Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-17
Brief News KtaP,s.

The operators who went to work with
the Italian laborcrs in the Hooking Valley
mining district have had no trouble as ye,.
The Ophtbalmolocical and Geological So
ciety of the United states IS IN session at
summit Mountain, Y. Y.
II IS announced that it is not intended
that the French forces in Madagascar shall
march on Antanariyo, but that they only
want TO seize points on the coast which arc
healthy.
Lizzie Emmerck. aged twenty, OF Pitts
burgh. committed suicide Tuesday by shoot
ing. Her inability TO keep mp with the
other pupils at school is assigned aS the
reason for her act.
Prime Minister Ferry and L-FOng.Pao,
the Chinese minister, are discussing the
question a. to who fired the first shot in the
engagement between the French and Chi
neSe at LangSon. The payment OF the
indemnity demanded hy France depends
upon the settlement Of this question.
Ex-senator Hendricks denies that his
wife used the language alleged TO have
been spoken toy her disrcSpectfully OF Gov
ernor Cleveland. or that She said that Mr..
Hendricks wa, placed on the ticket to give
il additional strength.
During a quarrel over an old dispute
Tuesday at NeWcomerstown. Ohio, q. ".
McNtely kicked Lewis Brumlcy in the
stomach. indicting injuries which resulted
in the latter's death. Both men were
highly respected and prominent citizens.
McNeely has not been arrested.
The Chicago Daily Ne,cs'S Portland. Ore
gon, displtcn says: -Four more fisher
men were drowned at the mouth OF the
Columbia river yesterday. This makes
fifty men drowned there the last three
months
4 special to the Philadelphia Ledger from
Centralia. Pa, says: james Herman,
Anthony Gaughen, and a Polish lnbOrcr
were injured in the mines here Tuesday
morning by a fall OF coal. Gaughen's arm
had to bc amputated in order TO save his
life. The recovery q the other two is
doubtful
\ Worcester (Mass.) telegram OF Tues
day says: During quarrel last, night
Patrick CUDif struck Patrick Nchanus on
the head with q heavy stick, iuiiicting in
iuries which caused hi death at noon TO- A.,
day. CunT Is under arrest. He is dis |
sWns n house, refused 10 let him live With |
her. Mchsnus was her nephew, and lived |
IN her house. lie was twenty-five years |
old.
A special to the Galveston NeuS from
TAYLOR says: "At 10 O'Clock last night :. |
Z. stiles, the proprietor of IN ice-cream |
,eloOn. shot fatally John G.. Morgan. city |
MARSHAL. stiles surrendered. He claims |
hat the shooting was done in self-defence.
Morgan rsys that stiles shot him without |
nroyocatlsn. Monroe stiles, a brother OF |
;. L. Stiles, is implicated in the difficulty" ,
The Indian Office has been informed that
KOshiway, chief oi the Sac and Fox In
dian tribe, how uptn the Po.tawottaml re-
tcryati0n, in Kansas, was murdered q lew
DAYS ago and bis body thrown into the |
nyer. Koshiway was opposed to the policy !
Of the other chiefs Of the tribe, who wished /!
10 remove into the Indian Territory. The |
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs has au-
thcrized the agent to offer a reward Of 1900 !
for the detection and arrest Qi the mur-
defcr.
\ d,spateh from Portland states that the |
steamer New Brunswick. the iasl relHall
;nr of fonr steamers of the Internationil |
Line, which left Boston Monday mornins
;or 81. John, collided last night about Ten |
miles of Seguin light with the schooner
Lottie E. Hopkins, Of Vinal Haven. me
schooner lost her bowsprit, and her hun Is
badly damaged. The steamer Is only snshl-
" injured. The accident was caused ot
strong white light used by the crew Oh sne
schooner (who were cleaning hsh) wnieh
oyerpowered the green light, making II I'M
possible for the steamers pilot 70 tell wne-
tber the schooner was moving or at anenor'