The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-05
MORMON Immigrants.
One I'uwired and Twenty Arrive In New
York.

NEW YORK, June Especial. The
steamship Wisconsin, from Liverpool. to-
day brought TO Mormons en- route to
Utah under the leadership Of Elders Wiley
and Prirdie. Inspector NulhOlland has Oh
taned The name and address Of each
Of the Normon- youched for by the agents
OF The Guian steamship Line, and Elder
Wiley, 80 that the question aS to whether
they are contract labOrefs may be decided
by the courts. and il the decision he allirma-
tive. taey will all be- sent back To- Europe.
The sixty-iirsi annual session Of the Re-
formed Pfcsbyicrian Synod was opened this
morning at The Second Reformed i'resby-
terian Church, -, west Ihrty-ninth
street. ono hundred and sixty members
were present, representing as many
churches in the United States and
Canada. and many more arrived dur
ing the day. The meeting was OPEN
ed with prayer. which was followed by
the election ni ihe hey.'n. II. Collier. Of
Winchester, Kan. n moderator; the Rev.
X. j. Geoygc. Beaver Falls. Penn. clerk.
aud i'se Res. G.. ID. Trumball. OF Morning
,.tig. Iowa. assistant clerk. The Sith ses-
sion Oi the general synod OF the reformed
church opened 40 Asbary Park to-day.
Tue first Of the four biz 10 inch breech
loading rifles which are to 20 in the turreis
Of the monitor Miantonomah, now in pro-
cess OF coaplc:i0n at the navy yard, has
reached the yard. This gun IL the first OF It's
size that has been made complete in the
United States. II was cast at the Wash
inglOn fouuury and tested az Annapolis.
The three other guns for the MIanionomah
have not been finished yet. the big piece
of ordnance IS N feet long. and weighs 2sl
tons. It's carriage weighs - tons. The
shell used weighs ~ pounds. 80 pounds Of
compressed powder being the quantity ot
explosive for its propulsion. The gun is
effective at miles. and at I miles. accord
inc 10 the statement Of an ordnance officer
ai the yard. viii pierce % inches Of steel.
The VIII Of Miss Mary 4 Edison. Just
filed for probate. divides large part OF her
estate among societies and institutions con-
nected with the Protestant Episcopal
Church. The whole amount so boqueathed
is s2l0.oo0 in addition to her home. No. y
east Seventeenth street. which Il left 10 the
Protestant Episcopal Missionary Society.
Her brother. Marmmt B. Edison. is the only
heir and next Of kin. he receives the IN
come oi ono-tnird on the RESIDUE ot the es-
tate tor life, with power to dispose Of the
principal by will. Bishop Potter receives
$4,000, the Rev. DR.. ". Il. Huntington SlO,-
900, the Rev. William B. Edson 5000, the
Rev. George Francis Nelson $1,000, and the
Rev. William Paret $500. Lizzie Evans.
who has been a servant in the family ten
years. receives $4,000.
The annual parade OF the Brooklyn sun
day-SchO0l Union took place to-day. II j.
estimated that oyer go 600 children were IN
the ranks. This dcmCnsiraiiou has no de-
uOminaiionil significance. and II not con-
fined to any particular section of the Pro-
tcstant religion. II is simply and solely
t.v of tnpry rfutiniGrguege Gf Youthful
pleasure ana general sOciaity, and all
evangelical denominations throw them
selves heartily into the good work and vie
with each other in their efforts D. make the
occasion q piealant one lor tne young peo-
ple. Tho clorVmcn Of the different
churches take personal part in the pro-
ceedings and lend their aid TO the committee
Of arrangements in carryngout their plans.
The parade was. as usual. reviewed by the
Mayor, the president Of the board OF educa-
tiOn, the president Of the sunday
Union. ii4c grand MARSHAL, the president OF
the YOUNG Icn's Christian Association, the
pastors Of the churches composing the dNi-
sion and TIE invited guests.
4 training school i0r dcaconesses is TO
be established. di1iniug Grace Church, on
Broadway. The term will be for two years.
An ehOrl viii thus DE made TO revive the
ancient eaice Of deac0ness.
At noon today ihe thermometer recorded
$50 degrees. aun at d O'Clock ~ degrees.
The humidity was 80 per cent. II has been
the hottest day of june in twenty years.
The annual report Of the New York and
iirooal.n bri4He i,-uCd TO-DAY, -Nes the
total receipts from TOLLS for the fiscal year
ending June Isl as sl,91s, 81 .Ol, an increase
Of Sll3.1JiO2 over the previous year.
Mr.. ira l.. Thurher. Of Ihurber. Whyland
I l. 4 Inv HI Ia
lie was born in syracuse. New York. sixty
two years ago. and has ull his life been en-
gagged in tie Touring farinaceOus food busi-
ness. lie haa i0f many years Oeen a men,
Der Of the New York lh0duce Exchange.
The " hiic star steamship Majestic arri-
we'd this afternoon from Liverpool in six
days. four hours and lory-siN minutes. OF
thi,ty-hye ninuies better ,aan previous
records. Smong her passcagels was Sir
Roger Palmer, Cne 0f the lialaklaYa heroes.
She had "A rough passage. and reports nay
Ing passed liiteen iccbergs on the afternoon
ol June lst.
Douglas Green formerly of the firm OF
Green y hitemau, nnl Wen 90 Europe
with Mrs. >nell McCrea, was suspended TO-
day from the Stock Exchange i0r falling to
give notice OF his inability to meet his con-
tracts.
Two Young ladies visited DR.. Paul Gibior,
at his pasieur Institute this morning. \
pet dog toImentrd by tho hcathad turned up
on ts mistress with snap at the hand. The
latest patient at the Institute il Dir. stephen
COnklng, OF Morris rlains, = IT,, who was
bitten By a biz -. Bernard doc on >atur-
day. The animal was killed, and the
massive head was sent To Dr.
Gibier who al once turned it over
10 the American etelmaly College in west
Fiity-ninth street, where il will be used To
inoculate smaller animals in order 10 de-.
termne whether the dog was mad or not.