The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-27
NEW YORK ITEMS.
Colonel Eliot +. shepard Ought to be
Watched for the Next Three Days.


NEW YORK, May 2G.--[Spccial. This
! evening Chadband Shepard bas half
column of idiotic rant in the Mail and
| Express. lie says: ''The rebel demonstra-
| tiOn on the occasion OF unyeiling the statue
OF General Robert L. Lee at Richmond. on
Thursday, May 10Th. bids fair 10 exceed tho
widest hopes OF the new Contederacy.
Richmond will be portetous spot this
week, and full Of fostering disloyaIty.'
| Then he quotes some OF the details
| given in Yesterdays TINES Of the prepara-
tons for the event winding up his delirium
| with "Richmond needs watching thi, week.
| The Mail and Express viii BE- there" Since
| Rosinane charged 10 eternal fame. there has
been - such explicit like this warriors adj
vance ON Richmond. The population. how
ever, is warned in time to lookout for the
great Colonel shepard. He may unyeil
himself and eclipse even the Lee statue
itself.
Captain Howard Saunders. chairman of
the Southern SOciety's Committee Of Ar
| rangcmcnts for the Richmond trip, left here
tonight for Richmond to perfect the details
with Major Wilton Randolph. He will have
| a full supply Of the society's badges so that
the nonresident members in Richmond and
other points can be as properly decorated az
their New York brothers.
PLArr's COMMITTEE To CONDEMN.
It is stated that The New York Republic
can state Committee. which will meet here
tomorrow, are going TO pass a string ORE
solutions condomning the Confederate dag
decorations in Richmond. This State Com
mittee is owned body aud bones by Thomas
G. Plat, who does not object To draw south
ern profits out OF his Tennessee coal and
iron schemes.
RAILROAD NEWS.
Wall street considers il certain that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company will
extend southward and connect with the
Richmond and West Point Terminal Rail-
way system. placing the Reading i'm con-
necti0n with the great railroads Of the
south. II il also stated that senator Calvin
:. Bricc. who j. one Of the Richmond Ter
minal directors, viii become a director in
the Baltimore and Ohio.
The Metropolitan Southern Railway Com
pany has been Incorporated ia Maryland by
the officers Of the Baltimore and Ohio. The
new road will be bnilt from Linden station
ON the Baltimore and Ohio, nine miles from
the southern boundary Of the State Of Mary
land, and to a narrow point on the Potomac
River. IL VIII place the Baltimore and Ohio
in communication with the Virginia and
Midland Railroad. which is part Of the
Richmond and Wet Point Terminal sys-
TEN. This will brig the Reading into close
relations with company operating 1870
miles Of rail and water line, from which it
will get valuable freight and passenger
traffic.
EARNINGS.
Erlanger system, second week In May,
lS90, Slj2.6j1; lSs9, $llG,S}l; Increase, x3j,-
SO. Florida Railway and Navigation Com
pany, second week in May, lSO, S22,aJi;
1883, $500; increase, $1,000. Memphis aud
Charleston. second week in May, 1870, $3J,-
2j3; 1889, $3l,00o increase, $i,2il.
PRESIDENT INMAN SATISFIED.
President lnman said this morning that
he was perfectly satisfied with the recent
financial plan adopted by the Richmond
Terminal, and that when il was fully carried
out, as it must be, since it j. undepSritten
by a strong syndicate, the company will be
in Il better and stronger position than ever
before. There is said to be u hitch in
the present negotiations for the listing ~
Richmond Terminal abroad. II is stated
that a syndicate here was negotiating the
sale of block of Richmond Terminal
stock abroad at 22i2, and the sellers made
il a condition that the buyers would hayeit
listed ON the London stock Exchange. The
recent advance IN the stock is represented
a. having gone too far Ia carry out these
negotiations. Mr. Pat. Calhoun Is in Lon
don carrying on the negotiations.
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.
The steamer Tbingyalla. which arrived to-
day from Stettin, reports that on May 10 mt
3:l5 \. NJ, i'm driving hazy weather, she
was in collision with an iceberg. in which
she stove in her bow, stern aud bow plates,
all above water. The steamer IL not leak
ing. The passengers are all we'll and unln-
Jured.
Inc United states steamer lantic has
been detached from the North Atlantic
squadron. and will be fitted out as a train
ing ship for apprentices.
Editors Cockerill, Chambers and Graham
pleaded not guilty this afternoon to the
grand jury Indictment, charging them with
having DETAINED the late \. r. stewart in
recent articles printed in the World, aimed
at Judge Hilton.