Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-02-08
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events OF the Week Briefly
ChronicIed-

AS the sequel TO a murder resulting
from a quarrel over a ten cent debt
George Stewart, a negro. died in the
electric chair in the state prison at
Trenton, n. j. He was pronounced
dead after two contacts had been
given.
Roland Beard and Compton Lem
man Of the Hygeia Ice company and
Joseph Miller. manager of the Toledo
Ice and Coal company, were sentenced
to six months in the county jail and to
pay costs Of prosecution by Judge Kin
kaid at Toledo, o.. for conspiracy in re-
straint OF trade in cornering ice.
Tuesday, Feb. 4.
Baron Kogoro Takahira, the newly
appointed ambassador Of japan to the
United States, has left Rome for
Washington by way Of Paris.
Seven men were killed and n half
dozen injured by the explosion OF a
boiler in the rolling mill Of Van Allen
q Co. at Northumberland. Pa. The
dead are David Clark. samuel Sarviss,
George Kress, William Jones, Grant
Leader, Willis Brcuse and John Shol-
vim.
Edmund Lamy, the speedy Saranac
Lake skater was the star of the skat-
ing tournament at Montreal. carrying
of the half mile and three mile cham
pionship and giving Fred Logan. the
st. John On. b. skater, competing I'M
der the colors Of the NJ. A. a. a,
close finish in the mile.
\ Pennsylvania passenger train from
&hnnunHnab ., n
a frightful accident when the engine
left the rails on the top OF the Broad
mountain, near Frackville station. and
plunged over an almost perpendicular
embankment TO road a hundred feet
below, but the coaches remained on the
track. Engineer u. c. Siegfried OF
Pottsvile was crushed to death.
Monday, Feb. =.
Near WesSon, Miss. six persons were
killed outright by a cyclone which laid
waste a strip OF farming country three
quarters OF n mile wide and several
miles long.
Charles f. Murphy. Tammany Hall
leader at New York, has sued the
Broadway Magazine for $4,000 dam
ages for libel. lie also sued for SINH
lar amounts five firms and individuals
who circulated or sold the magazine.
After a two days run the Home
bank, state institution at Forty
eighth street and Fifth avenue. Brook
lyn. closed with a long line OF de-
pcs'tors outside its doors wanting their
money. IL was stated by the officials
that the institution. which has been
doing business s;nce 1905. IS solvent.
Two masked men with revolvers
held up the conductor and motorman
OF Public Service corporation trolley
car and robbed them OF 500 near Eliza
beth. y. J. They also took from two
passengers In the car money and stick
Plus from their necktics. The car ran
on the line between Elizabeth and
Newark. The thieves got away.
Saturday, Feb. 1.
At southampton, England. a fire
started in the smoking cabin OF the
White Star line steamer Majestic.
which had just arrived from New
York. and FOR time II was thought
the vessel was doomed.
Chancellor James r. Day OF SYRIA
cuse university. discussing President
RooSevelts message. said. "Of the
presidents message. II l am entirely
honest and frank. ! am compelled TO
say that much OF IL reads like the raw
ings OF a disordered mind"
At Budapest, Hungary, credit OF
$o.OO0,OOO was received from New
York by the Hungarian Discount and
Exchange bank for the account OF the
Count and Countess Laszlo Szechenyi.
Count LaszlO Szechenyi was married
In New York Jan. p 10 Gladys. daugh-
ter OF Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
President Roosevelt sent to congress
the message expected from him In
view Of the overthrow Of the employ
ers' liability law. But the message
proved to be far more than n recon-
mendatiOn OF a law on that subject to
meet constitutional requirements. The
president resented in language force
full even for him the charge that his
policies caused the recent panic and
again condemned predatory wealth"
Friday, Jan. 81.
George Hackenschmidt OF Russia /
easily defeated Joe Rogers, American. I
in the wrestling match at Oxford NIu- /
sic hall, London, for the championship /
of the world.
Provisional Governor Magoon OF Gu /
ba, who was summoned to Washing /
ton by the president 10 give informa- 4
ton regarding franchises and indus /
trial conditions in the island republic. /
denies that he will be made secretary \
OF war on Tafts resignation.
Thursday, Jan. 30.
In a speech at Portland, Ore, on
Graft Versus Good Citizenshfb" 4
Francis J. Heney attacked United
States Senator Charles w. Fulton.
His accusation is that Mr.. Fulton has
misused his high office
There was an outbreak of political
riOting on the streets OF Lisbon. in
which shots were fired and some peo-
pie wounded. The disorders. however.
were of short duration The police
had received warning in advance, and
they acted promptly.
A resolution proposing a cOnstiu-
tional amendment that the right to
vote shall not hereafter be denied or