Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-28
TeIcgrnphic Briefs.

Berlin.-A son was born to the Prince
and Princess Henry, OF Prussia, at Kel.
London.-It is officially announced that
Parliament viii reassembe on January
9Th.
Fort Monroe.-The Baltimore city Col
lege football team was defeated by the
Officers Club. TO o.
South McAlister, I. T.-G. A. Dill. pro-
prietor Of the South McAlister Bank, as
signed. Liabilities, $1,000
Washlngton-The President appointed
O. w. S. jenkins postmaster at Beaufort,
5. c., vice William o. Prentiss, resigned.
Portland. Ore.-Inman. Poulson & Co.'S
saw-mill. one of the largest in the State.
located IN East Portland, was burned.
Loss. $4,000.
Madrid.-General Weyler has made
urgent requests for n regiment Of caval-
~. and these troops will sail for Cuba
December %.
New YorkI-Myers Brothers. cloak man.
ufacturers, No. 622 and GA Broadway
have suspended payment. Their Liabilities
aggregate 10000.
Versailles. Ky.-In an interview Sena-
tor Blackburn announced that he was
candidate FOR reelection and would BIO
IN the fight 10 the bitter end.
Washington.-The cruiser Yorktown ar
rived at Shanghai The Marion, at Call
lao. Peru, was az the same time expected
to leave that port for Panama.
Barcelona.-A steamer sailing for Ma
Mia carried two battalions Of troops to
reinforce the Spanish columns operating
against the insurgents IN the Philippine
Islands.
Berlin.-In the Prussian Landtag the
government proposal for the conversion
of the Prussan per cent. bonds into
31-2 per cents. was carried, without OPP
position.
Memphis Tenn.-A cyclone struck cor
ner Of Tunsa, Miss, Thursday night,
wrecking a box-car. several small houses,
and killing a negro woman, besides seri-
ously injuring half dozen others.
st. Paul. Minn.-The elevator Of the
ST. Paul Elevator and Warehouse Com
pany was totally destroyed by fire. There
were 10000 bushels OF grain in the build
ing. The loss is 10000; the Insurance.,
5000.
Pennington. Arinn.-The Ermpey &
Woodland elevator was destroyed by fire
over 1900 bushels Of grain are almost
Il total loss. The elevator was only
slightly insured. and the loss is about
$4,000.
-Shoninger. Levy Il Co., whole
sale lace-dealers, No go Fifth avenue,
confessed Judgment in the Superior Court
for $1,000. Liabilities. said to be be-
tween $1,000 and 10000; assets not
stated.
I,ondon.-The Daily News publishes
dispatch from ConstantnOple saying an
other massacre Of Armenians is reported
10 have occurred in the vicinity Of Diarbe-
kir. 1t is rumored that more than 500 per-
sons We're killed
Halifax. n. sport Warden Hunter
has ordered part Of the cotton I'm No.
hold OF the British steamer WraSgoe,
from Wilmington. n. c., for Liverpool.
10 be discharged, as 1t is thought possible
il has been injured by the fire or water.
Indianapolis Ind-secretary Hurry, OF
the State Board Of Health, has received
advices that dlphtheria Is epidemic at
columbus. Centre Point, and Portland.
and that all cases have been quarantined.
and radical steps taken 10 eradicate the
disease.
Albany. Ga.-Joseph Powell. a we'll
l,nown farmer of Worth. living within
five miles OF Sylvester. blew the top of
his head of with double-barrelled shot
gun. loaded with buckshot, early Thurs
day. Els mind had been unbalanced for
some time.
Butte Mont.--A story is In circulation
among the mining people In Montana OF
q pending cut-down In mining wages
throughout that State. II this shall come,
as the miners apprehend, II Will, II IS
said, precipitate general strike and
shutdown.
I,ondon.-A dispatch from Madrid says:
General Weyler. replying to a memorial
addressed 10 him by a committee Of
cuban farmers, informed the memorial
lists that he could not authorize the farm
ers of Cuba to grow crops in any part
Of the island
Mascoulah, Ill.-A coal train was wreck
cd at Rentchler Station. three miles west
OF Mascouah. and Conductor c. c. KNIT
fen. OF Mt Vernon. was killed. Brake
ma NJ. Ten Eyck. OF Irvington. was in
iured internally. Conductor knifen
leaves a widow and four children.
Natchez. Miss.-In the appeal from the
decision OF the Commissioners OF Elec-
ton who erased the name Of John r.
Tvnch from the registration rolls, on the
qronnd of non-residence, Judge Cassidy
reversed the decision OF the commission
ers and ordered Lynch's name restored
20 the rolls.
Washington.-The President appointed
John Henry Rogers 10 be United States
District Judge for the Western District or
Arkansas. vice Judge Isaacs c. Parker,
deceased. Judge Rogers Is an ex-repre-
sentative I'm Congress from the Fourth
Arkansas District, having served In the
Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and F1ftieth
and Fifty-frst Congresses; was born In
North Carolina In 1A5; served In the Con-
Tolerate army; Is a graduate OF the Uni
versity of Mississippi, and was admitted