Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-12-05
CONDENSED NEWS HENS.
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In attempting to cross a lake az
Orono. Me. the thin ice broke and
James 4. Aldrich. of Little Fails, N.
Y, was drowned
Dean Frederick Howard. OF the mu-
steal college of Drake university. and
well known in musical circles. died
suddenly at Dos Monies. Ia
Baroness Alice Decartier de Mar
cbiene. wife of the chief counsellor Of
the Belgian legation. died az Phoenix.
Ariz. where she, had gone for her
health.
Three women and one man were
baptized in the chilly waters OF the
Delaware river at Gloucester. n. J.,
by Rev. BicEers Gill. pastor Of the
Helping Hand church Of that place.
Saturday, November %.
Colonel Harry c. Page. one OF the
Oldest newspaper men in New Jersey,
and editor and owner Of the Bayonne
Herald. died at his home In Bayonne.
n. j.
Acting as her own detective. Miss
Amelia Ernsten captured Edward
Kelly. a hold-up man. in Chicago who
six weeks ago robbed her OF 1926 and
q gold watch.
OF the estate Of s665. 900. half a mill
lion dollars was left 90 the American
Bible society by Bloodgood H. Cutter,
last September.
Or. John Ben Honneman OF the
University of the South. at Sowanee.
Tenn. one OF the most prominent edu-
Gators I'm the south. died in Richmond.
Va. after an operation.
Monday, November 80.
In q hcad-on collision on the Sea-
board Air Line railroad near Ocala.
Fla five persons we're killed.
r. W. Vanderbilt has given Yale
university $4,000 TO enlarge Wander
bilt square. az New Haven. Conn.
President-elect Taft will preside
over the conference Of the governors
and the national conservation commits
sion az Washington. Dec. s.
Pleading guilty In the United States
court at Baltimore. Nd. TO accepting
rebates from the Pennsylvania rail
road. the Baker-Whiteley Coal com
nany was fined $1,000.
Joe Berenski and John Bardale.
while hunting near Steubenvile. o..
fired a shot into a can that contained
nitro glycerine and we're instantly
killed by the explosion.
Tuesday, December I.
Comptroller Of the Currency Muir
ray issued a call on national banks for
a statement OF their condition at tho
close OF business Nov. q.
Chairman Stellwagen. OF the inaug-
ural committee. has appointed Major
General J. Franklin Bell chief OF stan.
u. s. A.. 10 be grand marshal Of the
inaugural parade.
One man was killed. Eve others
seriously injured and many passengers
badly shaken up when train No. 3,
known as the Chicago Limited. on the
Plttsburg & Western branch OF the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad. crashed in
% a "buckled" freight train near Va
lencia. Pa
Wednesday, December 2.
Burglars blew open the vault OF the
State bank at Port Huron. H.. and es-
capped on handcar with nearly $4,000
in gold. silver and currency.
After an tdleness Of thirteen months
the old open hearth department OF the
Illinois Steel company's plant at South
CAAA'aER as ANeHNA1A anu ANNN men
resumed work.
Chief of Police Biggy OF San Fran
cisco. who has been prominent In the
bribery case as custodian OF former
Mayor Schmitz. fell from a police
launch and was drowned on Alcatraz
island. in San Francisco bay.
A meeting OF the officers and board
OF governors OF the Descendants Of
the Signers OF the Declaration OF In
dependence has been called by the
president. Judge Albert Mcclellan
Mathewson. 10 meet in Philadelphia on
Dec. u.