The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-22

Items Of Interest From Our Exchanges of
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
The Experimental Board OF Engineers Of
the navy have been conducting some minor
yet interesting tests OF petroleum fuel at the
navy-yard in the last few days The tests
have been principally to obtain the specific
gravity. to determine the fash point and also
the burning point. 1t is intended TO make
more exhaustive tests soon, To determine
upon its relative value with coal in the matter
of safety economy and its qualities of heat
for generating steam.
EPIscoPALIANIsM IN BROOKLYN.
The official record of the last annual con-
veution of the Protestant Episcopal diocese
Of Long Island is made public to-day. and
shows plainly why Brooklyn IS called the
City of Churches. There are only six churches
of this denomination in Kings county outside
of Brooklyn. Two of this six are barely kept
mp. while the other four have small congrega-
tons.
According to the parochial reports there are
forty three Protestant Episcopal churches
and missions in Brooklyn. The Church of
the Messiah, the Rev. Charles r. Baker rec
tor at the corner of Greene and ClermOnt
avenues has 1900 regular communicates,
the largest number on the roll of churches
During the last ecclesiastical year the Protes-
tant Episcopal churches have expended S559,-
234; they have baptized l. 72i infants and z2l
Adults; confirmed 1.42l PERSONS registered
1874 communicates and performed 627 mar
riages and 1908 buras. This record Is I'M
equalled by any of the former years.
HOW CAME THE MAN TO HIS DEATH
Police Officer Tancredi. of the Twenty
fifth precinct, while passing along East Fifty
ninth street just before midnight Saturday
came upon the PROSTATE ooay or a man lying on
the sidewalk, lust outside the llqu II store kept
by Dennis O'Connor, at No 329 east Fifty
ninth street Tancredi at first thought that
he had stumbled on plain drunk, and was
about TO haul the man 20 the police station
when he noticed that the man was bleeding
from aterrible wound at the back OF the head.
Then Tancredi called an ambulance and the
unconscious man was taken TO the Presbyte-
rian hospital, but died on the way.
When the body was examined at the police
station it was found that the man had sus-
tanned bad fracture of the skull. His name
was Richard Owens. He was fOrty-five years
old, had no home, but earned an occasional
crust or drink by doing odd jobs IN the mp
town East Side liquor stores. Mrs. Palmer,
who lives IN q tenement house over OCOn-
nor and his bartender. Eugene Fitzpatrick,
we're arrested. They denied that Owens was
thrown out of the liquor store, but said that
after unsuccessiully begging for drink of
whisky, he staggered out of the place and fell
through the swing-doors on 20 the pavement.
ILLS THAT FAITH CURED THEM OF.
The sanctuary of the Faith Curists. at the
foot Of Chapel avenue. Jersey City. was
crowded yesterday afternoon annual convo-
cation being IN progress. Sister Jackson con-
Quoted the services assisted by her husband
and Pastor Hancock.
Prayers we're offered for the recovery of the
sick and for the unconverted relatives of those
present The experience meeting was opened
by Sister Jackson, who, after recitng her
struggles for years TO try to aid Jesus. said
that she discovered her error and that the aid
comes from him. She urged the unsaved not
10 olifnh the fappa bHf IN, =
door. and then described how she had been
cured Of spinal trouble
Pastor Hancock told what "a wicked and
fast man he was until lie was reclaimed He
had been cured. he said OF neuralgia of the
heart
An old man declared that ne had been cured
of asthma OF forty years standing. middle
aged man said that while ne was working in \
gas furnace an explosion occurred. and those
about him insisted that he was shocklngly
burned. tie declared that he was not and
that he did not suffer the slightest psin.
A dozen Others told how they had been
cured Of various Ills and Brother Jackson ex-
claimed; Yes, Jesus can cure you of bad
temper also" negro explained how meek
and lowly he had become since embracing
Christianity. man on Broadway threw
tobacco ouid into his eve. but even this did
not excite bis wrath. Mrs Millets said that
ehe had been terribly crippled by paralysis.
but God directed her 10 throw her crutches
perfect health
TOOK cABBoLIc ACID.
Last March John Sherwood, a Brooklyn
carpenter. went South to work and his twenty
s:I-year-old wife, Emma. went with HIM.
She didn't like the country and returned to
BROOKLYN with her child in month. Then
che had an attack of the grip, from which she
never fully recovered. Last May she be-
came violently insane. and. after several
weeks in the Flatbush Asylum. she was dis
charged as cured. Then she took roons at