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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-06
The w,tnes.e. falIed to Appear

Senator Barbour, of Virginia, did not
attend the meeting of the Interstate
Commission called for yesterday at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. lie is here, how
ever, aud will begin work early next
week. The Commission, As has been
stated in the Star. are investigating
some Of the complications OF the free.
pass system. but the big problem for
their examination is the Ques-
tion of how 10 frame legislation
suitable for the government oi railroad
property in the United States, now
largely controlled by Canadian com
panies. The committee waited patiently
until noon yesterday for witnesses IL had
summoned. There were to have been
prominent railroad people AID business
men from the Chamber of Commerce and
the Produce Exchange. Nobody ap-
peared, and the commission adjourned
until Monday morning at If o'clock
SUNDAYS Aelo York >far
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SORGHUM.
EXPERIMENTS ~ cILTNATlN6 AND
MANUFACTURING IT.
TION About THE sac
CHARINE SUBSTANCE
WARNER MILLER IN THE MEAT
BUSINESS.
Base Bali Cams Yesterday-A Newspaper
for sale-Four thousand Five Hun
dred Immigrants Landed I'm New
York Yesterday.

WAsnINGToN. u. G., MAY 5.-EXpeFi-
ments in cultivating and manufacturing
sorghum will bee continued this year
under the auspices Of the Agricultural
Department Professor Wiley, chemist
last week laid ont the work for neld
on the Maryland experimental farm
eight miles northeast of Washington
city. the labor oh which will be per
formed by employees of the Maryland
Agricultural College, upon the grounds
of which the station is located. ON one
plat in the field are planted 25O lots of
pedigrccd seed, taken from stalks grow
ing in Kansas. of which analysis was
made over 1000 stalks were thus
analyzed. and the seed of the
2j0. showing the highest per cenagc OF
saccharine matter saved for seed tO de-
tefmise Whether 0r not this excellence Is
hereditary and can be perpeiuated. On
another flat are planted forty yariIies OF
seed. The ground being enriched by nine
teen different kinds Of fertilizers On
lhe field are TWO strips where no fertl-
lizer is used. the intention being To de-
iermine the best kind of seed and the
BEST fertilizer Stiii third nat Is planted
with four kinds of seed. which showed the
best results in experiments already made.
and they. too, will be treated by the va
ri0us fertilizers manufactured.
Professor Wiley left for Kansas to-
night 10 select theso experimental sta
lions and supervise the preliminary part
of The work
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He KNEW ALL ABOUT IT.
A Country Cousin Who Wanted tn Visit
Grants Tomb in Central Park.

Ii was in Sixth avenue 81 car about
midnight on Tuesday. WAS bound mp
town, and next me sat p stoutly built
man about fifty years Of age who had
probably been taken in the illuminaiions
after the military parade, who evidently
hailed from Wayback.
WAS tired, cross, and bored. He was
lOQuaciOns. obstinate, and inquisitiye
He looked me all over from the top OF a
hat that had been battered by festive
urcbil perched in tree under which !
passed during the parade to the top OF
some very dusty shoes Then he opened
fire with the query: Guess il ain't many
blocks 10 Forty second street.
| wanted 10 rest nndisturhed but COM
mon ciyility compelled me 10 inform
him that after two more stops Forty
second street would be reached he
didn't thank me or comment upon the
cOrroboratiOn OF his surmise, but in a
loud, nasal tone which woke up a slum-
bering passenger opposite. inquired
How near Forty second street, dye
suppose. Grants tomb in Central Park
might be p
bad worked too hard that day TO care
about acting a. verbal directory for The
use of country cousins of, 90 say the
least. brusque manner. so replied rather
shortly
Grants tomb is not in Central Park,
and the nearest way 10 reach IL will DE
for you 10 keep on his train mp 10 l2jth
street" Then turned around and as
sumed an attitude Of wcariness. which ~
was not difficult to assume under the
circumstances.
"Mell. / rather guess you're unac-
Quainied with the facts said my in
auisitOr with snort Of mingled triumph
and suspicion, as If he feared ! might be
"A bunco steerer seeking 90 allure him
ont into the wilds Grants tomb IS IN
Genital Park | know hat
"Yery well, | said, somewhat testify,
that's all right. If yOu know IT,
Yes sir You bei, You cant fool me
on that But say, how far is it --. ]
lied into a seat al the rear of the car, fol-
lowed by what was intended for am ami
hilaiing scOWl from the cOuntryman.
who. after a moment meditation, tackhd
the brakeman ! could hear Grants
Tomb, Central Park, - by gosh ?. and
other ftlul exclamations until the
brakeman, with look of wearied dis
gust. went out on the platform and
banged the door behind him.
"IIaysced,' who knew it All, alighied
at Forty-second street, al which we ar
rived moment later and ! caught a
glimpse of him AS 'se sped ON, in con
yer-aiion with the ticket chopper, whose
features already bore an expression of
weariness-N y H,rnId
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THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
They Were Treated Very Badly atitho Cen
ftnuini


