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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Interesting Facts About Richmond's Citi-
zens, and Other Matters.

Major A. II. Drewry. Of westover, is
In the city.
The condition of Rev. DR.. Peterson
last evening was little changed.
Major John W. Riley, Of Houston, Va,
was registered at the Exchange yester-
day.
Colonel II. C. Parsons, Of Na.urai
Bride. Va, a prominent politician, is
in the city.
Captain C. A. Taylor and his son Joe
have returned from trip to the Worlds
Fair and Niagara Fails.
The Committee on Cemeteries met last
eyering in the Council Chamber. and
transacted the usual amount of routine
business.
Mrs. Niele Nichols. wife OF Lieutenant
Nichols. L. S. Navy. is visiting her
sister. Miss Fannie Parker, COL east Main
street.
DR. II. f.. Franklin has gone on a visit
IN Greenbrier county. W. Va. where, for
two weeks. he will pass the time hunting
deer and visiting friends.
Major John W. Riley. Of Halifax, pro-
mineutly mentioned as a candidate for
the Supreme Court, and one OF Virginia's
ablest lawyers, was in the city yesterday
Cards are out for the marriage OF Mr..
Thomas 3. Johnson, Jr., and Miss Leila f.
Dickie. on Wednesday, October Eth, at
1 o'clock p. NJ, at Leigh-street Baptist
church.
MIR. Fritz Sitterding. who has recently
been through a severe spell of sickness,
IS now improving rapidly. He has gone
on a visit to Harper's Ferry, to be absent
a week or so.
At the monthly meeting Of the COM
mittee on Ere Department last evening
il was decided TO recommend the granting
Of a number OF permits for the erection
Of frame buildings.
Nessrs. +. G. Garrison and Branch r.
Allen will leave on the train Thursday
afternoon for Charlottesville to attend
the State Sunday-chool convention.
Thay represent Leigh-street Baptist
church.
Venable-street Baptist church will have
a sociable tonight. The entire congrega-
ton and membership is invited. There
will be singing, short addresses, etc,
together with refreshments in the way
Of fruit.
Dir. Walter X. Carter has left for
Lynchburg. where he will attend the
marriage OF his sister, Miss Lizzie Carter,
al that place He will spend a week or
ten days with relatives and friends near
Hat Creek.
The United States marshals office was
removed this morning from the first 10
the second floor Of the Custom House.
The United States Distric, Court, and
all Offices pertaining thereto, are now
on the same floor
ri. ct NJ
Main street continues 10 attrace large
audiences, and. with clear weather there
viii be a packed tent the balance Of the
week. There Will be matinee this after
noon and Saturday.
Sergeant Tomlinson yesterday arrested
George l.. Renner conductor on the
Richmond Union passenger railway
charged with being a deserter from the
United States army, stationed at Fort
Mcpherson, Atlanta, Georgia, and lock-
ed him up at the Second station.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
SAC Snndnr.School Convention.

The Sixth Annual Convention OF sunday
shoa Workers Of all denominations viii
assemble at Charlottesville to-day. The
i'loviIg delegates, representing the
N1oo.s ~ Richmond. Will leave to-day on
Pie Chesapeake and Ohio railway al +.
ht r. a. Elicit James II. Crcnshaw,
lom9s Potts. A. }. Gary. T. +. Minor,
!'eN W. v. Tudor. Or. a. r. Dickinson,
s. ID. &. Sleight. Rev. George II. Ray, Is.
John son. G.. j. Rady and lady, a. l..
.-lis George w. Cbamberlayne, }. r..
t w. II. Horsly, L. A. Barber. W. T..
.- artson. A. l.. Lumsden. ID. X. Mid
'-.,e. George Z. Wise. W. II. Heckler ana
by. A. B. Cheatham. Il. G. Garrison, D.
d. Allen. r.. b. Lee. G. J.. Brooking, X
y, H'oiwyn, j. =. wood. Bernard Reams,
~ M Hundley, l.. A. Crenshaw, ana
pr tudor Will make the openiag ad-
ranged
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28

fiat hunter dance with joy, and then
LIBEL It Girl Bachelor Apartments"
For her satisfaction and that Of the
army Of women who wish TO live COM
fortably and independently, it way be stat
ed that the women's apartment house,
for whose erection Miss Janet Lewis
and Mrs. Candace Wheeler made such
strenuous exertions, will be ready before
another year Of han-bedroom existence
shall have made the occupants quite sui
cidal. Hundreds of women have signed
applications for rooms. and once the
the success of the idea IS demonstrated
there is no doubt that capitalists will
be very ready to supplement the first
and central building with others.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
The Flat TO be Repaircd.

