The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-02
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Croker Stakes $4,000 on Chance
Of Bryan's Election.
INSTRUCTED FOR WOODRUFF.
Kings County Delegation Hnst Vote to
Give III i'm the Nomination. for Gov
crnor-McL,ushlin T;cfuses
TO Talk Politics.
INSTRUCTED FOR WOODRUFF.

NEW YORK, September 1-Richard
Croker took the Bryan end of the heaviest
election bet that has been recorded SO far
In this campaign, when he wagered 500
o0o yesterday against $4,000 with Louis
w. Worrnser that the Democratic national
ticket would be elected.
AS Mr. Croker is not in the habit OF
making wagers unless he thinks there is
a good chance of winning them. the news
Of his plunge on Bryan caused a sensation
among the few who were in the secret 1t
is known that Mr.. Croker has predicted
a plurality OF S0,ooo for Bryan in Greater
New York, but it was supposed that he had
given this figure merely for campaign eff
feet. That he was willing to back his
! confidence in Bryan's strength with cash
was a surprise to many persons who have
| regarded N1ckinley's election as practically
{. foregone conclusion.
Kings county will send to the Republican
State Convention a delegation instructed
to vote for Lieutenant-G Governor Woodruff
for the nomination for Governor. The
delegates Were selected at the Assembly
| District Conventions held last night in
| Brooklyn. In nearly alt these conventions
| resolutions were adopted instructing the
delegates to vote for Woodruff.
Previously WoodrufFs boom had been
conditional affair. which was to be dis
| sipated as soon as Mr. OlelI took the field.
| but last night it became positive. and there
was an intimation in the action Of the
conventions that Woodruff intended to
fight. Politicians regarded the instructins
of the DELEGATES as significant, coming
as it did on the heels of the Woodruff de-
nonstrations in the upper end OF the
State.
It is known that Dadv has been in quiet
, communication with the Lieutenant-Gov
ernor, and the impression prevails that
the action of last night was taken with
the knowledge of the candidate The
friends of the Observation-Disclosures have
not been in an amable frame Of mind
since Mr. Odel announced that no would
accept the nomination. George e. Waldo
an enthusiastic champion of the L:cuten-
ant-Governor. has been demanding q fght
in way which reminds Brooklyn men of
the attack he made on Senator Hanna in
| Philadelphia.
M'LAUGHLIN SILENT.
Hugh Mclaughlin. the Democratic Lead
er of Kings county. who holds in his hand
the kew to the State situation returned
to Brooklyn last night from Jamesnort. L.
T. where he spent the summer. Mr.. Nc
Taughlfn went imnediat eIy to his home. in
Remsen Street. He was visited by none
OF the Brooklyn politicians. although it
was reported yesterday afternoon that
Controller Coler was in the borough and
there was a belief that he would call on
Mclaughlin
Mr. Mclaughlin was bronzed and looked
healthy he was willing to talk OF any
thing but politics. a crowd OF newspaper
men gathered about him both at the sta
ton and in his home, but Were not able
to get a word on any political subject from
him.
With the expectation that the public will
promptly loosen its purse strings, Dr. Sell
den w Grove has invited contributions to
a fund to provide 4 home for broken down
members of the sporting fraternity.
DR.. Grove calls his organization the
sportzman's Fund of America He has
had it Incorporated, and SAYS that it is
doing work among pustlists similar to that
done by the Actors Fund among incapaci-
tated members of the theatrical profess
sion
Judge McAdam dismissed yesterday the
| writ o habeas corpus obtained by John
T.. Dunlap. the manager OF the Local
| Credit Association. who was held for trial
| for usurv by Magistrate Pool. Dunlap was
| held for SpeciaI Sessions but after he
| sued out his writ of h7beas corpus was
| indicted by the grand jury for similar
| offence.
Dunlap asserted that he was manager
| only for a. company incorporated by law
!
| interest and claimed his release on the
| ground that he had been arrafgned for the
commission of . crime as an individual.
Judge NcAdams says that Dunlap on
| the evidence before the committing magis-
| trate. sis clearly guilty of the crime Of
| usurv unless he has brought himself with
| in the provisions OF chapter 800 of the
| laws of 1885. rs amended by charter 20f Of
! the laws of 1896, in regard to loan associa-
| tons.
LAD KILLED BY a TRUCK
While trying to ride a bicycle through
| West Ninety-ninth Street YESTERDAY
| morning. Harry Lee. thirteen years Old.
| son of Mrs Carrie Lee, an actress, fell
beneath the wheels of u truck and was
| almost instantly killed.
| During the absence OF his mother. who
| is now TRAVELLING Harry has lived at the
home of Leon Maver. theatrical manager.
| at No. 8 West Ninetv-ninth Street. As
/ the pafnters were working in the apart
ments Yesterday. the boy took his pet dog
| down to the front stooD. He was sitting
| there reading when a friend rode mp on
| bicvrIe and offered TO let Harry ride
Harry mounted the bicycle and rode IN
! and down the street several times. and
determined to ride through the block to
| Columbus Avenue without stonpinS As ne
! reached the middle of the block in front
! OF NO. 90, he saw that he was too near
! to truck. which was moving SLOWLY in
tn opposite direction. He tried to back
| pedal"
TIE bicycle stopped, and losing his bal
ance. the little fellow fell sideways. his
! BODY passing hetween tf3e wheels Of the
| truck apparently unnoticed by the driver
| Tho rear wheel ras=ed over his body.
| FFe rose to his feet. sasprg for breath.
| took q few stens and fell forward into
TIE arms Of bvstander, He was carried
into a grocery store Mt No 20 West Ninety
ninth Street, but died before a physician
| could arrive.
Prof. 5finor' Plan.
Editor OF The Times.
sir-Reievine that upon the eve OF such
| an important event rs the holding of
Constitutional Convention every citizen
owes it to the State 10 present any plan