Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-30
Condensed Cablegrgms.

Four new cases OF cholera and three deaths
were reported In st. Petersburg Friday.
The Thomson-Line steamer Genoa, from Leith
for Montreal, Is ashore on Caithness, on the
north shore OF Scotia nd. Ii is expected that she
viii bc a total loss.
Henry B. Ryder, formerly United States Con-
sui at Copenhagen, WAS yesterday convicted OF
fraud and perjury In the city named, and sem
fenced to eighteen months imprisonment at
hard labor
When the British House Of Commons meets
Mr.. Charles +. Swami, member for the North
Division of Manchester, will introduce bill pro-
yiding for the adoption in England Of the Ameri-
can patent system.
The Emperor Francis Joseph yesterday visited
the cholera hospital in Vienna and made n
searching inspection. He expressed himself
pleased with the precautionary measures
adopted by the medical authorities
Mr.. Gladstone has tust purchased get Of the
complete works OF William Watson, young
poet who published the best Tennyson obituary
poem. Mr.. Watson is, 1t 10 said, favored can
didate for the poet-laureateship.
The Baku Standard Oil Company has been
formed in Serlin. It's aim is 20 compete with the
American Standard Oil Company for the Ger
man market. The company has built ware
houses at Bremen and Amsterdam for the
storage OF Russian oil.
Tho trial Of theleadeFs Of tho recent strike az
the Broken Hill mines, Australia, who we're
charged with assaultng non-union workers.
ended yesterday in the conviction OF oil the ac-
cused men except one. The prisoners were SEN
fenced 70 terms Of imprisonment at hard labor
varying from three months TO two years.
The German steamship companies have
agreed not TO forward Russians or Hungarians
10 the United States 70 long as cholera exists In
Russia and Hungary. The reports current in
New York that Bohemians Will also be excluded
are correct. The Hamburg-American Company
will continue dispatching It's steamers from Will
helmshayen until Hamburg is declared free Of
cholera.
Mr. Gladstone has decided TO have a telephone
put In between his Official residence, In Downing
street. and the House OF Commons. This action
is taken In Wow OF bis appointing Sir VIII
liam Vernon Harcourt 70 the position Of deputy
government leader in the House. Mr.. Gladstone
himself and Mr.. John Morley, Chief Secretary for
Ireland, will leave the House during its coming
sessions early In the evening, except on special
occasions when important measures arc up tor
consideration.
Experiments have recently been made In Ger
many with a new kind OF armor. which Is claim
ed 10 be far superior 20 any kind heretofore
made. II is said that the resisting qualities OF
this armor are 20 great that a thin layer OF 1t
will prevent the passage OF the now small
calibre rife bullet. IL has even been suggested
that the new composition might be utilized in
making armor for soldiers, though II Is not be-
ieved this will be done, AZ men clad In mail
would never be able 10 make the marches re-
head pieces might however, DO made of II If II
possesses all the qualifications its inventor claims
Tor II.
Tho Emperor William Will open the Reichstag
In person November 22d, and while the Imperial
Parliament Is wrestling over the army bill the
Prussian Landtag, which has been summoned
TO meet November 9th, win be involved in an
eager party nght on the fiscal reforms proposed
by Dr. MIGUEL, Minister OF finance. Both ses-
s.ons win strain the energies OF the Ministers
ata "a 1irta
is as confident that the army bill will be ap-
proved as IL IL also confident that the proposed
budget will meet with acceptance The MEN,
bers OF this circle do not hesitate to declare that
the government viii win all along the line.
Prince Bismarck will not reappear In the
keichstag on its assembly 10 November. II the
success OF the coalition against the government
were absolutely secure. with himself master OF
the situation, IL Is said he would not hesitate to
again take his seat, but the person who latest
tried to interview him could not oven extort q
side-light on tho Princes attitude toward the
impending struggle. His criticisms were chiefly
personalities The present Ministers, he said,
were 90 insignificant and the covering 70 the
shield they present 10 80 transparent that the
Emperor himself always shines through them.
1t Is dangerous TO the future OF the monarchio
idea, he added. for ruler even with the best In
tentions, to appear so frequently In the political
| field without q decent ministerial covering.
Prince Bismarck is enjoying good health, though
he Is Of acid temper.
The programme Of the German Independent
Socialist party has finally been drafted, and It
indicates that party's Anal secession from the
main body ofSocisl Democrats. The programme
declares that workmen ought to re1ec State 90
cialism In every form. They should rather aim
TO enfeeble II aud 70 completely abolish the
state. They should try 10 capture the means OF
production and abolish capitaiistic society
through strikes, boycotts, refusal TO enter into
legal obligations, etc. They should oppose all
the leading Institutes OF modern society, such rs
the Church. State schOols. th0 army. buyeau-