Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-18
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, May 9.

hold their next convention at Read
ing, Pa
Mrs. Mary Deemer. widow. was
struck by a train at Lebanon, Pa, and
instantly killed.
Andrew Carnegie. accompanied by
his wife and daughter, sailed for Eu-
rope on the steamship Baltic.
Captain George Curry. governor OF
Samar, Philippine Islands. has been
appointed governor of New Mexico.
Edmund c. Ross. formerly United
States senator from Kansas. whose
vote saved Andrew Johnson from i'm
parchment died at Albuquerque,
n NJ
Friday, May 10.
President Roosevelt has consented
20 become honorary president Of the
American School Hygiene Association.
President Roosevelt has pardoned
Albert NJ Green. colored. who was
serving a life sentence in Washington
for murder.
Sheriff w. r. Crowley and Deputy
Ward were both shot and seriously
wounded at Williamsburg. Ky, by
John Shotwell. who they were trying
10 arrest
Former Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral William N. Johnson. OF Trenton.
who was mentioned as the Republican
candidate for governor OF New Jersey.
has withdrawn from the contest
Saturday, May II.
Frisby Gibbs. colored. was hanged
at Baltimore. Md. Tor the murder of
Ida Gun. colored. on October last.
William Teal shot and killed James
sherman at Findlay, o.. in a quarrel
over money.
Miss Anna NJ. Garman. OF Trenton,
n j.. was awarded $1,000 damages by
a Philadelphia jury against the Rapid
Transit company for injuries sustained
in a street car accident.
Captain A. Krech OF the Hamburg
American line steamer Graf Waldersee.
died on board his ship and his body
was brought to New York.
oxford University viii confer the
degree Bachelor OF Letters on Mark
Twain. who will sail for England on
June to receive the honor
Monday, May 10.
Two children of Mrs. Neil Laird
were burned 10 death at East Liver
pool. O., when her home was destroy
ed by FIRE
A fugitive for some months Frank
II. Jones. dofaulting teller of the Ma
tional Bank at Charlotte, y. c.. gave
himself up.
A memorial 10 Or. Horace Henry
Hayden. founder OF the American So
ciety of Dental Surgeons. is 10 be
erected at Hartford Conn.
Falling rock in the Jermyn mine OF
the Delaware & Hudson company. at
Jermyn. Pa, killed Stephen Seno and
Charles Lascowsky, laborers.
Fred Follman. employed as a tunnel
driver at No. I shaft, near Lansford.
Pa. fell down an arcaway 135 feet and
only sustained badly bruised arm.
Tuesday, May u.
The warehouses Of Moore & Wright.
at Midway. near Lancaster. Pa. were
destroyed by fire, entailing & loss OF
100000.
Miss Phelena Wiltshire. aged AZ
years. dropped dead from heart disease
just after she stepped from a trolley
car at Glenolden. near Chester. Pa.
T. G. DecehenaIlt. ST., one OF the
bestknown American exporters of cat
tie and one of the wealthiest men in
Kentucky, died at Lexington, aged 20
years.
David S. Barry. of the Providence
Journal, has been appointed a member
of the official board of visitors OF the
United States naval academy at An
napolis Nd.
Wednesday, May IS.
There was a heavy fall of snow
throughout Nebraska on Tuesday.
w. A. RittenhOuse. weIl-lnown
Philadelphia grocer, was struck by a
Reading railway train and instantly
killed
James Bryce. the British ambassa-
dor. Will deliver the commencement
address at the University of Illinois
on June II.
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cattle
dral at Harrisburg. Pa, was dedicated
by Archbishop Ryan. over $50 bishops
and priests attending.
Philip n Schuyler. who was a dele
gate to the Republican national con-
vention in Chicago in 1860 and who
voted 70 nominate Lincoln, died at
Bellevue. o., aged 81 years.