The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-07
FROM NEW YORK
Ex-President Cleveland Gaining New Adj
mirers-Other Gossip.

mirers-Dthcr to4~ip.
NEW YORK. February e.. Special.
Every one Of his admirers Is rejoicing a
the splendid figure eX-Presideut Cleveland
made at the Supreme Court centennial cele
bratiOn. I'm the absence of the President
and Cabinet he was. without doubt, the
centre OF the whole aiiair-nOt even over
shadOwed by The august bench 0f iursts
themselves. His culOgy of the court was
one Of his happicst efforts, and this passage
"ln the creation of the world the earth was
without form and void, and darkness was
upon the face of the deep. until God said.
Let there Doe light, and there was light In
the creation of a new nation our free nsti-
tutions We're without the form and symme-
metry of strength. and the darkness ot
hOpelessness brO0ded over the aspirations
of our people. until q light IN the temple of
justice and law, gathered from tue divine
fountain oi light, illuminated the
work Of the fathers OF the republic -
will surely live among the historic quota.
tiOns where strength Of thought and yig0r
of expression are % be- cited. At the grand
banquet he received an ovation. When
Rufus Ch0ate referred % him as "the man
who had given new meaning tO dom0cra-
cy and commanded the respect even OF Ai.
political enemies" cheer after cheer came
the man who had given adequate express
sion o. the patriotic emotion ior which the
great occasion called
Mr. Cleveland can well afford % treat
with contempt the puuy splicml attacks
made ON him In the New York sun. he is
the man Of the hour in bis party and grows
constantly in public favor outside of 10.
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
1870 Sjo2.O0O; 1879, Sii3,oO0; increase, $780,
600.
Louisville and Nashville Fourth week Of
January, $780, sj3j, 80; l,,J, Sils,l02, I'M
crease. SlG. ll3. Month of January, 1890
81 500, ,g20; 1889, Sl,@s,Si1; increase. Slll,-
0I3.
Mobile and Month of January.
1880. S292,Oi0: ls5l t2si2J2; increase,
SSH.
~. Louis, Arkansas and Fourth
week of January. 1890, Sl3l.2ll: lesg. SSH
9i3; increase, s4j.30i
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas
Month of January. $500, S35l,2Jl; 1850 ssj0,-
1856 increase, sllu,3ll.
statement New York Philadelphia and
Norfolk for year i'ay shows Gross, s01l,-
l52; increase. Si3,02j; expenses, $j2j. go;
increase, S6l.l~J. net earnings, SlD,Ol2;
decrease, Sls. 900.
The subscription 20 S500O.000 of Norfolk
and Western one .nuudrcd-ycar per cent.
bonds, offered by Messrs. Kuhn. Loeb 81 Co.,
at9ilz and interest, amounted 90 Si2. .OOO,O 900.
Kuhn, Loeb a. Go. announce that the allOi-
ments on these subscriptions viii be on the
basis Of about A. per cent
A PwIFUL CASH.
People living in tho neighborh0od OF 40.
Deb B. D.. U. d.
ul cries OF children in distress Yesterday.
several went In search of the uniOriunates.
and in a small apartment found Daisy
smith, aged four years, and her sister
Mary. aged two and talf years, huddicd TO-
gether in "A corner. Their mother was iu
the hospital. and their father had not been
home since Tuesday morning. The children
were starving, and there WAS no TIRE %
warm them. They were taken In charge
by the society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
70 Children,
MINOR ITEMS.
Politicians were ast0nished today 10 learn
that Mayor Grant had appointed Thomas
q. Grain as city chamberlain. % succeed
Richard Croker. Mr. Grain Is the Mayors
riyate secretary, and is only twenty-eight
years Old. Mr. Grain will receive about
$1,000 a year FROM bis new ONCE. out Of
this be viii have 10 pay his clerks salaries,
which will make his salary about $4,000.
The Mayor has appointed as the successor
0f Mr. Grain his great personal friend, ex-
judge Leicester HOlme. who Is tliay-dye
wears OF age and unmarried. This was an
other surprise iOr the politicians.
Rev. Dr. Talmage was given grand re-
cepti0n az the Brooklyn Academy of Music
tonight. lie is chaplain Of the Thirteenth
regiment Of the local militia, SD the soldiers
aud the church trustees united in a civil
aud military reception. Mayor Chaplin
presided and a number Of distinguished
speakers Joined IN the welcome. 10 which
the Rev. Or. Ialmage replied at length. The
ceremonies began with grand mount az
1880 l.. NJ. by the lalmagC Company. The
regimental baud furnished music for the
occasion,
schooners from Maine are now unloading
ice here. The prospects for "A crop on the
Hudson are dismal. IL was 13 degrees
here Yesterday before noon. it is stated
that there is much suffering north and south
OF Stuyyesant among the families Of men
who depend upon ice cutting for winter en-
pl0yment. These men ln zee summer work
at farming and bricemaAing.
The steamship City Of p.rs left Queens
town his alternoca for this city. she has
800 passengers. The vessel has been laid
% lne last few months Tor general over
hauling in tie Megsey docks, and her re-
appearance here with tuned up machinery
Is believed TO bee fresh attack on the record
of i've DAYS and nineteen odd minutes,
Mr.. ard Irs. Grover Cleveland are al
Cen.yt, y. y. 10 attend the Wedding 0f Mr
| Wis m ;. Bi-sell AR. ,ieyeland's formei
partner, and Mls. Louise sturgis, this even
/ ing, on their return trip TO New York aflel
NE ceremony they will journey With th'
hid. and groom,