Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-09
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The London Daily Telegraph states
that there is absolutely no foundation
for the report Of the assassination Of
Ameer Abdurrahman, and that the re-
port was telegraphed to the st. Peters
burg Norasti from Vienna, and not
from Caucasus, as reported.
The Governor of Herat has sent men
to fortify Bala-Murghab. Adyiccs
from Merv are to the effect that the
Russians are taking the greatest care to
prevent foreigners communicating with
Turcomans, and have expelled Persians
who we're supposed to be corresponding
with Afghans.
Grand Duke Vladimir has started on
a tour of inspection Of the military dis
tricts Of Russia. A scheme for the
navigation of the Aral sea and River
Oxus has been completed. The Gov
ernment gives a company the whole
Aral flotilla, and the company under
takes to provide transportation for six
thousand passengers and one hundred
thousand pounds Of cargo monthly.
John Bell is in prison at Eagle Pass,
Texas, for killing his wife, beautiful
woman only twenty-one years Of age.
As this is the second wife he has killed
within eighteen months, the Jail has to
be guarded to prevent lynching. On
being asked why he killed her, he coolly
replied: 81 don't know why l did it,
more than had nothing else to do, and
| wanted to have little excitement.
A Berlin telegram says: The I'm
perial War Minister is drafting plan
for large increase of the army, based
upon calculated results of the coming
general census. The peace effective
will be raised from 4lS, 900 to 420, 900.
Besides this, two new batteries will be
added to each corps d'armee aud two
guns to each battery not mobilized.
practically augmenting the artillery GO
per cent. The cavalry increase has not
yet been decided upon.
The earthquake shocks at Serinagur
and othor points in the Vale of Cash
mere continue at intervals, averaging
three hours in length. Whole villages
have been engulphed, and terrible sub
terranean noises are heard. driving the
people frantic with fear. The horrors
of approaching famine are added to the
other results of the disaster, and many
thousand bushels Of grain in storage
have been swallowed up in the chasms,
which are constantly opening.
Last summer Baltimore oriole, be-
longing to Mortimer Buck, Of Cow
iDgton, Pa, escaped from its cage and
the house, and few away. One day
last week one Of the family was attract
ed by bird which was futtering about
sitting-room window and acting as if
it wanted to get in. The window was
raised and the bird lighted on the sill.
1t was Baltimore oriole. 1t made no
resistance to being caught, twas put in
the cage vacated by the bird last sum
mer, and passes the time in perfect con-
tentment. the family believe, under
the circumstances, that the bird is none
other than their long-missing pet oriole.
On Friday a colored man was found
in the hold Of the Ambrose Light, the
schooner which recently arrived in New
York in charge Of prize crew from the
United States steamer Alliance. She
was captured off Carthagena, Central
America, forty-one days before, having
on board about fifty armed men and
munitions Of war. The men were
treated as insurgents and surrendered
to the Colombian authorities, but one
of them succeeded in slowing himself
away in the hold, where he had been
suffering from starvation. He was re-
duced to a mere skeleton, but revived
under medical treatment, and is now in
a fair way to recover the strength he
had lost during his terrible struggle
with thirst and starvation. He has
been placed under arrest until the
Government authorities decide what
disposition shall be made of his case.