The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-11
INTERESTING RUMOR.
B. AND o. r. r. REPORTED PuK-
CHASED FOR THE TERMINAL.

Prom NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nstropoi-
itan Items Of More or Less Interest.
NEW YORK Bunrau.
RICHMOND DAILY TiMys,
June 10. is:Q.l
lt was stated on good authority to-day
that trade or purchase o, the Baltimore
and Ohio was consummated to-day In tho
interest Of the Richmond Terminal. PrcsI-
dent inman says he cannot talk about 1t.
lie left for Washington this afternoon.
About seycn-eighths of the Richmond
Terminal stockholders have subscribed 10
the privilege accorded 10 the common stock
holders under resolutions of the directors
/ adopted May II, iso0. and - per cent. OF the
subscription money WAS paid in yeeterlay.
The balance Of % per cent. j. payable July
18TH. when the securities will hc delivered.
| The Stock List Committee Of the New York
Stock Exchange has recommended the adj
dtion 10 the list Of the increased Stock.
| which will be ON delivery on the 2ith inst.
The common capital stock Of the Terminal
Company will then be s10,0oo,0oo, and the
preferred Sj,00.0W.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Chief Engineer Meuocal, Of the Nicaragua
| Canal Company, departed for Nicaragua to-
| day on the Pacific mail steamer Newport.
| He said that upon his arrival he would push
the work rapidly. Already a great deal
had been done primarily to the commence
ment of the great ocean canal, and as soon
as the Grey.own harb0r has been deepencd
and short railroad built. everything would
progress more rapidly. Reports about the
health Of the large force now employed at
Greytown are excellent. The steamer
IIando will leave in a few days with twenty
employees, assistant engineers and telegraph
operators, for Greytown.
THE NEW YORK BANK wRECKERs.
General Peter j. Claassen, now confined
in Ludlow-street Jail, awaiting sentence
on conviction of grand larceny In con-
nectioR with the wrecking proceedings Of
the Sixth National. Equitable and I.enox
Hill Banks. says the whc'e troubl" was
brought about by Mcyers. Pell and
James A. simmons, and he spoke very Bit
terly of the latter. He was not sparing OF
United States District Attorney Mitchell,
who. he charged. bad failed 20 have Sim
mons. the chief scamp 0fthe crowd, indicted
by the United States grand jury, although
he had been indicted in the state courts.
DEp FROM uYDRoPuoBfA.
Edmund Corryeau, whose case was told
in Yesterdays TIMES. il dead Of hydropho-
bia. lie was beyond cure. and he knew IL.
lie was conscious up 10 within "A few hours
of his death and took bis fate with the iort-
tude and patience Of hero. His agony
was intense. Nothing could release
him from his tor,ures. The doctors at
Bellevue piled him with drugs. They were
useless. The doctors now hope 10 gain
some scientific point from his ease. ouc
new patient arrived this morning to pr.
Gibicr of the Pastcur institute, boy about
six wears old from Georgia. He was bitten
on the side OF his head, back Of the ear, by
a mad dog last Saturday. There Is SAID TO
be no doubt that the dog was mad, and as
the boy was badly bitten, his case viii be
watched with interest. lie received his nrst
treatment at O'Clock to-day. lie Is ae-
companied by his mother and an older
brother.
ACCIDENT TO A DOODLE ALDERMAN.
Ex-Alderman James Pearson, OF the
:. Doodle Board" who now lives In Paier-
son. y. j.. was on his way home from New
York last night and got on the wrong train
at the Erie railroad depot in Jersey city.
He discovered his mistake when the train
was near Henderson street and leaped on
on the east-bound track. His right arm was
cut oil and he was injured 80 badly inter-
nally that he is likely to die.
NATIONAL TEMPERANCE CONGRESS.
The first session Of the National Temper
ance Congress began to-day nc the Broad
way Tabernacle. The day sessions are 10
be devoted to conferences, and In the efen-
ing there are 90 be mass-meetngs. SOcie-
lies aud organizations Interested IN tenn
porance legislation everywhere In the nited
states will send delegates, and IL will be
sought to obtain the aid of Canadian asso-
Citations as we'll.
Earnings OF the East Tennessee. Virginia
and Georgia Railroad for the fourth week
in MAY, 1890 SlSi.13s; 1859, Siil,.l0: In
crease, so. i6S. For the month Of May,
1890, SJlO, ,S.G; 1859. si3l, ,i5i; increase, SiVo,-
Il3.
THE UNDERw RIrERs.
| To-ds, the fifteenth annual session OF the
National Convention Of the Mutual Lille and
Accident Underwriters began at the Metro
politan hotel, and Will continue 10 the lJth.
| inclusive. Daniel j. Avery, president of
the Northwes tern Aid Association. OF Chi
cagO. il president, and George ID. Eibridge,
OF Washington, chairman Of the executive
committee. No effort VIII be- spared Ia
make the fifteenth the most successful. ~
il will undoubtedly be the best attended
session of the series. 4 uselu' and varied
programme has been arranged by the exec
utiye committee.
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.
Pilot Nicolay. Of the pilo,-bOat Lille, NO
| \ arrived this morning on the steamer
| Werra. lie reports that on June sth, at ,
o'clock 4. NJ. in latitude 80 degrees ~
minutes. longitude 90 degrees, he spoke
tho French steamer la BOurgoync,
hence for Uayre, laying 10 with her
machinery out Of order. She had been
stopped since midnight. She would make
necessary repairs aud proceed on her vow
age. II. &. fahnestOcS, who Is reported 10
have gone abroad IN the interest OF the pro-
posed Virginia debt settlement, Is on TINS
steamer.
meeting Of the Commissioners Of the
Land Office to-day an application was re-
ceiyed from the New York and Long Island
Railroad for grant Of the right OF way,
ninety-iino feet IN width and iifty feet IN
height. within whs& 10 construct q tunnci
for the Use and operation Of continuation
of its railway beneath the last River tun-
mel, which viii begin at Hunters Point, In
| Long Island City, thence under Last river,
| Forty y-second street, and coming 10 the sur
| face at the intersection OF Forty-second
street and Tenth avenue.
4 trunk and two immense cases, contain-
ing silk dresses and laccs worth $2,vV,
were seized at the custom house today, ana
| Mrs. Glenn "A cabin passenger ON the steam
ship Arizona, from Liverpool. is accused OF
| having attempted 10 snuggle them
| into the port. In The eases ana
trunks were found numberless silk dresses
basted to make. They look rs II they had
been worn. with valuable old laees bast.i
on the bottoms and al over the dresses.
staff.ollicer schaeiier ordered the seizure OF
the goods. but A. nothing was found con-
cealed on her person, Mrs. Glenn could not