The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-14
CRAM OF THE PRESS.
Current Topics Culied From the Leading
Papers of the Country.
New York Mail and IXprosS.l

Current Topics tuiied From the Leading
Papers of the Country.
New York Mail and Express.
"The finest needs waking up. Early
yesterday morning burglars forced front
parlor window of dwelling ON Thirty
seventh street. I'm Wcll-ligbtcd block Just
OF Broadway, with "a gas lamp directly in
front Of the house. ran-ached tGc
house, and departed as they entered,
carrying away several armiuls of cloth
ng. The invaders tarrod ai least han
an hour in the burglarizcd dwelling. and
left n trail Of dropped articles behind ihem.
but the police knew nothing Of thD matter
until the case WAS reported 10 them. The
officer on post, of course. says be mac. his
usual rounds, but does NOT explain how the
burglars simultaneously and more -ur-
cessfllly-made their unusual rounds.
llOuscholders would sleep "a little more
peacefully if the Police Department would
let in little light upon this matter.
The MAY Cold Period.
New York 1erald.l
The strange phenomenon Of "a "co'd pc
riod in May'-arriNng just when tie sun
is pushing far north and most rapid rise
Of temperature might DE eXpccicd-Las fer
many years excited the WOndermeut of
-
practical bearing, upon the public health
and upon all agricultural interests. Baron
HUMBOLDT said i'm 1874: "lt is much to
be- desired that this phenomenon, which
some have been inclined 10 attribute 90 the
melting of ice in the northeast Of Europe.
should be investigated i'm remote spor<, a~
in America or in the Southern Hemisphere"
Admiral fitzroy, the great English meteor
0lOgis', attempted To account for IL "-cn-
erally" by thaWing Of ice, and hence am
absorption of heat near the polar circles
affecting the contiguous regions. thus
(causing) the frequent cold of later spring
months. especially after warm. early
spring" Other scientists have supposed
the anomalous cold 10 be due 10 the immense
Arctic icbergs and Ice fields drifting
south in May over the Atlantic Ocean.
The Industrial South.
Boston Journal Of Commerce
The How Of Northern capital Southwark IN
search of Northern investment has reached
extraordinary proportions Of late. New
schemes are being constantly presented to
induce the public 10 part with its money or
change the nature of Its employment for the
development Of resources that are more or
less speculative however thoroughly they
may have been prospected. There is much
10 encourage the pOssessOr OF capital that -
receiving but ameagro income, 70 mNcstit in
Southern enterprises that are SO cnticingly
placardcd IN all the forms familiar TO the ant
Of advertising. Birmingham, Chattanooga,
and other places in the mining regions Of
Alabama. Georgia and Tennessee are too
well-known for rehearsal of their phe-
nomenal growth. The state of Texas is
feeling the impulse Of this condition OF AZ
fairs, as noted in the erection Of cotton mills
and the projection Of others in the cotton
growing sections. 10 will De only short
time before san Antonio VIII witness "a boom
real estate.
Problem for Mckinley.
National DCmocfatl
Spain is one of the most thoroughly pro-
iectod countries in the world. ID even pro-
tccts domestic wool. Our minister I'm
Madrid sayss "One OF the worst features OF
spain's present economy is the lack Of home
production. Almost everything is imported.
The consequences are that wages are low,
and the cost Of living high" Mr.. Palmer
adds that there is mo reason for this state
OF affairs, inasmuch as the country pos
sesses most varied natural resources"
Why Can't Richmond DO This?
Nashville Americana
Nashville has very large way Of doing
things these days, as the final steps com
blning her Touring mill interests Yesterday
shows in the happiest manner possible.
With these forces combined Nashville may
now, If she will. become the Minneapolis Of
the South. Half million dollars cash and
another half million Of bonds sold nj par,
are the leading features OF the combination
which was happily consummated yesterday.