Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-02-26
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
ThuradaY. February ".

II Is learned from Linkoping. Swe-
den. that John Bleckman. Of Chester
ton. who died at the poorhouse last
month. left an estate IN his native
country valued at SIS 900.
Miss Cynthia Woody died at Roam
oke, Va. aged seventy years Shortly
after her sister. Miss Susie Woody.
aged sixty-seven years died. third
sister. Mrs. NJ. A. Penn. was taken III.
and her condition II serious
BY a vote OF 100 10 3, the house OF
representatives OF South Carolina
passed the resolution for an amend
ment TO the federal constitution. per
hitting congress to lay an income tax
without apportionment among the
states
Friday February 10.
There are 100000 homeless eats In
Chicago. according 20 Hugo Rrauss.
superintendent OF the Anti-Cruelty
Society. and he recommends that the
surplus be put out OF existence
Rabbi A. l. Levy. pastor OF a large
congregation in Chicago has closed
the purchase Of $4,000 acres OF farm
lands in Pierce County. Ca. to be
used in the Jewish agricultural move
With a view OF checking an cpl
demic Of typhoid fever. the Health
Board. City Council and Watsrworks
Board decided 10 erect & disinfectlng
plant on the Mississippi RRiver.
There are 600 cases OF typhus In Min
neapolis.
Saturday, February ts.
Flashlight powder exploded In
Photographic supply factory in Chica-
20 killed Miss Sylvania Brewster and
injuring ten men and girls. The ex-
plosion wrecked the building.
In a pistol duel on the streets OF
Georgetown. Ca. @. d. KeigIer. shot
and fatally wounded his brother-in-
law. Walter Vining
Three elephants owned Sy a show
man broke away from a street parade
In San Francisco. Many persons had
narrow escapes from being trampled.
Entering butcher shop the beasts
half wrecked the place. then headed
for n winery. where they tossed bar
rels and kegs about They were fnaI-
" cornered IN a vacant lot.
William Terry. a mechanic. is
dead at Memphis Tenn. and Horny
Spencer, clerk. il held on a charge ~
murder as a result OF pistol due!
Monday February p.
While cutting down trees John
Weiss. OF AckermanviHe. Pa. accid,n.
tally cut slice out OF his head as th-
axe slipped.
For the first time in years ice he
formed In the Gulf OF Mexico. follow
Ing drop Of "a degrees In temper
ture at Galveston. Tex.
William r.. Holloway Of Monitor.
cry. Ala. was elected president OF g.,
Hungarian-American bank at New
York. 10 succeed r. :. De Lima
J. II. Hawthornwaite. a Socia'ir-
member of the provincial parliamer-
Of Nanalmo p. c.. will Introduce a bll
excluding Oriental children from p,b
lie schools.
Tuesday, February p.
As result OF continuing tests e..
Commercial club OF Omaha Nsb Al
nounced that only 27lS per cent %
corn held by farmers for seed In y .
braska will grow
The validity OF the ordinance OF t'e
San Francisco supervisors prohibitl-r
burial Of the dead within It's llmi.s
except that part under Jurisdiction q
the United States. vas upheld by The
supreme court
Hogs sold at the Chicago stocb
yards at $3.50 a hundred. topping an
previous records since 1870. when the
$40 point was reached. Small receipts
at the principal packing centers caus.
Ell the advance
Wednesday. February %.
Two men were killed BY a premo.
turc blast In the East Side coal nina
at Equality. nl Forty other miners
escaped
Rev Oman EllysOn. aged eighty-dve
years, native Of Richmond. Va. fu-
hair century and well known as a
Baptist minister died at I.ynchbu~g
Va. after a brief illness
In the presence OF HIS victims
twelve-yearOld son. Pete Dynich. a
boarter. stabbed Mrs Thomas Mako
Vlch 70 death in Duquesne. Pa Dvnich
then went 10 the cellar and sank Tho.
knife in his left breast.
Baron Dailkora Kikuchi. deputized
by the Japanese government 10 nav
tribute 10 the memory OF the late DR.
David Murray. who was instrumental
In establishing the public school sys.
tenn OF Japan. visited Or Murrsv's
grave at New Brunswick. y. J.. and
decorated IL with wreaths OF roses