Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-05-08
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.



injured by a tornado which wrecked .
large portion OF Douglas. Kan.
Charles Scarborough. the negro who
attempted to assault Hrs. Taylor Frier-
son. of Fort Myer, near Barlow, Fla,
was captured and lynched.
Chasing a rebellious COW home from
pasture resulted in the sudden death
from heart disease OF Joseph Allsrd,
farmer, near Vineland. N. j.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Lock
port Rubber company. at Lockport. n.
Y. and damaged the adjoining works
OF the Susquehanna Smelling com
psny, entailing a loss OF 5000 900.
Friday, April So
The Longmead Coon company and
other iron companies at Norristown.
Pa. increased the wages Of puddlers
frcm sS.75 TO 81 a ton.
The comptroller OF the currency is
sued call for a statement OF the con
dition OF all national banks at the
close Of business Wednesday, April %.
The jewelry store Of John s. Town
send in Chicago was robbed Of articles
valued at $4,000 by burglars who tested
their plumber with acid before taking
Il away
A monument TO Sam Davis. a Con
federate scout. who. rather than d.
vulge the source Of information which
he had secured, suffered death on the
gallows at the hands Of the Federals
at Pulaski. Tenn. on Nov. p. 1853,
was unveiled at Nashville. Tenn.
Saturday, May I.
Willie Carter a negro. was hanged
at Bamberg. s. C., for the murder OF
his paramount.
OfiCers OF the Worlds Christian En-
deavOr union completed the purchase
Of a lot in Boston for the site OF an
international headquarters building.
Clifford G Rsynor. formerly manag.
ing clerk for the Jenkins Trust com
pany. OF Brooklyn. pleaded guilty 20
forging notes 20 the amount OF $4,000
while employed by that company.
The Phi Kappi Psi fraternity con
cluded its annual convention at Har.
risburg Pa. by selecting Meadville
as the place for next years meeting
and the election OF f. s. Sprowls. OF
Washington and Jefferson. as worthy
Junior archon.
Monday May 3.
The viii Of Governor Lfiley. or Con.
necticut. devised an estate OF $1,000
600 one-third OF which was in life IN
surance
Henry W. Gazell. of1cer Of bank
in Cleveland. was sentenced to seven
years In the penitentiary for the theft
OF 100000.
Admiral George Dewey and a mum
Der on naval officers who sailed with
him into Manila bay on May J. 1898.
at a banquet in Washington celebrated
the eleventh anniversary OF that mem.
orable victory.
President Charles W. Eliot. OF Har.
ward university, viii be honored by the
milado Of Japan on May II with the
decoration OF the Order OF the Rising
sun. which will be bestowed upon him
by Ambassador Takahira at Boston.
Tuesday, May =.
Samuel Eberly Gross. sixty-five
years OF age. was married at Battle
Creek Mich. 20 Miss Ruby Louise
Haughey eighteen years OF age
William Zeltyt was shot and In
stantly killed and Simon MichwerslJi
was fatally wounded during a fight
with Frank Linsh in a Chicago dance
hall
Tired Of life. Ellsworth s. X. SandeI.
a painter and paperhanger. OF Read |
ing. Pa. committed suicide by swal-
lowing a big dose OF chloroform and |
arsenic.
A. H. DemericiJ. an electrical enEi-
neer, was drowned IN a sluicing tun-
nell 600 feet long. which was cut
through a solid mountain at-one end
of the Roosevelt storage reservoir at |
Phoenix. Ariz.
Wednesday May 5.
Peter Wells. a veteran undertaken |
OF Elwood, Ind. who had made 1874 |
collins by hand. IS dead at the age OF |
eighty-three years.
The supreme court OF Colorado held |
that clubs in prohibition towns have !
no right 20 dispense liquer even to !
their own members.
Despondent because OF continued I'll |
health, William +. Dose. a newspaper |
man Of Belleville. III. committed sui |
eide in Central park. New York. by |
shooting himself through the head
On charge Of having murdered a |
railroad section foreman IN Texas |
thirty years ago. a man known as
John Adams, who had been working |
as a labOrer, was arrested at Fred |
erick. okla, by a deputy sheriff.