The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-30
NICARAGUA CANAL PARTY.
4 Number Of Them Return on the HOndO
From GTeytOYn.
OPERATION PERFORMED ON boutwell,.
Moro Italian Immigrants ookmakers to
be Arrcsted-A Youth Wins n Damage
Suit-New York News.
NV York BUREAU.
RICHMOND TINES,
NEW York. April 30. 1891.


she captain, the chief officers and most of the
crew Of the ill-fated Aguan. which was
wrecked on the cOrol island, Fl ROncador, on
March Goth.
The Hondo also had on board the following
members Of the shipwrecked party Mr.. u.
Hilton Scribner and daughter ex-State Sen
ator c.. L. Macarthur, Of Troy ex-CongresS-
man C. L. Merriam, Miss Ragie Clark, and
Mr.. James Rankin, the New York agent OF
the Central American and Honduras Steam
ship Company, and Mrs Rankin.
The members Of the shipwrecked party 0uu
of gratitude for their deiverance, inlenu 10
petition Congress 70 build and MAINTAIN u
beacon there. A.. ;o,o.1
as really delightful during the hNe DAYS ana
nights they were there.
This is the third ''unpleasantness' MTs.
Rankin has had at sea. She was on the CIV
Of Paris when she had her accident one year
ago, on the same day as the Aguan's wreck;
and also on the Britannia, winch colildeu
with the Celtic four years ago.
THE WORK PROGRESSING.
Mr.. Merriam says that the party were all
well and cheerful, and that the works gong
on in q systematic and careful manner as II
they not only meant 10 build the canal, hut
build it as cheaply az 1t could be done.
The wrecked steamer Agran has gone to
pieces. Some of the party got about siO'OOO
In silver from her and then came 21O miles IN
an open boat to Greytown, arriving at that
place the evening before Mr.. Merriam and his
friends left there for New York.
TO PROCEED TO NORFOLK.
Orders were received at the navy-yard TO-
day directing the dynamite cruiser NesuYus
to proceed to Norfolk as soon as she is ready
for sea
The naval court-martial 10 try Lieutenant
Commander g. A. Bicknel for negligence IN
permitting tho Galena aud the tug Nina TO be
stranded, convened at the navy-yard to-day
IL will last several days
The Zitir7bo arrived from Mediterranean
ports, bri' ing 835 Italian immigrant passen-
gers.
MARRIED ANOTHER.
Corporation Counsel Albert f. jerks Of
BROOKLYN. whose wife the daughter Of Bishop
Iittlejohns, recently secured divorce iron
him. vas married this morning 10 Miss Leo
none Barre, the daughter OF Deputy heeistei
William Barre by the Rev. Howard >. bliss
assistant pastor of Plymouth church.
Warrants Tor almost all the bOOkmakers
doing business at Guttenburg have Deer
placed in the hands Of the sheriff, who Will
with posse of deputies, visit the track To-
morrow and make arrests as the parties are
pointed out by the agents OF the Law and Or
der League.
A YOUTH WINS A SUIT.
Before Judge Patterson to-day Jury gave
q verdict of $4,000 damages to John EVers
seven years old, who tripped over n torn car
pet in one Of Jonas Wells Second,aYenu'
tenements in the fall of 1899 and fell down
the stairway, sustaining "a severe rupture.
The little fellow life has been successor
of accidents and mishaps. He never received
any serious injuries until the last fall WheI
only three years Of age he fell through sky
light and escaped injury
DR.. RushmOre, who Is in charge OF the ueh'
cate task Of removing the cork from the Iung
Of the Rev, George W. Boutwell,, now IN the
BROOKLYN hospital, undertook an operation on
his patient this afternoon. All information OF
the result is refused
SFw HOME FOR THE SOUTHERN SOCIETY.
The members Of the New York Southern
Society are discussing the feasibility of ster
which, if actually taken, will result IN the
erection of very fine clubhouse The
scheme involves on immense clubhouse IN
the vicinity of Madison Square. 10 which, III
addition 10 the usual appointments OF clubs.
shall be added from l5O To $50 sleeping apart
ments. These rooms would prove very at
tractive to Southerners who come TO town,
and will be reser we'd for such purpose and for
the members of the club The Southern 80
ciety is making a special effort to increase It's
nonresident membership. and should sys-
tematic movement in that direction be sue
cessful the project for an unequalled club
house will be greatly advanced.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
For the movement n special committee, con-
sisting Of Messrs. Joseph l.. Robertson. John
X. Abney, John c. Calhoun. Il. W. Gwathmey.
Samuel b. Paul. John III. Ingram and Wilton
Randolph has been appointed, and this COM
Inittee has forwarded to every member Of the
toci0ty number of blank forms of applica-
ton for membership, several concise state
ments Of the aims and objects Of the society,
to be mailed 10 possible candidates for non
resident membership and IA request that the
member receiving these documents make
the best possible use of them. The
statement Of the objects and advantages
OF the society refers to the s0cietys posses
sion of a cOmmOdiOus home and rallylng place
for Southern men. to ITS efforts TO get to-
gether a complete library of southern htera-
ture and to its most cOmmendable work IN
the way Of temporary liief of Southerners.
strangers in New York deprived Of other re-
sources. who require and are worthy of prompt
assistance"
PROTECTIVE TARIFF BANQUET.
The banquet Of the American Protective
Tariff League was held This evening in the
concert hall of the Madison Square Garden.
The managers of the banquet were deter
mined that no spirit of Golden or free trade
should be present at the feast but 1t was
the Mckinley bill passed and the prices Of
the same articles now were cOnspicuously alb
sent.
The following is the list Of speakers and
speeches. William Mckinley. Ir., "Protec-
ton. Our True National Policy" Senator
Nelson W. Aldrich, Our Manufacturers;
Their Prosperity indispensable 10 the Wei
fare of the Nation Robert W. Lafallette, of
Wisconsin, agriculture and the Tamil: the
American Protective System Farmers
Policy" Senator Joseph n. Dolph. Of Oregon,
s"The Industrial Growth Of the Pacific States
an Object Lesson in Protection Senator
John =. Jones, of Nevada, Our Mining Re
sources. Their Development Under Protec,
ton the Basis Of Our Industrial Growth "
John =. Deliver. o. Iowa, Abundance
against Cheapness;" George Gunton, Inc
Wage Earners Interest in Protection" John
NJ Farouhar. American Commerce and
Shipping" Robert T. Porter. The Fruits OF
Projection as Shown by the Eleventh Cen
sus;" MAJOR J. +. Harrison. Of Georgia The
New South. the Product and now the But
wark Of Projections" f. q. Neidringbaus. 81
Missouri. American Tin and lin Plate;
General George A. Sheridan. Free Raw
Materials and Foreign Markets"
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO EARNINGS.
The March statement Of the Chesapeake and
OHIO shows the following earnings OF that
road:
Gross, 1891. $685., eco: 1890. s571 900, increase,
sA.ooO. Operating expenses, 1891; toOO, $50;
lssO, s4os,SS increase. sSl.49T Net, lo9l,