Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-07-31
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday, July ~.

State bank. of Tulare, ). D.. and es-
capped with $1,000
After having cut his wife's throat
with a razor IN their room in a hotel
at Hartford Conn. William Arnold
killed himself by shooting in the back
OF the head
James o. Troup. attorney for the
Standard Oil company in northwest
ern Ohio and a prominent member OF
the Ohio bar. died at his home at
Bowling Green. o.
Without firing a shot. a rAob took
Albert lawson. a negro. who shot
Sheriff r. NJ Compton. from the Paris.
KY, jail and hanged him to a null
berry tree few yards from the Jail
Friday, July %.
A receiver was appointed for the
Lancaster Silver Plate company. at
Lancaster. Pa. Assets, $49.713.13. and
liabilities S34.9O1.33.
The comptroller OF the currency an
nounced the selection OF South Omaha.
Neb.. as reserve city for the deposit
Of government funds.
Official announcement was made at
the Erie railroad general Office in New
York that the board of directors had
passed resolutions restoring salaries
Of officers and employees which were
reduced some time ago.
Knocking out the wrong prop under
cupola at the Pennsylvania South
Altoona. Pa. fOundries. Ludwig Ach-
actz was caught under a shSwer OF
molten metal and burned from head TO
foot. dying few hours later.
Saturday, July "a.
President Taft has added Columbus
Ca. 20 the list of places he will visit
on his trip in the fall.
Fred c. Jenkins. receiving and pay
ing teller OF the Farmers National
bank at Cynthiana. Ky. and a promi-
nent Baptist shot and killed himself.
John Davis. road overseer Of Floyd
county. was killed at Rome. Ga. by
Micaiah Landrum. a sixty-yesrold
farmer. in a pistol duel. the result OF
, feud of years.
Mrs. J. NJ. Holloway. her sister
Mrs. George Myers. and two OF the
formers daughters. aged three and
five years were killed at Columbus
Miss. when a Mobile & Ohio freight
train backed into a carriage in which
they were crossing the road.
Monday, July 2s.
James Crichton. captain OF the
steamship Tuscany. committed suicide
as the vessel under a pilot. entered
New York harbor
Edward Ludruf. fourteen years old
Of Winsted. Conn. accidentally killed
HIS sister. sixteen years old. as she
was watching him clean and load
rife.
Frederick w. Moore. an exporter OF
hosiery in New York, sued for separa.
ton from his wife on the ground OF
cruelty. inasmuch. he AYERS. that she
insisted that her father and mother
should live with them
An automobile containing ole Erick
son. president Of the State bank OF
I Esoanaba. Mich, his wife and brother.
in-law were struck by a Northwestern
! passenger train at Birch creek. aud all
three were instantly killed
Tuesday. July 81.
A concentrated attack on the recent
revival OF prize fighting in Butte
4 Mont. has been made by the ministers
MSS dOclt OAaAANAs one OF AAe
claimants 10 the $4,000 600 Pomfret
estate in England. died in the county
poor farm in Independence. Kan.
Or. Albert NJ. Curry. of Brooklyn
was stricke" with heart failure while
bathing at Atlantic City and died b.
fore he could be taken TO a hospital
Rev. William r. Huntington. aged
seventy-one years. rector Of Grace
Episcopal church. New York city. die,
at Nahant. Mass. after a lingering i'll.
ness caused by intestinal trouble
Wednesday July %.
Dilla Killebrew. colored aged one
hundred and sixteen years. probably
the Oldest person in Tennessee died
at her home near Needmore
Fire destroyed the PeterbOro Lum.
Der cOmpany's mills and the store
house of Florence & Co. at Peter.
boro. Ont. entailing a loss of sl25 .O0O.
Any woman in Georgia who rides
astride will become a felon If the bill
introduced in the house by Represen-
tative Wright OF Stewart county. be,
comes a law.
Robert Wilson, one OF the four ne.
groes under arrest at Elkton. Md. for
the murder of Railroad Detective
Harry H. Boon, confessed and exon.
Grated the three other negroes.