Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-01-29
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.
rhnrsdnr. Dec. 90.


health are denied in London.
The curfew ordinance went into eff
feet at Indianapolis Tuesday night.
Captain Edward Murphy. on trial at
Wilmington. Del, for Cuban hlibuster-
Ing. was acquitted.
On Monday next will begin the cele-
bration of the 5Oth anniversary of the
discovery or gold In California
The japanese government again de-
clares that that country is prepared
to act vigorously, II necessary. for the
maintenance OF the peace"
Friday. Jan. 81.
The Iowa house has passed a resolu-
ton asking Senators Allison and Gear to
vote for Hawaiian annexation.
The rumor is again revived with more
posidveness that Russia bought the
French military secrets alleged to have
been sold by Dreyfus.
young woman giving the name OF
Agnes Mccarthy is in a Brooklyn hos
pital, a physical and mental wreck as
result OF excessive cigarette smoking.
Rev. DR.. John Hall. yielding to the
wishes Of his congregation. has with
drawn his resignation as pastor OF the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. New
York
Saturday. Jan. 90.
The senate confirmed Joseph Nc
Kenna as associate justice OF the SUI
preme court.
Hallet Klbourn. OF Washington, has
been sent TO an asylum, having devel-
oped suicidal mania.
August Nickerson. a sailor. died at
Port Townsend. Wash. after living IL
days with broken neck.
Edward NJ. Shannon, 7O-year-old wife
murderer. was sentenced at Wheaton.
Ills. to ne hanged Feb. IL
The Maryland deadlock over a sue
cessor to United States Senator Cor
man stll continues. McComas heads.
but with little chance OF success.
Monday. Jan. "a.
Rev DR.. Talmage, the famous breach
err. was married in Pittsburg to Mrs.
Eleanor NJ. Collier. a widow. This is
his third marriage.
The French chamber OF deputies be-
came so turbulent Saturday that SOL
diers were called in TO suppress the dis
order. There were numerous fast fights.
Charles Thomas -Parsloe. the actor.
famous for his presentation of MY
Partner" in conjunction with Louis
Aldrich, is dead at his home in New
York
President Dole. OF Hawaii arrived in
Chicago yesterday. and was formally
welcomed by representatives OF the
president and by Mayor Harrison. He
IS now the guest Of the nation.
Tuesday. Jan. 25.
In published statement ex-President
Cleveland denies that he ever favored
hawaiian annexation.
r. G. Preston. director Of the mint.
Ao- nj l.
George e. Roberts, of Iowa
The Iowa supreme court upholds the
anti-cigarette law in a case in which
the sales were not original packages.
The Tennessee senatorial deadlock is
stil unbroSen. The 69th ballot result
ed: McNillin. 81; Turley. 80; Taylor, %.
Justice Gaynor. of Brooklyn. handed
down a decision granting a separation
| to Mrs. Sarah S. Conner for six months
only. in the hope that a reconciliation
may be effected.
The skeleton Of a man, the wrist
bones encircled by handouts. has been
found in the Bad Lands" Mont The
remains ere believed to be those of Lou
Williams a once noted desperate of
the northwest.
Wednesday,, Jan. 90.
The insane asyluns at Morris Plains
and Trenton, N. J.. are reported by the
( trustees to be overcrowded.
Rev. Charles o. Brown. of San Fran
cisco. after repeated denials. has ad-
mitted some of the charges against
him.
United States Judge Lurton. at Nash
Vile, decides that the president alone
has power to enforce civil service rules
and law.
Widows Of soldiers who die of disease
contracted in the service IN time OF
peace prior to March (, 1861, are not en-
titled to pensions.
The Paris correspondent OF The Lon
don Daily News is convinced that the
agitation viii eventually lead to a new
trial for Dreyfus."
Cassius and Anthony Chittick. OF Flo
IA, Ind. William Gossers of Pittsburg.
and Melville Scoville. Of Syracuse, n. Y,
persisted in a Klondil1e snowstorm.