The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-14
VIRGINIA'S PUBLIC DEBT.
SATISFACTORY STATEMENT MAY
SOON BE EXPECTED

closely COntcsted-NcW Nork topics
NEW YORK BUREAU.
RICHMOND DAILY TINES.
December u, 1901
Important steps looking to progress in
the settlement Of the Virginia debt were
taken during the past week. A very salts.
factor, statement on the subject may be an
ncipaied in very short time.
IRISH ENJOYS DEPARTURE.
The departure to-day Of Messrs. Gill,
o.Rricn. and Harrington for Europe does
r.ffcnd in the slightest 10 lessen the inter
,.fol lrishmcn Ia tins city In the National
situation. Before leaving MIR. O'Brien
smoke with great sadness about the painful
situation n Ireland. aud was hopeful
r1fnothing would Doe done in the next four
dave intensity the feeling already exist
in- among the almOst-distractcd people Of
Ireland Feeling here IL very much di-
,ided on the question of Paruelis leader
ship.
pl~ArrEARANCT Oh 4 WEALTHY BUILDER.
The relatives Of James J.. Hawkins, n
voalflN retired builder. seventy years Of
.,-.. residing at NO. 100 Hart street, noti-
t.l tD. police of BROOKLYN this morning
tl,t be- bad not been seen since Thursday,
,,l.n be- left his home iO see his LAWYER In
N., York. Hr had seventeen hundred do
Ilr. n bis pocket at the time. aud 10 is
fared that Doc has been robbed and ciiled.
YorNG FN-CApEr SHOOTS HIMSELF.
A5olph sterling. twenty-five years Of
,.. f.rmorlN "a student az West Point, shot
himself al his home. Jamaica, Long Island
,r.. Iuilaf inst escaped the brain. and there
b. a chance of his recovery. The young
mans father shot and Killed himself IN the
same house.
BRAIuIAN sEAMEN Ill.
Five az the seamen who came here with
the BRAZILIAN fleet were lcii behind When
,hn fleet sailed on Thursday. They were
suffering from cold and iusiplent pneumo-
ris. and the surgeons at Oh" naNY-yard VINO
.Namlued them did not think 10 "ould ue
wise o. allow them 90 leave Just al present.
They will De sent back to brazil when they
recover.
HE rAYERWEArnTR WILL CASE.
Whatever may Pee the final outcome Of the
T.terwcather will cease, 10 viii doubtless
la FOUGHT long and bitterly. There are some
nice point. a law involved. and the strug-
,.Ia Will Dee watched with interest by law
,ers ai. over the country
Thr outlook for the colleges is not very
promising.
NrunrR OT Immigrants INCREASING.
ia. immigrants arriving in New York
du, .nc the present week from sixteen ships
numbered 430l. This is an increase Of
4in o,er the corresponding week ~ last
,e4r. VITO date the immigration Of this
scar is 10000 ahead OF last year.
EAsT-EIyEK no MEL FRANCHISE.
MAYOR Grant will sign the East-Rivcr
tunnel franchise. The tunnel across the
c.fy will De- nifty feet below the bed OF the
river. light and we'll ventilated. Work
uil begin la the spring.
sIGNOR sCCCI's BAD TEMPER.
g., ~irner Succi's weight goes down his
t.uper rises. This morning he weighed
,rN one hundred and eight ana a quarter
n0ruls. yl0ss OF one and a quarter pounds
sinca Yesterday. lie got 80 mad that even
watchers were afraid tO speak 10 him.
1.. -icnor next tried the dynamomete r
f.f his utmost exeriiOns could not force
tu iYriy-nine. Then in moody silence he
drank four ounces of vichy and retired 10
l.l.
SELLING TRUCK By WEIGHT.
