Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-04-15
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MIS- dOoepo otOtaitS ulod at SnenQu-
doah. Pa, after IL hous .llness from
spotted fever.
Chief A. W. Atchison. of the Hamii-
ton. 0ne., IRE department. was killed In
a collision while responding to an
alarm.
James Hayes. a negro lawyer OF
Richmond. Va. has been rendered the
position OF consul at Gaudaloupe. West
Indies.
TX Judge George Y. Maynadier. a
distinguished member of the Maryland
bar. died Of spoplexy at his home al
Belair. Md.
Major General Gillespie will be re-
tired June rs. on his own request and
Brigadier General Randall viii be pro-
motel to the vacancy.
Friday, April 2.
While exercising on parallel bars.
Michael Fisher. a well-lznc wn athlete
of Chester Pa, burst a blood vessel
and died a short time afterward.
During a lovers quarrel. II. A. Bal
lard was fatally wounded by his sweet
heart. Miss Oma Hardie. at Hunts
vile. Ala. who then killed herself.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has
been made the first honorary member
OF the American Chamber OF Com
merce, recently organized in Naples.
Italy.
Alexander E @. Gordon. charged
with sending a threatening letter to
President Roosevelt, was sentenced to
prison for one year at Minneapolis.
Saturday, April 8.
The bank az Benson. n. c.. has been
closed, o'sing to a shortage and a
charge OF being improperly conducted.
AT Pulaski. Va. Clyde Hale. colored.
was indicted for murder, tried. con-
victed and sentenced to hang in less
than an hour.
George W Graulich, q Reading rail-
road conductor, while standing beside
the track az Columbia. Pa. was struck
by an engine and killed
The ninth annual meeting of the
American Academy OF Political and
Social Science was held in Philadei-
phia. with many prominent men in
attendance.
Monday, April 10.
The battleship Minnesota was
launched Saturday at Newport News.
Va.
Japan has ordered 100000 gun
stocks from a firm al Cedar Rapids.
Iowa
Mrs. Roosevelt and three OF her
children. who were cruising in Flor
ida waters. have returned to Wash
ington.
Eugene Harris. aged 10 years. was
hit on the head with batted ball at
Asheville. ~ c., and died ia Is min
utes. his neck being dislocated.
Three employees at the American
distillery. az PeEin, H.. were cooked
to death by boards over a vat OF boil
ing water giving way and dropping
them into the tank.
Tuesday, April II.
Daniel Mason, 8 years old. Of Phila-
delphia. choked TO death while eating
candy sour ball. which lodged in his
throat.
The United States supreme court de-
cides that portion OF the Alaska code
providing for jury of six men 10 be
unconstitutional.
During a quarrel in a saloon at Lon.
don. Ky. Tiiford Benge shot and killed
]. c. Howard. a representative In the
Kentucky legislature.
Andrew Carnegie has given an addi-
tional $4,000 TO Dickinson College.
Carlisle. Pa. for Conway Hall. making
his total gift s64.0 900.
Eighty icebergs. some towering $50
feet above the surface OF the sea. were
sighted by the steamer Chemnitz
which arrived at New York from
Bremen.
Wednesday, April -.
George Fordham. of Passaic. N. j..
hopeless invalid. leaped from win
dow of an inirmary at Hot Springs.
Ark. and was instantly killed.
John w. Cherry, OF Norfolk. Va.
was elected great incohonee OF the
Improved Order OF Red Men AT a
meeting OF the great chiefs in chicago.
Major W. G.. Jewell, one OF the most
widely known G.. A. r. men in the
country. was instantly killed by a
Pennsylvania railroad train at Mari
eta, Ohio
After an illness OF several weeks.
Mrs. Katherine X. Hutchinson. eldest
daughter OF A. J. Cassatt, president of
the Pennsylvania railroad, and grand
niece of President Buchanan, died at
her home In Philadelphia