The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-04
OFF FOR HAYTI.
TWO SHIPS OF THE NORTH NJ
tANTi0 SQUADRON.
Supposed Obtect of the Espedition-H"~
Fred Dsykia.s Il rcearied IN H"yst-
the Norfolk Cotton Press Syndicate
p..so..Is aud General Mention.

Il pspOndence.-Ths morning Rear humifa
Ghcrardi', flagship, the Galena; got awa'
for Hasfi, accompanied Ivy TIE kearsnrge
of the North Atlantic satadropi, ire ZIP PIP
gtan'iHc. ts He,ai.e,i. = as follows: ~
squadron goes TO II. Nicholas Mole nrst
where Uncle sam wants coallng station
and the necessary surveys Will be mad.
Thea "A run will te 'i'Nle 70 fa.'e Eaytiei
rid pOit ali Prince. Minister Fred Doug
lass headquarters, after which some OF the
smaller islands, which are blessed with 2
more salubr0us climate than that OF liayfi,
will be sought for alternating pur'
poses. The Galena carries 2iO men
and her battery consists Of 9-inch ana q
Finch breech-oading rife and six s-inch
muz,le-Ic -Icaair- fifer, With ee,efai ga'ling<
The kearsarge has six S-inch muzzle-load-
ing rifles and a secondary battery compris-
ing ratlngs and Hotchkiss guns. Her
crew number lS0 men. The Dolphin has a
5-inch bigh-pOwered breech-l0ading rifle
and lIotchkiss rapid-iiiring guns and re-
yolying cannon. She carries 40 men.
nov ijOUGLAss STANDS WITH THE Hay
TfEOs.
Dne Of the officers of the Galena SAYS oi
the cOlOred minister TO the black republic
''The Haytiens don't like Douglass for 4
cent. If he was pure black or pure white
he would Ice all right with them, hut they
desplse a iiulatto above All things IL
doesn't make much difference whether they
like him or not. though, as far Is his stay
Ing is concerned, for he is there until he r.
signs. ID is not the intention of the depart
ment to secure the cOaling station we want
through Admiral Gherardi over Douglass
head The ships are simply sent over there
10 make the surveys in the customary way"
Interested parties openly assert that the
sending of this big force 10 IIayii Is part OF
the programme 10 brOwbeat the enc MES
of HyppOlite by the idea that the United
states il behind the dusky rebel in his
efforts to keep his Office.
THE NORFOLK COTTON PRESSES.
In regard to the purchase Of the Nor
folk cotton presses by the New York syndi-
cate. the head Of the scheme here, Mr.. Ar
thur T.. Baieman. says: Il and my assO-
ciates already own one Of the congresses
at Norfolk. and we have just purchased the
other four. which we intend 10 consolidate
under one general management, capitalizlng
the same for 81, ,20O,0OO. Mr.. lnman Is not
interested in the affair. The parties in
terested in the consolidation are both New
York and Liverpool firms. This will
tend to largely increase the cotton ship
ments from Norfolk"
Personal MENTION.
The doctor in charge Of Gus NJ. l.. Sachs,
the well-knOwn patron Of athletics. who il
i'll at the Windsor hotel, has hopes OF his IT.
cOyery.
Mrs. James e.. Blaine, Jr.. is getting no
better. and at best there is great dagger
that if she RECEIVERS enough 10 be able to
leave her bed she will be a cripple for II long
time, il not for life. She has infammat0ry
rheumatism in particularly painful form
now for sixteen weeks. The case has at
tracted attention from physicians on ae-
count of its extreme severity. During IA
great part of her illness Mrs. Blaine has
been kept under an1sthetics for hours ut a
time.
Mr.. Daniel Frohman, who was TO have
been Mrs. Blaine's manager on her theatri-
cal tour, continues 20 defray her expenses.
Her illness is said to have cost him $1,000.
Mrs. Blaine has received no assistance nor
inquiries from her husbands family.
