Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-02-21
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED,
Thursday, February IL.

SSOl re btloS was luSldully hllieQ dl
Wnkesberre, Pa, yesterday by stepping
In front of an express train.
Ansgar College, at Hutchinson, Mimi,
vas destroyed by fire yesterday. over
300 students lost all their belongings.
BY a collision of freight trains at
Port Clinton, Pa, on the Reading
Railway, yesterday Fireman II. II.
Vohe was instantly killed.
The state convention Of Pennsylya-
pia school superintendent convened in
Harrisburg yesterday and selected Nor
etstown as the next place of meeting.
The Kansas senate adopted a resolu-
ton asking congress to call a consti-
kutional convention to amend the con-
stitution so that United States sena-
tors may be elected by popular vote.
Friday, February 13.
A class of AZ was graduated yester-
DAY at the 18th annual commencement
Of the Carlisle (Pa) Industrial School
for Indians
The sheet metal workers Of Wilkes
barre, Pa. have made a demand for
an increase Of wages and an eight
hour workday.
While answering a telephone call
Theodore Dixon. Of Wilmington, Del.
received an electric shock which rem
Sered him senseless.
The Utah legislature held memorial
services yesterday In honor Of Presi-
dents Lincoln and Mckinley. All the
members wore carnations.
The home of James Lyons, at Lin
coin, Neb., was burned and his 5-year-
old boy and baby persisted in the
flames. They had been left alone in
the house.
Saturday, February IA.
The Hotel Lawrence, at Washing
ton, d. c., was damaged by fire yes
terday to the extent of $4,000.
One man was murdered and three
others seriously hurt in a stabbing af-
fray yesterday among Italians at New
Castle. Pa
The Howard County Bank, at Nash
vile, Ark. suspended payment yester-
day, and its officers ask that a re-
ceiver be appointed.
King Edward, OF Great Britain. YES
terday received William Marconi. in
ventor of wireless telegraphy. at Buck
ingham Palace, London
Samuel Alcorn, a retired farmer.
near Wilmington, Del, committed sui
eide yesterday by cutting his throat
with a razor He was afflicted with
melancholia.
Monday, February 16.
Falling into tub of hot water at
Shamokin, Pa, Frank Stankawicz, 3
years old, was scalded to death
Extreme cold during the past Is
days is reported from Dawson, the
thermometer being reported as low
as &C below zero.
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Miss Root.
daughter of Secretary Root, left Wash
fngton last night for New Orleans to
attend the Mardi Gras festivities.
Rev. DR.. Francis Clark is in Denver.
Colo, arranging for the Y. p. S. c. E.
convention in July. hoping to have a
larger attendance than in 1895 at Bos-
ton, Mass.
Z Tuesday, February II.
Postmaster General Payne is confined
TO his apartments by an attack of govt.
President Palma, of Cuba, yesterday
signed the naval coaling station agree
ment
William ]. Bryan yesterday delivered
an address before the Womens Demo-
cratic Club, OF Brooklyn, N. Y.
William r. Trigg, president of the
Richmond Shipbuilding Company. died
at his home at Richmond, Va, last
night, aged 81 years.
Stepping out of the way of a west
bound freight Charles Haight and wife.
OF Stroudsburg, Pa, were struck by
fast east-bound freight on the Lacka-
wanna railroad and fatally injured.
Wednesday, February. 10.
The cold weather yesterday made a
new record in Kansas, thermometers
registering 10 degrees below zero.
Coal freight rates from the bitumin-
GUS mines Of Western Pennsylvania.
lOhio and West Virginia have been ad-
Tapced Is cents per ton.
Miss katharine White, daughter of
Governor White, OF West Virginia, will
,christen the neW cruiser West Virginia,
70 be launched in April next.
Owing to the heavy snowfall the Au-
tomobile Club Of America has aban-
doned its run from New York to Phila-
delphia on Washington's Birthday,
"a Rome dispatch says the Vatican
has been unofficfally Informed that
President Roosevelt will congratulate
the Pope on the 25th anniversary Of his
coronation.