Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-24

new board will contain twenty-nins Slcfi-
caly and twenty-six PrQgfessives hlss
Davenport-Hali, PROGRESSIVE, WAC i.aN
Ing the other candidates by 1900 votes.
G. II. simpson. superintendent CT the
Wells Fargo Express Company. and w.
c. smith and William Ellis. dsputy
United States marshal OF Fort Sinitn.
Ark. arrived at Wichita Fans Inu,sosy
night for the purpose OF idtntuyins
"skeeter'' and his alIies as the gang who
robbed the express-car at Red ROCK, d.
T., In July. "Skeeter." alias Brown, con-
fesssd. and agreed to 80 to Fort em''h'
Governor Flower. Of New York. has re-
fused to grant. for time. at least. .ne
request of the New York city Commitsce
of Seventy, which was approved py Dis-
trict-Attorney Fellows, for the appoint,
ment Of a special deputy attorney-generai
TO prosecute the election frauds IN New
York city. saying distinctly that DIS rea-
son for the refusal Is the charges brought
against Colonel Fellows by the self-con-
stituted committee Of five.
Three suits to recover sugar-bounty,
denied by Secretary Carlisle. have been
filed in the United States Court OF
Claims. at Washington. by J. a. Murray,
attorney on behalf Of the Chino valley
Beet-Sugar Company. OF New Jersey, Tor
S4,lu: the Norfolk Beet-Sugar COMPANY;
OF New Jersey. for $3e3. and the oxnard
Beet-Sugar Company. for sll,IS2, and IL is
the intention to push These cases TO n
final adjudication before the Supreme
Court.
The North American Deposit and In
vestment Company. OF Dubuque, Ia, was
severely denounced by Judge Norton, "a
open court at Chicago yesterday, the
methods OF the company being declared
fraudulent, and It's officers pronounced
swinders. while the Court expressed the
opinion that its organization had been
a.. .Nf ffst.r m
the Ignorant. The company IL one Of the
largest loan and investment concerns In
the country, having a capital stock OF
81, 10000.
Carroll d. Wright. chairman OF the
Strike Commission. has addressed an an
swer TO the open letter TO the commission
recently published in the Railway Age,
in which he says. among other things:
IL have examined the points you attempt
to make against the commission. and fnd
that every material position taken by you
IS false. while our own positions are In
the main clearly substantlated by the evi,
dence taken by the commission. and
chiefly by the sworn testimony OF the
railway and Pullman officials
The offices Of the Fidelity Building
and Loan Association. the Fidelity Build,
Ing Loan and Investment Company. ana
the Columbia Building, Loan ana Invest
ment Company. In Pittsburg, Pa. were
raided by the police yesterday and the
president, vlce-president. ana hve other
parties connected with the concerns ar
rested and placed behind the bars. at
the Central Pollce-Station. Emma Sny-
der, colored woman residing In Alle-
gheny having sworn 10 an information
charging conspiracy 10 defraud. upon
which the arrests were made. The above
named institutions are branches or the
Fidelity Building. Loan and Investment
Association. OF Washington. D. c.. men
ton OF which was made In last night $
of two OF it's officials on information OF
Mrs. Matte Greenwald, a dcpostor.