The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-15
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM.
Hundreds Of Craft Prisoners in Ice Of
New York Harbor.
FELL IN A FAINT ON THE STAGE.
Miss Ethel Barrymore, However
Quickly Recovered and Finished
the Play-Christian Science
for Rubber Plants.
FELL IN A FAINT ON THE STAGE.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Hundreds of craft
We're caught yesterday in a great jam of
ice, which choked the rivers and the upper
bay. Traffic on many Of the ferries was
suspended, the outlying islands were cut off
from communication by boat and even
large ocean steamers were held prisoners
by the foes. Towing companies refused
contracts at exorbitnnt rates.
So great was the number OF crippled
steamers in tho harb0r that the rental Of
dry docks was raised TO 500 q day. At
pinces the ice was SO closely packed that
men could walk on it for more than 4
mile, and they did. Over near the Brook
lyn shore a vessel was laden with barrels
rolled to- her side on shidS laid on the
hard surface of the buy.
Those who remembered the blizzard of
1883 recalled that just after the inhabitants
oG the city recovered from the first attack
OF Boreas many citizens trnmped to Brook
lyn on q field Of ice. Had it not been for
the fact that the ferry-boats OF the pres
ent day are better enabled to cut the ice,
the experience OF thirteen years ago might
have been repeated. 1t was estimated that
in parts OF the bay the ice was at least
eight feet in depth.
PRISONERS VINCE.
Assistant District Attorney Franklin
J ,
,teiyiay, before Judge Cowing, in the Court
of General Sessions, pictlring TO them the
horrible deeds that brought to trial Jesse
Il. Davis, a nurse in the insane pavilion, OF
Bellevue Hospital, ON the charge OF man
slaughter in the first degree for causing
the death of Louis II. Hilliard, a patient
in that institution, on December II, 1860.
In confederation of the Prosecutors words
came from the lips of the dead mans
widow d description of her husband a Few
hours after his admittance TO the lnstitu-
ton Then IIillinrd's face bore only a few
black and blue marks, but again few
hours later when the husband lay cold in
death in the Morgue, the features were SO
battered tllLt the wife could not look upon
them.
Edward Q. Dean and Clinton L. Mar
shall. who are Jointly indicted with Davis,
and each of whom elected Ito be tried sepa-
rately, snt beside their companions on
trial. fairly wincing ct the terrible ar
raignment of GIr. Pierce, who made no
effort at rhetoric, simply asserting that IN
this case the facts told u story of their
own stranger and more torceIUl tnan nc
ton
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE FOR RUBBER.
1t was with apparent delight that Mrs.
Frances Augusta Findlay yesterday, be-
Tore SURROGATE TilLScIsaiSi, it4iASSs& ca -
cident regarding the supposed resuscitatton
of a rubber plant by Christian Science
trenltnnenr that not only caused laughter
among the spectators in court who are not
believers. but also brought suppressed
smiles to the faces of many OF the women
heEllers who have been watching with IN
terest the contest over the probate CT inc
will Of Miss Helen C. Brush.
Mrs Findlay- said: ct WIS noticed one
dav that the rubber plant in our mouse
was dropping. In q. day or two at break
fast it was remarked that the rubber plant
had revived. Miss Duncan SAID les.
have been treating it by Christian science.
Meanwhile had been giving it fresh water
every day
TAINTED ON THE STAGE.
Miss Ethel Barrymore fell in dead
faint on the stage at the GarricE The
atre last night at the end OF the second
act of Captain Jinks of the Horse
Marines, She recovered Immediately
and was able to appear in the conciuoli.S
act of the play as usual. 1t was saio
that she had been overcome by SUDDEN
attack of dizziness.
II was lust after the little scene in
which Miss Barrymore shows the ballet
dancers how they ought to dance. Ihere
was a recall and when the curtain went
up Miss Barrymore was StanulhS as
usual in the center of the stage at the
back, with the other principals OF the
cast on each side Of her. The curtain
went down and up a second time MISS
BARRYMORE was standing in the same
place There was burst of app ause,
and the actress stepped forward as II
she were going to speak. then put her
hand to her forehead and suddenly tel
forward on the stage.
Mr.. Reeves-Snlith, the Captain Jlnks OF
the play, fastened to her assistance, and
the curtain was hastily rung down. She
was taken to her dressing-room. but
soon reviving. insisted on finishing the
play Only few persons in the audience
who had seen the play before knew that
anything out of the way had occurred,
and almost every one. thought that the
faint was a little bit of stage business
in connection with the recall tabieau.
The report spread through the audience.
however, that Miss Barrymore was i'll,
and when she made her entry in the
last act she was rewarded by a burst
os applause that lasted for several min
utes.
INSURE MORGAN'S LIFE.
According to a cable report received in
this city yesterday British investors
have just paid an extraordinary COM
pIinlent to J. Pierpont Morgan. Several