The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-05


Danyille Railroad Company
The contract labor inspectors at the barge
Office are stirred up by the large number OF
immigrants that are going to Chicago. Ihey
have little or no money, bQt say
they will get work as soon as they get
there. In view of the approaching
Worlds Fair the inspectors believe THESE
men are brought here under contract There
were fifty Hungarans detained Yesterday
and seventy-hve more that arrived from nam
burg on the steamer Rugia were detained thls
morning for examination. Three thousand
1--WE hundred and twenty-four immigrants
arrived here yesterday and last night.
EDWIN BOOTHS CONDITION.
From more than one quarter it has been re-
ported that the condition Of Edwin Booths
health was anything but satisfactory to the
actor and his friends.
At the PLAYERS Club to-day Mr. Booth,
when informed Of the statements made pub
lie, sent VOID that he was feeling quite as
well as he did five years ago.
The hOusesmiths' strike IS spreading,
through sympathy. to other trades. and may
become serious. The iron moulders have now
gone out.
Edward Gedney. president, and Frank In
gersOll, cashier of the North River Bank. were
arrested this afternoon charged with felsty
inc q quarterly report in 1890. Public opinion
thinks these arrests very pleasing, healthy
sign.
Jesse H. Lppincott made a general assign
ment to-day as sole licensee Of the American
GraphophOne and as president of the North
American PhOnOgraDb Company 10 Frederick
s. Wait preferences S25 $50 The assignee says
the assignment is a personal matter. lte
thinks Mr.. IippincOtt borrowed money go III
vest in the stock of the companies and that
his assets will probably amount to S4OO,OOO.
ANoTHTB CASE OF TYpHUs.
Another case Of typhus-feyer has come to
light The latest victim Of this disease is Max
Lippmann, a young German, who has been
some eight or nine years IN tins country. lie
was removed 10 the Riverside Hospital on
North Brother Island on Saturday evening.
His home is at No. 70 Suffolk street,
where his ssteT-in-aw. who keeps crowded
tenement boarding house lives. Llppman, who
is tailor was taken Ill week ago On
Saturday afternoon he rode Up town IN
Third-avenue car and went 10 Mount Sinai
Hospital for treatment. He was examined
there by several physicians who declared
him to be suffering from typus fever
DIR. BR1DGEMAN STANDS FIRM
Rev. DIR. c. Dew. Bridgeman, who on We'd
nesday last rendered his resignation as pastor
of the Madison-avenue Baptist church, be
cause his convictions regarding material
hell had undergone a radical change. has
written a letter 10 f. +. Townsend, chairman
of the committe which tried to have him re-
he will not reconsider the step he has taken
A good deal Of talk has of late been going
around town concerning the SlOO,OOO bronze
doors Mr. Richard Hunt has designed Tor
Trinity church. tits said by some that Mr.. VIII
liam Waldorf Aston donated this sum Of money
in order to perpetuate the memory OF his
fathers connection as yestryman of the par
ish; others say that the late John Jacob AS
tor left a special beQuest to his son and heir
that these doors should be erected. 1t has
just been learned from, good authority that
Mr.. Astor gave these doors as a becoming
monument to his father and as an adornment
30 the city.
ANOTHER VIRGINIA AUTHORIZES.
Helen Gardener, whose novel, rs This
Your Son, My Lord" has created such a
genuine sensation, reaching sale of $4,000
copies in five months. is descendant of Lord
Baltimore Her mother was a gTand-niece
of Sir Robert Peel. The gifted author is q
native of Virginia her father being a we'll
known c1ergymen IN that State.
GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL.
A grand musical festival. which will extend
over five days from Tuesday, May 9Th, 10 Sat
uIday, May 9th, will celebrate the opening of
the new music hall at the corner of Fifty
seventh street and Seventh avenue. On the
last day two performances will be held. Mr..
Walter Damrosch Is tdbe.the conductor of the
festival. The Symphony Society orchestra
and the OratOriO Society chorus will also take
part. A number of the most noted solOists
have been engaged, including several emf
nent artists from the Metropolitan Opera
House Company A most important
engagement Is that of p. Ischla-
kOwsky, the eminent Russian composer, who
is TO conduct several of his own works. one or
more of them composed for this occasion
The appearance of this musician who is we'll
and favOrabiy known TO the people of New
York by his works, Will probably be the most
interesting feature of the festival so far as the
personality of the artist taking part is con-
cerned. The sOlOists are TO be- Fran Antonio
Mielke, soprano Mile Clementine De We're.
soprano; Frau Marie Ritter Goethe, contralto;
Signor ItalO Campanini tenor: Herr Andreas
DIPPED. tenor Herr Theodor Reichmann.
baritone; Herr Emil Fischer, basso: Mr..
Ericsson Bushnell, bass, and Fri. Adele Aus
Der Ohe, pianist.
THE OPENING CONCERT.
The opening concert Will be on tomorrow
evening. and the opening number, the over
ture, 'Leonore," No. g. by Beethoven. After
the overture an Grafton viii be delivered and
the dedication exercises viii then take place.
On Wednesday Memberships Elijah"
will be presented. A very attrac-
tive programme has been arranged
for Thursday afternoon. On Fri
day evening, NJ. Tschiaikowsky will pre-
sent for the first time IN America two new
A Capella choruses-" Pater Noster" and
Legend" Heinriet Schuetz's The Seven
Words of Our Saviour" for soils, chorus,
strong orchestra and organ. viii also be given.
The festival will close on Saturday evening
with grand performance of Handels oratO-
rio Israel in Egypt" for soils, double chorus
and orchestra.
WALL STREET ECHOES.
East Tennessee system for February, s2i9,-
2SS. against sl93, $40.
Tennessee Coal and Iron in the year end
ING January 9lst. earned Il surplus over all
charges and dividends of f209 9Ol against
4827, 673 10 1880 go. The balance sheet shows
gross floating debt of S945. 07S, with cash and
suspense accounts of S2i7.32i due from sun
dry debtors on open accounts, S693,665; and
GOAL, iron, etc, on hand, S4Sl, $685.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Colonel Z. l.. Edmondson. of Stanton,
Va, vce-president of the West Point Termi-
nal Improvement Company, is at the st.
james Hotel. He is just now very enthusiast
tic over the prospects of West Point, Va,
which, he thinks is destined to become 4
truly wonderful city.