Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-08-04
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday. July 2e.

Thursday, July 20.
A. Baldwin Johnson. one OF the lead
ing coal dealers Of Washington. ID. O.,
was found dead in bed from heart dis
ease.
The I4th annual meeting OF the
United States League Of Building aud
Loan Associations was held at Cincin-
natl. o.
Two men were killed and 70, in
jured. one fatally. in a freighy wreck
on the Northern Pacific railroad at
Valley City. y. D.
The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Sartivel. near Carlton. Mum. was
struck by lightning. and three children
were burned TO death and Mrs. SartiveI
was fatally injured
Friday, July IT.
Henry Wise. of Philadelphia, IS IN
der arrest at Reading. Pa. charged
with % robberies.
Mary r. Idler. aged 65 years. OF
Philadelphia. was found starved 70
death in her home. her body being
covered with filth
The plant 81 the Monroe Lumber
company az Monroe. La. the largest
in north Louisiana. was destroyed by
FIRE. causing loss Of $4,000
Mrs. II. A. Leaptrot was shot and
killed and her husband fatally injured
while sitting on their porch at wynne.
Ark. by three mounted men. who then
escaped
Saturday, July %.
Thirty persons were injured. two IA
tally. in a wreck OF passenger trains
at Springfield. NO.
Fire at Maryville Tenn. destroyed
the county court house and several
buildings. entailing n loss OF $50 600.
Alexander Cruickshank one OF the
founders or the Bath silk company.
died al his home at Bethlehem. Pa. OF
cancer. aged 81 years
In a collision between an engine and
car on the Reading railway near
Reading Pa. William Smith was killed
and 4. F. Bender severely injured.
Francis b. Reynolds. a New York
bool<maker. either fell or threw him.
self from the hfth-story window Of the
Martin House and was instantly killed.
Monday, July 80.
Charles p. NELL. Of Washington
ID. c.. has been reelected president OF
the bureau OF statistics and labor.
Leopold Lewith. we'll known
wilkes Barre. Pa, merchant So years
old. dropped dead in his store He was
a former resident OF Cleveland.
Michael Locuskey was killed and
David Harvey fatally injured by the
accidental discharge OF blast at the
| Richards colliery. near Shamokin. Pa
william Harway. of Danville. Va
was killed near Sunbury. Pa. whils
stealing ride on Pennsylvania rail
road freight train by falling between
the cars.
Tuesday. July 81.
Secretary Bonsparte. OF the navy
who has been III at Lenox, Mass, has
returned 70 Washington and resumed
his duties.
The Commercial Law League OF
vile. n. c. Nearly 800 delegates are
in attendance.
Harry Mitchell. aged 10. an old sol
der and one of buffalo Bits" scouts
when fighting for the government, was
found dead in bed at his home near
Berrien Centre. Mich.
The cruiser Marblehead. which re-
gently furnished neutral territory upon
which peace was negotiated between
Salvador and Guatemala has arrived
at Corinto. Nicaragua, on her way 70
San Francisco.
Wednesday, August I.
A new telegraph cable was opened
between Japan and the United States
via BONN.
The National Prison Association will
hold its annual convention at Albany
n. Y, September 1921.
Fred NJ. Warner was nominated fol
governor of Michigan by the RepubIi.
can state convention at Detroit.
In lovers quarrel at Jacksonville
| Fla. Paul Daniel fatally shot BERTHE
Toomer and then killed himself.
The Syrian leper. George Msrur
Rashid. has been returned to West
Virginia by the Maryland authorities.
| The I'D annual convention OF the
Christian Missionary Society of East.
ern Pennsylvania opened in Wilkes
Barre. with 100 delegates present
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