The evening world. Newspaper, September 5, 1895, Page 2

4 ALDERMEN ON AN OUTING They Made an Barly Start on the Big Steamboat Laura M. Stario, MAYOR STRONG GOES ALONG. Ho Will Probably Umpire the Baseball Game Eetween Rival City Fathers. THE ALDERMANIC FLAG RAISED. if Is a Gorgeous Affair of Red, ‘White and Blue, with a Star for Each Member of the Board. The thirty-one gentlemen who make Jaws for this town are off on an out- ing to-day. Mayor Strong is with them. ‘His office is closed, but his flag is fying from the peak of the City Hall as usual, and the faithful Job Hedges, pri- vate secretary, is running the municipal government. ‘The Aldermanic Chamber fs clored, and there were not enough politicians about this morning to man a primary. The politicians are with tho) Aldermen and the Mayor down at Tot- CST SOLO ANTIMONY, —--+—_ DAUGE (Continued from First Page.) latter the ‘chowder to Mrs. | Bitan's flat?” Mrs, King hesitated and acted nervous when she replied Sent Her Little Girl Away, “Now, I won't say any more, but per- haps to-morrow or the day after 1 shall that question, My girl je. not now. 1 have,sent her away | dy can question her about carried very | anawer at home so that nob the matter It was evident from Mrs swers and manner that # informed that in a day 6r two the quest would be held, and that she would | then be at liberty to tell all she knew about the ¢ase Gracie Vista the Coroner. Shortly before 12 o'clock to-day cle Fleming was taken to the Coroner's office by an agent of the Gerry Society She was closeted wh Coroner O’Meagher, Police Capt, Thompson and Assistant District-Attorney Miller for nearly an hour. She was then guarded. Whether or not the officials ‘nt Head quarters are satisfied with the mani fn which Capt, Thompson has the investigation, certain it is that half a dozen Headquarters detectives are now at work. Capt. Thompson, with bis two! detec tives, were called to Hapdauartons this morning, They went down in ful} uni form and carried with them a state ment of the evidence so far 1 the way of solving the polsoning mys- tery, King's an had been ine} ra taken away carefully r © Retle: pt. Thompson sald nt of any kind to nt. He added that O' Meagher a The ¥ Retcre leaving © he had no statem make for the pres although Coroner had tenville, They were taken there on the steam- boat Laura M. Starin, from the highest flagpole of which the new Aldermanic flag, a beautiful emblem in red, blue and white, with a star for each Alder- man, floated, and commanded many a toot from tugs as the Starin steamed down the bay, It took the steamer an hour to run down to Tottenville, during which the Aldermen, who are really a better set of fellows than most Alder- men are consic to be, gol a quainted with their hundreds of guents, and distributed badges, neat little pro- grammes and cigars. The latter were given to cach guest as he ste board, as « sort of receipt for his ticket, ‘There were three of the cigars fn ao little Russian leather case, in- weribed “Aldermanic Day, Sept. 5, 1805."" The Starin cast off at 9.90 o'clock A, M., having waited Mayor Strong, fwho came from his Summer home at Long Branch on the late boat. His Honor was equipped for the fray fn the same garb he wore at the ball fame at Mount Vernon Saturday. He ‘was in excellent spirits and enjoyed the hearty cheers that went up when he hove in stght. ‘There were five hundred persona on board, and It was @ representative peath- ering of politicians, with a sprinkling ‘of business men und city officials, There were no ceremon) on the boat except an informal reception to the Mayor, The United States Government snubbed the CY Fathers by not firing a si ste, Dut the Aldermen didn’t seem to mind, delng engagea in art work—drawing things—as the Starin steamed past Gov ernor’s Island. The most gorgeous fg- mre on board was Alderman Olcott, the \Adonis of the Board, who was in knick- erbockera and outing rig. The programme ot exercipes in as fol- dows: Arrival of bis 1 Chief. Start for Aldermanic flag. Ni Mayor. Serving of light retroviments. “AIL Ashore." Lreakfast. Sitting for group photo Braph. Recess, Wathing Dinner. “All om board" On the return trip) the questa will b ow Refreabment pmunities, Priges will @nnounced and preseiited hereafter. The matter fe in charge of t Dtlowing Committe Jono T. Oakiog; Colin W, Wesdwaed, William Tait, Bome of the famous guests were Quarantine Commissioner "Jak Pat- terson, Tax Commissioner Wells, As- gemblyman Corrigan, James P. Keating, John F, Goldsbury, br. Geogh Ke J. Martin, “Abe Gruber, "J per, Thomas Costigar Long, ex-Police Wines, Supt. Robbins, Cleaning Department; James Owens, Ca; ister Levy, Keenai Johnson. ‘The tug of war team is Republican—Allerman Sehilling, —an- chor; Aldermen Olcott, Parker, Hundall, Goetz, Windolph, Aman, Hall) Woodward Mar Muh Atonvilte, pion to the Mayor (Hatt to the Hotating: of the his Honor the in charge h A x of the 8: ex-Alde James Lynch, Reg- ex-County Clerk | Patrick and Water Register Columbus and te anchor: Aldermen Murphy, Noonan, O'Nirien, Tait, Brown,| Burke, | Campbeil, Langtry and Wuni Alderman Mun, the chor for the Democrats, weighs 20 pounce and Al Clancy Kennetick, a the Inquest for te-morrow morning at 10.9 o'clock, he did not see how It could go on before Monday or Tuesday next. This looks as if the task of welding | a chain of evidence against the agcused woman was not so easy as It at frst to be. ‘The expert chemist