The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-17
FRESH :: GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
Iammany likely to Have a Tough 51
Fight onIts Hands.
ROCKEFELLER GETS SIS, 100000
Death OF a Christian Ende avorss DOS.
Thcodorc Tilton's Lawyer Passes
Away-socicty Girl Enters
Convent. g

q moral point of view tne 4Cl uSae
vice in this city may not. amount . 70
much hut 1T will undoubtedly hurt the
Democra tic party, locally speaking, The,
Mazet investigation, the Ramapo deaht
tho 1vreckin.. OF the Third-Avenue Rail-.
road and COMPTROLLER Coler's attack on
the TIA 1n1rany officials, who, he says, have
been looting the City Treasury under
form of law, viii all have the effect to
arouse a strong opposition to Tammany
Tan1many is no worse tnan the AT
crowd. but as sTammany is in, all the
reformers will join the Republicans in
trying to put Tammany out, and so the
Democrats will have a tough fight on
their hands In the next election.
$4,000, coo IN DIVIDENDS
It has already been stated that the
Standard Oil Company yesterday paid out
go eco. COO In dividends. There are 5000
shareholders, and the dividends ranged in
amount from the $50 check sent to the
holder of a single share of the stock to
that of nearly s5,GO00OO given to Mr. John
D. Rockefeller for his share.
Incorporated at sl0.010,0c0 originally, the
capital stock was increased in 1882 to
Sic, 0oo. 800, of which 500, 100000 is COM
mon stock and s1Oc0O,oco is non-cumula-
tive 5 per cent. preferred stock. All of
the latter issue is still in the treasury
of the company.
Six years ago Standard Oil common
stock sold in the market at s167 share.
a few days before the transfer books
closed for the dividend on February 18th
last s547 share was paid for it, showing
an increase in the market value within
six years of $3.50, 900. 600.
OF the 5000 Stockholders less than
dozen insiders own 50 per cent. of the
stock and control absolutely the work.
ings Of the company.
RECALLS BEECHER TRIAL.
Dx-JudSe Fullerton died yesterday at
the advanced age of eishty-three years.
In his day he was one. of New York's
most brilliant lawyers. He and Judge
Beach We're the leading attorneys for
Theodore Tilton in the famous Tilton-
Beecher trial. and for several days Judge
Fullerton subjected Mr.. Beecher to the
| most searching ,cross-eXanination which
the witness ever underwent. Nearly all
the persons prominent in the Tilton-
Beecher trial have now passed away.
Mr.. tReecfer has been dead for fourteen
years AIr. Tilton is living obscurely in
Paris. Mrs. Tilton died several years
| ago NIoulton, 1.-the mutual friend,' is
dead. Beach and Fullerton. the chief at
torneys for Tilton, are no longer living.
William NJ Tvarts. who was Beecher's
foremost lawyer, is still living. but is in
complete retirement. E1-Judge Porter,
of Beecher's counsel, IS dead. The only
person active in the trial who is still
| taking an active part in affairs is Thos.
G. Shearnan. Beecher'S friend ana Pc
sonal attorney.
Police Commissioner York's only da1sh-
| ter, Miss Grace York, intends to enter
| st. Joseph's Convent at Flushing, with
the view of becoming q nun. She recently
| reached her majority.
| CANINE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOREI.
One of the morning papers announces
| the death of Dolly. 'the only canine
| Christian Endeavorer." Dolly was a fine
| st. Bernard dog, and belonged to the
Rev. Wilbur Fiske Wood, pastor OF the
| First Presbyterian Church, OF Stapleton,
| IS. I. She died suddenly after all the
vets in the neighborhood had tried to
relieve her. The family was inconsola-
! BILE. The bell to the parsonage was NUT
! fled, and in answer to callers fearful
! maid appeared at the door and broke
! the sad tidings of Dolly's death. The
next day after the dog died the body
! was viewed by sorrowing friends. Dolly
| was seven years Of age, and had resu-
! larly occupied the front pew at church,
! and had endeared herself to the consre-
cation. For years she regularly attended
| the meetings of THE Christian Endeayor-
| ers, paid her dues, and responded to her
name at roll-call by low bark. Some
| of the members, however, objected to
| Dolly's membership. and the result was a
| row and Dollys resignation.
Dollys accomplishments were many.
She collected the mail regularly, pre-.
ferred to die rather than be known as a
Spaniard, and in every sense Of the word
was a member of Mr.. Woods family,
| brought up with his children, and one in
: their joy and SORROWS.
CHURCH WITHOUT MUSIC.
The late George r. Mckenzie, the mill
lionaire president Of the Singer Sewing
Machine Company. during his lifetime
built a church in Jersey City for the use
of the neutrality-suspicious. congregation,
but stipulated in his deed Of gift that no
musical instrument should ever be put
into the church. He believed th:N the
preaching of the gospel should be Suffi-
Gent in itself to attract people to ser
vices without the aid of any side attrac-
tons The society. however, was un-.
able to get along with such "a dull service,
and has now decided to abandon the
struggle and transfer the property to
the Jersey City Presbytery for nomi-
nal sum, with a view to legal proceedings
to have the deed modified so that an
organ may be used in the services of the
church.