Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-20
TeIegrnpnic Flashes,

George ". Kidd, a New York wholesale
| liquOr-desler, whose fortune is estimated
from six 10 ten million dollars, has, il is SAID,
! gone IN 10 break the western whskey trust.
It's rumored that Postmaster Pearson. OF
| Now York, died at Q O'Clock last night AZ the
rcsidence of bis father in-law, ex-Postmas-
| ter-Genoral Thomas l.. James, at Highlands,
y. j.
!. 4. Enander, recently appointed TO the
position Of United states Minister to Den
mark. r. very ill., Last saturday he had an
attack Of hemorrhage OF the lungs and since
then has been very low.
charley Hinde and steve Jackson were
drowned IN the Chattahooche river while
bathing at Lovers Leap, near Columbus,
Ga Yesterday afternoon. Both boys were
about sixteen years OF age.
Passenger Train No. on the Short inc,
due at Louisville from Cincinnati at noon,
wss run into by local freight train yester-
day. 4 fireman had his arm broken, and a
number OF passengers were slightly injured.
A Caldwell (Ean.) dispatch saws: one
thousand camp fires glimmered slOng the
old Reno stage trail last ni=ht from Csd we'll
10 Pond Creek. To-day 900 cauyas-cOVer-
ed wagons are slowly moving along the trail.
In September. 1890. two centuries will
have passed since the first paper-mll was
erected ia America at FOxbOrOugh, Phila-
delphia county. and it IS proposed that b..
centennial anniversary OF the event be fit
tingly celebrated.
A special from Peoria, Ill.,, SAYS the whis-
KEY trust have issued q manifesto % the eff
feet that they will buy no more distilleres
and will cut prices as much IS they deem
10 be necessary. High wines ut Cincinnati
are now Sl.02 per gallon.
Professor Frank A. Fitzpatrick, superin-
tendrnt of the LeavenwOrth public schools,
has returned from Oklahoma. He was over
much OF the Territory aud believes not more
than one third OF II Is tillaOle. He thinks
there are already too many cOlenists for the
new country.
Henry Ling. an agent for Milwaukee
beer 6rm, was convicted yesterday 10 Miehi-
gan OF selling without paying a whole
safe tax. The case WAS carried 10 the SUI
preme Court. fhe firm were importers,
and sold in original packages only. The
Court says that wnen an article is stored in
the state il il conceded TO be for the purpose
Of sale. The Court orders the Circuit
Judge 20 sentence Ling.
Inquiries we're received at Jacksonville,
Fla, from eastern papers yesterday in re-
gard TO yellow-fever, and stating that reports
we're current that yollOw-fever had resp
peared IN Jacksonville and that deaths have
occurred. The report Is totally untrue. DR..
Neal Mitchell. president OF DuYal County
Board OF Health. furnishes the following for
publication: &" The rumor that yellow-fever
has reappeATed in Jacksonville is absolutely
aud positively false. There has not bsen
case OF sickness upon which even a shadow
OF suspicion could be cast"
4 special 10 the Standard bv courier to
South Haven aud from there telephoned 10
Wellington. Kan.. SAYS: The Pawnee Hills
colony, consisting OF 900 wagons left Hun
newell yesterday, and Is now water. bound At
the salt fork Of Arkansas. twenty miles
south OF that city, In the Territory. While
attempting TO ford the swollen and turbu-
lent stream Il man named Freilher aud his
horses were drowned in full view OF the
frightened colonists. Yesterday a trsn OF
4s5 vehicles, containing colonists bound for
OShhoma from salt Lake Valley, Utah. and
points in Colorado. passed six miles west on
their southern journey.
4 great deal Of awlessness exists along
the southern border OF Oklahoma. A man
was " held up" In the streets Of Purcell in
broad doylight and robbed OF $500. The
boomers defy the law. They have pur.
chased or hired every available horse in the
ueiehbofhood, and they Will mount and
wade through the Canadian river iust before
noon Monday. When the signal-flag drops at
noon shaIp there will be desperate land race
90 the opposite bank.
The date for crossing the Cherokee strip by
the Oklahoma settlers from the 10Th made
the number OF wagons IN the first batch 10
cross the line sma Her than It otherwise
wonld have been. Despite the solid i've
miles OF wagons which went into the strip
Thursday the influx during yesterday was
enormous.
All the troops 1t Lesvenweth garrison,
including part OF the hospital corps, with
the exception OF one company OF Infantry,
are under arms and ready 10 follow General
Merritt and his aide. Lieutenant Dodge, into
Oklahoma al an hours notice. General
Merritt snd aide are now on their way to The
Territory.