Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-09-05
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Thursday. AUGUST p.

uufSuayr august ~
Robert J. Frownie. in Jail at Iron
ton. o.. for the murder OF Henry Free
ka. attempted suicide by butting out
his brains against a sharp shelf pro-
lection in his cell
The rolling mills Of the National En-
ameling & Stamping company. at
Granite City. H., which have been
closed since June so. viii reopen. and
the FUN force OF 1900 men will be en-
ployed.
The cisarmakers' union Of Elmira,
n y. unanimously adopted a resolu-
ton endorsing the position taken by
Samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation of Labor. with
regard to the political situation.
Friday, August %.
The Pennsylvania camp OF the p.
o. s. OF A. will meet at Washington.
Pa next year
The recent census gives the total
population of the canal zone as 50.O03.
Of which $4,000 are employed by the
isthmian canal commission and the
Panama railroad.
Charlie Scarlet. six years old. killed
his eieht-year.old sister at Benton. H..
while attempting TO pull a gun from
under the bed. when the weapon was
discharged. the shot striking the girl
In the groin.
Saturday. August %.
The buildings on the famous Meth.
odist EvangeHstic meeting grounds Of
Kentucky. Parsons Camp Ground
near Russellville Ky. were destroyed
by FIRE.
Joseph c.. Cannon. speaker OF the ma.
uoual house of representatives. will
open the Republican speaking cam
paign In Indiana i'm Merton county on
the night of Sept "a.
Rev. O. b. Milligan. pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church at Canton.
o.. and well known in the state. both
as a minister and gcn player. killed
himself by a charge from a shotgun.
Rev. ID. r. Kills, n survivor OF the
crew OF the Monitor" the Civil war
battloship. and retired United Breth-
rem clergyman. died of Brights dis
ease. at Annville, Pa. aged sixty-eightI
years.
Monday, August 81.
Dos Catcher Bartholomew. Of Allen
town. Pa. was suddenly seized with
hydrophobia and is in critical condi-I
ton.
To escape trial for wife murder.
Nerhert Woodbury. committed suicide
in jail at Dover. Me. by cutting his
throat with a razor
Enforcing the "unwritten law 81
Charles f. Armstrong. a wealthy cat.
tleman. shot and killed Andrew Ar
mold, a wealthy merchant. near Rogers.
Vile. Term.
Jacob r. Mumma. OF Lancaster
county. Pa. placed 5000 tomato plants
on half an acre and he has realized
thus far $3.50, and is still gathering to
matoes daily.
Tuesday, September I.
Albert Carr. aged fifteen years of
Bridgeville. was drowned while swim.
ming in Laurel river at Laurel. Del.
An official order calling of the strike
Of coal miners in the Birmingham.
Ala. district was issued 10 all the
camps in that section.
Joseph c. Tyson. fifty-fve years old
was found dead from apoplexy in the
road a short distance from his resi-.
dence at Royersford, Pa
After making an investigation. Cor.
oner King, OF Montgomery county, Pa.
announced that excessive use of to
bacco killed William Scofield. twenty.
one years old. of Perkiomen township.
Wednesday, September 2
General John w. Clous, retired of
the United States army. died in ST.
Luke's hospital in New York city. at
the age OF seventy-one years.
Mrs. Arch Pickett shot and killed
her husband, wellknOwn resident oil
Jonesboro. Ark. because. she alleges.
he was mean 10 her and abused her,
President RoOsevelt's son Kermit.
who viii accompany his father on the
hunting expedition into the wilds OF
Africa. left Oyster Bay for a hunt oil
his own 10 the northwest.
A Carnegie silver medal was recelv.
ed by eleven-year-old Marjorie Coast.
or Iowa City. Ia. who leaped into the
Iowa river and saved the life of Mar
garet Hayes, daughter of Professor
and Mrs. Samuel Hayes. last summer.