Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-06
tinued yesterday. the defence opening
side OF the case.

proposals to be opened February 18th
next
A light vote was poIied in the Atlanta
city election yesterday, there being oniy
one ticket in the field. Porter King was
elected Mayor.
J. r.. Dooner q Co. carriage and hard,
by the Sheriff yesterday By virtue Of q
mortgage note for S,oco.
Numa Dudoussat, the member OF the
| New Orleans City. Council charged VITA
bribery. was convicted yesterday, Win
| Recommendation to mercy.
The Thanksgiving proclamation OF the
ma aaopts tspuSe mot cny she United States
| custom, but selects the same day.
Mrs. Teddy Arthur. a notorious woman
| on Hart's creek In Lincoln county. thirty
miles south OF Huntington, W. Va, was
| fatally shot yesterday BY unknown par
| ties.
Orders were issued yesterday at the
| Navy Department to place the receiving,
| ship Dale out OF commission and 10 senu
| her to Baltimore for the use OF tne
| naval militia.
Buddy Wooten, one Of two negroes
| confined at Chattanooga under sentence
| to be hanged for the murder or wnits
| man named Marion Ross, has confessed
| that he is guilty.
In addition to his former, gift OF n,So
| for relief OF the sufferers by the eartn-
| quake In Italy, King Humbert yesterday
made donation OF 1900 TO be devoted
| to the same purpose.
Mike Caboo. an Italian 30 years old,
| was found murdered near Jacksonyiile.
| Fla, yesterday, and three negroes have
been arrested on suspicion Of being I'M
| plicated In the crime.
The Department OF State has been no
| titled of a proposed change In the Ger
| man customs tariff by which the duty
| on cottonseed-oil will be increased 20
| per cent. over the present
Hon. II. N Judge, one Of the leading
nent lawyer. committed suicide at his
| home In Tutula Tuesday night. He was
to have been married to-day.
| The striking fiint-glass workers, asso-
ciated with Pittsburg businessmen. pro-
se pants 20 which Which W viii be operated against the
| United States Glass Company
Hon. David B. Hill arrived at Jackson
| Vile last night from the Indian-rfyer
| country, where he has been for two
| weeks. and was to leave the city named
| for Washington this morning.
A special from Knoxville. Ca. says
| that w. II. Dent, who killed o. T..
| pitchfork, was tried yesterday and ac-
| quilted of the charge OF murder.
The General Assembly Of South Caro-,
| lima. in joint session, yesterday completed
the reorganization Of the judiciary OF the
| State. begun with the advent or the
reform" administration four years ago.
The Chattanooga Times publishes the
| official vote of every county in the state
| of Tennessee, and the total shows: Evans
| Republican). for Governor, h5.l6l; Tur-
ney DemocraD. 104.326. Eyanss plurality,
Sn.
Foreign exchange has advanced within
| the past few days to point that leads
the Federal Treasury officials TO- antlei-
pate that gold may be exported this week.
The Treasury gold reserve stood yesterday
| at Sill, 10000.
Among the more important recess ap-
pointments submitted 10 the Senate yes
terday are the following: {. h. Mansur,
Of Missouri, 70 be Assistant C9m,ptroiieft et
| Florida, to be Collector of Internal Reve-
nue. for the District Of Florida.
Owing TO the closing down of mines
operated by the Sunday-Creek Coal Com
pany at Buckingham, Perry county, u.
300 miners are thrown out OF employment
| and with their families, are In sucn q
destitute condition that committee has
been sent to Columbus to secure aid.
The President, in addition to a long list
| of recess appointments, sent 70 the Senale
yesterday the following nomination: r.
II. Stroba. OF New York, now ENVOY En, TX
! traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to Ecuador, to be Envoy ExtraoEIdina,ry a,r y
and Minister Plenipotentiary to Chile, vice
James ID. Porter. resigned.
In the Belgian Chamber OF Deputies
| yesterday a vote was taken upon tie 30,
cialist proposal that amnesty be granted
! TO all persons now serving terms of i'm
prisonment for taking part In the riots
! that occurred during the universal sur
I frage agitation, and the motion was de-
feated by a vote OF ~ TO a.
Charles p Barrett, the Spartanburg, 5.
| c., attorney who was the centre OF the
conspiracy of postmasters 10 delraud tne
| United States Government and rob mer-
chants and business houses. In all parts
| of the country, was placed on trial IN
| the United States Court at Columbia
| yesterday on one of the many charges
! against him, and was convicted.
Shortly before the adjournment Of the
| Federal Senate yesterday the credentials
of Mr.. Walsh Democrap, Of Georgia
showing his election by the Legislature
OF his State to fill the unexpired term OF
| the late Senator Colquitt until March J.
1885. were presented by Mr Ransom, and
| the oath OF office was administered u
Mr.. Walsh by the Vice-President.
Among the gold deposited with the As.
! sistant United States Treasurer at Phil
! adelphia by the members of the Stewart
syndicate In that city for their share OF
the new bond issue were discovered some
lightweight coins. and so Assistant,
Treasurer Bigler gave only &c, e9nditlonal a.
make up the deficiency in weight
John Burns. member of Parliament, the
English labor leader; Samuel Gompers
president of the Federation OF Labor
and other labor representatives. left New
York for Denver. Col, last night 10 at
tend the convention Of national and In
I 10 nj trades
unions TO be held there the 10th instant
and will return through the South.
There was q wholesale poisoning case
from drinking coffee in Columbus, Ga,
yesterday, the family of Mr. j. r
Keene, consisting OF himself, wife, daugh-
ter, and son, being taken violently Ill
| The coffee was analyzed and found &c
contain traces of a substance believed
to be arsenic. All the persons poisoned
were last night pronounced out of dan
ger
An order was issued by the High Court
of Justice. London, yesterday directing
compulsory winding up OF the affairs oi
Dalziel's News Agency OF America, Inn
tied, and also OF the French Agence Dali
Ziel the claim OF the petitioner at whose
| instance the order was Issued being based
upon a judgment for fiS,Oo against tht
former concern and one for fl5Oo0 against
4 the latter
The eighth annual report Of the Inter.
state Commerce Commission, which wa:
sent to Congress yesterday, says 1t Il
the duty OF shippers, railroad managers
and citizens generally to assist the gov
ernment In running down Violations o!
the statute designed 10 protect theiI
interests, and recommends that carrying
| corporations be made indictable and sub
ject to fine for violation OF the act.
A bill was yesterday passed by the
lower house OF the Alabama Assembly
making II unlawful for any man 10 take
the oath OF office for any position tC
which he has not been declared elected
by the body legally empowered to make
the declaration. or to call upon anybody
10 assist him In such a step. or for any
person TO give assistance. or for any per.
son to issue an address assuming such
position.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
report presents the facts constituting
what Is known as the southern freight
I war-that is, the freight war that has
been going on in the territory south oi
the Potomac river during the past sum
mer-showing the cause OF the war, tht
great injury resulting TO numerous places
and dealers therein. etc, and says thai
the rate adopted in that territory wa:
! ill-considered and a costly EFFORT TO punish
1 nna or fxuo cOmDetinQ carriers.