Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-28
A REVENUE RULING.
PERSONS NOT "CoMMERCIAL
BROKERS', UNDER THE LAW.
THE FIrTH MARYLAND REGIMENT.
n is soon TO Leave for Porto Rico
In Company X ~ n Newspaper Man,
weii-Known In Richmond-othcr
PERSONALS.

WASHINGTON. July 27-(Special.)-
Tho Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
has decided that tho following persons
are not commercial brokers'" within the
meaning OF the war-revenue law:
Commission merchants receiving goods
Tor sale al their places OF business: To-
hacco and cattle warehousemen: cattle
brokers selling cattle on commission: auc-
tioneers receiving and selling property at
their store-rooms, or selling property OF
their own.
MARTLANDERs FOR PORTO RICO.
The Fifth Maryland Regiment will leave
IN a few days for Porto Rico. In Com
pany X. which was recruited in Balti-
more. are several newspaper-men, among
them Mr.. Thomas T.. Barclay. Jr., who Is
well-known in Richmond, having been for
q long time stan artist on the Times.
Mr. Barclay left good position on the
baltimore World 70 fight for Cuba's free
dom
MAILS FOR SANTIAGO.
The superintendent Of foreign mails
finds II necessary TO call attention to the
fact that the postage rates ordinarily
prevailing with regard TO mail for San
tiago do not apply to mail for and from
persons connected with our naval and
military forces at and near Santiago.
Domestic rates apply to the latters mail.
MAIL FROM PRISONERS.
The Flrst-Assistant-Postm General
has notified the Bureau OF Navigation Of
tho Navy Department that mail from the
Spanish prisoners will be sent TO the dead
letter Office and referred TO the bureau
before il is decided whether It can be
forwarded without violation of law. This
was IN response 70 an inquiry on the part
Of the bureau.
POSTAL NOTES
The postmaster OF New Berne, N. c., is
in the city, engaged in an effort to secure
free mail delivery for his town.
a now post-oflce has been established
81 Prong. Columbus county, n. c., with
Willie V. Jordan as postmaster.
Fourth-class postmasters were appoint
ed IN North Carolina to-day as follows:
Bland. Sampson county, Mrs. Hey NJ. Bry-
ant vice ID. W. Bland, dead: Dickinson,
uarnett county, Mary A Mckay vice
LoannOra Mckay, resigned: Ingold, Samp-
son county. Mary Il. Green vice John W.
Green. dead; Lowland. Pamlico county,
Robert i. Hopkins vice s. j. Clark, re-
moved; Old Furnace, CASTOR county, Sid
ney J.. Kiser vice r. c. Ormond. resigned:
Pekn, Montgomery county, c. l.. Cox
vice j. @. Skinner, dead; Pool Rowan
county, Walter Burrage vice j. Buchanan,
resigned; Willow. Gates county. A. S.
Hudgins vice George w. Rountree, re-
moved
GERMAN INTERESTS IN BRAZIL.
Ambassador White writes from Berlin
that complaints have frequently been
made In the German press of late that i'm
pcrial interests were not satisfactorily
cared for in Brazil. and that German sub
jects living in that country, or Temporal
rly sojourning there for. business or other
purposes, were not accorded sufficient
protection by the n-professional fire.
qucntly native BRAZILIAN German consul
lar officers. This subject is semi-officially
referred TO in "a recent issue of the North
German Gazette. where the statement is
made that professional consul "a brother
Of the German Consul at Singapore is
already en- route FOR the province Of Sac !
Paulo; that It is understood that the
former Governor of CAMERON will be
sent 10 Santa Catharina, to reside at first
at DesterrO Q'lorianopolis) and that an
other professional consul will be sent TO
Curitiba, so that Germany will soon have
professional officials i'm all of the four
South Brazilian States-Rio Grande do
Sui. Santa Catharina, Parana, and Sac
Paulo-there being already such officials
at Porto Allegro as well as at Rio de
Janeiro and Bahia
Many OF the papers comment upon this
as a step in the right direction and the
Neueste Nachrichten. which has been
active in urging an increase
of the character indicated, says that this
Is nothing more than a beginning, as one
consul apiece for each Of the four States
named is not sufficient for the protection
OF German subjects who live there and
for the fostering of German interests.
AT THE HOTELS.
The following are among the visitors to
the city
Metropolitan Hotel-E. L. Lee and wife,
Norfolk: +. A. Marolik, ]. NJ. Butcher
o. Hecker, Clarksville; +. A. Saunders,
Richmond.
The Raeigh-W. VI. Fitzgerald. W. r.
Brown, b. b. Munford. j. II. Drake. Miss
NJ A. Sedgwick. Richmond.
The National--L II. NATHAN, Richmond. |
The American-G. Cleveland. Richmond; |
B. h. Walters, Norfolk; j. Curry, Hou- |
stOn.