The Penn's Grove record., 1914-03-20
General

Lie AGRICULTURAL AppIlplldtlUu Jill,
carrying SO, 000, 900, passed the House.
Pastors in Atlanta, Ca, urge a new
trial for Leo Frank, convicted of STAY
ing Mary Phagan.
Former President Taft declined a
offer of $4,000 a year to become presi-
dent of the Delaware College.
Daniel O'Connell, the Oldest mem
Der of the Order of Elks in the world,
died in Owasso, Mich, aged 109.
The Right Rev. John Scarborough,
bishop of the Episcopal Diocese Of
New Jersey, died in Trenton, aged 80.
A new chemical laboratory and IL
brary will be built at Wesleyan Uni
versity al an expenditure of $1,000, 900.
Governor Colquitt announced that
the State ranger force in Texas will
be increased.
An anonymous gift of $500, 900 to
the Episcopal cathedral, Washington,
was announced.
More than 1900 men employed in
the New Haven car shops at Read
vile, Mass, were laid off without
warning.
Mrs. Fred. H. Haidmant, of Sea
Cliff, L. l., was sworn in as the first
special deputy sheriff of Nassau
County.
Mrs. Mona Reincke, wife of Wilhelm
T. Reincke, former German Consul at
Boston, was arrested in New York on
a charge Of shoplifting.
The Hardman Furniture Co., a mail
order firm of Chicago, was entered by
six armed bandits who escaped with
$500 in cash.
Thirteen conyicts, three "lifers,"
were confirmed by Bishop of New
York at Sing Sing, being the first
Episcopal confirmation in the prison.
The financial statement Of the Lee
land Sanford University, shows the
wealth of the institution to be $4,000
900, including the original endowment.
Samuel Winget and William Gold
smith, employees of the Reading rail-
road, were killed when two engines
crashed in the yards near Bridgeport,
Pa.
A bill was passed by the Kentucky
House providing a ~penitentiary SEN
tence for every man convicted of
clipping with a girl whose parents OBJ
ject to their marriage.
The Board of Education in Philadel-
phia is investigating charges that
children, some under six years old,
attend school while under the inlu-
ence of liquor.
William ]. Burns, accompanied by
his daughter, arrived in Atlanta to
begin his investigation of the staying
of little Mary Phagan in an effort to
free Leo M. Frank from the hang
mans moose.
George Westinghouse, the inventor,
left an individual estate estimated at
between $35, 100000 and $40, 900, 900.
An adverse report was submitted
TO the Massachusetts Senate on a bill
to allow Sunday baseball.
H. G. Frick says a five per cent
increase in railroad freight rates
would give a new impetus to the
prosperity of the country.
Major-General William H. Carter.
United States Army, arrived at Homo
lulu and assumed command of the
Department.
Congress changed the name of the
Avenue of the Presidents in Wash
ington to the Democratic simplicity OF
Sixteenth street.
Governor Glynn asked the Legisla-
ture to create a food market COM
mission to aid in bringing farm prod
ucts to the consumer.
The body Of John Mahoney. a
wealthy farmer, who was missing for
three months, was found frozen in the
ice at Buffalo harbor.
Eleven b~attleships Of the Atlantic
feet will start their annual spring
target practice at the entrance of
Chesapeake Bay, March %.
Boufort Harchonkacitz, rs years
old, was killed by stepping on a live
wire at the plant of the Insulated
Wire &c Gable Co., at Bayonne, N. j.
William Williams, a negro charged
with shooting ]. r. Robertson. a
plantation owner Of Hearne, Texas,
was captured by a posse and hanged.
To date snow removal has cost
New York S~1,241,O00.