who ts making the analysis of the dead woman's stomach suid to-day that he had almost com pleted his work. He will have the full report ready for the Coroner to-day, Henry M. Bliss, the divorced husband of the dead woman and stepfather of § Mrs. Fleming, Was not tn evidence this morning, At the Colonial Hotel, where he lives, it wan stated that he had left before 7 o'clock this ning, wid Was not pected back for some time, It ts be that he carried out his threat to seek seclusion for a week or so Until the excitement abates, Gerry Mas All the Ch All of the three children of Mrs H Ing are now in the hands of the Gerry Society, The oldest boy and the baby were taken there this morning Mrs. Fleming #till preserves the san smiling countenance as when first: ar- rested, Beyond reiterating her innocence of the charge brought against her she re to discuss her case, ‘Hee my lawyer, John C. Shaw; he is only one who can talk for me now,” sho sald, Up to that time she did not know the ehiidren had been turned over the Gerry Soetety. John 8. Shaw, of 108 Mutton hax been retain Mrs, Fleming. Mr that he would be criminal lawy He had, hy ko over the ox re Lawyer street, ax counsel for Shaw said to-day assited by eminent sald, been unable e with his clent, but dur tng what little conve he has nad with her she denied/many of the pub. lished statements cone nk the “Mrs, Pleming,” Shaw, niew that she had at sending the chowder to Mrs. Insists that her daughter, ¢ sign the check for the chowder received at | r rooms at the nal Hotel, She res that she shgned the cheek h as yet to sat v1 Mr hand Bliss, sald tee Sh adn “She says that (his chowder was vaten ft and her daughter, and that of It was sent outside Lawyer Shaw sald that Mrs. Fleming exhibited much grief at the death her mother, and wept whenever Mrs, Bliss's name was mentioned. He said that Jt Was nonsense to suppose th the Woman's apparent coolness is a ei of either gulit or in Mra, From personal she was following there is obtained Mrs, Fleming, very lazy and sk leming wh in one has been making a stuly of Airs. Fleming since lucked up in the ‘Tombs, the count of her life and actions | she informant says, is ps much Jonger than any of the other the women’s ward, Whe up prisoners nshe in does get derman Schilling, anchor for the lepub Eeans, Ups the scales at 300 pounds I! was a spectacie to ee Mayor Strong —Mayor of this town—yank the. new Aldermanic flax up to the peak of th Steamboat Lavra M. Statin, while the thirty-one distinguiehed statesmen x @bour with heat rene thelr own greatn phi everything but musi Pulling up the flag were fifty fect of it Ted stars on it. Th each Alderman, all very “red, ax bec Meh of the purple that's for purity pure. The lets of the cit truth Altogether, anything co unique as that flay the Coxey banner faded into histo And right manfully the Mayor Hed to haul it up to the top lagstaff. He got It there the process entailing a gt bending and ining and rspiring. eo agility ig Honor was mary @ hearty cheer, The on the police patrol boat Fecognition of the flag ani derman felt a foot taller The Starin ted up at M o'clock, and the Aldern esis marched in pairs Presitent Je up to Bay Clit breakfast was served tastes of the city were filustrated by the bill of fare, The first course of champagne was followed by ham and eRES. Vhen eiiough ham and « Sno snap hot counting the AN a Star uf Band very mes the signal of The flag was white AN Aldermen are An} coat of ns Dlue—that's for int there hast en since The ne si of evoked Ing sire tooted every Al vttenville at Park, where The democratic and other things had been digested to put every- body in a good humor the games began and never did sober statesmen enjoy themselves as did the Aldermen and eir guests to-day. First they were photographed, the Mayor sandwiched in between President Jeroloman and Alderman Olcott, the Adonis of the Board the Mayor refereed or umpired with Fe nature the baseball game. is decisions were much better’ than those that characterized his umpiring the Mount Vernon ball game on jay. ‘Then there was dinner—and a good it was—and the day ‘ounded off Mig more good cheer. ie lermen came back by way of the Hil-Von-Kull, but didn't get back ‘Bil late ; f for} she sends out for a breakfast ad eats it with great is hearty relish in her dress and | hate in curl papers. | en, asked how she tad Mrs. Pleming suid sleep well he Is very untidy a zues about with | Phis morning, w passed the nicht, ‘L could not bed is so hard, Lam not thing of thie kind and 1 The bed clothing 14 very ¢ | bed is never atred. of the ott because the any Mike at} and the used to don't lew r' Women prisoners | vis Were aired every | us well.” said) Mrs. before 1 get up, ed, The pri and when Le toceay about it is done for the comfort hem, and 1 uh “that must be rever ly manag | Lave something Nothing | those who have to jit is outrageous Mrs. Fleming no sign of mother and her predican she wh absolut ot locked teath sine has mn she only seems 1 i Cracks Jokes Li vlev ing. She is full of good spirits and laughs, tells stories and talks daa | with the other prisoners. | sonal nd She seems ¢ absolutely ¢ app to make ad rance, favorable im any one. She talks well and inmteiligent ly upon all subjects excepting ty Bhe will not speak of that at all She imp says “The ing World's" informant, “as a of intellectual force and strong termined characier, She is a ve woman and weeable to feelings very easily “I have never seen any woman pris- oner at all like her, although I have Watched thousands of them. She is a puzzle to very one in the prison. Her conversation and manners are those of @ lady, but no lady would xo about in ses ne, woman | and y disguise | emetic, a jand that | ment fuch a slovenly way am she does, witty, bright conversation. In the the police have they find very They she a say hotles, and that ble to surprine bh Coroner unless the Inquest will Find ‘Thompac ko. With hoof the tel which Mr The search wa would be able to a " bee to Mre, which Bites a she dled. [sion of the woman's daughter the ten-year-old “The according to th cent means of 6 her grandmother. If Mrs, Flemin mother she had any evidence thi the rooms, ‘The they went there Uttle hopes of fh ‘That they did evident from the away with them a cigar box refused to tell At the City day Wt was sald and mil that would fall at interesting issue who the of Mrs Hostte the tne money Flemin ean at charges Justices Kilbreth was mixe Bernard Harry Leonard concerned In the 1 onever hi Mrs Mleming, New York a Hof all fe given toby Supt. 0 ites of Mrs. Fle this result, there ris about t Meagher sald something portion mut in the chowder which was sent Kevening World What Bhe is nd entertaining in her ten-year-old daughter Gracte found a witness which hard to manage. 1s one of the mort cun- jning children that ever came under thetr It Is next to imposst her in anything. to-day that unforeseen happens surely Ko on to-morrow. a Mysterious Ho: on started In to do last liieht what should have been done many his detectives he made rooms In th plonial «, Fleming occupled * made in hopes that he find some of the tartar of which drug had from the effects of posses: Gracie, child who, as told In yeaterday, war, police, made the Inno: ronveying the poison to nd He also took ng really did poison her ample time to destroy ere might have been In police knew that when last night, so they had nding anything. discover something was fact that they brought a package shaped like it contained they hamberlain’s office to. there had been no de- anyone for the mon to Mrs, Fleming, and ts now made ae to Will Ko to, as, In case ng's conviction In any never get a dollar of that about seven had a man by sted on a er child before Smith In Spectal we h ane at this same man ntly In the Leah and divorce suits 1, the man who war Rernard case, said that anything to do with and he had only been few yearn. bastardy cases, where ‘against the father, Is ake, of the Department 1 Correction; but, as mings cases’ have’ had is nothing on the ree » woman SAID COMPLAINANT LIED. virem n MeCo Keeper Met William = MeCo: old, a fireman in 173 Franklin st Tombs Court t gainst award . Of 36H Greer charged with fel fendant and com ed, although bea The complat Crane thay (ye to him Jast mgh Ing in front of t uniform, and wit Knocked him do cutting hin right ey: fure, made the he defendant pplainant for tarly part 0 come to} kot Into trouble known he would man, He asked sail, hi teed! he would, | $20 on Ati ‘he defendant Platnant the me Hainant had nev te further sated Wis hartend sr to fd tee complal the defendant money When the ¢ per he saw front of the engi for the money Noally the compl hand an bit hi defendant sald With his fist in ko of his hand to the Magistrat th yuk squia he hit »y Charged Saloon- oy with Amsaalt, y, twenty-seven years the engine company at reet, appeared in’ the o-day as complainant J. MeCoy, saloon-keep- nwich street, whom he jonjous assault. The de- pplainant are not relat- ring the same name, nant told Magistrate defendant had come up ht while he was stand- he engine house In full hout saying a word had wn with a bar of iron, badly. He, there- charge of felonious an- said he had known the a and a half, In f dune the complainant n und told him he had and If the fact became nets place as a fre for $40, with which, he matters, and prom, ay back $20 on July 2 1 sald he gave the ye i that the or pald him a cent that y ay he ket some of th nant tonl the bar could whistle for com- com: of It, sent the fondant was going to sup- vomplainat standing In ne-house and asked him A wrangle ensued, and lainant selzed his right ix fingers severely. The the complainant order to make him The showed his Angers eoand they Crane discharged the ac- ieve’ the about dicted himself s TO RESTO! Chicage Said Rewimen CHICAGO, Sep Hawaiian rn much worked uy what he thinks 4 ment of Hiibust the word purpose of fom whieh shall ha the vase as he to go to has’ Ite: contra complainant has fla everal Umes.” i — RE QUEEN LIL? > Have an Organised’ € 500 Fillbuaters. pt. 5.-Fred W. Job, the wl to Chicago, t# very » over the discovery of is 4 well-organized reg!