The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-21
THE SOUTH AMERICANS.
THEIR FINAL ENTERTAINMENT
THE BEST OF ALL.
shown What the New York Fire Dcpar,.
ment aud Police Torre Can no.-,c
wards They Enjoy "Little Inneb"-
Other New York News.
NEw YORK BUREAU
RICHMOND DAILY TIMES.
loftfIi l.lr au TA.U |

' l .'.' ~ ih' lpDls towering eNHnfpffe
uead bodies, and ending with a numb,
Jump INTO the liie-saling net. Thcrcaftc
hhSihe company No. 39 and Hook and Lac
ger company No. rs showed the guests hor
lhey "hitch up and get ready for fir,
fhe VISITORS then examined the various hu
itihs Al headquarters, notably the fire tcit
si1pl' room, where they Were shown h0,
alarms ot ire are received. and from her
transmitted 20 the different companies.
Amer The visitors had seen everything q
interest IN the building they were taken 4
lhe mon square Plaza. where one of th
delegates was permitted % "turn i'm ai
alarm Of fire. 80 that they could see will
| what p.omptncss IL is answered. Upon ar
| riNmg ON the ground the iircmcn wen
/ ihfough all The mancuyrcs the same as if ;
iire had actually broken ont.
The entertainment concluded hv the dele
gates witnessing the powers Of the iro-bOat
I MAich has her berth at the foot Of Wcs
] Thirteenth street. in throwing large aus
powerful streams of water. II is safe {,
say they never saw ANYTHING like il before
The police were pat through their PAGES
! New ofk prides herself ON "ihe finest.
ana they have been drilling for this parade
for q month. The very pink Of the force
were picked. There is not man in tho
police regiment that marched i'm review
who is under five feet ten inches i'm height
ana more than half Of them wore war yete-
rams badges.
The day was wound mp by dinner ai
pelmonico's, given by the Spanish-Amcri-
can commercial Union.
The delegatss return 10 Washington To-
morrow. They have Pan-Amcrican appe-
tite- II the returns from the little lunch at
me mon League club can bc taken as an
estimate. At that spread they emf up-G0a
deNilcd crabs. jOO swoeibreads. 700 chicken
croqucttes, fm tarrapin. 400 canvassback
ducks, 900 portions ot fried h0miny. 40 gal-
IONS oi chicken cOns0mmc, 5000 stewod Oys-
lers' l.WH oysters Ia pOulcttc. 1.OlO seal
ioped oysters, 1000 Dreaded oysters. ( rib.
pi beci, - lHrkeys, lG capoHs. n saddles OF
mutton, ~ saddles of antelope. l. tongues.
II hams. - patcs of game. 400 cups Of ch0-
c"late, 900 cups Of coffee 300 biscuits Tor
TOM, 300 biscuits glaces. 30 quarts Of pud-
ding Nesselmdc. % quarts Of charlotte
plombiere, 90 quarts of Wtti tutu, 80 quarts
oi vanilla nee cr0afi, p quarts Of chocolate
nee cream, 80 quarts of lemon water
ice, 3jj pounds assorted cakes. II tur-
KEYS for sandwiches. r. hams for sand
Wlrhr-' - teTTinos Of pates dc faiS 1ra..
ana washed it down with 200 bottles of
champagne. 1t took the chef sixteen un-
dcf-cooks and eight helpers eight DAYS t0
prepare the feast and 100 walters % serve IT,.
10 cost $1,000.
TOwN TALK.
An annual social event. the Columbia .lu-
u.orA ball, took place Tonight in the college
library. All dehuianfcs of the season were
present, and general good time was had.
ihe number of tickets was limited To- $50.
and i'm this way the disaereeable features of
last years oYercrOwdine was avoided. The
lst 0i paironesscs is unusually long. Among
them are the following wcll-kuOWn ladies:
Mrs. John T.. AicXaudrc. Mrs William
Waldorf Astor MIS-. R. 7. Auchmutt. Mr-.
samuel i. Bargar Mrs. Robert IouoX Belk-
nap. Mrs. August Belmont. Mrs. George II .
Bend. Mrs. Douglass w. Burnham. Mrs.
benjamin +. Butler and Mrs. Andrew Car
uegie.
Work on the Hudson River tunnel will
shortly Dee resumed 0n the New York end.