Workmen were engaged yesterday IN
repairing the wall of PAGES fat which
fell Tuesday night and fortunately, hurt
no one. Just as soon as the debris can
be cleared away bricklayers will rebuild
the wall. The residents of the fiat were
forced Tuesday night 10 seek shelter
among friends, and yesterday they were
forced TO hunt for new homes: The fol-
lowing persons lived in the flats: Mr..
and Mrs. William Dibbrell, Mr. and Mrs.
John b. Morton, Misses Clara and Lizzie
Morton, Mr.. James Smith and family
Miss Emma Ayers, Mrs. William II. Jen-
kins and family and Miss Mary Branch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28

Rev. Eldridge b. Hatcher will be or
dained 10 the Christian ministry at .
O'Clock tonight at the Grace-Sueet Bap-
fist church The occasion promises to be
Of unusual interest, Mr.. Hatcher mas
grown up among the Richmond people,
and has a host OF friends who arc inter
csted ir his career Many OF the leading
ministers Of the city will take part in the
solemn exercises Of the ordination, and.
besides. there viii be several distinguished
ministers from abroad.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28

John Harris and Ulysses Grant Ander-
son Goth colored) we're before squire
Vincent. Of Henrico, yesterday, charged
with stealing some Iope from G. l.. Bat
kins. Harris was dismissed and Anderson
was sent on to the grand jury.
Hei rico Troop Of Cavalry was Inspected
by Captain Sands at the county court
house yesterday mOrI ing, lnspector-Gen-
eral stern being confined TO his room by
sielulcss. There were thirty-two mel I'm
line. The troop is in a Unsatisfactory
condition.
At a meeting Of the Society OF the Trim
ity Lutheran church OF Henrico county
Tuesday night, handsome quilt was
voted 10 Mrs. Sull, a prominent church
worker in the county.
The negro Smith. who wounded another
negro with a pistol in the county on last
Monday night, has not yet been captured.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
NaYnr EllYsnn Rnck.

Mayer Ellyson returned home from Bal
timOre last evening, where he had a con-
ference with Colonel O'Ferrall, the re-
suit Of which has bten already published,
and the correctness of which is confined
by M. Elyson. He stopped In Washing
ton on his return and had interviews with
the members Of the Virginia delegation
there.
lie leaves to-day for Millers'. in Essex
county where he has arranged for a con-
ference with the county chairmen OF the
counties Of the First district. II is his
purpose 10 visit each district in turn and
acqualut himself with the exact condition
Of the State politically.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
Almost Snfrncated hY smoke.

The alarm Of fire turned IN last night
at 1906 o'clock from station No. 45 at ST.
james and Duval streets. was occasiored
by an accident with a erosene ilamp in
the house No. 8 east Duval street. occu-
pied by a colored woman named Estele
Robinson. The flames We're eXtir guishe1
after damage to the amount OF so a
small child came near being suffocated
by the smoke, the mother having gone 10
church and left it In the house alone.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
Visited the Cauitol.

J. w. williams. sheriff Of Southampton,
called at the Capitol yesterday after de-
livering at the penitentiary Tom GhOlsin.
sentenced to four years Imprisonment for
house breaking with intent TO commit
murder.
Among the other visitors were i. II.
Kemp, Commissioner of Revenue OF Hen
rico. Judge Il G. Hancock. Of the Third
Judicial Circuit Chesterfield and T. y.
Cogbill, of Caroline.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28

The following suits We're Instituted In
the City Circuit Court yesterday:
John Il. Anderson & Son VS.. c. n. Good
win, for $500.
Same VS. A. Q. Billings, for STILES.
Same VS. Maynard & Son, for s7S999.
Walter c. Murcer VS.. c. i. Johnson,
for sl5l.74.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
They Rined His Pocket.