- . who are only wait- Hawatt for the Ming another uprising, for itn purpose the 1e- establishment of Queen Liliuokalant on the throne, 1 that hon whos wh Wut vdivalge at py 1 by soni fhustering commission if Undertaking, 7 refused rsa ho} Was takin, id tha twee y ha with Job t had tte lo! nts or with wn suugar STATEN in In Mrewe ‘ Bi EST NEW 1 is iy brew and Horse The wnies it iss numbers emselyes " Mr Wagons, roa and rorrow wil nt un ‘ seN, emer teat yokiyn would shoot any m States Mae or upon The mob weakened Favor a The Eighth Ward adopted resolutions rogardiess of party. erate Gen- tin ch an ex-Confed: eis at prese name the Consul re- went, Wax ap f the leaders of the and offered a Hd enlist in th he Confederate oflce but immediately called i and informed him of Place 1 the company 140 and SN pleked men ave succeeded in arming hout attracting atten wheves that the move rikin with a few mal h those Who are tnter- ae ement already ISLAND FAIR. rer tiene tit > at the W Show. ON. SL, Sept at the Staten u Day thi brewery brewers include horses KA harness competittye Hobe Ladies’ is expected, 1 oO wht Tne hip by y Hunt BS in sal driving Day, and will turn ess the ex the ladies. Club has inday, which s Day. Many old well firemen of New York ive been Invited to” be tay confronted He announced that he an who Arad on ihe Untiel any man under tts protection. —— Union Ticket, Republican Club last night favoring @ mualelpal Uchet nt | | were badly | } Ung | of LEAGUE SPLIT ON EXCISE, Mr. Conkling Started a Fight in the Republican C!ub Convention. WAS ALL OVER LOCAL OPTION, Plan for Counties and Cities to Vote Separately on the Question. COUNTRY MEMBERS OPPOSED IT. New York, Brooklyn and Erie County Delegates Favored It, but Were Defeated. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Sept. 5.—The number of delegates present at the Re- publican Club League's Convention this morning was largely in excess of last night, and there is promise of an ex- tremely Hvely session. All night the leaders worked hard to prevent any action being taken on the question of excise, and at a late hour it was be- Heved that the question had been dis- powed of. This morning Assemblyman Alfred Conkling, of New York, dropped a bomb in the camp by announcing that he in- tends to introduce a local option resolu- tion, It reads. Resolved, That the delegates to this conven: tion favor the principle of loral option by coun last have the police force to do it with. The | whole question is a matter of enforce- ment. There is not a city in the state outside of New York where you cannot get a drink on Sunday, and yet the law is the same all over. It is nov a question for this Convention to settle. | We will mak@ a serious mista and fall into the trap set by David B. Hil if we handle it and cater to the saloon element," Local Option Edward Seymour, of New York,spoke in favor of local option. He said that it was not catering to the saloon ele- ment at all to favor local option The people of New York demand it and would vote for the party that would kive It to them, After a long wrangle It was decided to refer both resolutions to a committee consisting of Alfred Conkling, Judge Arms and Assemblyman Brown, to re- port at 12 o'clock. They retired for de- iberation, After some deliberation the sub-com- mittee returned ard reported this sub- stitute to the full committee: We heart! the action id taking official promise to obey the law and reoment, have shown more gd ty than the newspapers andy Nave counselied a ohedien ant order by Invelbing police is for datng thelr aworn duty, question fof open saloons on Sunday Is Rot a political Question, but i one the determination of which MIT, to a Large extent of the Empire State ‘ Joan Sunday ta, What traditions of the Mepul AD party favor the presemation of all those conditions. and principles calculated to peace, prosperity and happiness to the mass the. people. The committee adopted the resolution and it will be presented to the conven- tion this afternoon. After Col. Porter had finished Col. R C, Alexander, of New York, made an addre: Igane ‘Blauvelt, Chairman of the Com- mittee, on Credentials, presented his re- port. ‘Three hundred and fifty-four clubs were represented in the convention There Were no contesting delegations. The convention received the report favoring Syracuse for the next ¢ vention city. A delegate moved to sub- stitute Albany, but this was defeated and Syracuse was selected President Green, of Ringhampton, was re-elected President by acclamation at the afternoon session. * oe |. C. 0. MEETINGS TO-NIGHT. Opening of the Fall Campaign on the Enat Side, The Independent County Organization will open its campaign for the Fall this evening with two meetings, one in the Twelfth Assembly District at 112 Clinton street and the other in the Fourth Dis- Ls 700,000 «it Insertions Guaranteed. = = LL ‘BOARDERS WANTED” advts. for the SUNDAY WORLD received before noon on Saturday will be printed in Saturday's EVENING WORLD without extra charge, thereby insuring the advertisement appearing in Seven Hundred Thousand separate papers and putting it before nore readers than it could reach by being inserted n the fifteen other New York papers combined. Ree enc ne ecw enee eres eee sees thes to 16 of Hquor on ity contains a city tted separately to the @ of the « John 8, Kenyon, of Syracuse; Samui Morris, of Troy; Robert I. Porter, ex- Congre leaders Join action Mr. Conkling, however, would neither be persuaded nor cajoled into withdraw- ing from his position, and Assemblyman Wood, of Brooklyn, declared that it Conkling did not present the resolution, he would, So when the Committee met “ 10 o'elook Mr Conkling handed in his resolution and the Committee took up its discussion, Samuel Morris, of Troy, who expects to succeed Anthony Clachy as Collector of Gas Meters, attacked the proposition vigorously and bitterly. He intimated that it was Intro ed by reformers not in touch with party welfare. Mr. Conk- denfed this, and clatmed that the resolutign was designed to prevent dis- crimination now existing in favor of the wealthy, It was 11 o'clock vention began work, the committ Resolutions and Credentials