The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-23
EXPOSITION BONDS.
Sew York City to Guarantee Them For
$4,000, ,OOO.-Other Matters.

$4,000, ,OOOS--Oth hattef-s
NEW YORK. January 81 Special FL
The Worlds Fair committee ON legls-
lation has sent in the legislative bill.
The bill is going 20 be rushed through
by means of the usual legislative eA-
edients in use when matters OF great
importance come up, and II IS llkely
that GOV. Hill will have an opportunity TO
sirn il within the week. There can be no
doubt that the measure is perfect
one. having been passed on and APP
proyed by some Of the ablest lawyers ina
New York. Speaking Of this question Mr..
Depew said: sThere is no doubt whatever
of the cOnstitmiOnalty Of the measure.
That ouestiOn has been gone over with the
utmost care by the corporation counsel
Eliber Root. eX-MayOr Hewitt and other
eminent.exp0unders OF the constitution.
and the bill is unassailable on constitutional
grounds" Among a lot Of other things, II
nroyides for the city Of New York guaran-
teeing so OOO. 900 exposition bonds, 10 be re-
deemed out Of the profits Of the undertake
inc the same as subscriptions by private in-
diyiduals will be repaid.
EXCITED COTTON MARKET.
II is beginning te be an interesting ques-
ton among the cotton men az 10 Where ana
when the present bulge is going to fetch up.
Since January the price OF cotton has adj
yanced about 10 per cent, or nearly one
cent a Mound. cOincidently with similar
rise i'm Liverpool and Manchester. All day
Yesterday the Cotton Exchange was IN
hubbub. and this morning 1t was more eN-
cited than ever. The pit boiled and seethed
with a frantic crowd Of brokers. Prices
AT the opening showed an advance
Of from seven TO fourteen points over yes
terday's closing figures. which were tue
highest yet recorded on the crop. On lne
first cali alone over 10000 bales were sold
and prices mounted up another three points
After the call there was sudden but only
temporary reyulsiOn, marked by drop OF
six pOints. This i'm turn was followed Dy
another quick rise nearly 10 the top opening
nrices. The near options lowered between
iO0O and III cents, while August touched
ll.22.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
superintendent Barton to-day obtained
warrants for the arrest Of Theodore ked-
wood. an engineer, and Charles illis' a
fireman, employed on the Long Island road
The two men were IN charge OF the tram
that left the depot at Long Island city YES
terday nj II O'Clock. About bali mile
from the railroad yard the track crosses "A
drawbridge over theD Dutch Kills creek, when
is about forty feet wide at this point. This
drawbridge was wide open, and the tram
onproached il at full speed. The
men i'm the cab were apparently
entirely unconscious Of danger. Inc draw
tender fortunately saw the engine ap-
preaching. and seeming 10 realize mat the
engineer Of the train was not attending 70
his duty. Jumped to his post ana began CLOS
ing the bridge. The cOw-catcher OF the en-
zine was not ten feet from the edge Oh the
/ draw when the bridge closed. 1t was
l A..
EXPRESSED il: ut was only hands breadth
/ from instant DEATH" The train ran on,
carving 10 their homes safely the hundred
/ or 80 passengers. who were all unconscious
/ OF the danger they had passed.
ALL SORTS.
The Brunswick Company has declared
II per cent. cash dividend, and VIII retire
/ 900 shares OF capital stock. lhe anhual
report shows a surplus Of cash assets Oh
| SloOOOO. after the retirement OF the STOCK
and payment Of dividend.
Two ex-COniederate officers called upon
and were entertained last evening by Mrs
General Grant at her residence on eas'
Sixty-sixth street. The meeting was puIeii
accidental. They were General John :
Nosby. the noted cavalry officer under Ten
/ eral 90 and General Cadmus Wilcox.
William Yonderleith, the man wh'
Welded up One-tbird Of his liie's blood III
| Bellevue Hospital that four semi-asphyN
lated blowers out Of gas jets might live, war
confined in RAYMOND street jail, Brooklyn
charged with burglary and stealing Da-
| ~ carnenters' tools. NOnderleith's sell
sacrifice went unrewarded, and week ag'
he was discharged from the hospital, cufet
of the disablement which Obliged him 10 =
there in October, but penniless, iriendles'
and homeless.
BRITISH CAPITAL N AMERICA.
The protectionists seems determined q
solya the tariff problem themselves. lh'
whole issue OF the last campaign was the CT.
against England and English manniactuf
ars. The syndicate promoters are chahgihi
All that before 1892. The house Of samue
Tntermeyer. Of this city. had carried on IN
negotiations for most Of the enterprises
which. il is computed, already amount =
Ss25 1000 within the past eightee
months. In this month alone ~
OOO.OOO have been placed. Beside
the numerous breweries, mines AN
lands the English syndicate nav
taken up the great Washburn and flllsDur
. flour mills i'm Minnesota flor which SlO,oov
, was paidl. various tobacco and cigar lact'
ries, including the Henry Clay and AlF.
rez cigar factories the Eastman FORK faci
. ing Company tS3,OO0,W0), the Otis ste'
COMPANY ($i i,5OO,O ,OOO). together win nuune
Gus steel and iron works, rolling mills an
l blast furnaces. Negotiations for the eightee
: leading distilleries of Kentucky have ais
A heen concluded, giving the English synd
r cate the control Of the well-known brands
E Kentucky whiskies. A large cotton Ia Tor
e In New England, and leading pump el