The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-09

garrett by the police. Her husband also
about seventy was arrested, charged
with neglect He had about SEQ In ms
pockets. and admitted 70 the police that
he had a saving bank account when
IL is said. amounts 90 $1,000.
The policeman who discovered the wo-
mans condition said Doe felt quite sure
that The money the couple possesses is at
least On part n Mrs Quinns name. AT
least 81 600 of 90 Che woman is said 90 have
inherited from "a sister lately.
Whether or not the woman counte-
nanced the msarly way of living the
police were unable 90 learn on account
of her elfeeh.ei condition
Oscar T.. Lackey who was treated with
Dr. D0ty's yellow fever serum was APP
parently better yesterday. Dr. D0ty said
chat the Improvement iu Mr.. Lackey COM
di-ion diI not furnish any facts upon
which definite conclusions as Oh the eff
fcacy of the serum could De based.
"Alr Lackey," said Or. Doty Yesterday
"may have improved without the aid OF
the serum. so definite conclusions can
Doe drawn without an analysis of at least
fifty cases of the disease. His case is
not am ideal one for the test 0f the serum.
as it was three days advanced when it
came 20 u.s. The best tests cannot be
made En- this climate"
HIS JEWELRY RECOVERED.
The Sioo0 pear-shaped diamond that was
stolen in May last from "a safe I'm the
house Of Thomas +. suiman. at .5 Jora-
lemon street. Brooklyn. arrived from Liv-
erp00. yesterday and was returned 20 Mr..
suIman by Captain Reynolds of the De-
tective Bureau. The diamond and other
90. na of 3D..
by Thomas Herd a butler in Mr. still
mans employ.
Herd had formerly been employed as
steward on am ocean steamship. Tie
gave the diamond 90 a steward on one Of
the steamers of the White Star Line. who
n.edged it in O pawnshlp in Liverpool for
70 pounds IL cost q pounds 20 redeem
&c. Herd, who was arrested and who con-
fessed 20 the burglary. is awaiting trial.
The police have now recovered all the
stolen property
A BATH HOUSE MYSTERY.
Coney Island has another bath house
mystery william C.. Thomas, an attend
ant al Doyles bathing pavilion, report
ell 70 the Coney Island police last night
thaL DE had rented o suit 10 man
about o'clock Do the afternoon and that
the man had disappeared. lie said me
man was about twenty-five years Old of
smooth face. fair complexion and about
five feet seven inches tall lie had been
assigned % room 23. His clothing con-
sisted OF black chevlOt trousers an aia-
uaca coat. q striped shirt. tan shoes, and
a brown derby hat In the clothing the
police found nothing but three cents ana
a letter addressed 10 one. Geo. Z. tltch,
I'm care Of a morning newspaper ana
breathing dire threats.
The letter was signed up. d. T." The
police believe that he went 20 the bath
house, changed his clothing and departed.
leaving the suit he wore when be entered
the place in the hope that "a report would
get abroad that he had been drowned
Auditor Jardines has prepared some IN
terestIng statistics showing the growth
OF business On the New York p0st0iiice IN
the last twenty years.
MARVELLOUS GROWTH.
Included IN the statement is compari-
son Of the population IN the area served
by the New York postotice. the oorousns
of Manhattan and the Bronx, twenty
years ago and now. In 1850 the figures
showed a population OF l,a6. Ze. The
estimate for the present day is over ZOO
90 Twenty years ago Il took i5l carriers
and 759 clerks distributed among the gen.
era postoiilce and thirteen branch offices,
20 attend TO the business last year. lfSs
carriers and 1923 clerks, distributed
among tho general postiice and thirty
branch Offices. exclusive Of l2o sub-sta-
tlons selling postal supplies served the
boroughs OF the Old city.
In twenty years the gross receipts or
the office derived from the sale OF stamps
and rent OF boxes have increased S,Sll'-
1850. until tie total has reached NSll'-
$3.50. The receipts would probably have
been double this amount but Tor the re-
duction OF postage on hrst and second
elias matter. Eleven hundred publishers