Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-31
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
ChronicIcd.


y. Y, and carried away silks to the
estimated value of $500.
Fire broke out in the flimsy native
structures OF Hakodate. Japan. and
before it could be got under control
nearly seventy per cent. Of the city
was in ashes.
The explosion OF a boiler in Robbins
* Spencer's -four and feed mills I'm
Scranton resulted i'm the serious injury
Of four persons and was responsible
for an $4,000 FIRE.
Cardinal Emilio Taliani died nj
AscOii. Italy. from heart disease lie
was born in Italy in 1898 and was
created cardinal in 1903. He former
~ was papal nuncio at Vienna.
'I'H have Elihu Root back at work
the strongest man i'm the cabinet. able
10 whip Roosevelt or any OF his other
advisers. I'm two weeks more" de-
clared Billy Muldoon at his White
Plains health resort
Miss Sallie Ainslie led the qualifying
play in the Woman's Western Golf
association championship tournament
at Chicago She broke the record for
women on the links OF the Midlothian
club by covering the course in -.
Tuesday, Aug. -.
Loris Higgins. who murdered W L.
COpplc and wife. farmers. near Rosa
liza. Neb.. May II. was lynched at BAN
croft. Ncb.
Forty Western Union boys walked
out in Pittsburg when at dinner they
were informed that the menu did not
include pie
Hundreds OF summer visitors. aided
by sherifs deputies. were searching
for Miss Agnes Mcguire. a Brooklyn
public school teacher who strangely
disappeared at Nolan's Point, y j.
Monday, Aug. 2G.
Ten persons were killed and twenty
five injured I'm a head-on collision be-
tween an express train and freight
train in France.
Miss Mary I. Root died at Pittsneld.
Mass. from the injuries received Aug
10 i'm the automobile accident at ASH
ley Falls. near Great harrington. Mass.
supreme Court Justice Guy of New
York signed the final decree Of divorce
in the suit brought 10y Mrs. Mary AIDE
laide Nerkes-Mizner for an absolute di-
vorcc from her husband. Wilson Miz-
ner
The common council Of Highmore.
:. D., passed an ordinance which for
bids spoony couples from flirting in
public places and makes the penalty
for each violation fine or imprison-
ment.
sunday, Aug. -.
Raymond Lane. one year old, while
In his fathers dairy at Washington.
Pa, fell head foremost into n fun milk
can, was wedged fast and drowned.
Albert Niedeck. former police chief
OF Ithaca. y. y. died az the age OF
seventy-four years lie served I'm the
Seventy-fourth New York volunteers
during the civil war and was wounded
five times
The report that Johnny Rein. the
American jockey, has been engaged at
a salary of 10000 francs CSJ0OoO, 10
ride for the stables OF Uerren Lang.
Puchof, SCHNEIDER and Felix simon IN
Germany was confirmed i'm Berlin.
De Witt c. Holland of Glcns Falls.
y. y aged hfty-one years and
wealthy, committed suicide 10y lying
down i'm front OF a Delaware and Hud-
son railroad train He placed his neck
across the rail and his head was cut
or
Saturday, AUG. "a.
Some fifty prominent Tennessee
Democrats held a conference i'm Nash
Vile and started boom for Governor
Joseph w. Folk of Missouri for the
Democratic nomination for president
The Moorish government troops. I'M
der the command Of III Merani. the
uncle OF the sultan. were defeated 10y
the Kmoss trihesmen and Raisun. who
is holding Caid Sir Harry MacLean
prisoner.
Pittsburg had two spectacular fires,
one Of which entaiied Joss OF 81. OOO.-
600, while in the other one man res
cued fourteen human beings and six
teen horses and then received probably
mortal injuries himself by the unro-
mantle incident OF falling over a
bucket
Friday. Aug. ~.
A Jealous farm hand. Lucas Klopin-
ski, killed Miss Lydia Manett at her
home, near Trumbul. Conn.
Suit was fled AT Austin. Tex, 10
Dust the harvester trust from Texas
and 10 collect 81. 100. 100 in penalties.
Two fires in PittSburg. both result
ing from gasoline explosions in clothes
cleaning shops. did S1.OOO,O0O damage.
The directors of the Southern Rail-
way company cut the semiannuai divi-
dend on preferred stock from 2l5 TO ~
per cent
Thursday, Aug. %.
The big wholesale grocery firm of
+. c. Hazard & Co. Of III Hudson
street, New York city, failed for
100000.
Peter Ambrose Welch. formerly
prominent in banking and financial
circles in New York died at his home
in Hackettstown. y. j., OF pneumonia.
lie was seyenty-six years old.
While number of bows were nlav-