Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-09-25
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
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erstOwn. Pa, was destroyed by fire.
entailing loss of $4,000
Lister Philips, twenty-five years old,
was crushed 20 death at New Holland
Pa. when six tons of rock fell from
the side of a quarry in which he was
working
Pay Director James A. Ring senior
officer of the pay corps OF the navy
and for many years in charge of the
pay office at Portsmouth. " H., retired
on account of age.
Because Mrs. Jessie Gabel. a widow.
refused to marry him. Charles Eason
shot and killed the woman at Fort
Worth. Tex. and after drinking the
contents of a t&o-ounce bottle of car
bolic acid sent bullet through his
brain
Friday. September II.
Fire destroyed the -four mills and
elevators OF Iglehart Brothers. at
Evansville Ind. entailing a loss OF
100000
Burglars broke into the Neenah.,
Wis. pOstomce. blew open two vaults
and obtained about $1,000 in stamps
and money
Dr. John w Coffin. a major In the
Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers during
the Spanish-American war in the Phil
ippines. died at Fl Paso. Tex.
National Negro Baptists at their an
nual convention at Columbus. o.. unan-
imously reelected Rev DR. T. c. Nor
ris. of Helena. Ark. 20 serve as presi-
dent for his sixteenth year.
Saturday, September 70.
Bishop McCloskey. of the Catholic
diocese of Kentucky. died at Louis
vile. Ky.
The convention OF the Fraternal or
der of Eagles at Omaha Neb.. decided
10 hold it's next grand aerie at ST
Louis
Chang Yin Tang. the newly appoint
ed Chinese minister TO the United
States. in succession TO WI Ting Fang
has left Picking for Washington
Harrisburg. Pa. grocers. who were
prosecuted by Dairy and Food Com
missioner Foust for selling ketchup
containing excessive quantities OF ben.
zoate of soda. pleaded guilty and paid
fines OF $50 each.
Monday, September 20.
The union label viii be restored in
all the hat factories OF Danbury Bethel
and New Milford. Conn.
For killing a fellow-soldier. John +
Gibson has been given a life sentence
In the federal prison az Leavenworth
Kan.
shipment of 1913 high-bred cattle
from the Isle Of Jersey. estimated 10
be worth $4,000 has arrived at Coop
ersburg. Pa.
Police of Nashville. Tenn. have
averaged six arrests "a day for drunk
enness since July /. when prohibition
went into effect.
Governor Harmon. of Ohio. invited
the governors Of all the states and ter.
ritories of the United States TO attend
with delegations the National Good
Roads Congress. 20 be held In Column.
bus. O.. oct 90 to %.
Tuesday. September p.
Bishop Seth Ward. of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. died at Toxic.
Japan.
a. IT. Sanders. of Chicago. announc
cd his acceptance Of President Tafts
invitation 20 membership on the new
board Of tarin commissioners.
James King charged with having as
sassinated Charles Scribner from am.
bush near Beattyville. Ky. has been
captured by a posse OF officers with
bloodhounds after chase OF five days
artbroken because scornful
laugh from the belle OF the Italian
quarter greeted his pleas for her hand
in marriage. Luigi Bracaleone leaped
90 death from the high bridge over
Panther Hollow in Schenley park at
Pittsburg.
Wednesday, September %.
John and Henry Queen. brothers. OF
Fleming county. Ky. in a general fight
with negroes. We're both MORALLY shot
There was an aggregate increase of
$1.190.037 in internal revenue receipts
for August as compared with the cor
responding period of 1908.
Three men were killed when the
Montreal express. bound from Mon
treal for Boston. crashed into the rear
of the disabled Quebec express from
Quebec for Boston about a mile and
a half from Pattee. n II.
In the superior court at Greensboro
n. c.. Gather Holt. a negro youth.
pleaded guilty TO the charge of at
tempted rape on Maggie Powers. a girl
OF his own color. and was sentenced 70
fifteen years in the state penitentiary