The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-11
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOT Ham.
Horatio B. Harper IS Attacked BY a
Vicious Horse.
BICYCLIsT sTRUCKBYtIIG(HT NING
Brooklyn ofticlal Favors the Whip
ping-Post for Wife Beaters.
a Marriage That Was
Called Of.
.BICYCLIsT STRUCK B YtlGHINlNG

NEW YORK. May lo.-special.-Mr Ho-
ratio 3. Harper. of the publishing house Oh
Harper & Brothers, met vita q reln I o ,ts
accident in his stable on iue ,se ~
which he will be dishgured for NE. ne
lives at Sands Point, l.. l., Wnere ne mas
a fine stable He Is a great.lover OF norses'
and went into stable where lhele mae d
fine horse. He had not Deen stdiiuiii7
there long when the brute attacAeu niiii'
and in some manner caught tiie uiLoA ~
nate mans upper lip between nus go
The animal also attempted 10 stint iiia
master with his forefeet, out MI. hat Pc
managed to prevent this ui1ui Tue sto 80
came to his assistance. physicians "eie
at once summoned, and the Injuries OF Mf.
Harper were attended to. A small poI.z
ton of the lip was completely bitten OIL
and the rest of it hung by lew nfeao 80,
The doctor sewed this up, ana Is hopeiti
of making the Disagreement less serious
than was at first feared.
JOY TURNED ITO SADNESS.
William JOY, of NIontclalr, n. - "do
scorching on a bicycle Tuesday aitellioH ,
during a thunder storm. He tried TO MAKE
MS way to a farm house, but just before
he reached the house there was dealeh-
ing crash and a binding blaze enVeioped
him and his wheel He was hurled neaa-
foremost through the air for twenty leel'
falling in a thicket by the roadslde. ne
lay stunned for several minutes, pul Hill
ly managed to stagger to MS leet. iis
head was ringing and his ciothlnS Was
badly torn, but beyond a few cuts anu
bruises he escaped without injury. IN the
road he found his bicycle with the frame
twisted in every direction, the front wheel
shattered and the whole machine Scared
by the action of the heat JOY attributes
his escape from death to the TACT thas
his body was in a great measure insulated
from the wheel by the cork handie-pafs
and rubber pedals.
Robert Wetzel jumped from the Brooklyn
Bridge Yesterday afternoon being the
third person to take the leap within the
last three weeks He jumped at 4:1o
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, was picked
out of the river by tug-boat hands, ar
rested and taken to Gouverneur Hospital.
where it was found that he was suffering
from a broken rib, conclusion of the groin,
and severe shock. His clothes We're badly
torn by the force with which ne struck
the water. He struck it feet first. and his
snoes were burst open by the impact and
nearly torn from his feet. He was suffer
ing great pain, but the surgeons said that
if ne has not received internal injuries OF
a more severe nature than were apparent
last night he would probably recover.
FOR A WHIPPING POST.
The restoratio of the whipping post in
this State and the infection of sound fiog-'
gingS upon men who beat or abandon their
wives, was seriously advocated yesterday
by Adolph Sims, Charities Commissioner of
Brooklyn, at a conference upon various
subjects connected with charities in this
city, which was opened at the United
Charities Building, No. l05 East Twenty
second Street, and was presided over by
Bishop Farley. Mr.. Smis said that at
present, under the law, when a man aban-
doned mis- wife all that could be done to
him -sas to send him to Jail for one, two
or three months, where he lived in clover
at the expense of the city.
STOPPED THE MARRIAGE.
A wedding was stopped in the Yorkville
Police Court yesterday by Magistrate
Pool after he had half completed the cere-
mony The persons being married were
Isaac Heyman. twenty-eight years old,
and Sophie Siesel, twenty-three years old
They had been married in 1893, had sepa-
rated in 1885, and in 1899 he had obtained
a divorce in Rhode Island on the ground
of cruelty and desertion. Four days ago
the woman asked for Heymans arrest on
the ground of desertion and failure to
support his child. Yesterday her lawyer
said she had consented to a remarriage
for the sake of their child. Then the cere-
mony was begun. After the man had
promised to take the woman for his law
full wife etc, the woman, pale and trem-
bling, looked al the Magistrate.
care you doing this of your own fee
vill??" the Magistrate asked the woman.
..No, I am not she replied, and she
burst into tears. The Magistrate at once
tore the marriage certificate into fras-
ments and declared that the case would
have to go on in the regular way.