The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-27
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
DAYS DOINGS IN THE AMERICAN
METROPOLIS.
Republicans Asking for -, oiuutary' Con
tributions-Latest from Port-au-princc'
The Iu,ief..i OF Mi-- EelIy-Edison on
the Electric Light tontrJscr-s.


tr,bmtions-Latest from Port-au-princc.
The Iunets., cr Mis- HeiIy-Edison on
the Electric Light tonsrJscr-s.
Sf~ YoRe. Y. v. October 26. special,
The Republican ,a"'paign Committed has
sent ont circular askiiiE fof voiun-
tsry contributions for the party'- rnr.
poses to all Federal emplovc- IN this city.
| fne collector has opened an Office opposite
| the pOsiOfrcci ~ cmif-,. flio o''riSls say il
Is all being done quite ia The spirit of ,ecisiI
service law. Many clerks have already
sent in donations. They knew better than
'o b. backward i'm stumping up.. 'nriou>
people are asking who gave the campaign
committee the LIST of officials, That i one
Df tine mysterie, Of politics.
The United states district attorney has
appointed James (. Van Rensselaer, as an
assistant in place If Macgranc 'oVc. rc-
signed. Nr, Coke l. one of the prominent
members of the s1issliorn -vcicty. and it,
secretary until recently.
TIE Dutch steamship Prins Wilhelm Fr-t
] from Pori-au-iilrcf on October l6 bring
news that Ilippolyte was iuanTurated Pres
ident of lIaNti on the 18th ult. II j. ri'mored
/ That Minister Preston l. to he removed at an
early date. tl vas 'i'iici ~ Port-au-princc
| when the steamer len there.
! Ilcinas \! Edison declares positively in
regard 10 the electric light controversy HAT
death turks in the -ubWaN- 0f tli" hoard ~
electrical control. H. dcn0uncr, the imam
ner IN which the iron pipes have been buried.
and are certain they niay ga up ai any mo-
mput. These subWayH are pari Of the polit-
/ ical iOhs Of thc late Maurice u. Flynn. of
whose schemes Rirh.loud iil- had au exc
pcrioncr, oar streets are still dark. and
there j. no indication of when the electric
wire muddlc will he settled
| Tomorrow will be- Observed in an parts
Of the state - Prison sunday. sermons
will be- preached on the duties Of Christians
iowanl~ the criminal clHss,s.
The funeral Of Miss Kelly took place this
morning from the Church II the Epiphany.
\ large numbcrof the members of ,ile ANTI
Poverty society were present. TIE Iiey.
,, Dr. Burt>ell celebrated q requiem mass and
made few remarks. in Which d. referred
10 the deceased ~ good Catholic. who had
always taken an active part in Church
work. N0n-igUOr Preston ha, given per-
mission fr lilNc the reuIil- placed iu the
receiving vault 90 calvary Cemetery until
il il finally determined whether she IL en-
Cited to d. buried in her plot ln that ccnic-
terry. This b. not likely. - i' !, certain SHE
wa, al two NcGlynn meetings on sunday.
Rev. Dr. Buri-eifS course iu-itnN eNritrS
!
former strong NcGiNun leaning-. 10 j. rti-
mOred that De- viii be cited before the do
cesan tribunal.
ADMIRAL Walker. who coHmaud~ the lu-
ropcan squadron Of the new cruisef- Of ile
navy. today visited biS ilag--hip the Cllica-
20. ai the navy yard. The hc0i viii start
for Lisbon un November 10Th.
The ceremonies connected with breaking
ground for the new Hrookl,r Tabernacle
will take place ncNt Monday. Dr. ialmnge
hl, invited The Rev. Edward T.. 1crhuue.
-. H.. Rev. Lyman Abbott. -, H.. and the
Rev. Johu u. Wells. II. d.. 40 a-si.i him
in The service and they have -ignined
their intention Of being present. Pr
lalmago said to-day. "lhe outlook
for the ncW iaheIpasle is bright and
encouraging. Every mail 0fing- liberal
contributions. and ihe effort Df the ialeina-
Gle congregation for raising money viii not
boz made until MY return trom the holy land.
We expect 90 dedicate the new church in
september. lSD, The congregation will con-
tiuue to worship in the Academy of Music
until NV return. The pulpit viii BE- filed
durng my absence hy various cler-yncn.
ON November 9Th. Rev. Moses u. lI0ge. oil
Richmond. Va, will preach
pr. falmage will sail on W Nednde-das
and viii ~ a. London. Paris and Rome
where he will spcnd several days and will
have an audience with tine Pope.
The New York Bureau Of Vital Statistics
makes the following report for the week
Estimated population. i.5>o..1I; marriages.
abi: births. ~: deaths. Gl2: death rate.
2o.oS2
Annie Price. who claimed 10 be the fat
test woman in The world. died to-day of
heart disease. aged forty y-seNcu years. FOR
the ln~i two years she had been one Of the
H..l A Ia. tI...
square. Annie WAS the wife Of Charles
Price. the AlbnO. ANA they fr-t met while
both were connected with forepaugh'~
show Her maiden name was Annie Aiirn.
and she was born IN tOrk-toWn. County
Tyrone. Ireland. Five years a4o she was
married 10 Price. before In immense audi
rnce at museum AT 30 B0wcrt. Tine
body j. in an ice-boN twenty-five inches
across by tive feet sis inches in length.
The Worlds Fair ~chcme dfas- along.
and only about one million dollar, Of the
five needed for the preliminary fund has
been subscribed. ManN are holding back
because of the uncertainty about the park.
George William Curtis will not subscribe
fill he knows that IL j. safe The fair site j. |
still in doubt and BlO0minglale Is likely 10 !
be abandoned. ~ great difficulties stand in
the way Of securing it. I'm effort l. 10 be
made 10 improve the pr. sent art facilities Of
the city.
Judge Lacombr. in reailirming the ,alidi-
IS of the faurr patents flr the storage bat
ieric, Of electricity stops the operation ot
cars under the Julian system, and unless
his decision il reversed assures 60 the Elcc-
trical Accumulafnr Company monopoly
of the manufacture Of 10, storage batteries.
pr. Walter II. jackson. of ihl- city, has
spent S>D.Opu in developing vessel that viii
bt.prnpellcd iy water. She is lpu feet long.
and will be- driven by stream % water
elected from u three-fOurth inch nozzle
under pressure of 2.J1v pounds lo the
square inch. and j. planned % make twenty
live miles an hour
William Gebhard. butcher boy. aged
eighteen. preached sermon ~ younz men
this morning by blowing ont what brains hc
had ielt after years Of reading "1lger Tom.
the Texan Terror" and tale, Of il Kind. Al
seventeen hp knew ii att. amt life had iD>t
il. charms for him. H. ran away tO join
Barnnm's circu, once. buf went back %
mrai-choppins. and found his sole comfort
and .ustenancr in the ild,h literature of the
day.
Tho earning. of the Richmond and Dan
vile sy.iom iof September show an increase
IT siu.puO in Virginia Midland net, nearly
$1,000 in Columbia and GreenNllle. ana
nearl, $1,000 hy Western North Carolina.
From .lnlv m 10 september Both net earn
ngs 0f the system are put at S'2i,~p,
against S5'J, ,i,' q year ago.
The COCKADE CITY