Two negroes aroused Mr.. r. T. S.
Walton while asleep on his porch at
No I'll north Thirtieth street, Tuesday,
and ran their hands into his pocket.
took what money he had. and escaped
one Of them was recognized by two young
men. Mr.. Walton is an aged man, and
is the father OF the young lady from
whom a negro stole an umbrella Tuesday
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28

Noticing a card of Mr.. r. y. Cary. in the
evening papers, l will state that Colonel
j. b. Cary has certainly class interests
az heart, for ne has for several years
used his best endeayors before our Legis-
lature 10 drive the Assessment Life Asso-
Citations from our State; and that these
have saved thousands Of dollars to policy
holders leaves no room for doubt
ONE WHO KNOWS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
No Quorum.

A meeting Of the Committee on Schools
was called for yesterday afternoon. but
I'm the absence Of quorum no business
could be transacted. Messrs Mann, Hard
wicke and Taylor were the only members
present. Another attempt TO get the com
mittee together will be made next Friday
at o'clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
COUNSEL TO MEN OR LARGE AFFAIRS.

During such period Of financial disturbance a. the
present you find 1t necessary to concentrate all your
talents and energies on .ne management OF your aara
You cannot safely delegate the work to another.
AT this time any one ese matter what his ability,
would be unable to successfully conduct your business
protect your investments, as well you
But there is a CHANCE that you may at any moment
be FORCED thus to turn your affairs over to the manage
ment OF another-namcy, in the event of your DEATH
Remember that executors often think more about
avoiding risks and protecting themselves than of carry
ing out the spirit Of the testators views They gener
ally lack experience in the business they are trying to
wind up
This nexperence and possible lack of interest may
cost ten fifteen per cent of the value of your estate
or more
You cannot but recognize the truth of this statement;
nevertheless you guard against this loss by assuring
your life for the amount which in your judgment your
executors would waste in winding up your estate.
You can easily, by economzing a little in your
living expenses, pay from your income the premium
policy for $4,000 100000 issued by the strongest
financial institution of its kind in the world, the Equita
bic Life Assurance Society of the United States 100
Broadway, New York.
If you then chance to die, your executor will be
INSTANTLY in the possession of $4,000 100000 of
CASH IN HAND and ready money will have FouRFoLD
value if DEATH COMES.
On the other hand, if you live, and take your
(or exampe) on the twenty-year Tontue Endow-
ment plan, you will YOURSELF reap rich reward on ma.
turity of the policy.
The following is an illustration of one out of many
such policies maturing in 1898:
EXAMPLE.
LETTER FROM P0LICY-HoLDER IN THE EQUITABLE.
In response your request that should give you for publa
of Policy No. 1854 which matured June q 1893,
/ beg o make the following statement:
policy $1,000 Issued twenty the
The paid in premiums 1888 60
Among other options the following methods of settlement
offered -
Frst-Cash value 81 5904 equal return Of all
the with interest exceeding cent
Second-A paid up policy OF life assurance for s3S5S.
Third-A life annuity OF s1253.
Ina 1909 K. J. RILEY.
above letter applied the Equt
pooy for five times the amount OF the original
policy
JOHN r. WEST, Manager,
RICHMOND. VA.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28

A meeting OF the Board Of Aldermen
vals called for last evening to concur in
the resolutic Us adopted by the Common
Cornell PR vlding for The grading OF cor
tain streets in Lee district IN the alb
sfnce Of a quorum ho action could be
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28

4" hea collector Ryan first took charge
"e revenue office in this city ne re-
90 currency for stamps but nov that
| Nas the business we'll I'm hand lie mas
|,-i'DA.eu 70 accept ceruded checks.
, N''Ilcd assignments IN his office have
s..', made as follows: Mr.. A. Il. sheiid.
10 brandy accounts; Mr.. John Enders.
,n. assistant 90 the stamp deputy: MIR.
49,. 4dloott Jr., and Mr.. A. X. Gum,
,..," tooacc0 accounts. The otner
'''Ns ere engaged in general work. re-
.H t the Richmond Office this week
~. Deen as follows Monday. Y.R47g;
.o'pfaay, N&S0 Collections al me Pc
a.. ,Duis ONCE are running about 500 Der
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28

Mayor Trout, accompanied by his wife
and son. quietly left Richmond at O'Clock
yesterday morning for their home in
Roanoke. His departure was quietly
made.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28

Beecham's Pills correct bad effects Of
oyer-eating.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
Henric0 Notes.

