Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-07-27
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED.



Maurice Robinson, OF New York q
arranging for q motor trip around the
world.
The wages Of the puddlers nj the
Harrisburg rolling mills will be in.
creased from $3.50 to ss.75 a ton be-
ginning July 10.
Charlemagne Tower, United States
ambassador to Russia, will give n han
suet at which 80 covers will be laid Ia
Anthony J. Drexel.
On the St Louis. which sailed yester-
day was James J. Van Alien. who Ia 60
ing TO England to receive the decora-
ton OF the Order Of St. John of Jerusa-
lem from King Edward.
The Denmark ministry. formed Anril
~, 1900, has resigned. King Christian
has requested the ministers to retain
their portfolios pending the appoint
ment OF a new cabinet
Friday, July -.
William Farrell, known as the lum-
Der king, OF Arkansas, died yester.
day
A syndicate Of st. Louis capitalists
has been formed for the purpose OF de-
yeloping the iron fields or Kentucky.
An Australian fortune OF sac. Oo0 900
Is to be divided among the heirs of the
late Josiah Tyson. residing in Georgia
and Alabama.
Lord Russell, British peer, pleaded
guilty yesterday to the charge of big.
amy and was sentenced to three
months Imprisonment.
Daniel ]. Lamont. vice president of
the Northern Pacific railroad. denies
the report that he is to be selected as
president of that road.
Henry Alexander, colored. shot and
killed Phillip Bennett and benjamin.
Carter, both white, at Dingess, w. Va.
yesterday and then fed to the moan
tains.
Saturday, July 20.
Indiana has completed her annual
job of packing French" peas.
b. ]. T. Bosanquft has decided TO
bring British cricket eleven here for
q short tour In the coming autumn.
Alfred Platti, the composer and vio-
lincellist, died yesterday at Bersamo.
Italy. He was born In 1922.
William II. Reynolds, comptroller of
the state of Florida, died at Tallahassee
yesterday
DR.. Gustave A. Andreen. professor of
Scandinavian language at Yale univer-
sity. has accepted the presidency OF Au-
gust college at Rock Island.
Marquis Malispina, the new italian
ambassador to the United States. has
written from Rome to a friend I'm
Washington that he will arrive her I'm
the early part OF September.
DR.. William II. Gobrecht died M
Washington yesterday aged " years
He was the author OF well known sur
gtcal works. He served on Gen. Han
cocks staff
Monday, July %.
Luther b. Richardson. former MAYOR
OF Grand Forks. N. D., and formerly
territorial secretary, died last evening.
Nine passengers were seriously in
jured and several others painfully
bruised at Chicago In the wreck of
Madison street cable car yesterday.
Bishop g c. Breyfogel Of Reading.
Pa, made the principal address at the
Bible congress In Buff
falo last night
The United States torpedoboat Ad-
der will be launched from the Crescent
shipyards at Elizabeth, N. j., this az
tsrnoon.
A B. Cummins, Republican candi-
date for governor OF Iowa, had his
shoulder dislocated and body cut and
bruised. by being thrown from a buggy
In a runaway at Dubuque, last might
The sinking OF the sea level on the
North Sea coast has been confirmed.
There has been decrease in the depth
OF the water at the mouth OF the Elbe
OF from Is feet TO Is feet since 1895.
Tuesday, July %.
The death of Signor francesca Girls
pi, of Italy, Is feared.
Major Donaldson, a prominent At
lantic City business man, died yester-
day.
General Rafael Uribe. the Colombian
revolutionary leader. has mysteriously
disappeared from New York city.
Mrs. Kruger. wife of former Presi.
dent Kruger OF the South African Re.
public. was buried at Pretoria Sun
Day.
From four 20 six cars of vegetables
are now being shipped from Chicago
tally to drouth stricken sections In
Illinois and Missouri.
Secretary Hitchcock returned unex.
oectedly to Washington yesterday in
order to supervise personally the final
chapters of the Oklahoma land open
ng
Wednesday, July "a.
The Commercial Law League opened |
is seventh annual convention at Put.
n Bay. o., yesterday
The United Mine Workers OF Amer |
ca will make An effort to organize all |
Vest Virginia miners.
Contracts were let yesterday for the
lew road which gives the Wabash a
'ittsburg entrance
Russia's wheat crop is reported al