Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-28
Telegraphic Briefs.

Comptroller Eckels said last night that
Examiner Burgwyn had been placed in
charge of the failed Merchants National
Bank. at Rome, Ga.
The failure of l.. A. Feldman was
announced at the Consolidated Exchange,
New York. yesterday morning.
BY the bursting Of a reservoir near
Epinal, France, yesterday. large tract
of country was inundated and man,
people were drowned.
Last night, before one OF the largest
crowds which ever congregated In Gal
weston. Dan Creedon Knocked out Billy
Mccarthy in less than one minute.
The French bicyclist Medinger was shot
and killed by his wife in Paris yesterday
herself fatally. Jealousy. is Is believed,
was the cause OF the act.
Baron Moncrieff died in Edinburgh YES
terday.
What with the personal following OF
Joseph Chamberlain, together with the
Lord Salisbury and Mr.. Balfour, il look
as If the first named would be the next
Chancellor OF the British Exchequer. and
that the Duke of Devonshre would also
be In the Cabinet.
Many people in England expect to see
the Chamberlain scheme OF Irish local
government. which Mr. Gladstone over
ruled In 1885. reproduced with alterations
made In accordance with Mr.. Balfour's
experience in Ireland during his term
| as Chief Secretary.
The Hamilton and Ludington mines, IN
| Michigan. will soon resume, as Will seve.
| ial smaller mines In their vicinity. They
have contracted for the placing of theii
output for the season at an advance over
last years prices Their idle men arc
| all being put TO work at better wages
than were paid last season.
With the last hope of gaining re.
| spite for DIR. buchanan, Lawyers Georg;
| Gibbons and Daniel T. Kimball filed ap-
plication for. writ of habeas corpu:
yesterday before the United States Cir.
| cult Court. In New York, and should
| this be granted, II will act as a stay OF
| execution. and probably add a few more
weeks TO the life of the condemned man
| Reports received this morning from
points in the States of Missouri. Illinois
| Arkanas. and Texas say that heavy
rains have recently fallen In those re.
| gonS; that the wheat and corn crops will
| be greatly benefited. and that farmers
| claim these crops will be as abundan,
! as ever.
| United States Glass Company has an
nounced that another furnace Will be
started Monday. and additional help adj
| vertised for on that day more hands
than have ever been employed In the
| establishment will be put to work. Near
| ~ 600 hands Will be employed. The works
are non-union.
Senator Sherman will preside at the Re-
publican state Convention at GAINESVILLE.
May 2Sth and 10Th. having been chosen
temporary chairman by the State Cen
tral Committee yesterday. which fact In
! sures that the keynote speech OF the
Republican campaign In Ohio will be
against the free coinage OF silver, as the
Senator's views are wei known.
A number OF prominent Democrats met
- l. H. ~ At =.
state Committee In the Palmer House,
Chicago. yesterday and took steps TO
push To completion the project to start
party organ In Chicago; II Is under,
stock for which the company was re-
Gently incorporated at Springfield. under
the name OF the Enquirer Publishing
Company, $4,000 has already been sub
scglbed. The paper VIII stand on the
Democratic platform, whether that is sor
free silver or not.
The entire English press devotes COL
Unn upon column OF space to comment
| upon the speech OF Mr.. Balfour at The
annual assembly Of the Primrose League
Friday. the utterances OF the Conserva-
tive leader being regarded In the light Of
a great Tory victory. inasmueh az the
rupture between between the Tories and the
recent dispatches, would undoubtedly
have occurred IL Lord Salisbury and Mr..
| Baifour had not promised to go TO the
| country WIN n ptOftdfilIns tmDOdylng
| the social reforms which Mr.. Chamber,
| lain advocates.
The Middlesex Club, OF Boston, cele-
brated the birthday OF General Grant
yesterday by dinner. at which some
| two hundred members and guests were
present. and al which General Horace
Porter, of New YORK: Senator Pritchard.
| OF North Carolina: Congressman Taylor,
Of Ohio: w, A. Smith. OF Michigan and
others spoke. Senator Prtchard said, In
part: '"fhe nation is indebted 10 the
South for Grant. But for the Solid South
In iSco there might have been no ami
In 1896. The rebellion was the direct re-
suit OF the free-trade sentiment that
/ finally crushed the Wing party and domi-
ginning Of the political oiigarchy that
still maintains Its sascendencx In the
name OF the Solid South"