Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-16
TelcrraphIc BreyIties,


Lieutenant Commander Albert Ross has been
ordered TO duty at the Naval Academy
August Simeon Luce, the French historian and
| scholar, died yesterday IN Paris; aged 90.
I,Fsperance. n French vessel has been wreck
| cd ON the island Of Guernsey and oil OF Der crew
drowned.
DIR. Charles Schenck has been elected president
| OF tho swiss Confederation, and A. Frei vice
| president.
The Jury in the Gray-shepard case, New York,
| returned a verdict for the defendant Colonel
| Sheppard, yesterday
The Federal Senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination OF James W. hcDill, OF Iowa, TO DO
| an interBtate-commerce commissioner.
Mrs. MAVERICK il now reported to be out Of
DANGER and the permit for her mother, the
| Rnroness de Rolues, to visit her has consequent
| y boon Withdrawn.
| Congressman Goodnight, who was thought 70
have entirely recovered, wGs taken violently III
again "Wednesday AZ his home, In Franklin, N.Y.,
| and some apprehension is now felt as to his con-
diiion.
+rho President Yesterday sent 70 the Senate
| tho following nominations for postmasters:
| Mcdonald Campbell, at Jefferson, Tex; Mrt'
! Jennie T. Mister, Grenada, Miss, and Mlchael d.
Mulyhill, Vicksburg, Miss
Tho whiskey trust has n sde an advance OF
five cents on its high wines, and they are now
| selling at 8l.30 per gallon. Whlskey generaly
is resTonding 20 this increase, and the result is
| buying ana a speculative demand.
Tho latest news from the bedside Of Governor
elect Turney, OF Tennessee, ls 10 the effect that
| he ia somewhat better, and hopes are entertain
| ed now that he will be we'll enough to attend bis
| inanenratl0n, which Is 20 be held Morday, Ja1u-
cry 7th.
The chase after the negro who criminally as
| ssulted Emma O'Bricn, an 1S-year-old white
girl Of Nashville. Tenn, is said to have ended.
| & renort comes that the brute was captured and
| hanged to a tree in a church-yard and his body
| cremaled.
The Pope will shortly send 10 the Italian
| bishops and the Italian people circular letter
! denOuncing FreemasOnry, II is said. His Holt
| ness will declare that the treemasons are pur-
| suing the Satanic aim OF replacing Christianity
| with naturaism.
| San Antonio (TeI.) special Of yesterday
| says: Carmen YbareZ, who was Lieutenant
| colonel OF GarZa's army last year, was today
| convicted. Sentence has not yer Deeh passed,
| bnt IL is thought tho extreme term OF thtee
| years will be given"
| Secretary Rusk and party. including Congress-
| mon Hatch, Of Missouri, and Harmer and Hui,
| ~ pennsvlvana let Jacksonville, Fla, yester-
| day for Washington on their return from an IN
spection OF the drainage operations OF the Hamil-
| ton-Disaton companies.
At Leeds, Ala. Yesterday morning Miss Mary
| Purefoy, a highly-Connected young lady, was
| founf dead in bed Beside her was q morphine
| hottie and a note bidding her relatives an az
fectionato goOd-by. lli-health Is believed to have
been the cause OF tho suicide.
A. tho CLOSING Of the New England Christian
| Association meeting in Boston yesterday, Rev.
| J. n. Foster, Of Boston, the neWly-elected presl-
dent upon assuming tho chair made stirring
address against secret so,ieites, particularly as
| sailing Jesuit5m and Freemasonry
ATS o'clock last evening ire broke out in the
| haecmept OF the large building OF the Huggns
| -. md Candy DomUanV. Kansas t1tg. Mo-,
| and an hour later the entire plant Was destroyed
| Nothing was saved and tho loss VIII approximate
| alto 600. The burncd-out concern Is men,
| Der OF the cracker trust
| Tho French Chamber of Deputies Yesterday,
after an excited debate, voted 21l 70 80
| against tho Bosserin proposal TO give the
| Panama invest eating committee judicial
| Dower, which action is reghrded ~ tahAinoun'
| e. an exEres5ion OF confidence In the govern
ment.
