The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-20
GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
Woman Used Her Fist With Good
Effect on Man.
KISSES WOMEN ON THE STREET.
Horse Ran into Wall and Balanced
on Top Of 1t Till Topped Oyer
by alotorman-Be',als
Hold Meeting.
KISSES WOMEN ON THE STREET.

NEW YORK, Dec. ia man ana
woman entered the lobby OF the mammal
tan Theatre last night just before the pei
Torrance began. AS they appsoaeisa s.e
box-ottice the man s4ap!'eu s,, sha
across the face with his groves. ohe
chased him into the street belaoorln MIN
with her fists. and in Broadway teiied MN
with a blow on the jaw, which tunloieu
MIN on his hands and face LII .ne QUITE
AS the man got on his feet, still srossy,
Policeman Aiken pushed through lh0
crowd. The woman sd" MN iNs
This is no case for the court, oihcef,
said she. This is a case for my own sat
isfactton. You're not needed here
The man didn't agree with her lie IN
sisted on having her arrested, snc the
policeman started for the Ienuertoih oia-
ton with the pair. On the way tae "o,
man begged the man to torssVe i'ei III
he relenteyl. He called her Edlth. ihe
policeman didn't get their full names.
Miss Ida Fisher. a piano leacheS "
Washington Avenue and 10th street, went
TO the Tremont-Avenue Police Station last
night and said that on Third Avenue anu
18th Street a man with a van Dshe
heard. white soft hat and brown suit, mao
put his arms around her neck a1d hlsseu
her twice She screamed and ne ran away.
Two similar complaints aSaAi1sI d ilill1 a.
! swer;uo the description were MADE at tiie
station earlier in the evening by FRANCES
Shields. of No. 632 East nth Street, and
Sarah Barry, of Wendover Avenue.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
At the hearing yesterday before Surro-
gate Fitzgerald in the matter OF inc VIII
of Miss Helen C. Brush, MIR. John NJ Bow
ers. Of counsel for the contestants OF lhe
will made a final attempt to find out what
Mr.. George W. De Yano, the lawyer ana
trustee of the First Church OF Christ
Scientist, meant by answering questions
as to his age with the words, belore
Abraham was, I am and learned that MI
De Iano was 50 years old. MI DE Lano
! also testified that Mrs. Augusta Il. Siet-
son, the first reader, or minister oL the
First Church OF Christ Scientist, fecelNeu
| a salary Of $1,000 4 year.
J Mr. De Lano said that he practiced
| Christian Science healing as every sclen-
| fist did. He had one of Mrs Stetson
| class certificates showing that he mad
studied science and health with Mrs, Stet-
| son for two weeks. The church had PAD
! sl74,G0o for its property at Nlnety-siN,h
| Street and Central Park West, and the
| property was subject to a mortgage OF
| $4,000.
Mr.. Rand tried to have Mr.. De l,ano
| tel how many Christian Scientists there
| were in the United States; how many
! churches there We're: how many copies
| of Mrs Eddy's Science and Health there
|
| to all these questions. Mr.. Rand sald that
| he wanted to prove that, if as Mr.. Bow
! ers seemed to hold Miss Brush was SUB
| iect to a delusion with regard to Christian
| Science, there were a million or more
| others suffering from the same deluslon-
| Mr. Bowers said he did not hold that any
| one but Miss Brush believed as Miss Brush
! believed.
| A RUNAWAY HORSE.
| runaway horse at lO6th Street and
| Central Park West struck man who had
| a baby in his arms and knocked down Two
women, both of whom are about TO pc
| come mothers, last night. The injured
persons were David Levy. OF No 60 west
10Sth Street, his wife. and Mrs. Annie
| Goddard. of No. LII East Tooth Street
| They were standing on the east side OF
| Central Park West, waiting for car,
| when the runaway, dragging sixth ave
nue. department store wagon came through
| 1Nsth Street and made straight tor the
| Park wall.
| 4 passing car and some wagons hid the
| runaway from Mr.. Levy and the women
| ;ntil it was too late for them to get out
! of the way. The horse struck Mrs. Levy
| and knocked her down, dislOcating her
right shoulder Mrs Goddard was struck
| by one of the shafts and thrown across
! the curb. \ wheel went over her leg
| and broke it and she was also injured m
| ternaIly Levy, who had his tWO-Eear-O!d
| bow in his arms, was struck' by the hub
! of the wagon and his leg was cut. but he
| kept on his feet and saved the boy. The
| Injured persons were taken to Manhattan
| Hospital.
The runaway dashed across the wide
| sidewalk and went full tilt against the
| four-foot stone wall. His fore feet went
| over it. His hind feet stayed on the street
| side of the wall and he hung there, max
| ing all four feet go as if he was still max
/ ing Roadway. Some conductors and mo-
/ tormen who had left their cars to see
| what the trouble was got hold Of his
| hind legs and Boosted him over the wall
| The animal fell head-frst into the Park
| and his back was broken. A policeman
| shot him.
MEETING OF BEHAIs.
| At a hall on the West Side last night
| there was a meeting OF Behais. a Behai
! is one viii believes in the One-Over-at-
| Acre. Acre is in Syria, on the shores OF
| the Mediterranean. The One-Over-at-Acre
| is sometimes called the Master by his be-
levers. There were about one hundred
| and fifty persons at the meeting last night.
| Most of them We're believers; some of them
| were students. All listened with the ut
| most attention to witness lately come
| from a sojourn with the Master at Acre.
! The witness was a woman apparently
past middle age. of low, wonderfully mod
ulated voice. She wore a gray costume
! small round hat with a fiat top. from