The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-27
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Countess Climbed Over Steamers
Side to Escape Husband.
ASK NEW CHARTER FOR CITY.
John McCnllash Carries War Against
Vice over the Heads of the Police
Commissioners-Bett Cen
tered on Kings County.
ASK NEW CHARTER FOR CITY.

an outward bound ocean liner, countess
Maichano, young and beautiful woman
yesterday climbed over the VeSSei S Siue'
while it was in the Hudson River, in mid
streasn, and tried to escape with her maid
in a tugboat The Womans sensational
flight from the steamer, the Kaiser trede-
rich. of the Hamburg Bremen line, at the
risk of her life, caused great excitement
aboard, where the real meaning OF her dc-
tons was unknown.
They were thoroughly understood, how
ever, bv Count Paul Alfred Miachano, the
husband, and hardly had his wife landed
safely on the deck of the tugboat, Wnen'
with the speed of q monkey on a poie' ne
followed after her. The Count simply
would not be discarded, and he watched
the Kaiser Frederick move down with
elee as he stood upon the tugboatS deck
But his slee was short lived for after a
narrow escape from a beating al the hands
of a brother-n-law of the Countess, the
luckless Count was pushed ashore at the
Battery and found himself baked When
victory seemed already in his grasp.
II was a clear case of runaway. The
young Countess had no love for her hus-
band and her efforts to lose him in plain
sight of the crowd on the pier, as well as
the steamers passengers, caused a sensa-
ton.
incidentally George f. Seymour, Ho-
boken Justice of the Peace: Constable Jas.
]. Farrell and Captain John Van Pelt, CT
the tug Colonel e. A. Stevens, played a
part in the dramatic episode, and the Cap
tain came near having fight with the
Count.
The romance of the Countess, who was
Miss Cecle Phelps, formerly of Richmond.
Va, began three months ago, when she
was secretly married to the Count by Jus
tee of the Peace Cummings, OF Hacken-
sack The Countess is only twenty-four
old aud Count q wear SOllnTer.
They were introduced in Paris
ELECTION BETTING.
Betting interest among local sporting
men and politicians is now conferred on
Kings county. The confidence OF the Re
publicans is slightly stronger than that
of the opposition, although the Demo
Gratis are betting considerable money that
Boss" Mclaughlin will carry il for Bry-
an. The Republicans offer 10 that
Kings will be carried for Mckinley.
H. c. Duval, on behalf of Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff and Michael ]. Dady,
bet 5000 against $4,000 with state Senator
P. H. McCarren yesterday that Kings
would go Republican After the money
had been deposited it was stated that IA.
Dady had authorized Mr.. Duval to wager
$1,000 more at the same odds. Several
small wagers between Republicans and
Democrats on the issues in Kings county
were also recorded at the Hoffman House
and in Wall Street.
DIVORCE GRANTED.
Although extreme secrecy has been
maintained, it was learned yesterday that
Mrs. Virginia K. Hascal wife of Theodore
f. Hascal, judge of the City Court. has
obtained a decree of limited divorce from
her husband
Judge Hascau, who is a close friend of
Richard Croker, is a leader in Tammany
councils, and is treasurer of the Demo-
cratic Club. He was elected to his present
position two years ago.
How long Judge Hascall and his wife
have lived apart could not be ascertained
last night. Mrs. Hascall and her daughter
now occupy the apartments at No. 10 East
Sixteenth Street, where the Judge former
~ lived. She refused to discuss the case
last evening, and Judge Hascall could not
be found at the Democratic Club or at
any of his accustomed haunts.
Through the formal entry by Judge
Bichoff on the records of the Supreme
Court yesterday of the final decree, the
proceeding that had been carefully guarded
in all its earlier stages became public.
WANT NEW CITY CHARTER.
Representing the Chamber of Commerce,
Charles Stewart Smith, 7. Kennedy Tod
and George Foster Peabody yesterday sent
to the Charter Revision Committee a re-
commentator that the time Of that body
be extended ore year, to enable it to frame
a new instrument, and meanwhile 5uS-
costing changes which are regarded as
most important.
They urge among other reforms the
necessity for remedying the ''moastrons
wrong experienced under the present sys-
TEN of taxation
This action was taken in response to the
request made last June by the Revision
Committee fer the Chambers views the
Executive Committee of thii body sub
hitting the question to the gen1lemen
named as a special committee.
Fault is found with the length and de-
tail Of the charter, which comprises 1850
closely printed legal pages. regulating he
tween 1000 and 5000 subjects connected
with municipal government. 1T assumes"
says the committee, '!to regulate how we'll
paper shall be put on, how kites shall be
flown, the kind of birds that shall lie kill
ed. regulations as to the skinn!ny OF ce--
tain dead animals, bone burning and mum
berless other provisions equally irrelevant
with which to hamper the charter OF IL
great city
WAR ON VICE
Superintendent of Elections john McCul-
lagh yesterday carried the war against
vice and crime over the heads Of the Po-
lice Commissioners, and presented to the
District Attorneys office the evidence his
deputies have procured against gambling
houses, pool-roonls and disocderly houses.
In a long letter to the District Attorney
he has submitted complaints substantiated
by aftldavtts made Dy his deputies against
the houses mentioned, and he calls upon
the District Attorney in unmeasured terms
to proceed against them, promising that
he will have the places regularly inspect
ed and keep the District Attorneys Office
posted as TO whether they are closed or
not.
Mr. McCullagsls action follows within
two weeks his letter to the Chief of Po-
lice, in which he furnished a list OF d:sor-
dsrly places and places at which the law
was violated, a letter TO which apparently
no attention has been paid. The District
Attorneys office has sign2fed its intention
OF taking up the complaint. and after In
vestigation submitting it to the attention
of the grand jury.