The evening world. Newspaper, January 31, 1901, Page 1

PAG NIGHT EDITION— WEATHER-—FAIR; COLDER. Ghbe “ Circulation Books 9 n to All.” [ s Circulation Books Open to All All.’ Be * | PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, J AN ARY 3l, 1901. 3 200 OD INJURED. IN PANIC Ta an ee Pre- sentment It Declares Charges Against Hos- pital Are True and Says Former Superintend- ‘ ent O’Rourke, with Moore and Ricard,Must Go. Patients Were [altreat- ed, the Report Says, and in Future the Staff Must Be Selected for Competency, Not on ccount of Politics. ‘The January Grand Jury thia after- noon made its presentment to Judge Cowing, taking up the case of Belle- vue Hospital, which has been a source of public scandal for many weeks, ‘The Grand Jury severely criticises the conduct of the Institution, especially in the insane pavilion, reprimands the Medical Board for encroaching upon the duties and responalbilities of the Com- missioner of Charities, The report charges incompetency, tgnerance and brutality, and demands the removal of former, now Asaslatant Superintendent William B. O'Rourke, Michael K. Ric- ard, assistant superintendent, and Dr. John W. Moore, assistant physician in the Insane pavilion. Bellevuo Hospital is declared to be housed in an antiquated bullding and it is demanded that politics cut no figure in appointing the hospital ataft. ‘The presentment made a great impres- sion on Judge Cowling, who thanked the jury and sald its findings would be ent to the Mayor, the Cammissioner of Charities and the Common Council. ‘The presentment follows: “We, the Grand Jury, duly sworn and acting, having heard testimony upon the matters hereinafter set forth, after full consideration, respectfully make the following presentment: “Among the cases Drought before us was that of the three nurses, afterward 7 indicted for causing the death of Louls H. Hilliard in the Insane Pavillon at © Bellevue Hospital. The testimony in this case Jed us to believe that it was not an {solated one, bu: that abuses existed which shuld ‘be investigated. “We ‘therefate summoned to appear before us tne Commissioner of Charities, the Superintendent, Deputy Superinten- dent and members of the medical staft ot: Beijevue, the Superintendent and members of the medical staf of the Man- hattan State Hospital and such others as deemed necessary for the inqury. “Our inveatigation, covering the year 1990, showed that out of 700 Insane pa- tlenta sent from Bellevue to Manhattan Hospital In that year upward of 20 appeared to have received contusions ‘Upon’ different parts of the body, and the photographs taken show that the , faces of many of these 28) patients lao had severe bruises. The booke, , records and photographs .of the Man- hattan Hospital were carefully ex- omined by the members of our body and verify all the statements made by the physicians from Ward's twiand * fn thia connection. “At the samo time we had before us books of, Bellevue Hospital and the a | GRAND JURY SAYS “CLEAN OUT BELLEVUE.” GRAND JURY RECOMMENDS: FIRST—That the Superintendent should be a man of broad business training and should be held responsible to the Commis- sioner of Charities for the proper adruinistration of Bellevue. SECOND—That the Pavilion for the Insane should not be left to the chance care of a newly-fledged physician, as has hitherto been the case, but that a practitioner, trained and experienced in the modern treatment of the insane, be retained in the charge of its wards, so as to insure to their inmates the kindly benevolence that governs in all well ordered hospitals for the insane. THIRD—That the practice of using the Pavilion for the Tn- sane as a course in the training of hospital nurses be abandoned, and that nurses or attendants assigned to duty in that Pavilion be selected from among those who are trained and experienced in the care of the insane, thereby insuring the practical abandonment of the use of strait-jackets, handcuffs, ankle shackles and other vio- lent restraining devices. FOURTH—That the books should be kept by a competent per- son and every item of treatment of cach patient be noted in them, and, also, that all injuries