The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-13
A VENERABLE PRIEST
DEATH OF FATHER Joe,,.
pRAcHENskY m NEW yoss
Formerly Chaplain Of a Conf.d.,.,
ment-skstoh of Ills Busy III.
Labors-A sporting Lanoma,.
moved Other metropolitan Item.

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moved Other metropolitan item.
NEW. YORK BUREAU.
RICHMOND DAILY Tfvgs
july u. ls,0l
A venerable Jesuit, the Re, L..
Pracbensky, who died last Thur.is, =,
laid 10 rest in the litle graveyard NJ I.
Johns College, Fordham. Father r,,.t
ensky, who was chaplain Of Che Third An.
bama regiment during iao ho.,H... b,
tween the North and South. viii io k.,5,'
remembered by many an Old ,ol,h.n,..
eran. lie was born In Austria. Jnne %. i~,.
and while in his second year of fa.o.,..
was ordered 30 The Ncn Orleans mi...'.
about the time OF the Hungarian re,.l.,t..
under k0ssuth. Having crossed f6.,,'
in company with Father Tree. now of NJ.
Orleans he made bis iir.t STAY intni...r.t'-
al Il. J0seph's College. near Mobile. U.
be remained for some time. ieacbIn. e'..
sick, after which be- was transferred fatI.
missions Of New Orleans and ii- tiei..f.
where he iaborcd iourf Hcn years. Do. -.r..f
with the Third Alabama In all tle.r e,r..
paigus as far north as Norfolk. Old. ra,,
scene IN ,his life was az ~ Johns t.'lo,.
where be made bis terlianshIn or fh.rIt.r
o. probation, under Father schneider. V.
following year be- spent boz parish work L.
Troy, y. Y. and from there he went t
| Wards Island, whore he remained p. chan.
lain for tweniy-One years. and hfr
as old age had made hlm unti
for further active work. Dee muud
o 81. johns College. The hnifih arr.
yar.ary OF his entiauce INFO the RELIGION.
life was ce e1rated with considerable rOmn
a. F0riham. September 3. l~g. fan.r
Prachensky had a great power Of attrarlr.
20 himself All ihOs with whom Dr. cam. DID,
contact. and his personal magnetism be-
was ever careful t0 WELD boz tho ,en .c.
Of his Master. De was WpIi.known fD fhor.
sands as The author 20 an exposition 0f cen.
,ain Gospel truth. entitled. "rhe Church az
the PARALLELS and was unc schOlaI
speaking nuonuy nine languages.
A FAMOUS TIGERS LAIR.
That famous lair Of the flg0 tiger. 90 s.
Broadway, where for thirty years Doe ciul
Of ivory chips bias been hDlri. 40 au hmI,
Of the day aad night. and whore large sums
Of money have changed hand, Of.rfHa .urn
cloth. has closed its doors. This action hl.
not been caused by any move 0. flr police
authorities, or reform agents. Nnt simply hg
the march of trade uptown. l.. Hm
was not central enough. The place was
established some thirty years ago. ani I0hn
Morrissey was l0ng known as 70 controlling
partner. The game Was always cc.DhuiDl
Tor its fairness.
IMMIGRATION NoIE..
\ Dunlap cable special -ay- Acr0m.u.
% the evidence presented t1 tlr c0mm.ifO.
OF the House OF Commons thursday. on
colonization, the emigration num Ireland
since 1871, rs stated t0 aNe amount
ed 10 5.2l0.lo3. or " p.r cent. H
the total population. OF ilr above
number hl'rl came from ,0nnlu-It aud
1Jj,jI6 from Galway. ll. statistics lf
Castle Garden barge office prove CHAT obi.
greater number Of these cmlsIlri- clme
here. Colonel Weber. superintendent ot im-
migration, hgs secured. A.- p.au, hr thD
emigrant station i0 hl erected ou tiu-
island. The building viii be tN0 stories
high. The baggage and immigrant wOms
VIII be on the firstfoorand cNerui.Hcoaice-
on the second.
RAILROAD CONDUCTORS.
4 new organization ot railroad couduc
tors will probably Doe comp. etpl af a mDDi-
ng in the Coleman House tomorrow. De-
viii, in an probability, improve ieri -wAit
the relations NOS 0nli between railroad c..-
duct0rs and their employers, uut between
all classes of railroad employees ana 'H
companies, 10 the example 90 in' menu.
of the new association i, largely followed.
a. seems likely. The new organization.
besides having the usual insurance benefits.
Will include q clause In it- law uom al-
It's members from taking part in strikes.
TORPEDO BOAT CUSHING.
4 wonderful run just made Dog the torlt-
do boat Cushing has proven her the ieet.,'
war craft ailOat. The Gushing steamed
Yesterday from the Brooklyn nalY-yard o.
New London. "a distance 0f one hundlH
and twenty miles. lu exactly four hour
and fOrty-fOur minutes. a continuous run I'
"A speed Of 25.3j knots IAN hour, the grcaiet
sueed ever Vet attained hy "a naval fc-,..
After casting on her mOOrings no the nlI-
ward. she dalted ahead. reversed ann came
10 "a mll-stOp almost la second. Then -i'
started again, and working Dog t"u
screws each i'm an opposite direction, turned
around ~ her own length i.lt
never before performed by any vessel
THE MURDERER MELvAIN.
4 knife, "a pair Of scissors, and n.D. 0.
class were last evening found bid .n tae.0I
vi Charles McLlyain. the murderer OBJ iNt
grocer Luca, in Raym0nd-slrget Ilil br0 s-
Iyn. 10 is supposed tnat iu' article, Nm
passed through the grated door OBJ. fan c'I
Dy some men who were permitted nN-i
tie prisoner on Wednesday and iHIf nr n-
tended % use them Boz 800 attempt 'u -
cape. The discovery has aroused nten-s
among the people 90 hm.A.tn
The whole proceeding since ih'- 'iI. I
murderer was arrested, red-Aaudld i-m
his crime, is regarded as "a mockary 40 I--
tice. There j. but one opinion, aud /.
that mercy is lost upon The hardened
wretch.
THE BATTLE or TUB BOfNE.
The members of Toe various lON n.
Ia and about NeW York r'I.'
brated to-day the bi-ccn,cuuy az Che battle
Dl the Boyne. The programme consisted 0.
a parade uptown, followed Dos gmc- alI t
general festival at the Emn.r tIiF Co.
Iiseum. -Four hundred Philadelphia,
came over b help swell the crowd. which
lid not exceed one thousand. Do b. JUS.
nineteen years ago to-day that ihe mem b.
Die fatal orange riot took place iu ibis ci.f-
TIIE REMAINS or Ericsson.
The steamship Essex. which awaits
orders respecting the convey auce oi inIrn-
Tor Ericsson, body 90 sweden IL at zoe nHfi-
yard. Ericss0n's body is 40 present ifu'
In the cemetery in ,Cc0nl street, NaN
\ ork. from which point 10 will bee con1 eyed
10 the Essex when the final orders sr. r-
;eiyed. The Navy Department, 10 Is thought
IS waiting foe word from the deceased
inventors heirs before taking ary action.
some comment has been caused af BID.
Nayy-Isrd by the fact that ~ ODD "a vessel ls
he Essex was chosen 10 convey the body
% sweden. when the English Government
selected one OF the finest vessels in her
layy, the Monarch. % bring tlc body O..
ieorge Peabody to this country when be-
lied.
The OueeH's MIN.
A writer from England % a New York