Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-06
featured hardware specialties and the
Frontenac bicycles.

featured hardware specialties and the
F'rontenac bicycles.
Sacramento, Gala bill to prevent
prize-fighting. was passed by the SEN
ate Thursday and now goes to Assembly
for action.
Franklin. O.-The First National Bank
has suspended. Capital, 10000; surplus.
con oOO. undivided profits. $4,000; deposits.
sI35.o loans and discounts, Ns5oD
Iondon.-Floods are prevailing i'm the
varlevs of the Thames and Ouse rivers.
where large tracts OF land are submerged.
Great damage has been done to property.
rronvood. Mich.-A 10 per cent. cut
IN wages has been made by the Metro
nol,tan Iron and Land Company. opera
ting the Pabst, East Norrie, and Norrie
mines.
Habana.-The report that the town Of
Guanabacoa, five miles east OF Habana,
on the opposite side of Habana bay, had
been burned by rebels Is untrue. The
story has no foundation whatever.
Pierre. S. DIN the joint session OF
the Legislature the vote was as follows:
Picker. 81; Kyle. 81 Goodykoontz, 9;
Blowman. 10; Wickes, s; scattering, 8.
The Kyle men tried TO get a second bai-
lot. but failed.
London. The plan formulated by the
government for increasing the strength
and efficiency of the navy contemplates
the construction of five battleships and
three frst-class cruisers, and an addi-
ton of 10000 more men,
New York-Coastwise steamers from
the South report unusually rough seas.
The Kansas City, from Savannah. and
Ell Sol. from New Orleans, which ar
rived Thursday night. had very high ana
dangerous seas all the way up the coast.
Newport. r. I-Torpedo-boat No 6, as
a preliminary TO her official trial. was
speeded for upwards Of an hour and a
quarter. during which she made eight
runs over the government measured
course. and developed a mean speed OF
2S76 knots.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-The suit Of the
United States against the Pipe Trust
was dismissed, by Judge Clark, in the
United States District Court An ap-
peal was taken, and rehearing VIII be
had at Cincinnati on the first Monday In
March, before the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals.
Salem, Ore.-The Senate and House met
| in Joint session at noon. No quorum be-
| ing present. an adjournment was taken
until to-day, There Ia strong feeling
| among Mitchelrs followers that he should
| withdraw at once, and a move will short
| " be made to induce him to do SO, and
allow the legislative work to proceed
New York.-The Ocean Steamship Com
panys steamer NacOochee, which sailed
from Savannah, February 1st, for Bos
| ton, came into port with her boilers
| leaking She was also short or coal
| After repairs were made on the boilers
| and a fresh supply of coal was taken on
| the Nacoochee proceeded for destination.
| Baltimore. Richard Green. former
| clerk of the Farmers National Bank o.
| Annapolis. was sentenced to five years
in the Maryland penitentiary for EN-
bezzling $4,000. Green pleaded guilty L
| two accounts of the indictment He wa.
| arrested last October, Immediately fol
| lowing his return from his wedding
| tour.
aItimore-F'rederlck Morton, a well
known white man of Baltimore county
said to be worth $4,000 filed suit seve
raj weeks ago to have his marriage with
Lucy Morton, nee Johnson, annulled, OF
the ground that his wife was negress
| and that his marriage was brought
about by fraud. An answer has now
been filed in Circuit Court No. by Mrs
Morton. She denies fraud, and denie:
that she is colored.
Baltimore.-A special dispatch to th'
| Manufacturers Record from Kissimmee
Fla, gives particulars of the purchas
by Cuba sugar-planters OF the exten
slve st. Cloud sugar plantation near Kis
simmee. established 10y the late Hamil
ton Disstol, of Philadelphia, and Mr.
n. f.. Ross, of Florida. The capacity o
the sugar-mill will be doubled at once
and 1000 acres of cane will be plante'
this fall This Is regarded as the mos
important movement ever made in Flo
rida. looking to the largest development
OF the sugar-producing interests OF tina
State.
BerIin.-In the Reichstag the Richie
Radicals interpelated the government Il
regard TO the prosecution or Baron vol
I,uetzow and others, who were recent.
convicted OF forgery perjury and libel. AM
sentenced to various terms Of imprison
ment. Freiherr Marschall Won Bieberstein
Minister of Foreign Affairs, one of the per
sonages who was ibelled by Luetzoy
and his associates, and at whose insti
CATION they were prosecuted, said tina
| he would act IN precisely the same man
ner again, when political antagonisn
| and personal hatred took the form o
calumny and libel. 1t was his belle
that in acting as ne did he had serye
his monarch. The remarks OF Bieber
stein were received with cheers.
Washington.--Th Post-office Commit
tee. of which Senator Chandler Is actin
chairman has been criticised for hold
ing up nominations. Mr.. Chandler say
that i'm all cases where the senator
from the State concerned have peel
able TO agree. and where there has beel
| no Injustice done, the nominee has bee
reported without undue delay. A coun
| of the nominations shows that ther
are still with the committee a total o
1S nominations that have not been re
norted. and of these, eghty-fve ar
officers that have recently become presi
DENTAL by promotion from fourth
| class owing to the increased receipt
of the office. In almost all OF thes
cases. the President has nominated III
incumbent. and the Republicans sa
that IL he were again confirmed IN
officials would be given term OF eigh
wears which would, they argue, be un
fair Among the nominations held u
are those for the following offices: Vii
einia-Cape Charles, Manassas, an
| orange. North Carolina-Rocky Mount
Lenoir. Warrenton, Laurinburg, an
Wilson. OF which three have been raise
from the fourth-class.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. of III
| Sortb German LLOYD Is $40 feet long, 4