Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-07-26
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday. July IL

The third annual convention OF EnS
Pennsylvania SteRographers' AssocIa-
ton was held at Harrisburg, Pa, yea
terday.
Andrew Carnegie has given $1,000
600 to Clark University, Worcester.
Mass. on condition that a Mke sum bz
raised elsewhere.
Sinko Hatto, wealthy New York
Japanese. has been appointed by his
government to study te& growing cor
ditions in South Carolina
The New Jersey board Of pardons re-
fused a pardon To Walter NcAuister.
who was convicted OF the murder Of
Jennie Bosschieter at Paterson.
Friday, July 19, 80
Soft coal miners are so scarce iRk
the Altoona, Pa, district that opera
tors are advertising in the papers for
them.
In putting down a test well at RE.
Vernon, o., the hogan Natural Gas
Company struck gold in quantities as
saying IS ton
Secretary OF War Root will safl for.
Europe on the Gath inst. expecting to
return to the United States about ths
middle OF August
The Philippines win soon be made q
military department OF the United
States army, and district commanders
will report to headquarters in Manila
Saturday, July 10.
Secretary Hay left Washington yes.
terday for his summer vacation
which he will pass at his home fn
New Hampshire.
The Canadian Iron kelders' Union.
In session at Toronto, Ont, defeated
a resolution TO withdraw from the
American Federation OF Labor.
The Lion Department Store, Okla
homa City, o. r, one OF the largest
in the southwest, was damaged to the
extent of $4,000 by firs yesterday.
Charles Newhouse, of Richmond.
Va. who disappeared in December,
1901, has been located IN South Africa,
where he had been fighting in the Boer
army.
Monday, July ~.
General Chaffee will sail from Ms
Mia for the United States .Septembas
80.
Fire Of unknown origin destroyed
the principal business blocks OF CadiE.
Trigg county, KY, yesterday.
Henry Appel and Maurice SmeYF
were drowned yesterday while bath
ing in Miles river, near st. MichaeIs,.
Nd.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw hsS
been summoned to Oyster Bay, L. L
for conference with President Roose..
yelt
The transport Sheridan reachssg
San Francisco, Cal, Saturday frozr.
Manila, with nearly 1,40o Ill and dis
charged soldiers. rf<s
..-s. Tuesday, July q.
Engineers yesterday began survey
ing near Cumberland, Md, for tzees
eastern extension of the Wabash raEze
road.
Mrs Peter Thoernich, OF Reading
Pa. fell dead from heart disease dur
Ing a fight between dogs in her hoEraa
Sunday evening,
S. Suthon as superintendent OF ti1s
United States Mint at New Orleans
vice Roothby, resigned. } ,Aat
The torpedo boat destroyer Partl
Jones. built at San Francisco, ca
has been delivered 30 the gove1 nmeESss
at the Mare Island navy yard.
Ben Watts, Albert Miller and RoBerf.
Mclaughlin were drowned in the Ohsa,
river near Auroro, Ind. They ere I'm
sailboat, which was capsized by q
sQuaH = ~,. - % rEs0
Wednesday, July %.
Four stores and 40 residences were
destroyed by fire at Brookside, Ala
yesterday, causing loss of $70,ooo
George l.. Meyer, United States zErs.
bassador to Italy, arrived infNew Yorss
yesterday on the. steamer Kronpr7ruz
Wflhelm!u sIa s.9ff.tf
HerbeFt9D. Oler, a returned PftRs-
pine soldieE was struck by O train Eea ;.
Baltimore, Md yesterday and inskxrze-
ly killed ., i- { rgEI sf9ias
The United States monitor Araxgr.
cas-. now building at Newport N<uss
Va-s will be ready for her oficial trss5
trip on August s. .nr -.Titc
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