
Columbus. O.. an hour after her cloth
ing caught fire from a stove
Friday, February II.
Guilty of involuntary manslsugh-
ter" was the verdict rendered by a
fury Al Petersburg. w. Va. in the
case OF j Everett Sayre a business
man. charged with having caused the
death of his y"-JlSv administering to
her biehlor- qc9,id drcuTy on their
wedding day
Frank Hafsotsh, forty years old. a
prominent oil operator. committed sui
eide at his home near Huntingdon.
". Va, by firing bullet into his
brain He had been married only a
month. and left a note saying that the
indifference manifested toward him by
his bride was responsible for his de-
spOndency
Saturday. February -.
Brigadier General Robert l. Meade
U. S. VI. C.. retired. died at his home
in Lexington. Mass after an illness OF
several months.
Representative Edgar d. Crumpack-
er. Of Indiana. was placed in the field
as a candidate to succeed Speaker
Cannon at a meeting Of the Indiana
Society of Washington. The society is
non-partisan
G. w. Thomas. a jail guard. and
Matthew GOdsey. superintendent OF the
street force fought a duel on the
street at Chattanooga. Tenn Thomas
died two hours after the encounter
his body riddled with bullets. Godsey
may recover
Monday. February "a.
Enamel hardware material got into
sore in her hand. and Miss Mary
Corner. of Marietta. Pa. has a bad
case Of blood poisoning
Thomas H. Dodge. philanthropisi
and inventor OF the cylinder printing
press. died at his home at Worcester.
Mass. aged eighty-seven years
NJ. F. Woodrow. a Rhodes scholar
from Kentucky. won the Vinerian law
scholarship at oxford university Lon
don The scholarship is among the
more important of those open to com
petition
Atlantic City ~ J.. will hold an in
ternational flying machine meet during
June. according to plans OF George
Homans a New Yorker. who is backed
oy big hotel men OF the resort. Ilo
mans has started to raise 100000 20
be awarded for prizes.
hNoSo1s -
William H. Slough. aged ffty-siy
yeags. died az York. Pa from blood
poisoning caused by a splinter he ran
into his band while handling lumber
Colonel Edwin S. Jewett. general
passenger agent for the Missouri pa
ciHc Railway company. is dead at Kan
sas City. Mo. aged seventy-one years.
Hugh Flynn. aged fifty-eight years.
a pioneer Delaware & Hudson railroad
engineer. was stricken with heart dis
ease while attending mass in Holy
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 AZ Trenton. ~ J.. battling the
ooljce have resulted in the placing Of
large placsrds prominently about the
building warning the members agains'
thieves.
Wednesday, February 10.
Timber thieves of southern Indiana
have been driving away the farmers
with fire. Houses and barns on eigh-
teen farms lately have been DESTROYED
Thomas Coley. supposed outlaw
was killed another robber was wound
ed and David L. Newlin. city marshal.
was shot in a fight between Sheriff
John Lawrence and his assistants and
two robbers near Wilburton. Okla.
Burglars blew the safe Of the Citi-
gems bank Of Chatsworth. Ind. with