The Penn's Grove record., 1911-01-20
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as the Democratic candidate for
United States senator at a joint eau
Gus of Democratic legislators at AL
bany. The vote stood: Sheehan, So;
Shepard, 81; Herrick, s. Twenty
five Democrats, however, refused to
enter the caucus Senator Depew was
nominated by the Republicans, getting
68 of the 81 votes cast.
6 The New York presbytery granted a
preachers license to Norman M.
Thomas, although be declared disbe-
lief in certain cardinal tenets in the
Confession of Faith.
fractional fights in the New York
chapter of the D. A. R. promised to
defeat the ambitions of all state aspir-
ants for national Offices.
A receiver was appointed for Joseph
G. Robin, the indicted New York
banker, on allegations of wrongful
transfers of property said to be worth
ST. 900, 900.
Judge Grain of New York held a
part of the Callan automobile law un-
constitutional and sustained the de-
murrer of Edward T. Rosenheimer,
whose auto killed Miss Grace Hough.
Senator Lodge was nominated to
succeed himself at the Republican leg
1slative caucus at Boston, receiving
1875 votes, or 16 less than a majority
of the senate and house on joint bal
lot.
The list of senate and assembly
committee appointments was an.
nounced at Albany. Senator Grady's
name does not appear on the list.
]. Ogden Armour confirmed a report
that old-age pensions were to be es.
tablished for employees of the Armour
company. The plan will be put into
effect as soon as a committee now per.
fecting the details makes it's report.
More than twenty men were killed
In a battle between a small band OF
insurgents and a large force of sol.
dlers at a point in Mexico opposite
Comstock. Tex.
Fifty masked men stormed the
Shelby county Jail, Shelbyville. XIV.
seized and lynched three negroes. two
OF whom were charged with insulting
white women, while the third had
been sentenced to hang for the muir.
der of a negro woman.
An explosion of a g~as-lighting plant
at the Hubbard hotel, Niobrara. Neb..
caused the death of M. w. KindaIl.
Annie Duseka, Kenneth Kindall and
R. F. Crosby.
Willis Vernon Cole, Christian Sci
ence practitioner, arrested in New
York on a charge of practicing medi.
cine without a license, said he be-
lieved the attack to be the work of
the County Medical society, but in
sisted that it would fail.
A sharp drop In the cost of butter
and eggs was predicted by wholesale
dealers because of the big supply of
these commodities now unsold in cold
storage warehouses. Other foodstuffs
may be cheaper in sympathy.
Four petitions were received by the
Rhode Island legislature urging the
oi0SIioA VI Juu6t COlC 10 succeed
United States Senator Aldrich.
Eleven persons were killed and great
damage to property was caused by a
reservoir breaking in Spain.
David Lloyd-George expressed re
gret regarding his inability to accept
an invitation to visit America.
Rev. Walter S. Rounds, who has
been pastor of the Third Church OF
Christ (Disciples) in Brooklyn for the
last four years, has received a call to
the Bible chair at the Indiana uni.
versity.
Mrs. Edith Melber of Schenectady
n widow, only % years old, confessed
at Rochester, N. Y, that she had muir
dered her 5-yearold son, George
whose body was found in a field be
tween Schenectady and Albany, be
cause she could not place him in a
home and was too poor to care fol
him.
The appellate division of the su
preme court of the first department
ruled that hereafter the chamberlain
of New York city shall invest court
funds only in government, state or
city bonds.