The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-02
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The Green McCrea scandal Revivivus'
Death of a Centenarian-tsailroad News
Town Topics and all Sorts OF Gossip
From Gotham.
NEW YORK. April l.. Special. The Board
Of Excise sent its annual report to Mayor
Grant to-day. Itappears from the report that
the number oflicensed places is :, ,ss5.oi which
there are lOs hotels, lj4 second-class hotols,
5,sJ7 regular saloons, l,40O beer saloons, l52
restaurants. and any-siN are steamboats,
plying in the harbor The grocery and
liquor business has greatly increased. The
number of licenses issued this year being
1.09s against 97l last year. The receipts
for licenses during the past year was 81, 49,
TO. an excess Of $lg,3j0 over the receipts Of
the previous year.
DEATH OF A CESTENARfAN.
Isaac Winner died yesterday at 40 East
Fifty-eighth street. at the advanced age OF
100 wears. 1 month and II days.
lie was born in Germany, and was
retired Hebrew Rabbi.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Hugh W. Collender. the billiard table
manufacturer. died this morning at his
home. No. East Eighty-sixth street, from
kidney disease.
GREEN-MCRAE.
4 cablegram from London says that
Douglas Green and Mrs. Smell McCrea. who
ran away to Europe after marriage az
Old Point Comfort. in which colored
preacher played "A conspicuous part, are at
swords points, and an eruption rs likely 10
take place at any moment. The reports
that Green is irving 10 come 10 some ar
rangement with his relatives by which he
can return 10 this city are verified to-day.
A friend Of the family states that II 1reen
should reach New York he would be clted
TO appear for an examination into his mental
condition, and there is good ground Tor
thinking that he would stop while M
Rloomingdale ft is not altogether un-
likely that Mrs. Green, who is now stopping
with her brother-in-law In savannah VIII
seek a release in the divorce court. IL Is
said that Mrs. smell McCrea Will shortly re-
turn 10 this country. and as she Las gained
sufficient nOtOriety. will no doubt follow out
the programme laid out for her and be-
come an actress, and elevate the stage ac-
cordingly.
RAILROAD NEWS.
Comparative statement Of earnings and
expenses OF East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia. for month of January .-'iross, Sou2'-
f7l. 1890: SiG7 .G34. 1880; Sl34,54O increase.
Operating expenses. 1888. li3. 1870; SSj I'D,
lSsg. S3542 decrease. Net. S26s, AGO. ls9O;
Sl30.3I9. 1850: SlS,0sl increase. Taxes,
$50. .2gj. 1890: $79,144. 1850: S2s, $40 decrease.
surplus, S2ls. 165. 1890; S5l, ,235, lsS9; Sloo,-
$50 Increase. July toJanuary 3l;-nrosS'
s. $780, pa 1890; 50, l6j.0s2, ls'v; 5000, lo- IN
crease. Operating expenses. -. lv2, ~, ,
$500. - 120T76. 1889: S12, llj increase. Net
earnings, 81 1874, ,3j2, 1880; Sl.OH,3O, les';
Sjg3.Oi6 Increase Taxes. Sl22,Jl3, 1870;
SlOsO3 1889: Si9.94O increase. surplus,
$I.5il.579. 1890; S9il.273 1850: S5l3,3o6 IN
crease. Third week March, Slll.Di, lotOi
SIG. .i2j. 1889: l.J29 increase. Three weeks
March. S3G6, ,524. 1890; S3j2,34I, 1883; SAIL
increase.
Under the terms Of the lease Of the re-
Organized kanawha Improvement Com
pany and the kanawha and ono kailfoau
To- the Chesapeake and ONO Railway COM
pany, the latter company guarantees the M
terest on the new four per cent bonds 10 ne
issued. when the reorganization IS com
pleted. The Chesapeake and Ohio also
agrees TO care for the leased property, and
10 pay over the first two per cent. after nXed
charges have been met. Whatever sum
mav be earned in excess of these amounts
is to be equally divided between the two
companies.
TOWN TOPICS.
The arrivals at Castle Garden during the
first quarter Of the year indicate that we
are going 10 receive another heavy exodus
from Europe. In January s.lOl immi-
grants were landed at the Garden. During
February l4.23s arrived. and the month that
ends to-day brought to MS 29,33J. Ihey
came from all the nations Of Europe.
During the three months 5l,6l4 immi-
grants were registered and passed into this
country. In the corresponding months OF
last wear 40 $50 were landed.
The increase Of immigration in the first
quartar Of the year exceeds that Of the cor
responding quarter of last year by ll,3sJ
arrivals
BROOKLYN BRIDGE BREAKS.
Last night the cable the Brooklyn bridge
broke lust at the busiest hour. What de-
Law i'm the traffic Of that great span now
means, can be seen at a glance at the follow
ing figures: At present an average OF llV'
OuO persons pass over the bridge every day
On the cars. and lO,OOOOn foot; 5000 vehicles
pass over every day. On the last f0ggy day
the cars carried 10000, and the largest
number they ever carried was $4,000. The
Greatest rush is between j:3e and $50 !.
NJ. when l2,Ooe an hour are carried on the
cars. Ia the morning 10000 an hour are
carried. The traffic across the bridge, OF
course. continues all night, hut signs OF a
new day are noticed about hali-past or .
A. NJ, when the butchers carts begin TO