Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-28


Dis.ster In Long IsIand Sound.
GLEN COVE. N. Y. December T.--An
unknown schooner foundered In Long
island sound of Matinacock Point. near
Glen Cove last night. She sank IN uve
fathoms Of water. and her entire crew
was lost.
Teiegraphic Briefs.
The French Chambers were prcrogued
yesterday until January sth.
Francis H., the last King Of Naples. or
the Two Sicilies, died at Arco yesterday
aged IS years.
Reggie dI CaIabria, the district at the
extreme south Of continental I,aiy, was
shaken severely by earthquake yesusf-
day.
The body OF Mrs. William w. As.or
will be conveyed to Liverpool to-day Tor
transportation to New York by the
steamer Aurania.
Comptroller Echols has appointed A. U:
Ricaud receiver OF the First Nattonai
Pauk Of Wilmington, ". e., IN the place
OF w. s. o'B. Robinson
Detective Joe Murray. one OF the Au-
g,ista (Cia) officers shot by Jabe Wigsine,
the negro murderer. Sunday afternoon
died yesterday OF his wounds.
The washing ashore OF quantity OF
wreckage on the Scotch coast. near Port
Logan, indicates the loss OF the steamer
Oswald. with her crew, bound for Cardiff.
III. Clay Ezell, one Of the most promi-
nent stockmen In Tennessee, was fataliy
wounded by =. NJ. Ellis. farmer ana y
neighbor OF Ezelps, near Nashville Wed
nesday.
Judge Tuley. at Chicago yesterday af-
ternoon. appSinted Arthur j. Eddy spe-
cial counsel TO assist the grand Jury IN
its investigation OF State's-Attorney
Kern's Office
Robert II. Burke (coloredl, clerk In
the Savannah (Ga:) post,otlice. was ar
rested Yesterday for ronDing grs,mISarH ,sI,eTs IN
examination.
rived at Budapest. and received the
leaders of several political parties. with
whom he consulted In regard 10 the
ministerial situation.
Sicily has suffered from severe earth
quakes In the last twenty-four hours,
and much damage Is reported TO nave
been done, Messina and Milezzo 1eeiins
the shocks most keenly.
Post Office Inspector Stuart arrested
Yesterday at Chicago a man named blake
who he believes, Is the leader or a gang
that has been robbing hundreds OF west
ern post-offices during the past two years
The building of the Pioneer Paper
Stock Company on Desplaine street neas as
Polk, Chicago, with its contents WAS
destroyed by fire last night. Loss, $p,cn'
William Cahll was hurt by falling pricK'
The real estate i'm Paris belonging TO
DR.. Cornelius Herr, Of Panama canal no.
toriety. was sold at auction Wednesday,
being divided into sixteen lots. fourteen
of which realized an aggregate or S'las'-
600 francs.
Adyices from Point Esquimaux. Labra-
fnar tn M
of three schooners with supplies, twenty
five families there are literally starving.
Diphtheria has also broken out and Is
spreading rapidly.
The Jury selected to pass upon the
sanity OF George Kalb. the wife mur-
derer, at Columbus, o., decided late yes
sane and he was held for murder in the
first degree, his trial to begin February
nth.
Edward r. Carter the defaulting book
keeper OF the National Bank or Com
tice Ryan, in the Tombs Police Court
yesterday afternoon, and ordered by tne
Justice turned over to the United States
authorities.
A bomb was exploded near the official
residence of United states Ambassador
Wayne MacVaugh, I'm Rome, italy, SHORTY
after IL O'Clock Wednesday night. ano
while a reception was in progress, pu'
caused little or no excitement among 'h'
guests, and did no damage. -
Forty-five feet Of the 105-foot chimne,
of the Briggsville woollen-mill. Nortf
Adams. Mass, was blown down yesterday
mponh thpouah the % roof % OF the boiler-hcuse, anc
struck and killed John Adams. the fire.
man, who was working about the boiler.
A new wage-scale for the Edgar Thomp
son SteelWorks. OF the Carnegie Stee
Company, at Bradiock, Pa, mas peer
presented 10 the workmen. snd makes Q
general reduction in almost all depart
ments. including common ldDoreTs, tht
only exceptions being the employees o'
foundries and builders.
The Pope has sent to Commander
Newell. OF the United States cruiser De
troit. which vessel conveyed to Italy IRON
the United States the Vatican exhibit al
the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, q
large photograph OF himself. on which MS
Holiness had inscribed his autograph anc
| the words. Deus, magniiicata est gioria
| tua super goelus."
Pearl Harper, a negro girl. was found
dead in the basement or the kimbai
House, Atlanta. yesterday morning. anc
that She had been murdered. Charles
Simmons who was engaged TO marry
( her, was arrested in the hotel store-room
| 1t being thought he shot the girl In
jealous rage.
Mr. John w. Foster has been request
| ed by the Chinese Government TO go tc
| Japan, meet the plenipotentiaries OF tht
| former government, and aid them In
| their negotiations for peace: He has ac'
| cepted the invitation, and expects Il
| leave Washington within a day or two
| sailing from Vancouver for Yokonama
| unless informed Of a delay In the de-
| parture OF the plenipotentiaries.
James Goodfellow. Frederick Goodridge
| Edwin Duderand. George Hutchings di
| rectors, and Henry Cooke, manager, oi
| the Commercial Bank. st. Johns, n. r..
| were arrested yesterday on charge illec
| by Henry George Skelton I'm behalf o.
| the provisional trustees of the bank. al
| leglng that said directors and manager
| had presented false report OF the bank
| condition to the shareholders at the las
l annual meeting
| The police authorities OF Berlin hay
| issued orders prohibiting most OF tn
| Socialist clubs OF the German capital iron
| attending theatres in a body or In con
| siderable numbers during the holidays
| this action being taken on the pretex
| that the presence OF the clubs would In
| lure the business OF the regular theatres
| but being really issued with the idea o
| preventing demonstrations In theatre
| against aritI-reyolutionist bills.