The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-20
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Mr., Van WICK Talks About his Pres
identiaI Boom.
MANY MILLIONS FOR SCHOOLS
Death of a Noted Dog-The Evidence
Against NeufeIdt Piiing Up-A LIT
tie Boy Six Years of Age Dies
Hero-Tax on the Shamrock
MANY MILLIONS FOR SCHOOLS

bad or Indifferent.
When the former Judge got to his home,
in Brooklyn. l sent to him two questions
about the boom.
Are you encouraging the efforts that
are being made 20 nominate you for the
| Presidency" That was the FIRST
| what do you Think the second read,
| "about Mr.. Croker statement as %
| BryanY
! From Mr.. Van WyCS n servant bore
! back the message that he had nothing at
all To say ab0ut politics.
81 will talk about anything else" was
the ending Of the message as it came 70
| me.
Joseph J. Wilett. Of Admission, Ala, ami
| of a Tammany Fourth of July celebration
! h. New York. who IS custodian of the
| boom. showed it 10 the former judge. 1t
| was resting peacefully ON bed of letters
! and kilograms I'm pariOr No. IS OF the Hon-
| man House When the meeting ended Dir.
| Wllett said to me:
"Judgo Van Wyck Is very busy practic-
| ing law, and IS not taking a great deal
| OF interest iu what We are dong.
81 assume however. that no loyal Demo
crat win decline n Presidential nOmina-
! ton n 30 should Doe offered 90 him
"As far as Judge Van WyCk IS con-
cernod. Dee never has manifested the least
desire % have "a Presidential nomination,
| but the movement springs from men I'm
| various portions of the country who be-
1 lieve that Van Wyck is the man to save
| the party"
would you take him for second placer
] asked
''No. 7 don't think we'd Ike that" said
| AIr. Wnlett "I don't believe the Judge
would consent
Does Die know anything about this
! boom? Us ne back of it?'
"He knows no more about 1t than the
general public. It's a spontaneous move
| On his favor. lie can't help himself when
| there is an uprising for him.
I'm this connection it may be stated that
I Oswald Ottendorfer proprietor of the
| stats Zatug who has just returned
! from Europe. expresses the conviction
| that the nomination az Bryan would Do
most unfortunate for the Democratic
party.
PUBLIC SCHOOL APPROPRIATION
New York win be asked to appropriate
$4,000 for public school purposes in the
year 1900 About one-ha.f OF This sum- n
appropriated. win be expended In new
school buildings.
There has been another advance IN the
price Of fresh meats in This CITY, and lor
ter house steaks are now bringing --e.
pound.
Before She can compete for the cup, the
Shamrock which has just arrived VIII
have 20 b. entered at tha custom mousse
and nav a tax ON her tonnage. and rav
also her entrance fees. The amount OF lH'
tax VII. De $i217.
YOUTHFUL HERO.
pu1aroh Rocker little fellow only SIX
,.a,rs of ara died q hero Yesterday after
noon s9crifefng his life for Dis brother
and Sister Rudolph. aged SIX; Nathan
aoad Your and Marie aged two were
PLAYING n tho streets when there was "a
runaway The little fellow saw tho dam
GER lie was out of the way but his
brother ana sister were in the middle OF
.i,, '.t,.,,, 5irlctly I'm the rath OF the rum
-. 49, r-ho had en-9ne into the street
.,I s,,oc.c5aJ FIN Getting h's.sistor out OF
the way Then trying DO rescue me boy
he was struck 10y the horse and knocked
down Both wheels of the wagon ran over
the little fellow ana cIu-Hg' ".' l''.
The other boy was injured but not seli-
ously
Six years ago Henry HOFFMAN UIlg
Years of age. arrived DO this city ON the
British steamship silver craig. Iie was nc
work at a windass when the iron block
fell from al0ft, hitting him on the BACK
ana breaking his spine. ne was l"Nrn -
the Eastern District Hospital IN broohlyH'
and physicians throughout lne "oiIu
came interested I'D nus case 4to "'' NO.
as comfortable as pos'l''e i"" "l'
brirht and cheerful but his recovery wl5
imrossible and Yesterday DE died SIX
vaars after the accident occurred. The sur
nriso he that he should have lived so long.
THE evidence against NeufeIdt The al
ioged murderer of Mrs Annie hronman, is
accinul3tng. ard Captain McClosky
saws that Neufeldt is undoubtedly the
man wanted Curious 20 say, the lacAlH5
link I'm the chain Of evidence sas q s"l.'A
gold chain with a gold dollar p'hBi-'
which was stolen from MFs. hI9hiii'l or.
me dav of the murder. That has now
been recovered and # has been aseeItai, .e
that Neufedr on Friday last gave ll'
chain as a present 90 a friend Oh MS WHO
pawnod IT,
REMEMBERED HIS FRIEND.
- 49, 49,. ~ pia.n.ald. n j.. has
H. W. It-.t@l.,t,o, tbathe Is heir ~ a
rs.el'e ca en- ooo len him bv W. p.
niue loi'u,lo a. ID, tbo west The story
Ileu''ll " VIZ ono THE bequest comes
l9 an ''l.'' ~. venture Of Frazee forty
a' 'le l0,-', Neoork when he loaned
s'H'' ~ 1s.- 40 invest i'm a factory.
s.'oV ~ -, 90 lost I'm the concern. and
luS nlol',s ,,-t,,ro and bad luck behind
VIZ" Ht7 t.''''' '''t.l ~, strike out for IN,
hlh' heuueL -. bo nronised Frazee
w. 49, 10 ~ ,raIe any money he would
80, ne debt