The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-22
PRESIDENT INMAN PLEASED
With The Terminal TRAFFIC Conditions in
the South.
THEKEW YORK COTTON MARKET EXCITED.
Increase in the Number OF Dcaths-A Negro
Appointed on the Board of Education.
Metropolitan Matters.
NEW York BUREAU,
RICHMOND DAILY TINES.
NEW YORK. Aprll u 1891.


Terminal, says that no successor TO w. q.
Oakman. as vice-presdent of the Danyille
road, yet been thought Of.
He is greatly pleased with traffic conditions
in the South and with the outlook for general
business. The gross earnings Of the Danville
show very handsome Increases for the first
two weeks in April, and the net earnings are
even proportionately larger.
Tho policy Of the management will be TO
cut down expenses rs far as practicable. ana
90 secure as large net revenue as possible.
Through trains from Jersey CITY, 10 run over
Richmond and Danyille system 70 Atlanta
Birmingham and New Orleans, viii be put on
in about ten days. .
In Wall street Richmond Terminal sprang
into great activity Yesterday ne u"ns'9-
tions amounted % nearly zO.OlJ shares Which
vras as much as was done on II IN the proceed
inc ten DAYS. IL has been so much the
fashion of late 20 dccry Terminal, that The
intrinsic merits of the property have been
overlooked in great part.
INCREASE N TIE DEATH RECORD.
The mortality record jumped to-day to 25l,
against 1856 deaths yesterday, and tins IS the
highest figure on record for any season. short
Of plague. There were to-day twenty-six
complicated cases Of gnp and one case where
grip alone caused death.
TIE COTTON mARKET EXCITED.
The reports from Bombay and Liverpool
caused an excited market on the Cotton TX
change hero tins afternoon, and prices rose
rapidly from the opening quotations; Ihere
were heavy operations IN july and august
deliveries. July advancing 10 $50 10y 2
o'clock. and August 10 $3.50 which was
nearly 20 points above the opening.
MURDER, SUICIDE AND ASSAULT.
An extraordinary epidemic of murder. sui
q. q ffNf .Qf 1.uur IL
pies AN mems thoughts. and we are having
oueer sort of time Yesterday n Wts hot ana
today we shiyered Yesterday ,ne death rate
was going down and the grippe seemed 10 be
on the point of leaving as. To-day the death
rate Is higher than il Inns been IN many years.
While the death rate has been going up crime
has fallen of.
ITALIAN Iy,uGRAT1oN.
Valv's INDIGNATION at the hardness Of the
United States in settling the New Orleans
question has not checked the flow Of immi-ra-
ton 90 this country from her shores. 4 he re-
cords 80 the Barge Office show that ltanans
are hocking 10 these shores in almost unpre-
cedcutcd numbers. And If one cared 10 know
what class Of people We get from Italy through
the BARGE Ohce he has only % go down there
when the steeuge passengers are iahu-
inc from an italian vessel. They
are not an encouraging lot. America, indeed,
gems 20 have become % garbage heap for me
oyerp0pulated and bankrupt countries OK Luc
rope How they get here is "a wonder. If
their governments do not send them. To- cei
nd Of bad rubbish, some equally interested
party must do SO.
EDWIN BOOTHS POOR HEALTH.
A good deal has been said lately about Edwin
Booths lack Of the power and FIRE that has
been heretofore Characteristic IN him IN ms
recent acting This might be explained by
the version of lis intimate friends. Who attrib-
uto It's absence 70 Mr. Booths health. lie
has for long time been sufferer
from dyspepsia and rheumatism. ADDED
T. this lie has an absence II buoy
ancv and cheerfulness which frequently
s. weighs him down as 10 render an ebert OF
any kind almost an utter lmpo 9-iolhiy- us
ambition is dead, be is saied WITH praise; ne
is Indifferent 10 criticism. II II had de-
pended on him he would have retired from
the stage long ago. But somebody Is Away
persuading him TO sign contract 10 play,
and after that. he feels constrained 10 Keep
his agreement. Tie has very little resisting
power His intimate friends alone under
stand him. II is not improbable that ne may
retire after the season, he certainly Will II lett
70 himself Unlike other members OF the
profession. the theatre has no attraction Tor
him, nor has money, either.
THE GEORGIA VETERANS.
The Third Georgia Confederate. Veteran
Association. who arrived here Sunday even
inc on the CITY Of Augusta. are being enter
famed bv their old enemies the Hawkins
Xouaves. Of the Ninth New ork volunteers.
Among the party are. Colonel ClaibOrn Sncct,
Of Augusta, PRECEDENT Of the Association; MIS-
Sneet Miss Lizzie Snced. MISS julia starr.
Miss Bessie Ballard, Miss LIZZIE Jones, MAJOR
j. L. McWhorter, Captain :. II. starr, Colo
mel W. T. Wynne. Captain W. r. Carswel
CAPTAIN X. q. Lyman. the Hon. W. Il. Lind
sew CAPTAIN ". W. Starr. the Hon. g. {.
McCabe Dr. j. CT. Anderson, DR.. +. II.
Yancy, j. G.. Gates Commodore q: W, DeN-
ter, Captain W. W. Bagley, Captain Walter
A. Wiley. ). A. Harper, and William Nj.
Rersh.
last evening the visitors were rendered a
dinner by the ZOuayes at the Hotel Bruins
wick, while the ladies of the party attended
the performance at the Madison Square hea-
ire Of Alabama the new southern play;
At the banquet the Third Georgia presented
the Zouayes with O flag made by Miss Jula
Lester and Miss Lizzie Sneed. the daughter
Of Colonel Sneed The veterans attended
Bernums circus this afternoon and IN the
evening went 20 see Harrigan in Reily ana
The 400 Tomorrow the last day of their
stav in New York. will be spent IN Saillng
around the harbor and visiting the various IN
stitutiOns in the city.
WALL sTEETT TcHoEs.
The exports Of gold 10 Europe for the week
were IS. go 900. 10 other points. Si,loO. Sii-
ver exports, $500. ZOO Total exports 20 date
Us wear. Gold Sls.5sS ISL: last year, -
7ss294 silver 55SS4.7s6 last year, 7o,i53'2oh.
Earnings If the Louisville and Nashyiletor
the second week in April 1891. 1872 .lO5; 1870.
S84l .550 increase, sj45. From July l, 1871,
5l5. 35s, O6l 1890, $4,000, 915, increase, $751;
095.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL
Superintendent Coukling's assistants con-
tridlct the report that Kite, the uSit as
I'm fine Central Park menagerie. Is dying. Al
though she is not altogether recovered from
her recent attack OF pneumonia, she is now
walking around and has begun To take stmu-
lauts. such as milk, beef tea and cod llVer
oil.
Commissioners OF Foreign Missions, reports
that tho receipts for March Were 80, y52' an
increase Of about s6.sOO. The increase for
tho seven months of the current financial
year has reached almost $4,000.