The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-12
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Sensational Charges Against Officials
of sing Sing Prison.
STRIKERS WITH SILK HATS.
Young Waldorf Astor an American
Cit:zcn-Suit for $4,000 Insti-
tutcu for Alienation of 4
Wifc's Anectious.

Wifc's Affections.
NEW YORK, October 1.--as the result
Of an investigation of Sing Sing prison,
which has been quietly carried on for some
time bv a committee OF the Prison AS
sociatton of New York. a report will soon
no submitted to the association in Which
charges of the most serious and sensa-
+io,,1 character will be made against GER
tain officials of the prison
Among the charges made, and which the
committee is prepared to substantiate, are
many affecting the disposition OF prison
made goods and the maltreatment of GER
TAIN prisoners and the favoritism shown TO
others.
1t is charged that articles which are
manufactured by convict labor ana IN
tended solely for use in public institutions
in this State have been sold 20 private IN
dividuals in New York and New Jersey.
These include desks which are ostensioly
for use IN public schools, and clothing, sup
Dosed to be intended for the use Of persons
in public institutions in this State
1t is also charged that there exists
system OF favoritism toward certain con-
victs who are in a position to make the
giving of privileges an object, While other
prisoners, less favorably situated, are
treated in q shameful manner.
1t is charged TOO, that convlcts nave
been brutality beaten by keepers. and that
in one instance Il man was beaten and then
kicked off the fourth gallery to the cement
floor forty-fve feet below, receiving in
iuries which resulted in his death within
a short time.
AN AFFECTING SCENE.
There was an affecting scene in the office
of Superintendent Blair, of the Depart
ment for Outdoor Poor, yesterday, when
Miss Julia Ferris threw her arms about an
a eed man who had been taken there by
the police and exclaimed: fFather
Father, l have found you al lasti Come
home with me-.
With his memory blurred by age as to
events of recent years, but fresh concern
ing the scenes and events of his boyh00d,
John 3. Ferris, retired merchant in com
Portable circumstances, wandered from his
home, at No 30 East 10th Street. Friday
morning. and was found yesterday in Old
Greenwich village. where he had lived
half a century ago.
He left home for short walk When
he failed TO return his two daughters, who
live with him, searched the hospitals and
caused a general alarm to be sent from
Police Headquarters
1t was not until yesterday that they
learned an old man had been found by the
police Miss Julia Ferris went to the
MacdouSal Street station, where the man
had been taken by Policeman Foley. She
went to St. YincentS Hospital and then to
the Jefferson Market Police Court, where
she was Informed that the man gave his
! name as John B. Ferris
She then drove to Superintendent Biair's
office. Mr. Ferris recognized his daughter
a once and gladly accompanied her home.
STRIKERS IN SILK HINTS
Sixty copper plate engrave-s, employed
by Tiffany & Co. who are among the high
est paid mechanics of their class in the
world, are on strike Dressed in the height
of fashion, they pIcketea the establishment
OF the firm. in Union square yesterday to
| prevent the employment of uon-union men
| TIER dress from head To foot was i'm
maculate. They wore silk hats. top coats.
| lustrous paSeut leather shoes and carried
| canes and gloves of the latest style and
! shade. Diamonds Sparl1led III their scarf
! pins and upon their fingers Women who
| stepped from their carriages and entered
| the jewelry house through The files Of mon
| on tie Broadway front lid not realize they
| We're passing the picl1ets of q strike
| Young Waldorf :Astor's selection as an
| executor ana trustee oil tnS VIII OF JGFlu
| Jacob Astor, the founder Of the Astor mil
] Ions, has received the sanction of Surro-
| gate Thomas. who yesterday signed an
! order directing that letters testamentlry
| be issued to the young man so that lie may
| act in conjunction with his father. Will
| liam Waldorf Aston and Charles \ Pea
| body, il. in the management of The estate
| and the trusts created by the Will The
| Surrogate's ruling settles the question as
~, tTtge,. ;1J-
lowed in the footsteps Of his father and
become subject OF lie Queen
! All doubt as to the citizenship of Wal
| dorf Astor, which was raised al the time
| Of his selection rs az executor. last Juno.
| is removed by the statements in the ani
| darit Of Charles 4. Peabody j.. who is
! the legal representative in tbs country
OF the young man and his father. 1t was
| said at that time that 4 the yaunz man
were an alien he could not be appointed.
| WANTS BIG DAMAGES.
Dr. Gerald Van schott, a physician of
| Passaic. \. j. prominent in political ard
| social circles there. was the defendant yes
| terday at Paterson IN a suit Tor .Giepa-
| ton Of wfe's affections. joan T. .rineIev
! demands $1,000 damages Cor loss OF the
| love of his wife.
| The action rests upon the alleged events
of several Sabbath evenings. turing which,
| Tingley declared. ne had obtained evidence
that justified his suit Mrs. '.'ingIey, a
| handsome brunette. of medium height. was
F! in court yesterday. and darted angry
! slances from a pair Of swapping black eyes
at Tingley during his testimony
Supreme Court Commissioner Trimble,
in striving to discover whether the assas-
| sination of King Humberl was the ou.-
+; cone of a plot Matched in New Jersey, en-
countered in the hearing in Paterson yes
| terday, on the one hand the inviolabiiity
! OF private teiesrams and on the other the
| sanctity Of the confessional.
Charles ". Schofeld Paterson mana
! ger Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
| pany. and Edward j. McCabe. occupying
| similar position for the Postal Telegraph
| Company, were summoned to testify IN
| reference TO cable dispatches in Italian,
sent TO Italy in July and August.
! Mr.. Schotleid. in an unconditional refusal
| TO give the information desired said that
the rules of the company and the law
| provided that all such messages were pr!-
waite, personal property and inviolate.
| Mr.. McCabe had specific Inquiries TO an
| swer with regard to a message from QuEn-
| tavalle, or Grannoti or cable dispatches to
prominent members of the group of the
| Right OF Existence. Commissioner Trim