Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-02-06
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
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The senate ratified an arbitration
treaty with Brazil
Wilson Heckdom, miner. was
struck and killed by a train at cross
ing fifteen miles north OK Lebanon. Pa
William SpOoner. a farmer, and his
ten-year-old son. Wilfrid. were killed
instantly at the Montreal street grade
crossing. Kingston. Ont.
Curtis n Buzbey is under arrest Ia
Philadelphia, charged with embezzling
$1,000 from his employers. Vance G
Peters. hardware firm.
Frank Clarke, a chemist. was shot
and mortally wounded in a quarrel
with Clyde Butterheid. mail carrier
In a hotel at Fort Henry. N. Y.
Friday, January %.
William Robinson. OF Philadelphia.
was struck and killed by a train at
EIkton. Md
Melancholy over domestic troubles
William Carney, an iron ore miner at
Belvidere. n. J., shot and killed him
self
Lumber prices in ancouver, 3. c.
have advanced 50 per 1000 feet on
common grades. and within a shor,
time there viii be an advance affecting
all outside points
Since the devil tracks" we're first
reported in South Jersey IL has been
noticed that not a chicken rOost rob
berry has been reported. although pre-
vious 10 that time hardly q night pass
ed but that a number OF chicken rob
berries were not reported.
Saturday, January so.
The treasury has purchased 10O.00
ounces or silver for delivery at New
York, az 5L92O per fine ounce.
One man was killed and four others
seriously injured In a collision between
a freight and construction train on the
Pittsburg q Lake Erie railroad at
Beaver Falls, Pa, near Pittsburg.
Theodore Adams. OF Poughkeepsio.
N. Y, was arrested and charged with
the murder Of his brother-ln-law, John
Kiln. or that place, after Mrs. XIII
had accused Adams OF robbing her.
Frances Folsom Cleveland. widow
OF the late President Cleveland. an
Mary Lord Harrison. widow OF the late
President Harrison. were granted the
franking privilege during their life
time by congress.
Monday, February I.
The Kansas house passed a bill pr
hibiting the making or selling OF Gig
arctic papers.
Caesar Mattucci, OF Slateford. Pa.
has started suit for $1,000 against the
Lackawanna railroad for the loss OF an |
eye.
Fire starting IN the White Front |
dry goods store at Freeport. Ill. de |
stroyed three business houses. Loss |
100000.
A fire which destroyed their home
near London. Ont. cost the lives
Philip Vansickle. his son. daughter and |
sonin-law.
Charged with embezzling $4,000 re
ceived as license money. former Coun- \
~ Clerk William w. Wallace. OF Nc
Minnville. Tenn, was arrested in Cali |
fornia-
Tuesday, February 2.
Two children OF Nathaniel Work |
man were burned to death in a FIRE |
that destroyed their home In Bath |
county. Ky.
Charles H. Brent, Protestant Epls I
copal bishop of the Philippines. was
elected chairman of the internatIonal !
opium commission at Shanghai, China.
President Roosevelt has accepted ar
invitation 20 attend a farewell meet |
ing OF the congregation OF Grace Re !
formed church in Washington on the I,
evening OF Feb. Is
Panic stricken because Of the pro-
ence OF scarlet fever in the institution
thirty students of the Mercersbur-
(Pa) academy broke the quarantine
and fed In q body.
With the gas radiator turned or
full. Frederick Valley, forty years old
and his WIFI Marie. were found dead
from asphyxiauon in their apartment
In Jersey City. ~. j.
Wednesday February 3.
The United States senate agreed to
vote on the Brownsville bill Feb. 20.
Ben L. Jones, one OF the weaIthiest
men in Georgia, while in a depressed
condition. shot himself through the
head at Macon. death resulting In
stantly.
John Gilmer Speed, the author and |
journalist, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself In the head while in his
bedroom at the Phoenix house at
Mendham. N. ].
Rev. John Foster Dodd, until last
July general secretary OF the Newark
conference. and secretary OF the Inter
national Missionary society. OF the
Methodist church. died at Philiipsburg.
N. j., aged seventytwo years.