Democratic messenger., 1910-03-12
JcNsED NEWS ITEMS.
Erlday. March q.

'or the state In the prosecution OF for
mer county commissioners indicted Mt
rIiIin. o.. recently for alleged graft
ing. committed suicide
Lieutenant General Arthur MacAr-
thur. retired. before the Milwaukee
Press club urged the establishment
Of mobilization depots in various cen
ters OF population TO store arms and
equipment for 100000 men.
Henry Akin. aged forty.hve years.
. miner Of Sycamore. selected spot
in the woods at Glasgow. near Johns.
town. Pa. 10 end his life by cutting
his throat. Years ago his father com.
mittcd suicide by hanging not far from
the same place.
Saturday. March 5.
Both houses OF the Oklahoma legis.
lature ratified tho income tax amend.
ment TO the federal constitution.
John Wren and Patrick Quinn. po-
iicemen. were shot in Chicago by two
Italians supposed to be members OF
Black Hand organization. Wren Is
said TO be dying. Quinn's wound Is not
serious.
W. r. Jones, one OF the wealthiest
planters in South Carolina. will have
TO serve a life sentence In tho state
penitentiary for the murder Of his
wife. the supreme court having az
firmed the Judgment OF the lower
court
Monday, March 7.
Plank Ridge washery. near Shenan.
doah. Pa. which has been idle for six
weeks. resumed. giving employment to
several hundred men and boys.
One man was killed five injured
and several are missing In a landslide
at MountaIndale Wash. on the Chi
cago. Milwaukee G. Puget Sound rail.
road.
w. d. Iced. OF Denver. Lancaster
county. Pa. has a goose which laid
an egg nearly one foot in circumfer-
ence one way and eight and three.
quarter inches the other
II is rumored that eighty-four coal
mines In the New river district OF
West Virginia with an annual output
a single Washington selling agency.
Tuesday, March 8.
AS he was stepping forward TO be
baptized at a revival service at Girard.
o.. James Applcgate. sixty-five years
old, a wealthy and prominent citizen.
dropped dead.
A Bessemer & Lake Erie railroad
locomotive was thrown into French
creek by the collapse of steel bridge
near Meadville. Pa. The engine sank
In 100 feet OF water The crew escaped
A burglar. who gave his name as
James Clark. ransacked the Alpha
Tau Omega Fraternity house at Chi.
cago. was chased by twenty students
in pajamas and captured, taken back
to the fraternity house given a bath
and turned over to the police.
Wednesday, March 9.
An unidentified man committed sui
eide by jumping from the North street
bridge into the swollen SusQuehanna
at Wilkes. Barre Pa. The body quickly
disappeared
Governor c. y. Haskell. OF Okla
homa. vetoed the so called Taylor elec'
tion bill. under which II is claimed
most OF the colored men Of the state
would be barred from voting on con.
stituticnal amendments.
Tony Stillltano twenty-four years OF
age. was shot TO death In a crowded
restaurant at Iohnstown. Pa. but When
a. La rin usu o.
serted and no clue to the former pa
irons or occupants was obtainable.
As the result OF family quarrel in
which his wife took sides with her
father. William Davidson, farmer
living near Ithaca. Mich. struck his
father.inlaw. Julius Teet. with the
butt OF a shotgun. killing him. The
man next cut his wife's throat and
blew out his own brains.
Thursday, March 10.
Chicago elevated railroads carried
1851. i00 passengers in the last six
months OF 1909 daily average OF
400 900.
James Derr. q prominent produce
dealer OF Philadelphia. hanged himself
In the cellar OF his home while men
tally deranged.
Despondent because she was sepa'
rated from her husband. Mrs. Jacoh
Rufe. forty-eight years old, OF Lans
dale. Pa. committed suicide by shoot.
ing herself
The old car ferry Ann Arbor. No. l.
burned at Manitowoc. Wis. and the
crew narrowly escaped. Two men
we're forced TO jump into the river.
The loss Is about si50.000.