Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-11-19
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED,
Thursday, November 10.


The Spanish-American War Nurses
will hold their next convention at
Washington. ID. G.
William Mayer, of Mount Carroll.
ILL.,. lost his home betting on Parker
for president and committed suicide.
The bank of Kuhn, Loeb G. Co.. New
York, have organized a syndicate to
finance one-haf of the new $50, OOO. 900
Japanese loan.
Mrs. Annie McCarreu, of Coates
vile. Pa. narrowly escaped death by
taking an overdose of laudanum in
mistake for medicine.
Friday, November II.
Mrs. Will Carleton, wife OF the
famous poet-author, died suddenly at
her home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
John Morley, the English author and
publicist, was the guest of President
and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White
House
The plant of the Watson Stillman
Manufacturing company, at Aldene.
N. j., was destroyed by fire, entailing
loss of $4,000.
Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsyl-
vania, has issued his annual Thanks
giving proclamation, designating No
yember "a as a day of praise.
The general missionary committee
of the Methodist Episcopal church at
their Boston meeting voted $1,22O. 900
for missionary work during the coming
year.
Saturday, November IL.
The anthracite Cancellation board
will meet in New York November Is.
Two miners were killed by an ex-
plosion in the mine of the Peabody
Coal company at Sherman, Ill.
Because he lost his election bets,
Frederick Griebel, aged 76 years, of
New York, committed suicide by
shooting.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland laid the
cornerstone for the new Hebrew Tech
nical School for Girls, now being
erected In New York.
While standing on a street corner
In Wilmington, DEL. Richard Tierney
was stabbed In the breast by an un-
known man and died several hours
later. His assailant escaped.
Monday, November IA.
In head-on collision on the Union
Pacific railroad, near Azusa, Wyo., IL
persons were killed and 10 injured.
Blood poisoning, resulting from the
scratch of safety pin, caused the
death OF Mrs. John Sullivan, of Cory,
Pa
O'Donovan Rosa sailed from New
York for Ireland, where he will on
November % unveil monument to the
Manchester martyr at Skibbereen.
Two persons were burned to death,
one man had both legs broken and two
women were severely injured by Jump
ing from a third-story window of a
burning department store in Washing.
ton, d. c., near the postof1ice depart.
ment building.
Tuesday, November IS.
The supreme court of the United
States has adjourned for two weeks to
permit the preparation of decisions.
Fire at Knoxville, Tenn, destroyed
tho public library and three otY y
buildings, entailing loss Of over
100000.
The congressional committee ap-
pointed to inspect the Panama canal
sailed from New York on the trans
port Sumner for Colon
Exports of domestic products from
the United States during October ag-
gregated $93,3S1, 113, a decrease of 50 =
SS6,315 from October, 1903.
The New Brunswick On. j. Presby-
terry, at its Trenton session. voted
against the union of the Presbyterian
Church Of the United States with the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Wednesday, November 16.
Elias Carver, the oldest Odd Fellow
in Pennsylvania died at Doylestown,
aged 81 years.
The comptroller OF the currency has
issued call for the condition of ma
tional banks at the close of business
Thursday. November 10.
William Wright, colored, who shot
Policeman Hall at Danville, Va, last
August, was arrested at Roanoke, Va.
There was a reward of $3.50 for his
arrest.
The cold storage plant with consid-
cradle dressed meat and much valu-
able property. in the United Stock
Yards at Jersey City were DESTROYED
by fire. Loss, $125,000.
A shifting engine on the P.ttsbura
and Charleston railroad ran into an
open switch at Brownsville, Pa, and
was derailed, killing the engineer and
fatally injncing the fireman.