Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-22
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Lord Derby has accepted seat on the Brittzh
Labor Commission.
Levi c. Wade, OF Boston, president OF the
Mexican Central railway, died yesterday morn
ing.
Senator German and Congressman Barnes
Compton, of Maryland, and party spent yester-
day In Savannah, and left last night for 81. Au-
gustine. The party made an inspection OF tho
harbor and visited the CITY,
Tho Swedish ship Senator Weber, which sailed
from Cardiff March 9th for Rio Janeiro, was
caught off tho coast by the recent heavy gale
which swept over England. On the 11th instant
the vessel foundered, carrying down fourteen Of
her crew.
The Norwegian bark Vesta, Captain Olsen,
from Savannah, January 23d, for Granton, was
abandoned in waterlogged condition In the
Atlantic Ocean on March. 4th, after having been
In collision with the schooner Nordknp Her
crew have arrived az Dover.
Captain Briggs, OF the steamer Aries, from
Providence, reports that whistling-buoy No. A,
at Oyerfals, Delaware bay, Is completely sub
merged, but half foot OF the dome showing
above water. Tho lighthouse tender Ieizana
has been ordered TO replace the above buoy "a
soon as possible.
Vanderbilt, ut 0akdale, L. J., were destroyed 10y
fire this morning. caused by an explosion OF a
steam boiler. The houses were filed with rare
plants, palms, and flowers, the collection OF
placed. The loss viii reach 100000.
| Various rumors are afloat az TO the amount OF
city and State money on deposit in the Keystone
| Bank OF Philadelphia. One statement Is 10 the
effect that of the 81 100000 deposited s441, 900
was credited 10 the account Of the CITY Treasurer
and nearly $500, 900 collected by the City lree-
surer in his capacity fiscal agent OF the State
and for which he is responsible.
The Tomkins Machinery and Implement Com
pany, OF Dallas, Texas, assigned Yesterday 20
Edward Gray. The assets include block No. 67
and five buildings thereon In the city OF DaIlas-
| There are over 100 creditors, mostly northern
manufacturing companies, principally in New
| York Pennsylvania. Illinois, and Ohio. The la
| billties are about $4,000; nominal assets
| 100000.
Fears are entertained at Tacoma that w. l..
| Bartlett and G. W. Freeze, respectively city
editor and managing editor OF tho Monmouth
| Qll) Atlas, together with two daughters OF q
man named Kones, Of Huron, S. D., have been
| drowned in Puget sound. The party has been
missing since Thursday noon, when they started
| for Washon Island in a small boat. A thorough
search will be made.
A Clarendon CTexas) special says: A courier
! from Greene county says the Hood brothers, re-
siding near Navajo, were In their dugout Thurs
day, when several visitors In house near py
heard two shots and then heard one OF the
brothers say: "Don't shoot any more; you have
Killed me already" Two more shots rang out.
| The visitors hurried to the dugout and found
| that william Hoo1 ma SuOt MS utO'net iouI
times with Winchester rife. William Hood Is
a married man and his brother single man
| living with him. The murderer escaped.
Last night an inmate Of the house OF Martha
| Perry (colored), living on the outskirts OF Au-
gusta, Ca, pickedu a piece OF plank on her way
home. II was placed ON the fire during the night
| and exploded, tearing the chimney in pieces,
| breaking every pane Of glass In the windows
| and seriously injuring Martha Perry, her child,
| Francis Williams, and Clarence Watkins. The
last named will probably die. The suPposltlon
Ia that dynamite was on the plank. NO other
theory is given.
| A high tide Friday night did considerable
| damage along the New Jersey coast from sandy
| Hook south TO Barnegat bay beach. ocean
| Grove and Asbury Park are badly cut out. The
new bulk-heading at Asbury PARK is damaged.
| There are damages by cuts In Ocean-Avenue
| Bluff at Long Branch. Several cottage bulk
| heads at Monmouth Beach are partially torn
/ ont. The surf swept over into the shrewsbury
river near So. Peters Episcopal church, near
! Lonmoor. The surf tore out nearly half the
| bulkheads Of Sandt's 0ctagon House at Sea-
| bright.