Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-23
Telegraph in Brief.

W. l.. Ogden. business manager OF the
Chicago Tribune died suddenly yeseIuuS
morning.
The Jury in the Monson case at Edin-
burgh, Scotland. has returned Neiuie'
Of mot proven
Oliver & Roberts's wlre-mill. South SIDE,
Pittsburg. closed down for an indefinite
period yesterday.
The Secretary Of the Navy has accept
ed the cruiser Columbia, the ffeetest yes
sci i'm the naval service, in behalf oil the
United States Government.
The Indurated Fibre Company, QfNorth
Corhan, Maine. will close " mn TO
night the officers Of the company saying
the shutdown Is due 10 the Wilson tariit
bill.
4 dispatch from Buluwayo states that
Captain Wilson's force defeated 10 Ben
l1lela beyond the Shanghai river, Decem-
ber lth, 10 Benguela fleeing after the
battle.
The italian Senate. by a.vote Of l0l 70
find ont whether any Of the senator's arc
compromised in the matter OF the pahk
scandals.
Secretary Carlisle has received and ac-
cepted the designations Of Robert Smails
Collector Of Customs, Beaufort > c.
and John H. DeveauX, Collector OF Gus
toms, Brunswick, Ga.
Inc papers Ol al IT, diAhoAth .e'',S
avoid raking up bygones, express little
confidence that Signor Crispi, the Italian
Prime Minister will be able 10 extricate
the country from the present deal-Iock.
i fire in Manchester, VT, yesterday
destroyed tho National Bank. Hamiltons
clothing stores Eakbrooks Opera-House,
and the Carpenter House. Loss, about
100000. Insurance only partial.
Lieutenant-GeneraI MocennI, italian
Minister of War. announced In the Cham
Der of Deputies at Rome yesterday
victory OF Italian troops over derVishes
at a point between kassala ana ABordat
I'm Northern Africa
4 st. Petersburg dispatch says that
cholera Is increasing on account OF me
large consumption OF bad hsh, thefe
having been in the st. Nicholas Orphan
Institute since the beginning Of the fast
a week ago, l9i cases.
A special from Wlnnsboro, s. C., last
night said there was q fire raging in that
town, and that dozen stores had been
burned at the time of the telegraphing.
Later news was 10 the effect that the
fire was under control No particulars.
A crank, who signed himself Joseph
Don Jam. OF 70 Passaic street, Newark:
y. j., IS wanted by the Secret Service Of
the government for threatening letters TO
a number of prominent officers OF the
government including the President, the
Vice President and Secretary Carlisle.
An unsuccessful attempt was made last
evening at Kelso. Indian Territory, to hold
up a Missouri Kansas and Texas tram
Finding they were fOiled, the robbers.
four in number, opened fire on the train,
and the fireman, Charles Milne, was
shot in the face and had his lower jaw
torn off. the wound being very serious.
The Arkansas State Board of Peniten-
tiary Commissioners has concluded to
make a contract with Austin Corbin n
Co. of New York, TO work 400 state con-
victs on the Sunny-Side plantation, be-
longing to the northern firm, the latter
agreeing TO furnish quarters and a gene
raj SUPERINTENDENT and TO give halt the
crop 10 the State.
S NJ. Hart president OF the State Bank
Of Buckley. Washington State. was ar
rested In Baltimore yesterday on the
charge OF embezzling 10000 OF the funds
Of the bank named. He once ran
billiard-hall in Baltimore under the name
Of Louis l.. Kahn which Is said TO be his
right name, and he was at one time the
champion billiard-player of Maryland.
Lewis A. Hm paying-teller of the st.
Nicholas Bank, of New York, was ar
rested in Newark, n. j., yesterday, the
warrant issued by Judge MARITIME, of New
York, based on an affidavit setting forth
that Hilrs accounts. so far as they have
$l2. 600 The prisoner was admitted 10
bail In $40. OOO-the highest bail ever taken
In Police Court in New Jersey.
The London Globe says that after the
debate on the navy Tuesday in the House
OF Commons all the Lords OF the Admi-
rally resigned and II was only yesterday,
after Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Cham
cellor of the Exchequer, had explained
TO the Lords OF the Admiralty that the
government intended 10 maintain the
British navy's supremacy that the re-
signations were withdrawn.
The United States grand jury at Waco.
Texas, returned an indictment Thursday
night, charging 5. j. Walling with mis-
duplication and embeZzlement OF money
OF the City National Bank OF Brownwood,
Texas. amounting 10 $4,000, Walling hav-
ing been cashier OF the bank, the funds
OF which was lost In cotton-future
operations. so that the institution had 10
suspend.
or the 400 nominations sent TO the Sen
ate by the President during the time the
Senate has been IN regular session, 100
were unacted upon when the Senate took
a recess for the Christmas holidays:
among these being the nomilat.ons OF
of Judge Hornblower for Justice OF the
Supreme Court, and OF Robert II. Preston
for Director of the Mint, which have been
in dispute almost ever since the begin
ming OF the extra session. OF j. Scott
Harrison, brother OF ex-President Harri-
son, for Surveyor OF Customs az Kansas
CITY, Mo-: OF Kope Elias. for Collector OF
Internal Revenue In North Carolina. and
OF w. IT, Brawiey. for United States Dis
trict Judge, South Carolina.