The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12

FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Winter Weather Takes New York in
Its 10y Grip.
WEALTHY WIDOW WEEDS YOUTH.
Business Reasons, Not Love, the I'm
pulse of this Match = Daring
Attempt at Robbery on a
Trolley Car.
WEALTHY WIDOW WEEDS YOUTH

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ice formed upon the rivers and lakes. and
many signs revealed that the first real
winters Gay mad dawned, holding out
hopes OF old fashioned Christmas ice ami
rearing winds.
In the city there was general rejoicing,
for YuIetide does not seem to follow ira
dillon without crisp air and the frost
kings presence. The streets were filled
by throngs going from shop to snop buy
ing Christmas presents or looking at the
fares exposed for sale. Merchants We're
sladdened by the wintry wind, for to them
if meant an enlivenIns of the holiday
trade.
In Herald Square at tive. O'Clock yester-
day morning the thermometer registered
! 70 degrees above zero. or nine degrees De-
low The freezing point. The lowest tenn
pers.ture was at SIX O'Clock Yesterday
morning, when 20 degrees was reSistefeu:
At noon it rose to u degrees, ior the cotu
did not fulfill the promise OF the morning.
rho minimum teu,ueraturc reported from
| an observatory on the top OF a skyscraper,
where the wind had d full sweep, vas Is
| degrees The coolest previous day of the
season was in November, when the mini
mum Temperature was 20 degrees
This cold wave started on SATURDAY.
WEALTH WEEDS YOUTH.
Thomas C. Bent, bandmaster of the Old
| Guard, and Mrs. Sarah I. Wyckoh,
! wealthy widow of the Bronx. Will De
| married tomorrow evening at the wa
| dorf-Astoria IN the presence of twenty
! five of their friends. Mrs. Wyckoff is
! reputed to be worth S2.eGG.G0o She says
| she mares not for love. but TO get IL
! man she can trust to manage her large
| estate she is ;ifty-five years old Bent
| it thirty-frve years cid. He is tan ana
| handsome with large brown eyes ana
| fine back nustache He has no fortune.
| Albert Wyckoff. the first husband OF the
| hride-elsct. died about a year ago at No
| l7j3 Washington Avenue. Twenty years
| ago he inherited part OF the Wyckoff
| MILLIONS .vhIch ne assigned to ms VIE.
| who is a shrewi business woman through
her careful management Of the estate 1t
| has doubled in value.
| Part of the estate was property at 'he
! northeast corner and southwest corner OF
| Fourteenth Street and Sixth Avenue. with
| lots on the adjoining streets. Bent was
! a friend of Mr. Wyckoff. and frequently
| called at the house during the tatter >
| life to play cards with him and Mrs.
! Wyckoff.
LOVED TO DANCE
| Nav Sheridan, a pretty tffteen-year-oId
| girl was arratsned in the Butler street
| Police Court. in Brooklyn YESTERDAY,
otrarged with vaGIancy. She was arfss'e|'
on complaint OF her father. VINO iiNss 81
(, No. .6S Smith Street, and who ATTRIBUTES
much of her waywardness to her mem
! bers.l:p in the Arelrose Social Gun.
I Nav Is only one of several young SlriS
| who comprise the associate 1ileilioeisH p
OF the Melrose Social Club. an orsanza-
| tRCn of Young men who give dances TWICE.
| n week in the club-Tooms at Smith ana
| Ninth streets aIav had been remaining
! away from home until late at night, ana
| sunday eyenir: her father determined 10
| n,,t an end TO it. He accordingly startetl
out on a hunt for his daughter ana loutiu
| her in the Sailors Garden. Il resort at
Sackett Street and Hamilton Avenue
dancing Win q sailor
Mr.. Sheridan took the girl TO the tianiii-
+,n Ayenue Poli.e station where lie had her
locked ND on q charge OF vagrtncy. IN
court Yesterday May denied that she was
| a had Girl and said she was a member
of the Arelross CLUB simply because sne
was fond OF dancing She said she nao
been at the clllb-room5 Urtlt mlail!siil
and had then gone 10 the sailors e'aruei
i for a s.fialrce OF, two before going nome
Magistrate Bristow placed the girl III the
cfranSe Of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty5to Children. which organization
is now Investigating the Mclrose Socta
! Club
DALY'S FORTUNE.
| While an umicable agreement has beer
entered into by the benetciaries under th'
viii OF the late Marcus DAILY. which is sat
asfactory to all, it is firmly believed bl
those most interested that a contest OF th'
will is certain. Alleged relatives OF tn'
late Cooper King are appearing III VAR
Gus sections of the country nnd an ar
casting envious eyes on the millions sool
to be distributed.
Unless an unexpected delay occurs tn
Will left by Marcus DAILY Will be filed II
letters of ancillary administration will o
applied for here and the estate will o.
managed from this city
1t was impossible yesterday to Obtain
any exact information concerning tn
| amount of the Daily fortune, but from
man who has for years been on terms o
intimate friendship with DAILY, Clark am
IIasgin. it was learned that from sl5.ooo,
COO to SIS, 100000 would be turned over t
| the benefic uries. This is about $1,000,
less than Mr.. DAILY was reputed to b
worth before his death.
PREACHER IN BUSINESS.
AT meeting of the New York Presby
terv in the Old First Church, at Fifth Ave
| nue. and Eleventh Street, yesterday. tn
Rev. DR.. Richard Il. HiSntHian,
! Christ Church, was permitted 10 with
| draw from the ministry on his own appli
cation, as he wishes to go into business
He was told by the Rev Dr. Birch tina
he could enter any business he pleased an
still be an evangelist, but he did not thin
| it possible to so into business and con
tinue in the ministry. DR.. Wishtma
/ asked a letter to an Evangelical Church
which viii be given TO him. The Rev
Frank E. kayanagh, OF univsrs.t
Heights, also requested that his name D
dropped from the rolls because of his in
ns1iity to asree with some Presbyteria
doctrines, and this was done.
AS the Presbyterian Church of tn
| United States has decided to raise $4,000,
COO as twentieth century fund durin
1 the coming year for foreign missions an
8 for auashing church debts, this New Yor
committee for this purpose has been ap
pointed: The Rev. Drs. GeorsesT Purves
ii John Balcom Shaw, Howard Duffield
Howard Johnston. Elder James Yerennce
Thomas Cochrane and William i. Steige!
DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY.
1 One. of the most daring attempts at high
ii way robbery ever made in Newark &C