The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-08
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
jIu's Enemies Are Sure coler is
Beaten for Nomination.
NAVAL PARADE IN STREETS e.
Fsvc Hundred Police Escort Eleven
Negroes and n Drum ard Fife
Corps 10 Prevent Isccur-
renee of Race Riots.
renee of Race Riots.

renee of fsacn Riots.
NEW YORK, September 7-controller
BIRD S. Coler is said to be out OF the con-
test for Governor. Hugh Mclaughlin has
decided not To further encourage his cand;-
t1acy.
Nr. Mclaughlin did not make his de-
kfskon until he HAD been convinced by
Acxsrs. Croker and Murphy that Hin could
pn1y muster 1.2 votes. which would not
BIO enough TO nominate Mr.. Coler, even
with Brooklyns sixty-tI.ree votes added
S6r. Coler insists his name going before
2he Convention.
The contest for Governor is now between
Il Oohn B. Stanchfeld. of Chenuns: Elliot
s Danforth, of Chcnango. and Edward NJ
Shepard. OF Kings.
II is likely that the first ballot VIII also
show votes for William i. Mackey. o,
Erie; James K MCGUIRE. OF Onondasa, and
Charles J. Patterson. of Rensselaer,
The final tussle viii be between ny
Htanchfeld. favored by Mr.. Croker and Mt
= Danforth. favored, by Mr.. Hill.
IS Controller Goier visited Hugh Mclaughlin
6 NJ his home in Brooklyn Yesterday and
learned that the aged leader had declaea
not to challenge Tammany Hall by giving
s alim the sunport of the siXty-three dele-
gates from Kings county to the State Con-
Eention.
Mr Coler's conference with Mr. Nc
IauEh1in lasted two hours. 1t was said
that Mr. Mclaughlin asked Mr. Coler 10
Withdraw his name in the interest OF mar
Snony and that the Controller refused HIS
supporters in Brooklyn declared positiNelS
last night that his name would be pre-
scented in Saratoga.
Mr. CoIer's home Assembly District Con-
uention last night adopted a resolution
g,raising him and his record and instruct
ing its delegates to the State convention
$sT,y, fnv
TO use all honorable means TO pr1ns
about.
SAVAGE ATTACK.
richard Croker made another savage at
4aclS ,i,on Controller Coler and David -.
,E4s,. Yesterday He charged the Controller
s,,;,l, having made s2s5 oon out of his official
-nns;t;nn and he drew the inference that
mr. Callers criticisms OF commeTclails1h
z IN nolitics'' were hypocritica!
,Ir coler declined TO answer Mr.. Croker,
tafying the ground that the more me = IN III
z MANY leader attacked him, the stronger ne
$50 M, r.rnker-s attack was in the nature Q,
Il - elaboration, of charges which ne mao
r1-eadr made in previous interviews;
william Fitznatriek rhl rst Ssals a Staten
ercentrie son of James fl'zpa''!sA s,,5aan
Ireland policeman, yesterday IN suu ~
,a,,ia.,a1 frenzy attacked two young men
a,,ir-ord Richard Gerdsen. who are zt"i ms
atIl,nr# one and dangerously s'appiiis ~
other. f,.,e,,5s to he =
fliAi'a ae ,sa,,s;ta,,- mental infirnity- one
- 49,. ,,ec,,1;ar incidents of the ARRAY MHs
-. D.,;,e,,,an Fitzpatrick was sissitsheu
+ - a-,.-s To the Smith Infirmary the young
100, ,vhpm his son had staopeu.
aie1ai MAYORS BRAVE ACT
ss sixty feet above the Erouiiu, ~ 'nra1
rra,aherr superintendent of the wesley ,.e,.
y,nrls fire alarm system. hung Tor a 'iali
S,e,,-s s,st night on the cross bars OF ali
..sar4,sc tight pole in front OF the Town
usaal at Union Fiji. n. j. lie mao oeei'
shocked by an electric current anu ap
reared to be dead. Citizens gatherea apout
~ foot of the POLE but none dared TO
rlinb until the Mayor carried down une
a,oa,- 4 defect had been discovered In
the system and Naldherr climbed the poie
10 make the needed repairs Using rue.'er
gloves. he cautiously made MS way re
YWe.sn the wires. After woFkihS VIII
the gloves for several minutes he took
rf1eni of in order to handle more easily
the alarm wires. A moment later lie
received a shock that left him limp and
alelpless on the cross bars
FINALLY Mayor Otos rang the fire alarm
and members of the truck company strap
ned a small ladder to a long one and raised
Them against the pole. The Mayor asked
nar yplunteers to climb the pole and as
none appeared he assembled the LADDERS,
cheered by his fellow-ciizens. Protectea
by the rubber gloves that Waldherr mao
ga st aside the Mayor cautiously handled
Waldherr:s body. allowing it to ssilc Gown
& the aadder while he descended before II
DR. Justin had been summoned and an
81 uno,1nced that Waldherr was stu hllFs-
81 after hard work on the part OF the 3hNsl-
clan Waldhe,r recovered CONSCIOUSNESS.
He was badly burned about Die hands,
but will recover.
SWAMI EIGHT MILES.
I'LL Prescilla Higgins swan from pier 81
c Fort Hamilton to ST. George. s. J.. a dis
fance of eight miles. in two hours ard
five minutes. She is the daughter OF
IS George L, Higgins. who lives at the Shore
road and Ninety-seventh Street. Fort
uaasnifton She took swimming lessons al
most before she could walk, and to-day.
I. yellow haired girl. small for her age,
she is one OF the expert swimmers Of the
Fort Hamilton shore.
al Miss Higgins was accompanied on her
swimming excursion by a boatload Of
a friends In the boat were her father,
81 Thomas Fitzgerald. and Walliam White
she made the start from Hegeman's
n pier The girl Wore black tights black
silk stockings, q black waist and bril-
aian.ine skirt. Her hair was gathered in
~ r.ol beneath n banaanna handkerchief.
fste S,;yea from the end of the pier and
SWAN directly toward the Staten Island
shore. She was followed closely by the
r,r,hoat pn7 the Fort Hamilton police
IL launch. Is The zoe istSosea tis sWiitiitet-
- she SWAN easily and naturally. and some
E times EXCHANGED remarks with her father
and his friends.
With diamonds hidden in his shoes, in
the padding Of his coat and elsewhere
about his clothes. Isaac kaufman, of No.
az East Seventv-niH'h street. VINO arrived
s YESTERDAY on the Lain from Bremen. was
arrested by United states Treasury agents.
who charged him with smuggling the
* gems AS he slpned from the steamer ne
nonchalantls male declaration of a few
tutiabie pieces Of iewelry of insignificant
.aiue. SUSPICION was directed toward him.
and an examination revealed his main
treasure, The gems recovered We're es-
tirnatea 70 be worth ss.1a1
Kaufman Is a diamond broker. and is
s known 70 the Maiden Lane jewellers. lie
saNs he IS innocent of intentional wirns-
s doing
POLICE ESCORT NEGROES.
Chles Devery was confronted by serious