bleak all around, yikes

1906-05-20 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

  • Pope Suffering From Gout; Some Alarm Felt (includes pic of Pius ..X?) (and gout details)
  • Killed Himself Before Arrest – Short in His Accounts, Irwin Tucker Shoots Himself – A pistol ball through brain. (Bank president in Newport News in a lot of debt)
  • Lad Kills Sister With Parlor Rifle – Distressing Accident By Which Little Mary Hayes Loses Her Life. – Death Quickly Followed. – Carotid Artery Was Severed and Flow of Blod Brought Death Almost Instantly. [yikes]
  • Towns Wiped Out By Fire in MI & WI. TALES OF MISERY AND SUFFERING
  • William & Mary Student Drowned
  • Night guard at the penitentiary attempts suicide, driven to attempt by worry. Condition serious, but has a fighting chance for recovery.
  • Boat capsizes, 5 drown. One kid shook off his sister who was weighing him down and swam to shore. Prominent Chattanooga Families.
  • CENSURE FOR ASYLUM OFFICERS. State hospital oversight drama.
  • Frick’s Assailant (Berkman) free after 14 years
  • like I said, just bleak all around. not even relevant to my family?