Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-04
Telegraphic Brevities.

Henry l.. Mitchell. of Tampa. was a.
noon yesterday Inaugurated, at Tallahas
see, Governor Of Florida.
The Gar has gwen orders that rene
works be started in the distressed nussIaI
districts forthwith for the benefit o.
famine sufferers.
The principal Italian ship-builders anc
ship-ow have resolved TO register then
vessels under foreign flags hereafter, in
order TO escape the rulnous iniposts levied
on Italian vessels.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times SAYS two fresh cases of cholera in
Hamburg and one IL Wandsbeck were re-
ported Yesterday. There were two deaths
from cholera in Altcna.
Late Yesterday afternoon. at 4l2 fremont
street, Boston, Mass, Louis Wagner shot
and killed Mrs. Fanny Speir aud then CON-
mitted suicide. Tb tragedy ia supposed
to be the result of jealousy. Mrs. Speir
was divorced.
Two Illinois presidential electors, Cor
raker and O'ConnC. are ineligible. 10 is
said, though how i is not said. SHOULD
the Republicans rase the point" it is con-
tInued, both woUd be disqualified from
serving and two IApublicans would take
their places"
At12 o'clock las night furious mob of
twenty-five or thity masked men, armed
and determined D take the law ia their
own hands, calld upon Deputy. Sheriff
Wright, at Lewisbn, Idaho, and at tho
muZZle of q revover demanded the key
to the cell of Albrt Roberts. who muir
dred Jack SullivA about two weeks ago.
The KEYS were obained and Roberts was
taken from the ja and hanged.
The engine of train going North from
Monon, Ind, TO lichigan City yesterday
afternoon blew VI near Francesville, kill
ing two men andperhaps fatally scalding
q third. The frslan. ". ". Mccarthy, of
Indianapolis, wa blown iuto the air and
dropped dead o the track. The head
brakeman had bnes broken all over his
body and was trrlbly scalded, but still
may live. A farer unloading hay about
one hundred yart from where the engine
burst had his wasn torn TO pieces and WAS
himself badly hit by piece OF casting
from the engine.
A deadly shootig affray occurred Mon
day at Marion, Li between A. Carroll and
j. r. Carroll on ne SIDE, and Lee Cox.
Oscar Cox. and |. A. Alexander on the
other. resultingin the killing OF A.
Carroll and th mortaliy wounding
Of j. II. Carol and Lee Cox. r. A.
Alexander and Oslr Cox received painful
but not dangerot wounds. There were
some thirty pistoIhots fired. There has
been bad blood fosome time between the
parties, owing TO lawsuit. The affair oc-
Cured after heang before the magis-
trate IN Marion, al IL is believed resulted
from the lawsui All the parties in
volved are, or wenfsrmers.
Delegates from iarly every county in
Florida were presa yesterday at a Mica
ragua-canal conHtion in Tallahassee
which had been sled by congressional
districts. but whh was consolidated.
Ex-Governor Flenig presided and deliy-
cred the opening dress, and State Seua-
tor Joseph u. WI, of Tampa. pre-
sented a series resolutions which
were unanunouslYiOpted and which de-
clare that the Fedhl Government should
control the canal; ht the necessity for the
canal demands Imtdiate action by Con-
gress: that the bJ now before Congress
should be passedhnd that the Florida
representatives sht q promote its passage.
The convention ued, indeed. that every
influence which Il State of Florida can
exercise shall be erted TO secure such
legislation as shalproyide for the COM
pletion of the canhnder the control and
protection Of the tied States.
Dispatches repq extremely cold wea-
ther on the Conent of Europe. In
France many perss have been frozen 10
death. The river pire is frozen over at
Nantes, and the tyn of Dijon is snow
bound. In Italy 10 weather Is very Sc
we're. snow hsvinjallen for maay hours
in Rome. In lstria and Hungary
violent snow-stob prevailed all yes
terday. Every ki of traffic has been |
impeded and scorbf villages have been |
completely isolate The South-Austrian /
railway is implSble almost it's entire |
length. Two expases from Vienna for |
Trieste are snow hnd between stations !
and the military 10 been called upon 20 |
dig them out. Ger lines are partially |
crippled. All thdnperial shooting par
ties in Styria ha been POSTPONED in- |
definitely. A patch from Trieste
SAYS all traf IN that city /
has been stoppdby snow-drlfts. The |
theatres are closend no church services
will be held to-da In Vienna the snow /
is plled ten or t1e feet high between |
the roadways andlewalks. No market
men have been Alto reach the city, aud
there Is greatarth of all farm pro-
duets. A milk h butter famine has /
already been anrhced by the produce
dealers.