Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-04-12
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, April ..

retired. died in q New York hospital
OF pneumonia after an illness OF two
days.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. the presi-
Dents eldest son. has completely re-
covered from the effects of his attack
Of pneumonia.
Fifteen of the largest bakeries in
Boston. Mass, have granted their en-
ployes a 10-hour day without a re-
duction in wages.
The transport Sheridan sailed from
San Francisco yesterday for the Phil
ippines with 1880 soldiers OF the
Twenty-ninth Infantry.
Friday, April 4.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph
company sold it's American rights and
patents to an American company with
$4,000 900 capital.
While men were excavating In the
Hennepin canal feeder, near Tampico.
ILL.,, they found a box containing So
600 in Spanish gold coin.
Pugilist Thomas Hornkerth, better
known as Tommy White" who was
injured in his fight with Tommy Mar
key at Philadelphia last Saturday.
died yesterday
Charles H. Worther, OF New York.
cut his wife's throat and shot her in
the left ear. and after being sure of
her death, cut his own throat, dying
soon afterward.
Saturday, April 5.
Citizens of Memphis, Tenn, will pre-
sent Admiral Schlsy with a magnifi-
cent service OF silver plate.
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, the American
missionary, sailed for New York on the
steamer Deutschland yesterday.
Charles RIDLEY fell from the top of
a 40-foot telegraph pole in Camden, N.
j., yesterday and sustained fatal in
juries.
District Attorney Jerome has brought
charges against Police Captain Foody.
OF New York city. for failing to prevent
violations of the law.
The United States cruiser Cincinnati
will participate in the exercises in
honor OF President Roosevelt's visit to
the Charleston exposition.
Monday, April z.
The Pennsylvania state convention
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
will be held in Wilkesbarre August 10
John Barrett, commissioner general
to Asia from the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition at st. Louis, left for the
Orient.
General Stewart L. woodford, for
mer minister to Spain, and his family
left New York Saturday for tour Of
the world.
Henry w. Oliver, of Pittsburg. Pa.
Hopsac he L. l.
date for United States senator TO sue
coed Senator Penrose.
Funeral services over the body of
the late Lieutenant Commander Will
liam II. Schueltze, u. S. N, were held
in Washington yesterday.
Tuesday, April 8.
The Manchurian treaty between
Russia and China was signed at Pekin
today.
/ Elizabeth Kaighn, OF Camden, N. j.,
died yesterday of blood poisoning,
caused by picking pimple on her up
per lip.
James Whitfield, president of the
Western Base Ball League, committed
suicide at his home in Kansas City
yesterday.
OSndlOI hanna QSulSS InaJ ne sent
! a check to Havana for 100000 to be
! used as bail for e. G.. Rathbone, con-
victed of embezzling postal funds.
Ignace Paderewski, the pianist.
asked Governor Odell, Of New York,
to pardon Anton Weiner, who Is serv-
ing life sentence in Sing Sing for
murder.
Wednesday, April 8.
King Christian, OF Denmark, yester-
| day celebrated his saith birthday
Lord Kimberley, the Liberal states
, man, died at his residence In London
yesterday.
Yesterday was the 18th anniversary
Of the surrender of General Lee to
| General Grant at Appomattox.
Secretary OF State Dickinson, of New
( Jersey yesterday appointed ]. B. r.
( Smith, of Warren county, as his as
sistant.
A six-story building at Bayonne, N.
j., occupied by the Pacific Coast Borax
company, was Quilted by fire. Loss,
$150,000.
Admiral Bradford returned to Wash
! ington from a trip of inspection of
( coaling sites in Cuba, one Of which is
to be at Havana,
Farm Products Exported Last Year.
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