Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-03-16
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENsEp
ThursdaY. March 2.


was destroyed by are. the 60 inmates
escaping uninjured.
While at work in sand tunnel In
Philadelphia John Anthony was caught
IN a cave-in and smothered to death.
logan < Blechey. formerly chief
Justice OF the Georgia supreme court.
died OF Bright's disease. aged 20 years.
The trainmen's strike on the Lehigh
E. New England railroad is on. the
company acceding to the strikers de-
mands.
AS a result OF a dust explosion in
the Ethel coal mine on Dungers Run.
near Logan. w. Va. Ed Grover. a
miner. was killed and several others
were injured.
Friday, March g.
The Minnesota legislature passed a
bill appropriating $4,000 to purchase
a silver service for the battleship
Minnesota.
Bud McCourt, who was injured in
a hockey game at Cornwall. Ont. died
OF his injuries and his assailant has
been arrested
Handling a revolver which she
didn't know was loaded. Mamie Coop
or. OF Chester, Pa. shot her brother in
the lip. knocking out several teeth.
The Delaware & Hudson Railroad
company paid a fine OF S3314 TO the
United Sttaes court at Utica. n. Y,
for violating the law requiring the use
OF airbrakes on trains
Saturday. March 9.
Arthur Davis. a negro. was hanged
at Richmond. Va, for the murder Of
a Syrian peddler
Within As hours Bertram +. Dix and
Ernest j. Dix. brothers. died OF heart
disease in Philadelphia.
Professor Henry ID. Todd lieutenant
commander u. S. ~. retired. the last
of the class OF 1857. died at Annapolis.
Nd.
J. r. Ferguson. of Wheeling. w.
Va. was arrested at Washington. Pa.
charged with writing insurance with
out license.
Miss Sarah Merritt. OF PleasantviIIe.
n. j.. died in a New York hospital
from Injuries received in the train
wreck on February 10.
Monday, March II.
The independent Order OF Foresters
has chosen T.. G. Stevenson. OF Detroit.
as - rcme chief ranger. and he will
move 90 Toronto.
Charged with getting S21 600 under
false pretenses. r. Karanoga, one Of
the richest Japanese in California. was
arrested az san Francisco.
John Carr a pensioner. aged 67
years, OF Paterson. n. j.. was struck
by a train on the Cumberland Valley
Railroad, near Carlisle. Pa. and died
shortly afterward
Convicted of the Illegal use OF labels
OF the international Cigar Makers
Union. Charles +. Krichten was SEN
fenced In the Adams county. Pa. court
10 siS months term in prison.
Tuesday. March y.
r. ". Fuller. the inventor of the ma.
chine TO make horse shoes. died in
Hanover. Conn. aged So years.
The j. ID. King Company the largest
shoe house in Canada. made an assign.
ment at Toronto. Liabilities are
1925. 600.
r. Il. Newhall, a baggage master Of
the Pennsylvania railroad in PhnadeI
phia. was arrested charged with steal
ing baggage
eANA AZ NJ A4NAA Jus WIS AlllGu and .lD-
seph Narco was fatally injured by a
premature explosion in a mine at Mi.
nooka, near Scranton, Pa
John c. Strickler and William r.
Keith were sentenced 10 10 years i'm
prisonment in Philadelphia for holding
up and robbng Har5or Master Pollock.
"Wednesday, March ia.
NJ. Casimir Perler, eX-president OF
France, died suddenly in Paris.
The New Jersey senate passed a bill
making theatrical ticket scalping a
. The fourth annual convention OF the
American Roadmakers' Association
was held at Pittsburg, with over $500
delegates in attendance.
DR.. Oliver c. Hough, convicted OF
his father. mother and
brother at Dayton. o.. will be electro
cuted at Columbus on April 6.
The biennial convention of the
Woodmen OF the World in Pennsylva-
MIA and New Jersey was held at
Franklin. Pa. with 200 delegates in