Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-02-29
CONDENSED DISPATCHES
Notable Events Of the week Hriea,
ChroDfcIed.

rye ana bTf hoSpit2l at New York, is
reported rs improving.
That Father Leo. shot at Denver nv
an anarchist assassin. lived a life OF
severe austerity is evidenced by a dis
covery made in preparing the body for
burial. Next TO the skin Father Leo
had wrapped about his waist and up-
per arms heavy bands OF linked steel
chains. and to each link was a hook.
sharpened 20 needles point. attached
In such fashion that each movement Of
the priest caused the hooks to pierce
bis flesh and 60 remind him OF the life
and death Of him in whose steps he
struggled TO follow.
! Tuesday, Feb. %
Governor Joseph X. Toole OF Mon
tana announced shortly after his ar
rival at Los Angeles, Cal. that. ewing
TO i'll health, he had determined to re-
sign and that his resignation win take
! effect April 1.
General Nogi at Tokyo. commander
4 OF the Japanese forces that captured
Port Arthur, expressed great sympathy
for his defeated enemy. General Stoes-
SCI. who was condemned TO death at
ST Petersburg
Miss Jennie Blunt. about thirty years
| old. who declared that what She did
/ was IAN act OF Cod" went TO the Office
OF Charles NJ. Sanford. a middle aged
lawyer. IN the Garfield building. oDpo-
site Borough han. Brooklyn. and shot
him. He is I'm 4 serious condition.
The Rev. Alexander Mclaughlin. n
missionary. was devoured by cannibals
on St George island Of tie Solomon
group. the barSentine s. y. Castle re-
ports. and his bones are now I'm the
possession Of the government OF New
zealand. having been conveyed 10
Auckland boy a gunboat sent to punish
the cannibals.
Monday. Feb. -.
Frank 3. Lord Of the New Yori,
Suns Washington bureau and Alfred
r. Early OF the United Press associa-
ton were suspended from the congress
press gallery at Washington by the
committee Of correspondents pending
an investigation OF charges made by
Representative Luley Of Connecticut i'm
respect Of the Holland torpedo boat
scandal
wearing cOpious cigar erected osne-
cially FOR him and with "a smile smear
ed over his jovial face. Mark Twain
at New York was pushed out into the
river by tugs on his way to Bermuda
in company with H. II. Rogers. The
man Of humor ana the man Of mil
lions were together. Twain solemnIv
proclaiming that Rogers was broke
and that he. the hereinhefore mention
eel Twain, was paying the way.
William J. Bryan spoke at Topeka.
kan, at n dinner attended by ZOO
persons ans watched by hundreds OF
spectators. Including many women. Mr..
Bryan denied that hostile state Ierisla-
ton was responsible for the depressed
condition IN railroad affairs. THE biz
eastern hanks" he said. violated the
law at every turn and did not keep
sufficient reserves on hand To meet the
demands FOR actual cash when the
panic came"
Saturday, Feb. -.
The Lincoln Centenary association
was organized at Chicago with view
OF celebrating the one hundrcdth an
niversary OF the birth OF Abraham Lin
coin on Feb. T. 1909. In a manner that
viii command worldwide attention.
Her mind a wreck. u is said. from
the terrible stress under which she
has iabored, Mrs. Jennie Eta Cassidy.
a handsome young woman OF twenty
two. the wife OF Frederick Cassidy. n
prosperous farmer. is in the jail at
Newton. y. j., charged with the muir
der OF her mother-in-law, Mrs. Phoebe
Cassidy.
The appeal court confirmed the decl-
sion OF the lower court condemning
Count Boni dc Castellaue and Nine.
Anna Gould. his former Wife. TO pay to
Vera Nemidon, the actress. 10000
francs S22.00W for pearls that the
count bought from Mile Nemidom I'm
1902. He did not pay her for them. but
gave her his receipt only. then pawned
the jewels for $1,000.
Friday. Feb. 81.
The marching OF nearly a thousand
foreigners upon the city hall, Philadel-
phia, where they said they Intended to
make demands upon Mayor Reyburn
for work precipitated a riot I'm Broad
street, in the heart of the city.
+. II. Hartman gained a complete
victory In the Illinois Central litigation
which has been in the superior court
ar Chicago since last October Judge
Ball rendered a decision dissolving the
temporary injunction granted to Stuy-
vesant Fish by which 2s6.2 shares
Of stock were enjOined from being
voted az the annual meeting OF the
Illinois Central railroad
General Stoessel has been condemned
10 death by the military court martial
at st. Petersburg that tried him for the
surrender Of Port Arthur to the Japa-
nese. General FOck has been repri-
manded. and Generals Smirnoff ana
Reiss have been acquitted. The court
recommends that the death sentence
upon Stoesse! be committed to ten