Don't take any chances. Vote Tor
Lovenstein and Sands for the Senate.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28

that "out o. sorts" feeling
@sAe Bfomo-S eltzer--trial bottle 10 cts
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-28
THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
THOSE VINO ARE CANDIDATES FOR
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Democratic Voters who VIII Pledge Them
seIves to support the Democratic Nomi-
nees Are Entitled to Vote.

The straight primary election for the
nomination Of two candidates for the
State Senate and five for the House Of
Delegates, takes place to-day. The ward
superintendent and registrars received
their books, tally-sheets. tickets, and
other supplies from the City Chairman
at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
A number OF tickets were circulated
on the street yesterday, but they were
printed by individuals. and were not the
tickets printed by the Committee.
Every voter shall vote for the full
number Of persons 10 be nominated for
each Of the Offices TO be filed, and no
more and no less-i. e., two senators and
five delegates-marking out the names on
the tickets in excess Of the required
number.
who Are Entitled 10 Vote.
All registered white Democratic voters
OF the city OF Richmond who will pledge
themselves to support the nominees OF the
Democratic party shall be entitled 10
vote. But no voter shall be entitled 10
vote exsept In the precinct In which he
lives, and unless his name appears on
the Observation-Disclosures: provided, that
voter who, since the last general cleo
ton, has moved from one ward or pre-
cinct to another, and has not been trans
ferred to the registration books Of his
new ward or precinct, may vote In the
ward or precinct from which he has NOV
ed. Any white male who may not be
twenty-one years of age at the time Of
said primary, but who will attain that
age at or before the time of the general
election next ensuing, shall, upon produc-
ing TO the judges Of election satisfactory
evidence Of that fact, be allowed to vote
at said primary.
candidates.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-07
The Age Of the Earth.

The earth's age, like that of the pro-
verbal spinster, must, / suppose, be
deemed uncertain, or at least las in the
case Of the census paper we must allow
affair margin for probabilities. Thegeolo-
gists On the one hand are supposed to
make very big drafts indeed on the bank
over which Father Time presides; while
the physicists on the other hand insist
on more moderate demands being formu-
lated. The latest explorer in this field
of inquiry is Mr.. Clarence King, a well
known American geologist, who seems
to lean to the sideo the physicists in this
matter. OF course every body starts with
the earth as gaseous mass and every
body gets to the earth as cooling globe,
which is certain IN time to become a
burnt out cinder like the moon.
From researches on the effects of heat
and pressure as applied to cooling orb,
Mr.. King concludes that Lord Kelyin's
estimate of the earth's age is very near
the mark. According to Mr.. King the
age of our worM Is to DO got down az not
exceeding some "a ,Goo, opo years, which.
I venture to say, is SO entirely unthinka-
BILE number that nobody3may feel in
tellectua1ly pertt1rbed il Q few millions
more be added or few millions be sub
tracted from the ameunt.-Dr. Andrew
wilson in London Illustrated News,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-07
DECISION RESERVED.
First Case in Maine Under the Alien Con-
tract Labor Law.

AUGUSTA, July 6.-Deputy United
States Marshal Burton Smith of Port
land, came to Augusta and arrested Jo-
seph. alias Phillip Gilbert, an employee
OF the Edwards Manufacturing Compa-
ny, on charge of violating the alien labor
contract law as agent of the company.
Gilbert. was brought before United
States Commissioner w. S. Choate at
LAS, and the case was continued until
afternoon. Gilbert was released on bail
furnished by the company. District At
torney Dyer appeared for the govern
ment and Arson M. Goddard for the re :
spondent.
1t is the first case of the kind in
Maine and is creating much excitement.
1t was worked up by Immigration In
speetor Frederick A. Woodbridge of
Newport, Vt. The charge is that the
company has been in this practice for
years of hiring help in lower Canada in
defiance of the law.
The hearing was resumed this
afternoon. Witnesses were examined
showing probable cause that Gilbert
had violated the statute. 1t was shown
that he had been in Black Lake, Canada,
and subsequently number of families
came to Augusta. After seeing him
they were given work by the Edwards
Company. The defence developed that
no definite contract had been made. The
prosecution rested the case under the
clause of the statute prohibiting the
giving of enc engagement to persons to
enter the country to obtain work. Mr.
Goddard requested the commissioner to
discharge Gilbert at once. Mr.. Dyer
urged that there was sufficient evidence
to warrant holding Gilbert until the fall
term of the District Court at Portland,
to await the action of the grand jury.
The commissioner took the case under
ADJUSTMENT, the decision to be returned
July % at 10 a. m. at Augusta.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-07
The Reading Middle.