not through with their deliberations: the queatio ety J in the protest: against the con- om being Fresi- een, Ie opening the session, sald he duty of Republican to Promote and promulgate ean doctrine and they don't have to go out of their own baillwick to work, [don't ve that a club in this county hag any right to interfere in New) York County affairs Col, Robert clubs Repub P. Porter, of was introduced and made an address. Meanwhile for two hgursthe committee wrangled, and over the transom floated eveland 0. | ntay and where trict, 213 East Broadway. ould be | aman Roswell J. Horr and other! jt¢ | Market iM the angry tones of the opposing parties. | w York and Ri in favor of AN of the delegater 1 were favored tt No More Country Interfe “It's about time the country districts stopped cramming obnoxtous legialation down the throats of New York and Hrooklyn," ed 1. Weed, vohlyn Judge Taylor L, Arma, ton, resigned the chair to Assembly mAn Brown, and offered a) res) 4 substitute for the Conkling measy congratulates the Republicans ity of New York on saloons on Sunday and th of existing laws. It also ¢ the liquor dealers for their wood sense the present law, and concluded “Tt is the sense of the © that the American Babbath Preserved by allowing to be enforced. Theodore Broadhead, of New York, thought that both resolutions were un- wise to consider, He believed that the matter shouid be left to the State Con- vention Samuel Mans, of Troy, said: “Local option cannot be enforced any more than the present laws if we Jo not dee corge of Kingham vreement Kratulates lisplay of s onvention should be the present laws Joption resolution, and Erie County also{ Commissioner Rickard Investignt- in agreeing to comply with | © | of the These two districts are strongholds of the Independent County Organization, It is in that part of the city where they hold the balance of power and where they rolled up such large major- for Mayor Strong in the last cam- paign. The counties have come out flat- footed for Nberal Sunday laws and by so doing they have taken the wind out of tho salls of Tammany The people of thy east side and in the lower wards espoused the cause of cise Commissioner Harburger, one of the leaders of the Independent County Organization The Sunday question will be discussed at both meetings to-night. Among the speakers will be ex-Judge Alfred Steck- ler, Commissioner" Jullus Harburger, Commissioner Ernest Harvier and Jos seph Btelner. Leon Sanders is the leader Twelfth District and Louls Le- Vene of the Fourth District, The organization is going to have meetings In every Assembly district, and Will be in a thoroughly organized condl- tion for the campaign this fall, and will have 4 powerful effect on the election, BEATEN FOR PROTESTING, HRougks Assnult a idler Whose ule 'T y Stole, Cohen Friedman, an aged fruit ped- dler, has a stand in front of 20 Ludlow street, Patrick Finn and John Reilly, twenty and twenty-one years old respe tively, pased the stand early this morn- ing and helped themselves to some ar) The peddler protested, and the toughs at him severely, Policeman She he Alison’ stre station, rn 1 arrested vem. In Court Finn, who fives. at” 27 adison stree:, and Re‘lly, at 482 Berry street, Willlamsburg, were held for trial, BLAMES THE ENGINEER, nt of alo’ Railroad morning began Hrooklyn of the the acetdent on I Beach road, He visited the office of the Company at Bay Ridge and had along conversation with Supt. Larke, He said atterwards that fn his opinion the engineer should have ‘stuck to’ his post after the first collision and en- deavored to flood the cylinders, to pre- vent a further accident, The investigation so far, he said, has heen informal, and he will not further until after the Coronerts ‘rhe five employees € Commis: thix in to ea an tigation causes which led Day on the pending the a je injured people jospitals are in an im- proving condition, ONE TRAIN KILLED TWO, Ran 0 om the Erle at Guymard and Sufern MIDDLETOWN, Sept. 5.=-The Erie Mountain Express killed an Italian near Guymard this morning. Fifteen, minutes later another was killed at Suffern by the same train; A THE WORLD THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1895. IS SUICIDE RIGHT ? Gustave Boehm Says Yes Before the Medico-Legal Congress. More Self-Murder in June and July than Other Months. Child Insurance -Comes In for a Little Discussion. The Medico-Legal Congress resumed its sessions at 10.9) o'clock this forenoon in the United States Court room in the Federal Building, The first paper read to-day waa “ue- gal Responsibitity in sInebriety,” by T. D. Crothers, M.D Dr. Crothers held that inebriety was a species of insanity, and should no. be punished equally with erime committed by sober persons. This theory was combatted by Albert Bach, Dr. Forbes Winslow leaned to- wards Dr, Crother's view. Dr, Winslow's paper on “Suicide Con- sidered as a Mental Epidemic’ was par- ticularly Interesting. Most sulcifes, he said, could be traced to mental causes, Love's passions un- requited were largely responsible for many suicides every year. June and July were the months in which suicide reached the Maximum rate, and October and November the months when per- sons werd less ticlined towards seif-mur- der, The’ deductions were taken from Buropean statistic In Paris, where there were flve sul- cldes to every one in London, Dr. Wins- low satd, the principal causes were de ficient religious training, ennui and