Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-26
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday, Jun. ~.

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George Roether. gardener. aged
sixty-two years. hung himself in the
Berks county jail at Reading. Pa.
Dana Estes. head OF the publishing
firm OF Dana Estes Company. died sud
denly at his home in Brookline. Mass.
Governor Hadley. OF Wisconsin. has
signed a bill prohibiting the marriage
OF Caucasians with Chinese, japanese
and other Asiatics.
Henry Kinnes. twenty-four years of
age. of Baltimore. was drowned at
Beach Oswego. n. Y. by the overturn-
ing OF boat in which he was sailing
with a party Of friends.
Friday, June 10.
Unable 10 locate his relatives, Bende
Furnis. thir'y-fve years old. who ar
rived in Pittsburg from Austria on
Tuesday night. committed suicide by
cutting his throat
Cigarette smoking by the enlisted
men OF the United States navy should
be discouraged as much as possible.
in the opinion Of Rear Admiral Seaton
Schroeder. commander-in-chief OF the
Atlantic battleship feet
Ida NJ Wynne. second daughter OF
Robert J. Wynne. the American con
sui general In London. was married in
London TO Hugh Ronald French. a first
lieutenant in the Seventh Dragon
Guard. one Of the crack regiments OF
the British army.
Saturday, June 10.
William Lorimer of Illinois. took
the oath of Office and became a United
States senator on Friday.
The Alaska building at the exposi-
ton at Seattle opened its gold exhibit
with a display Of S4O0O 900 Of dust, mug
gets and bars.
After killing a woman named Emma
Raymond in the red light district Of
Macon. Ca. Patrolman Oscar Abel
turned the revolver upon himself and
blew out his own brains.
Dan Tso Ac. a seventeen-year-old
Navajo Indian boy pleaded guilty at
Salt Lake City, Utah. in the United
States district court TO the charge OF
numbering four OF his relatives sew
eral months ago at Aneath. in a re-
mote part Of the state. and was sen
fenced TO ten years Imprisonment
Monday, June ~.
Fire caused the death Of ten men
and sixty horses in the board OF trade
livery stable at Duluth. Mimi.
The Elk Mountain cotton mill. at
Asheville. n. c.. capitalized at S225.-
600. was placed in the hands OF a re
ceiver.
Mrs Mary Montjar Van Dyke. aged
l02 years. one Of the Oldest women IN
western Pennsylvania died at the
home OF her daughter. Mrs. Peter
Ghost. OF Clintonville. as the result OF
internal injuries sustained By a fall
Because her husband. George Hip
plef an electrical engineer. was cleo
trocuted on an electric light pole in
POttsville. Pa. his widow. Mrs. Cath
arine Nipple. brought suit for $4,000
against the Edison Electric company
Tuesday, juno p.
Major James NJ. Hadley. father OF
Governor Herbert S. Hadley. OF Mis-
souri,. died OF apoplexy at his home in
Desota, Kan
Old age and dependency caused
George Kraus. eighty-three years old.
OF Pittsburg. 90 commit suicide by tax
ing paris green.
Judge Emmett Field. OF the FIRST divi-
sion. circuit court in Louisville. Ky.
was stricken with apoplexy as he was
about 10 open court aud died In a
few minutes
While respondent from illness.
Frank NJ. Campbell. manager OF the
Philadelphia branch OF the Jones &
Laughlin Steel company. Of Pittsburg.
shot and killed himself at Nanwert. o. |
Wednesday, June %.
DR.. II. r. Hoover. of Susquenanna
university. Selinsgrove. Pa. was elect. |
ed president OF Carthage ul) college. |
The buildings of the Laurel Cut
Glass company. at Jermyn. near Scrap |
ton. Pa, were destroyed by fire. along |
with much finished stock, entailing a
loss OF SS0. 600
Clyde Cow, a former Methodist
preacher. was sentenced to serve four
years in the penitentiary at Mexico.
Mo. as an. accessory in the death of
Miss Elizabeth Gleason.
Charles Ulary. said to be the son OF !
a wealthy undertaken OF New York. |
shot and slightly injured Beatrice
Kelley. eighteen years old. at Erie. !
Pa. and then committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head.