ttnuini.
WAsHISeYoN. ID c. May l5- The
Suldfp H,rHi has This complaint On
make about The treatment OF The Senate
Committee at the Centennial
This committee comprised the leading
Senator. -lugalls, the President pD
tmp9re. sherman. Dawes. Allison Gull
lom Hampton, Eustis and ColQuitt, and
the representation OF the Senate was
completed by the presence OF The Secre-
iary. Ans0n g.. McCook the Sergeant at
arms. W J.. Cauady. AND Deputy Ser
reant at- arms. Frank NJ Evans.
The experience can be briefly summed
up in the statement that they received
virtually no attention ON the part of the
committee. whose duty 10 was TO attend
tothcircomiort, convenience, and proper
entertainment
IUce got their own carriages, took
"IIob-on' s. choice of hotel accommcda-
tions. were stored away i'm inside rooms
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and finding
Shat ihcy were not provided with accom-.
modatiun- ON any of the steamers tO vii
ness the great naval procession ia the
harbor. they obtained, by special tele
emphi. order from the Secretary Of thc
Treasury, the United States revenue cut
ter Grant. and were thus enabled to Wit
ness the erandest demonstration Of its
kind that WAS ever made in this country
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BUTLER ON PORTER
GRAVE CHARGES MADE AGAINST THE
ADMIRAL.
nm PORTER RBN At VIEW or
LEdNSf
TIM SENATE CENTINNIAL COMMIT
TIE BADLY TREATED.
Baron FrIinger The Great European ri
nancicr. Ia Wa~hington-A Husband
Becomo. Sudd cniy insane The
Deadly Pistol 80 I.ykens Pa.

BosrON. May 3-The HroM to-day
prints am interview with General Butler
in which hc SAYS Admiral Porter is the
naval officer to whom be- referred in his
speech Wednesday night as running
away ai the battle of New Orleans.
The General says AT the time the
forts were passed hv Farragui ! was fol-
lowing him where / could see the whole
proceeding. wa. well up he river ON
mv HEADQUARTERS boat Porter was
in command of The mortar iioillla.
and was ordered so lombard The water
batteries below Fort Jackson after Far
iagui bad passed up iarrasut got well
hy fhe forts about sunri-', and 10 WAS
about O'Clock. or after. perhaps, when
flr incident connected with Porter took
place
"My army Was nearly thirty miles
down fnr stream ou transports which
were anchored ai fhe head of lhe ts--s.
Al0ut thc Time aforementioned. my men
on iUe transport. saw lOrlcr's whole
fleet rushing down the river pclimclL
and oui to sea
"Whon Porter rushed by my troops he
cried out 'ihc Rebel. are coming down
the river. get out of here a- fast as you
cam llc came back The next day ]
dil not know of this occurrence until
several DAYS attcrNurd, at the time when
Captain BOegs. sent by farngui, met
met 90 the quarantine station
Were thc rebels coming down the
river, ISIS Porter siaiedF
"Ihey couldn come The only thing
they haI WAS Che p0ndcrous dry dock,
Louisiana. ami fhe Two steamers t0 tow
her bee Louisiana never had machinery
boz her. and could not even bc used as %
water battery
"N Iy did he nam. then
ID can't tcn except that 1t WAS report
cd tha thecuemt was transferring heavy
gum. from ihc font io ihc Louisiana. and
Porter conieciurel that the Louisiana
was coming down The stream aitcrthcn
Ihcilllociiug between Builerand POr-
icr rdltrs from 1861 when Porter accused
Butler of NOT supporting with his land
forces p0ucr's naval operations against
Fort Fisher
ADMIRAL PORTER THINKS ll nuGE
JOKE.
NAsnINGTON. d c. May j-Admiral
Porter is inclined to look upon General
Buffers uttcranccs. AS sent out by the
United Press Tonight as 80 huge joke
llc Was told the contents of the United
Press dispatch
"And .o General Butlo has been say
mr things about mc he said. " Wei.
what if hc has shall not take amy
notice of it lle knows what think oi
him. have said time and again that bee
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MY.ferIous DI,appearanee.

