Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-11-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
Chronfcled.

Notable Events of the Week Briefly
Chronicled.
The trial OF John r. Walsh. former
president of the defunct Chicago Ma.
tionai bank. on the charge of misappli
cation OF its funds, opened I'm the Unit.
ed States DISTRICT court before Judge A
b. Anderson at Chicago. The indict.
ment against Mr.. Walsh contains 1G0
counts.
Flames sweeping through the serv.
ants rooms i'm the fifth floor OF the
Hotel Garde. I'm Meadow street. New
Haven. Conn. burned 20 death -four
employees. while fifth man. Isaac Lee
vine. fell 10 his death while trying to
escape by using the rope OF the fire
escape
Tuesday. Nov. II.
The Ravenswood Exchange bank. I'm
the suburb of Ravenswood. Chicago.
has closed it's doors. The bank is
small and has no connection with the
Chicago clearing house.
Dexter VI. Ferry. head Of one Of the
greatest seed firms In the United
States, which bore his name. and
prominent In business enterprises. was
found dead in bed at his home ut De.
troit Mich.
A carload OF lobster fry FROM the
government hatcheries at Boothbay.
Me. will be shipped to the Pacific
ment I'm breeding the Maine lobster in
the Pacific ocean.
Senator Tillman OF South Carolina
declares that President Roosevelt will
not accept third term and that
Speaker Cannon OF the house OF repre-.
scntatives will he the Republican nom
inee. Bryan" Mr.. Tillman said. will
Ice the Democratic nominee without n
doubt. He is the greatest living Dem.
Ocrat and the proper man to intrust
with the affairs Of our government"
Monday. Nov. m.
At Louisville. Ky, the Independent
tobacco buyers have taken quick ac.
ton TO prevent a war between the
armed factions OF the growers. They
have decided not TO accept delivery Of
any crop until the troubles subside.
In the death OF Hannibal. the candy
man." Yale has lost familiar figure.
George Henry Hannibal was eighty.
four years old. and no Yale man has
received a diploma for more than half
century without forming his ac-
Quaintance.
Saturday. Nov. ..
The peace proposition OF General
Manager orr az Havana for the settle.
ment Of the railway strike was Kissed
at a meeting OF the strikers az the fed.
eration's headquarters The PROPOSE.
ton was utterly rejected. Negotiations
for the settlement ~ the masons' strike
continue
Nine. Tetrazzini the soprano. whose
successful debut at Coycnt Garden
has been the talk OF London has lust
closed contract 10y cable with Oscar
HammerStein. She will sing IN the
United States Tor three seasons OF
forty nights each. beginning ina Novem.
Der, 1908. The contract stipulates that
the singer shall receive $4,000 for her
first season.
Mrs. Ella Smith. young woman
concerning whom there has been made
much mystery at "a sauitarium in Kc-
nosha, Wis. escaped from the custody
or a trained nurse OF that institution.
She walked into the residence OF a
friend in Chicago late at night. her
clothes In tatters and her shoes worn
through. having walked all the way
from the Wisconsin city, "A distance OF
nearly fifty miles.
Friday, Nov. =.
Foreign Minister IlayaShi at Tokyo
declared that the relations between
Japan and America were as smooth
and cordial rs ever and the cause OF
civilization as we'll as community OF
interest demanded their lasting peace
and friendship.
by direction OF tse comptroller OF the
currency a rigid investigation has been
made into the recent conduct OF the
affairs Of the Mercantile National bank
OF New York. There is reason TO be.
lieve that the treasury experts have
uncovered serious violations OF the
law.
Leslie NJ. Shaw. eN-secretary Of the
treasury, at "A reception 10 the Rev.
Or. John Wesley Hin. the newly ap-
pointed pastor of the Metropolitan tenn
pie, New York. by the officers and
members Of the church, declared that
II a person gave the president OF the
United States cocktail there was
no reason why he should not be eligl-
BILE 10 a church conference