The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-06-12
DEFENDANT WINS THE SUIT.
Ending Of the Case Of Caldwell and WASH
instOn Against Johnston.
CHARLES FISHER, THE ACTOR, DEAD.
Illness OF Comedian y. X. Emmct-a fire
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The suit Of Lawyers AndrewH Caldwell and
W II Washington. Of Nashville, against
Charles Johnston 10 recover $500 was put on
trial before Judge Culen and jury. Inc
service rendered was that of getting Sullivan
awav from the Nashville police on a ~rit OF
bahcas oorrus after the Kilrain-Sullivan fight
in Mississippi. The amount is the balance OF
81 600 claimed 10 be due. as $500 was pad.
Johnston denied positively that he had
promised them thousand dollars, and that
he was only acting as sullryan's agent. The
depositions Of number Of lawyers Of Nash
Vile were read. they fixing value of the ser
vices at 800 for each lawyer, or at low esll-
mate 800 for the three After further tesi-
mony and argument a verdict was rendered
for the defendant.
TWO DLATHs, ONE ILLNESS.
Charles Fisher the veteran actor. died TO-DAY
after a long illness from erysipelas. He was
born in London in 1916. and after few years
work in the English provinces came to TINS
country in 1852 making his first appearance
at BurtOn's Theatre.
Peter Frasse. a hardware dealer at % Full
ton street died OF apoplexy last night AT the
Adelpha Hotel. Saratoga aged seventy
years Mr.. Frasse's father was the FIRST mn
porter here Of watchmakers' tools Robert
Fulton. who invented the steamboat, was
one Of his first customers. III Is said uat
many of the tools that Fulton USED IN bulid-
ing his steamboat came from Mr.. trasses
store. When Peter Frasse became OF age MS
father made him his partner
j. X Emmett the comedian, who is sum
mering at Cornwall, is seriously i'll OF pneu-
monia.
TO ADVANCE INSURANCE RATES.
The New York Board of Fire Underwriters
are going % form fire insurance tarin assO-
citation and think that most pOllcy-holders
will consent 10 an equitable advance IN rates
There has been an epidemic Of fires during
the last few months. and the losses 20 lnsur-
ance men 50 far this year have exceeded
$f,000.O 900. while the annual average OF loss OF
preceding years has not been over s,6OOO, OJO
STOCK EXCHANGE LIsTMGs.
The Stock Exchange has listed $500 600 of
Fast Tennessee equipment and Improvement
5's The Norfolk and Western asked 70 have
$1,000 shares of preferred stock listed. The
Exchange.isted rs, 900 shares recently taken
by stockholders under the cOmpanys O1er.
Information from the Office of the Norfolk
and Western is 10 the effect that the company
has no present intention of retiring the com
mon stock Authority TO do so was obtained
from the stockholders simply that the COM
pany might be in position TO do so when an
opportune time arrived.
FRANK sLAvIN's CONDITION.
Incessant training has made Frank Slayin
as hard as nails and he looks fit TO fight for
his life. He weighs about 1S5 pounds, which
will be about his weight when he goes into
the ring 70 fight Kilrain. While not at all
bOastfu of his condition and the result, he
feels quite confident that he will come out a
winner. His opponent IS reported to be still
above two hundred pounds in weight, and
some of the latters friends fear that Jakes
weight Of beef will tire him quickly Charlie
Mitchell is reported to have said that Kilrain
should not be above 175 pounds At this
weight he thinks Kilrain is at his best At
the different sporting resorts both men are
backed freely, and according to latest reports
Slavin is the favorite. several Of his friends
securing odds on him at six to five.
MORE CONDEMNED MIN THAN ROOM.
With six condemned men in the death
house at Sing Sing and another in a cell at the
TOmbs awaiting sentence another addition
will have TO be made 10 the murdeTers quar-
tiers at the River prison unless the sentences
of some of them are soon carried out. There
are only eight cells in the death-house. and
James T. Minnaugh who has just been con
vcted in General Sessions of the
murder of Edward Moran December y,
1890, will soon occupy one OF
them, leaving only one other vacant 1t took
the jury Just eleven minutes to decide Min
naugh's fate. The first ballot found him
guilty of murder in the first degree.
In the case of Jugiro, the condemned Japa-
nese murderer, who is under sentence TO die
with Slocum, Smiler and Wood, the Court of
Appeals at Saratoga has denied the motion for
argument in his case, and he will die with
them in the week beginning July 9Th
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA GOLD.
Mr. John II. Sweeney, Of Waynesyile n.
c., was interviewed to-day at the New York
Hotel regarding the reported great find of
gold III Western North Carolina. He said:
while it is perfectly true that there is plenty
of gold in the Blue Ridge mountains, it IS also
true that ii is next TO impossible TO get at it
where there is no water. A may say right
here that there are mighty few places where
there is enough water to wash the placer.
There is so much clay among the
gold that it forms what miners call
robbers and, gathering size as it
comes down the sluice, it takes up
all the gold. In that kind of mining you
have only to continue TO use mercury, and III
time you can spend Nanderbilts fortune
without receiving any returns. IN the quartz
mining the gold is surrounded with tale, and
even after roasting it is impossible to get the
gold to amalgamate. Taken all together,
don't think you can get up any gold fever
among our people. You know il is one thing
10 wash gold with slave labor at cost OF
about sc a month and quite another TO do the
same work at S1.50 a day While many of
those gold mines have been sources Of con-
siderable incomes TO their owners before the
war. no one will ever be a millionaire by their
products"
MRS. MASON JONES' WILL.
The will of Mrs Mary Mason Jones, who
over fifty years ago was one of the leaders Of
society in New York, has been filed for pro-
bate in the Surrogate's Court. She leaves an
estate reaching into the millions Among her
charitable requests is one giving $4,000 to the
Homeopathic College. She also leaves vari-
Gus amounts TO her servants. The residue of
the estate is held in trust by George G. VIII
liams, Woodbury. G.. Langdon and George b.
Post for the testator's children and grand
children.
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.
The report of the Bureau of Immigration
for the month of May which has just been
issued, is interesting in immigration stats
tics The report shows that during May the
number of immigrants who came TO our
shores was $1,000. The largest num-
Der came from Italy. 13,4S6 being
landed. Of the other nationahties, Il, 572
came from Germany 1889 from Ireland, 8, 1874
from Sweden. 3, 1856 from Austria, 2.S56 from
England Ash from Russia, 1880 from Po-
land. 1856 from Norway, 2,70s from Hungary,
450 from Greece. 80 from Armenia and from
Turkey. Thirty-fve thousand three hun
dred and fifty-four remained in New York
State. $3.50 went to PENNSYLVANIA 8 643 to IL