The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-22
JAY GOULDAND THE TERMINAL
Another Report That Hes Buying Stock to
Control The Company,
THE RUSSIAN JET PGUPER IKGlGRLSTS.
The Assertion That They WIN Become %
5ects of Public Charity Denicd-No
Lepcrs In Brooklyn.
Nav YoRK BoRKAU, RICHMOND TIMEs,
August ~ 1891.


The statement freely circulated in Wall
ttreet that Richmond Terminal had borrowed
money to pay the interest due September lst
on its 8 per cent. loan IL explained as follows
The Terminal Company had been loaning the
Georgia Central T. large sum OF money. Inc
loan became due a few days ago. and as tho
interest on the Terminal 5s WAS maturing tho
loan was not renewed The Georgia Central
then borrowed the money elsewhere and pad
the Terminal Company In another street
rumor q story is aAost that jay Gould -
credited with having bought lot OF Richmond
Terminal stock NJ II, and that he VIII soon
have the complete control Of the Richmond
Terminal.
THE RUSSIAN JKws.
A. L. Solomon. dispensing agent OF the
Baron de Hirsch fund in America, has tah"n
advantage of an opportunity afforded him by
certain statements attributed 70 Senator
Chandler touching the Hebrew situation III
America 20 assert that there Is no danger
of the Russian Jews now Hooking 20 TINS
country ever becoming objects OF puOAc
charity or charges upon the community.
Mr.. Solomon says in an interview to-day
that the Russian Jews are not immigrants III
the usual sense, but ara refugees oriVen rom
their homes by - cruel government. lie says
they belong to every trade and calling, and at
this time especially there is such positive
craze among them for agricultural pursuits
that if the Baron de Hirsch fund were pre-
pared now to sell or 10 assign lands tor that
purpose on large scale, myrieds of them
would avail themselves Of the golden oppor-
tunity.
no GROUND FOR THE ASSERTION.
Hence there is no ground for the assertion
made by some that they are non-pr0ducers.
aud that all their desires tend in the direction
Of trade and commerce. To supply Inns
lealthful demand necessarily takes time, but
the trustees Of the Baron de Hirsch fund are
fully alive TO the necessities Of tho movement
and are NEGOTIATING for the purchase OF land
in various parts OF the country, where the
people can mngle with the masses not az
colOnists. but as farmers on their own ac-
count. and thus become thoroughly Amen-
CAD citizens.
40 IErERs IN BKOOEJYN.
Ihere is no truth in the report that case
of leprosy had been found IN Brooklyn.
The inspectors nineteen IN number, who
are visiting Chinese laundrles IL search Of
possible lopers have been we'll received by
lie Celestial laundryman. who readily submit
their premises and themselves TO sanitary IL
epectlOn.
sTIISY ABOARD sHn.
Captain Baker Of the passenger steamship
OLDHAM, Of the Notherland- American hne
which arrived here this morning from Rotter-
dam. reported mutiny among the firemen
and coal passers Of his vessel on her last east
ern voyage in which Il was necessary for him
10 shoot aud kin one of the rioters. ON the
second day ont the entire company of firemen
and coal passers struck work. They gave no
reason for their action and no warning,
merely refusing TO DO duty, and threatened 10
Kill the captain and every one on board.
The ringlesaer, Peter Duzen, approached
Captain Baker threatnlngy. the crowd fol
lowing him. just as he was about 10 pOunce
on the captain the latter pulled out revolver
and fred. After the shooting the mu'ineers
retreated TO their quarters and refused 20
come out for some time. They We're finally
driven TO work at the point Of pistols Dulon
died two hours after being shot. lie was
buried at sea-
SILKS AID MILLINERY SIZED.
Treasury Agent !. c. Cummings, of the
custom house levied yesterday on four cases
Of silk and satin dresses. millinery ana other
fnery consigned to j. McSOrley 4 Sons. the
custom house brokers, by Charles Lauer, Of
Paris The cases arrived on the steamship
La Bourgogne and Mr. Cummings had them
locked up IN the public stores. The contents
are valued at $1,000.
Three months ago the agentsseized
$40 600 worth Of Just such fnery shipped 10
the AcSorleys by Lauer. The dresses and
millinery were for about nifty dressmakers II
New York Philadelphia. Boston, Chicago
and other big cities II cost pretty penny
10 get them out Of the clutches Of Uncle Sam
They were seized on the charge that they
were underyalued. Since then the Treasury
agents have been watched for fresh importa-
tons shipped by lauer. The first came on La
Bourgogne. and they were promptly corTalled
They VIII be Investigated and appraised
Mr.. McSOrley grnned broadly yesterday
when he said that somebody would burn his
fingers one of these days. lie said these goods
of Lauer's were all right
SHIPPERS AFTER THE RAILROADS.
The National Transportation Association
composed of the various boards OF trade and
commercial bodies of the United states com
pleted two days session in Chicago yester-
day The Association was organized last win
Ter TO protect the shipping interests OF the
country against railroad corporations and TO
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