Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-01-19
SA CURGAY JAN. 10. 1901
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday. Jan. 10.


Thursday. Jan. 10.
A movement is On foot to abolish the
whipping pest in Delaware.
Thirty-one deaths have resulted
from the Rochester orphan asylum fire
of last Tuesday morning.
Miss Elizabeth Shiier, a 90-year-old
hermit, was burned TO death in her
hut near Keedysville, Nd
Fred Puterbaugh, aged IL years,
while skating yesterday near Wilkes
barre, Pa, broke through the ice and
was drowned.
Frank G. Clarke, representative In
congress from the Second New Hamp-
shire district, died in Peterboro, N. H.,
aged Sc years.
Experiments in Havana prove that
mosquitoes spread yellow fever, and
that there is No danger from an in
fected person or infected clothing.
Friday, Jan. II.
Rear Admiral Thomas F. Phelps. of
Washington, died in New York of
pneumonia
Mr.. Charles E. Barnes, United States
consul at Cologne, Germany, has re-
ceiveS his e1sauatur.
Commander Joha w. Quackenbush,
u. S. N, retired, died yesterday at his
Senator TillRan, of South Carolina,
denies the report OF disagreement be-
tween himself and William ]. Bryan.
Secretary Wilson has addressed a
letter to the chairman OF the senate
committee On agriculture and forestry
in defense Of the Grout oleomargarine
bill
Saturday, Jan. IL.
At jackson, Miss, the rainfall in "a
hours amounted to about four inches.
Lord Lionel Cecil, half brother of
the Marquis Of Salisbury, died in Lon
don yesterday.
M. De WHITE. the Russian minister of
finance, will be created a count at the
Russian new year.
According to advtces from Berlin the
health Of DowaEer Empress Frederick
is again causing anxiety.
Lawrence Martin, aged 20, of Taun-
ton, Mass, hurt in = football game at
Fall River on Christmas day, died yes
terday of his injuries.
The liabilities OF the 1s London stock
exchange Arms which recently failed
aggregate $4,000 zoe, in one case the
figures reaching 9Soe, 600.
Monday, Jan. Ii.
Thomas M. Patterson, OF Denver.
succeeds K. o. Wolcott as United States
senator from Colorado.
Four hundred fishermen are missing.
and they are supposed to have persisted
In storm Jan. 10 OF the west coast OF
Japan.
The anthracite miners convention at
Edwardsville, Pa, will take decisive
action to prevent strikes for trivial
cause.
Alfred C. Vanderbilt, the richest
man Of his age in the world, was mar
ried today at Newport to Miss Elsie
French
]. Y. Paige, for six years past clerk
to the comptroller OF the currency. died
OF pneumonia in Washington yester-
day, aged so.
Samuel Lewis, the notorious Lon
don money lender and Insurer, who has
been called the greatest and meanest
OF modern Shylocks," is dead.
Tuesday, Jan. 10.
The bill to increase the salary of
North Carolina's governor from SO 600
to $4,000 passed both houses.
New Hampshire's legislature elected
Judge Henry E. Burnham United
States senator TO succeed Chandler.
Andrew Carnegie denies the report
that the j. p. Morgan syndicate is 20
purchase the Carnegie Steel company's
works.
Mrs. Susan L. Nj. Ward. widow of
Marcus l.. Ward, former governor of
New Jersey, died at her home in New
ark yesterday, aged Sc.
The Massachusetts legislature TODAY
reelected George F. Hoar United
States senator. Democrats voted for
Rlcnard Olney, eX-secretary Of state.
The state electoral colleges met YES
terday, cast the votes for president
and vice president and appointed mes
sengers to convey the votes to Wash
ington.
Wednesday,, Jan. I6.
John HUM was formally inaugu-
rated as governor OF Delaware at the
county court house at Dover yesterday.
Samuel A. McNeal the fugitive ex-
Slstrlct attorney OF Altoona, Pa, has
been taken to that city from the Nor
folk (Va.) Jail.
convention for the purpose of urg-
Ing upon congress the passage of an
act providing for statehood will be held
at Guthrie, o. T., Jan. 80.
Work on Lord Dunrayen's cun chaI-
lenger, at Glasgow, is all done at night
and the greatest secrecy is observed
Even waste scraps are locked up and
sealed daily.
AT brownsville, Ga, William Doss a
young lawyer, son OF the sheriff is
charged with killing Emmett Sims
from ambush. They were rival lovers
Of the same girl.
Gen. Mcdowell, a well-to-do store
keeper OF Spring Creek, Ark, was shot
and killed in business quarrel By DIR.
Snipes, his friend and partner, who is
prominent physician.
Senator Mcmillan Re-eI.s.oS
Lansing, Mich, Jan. 1S.-United