The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-18
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
New Workers Have a Very Lively
Stag" Party,
EVANGELIST WOULDN'T LIE,
Preacher who Thinks that sunday
school Teachers should Receive
Pay-A Determined suic't -
Many Murder Cases
EVANGELIST WOULDN'T LIE'

NEW YORK. oct IT, spociaL-It Is
wh.spercd around that there was stag
party in New YORK Saturday nisht which
rivsled the famous sccley dinner party.
Tho stag was held In club house ana
is nm. described by one o. the morning
papers
There was a very elaborate dinner, with
lots OBJ good wine and varied vaudeville
performance. At the outset all was lofiaL
though tame. but as the hours advanced
there was infectious hilarity which the
more sedate members explain on inc
theory that "boys wl De boys
The professional performers did nor haVe
the field exclusively 90 themselves some
of the cubmen received enthusiastic ape
piaase for the assistance they rendered
0n the stage one. for instance, are"
bowls of laughter when Doe stepped ginger
iv forward. while six pretty girls Weie
doing somewhat conventional sons ana
dance. He was airily clad AS Cupid. and
y.ts u lime hum0r. The fam became fas.
and furious when he appeared. bat the
amusement of the many shocked tine rev,
who thought that the limits of proprlely
had been oversteyped.
CALLED EN- DOWN.
The indignation was overheated TO the
poiut of explosion by am act that follow
od-an Oriental dance of the "coucneo-
c0ucheo" order. 4 little young woman
without any superiority of garments 10
hinder her motions or 20 conceal them
from the spectators. began am intricate
wrigeic. A man who is well known ~ me
business world jumped 90 his feet ana enc
tered q violent protest ,.
AN was upr0ar in an instant sit
down. shrieteI some of the younger
men. "He's right IT'S gone too ran.
yelled others There was perfect b1uel
OF tongues The dancer. somewhat o.7-
concerted. but realizing that an audience
Iu "a club "stae" differs radically from
lhat of an ordinary theatre attempseu lo
coutinue. but she was dragged of me
stage and tire curtain went down amid
intense. confusion.
When quiet bad been restored. the per-
pormance Was continued, but on miider
lines Occasionally "a joke was rislue. but
efforts were made 90 keep the variety ace
tors down 10 more or Jess conventional
lines. and to disregard the instructions
they had presumably received earlier Do
the evening 10 was half-past TWO when
many of the tired men left for their
homes.
PAY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Rev. Henry Mottet. rector of the Church
OF the Holy Communion. wants to raise
"a fund Of $4,000 for religious instruction.
Mir Mottet believes that the teachers of
his Sunday school should bee fully ~ VOL
equipped mentally as the teachers in secn-
lar schools. and that they should Doe paid
for their services.
..Tha most advanced educators" he said.
"for instance. men like Dr. Stanley Hail.
the president of CLARK University. are
agreed that the only foundation ON which
cam Doe based any education helpful do dee
rc'oping the highest form of character
and thus tho greatest utility in any and
every de1ar.meut of liIc must he tle
spfritum eGuclIou and must Dee come
menced at the earliest period of life when
child becomes capable OF being educat-
ed.
"It being the duty Of the church TO give
the highest trainins, the church also mas
at her command the latent possibility 10
give it. and DO the belief that the latent
possibility exists and that 30 requires of us
simply 20 develop it. this new departure
is undertaken
Al the conclusion of the services the
nreachor announced that he had received
slJl.1J Go start the fund.
DETERMINED TO DIE.
The body of Frank Dedine cheese
maker. was found yesterday under me
east end Of the arch of Highbridge the
body was stuck fast I'm the mud. Ihere
was "a bullet hole in fhe right temple ana
an oId-fashi0ncd French pistol was FOUND
near the body Before shooting hlmseh
the man had tied a. rope around ms neck
and waist and then fastened the other
D.. ID. I. i'm the
river.
KILLED by A BLOW
BarthOd Meyer shipping clerk. forty
one years old. who lived with bis wife at
No. 22i Blocker street, Brooklyn. last
night died in ST. Catherine s. Hospital from
a fractured skull
While walking I'm Myrtle avenue on sun
day night. he staggered and brushed
against "a Young woman. Her escort re-
scented what he considered am insult by
hitting Meyer I'm the face. The blow was
so hard thar Meyer reeied from the side
walk and fell I'm the middle of the street.
His skull was fractured by the fall.
There were twelve murder cases on the
docket Of the criminal branch of the SUE
preme Court yesterday. The Mohneux
case was not among them. This case Will
probably be tried in the Court OF Cen
eral Sessions in November or early in
December.
AN EN-CONNICT.
Evangelist william SlOmans arrived
from Glasgow yesterday and when he
arrived at the barge Office was asked:
Are you an ex-cOnvict2"
TO this Slomans unhesitatingly replied:
Eyes. am"
Later Slomars told his story before
the Board OF Special Inquiry
81 was convicted eighteen years ago
OF stealing a watch, he said. "and was
sentenced to a month IN Jail II was IN
Winnipeg, Manitoba. 7 was cabinet