The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-03
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
A Dog Trained to Steal Runs Oft
With Woman's Purse.
SHOOTS DAUGHTER i I I:IE' !. BY 8 MISTAKE.
Illicit Distillcry in Full oneration il. a
Cellar III the Heart or New York.
Southern Society Elects
Offic ers.
SHOOTS DAUGHTER BY MISTAKE.

SOntHern Society LIN 80
office rs.
NEW YORK, March 2-special.-Allll
the .noonshine whiskey is not maze IN
the mountains of North carolina, ~ II
einia and Tennessee. A complete sun
with five Thousand dollars worth OF APP
Dur.oenances, many barrels OF Whlskey
and other similar property, was us
covered BY detectives yesterday in a.
cellar at No. I'll Jefferson Street. The
dctectives had e1.tcred the building to;
Iook for a coat, but got scent of the
sour mash. and followed it until the still
was discovered. Besides the stu thefe
were twenty-one barrels of sour mash,
twenty-seHen barrels Of whisky, i've gall
Ions OF alcohol and other articles a
man named Philip Alper was arrested,
h,,t denied that he had anything to do
win, the still. The man is Russian.
\ 5ROGUISH PUP.
Mrs. William c.. Eidredse, who with her
husband, lis passing through the clty
en- route to Europe, had an interesting
experience yesterday intfront of the Ho1l-
man House Mrs. Eldredge was looking
at the flowers when she felt a tug at
her side, and turning to look. saw d
small black and tan terrier dash on win
her purse in its mouth. she called het
husbands attention to 1.-THE THEFT, but
mo did not at once comprehend and did
not give chase as soon as he might have
done The dog ran to fiashlly dressed
woman at Broadway and IWenty-nitn
Street, and at a signal from her, went
into the park, where it and the woman
were soon lost in the crowd. The dos
had evidently been trained to steal IN
this case. however. it was not a very
big haul, as Mrs. Eldredse had but
small sum of money in her purse Tne
greatest loss was a letter from her
brother which she had just received,
but had not read.
THE SOUTHERN SOCIETY.
At a meeting of the New York South
ern Society last night at the flfth ave
nue. Hotel. the following officers for the
ensuing year were elected:
President, DR.. William II. Polk; vice
President, Augustus Van Wyck; Chap-
lain. uhe Rev. Philip a. II. Brown;
treasurer, wins Browning; Secretary,
John NJ Harrington; Executive Commit
tee ito serve until March, 1859, HOW
ard :R. Payne, Marion j. Verdery, sam
uel H. Buck and Allen c. Redwood.
The announcement was made that Cap
tain Hugh R. Garden had presented his
splendid library and collection OF WORKS
on Southern literature TO the society
The library VIII ne plaCso III LIZ
Columbia University library.
The meeting was presided over by eS-
Governor Thompson, of South Carolina.
George c. Bodt, the well known hotel
man, has lost Thomas NJ. Hliliard, VINO
for the past twenty years had been con-
nected with him in building up his great
hotel enterprises. Mr.. Hiiard has plr-
chased Il stock farm in ireland, anu
expects to spend the remainder OIL nus
days as a country gentleman He left
for his new home last Wednesday. be
began with Mr.. billiard as clerk in his
wine cellar, but rose to the position
Of personal representative. Mr.. Boldt
saws that HillIard watched the construc-
ton Of the Waldorf from the time the
foundations We're laid, and helped him
to plan the Astoria
John Willard Adams, Of the flrm OF
Adams and Hopkins, we'll known con-
TRACTORS in this laty, shot and killed
himself yesterday in a saloon. The re-
markable part OF the story is that Mr..
Hopkins, Adams partner, had gone off
to get married. 1t is said that des-
pondency, due to i'll health and bust
ness reverses, led Adams to take his
life.
SHOT HER DAUGHTER.
Mrs. Eugenia Rifle, the rich widow of
a physician who formerly practlced IN
East Twenty-sixth street, Manhattan, ac-
cdentally shot her daughter, Helen Rifle,
aged eighteen years, at their nome, NO.
llC5 Park Place, last night
The home of the Rifles is a handsome
two-story brownstone building. It was
equipped with burglar alarms Mrs
Rifle, who slept with her two daughters
in a back room on the main floor, was
awakened by the ringing of burglar
alarm about o'clock. Calling Oscar,
her son, and getting out revolver, she
started for the front of the house. All
were in an uneasy and nervous STATE.
The daughters had gone ahead to open
the widow. Suddenly the revolver was
fired. Mrs Rifle says that she does
not remember the discharge. Two more
shots were fired out of the window eG'
summon help.
After the gas had been lighted Miss
Helen told her mother that she believed
she had been shot. Upon examination
| it was discovered that her niSht-dress
was stained with blood, and when the
! doctor came he discovered that the ball
had passed through the lower part of the
lungs The wound is not thought to be
| dangerous.
Brooklyn is evidently determined to get
| the Tissot pictures illustrating the life
of Christ. The sum Of S26.316 has all
ready been subscribed. The amount
needed is 100000.
At the last Of the legal operations re-
quired to begin the building of the under
ground railroad, the Board of Estimate
to-day authorized the comptroller to is
sue the $50. SEQ COO bonds required to pay
for the work. This is SAID to be the
! largest issue Of bonds ever authorized
at one time by any city. and it took the
Board less than two minutes to pass
the resolution.
Senator Daniel Defendeu.