Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-03-02
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Thursday, Feb. n.

A system OF electric canals, the i'm
provements to cost $56, ,331 ,026, is pro-
posed for New York state.
The county council OF London has
virtually adopted a proposal to spend
e 500 900 on a scheme for the better
housing Of the poor.
A widows pension OF $50 per month
has been granted Mrs. Elizabeth r.
Sicard. OF Westernville, N. Y. widow
OF Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard-
Arthur Ryer, 22-year-old farmer. en-
tered a bank at Fisher, IIls., secured
81 $40 by holding up the cashier. and
escaped. He was subsequently cap
tured, with the money.
At Mena, Ark, Peter Bergman. col
ored, was taken from the city Jail yes
charged with assaulting and fatally
wounding n 12-year-old white girl.
1 Friday, Feb. a.
| It is reported that general Arab
/ rising has occurred in Yemen, Arabia,
against Turkish authority. and that the
situation Is serious.
James Callahan is under arrest at
Ohama, Neb.. on suspicion OF COM
plicity in the Cudahy kidnapping. There
In damaging evidence against him.
In the second trial OF Dr. Samuel ].
Kennedy, charged with killing Dollis
Reynolds, in New York, the jury dis
agreed. On his first trial he was SEN
fenced to death.
Sir Alfred Miners salary as gov
I srnor OF the Transvaal has been raised
to G11.00o yearly. This exceeds the
salaries OF the governors general OF
Canada and Australia
l Saturday, Feb. -.
Vice President-elect Theodore Rooes-
velt reached New York last night from
his western hunting trip.
Brig. Gen. Robert MacFeely. retired,
Of the army. died at Washington on
Thursday, at an advanced age.
The city OF Berne. Switzerland, has
placed a large order for electric sur
face cars In the United States.
Joseph Motorto was brutally beaten
to death at Averdale, N. J., last hight
as the sequel to row In q saloon
| Angelo Rpd Michael Cohno were AZ
rested.
The University of Pennsylvania yes
| terday conferred the degree OF Doctor
| Of laws on Bishop Potter. of New York.
, and the degree or doctor OF science on
, Rear Admiral Melville.
Monday, Feb. sS.
} Attorney General Griggs will open q
= law office In New York after leaving
, ONCE.
. The secretary OF war has approved
! plans for bridge across East river AT
: Blackwell's Island, N. Y.
The report that Archbishop Martin
= / eli. apostolic delegate to the United
u States, will be created q cardinal il
confirmed In Rome.
Articles OF Incorporation were nlet
: IN Trenton for the great steel combine
a which will eventually have 81, ,1eo, 600,
coo capital stock
d Minister Conger will leave Pekin Inn
% mediately on so deays' leave OF ab
e senca. Commissioner Rockhin win &C
<. during his absence.
q The British steamer Kaisart, iron
!e Rungoon, went to pieces on the ooas
l. OF Reunion Island Jan. II, and % o
N her crew were drowned.
John H. Mitchell was elected Uni
~ ted States senator from Oregon, sue
:. ceeding John w. Mcbride. He FOL
merly served three terms.
N Tuesday, Feb. 26th.
rs Both houses OF congress refused aI
s. propriations for two new battl eshiI
le and two cruisers.
y King Edward is visiting his siste
10 ex-Empress Frederick OF Germ an,
who Is I'll at CronberS.
a. New Jerseys supreme court decide
n that both capital stock and surplus
"a corporations can be taxed.
oe Since the closing Of saloons In II
re peka, Kan, men go about at night eel
ne ing liquor from bottles carried In the
& pockets.
Sc At winton, Pa, 500 miners are I
ny strike because the company refused
Day the 10 per cent increase to Somo
III the men.
z Cen. Petroff has again rendered q
AZ resignation OF the Bulgarian cabins
ge saying he will not, under any eoAsi
is sration, remain In ONCE.
ne Arrangements have been made 6Or
ID cycling race IN Paris during the eoi
fnK season between Major Tayl
n- and JaeQuelin, the French chan BIC
~ wednesday, Fsb. n.
Al Morgantown, w. Va, h "a
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