The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-16
Shall the Choice he Cleveland. nm or
Campbeli!-Pr Proposed Removal OF the
Philadelphia Mint-New Croton Aque-
duct-Other New York News.
NEW YORK BUREAU !
RICHMOND DAILY TIMRs.
July H.. i~N.

up and attracts ones vision IN the train OF
Democratic hopes.
That Grover Cleveland is not selfish. and
has the interests OF the party al heart IL
shown hy his utteranccs aud opinions Of
Governor llll, whom he has proclaimed an
earnest and wise executive aud states
| man as we'll aS a thorough Democrat. lie
went so far rs to endorse llill ior his posi-
| tlon ON the Australian ballot act, which. AZ
finally passed, il intended 10 protect
and mo- wise impcri the franchise
0f any voter. Clcyeland's laudatory aud
c0mmendatOry views have caused the Fas-
,ctt tribe OF Republicans OF New York state
much surprise. Their game was Ia throw
tleycldnd's friends up against the admirers
Of Hin, and thus cau,e "a break which would
lose the state To the Democracy. Cleveland
with him. New Nork's delegation will be "A
unit for Hin. With New York thus united
Governor Campbell may bee put down for
the second place ON the ticket.
THE rHuADELpHIA MINT.
The proposition to remove the Philadel-
phia Mint to New \ ork Is again under dis
cus-ion. and although such "A change is
hardl, to be expected. for the reason that
Philadelphia being Republican city. the
present Congress Is not likely 10 authorize
the change t0 New York which Is Demo
cratic. 10 further the bill, statistics will
bp brought 10 bear which will show that
the government Is being put 10 an unneces-
-ary expense. At the present time the
bullion Is assayed at the ASSAY Office in this
CITY. II s then sent to Philadelphia and
coined. after which tie money II brought
back tO this city and deposited In the sub
treasury. This transit entails double eN-
pense for express charges amounting To a
arge sum annually which might be saved
ID the mint was located ln New York.
TuE NEW CRorON AQUEDUCr.
New Nork's great Croton aqueduct. an
account of the opening, OF which was given
i'm Yesterdays TIMES, is i'm complete run
ming order to-day. The new aqueduct i "A
tunnel of brick and masonry 33.l2 miles
| long from the CrOtOn lake gato-hOuse 10 the
| Central Park gate-hOuse. For the greater
part of %, length, it il formed like horse
shoe "A little more than thirteen and one
half feet in height, aud thirteen feet,
seven and a half inches wide. The od
iqueduct is only eight and One-half feet
nigh. The estimated capacity of the entire
auueduct il placed at 3l3,W0,OO0 gallons
every twenty-fOur hours. This includes the
amodut for all the city limits, Manhattan
/ island and the entire annexed district OF
| rhi, 2J0.OOO 900 gallons viii find their way
| into the city proper; the remaining 6S,OoO,-
OOD gallons will be- turned Oh for use IN the
northern part Of the city and the distance
liN illlll MAliuhlAhN l7lhliiAs ~ - Nii' W AhI
most stupcnd0us teats Of engineering ever
accomplished in ancient or modern times.
and was begun on the lst da} # January.
| l0~J. since which time, up to the lst al
july of the present year, tho en.lre cost Ot
building has been S23,6l.1,3G2. The num-
| ber 0f lives lost on the aqueduct work N
about eighty.
! NORTHERN CAPITAL ANDIliE LODGE BILL.
The whole amount Of Northern capital
which ha, been instrumental in bringing
about the New south can .cadily be cs-
| fimated an several hundreds of millions.
| New York has contributed, probably, even
more than iu proportion 10 her size and az
.regate wealth. The importance t0 the So
| curity ot Northern investors M southern en-
tcrpri-e- of the maintenance Of this era OF
l.r0-perity which they have brought about
| Is. Of course. commensurate with their IN
| tcre-ts. Therefore. 10 assert that these IL
| fcrcsts would be- ic0pardiIed boy the attempt
to enforce the Lodge bill il 10 raise very
serious consideration in connection with
! the bill.
| Il is 10 assert that hundreds Of millions
| Of Northern money are at stake. General
! Roger A. Pryor was mteU iewed on ihls
subject. and he said that he believes that
| the enforcement of Lodge, Infamous meas
ure would result in violence, aud conse-
qucnt withdrawal Of capital now invested
n southern states.
DISEASED IMMIGRANTS.
~ureeon-Gencral Hamilton will sail 10
morrow ON the -aale for Bremen 10 cstah-
lish "a corp, OF physicians ~ European
ports 10 guard against the shipping 10 this
country OF diseased emigrant,. shipping
men are OF the opinion that Dr. liumilt0n's
mission viii not be- very successful. lhe
| United states cannot afford, and VIII not
station physician at every European
port The foreign governments are any
ION, 10 promote emigration tO their own
colonies. aud viii not therefore undertake
The expense Of hiring physicians Tor the
United states.
SIMMONS CAsy.
James 4. simmons, charged with aiding
and abctting Peter j. Claasson in the eul-
bczLlement OF S622 000 in the wrecked banks,
VAS arraignpd before | nited states Com
missioner shields this morning, and an adj
iournment granted for six weeks. A. soon
As simmons can raise S2j,O0 as bail hc viii
be released.
THREE MITES.
Three mites arrived ON the Wern to-day
from Bremen. aud are said tO be- the small
est family of passengers that ever crossed
under similar circumstances. Their names
are ,John. Martin aud Michael schmidt, and
their agcs are seven, eight and nine years,
respectively. They are ON their way io
their parents, who reside at Piitsburg. The
lhappy trio left for their desiaatiOn by an
early train.
IRON WORKERs REFUSE 10 WORN.
Between twelve hundred and two thou.
sand iron workers this morning refused to "a
to work i'm the New jersey Steel and lr0n
1 4 A ff.sh fsTt mo- 4
by eX-Mayor Abram :. Hewitt, Of New
York city, because Of the refusal Of thi
firm 30 sign the Amalgamaied Iron Work
ers' Association scale OF wages, and recOg-
nize that labor organization.
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Louisville and Nashville; First week
July. 1880, S3fl ,O2j; 1873, S3iO,y9h; Increase,
S30,O3l.
Ric6mond and Danyille system: First
week July, 1870, S2l7,515; 1889, SN4,iI5i in
crease, Sl3, 100.
ALL SORTS or ITEMS.
one Of BrOoklyn's best known physicians
DR.. John knsell, forty years Of age, shot
himself to-day, in M Of dependency. He
was in financial difficulties on account Ol
: race track losses. lie may die.
The last OF the - Doodle Aldermen
Charles ". Dempsey. gave himself up nj
the district attorneys Office this moTping
lie gave S25 90 bail and was released.
Little Emily Carran, six weeks old had d
miraculous escape from horrible death al
lher house to-day. Workmen engaged II
excayatng a cellar in the rear of the house
y NEGLECTED to properly shore up the wall
which fell, carrying with IL the cradle ~
. which the child was sleeping. The child
beyond a slight cut, was found 10 he Gnip
jured.
= The Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany has applied TO the London stock Tx
lchango for quotation OF S2,Oco,Oco add
ti0nai preferred capital stock.