The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-29
THE B'NAI BIRTH.
38TH ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
HEBREW ASSOCIATION.
Repor; Of the President-EIeotion Of on
cors for the Ensuing Year-A Million
aires Trout Pond-Drowning OF Young
Wallace observation-disclosures Gossip.
NEW YORK BUREAU
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lICHMOND DAILY LINES,
January %. 1890.
The 3sth annual assembly Of Grand Lodge
District, No. T., Independent Order Of B'nai
Birth, the great Hebrew Benevolent or
ganizafion, has just concluded its meeting.
There were 1Oi delegates present. President
llellman, presided and in his annual mes
sage stated that the backing and influence
Of the order since its incipiency aud in the
yigor Of its manhood "has had that great
moral, intellectual, and social power upon
our people in the United States to make the
name Of jew and Judaism respected and
honored for loyalty, devotion, industry, and
charity" He spoke with pride Of the new
reading room and headquarters at the cor
ner Of Ihird-ayenue and Fifty-seyenth
street, opened last April, and he discussed
fay0rably the proposition to secure
'OptiOnal endowment At present each
member Of the order pays t26 per year, and
in case Of death his heirs are entitled to
$1,000. This is practically obligatory now.
IL IL proposed TO make it a voluntary matter,
with view to bringing into the order a
larger number Of young men.
Then the President took up the subject OF
a grand lodge temple in this city, and
showed that il was proposed to build an
edifce 100 by $50 feet in ground area, with
a height Of from 50 to 90 feet, west Of Third
avenue and in the neighborhood Of Fifty
eighth street, TO contain quarters for the
Constitution Grand Lodge and for MaimO-
hides Library and Reading Room, and for
the District Grand Lodge a hall with large
seating accommodations, bOwling-alleys.
al
eight lodge rooms. 10 cost between $500
and $4,000. OF this amount 100000 has
been subscribed, and as soon as the sub
scrptiOns amount 10 SlOO,0 900 site will be
purchased. The First District Grand Lodge
has reserve fund Of S320,OO0. IL owns the
handsome and capaciOus Home for Aged
and lnhrm Hebrews at lOnkers and the
new Maimonides Library.
The reports Of the Treasurer. Solomon
-uzberger, the Secretary, Sigmund Ham,
burger. and the Librarian, Max Cohen, were
next received. The latter shows total OF
81. 900 volumes in the library-an increase
during the year Of 2,OlJ.
THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS
then took place as follows. William A.
Cans. Lodge No. lJ6, president; Isaac R0s-
nOsky. of Boston. Lodge No. 2oS first vice
president; David l.. Walter, Lodge No. go,
second yice-president; Solomon sulzberger,
Lodge 30. ,, treasurer, and ;. Hamburger,
Lodge No. o, secretary. the latter having
held that Office for the last twenty-five years.
Myer llellman was re-appOnted president,
but declined the honor. The First District
has $500 members in seyenty-tw0 lodges
scattered over New York, the New England
states and the Dominion Of Canada. About
7 200 Of its members, however, live in this
city, which is really the centre Of the orders
activity. There are altogether nine grand
lodges. one ai which has its headquarters
at Berlin. Germany, and the whole order,
of which Julius Bien, Of this city, ls presl-
dent. has a membership Of nearly 1900.
The Constitution Grand Lodge, which il
the head Of the order, will meet in Rich
m0nd next June.
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Memphis and Charleston, second week in
January: 1890, S3j,6iS: 1889, $i0,120; in
crease. Sj.j27. Chesapeake and Ohio, third
week in January: 1890. Sl22, ,J39; 1889, Sl0l,-
sl3: increase. $50, 496. Louisville and Nash
vile. third week in January; 1890, S3i5.l4O;
1850. S3lj,SlO; increase, S29,2lO From
July lst: 1890, SiO,739,61s; 1889, Si,22l, 4Ol;
increase, $l.jl2,2l7. Norfolk and Western,
third week in January; 1890, $50, 1856; 1889,
s93Gol; increase, S3d,4lj,
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Com
pany coupons, due February I, 1890, on the
"south Pittsburg purchase
money bonds" will be paid at the Mechan-
les National Bank.
PERSONAL.
George Gould has bought a trout pond in
the Catskills for $1,000. It il called Fur
Tough Lake, and is delightfully."- situated.
The site consists Of about 600 acres, Of which
the lake occupies thirty-hye. For number
of seasons Jay Gould and the members Of
his family have visited the lake and spent
several days angling, George intends 10
erect handsome summer residence for his
family. The lake is about seven miles from
the village Of Arkyille, on the line Of the
Ulster and Delaware road, 10 which point
he will have q good road constructed. A
telegraph line from the residence % the
village. 10 connect with the Western Union
Office, is also spoken Of.
Young Wallace MacFarland, the fayorite
son Of Secretary Tracy's law partner, was
found dead Yesterday, near Grasmere, ;. l.,
at the bottom of a pond on which he had
been skating the day before. In the same
spot was found the body Of magnificent
II. Bernard dog which had followed him
from home. Though nobody witnessed the
drowning. il is evident that the Il. Bernard,
upon seeing his young master sink from
view on account Of break in the ice, ran
10 his assistance, and lost his own life while
trying 20 save that OF his master.
THE NEW YORK WORLDS FAIR BILL.
The Assembly to-day passed the Worlds
Fair bill bv a vote Of 100 10 one, the sole
NEGATIVE vote being that Of King, Repubh-
can. of New York. After all the work that
New Workers have done, il appears as If
the bill would be killed on account OF po-
liticai reasons. senator Fassett came 20
the city last night and said that the bill
would be killed il twenty other incorpora-
tors were not named. lie said that the eI-
ira incOrpOralOrs should be named by Mr..
Platt. lie said there was objection TO some
OF the names now included IN the list OF
and unless they were
removed and others put IN their
plsces the bill would not be
passed The names objected to include
ihe follOwingi George Jones, Of the Times;
Henry G.. Marquand, John Foordi lsidOr
Strauss, Morris X. Jesup, Daniel r. Apple
ton, Samuel GOmpers. and George warner.
In place OF these names and three or i0ur
others Mr.. Fassett wanted 10 put IN twenty
commissioners from the state AT large. Ihe
Republicans seem 10 regard the holding ol
the fair here i'm 1892 As inimical 20 the Re
that wear. and it has been intimated for
sometime that the Republicans would inter
nose an objection, either in Albany or Al
Washington. IL was not expected. how
ever. that Mr.. Platt would show his hand
so plainly. The Fair Committee, led by
Chauncey Depew, refused TO enter into any
bargain or make the changes demanded.
Tonight it was thought here that the bill
would be killed in the Senate. II il is,
Chauncey Depew says that the political
party responsible for the failure will lose
New York in the next presidential election
by 100000 majority.
NEWS MOTIFS.
The Epoch. which is published by Wall
street finaucier with all the advantages OF
the select inner circle, says: "On the sixth
day Of June, 1888, it took the II. Louis con-
vention Just one hour and quarter unani-
mously 10 renOminate GrOyerCleYeland Tor
President Of the United States. The way
things are running now 1t looks as If ths
1892 Democratic convention might be able
10 ren0minGte him in even less time than
that"
The trial Of the bellicOse member Of the
southern Society, charged with shooting AT
"a falloy member will take place on Thurs