The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-12
WALL STREET FLURRlED.
THE MONEY MARKET UNPRECt-
DeNTEDLY STRINGENT.
Ni,ety-seven Per Cent. Per Annum Bid
For Loans-Tarir Tinkering One Cause
of the Mischief-Strikers E'bufied by
Chauuoey M.-Metropolitan Topics
Nry YORK BUREAU
RICHMOND DAILY TIMES,
RICHMOND DAILY TIMES,
Sputpmber IL. 1870.

} The unsettling Of things resultant on the
Tariff bill has had great deal to do with it,,
too. Merchants are locking mp funds in
order that theF may have them ready at any
time TO be used IN taking goods ont of bond
so that they may escape the restrictions OF
the new Tariff bill. Merchants re'
} fuse to lcrd this money out Or
even on call, for fear that they
niav need it M any moment. This de-
pcnds UPON the action 0f The Lawmakers at
Washington. lhc National Administration
having squandcred hundreds OF millions Of
Of public money in the various manners SO
popular with Republican plunderers, Is now
slashing around in an irresponsible way,
trying To repair the irreparable evils by adj
yancing the interest due on Government
bonds. The present effort OF Mr. WINDOW
10 relieve the money market might help IL
for day or two. but as long as the tOFerh-
ment absorbed more money IN unhe;;
cessarV tariff duties than IL phd
out there would be no permanent
relief IL seems almost impossible Tor
merchants 10 get accommodation from the
banks. and even gilt-edgcd mercantile
paper is almost unstable \ bank presi-
dent SAID to-day that he had not seen the
time i'm sixteen years when his bank had 80
little money TO lend.
The strngency Of money at the prescnt
time is something almost unprecedented
pXcept during panics. Money II. the bank
ers saw. golng to the West and south at
greater rate than ever before to aid IN the
harvesting and marketing OF the gram ana
cotton crops
CHAUNCEY REBUTFs TIE STRIKERS.
4 committee of i've Of the former om-
. ! Nt.rl Central IL liIrNFU
Company. who went out on the strike, call
ed on President Chauncey NJ. pepew IN MS
Office to-day. They were received win re-
bufls, and told that they have made their
beds and there they must lie.
MUSIC FOR TIE FUTURE.
This evening at the Madison-Square Gar
den the music from >trausss orchestra was
recorded by the ph0nograph. The New
| York Ph0nOgraph Company placed twelve
Of these machines i'm scml-circle around
the raised platform, and the strains Of the
orchestra were thus preserved and handed
down TO future generations. "lhe Ihon"-
| graph Polka" composed for and dedicated
| 10 Thomas A. Edison, the inventor OF the
phonOgraph. wa. played, and during the IN
| PERMISSION these selections were reproduced
from the machine.
James Monteith, the geographer and
teacher. died this morning AT his residence
ON Washington Heights in the siXticth year
of his age
sTANLEY's LECTURES.
Major Pond. of New York, and d. W.
| Robertson Of BROOKLYN. have made arrange
ments with Henry NJ. stanley 10 deliver a
course of lectures throughout the l nlicd
states. The first lecture will Dee delivered
al the,Grand Opera House. in this city, after
which Mr. Stanley Will Visit BROOKLYN, where
hc will deliver a lecture ON November l2th,
at the Academy of Music. the proceeds OF
which will go to the Homeopathic Hospital.
Mr. stanley will receive 5000 for his New
York lecture and 5000 for the one IN
Brooklyn.
TANNERS RIVAL.
signor Giordani ~ucci, the Italian who
has sprung into nOtOriety as a faster has
come 10 New lOrk and is prepari x To beat
! Or. Tanners record 10y fasting fortN-hNc
days. lie has tasted for periods of thirty.
ihirty-ye, and forty days, respectively, m
Lisbon, Brussels. and London. lie VIII
perform his feat in public hall, where he
will De constantly watched by committee.
~ienOr Succi il a man Of medium height
and size, with flesh as hard a. iron, but Is
extremely nervous.
JOKE ON CUSTOM, OFFICIALS.
The "yaluables" found smugged in the
baggage Of William H. Medhurst, ana
which were cOnfiscated by the authorities.
have been appraised by the custom-house.
and valued at So. The estimate placed
upon them at the time Of the seizure was
$1,000. The gems are paste. Mr. Med
hurst said nOnchalantly that when the con-
hscatcd Jewels were put up at auction De
would Outbid any possible purchaser. lie
did not speak without reckoning. lie VIII
probably get them for about - or SO.0l. In
the mean time Mr.. NJ, although Lew-
conner, has the laugh on the custom-hOuSe
officials.
MANHATTAN CLUB.
The Manhattan club viii move into their
new quarters in the old stewart mansion Of
Fifth avenue and lhirty-tourih street on
Monday next. The clubhouse has been un-
= dergOng some radical changes, and has
lost that look Of dreariness and desolatlon
} which preyaded the place during the last
years Of Mrs Stewards life. Many minor
details have yet to be completed, but it is
thought that i'm about month or two the
host of mechanics and artisans VIII have
entirely finished their work, Al which time
preparations for an elaborate house-warm-
Ing will be begun.
MUNIFICENT BEQUEsTs.
In the will of the late Mrs. Frances
Brownell- Holland, Of Hartford. COnnecii-
cut, which has lust been admitted 10 pro-
bate, is a bequest donating the sum Of $780,
900 10 the Cathedral Of II. John the Divine,
Of this city. I'm addition 10 this she also
bequeathed $4,000 to found three scholar
ships at Trinity College. and $1,000 TO the
Missionary Society Of the Episcopal
Church in Connecticut. The rest Of the
estate Of nearly a million dollars is given
To relatives. The directors Of the projected
| fbnIraI qf .IanU tho Divine
which is to be constructed on the site Of the
leake and Watts Asylum, are greatly
elated over the news Of the gift, which was
left them in the memory OF the deceased :
father Bishop Thomas {. Brownell.
/ SCHOOL FOR DEAF NUTEs.
New York state supports seven schools
for deaf mutes. in which there are loo pu-
pills. Since the foundation OF these schools.
, several thousand have graduated and gone
, out into the world. Having received a good
) education, they are, as general rule, dong
well and supporting themselves and tami'
: lies. TO provide for those who are unable
r To secure employment, society has been
[ formed which lends a helping hand to the
needy Connected with it IS the Church
Mission To Deaf Mutes. whose missionaries
attend to their spiritual wants. lhey hold
sign services in quite number OF the prin
cipal cities. The society has founded 9
home for aged and infirm deaf mutes on the
Hudson river, just below Poughkeepsie.
TALMAGE's TABERNACLE.
; The buildingof DIR. Talmage's tabernacle
\ in Brooklyn, will be rapidly pushed. DIR
Talmage mas secured loan OF $4,000 on
the new building, the good angel being none
f, other than Wall streets famous dealer il
, puts and calls, Russell Sage. Uncle Rus
! sell is a good Presbyterian outside the tinan
+ cial market, ana "A great admirer Of DIR
Talmage. so le has put up the cash.
THE BALLOT LAW \ SUCCESS.
The result of the first trial of the new
a ballot law in the village OF Far ROckaway
4 last tuesday, was an undOubted success
e No candid man, whatever his party procliy
i ity or his attitude hitherto toward election
Q reform, can fail 10 admit that the compare
: lively easy voting at that place, wher
I there had been no rehearsal OF III
process, such as is going on II
: other places, foreshadows the satis
/ factory operation of the law IN thi
| all.