gambling. Gustave Roehm's paper on “Suicide and the Right to Commit It," gave rise to a Geated discussion. Mr. ‘Boehm heid that mon, under certain circumstanc had a perfect right to end his life. This view was taken also by Albert aBch, who instances where, in his opit Joi sons were justified In commit- Ung suleide, Dr, Isaac N. Quimby opposed this view vigorously, holding that man had ho right to dispose of his own ite any more than that of another person. Dr. Quimby declared that a physician had ‘no righ rminate the life of a patient, n to prolong that life was to pst agonizing ture. H the practice | some physi putting patients with hopeless cases out of theit misery. In a paper read by F. L. Hoffman, of Newhrk, on ‘Medico-Hegal Aspects of Child Insurance,” that gentleman com- batted the theory that there was a reater mortality among insured chil- dren than among children whose live are not insured. There are in this coun- try, Mr. Hoffman said, 1,000,00) children of age Whose lives are under ten yeai Insured against 4,000,000 in England. Dr, Willlam Lee’ Howard, of Balti- more, explained that there was a preju- dice among the rank and file of medi ractitioners against psychology and hypnotism in the cure of disease, but it was a fact that those who were most violent In their opposition were entirely Ignorant af the subject, Dr, T, Dy Crothers stated with much aesurance thatathere was nd fel in te, science of medietne)4o broad a8 that the psychological treatment of disease by anto-suggestion or hypnotism. “Before the close of the present cen- tury,” he said, “we shall find every physician of prominence practising hyp- dtism and using psychophysics in, the tment of his patients.”’ Dr. Forbes Winslow told of a well authenttoated case of transference of symptoms. A physician placed a metal band about tha head of a patient who was suffering from melancholia, and by hypnotic suggestion the symptoms were transferred to the metal band, leaving the patient in a normal state. The band was put away in a closet and four months later was placed on the head of another person. On removing the band {: was found that the symptoms of melancholia had been absorbed by the second wearer, who exhibited the same characteristics as the first patient, Sophia MeClelland read a paper on Paycho-Paychological Mechanlam" and then the Congress took a recess until 2.15 o'clock. a SILSBY & CO. ASSIGN. New York Correspondents’ Reminw. neas Alleged to Be the Caune, WASHINGTON, Sept. 5,—Silsby & Co., stock brokers, with offices im this city, Baltimore and elsewhere, made an as- signment to-day. The action ts sald by the firm to be due to the failure of rrespondents in New York and other rward amounts due. s and Uabilitles are not yet t ft ly said business will be ed ina few weeks, ‘The firm did siderable business, but was not with the New York Stock tr 1 resum a = = TROLLEY CAR CRASH, A Woman Badly Crushed and Sev- eral Persona Slightly Injured, NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 5.—There was a rear-end collision between two trol- ley cars at the corner of Market and road streets at 11 o'clock this morn- ing. On ‘account people going Very close tom: Springfield ay, by car’ No. 44, Orange The of the large number of to the fair, the cars run her, Car No, 133, of the ve line, run into of the Newark and ‘ar cam stop, i e the n No, 44 could stop his the rear end of the car al ‘The rear plaform and front platform rs were crushed Mrs, David living at Milburn, w caught two seats and badly crushed ived iuternal injuries, was taken to St. Barnabas Hosp! number of other pe e slightly injured Jacob Tread, the rman of car No. 44, was slightly bruised, but he Was able to run his car, There were no arrests. MORE CARELESS BLASTING. Thi $25 Hon Been to Time a F 1 and Shannon, Ninth street, and James M, of M7 ‘Third avenue, were each by Magistrate Simms in Harem Court this morning on a of reckless blasting, Curlin ts erecting at One Hundred street and a block of and Thirty igecomb aven alleges that yesterday afternoon men fired a blast without having it properly covered, and his buildings were badly d. se ES TWO TOWNS WIPED OUT, Hundreds of People pmelean by Flo im Mexico, BEAGLE PASS, Tex., Sept. 5,—anfor- mation has reached here that the ‘town of Abasolo, In Mexico, a place of $00 in- habitants, was entirely washed away Sunday afternoon, but Mfteen houses re- maining. Three miles away. Rodriquez, evegy house was carried away. Further down below Jiminez, at the Haclenda of Eucenas, the flaod Jestroyed property estimated’ at $15,000. Renderea at the village of (oescarcnenlh Sieeesreeiecuns: “Confeasions of an Opium-Eater,” De Quincey lived before the time when the Double Chloride would have made him a free man. Keeley Iuslitute, White Plain 9 STOCKS OPENED LOWER. Slight London Decline of Amert- cans Disconcer Bulls, The bulls were somewhat disconcerted this morning @ general decline in don regarding a general decline in American securities there. The for- elgners again turned up as sellers of St, Paul and other stocks having an in- ternational market, and this is regard- ed as Indicative of further gold ship- ments, The first transactions were generally at lower figures than those prevailing at the close yesterday, but the decline was only 1-4 to 7-8 per cent., the latter 41 Sugar, which fell to 1135-8. Sub- sequently this stock rose to 1145-8, and there was an improvement all along the line, although it was not fully