The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-06
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Boy scaIded 10 Death III Tank Of
Turkish Bath Establishment.
FLOODED WITH COUNTERFEIT
a Lady Set AGre in a Trolley Car by a
Cigarette srumD-Gas in q Man
hole Explodes, Flames Rising
Mountain High.
FLOODED WITH COUNTERFEIT

help.
Tue boy lived at No. 81 Allen Street
Wstn other boys he was playing IN nus
yard. Philip climbed over u fence to get
4 lost bail, and reached one-story eS-
tension OF Louis Magoltans>i's Turkish
bath establishment. Thence he jumped
upon the, cover Of an adjoining tank.
THIS tank is ten feet deep and six feet
in diameter, ana holds not water Tor
baths. The cover gave way under tue
boy and ne was precip-tated INTO tue
water.
HIS cries and those of companions
brought many tenants Of the houses 20
the scene, and two OF the employees OF
the baths, Isaac Greenfield ami DdviA
Workman, rushed out with long hoohs,
but by the time they rived the BOY Hstu
been scalded to death and his BODY "aS
on the bottom OF the tank
SAVED BY AUTOS SPEED
BY the prompt action of driver Oh slii
automobile the life of an injured BOY "slS
saved yesterday morning.
Conrad Wolff, twelve years oiI' oi W
ll15 Avenue A. attempted to CHINO d ieiio9
at q vacant lot al E,ighty-tnird street anu
Triffh Avenue. 10 see a game of baseball
To reach the top of the fence ne stoou Oh
a soda water bottle, which broke Woift
was cut in two places on the foot' one
casa severing an artery. Policeman boo-
son sent in a hurry call for an ambulance.
The boy tainted from loss OF piooa JUST
as George Jackson, of Seyenty-siNtn street
and Broadway, came along In an auto
mobile.
The boy was put into the vehicle, which
was started toward the Presbyterian Hos
nitaI SDeed was turned on full, and Po-
Iceman Dobson kept the gong changing,
while Jackson watched the steering gear.
The vehicle flew down Fifth Avenue at
a rapid rate. and reached the hospital in
a. twinkl!nS.
Dr. Williams said that a moment or two
later the boy would have died from loss
Of blood, and that the arrival at the hos
pital was in the nick Of time. The ply
sicians hope to savei the boys life
GOLD BIRDS" COSTLY
New Workers VINO delight in sitting down
10 a ..hot bird and cold bottle" are likely
to have to go deeply into their pockets
to pay for gratifying their appedres this
fall, and game suppers- seem destined to
become a farity.
Game dealers in this city declare that
the federal game law which was enacted
last winter, and virtually went into effect
WITH the opening of the game season on
September l. will make it impossible for
=
or one-thira part of the game that has
heretofore been consumed here, and that
so far as they can see their business has
been killed.
Heretofore New York has been the great
est market in the country for the luscious
canvasback. or mallard the delicate wood
cock quail. grouse and pheasant. and all
the other gamely denzens of wood and
fen that give sport to the gunner and de-
light to the gourmand. More game OF all
kinds was consumed here than in all the
other cities of the country put together.
HILL SEES M'LAUGHLIN.
Former Senator David e. Hill went to
Brooklyn yesterday and had a long con-
ference with Hugh Mclaughlin at the
| latter's home. in Rensen Street.
He asked the Brooklyn leader to support
Controller Coler for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor.
! Both Mr.. Mclaughlin and Mr.. Hill de-
| clined to discuss their meeting. but men
| with whom the Brooklyn leader afterwards
! talked. declared that the result of the con-
| ference was extremely unsatisfactory to
| the former Senator, and that it was Ger
| tain that Kings county would not break
| the Tamn1any Hall to further the caudi-
| dacy of Controller Coler.
The visit was not unexpected by Mr.
| Mclaughlin. and both the latter and Mr.
! I'll Planned 70 nave 1t occur so quietly
| that no one in Brooklyn would be any
| the wiser. The scheme went wrong only
| because Mr.. Hill was recognized as he
| left the veteran leaders, home to lump into
I his coach and be hurried away.
Storekeepers along the east side of Har-
] lem complain of the large number of coun-
! terfeit coins in circulation there. All the
| large stores have had hundreds of counter
felt quarters, half dollars and dimes paid
| ;,, 10
workmanship. They ring nearly like sill
yer. During the last two weeks the tide
| of counterfeit coin seems 10 have reached
| the flood point, and storel1eepers are great
! " alarmed at the steady Increase
| As a large nurcber OF the customers in
! the large stores aSe Italians or persons
who deal with Italians, It is believed that
the curra1cy is made by a clever band
| ofItali.tn counterfeitert with Headquarters
! in Little Italy,
The Treasury Department has been noti-
fed OF the matter, ard its agents are at
| work trying TO |ocats the band
! Explosion OF GAS.
People living in the neighborhood of
Peek Slip and Water Street were badly
frightened last night by manhole ex-
plosion at that corner The manhoIe is
the propefty OF the Edison Electric Ilumi-
mating Company.
isnited by the electric wires. There fol-
lowed q terrific explosion that was heard
| half dozen blocks away: flames shot up
in the air to the height of five story build
ings, and the heavy iron cover of the hole
was thrown twenty-five feet in the air
A dozen children we're playing jacks on
the sidewalk and they were almost
frightened to death. The cover was broken
in two and the pieces fell within foot Of
the children y report spread that some
of them had been killed but fortunately
none WAS hurt
Che Of the Second Avenue horse cars
was passing down Peck Slip and was
| opposite the InanhoIe when the cover blew
up The half dozen passengers were ranic
striker and the horses bolted, Tho driver
| was bic to bring The beasts under his con-
troll. however. before they had run half
block Then the Messengers afighted end
! went bac1s.to watch the flames blazing nigh
in the air.
Several windows were broken in the
houses near by.aand two hundred persons
ran into the street and TO the scene Of the
explosion. Some therghr there had been
an earthanak e. An alarm Of fire was
turned in at Peck Slip and Pear Street
Policeman Rohrs. of the Oak stree,