Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-02-15
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 'Os.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
ChrOnfcIed.

ChrOnicIed.
cablegram was received at Govern.
ment House. Ottawa, announcing the
death in England of Lady Morley, sis
ter Of Lady Gray.
Governor Fort Of New Jersey sent te
the senate a long list of appointments,
including that of Milton Demarest to
be law judge Of the county Of Bergen
to succeed Judge Zabriskie, whose
term is about to expire.
Tuesday, Feb. II.
Trenton q. j. report SAYS that
President Roosevelt favors Governor
Fort Of New Jersey for the vice presI-
dental nomination
Twenty-seven persons were Injured.
two probably fatally. i'm coasting acct
dents in Greater Pittsburg during the
past twenty-four hours. twenty-one OF
them in one accident on the north side
and five in another accident I'm the
same section.
Ell Pigot. n negro. who criminauy
assaulted Miss Wells near Brook Ia
ven, Miss, was taken from the GUS
tody OF a Jackson military company
and posse OF deputies and hanged TO
a tree. The military company was
overpowered by a mob OF over 1000
citizens.
William J. Bryan addressed the Ca
madam club at Montreal i'm the hall of
the Old corn exchange. Mr.. BRYAN was
welcomed 10y round OF tumultuous
cheering. lie said he was glad he be.
ionged TO a political system under
which he could wish Canadians well
without being accused OF being I'M
friendly TO his own country.
Monday. Feb. 10.
ON the eve of her marriage to Fred
crick CORTLAND penncld. distinguished
author and diplomat. Mrs. Anne NJ
Woightman Walker. second richest
woman I'm the world. has decided 10
share her fortune of SG0OOo.OOO with
the relatives who uusucccssfullv
fought FOR it ia 1906 in the Phnadel
phia courts.
Queenstown report saws that
when the steamship Euuria. en- route
60 New York. stopped there G. W
Morse, banker and promoter. OF New
hoiS' who Is "A passenger. was in his
statcroom ANA refused TO be disturbed
lie sent word that he had nothing 10
say regarding his affairs. Morse has
been Indicted at New York FOR fraud
and perjury.
The Russo-Turkish relations have On
tered upon a menacing phase Alarm
ed at the unchecked penetration OF Per.
STA and the mobilization I'm Armenia.
the Russian government has executed
n formidable military demonstration
in reply on the Turko-Persian frontier.
dispatching there n compact expedl-
ton OF 10000 select troops from cen
trail Russia, with full war equipment
Saturday. Feb. $.
The impressive funeral services at
Lisbon of King Carlos and Crown
Prince LUZ, killed by assasslns last
Saturday, was the final act I'm the
bloody tragedy that has shocked all
the world
From the announcement OF Vernon
l.. Davey. superintendent OF the pub
lie schools OF East Orange. y. I Il
would appear that there are some rich
youngsters in his province on whom
he would like TO get to work with n
stout birch. "The children of the
rich,' he says, "whIle generally Iowa
Die and well intentioned, are spoiled
by lack of home training. and their
department at school is often very
trying on the patience of the teacher"
Friday, Feb. :.
The Washington Post publishes n
hye column article on the presidency
In which it is predicted that Governor
Charles Il. Hughes will be nominated
on the fourth ballot in the Republican
national convention.
King Carlos OF Portugal died a poor
man. His entire fortune consisted OF
insurance policies held by the Bank
of Portugal as security for advances
made. After these repayments have
been made IL is declared that there
will not remain more than $4,000 to
be distributed TO the heirs of the king.
Judge James Hargis. "the king OF
Breathitt county" central figure in a
vendetta which In two decades has
cost more than sixty lives and caused
the burning OF twenty-three homes
and many business houses. lies dead
at Jackson, KY, in $500 casket he
ordered n month ago. murdered by
son crazed with drink in his own
store. Beach Hargis, the parricide, is
raving like a mailman in jail.
Thursday, Feb. g.
Sir Birrell Barnes, president of the
divorce court at London, has granted
the Countess OF Yarmouth. who was
Miss Alice Thaw Of Pittsbnrg, decree
multiplying her marriage TO the Earl of
Yarmouth. The case was heard In pri-
vate and was undefended.
Declaring that for the first time In
many years the Democratic party was
united and ready to present a solid
front to the common enemy. William
J. Bryan in an address to gathering
of Democrats in Brooklyn asserted
that the Republican party was badly
split up.