PHILADELPHIA, July 6.-Judge Dallas
in the United States Circuit Court today
issued a decree confirming the report Of
Master George L. Crawford, and en-
powering the receivers of the Philadel.
phia and Reading Railroad and Coal and
Iron Company to issue certificates on
behalf of the road to the amount OF
$3,545.523 and on behalf of the Coal and
Iron Company to the extent of $197, 526.
Certificates will bear interest at 6 per
cent per annum. Judge Dallas also filed
an opinion dismissing the petition of a
bond holder, John Lornie of Scotland,
for leave to intervene as a party plaintiff
IN the Thomas G. Platt receivership suit
against the Reading.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-07

When, however, the trapper finds
faint but prolonged line of light extend
ing over the plate, he knows that it is
the trail OF an asteroid, and he at once
proceeds to complete it's capture by CIV
ing it name and calculating it's ele-
ments.
The unsuspecting asteroids who had
long ago grown shy of the telescope have
not yet discovered the existence of the
camera traps, and they are captured in
alarming numbers. It is quite usual for
a trapper to report the capture of four
or five asteroids in a single night.
It is true that he rarely makes any dis
tinction between the traces made by an
asteroid and the marks on the plate due
to imperfections in the emulsion or
to scratches made during development.
In his greed he treats all marks as as
teroids that come to his trap, and there
can be no doubt that certain proper
ton of the asteroids recently named and
given place in the solar system have ne
existence outside of the Photographic
plate, where the trapper fancied that he
had detected their trail.
Still it is evident that the traps are
nightly capturing an enormous number
of asteroids, and unless something is
done for their preservation this variety
Of celestial game will sooner or later be-
come as extinct as the American buffalo.
To the average man it may seem to be
matter Of very little consequence how
asteroids are captured, but to those who
are familiar with astronomers and who
have their welfare and that of their
wives and families at heart the prospect
that legitimate asteroid hunting is about
to become impossible is alarming.
If the tired astronomer can no longer
keep up his health and spirits by beat
ing the milky way for asteroids his
health must inevitably suffer. Physi-
clans are agreed that astronomy, If
habitually INDUCED in, is peculiarly ex
hausting to the nerves. Indeed the con-
frmed and excessive astronomer is in
variably irritable and quarrelsome, even
in spite of the tonic influence of asteroid
hunting.
If that resource should no longer be
open to him, his condition will be simply
pitiable, and such thing as an astro-
nomic home will be utterly unknown.
The astronomers only recreation will be
found in contradicting the theories and
denying the discoveries of other astrono-
mers, and the meeting of an astronomic-
al society would be a scene of wild up
roar mingled with flying states and
Jumps Of chalk.-Washington STAR
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-07
HUNTING ASTEROIDS.
Astronomical Sport That Is Being Robbed
of Part of Its Pleasure.

Astronomical Sport That Is Being Robbed
of Part of Its Pleasure.
There was time when the hunting of
asteroids was the athletic sport with
which the tired astronomer refreshed his
mind and muscles. Wearied with pro-
longed calculations as to the weight of a
ton Of Goals on the surface Of Jupiter or
the density Of beer ON the surface Of the
sixth moon of Uranus and with his
right arm and fingers cramped and
numbed from the excessive use of chalk
and blackboard, the astronomer would
take his telescope and in the bright, crisp
winter night stalk the tirnid asteroid
through the starry jungles Of the skies.
1t was not often that he made sue
cessful bag. Sometimes he would hunt
night after night for weeks before cap
turing single asteroid, but he was al
ways buoyed up by the hope of game,
and when he did bring down an aste-
roid with his breechloading reflector,
his small but handy refractor, and was
enabled to make a present of its ele-
ments to favorite fellow astronomer
he was indeed proud and happy man.
But this fine old astronomical sport is
at an end. The asteroid trapper with his
Photographic trap is abroad, and there
is every reason to believe that in the
course Of very few years at the fur
thest every existing asteroid will have
been captured.
The method Of the trapper is as simple
as ii is unsportsmanlike. He sets his
camera at pightfall and goes home to his
family until the following morning. A
claokwofk attachment gfyes q motion to
the camera identical with the apparent
motion Of The fixed stars, SO that the i'm
ages of the latter mover vary their places
On The sensitive plate.