Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-24
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
THURSDAY. November rs.


One man was killed and another IA
tally injured in a fire in a tenement
house in Brooklyn.
Dcn icFeeters. proprietor OF ho-
te' et Chester. Pa. vs. committed to
d &c ,ra charge of numbering his
t--t ,r.
,~. tioler OF currency has
calls. Dr. % s,lte,Gont cf the condition
o. n-.lr-l Banks 20 the close of bust
ness on Monday. November u.
Justin t.,Giyun. ii months old.
pulled basin on boiling lard from the
stove ia bis home 10 Philadelphia and
was so badly burned that ne died
The safe in the jewelry store of
Roy L. Leonard. at Endicott. near
Binghamton y. Y. was blown open by
burglars. who escaped with $4,000
worth of goods.
Friday November IS.
The Standard Oil company Of New
Jersey declared a quarterly dividend Of
81 a share.
Lieutenant Samuel n. Kane. U. s
N, retired, OF New York. died sud.
denly in a train at Manassas. Va.
Rev DR.. James NJ. Hoppin. Sc years
old. professor emeritus OF art at Yale
University. died at New Haven. Conn.
OF old age.
1t was announced In New York that
the wages of the employees OF the
American Express company have been
increased 10 per cent.
The home of William Whitolev near
Goodland. Ind. was destroyed by fire
and two small children and a farm
laborer were burned 10 death.
Saturday. November II.
The Banl, ct Henderson Ia. was DIV.
namited by robbers. who escaped with
$4,000.
Charles 2. Grant. a negro, was hang.
Cd at Washington. ID. c.. for killing
Sva Barnes, also colored.
LuNuries were purchased by the
United States from abroad to the ok.
tent of 100000 during the fiscal year
1906.
Mike Ward, the pugilist died AZ
Grand Rapids, Mich. as the result OF
n Knockout in fight with Harry
Lewis. OF Philadelphia
While suffering from rheumatism.
George Seane shot and killed himself
In the presence of his S6-year-old
mother I'm his home in lladelphia.
Monday, November 10.
George Keller, an aged ore miner.
was found dead in an ore plt on tho
road leading from Allentown TO Min.
ersville. Pa
The Mine Owners Association NJ
Leadville. Colo. viii do away with the
card system and run its mines on an
open shop basis.
The Chicago committee on second
airy schools has condemned school Sc
cret societies as fetish. comical. un.
social and of degenerate influence.
Miss May Rickert was shot and
killed In her home at Paterson. y. J..
and the police are looking for Harry
Leddy. who was calling on her at the
time
Tuesday, November 20.
Mrs. Frank II. Stockton. widow OF the
novelist. died az her home in Wash
ington
General c. c. Van Worst. veteran
OF the Civil war. died at Milford. Del.
aged s. years.
The Alabama state Agricultural
school at Athens was wrecked bv n
storm, but no lives were lost.
Jacob Schulz, former supervisor of
South Milwaukee, Wis. pleaded guilty
90 bribery and was fined 5000
The employees OF the Norfolk 4
Western railroad were granted an Ia. /
cerase of 10 per cent. i'm wages.
The American Federation of Labor
at the convention in Minneapolis de.
clared in favor of womens suffrage.
Wednesday, November 21.
The business section of Stockton
Nd, was destroyed by fire and one
man burned 20 death. Property loss.
100000
Ernest Buckalew. OF Chester. Pa
FELL under a train and received in.
juries which necessitated the amputa.
ton Of both legs.
A combination mail and express car
on Pennsylvania railroad train took
fire at Mansfield, O., and was dc. +
stroyed. with 1900 letters.
Mrs. Jennie Anderson was convicted
OF manslaughter in beating her 6-year- /,
old stepdaughter TO death at Youngs-
town. o.. and sentenced to is years
in prison.
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