Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-11-26
a WEEKS NEWS cONDEN sEn.
Thursday Nevember IL

Thursday, November II.
Rear Admiral Chadwick will be re-
lieved OF command Of the South At
lantic squadron at hts ewn request
One man was killed and several in
tured by the explosion Of a locomotive
boiler on the Southern Railroad at ST.
Louis.
Secretary Metcalf, OF the department
Of commerce and labor. returned to
Washington from California, where he
went to vote.
Neill Sellers and Dave Brown ne g.
groes, were hanged On a double gall
lows at Elizabethtovfn, N. c., for the
murder OF Mrs. George Parker.
Friday, November 10.
John Radcliffe. prominent citizen
of Millville, N. j., committed suicide
by taking poison.
The Eastern Bar Iron Association
ordered an advan of 81 per ton in
the price of its pi iucts.
Burglars wreck, the safe In w. II.
Hillard's store. a. sNs->N Stoningtcn.
Conn. and secnrel ne ariy $4,000.
Secretary of War Taft left Wash
ington for New Orleans on his way to
Panama as the special representative
OF President Roosevelt
While filling lighted gasoline stove.
which exploded. Mrs. Jacob Dever.
eaux, of Bridgeton. N. J., was terribly
burned on the face, arms and body.
Saturday, November 10.
The pier of the Warner Steamship
line at Boston, filled with highly in
flammable materials, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, 100000.
A fire which threatened to wipe out
the entire business section OF Bristol.
N. H., destroyed eight buildings, caus-
ing loss of $4,000.
Two hundred and thirty-two Chi
nese, who have been connected with
the St Louis Worlds Fair, have left
for San Francisco to sail for China.
Mary Dunn. convicted of murder ia
the second degree for killing her Sis
ter-in-law, was sentenced to Is years
Imprisonment by Philadelphia Judge.
NoG Bailey. a merchant, was shot
and killed on the street at Panther,
w. Va, by Roscoe Henderson In a dis
pute over politics. Henderson escaped.
Monday, November 21.
James III. Worden, of Harrisburg.
has been reappointed PENNSYLVANIA
game warden
A parcels post convention between
the United States and Belgium was
signed in Washington.
Hugh S. Webster. OF Camden, N. j..
committed suicide by shooting in a
hotel at Newport News, Va.
Carelessly setting their cell bedding
on fire, Reuben Loree and his son FREQ
were burned to death at Columbiaville.
Mich.
President Stevens, of the Chesapeake
& Ohio railway, will contribute SIS, OVC
to the Railroad Y. M. C. A. to erect a
building at Richmond. Va.
Tuesday, November %.
! Philip Marx was struck by Reading
railroad locomotive near Philadelphia
and instantly killed, his body being
cut in half
Five horses and IA head of cattle
were burned to death in fire which
destroyed the barn on Roney Harris
farm, near Altoona, Pa.
Every idle coke oven of the II. c.
Prick Coke company, in the Connells-
vile, PA, region. about 10000 in all,
were put in full operation.
Secretary Of State Hay and Mr..
Probst, the Swiss charge d'aftaires,
signed an arbitration treaty between
the United States and Switzerland.
General Louis Palma di Cesnola, di.
rector and trustee of the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art New York, died sud.
denly from indigestion, aged 70 years
Wednesday, November %.
Captain Royal p. Bradford will be
promoted to rear admiral, to succeed
Rear Admiral T. F Jewell, retired.
Arnold Beauthien, former cashier OF
the West Liberty BGuk, at Davenport
H., was arrested for embezzllng SEQ.
600.
Thirty negroes saved their lives by
| jumping from the third floor of q
burning building in 81. Louis into nets
held by firemen.
Miss Annie Frazier, daughter of Gov.
ernor Frazier. of Tennessee, has beer
chosen to christen the cruiser Ten.
nessee when 1t is launched In Phila.
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