Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-08-07
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.


cover the tin plate mill at Cumber-
land. Nd. of the N. & c. Taylor Co.
of Philadelphia
The Western Federation OF Miners
instructed the executive board to print
Socialist literature In a number of laa-
guases for distribution.
While working In bayfield, at Lack
awsck. Ulster county. n. J.. John Hoff.
Sr.. seyenty-eight years OF age. drop
ped dead from heart disease
One man was killed and two were
injured when a mortar exploded dur
ing a fireworks display in connection
with the convention OF the National
Hay Dealers association at Cedar
Point. near Sandusky. o.
Friday, July SO.
The French ambassador to che Unit
ed States. J. J. Jusserand. and Nine
Jusserand sailed for Euroys on the
steamer La Lorraine.
John r. TAFT, ranking high as an
artist and a critic Of note. was found
dead at the foot OF fight Of steps in
his home In Baltimore.
The plant of the South Baltimore
Steel Car and Foundry company was
bought in by the reorganization com
mittee OF creditors for $4,000
GeOrse Watson. seventy-six years OF
age. a prominent retired citizen OF
Reading. Pa, died on a trolley car
WhHe returning from a park, where he
had become III.
Frank NJ. Boyer, an appendicitis pa
tient in the Harrisburg. Pa. hospital
, fell or threw himself from third
story window in the hospital and died
two hours later.
Saturday, july 81.
The senate ratified an arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Paraguay, which was signed on March
Is last.
President Taft has been elected an
honorary member Of the Tuna club
the famous fishing organization OF
Catalina island. at Los Angeles. Cal.
AS a result OF a switch engine dash
ing into a heavily loaded suburban
street car in Memphis. Tenn. one per
son was killed and Eve or six were
injured
Claude Brooks. aged twenty-one
years. a negro. was hanged at Kansas
City for the murder OF Sidney Hern
don. a wellto-do real estate owner. for.
merly OF Tyler. Tex. Jan. -. 1908
Monday. August 2.
The government contract for SIS 900
yards OF olive drab cotton cloth for
the army goes TO a Massachusetts mill
at IS cents yard.
A nail in tke foot then gangrene
and amputation OF the leg to save his
life all ended in the death Of Thomas
Lauer. at Berwick. Pa.
From a bullet wound inflicted BY his
divorced wife. John Haker died near
Lansing. Mich. a question OF money
having started the trouble.
The North Carolina corporation com
mission has closed the Citizens Bank
and Trust company. at Southern Pines.
because OF a cash shortage.
In an auto accident at Lake Geneva
III. Philip Swift, eldest son OF Edward
y. Swift. the packer. had leg broken
and was badly cut and bruised.
Tuesday, August 3.
President Taft has decided 20 in
clude Charleston. s. c.. in his itiuer.
airy for the western and southern trip
The funeral Of Harry c. Pulliam.
late president OF the National League.
who committed suicide in New York
was held az Louisville. Ky
Franklin X. Lane. a member OF the
interstate commerce commission. Is at
present in France. studying the regu-
latiOns applied 20 French railroads
In the presence OF a large number or
citizens the tablet marking the site OF
old Fort Yates. where General Grant
led his regiment, the Twenty-nrst Mi
nois infantry. in 1851. Was dedicated
az Springfield III
Wednesday. August Z.
Thomas II. Heist. former owner OF
the Bolton house and a prominent
business man OF Harrisburg. Pa. died
suddenly at his home at Wayne juno
ton. Philadelphia. aged seventy years.
The raising OF the battleship Maine
in Havana harbor by the United States
government was favored in a resolu-
tion passed by the New York state de-
partment. United Spanish War Vet
Grams.
President Taft has approved the sen
tence OF dismissal in the case Of First
Lieutenant Frank W Ball. Twenty
fifth infantry. Y. s. A. recently tried
twice by court martial In the Philip
pine Islands on charges OF drunken
ness.