The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-23
A CHAPTER OF HORRORS.
A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES IN NEW
YORK.

The rettus shooting Followed bv n T.r
rtbie Dosns.tlo oMurder-HsrfeId Goes 4,
tho fenitentiary-week'sR Review o
rrade-Al Sorts.
N1w YORK, November a2.-fspeciai.1 !
The city supped h,ll OF horrors jo-day
first. there was the shooting ~ Stephen
fettus early in the morning by Mrs Han
nah ". Sopthwor,a. woman who alleges
ne wroreed her. Hardly has the public ynl
'ne "details OF this shocking tragedy when If
Was announced that James r. Smith, letter
carrier attached 10 Branch station, shot
MS TWO children. aged, respectively, five and
two years, and then shot himself. The cid.
est chiid died immediately and the. Younger
one cannot live long. The man fs i'm n
critical condition. The deed was comn,ii.
ted at Smiths residence No. 1921 east Nine
teenth street, and is believed to have beer
caused by mental troubles originating from
sickness aud the desertiOn Of his wife. smith
was one OF the ietter-carrers, who. il
tue performance OF his duty, was ex
posed 10 the blizzard pf March u
1879. He caught severe cold, whicl
resulted iu consumption. and although a ro.
bust young man OF about twenty-six wear,
before that time, ne has since GRADUALLY
wasted away, until he looked like a shadow
Of himself when seen at the general post
Office "A few days ago. The residents Of tn
neighborho0d where Smith ii,cd SPEAK
highly Of him. The pettns tragedy mas
specially affected
1nB SOUTHERN COLONY.
He was Confederate soldier who cam,
aere from Tennessee after the war and en.
gagged IN the cotton business. He was mar.
ried 10 Southern woman, and his hons,
was centre for visitors from that section. |
His slayer is the daughter OF the late +. j |
Martin. OF Louisville, Nv, and the famii, |
Is well connected in New Orleans. Perth.
was member Of the Cotton Exchar.r q. |
.oug standing. and was highly respected |
u was terrible ending OF a scandal thai |
lad lasted two years.
FAIRFIELD TO GO TO THE PESITENfIARY !
Recorder Smyth. in the Court Of Genera
sessions, to-day sentenced David Harleld |
ne pa"hbr0ker from Richmond. Va, VIII,
%Nas % cohSicteD Of bigdmy, to three year |
ma SIX lDenths in State prison.
STATE OF 1KApE.
Special kilograms 10 Bradstreet's report
air volume OF trade Except in holiday sp,-
'iattics, however. the movement, checked
" uniayorable weather and The laienes
! the season. has been smaller than durln, ]
Ictober though still in excess Of the tota
ne year ago. The Western tobacco leaf Gro, |
5 reported 10 to 70 per cest less than las
ear when II amounted to 275,OOO hOgs
eads' reports nom ninety-nine railroad
gross and net earnings 10 Bradstreet's foi |
eptember, show a gain of 81 per cent. II
TOSS and OF Is per cent. In net over Sci
'mber. loso. From January Ist to Septem
er 30th, one hundred and i've railroad |
now gains oi 5b per cent. IN gross ant |
.. per cent, in net over the nine months lac
ear. Raw cotton Is dull and ieatureers
nth a bearish tone, due TO issuance Of larg,
f0p estimates on Liverpool. Business fan.
res reported TO Brddstreet's number -.
, the United States this week, against u
'st week, and 253 this week last year.
anada has - this week, against 80 ,s
eek. The total NUMBER Of failures ~ th,
hited States from January lst 10 date II
J, i0i, against s,9J2 in lSSS.
During The past two months options have T,
cen secured on all the cheese factories u
'estern New York by the agents of
lonster cheese syndicate. which is to EN-
race the entire cheese production Of Ia.
)untry. II IL not known certainly, but IL
believed 10 be at the instlgdtlOn Of Eng. Z
sh capitalists
A POLITICAL BOLT.
The Ninth Assembly district anti-Tam.
any Democrats, under the lead srship q.
le police commissioner, have bOlted from
Ie County Democracy and resolved itsei :
10 an independent political party. SOM
ich action as this has been looked for efei
nee Commissioner NOOrhis refused IN th
Dunty Democracy Convention the ded
ith f0m Piatts Republicans for fusiOi | ,
,ket. This movement Is looked upon IT..
10 initiatOry step towards tn establish
ent of new Democratic Organization H.
il city. 1t is asserted that these Mint
strict boilers will form the nucleus ca !,
new Democracy, which is destined y
Ow and become the most formidable Opp0- f.,
mt Of Tammany Hail, and that the ole i
'unty Democracy will dwindie into insig :
ticance and finally disappear from the pO-
ical field forever, as did the old Irving
All faction. Several other assembly dir
cts Of the County Democracy organiza- r
m are waverlng in their allegiance, anu y
Az soon follow the example Of the NintL ~
,Sembiv district and resign and JOIN the | "
W organization.
THE SQUADRON or EVOLUTION Il
the new navy arrived at Boston AT 30 | T"
NJ. to-day, ea route 10 the Mediterranean. q,
stOn has always been essentially "A ndNa |
vn, and at the first report of the war II
Ips coming up the bay the entire water u
mt Of the city became thrOnged ~
th people. The scene was an 7
spring one as the vessels steamed i'
wly, but majestically up the harbor to- ~
rd their anchorages Elaborate prepara- III
MS have been made on the part of the u"
deral. State and municipal authorities t.
tertaIn Admiral Walker aud his officers Nv
ring the i've days of their stay.
ALL SORTS. -
\ private cablegram TO New York bank 90
.-house SAYS that eX-Minister to Germany tii
Orge III. PendletOn is diving ut Brussels Of m
internal absccss. Ill
he London rumOr that revolution has is
,urred in Cuba is generally secuted by
with Cuban connections in this city. pr
FOUR steamships landed 1925 immigrants Ct
Castle Garden to-day. su
he steamship Bohemia. from Hamburg II
ught over among her steerage passen-
: TODAY thirty-six Indians and six COW IT
Is. They were part Of the company m
ich leit here some time ago with DR.. an
'yer, the sharpshooter.
he worlds fair fund now amounts 10
+ four and half million dollars.
o-night the Tammanyites Of the Sixth
lgressional district met in convention
nominated Charles III. Turner, the ice 90
n, for Congress. Br