The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-11
BALLOT REFORM.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR MEETING AT
THE COOPER INSTITUTE.
worLingmen Aroused on the Subject
Religious fer,or Developed During
Lent-Thc Southern Society vrdcr It,
New Management->e York News.
NEW YORK BUREAU
RICHMOND DAILY liNEs.
March fl. l~pl

'ifA'H A's t'""f
This evening a big meeting IN favor of
ballot reform, under the auspices of the
knights Of Labor. was held in the Cooper
Institute 40 place their organization on re-
cord on the question. District Assembly
80. 80 issued call 70 an is members,
makisg attendance az the meeting obliga-
tory. Among the speakers were General
Master Workman PoWderly. The other
speakers were men prominent in She ranks
orthe knights OF Labor A feature OF the
meeting Was that uo politician addressed IL,
the organization wishing iO acccntuaic the
fact thar ballot reform j. wanted hy all
w0rkingmon. irrespective 0f political belief.
\ large overflow meeting WIS provided for.
Am0ng thc district assemblies Vpr, sented
were Nos. 49, l2i. 2in. il ard Z26.
CHURCH WORK.
An extraordinary amount or religious
fenor seems 90 have been developed with
the ienien season.
The Rev. r.. s. lipple the successful pas
tor of St. luhe'- Methodist Episcopal
Church. In west f0rty-hI-i street. has be-
gun fourteen days, mission iu his church.
Dr. Upham of Drew Seminary. and ether
noted di,ines, are the preachers.
The rresbytery OF New \ ORR met In the
scotch prcsOy Church this afternoon.
4 committee OF tae New y l1rk Conference.
appointed tO investigate the question of tho
exact age OF that body. will report that it
was bora on june Z. $500.
10 has been decided tO hold AN inter-union
meeting ol The unions and social clubs a
the ircsbt teriau, congregational. Method
i,t and INSTRUMENTATION of New York,
on the evening of March %.
The sunday school of the Washington
square Methodist Episcopal Church Is the
banner school of Mothodism in missionary
bencNoiencc. The collection for the year
ending March 2d amounted 90 Sd. 1861
one of the new comers at the Prcshyte-
ran Union is the Rev. Dr.. j. n. Mont
gOmery, who ha. just accepted the paste
rate OF the Trinity Presbyterian Church. Of
Brooklyn. lie comes from DAYTON. Ohio. tO
a church lull Of life and promise. but one
whore eloqucnce must Dee united with pas
toral work.
1ur SOUTHERN SOCIETY.
The new House Committee OF the Southern
Society, which has OF late instituted many
reforms, is arranging for series of informal
dinners 90 Dee given every other saturday
evening, and IN the latter part of the present
month there Will be am evening Of music
and story telling. The new president. Cap
T tam IlW.N Ne fNfINtNs rs N|NIIMlIIfu NlAi
the literary and historical features Of the
society shall have distinct encouragement
as well as ii- social aspirations. Captain
Garden wns The commander oi the famous
Palmetto Light Battery from his native
south Carolina. lie had the gums ci-i from
church bells. and 10 WAS one of the last tO
leave Little Round Top in the famous battle
of Gettysburg. lie is now a lawyer here,
and general iayoriic. His election iqAf-
nee IS hailed ms the opening oi "a nes crNo
prosperity for the southern society.
II HEBREW CIRCLES.
Tn, well-kn0wn Hebrew banker. Jacob n.
Schih, has given the money for Tie land and
building Of sinitlrlum TOR Hebrew chill
dren. on fine site facing ihe ocean at iifck-
away Park, Long Island. ilc -aniiarum
to Doe built thereon is tO Boz ready i0r Occu-
pancy about July l.
