The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-23
NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA.
They Receive Much Praise for Thar Crsdl-
table EYOlutlOnS.
Mr.. pLGTT ON THB MINING TROUBLES.
Miss Hattie blaine Returns from Europe
Mrs. Logan Brings BAD Reports Ho"
rnrlAnd-New York News.
NEW YoRK BUREAU, RICHMOND TINES

Nothing but praises Tor Now lolA h1'"'
militia reseryes we're heard aboard the Ves-
els Of the White Squadron to-day. The
oreditable manner in which it went through
the evolutions OF last night proves that IL Is
csnable of excellent work in the naval service.
Mr.. PLAT on TIE MINING TROUBLES.
Thomas C. Plat, president Of the Tonnes
see Coal Iron and Railroad Company SAID
this morning that his company had as yet no
trouble At the mines in Tennessee. The COM
many. he sad. employed convict labor, but
The last adyices received in this city stated
that no trouble or discomfort had arisen. Mt.
Plat did not know how long the mines OF ms
COMPANY would remain peaceful should a
sympathetic feeling for the strikers extend
THE REPORT CAEARD.
The statement that Judge A. NJ. Kelley 10
10 settle down 10 the practice Of the law IN
this city is pronounced a canard by the men,
bers Of his family here -.
ordered that the following additional STOCKS oSS
be placed on the regular list F4'oo0'OOOO00
louisville and Nashville railroad t2,OOO,VOO
Norfolk and Western preferred.
BABY INCUBATOR.
The Charity Hospital has baby incubator,
and DR. Nallette says IL Is hOwhng success;
The child whom the IDCuDhJDI AhS
out of the most incipient stages OF Dapyhoou
10 a possibility of presidential candidacy is
tbe son of Mrs Eliza Dunn. Of No. 1877 Null
berry street. II weighed only four ana one
half pounds when born, and after a month IN
the incubator weighs now more than elght
Wounds with lively indications in every re-
spect. The incubator came from Paris.
TIDE or TRAVEL TURNED.
Tho tide of ocean travel has turned and
Americans are beginning TO face homeward
The White Star Line steamship 1eutonlc
came into port early to-day with the nrst
batch of the returning tourists. The time OF
PASSAGE WAS FIVE days, twenty-one hours and
fourteen minutes. In all inc crait logse0
D 821 miles The trip is within two hours Oh
the best on record. which is five days, nine
teen hours and Ave minutes, also made by the
Teutonic.
MISS BLAINE RETURNS.
One Of her passengers was Miss Hattie
Blaine On the dock waiting for her was
voune James Blaine lie had come direct
from Bar Harbor for the purpose OF meeting
s'Mv father is greatly improved in health"
he said. land bis physicians say he VIII nave
no further trouble"
II had & delightful time" Miss Blaine said.
II enjoyed the trip immensely, and saw
everything that was possible 10 see.
Nv return was not Occasloned by
the reported illness Of my father should
have been here several weeks ago, but re-
NAMED in London TO view the festivities at
tending the visit of the German Emperor.
was in constant communication with home,
and was told not TO hurry. as father was not
in danger" Young Mr.. Blaine and his sister
took the 1890 o'clock train for Bar Harbor.
NOT IMPRESSED WITH ENGLAND.
Other passengers were Mrs. John A. Logan
and her son. Mrs Logan said Il cannot say
that | am greatly impressed with England.
This was my first trip abroad, and while we
had "a splendid time, ! was much disappointed
In various ways. / never saw IA much pow
erty and depravitv in all my life as IN Liver
pool London, too IS not entirely free either.
There are great many poor people IN Amer
ica of course, but the poor Of Liverpool are
the poorest class i ever saw. Why, saw IN
Vulnerable cases of whole families starving"
WANTS his MorHERLEss CHILD.
Nelson d. Barnett obtained writ Of habeas
corpus Yesterday directing Jere j. Moran to
produce Violet Black in the supreme Court
chambers on Friday Barnett says that Violet,
who is nine years old. is his daughter by Mary
Beck, who for the past three years has been
living under MOrans protection, Mary Beck
died on SATURDAY. land was buried yesterday
from Morans home, 5l3 west Hundred and
Seventeenth street.
Barnett in his petition for the writ denies
that she and Moran were ever married. He
does not claim that she was ever Mrs. Barnett.
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residence at keypOrt Ills slster-ln-laW.
Mrs. NJ Barnett, who will care for the child If
the court takes her from Moran, keeps N
boarding house III Jersey during the summer
and in Thirty-tf street, this city, the rest OF
the year.
than three years Mary Beck had been his
honored wife. He did not know when he
married her that she was the mother Of u
child and he believed little Violet TO 30 her
niece When he learned the truth he adopted
the child, and now he says he loves her as
much as his own little daughter. who IS
twenty months old. lie will bring 10 the Su-
preme Court on Friday more than half dozen
witnesses who heard his wife, on her death
bed, make him promise never TO let Barnett
or Mrs. Barnett have control Of Violet. The
child is fair-haired and bright-lOoklDg.
ERHARDT sHARPRNs HIS AXE.
Collector Erhardt returned to his desk in
the custom house yesterday afternoon. lie
read Secretary Fosters order. which came
during his absence, requesting the removal Of
seventy-fiVe men from the custom house and
the reduction of expenses to the extent OF
$4,000 year He then sent the following
letter 10 the heads of all the divisions:
am instructed by the department to re-
duce the force in your division as follows:
- Immediately upon the receipt of this
you will report 20 me the names Of the en-
ployes in your division who can best be spared
and whose compensation can best be reduced
in compliance with this order.
In making these recommendations you will
be governed by the record of every incumbent
as to efficiency. long service, industry and at
tention 10 business
Every head of division furnished its list
during the day. The collector will 60 over
these lists carefully aud within a few days
will decide who will have to go.
Secretary Foster has approved the removal
Of Chief-Clerk Gerritzen and Assistant-Super
intendent GeoghegAn. of the public stores
The next changes will probably DO the drop
ping of Deputy Collector Fenner and the
transfer of a number of deputies to new di-
visions.
AN AMERICAN GIRL TO MARRY WOO.
Charley Woo. a Chinaman, Of 4 Mott street,
will DO united in marriage 20 Miss Fannie
Eustis. an American girl, Of 10 D0yors street,
Tuesday. July %. The wedding was to have
been held yesterday. but owing to the illness
of Miss Eustis' sister. who is TO he one of the
bridesmaids. and 10 some other minor Difficult
ties, such az the inability Of Mr.. WOO to get "A
clergymen, the marriage did not take place.
Miss fusts asserts that the Rev. j. w.