The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-02
New York to Have Second Place on
Republican Ticket.
A LADS TERRIBLE DEATH
Roasted Alive by an Electric Wire
Chairman MaZet To Take
Bride-A New Theatre ON
Seventh Street.

| Ropublican Presidential nomination
will now certainly come 10 New Nofh'
rho politicians say that the Presidency
viii go West for years TO come. Every
Nepubllcan candidate for President except
o,o has been a western man, and the
only time an Eastern man was nominated
p. was defeated on the other hand IN
nine of the eleven Presidential e'ec''o"S
since 1856. the Democrats have CHOSEN a.. az.
| Eastern man for President bu' ~
fb,v nominated a Nebraska p9''''-'o.'
and are likely TO rcHohiHal0 mn 80
80. n INKS as il both parties would
| i-s,fter .o 10 the West for their Prcsi-
Irr.iai cardidates. the West now being
tbo controlling force in national pon''os.
1,bo F9st. therefore. must content lls1A
with the Presidency ana us We"
vorI- has "a bigger electoral vote than any
other state. and is very uncertain poilll-
| cluv a. rs natural that the nomination
ehoitfd come 20 her In 1896 this was not
the case. but i'm that year New YORK Wd7
| uo+ "a doubtful state as between Bryan
and Mckinley. Some of Governor Eoose-
VOLTS friends have called his attention TO
those facts. and urged him 90 take the
| Vice Presidency instead Of waiting Tor
The remote chance of the presidency. IL
is known however that Senator Platt
wants 90 have him again run for Gov
eruor. which So far as actual power is
concerned. is "a more important once lnai,
] the Vice-prcsidency VINO VIII II DC .
| Naturally there lis now considerable sos-
| sin regarding the Presidency, II be-
! ing generally taken for granted that
| both Mckinley and Bryan viii again head
a. b. f..f b.
| there IS talk Of Secretary Root. of Cen
| eral Frederick ID. Grant. and OF Lieuten-
| ant-Governor Woodruff. Now that Croker
| has Joined the Bryan movement, IL IS not
| unlikely that the Western Democrats
may be willing 90 c0ncode the Nlae-Prosi-
doucy 20 Ncw York and I'm that case Il
will Zoe OF interest GO learn whom Croker
win select. granting that be- maintains
his position at the head of the organIza-
| ti0n Doc This state The name of Augustus
/ Van Wyck naturally suggests itself IA
| this connection. his strong run for Gov
/ crnOr last year having developed the fact
that he makes good candidate. II Ia
suggested however, that for the sake OF
| harmony Croker might present ex-senator
Hul for the Presidency. IIUl once
made a bid for the Presidency and failed.
/ but being out of Office. and no longer the
/ the opportunity this nomination would
give him. Notwithstanding his defeat in
| tine State Committee. Hin SIS helping along
The present democratic campaign and
says that all is harmonious. IT. seems
scarcely possible. however. chat Croker
would do as much SIS this for HiH and.
moreover The Eryanltos have never liked
Hifs non-commiual position in 1896.
A NEW THEATRE
Mr. oscar Hammers,o.n broke ground
This morning for his slyenth-Slre-t thea
tre
The new house is 20 De in West Forty
Second street, adjoining the Victoria. 10
is o. cost $4,000 and Mr. UImmerstein
Intends % have 70 ready 90 open IN Au-
sust next, with some hFst-c.ass attraction
in the comedy drama or comic opera
line
In this connection # may Doe said that
Irving production of "R0tespierre' is
pronounced by every critic as a MASTER
piece of stagecraft, while his own imper-
s0nation VI The title role Is praised as
one of the best things he has done. Ills
American engagement has opened most
auspiciOusiy for him. While Ellen Terry
has comparatively little 20 do On Robes
pierre" yet she knows that She is as fine
am artist as ever she was and ID is diff
cult to compare herewith any one but her
self.
A HORRIBLE SIGHT.
a lad was burned 90 death on the side
walk IN Graham avenue, Brooklyn, last
night by a live Wire
Several hundred men, women and chill
dren stood powerless last night IN Gra-
ham avenue, Brooklyn. while a boy was
burned 90 death ON the sidewalk in q most
horrible manner by q live electric light
wire.
Graham avenue IS lighted by big arc
lights operated by power from the With
ers street plant OF the Edison Electric
Light Company.
The high wind of last evening caused
the supply wire on the west side Of the
avenue 10 break close % one Of the
poles. which are about sixty feet apart.
The long string of wire fell 20 tho side
walk. IL was just about o'clock, and
there We're many persons on both sides
Of the street going home from work
in falling the wire struck a seventeen
year-old boy, believed TO be Louis Berz-
gler Those who Witnessed the accident
said that the wire seemed to coil itself
about its victim, circling his neck He
raised his hands, but fell % the ground
without uttering a word II is believed
he died as be fell
Policeman Tolond, who attempted 20
pull the boy away from the wire fell
back unconscious. Tol0nd owes his life
to the fact that he wore rubber boots.
John Seidei, a marine in the Navy
| Yard, was passing al the time. He saw
the boy and policeman and ran up TO
rescue them.
lie threw up his hands 10 push away
the wire and yas terribly burned about
the hands ant wrists before he fell 10
the sidewalk unconscious.
The lads body badly burned. was
finally rescued by the reserves from a
neighboring hospital Seidel VIII recover.
MAzET TO MARRY.
Robert Mazet. chairman Of the Mazet
Investigating Committee, Is to be mar
ried on November nth.
The bride-to-be is Miss Elsie Moore. a
favorite in social circles both In Brook
Ign and AT Lake George where her par
ents have their summer home. She ia a
daughter or Commodore John ". Moore,
U. S n. Their Brooklyn home IS at No.
IS South oxford street. The ceremony
will take place al Lake George. Clarence
Moore the brides brother viii be best