Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-01-21
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, January IL.

Thursday, January II.
The Tennessee legislature elected
Hon. William b. Bate, Democrat. to
succeed himself as United States sem
alter.
In a drunken frenzy, John Miller. of
Chicago, shot and killed his wife and
two daughters and then committed
suicide.
The immense plant of the ST. Louis
Glass company, near ST Louis. Mo-
was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of $4,000
While going to fire in PHILADELPHIA
a hose cart was struck by a train ON
a grade crossing and several firemen
were injured, one fatally.
The boiler of locomotive on the
Erie railroad blew up at Creston, o..
killing the engineer and fireman and
fatally injuring another man.
Friday, January 10.
President Roosevelt has appointed
James d. Yeomans, of Iowa, to be an
Interstate commerce commissioner.
Selma Variona and Charles Hines,
miners, were caught under fall of
rock at the Halle mines, Hazleton, Pa.
and instantly killed.
The Virginia supreme court refused
writ of error in the case of ex-Mayor
McCue, OF Charlottesville, convicted OF
wife murder and sentenced 20 hang
January 20.
1t is said in Washington if the bust
ness of the war department will war
rant it, Secretary Taft will make an
official visit Of inspection to the Phil
ippines the coming summer.
Saturday, January IA.
Safe robbers wrecked the safe in the
Office of the county treasurer at
Wauslon, o., and secured $4,000 of the
county funds.
The COMPTROLLER of the currency has
issued a call for the condition of ma
uonal banks at close of business on
Wednesday, January IL.
Rev. Christopher Moss has been in
augurated professor of systematic
theology in the Reformed Theological
Seminary, Lancaster, Pa.
The New Jersey state board of agri-
culture declared in favor of the parcel
post and more stringent rules regulat-
ing the speed of automobiles.
Charles Ubelman was awarded
$3.50 damages by a Philadelphia Jury
for the loss of an arm in an elevator
accident at the plant of the American
Ice company.
Monday, January 10.
Robert S. Clifford. the famous land
scape painter, died in New York after
short illness.
Henry l. Budd, state road commits
sioner of New Jersey, died at Mount
Holly of tuberculosis.
An opengrate fire set fire to bed
clothing that burned to death Elvira
and Roxana Harrison, sisters, at Bos.
ton, Mass.
The Stonemasons' International
Union, with $4,000 in it's treasury.
elected Thomas f. O'Neil, of Kansas
City, as president.
Herman Genkinger, prominent
business man of New Castle, Pa. was
shot and killed by his father-in-law
during family quarrel.
Tuesday January ~.
The safe in the PENNSYLVANIA rail-
road station at Phoenixville, Pa, was
blown open by robbers and $3.50 Sc
cured.
A baby boy and 4-year-old daugh.
ter of George Troxell, of PHILADELPHIA.
were suffocated in a fire which Quilted
their home.
The United States senate commit
tee on judiciary reported q bill giving
an additional district Judge for the
district of New Jersey.
The railroads of the country will
within the next six months pay OF or
convert maturing bond issues and
loans to the immense sum OF sle2-
1s6,120.
Wednesday, January 10.
While i'll, Charles II. Collins. of
Camden, N. j.. fell under an ash cart
In Brooklyn and died from his injuries.
Three sum- IT hotels and cottages
at Rockaway Beach, N. Y, were de-
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of |
100000
John G. A. Leishman, American min
lister to Turkey. who has been on a |
visit to his home in this country
sailed from New York to return to his
post of duty.
A. Zerfoss, of Philadelphia, Will.
working on the roof of an ice house
at Burlington, N. j., tripped over a |
bucket and fell 60 feet to the ground. |
breaking his neck.