Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-03
CONDENSED DISPATCHES
Notable Events OF the Week BrIea,
CbronicIed.

Notnbie Events of the Week Brief,
CbronicIed.
Formal application was made IN TIE
district court at Boise Ida. to haze
George A. Pettibone admitted 10 bail.
The motion was submitted without ar
gument and was promptly denied by
Judge Wood
superintendent T. c. stevens of the
New York state department OF public
works announces the appointment OF
OliD r. Emens Of Seneca Fails as SUI
perintendent OF repairs of the Cayura
and Seneca canal in place Of George
Clark, who resignation was requested.
Tuesday. judy 30.
In tenement house fire at 222
Chrystie street. New York. nineteen at
least OF the tenants lost their lives
They were nearly all Italians.
w. J. Bryan is quoted on the verdict
at Boise. Ida. rs follows: Il am glad
10 learn of the verdict and that il was
not guilty. l watched the trial and
did not see how any one could be found
guilty on Orchards testimony"
Curtis Guild. governor of Massacbu-
sets. has conferred with the president
relative 90 the programme for the un-
yelling at provincetown on Aug. - Of
the monument To- commemorate the
landing OF the Pilgrim Fathers The
president ana governor viii make adj
dresses.
General Josiah Pickett. an eighty
five-y ear-old civil war hero. is said TO
be dying M Worcester. Mass. a mill
tary prisoner. lie has been under ar
rest ever since the battle of Cold liar
Dor I'm the civil war and says he will
die under arrest I'm it Of anger
during the battle he replied roughly TO
General Stanuard OF Vermont The
latter promptly placed him under ar
rest Pickett was promoted to general.
but the record OF arrest was never
changed, and General Pickett has been
officially under arrest over forty years.
Monday. July -.
The state department officials were
not surprised ID be informed OF the
second refusal Of President Castro 20
submit 10 arbitration Che claims OF GER
tain American corporations and indi-
viduals against tile government OF Ven
ezuela.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles G.. Ayres.
retired. viii appeal his case 70 the
American people through their repre-
scutatives in congress. lie is already
taking steps Go have q bin introduced
at the next session providing that his
ease either Ice rcopoued or chat he he
retired with the rank OF a brigadier
general
SnturdHy, July -.
a series OF cold bloodcl crimes sin
ruloriy resembling the Jack the Rip
per- murders hur for the fact that i'm
stead Of women tie victims were little
girls. followed One another with re-
marlSablc celebrity almost Ina the center
OF Berlin and aroused the most intense
excitement and Indignation. Three lit
tie girls were stabbed and left Co die.
Governor Hughes VIII leave FOR his
vacation today and he has selected the
most inaccessible spot that hc could
find iu New York state iu order 20 be
entirely free from business. 4 few
miles from Saranac Lake Is one of
the state fish hatcherios. on the
grounds OF which is rough camp.
built Tor the temporary use In days
past of members of the fish commits
sion. Here the governor VIII live the
simple lie ina the woods with his son
for his only companion
Friday, July 20.
Marquis Ito as governor Is 60 rule
Korea, japan in effect thus making
the Hermit Kingdom their province.
the new convention between Iapan
and Korea having been signed after
no small opposition 10y the Korean
court.
Chester y. Ruuyan. the paying teller
OF the Windsor Trust company OF New
York who absconded with over $4,000
OF that institutions funds. pleaded |
guilty TO grand larceny in the first de- !
gree. The extreme penalty is ten years
in state prison.
Thursday, July -.
Hyland c. Murphey, broker. was \
drowned in the swimming pool Of the /
University OF Pennsylvania at Phila- /
delphia. He was stricken while in the /
water and was past resusci;ation when /
taken from the pool
FifY-fve mud Nattered and dust
covered automohileN in which We're
seated three sUnburNed women and
POO men. arrived AZ Nav York i'm the
finish of the Glidden tour. which
started from Cleveland. o. on July
l., after a run OF 10000 miles.