CHICAGO, May DIR. Patrick II.
Cronin, a leader OF one OF the Chicago
factions Of Irish Nationalist, was called
from his residence early last evening 10
make a professional call and has not
since been heard Of by any one who
knows him. 1t i feared tnai
he has been foully dealt with, and
many sensational rum0rs are
atioat concerning his mysterious
disappearance, which is coupled with
the finding Of large trunk ON the road
side in the suburbs OF The city about
midnight last night. The Trunk was
broken open and the interior wa found
to be smeared with blood, and quantity
of cotton batting, such as is used by sur
geons. was saturated with fresh blood
The police are searching for Cfonin, but
up TO late hour tonight his wherea
bouts remain undiscovered.
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New Brunswick, y. j., May 5.-The
Rarilan River Railroad Company last
wight attempted to lay spur track across
Noah Frecmnns and ~ Sayreyille, and
their employees were resisted by the em-
ployes of a hrckyard situated on the
land ln ihe hght that ensued George
kisscnger one of the railroad employees,
was killed. and a man uamed Kennedy
was SO badly beaten that he will
die. The railroad construction car was
burned and the rails spoiled by the
fire The sheriff, with a posse OF
hfty men. took charge of Affairs at noon
to-day and is preserving order, but the
brickyard men are still belligerent, and
have not vet allowed kissengers body 10
he removed They are mostly foreign
ers. They declare that they will Kill any
railroad men who attempt to lay rails
! The railroad men have not yet renewed
the attack since they were first driven
away. Kissingers neck was broken,
but il is not known who killed him, and
it probably never will be. \ number Of
men on both sides were more or les'
hurt
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About Race Horses.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. May j.-lt is said
the owners OF the Chicago stable late
Yesterday afternoon increased their bid
Tor Proctor Mott, and displayed great
anxiety to secure the three-year-old
prodigy The stable secured an option
on the horse at S25 900, but whether that
option has expired is not definitely
known.
During the interview between John
son, of ilankins x Johnson, and Mr
Bryant, the latter bantered the former
for race with Terra Gotta any distance
mile and quarter preferred, Proctor
Knott and Terra Gotta 10 carry weight
for aye. and the race 10 take place, either
al the West Side track or In Louisville,
within the next four days. Johnson wa.
unable 10 act upon the challenge, and
what will come of il is not known.
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LEXINGTON
4 budget of Newsy and Interesting Para.
graphs

Especial Correspondence Of the TINES
LEXINGTON. Va, May Monday
next is court day. and the May term OF
the County Court will be convened. II
the weather is fair large number OF
farmers will be in town. 10 purchase har.
yesting machinery. The wheat ana
grass crops will be large this year.
Telephone connection between Lex.
ingtOn and Bucna Vista was established
yesterday.
Hon. William A. Anderson, Of the
Rockbridge Company, has gone TO New
York 10 confer with DreXel, Morgan d
Co. the bankers, on business connected
with the placing of stock, etc.
Iron Gate. on the Richmond and Ale
rhanv Railroad, near Clifton Forge, is
enioving a big boom. This company Is
being managed by Colonel &. Parsons
and Walker b. Blaine, Jacob ! osi and
others Engineers are now al work lay
ing out the new town. and a large iur-
mace and rOlling-mill is 10 located there
at once. Sites have been selected and
work on the foundations Of these plants
have commenced.
The practical test of the automatic
railway electric block signal will take
place here in the next ten days on the
Richmond anil Allegheny Railroad. All
the equipment has arrived.
Seven of the fourteen freight crews
running between Clifton Forge and
charlottesville have been transferred 10
the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad,
and are now running between Clifton
Forge and Richmond aDd suh-divi-ion
Norwood The heaviest "mOgul will
soon De put on the route.
J.. G.. Maybe has been appointed fore
man of the shops, round-house. &c, now
building at Gladstone, on the Richmond
aud Allegheny Railroad, which will be
The subdivision of that line midway be-
tween Clifton Forge and Richmond, as
soon as the r0und-housc and shops are
finished
Miss Minnie Brady daughter of the
late ID G. T. Brady, of Buffalo Forge,
was married az her home a day or TWO
since 10 Mr. Charles - MOtike. of We
suyius, This county. The Rev. Father j.
W. Lynch oniciaied. The bride is sis
ter of Dr. +. r. Brady, of Marion and
one of the most popular ladies in The
county.
The annualathleics sports of Washing
mcl0n and Lee University have been
postponed from lhc sth To the ljil inst
Tie receipts at the Lexington post
Office for April were the largest in the
history of the Office
The annual meeting of the siockhold
er- of the Rockbridge Savings Bank just
held has declared dividend of Is per
cent. with AN additional per cent re-
fund To the reserve fund j X. Edmond
son was elected president. with ". G..
Stuart cashier. W 4 Anderson. j. c.
Bond. F. f Glasgow, W T. Shields, j.
II. Lcfcher and j. p. Welsh, directors.
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A BULLET IN HIS BRAIN.
There for Twenty Years Unknown TO Him
or His Physicians
Cincinnati Enquirer.l

