Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-05
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The Bank OF England has raised its rate OF
discount 10 per cent. from 2ts per cent.
The United States steamer Charleston passed
Fort Monroe ca route for Norfolk at 2:30 o'clock
i. NJ. yesterday.
The special train placed az the disposal Of the
foreign naval officers at New York for q visit to
Chicago left New York last evening.
The striking dockers in Bristol, Eng, and the
police had several encounters last night, and
half a dozen dockerS were arrested
Special dispatches from Tuscaloosa. Ala. re-
port rise OF 53 feet In the Warrior river. Many
thousand acres Of corn and cotton already up
are ogernown.
The Episcopal Convention at Boston yesterday
chose Dean Lawrence, Of Boston (the broad
churchmens candidate), as Bishop Of the Do
cese OF Massachusetts,.
Tho Albanians are burning Seryian and Greek
villages IN Macedonia. the atrocities Inflicted
upon the Christians being especially monstrou3
IN the MOnastIr District.
The strike Of working people employed In the
iute-mils Of Dundee, Scotland, has been settled,
the employees consenting to accept reduction
OF 2Is per cent IN their wages.
Ex-United States Senator j. W. Patterson
dropped dead last night In prayer-meet,ng at
Hanover, n. II. lie sat In his seat for half an
hour before his death was noticed.
A mob Wednesday night took James Collins,
horse-thief being taken 70 Williamson, KY,
from Illinois, from a train at Sherman, a few
miles north OF Wllliamston, and hanged him.
The Independence Beige hears tha. the United
States government has sont out instructions to
its delegates 70 the monetary conferences re-
questing them 20 reasonable in Brussels May
30th.
superin,endent Kimhaii, OF the Life Saving
Service, has received news that an unknoNn
schooner was wrecked OF the coast near New
buryport, Mass, yesterday, and Mat the crew
was lost
The cholera which appeared some time ago
IN the work-house In Qnimper. France, has now
spread through the town, and ten deaths from
the epidemic have been reported In The last
three days
There has been no change In Edwin Booths
condition since the improvement motel by his
physicians Tuesday, but the very fact OF his re-
tanning this Improvement leads the doctors 10
hope Tor the best
Richard Bennett. who died Wednesday at Ben-
tonyille, No., was born near this city thicn-
mond) June .2, 1888, witch makes him nearly
I 10 years old. lie was highly respected and
leaves seven children.
Court.C Councillor Ackermann. German conser-
vatiye Deputy, as the representative OF group
OF Conservatives aud Free Conservatives, mas in-
troduced In tho Reichstag bill fayofins Df
metallism in Germany.
TEe Constantinopie Forte announces the arrest
OF two American teachers. employed In tho Mar
soyan College, charged with being al tbe ocsiom
Of the disiar Dances that recently occurred I'd
several OF tho yilayets
Secretary Carlisle yesterday instructed coileo-
refrain frcm making arrrsts OF Chluess who
have not registered until tursher ordsss hon tno
Treasury Department
Tho veteran Marshal MacMahon, ex-Presidsnt
| OF the French republtc, sstek with innuensA -
| Paris, aud owing 10 bis sdsanced sgc, hs beng