Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-17

A WEEKS NEWS co1DENsED

by fire. loss 100000
Midshirmen B Mcdaniel and Will
fam vs.. Scrcy both CO.. Texas resigned
from the Annapolis naval academy.
The lfrh annual convention of the
public school sIperintendonts az Penn
sylvania was hc,1 CO Harrisburg
A bin has been introduced in con-
Eress to increase the pensions of sur
vivors of tho Mexican war from So
60 500 peg month
Mrs sarah Rumh,y 9S years old
mother OF tho late Walter o. Gresham.
former secretary OF state. died at her
home. near Laucsvl'e. Ind.
Friday. March @.
Mrs. Susan ID. Crossmon. aged fO3
years. died as GAINESVILLE. Wis.
Major General Corbin. accompanied
by his wiie and personal stau. arrived
IN san Francisco from Manila.
Stanley W. Little prominent at
torney. committed suicide at Towanda.
Pa by shooting while suffering from
melancholia
An appropriation Dim carrying $751;
S5S.SfS for postal service has been
agreed upon by the house committee
on postoncos.
A Philadelphia jury awarded Will
fam Jones a blacksmith $500 dam
ages for the loss OF an eye 40 the Bald
win locomotive works.
Saturday, March 10.
The house of representative on Fri
day passed foS private pension bills
Secretary of the Navy Bouaparte adj
dressed the Swedish-American Central
Republican Club of Chicago.
over ESQ slot machines captured in
raids were burned by the Law and Or
der Society ia Philadelphia by order
OF tho court
Despondent over domestic troubles.
Abraham Weinstein. of Camden. N. g..
committed suicide by knQlinr @ towel
around his neck. causing strangula-
tion
Gavin Harris, who is worth $4,000
and who enlisted ga the army az Co
iumbus O., said ne did so to get away
from undesirable companions and 90
lead a quieter life.
Monday, March 70.
Convicted on the charge OF perjury
Attorney George Collins has been SEN
fenced 20 "a years imprisonment at
San Francisco.
Present prospects are that 20 600 900
bushels Of crain will De- waiting trans
portation az the head OF tho lakes when
navigation opens.
Rev. C. Wells Ely. a Pres byterian
clergyman has been drawn for jury
duty in Lancaster. Pa. the first preach
CT 20 serve as juror iu that county.
John Mincer was instantly killed and
Robert BasinEer and Burton Shade
each had a leg broken by q fan o.
rock az Josneh Haberstrohs Quarries
near Lock Haven. Pa.
Tuesday. March 10.
Or Manuel Quintana. president Of
the Argentine Republic died al Bue-
nos Ayres.
The piano and organ factory OF f.
Lehr a. Co no Easton Pa. was de
stroyed by FIRE Loss. $4,000.
During a dt OF jealousy. Corinne
Miller. aged 10. of Wichita. Kan. shot
and killed her sweetheart William
Morrow.
To punish his wife for leaving him.
Emil Full. killed himself and 5-year.
old daughter by turning on the gas in
new I Nl N tNAfAltAl LRA0-
Detected in the act OF robblng a
store at Monongahela. Pa. Joseph
Kolaski. a young Slav. was shot and
killed by Joseph Freeman, the watch
man.
Wednesday, March "a.
A * Read, OF Louisiana. a Rhodes
scholar ~ oxford died in London OF
meningitis.
The camp OF United Veterans OF
Poplar Bluff. Mo. elected President
Roosevelt an honorary member.
A slight fire caused n panic among
Ihe 100 guests Of the Irondale hotel
Donora Pa. but no one was hurt
Loss. $4,000.
The house committee on military
affairs reported favorably the bin Ia
appropriate 100000 for a government
powder factory
Citizens of Toledo o.. viii make an
organized effort 20 induce President
Roosevelt 10 pardon George +. Tor
enz. who is now in prison for cOnspir
acy TO defraud the government in the
postal cases.