The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-31
ClOWDED TEN [ MENTS.
CAUSE OF A HEAVY DEATH RATE
w NEW YORK.
.rohn Mess want. to Change Ms Nsm' -
Ice Dealers Ercou'assd ky . ate Reports
From the Crop--Imstasio7 y co@ss beam
General GOTHAM Gossip.
WV YORK BUeRAU
RICHMOND DAILY 1INss.


NV YORK BueRAU
RICHMOND DAILY lIMfs.
January "a. lS9.
One Of the blot, on New Sork's progress
and civilization j. the sbomiDable tene-
nrpht-lIo,fsc system. In no other city IN ihs
land are human selngs hertcd together }"
such Gis4saceful fashion and with 50 ~
lie regard lor bcalih. deccucy aud COM
fort. The report fbai the Board Of
Health made on these buildings affords
s,nl,arians some practical hints ON
N, effect of ihe dealzens In The
cro,.i.d auart,rs. The district west oi
broadway and south Of Fourteenth street
has the highest death rate In the city -s6.6o
AGAINST 23.5a in the district west G. Fith
syeeuc between Fourteenth ani fiv v-ninth
streets.
II sinrula tfact that the general Death
rate ON lot, containius fr)at aal reae
houses is only a5.o5 asaiu-i 2.i' on l'is
containing only single house. snh whiie
t,a rate flr persons nNe years ana Over y
- against liio in the TWO cia-~.s :"
h,.ses. the rate TOR childrt n under ave Years
b. .e.,ier ON fhe single house lots heinG
0g 81 against s5.li, I'm the section oi ih',
CITY below Fourteenth street and west o.
broadway the highest death rAie. 3i-o. q,
below Reade street. aud tbv nCNt highest ~
3. -. in The Eighth ward. ~ hiEhe7' Sth-
egll death rate and the rate ior persons over
i've voar- old are below Houston e"f'l' anu
,he highest for children under q se year, II
hetweeH Jlousiou and Fourteenth streets,
beiny The iics,esi in The Ninth ward. ihc
highest rate t0T children Is IN the waris
where they form the least percentage oi lne
nopulation-in the Third. Filth. tishtn,
Nnlh and Fifteenth wards.
ATAMED LION.
These crowded sections are where The
,uarafist md sat.iaii@t 10 hrct, and hdet-
But they seem 80 have bad pecuharlN
christening elect on the celenraied John
Most. who is now out on bail. lie wants 70
be- let alone. even 10 the ezicm ~ oropplhs
bis continental tame ana name. wh'n,e w
f0ith he is only the small and Genti' ''h'
Muller "a he calls himself. one ~ inepe'-
tor Ryrne's detectives, speaking Of "iiu'
..rhe host people IN Sew York. 10y which
moan the -olid respectable. and business
like folks who make up the weaith ~ 'he
metropolis. hate him ai~ut as thofonthil ~
they DO any man IN thristendom' ihef
have abused the police pretty inun",, OH
I
down, hanging him 90 lamlrpo,i' "i us
nosin.s Of him in some similarly abrupt
manner and his name in many "A puie,
/ botl.shsf6 in this fOwu inspires rerihhtht
of fear ana slarn. The police have not
bothered him much ana for very s"oa f'a- f'a
son. This reason has been eNpiaineh WIN
"A good deal of frequency, hri IN" puNn'
,r1t moi accent il. II is based on the
: fact that Most has really very MUG ~
1nence with the dangerous anar! hisi-
of his town. ile h blowhaid ana
tbaf Il all. There has never nctli
amy reason Tor people tO fear hini, au'
never will be-. The police arr always ~
rosition TO take hold n him when lhey NAut
him. bu, we have alwafs been "hNlVn'
/ here 70 avoid making martyrs oi men Nn"
/ po-e "a. Iberainrs Of country INA, y AZ
/ ,a.ds free. when you arrest blatant
fool of the Nost stamp YOU make MN =
+ nor, in the minds of ignorant people, HpN
maj IL exactly the tnd he - STRIVING lot-
The nolice have steadfasny r,fnecd mus i'f
/ ~ make any more ~ hero oi SIorl tna',
/ they could help. That is ihe real rc'-ou "l
| the so-called leniiy which has Been SNOW"
/ 10 this silly and bumpiious poser
RAILROAD NOTES.
statement Norfolk and Western m"nin oi
/ December: Gross, 1881 SD@'i'f' ''o''
/ $3.50 ~: increase, snJ,izi; oI.isunE
. rfT~l-. lN~'s frlrt'|'f y
/ crease. SjOyIj; net. l~S'' Si''''"'' i'
/ SlsgJlG: increase. SH,l'2. ,.,,,,.
