The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-29
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Light Battery *. First United stato,
AFullery, from Fort Hamilton. y
passed through Washington yesterds =,
over the Southern railway en- route -
Fort sam Houston, San Antonio Tev
ne party consisted OF seventy-Gve enlist
ed men, four officers. and members of
oIlcers ana mems families. and occupied
ooaches ana Pullman sleepers. which were
Y1i.D."t'u as "a special train, following the
United states fast mail.
The Edgar Thomson steel Works n
~ uuuoch, Ia, VIII resume operations
ms morning I'm AN departments. giving
employ inent 10 more than two thousand
men. me works have been practically
closed FOR month.
me case OF Dusald Crawford the dry
soous merchant OF ST. Louis who was
charged with having ATTEMPTED 10 inter-
fere with employees in the exercise of their
.olllcal rights, was tried before Judge
murphy, IN the Criminal Court Yesterday.
me prosecution did not make a sufil-
clehtly strong case against the accused
ana ne was discharged OH a technicality.
James T. Butler (colored) has been adj
judged guilty Of poisoning Loo English
IH'aSdhts belonging TO the BOWley )
quarter Ducking club. Of Bengies, Md.
lie mas oten on trial at TOWsOn since
Monday. The Court deferred sentence.
Mr.. McAdoo. Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy, returned TO Washington yesterday,
after an absence Of two weeks, and as
suned charge of matters at the Navy
Department. He will act Secretary dur
ing Secretary Herberts absence.
Captain Sampson. Chief Of the Naval
Bureau OF CTdr9rce. has been selected to
command the bsttleship lo,.d when that
vessel Is commissioned next April. Cap
tain Alex. II. Mccormick, who established
the naval gun foundry under Secretary
whitney, VIII succeed Captain Sampson
in charge Of ordnance when the latter's
term expires January 18th next.
\ cyclone passed through the district
near Sheru an, Tex. yesterday afternoon.
considerable damage 10 property and sew
erdl deaths are reported.
commencing January 18th next. the
Southern railway will put on q new linn
lied Pullman Nestibuled train daily except
sunday between New York and St Au-
CUISINE, making three through trains six
days OF the week, on this route. The new
train viii leave New York at 1910 L. NJ,
arriving NJ Jacksonville at 1880 and at
ST. Augustine at 1880 the following after
noon. NOrth-bOund. this train will leave
81. Augustine al $50 A. NJ, Jacksonville
M II O'Clock, and arriving New York 1T
$3.50 The rcNt afternoon.
Ernest Cuttings. OF the firm OF Cuttings
& Co. stock brokers. Of New York ana
Baltimore. was arrested yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff Wagering on an order OF
arrest issued by Justice MacLean, in the
Supreme Court. IN a suit brought by
Emanuel II. Miller and Arthur K. Wilson,
OF Baltimore. 10 recover $1,000. The suit
grows out O. some recent stock trans
actions.
one Of the large blast furnaces OF the
+. az q Brook Iron Company. at Birds
boro, Pa, was started up Tuesday night.
IL has a capacity OF so tons a week.
About eighty men were given employ
ment.
The students OF the Glasgow Scotland
University Tuesday evening nominated
Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary OF State
for the Colonies. for the lord rectorship
Of that institution.
Yesterday morning at Evans, Ga, a
post-ofiice twelve miles from. augusta.
Mr. Henry Norvel shot Or. Il. NJ. Rose.
instantly killing him Rose fired nrst. and
several shots were exchanged. Norvell Is
wcll-tO-do farmer. Rose was promi-
nent physician.
Advices from Simla say the prospects
that famine will occur In India are
Increasing ard that the outlook Is very
serious. The work OF irrigation In the
Northwest has been begun. and RELIEF
works have been established elsewhere.
The Bethlehem (Pa) Iron Company
made n shipment OF bailistic plate. rep
resenting side armor for the Russian bat
tleship Rostislav. TO st. Petersburg. last
night. The plate will be tested I'm Russia.
\ big invoice Of l5-inch gun material was
also shipped TO the Washington navy
yard.