The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-24
Ieleeraphic Brevities.

HAMEURG.-1t is now announced that
ioe persons were drowned by the sink
ing Monday morning Of the steamer
Primus. of this port after collision IN
the River Elbe with the tug Hansa
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.-An injunc-
ton brought by the Memphis Baseball
Club to restrain the Southern League
of baseball clubs from interfering with
Player st. Vren. the Memphis pitcher
was granted to-day by Chancellor Nc
Conneil.
Is MACON. GA-A Telegraph special
from Newton county says that at Grants
Springs. on William Picketts plantation,
last Sunday a fight occurred IN wnicn
Richard Smith Jr., was shot and his
throat cut. Richard Smith, ST., shot
through the lung and man named
Tomlin cut about the face. Young Smith
s dead, and the condition OF the otner
two is preca rious.
BOSTON, NlAss.-Hon. Charles Ham
lin, former Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury. to-day announced that he was
candidate for the Democratic nominal
lion for Governor of Massachusetts.
CAPE TOWN.-Generals Botha and
Delarey. who started from Pretoria
Monday on their way to Europe ar
rived here to-day. and were met at the
-ailroad station by large crowds. Cen
aral Botha said he wished to impress
upon his hearers the necessity for work
fng hand in hand with the British. as
South Africa was the only country they
could call home
God reached its maximum throughout
he district on the Missouri side and the
rest was at Hannibal at noon to-!aE,
when the stage was a, a; sfands and IN
inches at keokuk-
NEWPORT. R. 1.-The gunboat scor-
ion went aground in the UPPER ra N narp p,'.,
;lue Rocks. and it is feared that her plat,
,g may be torn. for there are Jagged
ocks where she struck.
ROME-The remains OF Cardinal Ledo-
howski, who died here yesterday, were
lid in state to-day in the Chapetle Ar
'ente of the Palace of the Propag anda,
there ney we're 81 cosge
BLOCK ISLAND. R; 1.-The PROPOSED
,ttempt by the battleships Alabama and
Nearsarge., reinforced by marines TO cap. !,
.ure the northwest portion of this, island
vas abandoned to-day. presumably pc
because of the unfavorable weather con-
litons.
-oe Adams a negro. blew out the brains
If his wife and daughter in an open
yard. The sheriff with hounds is + track
"E ha NsFGSss ARE sEsa Kramer nss
hight defeated Major" Taylor in the
inal heat of the National Cycling Asso-
cations championship nail-iiliie race ~
BALTIMORE, MD-Chief of Police
Johnson. of Newport News. left tonight
sor that Virginia city, having in charge
Frederick Moore. who was arrested mere
on the charge of forgery
stephen A. Calder and Mrs. Allen a.
Calder died tonight of congestion OF the
lungs, brought about by taking IN water
while in the cabin of the cars!Sed sloop.
SPRINGFIELD, lila portion OF
Lacey Ievee at Havana was washed
away to-day by food waters CT the ~
Iinoi: River. and twelve thousand acres
of land five thousand OF "hlch were
under cultivation are now inundateo pS
water VARYING in depth from hve 10 ten
feet. No fatalities have been reported.
WATERLOO. Iowa. ciouoouls,
this evening did S9o'oVo os,'iasS anu
drove twenty families from their MONIES.
a. o,e time the business streets OF the
-,.ora under from two to three feet
= ETKISs. w. vA-Chief of Police F.
,Y II-i,,,oth of tris city. was murdered
,ata-laet night at INomelsdorf. near here.
Trilr,oth was in the act of arresting
80 negroes. when third man shot him
sfrono ar1bush a posse is IN pursuit
NASHVILLE. TENN.-An extra ses-
.;o, of the Tennessee Legislature is con-
sidered a possibility as result OF recent
stories to the effect that merger OF
the southern Railroad systems will be
contemplated in connection with the
@ornnation of the Southern Securities
Company.
WASHINGTON D. C.-Lientenant-G Gem
oral Miles. commanding the army. Wis
tied Camp Ordwav at Leesburg. Va. to-
dav. where the Dis'ric. National Guard
is holding its annual encampment-