Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-03-11
4 WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
Thursday, March z.

One of the new battleships author
lied in the naval appropriation bill
will be named the South Carolina.
James d. Scott. of Wilmington, Del,
fell In front of q Reading shifting en-
CINE at Coatesville, Pa, and was in.
stantly killed.
Seven people were injured, two IA
tally, by the overturning of a passen-
ger coach on the B. and o. railroad at
CoIfax, w Va
Captain Jassph Umble, aged rs. we'll
known in the anti-slavery crusade In
died at Reading, Pa
Freeman S. Farr. president OF the
Atlantic Coast Lumber company, and
q well-known capitalist, died at Nor
folk. Va, while on a business trip.
Friday, March 8.
Frank Tidmarsh. of Bridgeton, N. j..
committed suicide by hanging himself
to the post of his bed
Princeton University has added
wrestling to the list of college sports
and a club has been organized
Burglars entered the postoffice and
railroad station at Carrcroft, Del, and
secured 5000 in stamps and valuables.
One man was killed and over so in
Iured in a head-on collision between
trains on the Mt. Vernon railroad at
Spring Park, Va.
While repairing broken electric
wire at Chester, Pa, George McGin-
mis- forgot to turn OF the current I'D
was instantly killed.
Saturday, March 4.
Charles f. Horst. q sten worker, was
struck and killed by train at Har-
risburg. Pa. his body being horribly
mangled.
Three men and one woman were In
iured in a rear-end collision between
trains on the Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington railroad at Wawa, Pa.
Four railroad laborers were killed
and two fatally injured near Pikeville
KY, by an explosion of dynamite
which they were heating In powder
cans.
The Texas legislature adopted q
resolution endorsing President Roose
velt's policy regarding the Standard
| OIL cJmpany and the alleged beef
trust.
Monday, March 6.
The Texas Legislature Is preparing
! data to assist the government In In
] vsstigating the methods of the beef
| trust
Using her hands to stop fire in lace
| curtains, Mrs. w. H. Emigh, OF Hunt
| ingdon. Pa. may lose one of them By
\ amputation.
| High WALL" one Of the finest dor
mitories at Yale College, New Haven
Conn. was damaged to the extent o.
sac, 900 by fire.
| President Roosevelt will attend tn,
dinner of the Empire State Society O.
the Sons OF the American Revolution
In New York, March IT.
In a head-on collision between
freight trains on the B. & o. railroad
at Defrance. o., one railroader wa.
killed and two fatally injured.
Tuesday, March z.
Rear Admiral Robley Evans will as
sumo command OF the North Atlanta
neet on March 81.
D. w. Tyron's bank at Spartans
burg. Pa. closed its doors, the owne
having made an assignment
i Judge John H. Reagan, sole suryiy
Ing member Of the Confederate cab
net died at Palestine, Tex, aged s.
years.
| Banker Jacob II. Schif, of Ne,
J, York, has given Columbia Universit,
500. 900 to endow a chair of soc!s
work.
Ellen Peck. rs years old, the NOR
notorious confidence woman In tn
country, was arrested In New Yorl
for swindling Frank Repetto out q
$500.
Il Wednesday, March 8.
Il George B. Cortelyou took the oatl
Of ONCE as postmaster general.
John L. Swayze. assistant attorue