Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-02
DIABoLICAL rORTCREs.


HrtFNA. M0Nr., February NO choice of
United Statas senator to-day.
LlNcoLN. NEB.-,Iohn ". rhurston WAS nomi'
nated b. tho Republican caucus tor senator To-
night
san FRANclsco, CM.-Tho Pac'nc mall
steamer CITY Ot PeKng from China and japan
IA eight DAYS ogerlne and considerable anAiety
prevails ar to her possible tat'.
tLrON, Iif.-rho twonty-ninih Victim OF 'h'
Wann catastrophe has su'cnmpei {" ms lal'-
r,e,. HIS name was Bernard Nlepu-, ~ A'..h
Junction. Three moro are at the point oi DEAN.
AssEvuLE. y. C.-Goveruor Altgeli. Of llli-
nols aud party, Vho haze been il Aihrflilo ior
q week, viii leave ru The hl utlOil ana bAI-
Y lie railroad tomorrow monus in tAeT p..-
yaCe ear for Atlanta, "a.
Prrr.BrRG. PA-T.e Anchor FoI1'ry ani Wa
chine Company. oNhri ~ Nhaf on N'Ai-'In.'
and lo,atot ON rennsyiyanlr asenHr h.ir tlr't
street. failed today The liabilities nr" nuOut
sl24,OOO: tho asa & about EipOo''
srRrSGrIgLp, ILI.-The House of Repr -cnti-
tiyes to-day passed q bill repeHhng a." cumIli-
eOry-scn.Ol laws by vote % llI yeas I'd ~
nays. Many Reuublcans voted ior thh fep'aL
The senate unqnlmou-iy pIopic1 sii'iAt bhL
LITTLE FAILS. y. I.-Eariy this morning a nre
started ia Conway's salon and destroy 'd several
bpilaing., including the Hotel RucNnn, mo
Grand Central Hote', aud the Mttfop lllian
blocs The total loss l. estlmn'ei at r+0UuOo.
No lives were .os..
ATLANTA. GA.-Mrs. Robert f.. Hanson. 20
ye1rs old cOmultIed suicide today py taking
morphine. Her husband, 20 whom ~de nad b zen
married siK months had Io-0-t'd hrr hni hGd
written ot hrs intention ~ securing divorce.
Hanson IS now IN Paiucah. hy.
ATLANTA, GA.-C. j. Dayis, young telegraph
operator, WIS accidentally shOs anu Auied uY q
pistol IN the hands OF Miller Camp, another
6nerator, at their bOarilnR-hOuso IN Morris.
town, Tenn, to-day. Davis dlod Ia few hours.
II Il another case Oi "DiI not know Il whs
loaded"
LANSING. MICH--To-day the House passcl 10
Senate measure repeating the Miner elect"h
law enacte1 by the ia-t Legislature, Whicn Was
Democratic 10 now goes 10 The Governor Tor ma
siguqtlre Tns Miner law provide ioT the tle'-
ti0n of presidential electors by congres ioual
districts.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.-Ex-Goyornor X. VI.
Bishop, OF ONO, - dangerously III NJ the resi-
dence OF hi- son here. His aiiment Is a oomph-
cation OF liver. bladder, and kidney disorders
md Jy reason VI his extreme age 50 years II -
likely % prove fatal. lie Was Governor 81 ono
| from january 1875 10 January, 1850, ana has
always made Cincinnati his home
TOPEKA, KAS.-1he rival houses are quiet To-
| day The Populists have been trying 20 beguie
| Republican members % iolr their house, acting
unter teiegraphic adgiceS from senator Cor
man, who desires 10 strengthen Scnator-elect
] Martins case The Republicans nave f0uni
H..
| allies, and refusing the advances Of the enemy
KNOXVILLE. TgSN.-A great sensation was
caused here to-day 10y the bringing OF suit Ioi
| damages against Kev. John Marshall for crime
| against bis demented RranddAughtor which VIII
| not bear publication. Tho deiendaDt Is ~ year
| OLD and has always borne fair reputation lhd
| details are suppressed by the lawyers and police
for fear Of the ynching that lt Is deemed would
| be inevitable.
| pADrcAH. KY.-Fifteen prsonersi In tho county
| iail at Murray escaped during tho night MONDAY
| ~ cutting out. one declined 10 go, though held
| aa accessory 20 murder. Andy Adams, VII,
! aDbed Emmett Slaughter 10 death. AMI hulah'
ueI Grogan and Al. Goslin, VINO murdered Joht
| Perron az Hazel; Marvin Jones, charged VIII
| felonIOus assault and James Head, a Disami-t
| are among those who escaped
SAN FRAscIsco.-The s'eamer China, which
arrived from China aud Japan early THIS morn
| ing, brings news that the condemned Ontee
| states steamer Palos was put up ioe sale q. p1p
| lie auction Oh December 3Oth, nut that the re
| serve price OF $1,000 IN gold was not reached
tho highest bid beng $4,000 Mexican, or Cnl
| about half tne governments estimated value
Consequently the oter of sale was withdrawn
| PrrTsgURa, PA.-A special TO the Leader iron
| Braddock says: "A new wage-scale VIII De pro
| uulgatsd at tho Edgar Thomson steel-works ol
| the Carnegie Company by whlcn tne wages oi ~
| emnloyees ia the converting and blooming de
| Dartments have been reduced. About bHe nun
| dred men are affected. A conference VIII ~
held between representatives OF mo ueh hn,
| the company, aud an eiiort VIII 70 hsio
avert, II possible, the proposed reduction.
| ANDERSON, Isp.-Natnral gas exploded In
house occupied by Ulysses :. Brunson AT insi
| nigga Tho house was compile ely Sfee1od hns
Ave persons we're seriously Injured. OIy sses ;
| Brunson was badly burned about tne teaa. MY
| Rrunson WAS blown through door ana bruised
"a wsII "a burned, aud will die sarah Brunson
aged il. Mary Brunson. z. and poihc branson
we've blown out OF their beds and badly bnraes
ebout the faces and legs ieaky serSieo-pip
caused the disaster.
PcRr ROYAL, 5. c.-The experimental prac
,,,.,ns with the Pneumatic guns OF the Nesuylu
rasnmed this morning and continue.
,hrouahoas the day. Fourteen proiecties uer
sischarxed. With the exception OF The ~