Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-29

Prince Albert Victor hsve returned
from Berlin.
II is reported that the Russian Gov
ernment has chartered number OF
steamers to transport troops across the
Caspian sea.
The Pike county Qnd.) poorhouse
was set ON fire by John Tinsdalc. an in
sane inmate. who persisted in the flames
that consumed the building.
An epidemic Of smallpox prevails at
Mound City, Ills. Fifty persons in a
population Of 1900 are down with the
disease. and eight deaths have occurred.
The strike among the stove-moulders
at Royesford, Pa, has ended, the
strikers having won the victory. The
strike affected three foundries and two
hundred men.
The receiver Of the Pittsburgh and
Western railroad has made application
in the United States Court at Pittsburgh
for authority to borrow $4,000 to
meet pressing claims.
II is. announced that Zebehr Pacha
will be held prisoner at Gibraltar as
long as his detention remains milf
tary necessity. II is not proposed,
however, to indict him.
John Weirick. a saloon-keeper, on
trial at Princeton, H., for selling liquor
to a citizen. the latter being killed by a
train while intoxicated, stabbed himself
fifteen times in the breast, but .physi-
clans think he will recover.
A Vienna special says: Baron Potter
des Echelles, of the general staff, has
been arrested and committed to prison
on a charge Of treason. lie was de-
tected furnishing plans Of the forts on
the Austrian frontier to an international
bureau at Copenhagen.
The Duke of Cambridge. commander
in-chief of the forces, has directed Gen
eral Graham to institute formal in
auiry to ascertain whether or not Gen.
eral Mcneil is blamable for the disas-
trous surprise of his force by Arabs
near Suakim on Sunday last.
The reported serious illness of First
Assistant PoStmaster-General Malc0la
Hay is unbranded. Mr.. Hay is at his
home in Allegheny City, Pa, settling
up his private affairs prior to going
South. He has been so overrun by
visitors that he refuses audience to all.
His health is better than it has been for
months.
Among the birthday gifts to be pre-
scented to Prince Bismarck next We'd
nesday is masterpiece of German art,
contributed by the city of Munich. 1t
consists of solid silver table-seryice.
richly embellshed with enamel. The
gift Of FrancOnia consists Of a complete
assortment of all the wines produced
from grapes grown in that province.
A locomotive built at the Albany
shops for the New York Central rail
road OH trial trip on Wednesday ran
at the rate Of seventy miles an hour,
drawing a tender and single car.
Among the improvements is smoke
consumer, which, combined with
single II -inch exhaust, makes it posi-
BILE to run with 25 per cent. less coal
than the ordinary engine.
Mrs. Frelinghuyscn, the wife of ex-
Secretary Frelinghuysen, is lying i'll at
the residence of the family, in Park
Place, Newark. She was taken sud
denly i'll on Thursday night, and DIR.
O'Dorman. who was summoned, found
her condition prccarious. Friday she
was better. The physician said her
system had been run down, but that
she had already improved greatly.
The general term of the New York
Supreme Court Friday rendered a de-
cision upon an appeal in the case of
" Becky Jones" from an order dismis-
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her to prison. Miss Jones is confined
in Ludlow-Street Jail by order of the
surrogate for refusing to answer certain
questions in the Hammersley will con-
test. The court holds that the order
of Judge Barrett dsmissing the writ
must be reversed, and an order entered
discharging A." Becky" from the custody
Of the sheriff.
The Windsor House, at Randolph,
Mass. was badly damaged Friday
morning by an explosion of dynamite
or nitro-glycerinc, supposed to be re-
suit of the trouble between the striking
and non-union shoemakers. Several of
both classes boarded at the Windsor,
and up to a few days ago, when the
strikers left the house, the presence of
policemen had been necessary to pre-
vent conflict. The - Scabs" all re-
manned in the house when the police
men were withdrawn. The explosion
shattered the whole front Of the build