Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-19


Mr.. Francis T. King, OF Baltimore. died yes-
terday morning at his residence, In the city,
named
Rear Admiral Thomas Patterson, United States
navy. died suddenly at his home at New Bright
on, Staten Island, Thursday night.
A violent earthquake, followed by general
unaulatOry movement OF the earth, oocurroi
Yesterday AZ CorleOno, a town Of Sicily, twenty
one miles south oi Palermo.
The Commercial Treaties Committee OF the
Austrian Rechsrath Yesterday adopted the Ger
man, Belgian. and Swiss treaties BY yote Of 20
10 3, and the Italian treaty by vote Of % TO q.
The Federal Treasury Department yesterday
comnleted tho purchase Of silver for the cur
rent month. The amount offered was l,OS3,OuO
ounces and the amount purchased 779,OOO
ounces at .966Oa.0o'O'
Professor II. n. Ramsay, few years ago prin-
cipal of an East Tennessee seminary near Sweet
water, committed suicide az Chatsahoosa Yester-
day by Jumping from the middle span OF the
coIInty bridge into the Tennessee river. De-
spondency was the cause Of the act.
The Navy Department Is informed OF the ar-
riyal of the three vessels OF Admiral Walkers
souadron, the Chicago, the Atlanta, and the
Bennington, at 81. LUCIA, West miles Ihey
will proceed without delay 20 Brazil, and thence
TO Monteyideo, stop probably being made at
Bahia.
LAFAYETTE Anderson, an Illicit distiller and lat
terlv witness against his old comrades, was
assassiuated In Cleburne county Ala, Wednes-
day night, presumably by some one against
whom ne had given evidence. He was at supper
with his family when the assassin shot through
a window, killing him instantly.
In the Reichstag yesterday the new CONNER
cial treaties came up on their third reading, and
after a protracted debate the German-Austrian-
Hungarian reading passed It's third treaty oy
a vote OF 243 to 4S. The House afterward
adoDtel the German-ltalian and the German
Belgian treaties aud the Reichstag then ad-
iourned Ii will not reassemble until after the
Christmas holidays
fire broke out In the large Wholesale mllli-
merry establishment OF Porter, Donaldson J. Co.,
Nos $50, S22, and ga Liberty avenue, Pits
burg. Pa, yesterday afternoon, and by tho time
the fire department reach cd the scene the fourth,
lfth, and sixth STORIES, extending from Liberty
avenue 70 an alley In the rear were In iames.
The loss will reach 100000, OF which Sl25, 900
is on stock. The insurance on the stock Is
40 600 and on the building $4,000. Two 1re-
men were seriously hurt by falling plate-glass.
The New Dublin ParneIl morning newspaper,
the Iylsh Independsnt, after several break
downs, printed IT'S first number yesterday. The
paper asserts that large package bearing no
address, was recently posted IN the Dublin post
Office. The sorter Of the mails noticed the ab-
seLce OF an address, and while examining the
package found a fuse prottuding from Il. The
postal authorities we're Immediately notified
where it was found 10 contain quantity OF
dynamite.
The steamship Polynesia arrived at New York
from stettin December 0th. During the voyage
there were several deaths OF children in the
steerage from measles; and az the Barge Ofiice
il was discovered that seventeen OF the passen-
gers were III with ship-feyer and diphtheria.
they we're placed In tho hospital and iye Of
them have since died. Ia the mean time SIX
other CASES OF diphtheria have developed among
the detained immigrants at the Barge once; all
OF which cases are believed 10 have been con-
tracted from the passengers OF the Polynesia,
Judge BlschOn In the New York Court Of
Common Pleas yesterday morning denied the
motion OF the Gold and Stock Telegraph Com
many 20 punish for contempt the presidtn n OF
The New York Stock Exchange for refusing 70
obey the order Of the Court directing the ex-
change not 20 interfere With the service Of the
sfock quotations TO the Gold and Stock Conn
pany. The Judge held that as the order Of IN
junction was not served until after the wires oi
the Gold and Stock Company had been discon-
nected by the Stock Exchange no contempt had
been committed. The motion for q permanent
Injunction viii be argued Tuesday next.