Major S. K. Dunn, of the Quartermaster Corps, arrived here yesterday from France, where he was serving in the American Ambulance Corps. Major Dunn, while absent, was advanced to his present rank from that of captain to left France just prior to the declaration of war. This being the second time that he has been sent to respond to the call of his own country, as he was in Belgium at the outbreak of the Mexican crisis, which called out the National Guard. The headquarters of the Gesangverein Virginia, 210 North Fourth Street, is a large United States flag flying over its portal. This organization, which numbers in its ranks some of the more prominent men of German extraction in Richmond, is strongly loyal. It was founded in 1858, being the second oldest one in this country. Members of the society point with pride to the fact that the German people of Richmond sent two full companies into the "Between the States," in addition to a large number of individuals who rendered service to the Confederacy under whose flag they were living.

APPLE RATES UPHELD
Interstate Commerce Commission Refuses to Suspend Incorporated Tariff From Virginia.
The Interstate Commerce Commission, at Washington, refused yesterday to suspend the increased rates on apples and pears in less than-carload lots from Virginia to points in the Carolinas and Georgia recently announced by practically all the Southern railroads.  Roads. 