The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-02
TIE NICARAGUA CANAL.
MEETING OF THE COMPANY IN
NEW YORK YESTERDAY.

rhe Work Eepcrted ~ Progressing "a
xorabl,-Directors and On'cers Eieeted-
All s.r,. of Items Prom the Metropolis
of America.
NEW YoRN. May Especial. The Ne
car,gua Canal Company held IT. annual
meeting Of stockholders to-day at It's oi'ico
number A Wall street. Among those p res
2nt were Hiram Hitchcock. president OF the
eompanvs senator Warner Miller, president
of the Canal Construction Company; Ad-
m,ral Ammen, Judge Charles L. paiy' eN-
Senator Joseph +. Mcdonald, OF Indiana,
pr. II. q lyman. Minister from Nicaragua,
II. l.. llotehkiss p,l,,loseps Bryan.
frtff rHE PRESIDENTS REPORT.
The president read hi- report giving u
general history OF the progress oI the work
during the wear. lie stated that all the
difficulties with Nicaragua had been sats-
fsctoriiy settled. and that that gnNernmcnt
had approved the plans oi work. lne cash
i...ue oi one million dollars required by the
I-nited states charter had been made, and
work had begun in good earnest ON ihe nhe
of the canal. \ large accumulation OF
material had been made. At crcNtown
s,orehouses and hospitals had been con-
structed. and 600 feet OF breakwater. fafts
of the san Juanella. the San Francisco, ana
Dascado rivers had been cleared out FOR
dredees. which were at WORK. seventy
miles of telephone and telegraph lne- nave
been constructed, and broad gauge ran,
road has commenced, and parity hiiu 10 Na
the construction.
NEW DIRECTORS ELECTED.
The terms Of five dircCiors having expired,
Messrs. Joseph Bryan. Hiram Hitchcock,
James Roosevelt. Thomas Il. Atkins ana
DR.. II. Guginan, on behalf OF Nicaragua
were elected for three years.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
At the directors meeting held Immediate
" after the stockholders had adlourh.u' bie
following officers were elected: nifam
Hitchcock. president; Charles T. nMy'
yice-president and Thomas u. A'si"s'
secretary and treasurer.
RAILROAD NEWS.
Comparative statement Of earnings and
eNpenses, Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company. for three months ended March
81: Gross. 1890. 81. .ll3.f 1859, fl2li,Jls'
increase. SlIl, lj5. Operating .Npenss.ss'
1890 S952. 100: iSs9 SS21 ,'es; increase. Sl2i,-
192. Net. 1880. Si9o,G6l lSeo, Silo.Jso; IN
Earnings: East Tennessee. virginia ant
...s
Georgia. third week OF April. 1880, flU',ioi
1889. 81, $50; increase. SIG. 100.
ALIrrLE GLOBE IKorfrR.
Little Robert Fairlie il two years old, and
resides with his parents al No. east fofil-
first street. fl Is probable thai no other
child has Travelled 80 many miles 'r ma
such experience ~ Robert. lie was born
in Singapore India. and his godfather -
the SULTAN Abbouckcr. Mahar1lfs x 10
hore. of the Malay Peninsula. the emu
speaks Malay, English and is'nt H. and
la. inst completed voyage Of l~."N miles.
Ills parents lived in Johorc for i've years.
GENERAL MENTION.
The Britannia to-day landed LIS iialians,
the largest load 80 tar.
The viii Of Matlby q. Lane. which was
contested by his son, Richard II. Lane. Was
broken by "a Jury to-day, before Judge Daiy,
IN the court Of Common Pleas. Lane dltd
July lst. lSs9, M the age Of seventy -siN
Years. leaving lby which he gave SUD
.iauiially his entire es.ate Ia ms wlaVN,-.
whom he had married ten months PRIOR W
his death. The estate was valued at
$l.OJO.00o. lie was well known IN baiu-
more and Washington.
Fireman John l.. Walker, OF ihes ma'i-oi-
war "Entcrprise.' has brought SUIT axalhsc
Commander Mctalla 10 recover fl',""
damages for injuries. Walker claims mat
while he was tied and gagged and bound
with ironNhains. McCalla struck HIM thr,e
times with the sharp edge Of sword. he
now suffers frOm il-. 49,,
Mary Bowie died mt her home. 2i3 east
Eighty-eighih street, aged lvJ years. She
was a co.orod woman born in Mary land,
and had lived i'm this city for forty years
Harry {. Raymond, stage carpenter AT
the Union square Theatre, New ork. nt-
tempted suicide at his home. Maple race,
i'm sing sing village, this morning, ahout
1890 O'Clock. An officer had just served
warrant upon him on the charge OF biganiy.
he went 10 bedroom OstensibIy to get MS
coat. and shot himself near the Heart: Kay
mond is about ioriy-iiye years old. lie II
Nirginian. lie served during the war III
the Confederate cavalry. He was cut down
from his horse in a battle, and has since
had a biz scar on his chin.
Judge Wallace to-day rendered adcclsloh
ordering the payment 10y eXjudge Henry
Hilton. Of So. .l22, t.. satisfy Judgment oD-
tainej by The French glove firm, of fartine
A Co.. i'm the French courts, against \. j.
stewart Il Co.. for goods furnished mat
firm as importers, which Judgment Juds'
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