Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-03-23

Helper, 20, held Up the Halifax Pa.y
bank. and were escaping with 81, 900
when Cashier Ryan interfered and was
killed. Both In Jail.
During a fire In Brooklyn last night
Mrs. George Mackin jumped from a
third story window and was killed.
Mrs. Mary Burns and an unidentified
child were suffocated.
Friday, March 10.
Lotteries, which have been flourish
ing in Canada, have been entirely sup
pressed.
Prisoners released by Gen. De Wet.
the Boer leader, declare that he is a
mailman.
Alarmist reports regarding the
health of President Diaz, of Mexico.
and conspiracies there are absolutely
baseless.
Hoxey Barber, %, and BARLEY
French, 16, were smothered to death
by a floor collapse at Norwood, n. Y,
burying them in corn.
Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, sentenced to
life Imprisonment in California for
sending poisoned candy through the
mails, which killed Mrs. ]. p. Dunning
at Dover. Del, has been granted a new
trial.
Saturday, March ne.
Thomas j. Alcott has been appointed
United States marshal for the district
Of New Jersey.
All American troops in China. ex-
cept legation guard Of $50, have been
ordered to leave China.
Judge Archibald, at Scranton, Pa, de-
C1Qrnd tho Pitfohnror Nrfr
stitutionaI. Appealed to supreme court.
Fire in the Office of the Boston
Daily Advertiser last night did $780,
600 damage, and three proof readers
were suffocated.
The Duke and Duchess OF Cornwall
and York started from Portsmouth.
England. this morning on their trip
to the British colonies.
Andrew Carnegie this week gave
away upwards OF 1900, 000 His latest
gifts are S5,200,ooo to New York for
public libraries, 100000 as a fund
for former employees superannuated
and $1,O0O,O00 to st. Louis public IL
brary.
Monday, March 10.
Consul General Hay arrived In New
York from Pretoria and proceeded to
Washington.
A bill in Hawaii's legislature pro-
poses an annual pension OF $12, 900 for
ex-Queen Liliuokalani.
Rev. Elijah kellogg, we'll known as
q writer Of books for boys, died at
Harpswell, Me-, aged SO.
During a fire in Pittsburg Fireman
William Miller was killed and three
others injured by a live wire.
A Pekin dispatch says the health of
Ii Hung Chang Is again causing grave
anxiety, and his death is feared.
While the steamer New York was
en- route from Europe an ammonia
tank exploded, and two deaths fol-
lowed.
Tuesday, March 10.
Gen. Wood has appointed Carlos
Rolos, native. treasurer Of Cuba.
Near Sharpsvilie, Pa, three boys died
from eating wild berries, mistaking
them for wintergreen.
City council OF Springfield, Ills, ac-
cepted Andrew Carnegie's offer of s75,-
900 for a public library.
Joseph Rider, inventor of the famous
Remington rifle. is dead at his home in
Newark, o., aged "a years.
Hon. Mark S. Brewer, OF Michigan.
civil service commissioner and ex-con-
gresham, died in Washington, aged Ga.
Yesterday was the Gath birthday of
ex-President Cleveland, and congratu-
latory kilograms poured into his Prince
ton home.
Wednesday, March 20.
A special election will be held In
Pittsburg April 16 to elect a successor
to the late Senator Magee.
The president has appointed Frede-
rick &. Coyne, now collector at Chica-
80. postmaster Of that city.
President Mckinley returned to
Washington from Canton yesterday,
accompanied by Mrs. Mckinley.
The president has signed the COM
mission OF Lorin /. Wheeler, now
mayor of the city, to be postmaster Of
Springfield, Ills.
Amos Rusie, the baseball pitcher,
who for two years has been out of the
game, has signed to play with Cincin-
natl this season.
Gen. Macarthur, at Manila, yester-
day informed the war department of
the capture or the insurgent general
Diocino, the most troublesome of the
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