Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-04-20
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, April II.


Hall author OF "Florodora," died in
london OF acute gasir.tis
John Henry Clews. a member of the
banking firm Of Henry Clews, OF New
York. dicd after 2 long illness.
TIE Ccrnecticut house OF represent
ta.ivCa a+~-te, 2 roc llution endorsing
Presite1t noosev~lt's a1minAtration.
The II an acnuai meeting Of the
Newspapers and Publishers Associa-
ton viii o. held al Richmond, Va,
May p and %
Mrs. Sarah Miles Hanna. so years
old, the only woman upon whom the
degree of chiv7lry was ever conferred
by the /. o. o. +, died at Kansas
City, Mo.
Fridey. April 10.
Mrs. Grace Redpath, who died re-
Gently in London, left $4,000 TO Nc
Gill University. Montreal
NJ d. Clay was killed and r. A. Mat
thews seriously injured by a gas ex-
plosion in their home at Atlanta. Ca
Mrs. Ignatz Lowengart wife OF a
wealthy merchant of Portland, Ore.
committed suicide by Jumping from a
bridge GO feet high.
Frank McCloskey, a stone cutter.
dropped dead in his boarding house at
Wilmington. Del, while be was eating
his dinner.
Secretary Straus. OF the department
OF commerce and labor. has ordered a
rigid inquiry into the operation of all
the immigration stations in the coun.
try.
Saturday. April 70.
Judge Beverly r. Crump has TO
signed as chairman OF the Virginia
corporation commission
Frederick Pabst. the millionaire
brewer was seriously injured in an
automobile accident at Milwaukee.
Wis.
John Her-chborgcr. prosperous
Lebanon county. Pa. farmer. commit
ted suicide by hanging himself in his
tarn.
A Brazilian squadron OF warsbips
left Rio de Janeiro for Hampton
Roads. Va, 10 take part In the James
town Exposition
John A. Kcbler, manager of the Col
orado Fuel company. died at Denver.
Colo. OF ptomaine poisoning after eat
ing canned salmon.
Monday, April IS.
Vice President Fairbanks viii be one
Of the speakers at the international
Christian EnGcavor convention at
Seattle. Wash, in July.
George Duttrey. Of Boiling Springs.
Pa, was struck by n Reading passen.
ger train and cut to pieces while work
F.-ef
James A Quarles. ID. d.. IL. D.. for
q years professor of moral philosophy
at Washington and Lee University
died az Lexington. Ky. aged 40 years
While insane, Ed Stockton. II years
old. fatally shot his uncle. ]. F. Stock
ton. and beat his aunt insensible. after
which he set her on fire. at Bardwell
Ky.
Tuesday. April f6.
Chief OF Police John Adams. Of New
ark. y. j.. shot and killed himself while
respondent
AS the result OF a quarrel with Ital.
ians on an elevated train in New York.
Ernest Hartman was stabbed TO death.
Tom Walker "a negro. was hanged
az Fayetteville. n c.. for the murder
OF Chief OF Police Chason and officer
Locamny.
Fire az Hackens2ck. y. J.. destroyed
the Second Reformed church a car.
pentcr shop and eve barns. entailing a
loss OF $4,000.
Frank NJ. Thorn. one OF the best.
known lawyers and newspaper writer's
Of Western New York. died in Buffalo
after a lingering Hines.
Wednesday. April y.
Edward Sexton was eiectrl cuted at
Auburn. y. Y, for the murder of
Thomas Mahaney.
DR.. Austin S. Tlnsley the noted
southern specialist died OF Augusta.
Ca. after a short illness.
The medical building of NcGW Uni.
versity at Montreal was destroyed by
fire. entailing a loss of S50O.O00
John ID. Rockefeller has notified the
American Baptist Missionary Union al
Boston that he viii contribute $500. 900
this year
Mrs. Sarah A. Albaugh. a widow.
was found dead in her home in Chi.
cago. having cut her throat by falling
through a window.