The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-01
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
Deposi or uuwi,t Started Run on
a Bank.
BOWEL 10 Be REMOVED.
Miss NJ. A..to.ncttc Finck Breaks Her
Engagement ,oa barron iia,ucr
l"sn u .russ tue Ocean
to Marry Ham.

|
.nS, observed Thanksgiving yesterday with
| Gnusu>i. tsryor. IN recotntIng the things
/ Tor which he was grateful ne dweit most
| ON us escape from arrest ana prosecution
Tor recently Starting run on the Empire
| SvatHSS sank, W est iG9tn street.
| Kemp had Si,oCo N tne etunA. He saw
| n a newspaper apolat a monll ago an ac-
4, count or Il suit WHICH Il u1uN, dulo.u4nS
| the t.. IKE. IN west lZoln oIreet, uad
| nruISnt against u DItiuef. IN lighting the
| SUIT the uC-iuer aIieseu thai the orIcerS
| o. Tile bank mac conrpeileu Inn TO pay
| usur.ous iates Tor tue money he porrowcC-
! h..mpi maue the MISTAKE OF suppos.ng
that 1t was the EMPIRE sank waIcn was
! involved In the case. He figured that Il
uduh guilty OF usu4y could not De sound,
| ana ne W-thufew MS si,oVv- Then he COM
niun.cateu us susp.c4onS to his trends
| WHO nau money IN tne bank, and urged
tnem TO Withdraw II.
MIR. Tompson, cashier Of the Empire Saw
.ns,s BlnA, was startled al the large NUM-
F.! DER u uepus.uors Cal.ng to close their ac-
| counts.
Why are you taking out all your money
| buying real estate?" he asked one Of the
! depos.tors.
20, no. was the reply. Mr. klilnpl
| says there's something the matter with
lttc bduk ana duEiSSu us 10 Withdraw
Cliler depOs4torS made s miiar state
! n.ents, ana 1t soon became apparent TO
| The cashier that Mr.. kl.mpl mad started
! a goOd-S.Zed run on the Institution. The
! assurances of the officials that the bank
| was peri"htly sound uld not stop the run.
kitmpi spent several days in the effort
! to undo the m sch-ef he had caused, and
| the run stopped, as ii became apparent
! to the depos.t0rs that the bank was able
| to meet every demand.
PUZZLES POLICE.
John Schumann, OF No. L Fayette
| Stgcel. was waking IN Broadway, VIII
I.amsburg. early Tuesday morning when
| rs met {. child crying as if her heart would
! break. After a vain attempt TO learn
| FROM her VINO she was, Nj. Shumann took
her to the Vernon Avenue Police Stat on.
There the eight-year-old girl tod
Sergeant Stacon that her name was Kate
Eager. but said she did not know where
she lived.
She sad that on Monday morning, while
playing in the street near her home a
o..nI OF music had appeared. and as t
moved she had followed. she kept with
| the MUSICIANS until night, when she real
lied that she was lost.
She was sent by the police to the shelter
of the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
TO Children, in Schermernorn Street. There
the child gave her name as Roo iISonr and
SiS~Si tetl tIi'il Siic i+EEu L elLE olLCSi
| She then changed her story once again.
and said she lived in Knickerbocker Ave-
nue.. The police. who are mucs. puzzled
| over the affair. have searched all the
thoroughfares mentioned without gaining
any trace of the chi!ds parents or friends
. Ire little girl is fairly We'll dressed. has
| large -, eyes and IS apparently very
) INTEL gent.
a woman. who said she was tie waits
mother. called at the police station the
| Eight the child was found. Identified her
| through. the descriptions gwen, ami sad
| size would &C to the shelter anu claim fer.
| III. W." al. has not, however, been seen
WILL BE No BARONESS.
Romance and sentiment have given way
| before the Americanism OF Miss NJ Antio-
! nette Fiack, daughter OF the late Ald'-r-
| man Frederick t'inck, of this city. Rather
than cross tbs ocean 20 b come a pr de
she has broken her ensagensnt to Baron
| John Karl Won Stechnow, OF Berlin.
| Formal announcement of their engage
J ment was recently made here. Tha we'd
ding was to have been celebrated about
! Christmas. in the residences of Miss Finck $
| mother, No l3S East Nineteenth Street.
| Miss Finck was to have been attended by
Mrs. Elliott, her sister. The Rev. Dr.
William S. Ransford rector of St
Georges Protestant Episcopal Church. OF
" tAl$!i Hiss i!iNtA - 1t was CIoS-
en- as thts officiating clergyman. All was
ready for the advent of the prospective
| bridegroom.
| Business Interests in Germany now
| prevent Ear0r John Karl Won Stechow
| from crossing the ocean to attend his own
| vi ddLng. Miss F'inck refused to go to
| Berlin to be married. and has announced
| that the engagement is at an end.
| The Baron is the youngest of six sons
! His M if is said * q do n yIt
! of the Douglas Hamilton family, of Scot
! land and relative OF the Prince OF
| Pless.
Baron John was formerly an officer in
| the Twelfth Dragons, and is still an ofli-
Ger in the reserve army of Germany His
| brothers are all officers in the army. He
! recently entered upon business career,
| and expected to establish a branch office
| and make his home in New York He is
| the son OF the lade Baron Alexander Won
| Stechow.
! While travelling with her mother in Ger
| many, last summer, Miss F'inck met the
| Baron II was case of love at first sight
| His proposal Of marriage was accepted,
| and their engagement was announced IN
| Germany.
| Miss E'inck recently inherited Il small
| fortune. She is a graduate Of the Convent
! of the Sacred Heart. il West Sevenu enth
! Street. She is a. linguist ard an expert
| musician.
| REMOVE THE COLLECTOR.
Practical assurance has been given by
| President Mckinley that he viii remove
| George r. Bidwell from his position as
| Collector of the Port of New York
| This assertion was made last night hy
one who, in manner. has been close to
the nationa! administration and in commit
nication with Senator Piatt. Thz trouble
| with Colecor Bidwell, according TO the
same authority. is that MS politics have
been too conspicuously practical!
That President Mckinley would remove
the Collector were pressura not brought
to bear, no one believes. But pressure mas
been brought to bear, and what is worse
for Mr. Biawell, the pnsssure continues
Professor George Gunton is demanding MS
removal
Professor Gunton is a theoretical pollti-
clan. His influence in Republican circles
is not great. But he is a fighter. and ne
started his battle against Collector Bid
well at a time when II was not embarrs.ss-
ing for President Mckinley and local Re
nIfliipa,. nj This the