The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-05
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
A Brave Girl Prevents a Probable.
Disaster.
Mr.. RICHARD CR0KER's TEMPER
Miss Drcxcl Has Her Own Way OF De
nyinsa I;umor-NIillionaire Kil-
led BY !. Trai,,-Weddins
Break fast in Jail.
A Brave Girl Prevents a Probable,
Mr.. RICHARD. GRO KER's TEMPER.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Special.-N1iss
Mabel Fields is the heroine of the hour.
She discovered last night that the bridge
over the East Chester road in the Bronx
was on fire. Miss Fields is the eighteen
year-old daughter of Tax Commissioner
C. Fields. She was on her way to
church entertainment when she discovered
the fire and ran down the track nearly
half i mile to West Chester, where she
notified the station agent. He ran back
to the bridge, arriving just in time to flag
a heavy freight train which was running
about thirty miles an hour. Several pas
sengerS trains arrived later and their
crews fought the fire till Section Foreman
Faiby and 4 wrecking crew arrived from
the Harlem River yards. When the flames
were extinguished the bridge was so pad
ly damaged that trains were run on the
-west-bound tracks only.
1t is probable that her thoughtfuness
averted u serious disaster.
MISS sDHENEL'S DENIAL.
Some time ago the gosslps put Miss
Josephine Drexel in a nunnery. Miss
Drexel took no pains to deny the report
OF a convent life which had been pre-
pared for her, but went Oh making pre-
QaraL1OIS- 1Or UlScarQlNS Inc IIioui i1i6
which She has been wearing.
When she was ready she sent oft
cards for dinner at Demonico's, for
January 1oth and the hundred or more
who have been hidden to the first OF
her entertainments will find no hint OF
a retirement for Miss Drexel.
The entire second floor will be set
apart for Miss DrexeIs use, one OF the
red suites to be used for the reception.
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an orchestra having been arranged for.
and there will be some informal dancing
afterward though none will be planned
in advance.
MIR. CROKER'S TEMPER.
The latest news from Mr. Croker is that
he is getting along as wei! as could be
expected, but he has strained ankle in
addition to the fraction of a bone. Ac-
cording to story printed In the New
York World. Mr.. Croker was more to
blame for the mishap than was the horse.
which, it is said, was not particularly
FESTIVE though nervous, because he was
not accustomed to the saddle. The latest
version OF the story is that the horse
swerved slightly when Mr. Croker first
attempted TO moalnt. ThereuDon Mr..
Croker, it is said, kicked the animal in
the side, causing him to rear. Then 1t
was that Mr.. Croker fell to the ground
and received his injuries.
.Abram T. Buckhout, Tremonts million
aire was killed last night near Tremonts
Station by train on the Harlem rail-
road. Just how the accident occurred no.
body seems to know. He leaves Il widow
and four grown children.
Frank Booth, it is said, is no longer
circulating his stocks and bonds. but is
turning his attention to real estate. He
SAYS that he is buying for investment.
believeing that all judicious purchases OF
real estate In New York now can be sold
at a profit hereafter.
NINE. EANES AS AIDA.
Nine. Eanes appeared in grand opera
in the Metropolitan Opera-House last night
in verdi's Aida The Herald says of her
performance:
She added a most successful role to her
repertoire. Not the least charming trait
in her performance was her own attrac-
tive personal appearance. enhanced by eN-
tremely artistic costumes. The blue cos
tune in the Nile scene almost seemed to
fade awey into the moonlight. and her
beauty made Rhadames' treason toward
his. country wholly eXplicable- Altoseth-
er her Aida is Fascinating,
Despite the strain which a first appear
ance in so exactins 4 role imposes. Nine
Games especially after the first act.
showed little evidence of nervousness IN
the great scene at the end OF the second
act her voice penetrated through the en-
semble: she sang the 20 Mia Patria" eN-
quisitely, and admirably sustained her
part in the duet with Rhadames in the
Nile scene.
Miss Minnie Hunt, fourteen years of
age. WAS married at Port Jervis. ~ W.
last nisht to. Burt Perry. aged eighteen
and thirty minutes later the youthful
husband was lodged in jail on q warrant
charging him with having stolen shot
gun. His bride went to Jail with him. and
next morning they ate their wedding
breakfast in the prison.