The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-10
GOSSIP
'---. FROM GOTHAM
Senator PIatt Works Hard for the
Conventions.
JOHN MORIARTYS TOUGH NECK
A Woman who Has no Sense OF Ioucn
or TaSte-Against Selling Cigar
cites TO Minors-Piymouth
Rock Church

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Special-sen-
ator Plat has been TO Washington city
and returns with hopeful news regarding
the movement to get the national conven-
tion TO New York. lie has been working
on the National Republican Committee.
but with what success il is, of course,
hard 70 tell. a delegation Of New York
ers will go TO Washington on Monday and
headquarters will be opened in that city.
II New York does not get one Of these
cony entions. or both OF them. il will not
be for lack of work on the part OF her
representatives..
Russell Sage denies that he has lent
10000 in the LONDON markets.
4 am able 10 get in this country BE-
said. Satisfactory rates for what money
/ have 20 loan. At the same time l want
10 say that believe that the expenses or
the Trausgaal war viii cause money 10
continue dear in England, until a single
victory Will put am end TO this sacrifice Of
treasure and life
AN ENRAGED MOTHER
An enraged mother ,ried TO throttle
man yesterday n the corridor Of the
West Side Police Court Morris Stegman,
nifty years Old. of l6j Columbus avenue,
who had just been discharged by Mlsis-
trate Olmstoad. had been charged by
Eleanor Dulcauna with abusing her i've
year-old daughter Francesca.
AS he entered the elevator the woman
who is tall and powerful, hurled large
iron cuspid0r al his head. just missing us
mark Mrs Dulcilnna then dragged sies-
man out by the throat threw MIN upon
the tiled floor of the hallway shook him
as IL he were q man Of straw and banged
his head on the stone pavement until
three policemen dragged her away.
LIVES WITH BROKEN NECK.
John Alorarty. of Dobb's Ferry aged
siAty-fye, is at ST. Joseph Hospital
Yonkers. and is pulling The doctors
When he called at the hospital he was
asked what allied him. and replied that De
had a broken neck which needed repair
iug. The doctors az first thought that he
was testing. but soon discovered that
there was something radically wrong with
the patient. Upon examination IL was
found that the mans assertion that Ms
neck was broken was correct. one OF tHe
vertebrate Of the spinal column in the neck
was badly fractured. The man was para
lived on he left side. but somehow had
added 10 the surprise of the doctors by
informing them that he had been in that
condition for five weeks. Ue was engaged
MS hoi carrier when he fell from the
scanold 10 the ground. n distance or
twenty feet. lie was rendered uncon-
sci0us. and did not recover his sense Tor
TWO weeks The doctors decided TO
operate on the man and viii do so after
they have put him in proper condition.
ANOTHER STRANGE CASE.
IN Long Island city yesterday an inter-
csting suit for damages against the New
York and Queens County Electric railroad
was heard The plaintim was AIRS. Win
field eaton who claimed that by reason
OF am accident sustained on the road she
had lost the sense OF feeling and taste.
in order 10 test the geluineuess OF Mrs.
Cations infrmitics electric batteries were
produced and applied TO certain parts OF
her body without producing any response,
and while q high current was maintained
Mrs Cation never once showed that she
felt st. i'm the least. Then hot iron was
arplied TO one side OF her body which was
al-o passed UNDECIDED by the woman. The
hot iron was next applied 10 the fingers
Of one Of her hands, but She said she never
felt &c. Salt and sugar, resembling each
other in color ANA size Of grain. We're
given Ter. but she appeared utterly unable
20 distinguish which was salt and which
was sugar
A number az similar experiments were
made. with the same result.
The jury gave her q verdict for N,0i-
The Board OF Aldermen yesterday pass
el an ordinance making TT misdemeanor
I'm this city % sell cigarettes 10 persons
under eighteen years Of age. The ordi-
nance was passed by vote OK thirty
eight % three.
The nftv-secord annual meeting or me
Plymouth church was held last nisht. the
reports showed that IN spite OF all draw
hacks the Plymouth society mas ABOUT
held us own Tho total menoeis'l a'
-..--.,. fe osi Tho entire income Of the
--l...r-l In.l nnlr was Si-.l.