The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-19
VIEWS NOTES or TSTEBEST.

"wednesday after shut down OF some
weeks. The works give employment to
/ 400 men.
Supervising architect EdOrOoke, Of the
| Treasury Department. estimates that the
! new eight-hour law will cost the Govern
| meut s.. 900 900 moro "A year on its building
contracts alone.
The Comptroller Of the Currency has de-
clared a second dividend. IS per cent, IN
favor Of the creditors OF the FIRST National
Bank of Clearfield Pa, making in all " per
cent. on claims proved amounting 70 slf0'-
035.
Mcdonald, the millionaire Southern
Ohio manager OF the Standard OH Com
pany until six months ago. when he
strangely disappeared. has been located
living IN luxury at Bellmore, near
Windsor. Canada.
A. L. Barber president of the Barber As
phalt Company. has bought Ardsley
Towers. the magnificent seat on the Hud-
son which T.. NJ. Field built al a cost OF over
S5O0.000. The purchase price Is SAID to
have been S275.00O.
San Francisco ard Puget Sound mill men
are forming a pool 20 control the lumber
trade OF the Pacific coast The output o.
the coast amounts to over Sl.OOO,0OO per
month, The pool Is the result of Aus
trallas new tariff.
Edward Curtss, employed in building the
electric road at Ansonia, Conn, was shocked
severely Wednesday. A circuit had been
formed Dy his taking hold of q wire while
standing on a rail. This was the second &C
cident o. this nature on the road.
Asa Potter, president of the defunct May
erlck National Bank, testified IN Boston
Wednesday before the United States Senate
investigating committee. On advice Of his
counsel do declined TO answer questions
concerning the settlement made with Irving
A. Adams d Co., but testified concerning a
number of notes which the bank dis
counted.
The United Typothete Of America. at its
sixth annual convention In Toronto. on
Tuesday, resolved TO carry the matter of tho
printers strike AT Plttsburg into court 10
determine whether labor organizations
shall have tho right TO intlmldate non union
men who wish 20 work and 10 carry the
case TO the Supreme Court of the United
States, II necessary.
The articles Of incorporation of Buck
wheat Trust were filed at Trenton. \. D.,
Wednesday. The company will be known
as the Hecker. Jones y Jewell Milling
Company and will have q capital Of $1,000
900. The IncOrporators are David DrsweS
and Joseph Knox OF New York; William A.
Nash, OF Brooklyn, and Charles W. Nc
Cutcheon, OF Piainheld.
Notwithstanding the fact that a dispatch
from san Francisco on Monday reported
that eX-Presdent Bogram. of Honduras.
was IN the city on his way 20 Europe, the
steamship Breakwater, which reached New
Orleans from Liverpool brought report that
DO was killed IN the vicinity OF Puerto Cor
tez while the rebels occupied the place.
Bograms hiding place, it Is said, was dis
closed by an old peon.
Julia Robinson. of Richmond. Ind. a
soldiers orphan has asked the authorities
Tor protection from Rev. Benjamin Smith,
her uncle and guardian. She says be draws
her pension. using II for himself. and re-
Gently assaulted her. She had kept quiet,
as he had threatened 10 kill her If she eX-
posed him. smith IS pastor of the colored
Baptist church there.
Congressman Tom Watson recently cbal-
lenged his Democratic opponent Colonel
Black. 10 meet him in Joint debate. The
challenge WAS promptly accepted, but Wat
son has now backed out, claiming that his
engagements in different parts OF the State
will prevent It. WatsOn's brother, j. G.
Watson, who has been a lifelong Democrat,
says he will stick 10 the party.
Seven carloads Of men. amounting in ell
10 over FIVE hundred. lett Philadelphia on
the Philadelphia and Reading railroad
Wednesday for Sayre. Pa, where they are
to be employed IN place of the striking
switchmen. Most of them were recruited
at points along the Schuylkill Valley and
are experienced railroad hands.
At the convention of Republican clubs
OF Colorado on Wednesday James A.
Blanchard of New York. chairman OF the
sub-executiye committee OF the National
League. called the convention 90 order |
Charles r. Briefly was chosen president |
Senators Teller and WOlcOtt were elected !
elegates-at-large TO the National Conyen- !
ton to be held IN Buffalo, September 18th. !
The island of Yuba Buena in the harbor Of |
San Francisco. Cal. embracing an area OF /
III acres. which was reserved for public /
uses by the Presidents orders Of November /
6. 1850, and October ~. 1855 since which /
date it has been a military reservation under !
the control of the commanding general of |
the department in which it Is located has /
been transferred 20 the control OF the Engi- /
neer Department for use and occupation as /
a torpedo station for the Pacific coast.
il was reported at Houston. Tex. We'd !
nesdav that the twO-masted schooner Snow
fake Captain FOnly, with a party of fiji /
teen on board, has been capsized N a squat /
on the coast below Houma. al on board |
being lost Among tho passengers were |
Messrs f. PiesOu. mayor of Houma; D. |
loretta. J. G.. Fuilin T. y. Worth. Ernst !
Lirrette. Charles Leben, II. Adams, c. W. !
Bocase. +. Gautresux and A. @. Diamond !
A bill for $4,000 has been handed in /
against the estate Of the late Daniel Hand, |
of GuiIford Conn, the millionaire philan- |
throplst, who died few months ago. The /
bill was a great surprise TO those who are 1
handling the estate. 10 represents the al |
legged expenses of Ii man named Cook for |
services in tutoring Hollis Walker. nephew /
of Hand fifteen or twenty years ago. Judge /
Morris the administrator for the estate. |
discredits II. Cook resides in Guilford.
The third in the series of court tennis /
az the Newport Casino was played !
"Wednesday morning. The contestants /
wore Allied Iompkins. Of the New York /
Tennis and Racquet Club. and Charles j. |
Hickey of Boston. IOmpkins won IN three /
straight sets with ease. "a 81. 6-i. The !
opening games in the tournament for the /
amateur championship took place yester- /
DAY. There are some half dozen entries, |
including tho best amateurs in the country |
The Democrats of the Seventh Kansas |
district have Endorsed and nominated Jerry |
Simpson for Congress. A good deal Of Op- /
position 20 Simpson developed early on the /
day of nomination. but when the news Of |
the Endorsement of the Democratic candi- /
date by the Peoples party in the Second /
district was received stampede 10 Simp- /
son followed. The platform Endorsed the /
fusion platform adopted at the Democratic /
State Convention. commended Simpsons |
career and nominated him for /
reelection.
Prominent independent Democrats are in |
Fargo, \. D.. ccnferrng with view % fu- |