The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-08
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Croker Declares That David B. Hill
isa Traitor.
MISSHELEN GOULD'SGENER0SITY
She Sends Books To the Front for the
soidiers-New York Preachers
Protest Against Prize
Fighting.

NEW YORK, Nov. 7.--special.-As hr.
Richard Croker read his political man
Yesterday morning he hroke out In ian
guage something like this
"Irs Hill; it's Hin everywhere up 'he
State. doing his best to Kill DemoeraIc
,h,rces If victory by telling the ieopie
up there that Tammany Is tfyhS ~ N'p
tire the LEGISLATURE 50 az TO Al" ISL
E,,,er, mail brings charges and PROOF th'e
bo 10 troacherous. that he's knfihS me
,ort, lie claims to be Democrat ~"u
,.et from hundreds Of places ! near "",u'
,tt, .ndarhand work He was sore he-
oa,,se he didn't win i'm the otate D'hi-
It., and he'd sacrifice his party 10 get
square" 80 etonainp
- a. the time and left after croker
e,at tbroueb talking, After the reporters
- cone Croker seemed TO thInk th"'
ma mad said too much and he told some
- he bovs present that he thought they
nod better make It read that "a proiil-
,,ert Democratic leader up the state had
Zen DOING all he could 20 hurt US IL
vas too late. however. and the story was
printed as Croker originally gave II out
DEWEY AND HIS FIANCE.
Admiral Dewey walked down fltth
avenue this morning with Mrs. Hazen, his
b~ido-eloct. when they reached twenty
sivtb street the Admiral stopped and be
gan nointfng out the beauties OF the
Dewey arch to Mrs Hazen. Soon, now
ever he was Identified by some street
urchins who raised q cry, and a crown
began 10 gather. The Admiral quicky
moved away with Mrs Hazen, but me
crowd followed, getting bigger all the
time At Eighteenth street the eHDar-
rassed couple entered store ana MAIL
aged TO escape through a side door.
The New York Methodist preachers at
their meeting Monday morning protested
against prize fighting in New York ana
APPOINTED a committee to urge the repeal
Of the law under which such contests
take place. Rev. DR.. J. NJ Thornton
missionary bishop to India, who was the
regular speaker for the day. SAID:
am sorry that you New Workers. do not
enjoy all the privileges we have in my
country. Such a prize fight as you refer
to would be an imposability In INDIA.
with it's three hundred millions of people
The loving cup TO be presented TO Sir
Thomas Upton will be Of gold, not sill
yer. John n. Beach. John ID. Crimmins,
Frederick W. Haynes General Howard
Carroll and T.. =. BENJAMIN have been
appointed as a subcommittee TO obtain
designs and the contract for making the
cup viii be given as soon as the suhscrip-
tons to the fund have been closed
At the Garrick Theatre Conan Doyle's
Sherlock Holmes is the attraction with
Mr.. William Gillette in the title role. His
performance last night was a great sue
cess.
BICYCLIST KILLED.
There was a distressing accident on
Thirty-seventh street yesterday by which
a woman lost her life. In riding down
the Murray Hill slope on bicycle, she
lost control Of her machine and ran into
an express wagon. She fell on the pave
ment. and before the horses could be
STONED the wheel passed over her neck,
crushing out her life.
Miss Helen Gould, the soldiers friend,
Is supplying the men at the front with
travelling libraries The libraries are put
I'D in hand oak cases, with room for a
hundred or more volumes in each case.
The front Of each bookcase let's down
and forms "a reading desk. Altogether
Miss Gould has given more than thou
sand new books to the soldiers at a
coast including the cases. Of S,ooO.
A big French doll, belonging to the resi-
dence of Mrs. LeOna Graft, of Brooklyn
Scared two boy thieves into connipsions
and caused their arrest. The youngsters
entered the house 10 steal lead pipe. In
the house was a large French doll as big
as baby and when wound up would
speak the words mamma and papa. me
boys took all the lead pipe they wanted,
and started to go out when one Of them
dislodged the doll. causing it to fall
over and cry mamma. The lads were
thoroughly frightened, dropped thelr
packages Of lead pipe, and made frantic
dive for the front door, where they were
observed by Mrs. Graft. A policeman
subsequently arrested them. The chaps
declared that de kid give MS away.