Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-02-17
a WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday. Februarv 9.


struck an electric car at Pittsburg.
Pa. wreeking it and injuring four pas.
sengers.
In a dynamite explosion at Tank
Point. Utah. on the Western Pacific
railroad. three men were killed and
four fatally injured.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Griffith T. Davis. of Scranton. Pa. col.
lector of internal revenue for the 18th
Pennsylvania district
The constit0tionality OF the Louis.
lana state law prohibiting TIE posses
sion Of bird feathers for trimming
wOmen's hats has been upheld
Friday, February 9.
Fire destroyed the Portsmouth (OD
Stove and Range works, entailing q
loss of 100000
The Pennsylvania Retail Hardware
Dealers Association Will meet next
year in Pittsburg.
General Charles J. Anderson has
been appointed adjutant general OF
Virginia. to succeed General Nalle.
The Illinois supreme court denied a
rehearing TO Johann Hoch. sentenced
60 be hanged in Chicago February %
for wife murder.
While hurrying 10 get a doctor FOR
his sick wife William H. Parks. OF
Philadelphia, Pa. was struck by a
Pennsylvania railroad train and In
stantly killed.
Saturday, February 10.
Twenty-Five roller skaters dropped
70 the floor OF a rink at GAINESVILLE, O..
overco- 3 by escaping fumes from a
gas ste
John r. Madden paid $4,000 for
Prince Wilbourne al a sale in Chi
cagO. the -price being the highest ever
paid for a horse in the west
The whole OF Long Beach. n. J.. has
been sold to n syndicate headed by the
Henry Morganthau company. who will
convert It into an all-year-round re
sort
After confessing that she had stolen
5000 worth of laces. Ida NJ Mariner.
a New York domestic. committed sui.
eide by shooting herself through the
mouth
Monday February y.
The anthracite miners get 1 per
cent less wages for February than in
January.
While listening to the merry song
Of passing sleighing party Lon Hen.
syl was run down by a train and
killed near Shamol,in. Pa
Frank Populace. OF Philadelphia.
shot and killed Mrs. Anna JablowsIxy
because she would not listen TO his
lOvemaking. and hen tried TO commit
suicide.
While doing guard duty at Fort
Brady. Mich. Private Thomas Stew.
art. Of Hopper. Ky. was killed by the
accidental discharge OF a gun held by
his friend, Private Joseph Young.
Tuesday, February 10.
David T. Filson, professor In mathe-
MATES at Blair Academy. Blairstown.
y. J., died of typhoid fever
Two persons were killed and II in
jured. when Pennsylvania railroad
train struck a crowded street car In
Chicago
John Smith died in a Chicago hos.
pital from injuries received IN a foot.
ball game last October. when he was
kicked In the stomach.
The car barn OF the International
Railway company. on the Canadian
side OF the Niagara Falls. was burned.
with q cars. causing a loss OF 500
Midshipman Minor Meriwether. con.
victed and sentenced TO dismissal from
the Annapolis Naval Academy for haz-
ing. has been pardoned by the presi
dent
Wednesday, February -.
Governor Stokes, OF New Jersey. has
appointed Edward G. Roberts a mem
Der Of the state board OF education.
William NJ. Evans, a prominent fur
niture merchant of New Castle. Pa.
was killed by a fall down a celIarway.
Boys and girls under IS years of
age will not be allowed In Chicago
dance halls unless accompanied by
their parents.
The John NJ. Smith Lumber com
pany. Of Nashville Tenn. has filed a
petition in bankruptcy, with $500. 900
liabilities.
A bill has been introduced In the
Kentucky legislature TO erect a LIN.
coin memorial tablet at HodgenvilIe
the birthplace OF Abraham Lincoln.