Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-23
TeIegrnphIc Breyities.


The condition Of Millionaire John W. Mackay
continues to improve.
The examination Of the fifteen pool-sellers ar
rested week ago was adjourned IN New York
yesterday afternoon until April 3D..
The Chattanooga (Tenn.) team suffered its
third deieat NJ the hands OF the ~. LOUIS Browns
yesterday. tno score being: Browns, D; Chatta-
noogas. l.
Tho elections in Cuba for members Of the up
per housc OF the Spanish Cortes have resulted
In the return of thirteen Conservative ana two
AutOnomist senators.
William Burnett, tho proprietor Of q carriage
shop in Memphis, TenD., Tas shot and fatally
wounded NJ i O'Clock yesterday by Z. A. Harris.
The wounded man has a family. Harris was ar
rested.
Acknowledgement Henry Kyd Douglass, Of
Narfand. has declined 20 accept the resignation
OF Colonel Boykin, of the Fifth Regiment, Mary.
land National Guard, II being 'ior tho good Of
tho service that tho resignation Is not accepted
Bad weather prevented SUCCESS at the Tampa,
Fla, tennis tournament yesterday. In singles
Grinstead defeated CARAT, g., GO. Among
the players who Will take part IN the tourha-
ment are Hobart Billings, Wrenn, TalmGdge,
and DR.. Dwight.
The Romo Qtaly) police deny tho statements
sent out by the Rome correspondent Of the Lon
don Chronicle mat six bombs wero thrown In
the Eternal City Tuesday. TheY admi5, how
ever. that two unexploded bombs were found by
them on Monday.
The Jury in the suit brought By Father Charles
Farrelly against the ST. Francis Monastery, OF
Brooklyn, n. Y. for S7.91l, which no claims as
back salary and interest, rendered verdict
Yesterday In favor OF the plaintlff. The jury al
lowed Father farelly sl,3IO.
Tho Baltimore rs. Charleston exhibition ball
game yesterday resulted as follows: Charles
tons. ! Blltimores, /. Plttsburs defeated Ma
cons In a game Of bali at Macon, Ga, yesterday
by the score of to >. The Macons, however,
made the only earned run OF the game.
The Georgia state Geological Society yester-
day passed a resolution requesting tho resigna-
fions o. StateJ JieOlogist Spencer aud Assistant
Geologist5 WhatleY aud Anderson. This action
grows ont OF constant troubles between the
biologists aud general dissatisfaction OF the
Geological Board.
The town Of Purgis, Miss, 100 miles south OF
Meridian, on tho New Orenns and Northeast
ern railroad, was destroyed by an incendiary
fire Tuesday night, the condagratiOn being the
result of a bitter feeling between the white peO-
plo and tho negroes, growing out OF the arrest OF
a negro preacher.
Tho University School, at Knoxville. Tenn, q
fashionable educational institution for young
mon, was burned 10 the ground yesterday MORN
ing. The hre spread rapidly through the hand
sOme throo-story brick building, and tho pro-
fessOrs and students had narrow escapes for
thelr lives. Loss. $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Yesterday IN the Federal Senate Mr. Mander-
son resigned as President pro temBore and Mr.
Harris was elected - succeed him. Mr.. H0ar,
in the course OF debate, characterized as gross
Infringement on the Constitution the recent ap-
pOintment by the President OF Senators and
Representatives as delegates TO foreign coun-
tries.
il IL asserted on very good authority that tho
great Lancashire (Eng.) cotton strike, which has
now been under way for about i've months, IS
approaching an end, and this, too, despite the
refusal Tuesday OF the Federation OF Master
Spinners 20 accept tho otfer OF the opera
tiyes 10 return % work az "a per cent. re-
duction in wages.
stock $500. has been organized at charleston,
: C., with the following officers: President. j.
l.. johnson Nire-President. j. II. Lacoste sec
retary, +. Z. Whaley. and Treasurer. b. +.
Evans The association will az once fit up q
bicycle track with tho latest appliances for
racing and fancy riding.
James William Hobbs, OF tho frm OF j. W.
Hobbs s. Co. Limited, London, Eng, and Henry
Granville Wright. solicitor. wero convicted yes
terday Of forgery and fraud In connection with
the IiberatOr Building society, the cEarge3
being forging and uttering bils OF exchange
and stealing money belonging 10 the LiDeratOr
Society by falsincati0n OF wagO-sheets.
The funeral OF Jules Ferry In Paris yesterday
was attended by vast numbers of people from
within and without the city, who lnod the streets
as the eorie1s passed from the Luxembourg To
the railway station, where traiA was taken Tor
ST. Die, the place OF intermonL Every depart
ment OF the national and municipal govern
ments was represented at the funeral cerelco-
MES, aud Senator BardOux and others delivered
eloquent eulogtes on the departed statesman.
Owing to tho extreme care exercised py the
authorities OF Moscow, Russia. 10 suppress all in-
formation concerning the shooting OF Mayor
Aiex1en Tuesday, IL is impossible 10 get more
light on the case Even tho fact OF his liic or
death Is enyelOped IN mystery. Yesterday
morning a newspaper announced that he was
dead. Yesterday afternoon an vrlcial bulletin
| denied this report. aud stated that the surgeon
! had extracted the bullet and that the Mayor
might recover. Adrianof. the shooter, Is said
10 be half-crazed Nihilist, once arrested IN 81
| Petersburg for conspiracy, bat adiudged insane
| and sent to the asylum.
Tho Cotton-Acreage Convention at Now
| Orleans met yesterday morning, had business
! session, aud adjourned after mapping out iine
| OF policy. The convention agreed with the views
! OF Senator George respecting the causes OF the
| depression IN the cotton industry, deprecated
| tho present method OF raising an exclusive
| cotton CROP resolved that in future cereals and
/ other products should be ralsed In conjunction
with cotton. n the prosperity oi the South - q
| be consulted. and appointed committees q
J prepare an address 20 all parties In interest
! recommending such line of policy as VIII DC
| for ths good OF allconcerned.
Judge Dugro died with the clerk OF the New
| York superior Court yesterday bis decision d,s'
| nissing the suit OF Edward Cor-igan against the
| Ccney-isiand jockey Club. The case grew ons o
tine ssle OF rho colt Huron which hal been entered
/ Tor tho Futurify Stakes OF 1891 by General
| Jaekscn, OF the Bell Mead ssud-Farm, whore
| the horse was bred. The colt was sod IN
| April OF 1891 to Mr. Corrigan- bu
| no special stipulation was entered intc
| in regard 20 the transfer OF tho Fuiurity obliga
\ tlop, and efter the sale the colt was withdraw
! from the Futurity race by hls former owners
| Mr. Corrigan insisted that when ne bought ths
| horse the futarity engagement went with him
| The Executive committee OF the club rule<
/ against Mr.. Corrigan aud henoe his suit agains
| thom. Judge Dugro held TIA; the committed
| acted properly IN tho matter and entered ludg
| mont agains. the plainun, with costs
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