Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-01-23
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday. Januarv f4.


The lumber plant OF Meade g. Sper-
~, at Strange Greek. Braxton county.
w. Va. was destroyed by ere. entail
Ing a loss of 100000.
3. Short, a wealthy and promi-
nent citizen Of Lake Waccamaw. n. c..
committed suicide at his home by
shooting himself through the head
with a pistol.
AS a result OF differences between
the mine owners and miners over the
use OF explosives. 400 men employed
in the Patterson mine. at Elizabeth.
Pa. near here. are on strike.
Friday January IS.
Feb. 10. 1909. at l O'Clock. was desig-
mated as the time for counting the
electoral vote in the house Of represen-
tatives.
Fire damaged the Blissard Dancing
Gcademy's building, in North Warren
street Trenton. n. J.. 10 the extent Of
10000.
Charles StaDberEer. once a rich and
prosperous merchant. was found living
IN a stable at Altoona, Pa, and sent to
the almshouse.
Miss Jane Beatrice Mills. daughter
OF ogden Mills. was married 70 the
Earl OF Granard, a British nobleman.
at the home OF her parents IN New
York.
Porter FOLSOM. twenty years old. was
sentenced TO life Imprisonment in the
penitenuary for the murder Of Mrs.
Julia Brown. his mother-in-ls-y. at Al
bany. Clinton county. Ky.
Saturday, January rs.
The Bank of Coal Center. Pa was
closed by State Bank Examiner James
Cover because OF bad loans
Mrs. Nathan Sherrard and four chill
dren, aged from one to six years. were
burned 10 death when fire destroyed
their cabin at Echlins lumber camp.
twenty miles north OF Ashland. Wis
Nicholson Msthewson. brother of
Christy Mathewson. the pitcher OF the
New York baseball club OF the Ma
uonal league. died from a bullet wound
self-lnficted at his home in Factory
Vile. Pa. near Scranton.
Andrew Carnegie has subscribed
$3.50 towards a fund for new pipe
organ for old Swedes Protestant Epis-
copal church. at Wilmington. Del. pro
Vided the remainder OF the $4,000 re-
CURED rs maze UP.
Monday, January 70.
Joseph r. Merrill. who recently died
at Newton Mass. left 100000 Go Bow
doin college.
+. a. Laurent, OF Nashville. Tenn.
was shot ard killed by Charles Smith.
q planter at Artesia. Miss
Professor b. II. Gilbau. OF the Louis
lana State university. committed sui
Gle by shooting at Baton Rouge
william Meighan. a carpenter. fell
from coal breaker In course OF con
Etructlon at wilkes Barre. Pa. and
was instantly killed
A shortage OF S15.536 has been found
IN the treasury of Stark county. O.
and Treasurer Knoblock. OF Canton
has been asked 20 resign.
Tuesday, January SC.
Burglars entered the State bank al
Carrier, Okla. wrecked the safe and
escaped with $4,000.
J. C.. Wood. OF salt Lslle, millionaire
mine owner and perhaps the largest
sheep owner In the west. was instantly
killed by train az Salt Lake City.
Utah.
AS Judge Murphy. at Hamilton. O.
sentenced Buck Cottongame a feudist
20 the penitentiary for life for the
murder OF Parrish Arnet. the father OF
Arnet fell dead in the courtroom.
Rev. Asberry Wilkinson, ninety-one
years old. said 10 have been perhaps
the oldest Methodist minister in the
entire country, both in years and in
point Of service. died at Lake Charles.
La
The famous Spring Hill college. at
Mobile. Ala, one Of the Oldest Jesuit
colleges in the southern states. and
which was well known in the United
States and Europe. was destroyed BY .
IRE.
Wednesday, January 20.
The anniversary of the birth OF Cen !
eral Robert f. Lee. on Tuesday. Jan |
70. was observed as a holiday in Au.
gusta. Ga.
Three persons, a woman and her two
children. were burned 10 death in a
fire in a one-story and basement house
on Bergen street. Brooklyn.
President Roosevelt has accep pied an
invitation Of the University of Berlin
70 give a lecture 10 the students and
faculty OF the university In May. 1910.
John Bentley. a farmer living on a
claim near St John. " D.. killed his I
wife and himself as a result OF a .
quarrel. in the presence of their six
children.