The new house oi the Hebrew Progress
/ Club. the opening of which WAS mentioned
in sundays TIMES has "a frontage Of 100
feet on Filth avenue and % feet on sixty
third street. II is SD feet hish from the side
walk. 10 has three STORES. besides the en-
trpsoi and mfIllnnc. The stylp Of the eN-
terror is OF the Italian Renaissance. The
perfection Of club architecture is t0 De- found
n This building. The most striking features
are the ballroom, extending tho enilfed'pth
OF the building on ~iXtl-thlri street, and -
| feet wide. the nyer iJ feet by iO. tbo la
d'es' parl0r. and iho dIninl-r00m. The lat
ter Is sd feet long, jl feet wide, and - feet
I high. n has "a seating capacity of 20.
The building has cost about t6.O 900. The
decorations ARE elegant, costly, and IN tho
best possible TASTE
MR. FLAGLER's S20O.oo0 CHURCH
The special ear belonging 90 H. n. Flag
/ Ter. Of standard OH fame. started tor ~. Au-
gustine. Florida. with john Il. Paxton and
/ bis famous $4,000 choir Accompanying
/ the party were Mrs. John !. Morris anl her
granddaughter. Miss Grace Clark and other
members OF the West Presbyterian church.
/ DR.. Paxton and his choir l0 south as the
special guests Of Mr. flaelor. 10 dedicate
/ his new S2lO.oOl Presbyterian church ln ~
/ Augustine next Friday. ON sunday DR..
/ Paxton Will preach and start for home
the following day.
BROOkLYN FAITH CURlsrs.
\ committee from the Brooklyn faith
curst- called on the coroner to-day and
stated tO him. "la.t night our regular
sunday meeting, wc decided 20 ask The
] Governor what Wo should do. We PRAYED
long and hard. AT last we saw a lieht. and
now we are come 40 Say that YOU are right,
and we are wrong. Hereafter when We
are sick with diseases we viii have q
doctor, as YOU and the law direct This
speech was made slowly and with great
effort. and the coroner vas surprised. lie
told them be- hoped il.y would Keep their
promises. Meanwhile the men who let
children die are in jail.
AsLEEp.WALKER.
Atdawn this morning a police nan saw a
woman clad only in her nighi-rObe, bat and
shoes, and with fiding-wbip in her hand,
standing nt the ladies entrance 90 the
Fifth-aNenue Hotel. She was asleep, and
{ nearly tainted when she was awakened.
She was taken. lenumbed with cold, % the
: statiOn-house. and warmly clad. She said
that she was May Case. an opera singer,
and remembered nothing since she had gone
10 bed Ia her room. at n Great Jones street,
last night. She was taken home by pc-
liceman. The woman had walked in her
sleeD "a fan mile up Broadway without ap-
= pArently meeting policeman or any one
else 10 awaken her.
JAMES A. SIMMONS.
SUIT has been brought upon another note
Of james 4. simmons. II Is for 800. pay
able four months from October :. 1879, and
has been protested on its presentation by
the lelON lilll Bank. The supreme Court
has granted an attachment against the de-
iendants property in this state.
+ ODDS AID ENDS.
, The value of Old titles has just been shown
in "A suit over forgotten strip Of land. In
1896 oliver Hicks owned "A tract u land.
about eight acres In all, on the east side Of
the old BlOominedlle road, and lying be.
, tween what are n0w known as Ninety
eighth and Onl l-hun1red-and-tbird streets
! Hicks sold this land. but In deciding ii gave
! title only 10 the stoop inc Of the road in
stead 0f the middle cfthe highway, as IL wa'
his right % do. the abuttlng property ex
tending % the middle Of the road. The old
Bl0Omngdale road was closed and the road
e way was turned iniolots. The heirs of oil
u liver Hicks now come forward With th'
r claim that ina.much as their ancestor
: never sold bis bali OF a. much of the oi'
BlO0mingdaie road a. j. included hetweel
the points mentioned. they are entitled .
that land, which is now probably worth so,
OoD The courts say the claim is good. Il
= calculation there are over j0o heirs 10 b
quieted.
? The motion of the Virginia Idewate
y Coal Company for an injunction res.rainln
4 ths Mercantile Trust Company, fefrall 4
Deming, Jr., aud Walter Hamilton, from sci
+ ing the property OF the 'rldewaier Compau,
~ has been granted by the supreme Court.