Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-15
Telegrams Boiled Down.


The Alabama National Bank, Of Mobile. Ala,
closed its doors yesterday ana is now IN tho
hands Of a bank examiner.
Mr.. Gladstone is 80 much better az TO be able 10
conduct his correspondence. Lord salisbury II
confined 70 his house with cold.
Hog leland. opposite the mouth Of the Patux-
ent river, is 10 be taken possession OF Oy the
government as a quarantine station.
President j. S. Clarkson has called the annual
convention OF tho National League OF Republican
clubs 10 meet ut Louisville, hy., May loth ncAI
Director Deviss second crush order 20 ex-
hibitoss at the Worlds Fair Was sent out yester-
dag. Tho time for receiving exhibits expires
April 10Th.
Brleadier-General Potter V. Eagner, United
States army, retired, was buiici, aud hrs bro
thcr, DR.. Charles l.. Hagner, died IN washington
city yesterday.
The Farmers and Trnders' Bank. Montgomery
City, Mo-, was entered ut 4 o'clock yesterday
morning by burglars. who blew open the sate
with dynamite and secured anout s+'OoV'
Several wore arrested in Madrid yesterday.
One OF them, an Italian, was surprised III tee act
of charging BOMB. Ito dropped the bonn, u
exploded, and he was instantly killed while no.
body else WIS injured.
A dispatch from East Africa states thai tho
German forces have won n victory over tue hos
tile natives, killing SIKH. tho loader OF the hos
=
man was Injured Ia tho hghi.
Tho United States Supreme Court yesterday
denied the application madc ny counsel for
Howard Schneider, sentenced TO Dc hanged next
Friday for murder for leave 70 nls petitions Tor
wiz OF haboaB co.pus and also tor writ OF
error.
Tho United States shin Chicago. which
arrived in Hampton Roads from Now YORK yes
terday morning, hos been toined by the Atlanta
from koy West and they constitute the advance
guar! OF tho home squadron Tor tho naval
rendezvous.
Only rneacre reports can be secured from tho
prairie fires which have been raging IN west
crn Kansas for the past two days. Yesterday,
however, news was received nom kusseil
county that seven persons wore caught between
two hres Monday and pertshod.
The fast express on tho Central Georgia road
was deraed yesterday afternoon TWO and hall
mites above Bollingbroke. Tho engino and nll
the Goa hes. gave the parlOr-car, were smashed
No lives lost and not more than half dozen
persons sustained injuries Of consequence.
Judge Brown in the United States District
Court OF New York yesterday issued an order
for the fale Of the steamship Ntglancla. OF tho
United States and Brazil Mall steamship Com
pany, % safety n claim Of senmen fcr wages.
Olher vessels o. the limo may also h..Te 70 De OLD
At Che second days session OF the cJnterense
OF tur!-nen representing tho National Ir0ttlng
Association Gnd the American IrOtting Associa-
tion ana tho American Irotting keglstrntlon
Association held at the Fifth licteL New
York. yesterday rules governing performances
against time were adopted.
4 special meeting OF the General Synod Of tho
Protestant Church ot ireland was he'd IN Dub
lin Yesterday, the prmHte IN tho char, and was
largely attended. clergymen and iaymen having
travelled from the renotest parishes to be pres
ent. A rerolu ion was unanimously passed con-
demniny the irish home rulc DILL
NJ. q. oprpah h-- tha rhoctow " Coal (ou.
pany. at Anderson, !. T., exploded yesterday,
the explosion having been caused by the preina-
ture explosion Oi q blast There were Only
eighteen neu-chiefy ltaians-ln tho mine at
the time. but of these nlne gore killed outright
and oisht 50 badly burned that they Will prooa-
bly, die.
Yesterday being tho anniversary Of the birth
OF the King a. Italy, Baron Fayn, tho Italian
Minister at Washington. gave diplomatlc ar
nor IN honor OF the event IEo Nce-Ifosldenl
of the United states. ths Secretary o state anl
the Secretary Of The Treasury were nmous tho
guests and President CleTelands health WAS
proposed By the Baron.
Secretary Carlisle has amended the quarantine
regulations 80 az 70 permit steam ye5seb IRON a
euspected or Infected port where yelov-ieYer
prevails 10 enter ut the port OF baltimore ana
ports north OF Baltimore, Md, after 1ye day.
from dato OF departure ron such ro,ts without
disinfectiOn CT detention unless IN bad sanitary
condition or with bad sanitary history.
