Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-05-11
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, May q

plete.
A bill introduced in the Florida leg
islature combines the general features
OF the South Carolina and Alabama
dispensary laws.
President Errazuris, Of Chile. Is In
I'll health. and will turn over the presi-
Dental duties to the prime minister,
Senior Anibal Zanartu.
Amos Stirling. William Perry and
Henry Ivory are under sentence of
death for the murder of Prof White,
In Philadelphia, last May.
Friday, May 8.
The wages of glass workers are TO be
increased is per cent
The indemnity to be paid by China
has been fixed at 1913, OO0, 900.
Mrs. Rebecca Packard, aged 105, died
Wednesday night at her home In Gov
ington, Tioga county, Pa.
w. H. Moore, ex-city clerk of Ports
mouth, N. H., was arrested charged
with embezzling city funds.
Mrs. Mary Sankey, mother Of Ira d.
Sankey, the world famous evangelist
and singer, died at her home In New
Castle, Pa, yesterday. aged 80.
Saturday, Mays.
London's population is 4,5S6,0s4, an
increase of 30S,7 since 1891.
w. S. Coursey, private secretary to
War Secretary Root, has resigned.
The Illinois Central has announced
a liberal system of pensions for super-
animated employees.
Forty thousand Italian emigrants. ac-
cording to a Rome newspaper, arc
booked to leave for the United States
this month
Mrs. Fenton, widow of Ex-Governor
and United States Senator Reuben Fen
ton. died at her home In jamestown, N.
Y, aged rs years.
Mrs. Rathbun. who poisoned her hus-
band with coffee intended for her par
amour, John Hart, was sentenced. at
New Haven, to life Imprisonment
Monday, May 9.
The army in the Philippines is to be
reduced to 10000 men.
The wife of Gen. Cronje, the impris-
oned Boef leader, has become insane.
Sir Thomas Upton is confident that
Shamrock ii will capture the Ameri-
cas- cup.
The national federal committee has
voted against a general strike of the
miners In France.
The yacht Constitution. candidate for
Americas cup defender, was success
fully launched at Bristol. R I.
President Mckinley arrived at Ell
Paso. Tex, yesterday and received
Gen. Hernandez. Of Mexico, the repre-
sentative of President Dias,
The finance committee OF the city
council OF Colorado Springs, Colo. re-
ports a shortage of $50 900 in the ac-
Counts OF City Treasurer Moses T. Hale.
Tuesday, May Z.
On and after May 10 all port charges
In Colombia will be payable In gold.
The Duke and Duchess Of Cornwall
and York landed at Melbourne, Aus,
tralia, yesterday.
Minister Conger declares WI Tins
Fang, the Chinese minister at Wash
ington, "a hero, entitled to the lasting
gratitude OF Americans"
Specials from all over Iowa and
neighboring portions of Illinois report
great damage to property by heavy
transforms Sunday and Monday.
Forty-six cases of smallpox now exist
in Metropolis, Ills, and the mayor has
issued a proclamation forbidding pub
lie gatherings. Schools are closed.
Grace Dietzel, aged 10 years, was
burned to death while assisting her
mother prepare breakfast on a gasoline
stove yesterday at her home in Har-
risburg.
Wednesday, May 8.
In New York tenement fire last
night II is feared two lives were lost.
Mrs. Olivia Starring was robbed OF
$4,000 in diamonds and jewelry at her
Washington residence yesterday.
On April 80 the home Of John Par
ton, at Hurdville, Ont, was DESTROYED
by fire and five children persisted. The
father is now charged with murder.
The statement that the state depart
ment has delivered a new Isthmian
canal treaty to the British ambassador
is officially denied by Secretary Hay.
In st. Louis Ida N. Baare, 20 years
old, killed her father, Gustave Baare
formerly member Of the Missouri
legislature. and herself because OF the
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