The Washington times., 1914-07-21
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SIiOr OF new Jersey or the SOCldllsI
ticket last year. is a candidate for
assembly from Hudson county at the
coming fall election. Mrs. Reilly is
the Ffst woman to seek office in her
county. II elected she would be the
hrst assembly member of her sex.
ATLANTIC CITY. n. J.-Mrs. Ida X
Meyers, wife of Daniel Meyers, a mer-
chantlle adjuster of Philadelphia, filed
suit for absolute divorce here. She
delphia. as correspondent. Mrs Meyers
alleges that her husband kidnapped her
four different times and placed her in
an insane asylum.
TRENTON. n. J.-Sister NJ. Veronica
sister OF Charity, was killed by fall
ing down the cellar stairway of the con-
vent connected with St Stanislaus
Church. 1t is believed she missed
her footing.
ALBANY, y. Y.-Thomas Carmody, at
torney general Of New York State, will
resign September l. Joseph A. Kellogg,
Mr.: Carmody's first deputy, will quit
office at the same time. Carmody. Kei-
logg and State Senator George A. Blau-
welt will open law offices together
NEW YORK-A generous act by Mrs
Juliet X. Lamont, widow Of Daniel g.
Lamont. friend and Cabinet adviser of
the late President Cleveland, to the
daughter of the late DR.. Joseph d.
Bryant. intimate friend of both PresI-
dent Cleveland and Colonel Lamont, was
disclosed when Mrs. Lamont filed a deed
conveying the house at 30 West Forty
eighth street. to Mrs. Florence Bryant
made in recognitio1 Of the lifelong
friendship existing between Doctor
Bryant and Colonel Lamont and their
families.
PITTsBURGH-Tickl friends
nose with a straw led to the death of
Elmer J: Lssey. thirty years. Of North
Braddock. Lissey visited his friend,
John Quinten. and found Quinten doz-
ing. Taking a straw, Lssey began to
Quinten seized his revolver and pointed
it at Lissey. The latter. thinking his
friend was about to shoot grappled
with him, and in the scuffle the revoI-
yer was discharged. tSe bullet enter
ing Lissey's heart, instantly killing him.
HARTFORD. Conn.-The RAv. John
j. Downey, pastor OF st. Michael's s
Church, was playing golf near Goodwin
Park pond when patient Of a sani-
tarium threw herself into the water.
The priest brought her ashore.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.-Aged and dis
abled employees OF the Crane Valve
Company and their dependents will be
cared for In an institution to be erected
in the suburbs of Chicago. The and has
been secured and 100000 set SSide for
the purpose.
BAR HARBoR. Melville leaving
Fairview. his Bar Harbor cottage. for
his daily horseback ride. Philip Living
ston. of New York. was thrown TO the
ground and badly injured.
|
! BRoOKLYN.-An unusual wedding
ceremony occurred at Borough Hall.
and the spot -the-spot" man, both of
whom are exhibiting at a museum at
Conev Island. were Joined in marriage!
The bride was Miss Marie Lorraine.
twenty-four. Brooklyn, and the bride
groom Charles Gerard.
ALBANY. n. "a permanent camp
| OF convict laborers. the first establish
| ed in the State. has begun work on the
highway in the Catskili Mountains that
Albany and New York on the west slde
OF the Hudson river. The twenty men
came from Sing Sing prison.
STANFORD. Conn.-James MeCutch;:
con, the well-known linen merchant OF
| Saw York city. who was operated on
for appendicitis. is dead James NC
Cutcheon was one OF the Oldest actlNe
merchants Of this city.
| HARTFORD, Conn.-While special
| policeman was running away from the
| Goodwin Park Lake to get rope 10
| throw to n drowning woman, tather
| Jobn l. Downey. pastor of st Michael 5
| C.atho,I, Church who had lust nnlsh-
| cd a round OF golf in tbs park, plunged
| into the water and saveS the woman.
| she was a patient at the Hartford he-
! treat for the Insane.
PHILADELPHIA - Trapped IN
,raigbt elevator, william Medon, forty.
| Eve wears old. was beheaded at dut
! south second street. His body was re =
| leased only after iremen had deInoi-
ished tine elevator shaft
| ATLANTIC CITY, y. ia huhdred
children. working In teams. killed more
than 2s0 600 flies in a day and turned
! them over to the swat committee. at
the CITY hall The campaign viii De CON
| tinued for one week. with vacations m
the country for ten days as the reward
to the two children who accomplish the
biggest killing.
NEW YORK-Surrogate Robert Luu-
low Fowler is mentioned as being pos
| sibIe candidate Of the Democrats LOT
! United states Senator to succeed Elhu
! Root. Warren Leslie, brother-ln-leW
| ~ Senator 6Gorman. made the sug-
eestion. but said that he is not speaking
| for Senator O'Gorman.
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