Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-05-07
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday. April 20.

Thursday April 20.
On warrant charging him with
having criminally assaulted three
twelve-year-old girls. Sing Lee. a local
Chinese laundryman at Bostol. Conn
I was arrested
A letter. about his command al West
Point written by Benedict Arnold \
month before his attempt 10 turn that
fortress over 20 the British sold Tor
1885 al an auction sale IN New York
Nina Anthis. thirteen years Old
committed suicide In school by drink
Ing caroonc acid She left q note In
which she SAID her foster mother had
scolded her She asked that she Do
buried with a favorite doll and wed M,
ring that had been left by her own
mother
Friday April %
The National Tube company a.
Pittsburg has posted notices that all
wages will be advanced MAY The
amount will be from ! 10 per cent
The abolition OF the contract labor
system at the Kansas state peni'cn
tiary will date from the time the con
tract held by an overall manufacturer
expires
Major Eduardo Loros. commander ~
/ the rural g';Srd OF Cuba Is IN Wash
ington 20 purchase from the Uni'ed
States guns and equipment for his
5000 men and horses.
Governor Stubs. OF Kansas. receiv.
ed letter from a widow AZ Oswego
asking permission 10 wear mems trou.
sers. The letter says the widow Is sup.
porting a large family which necessi.
tates outside work
Saturday April so.
The New York senate judiciary com.
mittee has refused 10 report the wo
man suffrage bill.
Harry Dahl a carpenter. desponda-t
because OF III health. killed himsel
and his two boys at Chicago by turn
ing on the gas.
Thomas Bailey said by the police
70 be one OF three safe blowers who
robbed the National Bank OF Chats
worth. H., OF $4,000 was arrested in
Chicago.
4 mistrial was declared in the case
OF Junius 4. Williamson az Peters
burg. Va. charged with the murder OF
his young wife. Williamson's wife died
suddenly and suspicion was aroused
Williamson was arrested. broke Jail
here and enlisted in the army. lie was
recaptured at Fort Russell. Wyo
Monday. May ?.
II is expected that New York will
be chosen as the place for the Inter
national Aviation meet 10 begin on
Oct %
Detectives. representing the Anti
White Slave society of Philadelphia
raided a number of houses in shame
kin. Pa
special jury at Boydton. Va. &C
quilted b. F. Cogbiu and w. l.. Cack
Jointly accused Of misappropriating
SCI 900 funds Of the ruined Mecklen-
burg bank
Swollen creeks. receding. showed
that thousands OF acres Of farmin-
land between Shamokin and Sunburv
Pa. had been ruined by coal dirt
washed from culm banks.
Tuesday, May 3.
While conducting services in Ham
nton college chapel at Utica. y Y
President NJ. Woolsey Stryker fell TO-
the platform in faint Physicians saw
he will soon be in ordinary health
In a moment Of temporary aberra-
ton. Mrs. IdOra Webb shot her hus
band. AIRED s. Webb IN Manchester
Va, and then turned the revolver On
herself She died in a local hospital
Mr.. Webb's wound is not fatal.
Two hundred head of prize winning
poultry. five horses and five COWS were
destroyed by fire at Great Neck. L. I.
on farm where Miss Louise Grace
and Miss Lucille Alger had raised
some OF the best known dogs and pouI.
try exhibited at recent shows.
Wednesday. May =.
In a quarrel at the polls at Stapla
ton, Ala, NJ. +. Mathes fatally stabbe4
r. p. Ward. who then shot Mathes TO
death. Ward Is dying.
The Henshaw bank at Henshaw
KY. has closed fits doors. The reason
for the suspension was the assignment
OF a merchant who owed the bank
$4,000.
The strike OF thirteen longterm con.
victs In the county camps at Reds.
vile. Ga, Is ended. Twelve able-bodied
guards gave the thirty men a SOUND