Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-13
Teicgraphic briefs.

Paul Chenavard. the painter. died in
Paris yesterday.
The Car has decided;th his coronation
| shall be celebrated in Moscow next Au-
| gust
| Lord Midway denies the report that he
has been selected for the governorshp OF
New South Wales.
| A dispatch from Pescadores under date
| Of April 6th says that the cholera Is
abating at Making.
Ted Pritchard. who was to have met
Frank Craig IN London. Eng, to-day,
has forfeited his money.
General A. W. Jones, OF Ohio, declares
| that he Is not a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for Governor.
| The Fresno (Cal) Loan and Savings
| Bank closed It's doors yesterday because
| Of inability to realize on securities.
Ex-State-Senator Clinton Mccullough
| died suddenly at his residence. in Elkton,
Md. Thursday night of heart-disease.
A cat-boat was capsized In the harbor
at Baltimore yesterday afternoon. and
Reese Evans. % years old, was drowned.
General Duchesne sailed with his stan.
| from Marseilles yesterday, to take COM
mand OF the French forces in Madagas-
car
The steamer Coptic arrived at San Fran
cisco from Yokohama yesterday morning
with smallpox aboard. the victims being
two fremen.
Senator Handy, who is the leader Of the
Addicks forces at Dover. Del, predicts
that Massey will be elected senator with
In three weeks.
Balfour. Guthrie e. Co.'S warehouse, at
Benicia, Cal, in which was stored a large
quantity of wheat. belonging to .he Fair
estate, was destroyed by fire yesterday.
Loss. $4,000.
To-day's issue of the Elmira On. "
Daily Advertiser was made up by
representatives of the women OF Elmra
for the benefit Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association.
Dispatches from Warsaw. Russian Po-
land. say that the police have discovered
there an extensive plot to murder Count
Shouvalon, General COurkas successor in
the governorship.
About o'clock yesterday morning burg
lars entered the Montpelier 0nd) post
office and blew open the large safe and
robbed IT of its contents. amounting to
about $500 In money.
Secretary Herbert has annuled the
contract made with John Gilies. Of
Brooklyn. for the New York navy-yard
dry-dock, and advertised for proposals
to complete the work.
Tn. large summer hotel known as the
Strathmore. located on Crescent Beach.
In the town Of Revere, Mass, with adj
joining buildings. was totally destroyed
by FIRE last night. Loss estimated at
$4,000.
Colonel Robert J. W. Carey, ex-member
OF the Legislature, and delegate to the
Republican national conventions Of 1858
and 1892, died at his home. in Caroline
county. Md, yesterday. of kidney trouble
and heart-disease; aged 81 years.
The Earl of Elgln. Viceroy OF India.
telegraphs from Calcutta that the latest
news received there regarding the British
Chitral expedition indicates that Umra
Khan Is giving in, and that no serious
fighting is expected TO occur.
Admiral Meade's squadron left Port-au-
Prince Thursday. The Raleigh and At
lanta will soon join IL. The flagship San
Francisco -Ieaehed~ Smyrna Thursday,
whittier she was sent to protect American
missionaries In case OF a Turkish up
rising.
Secretary Carlisle has designated w.
II. Bailie. chief deputy, to take charge
Of the internal-revenue office at Lynch
burg and to act temporarily as Collector
of Internal Revenue until the vacancy
caused by the death of Collector Shepherd
is filled by appointment.
President j.. III. Penna, of the United
Mine-Workers, has issued a manifesto
to the miners of the country. In which
he declares that II Is impossible now
TO settle the wage question by interstate
or other agreements, and urges that each
district fix n scale for itself.
kid" Lavigne. who was arrested in
Chicago Thursday night for participation
in a prize-fght with Eddie Myer at Dana,
I.aSalle county, ILL.,. in 1898. Is still con-
fined In the Harrison-Street Police-Sta-
ton, the police refusing to accept
bail for him, and he will be held until
the Sheriff Of LaSalle county arrives.
In a leader praising the Supreme Court
of the United States for its income-tax de-
cision. the London Times says: IF we
were under the United States Constitution,
Sir William Harc6urt's budget would
have been declared unconstitutional.
Popullst leaders in America must envy
us the freedom OF dealing with other
peoples property enjoyed in this mother
land of liberty"