maintained, as there were enormous allzations in Reading and other hares. While the Grangers and Coalers were somewhat irregular some of the spec- aities Scored material gains, Among them were Missourl Pacific, Flint & Pere Marquette preferred, Tobacco and Leather. ‘The sim _of $0,000 gold was withdrawn m the Sub-Treasury to-day for ship- nent to Canada, “It was reported this fternoon that between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000 old would be forwarded by Saturday's steamships. The Alleghany, from Kingston, Jam- alca, brought £31,262 specie consigned to the agents of the Colonial Bank of London. Tt is stated that the meeting of the directors to act on the American Sugar Company's dividend will be held ‘to- morrow if a quorum can be secured, The regular dividend, it is expected, will be declared Stocks were pressed for sale near the close on the rumors of heavy gold ship- ments Saturday. listed stocks ax- the unlisted of sugar were of sha In jepartment 35,00 share traded in. The Closing Quotntio: Open. High. 95 95M [98 98 14% 114% erican Tol rican ¢ fugar Ret agar Ref, ton i vf onl pt Ainerican. Amer. Cotton Alton & Terr Chenapeak ehieago Chi, Bur. Chicago M Consolidarel Gan! &E Mh ot Lack d& Wert iware & Hudeon ver & Ry Grande pf. Mo @ Ft Dodge Dis. & Cattle Beod Ed. Elec. 11. of Br Fo & P. Marq |B @ P. Marg Gen, Electric vo. Houston & Texan ¢ Hiinols Central Ml. Steet lowa Central pe atral ah, Traction... Minnesot Minn & St. L.. Minn, & StL Minn. & St. 1, Micssurt P. Mobile & Mo. Kan. Mo. Kan, Ohio. & Tex & Tex. New York, aa ¥., D, ¥. 81 N. N. Ney Norfolk & Nort Oregon Ontario & Pacific Mail... Phila, & Reading Poo., Dev, & Bi Pitta, CC. Pitts, & W Pullman Pa Peorta & St. Paul & Omaha... St. Paul & Duluth peo: Si. ln Southwestern... 1. Southw ern Packt American rt Line Wet. Cordage Leather, Leather pts Rudber, Union Be & Lake &L Ee Whee! Wheel COTTON WENT UP 8 POINTS. Hut Declined to Advance of Two on Lack of Buying Support. Under the influence of a better Liver- pool market than expected cotton opened at an advance of 7 to 8 points on the 7 first call, bat before the call adjcurned there was a reaction to only 2 points ad- vance and within the first hour prices eased off a little more until they were 4 or 5 points under yesterday's closing, This decline was on lack of buying sup- | port, |P'The early, trades here included Sep- |tember at 7.87, October 7.91 a 7.98, No- 8.07 a 7.99, December 8.14 a 8.04, y 820 a 8.10, March 8.25 a 8.22) May 4.02. ‘Trading was heavy durin first hour, with Liverpool selling fr Wheat was weak and nominal, bulls being deme and they’ sold heavily so as to liquidate their hold- in 66 1-26. fie. whi from 401-8. Be, (o 68 1-2¢ fo 647-Sc., and May 691-8¢, to at Chicage December soil to 595-Sc, and May from Corn opened about steady, but de- 1 sympathy with the break in wheat and on ‘continued favorable weather in the Northwest, frost uot ving shown up yet, September opened Wate, and October at 38 5-8; May, So t-Se., and sold off 1-8c. a 1-4ce, from these “prices. At C 59, Beptember Started at S21-2c., sold of 1-4c., and May opened at 29 1-2c. and sold off 1-8¢, Outs were barely steady, declining a tile after the opening, with indifferent trade. in 1c; SUGAR GOING UP Unexpected Advance Has Caught Country Buyers Unawares, There has been a very active market for refined sugar during the last three days, and prices have been moving up- ward with Indications of a further ad- vance, Country buyers have very ttle sugar on hand, as they were encouraged by the recent decline to suppose that prices would take another fall. In this, owever, they Were disappointed, and | now that they see the market going up they are disposed to buy freely, ‘There has been a recent adyance of 1-¥e, in the price of. refined ‘ar and raw sugar has also advanced, so that centrifugals, basis 9 test, are | now quoted at S1-4¢., and musco {basis 89 test, have sold at 8 cents, mola: ar. testing 89 test, found Vuye: thus showing’ an ad- vance of at least ‘I-16 ere was some heavy trading 1; terday at those prices, and refiners are apparently anxious ‘to get moi sugar, but some of the largest Importers are holding off in the hope of getting higher prices in the near future, 1. and Fe nak eM Pd Lad nthe alt dn ada i a a tt cM i OO, esa 4 | Capt. Sumni 7 | officers Barly sales of December here were at| BLAME CAPT. SUMNE Tho Injuries \o Cruiser Colum! mo Laid a His Door. : * He Testifies in His Own Behalf Y the Cou.t-Martial. Declares He Did the Rest U the Circunstances. 1 martial to inquire into charges of efficiency and neglect of duty again Capt. George W. Sumner, of the crul Columbia, began at 10 o':lock this morn’ |ing in the assembly-room in building 70a Brooklyn Navy:Yard. All members of the court arrived early }in uniform full dress, Lieut. of Marines Herbert L. Draper, Judge-Advocate, w busily arranging the specifications against Cant. Sumner. Capt. Sumner came in court a few moments before the session opened, ac- companied by Lieut.