The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-13
PERSONS AND THINGS.
News Notes Compiled From the Times"
Exchanges.

something that helps the bad and defeats
the good.
SENATOR EvARTs and DIR. Talmage were
among the spectators at the Lord Mayors
show Saturday in London. Mr.. Eyarts is
reported as looking well. lie said he was
in excellent health. and that he expected TO
sail for home Wednesday.
Mr.. JAMES d. REID, who has been ap-
pointed United States consul at Dunferm-
line, is commonly called the "Father Of the
Telegraph He personally handled the
first Presidents message ever sent across
the Alleghanies by wire.
Miss WANAMAKER, eldest daughter of the
Postmaster-General. made her debut in SO.
ciety Saturday at Lindenhurst, the Wana-
maker country place. The dresses are said
to be Of exquisite III and make. No doubt
she frequently calls 10 her assistance her
fathers accomplishments as tailor.
MAJOR T.. 4. BURKE. whose record as
state Treasurer Of Louisiana has given rise
to much gossip and some charges, is said 10
have successfully foated a vast Honduras
mining enterprise in London.
Another yerifcatiOn OF the NapOle0nlc
maxim. EAudacc, L1uddcc, ToVo~rs
IN uducc.
AMAN named Page, Is years old, and his
aged wife have been murdered in Clinch
county. Ga. The bodies Of the murdered
couple were found horribly mutilated in
their house by neghbOrs Friday night.
Robbery is supposed 10 have been the mo-
tive for the crime. Officers are searching
for the murderers.
\ VERY simple method Of inducing sleep
in cases Of persistent insomnia. and one
that has succeeded where many drugs have
failed. saws the Hospnol. is simply TO adj
minister a moderate amount Of warm ] !
quid food before the patient goes 10 bed.
This diyert- the blood from the brain TO the
abdominal organs. and takes away The
cerebral excitement that precludes sleep.
THE decision that the Tilden trust can
not be maintained. and that the property
must be divided among the heirs, excitcs
much attention in New York. II does away
with the project for magnificent free j.
brlrv. which was one of Mr.. Iildcn's p' I
schemes. and dcpriyc- New York of Other
Gifts. The case has been argued AZ gre
length. and the opinion given would hll
pages II a newspaper.
Mns. EMMA BFcKwrH, the woman can
didate for mayor Of Brooklyn, received fifty
votes. and they cost her SIS. Public SYM
pathy will 90 out towards her since she has
made this pathetic confession: at came
ont Of my own private purse. II was money
/ had saved 10 buy a new theatre wrap
with. Now | must 20 without the wral
wear the old shiny one.'
BARONESS YON GLUMER. who was in her
youth Miss Frances Bartlett, daughter Of
United states Naval Commander Bartlett
and who married a wealthy Cuban planter
who died years agO-now lives with her
second husband near the city Of Mexico.
and writes i'm one Of the leading daily pa
pcrs i'm the Mexican capital. She is the
heroine Of Edmund G. Stcdman's poem of
..Thc Diamond Wedding" She has an am
pie fortune. but is fond Of literature and
Of journalism.
CARDINAL GIBBoN's new book seems to
be full Of plain. practical advice 10 the H.
boring man. Among other things the world
~ Cardinal points out to his flock that ''tho
ballot is the expression Of the will Of free
people. and its purity should be guarded
with the utmost jealousy. The repeated
cry Of selpcfi0n frauds is one iull Of warn
ing. Frauds are attempted and too often
succossfullv. upon the ballot. II is the
erayost menace 10 free Institutions Some
how or other. however. the Cardinals grip
on those members Of his church who prac-
tice political frauds does not seem to b.
very close.
THERE is no immediate danger Of The
United States becoming oyercrowded. for
Mr.. Joseph Nimmo, Jr., shows in Frank
Loslie's paper that since independence was
achieved the United States Government has
been the largest owner Of arabic land on
the earth. The total area Of the "puhlic
domain" sold and unsod. amounts TO
1.s49.O72.5S7 acres and constitutes y per
cent. If the total area Of the United States.
including Alaska. About 700.000oO0 acres
of land have been sold and donated. about
/. $50. 600 O10 acres remain unsOld. As the
area Of Alaska is 900. $50. 400 acres. the area
ursold. exclusive Of that Territory. is about
7S0. 1000 acres.
An extraordinary state Of things r. re-
ported from san Francisco. \ Chinese com
panv has passed sentence Of death upon
Mck Lem for giving testimony in an Amcri-
can court which served 70 convict one lie
Sing for murder. II is not contended that
the latter was innocent. hut that one Chine
Il. 4 81 A tls.f
can court 10 convict another Chinaman.
The C0H properly remarks: "Some wav
should be found 10 get hold Of the officers Of
societies that set up their authority against
that Of our courts The secret Chinese
societies are difficult 10 reach, but the effort
should he made.
THE dangerous accident 10 the Amphion.
the finest vessel ia the large British squad
ron. seems 10 show one thing very conclu-
siyely. and that is that the rules Of the ser
vice compelling officers Of war ships 10 pilot
their own vessels in island waters ought TO
be changed. Had there been n pilot on
board thoroughly fami ar with the winding
passages through the maze 81 islands. the
violent tide rips or whirlpOols. and the other
things which render navigation between
\ fcfnfln ana vancouver excessively dan
gerous in time of fog. the lives Of the Gov
Lord Stanley. and his party
would not have been endangered. and the
commander Of the Amphion would not have
been unhappy to-day.
GENERAL BEALE. Of Washington. who
was one Of General Grants most intimate
friends, objects to the removal Of the great
Generals remains from New York TO the
soldiers Home or 10 Arlington. int thinks
hat they should finally find repose in the
grounds south of the White House. and
that the remains Of Abraham Lincoln should
also be- removed there. what a magnii-
cent idea" he SAYS. iii would be- 20 raise
fountains OF some equally az
Iistic and splendid design % Lincoln and
Grant, side by side. and close 10 the shaft
which perpctuates the memory Of the
Father of His Country. thus hOnoring in
signal manner the three great men in the
history Of the United States.
ENGLAND IN THE MARINE CONFER
sNCE The International Marine Con-
ference had the agreeable announce
nent made to it yesterday that the
British Government has authorized is
delegates to consider the entire pro-
sramme of the conference IS originally |