Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-01
Lntest from tho Wires.

Tho senatorial situation remains unchanged
in Wyoming, Washington, Nebraska, and Mon
ians.
storm which began at Victoria b. C.. Satur-
day night continues uualatei. The snow has
reached a depth Of twelve inches.
A disastrou. coll-gas explosion occurred in
tho Skalles pIt. near Gratz. in Styra, yerteriay.
Five miners were killed ana ten are reported
injured.
AdyIces from various points in the Northwest
show tnat blizzard OF unusual severity pre-
walls throughout the whole section, tie mercury
ranging from 20 to AZ below zero.
The eeht-story building occupied by tho
American Book COMPANY CINCINNATI, wa plI-
uau7 burned yesterday morning. Loss estl'
mated a. $40, 900. Insurance unknown.
\ spo.iaI from Catlettshurg. ~, says tho
grand .lry nov in ses-ion there hns found m
tictmonts against a number Of prominent 50
clety ladlcs OF tie town tor playing pedro Tor
prizes.
A report ot an attempt upon the cars life
wa circulated IN Berlin late Inst evening. Tho
car and several members OF his suite were raid
10 have been injured by b0mD. inc reyot''
however, was beloved 90 be a canard.
NJ. Bourgeois French Minister OF Justice, in
troduced iu the Chamber OF Deputies ye-terlhy
a bill providing that the authors Or un"arranl-
ed attacks upon savings banks Dc Iuni-h'd win
impr-onment for torn not longer tuan tNo
wears and not shorter than two months, and the
measure passod-326 To lb6.
Five kegs Of blsstlng-powdsr exploded yes,er-
dav In the star cOal-miuo n tookess ill', o.
Forty mon AZ work in the mines we're all knocked
down. Two were fatally burned. ono man
standing NJ tho mouth Of the mine was blown
Hity feet and badly burned. Many others Ferc
hurt The force or the explosion WAS felt three
miles.
William g. Waring. n LAWYER Of 2G5 Broadway.
New York whose father the late Nfiam II.
rNrrf srfu q
New York Assembly, shot himself yesterday Ht
hi. home, 40 east Twenlg-iit-t street lie =
firted q serious but not necessarily iatal wound
IN his left lreast aud was taken ~ the prison
pea" al Bellevue Hospital
II has been discovered that ex-Goycrnor
Thayer. 81 N Nebrassa, who created such a great
pen-attOn two years ago by refusing 10 allow
Governor Boyd ,Democra) % take possession u
hls oGicc. IS Icing sheltered by pc0c soldier 10
tle -uiaris Of Lincoln. All hts wealthy fOiil-
cal ncnIs turned against him after his cG!;
from Cflco aud no II penuiles5.
The list of ex-Ministers aud Deputies which
glgnor MOu-cli, Director Of tho Iiauan Bureau
OF Industry and Commerce, who was arrested
for completely IN the Rome bank scAnials, gave
10 Il reuOrter on the morning before his arrest d5
having been subsidized by the banks now m
trouble, includes Baron Nlcotcfl, formerly
Minister OF tho Interior and ex-Minister
Amadea aud also Deputies MOutagua, Geppa,
Dezcrob Sui0nctii, hazzinio, ana Nardocc!.
down tho river az Louisville, carrying every
thing before them. Up % noon In Louisville nar-
Dor and ~ Pumpkin Patch, sIH niles auofe.
thirty loaded berges AMI l3O empty barges had
been sunk or carried over the falls. These were
valued at SlJO. .0CO. The tOu-bOat Aid was also
suak, the HOtspur had several holes cut N her
mold and the little steam-yacht Carrie Is. Was
sent % the bottom. Altogether the damage was
estimated at s2OO,OOO.
The policy Of the Panama Railroad Company
.fuG.. lfttr.a in ftttf,
10 the Pacific Mail steamship Company has ma
peliet the last-named company 10 reduce its
IN -enger rate from New YORK 20 Colon ron
500 % $50 and its freight rate from 81 70 -
per ton. The significance OF this action VIII "a
arqsped whom a. Il considered that u is eight
days Journey TO the isthmls IRON Now York.
The commercial war gains additional sisnih-
/ cauce also from tho alleged TACT that 1he man
agemen. OF the Panama Railroad Company adj
/ yertised abroad for foreign steamers 10 carry
/ freight from New YORK 10 the isthmus-
/ About 2jO wretched-looking victims Of poverty
/ and priyaton gathered on Tower Hill. London,
, yesteriAy morning and resolved % make dis
/ nlay nf their misery before The Lords and Com
I noners in Parliament. The mob had no settled
} plan Of procedure. They were too hungry toi
/ that Bu, one and all they started In the direc-
I tion OF the Parliament hOuss. lt was plttul
/ procession aud excited the sympathy and sur
/ prise OF spectators The police at nfst dld no'
Interfere, thinking that the gathering would ois-
/ perse very soon, but when It became apparent
I that the famine-strcken people rraiiy meant u
! make a scene before Parliament the police dis
persed them.
Aare broko out Yesterday morning in the
! engiue-room Of ths insane asylum at Dunning
! abont twelve miles from Chicago. Six hundrtc
insane patients were in the institution. fu'
cornpanies we're sent from Chicago ana neign
bortux suburbs, but we're unable 10 accomplish
/ much owing 20 the fact that little or no wato
/ was available for lighting the IRE. The wine
blew directly away from the main building ant
saved that part OF the institution, out The engine
! room, containing the boilers and dynamos useS
! for heating and lighting the institution. VA
completely destroyed. Tho beat order was main
tained among the patients, only few, con
nned In wards overlooking the engine-house
knowing that q 1ro was 10 progress.