Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-26

young white men charged with being cfuuK anu
treepassing on the premises OF herman Nohe'
No,ue Coutts tcolored) charged with keeping
n deorderly and fl-governed house, was Dis
charged on the condition that she should move
at once.
Orange Lewis (colored), whose wife prayed
n M he be put under tonds 10 keep the peace
aud accused MIN OF assaultlng and threatening
TO Kill her, was released on payment OF costs
kilograms Reduced.
Tho employers liability iii passed lts second
rendiuc In the British House OF Commons last
evening.
A large meeting Of tho citizens Of Columbia,
S. C.. last night formally denounced the Den-
marx lynching.
Robert Moore. senior member of the firm ot
Moore, Hyams 81 Co, bankers, New Orleans
died yesterday.
Tho Baltimore Sugar-Rehnefy nj Curtis Fay
will resume operations early m May, ana by ihe
middle Of the month VIII be working to its iuli
capacity.
Owing 70 the illness Of Lord James Hannen.
one ~ the British members Of tho Bering-sea
tribunal Of arbitration, the tribunal has nd
lourncd for one week
Upon the recommendation Of Secretary Ie-
mont Eirst Lieutenant J.. Won Schrader, lWellth
Infantry, has been appointed asslsIa-t-luarter-
master with the rank Ot captain.
Tho Governor Of Georgia Yesterday offered re-
wards for the arrest OF parties implicated IN the
rrcentA lynching and burning Of tho BODY OF a
negro murderer in C!ay county near the Ala
bama line.
Unofficial figures from all towns and ctios IN
the Seventh Hassarhusets longre9.lOnai D'a-
trict indicate tho election o. Dr.. William EVaIt
DemOcrat hy plurality Of ~ O10r william T..
Bauct utepublicanl.
The Governor Of Georgia ycs;cr1oy appointed
rf NtepluEfsf
spencer removed. Professor ates Is an ex-
aiuinor and classiner OF specimens Tor tho
Smithsonian Institution.
The negotiations for a settlement Of the dici-
Guilty between the Ann ArbOr road ana the Bro
therhoOd Of Locomotive Engineers, which have
boon In progress al Toledo, o., several days,
have resulted IN nothing
Tho third annual meeting Of the Southern
Hardware Jobbers' Association Is IN session az
Atlanta, with Representatives Of leading hrms
IN all the southern cities present Matters per
tgining to the trade were discussed, ana Ian
quot was given last night
Tho First-Regiment Armory. Chicago, was 20
tally destroyed by IRE yesterday morning TWO
men losing fheir lives IN the flames. Loss % no
State on arms and ammunition about s%lJ,OOO.
The property was insured for $4,000. Loss on
the building, which cost tl5O,OOO, total.
From all parts Of Mississippi como reports hat
the cotton was other Killed or great tly injured
to replaut. but Ia many sections there l. no
seed, the recent high prices paid therefor having
had The effect oi causing nearly all the surplus
10 bc carried 70 market
In accordance with the recent decisions Of
Judge Pardee, Of tho nited States Circuit
Court. and Judge Simonton. Of tho United states
District Court. tho Port Royal nnd Augusts rtil-
way was yesterday turned over 70 j. H. AYerill,
receiver, who took possession of super ntenient
lioOre ONCE in Augusta.
On the farm Of r. a. U0nea, four miles south
a. Aberieen Mis- Monday, n cOored tenant
namci Edwards and his wife loft their three
children, all undor years OF nge. In the house
.alOnc ani went Out 10 work. During their aO-
seuce the house caught fire and was completely
destroyed, while the children were cremate1.
misunderstanding McAdoo, OF the Navy. De-
partmont, has approved the findings Of tho
couri-martial ln the case OF Ensign Manning. II
Ito Eyre tried for drunkenness and conduct nm
becoming an Onice.. The court found him
guilty and 20 ,DraW cuioi bat he Do suspeau "a
for three years on furlougn Uny 'dth tho rcten-
tlOn of his present number.
Tho train bearing the Liberty Bell left Phla-
dclphin yesterday for Chicago. party Of forty.
including Mayor stuart, the JOINT World STAIR
Committee o. the Philadelphia Council, and
other Quaker-Citv officials ard neWspaper-men
arc on the tram. the passage Of which through
tho country aWakeus enthusiasm, the boll
having ycTitable triumphal march.
In tho British House Of Commons yesterday
Hcmr-Srcrctary A-4uifh road telegram sent
by John Morley, Chiei Secretary fer lre.nndrt) -
tho military and tho police ~ belfast direct
inr them 20 give every possible protection %
Catholics nnd 20 friendly Protestant workiugme n
engaged Tn sorting their Cath0ll; fellOw-w0rk-
ers 10 and from w0ik.
