Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-27
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Lieutenant J. j. Hunker and II. NJ.
WitZeli United States navy. have been
| ordered to the Office OF Naval Intelli-
gence.
The fire on the steamer Cape Corri-
! entes Brtish), Robinson. at Havre from
| Galveston and Newport News, is still
smoudering.
Assistant Naval l-Constructor F. b. Zahm
has been ordered to return TO this coun-
| try on completing his course at the Uni
versity Of Glasgow.
DR.. Hoadlcy. OF New Haven, Conn. who
was a member of the Greely relief eN-
pedition, died suddenly at West Palm
/ Beach, Fla, Monday night, OF heart-dis-
ease.
w. Va, a brother-in-law OF Senator Cam
denis. died at DIR. Hammond's sanitarium.
In Washington, at O'Clock Monday evc-
ming of pneumonia, after an Illness Of
less than a week.
At Thomasville. Ca. Monday night. an
attempt was made to kill Mr. Radford.
engineer OF the east-bound passenger
train. four shots being fired at him from
ambush. One shot struck him. His
wound may not prove fatal.
The President yesterday sent to the
Senate the following nominations: Wal
lace NJ. Shelby, to be Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the Seventh District
Of Kentucky and Walter orr, TO be
postmaster at New Decatur, Ala
The German Architect Furm has pro-
nounced the most classic monuments In
the Parthenon to be In q most precarious
condition. and asks for a fund OF 1,o0o 900
drachmas (s200.00O) TO cover the expense OF
strengthening and putting them In good
order.
The latest advIces at Jacksonville, Fla.
from Cuba confirm the reports of gen
eral uprising of the patriots there. The
movement is simultaneous at seven diff
ferent points on the island, and the in
surgents have attacked eight or ten in
terror towns.
Orders were issued from the Navy De-
partment yesterday detaching Rear-Ad-
miral James A. Greer from duty as
chairman of the Naval Examining Board
on the 2Sth instant. and placing him on
the retired list from that date, when he
reaches the age OF 62 years
The Lighthouse Board gives notice that
owing to the close of navigation in the
vicinity by ice. the lights and fog-signals
at those stations In Albemarle sound on
the bar at the entrance to Northern river
have been temporarily discontinued until
the reopening or navigation.
Most of the weavers at the Lancaster
gingham-mills. Clinton, Mass. who went
out on strike Monday morning, and
who voted Monday evening TO return TO
work yesterday. were at their looms as
usual yesterday msrning. and all but
about 200 looms were running.
Mil Myers. under sentence OF death In
Atlanta for murder. seized Frank Walker.
lawyer who was in the jail corridor.
yesterday, and II was thought that he
would kill Walker before aid could reach
the latter, Myers having been told by an
other prisoner that Walker had remarked
that he was guilty and should be banged.
Myers was cooled off ty the jailer.
Iieutenant-C Commander N. w. Glpat-
rick, United States navy, has been or
IN
!, ourteenth Lighthouse District (Cincinna-
ID, and TO relieve Lieutenant-Commande
f; w. Crocker as inspector March 18th.
when Lieutenant-Commander Crocker
will proceed 10 duty as executive officer
of the receivng-sh Independence, at
Mare Island, California
At the State House. In Boston. yester-
day the Legislative Committee on Mer-
camille Affairs continued its investigation
into the causes OF the removal to other
States OF textile corporations, and 1t
heard different story of the condition
Of manufacturers and employees in Mas
sachusetts from that given at previous
sessions Of the inquiry, the competition OF
the South being stamped as simply bug
bear by ex-senator Robert Howard, OF
Fall River. who appeared as the repre-
sentative OF the Fall River Cotton-Mill
Spinners' Association.
Mayor Strong's idea Of what the Police
Department should be, and his opinion OF
head was made evident at a meeting of
the New York Police Board yesterday af-
ternoon, when Commissioner Andrews Of
fered resolution making the Superin-
tendent actual, as well as nominal, head
of the department, and giving him almost
absolute power In the control and man.
agement OF the uniformed force, by abol-
ishng the three inspection districts into
which the territory covered by the me-
tropolitan force is divided. The resolu-
ton was laid over until the next meeting
OF the board.
Jerry White. a negro. was found dead
In bed yesterday at his home. No. %
II Is very probable that charge Of
murder viii be the result of his decease.
since 1t appears that Monday White was
driving a wagon past the corner OF Julia
and Rampant streets. when he was
struck on the head by a rock thrown by
did not appear to be badly hurt. and did
rot feel very much the effects OF the
blow Monday night when he retired, but
II Is now thought that his death was
caused by the blow. the Coroner has
been rotified. and Dorsey Is being
searched for by the police.
The carnival at Mobile was a decided
success this year. and the crowd OF visi-
tors larger than ever before. The pa
before attempted. and nearly every one
OF the forty floats In the parade was me-
chanical and as II passed through the
streets moved like thing OF life. making
the display the most realistic ever seen
In the Alabama metropolis. Yesterdays
parades were given by the Comic Cow
boys and the Knights CT Reveiry, the
former being satire on local events OK
the past year. and the subject OF the lat
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