Earnln4s OF the Richmond ana Dhniiiie
system. Third week. January, i0'' f-''.-
s,5. fssS. S2JI3gJ: increase. St'yv' 'n,so
wesks. January. 1882 SSsj, i2ji 1875. S'lo5-
/ so; increase, SlOI,J,J.
NEWS MOTIFS.
Howard p. Moshier his broken Inc ~,
,.rd stating record. lis time was - I'D
Tbe Ice dealers in this city are greatly en-
conrared today by the good reports tha.
have come in relative 10 The zee 'r,b' -
looks now ~ though New YORK wo"iu ny ~.
st,fer from an ice famine during the coming
simmer Reports from up the Hudson ~
to ice are Of a cheering chlimtef' lhe''
are twenty miles of good solid ice between
Stnvyesant and point TWO miles fouih oi
/ albany. The best OF 10 l. on tne west 7h"r'.
and il is all about four inches ihi,N az"
making fast. n i- believed thar nf ur"oI.
row morning IL viii be six inches ihieh' anu
4 II the present cold weather holn7 Nv" "i
three days longer. IL is possible mai ine i,,
harvest between Hudson and Albany VIII
be commenced by saturday.
IMITATION COFFEE.
Some genius h,s found way 70 take
dour water and some unknown Ingredient
bean. Two factories, one IN fhliaeeipnla
the other in Trenton. are hard at work max
inc the stun. the cOloring a which - a
mystery. IL is stated in trade circles mat
/ some oi the wholesale gr0ccrs have guam
ltitv or these bogus beans. In -iles
shape. and color they are close
imitation of the bean imported from
4 Rio. which is 10 popular in the eastern par
Of the United states. II j. a small. ratner
| .I.aU. D. - At ~
4 and rather smaller than srnie oi ine
4 cnfiecs that are imported into this country.
+ The chief faults Of the imitation are that u
il "A tr,1e too heavy and lacks the small
, dbrp that Is almost always seen on
! the nat side II "A coffee bean in the
y little crease that almost divides The bean.
/. still, the imitation is pronounced FNcehen'
!. by experts who have examined specimen
q While the raw coffee is an excellent imita-
], tion the roasted imitation is almost perfect
when exomined casually even oy coffee eN-
!. perts. I'm color and general appearance,
everything but taste. in fact the roasted
coffee imitation Il equal % any COLLEGE III
me market. All efforts Of the police u
lfc.te the factories have failed. lt cts'
about three cents pound 10 make tn'
Il adulterati0n, labor being the eniy rcal sA'
pense.
b. MISS BIsLAND's ARRIVAL.
= Miss Elizabeth Bsland, who went aroun
y the world. for the Cosmopolitan, IN the en-
!, dea,0r 20 beat Nellie Bly, the World 0loD
Is trotter came into port TO-DAY, Il passcnye'
F. on The. BothDia. The vessel reached nci
10 per al the foot II Clarkson street, az -
"a O'Clock this afternoon. Mrs Bislaud lei,
Il here on the afternoon Of November ~ dnu
= her time il - dave, rs bours and - minutes
r The Times correspondent Was one ol to'
NJ fist 10 greet her on the dock. She can out
:. distance Nellie BY amy Gay IN Dranl,
81 race. II she was beaten IN the round in'
u world contest. She raid on landing. -
realized grom the nfst that u Was htr'
ii .ht between myself and Miss BY, and !
% say that did my best to win. - simpl.
% say that never lost a moment rom tn
+. time Of my start. l bad several day "
illness. but had 10 ii ght u % under uuiaNof
able advantages. and ! did II too thinA
ot for / am As well as when | went away.
Il ATTEMPT TO WRECK A BANK.
A A hlgh-handcd attempt 70 wreck The SiAt
ne National Bank closed the doors u That in
a stituti0n to-day. The bark h twenty-nF
nal vears old, aud untii recently was c0ntrvA.'