The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
The Herald Says That Bryan is as
Good as Nominated.
ENCOUNTER With SNAKES.
Tho Daughter of Henry C!ews ID Wed.
a Bride OF {, Month Commits
Suicide-Death ofan Ec-
centric Preacher.
ENCOUNTER With SNAKES.

NEW YORK, May s1.-speeial.-Tne
Herald this morning says that William j.
Bryan will be practically nominated !oF
President when the Democratic CollEeil.Aoii
OF New York meets next IheSea1. -
says that there will be no op!oSitloh ~
the resolution to be offered lnssfuc'tilN
the delegates to report the NeofttssAa go
didate in the National ConVenlioh. itIS
means, the Herald says. that there VIZ
bt. no opposition to Bryan in the con'eh-
ton and that he will be nominated BY &C
cldna ton.
William Rockefeller, Of the Stanaara
Oil Company, who was operated upon ioL
appendicitis several days ago, IS no" on
the v7av to recovery. Ii is said that the
o1-eariz ton of the Standard Oil Company
was his work, and that MS holdings IN
that company are now worth something
like $500, 090, 0oG0
THREE SPRYz OLD WOMEN.
There are three very Interesting Old Wo-
men in New York seeing the sights 1hey
are Mrs. Eliza Chattin, Mrs Jane Nree-
land and Mrs Sarah Sell. One IS ninety
wears cid, one is seventy-eight, and one
is seventy-six These three sisters tray
elletl alone from Seneca Falls on Monday
and are the guests Of their niece, Mrs. I.
Randolph The old ladies are very spry
and are having a good time sightseeing.
The forthcoming marriage OF MISS E4Ssie
banker, is announced. The fortunate man
is Mr.. Herbert Parsons. The date has
not vet been fixed. Miss Clews is (. scholar
of distinction. She carries the degree OF
Doctor of Philosophy, conferred upon her
by Columbia College Sac has +ectured 10
Barnard College, and mas pupisheu d
| book on the DEVELOPMENT OF education Al
the thirteen colonies which Is recognized
as an authority Mayor Van WICK ap-
pointed her as School Trustee Mr.. Par
sons is a graduate of Yale and a lawyer
| in the office OF his father, John T. Far
sons. He is an active worker in the Brlck
Presbyterian Church.
FIGHT WITH SNAKES.
Four snakes, three cobras and big
python, got loose in William Bartells
store, and r. L. D1tnars and Keeper
| Snyder, of the Bronx Geological Park,
went into the house to capture them
Ditmars. armed with a pole and moose,
| entered the snake room. One OF the
| cobras fourteen feet long, coiled and
| struck at Ditnars. 1t fell short and the
man lassoed it. He was putting It into a
| bag, when there was d hiss and the python
| started for him.
Ditmars lodged and secured the cobra
| Then its two mates went at him. Keeper
| Snyder drove off the other reptiles and
! Ditmars secured the second COBRA. but
!. he was breathing hard when he got out of
{, the wire enclosure.
Rev. Charles Highee, of New Rochelle,
! an eccentric minister, left his home sew
| eral months ago and his relatives had not
| heard from his until recently, when they
! learned that he died in January last in
i the Grand Hotel, Mexico City. He had
| an incontrollable desire to travel and was
| very fond Of hunting and fishing. He
| travelled alone and sometimes was away
| for many months.
| The fund TO build a home for WOTQ-Out
! actors now amounts to s51,71.
A BRIDES SUICIDE.
The wife of Henry c. Bauer, bride
of a month, put on her wedding gown the
| other day and drowned herself Foul play
| was at first suspected. but there is no
| doubt now that it was a case of ordinary
suicide. Mr.. Bauer says that his wife re-
| Gently became disconnected and said that
/ she wanted to go back TO her parents.
| but that this was impossible, as her old
! home had been broken up She showed
| symptoms of mental aberra ton on several
/ occasions, and there seems to be no
doubt that it was in one of these fits that
| she destroyed herself.