The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-21
NEW YORK GOSSIP.
FINANCIAL PLAN FOR RICHMOND
TERMINAL.
President John ~. fnman says lie Has
One to submit-Stesmship In Collision
with an iceberg Railroad News-tsen-
eral and Personal.

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One to enthusiastically In Collision
Win an Iceberg-RaiIroad News--Gen-
eral and Personal.
NEW YORK BUREAU
RICHMOND DAILY IIMRs,
May -. 1890.
President John II. inman. Of Richmond
I Terminal says he will have a financial
| plan Of importance TO submit to the stock
holders in 6 days. II will necessItate
;he closing Of the books Of the company
and practical ratification Of the stockholders
before carried through. II is thought
that this means the completion Of the puI--
chase Of tho East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia lines. 10 Is stated
that this road now owns 81 per cent. of the
stock OF both the Alabama Great Southern
and the Cincinnati. New Orleans and Texas
/ Pacific companies. The irSt named road
runs from WauhaJcnie. Tennessee. 20 Me-
rh.lian, Mississippi. 29O mites. aud the last
named runs irom Cincinnati. Ohio. 10 Chat
tarooga, Tennessee, distance Of 33J miles.
run INTO AN ICEBERG.
The British steamship Beacon Iight "A
land, ON May sd. in ballast for This port.
sine arrived to-day with her bows and all
hcr forward rigging in a very dilapidatrd
condition. She was kept ailOat only by the
most vigorous efforts of her crew.
Captain Elliot said that the smashup
oi Dol, handsome new vessel occurred ON
ihi. day week. when In latitude % degrees.
% minutes. longitude ~ degrees, is min
utcs. ON The morning Of that day the Bea-
CON Light ran into a big iceberg.
She d.u not gO down under the
fearful shock. Captain Elliot said only
because she was strong. new boat When
she struck the berg, she chipncd on hun
drcd tons of IL, my of which fell with 4
crash on the turtle deck. The steamship
ran upon the suukcn basis OF the il0ating
ice-i,aud, and rents were made in the bot
tom plates. The bulkheads and solid lower
deck, and empty mir tight tanks saved her.
GENERAL AND PERSONAL.
EN-Troasurer Patrick liynes. of the An
ciout order of lliherniags 6f America is
mi sing. he lef home two weeks ago. say
ing be- was going 10 attend the convention
his order. which was held at Hartford
last week. 10 is said his. cash is short a
considerable amount
n was rumOrod this morning that Exile
John keenan,. OF the notorious Doodle alder
manic board of 1851, now in Canada, is
coming back to The city.
Among the 1850 immigrants landed this
morning from the Ems were llj Russians,
bound for Manitoba. where they viii found
Hu agricultural community.
Joseph hccks, late referee in the flack
divorce case. has rendered his resignation
o. the General Term a. an attorney and
counsellor at law. The General Term has
accepted the resignation.
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Norfolk and Western: second week, May,
1900. $l3l.3ll; l>s,, Slo5.N9J: increase, $2j.-
as. From January I, 1870. S2.2Ol, ,3SS; 1859,
3l.ejj.O>1; increase, 1866, 29.
Chesapeake and Ohio: second week,
May, 1899, Sl3i,9l9; 1859, Si00, ,ljl; increase,
So. i9j.
Louisville and Nashville: second week,
May. 1890, S3l5. 80; 1889. S3li. .l65. increase,
$50 Z6j. From July /. i-0O, $40. 4ss, 30; 1889,
4li.ljj.16l; increase. $2,oj2, i.0.
Brown Brothers * Co. have received n
cable from London announcing that the
issue made by Brown. >hipley a Co. of
c9g9l 9enaff 2Ia 6ssfhhyH HiEss'1ni iEss Interest S
on which is guaranteed 10y the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, was subscri-
bed for many time. over.
A DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL.
Among the distinguished visitors in the
city at present is the Bishop Of the Bahamas.
Dr. ChurlOn, whose wife died the other day as
tho steamer on which she WAS coming here
in search Of health reached this port. IL
Was 20 terrible shock tO her husband, who
accompanied her Bishop Potter olilciatcd
40 her funeral services, and she was buried
n Trinity Cemetery. Bishop thurt0n,
when first appointed 90 tn see Of the
bahamas. came over on his way to Nassau
ou the ill-iaied Oregon. The report reached
Nassau. which has no cable cOmmunica-
ton. that he with all other passengers had
been lost, and q memorial service was ar
ranged and was la progress some few days
later in the Nassau Cathedral when
Che good Bishop. who bad mean
while reached New York and taken
steamer from there to Nassau, walk
pd in. The memorial service became one Of
Thanksgiving. Two years ago last autumn
iho New York steamer in which Bishop
tlurtOn was again returning 10 Nassau
from his annual vacation trip tO England,
Was caught in "A fearful hurricane and near
ly lost. She was thFee days overdue nj Mas
-au and came into port just as second
memorial service % the Bishop was about
tO begin. Bishop ChurtOu', see, which en-
braces all tue islands Of the Bahama group,
c0mues him % make his yisitaiions IN "A
steam yacht and the coming OF the Bishops
yacat To- some of the remote "Out islands,"
as they are called. IL the great event Of the
scar to the islanders, almost all OF whom
are cOmmuucaut5 OF the Church OF Eng
land.
TRUSTING TO CHARITY.
The managers Of the Presbyterian Hos
pilal have decided 10 20 on at once with
the building Of the wing recently burned
down. without waiting for the collection Of
the funds needed for the purpose, but con
llently relying upon their friends and The
public 30 prOyi0e the means in time 20 pay
tor thc expenditures. The committee
charged With raising funds has secured
subscriptions to the extent of 100000 and
appeals % the public for the balance o. the
sum uceded-to meet the cost Of the new
hulldlngs. Slan.OOO ~ 500 O.O0N.