Several days ago tho Georgia Central railroad
sent package hy the southern Express Com
pauy t. pay the salaries Of ~ clerks IN The B'r-
wirChafa lAlal Office. Monday the package
rFf.r F ffF hat aT e.
contained nothing but pieces oI blank paper.
Tho amount sent Was el26D. Three messen-
gers banded tho package between savannah
and BiTmiu CHAM.
Charles Niema.n. living on a farm In Laona,
H.. on Monday night put all OF his horses AMI
cattle and yGiuablos INTO barn and then SO
the building on IRE. Everything was D destroyed,
including tlirty-eigat head OF cattle Fix horse
wagons. ana bugeies. Niemlnn then went TO
hig hOJFe, lock sd she doors, and killed himself
with shotgun. Ills br0-her committed sJic,d'
lat simmer boz tie same manner. His family
were away from home.
Daniel Barber, the second person on trial at
pper Marlborough. Nd, for the murder OF
Francis VI. Bowie on the 26th Of March last, was
convicted yesterlay. William Plnkney was tho
first ono convicted. Eacn accused the other of
being the actual murderer. Hui each admitted
assisting tho other 10 pitch the body into an
abandoned we'll At least iwO or Three more
cOlOrcd p6r.Ous, . f. expected, Will be indicted
\ repetition al the Wesleyan University, Della
ware, o.. Of such a practice as that recently in
dulgei IN by some Of the students oi the instltu-
non named VIII bc penitontia-y offence Tho
State Senate has made law OF Guernsey Iay-
lor'= biil, making hazing misdemeanor and
punishable by a nne OF from 500 20 $500 and
im pr.sOnment from six months 20 two years.
ana branding by the us0 OF nitrate ot silver or
Otherwise by q term in the Penitentiary.
d. 2. Hedges, the largest financial operator in
Sioux city Ia, filed q bill Of assignment yester-
DAY afternoon for the benefit Of his creditors.
There .ro no preferences. The failure
is attributed TO tho bad sta'e Of tho
money market and inability 10 sustain tho
Pacific Short Lna and sioux city ana Northern
railroads ON individual credit. Soon after the
hnng OF lledges's notice OF assignment the Union
Loan and Trust Company, Of sioux city. also
closed rs doors
The Wcather-Bureau investigaton at Wash
iugton was continued yesterday. A. ID. Crane,
observer at Norfolk, was tho only witness exam
ined. H. gaV0 testimony IN locgrd 10 tho
charges that n. :. Nichols, an assistant Observer
~ Norfolk, was Incompetent 10 perform his dn-
ties. lie said be would not have recOmmcn1ci
ms retention Ia the service. because bis work
was inefncieut lie denicd that any re,ommen-
dntion made by him 70 Professor Harrington IN
regard 70 Nichols was Influenced or was made
through any Official consideration Of his own ap-
phcatiOn FOR promotion.
Secretary Lamont has modified the detail for
the Magazine Board now IN session NJ spring
held, Mass, by relieving Captain NJ. 5. Ander-
son, sixth Cavalry, ana Colonel J. p. Farley,
Ordnance Department, from duty on the board
and ordering Major T. Moore, Eiith Cavalry. and
Colonel j. c. Bates. SecC1d Infantry, IN theiT
places. Inventors having arms 90 submit TO the
board for tests objected to IFS composition on the
ground that tt was preluiiced IN favor of the
krag-Jorgeusen gun, which it hal heretofore
tested and recommended for the use OF the
army. The statement IS made that the changes
noted arc not 10 be taken as a reflection upon
the officers involved, but were made so that the
inventors would have nc possible ground for
complaint.
In the United States Supreme Court yester-
day Walter II. Smith, Of Washington city, and
Judge Barber. 90 Cleveland, appeared as attor-
n0ys ;or tho Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engi.
neers and moved 20 advance the case OF James
Lennon. appellant, from tho Circuit Court ai
Toledo, q. Lennon IL ono VI the Lake
Shore railroad engineers who Was al
judged gully OF contempt in refusing
10 obey tho orders Of the Court IN regard tO
handling Toledo, Ann ArbOr and North Michigan
froght-cars. He was cent 20 iGil for contempt
An application was made 70 tho Circuit Court ai
Toledo for his release on writ u habeas cor
pus. which Was denied, and an appeal was then
taken 10 the United states supreme Court. IL
Is not probable that the motion made 20 advance
the case viii DO decided at tho present term OF