The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-09
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Woman Torn from Trolley Car by a
Live Trolley Wire.
NOTED PLUNGER DISAPPEARS
Met Bad Luck on Track and at the
Whcei-Brirish War Loan Nearly all
Taken in This Countr5-Hanna
Calls for Campaign Funds.
NOTED PLUNGER DISAPPEARS

NEW YORK, August Storm from her
seat in a rapidly moving trolley car by
live wire which had been snapped over
head, Mrs. Eliza PearSall fifty-five years
old. of Oak road, Fiatbush, is believed to
be dying in the Seney Hospital, Brooklyn
Car No. 1903, on its way to Bergen Beach
mad been delayed. and was speeding along
to make up lost time.
Suddenly there was q crash overhead.
The small wheel on the trolly pole running
on the overhead wire snapped, and at the
same instant the feed wire broke and coiled
around the car below like a. gigantic snake,
its end splitting blue and green fire.
Instantly there was panic aboard the
car. and what happened was so lightning
like that the eye could barely follow It.
Behind the car was a woman held i'll mid
air by the wire which had snapped. a
cry of horror arose.
The car was stopped and the men pas
| sengers ran back to the woman's aid. She
was shrieking for hep and her dress and
flesh were burning.
Her weight was too much for the wire,
however, and it released her from Its
| fangs She fell forward heavily upon her
head and lay in the middle Of the road
Senseless.
An unidentified man was found yester-
Gay SllLiuS ucdu III q cen a. tAie 49,
station in Trenton, \. with Bible III
his hand, as if he had died while reading
it.
He was arrested Monday night for
| vagrancy. From papers found on his BODY
it is believed he was E. Dillon Straht, OF
Brock, O.
THE BRITISH WAR LOAN
The latest British war loan closed at 1880
O'Clock \. NJ yesterday in London greatly
to the Indignation of the london Stock
Exchange, whose members We're practically
shut out from the privilege OF buying
bonds.
According to Wall Street men the whole
affair was q scheme arranged between
the Governors of the Bank of England and
J. P. Morgan & Co. Barring, Magoun *
Co., Kidder, Peabody & CO., and DreXei
& Co. American bankers, 10 draw gold
from the United States to replenish the
reserves of the Bank of England.
1t is believed that almost all of the
$50. Goa, Coo worth of bonds have been taken
in this country by the four firms and
their customers
If that is true over $5O,ooo000 will be
shipped to London in the next sixty days
and the gold reserve of The United States
! will be decreased by that sum
4 vicious insect of 4 species unknown IN
this locality attacked Mrs j, u w 'i,.,I'
CT Nc u Willoughby Avenue, brooklyn
yesterday morning as she was engaged IN
her homework and fastened itself so firm
~ on her left leg that Tor over halt an
hour efforts 70 detach it were unaVailng
Il was then killed with chioroforn, and
the fargs, deeply imbedied in the iesh,
withdrawn. leaving Mrs. Wallace exhausted
and hysterical.
Physicians are closely watching her. fear
ing that blood poisoning may follow The
bite They say they have never seen an
INSECT like the one which attacked Mrs.
Wallace.
she wore light clothes while going about
the house yesterday. While passing
through the d.ning-roOm she felt a sudden
pain, and glancing Down saw the insect,
| which had fastened itself TO her dress just
| below the knee. She attempted to brush
it away. The movement was followed by
| sharper pains as the insect attacked her
| more fiercely.
NOTED PLUNGER DISAPPEARS.
| steve l. HOmmedieu, ere of the largest
| race-track pIungers in this country. has
| gone 'broke,' according to reports IN
| sporting circles.
{ If true, this means THAI L'Hommedieu
| has in the past six months lost fortune
| estimated at nearly 100000 His where
abouts are unknown and many are asking
| for him.
1t is said that L Hommedieu made the
| plunge which sent him under cover last
| Thursday On that day he is supposed to
| have lost $4,000 on the horses and al rou-
| lette. There is no doubt OF the fact that
| his losses were havy, for several Of his
| intimate friends said last night that he
admitted to them that he had baan hit
/ hard
I.'Hommedieu's career on the turf was
| meteorfc. He has been up and down seve-
| ia, times, but ii was not until 1883 tnat he
attained his prominent position. Between
that year and last he Won for himself
fortune of nearly 900. Many others
won big sums at the Same time by follow
| ing his betting. Luck seemed to be with
him, and it was very rare that horse he
| backed did not win. Lately the reverse
| was true and ha could not cash bet
CALLING FOR MONEY.
| Hanna wants campaign money TO come
| in faster. and he IS sounding the alarm
The other day he published letter from
| the Republican candidate for Governor Of
Indiana, in which it was stated hat the
Democrats were putting up stiff fight
! and We're claiming the State.
Mex. day there was an increase in the
number of checks received at haadquar-
| tiers.
Monday afternoon Hanna and Perry
Heath had a conference, and they issued
| 8 manifesto 10 offset the Democratic at
| tempt to sidetracll the free-silver issue.
| There we're danger signals in the mani
| feSto. Yesterday there was another large
mail received at headquarters, and Hanna
was in the best of hunor.
| The latest cry for help comes from West
| Virginia Tha prominent Republican poll
| ticans of that State, United States Sena-
| tors Elkins and Scott. a. Z. White, candi-
! date for Governor; W. o. Dawson, chair
| man of the Republican State Committee
and Gov Atkinson. called Oh Hanna and
| talked with him FOR nearly an hour.
Jacob Brewer, who only seven years ago
| was :: wealthy, houored citizen OF New
| Brunswick, \. J., was found yesterday In
| a tramps' clearinghouse on Nelson Street,
that city With him were his daughter,
| Mrs Ambrose VOORHEES,, and his three
| grandchildren. the Oldest a boy Of eight
| years Brewers friends could scarcely be-
! lieve that the wretched, feeble old man.
! clothed in rags, was really the jacob
! Brewer they had known.
| Brewer seven years ago. then con-
! tracing mason and builder, lived on Rem
| sen Avenue, in fine residence. He owned
| y