The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-04

Items Editorial and Otherwise ITO" INV
New York Papers.

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On tho course of the year at least one grand
public, popular, picturesque. r9inahtc anu
Srsrrv festival like that which has been en-
,oved this week in the Crescent CitY. Inc
carnival has inst been celebrated IN New
Orleans with a splendor that has rarely ever
been surpassed ia any itaiian CITY othei
than Venice and Rome. Inc IaEes1n'
in tho streets Of New Orleans on Mon
dav last was really magnificent 1t was
Oriental and Occidental, natural and artistic
fanciful and faptasticai. military and naNa,.
The whole of the population Of The southern
metropolis, people OF all races and co,oI'' nd
loved beyond measure the spectaSuiet. ,ams
other clories Of Rex, Proteus ana Sumnoi
80 ali ~ them took part in the ~revelries OF
the day. from the opening OF the ptetvered
tll the golden keys OF the city "eio
90 its mayor.
Under the caption Boss iulc
Dem"crat;c" the Troy IN. " News says
party rule is not boss rule, ana 10 pHt'S
csn safely commit itself 10 the unllsp"'Ju
and unprincipled diciailon OF ggss.s"r
abort. bossism is IN, antiihess OF 80
and no party can Law clam 10 tno n and is
crauo VIZ hoss and meekly follows his be-
hest.
The Tribune has the following v
The news of the defeat OF the hhl Demo-
nrQru IN EllllTh. UHliAt1' N|
oiae3 ar~ section of the State where local
.tan,ions we're held on Tuesday was the sub
ieot Of ploasant discussion yesterday AZ the
headouarters Of the provisional state com
mittoe of the snti-liil movement, NO. 5Z VII
liam street. All the prominent Democrats
n~nnacted with the revolt against Hill who
went 10 headquarters yesterday we're not
little elsted By the figures. and expressed
The belief that the series of Democratic de-
feats recorded were entirely the result OF Hilrs
outrageous and criminal course. and that the
returns pOrtended a worse defeat Tor tho
Democratic party should 1t be foolish enough
q make such u man as Hill us Standard
bearer in the presidential contest.
Tx.Secretary Fairchild. the chairman of the
committee. was especially well pleased with
the news from the interior. he pointed par
~ticularly to the municipal elections IN the
city of Oswego as a complete vindlcation OF
the course of the Democrats who had protest
ed against the February convention and as a
popular approval of the wisdom OF calllng
another convention III May. 1t was a square
test of the strength OF the Hill faction.
Mr.. Fairchild added: The sO-called Cleveland
Democrats were the regulars and held regular
rYimaries a wear ago. electing delegates u the
State Convention. The Hill faction sent
q contesting delegation which was rec0E-
nized. The question then came before Ihe
court on ballot reform and the court ueclue1
for the Cleveland faction. tach side clainleu
10 be regular and nominated d ticket, ana the
only issue of the election was a trial of
strength between the Hill and Cleveland lac
tions. The result IS a vote OF ly5 LOT the
former and 1876 for the latter. | believe that
the same proportion. or say eight 70 eighteen
would hold good throughout the State. Anti
machine Democrats are encouraged TO believe
that the delegates elected at the May cOnyen-
ton will be the properly accredited repre-
sentatives Of the State Democracy at the
Democratic National Convention to be heidi
Chicago"
The Tribune has the following special
jamestown. n. y. March 2.-The Tilden
Club. the strongest Democratic organization
in this county. at its meeting last night passed
resolutions denouncing Hill and turned has
picture toward the wall.
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The Sun has a report of the death Of a New
York negro woman. said TO be the Oldest per-
son in New York. IL says: Lucy Ridley lcol-
ored). who was the Oldest person IN New lork.
died on Tuesday at the residence OF her grand
daughter, 75S Greenwich street. According
10 the record of the family Bible and her own
recollection she had passed her one hundred
and eighteenth birthday. She had lived N
New York for fourteen years, but had spent
all the rest OF her life IN Oxford. \. e.. where
she was born. For seven years she had been
unable t. walk unassisted outside her room, but
there until two weeks ago, she could get about
ali right. She attracted attention when the
Porter census was taken by announcing that
she was born two years before the Declaration
of Independence. Her husband died at an
advanced age twenty-five years ago, and the
Youngest of her seven children was hfty-nine
years old when she died. sixteen years ago.
There are four grandchildren in New York,
all middle aged. but there are many more IN
the South, besides lots of great-grandchild-
rem. Before she reached her Tooth year she
was a very large woman, but after that she
l---.x 4ls, GIa ohI1Itul egveral
when I'd tell her it was time to Sleep
said her daughter Yesterday. shed lust look
at me. I'd lift her into bed, and she'd lie
there with her eyes wide open. | had to pat
her on the shoulder and tell her to 90 to
sleep before she'd would know what to do.
She didn't know my mothers name or much
about my father. and c0uldn'tte tell how old her
own husband was. She didn'tk know anything
about anything that didn't happen before /
was born. She could talk enough about
the very old times, though. She would
talk about the things that happened a hun
dred years ago Just as II 1t was. now, but she
couldn't seem TO understand about ANYTHING
else"
She was a slave up to the emancipation.
Her master was DIR. James Ridley. a wealthy
resident of Oxford, and she adopted nis
name. She lived to see her masters family
become extinct, the last member OF 1t. the
Doctors widow, dying many years ago.
some wears ago she suddenly lost her sight.
She remained totally blind for some time,
and then unexpectedly recovered her sight
again After that she could see very well,
until two weeks ago. when she became totally
blind again. She never wore glasses. She
has never had any illness. SO far as she or her
cbildren could remember. She was outside
The house for the last time last summer. She
will be buried in Eve rgreen cemetery to-
day.
The Sun has the following in its Washing
Ton chit chat While President Harrison ia
anioyirg himself shooting Virginia ducks. az
the quest OF the Ragged Gun Club, and Mrs.
Harrison is taking care of the children Mt the
hotel. where "Lige" Halford attends TO the
daily correspondence. Prince Russell is hay
ing fun in Washington. lie is master of the
White House at present. and last night a
state dinner was givon. of which Russell
was the host and his wife and Mrs. Mckee
the hostesses. The guest Of honor was the
modern Monte Christie, Mr.. Delemar, Of
idaho, the owner of the famous silver mine
that is producing for him untold wealth. Mr..
Delemar has been something OF a social lion
this winter. under the protecting wing of
Prince Russell, and the White House dinner
of last night was in return for tho gorgeous,
feast of last week. of which Mr.. Delemar wa,
the host and Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Harrison
the guests OF honor. Last night there were
no bushels of roses falling from the ceiling IL
response 10 the touch of an electric button
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