The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-02
GOTHAM GOSSIP
TELEGRAPHED BY THE TIMES
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
Furious Poiitieal Fight Between Tam
many Hall and the County Radical Coal
ition- The First squadron of Evolution
David UarfcId Convicted or Bigamy.

many Hall and the County -Eadicsi COAL
| ition- The First squadron of Evolution
David HarfcId Convicted of Bigamy.
NEW YORK. November Especial =
| Faster and more furious RACES The local
political battle-Tammany Hall fighting
desperately 10 maintain her supremacy. ana
her allied enemies. the county Democrats
and Republicans cScrting every Ohort TO
accomplish her Defeat If IL cannot be done
| il means political doom for the
counties. The candidates for SEN
ator have been pledged to vote
| for Tom. Platts man for United states SEN
| ator when the election il held. and II II II
possible, TO get a twO-thirls majority 10 pass
a new city charter, legislate Mayor Grant >
employees out OF office and establish spring
elections for local offices. This is "A bold
scheme, and the Republicans make no
secret of the deal. Ex-senator Platt.
il angry with Tammany on account OF the
Deal bil.r that Knocked out the Rcpubl-
can Police Commissioners. ana the Counties
are fighting for existence. The Republic
cans are working with great energy, and
; Iammany men acknowledge that their
candidates have A liardrcnt boforc them.
TIIE CAMPAIGN IN NEw JERSEY
has developed an unhappy experience in
lettcr-wrting. in which General ~ewell i
charged with trcachery towards General
Grubb. The general notion il that the
Democratic nominee (AbbetD will carry
the State by 10000. II seems equally GER
tain that the senate will be Republican.
Seven Senators Of each party hold over
The new Senators will make the senate
twelve Republicans 10 nine Democrats.
The chances favor the Democrats i'm the Sc
lection of As-emblymen.
TnE FIRST SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION.
Rear Admiral Walker arrived from Wash
ngtOn today with sailing orders for his
icct. and the first squadron of evolution Of
the new navy will proceed TO sea as soon as
he directs. The fleet ~ whitc-cOStcd ships
are ready 10 20 to sea tomorrow. if the Al
miral so wills it. II is not expected. how
ever. TINT the vessels will leave the yard be-
fore November 10th.
If live vessels are included in the ilcet.
Admiral Walker will have about 1890 0f-
GERS and men 10 man the ships. The Chi
cagO. which will float the rear admirafs
ilag. will cary i25 men, under Captain Robe
son: the Boston 2j0 men. under Captain j.
O'kanc: the Atlanta a like number, under
Captain Howell: the Yorktown 10. under
Commander Chadwick; and the Dolphin,
also. lsJ men. 4 band of fifteen pieces ac-
companies the fleet. The officers and mcdi-
cal stan will number over 100.
DAVID HARFELD CONVICTED.
The trial Of David llarfeld, the Rich
monk pawn broker for bigamy. was con-
tinucd to-day in the Court of General Sos
si0ns, which was crowded with Hebrews.
Both wives were in court.
In his own defence he swore that his wife
deserted him in Boston. He claims that he
made every effort TO find her. hut without
success. He became acquainted with
sarah Marks, and both fancying each other
love resulted. lie told her Of his domestic
troubles with his first wife. and asked her
to marry him if lac obtained a diyorce.
She consented. He instituted proceedings
Of divorce. and the ceremony Of betrothal
was celebrated between the two in last sep
tembcr. The details clearly demonstrated
that the bctrothal. so called. was ccrc-
mOny. according 10 the law Of the state Of
New York. making sarah and David one.
\ "Trip together that sounds IN English very
much like a bridal tour followed. although
he asserts il was entirely platOnic. After
tcrwards they went 10 Richmond, and lived
three weeks in Dayid's mothers house. The
unfeeling jury refused 10 believe In the pla-
tonic story and brought in verdict OF guilty
Of bigamy.
NrTROpOLIrAN NOTES.
\ private cablcgram 10 a member Of the
Produce Exchange. received this morning.
states that the sts"k of the Pilsburv and
Washburn Flour Mill Company. in Mime
apOlis-Of $S.Ou.OOO capital-Will be put on
the market in London tomorrow. The same
dispatch says that an English syndicate
has purchased the mills for S6.JH.OOO.
samuel Coupe. aged seventeen wears, had
a fight with his brother Joseph. aged nine
teen wears. ai their home. corner of Tenth
avenue and One-hundrod-and-hit -hity-seycnth
street last night samuel struck his
brother on the head with an ink bottle,
fraciuring the skull. The wound may
prove fatal. samuel WAS arrested.
The cornerstone of new church ediiico
on BROOKLYN Heights. 10 De known as the
~ands-strcet Memorial Methodist Episcopal
Church. the oldest congregation in the city.
was laid this afternoon by Bishop Hurst.
The publication of the facts about the des
titution of the family of Mrs. Baron has
caused relief 10 pour IN from all sides.
Mr~. Baron herself is still at Bellevue
Hospital. and il still nighiy and at times
almost ~ violent a. when she tried y choke
her old mother. The doctors, however.
have hopes that with good care and proper
nourishment she will recover both her
strength and her reason.
special tclcgrams to Bradsirect's point 10
further moderate checks i'm the movement
OF trhtlil lAtl'hdnulnf llolh hi7t anu ~
cOnd hands.
The drought i'm Louisiana has hurt the
sugar. Cotton j. . cent lower al New
York on equalization of spot prices with
November quotations. Deliveries on DctO-
bcr contracts at New York larger than eX-
pected.
Business failures reported % lirdd-trcets
number. 2jl i'm the United states this week.
against 100 last week and 30 this week last
wear. Canada had - this week against ~
last week. The total Of failures in the
United States from January lst TO date, IL
.}~j, against S,2yl i'm lSSS.