The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-07
AFFAIRS IN NEW YORK.
A NEW DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL
FOR THE HEBREWS.

Disea-e-A ripe Underground for the
MIX Supply-iIands me Christmas Pre-
sent-Other Matters.
INV YORK BUREAU
RICHMOND DAILY IlMEs.
January g. 1890. J
Mayor Grants message, sent to the Board
Of Aldermen to-day, shows the gross funded
debt Of the city Of New York for 1889 TO be
Slll. .S39. OBS. against Sl32, 1885 in lSSs net
funded debt for 1SSg. SIS OlO, ,lo5, against $780,
2OOss5 in isss. Debt, including revenue
bonds. 1889 S0l, ,3l3.l3 against S9S,C63,OI2
in lsSs. The increased Indebtedness is due
10 cost Of new parks.
Judge Philip J. Joachimsen, formerly Of
The Marine Court, died to-day. lie took a
very active part in the organization Of
Jewish charitable institutions, and was
connected with the Home for lnfirm He
brews and the Hebrew Sheltering Arms so
ciety. lie was one Of the oldest members
Of the Tammany society
Once more have the wheels Of justice,
which have so long and laboriOusly ground
M tine grist furnished its mill by the case Of
sheriff Flack and cOnfrercs, been cloggeo
bv sickness. Referee Meeks is said now 20
be So sick IL has 10 20 over. AS Mrs. south
worih's trial was the only other ease TO De
heard, and her present condition not per
mitting her appearance, the court was
adjourned 10 iO:30 on Monday next.
4 proclamation has been issued by Most
Puissant sovereign Gorgas, of the Cerneau
Scottish rite i'm Masonry, which settles a
controversy that has caused much feeling
among MasOns. lie will. he says, resign ms
Office at the Grand COnsist0ry i'm June.
Henry BOarst died OF a strange disease al
his mothers home in North Plainheld la'l
night. lie was a married man, employed at
CellOnite Works. i'm Arlington, and a week
ago was attacked with terrible pains IN the
head. Later his skin changed color, ana
scales began 20 form on his flesh ana
TO peel on in large blotches. stories,
that case Of leprOsy had appeared
were nut i'm circulation. Local physicians
were puzzled. and New York specialists
were called in. After consultation IL was
decided % send the man 20 North Planheld
Saturday night Drs. Endic0tt, Rushm0re
and Davis discovered a soft spot spreading
over his skull, and il was decided 10 exam
inc his brain. 40 sooner had periora-
tiOn been made. however. than thei
were astOnished at an extraordinary
squirting Of blood. and had they
must have bled 10 death in few minutes
Nothing could be done for his relief, anl
Yesterday afternoon he fell into fata
stuuOr. The physicians say that his strans'
illness was caused by the bursting OF
blood vessel in his brain. but they canno
account for the accompanying symptoms
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Mobile and Ohi0-Month Of December
1859. 1921. ISL; ISIS 1872 i9s; increase, ~,
2j3. Year 1889, S2,9ls, l0j; lsss, S2,s'2, ~
Louisville. New Orleans and Texas
p Month Of December; 1859. Si2s,s9O; loso
5 S3i4.l6I; increase. Sll4,423. Years lses
S2.9I3, ,I30; lSss, S2,loO,232; increase, SoO',
4N-.
81 Erlanger system Third week in Decem
; ber; 1889, Sl9l ,jj6; 1883, Sl06,O59; increase
s2j.4 .491.
. Memphis and Charleston-Third week II
December: 1889. 1858, 1885, 1855, S52,s3o; in
crease. SlO,0j9. Three weeks: 1889, Sl0l, 100
{ lsss, Sli2,20j; increase, $500.
