Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09
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were killed and IL hurt
Fire destroyed the stables or J. ].
Dunbar, at Norfolk. Va, and 4S valu-
able horses were burned TO death.
A bill was introduced in the u. 8.
senate providing that September g
shall be set aside as Paul Jones Day"
Nancy White. a negress, 106 years
old. the Oldest woman in Western
Pennsylvania. Is dead at her home In
New Haven. Pa
Miss Lillian Barber. OF Iron Hill.
Nd. died in Wilmington. Del. from
burns received In falling downstairs
while carrying a lighted lamp.
Friday, February I.
Thieves stole $4,000 worth OF jewelry
from the home Of Mrs. Katie McKen-
ma, at Niagara Falls. N. Y.
General William Shakespeare. sol
der, editor, lawyer and banker. died
at Kalamazoo. Mich. from wounds re-
ceived in the Civil War.
The third annual convention Of the
American Society Of Religious Educa-
/ ton was held at Reading, Pa
! William ]. Donohue. a member Of
the New York legislature. committed
suicide in Brooklyn by shooting him
self.
President Roosevelt will deliver an
Grafton at the dedication OF the Nc
Kinley monument at Canton. o., the
last week In September.
Saturday. February 2.
Henry b. Constable aged so years,
a prominent banker, died suddenly at
Norfolk. Va.
In a dispute between John Gebhardt
and his son Charles at Steuhenville.
o.. the father was shot and killed.
/ Harry Smith. teller of the Hooking
Valley National Bank at Lancaster O.,
. is under arrest for enbezzling S5455.
The U. s. senate passed a bin in
/ creasing the pensions OF survivors Of
I the Indian wars from IS TO $40
month
Edward Newhury. a section hand on
! the Pennsylvania railroad. was killed
R at Bordentown. n. J.. by being struck
by an engine.
Monday, February 4.
The Day and Night" Tobacco COM
pany's plant at Cincinnati o.. was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss. $4,000.
Gambling at Cananea. Mexico. has
landed in Jail Edwardo Arnold. the
mayor: his brother and 40 Americans.
Mrs. Johanna Wolf and Mrs. Mary
McIlvain were burned to death in a FIRE
j which destroyed a tenement house at
I Cincinnati o.
a ton of powder and 1000 pounds o.
dynamite exploded AT Lenton. Ind,
killing one Monon railway workman
and injuring six.
John Carter. OF Titusville. Pa, has
! Just concluded the sale of his West
Hickory timber farm OF 5000 acres to
c. w. Stone and James wetmore. CT
Warren. and Thomas McCabe. OF Kin
zua. for about 100000.
Tuesday. February 5.
Lady 3renfell. eldest daughter Of
Lord and Lady Grey. died In Ottawa,
Can. of typhoid fever.
Mrs. A. Haskell. a wealthy widow.
was burned 20 death IN are which
destroyed her home In Chicago.
! President Roosevelt has appointed
Ruch J. Bruce 20 be assistant ap-
praiser OF merchandise at Baltimore.
Md
/ Rev. Seymour a. Baker, one OF the
/ loNhueEs OF N4t ittpuDlCan party uteu
Of pneumonia at Kansas City. No.
aged 81 years
While pouring molten steel into an
ingot mould at the Carnegie plant at
I Homestead. Pa. an explosion occurred
and three workmen were seriously
] burned.
Wednesday, February 6.
| Street thermometers in ST Paul
MINI. on Tuesday registered from p
70 % degrees below zero.
! The fourth annual convention OF the
/ Road Makers Association will be held
at Pittsburg Pa. March - Is and Il
Fearing he would be robbed OF $1,000.
an Italian jumped from a Wabash
train near Adrian. Mich. and was Sc
riously injured.
One trainman was killed and two In
jured in collision near Union;own
Pa, between a Monongahela railroad
passenger train and a freight.
United States District Court Judge
Charles Parlange. one Of the leaders
OF the anti-lottery movement In Louis
lana. died suddenly of apoplexy at New
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