Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-01-15
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, Jan. 9.

Thursday. Jan. g.
Tn0 president named Francis c. Low
eli a. United states district Judge fer
Massachusetts,
Samuel Fleming and MIS-. Sebastian
TscA were killsc By = Lebanon Valley
railroad train near South Mountain. Pa.
A gun trap loaded with salt was
sprung By Joseph Dowd. at Orange.
N. j.. ana he received the charge In
his hand.
Adolph strslfsr. q hermit and miser,
Superior. wis.. u supposed to have
left t1O0.ooe.
FRIDAY. jan 2.
A law to tax aliens has been intro
duced In the New York legislature
The Temple cup. the baseball trophy,
has been returned TO its donor, w. c.
| Temple, of Pittsburg.
The Democrats OF the kentucky leg
islaturo have appointed a negro as as
sistant sloskroom keeper
/ sadie sack = young New York we
man. drank earbolic acid and died be-
cause her lever deserted her.
Captain w. E Hall fell zoe feet into
the Great Lsrsi mine At Rossiand. n.
G.. and was crushed to a jelly.
n ts saia that Minister ANGEL may
- transferred from Constantinopls to
Pskin. and Charles Page Bryan sent t.
Turkey.
Saturday, jan D.
Ernest Fart. editor OF the British
Medical Journal, died In London yes
tsrday. aged g.
IT Is feared that the steamer Pelican
Is ofiicers and men
Harffn T-horrsu ro,,p~~l In ,-rYxr 20,
a new trial on the ground that the Jur,
scnsumsd too much wine
Over zoe eonvicts-men, women ans
children (whits and black)-were sole
at auction at West Palm Beach. Fla
John NcCuilaEh. just appointed chic
Of police OF New York. says the polio
force Of that city is 20 seare behind tn
times.
Monday, Jan. TO-
Sydney GlendeoninR. the fist Victir
, Of the London (Ont-) disaster. died Sat
urday.
The Ohio rninsrs' convention at &C
= lumbus will demand an increase OF ]
l. cents ton for mining
y The New York legislature Is consic
sring the plan to establish q farm CO
, ony for Migrants. to cost 100000.
Il Moses p. Handy. the eminent jour
: nallst and Reconnaissance TO Pari
! died at Atlanta, Ga. Saturday. aged 6
Katie Marsh. a farmers daughte
! near Carthage. Mo-, was Blinded wit
. vitriol and assaulted by a tramp st h
= home
: Rufus . stIllman. aged 70. who WI
y serving a life sentence for murder
, Clinton IN. - prison. has been pa
= doned.
Tuesday, Jan IL.
~ The postofTice department decides tn
postmasters cannot be required TO ca
=, pension checks
!, Badley A. Sutherland. a negro, w
n eIectrocuted at Sing Sing for the mu
l. der OF his paramour-
q, The agricultural department Is 1
u vestiEating the spread OF the Mexici
III cotton boil weevil IN Texas.
d With his gold tied about his bod
no Patrick Kearney. a hermit, was foul
n. dead IN his home at Pittston. Pa
The spectators at a murder trial
Mt Vernon. KY. got into n fight OF
side the court house door, and two M
III were shot.
ID Francis d. Newton. his wife and
On year-oid daughter were murdered
NJ their farm near Broskfield. Mass. Tn
~ hired man. who has disappeared.
az suspected
" Wednesday. Jan. lie.
II The government has demanded I
'ae resignation OF Emilio Clark. Unit
~ States consular agent al 2iura, Peru
.n' Rav. Thomas Moore. one OF the fou
The s % a. $3.50 a. Rte o,,,n,t at h.
a. Kan.
inf ms SoIone, ,u1S :" sne h-Vl,u
,lo lives were lost, decided the AFFAIR pur
inc accidental
! ~ A bill will be introduced In congr
1ur requiring all persons desiring TO pr
and tisa IN pension cases to give proof
Bro their good reputation
ries 1t is asserted in Berlin that Germs
an win not oppose the return Of ex-K
i'm. Mataafa to Samoa II England and
id= United States consent