The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-07
VOL. V.---NUMBER 1,539.
THs NEWS SUMMARY.

Forecast for Virginia and North Carroll ma +.
colder and clearing weather.
Mrs Mary r. HobSon died.---The East End
q IN club held a meeting.--Mr. Frank u.
Patrick's will was probated.-Mr. Murphy
lec,ured on temperance.--A Fulton W. c..
7. L. branch was organized.
VIRGINIA.
The BOARD OF Directors OF the Danvllle and
East tennessee railroad held an important
meeting and elected officers In Danvile yes
terlay Leaf tobacco breaks In Danville
have bccn smaller than for several year past
Charles 4. Buike, chief clerk OF tho Po'o-
mac steamboat Company In Norfolk, has
mvstcfiously disappeared. lie is short IN his
accounts-Thc Petersburg police have new
xniforms.-The Roman Catholic mission al
II Ioseph's church. in Petersburg, will close
tor,iav--lt is reported that the father OF
Mrs. ajors made an attempt oshoot waiter
Johnson while he was being taken TO MOTTO
way Courthouse "A colored man named
Henry steel was killed on the Norfolk and
western Railroad between Disputanta and
Wavorly yesterday.
WASHINGTON.
clerk Mcrherson. after giving all the ad-
v.oiares possible 10 the Republican parry
- the roll OF the next House OF Repie-
,.,,,.,ives stand: 23i Democrats. IS Repub-
,,.,,s and : Farmers Alliance men
,,...,,soptative Wicker has introduced free
.,tver coinage bill-Ihe virginia delega-
,,on has as vet. agreed on no programme re-
,erling an applrti0nmenl biH.
NEw YORK.
ri,, Radical wing OF The Irish party in New
>,rE are rcioiced. while The Conservative
clement are decidedly dubious over Parnells
emitting away from his English allies.-Ed-
ward H. Armidoun Of the house Of Ammi-
down smith. New York, has made an as
sieninent.-The well known cotton mouse
ofV. & A. Meyer 4 Co.. New Orleans, has
filei New York banks are not taking out
Clearing House certificates for the benefit OF
MAIL street.-A seml-official representative
ofihe New York Health Board has gone to
Germany to study koch's method.-Ihe
.eesno reunion Of the New York southern
society was held last Thursday evening"
Interest In succi. the faster, Is growing.
FOREIGN
parnelI will gain victory by carrying his
leadership nght into politics.-The star,
a home-ruie paper Of London, says the
Irish situation looks gloomy.-Mr. Glad
stone will not recognize the Irish as long as
p,ypeu is their leader in the Irish Par
ramentg-meeting party forty-five members
followed Justin Mccarthy out Of the commit
teo-rOOIn.
GENERAL.
The immense cotton house Of V. a
uevers, of New Orleans. failed yesterday for
s1b roo 0oO.-At the session Of the Farmers
Alliance yesterday. Livingstone made a
,omplaint Of the information furnished by
rbc crop statlstician.
BRIEF TELEGRAMs
Aocntle,nan who has Just returned from
urItisi Columbia states That he has been In
vesiigafing the prevalence OF leprosy III that
Province and found that while IN lhe cltles
fnere are only one or TWO cases. the disease
visits to a very considerable extent among
me Indian tribes - whom II has been COM
municated through the Chinese.
secretary Dickinson. Of The Massachusetts
Nla.d 0f Education, has been engaged Dy Ihe
tnsi. sh tis verDment 10 visit the island OF Ja-
-,otea IN Feb uary for the purpose or hOidl'
"a t.eeners' Institute, which is 10 continue
Tan days and be attended by scnOOl Yea hets
nom an patte OF the Island. MI Dickinson
viii take with him one or more Mnssachu
hNllh NHllNNl 'AAteNt fN-'r'-N'N
FMS wOrk.
President LvmOn j. Gage. Of the Columbian
Vruos,tion. saws that no attempt VIII be lnede
10 aoqf me newly authorized lssus or So.OOO.-
OOO for af least SIX or nine months. before
No snail catl on the fund, he continued. I'VE
will suend S3UlO. 900 out OF S5,OOO,OOO ckpl-
tal stock. Afer that We viii cali upon our
civ reserve mnd. hut not until III is absolute
" utcf gsaTv. fN thls mple htaIly ycAi
interest will he saved
t.-,.t.f, ras4fvat In Wall street from
london says: There is a heavy demand mere
for gold ffOm New York, and the hrsI SNIP
Ineut has lust been announced Two hunuieu
and nfiy thousand dollars In gold was lOr-
warded yesterday by steamer Majestic; con-
Aligned u Messrs. Seligman Co.. New oik.
IN is probable that additional parcels VIII De
shipped next week
Cardinal Gibb ms will preach to-day oa the
occasion Of the TededicatiOn OF the Pltispuig
cathedral Rev John L. Whelan, the seere
fgrv OF the Cardinal. alone accompanied MN
frofn Baitimore. At Harrisburg. however,
Archbishop RYAN. Of Philadelphia, and the
Bsnop ri Harrisburg VII JON Ills EmlnehG,e, ,,'a
Archbishop RYAN. "ihe Chrysostum OF the
Hierarchy will preach the sermon al the SOL
enu NeAper sefNlcc.
\ bill has been introduced In the state
legislatufe Of rOutb Carolina providing Tor
seuraie cars Tor the RACES, and II is likely 10
pass.
Three boilers In Byers & Co.'s saySmill, at
Columbia. Penn, exploded yesterday morn
ing. completely demOlishing the bOiler-hOuse
and terribly scalding ID. FOrsey and Christian
a .er, the fremen-
The strike Of the yardmen on the Baltimore
and DitIO road, at 1lttsDutsf IL useuihihs
threatening aspect
Messrs Dillon, O'Brien, and the other irish
euycys have absolutely abandoned Their
tour and will iobaoly take passage for Lon
don next " ednesday,
~orth state NoteA.