Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-03-21
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED



Appropriations by congress this
year are to be kept inside $500. 900. 900.
exclusive of battleships. IL possible.
says Representative Tswney
Despondent because he had been out
of employment for several weeks, 10
seph Ssrtine, a cigar salesman, cut
his wife's throat at St Louis and then
committed suicide with carbolic acid.
Representative Acheson. OF PennsyI-
vania, introduced a bill in congress to
promote efficiency among military Of
hcers," by providing that total alb
stainers be given preference In promo
tions.
Friosy, March IS.
Walter Hallowell was convicted Of
murder in the first degree in Philadel-
phia for shooting Annie Tabloid on the
street on October IA last.
John G. Jenkins. the Brooklyn bank
eT. who with his three sons was in
dicted as a result OF the banking In
vestigation which followed the recent
financial panic, died at Sea CHI, L. l.,
OF paralysis.
The house OF the Mississippi legis.
lature passed bill fixing two and one
half cents a mile as she maximum pas
senger fare on all railroads except
those which can make satisfactory
proof that this rate is not just compen-
sadon for services to the public.
Saturday, March "a.
Hugh Bonner. fire commissioner OF
New York. died OF a complication OF
Bright's disease and pneumonia. aged
20 years.
w. G. Thompson. the defaulting
treasurer of the Palmer Hardware
company. who was recently captured
IN Burlington. n. j., pleaded guilty e
forgery in court at Savansah, Ga
and was sentenced to seven years in
the penitentiary.
David Pratt OF Billings. formerly
president OF the Montana board OF
stock commissioners and n wealthy
cattle man, pleaded guilty at Helena
10 the illegal fencing OF 1860 acres OF
public land in the federal court, and
was sentenced TO serve forty-eighi
hours in jail aud 20 pay a fine OF $3.50
Monday, March 10.
Her clothing catching FIRE. Mrs. Pc
ter Graver was seriously burned al
ShoeneTsville, Pa.
Convicted Of attacking a girl. How
ard Steele. a negro. has been sen
fenced 10 Imprisonment for life al
Chicago.
Poison having In some way been
mixed with their food. forty-six chick
ems belonging TO Frank Fuller. OF Rit
tersville. Pa. were killed.
Thomas G. Penn, the negro who was
convicted OF five serious charges
against young white girls in Pittsburg
was sentenced 20 pay $500 fine and
undergo penitentiary terms aggregat
ing twenty years.
Tuesday. March ~.
Ten OF the twenty hot mills OF the
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
at South Sharon. Pa. were placed IN
operation affording employment TO coo
men.
George w. Wilmington. Of Gfouces
ter. Miss. suffering from melancholia
threw himself in front OF a College
Hili car in Cincinnati. o.. and was
crushed 70 death.
Mrs. Frederic Schof. OF PhIladel
phia. was reelected president OF the
ANdllOudA lAOAuGAc 0O4EItSb HI the
Washington session OF that organiza
ton.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
John II. Edwards, whose resignation
took effect Tuesday. has accepted the
receivership OF the New Amsterdam
National bank. OF New York. which
recently suspended
Wednesday, March rs.
Matthew Kleinola. refined Russian
Pole. committed suicide by cutting his
throat on board a Pittsburg & Erie
train at Erie. Pa
Right Rev Gustave A Rouxel. aux
Hilary bishop OF the archdiocese Of New
Orleans. died al New Orleans after ar
illness OF several days.
Justice William II. Moody, Of the
United States supreme court, has &C
cepted election as honorary member OF
the New England Base Ball Leagu,
for life.
An agricultural college on wheels
with railroad cars as class rooms, anc
professors OF the Ohio College OF Agri
culture as teachers, is the latest pro
fect OF the pennSvIVania railroad