The remarkable instance of AntOI
Merot. the Philadelphia veteran, VIII,
lived twenty-five years with bullet i'm
bedded in the tissues OF his heart had ,
parallel in the case OF Abraham Delong
a prominent farmer Of this county, who
carried an ounce of Confederate lead on
his brain for twenty years before il
caused his DEATH the strangest featlr,
of the circumstance being that the pres.
ence OF the bullet never was known un.
oil the autopsy brought il TO light
DelOng received his wound At the
battle az Stone River The bullet struck
/ him sQuarely on the nose, we'll up be-
! tween the eyes, in such a way a. 10 split
the bone, which, closing up again, left
only a slight wound that the surgeon de-
clared had been caused by a bullet com.
ing from a side direction and clipping
of the skin as 1t sped by.
Delong kept his feet, suffering very
little, and in few days was again in
| lighting trim lie served TO the close of
the war and returned home TO his little
family and mis- plough. As the years
passed Delong experienced painful SEN
-ations In the head, at first slight. but
more and more severe az each recurrence.
until his suilerings finally drove him
crazy. lie WAS taken 10 the insane asy-
lum al Dayton for treatment, where he
regained his mental faculties, but re-
ceiyed no relief from the terrible pain
and pressure in his head that made life
almost fintolerable
Some time before his death, which
took place in 1852, Delong got the
idea that the bullet that struck him az
Stone river had indeed entered his head.
and proposed to submit TO a surgical
operation that would determine whether
ne was right about il. This opinion was
not shared by his physicians. and. as the
operation must necessarily be "a
dangerous one, they declined 10
search for the suspected missile. He
then requested that after his death an
examination be made, I'm order that his
widow and children should il appear
that he had died of injuries received in
the service of his country, might receive
a greatly needed pension, his long period
OF illness and inability TO work having
quite eaten up his little fortune.
Accordingly an autopsy was held. To
the surprise of the doctors. and az De
long had predicted, they found bullet,
or rather TWO jagged pieces of lead in
his head back of the frontal bones. One
|poriion had lodged Just over the brain,
where. together with % fragment of bone
that had been broken of by the bullet
a. il tore It's way into the Uranium, and
become Invested with hard growth,
which, extending year by year, pressed
harder and harder against the
brain. causing the terrible pain of which
Delong complained and resulting in
derangement and death Had il been
known that the bullet which struck him
at Stone River found l0dgment in his
head surgical skill might have ayailed to
prolong the victims life for many years
As il was. il was looked upon as most
remarkable that Delong should have sur
yiycd as long as be- did Mrs Delong
applied for aud received a pension
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WAsniNoroN. d. c., May J.-Barof
Erlauger. the great European hnancicI
and capitalist, is at Wormley's, accom-
panied hy hls son Frederick aud Alirc,
q Lldcll. of New Orleans The Baron
is cosmopolitan, and proves it by regis
ier.ng from London and Paris.
The Baron ha. about SlJ.OOOOOO invest
cd iu American roads. notably the Cincin
nai and New Orleans. and Texas ane
paciAc. Some of these are very perma
ment investments, if the market value
OF Che stock is ans indication. The dit
ference between the cost aud selling
value of the stock is one Of the principa
reasons which brought the Baron on
This. bis first ,isit 10 America.
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CHICAGO. May 5.-William Lanson. OF
this city. a machinist by trade, twenty
six years Of age, living with his young
wife and six-month hs-old baby became
suddenly insane while in bed at three
o'clock this morning, and after des-
perate struggle with his wife, dashed
The baby's brains out against the wall OF
the room, tried unsuccessfully to cut the
woman. and then slashed his own throat
with the knife. lie was taken 10 the
hospital for treatment, and is still alive
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VOL. III-NUM BER 95l
TIE DAILV TIMES.

