Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-30
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
Thursday. May q.

sued a call for the condition OF ma
tional banks at the close OF business
on May H.
Percy c. Marllng, aged hfty-fve. of
Montreal committed suicide by jump
ing from the window % room in the
Hotel Manhattan. in New York city.
Twenty-one persons were injured.
many Of them seriously. and hundreds
narrowly escaped death at a perform
snce OF the Charity Circus in Chicago.
when all the seats in the tent sud
denly gave way.
Friday, May %.
Joe Cans and Battling Nelson have
signed articles for a forty-fve-round
battle. to take place IA San Francisco
on the afternoon OF July 4.
Mrs. Fred Grothe was killed and
several others more or less injured In
a tornado which struck Lincoln. a
small town northwest OF Salina. Kan.
Tho business OF tn IL nited States
Steel corporation duNs April has
shown an improvement over March
which. as ofhcially announced by Pres
ident Cary when the annual report
was made public. was considerably
better than the business IN February
or January
Saturday. May %.
In the midst OF an exciting game OF
base ball IN Hardwood. near Pitts
burg. Ralph c. Barr. aged eleven one
OF the players. was struck over the
heart by hard hit line drive and died
almost Immediately.
From the reports now IN the posses
sion OF c. NJ Day. president Of the
Denver Convention league. IT is evil
dent that more than 100000 visitors
viii attend the national Democratic
convention in July.
Ira Oakley. young white man. has
been arrested in GAINESVILLE. Va.
charged with the murder OF Mrs. J. NJ.
Underwood and her young son and the
burning 81 their house at Fuquay
Springs. y. c.. 70 conceal the crime on
Feb. 1 last
Monday, May IS.
Forty-eight per cent OF the adult
Indians OF Alaska are suffering from
tuberculosis. while practically all Of,
the children have some disease or
other
Rev. William H. Connolly. FOR the
past three years rector Of St Ga
briefs Catholic church at Hazleton.
Pa. died from kidney trouble. aged
forty-four years.
Harry Russell. a ten-year-old boy.
has confessed 70 robbing a railroad
depot at Spokane. Wash. OF $500. a.
crime for which an aged section fore
man had been arrested.
Elmer PeterNon. aged seventeen
and his brother. Charles. aged six
teen. were killed in a mine OF the
Pennsylvania Coal q Coke company
at Hastings. near Johnstown. Pa.
Tuesday May 20.
Five persons lost their lives In the
foods in Oklahoma and many had mar
row escapes.
Thomas +. French. Samuel K. Rob
bins and George J. Bergen were ap-
pointed receivers for the State Mutual
Building * Loan association OF New
Jersey.
Stanictos Rokwski. sixteen years oil
age. an inmate OF the Boys Protectory
al Flatlands. near Norristown. Pa. was
drowned while bathing In the Perldo-I
men creek
Congressman Charles T. Llttledeld. \
OF Maine. who will retire from con-
gress az the conclusion of his present
term was admitted 20 practice law in
the federal courts by Judge Hough in
New York CITY.
Wednesday, May p.
Peter Co,op. an Austrian. was hans.
ca g Harrisburg. Pa for the murder
Of Stefac Cosio. on Dec. 9 last
Alleged 20 have scolded four men
and embarrassing them in public. Ms.
Carrie Nation was arrested at Pitts
burg Pa. charged with disorderly con-
duct
Frank Sullwell. eighteen years old.
serving a sentence for burglary al the
Indiana reformatory at Jacksonville.
hil.cd himself in his cell by hanging
himself with a towel
wi lam NJ. Simpson. a well-known
locomotive engineer. was shot and
killed at Roanoke. Va. by Sadie But
Ter. formerly OF Lynchburg. who i'm.
mediately drank a bottle OF carbo!lc
acid aud died in a few minutes.