The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-29

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Postmaster Colins has a plan when con.
to,r,,iatea connecting the postOfnces ia 'no
w. ri,ies and also ali the local branches'
and only The approval Of the Washington u-
thorities IL needed TO make the mprovelnehs
Tha surveys made are for the purposov
.,tni.s;ng the nIana and estimates 10 the
Postmaster- General. AT present none % sno
interested parties will talk about wha' nAS
been done.
AcroRa GIVE CHINESE A SCARE.
A bic marty Of theatrical men from up town
made a descent into Chinatown Weunesuny
evening about 10 o'clock on a sight-seelns II
petition. Proprietors OF iah,'1 va "rrested
fright. supposing they were 10 DO A'ios'0~'
and nearly every den was closed. :.
One ~ Tho bosses al No. 4 Mott street III
his haste 70 escape arrest forgot TO tako ns
cash box at tho table. teontalhea Oyer Nc
A moment later he remembered H. ""' WV
money had been stolen. ~,
The sight-seers visited the Chinese Dei,
monico's and sat down to a dinner OF suarAs
fins and choice birds-nost soups anu IT,
turned up town.
suEvIA SAFE IN PORT.
The disabled Undergraduates
Suevia reached New York under,her ownslehm
Yesterday. and all of her 79l passengers. were
safely landed on the Hoboken pier before z
n,cioct in the afternoon. She travelled
twelve hundred miles, as Captain Bauer saiu.
with one blade of the propeller TO push nor
along.
one of the propeller blades snapped on
August 18th, when the vessel was IN Ialituuo
AZ degrees % minutes and ioneitude y 1estey9
AZ minutes The second blade broke short OIL
ON August 10Th. IN latitude AZ degrees - MIN
utes. longitude 81 minutes, and three u"ls
later the third blade snapped in latitude a
degrees - minutes, Longitude ~ degrees "a
minutes. .hoaoo
smooth. and the Suevia made six knots per
hour with the remaining blade for the rest OF
the voyage.
MORDrRoUs MILLER ALIVE.
Henry Miller. the would-be murderer ana
suicide of Great Neck, l.. J.. was still allVo
Yesterday, as were his wife and motherln,iaw,
Mrs. Nelson, and it is probable they VIII all
recover.
ing n larger revolver with which 70 do his
murderous work. Miller never liked to labor
any more than was necessary TO get suflcieht
funds for "A dehauch. When he conceived the
idea of numbering his wife he was working as
u laborer on Il new school building at Flush
ing.
Dr. Fenester. of Hyde Park, yesterday ex-
tracted all the bullets from Mrs. Mlller's face
and head. Her face will be disiigured, Dut
the physician thinks she will recover. MRS.
Nelson was shot only once. She Is suffering
more from shock than from her wound.
She thinks she saved her life by running into
her bedroom and pushing the bedstead
against the door.
Drs. Rogers and Hoage yesterday extracted
the bullets from Miller's face. Ihey pro
nounced his condition critical: ConstabieS
Pelch6r and Neimeyer are guarding the mouse
of Miller's mother, where he Is. near the
steamboat dock III Great Neck.
REDUCED TO THE RANKS.
There was sorrow and Joy at police head
quarters Yesterday. Four of Inspector
! Bvrnss' stall of detectives were reduced 10
the ranks and two detectives were mado de-
tectlye sergeants.
The u~nlortnnates were Detective Sergeant
w S. Coseroye and Detective Sergeant Dennis
X. Foggerty and Detectives John Lake and
James ID. WOolwich. They were oil consld-
cred to be crack men and Inspector Byrnes.
best detectives. but as it turned out lots OF
people were mistaken.
CosgrOve, who is one of the best-known
detectives in New York, has been one OF the
Inspectors men since 1850. during which
time he has done mostly society work. Up 10
O year ago he was considered one OF the best.
hut since that time 1t was said he was not
what he should be, and now if he wishes to
continue in the employ Of the police depart
ment of New York city he will have to do duty
AS a pAtrolman in the Thirty-fOurth precinct.
The action OF the board regarding the tour
supposed-to-be crack men created no end OF
talk in police circles yesterday, and 1t was I'M
! OIlClallN HlbltG jIdb tnC uuaAltbbO - A-A~H~~
tives would resign.
When the commissioners had finished with
those who were found wanting they mace
Detectives Charles Jacobs and Frank n.
Evanhoe detective sergeants. which means
q, 900 a year salary instead OF u, 200.
THE KHEDIyE" Al NIBLo's.
The contrivers Of the comic opera, THE
Khediye." which was sung for the hrst time
in this city at NiblO's Garden last night. have
aooopo1 aDuqQ individual criticism bX MAKING
no disclosure of the part that each had IN the
composition. The authors are Louis Blake,
II. b. Edwards and Niah Blake, but which Of
them made the book and which the music the
programme does not tell. The opera Is hard
to describe. because, ike Mr.. Gilbert's Pm
vate James. 1t has no characteristic trait
Of any distinctive kind" The book is in
sind and uninteresting. but il is not offensive,
aud eventual, in these days, has almost 70 be
counted as a positive merit. The music 10
ordinary. II is Of the sort that is composed
by men Of honest purpose, but small faculties
of originatiOn. Both the words and the
music show that their authors have found
something TO admire in the works of Gilbert
and Sullivan, Suppe and Audran, and these
f~avorites they have tried to initiate. 1t was
scarcely 10 be expected that they would
succeed.
ABENFFIT AT THE BRoADwAY THEATRE.
An elaborate benefit will DO given at the
Broadway Theatre rext Sunday evening for
the many sufferers Of the Park Place fire.
Frank Sanger has placed his house at the dis
posal of the promoters of this worthy object.
and the list Of volunteers is q long one. II in
Guides all Of the principal members OF the De
Wolf Hopper. and Tar and Tartar" Opera
Companies. Richard Mansfield. Miss Rose
Coghlan, Miss Della Fox, Miss Flora Walsh
and twenty others. Tickets are now on sale
at all the principal hotels and at the box Office
of the theatre.
BROKERS' DASH FOR FRESH AIR.
There was a small-sized riot on the floor of
tho Stock Exchange yesterday. 1t was all on
account OF the theories of Joshua Nj. Davis,
OF the committee of arrangements, on the
subject of ventilation. All the ground floor
windows of the big trading room, he believed.
should be kept closed, no matter how hot the
weather. The boys have endured this in q
spirit Of meekness and long suffering. Yes
terdav they struck. They thought that
Davis suffocatiOn-ventiletion experiment had
gone about far enough, and after u hurried
council Of war there was a simultaneous rush
for the windows. every one Of which. in de-
fiance of rules. was raised to its full height
and kept SO for the rest OF the day.
SHE Is ALMosT A HUNDRE YEARS OLD.
Mrs. Flora Falkinburg, Of No. 116 Third
avenue, will. if she does not die, and she has
no intention of doing that just now. be one
hundred years old tomorrow. She WAS born in