The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-23
NEW YORK TOPICS.
LATEST TALK AND GOSSIP IN The
METROPOLIS.
Romantic Incident In the Life OF the '"n"
fcderate soldier - Interesting i'brew
Anniyersary-The Case OF the female
ttOwaway-GsneralI Items.
NFw YORK BUREAU.
RICHMOND DAILY TINES.


+ The following romantic story j. told Of bis
lfe. one bleak December morning in 1903
he was before a coGTt martial Of the army
of Northern Virginia. on the charge Of de-
sertion. lie was told 10 introduce his wit
ncsses. lie replied. 4" have no Witnesses"
. Astouishod az the calmuess with which he
seemed % be- submitting TO his inevitable
fate. General Battle said 20 him. " Have
YOU no dofensog ls IL possible that you
b abandoned your comrades and deserted
your colers IN the presence of the enemy
without reaSOnf'
There was a reason" replied Cooper,
e. but 10 will not avail me before a military
tribunal"
perhaps YOU are mistasen,' saiA the
General: "y0u are charged with the highest
crime known 90 military law. and IL il Your
duty o. make known the causes that IN
huenced Your actions
Approaching the president Of the court,
COopor present. IA letter. saving, as he did
So There, General. = what did it,
The letter was offered as the prisoners
defense. n was IN these words:
DEAR EDW ARD. since your connection
with the Confederate Army J have been
prouder Of YOU than ever before. ! would
NOT have I0u do anything wrong for the
world. but before God Edward. unless YOU
come home we must die, Lat night was
aroused Dos little Eddie cryng. | called to
him aud said: What il the matter. Eddief
lie replied: Oh. mamma. / am -o hungry.
And Lucy. your darling Lucy. She never
complains. But she crows thinner aud
thinner every day. Before God. Edward.
unless YOU come home We must DE. YOUR
MARY
Tuning to tue prisoner. General Battle
asked. "Nhlt did you do when you re-
cciAcd thar l,uorf'
Coop0r replied. 81 made application for a
0lrl0u.h ID was rejected. Again ] made
application. and IL Was rejected. That
.niehta- wandered about our camp think
in- of my home. the Wild ewes oi Lucy
] lOnkirg un % lnp and toe burning words oi
T Mar, sukin. m my brain, was no longer
/ 'he Confederate soldier hut was the father
. of Iuey and Che husband OF Mary.
..lt every -n boo tine battery had been
fired uuOn me would have passed those
lines. " Nheu reached home Mary nuug
hpr arms about my neck and sobhed: on
ms Edward. am -O glad lOu -Dt yorr lur-
lnu-h.' SIZE must have q IN mt sluddtr Tor
she turned a- pale a~ dcain. and catching
Der breath ut every word she aid; Have
y0u come without your lur.0u-h, Go bact
Edward. .0 back, L.t me and tlc childrn
.o down tn the grave. but for Heaven
There WAS ro- am ohiccr on thar court
martial who did not iecl the iorceoi th;
rr.-0ntr'- words. uut each in infn pT-
n0uncod the verdict guilty. The proceed-
ing- Of the court were reviewed 10y General
Zee. and upon the record was written;
. ~IeadquartOr- \. NY. The finding u tue
court approved. The prisoner i- pardoned
aud Wall report % his company Z. L. lee
General"
AHFHREW ASNINERsAHN.
With the celebration of the discovery 0f
America. in ~. another great event viii be
concentrated. the four humdredth ami
ker.ary 1f ihc expulsion OF the Hebrews
from spain. The Hebrews Of America nave
resolved t0 observe these events btrOmingly
ard viii call meeting next fall in winch
all delegates from AN the Jewish confrega-
/ ti0us. societies and unions from All paris 81
the uitcd states are laNiicd % participate
in making the affair success. The con-
,eusu- of opinion is that the celebration
-hould take au intellectual and national
form. rather than charitable ANA lncal
form. Many of tho residents Of west Nine
teenth street ar. descendants Of the refugees
Of 1872.
rIIE CAsE or Mrs. JOINS.