Tie Board Of Aldermen have not as yet
rl~,.l the ordinance which viii regulate
fs. sale If produce hy weight. and Virginia
frI.k farmers have another breathing spell
Au1nr the visitors here who are interested
ir measure is Mr. NillOughby Wilson,
az D.pn Greek. Va. who expressed some
very interesting facts ia an interview on
The object. NJ. Wilson is an enthusiast
ou southern cuitIN alton, ana ms conVer9a-
ti1n shows to what an eN,ent TINS ordinance
~ l effect toe Southern irucA iarner. lie
said.
NV section Of the South has had a boom
on account Of the great ease with which
BE-. f.4N. HfTNNk Cali
o.. eau 1erai-cd. Ten wears ago but Few OF
our planters raised any vegetables, th'
..ftple-. corn aud cotton. being the TWO
main crops. and then land could be bought
Tor $40 un acre. NOW We ship hundreds OF
thousand, Of barrels Oi potatoes. crates Oh
corn aul tom ttOes aud strawberries. Lana
g. selling easily az rom Sl0J % $3.50 an acre.
Iti.all oNing to the trade ia carly Vege-
tables. Win as yOI can raise iohf crops
of vegetables gcry easily on some OF our
liant.
"lt is an interesting sight during the
ius, truck season. Whole families OF
darEie- get ont into the Geld. Little
children from SIX 90 ten years are on thelT
kuee~ picking berries or stringing beans
The littl" rivers and creeks around Norfolk
are hurdened with heavily laden sleeps
and sallbItt-. bearing the produce 10 the
wh4rye- boz Norfolk. where fast steamers
M. IN- Do MNl' A' .N'n l'ih ~ tf.'7t'Nf ''''
two greatest early vegetable markets m
-he world. The profits. Well, they are so
great that ibcy astonish YOU. have known
strawberries O. pay all the way from $500
to $1,000 au acre. OF course this is when
intrusive cultivation is given
kocms LYMPH u sKW YORK.
TDcr. are four hospitals al present in the
CITY in which Or. Koch lymph for tuber-
cll,si- is being Used. They are the Mount
Sinai. ~. Lukc's. The German, and the Hos
pIfal Tor toe Ruptured and the Crippled. Al
cacn Of these institutions the lnoculated
patients are said 90 bee doing well, but be-
wong this general statement no Information
Of "A specific character can be learned lhus
Tar tbirty-nine patients have been lnocu-
ated-Viz. At ~. Luke's. ID; at Mount
sinai. Us. including three cases Of phthislsi
40 the Hospital for the Ruptured ana GRIP
pieI. D. aud at the German Hospital q. Inc
usual point of inOcuiatiOn under DE-. Koch ;
system is between the shoulders. but Dr.
Abraham jacob. the physician OF the
Mount sinai Hospital, prefers the f6steur
system. which l. on the side.
Dr. Gibier. Of the Pasteur Institute, when
interviewed a. 20 the supply OF lymph nov
90 the city. said: II am pretty confident
that two hundred drops OF lymph would be
a libei al estimate OF all the genuine lymph
now ia the city. \ single drop VIII sulhVc
for twenty injections, and abOut one hun
bred injections are necessary before It's
effects can be fully and cOnclusively tested
ON the patient"
MRS. DAVIS BOOK.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has been in this city
since october lst, as the guest OF her friend,
Mr-. j. Harvey Dew, at 2j2 west Fifty
fourth street She has been giving the fin
ishing touches % the life Of her husband,
which is nearly ready publication. Mrs.
Davis has engaged apartments in the New
J 0rk Hotel. which she Will occupy until
next April, when she expects 10 20 Colo
RADIO Springs.
EXPENSIVE PRESENT.
On the eve Of The marriage Of Miss Lucy
DneNel 20 Dir. Eric Dahlgreen, which oc-
CURED Thursday. the brde-elect was no
tilted that package agaited her DISPOSE
ton at the custOm-hoUse. The package
contained very pretty pearl bracelet
which some English friend bad sent. 10
gct her present Miss DreGel had 10 pay -,
duty. lust 8 more than bali the appraised
3alue Of the git.
IRON FURNACES.
The weekly capacity Of iron furnaces In