Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-23
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Telegraphic Terstties.
Professor 4. B. Craghead has been elected
president OF Clemson College, 8 G.
The Board OF Managers OF the Reaiing rail.
road dectied yesterday to abandon tho rehabili-
ton plan.
The Democratic State Judicial Convention OF
Arkansas yesterday nominated II. c. Bum Tor
Chief Justice.
Reports from Iron River, Wis. state that the
fires there have been discovered to be the work
Of incendiaries-
The City National Bank, OF Greenville, Mich,
was closed yesterday morning by order OF Bank
Examiner Caldwell.
The Sutherland Timber yards, in East Nash
VILE, Team, were burned Wednesday night.
Loes, about S75,OOO.
At Clinch Raven, Ga, yesterday IRE destroyed
n million feet Of lumber valued at $4,000 ana
owned by Paxton s Mat!ox.
Sloan, johnson & Co., Wholesale grocers,
Omaha, Neb., have assigned. Liabilities up
wards OF $500, 900: assets about sSO,OO0.
The Yale-Haryard baseball game to have
been played In Cambridge Yesterday afternoon
was postponed until tomorrow On account Oh
rain.
The coast-defence ship Monterey has been
finally accepted by the government, ana the
Navy Department Will assume control Of her
i'm m ediately.
The Berlin Refehzdnse,ger announces that the
army bill that will be submitted 10 the next
Rechsiag will re virtually the Hueno compro-
misc on the old TILL
b. T. Rhes & Sou. grain dealers, Nashville.
Tenn. assigned for the benefit OF creditors yes-
terday. Liabilities estimated at 100000;
assets about the same.
The Washington city grand jury took up the
rds-Theatre calamity case against Colonel
f.tau A mil cd m mn
ber OF technical witnesses as to tho cause OF the
disaster.
The Ridgsway Bank, q private institution at
Rtdgeway, Pa, closed It's doors yesterday, the
officers OF the bank saying all depostors would
be paid IN tull as soon as the assets could be
realized on.
News has reached New York by way Of Eng
land that William ID. Mccoy, OF Indiana, United
States Minister to the Republic OF Liberia, died
at Monrovia May 14th and was buriei with mill
tary honors.
The members OF the World's-Fair Council Of
Administration are discussing the adyisa bity
| Of having a Decentralization day at tho fair
and the chances are that the hall rate Will DO
tried Sunday week
secretary-of-the Interior Smith yesterday
affirmed tho decision Of the Commissioner OF tho
| General-Lsnd ONCE in refusing 10 recognize tho
validity OF the claim OF tho heirs OF Jesse Fish to
Anasiasa Island, in the State Of Florida.
The real estate firm OF Baird & Bradley, Chi
cago, made an assignment in the County Court
| yesterday morning to the Title Guarantee and
| Trust Company. The assets are placed at
| s600,000 and the liabilities al 100000
The New York Erenin1 Poet yesterday an-
nounced the failure OF Henry Sheldon Co., tho
well-known tea aud coffee firm. They are high
ly rated IN the commercial agencies, ther re-
| sources being between 100000 and 100000.
rhe $4,000 breach-of- promise sut OF Miss
| LYDIA Anderson, Of st. Clarsylle o., against
| Or. James i. HobsoD, Of Cleveland, was compro-
| missed yesterday while tho trial was ID progress
| Or. Hooson agreeing to pay the lady $4,000 and
| oil costs.
Oricial investigation into tho bomb explosion
| at the residence OF Senior Canovos del Castillo,
| In Madrid, Spain, has led 10 tho discovery OF a
| plot that embraces Anarchists IN several Euro
| pean countries. Twenty-three arrests have been
| made and moro are expected.
Tho Peoples Bank Of Pomona, Cal. did not
| open yesterday morning. This notice was ou
| the door: sowing to the existing financial
! stringeucy the Board Of Directors OF this bauk
| have decided to temporarily close It's doors
Depositors will be paid in full"
vice.President Stevenson arrived at Memphis
| Wednesday on his way TO Little Rock was
| mot at the station by large delegation OF
| prominent citizens, and was escorted to the
| Appeal building whore an informal reception
| was held and a large crowd greeted him.
| Tho American bark Edmund Finney, Captain
| Young, from Cienfuegos. arrived at Delaware
| Breakwater "Wednesday night, having on board
| the shipwrecked crew Of the schooner Mary A
| Power, Captain Wyman, from Fernandina, Fla.
| with lumber from New Bedford, Mass, aban
doned water-logged.
interviews with Justin Mccarthy and othel
/ Irish leaders show that they are disappoutet
over the proposed alterations N the financial
/ clauses OF the home rule bill. Before com nit
| ting themselves 10 oppose or reject the altera
| tions party conference will be hold aud the
sense OF the party taken.
| There will be no pension deficiency for the
| current fiscal year. which en1s The 30th instant.
That IL assured by figures obtained from the
| Treasury Department yesterday, which show
/ that an uneIpended balance OF about one NIL
| lion dollars will remain OF the amount appro-
| priated for the payment Of pensions for the cur
| rent year.
| Cashier Carr of the Tuscu mbia Banking Com
pany, Florence, Ala. was arrested Wednesday
| night. He returned from New York Wcdnes-
| day and claimed TO have sufficient money 30 paw
| depositors Of the suspended bank. Instead OF
| this he made n proposition 70 compromise
| which was rejected, and his arrest followed. II
| ~ now thought the bank will only pay fifteen
| cents on tho dollsr
| Secretary Carlisle yesterday issued an impor-
| tant circular to collectors Of customs and OtheI
| officers, stating that to facilitate the removal
| OF wrecks and derelicts along the coasts and In
| tho bays harbors, and other nayigable waters
| Of the United States which are a menace &c
| navigation the masters OF merchant vessels and
| officers OF revenue marine cutters, OF vessels OF
| the lighthouse establishment, and Of the Coast
| and Geodetic Survey are directed 70 keep q
| lookout for such dangerous wrecks and dorencts
| ia the waters In which their vessels cruise ID
| their regular course, and on observing any &c
make report directly to the Commissioner o
| Navigation, Treasury Department. Washington,
| ID. c.. such report embracing as accurate de-
scription Of the wreck or derelict ~ possible"