Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-22
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, February IS.

Thursday, February 10.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph
company. OF London. has insured the
life OF Mr.. Marconi for $750.000.
The seventh annual convention OF
the Pennsylvania State School Direc-
tors Association was held In Harris
burg.
Fire yesterday at Harmarville, Pa,
on the West Penn railroad, destroyed
$4,000 worth of property and for a
time threatened the entire town.
The Marquis OF Dufferin and Ava,
former governor general OF Canada,
died yesterday at his residence at
Clandeboye. County Down, Ireland.
S. s. Tilden, postmaster at Ray
mond, Ill, pleaded guilty to embezzle-
ment and was fined $3.50 and SEN
fenced to six months in the peniten-
uary.
Friday, February IL.
Colonel John A. Polk, aged SO, a
cousin OF President Polk, died in Kan
sas City yesterday.
Fire destroyed half a block Of busi-
ness houses at Kimball, s. D., involv-
ing loss Of $4,000.
Sixteen-year-old Agnes Tete, of
Philadelphia, attempted suicide by
swallowing a large quantity OF tur-
pentine.
John Young, convicted OF the muir
der of Washington Hunter at River
side, N. J., was sentenced to hang on
March is.
In a rear-end collision between Bal
timore and Ohio trains at Indian Har-
Dor, Ind, Conductor Hunter and
Brakeman Brice were killed.
Saturday, February IS.
In street battle at Richmond, Va.
Leslie Estill and Shelton Chambers
were fatally wounded.
Secretary Long returned to his post
at the navy department after a visit
to his home at bingham, Mass.
Peter Buschwah, a pioneer real es-
tate dealer OF Chicago, was found dead
in his room, with eight gas Jets turned
on.
The Gloucester CMass.) fishing
schooner Elsie NJ. Smith was wrecked
off Cape Cod and two OF her crew
drowned.
The late Caroline S. Rathcone. of
New York, bequeathed $4,000 to found
a home for aged and infirm persons at
Evansville. Ind.
Monday, February ~.
Andrew Payack, IL years old. was
burned to a crisp while sleeping In a
tin hut on a garbage dump at Pas
sale, n. ].
The apron OF Mrs. Virginia Suret
took fire from a stove and she was
burned to death in a New York apart
ment house.
Charles NJ. Schwab, president Of the
United States Steel Corporation, re-
turned from a two-months' visit to Eu-
rope yesterday.
Raymond Herlacher, or Loganton,
Pa. while shooting sparrows with a
musket, shot 12-year-old Roy Kerry
through the heart.
Tuesday, February 10.
The cracker factory of Frank Goetz,
at Manchester. Conn, was destroyed
by fire. Loss. $4,000.
G. r. Mains, a prominent attorney OF
San Francisco, was arrested for using
the United States mails to swindle.
The United States battleship Wis
consin, flagship OF Rear Admiral Silas
Casey. left Callao, Peru, for Acapulco.
Charles NJ. Schwab, president of the
United States Steel Corporation, will
deliver q lecture at Trinity College,
Hartford, Conn.
In ut of dependency John Griffith,
civil engineer. and wealthy, blew out
his brains with a shotgun at his home
in Jenkintown, Pa
Wednesday, February 10.
Philadelphia's season of grand OBJ
era closed last night with a perform
ance OF "Manru."
James r. Keene, of New York, gave
! $4,000 for the relief of the poor who
suffered in the blizzard.
President Ellsworth, of the New
York senate, refused to introduce Ad-
miral Schley to that body.
The plant of the Louisville Bolt and
Iron company was destroyed by fire,
entailing a loss of 100000.
The United States gunboat Machias
sailed from Pensacola, Fla, yesterday
for Havana to join the North Atlantic
squadron.
Charles /. Tiffany. aged 90 years,
senior member of the famous New
York jewelry firm, died at his home
from pneumonia.
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