Dotec,ive Charles O. Summers, Of Meridian,
Niss arrested for robbing the southern Ex-
press onlce there Of $4,000, was erraigned yes
teriay lie pleaded guilty 10 The charge OF
grand larceny. His accomplice was arrested IN
| Chicago Yesterday ana $4,000 OF the money re-
covered. Summers is In Jail in default OF $4,000
bail.
The Executive Committee OF the United Nine
Workers Of ohio met yesterday 10 take action
on serioOs difficulty which has arisen DeIween
the mine,s and operators In the HOcking valley
| on tbe onestcn Of pay. 10 Was determined "a
submit tho matter 70 the local body Tor action
| and IL Is believed that strike Will Do orlered
during the next few days
Charles A. Benson, Of LesTenworth, Kan, the
ooomed murderer OF Mrs. Theresa Metrnan
| sVaitjng execution OF the death sentence In his
| case made q yici ]us assault on his day-guaru
| Yesterday morning with dlrk' horripiy Houhu,
| ing him about the face ana head. ne tneu
| nI1nced the knife twice into his own breast ius'
beneath the heart. lie Is supposed 10 be dying
The annual report OF A. L. Drummond, chic
| NJ the so-ret-sery!ce division, Federal sreasuI
| Denartment states that during the year o2i
| 1orsons were arrested for dealing in countsrfei
money or otherwise violating the law VI thl
| number AZ were acquitted ahd ABOUT lOv a,'
still awaiting trial. The fines Imposed amount
| ed 10 s29.53S aud the sentences aggregated
| 377 years and g months. Ot me ga person.
arrested 323 were natives OF the United states
| Italy and Germany coming hoAL IL otuet' "i'i
| 43 and 20, respectively
Martin Foy. the race-track jockey who mur
| dered Henrietta Wilson In cold blood IN sara
toqa, n. V, last May, aud who escaped from lal
| In july, was rearrested IN oakland, Cal, III no
yember and taken back to Saratoga, ageii
escaped from jail there at Zto eoS.
, afternoon. He presented pistol to the laiier
, face. walked out OF the jail unmolested, and TOO
: 10 tho woods. A dozen onicers ana iO0 ciIizen
followed in pursuit but az 80 oSIoS1 , t,'g Eov y
: front OF n shotgun He had captured him hal
| a mile below the village.
The Republican senatorial caucus met agai
I I'm washington yesterday and further discusse
! the programme 10 be followed by the party !
! regard to the prospective senatorial contests y
! several of the western States. resolution o.
: fered by Senator HRwley, OF Connecticut, wa
5 adopted authorizing tho chairman tSenhto
Sherman) TO appoint committee OF nye SEM
: | tors 10 take into consideration the wisdom an
= nropriety OF senatorial Interference In thes
: Contests. Further than this nothing was doh
I except 10 discuss with considerable heat, IL
: saId the general outlook In tho West. The eau
I Gus adjourned subject 10 call
: Among the bills introduced In the Federal SCI
ate vest srday were the following; ~ senatS
{ 3orman, 90 allow naval Officers on shore dut.
{ not PROVIDED with governments quarters, cointn'
| tatlon for quarters, IN the same manner ana !
o the same rates As are allowed 10 onicers OF w
II army: by Senator Proctor, 70 discontinue ,n
a sigani corps and deyolye the duties Thereon :
| other branches OF the army. IL IL proposed IN,
on juno Both next the signal corps shau cease
DO separate branch OF tho mihtary es,aDhs !
ment. The enlisted force In the corps is 70
Discharged. signalling aud tho construction
= lines are 10 become a part of tne insructls
/. among line oiicers, and all other divisions are
= he transferred 20 the engineer oorps- once
Q Of the army are 10 be assigned 70 nu,y IN '1
q weather Bureau as under the present law.