NEW HEBREW INSTITUTIONS.
new downtown hospital for Hebrews
will likely De- established very shortly. lh'
F. uptown Jewish hospitals have been unabl,
. 10 accommodate the large number OF sicl
. Jewish applicants from the thickly-popu
lated DOWNTOWN Nl1lllli-s Nlih ~ lhD N'N !"
b. town Hebrews have started "A movement q
I make provision for their sick neighDOrs. Al
, association under the name Of Beth lsrae
lfOSDital Association was recently organ
lied 10 found such hospital, ana mas re
ceiyed announcement from Chief kahD
Jacob Joseph and the other rabbis. Ih'
, slim of $500 ha. been collected already, anl
! $1,000 have been subscribed The officers o
the association are: DR.. ). serling, presl
- dent: samuel Litter yico-president; an'
/ Mr. Bernstein, treasurer.
. The members Of the great Jewish beneNo
Z lent society. the B'nai Birth, are consider
I ing plans for the erection Of building II
/ the central part Of the city TO serve as
, home for the Grand Lodge OF the order-lo
, mceting-rOOms. for subordinate lodges lsOm
i forty i'm number) and and as "a repository 10
4, the MaimOnides library, a collection OF 30
600 volumes. At the head Of this mOyemen
, is Myer Hellman. the president Of this di-
trict. who points 10 the fact that fo),vVo q
I the money needed bad already been SUI
scribed. As soon as the amount OF the sui
/, scripti0ns shall have reached SlOO,OOO grOun
o will be broken. and it is expected that Oh
r. building will be completed in 1872, IN whic
, wear the semi-centennial Of the existence {
/ the order will be celebrated. The structur
o. is 10 cover an area Of 10000 square feet, an
1 is estimated 10 cost Si5O,00O. The subscril
10 tions will come entirely from members.
b. the organization.
!, ANOyEL PLAN.
10 The milk supply Of New York runs mp
e. many thousand quarts day. The Dulk
d IL is brought 10 Middleton, a small ell
a seventy miles mp the state and thence ca
. ricd 10 the city on half "A dozen trunk fOad'
"a biz slice Of whose income comes irOm IN
freight on the cans. An enterprislng gehiu
Ia q tIt..r uifI
D building a pipe line that Will run the lactei
! luid direct INTO the city.
] New York city consumes 10000 ear load
d Of live and dressed poultry and 2o,VW,O,
D. dozen eggs annually. As j.O0oOVO peOpl
# buy in New York city and the pOpulatio
.- of the United States is JO,WO,Oo, we ca
r form some idea Of the consumption Of pou
J. try and eggs. which would be almost 2oO,W
= car loads Of poultry and 2JO,vO,OOO dOze
] eggs. Estimating the value OF the eggs
e ten cents per dozen. we have a return
Ia 81. 900, 900 from eggs. and If each irelgi
D. car carried lO,Wo pounds, we nave ~
great weight OF 2.OOOOOO,OOO pounds, Wine
al five cents pound is SiV,Oo0,Wr, or
total Of Sl2j, j,OOO,0gO, as the product Of pou
o try and eggs for the whole country.
Il PERSONAL MENTION.
e Among recent visitors registered at d
notes are TIE lVllNNAU III ll'iH ~ '''''t'
s. MIR. and Mrs. IL. H.. Meyer, Continenta
% If. Sherrehs, sturteyant House; >:
?, Evans. smith 4 McNelrs; ii. W. shelto
b. r.. Y. II. Brown, :. H. Niemeyer, &, Bur'
50 dorf and e.. Caisan. the AstOr; X. +. Mo
., riss. Continental; b. McCullen, Jr.. the Ui
Z. sey: j. l.. stern. the Coleman House;
]. Milhiser, l.. K. Page, and +. X. William
}. Hoffman House.
A paid-up insurance policy for SJOV
was given 10 the Rev. DR.. Greer, Oh :
Barihol0mew's Church, by the NanderDi
family as "A Christmas gift.
Y one Of the flour hundred Ralph
- Ellis. starts this week in his yacht for
e three months absence along the coast
z search Of duck ard quail-shooting, a.
u possibly some hunting in Virginia. VI
Il Ellis takes with him Thomas Hitchcock,
= l.. Cotteuet and W. l.. Kane, and his ul
II mate destination is Fernandina, where D
e father John Ellis, will join him.
Is "TRIP TO AFRICA.
e Royal Carrolrs trip to Africa is perha
an extreme example Of devotion TO spol
lie is already al Zanzibar. ana about 20
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