Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-13
Ielexrams Boiled Down.

prohibiting lotteries Of any kind
In the Iowa Senate yesterday the bill to
regulate the sale. of intoxicating liquors
was indefinitely postponed by vote OF ~
to II.
Committees of Mississippians have been
appointed to meet Senator Hill at Meri-
dian Tuesday and escort him to the capi-
tai OF the State.
The Republicans of Medina county, o..
met Yesterday, endorsed the Mckinley
tariff bill and proposed Governor Nc
Kinley as their first choice for President.
The Republican convention of Polk
county. Iowa. yesterday endorsed Harrison
and Blaine. but refused TO instruct TOR
ANYBODY. The Plymouth county Repub-
Leans instructed itsdelegates for Harrison.
A Tampa Fla.) special says: "Ofiicer
Raves shot and instantly killed a burglar
| this morning about 3 o'clock. The dead
| man had been here only a few DAYS, and
| gave his name as Wilson. from New York.
Stolen watches were found on his person
and burglars tools in his ROOM"
The Pacific Mail steamer Colima. which
| left San Francisco February 18th, won't
ashore yesterday morning IN fog near La
| Union, Salvador. on the west coast OF the
| Gulf of Fonseca and may prove total
loss, as she is leaking badly. No loss OF
| life has been reported.
A Tallahassee. Fla.) special says: The
| Florida Supreme Court rendered q deci-
sion to-day IN the test case brought for
| the purpose of establishing the validity
of q proposed issue OF S3O0.000 IL
bonds by Duval county for the pur-
pose of deepening st. Johns river from
| Jacksonville TO the ocean. The decision
affirmed the validity of the act of the
| Legislature authorizing the issue and or
the popular vote in favor of it. The bonds
will probably be put on the market at
once and the work begin within thirty
| days.
The members of the Post Reorganization
| Committee of the Chattanooga Southern
road state that the opposition known as
the Olcott committee have secured only a
small minority of the bonds, but that the
Post committee has large majority and
| will at once proceed to have Receiver
Burke discharged. The first mortgage will
then be foreclosed, and the Post commit
tee. consisting of III. A. V. Post, Russell
| Sage, Walter Stanton, Henry L. Lamb. and
| Newman Erb will be elected directors IN
place of the present board. They will at
once proceed with the extension of the
road to Birmingham.
| A Baton Rouge 1Ia.) special Says Before
| the adjournment of the District Court this
| evening the grand jury brought in Its final
| report of q number OF indictments found.
| There was one against Colonel John q.
| Wickliffe, of New Orleans. for libel. The
| charge is that in recent article contri-
| buted to The Form, on the lottery ques-
ton there were certain passages rejecting
upon Judge Bucker's course in the Stain
| ton case and conveying the impression
that his rulings were prompted by i'm
proper motives. On the assembling of the
court last Monday the matter was brought
TO the attention Of the grand jury with the
| above result.
A suit was filed in the United States Cir
cult Court at New Orleans, yesterday af-
ternoon. which is also an outcome of the
Parish prison killing, but which, unlike the
suits filed before this one, includes in the
list of defendants, besides the city, the col
ID. Denegre, Albert BALDWIN. Jr., James ID.
| Houston, w. NJ. Bailey, c. }. Ranlett,
George Denegre, and S. Z. Waimley. and
calls for damages TO the amount of $780,
900. The petitioner is Anna Rabell. wife
| of Loretta Comltez, one OF the Italians who
was shot, and the ground on which the
suit is brought is the alleged neglect OF
the city authorities and the alleged inuo-
cence of Comitez.
1t is stated upon good authority that
| Rev Father kuhlman, who. il was alleged
at the time. was responsible for the wide
| circulation of the letter of Judge +. +.
Dunno, recently published, criticisIng the
| work of the archbishops IN connection
with the proposed Catholic Congress OF
| 1898. has been suspended from his prlestly
| functions by Bishop Ryan, OF Alton, Ill,
| in whose diocese Father Kuhlman Is 10
Gated. Inquiry brought out confirmation
| from an dttdche OK Father Kuhfman's
paper. Father Kuhlman was not in town
| but it was learned that he IS making prepa.
rations for sudden visit TO Rome, and
this is also considered confrmatory of the
report. I.r..r 30
In appointing a receiver for the Charles;
ton, Cincinnati, and Chicago railroad
| Judge Howell T.. Jackson. of the United
States Court at Knoxville, Tenn, has
sprung an interesting fight between the
State and Federal courts. More than a
year ago Sam. Tate, Jr.. of Memphis, was
| appointed receiver for such portion
Of the road as lies in Tennessee, about
seventy miles, on suit brought
by several contractors TO whom the rail-
road company was indebted to the extent
of 100000. The bondholders claim 10
have a prior lien on the property, and
Judge Jackson appointed II. II. Taylor, OF
| Knoxville. receiver onsa petition filed 10y
their attorneys. The Federal receiver
ship. il is reported. will be bitterly fought
by the attorneys for the contractors,