II Is proposed t0 get in Dot of new and i'm
proved machinery, but 10 is impossible 10
say When the tunnel will De completed Al
lhc election ~. ". Perkins. ". N. Force.
IL, $. White. +. j.. Abbott. 4. II. Gibbs. 4.
l.. Ncllng. and G.. ~ooysmith were elected
directors. The work ON tine tunnel has been
going on stea,lly since May last ON the
funds obtained in England by negotiating
fl,1WVh worth of Bonds. ON The Jersey
side the tunnel ha- been advanced 300 feet
making the end of 70 1000 feet
The amount of mail sent from this port for
foreign countries ON "Wednesday was the
largest ever dispatched since jhe p0siohice
has been established m New York. ltag-
greeatcd l,ljN sacks, of which 2GN sacks OF
letters. 700 sacks of papers. and one dis
patch pouch from the Department of state.
all for Europe. were sent by the steamship
II Def f.f
papers for Europe were dispatched by tho
tcrmanic; 10 sacks by the City pf AleXan-
iria for Mexico; q sacks hy the DOrieu for
tamaica;2 sacks by the C0han for Trinidad.
and one special bag hy the khinclaud for
Antwerp. OF the Iraye's mail 49, sacks
were for London and 242 sacks for Bremen.
The greater part of the Germanc's mail was
or DUbliB, ireland. The total of the mail
or Europe WAS 49,, i92 letters. and 3l.7Oj
pounds weight of newspapers.
RAILROADS AND FINANCE.
Virginia Midland Railway elected the
oiiowing officers for the ensuing year. /.
VI. Logan president: W. H. Marblry. sec
etary and the following directors: George
'arson. John II. lnman. j. {. llabcn and
l0hn McAncrHay. 0f New York. X. +. Mcf-
.dith. X. +. Mason. Joseph Wilmer John
". Burke, Alex. ID. PAYNE. &. NJ. Black |
ord, G. G.. Holland, G. 4. swanson, i. i.
.OYell, J.. j. Christian. James y. Pace and
lohn $. Barbour, of Virginia.
one of the best informed scouts says that !
ecent developments i'm the West Virginia |
VI districts have been disappointing g. |
PRODUCERS, and that the outcome of future |
rilling there Is likely not 90 be anywhere |
ear so good as the facts at first seemed 10 |
warrant.
TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON DIVIDEND.
In regard 10 the four per cent. semi-an- |
ual dividend ON Tennessee Coal and Iron, |
referred il is reported that President rlsti |
4yored The paving of the dividend into |
0urt, and submitting the whole question 10
iw, but that he was oycrruled 10y |
he other directors. IL was Mr..
'lati who made q mess of the
natter in the hrst place by threatening.
D published interviews. 90 stop the dividend
nd force the preferred shareholders into q |
When the stockholders show
4 a bold front, Mr.. Platt took water and
polly attributed the whole discussion 10 the
bears" Since then hc has carefully with
I'D Information a. 10 the directors plans
ON the preferred shareholders IN this city.
hey only found out about the dividend
ON the Nashville papers today
THE FAITH CURisrS
-c having pretty hard time Of it in Brook
u. Justice righe. before whom ole Ed
ard larsen was recently arraigned and
,nvicted for refusing TO give medicine pre-
ribbed by physician % his sick child.
ned Larsen $500 to-day. When asked If
AL anything 10 say in his own behalf, he
piled he had nothing 10 say. lie viii have
serve 500 days Imprisonment at the peni-
ntiary or pay up.
Bradstrcet's 2,2S9 cotton correspondents
port a crop this gear four per cent. larger
AN they did last year. II The actual yield
is year increases corrcspQndingiy as COM
,red with last, the indicated yield for lSs9-
. is I.Zti. .OJ0 bales. /,
Dr. ChetwOod. the Tombs physician, re-
irts that Hanna NJ. SOuthworth. the ,
aver of Major pettus. has gained in appe-
c. but is more cmaciated han at The time
her admission. She rarely receives other
sitOrs than her mother. She has yel 10 ,
ke choral or bromide 10 help out her
rycs; but while she has not gained in flesh
q is different woman so far as nervous
~ is concerned.
nmored Change in tho New York Star.
NEW YORK December 2O.-lt is stated