The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-08
LATEST BEYOND SEAS.
THE LONDON TIMES ON THE
AMERICAN FAMINE FUND.
The Move Characterized as AN Ingenious
EiectioneerIng Soheme-Death Of "A
Noted Divine-The Tipperary Cases
Current Foreign Events.


Especial TO The Times by Dunlap Cable Co.
LONDON, Oct. IA leading article in
the London Times this morning says The
promoters Of that ingenious bit Of cleo
tioneering, the American Irish Famine
Fund Committee, are not unnaturally
ruflled at the detection Of their very simple
plan. The brief notices we publish to-day
Of come Of the more prominent patrons Of
that .ingle-eyed charity. show hoN fully
justified was our description of these phil
anthropists as politicians and journalists.
Ex-Presdent Cleveland IL, Of course, the
most eminent Democratic candidate for the
presidency. Ex-President Hayes is at
present out Of politics, but would dearly
love TO be in again. Depew was a candidate
for the Republican nomination in 1883, and
is well known 10 be in training for that Of
1892. Colonel Shepard, who manages De
pew's organ among the press IS quantity
described as that gentleman's political pro-
moter, and a notorious wire pulier. As 10
thret. the representative Of Tammany. no
more need be said TO inform the mcrcst tyrO
IL American politics that he is an active
political intriguer. Phillips II the editor OF
"A straigntOut party paper. Belmont Is
heavy contributor TO campaign funds and
the father of well known politician. while
Redpath as we anticipated, is the eminent
advocate of murder by dynamite.
The precpitate beneyOlence Of this nom
political committee seems for the present 20
have caused good deal Of embarrassment
TO Mr.. Parnelrs friends. They want money,
it is true; they even need money for the re-
lief of the starving, but as Mr.. llealy's re-
marks last night showed they also want
the spending of the dollars TO rest exclusive
ly in their own discriminating hands. To
collect money for all who are distressed
may possibly subserye the political ends of
American Democrats; but such fund VIII
be hindrance and not a help to the cham
piOns Of the plan Of campaign. They have
already intimated their desire 10 receive
the funds raised by Mr.. Redpath and his
friends and considering the present dis0r-
ganized state of Irish parties in America.
il may be Interesting 10 see what steps they
take TO capture it," During the course of
the article the Times refers 10 y. VI.
Lafian, the treasurer of the fund, as "thc
manager of the New York sun ana re-
markably clever man."
sUDDRN DEATH OF AN EMINENT DIVINE.
The Rev. Henry White. -. d., for thirty
years chaplain Of the Chapel Royal savoy.
and for many years chaplain Of the House
Of Commons a great favOrite Of the Queen.
and very popular man with all classes OF
the community, especially with the Amcr-
cans visiting the city, many Of whom De
married in the Chapel ROYAL. was found
dead i'm his bed at 10 o'clock this morning.
lie was fifty-siX years old. The cause of
his death was probably due to heart dis
ease.
IMPRISONED FOR DEBT.
Mr.. l.. r. ChabOt, the secretary Of tine
Pelican ClIb, was committed to-day a.
prison for twenty days for failure 70 pay
his irOnmOnger's account for 80.
INTERESTING FORGERY CASE.
In the Bov-street Police Court to-day
Maud Yates, aged twenty-eight. WAS
charged by Edmund Yates, proprietor Of
the World, with forging and uttcring a
check in his name fos one hundred pounds
sterling. W. W. Yates dcposed that the
prisoner was the wife of his son Frederick,
but had lived apart from him for some time.
When they separated he, the witness, had
allowed the prisoner two hundred pounds
per year. payable in weekly amounts Of
four pounds, the payment being made by
checks prior to September DIST last. On
that date the witness started for a trip
abroad, and left with his secretary num-
Der OF blank checks, with directions that
they be filled in for four pounds each, and
forwarded 10 the prisoner weekly. The Sec
retary inadvertently dispatched one OF these
checks in blank to the lady, who
promptly changed the date from September
22d TO 2Oth, filled it i'm for 100 pounds and
presented it at the bank, where il was duly
hOnOred. On cross examination Mr.. Yates
testified that there was no necessity for "a
separation between the prisoner and her
husband, The allowance he made was vol
unfairly, and the prisoner had iIcquentl
written the witness asking for money TO
save her furniture from seizure and upon
various other preteXts. The witness said
he had done every thing in his power for the
prisoner. and considered her present Oilense
ungrateful. IL gas not claimed that the
prisoner had made any attempt 10 initiate
the handwriting of the plaintiff, and she had
SAID 10 the officer who arrested her that
she had received the check already signed,
and that she had merely written i'm the
amount and changed the date, neither OF
which constituted forgery. The prisoners
solicitor said that the question TO be decided
was whether or not Mrs. Yates acted undT'
the honest belief that she was entitled to
ill in the check for the amount she did. and
that. OF course, was mattertO be discussed
before jury. The prisoners solicitor then
asked for bail for his client, which the
magistrate SIdnttUs anu dcOrplcu wv SUN
ties in the sum of 100 each.
INTERNATIONAL LITERARY CONGRESS.
The third sitting Of the International Lit
erary Congress was held today. The sec
retary, Mr.. Jules Semina, regretted the de-
feat of the Copyright bill last May, which
was due, he said, to two cause.-the hatred
of England and the antagOnism Of the East
ern and Western States. He concluded
by expressing his fear that there was
very little hope OF an immediate settlement
of the matter Count Rerolry found the re-
port too gloomy, as Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Harri-
son, Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. Reed. and most of
the authors, artists, and publishers favored
the bill. II the members who were absent
had voted, the bill would have passed. a
fresh bill will be discussed in December and
will undoubtedly pass.
PATHS NEW THEATRE