Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-12-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events OF che Week Briefly
ChronfcIed.

New Haven and mis- wife were drown
ed I'm Long island sound Of Wood
mont. Conn
The Republican club of New York
city by an almost unanimous vote in
dorsed Charles Z. Hughes for the pres
identiol nomination.
Tuesday. Dec. -
United States senator stephen Rus
sell Mallory OF Florida died at Pensa-
cola. aged dfy-niue.
The body Of Lord Kelvin. the great
British scientist. was buried i'm West
minister abbey with solemn aud im-
pressiye ceremonies.
one hundred men narrowly escaped
cremation iu the Schoenberger coal
mine at Baird station. thirty miles
from Pittsburg. when fire broke out
I'm the mine.
At the annual dinner OF the New
England society in New York city the
customary toast TO the president Of the
United States was significantly omit
ted. while j. p. Morgan was eulogized
Sylvester Solcs. a recluse. sixty-dve
years old. was shot five times. with
probable fatal effect. az mis- home south
OF Delta. o. hy j. n. Roach. thirty
-four years odd. The latter was arrest
cd and taken to Wauseon iau.
Monday. Dec. -.
Executing thc instructions OF the
emperor of Iaua1 Niscount Aod the
Japanese ambassador. conveyed 90
Robert s. Mccormick OF Chicago the
decoration of the order of the first
class OF the Rising sun.
The killing of q herd OF seventy-two
cattle on q farm at New Hampton.
y. y. 0vucl hv Marlborough Churchill
OF New YORK.. has been ordered by
DR. a. B. Kelley of the state health
commission Tie found that thirty
three of the cattle were infected with
tuberculosis
Edward Smith thanked the jury i'm
the district court at Omaha. Neb.. for
finding him guilty of che murder or
Charles Singleton and recommending
that he Doe sentenced Co Imprisonment
FOR life. "NoUr verdict is very suit
able Christmas gift" Dee said. and
Accept it as SUCH"
Ola the ground that he was q dying
man and So weak physically that ne
could nor possibly take the advantage
Of freedom to attempt To- escape. Rob
ert a.. Caldwell. the discredited witness
in the Duce case who is wanted FOR
perjury boz England. was released on
$1,000 bail at Sew York
Saturday. Dee. Il.
James A. Moran of Chelsea defeated
Darragon OF France. the worlds cham
pion pace rider. n the professional If
teen mile motor paced bicycle race at
the Park Square coliseum. Boston
The British home office has consent
od 90 the opening of the grave OF r.. e..
Drucc in Hiehgate cemetery. London.
Consequently shortly after Christmas
the question whether the collin CON
tains "a body or a roll OF lead win Doc
definitely answered
The Central American peace confer
once at Wa~hu-tou n terminating it's
lahors has agreed hy reclamation to
recommend to- Che governments of Cen
tral America thot they erant full ann
nesty FOR political crimes and those
connected Herewith
James Nicholas Vann. negro 100
years old buried his fourteenth wife
by the side OF her thirteenth predcces-
sor An of Naun's wives were white.
He doesn't like colored women. he
says. Nann has been a preacher. doe
tor and Jaw student in Mount Hope
n. Y.
Friday, Dec. 20.
WI Ting Fang. who has been APP
pointed 90 the post of Chinese minis
ter 90 the United States in succession
20 Sir Chentung LANG Chcng. left Pc
king on his way 60 Washington.
Ambassador Tower has arranged for
a deputation from the Arion society Of
Brooklyn To- sing before Emperor WI
liam when the members OF the society
visit Germany and Austria next spring
The neutrality-suspicious. liner Presi-
dent Grant. with Secretary OF War
Taft and party ON board. arrived at
New York. and her distinguished pas
sengers again set foot on American soil
after tour that had taken them
around the world
Thursday, Dee. 10.
William L. Walker. formerly cash
Ter OF the Savings Bank of New Brit
aAAAs AOAAA-r " ilN ~ MaAAt4 To- AAlNW tL Il
charge Of embezzlement in that city of
100000, was captured near Ensenada,
Mexico
Eminent men in New York and Lon
don began movement 10 urge the re-
lease OF Nicholas Tchaykovsky and
Catherine BreShkovsky. the Russian
revolutionists now imprisoned in the
rastle Of 81 Peter and ST. Paul at St
Pete sburI for political reasons
AZ rsTEl days OF oHszpsrRdvo
!.le tas nine = strike a G<ian cid,
'sv las 5ahsn OF a mas Esrtsus as
sect The city is In darkness at night
due 10 the cutting OF the electric ca
bles With darkness prevailing In the
town the danger OF riOting is redou-
bled. and armed guards patrol the city
and vicinity gfi ufoff Ionu