Tine position of Mrs. Jane Jones, who
beat hri passage from Europe ON The Ieu-
tonic b. not euNiAhie. She i stll at tue
Barge Office awaiting Colonel eDer- de-
cision a. t0 what action be- shall take IN ihe
matter. Her children found h'r through
seeing the ease in the papers. They are al
+ a lo., ,t0under-tuud their mothers c-capade.
7 N she is forced back -he viii hc liable 20 ir-
rest when she reaches British territory. The
penalty there for stealing passage on "A
mail steamer is imprisonment Tor ihfee
months. to which she may be sentenced. II
she remains here she will bee separated rom
her husband. who il soldier pensioner,
aud needs her care.
SWALLOWED HFR FALSE rEEiu.
Mrs. Mary Allen. - years Old. OF No. -,
Fatbush avenue Brooklyn. has been suffer-
mg for some time pas, with paralysis, ana
/ This morning. becoming uncOn cious, her
husband and mother attempted % remove
her false teeth. which slipped down the un-
/ fortunate w0man'- throat, and she began 10
4 slowly straugle 10 death. Ambulance sur
goon himball. after considerable labor, sue
cceded IN extracting the teeth. bu, TIE
woman died Immediately aiterH ards.
ALONG NAP.
4 singular case j. taxing the skill Of the
local physicians at Mount Morris, \. /.
Mr.. LIN ie Long. aged twenty six years,
went 10 sleep on sunday, Juiy lJib, and mas
not since awakened. -he complained OF
numbue>s aud dfowsimcs- and Was put 10
bed and medical aid summoned. Eestora-
lives were administered and she passed INTO
an apparently peaceful slumber. On the
following day a diagnosis oi Der case
was made and 10 was pronounced
case Of caialepsy. Up 90 The present she
ha. shown 30 signs OF wakeiulness except
when ico-cold water j. applied TO her temples
and wrists, but now she gives no perccptible
sign OF feeling the application of tue Ice. She
breatle- lreey and naturally. win her
pulse nearly normal and temperature ABOUT
medium. Medicine and nour.shment afe
administered by forcing open her Ja"s. sne
q. ~ robust frame, and has been generally
healthy.
GETTING N SNIP SHAPE.
Superintendent Tlumstone, OF the Western
. Union telegraph service, reports today mat
na bu.iur,s formerly handled from iaJ
BroadwsN i- being handled from that olhce
and llJ Broadway without any material de-
lay. \ meeting was held to-day OF the di-
rector, cf the Western tni0n, and II was de-
cided to rebuild the building above the MN
story ON plans entirely different from those
Of the present structure.
VICTIM % BUNCO sHARPs.
AlopIo Lec. a retired business man Of
this city. was yictimZed 0ut oi $3.50 hy
two buncO men al Ashury PARK, '. j., iast
evening. one Of the msn Won Mr. Lees
confidence While on Tue hehlh- litl ~ i'p-
re-.pting himself a. Mr. Park. Of Park a
rutord. the well known grOcers. Mr. lee
had litlle money with bin, but Was induced
10 Visit New York Yesterday and draw
a Ouo from the Irving National Bank. The
uleu took Mr.. Lee. who j. about ~ years u
age. 90 a house wneTe game Was engaged
in f,r about hye minutes. which resulted in
\ Mr. Lees losing biz money.
SOUTHERN ENTERPRISES.
The London stock Exchange has granted
quotations for the following securities:
/ Louisville ard NashN lie Railroad COmpa-
ny <ggSOO additional first mortgage per
cent. trust gold bonds, Nos. 4,iiO 10 g,tts.
Application has been made for special
settling days and quotations Of Alabama
Mid. Railway Company S2,So.u0 first
mortgage per cent. forty-year gold bonds.
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
i Louisville and Nashville, second week in
July. 1870. SS0S,0,O; 1889, s3l9,2 ,2l9; decrease,
so 2;i9.
Richmond and Danyille system, second
week in July. l,9O, S2SI 100; 1889, S2sl.0lj;