-Commander Marix, his counsel, and took a seat on the left of the room. He was in full uniform and looked tired and careworn. After the minutes had been approved Lieut. J. M. Helm, of the Newport Torpedo Station and formerly of the crulser Columbia, was called. Lieut. Helm was asked if he recognised the accused, and answered: | don't Fecognize anybody as ac- hat's Draper, ner. “Oh, that,” “that's acpt Lieut, “Helm } the accused,” pointing 14 Lieut. towards Capt. Sum- answered Lieut. Helm, Sumner.” #aid he examined the dry dock on the day following the dock- [ing of Columbia, “and reported it was unsafe. It was apparent, he sald, that the great strain buckled the frame He thought even after blocks had been put under the unsupported portions of the Columble's keel, the ship ran @ great risk, In his opinion the ship wat junder “a strain during toe entire stay {in dry i; On cross-examination by Lieut,-Com- mander Marix, Lieut. Helm said. bilge blocks were ‘not used at Southampton, Karly on the morning of the 9th of July” he examined the Columbia's bot- tom, No additional damage was visible to the naked eye, but carpenters’ meas- urements showed the dents in the bot tom had deepened more than one-eighth of an inch. He considered. the docking of the Columbia at Southampton very poor. | The Judge Adyocate wanted to allow Helm to revise his evidence and return at once to Newport. Several members of the Court objected, saying Mr. Helm had a serious duty to perform here, Chief Engineer Harris,of the Columbta, said the precise injuries to the Columbia were that the flat keel was bent, sev. eral plates buckled and cement in the » double bo: cracked the entire lengi of the boile: om. He reported this t n tho evening of the day” ithe ship entered dry dock. He declared |nothing was done to ease the strair |while the ship was in dock. Assistant Naval Constructor Horatid G. Gilmore ‘said the cost ot repairin, the Columbia after she returned fror | Europe was about $2,652, exclusive o| painting. Court then 1 took a recess unt o'clock P.M. sy Passed Assistant Engineer Bevington, of the. Columbin, 34 witness when the sitting was resutt He corroborated the statements m by Chief Engineer Harris. Beviy, | said on cross-examimution that th ines worked well on the return ve put that did not show the bottom| ‘ not strained, The prosecution closed with the test. mony of Mr, Bevington, At 2.30 o'clock Capt. Sumner took th! stand, He had been in co: mand of the Columbia about a year, an had received what he considered rus’ orders from the Department. while was at Kiel, Germany. His orders wer \to dock the’ ship and return home wit ocks of the London a ‘ompany were the onl ones large enough to receive the Colum | bia. On “July She went with his. pa: to the docking company’s offic jand made all arraignments for entert |the dock the following Monday. § Kave the Docking Master, Capt, Lew! the docking plan of the Columbia, ar} |tola him she had blige keels, wis said everything was all right the ship's entrance. Captain Sumner gave the Dockmast jall necessary information regarding th Jcrutser. He said the Dockmaster a {all others he met at the docks seeme to know their business thoroughly, On Monday evening, when the strat ing was reported to him, he continued {he sent Lieut. Helm and several othe jOfficers to examine the ship's bottom He went on a similar mission, and ne ticed a few evidences of straining, bu thought the damage was slight’ and would not increase. Capt, Sumner sald he gave strict orders to his subordinate to keep close watch on the ship's bottom, and to report on her con- dition at the end of each watch, The captain then described in detail the plan of the dock and the mode o: docking the Columbia. On the following day Inthe middle of the afternoon, he noticed that the ship was straining more and more, and ordered the dock i be flooded, "This operation was started about 7 o'clock, and Tuesday midnight the Columbia floated out of the cock, Considering the charge of neglect of duty based on the fact that the Dill for docking was pail by Capt. Sumner, when “he should have laid a clat against the Docking Company for dam- ages: Capt. Sumner said: “Although my ship sustained some dama T thought the most dignified thing [could do was to pay the Dill be- fore leaving England. It is always the custom of American ships to settle debts before leaving any port, whe |home or abroad On crogs-examination the captain sald he had been assured by the manager of: tie dry dock company that the Greek, sel that prec the Columbla: y dock, was bullt on the same. as the Columb er witnesses have stated that “k was not a flat_ keel boat duced a letter from Supt. Dixo' verify his statement. The witnes admitted that no officer’ had been gen to examine the dry dock before th Columbia entered, Capt, Sumner | Southwestern 4 i her ate ' hb excused, and Lieut: Commander Marix sal the defense hay hut one morg, Witness to call, Nave’ Constructor Frank 'T. Bowles, who in Washington. Mr, Bowles, ‘he sa’ would be on hand to-morrow morn at 1 el, and court adjourned un that time a? See a—seet Colored Republicans Name a Came a In response te the call of the Independe Colored organtzation of the Twenty-third Asse! bly District, last evening thelr hall, at 17 Efghth avenue, was crowded, R, D. Gallow: was elected Chairman, He appointed the follo » Ing to place a candidate in nomination: R. F Melatyre, A. R. Hobbs, T. Sears, W. H. Scroge kins, D. Tupe, Alex Green, J. W. Randolph, @ HR. Dennis ant J. L. Robinson. The Committer reported the name Murray. The The Augusta Victoria, which left for Hambu via Southampton, to-day, carried away $1,700 in gold and $168,000 In. silver, Cure Your Headache by using Hood's Pills. Sick Headaches are caused] by disordered liver or stomach, ‘The best remed; for this distressing complaint ts found io Hood’s_ Pi Prepared by C, 1, Hood & Co., Lowell,