Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-16
Telegrnms Boiled Down.

signed yesterday. LIABILITIES eStihiaeeH O.
$4,000; assets small.
The Federal Treasury deficit for the irst
half of January is 81. $685. 1853. and FOR the
fiscal year to date, si4.76SS6o.
William w. Rogers. cashier OF the Mer-
chants National Bank. of Savannah, Ca,
died last night In Savannah of pneu-
monia.
Grimshaw Brothers, silk manufacturers,
of Paterson. n. j., and Reading, Pa.
yesterday made a general assignment Oh
their business in both places.
The Missouri House of Representatives
has shelved the Piper resolution asking
for an investigation OF the st. Louis Po-
lice Department by a decisive vote.
The Citizens state Bank Of Fullerton.
Neb.. closed its doors yesterday afternoon.
S. II. Penny, the president and A. Nj. La
Grange, the cashier say that depositors
will be paid in full.
The Geneva Mill. Providence, r. l.,
after being idle for somewhat over year.
began work Monday. with a small number
of persons. in the picking, carding, and
spinning departments.
Governor Budd, of California. yesterday
issued a proclamation declaring to-day
legal holiday. to celebrate the defeat or
the Pacific railroad funding bill III the
House of Representatives.
Henry White. who was 20 have been
hanged at Columbus. Ca, yesterday for
the murder of Policeman Jackson. was
not executed on account of motion for
a new trial, instituted after the verdict
OF the jury.
The Secretary of War has rejected all
bids for the construction of gum and
mortar batteries at Key West. Fla. and
has readvertised for proposals. The low
est bid for this work was SS96,OOO, but
was irregular
Owing to the defeat Of the Pacific rail-
road funding bill in the House. the Sem
ate Steering Committee has changed the
order of business so that the Nicaragua
bill will be taken up next week and given
the right OF way as the unfinished busi-
ness Of the Senate.
A dispatch TO a London news agency
| from Shanghai says the United States
| gunboat Yorktown and the cruiser De-
troit have been ordered TO Nagasaki. to
join the United States squadron there.
| Thence, the dispatch says. the vessels
will proceed for New York.
The Democrats and Populists OF North
| Dakota have nominated DR. Bently, or
| Bismarck, for senator. There is no evil
dence of a break in the Republican ranks.
| A formal ballot will be taken by both
houses next Tuesday, when Hansborough
| will probably get 6l votes and the cleo
| tion.
| The British steamer Delmar. Captain
| Roope. which sailed from Las Palmas
| on December 3lst for Hampton Roads,
| i'm ballast, stranded early yesterday
morning, two and a half miles south OF
Washwoods n. c. The Merritt Wreck
ing Company has been sent to for as
| sistance
| A. A. Richie, the promoter OF the Com
| pagnie Generate des Phosphates de la
| Florida. Incorporated under Florida laws
| with a cash capital Of 100000, and with
| mines In operation at Newberry and
Trenton, Alachua county. will take steps
Immediately to organize a new bank in
| Ocala, with ample capital.
There are no new developments in the
| Ocala CFla) Bank failure, except that 1t
catches the town and county heavily.
The bank had about $500 of the citys
money also. and $500 OF sinking funds,
without security. and fully $4,000 OF tax
money. President Mcconnell Of the
| closed bank, is sick in New York
Surgeon General Tryon, OF the navy,
director the highest grade of naval sur
geons. through a vacancy caused by the
| retirement of Medical-Director Wells. on
reaching the age-limit of 62 years, the 10Th
| instant DIR. Tryon successfully passed
his examination for the promotion yes
| terday.
Commodore Sicard telegraphs the Navy
| Department that the cruiser Montgomery
will need new propeller blades, which IL
will take a week 70 attach, Keeping the
vessel in dock until the 31st. The vessel
! cannot, therefore, go TO Tampa for the
| Coast-Defence Convention on the 10Th,
and either the Raleigh or the Newark VIII
be sent there.
Lieutenant Commander j. A. Rodgers
has been ordered TO the oattleship lndi-
ana, as executive officer OF that vessel.
on February 1st, relieving Lieutenant
| Commander W. Swift, who Is granted
two months leave. Iieutenant-Com-
| mander Rodgers's present position as
| steel inspector at Bethlehem will be
filed by a civilian.
Messrs. s. r. Birdsey e. Co.. dealers in
hardware. groceries, and crockery, Ocala,
Fla. have made an assignment to a. NJ.
Birdsey. a son Of the senior member OF
the firm. which is composed Of 5. II.
Blrdsey and his eldest son, Albert IL.
| Rirdsey The recent bank failure Is the
immediate cause of their troubles. 5. X.
Birdsey being a director in the bank.
A dispatch from Budapest to the Lon
don Pail Mall Gazette says that before
the clipping Princess Chimay and her
Hungarian gypsy. Rigo. left Budapest
for Nice, Thursday. the police made q
raid upon their apartments, upon the
strength OF Information furnished to the
uolice authorities that the Princess was
a spy in the employ Of the Russian Sc
cret Service. The police found no evil
dence OF the woman's connection with
the Russian Secret Service: but in the
course OF their search found package
of letters that had been addressed TO her
by a European monarch, which they
seized
The Naval Steel Board. which has been
considering the objective material fur
nished by the Carnegie Company for the
battleshps Kearsarge and Kentucky, I'LL
nois and Alabama has recommended e
Secretary Herbert that the ship-builders
be permitted TO go ahead with the work
OF those vessels and in case any plate
develops weakness while being formed I,
III the frames, thorough test be made OF
the group OF material 20 which the piat'
belongs when, " no weakness IL shown
the group may be used but In case o.
| the tests being unsatisfactory. the entir'
group shall be rejected. Secretary Her
bert has approved the suggestion ans
particularly at Newport News, where mos
OF the workmen had to be laid of. opera
tions will be resumed. The Steel Boar
has also suggested certain changes In tbs
specifications, which. II adopted, will ~
long way towards preventing furthel