The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-30
ENDORSING CLEVELAND.
Matters Of Interest 10 the Country De-
veloped in the Metropolis.

ENDORSING CLEVELAND.
Matters Of Interest TO the Country De
veloped in the Metropolis.
NEW YORK, January 29.-lspecial. r
After long and bitter partisan wrangle
the Senate at Albany to-day ignored tn,
Assembly bill and passed its own bill fOl
the Worlds Fair. This included the twenty
two new Republican names added by Bos'
Platt 20 the commission. The Democrat,
made number Of attempts 10 kill the
amendment, but after series Of strictly
partisan defeats they voted for the bill un
der protest. II was carried By - tC
3. Mr.. Platt's latest move in thf
fair matter has caused general indig.
nation. There never had been any tall
Of politics in the committee. until Mr.. Platt
Z introduced it, and now that he has made
! the committee satisfactorily Republican,
through the efforts Of his Lieutenant, Fassett.
/ the committeeman who do not give a rap
/ for politics. and who have been labOring fOr
New NOrk's interests, are asking them.
selves if this whole affair ls not
going 10 degenerate into political
scramble Republicans and Democrats
alike are disgusted with the new turn of
affairs Men of such widely different poll
tics as Corporation Counsel Clark and
Elihu Root agree that this introduction Of
politics into the fair matter will
hurt New lorks prospects and pos
sibly send the fair 10 some other city,
The Fair bin may go through the Legisla-
iure, but the seeds Of dissensiOn sOWn By
the republican boss are likely 10 bear fruit.
even il Congress awards the fair 10 New
York. At any rate, the political fight will
give Chicago and Washington o good argu-
mout AGAINST this CITY
DEMOCRATS MEET.
A special meeting OF the Nineteenth As
sembly District County Democracy general
committee was held tonight. The first gun
Of the Grover Cleveland campaign Of 1892
was fired in the shape OF resolutions
setting forth that be is the unanimous
choice Of the County Democracy.
of the Nineteenth assembly district. for the
Presidency In 1892, and that il is imperative
that he shall be the Democratic Standard
bearer, and that the battle for tarin reform
shall still 20 on. Resolutions also were
adopted indOrsing the saXtOn ballot reform
bin,
Richard Van Cott, the son Of the post
master. was this morning appointed cashier
of the pOstOfiice in the place u IOunsbery
the defaulter and suicide. The sOndsmen
Of the dead man think his estate will more
than pay the deficit
ASINsANE SUICIDE.
Mrs. Ann Galley Benson, fifiy-seyen years
old. who has been insane for the past fifteen
years. committed suicide early this morn
ing at Der husbands undertaking shop,
Fulton street, Brooklyn, by drinking halt a
pint Of embslming fluid.
The double funeral Of IL. AllstOn Shackel-
ford. United States consul 10 Nantes,
France, and his wife, who died within four
days Of each other in that city, took place
at the Church Of the Redeemer to-day. Mr..
sbackellord was a native Of south Caro-
lima.
SEIZURE or DRESS LABELS.
Two packages Of dress labels, bearing
the name Of the P0simaster-General, have
been seized as smuggled goods in the post |
office. The seized ribbons were done /
Ip in two packages, each containing /
four rolls Of ribbon. In which were woven, /
'' John Wanamaker, costumes. Phila- /
ielpha." They were manufactured by the /
German Artistic Weaving Company Of sax /
)ny, Germany. and were addressed 20 /
AGOlph kluge, 100 Franklin street, New /
ok. the agent Of the company in this city /
Mr. buge, who has been two years the /
agent Of the company, told reporter /
his morning that the ribbons we're intended /
ls belts for ladies' skirts, and that he had
received an order from Nr Wanamaker for
4 biz consignment Of these labels some time
ago. lie said: 81 would have been willing
20 pay duty on the samples seized II had
Known that il was against the law 10 send
hem by mail, but ! have been getting
hem this way all along. and had no trouble
about 10 until nOw." Dsinterested officials
'ay that il was a mighty unfortunate thing
or somebody that the cust0m-hOuse inspec-
or ai the p0stoiice should nave bit upon
Ot of the pOstmaster-generals "trade mark'
FOODS, when he thought he was unearthing
! gigantic fraud upon the government.
ODDS AND ENDS.
II is announced that the alleged Wash
ngt0n relics and old furniture sold from
be Jumel mansion were all bogus. The
.onuiHe furniture bad been taken out Of the
Iouse years ago. suits are threatened in
10 is not usual i'm New York to see ripe
hawked about the streets In
January, but that is what could be wit
Iessed yesterday. Evidently the weather
n the South has been as proportionately
dvancod a. 10 is here,
The Bnai Birth Convention had a meet
ne yesterday, at which the subject of
optional endowment was left 10 the COM
littee Of nine. The secretary read his re-
T.
ear there had been 237 limitations, ll9 sus-
ensions. 1872 deaths, s,O32 contributing
lembers, SO persons assisted, Sll 900 spent
b assistance. $1,000 given in donations and
reserve fund in hand Of s3,4,0QO. The
elegates 20 be present at the convention 10
axe place at Richmond, "a, in June were
ext elected. Thirty in all were appointed,
nth Myer Helmann AS president, The
resent membership OF District No is
.O37, an increase Of 20l within the past
ear. There was paid out during the year:
or sick benefits, Sll,llI72; for donations,
:. POO: for burial expenses. S3,oOl46; for en-
owments, Slij,l7l.4G; for homes and :
svlums, Sl2076.46, making a total Of Sl16- ,
1920. There is a balance in the treasury !
sos, 2lI.l2 The endowmenl nnd surplus ,
1919, Iyl,is. !
RAILROAD NEWS.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad is ne
otiating for the purchase Of an interest in [
be roads running from Washington City to I
uanticO. A new line is 10 be constructed |
ON the latter point 10 G0rdonsyille, Va. h
'hich Will give the G. x o.. "A direct line 7
ON the Mississippi river TO the capital. {
The directors ~ the IOuissllle and Nash a
lie Railroad Company have decided 10 u
sue the $4,000, 900 stock authorized at the D
lst annual meeting, for the purpose Of re- c
eeming the SIS per cent. tIuss bonds ana c
.her obligations bearing interest, and to O
Her the new stock the shareholders at ~ {
er cent. The entire success Of the plan, d
y the taking of aH the stock, has been {
uaranteed by a syndicate represented by d
ubn, Loeb 4 Co., Sew York; Ernest Cas- II
u, London; " ef;heim a Gompertz. Am Il
erdam: and including in New York.
mong others, August Belmont a Co., l..
ON Hoffman, q Co., speyer a Co., and J.
+. Rr0bst a Co.: in London, the Roth a
.hilds, *. Raphael s sons, and Speyer Bro h
Iers. The negotiation OF lhis Increased \
Ock results in saving Of 100000 pel an u
lm in fixed charges, being interest on trust n
lnds, and a further reduction Of sinking h
md obligations 10 the amount Of 100000 h
.r annum. |,
canada LOYAL to the Queen. r
OTTAWA, ONr., January 2J.-The House !.
Commons today unanimously adopted 5
IA Of 80. 10 Tho | "a