Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-07-28
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday July IS.

Thursday, July IS.
Benjamin T. Redman said to be the
oldest directory publisher in the United
States, died at Cincinnati. aged S.
years.
During a quarrel with his 19--ear-old
son. Conrad Schermer, of New York.
was fatally stabbed with pi &c Of
broken glass.
Martin Flynn. president Of the Peo-
pies Savings Bank. of Dcs Moines. Ia.
committed suicide while respondent
.rom i'll health.
Judge Thomas s. Baer. OF the SUI
preme court OF Baltimore. and profess
FOR of law in the University Of Mary
land. died at his home. aged 6s years.
Friday, July 20.
Mrs. L. Waller. an aunt OF President
Mckinley. died at Bucyrus. o.
The Missouri merchants will ask the
legislature to tax trading stamp con-
Germs $1,000 a year.
Miss Annie Wimbish. aged 16. and
Robert Wimbish. aged g. were burned
to death in their home at Fort Valley.
Ca.
Walter Ormond. a lawyer. OF Atlanta
Ga. fell overheard and was drowned
from the steamer Kansas City while en-
route TO New York
Walter S. Logan. formerly president
OF the New York Bar Association.
dropped dead from the heat while
transacting business in New York.
Saturday, July q.
The mills Of the Montana Zinc com
pany at Butte. Mont. were destroyed
by fire. entailinE a loss OF S1s50O
The state Of Pennsylvania has col
lected $4,000 in automobile license
fees since the act went into effect last
December.
George w. Bryson. a millionaire Chi
cago railroad president, died from lock
Jaw due 20 an injury from fireworks
on July 4
Charged with falsifying the assess
ment book and collecting taxes lille
gally. +. G.. J. Gun. OF Shenandoah. Pa.
was held in $1,000 bail for court.
Monday, July %.
BY driving two l0-penny nails into
her head. Mrs. Azalia ThompIins kill
ed herself in dorado. Ark.
T. NJ. Woodey. a business man OF
Petersburg. Va. dropped dead from
heart disease in an Asbury Park. n. J.
hotel
From heart disease. Reid CAN'T. a
lawyer. and author OF the Arkansas
Jim Crow law. was found dead in bed
at Hot Springs.
Mrs. r. s Burd. OF New Berlin. Pa.
while frying meat. was painfully burn
ed. and her building was fired. but the
neighbors saved Il.
Andrew Wiko. trying TO separate
two combRtants on a street in Shame
kin. Pa. was fatally stabbed by an un.
known man. who escaped
Tuesday. July "a.
President Roosevelt has extended the
eight-hour law 10 the navy depart
ment
Fire destroyed the Crystal Ridge
breaker OF Pardee * 20. at Hazleton
Pa. entailing a loss OF $50. 900.
The Western Pacific railroad Is en-.
desvoring 10 secure 1000 laborers &C
rush construction work in the west
While bathing in a creek at Ash
bourne. near Philadelphia, James Nc
Closkey. 10 years old. stepped into 3
deep hole and was drowned.
Irwin Miller. son OF the late Asso-
ciate Justice S. II Miller. OF the Uni
ted States supreme court. died a.
Springfield. o.. aged 4s years.
Wednesday. July rs.
Joe Cans. OF Baltimore. was given
the decision over Dave Holly. of Phil.
adelphia in a 20-round bout at Seattle
Wash.
In a collision between a trolley car
and a wagon at Baltimore. Md, Annie
Braxton. colored. was killed and six
others were injured.
Nine persons were killed and seven
seriously injured in "a wreck OF fast
train on the Great Northern railroad
near Spokane. WASH
As the result of lovers quarrel, O.
G.. Johnston and Miss Cora White. OF
Marion. o. committed suicide by
drinking carbolic acid at their homes.
Henry Clayter a negro. eloped with
a white girl from Irvington. KY. and
is locked up at Louisville to prevent
a lynching.