The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-10
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Summer Colony at Bath Beach Shock
the Modesty Of the Natives.
CoMMERClALIsm IN POLITICS.
Comptroller Coler Contributes an
Article to the Independent Which
is Said to be Aimed Direct
~ at Croker.


make common practice these warm DAYS
OF paraJing abnut the streets in batnlnS
suits. The costumes worn by some OF the
bashers a1e rather gaudy and Scant. No-
men Who wear them mlngle With men III
similar attire and cut up capers thae
cause their neighbors to blush Many OF
the women who put on bathing suits SCI
dom enter the water, it is said Yesterday
afternoon several young women In hashS
bathing suits were seen spinning along on
bicycles in Cropsey Avenue and TWO
others were noticed in a light wagon
dozen or more wemen were also seen
frolicking about Bensonhurst Park 1ne
women as a ruie put on the bathing SUITS
at home or In bcarding-houses and many
of them walk about until after nlsnt1aii-
Residents say that the bathing sun W.
| men drink cocktails from morning TIL mo
! night. and that many of them have the
high-ktcstug habit.
Chairman Hanna and Treasurer Bliss Oh
the Republican National Committee, nave
gone to Boston to have a talk Win tae
managers of the party in that state ana
such Republicans from the other Ne"
England States as may De thefe. VII
Hanna will talk with the party ieaoerS
about the organization of a campaign com
mittee for Massachusetts, this taii- ME.
Hanna and Mr.. Bliss took the Eau f>l'eI
boat yesterday afternoon. Iney VIII meet
the Republican and SOUND money men OF
Boston at luncheon to-day at one Oh e1e
Boston clubs and. expect to ca1cn d tram
which will land them In New YORK cty
again Tomorrow morning. one OF MT
Hanna's callers here in the forenoon yes
terday was Coils P. Huntington. president
of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
of ha National Commits
tee. wen, to Chicago yesterday. He hopes
that Senator Hanna will make at least
couple OF speeches.
AIMED AT CROKER.
Comptroller Coler contributed to the cur
rent number Of the Independent an article
on ''Commercialism In Politics. in which
ne says that the great danger winch
threatens this country to-day is the use OF
political machines by their managers for the
furtherance of their personal ends and the
lining of their own pockets. Mr.. Coler be-
gins mis- article by quoting the statement
made by the Hon Richard Croker, chief
tain Of Tarnmany Hall. before the Mazet
Investigating Committee last spring, when
Mr. Croker said II am working for my
own pocket all the time.
Politicians who read the article declared
that the Comptroller had aimed 1t directly
Mr.. Coler does not mention any names.
and he said yesterday that his article was
a purely academic production aimed as
much at the Republican organization as at
Tammany Hail. and aimed at neither OF
tnem in particular.
The senate Of the New York University
submitted yesterday to the Judges of the
Hall Fame a list of 234 nominations. from
which the final selection OF 100 names Is
to be made. The list IS divided into three
groups with regard to the manner In winch
the names have been obtained. one nun
dred Of the names have been selected by
the senate as whole from the lists sent
in by newspapers. organizations and pri-
yate persons all over the country. one
hundred more have been submitted by pri-
vate persons Of prominence and seconded
by one or more members OF the Senate.
Each one of the remaining lhirty-four
names has been suggested by one or mora
judges in accordance with the invitation
extended to all Of them by the senate
1t IS not expected that the final selection
by the judges will be made before next
October.
BRITISH WAR LOAN.
American subscribers to the 9lo,c0,o"
British Exchequer bond loan will get a
little more than $4,000 OF the bonds,
or about half the amount they subscribed
for The subscription here was more than
$50 C0, COO. The new bonds were already
being dealt in yesterday both in the Lon
don market and here. sales being reported
abroad at 80, or 1 per cent. premium
above the issue price, and Ia small lot pc
ing sold here at a premium OF L Ii. a b!d
for $4,000 OF the bonds at IS 5-S was MADE
In the curb market by the representative
firm
Cable dispatches reported all British bonds
higher in the London market, with the
bonds OF the so-called Khaki loan of last
March, which have sold as low as per
cent discount, quoted at but rs Of l per
cent. discount.
An informal conference OF Hudson county
Democrats was held yesterday with a view
to selecting a successor to Congressman
William D. Daily. No decision was reach
ed, but the availability Of several aspirants
was discussed Among the names present.
ed were James ]. Murphy, Henry Puster.
George T. We!ts, Edward Hoos, Robert
s. Huispeta and Allan L. McDermott. OF
Jersey City: Leon Albeit James F. Min
turn Alexander c. Young and Elijah L.
Paxton, OF Hoboken.
When the conference ended none Of those
who took part would talk.
Agent PlSarrd, OF the gerry society. WAS
in the Centre-street Police Court yester-
day morning with a young girl he had
taken into custody at Jersey City early in
the morning at the request of several per-
sons in Watkins. N. Y. The girl. who Is
rather pretty. is Fannie Frazier. She is
nearly sixteen years old. She said that
she had been abused and beaten by her
mother Elizabeth AIcWilliams. and finally
Kidnapped from the Sheriff OF Watkins. n.
z. where she had been placed for safe
keeping. She was N a pitiable condition.
Her white dress was torn and sotied. her
arms were covered with bruises. and her
face was swollen and covered with
scratches