Published every day in shc
wear, and the only Monday
morning daily issued in
virginia.
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Correction
To the Ed.i0r Of tie Times:

10 the Ed.t0r Of tie Times:
SUSSEX COURTHOUSE, Va, May o.
Mr.. r.. W. Lynch, witness for the
prosecution in the Marks mdrder trial,
requests the TINES TO make correction
in regard to his evidence as printed on
Saturday. Mr Lynch says that while II
is true that he accompanied Dr. Deyaney
10 Nh Bain's residence on the morning
that the letter was dslivered 10 the
deceased. he had nothing whatever TO do
with the delivery of The letter, nor did
he 20 TO Mr.. Bain's house for the pur-
pose of assisting in the delivery OF the
said letter lie simply went as Dr.
Devaney's friend, and at the request of
that gentleman. TINES REPORTER.
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INDnNAporIs ISD.. May 5.-For the
first time In year am attempt was made
to-day TO enforce the Sunday closing act
against saloons, harbershops and cigar
stands The superintendent of police mott
fled the several classes last evening that
they would be arrested II their places
were found open to-day. As far A. outward
appearances went tho law was observed,
but many Of the saloons and cigar stands
had their back doors open and customer.
were accommodated in that way -Four
salOon-keepers were caught selling and
arrested, but all the other yiolaiors wee
shrewd enough TO avoid grresi.
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A plan to help the rVicted Tenant. of Ire
land.

BosroN, May 5.-A number Of promi-
nent citizens Of Boston are agitating a
plan to help the eyicted tenants in Ire
land. by establishing in one of the poorer
districts Of that county, factory where
the eyicied persons can find employment
in making boots. shoes, clothing and
underwear, the money to start the en-
ierprise being raised by popular sub
scriptons among friends OF the Irish
cause in the United States.
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PGTTsBuRG, Pa, May 5.-An Erie
special says that Ira Dufiord. newsboy
who left his home az Grand Rapids
Mich, 10 become a tramp, ran into the
p0lice-station tonight, and gave infor.
nation which enabled the police to sur
prise a gang Of tramps who were strip
ping and robhing s. VI Wilson, a mill
owner Of Cherry Valley, O., who had
come to Erie 10 sell lumber, and had
fallen in the way Of hetramps while in
fOxirafed
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WAsmNGrON, D c, May 5.-F0r the
first time in its history as member Of
the National League, the Washington
Club begins the third week Of the season
with "a lower percentage than IL has
ever had al corresponding time.
I'm any of the three seasons previous.
The club has played seven games and
lost every one of them The causes for
the continued nOn-success of the team
are not readily seen.
Local cranks are beginning to
erowl abou; The management of the
club. which seems to be in worse con-
difiOn than ever before.
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Conventiona|ity.
%HERE are no two ways about
soldiers unifom.----It must
- be Just RlGHT.--The Govern

uEhL are no TWO ways ABOUT
soldiers unifom.--It must
Il be Just RIGHT.--The Govern
ment dictates Same cases with
LIVERIES are one or two
Conventional styles and they settle it.
Anything different is wrong
You've the choice OF colors-but the cut
is prescribed by Fashions laws-and
they're arbitrary
Nou ought to have your servants shed
their thick winter ones At once--The
spdng weights are ready -- You'lllike
the shadings too.
We've got the whole outhi-for sit
purposes from the coschman to tn.
cook 49, every detail - READY-MADE.
The ft will be equal to custom work,
the fabrics are the same as are made up
to order, and Wen guarantee the quality
Of the work They are faithful repro
ductions of the West of London Plates
Charts that guide the livery world.
We've a complete line at Characteristic
prices
HATS.
The spring styles have got full swing
in our Hat Department.-rho knoS,
Youman, Dunlap and Miller blocks for
Derbys are the correct shapes--There
are a dozen shades-two-ihrds Of them
ew.--The balance reviyals of some
especially attractive ones--si4s 10
1890 Remember that's on OUR ba-
sis.--A fair price for lhem-but con-
siderable less than you'll be asked else
where
Tennis hats for both ladies' and gentle
men.-You really ought to see the
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BALTIMORE, MD, May J.-The French
Americans resident in Baltimore held a
meeting to-day and celebrated the in
cident of which to-day was the one
hundredth anniversary, namely, the
reunion of the States General at
Versailles in 1888. The walls
of the ball were adorned with
bunting Of blue, white and red and with
flowers interlacing the large gilded
initials "R. F." lRpujiqas Fr0ncgisel
pictures Of Gambetta and President
Carnot were displayed on the platform.