II is rumored that Dom Pedro, the depOsed
Brazilian Emperor, may come here ON
long visit.
Mr.. Carl Schurz was so much better to-
dav that his physician said he would prob
ably be able 10 attend 10 business i'm week
or SO.
Albert Fink. who resigned his post OF
chairman of the Trunk-lines Commission
last summer, and vert 10 Europe for his
his health, has returned and is now at the
Murray Hin Hotel, greatly improved in
health. He has gained perceptibly IN
flesh.
Mrs. Elliott +. Sheppart has just laid the
Of the Working NOmen's
Home, in connection with the Young WO-
mems Christian Association. The new
structure is To face on Sixteenth street, di-
rectly in the rear Of the association build
ing. No. ! east Fifteenth street II Il to be
Il handsome fireprOOf ediice, six stories III
height, of ROmanesque architecture. The
front will be Of brOwnstOne and elaborate
" decorated. The first iioor is to be used
as women's restaurant, and the five floors
above for dOrmitOry purposes. She pays
ali the cost. about $20O,0O0, OF the edihce.
The monthly bulletin of the New York
State Board Of Health for October shows
the total number of deaths in this city dur
ing the month to be 2,12l, representing an
annual death rate per 1000 OF 2O.3S. Cen
orally throughout the state the mortality
from diphthera has increased earlier than
last year, but is yet much lower than in the
winter mouths.
NOTABLE EvENT-BIRsH or 4 HIPPOPOT-
ANUS.
The first hippopotamus ever born in this
this country is now in the Central Park,
having arrived on Monday morning. The
baby weighed forty pounds at the time OF its
birth. II is unusually small, the young
generally weighing about 100 pounds AT
birth. What lacks in weight it makes uQ
i'm activity, however, and to-day is as lively
as kitten. Mother and child are both do
ing well, and Superintendent COnklin has
great hopes for the successful raising of the
little one.
An hippopotamus was born in England
on November ), 1872, which was christened
Guy Fawkes, although according 10 IT.
sex, it ought TO have received gentleI
name.
one was also raised in Amsterdam and
one. in Antwerp. The weighs two
tons She first saw the light o.
day some six years ago, and was brought t.
this country from Hamburg in the fall Of 'SG
TO take the place Of Bombey. the rhinoceros
who died "A short time before. Tls father
was imported from Nubia to Cincinnati by
Mr.. Reiche, and thence brought here.
DIR. RYLANCE's LIBEL SUIT.
The libel suit brought by the Rev. DR.
Rylance against Nicholas QuackenbOs ant
William V. King, came up again this morn
ing before Judge TruaX, in the >uprem,
court cndlilDtT-, on IlptlOn lOT II luftntl
bill Of particulars. Both sides had sub
mitted their first bills of particular
some time ago in accordance with til,
order of the court, but lawyer QuackenbO,
wasn't satisfied with the one he got. IIs
saws it was not definite enough, and b,
wanted the court TO order the plaintiff I,
state more fully and with greater detail tn,
facts in regard to the alleged libel. Conse
mleutly he moved for this in court thi.
morning. Judge TruaX will consider tn,
motion.
FIRST NEWS OF THE REPUBLIC.
The Britishssteamship Portuense arrived
from Pernambuco and, Para to-day with 8
cargo of sugar and rubber. Captain Hewes
master. states that when he left Pernam
buco on November II there were no tidng.
of republic having been formed. Oh
entering the harb0r Of Para on the 2ls
uItimo he saw, for the first time, the flag o
the republic flying. All was quiet at Para
he says, and the people seemed TO be per
fectly satisfied with the change Of govern
ment.
ALL SORTS.
Mrs. Hanna Ii. SOuthworth, heayil,
veiled, walked into the Court OF oyer anl
rerminer this morning TO have day fxet
for her trial for the murder Of stephen Pet
tus. The State was hot ready, so no da,
was set.