Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-02-05
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursdax. January az.


constitutional the local option law that
has been attacked on almost every
provision since it's passage.
John Hoagh. eleven years old. was
killed; Walter Smith, fifteen years old.
was fatally injured. and Marjory
Houghton. aged fourteen. had her leg
broken in a coasting accident at The
resa. near Syracuse. N. Y
The prompt action OF her thirteen
year-old daughter in forcing milk into
her mothers mouth after the latter
had taken dose OF carbolic acid may
save the life OF Mrs. Katherine Mar
tineck, Of Williamsburg. N. Y. accord
Ing TO surgeons at the Bedford hospi-
tai. where the victim is now a prisoner.
charged with attempted suicide.
Friday, January %.
Harry II. Bell. OF the editorial star
OF the New York Herald. was acciden
tally asphyxiated by gas in his home.
At Louisville. w. Va. William Bel.
cher shot and fatally wounded A. II.
PARROT. Belcher escaped. Both men
were miners.
Uncle" John Ramsey, I19 years old
thought to have been the oldest person
in Ohio, died at the county infrmary
near Elyria. o.
Frederick w. Keitel, Of Denver. and
Franklin f. Fay. Of St Louis, were &C.
quilted at Denver. Colo, Of fraudu.
lently obtaining coal lands IN Routt
county by means OF dummy entrymen.
Saturday, January %.
bobsled carrying twenty children
was struck by fast train at Andove-.
O.. and carried 200 feet upon the pilot
Of the locomotive until brushed of by
an engine standing upon a side track.
Not one child is thought to be serious.
ly hurt.
George b. Robertson. a negro. was
arrested at Louisville. Ky. charged
with the murder OF Mrs. Jennie GIeg-
horn. white woman. whose dismem-
bered body. minus the head and heart.
was found in a negro resort in Chi.
cago on Jan. 20.
-Four men were killed and sixteen
injured sixteen miles south OF ST.
Paul W. Va, on the Carolina. Clinch-
field & Ohio railroad. The wreck was
caused by large dislodged stone. that
fell on the track on sharp curve. into
which a train Of iatcars backed.
Monday, January 81.
Seven men were hurt IN an explo
sion in an artificial leather factory ct
Newburgh. n. Y.
For smuggling over the Maine bor-
der. William J. Kelly was given four.
teen years in the Atlanta. Ca. prison.
Many floral pieces were placed in
side the Mckinley tomb at Canton. q.
including former Secretary Cortelyous
annual wreath.
Because OF ill health. e. II Wilbur
former president OF the Lehigh Valley
railroad. has resigned as borough
treasurer OF Bethlehem. Pa. after con.
unuous service for thirty-two years.
Tuesday, February :.
Samuel II. Tattersan. for many
years supreme secretary Improved Or
der OF Heptasophs. died suddenly at
his home in Baltimore. Nd.
The Tooth anniversary OF the birth
OF Abraham Lincoln. Feb. IL. will be
commemorated by the United Spanish
War Veterans throughout the United
States
An Italian. snowballed by a crowd OF
small boys at Beaver Falls. Pa. turned
upon them with a knife and stabbed
one OF them. John Watson. near the
heart
Floating helplessiy In a disabled
gasoline launch. three men were
drowned ut Memphis. Tenn. when the
launch was run down by the towboat
Enterprise on Hopeneld Point.
The stump OF a lighted cigarette
carelessly thrown into a pile OF loose
blasting powder at Atlanta. Ga. re-
suited in the fatal injury OF William
White, aged sixteen years. and VestiIe
Moss. aged eleven years
Wednesday, February 2
The Pacific cruiser feet arrives NJ
Honolulu yesterday. one day ahead OF
the original schedule. The fleet sailed
from Yokohama Jan. 2l.
Striking foreigners. numbering about
1000. returned 10 work at the plant Of
the Standard Steel Car works. At Ham.
mond, Ind. after having been out for
about two weeks
For being scared until she turned
bsld-headed. Tillie Ominsky. a factory
girl at St Paul. Mimi. was awarded
$4,000 by a jury. Her waist caught In
the wheels and shafting.
Richard Martinez. son OF Gregori
Martinez. former minister from Costa
Rica TO the United States. was mar.
rfed at Roanoke. Va, 10 Miss Gather.
inc Thorn Peake of Richmond. Va.