Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-06-20
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Thursday. June. II.

The American Piano company, with
an authorized capital of $4,000, 900.
was Incorporated at Trenton. N. ].
The converted yacht Vixen. now at
the League Island navy yard. has been
turned over to the naval militia or
ganization of New Jersey
Stephen Oberhase. a prisoner In the
Dauphin county Jail at Harrisburg,
Pa. hanged himself to a water pipe in
his cell and was dead when found.
Addison Henry. colored. a section
hand on the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road. was assaulted and instantly kill.
ed during a quarrel by Giuseppe Wis
cioto. an Italian employed in the same
gang along the railroad near Whining
ton. Del.
Friday, June -.
J. +. Cole and his son Albert were
Instantly killed. and the formers two
daughters badly stunned. by lightning
at Spartanburg. s. G.
The executive committee OF the Ma
tional Congress OF Mothers at a meet.
ing here decided 60 hold the next ma.
tional congress at New Orleans in Feb.
ruary, 1909
Re~. DR.. John ID. Pickles. pastor of
st. Pauls church. Boston. and one of
the best-known Methodist clergymen
In Massachusetts, died Thursday, aged
sixty years.
Charles Reibe. who has been on trial
at Norristown, Pa. charged with Grim.
inal operation and inhdeuty. pleaded
guilty to the latter charge and was sen.
fenced TO one year in Jail and pay
fine Of $500.
Saturday, June 10.
Rudolph Ploetz. aged seventy-nine
years. a wealthy widower Of the village
of Prairie du Sac. Wis. elOped with
Miss Ursula Hinges. aged eighty. his
sweetheart of childhood days.
Jerry Lynch. one of Buffalo's IN "
bestknown detectives. was shot in the
stomach while chasing and endeavor
ing 20 capture Otto Susdorf. who was
attempting TO escape arrest in connec
ton with the sale of $1,000 worth OF
stolen diamonds.
Grieved ever the unfaithfulness OF
her sweetheart, Gertrude Kennedy. the
daughter of a contractor. committed
suicide in the street at Erie. Pa. by
drinking the contents OF a three-ounce
bottle Of carbolic acid.
Monday June IS.
Major Boynton. founder OF the Mac
cabees. is sick in bed at Toledo. O.
As a result of a severe beating by
a burglar. Mrs. Joseph Bartdogze. aged
seventy-eight years. is dead in Chicago
Miss Matte Brubaker. OF Bricker
vile. Lancaster county. Pa. who wa
gored by a bull. is in a critical condi
ton. lockjaw having developed.
While respondent over the death o.
his wife, Frank Good cut the throats
OF his three children and his own
throat with a pocketknife on a farm
near Peabody. Kan.
AS a consequence Of having been
struck by a golf ball. DIT. Harry ID
Hayward. OF Crown Point. Ind. has un
dergone an operation for the remova
OF his left eye in a Chicago hospital.
Tuesday, June rs.
Albert F. King. sixty years old. wa
found dead in bed az Norristown. Pa.
Henry Lentz. eishty-one years OIL
dropped dead from heat In tae stree
at Pittsburg.
Harry A. Axten. city treasurer c.
Bloomington. Ind. Is short in his &C
counts about $4,000 and IS under g.
rest
Six men were seriously. but not IA
tally. injured when an automobile went
over an embankment in Hays borough
near Pittsburg
A parcels post agreement between
the United States and France was
signed by Postmaster General Meyer
and Ambassador Jusserand Of France
Wednesday, June ~.
John B. Roach. the ship builder, died
suddenly OF apoplexy at bis home in
Chester, Pa.
In fit OF jealousy. Charles Roth
we'll shot his wife and then killed him
self at their home, near Huntingdon
w. Va.
A slight earthquake shock was felt
at Ogdensburg. n. Y, Tuesday even
ing
Fifty fishing boats have been wreck
ed or the coast OF Kagoshima. Japan
In storm. and $50 Of the crews have
been drowned.
George Warnock and Harry Picket
or Manayunk. were freed by a bull for
two hours on the farm OF Henry For
Der. at Lafayette. Pa