The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-25
Alfred Daggetrs Postal Cards Giving Poor
Satisfaction-The American Tobacco
Company Organized-The Worlds Fair
Bin Introduced in the Legislature.
NEW YORK BUREAU
RICHMOND DAILY TINES.

TIRE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY.
The American Tobacco Company's stock
holders held a meeting 40 Newark last
night and permanently organized by elect
ing q board of officers. According 90 an of
fetal report made 20 the county clerk. the
full sum Of S2j.O00OOO was subscribed. and
10 was decided 20 begin operations at once
90 secure control Of the principle cigarette
factories Of the country. Those present at
the meeting were Messrs. Lewis Ginter,
John Pope, George kreuts. James b. Duke.
BENJAMIN y. Duke. George =. Watts. W.
II. Butler. who also acted as attorney for
=. : Kinney. William $. kimball, and
Charles a. Emery,
THE WORLDS FAIR BILL
The Worlds Fair bin put in am appear
auce in the Legislature this morning.
Before the session begun 10 was evident
that any attempt 90 pass the bin at
once would encounter considerable 0ppOsi-
ti0n. A canvass of both houses revealed
the existence of several disgruntled leglsla-
tors, who propose, by parliamentary tactics.
tO delay the speedy advancement of the
measure. il possible. Mayor Grant this
afternoon received the following dispatch
from Albany: Bill In Senate ordered 90 "a
third reading and % De printed. and
referred tO the Committee ON Worlds Fair
with instructions tO report the same to the
senate ON Wednesday afternoon at g
O'Clock. the bin TO keep IFS place i'm order of
the third reading. 10 was learned this morn
ing that some of the property owners whose
consent iO the USE of their land the site CONF
mttee has secured are strongly opposed t0
the measure, as it has been sent % Albany,
and will tight i'm the courts.
ALL SORTS.
Ferdinand Eidman, the newly appointed
internal revenue collector for the Fourth
district, will make a clean sweep in his Of
ice. He has nineteen sub0rdinates, who
will have 10 walk the plank.
The jerome. from Para and Mana0s. Brat
iii. arrived this morning. When She left
Para everything was quiet and the repuD-
lie was getting along swimmingly.
The supreme Court to-day confirmed the
sentence by which Johann Most, the am
archist will have tO go t0 prison for "a year
and pay "a fine for 5000, the penalty for in-
citing i0 riot In q speech De made here at
the time Of the hanging of the anarchists
in Chicago.
Albert Daggetts new postal cards are not
satisfactory. lie is said 90 Dee saving
margin by pairing the margin of the cards
and making them Of poorer paper. The
award of the four years contract 90 Dag
gett, who is known almost solely as ma
chine politician of Brooklyn, was criticised
at the time 10 was made by Postmaster
General Naunamaker, especially as Dag
gett was not paper manufacturer nor
printer. and possessed no equipment for the
manufacture of postal cards. The contract
was for four years, and called for 100000
600 cards year. The total value OF thc
contract was about slOUO,OOu.
There has been very wonderful change
in public sentiment in favor Of ballot ro-
form lately, and It's popularity has been still
further augmented hy the strong plea in its
behalf made by Governor Albeit, of New
jersey. i'm his inaugural message. The Re-
publicans can make no party capital out of
a reform that the best men olthe Democracy
are just as eager tO see adopted as
they themselves, but In this state, at
least. they will make IL one of the legisla.
tive ISSUES, and push 10 tO the conclusion
OF a test with Governor Hill. 10 is stated
from Albany that the Republican caucus is
even now considering amendments tO the
,aXton Ballot bill, providing for grouping
candidates bv parties instead of by offices,
and for marking the ballots Dy erasure ln-
stead of the cross system. Tine change VIII
probably De incorporated in the bill.
general registration. under various forms.
for a separate bill, is also under cOnsidera-
tiOn.
If they adopt the popular notifications
recommended there may Dee chance to
even pass the bin over the Governors veto.
Mr. Hills opposition t0 any change in the
radical ioruis Of voting has been stated
over and over again. But he is getting new
light. 4 man with his eyes fixed ON the
star Of ~, must not bee too firm m his
lie is needing the trend
of public opinion ON ballot reform and soft
cning yisibly. Indeed, 10 is even now hint
ed that he may not veto tAe bill, hut as
with his record allow it 20 be-
come "a law without his signature. The
that we Will have the new
tangled voting system for the next election
increase daily,
FINANCIAL NOTES.
The Richmond and Allegheny reorgani-
zatiOn is completed and Richmond aud a Alle-
ghany securities will all De retired within
the next month. and the Chesapeake and
Ohio bonds and stocks issued In their stead.
President Clarke, OF the Thomas Iron
Company, is quoted as saying that his COM
pany could have sold the products Of their
furnaces for 1890 twice over 90 regular Gus
TONERS and % foreign syndicate. An
English company offered $50 a ton for the
entire product, and tO pay the bills monthly
whether the iron was recovered from the
storage yards or not Mr. Clarke says he
would not sell o pound Of pig iron under ~
advance on last prices. There is great
demand for 40. , iron, and the company
has sold llj,OOO tons OF it. The Thomas
Iron Company. be says, is out Of the mar
ket for all grades for ls o.
ALL AROUND TOWN.
Speaking OF the rowing commission that
the Republican state senators have re-
ceiyed 10 investigate anything and every
body In the Democratic city 0i New York,
one OF the local papers says "POlice per-
Jury has become such "a common thing in
the police courts that the newspapers have
come % print the testimony OF policemen as
Jokes. And yet the New YORK city inyesii-
eating committee is going % pass over the
police department as too yirtuous % in-
Nestigate.'
The son Of the superintendent Of police Is
TO be married soon. and bis father has Just
given him a house that has cost S5l 800 and
viii furnish IL in corresponding style. An
other child was married about TWO years
ago, and the presents, paternal and other
wise. were worth by no means small for
tune. lt may De stated for the qualification
Of curious Nirginians that as we pay our
superintendent OF police 5000 year, IL
would take the gross proceeds Of over siX
years salary 90 purchase the house above
menti0ned. not % gicntlOu az all the TRIM
mipgs. There is nothing like economy in
this life. IL can work wonders as this lit.
tie story teaches,
Plans for enlarging the facilities Of the
Brooklyn bridge are being considered.
change in the construction OF the New York
terminus is proposed.
Accounts Ofrecent high toned social enter
tainmenis read like an old-lashioned dona-
ton party with the donor idea reversed. Al
Mrs. Ast0r's big dance, the first fashionable
private ball Of the season, on Wednesday
night, for the cOtllion the iayors were silver
paper cutters, ash trays, chalk boxes ana
cigar cases. The ladies received feather
fans. fancy umbrellas, silver pin cases and
other pretty tribes Of an expensive nature.
When IL is remembered that these had to De
FURNISHED Tor over four hundred people, the
cost and quantity Of the young Warehouse
that had 10 be purchased can be readily