The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-11
THE WORLDS FAIR.
NEW YORK TO MOVE IN THE MAT
TER TO-DAY.

! The Recent Little Ripple la the Southern
society-Proposed Memorial Eundi e
TO Rev. Henry Ward Beecher-Roman
Catholic statis5cs-General Gossip.
NEw YORK BUREAU b.
RICHMOND DAILY IIMFs. ff
January lD 1890.
The New York Committee on LEGISLATION
for the Worlds Fair moved on Washington
to-day and will appear tomorrow before the
Senate Committee. Chauncey VI. Depew
will hear the delegation and make the ora
tion. Mayor Grant and most Of the others
will stay until Sunday, SO as 90 DO all the
good work possible. Among others these
are the delegates. Ex-Mayor Cooper, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Collie =. Huntington.
ex-senator Thomas G. Plat, Pilot Commits
sioner Ambrose Snow, John Clalin, Cor
nelius y. Bliss, George Warner, Hugh ~.
Camp, Elliott f. Shepard. Joseph Lehman.
lsador slraus Frederick Molr. James III.
Breslin, Thomas brennan, Charles ".
Mapes, George K. Bidwell. James Rogers,
d. Rich, John L. Baker. George $. Lespi-
nasse and George G. Haven.
TIE SOUTHERN SOCIETY.
The little ripple i'm the Southern Society
over the Davis resolution. and the resignJ-
ti0n OF Nice-Prcsident 81. John continues tc
be the theme of comment iu southern cir
cles. One Of the members, who is confer-
SAINT with the details. says:
.Mr. ST. Johns resignation viii not De Zee
gretted. He could not De reelected vice
president Of the society, and ! understand
rumOrs 90 that effect reached his ears.
When the society was turned into club he
was opposed 90 The change. and IBIS course
was much criticised by the members of The
society. The history of the matter is ihls.
When jefferson Davis died resolutions We're
being passed by all Southern organizations.
Nothing was done by the Southern Society.
II was commented on by the members. and
the executive committee stated That 30 was
going tO do something a member OF the
committee stated that telegram had been
sent 90 Mrs. Davis and Doe regarded that as
sufficient.
This was not satisfactory. and petition
for a meeting was circulated and signed hy
a great many members. The meeting was
held i'm pursuance OF this call last Tuesday
evening.
"Air. IT.. John was present, heard an the
speeches, heard the resolutions read, and
he raised no protest. II Dee objected he
should have had the manlincss t0 do SD ai
that time. lie sat there. however. high up
in the synagogue. and by NOT protesting.
gave his consent 20 all that was done'
GENERAL GOSSIP.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland are going io
| Florida for few weeks.
This evening the Holland Society gave it-
/ fifth annual dinner m the Equitable build
/ ing. Among the speakers of the evening
were Robert b. Roosevelt the Rev. d.
/ Henry Van Dyke Chauncey NJ. Depew.
I Theodore Roosevelt General W illilm p.
Strykcr. George De Witt. Jr. and john W.
/ NrO0man. The hall was deliberately decor
ated with Christmas trees and tulips. C,NuI
/ Of the latter having been brought OBJ flower
/ for this occasion.
Icemen have started their usual cry OF no
/ crop on account of The mild weather. Az
| though ice is seldom cui on ihe Hudson ana
on the lakes which supply this city before
/ February. and there is ample time for u
solid freeze up and "a big yield, yet the un-
precedented weather ihis year gives ground
/ for alarm. The situation i- made worse Ny
| the fact that the consumption OF ico has
/ been larger than usual during tAe winter
months. and the stock on hand DIS nearly cA-
hausted.
John Clanin. :. y. White and Thomas g..
/ >hearman have uniiedly offered to erect %
memorial building as "a tribute tO the career
and character Of Henry Ward Beccher. u
will cost $4,000 The proposition is to erect
] "A large three story structure. OF
/ this building the first story viii be
several feet above the ground level.
and in that part will be bathrooms and
gymnasium. probably % bowling alleyan d
/ humber apartments with provisions ior tne
cooking of food and the like which may DE
called for by any of the social occasions of
the parish. The second door viii Doe di-
vided up into reading compartments, Wili
also contain rooms for the meetings of COM
mites and like bodies and will. in all
respects. be made adaptable t0 what mas
be called the guild work of the church,
through its lay bodies and associations.
The third nOorit is proposed 90 make into
church parlOrs. Sunday-schO0l rooms and
the like. as the case is with the second
floor Of the structure which the acceptance
Of this memorial will displacc.
ROMAN CATHOLIC STATISTICS.
Advance sheets from the forthcoming
Catholic Directory i'm 1890 give these figures
of the standing of the Roman Catholic
/ Church I'm the Diocese of Richmond. Priests.
33: regulars, >; seculars. 2s; churches o3;
stations. %; chapels. 30. orphan asylums.
,. orphans. go: theological students. D; pa-
/ r0chial schools. 25; children attending pa-
rOchial schools, 2,l5N; baptsms, infants
/ $50. adults l4l. the total 100; marriages.
/ l5O: burIals. $40; estimated Catholic ropu-
| lation, $4,000.
The figures for the whole United States
are as follows: Priests, Sij3. regulars.
2.I26: seculars. 6,J3l; churches 1920; sta-
tions, 2,7ls (nof completely; chapels, l.l5
( mot cOmpleiej; orphan asylums. 2l2 lno'
cOmpletel: orphans. -, iDl; theological
seminaries. 30; theological students, 1861
mot completely; colleges, l21; seminafiee
632: par0chial schools, 5000 tnot com
pletel; children attending pr.ocm
/ schools. G54.S3S the Catholic pop
lation. S.30l.3G7. There are 30 di0ccses
including the yicariates, apostolic of NOrl
Carolina, Idaho, Utah and Arizona. %
these. II are ArchiepiscOpal and lj ao
EpiscCpal sees. As manyoi the returns ai'
incomplete the figures are not as eniirel.
satisfactory as might be desired for accu
rate reference.
Dun CO.'S REPORT OF TRADE.
Il. q. Dun a. Co.'s weekly review of trddl
will sav: An easier money market an'
colder weather have helped business some
but il cannot be- denied that the opening %
the New Year has thus far been little ils
appointing. For this ihe unduly preNaien
sickness is % some extent responsible, %,
Interrupts operations Of buyers and seller
i'm every direction. and lessons retail trade
excent I'm drugs. I'm other branches Dusi
ness has been fairly active but not zap q
expectations. though the prevailing BELIEF
that the lack is only temporary, ANA mat
LARGE business is 10 be expected soon.
Cotton exports have been remaik1Di'
heavy for three months, and are now ihllir'
behind last years. change which is naiu
raj. and must he expected To continue. II
general the foreign demand for American
products must have been 90 some eNten
} satisfied for the present Dy the unprece
denfed exports Of the past quarter. Sottol
continues On do well. and woOleu goods haN
opened at last years prices, but AS yet with
out specially satisfactory indications. ~
mo-, trade is still i'm doubt whether Oh
b ! l..o.v fueraa1c in urniuefiOu nus UcCI