The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11
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FROM GOTHAM j /.
The City Is Stirred on The Subject Of
Gambling.
FORUM ON ii RN OLA COIN IN
The Cityis Stirred on the SUBJECTED
FORTUNEO THE:TU RN OF5AC COIN
Mrs. Goelet will NJ AIRY Agaili--Foun
a Check for $50. o00-sIethotiist
Preacher Don't Like Tin
Grant System.
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NEW YORK, March 1o.-Special.-I
Herald of this morning tells a remarka-]
bic story to the effect that in Z ms s Gu =
the other day $4,000 was lost IN q game aaals
OF heads or tails. The story is that Joseph
Rothschild, T., and w. G. Reid, pre5loene
of the american Tin plate Co.. met IN a
Broadway saloon and began ITO match
for a bottle IA small stake was na1ie ~
but the men continued to ena TIC 5aAu
double until Reid was the loser - ~.
tune of $4,000. sRot hschild denies thal any
such large sum was at ssak fseio
fuses to say anything about Il.
$50 MRS GOBLET TO WE'D.
# On April 9th, 1859, Robert Goelet, one
Of the wealthy society men OF TINS Guy,
died at Naples on board his yacht. MS
widow will sail for Europe on Iuesuay
next and upon her return to this country
in June.a formal announcement OF qer
engagement to- Francis B. RiSSs W VILE oe
made
Mr.. Riggs is a broker a silent par enea
of the firm Of Maxwell and Scovdi, ~ sene
DreHel Building. lie. Is a n'eIloer "
several Clubs, but IS not very Well known
in society. and lis not remembered Dy
those who were at Newport last summer .
The announcement of the engagement
- ~ CO,
will occa sion surprise in society, oeSasuss
of the recent death of Mr. Goelee..
FOOT4BALL MAN: "a SulClLti.
Mr. III B. Riggs received a message
Yesterday that his son Stanley hisss'
noted as a football player ana cohsp
ons in the Naval Reserves. had committee
suicide In a lonely camp in Mexico. he
won't to iAIexico as a civil engineer two
years ago, with a party OF Yale ana
Princeton graduates. They received high
salaries for laying out new railways OF
the Huntington system in Mexico MT.
Riggs thought that his son was doing
we'll and happy and the news was
great shock to him.
The young man was the star player
and captain of the Princeton Preparatory
School football eleven. and many OF ms
classmates are now. or have been, mem
bers of the princeton University eleven.
His brother, Harold. is secretary Tor "a.
M. FIagIer His family. lives at Glen
Ridge, N. J.
"A BIG FIND.
While walking along Broadway near
Wall Street yesterday Mr.. Edward a.
Bunker a broker, picked up a certified
check for $40, COG. The check was drawn
to the order of Blair and Co., Wall Street
| brokers. Mr.. Bunker promptly notified
the bank anu also the concern, to whose
order the cheek was QrdVn.s+ ana tueIe
was much relief in the Office Of Blair and
Company when the message was received
A number of leading physicians met
yesterday to discuss the bill now. before
the Legislature to establish a State hos
pital in the Adirondacks. or IN some other
suitable location. for the treatment OF
incirient tuberculosis. It was said that
the prevalence OF pulmonary tuberculosis
was the cause OF more deaths among the
citizens Of New Y ork than any other dis
ease, and that the. inadequacy of private
endeayor in dealing with the problem
was generally admitted. A resolution en-
dorsing the bill was heartily approved.
TO QUIT TITS CHURCH.
It is said that the Rev IS. Parks Cad
man is talking of resigning from the
| Methodist Episcopal Church, Directing
! to the itinerant system. He has served
out the full limit Of his term under this
| system, and Mr.. Cadman is thinking Of
| becoming Congregationalist.
The city is now thoroughly stirred up
on the gambling question. The New
| York Times of yesterday printed the
statemena showing that s., 0e5,C0o a year
| is paid by the gambling house keepers of
this city to the Gambling Commission,
which affords them protection from any
| Interference on the part of the police.
The grand jury has taken up the matter,
and there will be an investigation.
| Senator Plat and the Hon. David Ben
! nett Hill were in the city last night.