The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-17
LARGE mmlSratiOnS From Russia and Other
Countries.
NUMEROUS OBJECTIONS FROM PARNELL.
nisastrous Changes I'm the Wcather-Severe
storms Racinr-The Recent Insult 30
stanley Interesting Foreign News.


,a.. and the immigration of these aliens is
increasing 40 remarkable rate. Sometimes
e..l boat which arrives here and there are
Nrco every week, brings as many as il can
crry. and numbers come in 10y other
rc..es 4 few Of them so through
,mcrNa. bat this number is very limited.
The rest settle either here or IN Manchester.
leeds or one of the other large manufac-
..riur centres. Some idea of the influx OF
these people may be gathered when 10 ia
stated Chat there were somany foreigners at
Irr.lurch- ,trect station This morning that
g.. company's police was compelled 20 re-
81 Nc them from the platform.
OBJECTIONS FROM rARNrLL.
Reasons for tho late numerous OBJECTIONS
tu the ranks Of the Parncllite party have
s.ar from the efforts by Richard Power. Vt.
r Waterford. John Redmond, NJ. r..
Wexford. North, Mr.. Dwyer Gray, and others
81 nug about reconciliation. This would
e been done long ago but for the followers
a. Neay. as many of the Mccarthy
ry are favorable 90 such course
.- MAS evidenced by OConnor's communica-
tu to convention Of the League which was
Il 10 Newcastle to-day. In tins communlca-
tr he hegs that nothing be said which viii
likely 20 retard the Cancellation of Mr.
f--el Mr. Parnel Will be free 90 marry
r~ Shea after Tomorrow, as the decree
I- w.l then bee made absolute
lfNAEkABLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER
tr extraordinary change has come over
Le weather during the last two DAYS which
g.. cast gloom over the whole country. On
Monday Tuesday and Wednesday the tenn
rtre was almost tropical the sun was
sliug brightly and everybody was wearing
t.r n-ltest clothes The doctors We're
hopeful for their patients suffering with in
ll.ula. and looked 10 q favorable atmos-
rsuc condition for checking the disease,
ISL e the patients themselves were improving.
Suddenly yesterday It turned cold
ani fearful bail storms a.ternated with sun
slime. The thermometer fell twenty degrees
t-laE and the weather is even worse, as the
ury Las gone down ten more degrees. 4
.u. rus gale is now raging along the western
coast and throughout Ireland. a storm of
hail. s.eet and snow has fallen in Essex and a
great snow storm prevails i'm the north of
Wales. AS q result of the bad weather, fruit
.rees ln Yorkshire and Cheshire suffered a
fearful amount of damage.
TIE INSULT To STANLEY.
Particulars Of the insult offered to Henry
N Stanley when he lectured last night in
Allal Hail. Sheffield, indicate that the scene
b.-iarei upon @ riot The lecturer was about
beginning when "a tall man entered the hall
lIl walking up the aisle handed pamph-
jos, from large bag he carried to
Ia audience. 0n the pamphlet cover was the
cite SANKEY'S Exploits or ClvilZng Africa
IL. audience supposed the book contained
Stanley lectures. When Is was discovered
tl4t - was o violent attack uDOn Stanley a
.-r was raised that the man should be put
or- 5 me Of the audience arose and made
threatening demonstrations toward the dis
tul-o-s of the book upon which number
q their associates rallied around them. The
Immediate arrival Of tie police prevented a
fla fight. The police seized the principal
offenders and elected them. large au-
leloe was present and when Stanley APP
pe4rel le was greeted with cheers which last
Ell several minutes.
40 tle conclusion Of the lecture Stanley left
Tie building unattended As he entered the
carriage q crowd of fellows ran % the vehicle,
5-lIo unded It and tired t. assault Stanley.
HE police charged the crowd and put 1t to
TOut. Besides his modification the lecturer
suffered no evil effects.
POPULATION OF FRANCE.
a deal of interest has been created in the
deliberations of the French Academy of Medi-
cine which for months past has been discuss
ing the question Of population. France so
long posed as the chief country of Europe IN
which various methods were employed for
limiting the number of her children that the /
action OF Or. Ianier. president of the Acad- /
envy OF Medicine, has created q deal of talk, /
especially III the higher circles of the medical /
profession. The sayant connected with it has /
been devOting a deal of time TO a theoretical /
discussion of population and the laws which .
govern 1t. Ianier evidently is of the opinion .
that limiting population can be carried too far
Where Others put premium on stirpiculture /
he proposes one on tructlcUlture. for he has |
just published promise that To the wife of |
every poor man 10 his native town of Bur
Rludv he VIII give present Of twenty dol !
lars for each child born TO her during 1892.
lle initiates our most gracious Majesty and |
goes her one better, for the doctors bounty IS
bestowed on every woman al Ike who produced
one child, while the Queen gives q bounty only
20 women who have triplets
FAIR-TRADE CLUB DINNER.
The dinner of the Fair-Trade Club given
last night at Holborn restaurant was re-
ilarkable for the gathering. 1t was presided
over by the RlghtHOuOrable James LOWtner, |
81. j. for the Isle Of Ihanet. Referring to
tie part be had taken in the organization of
l-e club. he said. 81 am "a PrOtectOnist."
Hil Charles Upper. who addressed the club,
was notable for the tIankness with which he
d. .uased the treaties with Belgium and Ger
many. which, Le declared practically made
.glers Of the best and most loyal subjects
" tne Queen that are 10 be found anywhere
.Or the favored nation clauses apply TO
eyery other country with which England has
commercial relations except TO Canada.
POSTAL CONVENTION.
Everybody who takes interest in the trans
-lr, ot letters and parcels by the postoftice
authorities VIII watch the deliberations Of
l
week in Vienna The chief question Of dis
.uasion relates 10 the ocean parcel post. The
nelsiOus of parcels are 10 be larger than
hose 40 present allowed in England Should
1- proposition be adopted 1T is expected it
'll improve the relations that exist between
-s different countries Of the Union and fur
--sl q stimulus 70 the shipping trades.
MILITARY RIFLES.
The united service institute yesterday
has the scene of an interesting discus
don on military rifles. Colonel Eos
ey produced specimens Of the
ar0us rifles Of the different armies of Eu- I
pe and America. and two patterns of the
weapon lust adopted by the British army. {
ia explained the action Of these weapons in
etall Speaking as an expert his opinion
as that the English rife is to-day far ahead
ail others for the work it has TO do he t
--ed attention TO the Lebel rifle which is C
sod n France and had splendid oppor- a
..,y of showing its terrible killing power t
uLg the recent riots at Fourmies. One S
All used 10 this weapon II was found had
eletrated three of the rioters
PERSONAL MENTION.
Henry Sampson. owner and editor of the
.eteree, Il well-known sporting and dramatic o
aper which is published every sunday Z
-9rning, Is dead. v
b. Justin Mccarthy NJ. p, is reported TO- 7