Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-02-05
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Friday, January 20.

cher shot and fatally wounded A. h.
PARROT. Belchsr escaped. Both men
were miners.
Uncle" John Ramsey. ils years old.
thought TO have been the Oldest person
in Ohio. died at the county innrmary
near Elyria. o.
Frederick w Keitel. OF Denver. and
franklin F. Fay. OF st. Louis. we're ac-
quilted at Denver. Colo. OF fraudu-
lently obtaining coal lands in Routt
county by means Of dummy entrymen.
Saturday, January 20.
A bobsled carrying venty children
was struck by fast train at Andover.
o.. and carried 900 feet upon the pilot
OF the locomotive until brushed of by
an engine standing upon side track.
Not one child is thought to be serious
ly hurt
George b. Robertsnn negro. was
arrested At Louisville. KY. charged
with the murder Of Mrs. Jennie Gleg-
horn. white woman. whose dismem.
bered body. minus the head and heart.
was found in negro resort In Chi
cago on Jan. 90.
Four men were killed and sixteen
injured sixteen miles south of st.
Paul. w. Va. on the Carolina. Clinch-
field G. Ohio railroad. The wreck was
caused by large dislodged stone. that
fell on the track on sharp curve, into
which train OF fiatcars backed.
Monday, January 81.
Seven men were hurt In an explo-
sion in an artificial leather factory at
Newburgh. N. Y.
For smugglisg over the Maine Dor
der. William J. Kelly was given four.
teen years in the Atlanta. Ca. prison.
Many floral pieces were placed in
side the Mckinley tomb at Canton. O..
including former Secretary Cortelyou's
annual wreath.
Because Of Ill health. e. II. Wilbur.
former president OF the Lehigh Valley
railroad. has resigned as borough
treasurer OF Bethlehem. Pa. after con.
tinuous service for thirty-two years.
Tuesday, February 1.
Samuel II. Tattersall. for many
years supreme secretary Improved Or.
der OF Heptasophs. died suddenly at
his home in Baltimore. Md.
The Tooth anniversary OF the birth
Of Abraham Lincoln. Feb. H. will be
commemorated by the United Spanish
War Veterans throughout the United
States
An Italian. snowballed by crowd OF
small boys at Beaver Falls. Pa. turned
upon them with a knife and stabbed
one OF them. John Watson. near the
heart.
Floating helplessly in a disabled
gasoline launch. three men were
drowned at Memphis. Tenn. when the
launch was run down by the towboat
Enterprise on. Hopefield Point.
The stump OF lighted cigarette
carelessly thrown into a pile of loose
blasting powder at Atlanta. Ga. re.
suited In the fatal injury OF William
White aged sixteen years. and vestile
Moss. aged eleven years
Wednesday, February 2.
The Pacific cruiser feet arrived AZ
Honolulu yesterday. one day ahead OF
the original schedule. The fleet sailed
from Yokohama Jan. 81.
Striking foreigners. numbering abou,
1000. returned TO work at the plant OF
the Standard Steel Car works. at Ham.
mond. Ind. after having been out for
about two weeks.
For being scared until she turned
bald-headed. Title Ominsky. a factory
girl at ST. Paul. Mimi. was awarded
$1,000 by jury. Her waist caught in
the wheels and shafting
Richard Martinez son OF Gregori
Martinez. former minister from Costa
Rica TO the United States. was mar
ried al Roanoke. Va. 10 Miss Gather
inc Thorn Peake. OF Richmond, Va.
Thursday, February 3.
The mangled body Of John Tough.
cry was found on the railroad near
Conshohooken. Pa. II is believed that
he was struck by passing train.
The comptroller OF currency OF the
treasury issued n call for a statement
OF the condition of national banks Al
the close OF business as OF Jan. 81.
The United States senate passed the
army appropriation bill and the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill. the for.
mer carrying sos. 440. 567 and the latter
$5.l50.000.
Representative Hardwick. Of Geor.
gia charged on the floor OF the house
that colored enumerators were being
used to take the colored census OF the
south In order TO overcome the III ef.
fects to the Republican party arising
from President Roosevelt's dismissal
Of troops engaged in the Brownsville
ARRAY.