Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-12-19
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, December 10.

thursday, december To-
The eighth annual convention OF the
American Anti-Saloon League was
held at Washington, d. c.
Fifteen buildings In the town of Alb
bolt, Tex. were DESTROYED by fire. en-
failing a loss of s1O0.OCy.
Four men were drowned at Redding.
Cal, while attempting to cross the
Sacramento river in wagon at an
unfordable point
The Fortress Monroe Y. NJ. c.. A.
building. donated to the soldiers by
Miss Helen Gould, of New York, was
dedicated in the presence of a large
assemblage.
Senator William A. Clark, of Mon
tana, was operated ON for an election
OF the ear. and will be confined to the
house for several weeks. The oper-
alton was entirely successful.
Friday, December II.
Austria-Hungary has formally rec
ognized the independence of Panama.
In a colliery accident in the mine at
Kushu, near Victoria, 3. c., 35 men
were killed.
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, re-
tired, died at his home in Stratford
Conn, of diabetes.
A second explosion occurred In the
Euclid mines, near Greensburg, Pa,
killing Superintendent A. w. Sweeney
and fatally injuring two others.
The Comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Federal National Bank.
OF Pittsburg, Pa, which closed it's
doors October 81, to resume business.
Saturday, December IL.
Miss Rose Leo. OF Petroskey, Mich,
was found frozen to death In a snow
drift near her home.
Disturbances from outlaws IN the
Philippines are dying out and less la,
droneism is reported than ever before.
One man was killed and seven 9TH
ers seriously burned in a fire which
destroyed the Armstrong cork factory
at Pittsburg, Pa.
Mrs. y. T. Hazen, wife of Judge
Hazen, of the United States district
court of Kansas, was fatally burned
in gasoline explosion at her home in
Topeka. -
Congressman ]. s. Williams, leader
Of the Democrats in congress, ad-
dressed the Democrats of Baltimore,
Md. and assailed the protective policy
Of the Republican party.
Monday, December IA.
To escape arrest for stealing horse
and buggy, John Harkett, of Elwood,
Ind, cut his throat
Lewis Morse and wife, OF West
Scranton, Pa, celebrated the Goth an
niversary of their marriage.
Emperor William, of Germany, &C
companied by the empress, attended
the military review at Potsdam.
Thomas Murray was killed and four
injured in a collision on the Pan Han
die railroad near Wheeling, w. Va
Judge James Cheney, the wealthiest
man in Indiana, died at his home at
Fort Wayne, aged sc years. His for
tune was estimated at SOS. 100000
In a railroad wreck near Madrid,
Spain. IA persons were killed and
many injured. The train was derailed
| by the collapse of an embankment.
Tuesday, December is.
Viola Sands Hazard, aged los years,
the oldest woman in Rhode Island,
| died at her home in Wakefield.
w. II. Ennis, former Brooklyn po-
| liceman, was, electrocuted at Sing
Sing prison, N. Y, for wife murder.
Miss Helen Gould declined to &C
| cept the presidency of the lady man
ayers of the st. Louis Worlds Fair.
john H. Fisher dropped dead when
| hfc IN,
| court. He was a witness In a bogus
| check case.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, aged SO
years, of Boston, has been elected
chaplain OF the United States senate.
He is a Congregationalist.
Wednesday, December is.
| Two men were found dead and a
third dying, in New York, from drink
ing wood alcohol.
| The Pennsylvania rolling mills, at
Lancaster, Pa. employing 400 hands,
have shut down Indefinitely.
| The Virginia legislature has passed
bill appropriating $4,000 for a state
building at the st. Louis fair.
| William ]. Buchanan, the first Unit
ed States minister to the Republic OF
Panama, sailed from New York for
Panama to take up his new duties.
No Classes.
And what do you think of the boy
who has moved in next door," in.
CURED the visitor.
Really" replied the Boston child
adjusting his spectacles. "he appear.
to be non-intellectual parsonage. HI
actually goes about with bare eyes,
Philadelphia Ledger.
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