Moalem mobs have possession Of Ces1rea, Pal
estine Tbey have established roign OF terror
over the Armenians, have robbed hundreds an
killed many. All places Of business are closed
and trade is utterly stagnant Violence and
theft continue day and night. Christian cara
vans are boing robbed and the merchants mur-
dere1. The prisons are crowded with Arme-
nian prisoners-
The streets OF Grand Rapids, Mich, were IN
! total darkness last night. The electric-hght
| works are submerged and the Twelve dynamoi
are ruined. Many OF the largest manufacturing
establishments OF the city are closed: Butter
worth avenue is oyerfowcd 20 depth Of eighteen
| inches. Watson and HOyey streets are COM
pletely inundated. The country outside OF the
| city is flooded !or miles.
The British have had n series OF battles with
the tribes beyond Chitral, where the British
b have for some time been endeaYorlng tC
sibity OF Russian cncroschment. The strug'
Gle wns desperate and sangunary, but the ma
tiyes wore az length made 70 submit, having lost
200 men. The British loss was twenty-three
killed, including Major Daniel, ani thirty
wounded.
: Company were in session Tor three hours yester-
/ day GfternoOn IN Now York and decided 10 accept
the Talbot opel-hearth steel process n patent
owned by tho Metal Rohning Company, OF Chat
I tanOoga, Tenn, ON which they have an option
good until April 4th. Secretary Bowron says
tho company proposes 70 be In the soutn N the
manufacture Of steel What tho Carnegics are In
the NoriA.
| john RGhm, United States District Attorney
/ filed in the Federal court a, Nashville. Tenn.
/ Monday bill Ct complaint OF tho Interstate Com.
mcrce Commission agntnst tho Louisville and
Nashville railway, the bill alleging that tho com
pany bGs steadily refused and continues 10 re-
fuso to obey an order made BY the commission
: under decision Of the commission relative Il
Determinations in coal rates charged shippers
% Nashville over It's lines.
/ MJ.OB len. Of Chattanooga. formerly trel.
/ surer OF tue Catholic Knights OF America. ana
/ who dcfaulted In the sum OF $4,000 OF th'
/ funds OF the order, met the supreme orsco:s
! the organization az Toledo, o., yesterday, enc
propOsed 10 pay down $4,000 cash ami Giy'
/ bend % pay $4,000 yearly in semi-annual In
I staimvnts until the discrepancy, which n
claims Is 100000. IS made good. Tho propo
! sition wos rejected, and pondinga more ccepta
Bile one, 10 was resolved to prosecute the case
| agalnss tho ex-treasurer.
The Official list OF Democratic Senate CON mi,
| teemen was yesterday announced Mr.. Danie
is TO be chairman OF tho Committee on heyisioI
| OF the Laws; Mr.. Hunton OF tnat 20 cstab
IIsh the University OF tho United states
| Mr.. Ransom. OF North Carolina, is TO b'
chairman Of the Committee on Commerce
| and Nr. Vance OF that on Privileges aa'
| Elections. Mesars. PETER and Kyle, the Populis
members. are provided vita craftsmanship
! under the arrangement and Mr.. stewart l. per
| mtted TO retain tho Craftsmanship OF the Com
mittee on Mines and Mining which ne hpit IN
der tho Republican organization.
A letter was received yesterday by Arthu
Lumler, editor OF the New York lanstf1is'
NTws, from his New Orleans correspondent
which says: 81 am iniormed ffcm sourc'
! which am compelled 10 believe that fiizsim
mons's cuntrnc. with the club was that 40 was Y
ret $4,000 for winning and $4,000 " II wa
declared mo contest or a draw Monday nigh
was set 10 deliver the big purse % Fltxzimmons q
| the 81. Charles Hotel Fitz was there on time
with his lawyer. but the purse was not, aud til
club says the announcement was made withou
their knowiedgeor consent, and have notifies
i Mr. Fitzslmmons to call at their ONCE to-day 10
the money. The club thought it was not tn
proper thing TO trust Fitxsimmors with thoi
money ipst for the sake os making chow, an
10 make a long story short fltzsimmons has now
1t Is said. got ~ take Sl2, 900 or nothing tor hi
share"