The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-28
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
No CIew Yet to the Whereabouts OF
Marion Clark,
THE TEA-DRINKER IS DEAD,
A Long Journey i'm mn Automobile
Valuable Jewels StoIcn-Estrada
Palma Makes a Show
Down.
THE TEA-DRINKER IS DEAD,

NEW YORK, May 21.-Special-Arthur
w. Clark and Margaret Belts were mar
ried in New York on July :. 1896, and a
certificate TO that effect has recently
been mado by Alderman Frederick A..
Ware who performed the ceremony,
These are the parents Of Marion Clark
the child who was recently kidnapped.
and there is a suspicion, with what ground
nobody seems 10. know, that somebody
had good reason for stealing this child.
The police say that there are only two
possible motives. money or revenge. III
1t was money 10 is easy to conjecture why
the child has not been returned, for only
5000 has been offered and the abduct0rs
would probably look for a much greater
stake. 1t is strange, however, that II
money was the motive the abduct0rs
should have taken the child Of a COM
paratively poor man. The whole thing Is
shrOuded in mystery and as already
stated there are suspicious that the
child was taken through revenge, though
Clark Indignantly denies that there was
any other woman IN the case. There was
some objection on the part Of Mrs.
Clark's mother TO the match. because
she was a Catholic and Clark a Protes-
tant.
In connection with the above. Rabbi
Leon Glassbcrg, whose little son died
yesterday morning, thinks that the child
was poisoned by a stranger, as the symp-
toms indicate as much. The father thinks
that the poison was administered through
candy which was given 10 the child.
TONES INVE6T1GAr1ON.
The officials IN the Tombs prison deny
that there IL eny ground for the charge
which Mrs. Ruth Howard has brought
against that institution, and in proof
thereof say that the woman sent presents
TO some Of the prison officials after she
was released together with a note of
thanks for kind treatment received. At
torney Moss. however, is convinced OF the
truth of Mrs. Towards story.
Peter Phelan, the man who was under
treatment at Bellevue Hospital for ex-
cessive tea drinking. is dead. The doc
tors expect that the post norton will re-
veal liver poison.
Diamonds. pearls and rubies valued at
5000 were recently stolen from the resi-
dence Of Thomas r. Stillman in Brooklyn.
There is much mystery attached 10 the
theft. Some Of the Jewels have been re-
covered.
Alexander Wilton and Charles p.
Shanks. a newspaper man, left Cleveland.
Ohio, last Monday morning in an auto
mobile bound for New York FOR the pur-
pose Of demonstrating the possibilities Of
vehicles of that description for long DIS
tances. They arrived In this city a little
after six o'clock last evening. Had 10
not been for the breaking OF an axle the
Trip would have been made, so the men
said, In four days.
Franklin Quinby, recently chosen 10y
The National Democratic Committee 10
collect campaign funds in the interest OF
Organism, expects to have his organiza-
ton sufficiently completed within a month
Cd. warrant tho 0nFnInu rf DgIUTaTf rTN.
WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Kate Warren, an unusually handsome
young woman twenty-three years of age
and an actress, attempted TO commit sul-
eide yesterday by inhaling Illuminating
gas. She went into her room at "a board
ing house and turned on the gas from
seven jets. The odor Of gas was detected
however. and the landiady summoned O
policeman who broke into the room iu
time 70 ave the young woman from
death.
T. Estrada Palma has rendered an ac-
count showing receipts and disbursements
by him on account Of the Cuban fund.
His receipts were S1,500,0oo.
Miss Maude Adams appeared as juliet
in the Columbia Theatre In Brooklyn last
night. The house was packed and even
standing room was at a premium.
Robert Bloomsbury, for sixteen year,
superintendent of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company's ferries here. is dead.
For the first time IN many months New
York's race track. gambling dcns. the
pool rooms. were closed tight yesterday.
BISHOP POTTER CRITICISED.
The Churchmau. the official organ OF the
Protestant Episcopal church, printed q
letter yesterday from Bishop Whitehead
OF Pittsburg. in which he asserts very
positively. as hav many other eminent
churchmen, that Bishop Potter was not
compelled by the canons Of the church
TO advance DR.. Briggs TO the priesthood
E~x-Comptroller Trenholm has resigned
as president Of the North American Trust
Company. and Alyah Towbridge has been
elected as his successor.
Rosa Bonheur's most celebrated paint
ing. The Horse Fair" hangs in the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art I'm this city.
She sold 70 for 1000 francs. A. r. Stewart
paid $4,000 for it. At the famous sale of
his collection il was bought for the Art
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