The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-27
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
Murphy is New York's Candidate fer
Second Place.
PRACTICAL oKEENDs SERIOUSLY
Teacher Dismissed From Manual
Training High School for Gossip
ing-Barker Sued for Out
tius Mole.
PRACTICAL J0KEENDS SERIOUSLY

NEW YORK, June 2s-spec.al.--Much
mystery surrounded the movements of Mr..
Croker for time yesterday, and Tam
many men, who were c.lost anxious to see
tim. feared that he had performed one
of his disappearing acts aud left the city.
However, he appeared at the Democratic
Club IN time for dinner. and later an
nounced that he had been in consultation
with several OF his friends. including John
f. Carroll. AS result Of Nj. Cookers
sem.-eHdorsemens Of former Senator
Murphy, the latter became known yester-
day as New York's candidate for second
place en- the ticket with Mr. Bryan. Cam
paign buttons bearing the profies Of Mr..
Bryla and Mr. Murphy were exhibited at
the Democratic Club last night and Will
De worn BY: members CT the Tanalany DEL
egation when they start for Kansas City
next Sunday morning
a SERIOUS PRACTICAL JOKE
a small lad. named Joseph ostrich, is
lying in a critical condition at his home,
No. 353 F>urnan Street, duo TO a prac-
teal joke. ostrich was taking a sum
bath Sunday on the spring piece of the
Amity-Street dock. Two BROOKLYN men
DR.. William J. Cavanaugh and William
A. Price-saw the boy with his eyes
closed and just for a joke. swung him
backwards and forwards like 2 pendu-
luni. finally tossing him into ii water.
The BOY fell with such force as 10 render
him UNCONSCIOUS A companion. Thomas
McCarthy, dived overheard and bcoush.
the body ashore. ostrich was unconscious
and bleeding from the nose, mouth and
ears. It is feared that the boy has been
hurt internally. Price and Cavanaugh are
being held for assault. They say that they
did not mean to hurt the boy, but only
were Joking.
DISMISSED FOR GossIPING.
The Manual Training High School has
a scandal which has resulted in the dis
missa1 of a woman teacher for gossip. 1t
is said that Mrs. Clark, the saving teach
er. circulated the story that the drawing
Instructor had kissed one of the pretty
pupils. At a meeting of the School Board,
Mrs. Clark was dismissed The New
York Herald thus tells the story.
The little Miss Innocence who now fig
ures painfully in the affair is said %
have left her hat in the school building,
and to have accepted the escort of the
drawing teacher when she went back TO
find it. Since she was tirrlid about going
into the dark building. the young instruc-
tor offered to go ahead and obtain the
hat for his pupil Once e was found. tow
ever, the young man, who is twenty-five
years old and married. demanded a kiss
as the price for its return, but the favor
was refused.
The girl pupil confided the story of the
kiss. it is said. TO her sewing teacher. who
was Mrs. Clark Having always been
above reproach herself SIrs Clark was
scandaiized by the thought of male
teacher kissing one Of her girls. She
promptly set the story afloat in circles
where it would inevitably reach the ears
OF Charles B. Larkins, principal of the
school
Principal Larkins finally heard of the
episode but he believed 1t to be mere gos-
sip. The members OF the School Board
heard of it, too, but Principal Iarkins
assured them there WAS no foundation for
the charges, Iastead of recommending the
dismissal OF TIE young drawing teacher,
ne consented to an investigation of Mrs.
Clark's work.
The report that followed, according to
the members of the School Board, who
were seen last night, was unfavorable 10
Mrs Clark.
SUIT FOR CUTTING MOLE
F. w. Bosworth, head musician of the
New Amsterdam Hotel. is suing John
Hazenthal, proprietor of the hotel barber
shop. to recover 500 for alleged damages
to his face. The musician says that the
barber removed from his face a few days
ago a mole and that the aforesaid re-
moval is likely to disigure him for life.
The case will come UP for trial next Fri
day morning.
Bids for SO. $4,000 gold bonds OF this city.
redeemable in thirty to fifty years, were
opened to-day by Comptroller CoIer.
Kuhn. Loeb & Co.'S bid Of 10. 81 for all or
none of the bonds was the best.
| CORPORATION COMES TO NEW YORK.
The American Steel Hoop Company. of
Pittsburg. has moved from its western
quarters to New York bringing it's full
office staff. Fifty-six persons were in
the party that occupied six cars of a spe-
ctal train. Tue employees seem to like
the change.
Change in the headquarters of the COM
pany was made because this city is recos-
nized as the financial centre. and 1t was
discovered that the company was being
handicapped 10y not following the lead of
other large concerns in locating here.
Three departments of the concern, the
operating purchasing and invoicing. en-
ploying about eighty persons, remain in
Pittsburg but some of these employees
may be called later to this city The
company has been incorporated about q
year, with a capital of SIS. coo.
Mrs. Ettie Warner, the woman accused
of throwing caustic potash in the face of
the wife of DE-. John Croni1, has establish
ed so strong an alfbi that It is very prob
able that unless more evidence against
her is forthcoming she will be discharged
District-Attorney Osborne argued for a
delay that he might study the case furth-
er. It is the most puzzling one he ever
met. The case was set down for July
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