Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-15

and minerals. and forestry buildings OF
the Cotton States and International Ex-
position, Atlanta: the contract for the
fine-arts building Is TO be let on Saturday.
and that for all superstructures on De
cember 10th. The concession for the
Edison kaleidoscope was yesterday
awarded to Beverly w. Wrenn, Jr., and
associates.
Senator David y. Hill yesterday filed a
statement Of his election expenses as the
Democratic candidate for Governor or
New York az follows: Paid to Democratic
State Committee for the general ex-
snses or the campaign, 600. paid for
transportation. $50: paid for use OF type
writer-machines. $l3: paid for personal eX-
penses OF self and secretary on trips
throughout the State, 1885; postage and
kilograms, Sj.
Owing to the Illness of Mr.. Goff the
work Of the l.eXOw Investigating Commit
tee, New York. will not be resumed earlier
than November 26th. and possibly not be
fore December 2lst. Senator LeXOw de-
MES that any agreement has been made
between Tammany ofiice-hOlders and
r. G. Platt that II the office holders
further Investigation of departments
would be discontinued.
VIII Morrison who confessed In Atlanta
Tuesday that he was one of the men who
threw VIII Roper into a copper-mine
shaft. went on the stand yesterday in the
Morrison. J. NJ. Morrison. and j. w.
Rsdd. also under Indictment for the same
offence had nothing TO do with II. but
that the cOnspratOrs were himself Payne
Duncan, who has also confessed. and a
man named McCutchen, who Is at large.
Several Catholic bishops in the United
States have renewed their request u
the Pope that his Holiness condemn
certain societies Of wOrlingmen as asso-
Citations that cannot be cOuntenanced by
q ~ t.r.e NFa.tf L
gard II as duty TO interfere in the mat
ter The coming encyclical letter upon
the affairs Of the Church in the United
States. however, will contain an impor-
tant passage upon the subject cOuched
in a spirit Of kindliness. but stlll in Il
spirit of ilrmness.
A special from Raleigh, y. c., saws:
Marion Butler. the president OF the Ma
:ional Farmers Alliance. who IS slated 10
succeed Senator Ransom in the United
States Senate after March ith next. is re-
ported as having stated that he would
vote with the Republicans In the organi-
zation Of the next Senate. II this Is 50
the Republicans can count on both of
as the other senator 10 he elected In .lanll-
ary by the Legislature to succeed Jarvis
will be a Republican.
Miss Helen Fisk Jackson. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Jackson, Of west
Monument street, Baltimore was married
y
Protestant Episcopal church. Baltimore,
10 Colonel James Henry Preston. Speaker
of the House Of Delegates Of the Mary
land Legislature. and well-knOwn mem-
Der of the Baltimore Bar. The ushers
were Colonel Preston's associates on Gov
ernor Browns staff. The church decora-
tons were exceptionally beautiful.
A boy named Thomas Washburn yester-
day cooked and aim Il a gun at Il keg Of
powder In sporting goods store at Sing
Sing, \. Y. and pulled the trigger 10
prove his statement that the gun WAS not
loaded. II went off. the keg Of powder
did the same. and the store was demOl-
ished. and Washburn was killed. Three
other men I'm the store were blown a safe
distance from the fire which followed, all
badly hurt. but not fatally. and a numb r
OF people outside the store were cut by
flying glass and hardware from the store
In accordance with the demand Of the
British Government the forts at "aku,
China. yesterday saluted the British
steamship Chung King. which was board
"a by Chinese soldiers last August, with
twenty-One guns. and the Chinese Gov
ornment has signfed its intention Of still
further complying with the British de-
mand by degrading Taot-Sheng, at whose
instisatiOn the outrage upon the snip ana
her japanese passengers was committed.
China will also apologize TO England Tor
the act
The Baltimore Manufacturers Record or
this week will publish special letters rom
n large number OF United States senator's
and congressman giving their views on
the question OF whether the government
should give financial aid 10 secur" the
early construction OF the Nicaragua
Canal. the letters being about equally
divided between Democrats and tepubJ-
cans. and with only g few eXcrptlon5
tney take strong ground In favor of tho
Importance OF the canal and Of its conti 81
by the United States Government.
The Governing Committee Of the New
York Stock Exchange yesterday listed
$la9f0O.J Southern Railway Company
common stock, SoWo0O southern Ran
way Company per cent. non-cumulatlEe
preferred stock 81 ,9ll .Op Southern Ra!i-
way Company first mortgage per cent:
gold bonds, and the various securities or
the lines comprising the company-to-wlt:
The Columbia and GrcenViile, Georgia IA
cihc. Western North Carolina. Richmond
and Danvile Virginia Midland and East
Tennessee companies which have assent
ed to the reorganization.
The German anti-revolution bill was
sent to the Rundesrath yesterday Tor
the approval Of that body. IL contains
the following passage: 1T shall hence
forth be punishable u incite any person
in the military seryic. TO disobedience
of law or order. to gorify criminal acts
by word or riotlng, or TO threaten by
force or by menacing letters, ana any
newspaper lflbl AllN VI A'flAs'ffAH N''s
such writings or letters will be sum-
marily suppressed pending the sentencing
of the persons guilty Of such publica-
tons."
The storms which have been raging
throughout England and In the Channel
and the North Sea since Monday, continue
undated, an1 are particularly severe In
the west and South Of England. The
Channel traffic from Folkestone has been
entirely suspended The bark Left, be
longing In Drammen, Norway, has been
wrecked at Dover. and three OF her crew
were drowned. Other cases OF drowning
are reported from different places. The
riverside lawns at Kew and Richmond
are flooded. The Thames, at Richmond,
has risen four feet.
The late arrivals of delegates TO the
knights OF Labor Convention at New
Orleans has swelled the number 10 100.
so that the meeting IL one OF the largest
held by the order In several years. The
work OF appointing committees consumed
the greater part or yesterdays session,
and the following were appointed: on
Examination OF Resolutions ard Dis
tributing the same 10 COmmittees-Eldon
Boynton, OF Maine; Mr.. shurben. OF
Ohio. and G.. o. Purdy. OF 81. Louis:
on Legislation, Daniel DeLeon, OF New
York; W. Ludgate. of Texas; F. T. :.
Robinson of Indiana: \. $. Worsiey. of
Kentucky, and f.. ID. Adams, OF Ne
braska. On state OF the Order. Henry
Traphagen, Of Philadelphia; Mike &.
Kelly. OF New York: W. j: Wilson. OF
Idaho; o. NJ. Harmot, of Pittsburg. and
NJ. j. Connolly. OF Brooklyn. on Mileage.
Charles +. Besthold and W. J. Lyncn.
of New York; John Hawkins, OF Chicago;
]. A. Bauer, OF Ohio; and J. A. Rhodes.
OF Montreal T. V. Powderly Is expected
TO arrive in time for to-day's session.
IT,. nttIIavd Match
NEW YORK, November 1.-THE Schae-
fer-Iyes billiard-match was continued this
sreninD When adjournment was taken