Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-08-28
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday. August 70.

NJ montgomery, the highest price IN
twenty-five years.
Edward w. Excl, alias John w. Les
lie. ex-pOstmaster OF Jamaica. West
Indies. was arrested in Philadelphia,
charged with embezZling $4,000 from
the colonial government
Pickens Wells. one Of the most
famous barbecue cooks In the south.
dropped dead at Augusta. Ca. while
preparing a cue" Pickens prepared
the famous c. s Boiler barbecue. at
which President Taft was the honor
guest last winter.
Friday, August 90.
Isaac Kembel. a pioneer resident Of
the anthracite coal region and a Civfl
War veteran, died at Mt. Carmel. Pa
One woman was killed and three
other persons injured In q panic re-
sulting from a controller blowing out
on a Park & Falls Interurban car at
Youngstown. o.
Governor Stuart appointed Thomas
F. Bell Of Philadelphia. 70 be execu-
tive controller Of Pennsylvania. The
position was created by the last legis-
lature.
Judge Howell Cobb died at Athens.
Ga. from the effects OF a stroke Of
paralysis experienced three months
ago For thirty years he filled the posi-
ton Of judge OF the city court Of
Athens.
Saturday. August Il.
The Porte has decided TO recognize
King Ferdinand's title as King Of the
Bulgars.
Dorando Pistri. the we'll known long
distance runner. was married at Milan
to Teresa Dondi
Thomas c. Dawson. the new Ameri-
can minister 10 Chile. was officially re-
oeived by President MOntt at Santiago.
Thomas J. Davis. IA retired New
York merchant was found dead in
the kitchen OF his home at Los Gatos.
Cal. with a blanket over his head and
two gas jets turned on full force.
John Henry Johnson. eightyfOur
years old. an officer OF the original
Aberdeen volunteers. corporal in the
Queens Guard and writer Of Scottish
verse. died i'm ROsedale. 81 suburb or
Kansas City. Mo.
Monday. August %.
The government is 20 lease $50 acres
Of land at College Park. Nd. for avia-
tion purposes.
When their boat was upset at Jas
per. Ont. Mrs. W. II. Stevens and Miss
Bessie Jones both Of Syracuse. N Y.
were drowned
Mrs. solomon Gingrich. near Hoern.
ersville Pa. was nearly gored % death
By bull but a grandson. aged sixteen
years. saved her lie.
Twenty-Five night riders burned two
large wheat stacks belonging 20 Mrs.
John Strube. near Mount Olivet. Ky.
because she refused 20 sign the tobac.
co pooling pledge.
Former Councilman Klein. OF Pitts
burg. declares he will serve his sen
tence as a CRATER without appeal, as
he would rather give his money 20 his
family than the lawyers
Tuesday, August -.
]. s. Miller. a travelling man from
a hotel In Norfolk. Va
As a result OF a dispute over a dog
| oliver Winfield shot and killed Heze
kiah West az Brine. Ark.
John p. Brown. a pioneer railroad
builder and one OF Atchison's tKan)
wealthiest citizens. died at his home
there. aged eighty years.
Judge Burdette ia the circuit court
at Charleston. ". Va issued an in
junction restraining the state and
county officials from enforcing the 2
cent fare law against the Norfolk 4
Western railroad
Mrs. George Granger and Miss Gene.
! ieve Rabig were instantly killed and
FIVE other occupants OF a touring car
were seriously injured when the ma
chine was run over by a Big Four To-
| connective and caboOse In Kankakee. I'll.
Wednesday, August IS.
4 man who registered as Homes
Csssub. Of Logausport. Ind, commit
ted suicide at the Grand Union hotel
| in New York.
Miss Jennie Ingersou aged seven
( teen years. OF Galesburg. H.. was
drowned while bathing in Pine lake at
I Charleroi. Mich.
The governments bars are up
I aSainst Switzerland live stock. be-
/ cause OF the existence Of the foot and
mouth disease among domestic ami
mails in that country.
Charged with having pIOndered a
Northwest Side residence in true burg
! lar fashion and with having swindled
/ several other women Of the same sec
ton out Of small sums of money. Mrs.
Brunei Kaeczer. forty-three years OF
age. is a prisoner in Chicago