Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-12-04
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TAAOciyf NONffF Ger 20.
The steam barge Flint. loaded with
limestone and salt. was burned OF
North Point, Mich. but the Sew was
rescued
Mrs. Harriet Hill. Twenty-Five years
old. was killed in a roadhouse at Nun.
sing. Mich, the shot coming through
the window
The Virginia Western railway was
chartered at Richmond 70 build n line
1o6 miles long from point in High
land county. Va. 20 Clifton Forge. va.
Postmasters who loan United States
mail sacks in large quantities TO other
than publishers and news agents have
been admonished to heed the limita.
tons of the departments regulations.
Bradbam hall. the girls dormitory
OF the South Carolina state .Agricul.
tural and Mechanical CollegN%or Ne.
groes. at Orangeburg s c.. together
with the dining hall and kitchen. were
burned.
Saturday. November 27.
Benjamin S. Cable. the Chicago law.
yer. has accepted the assistant secre
taryship Of commerce and labor.
After cutting the threats OF Burt
Woods and John s. Smith. AT Jackson.
Vile. Fla. Jesse Altman was shot and
killed
Sixteen persons were injured when
a car az Denver. Colo. left the rails.
crashed over the curb and overturned
on the sidewalk.
With two automatic revolvers. VIII
Ham Ward. sixteen years old. OF Gin.
cinnati, held at bay a crowd OF angry
negroes until rescued by the police.
Edward Braun. a bartender. was ar
rested at Cleveland. o.. on the charge
OF assault 20 kill Arthur Dunn. an ON
cial OF the Marine Firemen's union.
Monday, November %.
The Logan Natural Gas and Trust
company. at Tifin, o.. has sued Jo
seph Loudenslager for $SO7s for stolen
gas
The Burley Tobacco society has Of
fered TO sell 100000 pounds of to
bacco 70 the American Tobacco com.
pany.
feud at Houston. Tex. resulted in
the killing OF Paul and Lee Durham
for whose death Ed Weber f. under
arrest.
Caught by machinery. Michael Bo
loga, fourteen years old. was dragged
into the elevators at Morea. Pc, and
fatally crushed
A steer belonging TO George Drum.
mer. near Marietta. Pa. stepped on
the cover OF an old well and fen TO the
bottom, forty feet below. where oft
was shot.
Tuesday, November 80.
One hundred and forty horses were
eremated In a livery stable fire at
Kansas City. Mo-
In street duel with knives at Alicia
near Bradford. Ark. Miss Nora Owens
was stabbed over the heard and killed
by Miss Stella Belk.
George Benton. a youth who tried
60 rob the Peoples bank OF Mazo
mamie, Wis, was sentenced to four
teen years the state reformatary.
After killing William Walls and
probably fatally shooting Hal Holland
whilc returning from a dance near
Dalton. Ga. Pickett CoTum surren
dered to the police.
Mrs. Mary Jones. whose chicken
coop had been looted in Chicago seven
times recently. shot negro whom
she saw by the light OF the moon
crouching near the coop.
Wednesday, December I.
Baron Rosen. the Russian ambasss
dor 10 the United States. arrived on
the steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilia in
Network from abroad. accompanied
by his family.
The congressional party which has
been inspecting the progress OF the
work on the Panama canal and exam
lining conditions in general in the
canal zone. have returned.
Telegraphets employed by the Hi
nois Central Railroad company in Chi
caso have demanded a wage increase
and improved working conditions for
the 400 operators employed.
Five hundred million feet of lumber
was destroyed by the recent tornadoes
In the south, according TO John A
Bruce. Of Strader La, president of
the American Lumber Traders Con.
gress.
Federal Judge Waddill. in the Nor
folk and Southern railway receiver
ship litigation at Norfolk. Va. has d. |
rccted the issuance OF $442. s6s in add
donal receivers certificates for the
purchase OF rolling stock