Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-15

this section since 1915 was broken by
rainfall. lasting thirty-six hours.
Wilmington. n. C.-Motorman Joseph J.
Rittenhouse died from injuries received in
the electrician accident Saturday after
noon.
Denton Tex.-John Quincy Adams
Crews was hanged for the murder OF Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Murrell and their son,
Morgan. April L. 1894.
Lewes. Del.-The new battlsship Indiana
passed out of the capes at O'Clock this
morning. en- route for the New England
coast, where she will have her official
trip.
Paris.-The Figaro says that NJ. Turpin.
the inventor of the explosive melinite, has
been summoned to Constantinople, his
advice having been asked by the Turkish
Government in terrifying the Dardanelles.
New York.-The Independent county
organization made the following nominal
tons: Alfred Steckler. for Supreme
Court Judge; julius Hamburger, for Coun-
ty Clerk; Alexander Bremen, for Regis
ter
New Orleans.-The Board OF Pardons
has refused 10 take action in the case OF
and Mrs. Thomas Murrell and their son,
of receiving bribe-money. and he goes to
the penitentiary, as this was his last
hose.
Dunbar, Pa.-The continued drought is
having its effect to an alarming degree
on the COke-works in the COnnelsville
region. If relief does not soon come a
large number of plants Will be Obliged to
close down.
London.-A collision, resulting in the
loss Of twelve lives has occurred off Dud-
geon The steamer Emma, bound from
Rotterdam for Boness, ran into and sank
the French bark Paclflque, from Shields
for Valparaiso.
Omaha. Neb.-The establishment Of y.
b. Falkoner, retail dry-goods merchant,
was closed under chattel mortgages ag-
gregating about 100000. The total liabil-
ties will probably reach $li0OJ. Esti-
mated assets $1,000.
Chicago.-John G. Jones. OF Chicago, at
torney for John o. Waller, imprisoned by
the French Government. leaves for Wash
ington with strong petition to the Pres
dent requesting him TO take Immediate
action in the matter.
Memphis. Tenn.-There was fire at
Dyersburg. Tenn, Sunday night. and the
Tucker block, including the I. r. y.
II Jtel and half a dozen business houses,
was destroyed. Less. estimated at
10000; insurance, $4,000.
Lorraine. O.-The barge Nellie Dun.
bound from Put-in-Bay to Cleveland,
with sand and gravel, was wrecked of
this port. and Captain Peterson, John ..
Hagman. OF Pomeroy, O.. and sailor
name unknown, who lived In Cleveland
were drowned
Story City. lathe shaft-house at the
summit coaI-mine, three miles south Of
here. was burned Saturday night. and
four miners-Albert Peterson, single; Al
exander Eastman, single. lngle lngleman'
single. and George Payne, married-were
burned 10 death.
Aadrid.-The Minister OF Marine has
cabled To Habana ordering the summary
punishment of the commander Of the
Spanish dispatch-bo Wolfe Mercante
which was recently captured and plumber
Cd by a band Of insurgents while moored
near Santiago de Cuba.
Fort Smith. Ark-News has just been
received Of the assassination Of Cade NIL
Ter and his wife in bed at their home.
on the Oklahora Border. This Is the
fourth assdssina ftcsi Of persons who are
muortant witnesses in the Dutch John
murder.
Iondon.-Ferdinand Metre, retired gen.
eral Of the German army. commits sui
ia. on the Thames embankment by
hiking prusslc acid He had become re-
auced 10 beggary throGgh the failure OF
Jab,z Ralfour's Liberatof Building ana
Loan Company, in which all OF his money
vas invested.
Nor % rat n
administration kept its word by enforcing
the law against saloon-keepers Sunday.
rhe patrolmen were instructed that they
should arres, every saloOn-keeper who
violated the Nicholson law, and the sa-
loon people evidently believed the new
Mayor meant what he said. for no at
tempts to violate the law were made.
Bombay.-The recent defeat OF a Por-
tueuese force by rebels in Goa has had
the effect OF bringin many waverers 70
he ranks Of the insurgents thus en-
abllng them to plan an attack on san
quelim. According to advices received
here. the Portuguese officials are not u.s.
paying any great activity in suppress
ing the revolt.
Helena. Mont.-The fire which started
in the Muir Tunnel on the Northern "a
.inc railroad a month ago is burning al
most as furiously as ever. EtorI 10
mother the flames by sealing the TUNNEL
md also with steam, have been uhsuc-
,essful. Trains are being transferred over
, new track recently constructed over the
mountains. The damage is very heavy.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-Officers captured
rohn Taylor, charged with an attempted
assault on Miss Emma Anderson, 10
-ear-old country girl near Clinton ny
md returned home to tho scene or IN
crime AT Dresden, Tenn The girIS uhcl1
vas tried for the crime Of numbering the
negro. who mysteriously disappeared m
rnediately afterwards. but was acqultteu'
Washington. ID. C.-During the past
week a call has been quietly clrcuia ca
among the citizens OF Washington Tor
4 mass-meeting OF those who syinpa'hi%e
with struggling Cuba, ana over one
hundred signatures Of prominent citiZehs'
including university professors, eX-ot-
Gers ~ the Tinted States Government,
ma many leading merchants have bten
mixed 10 the call. the meeting TO be held
n the 3lst Instant.
Pbillipsburg. Pa.-The convention OF
miners OF Central and Northern Pehn-
-ylvania will. in all probability take no
irfnlte action In a majority OF cases,
where the delegates have been elected
In the CIearfeld and Beech Creek re-
lions, their instructions from the miners
have been against suspension OF WORK
Il this time. They are in favor or keep
,ng up the agitation and making de-
uand later in the year.
Ottawa. Ont.-W s. Weir president OF
lie Bank Villemarie, and Thomas Nc
Dougall. general manager Of the quebec
1ank. as representatives. OF the BANK
- section OF the Board OF Trade nave
.alled the attention of the Finance MIN
ster to the fact that the circulation OF
United States silver in this country Is
Increasing to an extent which causes the
banks a good deal OF trouble ana they
!rge as a remedy that the SILVER coinage
~ Canada be increased. stating that
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