The Penn's Grove record., 1914-04-10
General

Representative William Richardson,
of Alabama, died at Atlantic City.
Fire destroyed several hotels and
nine residences at st. Augustine Fla,
causing a loss estimated at $750,00O,
The pope appointed the Rev. Mich
ael ]. Curley, of Deland, Fla, to be
Bishop of the diocese Of st. Augustine.
Engineers and firemen on the Nor
folk & Western Railway have with
drawn their requests for increased
pay.
The Appellate Court of Cook Coune
ty, Ill, decided that hotel roller towels
could not be used in hostelries and
lodging houses.
A ~life-saving station is to be estab-
lished at Goat Island, Niagara Falls,
by the Niagara State Reservation
Commission.
The Times Democrat" of New Or
leans, announced that it will take
over the "Picayune," The sale in
wolves 5000, 900.
John H. Hughart has been elected
president of the Grand Rapids & In
diana Railway Co., succeeding Joseph
Wood.
]. Ago Hatori, former member of
the Japanese House of Commons and
widely known in the United States,
died in San Francisco.
The Philadelphia City Councils SUBJ
committee on finance, turned down
Mayor Blankenburg's request for a
ney city loan of SIS, 900, 900.
The factory of the Fort Pitt Box
Co. at Pittsburgh, Pa, was destroyed
by fire. 1t had only been in operation
two weeks. Loss 500, 900.
George H. March, a farm hand, was
convicted of murder in the first degree
at Media, Pa. for killing Lewis Pink
erton, former tax collector.
William Wilson, a murderer, and
five other prisoners escaped from AL
exandria County jail at Cairo, Ill, by
saving th~rough~the steel cage.
Andrew Carnegie has donated $780,
as the foundation of a pension fund
to benefit the employees of he Zoolog-
ical Park and Aquarium in New York.
A special message from President
Wilson urging an appropriation of
$500 900 for government buildings at
the San Francisco Exposition, was
read in the House.
Shorter working time was announc-
ed at the railroad shops in Reading,
Pa. The shops will work five nine
hour days a week and affects several
thousand men.
AS a result of the few cases of
smallpox in New York the Department
of Health is urging proprietors of
stores, theatres and hotels to have
their employees vaccinated.
An earthquake was recorded at Ton
opah, New.
Church attendance in Washington
last Sunday was the largest in the
city's history, the result Of a "go-to-
church" campaign.
Edmond P. Perkins, president of the
National Drainage Congress,
ed that President Wilson will ask
Congress to provide for the proven
ton of food damage.
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Charles E. Palmer, of Irvington, N. Y,
against Vincent Aston because he was
struck by Astor's automobile, was set
tied out Of court for $1,000.
More than 5000 persons watched
the funeral procession of Detective
Joseph Guarnieri, who was killed in
the performance of duty in New York.
Three persons were killed and eight
injured when three trains of the Wa
bash Continental Limited plunged into
the Wabash near Attica, Ind.
Nine persons were reported to be
killed in a gas explosion on the Han
rahan Bridge, being constructed
across the Mississippi at Memphis.
Mrs. Lillian M. Stevens, president
Of the National Women's Christian
Temperance Union, died in Portland,
Me-, aged 10.