The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-11

first II was predicted that the Senate amend
mcnt arpropriating 81 600. 900 u American
built steamships for carrying mails 10 South
| America and trans. Pacific ports would give
rise TO protracled and heated discussion.
| The same issue was incidentally involved In
tht recent debate between Messrs. Beck and
Blaine on free ships. The friends OF the
measure greatly regret the Illness OF Mr..
! Blaine, which Keeps him from his seat He
Is suffering from an attack OF rheumatism.
A. predicted carly in the day, the Post
Office Committee at 1 o'clock offered the
steamship. subsidy amendment to the bill,
when Mr.. Push, of Alabama. read a wcll.pre-
pared speech in opposition to it. \ point
of order was raised against It, and McSSrs.
salisbury and Bailey, members Of ihc POST
o0icc Committee, declared that they were
opposed to 1t.
WEST VlRGtNIANS II OFFICE.
West Virginia i well Represented among
the Federal ofice-hoidcrs, not only as to
number but IL 10 the dignity and position
~ some oi them. For example, Secretary
Coil. MISUNDERSTANDING
Dcfrec.. Washington PensiOn-Agcn Gaines.
and Mr.. David STROLLER. consul to Mexico,
are all West NIrglnaEs. Then she has
mot liberal supply Of clerks and other
minor officials, Is they amount 10 one hum
/ bred and dfty.lwc. Virginia Republicans
/ have never Jared ., well, and many oi.tho>e
credited 10 the Old Dominion have only Il
nominal residence within her borders.
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.
! The National Board OF Health has deter
mined to institute chemical examination
OF impure blinking waters, and the analysis
will be conducted under the direction OF
! Professor Mallet, Of the University OF Viz
einis. Physicians all over The country will
be- notified when to send samples OF SuS-
pocted waters.
! Governor Jackson, OF West Virginia, was
| at the Capitol to-day, and Ex-Governor
smith. Of virginia, va, on the floor OF the
/ House.
| Representative ButtcrWolth, Of Ohio,
/ iu,t from Mentor. inlimatcs strongly that
senator Conkng could have, for the ASK
/ in.. any other position in the Cabinet hut
the one H. asked for, for one Of his New
! York followers.
~cuator Brown. o. Georgia. was among
the caller, 1T the White House to-day.
Tine VIcc-Prc>idcnt appointed senators
/ Pendltton. Blyard, and Anthony on The
! senatorial Inauguration Committee to-day.
The Dcpocrar> Of the OHIO Legislature re-
fused YESTERDAY to unite in a recommends
ton os stanley Matthews according to DIS
patch received here today
Government receipts: lnternal-rcyeuuc,
, s420.j2j; custom, Sj21,4j2.
The rcpoi; /, that Hon. Fernando Wood
j. improving at the Arkansas Hot Springs.
The birthplace OF NIce-Pre>ldcut Arthur
/, 10 be Investigated. Report says be was
born in Canada, and If 50 he i not eligible.
Secretary sherman was on the floor Of the
House to-day.
The Blair pension bill introduced to-day
i, really in substance The >iXty.snrgeon PEN
sion bill.
PennSyiyanians were unable to- day TO say
what viii be the up>hOt OF the Withdrawal
OF Oliver and Grow.
The weather to-day was again Spring'llkc,
CA,-ociatcd Pres, reports by telegraph 10 The Dis
! patch.i
TARGET TRAGEDY II WASHINGTON.
WAsHINGrON, February I0.--Yesterday
afternoon two young men-JOhn w.
Thoma, and Emnclt Chappell-wCre at the
Washington SchuetzeH Park shooting at Il
target with rifed carbine. At the same
time the butchers employed by Mrs. Wild
MAYER in her >laughier-hOuSe, distant some
five hundred yards from the target, were at
work. A. the sound OF firing from the
park was not unusual they paid no alten-
tian 10 il; but about 500 O'Clock i. VI. one
OF the bullets struck one OF the workmen,
Henry PhelPgdn, in The head. He Immediate
Iv fell. morlally wounded. An alarm was at
once given, aud Officer David T. Dunnigan
responded. Seeing what had been done, he
Immediately went to the park and found
Thomas and Chappell still engaged in shoot
ing, being totally ignorant that one Of them
| had shot man. They were takrn 10 The
Second precinct statiOn.h0uSe. Mr.. Phele.
Gan was attended by Dr>. Bullock and K.
! &. MauS>, who pronounced the wound fatal.
| The unfortunate man was removed 10 his
residence on SeVenlh-Strcet road, where he
| lived with bIs family "a wife and three chill
drcu), aud fingered till O'Clock this morn
/ Ing. when he died. DR.. Paterson, the c0rO-
ncr, was notified and summoned jury Of
/ inquest tins afternoon.
/ The NEW HOTEL AT FORTRESS MONROE.
WASHINGTON, February 10 The House
! Committee on Military Affairs to-day III
>truclcd Representative Johnston. Of Viz
! giuia, TO ask suspension of the rules in the
| House for the passage OF the bill granting
the use Of Government land al Fortress
Monroe 10 \. J. Ford and I. Z. PendletOn
for the erection OF hotel, provided the
buildings and improvements shall have the
approval I'll the Secretary OF War, and shall
be irct 10 taxation under State and IA
tionll authority, and provided that said
buildings and improvements shall be re-
movable at the pleasure OF the Secretary Of
War whenever IN his opinion The public in
itre>t, require IT..
F0rty.siXih Congress -Ihird Session.
w AsuTNGIpN February 10. 1891.