Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-11
CONDENSED NEWS IFEMS
thursday, July 2.

nursoay July z
Rear Admiral Charles II. Rockwell.
retired. died at Chatham. Mass. Of
spoDlexy, at the age OF sixty-elght
years.
William Burns, an iron worker out
OF employment. dropped dead in his
cell at Reading. Pa. from the shock
due TO his arrest.
Lorenzo Dow Harvey, Ph. DID,. su-
perintendent of public schools OF Ne
nominee. Wis, was elected president
of the National Education association.
Mae c. Wood. the Omaha woman
who sued United States Senator
Thomas c. Platt for divorce. was In
dicted by grand jury in New York
on charges of perjury and forgery.
Friday, July 3.
Denver was selected as the place for
holding next years convention Of the
National Education association.
The Pure oil company's-localp plant
at Bethlehem. Pa. was con- pletely de-
stroyed by FIRE. due TO the explosion Of
a gasoline engine. causing a loss Of
$4,000
Five persons were killed and thirty
six injured near Knobnoster. Mo.
when the fast California special on
the Missouri Pacific collided with the
St. Louis special.
-Four persons were seriously injured
and two dwelling houses partially
wrecked when a charge Of dynamite
was exploded by Black Hand agents
at the home OF George Deavotoria. a
wealthy Italian. living at McKeesport
Pa
Monday. July 6.
Receivers certificates TO the amount
or $4,000 may be issued 20 allow of
the purchase OF jamestown Exposition
state buildings.
The police OF Schenectady. y. T.,
have arrested Eugene Wilson. colored
suspected OF being a mail robber want
ed at Kansas City.
Wading out beyond his depth and
unable 70 swim, Clement. the seven
teen-year-old son Of J. r. Montgom
cry. OF Orangeville. Pa. was drowned
in Fishing creek.
After an illness or more than two
years. Mrs. Ida Young. wife OF Judge
James S Young. Of the United States
circuit court. died at the family resi-
dence at Pittsburg.
Tuesday. July 7.
Minneapolis has been selected as the
next meeting place OF the National
Young Peoples Christian Union. OF the
Univcrsaiist church. July Z TO "a. 1903
The +. l. Du Pont De Ncmours Pow
der company. OF Wilmington. Del. was
the lowest bidder. at S23S. 405. for fur
nishing 100000 pounds OF dynamite
10 the isthmian canal commission.
Charged with disorderly conduct ipI
masquerading for nine years as a man
Mrs. Augusta Sieg. thirty-six years old
OF 641 Sixth avenue. New York, has
been sentenced to the workhouse for
Ave days.
The president has accepted the re
signation of Judge William I,ochren
Judge for the United States district
court for the district Of Minnesota al
St Paul and has appointed NJ d
Purdy, present assistant 10 the attor
ney general TO the vacancy.
Wednesday, July 8.
Five persons. all members OF one
family. were drowned in the Nemaha
river. near Unadilla. ---Neb.. during al
food
Algernon Sartoris. a grandson OF
President Grant. has been appointed
secretary OF legation at Guatemala
vice William F. Sands.
One man was killed. a woman was
fatally injured and damage amounting
TO $4,000 resulted at Monongahela
Pa. when a boiler in the water works
plant exploded
Jacob Zimmerman. aged seventy-six
years. engaged in the coal business al
Norristown. Pa for many years. com
mitted suicide by shooting himself IL
the mouth with a revolver.