Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, April %.


John II. Fry. a well-known member
OF the Lancaster bar. was found dead
sitting on a chair in his Office at Lam
caster. Pa
James and Thomas Trimm, aged
fifteen and twenty-five years respec-
lively. were killed by lightning at their
home at Ammonia, Texas.
Mrs. Andrew Schaller, aged about
torty-hve years. dropped dead on the
street at Wilmington. Del. while out
shopping. having been stricken with
heart disease.
Daniel r. Delaney. OF New York, a
law clerk, who was convicted OF the
larceny OF s541 from his employer,
Henry h. Coe. was sentenced to servo
not less than six and half years nor
more than ten years in state prison.
Friday, April "a.
Commander York Noel, u. s. N, died
at the New York navy yard
As the result OF a lovers quarrel
Morris Bengston shot and fatally
wounded Miss Sigrid Appleholm and
then killed himself at Rockford. III.
Charles Seipelt, a tobacco farmer.
three miles from Ripley. O., was com
PEELED to stand with uplifted hands
while about thirty-five or forty might
riders" destroyed his tobacco beds.
Mrs. Margaret Wolfram was killed
and her husband and four-year-old
child seriously injured when they were
thrown from a buggy at Pittsburg,
Pa, when their horse became fright
ened by the barking OF a dog and ran
away.
Saturday, April 25.
Daniel Jackson, a negro. was hanged
at Emporia. Va, for wife murder.
An entire family OF 1--WE Kickapoo
Indians were drowned by a cloudburst
or waterspout near Old Fort Arbuckle.
Okla
Joseph Miller, a prominent oil oper-
ator at Butler. Pa. was shot in the
breast and seriously wounded by a
burglar. who escaped.
Twenty-Five buildings were destroy
ed by a tornado which struck Valley
Springs. near Sioux Falls, S. D., but
no loss OF life resulted.
William Jones. who was q member
OF the Roosevelt Rough Riders and
personal friend OF the president, died
OF pneumonia at Trinidad. Colo.
Monday April 27.
Kentucky Might Riders" crossed
into Ohio near Ripley and burned q
large tobacco barn with 1000 pounds
OF tobacco.
The hrst floating Christian Endeavor
convention ever held will meet at
Seattle May 25. while the Atlantic
feet is In the harbor.
While working his way through a
medical school at Chicago by switch.
ing elevated trains Hugh n. Watson,
OF Charlotte. n. C. was killed.
Caroline Pierce. OF Lancaster, Pa,
was in the enjoyment OF good health
less than a week ago. when her hus.
band was buried but while returnins
from the funeral. she caught cold |
pneumonia developed and death en- |
sued.
Tuesday. April %.
The damage by frost TO the orchards |
in the Arkansas and Grand valleys AND
other fruit growing regions OF Colorado |
is estimated at $4,000
MT. and Mrs. Willard Stone and
Boyd Ward were drowned in a lake at |
Muskegon. Mich. when their boat was /
overturned by the high waves
Dependent because OF financial |
troubles. Long Wundo. forty years old, /
a Chinaman prominent among his
countrymen In New York city. com. /
mitted suicide by jumping from the
roof OF a six-story tenement house IN |
Eighth avenue.
Wednesday, April %.
The Reading Railway company put /
fits $50 car shop employees at Reading
Pa on ten hours a day.
Brigadier General Alfred lacey |
Hough. retired. died at his home at
Princeton, n. j.. aged eighty-two years.
Mrs. Belle Gunnerson and her three
children persisted in an incendiary fire
which destroyed their home in the
country north OF Laporte. Ind.
William Mcleod Mcdonald, OF Cos
port. England. was hanged at Pitts.
burg. Pa. for the murder OF his com.
mon law wife. Bessie Hyslop. last Sep
TENDER.
Selig Silverstein. the anarchist. who
attempted To throw a bomb into a
group OF policemen in Union square.
New York. several weeks ago and was
injured by the premature explosion of
the bomb. died IN a hospital.