Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-09-16
A WEEKS NEWS coNDENsEn.
thursday, September z.

tenden. OF Indiana, died suddenly AZ
East Gloucester. Mass.
The New Jersey Congress of Moth
ers will hold their annual session AT
! Atlantic City on October 20 and 81.
The working hours OF 250 men In
; the Reading railways shops at Read
ing. Pa. were reduced 10 five days a
week and nine hours a day.
Because he met Mrs. Mary Orris
walking with rival, Mack Murray in
a jealous rage stabbed her TO death on
the street at New Kenslngton, Pa
Francis B. Stevens. a member of the
wellknown Stevens family Of New
York. and grandson OF the late Com
modore Stevens. committed suicide by
shooting himself at his home at West
bury. L 1.
Friday, September g.
One man was killed and seven in
tured By dynamite explosion at a
sand plant near Butler. Pa.
Mrs. Bertha Martin, OF Massillon. @.
was elected president Of the Daughters
| OF Veterans at the Denver convention.
Wallace W. Hunter. fos many years
city treasurer Of Norfolk Va, attempt
ed suicide by shooting. and his recov-
cry is impossible
Frederick c. Rossiter, a Chicago
civil engineer. was struck and killed by
a train as he was trying to get his
chain from the track near Hammond.
A home for cOnsumptive members
OF the Letter Carriers Association will
be erected at Colorado Springs. Colo.
on land adjoining the Childs-Drexei
Home for Union Printers.
Saturday. September 9.
Fire in the tobacco district of Dan
Vile. Va, destroyed three buildings,
Bntailing a loss Of 500. 900.
Rear Admiral Charles J. Barclay
has been retired on account Of age.
after serving IS years in the navy.
Secretary Of the Treasury Shaw de-
Hvered an address TO the Vermont
Fish and Game League at an outing
held at Blum Point. n. Y.
While bathing at Atlantic City.
Theodore L. Trudell, OF Philadelphia.
was saved from drowning with great
difficulty and taken 70 the hospital In
an unconscious condition.
Monday, September II.
Brakeman Calvin Miller, Of Summit
Hill, Pa, fell under the car wheels at
Lansford and was killed.
John Mock and Charles Rice were
fatally burned by an explosion Of gas
in n oolliery At Mahanoy City Pa.
For an attack with knife upon a
white man, John Mcdowell. colored.
was lynched near Brandon. Miss
The purchase OF Lincoln's birthplace
IN Kentucky by the United Spanish
War Veterans was referred 70 the
council Of administration.
Dr. Sasuzki. companion OF Admiral
Togo throughout the Russian war.
reached San Francisco on his way TO
q convention OF surgeons at Detroit.
Tuesday, September 70.
Mrs. Irwin Meyer. OF Allentown. Pa.
was crippled for life by fall from a
merry go-rouna.
The next convention OF the Ameri.
can Confederation OF Catholic Socie
ties will be held at Buffalo. y. Y.
William Van Brimer. OF Leaven
worth. Kan. who recently fell heir 70
$500 600. is dead Of heart disease.
Theodore A. Shurr. weu-known
naturalist and taxidermist Of Balti
more. committed suicide by shooting
James OBrien, aged 50 years. died
ut LRporte, Ind. of broken back
caused by falling from a Lake Shore
train.
President Roosevelt had approved
the dismissal by courtmartial Of Com.
mander B. o. Scott. Of the cruiser De
troit
Wednesday, September IS.
bud" Rogan, s feet 9 inches tall.
the Tennessee negro giant, is dead az
his home In Gallatin.
Former Queen Liliuokalani. OF Ha.
waii, celebrated her 10Th birthday on
September at Honolulu.
Judge L. S. Simmons. chief Justice
OF the supreme court OF Georgia, died
at his home in Atlanta. aged 65 years.
Justice Merritt, OF Brunswick. Va,
says he viii fine young men who kiss
girls against their will $40 for each
offense.
President Roosevelt has discharged
Lawrence Brown, q government in.
spector. because OF his marriage TO a
chorus girl after champagne supper
at Guthrie Okla