Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-07-31
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
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An explosion at Winchester Arms
works, at New Haven. killed seven per
sons.
Seven convicts in Kings county peni-
Tertiary. New York. have become In
sane as an effect OF the abolition OF
contract convict labor.
The u-year-old daughter OF william
Thompson. near Lancaster, Pa. was
bitten in bed by a copperhead snake.
and is In a dangerous condition.
Mrs. Samuelson. daughter-in-law OF
Sir Bernhard Ssmuelson. was burned
20 death I'm London by the ignition OF
petroleum hair wash she was using.
Friday. July e3.
Marcus Nichols. a wealthy farmer
residing near Bridgeport Conn. was
murdered by burglars.
President Mckinley viii summer on
Lake Champlain. and viii leave Wash
ingtOn on Wednesday.
A bear escaped from his trainer near
Hamburg. n. Y. and freed Eve bloomer
girls before he was recaptured.
James r. Keene. the veteran Wall
street operator. is said to have increas-
ed his fortune S2.0OO.000 by the rise In
sugar stock.
The Cinnamon OF Philadelphia will
oppose the payment OF the alien tax on
the ground that they are barred from
citizenship.
Saturday, July ga.
The knee pants makers strike I'm
New York is gaining strength.
For criminal assault on a 3-year-old
child. Jim Grey. a negro. was lynched
yesterday near Goldville. S. c.
Fire last night destroyed the main
building of the Peoria (Ills.) Grape
Sugar company, causing $500. 900 loss
While standing with his mother be-
meath tree near Upper Lehigh, Pa,
16-year-old George Remps was killed
by lightning.
The japanese cabinet has agreed tc
the proposal OF the Hawaiian govern
ment to submit the questions at issue
between the two governments to ar
bitration-
Monday. July. 26
Three 4o-knot torpedo boats are to be
built In this country for = South Ameri-
can government.
Rev. DR.. Malcolm McGregor Dana
died at his home in Brooklyn yester-
day. He was so years old
Because they could not marry Pat.
rick and Annie Sullivan, cousins, com
mitted suicide at Westchester, N. Y.
John Griffin, a cold storage hous,
laborer I'm Buffalo. N. Y. was killed b.
ammonia fumes. His body was burned
as II by fire
The Chittenden collection OF olt
stamps. worth $1,000. has been stoler
from DIR. J. Bruce Chittenden's hous,
In New York.
Tuesday, July 81.
The wheat crop OF the United King
dom is reported away below the aver.
age.
Frank M. Hayes has been appointed
receiver OF the Keystone National banl
of Erie, Pa
} Pasauale Dedario, the italian VIII,
} murdered the little child, Modestin,
MOTTO. was hanged at PHILADELPHIA
this morning.
The young king and the Queen regen
of Spain had a narrow escape bein,
shot by bird shooter in the woods o
st. Sebastian
Theodore II. Schintz, q Chicago law
yer and real estate dealer, who faile,
to the extent of nearly a million dol
lars. has been arrested on a charge o
fraud in-selling a trust deed for IS ,0OC
Wednesday, July IS.
Secretary Sherman denies that he In
, tends resigning his Office
, Miss Pauline Kellogg, OF Colorado
will so to the Alaska gold fields an,
employ help to work a claim.
William Skelly. a wealthy truckma.
OF Brooklyn. was instantly killed q
Coney Island yesterday by falling unde
truck.
: English papers look upon Hawaiia
, annexation and the correspondent
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preaching trouble.
The president has appointed Majo
Moses p. Handy. of Illinois, specis
. commissioner of the United States {
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? 1900.