The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-16
FRESH /. GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
The Mysterious Death of a Clergy
mans Son.
JOHN S. WISE MAKES AsPEECH.
Cinnamon contribute Literally to tn
Galveston Relief Fund-some
Big Election Bets-A Law
yer 05 Years of Age.
The Mysterious Death of a Clergy
JOHN S. WISE MAKES A SPEECH.

NEW YORK, September 15.-Henry
Grosyenor Barbour, son of Rev. Henry
Barbour, tor OF the Protestant Episeo-
psL Church of the Beloved Disciples, was
found yesterday morning at the st.
Charles Hotel, Brooklyn, with a revolver
opposite him and bullet wound in his
mouth.
An unidentified woman went to the
hotel with him the night before, but she
Slipped away and the police have not yet
been abs to find her. The tragedy Is
shrouded in mystery. It is not known
whether the young man was murdered or
whether he committed suicide. The police
are inclined to the opinion that the man
and woman had agreed to die together
and that the man carried out his part of
THE compact, but the womaRS heart failed
her at the critical moment This view
is carried out by the finding of an eight
ounce bottle of carbolic acid in the room
Another superstition is that the man was
murdered. This seems to be strengthened
| by the fact that the man had a few dol
lars when he retired for the night. and
with the body was found only cents.
MIR WISE OF NEW YORK.
Mr.. John S. Wise. formerly of Virginia,
spoke at q Republican meeting last night
He is the same John Wise who used TO
live in Richmond and he talks In the
Americans delight~i to bestow geological
and ornithological titles upon th-ir great
men he would call Mr.. Bryan camel.
Let us consider its appropriateness, ne
went on. "Of all the animal creation none
ase SO able as the camel to exist for an
indefinite period without visible susie
nance Without food. without water, the
enduring beast traverses unfiaggingly the
arid dasert, just as Bryan has demon
strated his capacity to exist on wind and
talk forever upon nothing. He IS, $50. an
evolution Of the camel type. In 1886 he
appeared as a political beast Of burdsH
with a single hump-16 to 1. If you did
not ride on that protuburance, then you
could not ride at all. That was in his po-
litical infancy. He was then but a rudi-
mentary camel of th. dromedary type.
such as we find in Egypt and Assyria- But
the back was not suited to its burden.
Too many fell Oft.
After a Short lapse of intervening
years and with hard experience 4he re-
appeared. This time he comes with two
humps, full barachfan. double-turretted
camel Of the desert The old hump OF
is to is there, it is true, but he has
grown another and a larger hump. Ia
belled imperialism which he assures US
is paramount, and between these invit-
ing emnences or pair of mounts we are
told there still remains a short section of
genuine old Democratic backbone. to
which those unable y ride on either
mount may slide, safe In the gentle de-
preston bstween the two, from the danger
of falling off the back of reconstructed
Democracy
| YALES OLDEST LIVING GRADUATE.
Mr.. B. D. Stilliman. we'll known law
yer Of this city, was ninety-five years old
yesterday. and several of his friends
dropped in to pay their respects. He is
still in fairly good health and is remark
ably strong. and vigorous for man OF
his age. He has practically retired from
the practice of law. but he is still con-
suited for Greenwood Cemetery. whose
charter he secured in 1898. Mr. Silliman is
the oldest living graduate of Yale. hav-
ing finished his course there in 1924 He
is a bachelor but has home IN Brook
lyn and another In the country. On May
"a. 1889, the completion of Mr.. S!lliman's
sixty years practice at law was cele-
b-ated by a dinner at Delmonico's at
which speeches were made by many lead
! ing men of the city
| LONG JOURNEY TO GET MARRIED.
Miss Faith Ripley, of Minneapolis. ac-
companied by Mrs. Henry Atterbury. OF
Summit, n. J., started in July on trip
which eliminated ON Monday IN the mar
rage Of Miss Ripley and Mrs. Atterbury's
4 son, Howard E Atterbury, who left Sum
NIT over a year ago to represent the In
| ternational Paper Company in BuefloS
Ayres. Mrs. Atterbury ard Miss Ripley
| left New York on the steamer Katserin
Maria Theresa, for Southampton, on July
| e. After a stay. of a few weeks in Lon
| DON they sailed on the Danube for South
| America, where they Joined Mrs. After
| burys SON. The original intention was to
| celebrate the nupt!als at the brides home,
| but business interfered to prevent MT.
| Atterbury from leaving Buenos Ayres.
| and it was decided that Mrs Atterbury
| ,pd Misc Pin1ev should make the trip
| to the South American city rather than
| postpone the wedding for year or more
AMERICAN Belle SOCIETY.
The old house in Astor Place which for
| so long has been occupied by the Amer1-
! can Bible Society, Is offered for sale, but
I the society is not, as seems to be sup
| posed. in financial straits The society
| does not make Bibles for money but
! simply to cover the cost OF manufacture.
| The expenses of the society are met by
| the rent of the building which represent
| ca a net income last year of $15.913, gifts
! from individuals amounting to 81, $40. and
| other gifts running the total up TO $751;
/ 4O9
! Lee You. Chinese merchant, and soms
! of his friends made a canvass of China
| Town and raised $500 for the Galveston
sufferers. The subscription in this city to
! date amounts to S1eS. 1876.
| Several large bets were reported IN Wall
street yesterday at odds of three to one
! two and half to one and twenty-five TO
! ten in favor of Mckinley. The last is the
] last odds that have been taken on Nc
| Kinley. l.. W. Wormser, who has bet
| heavily on Mckinley at two and half to
| one, is said to have still a large sum TO
bet at the same odds.
! One OF the largest OF these bets was
made by Louis Wormser, who put up s24,-
0O0 on Mckinley against j. j. Judges