Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-04-12
TcIcgrnplic Tcrsitics.

The Aurora Mo) stat Bank closed
its doors Yesterday. Assets. $1,000; liza
bilities. $1,000.
An outbreak of the plague IN Macao.
the Portuguese settlement In China. il
officially announced.
William A. Shaner of Franklin, La,
has been appointed cadet at the West
Point Military Academy
Secretary Morton yesterday set on foot
an investigation 10 ascertain the cause
Of the recent rise in the price of b ef and
other meat products.
+. c. McComas. the father Of ex-Con-
gresham and Judge l.. T.. McComas. OF
Washington died at his home, in IIagers-
town. Md. yesterday morning.
Governor Brown has appointed June
7th for the execution Of John Henson. Jr..
(coloredl. convicted in Howard county Of
the murder OF Daniel T. Shea.
The 1osth ballot for United States Sena-
,o~ at Dover. Del, resulted yesterday as
follows: Higgins :; Addicks. 2; Massey,
4: Pennewill l. Ridgely, 9: Tunnel. l.
II is reported at Key West that fifty
weIl-known Spanish officials in Havana
nave b IN put in jail on suspicion Of being
IN sympathy with the Cuban revolution
lists
The Weston Woollen Manufacturing
Company, OF Weston. ont. Canada, has
assigned, with Liabilities Of about $4,000,
and assets nominaily $1,000 in excess Of
that amount.
The clyde steamer Croatan Is anchored
three miles from shore OF Cape Lookout,
and the tug North America. from Della
ware brcakwater. has been sent 10 tow
her to Wilmington. y. c.
In the Tennesso- Senate yesterday the
StOvall resolution. requesting Congress 10
enact a law for the free coin1ge of silver
At Il ratio Of l6 to !. was adopted by ii
vote Of II to 10. nine not voting.
On the arrival at Honolulu Of the
steamer china on the second in
slant lively sensation was created By
thu NJ wspaper dispatches announcing that
Secretary Gresham had instructed MI
Willis 10 demand the recall OF Minister
Thurston. Mi Willis said that he had re-
ceived no instructions upon that subject
and knew nothing whatever about IT.
The government had received from him
no communication about IL. and For
eign-Minister Hatch had received from
Mr. Thurston himself no information Of
new or special trouble arising between
Mr. Gresham ana himself.
The opinion Is generally expressed by
friends OF the Hawaiian govern
mcnt that Thurston will probably
have no difficulty in justlfying him
self 50 far as can be learned.
IL seems probable that the government
VIII not. in any case. make a point OF
honor in the Inatter. but will send an
other minister in Mr. Thulston's place.
1t Is reliably learned that on the eye
ming Of the lst. Mrs. Dominis,
Of Honolulu. WAS seen eNchang-
ing salutations with body OF
political prisoners returning to jail from
rheir daily labor on the roads. She was
first seen to wave her handkerchief to
them from the east veranda of her former
palace. Then as they passed the front Of
the palace they again swung their hats.
she responding with her handkerchief.
but standing back little from the win
dow, so rs not TO be conspicu-
Gus from the street. The Hawaiian
government and their supporters
feel that little reliance is TO he
placed upon the eX-Queen's oath of
allegiance or act of abdication. ana that
she is liable still TO foment agitation and
insurrection.