to said patient which said patient may have received before admission to hospital, and any injuries that he may receive while therein, and the cause for same, be entered in them and signed by both the doctor in charge and the nurse. FIFTH—That the fee system in connection with transfers of patients to private hospitals he not resumed, but that all formalities in connection with these transfers shall be made a part of the duty of the examining physician. SIXTH—That the said O'Rourke, the said Ricard and Moore,} who are still in the employ of tke institution, be removed by the Commisioner of Charities. SEVENTH—That hereafter it shall be the care lof the Com- missioner and the Superintendent that appointments to Bellevue, from the Superintendent down, shall be for efficiency and not for reasons of political pean HEROIC RESCUE BRITISH FICHT OF MEN AT SEA 10 STOP BOERS ‘The German steamer Barcelona, which | LONDON, Jan, 31.—Gen. Kitchener, arrived to-day from Hamburg via Hail | telesraphing from Pretoria, under date of to-day, sayy: fax, N. 8., brought Into port the cap- | tain and fourteen seamen of the Rus- sian bark Cuba, which was abandoned at sea Jan. 15, In latitude 50.3), longitud 13.10, in a dismantled and waterlogged condition. Capt. Bohn, of the Barcelona, reports that at midnight of Jan. 17 a glare of Nght, was: sighted, which at first w thought to be a ship on fire. The Bar- celona was headéd toward the light, and on approaching nearer two. huge flares wore scen from a vessel In distress. Passing close ‘py the craft, Capt. Bohn, with his night giugs made out a dismantled and waterlogged vessel. apparently a ship @ bark. The people “De fontaln-Ladybs fo ¢ crossed the Bloem- nd Mine, near Israels poort, during the night of Jan. 3). Ham. n’x men, at the water-works, were to get In touch with them, ch, with cavalry and mounted !n- 1s aweeping the country east Pretrla-Johannesburg Railroad, the Delagow Bay and Natal He engaged fantry, un between iM seven wounded, Knox reported that he engaged De 2. continuous fighting for some Boera were killed. Many of hours, on the wreck were Waving aad gesticu-| | estar lating. violently, and at times hoarwe] {tf elemy's wounded were carried away shouts vould be heard until finally cries wt b na aualties were one officer ane of “Help! We are ainking!" could bejone nian Killed and thirteen ‘waundens distinguished, As a very high rea was running, and as the night was very dark, Capt, Bohn and his officers connulted an ty the ad- visablllty of attempting the reazug unt: daylight, However, after consier-ay the dangerous cundition of the vos and the possibility that the wreck night sink, {t was decided to make the at- tempt. ‘ First OMicer A, Livont and a boat's crew of five seamen managed to lower a Mfeboat and get safely away from the aide of the atcamer, After an exceri- ingly hard struggle they managed to get | the vesse!'s crew off. 1 The rescuing boat's crew were First Ofiicer A., Livont, Seamen Gruns:, Jom, Lindop, Schroeder and. Schneider, ‘The Cuba was built at Richmond, Me. in 1872, and was 1,123 tons burden, She was formerly under the German flag. —— SS DE WET SHOOTS HOOTS PEACE, MEN. Andrice and Wensela, ( Wensels, Companions of Morgendal,/ Kied, ) LONDON, 31. -Bome ‘con: Jan. sion ned to-duy by a reportifrom) pe Town atating that Andries W a Peace Commiyajoner, had been shot by order of Gen, De Wet. Nobody coud explain who Andries Wessels was. A later cab:e from Bloemfontein made matter clear, however. ‘This read: yer at Kroonstad has 1othe Military Governor here that Andries and Wersols, the two Boos mem- bers of the Pesce Committee that vivited n. De Wet some two weeks agn, and who were flogged at that tine by his orders, were shot on Afonday at I€lipfon- jer of tne Boer commander. Ks GOV, ODELL'S 12 PASSED 8 Ves]; i BOR THE ASSEMBL +3 IN EXPLOSION R BILL Firey y ‘ Ji.—In the A jay another of Gov. Odell’s Department of Labor ir, M were in favor of SENATE AGREES TO ARMY BILL. WA T 1 Fret to the conrerence CODE PASSED. PHILIPPINES CHOLARS TO MOURN. ——-_—_—-e¢e an Bravely Rescues Comrades from Base ent After Boiler Burst and Flooded the Wicke Cigar Factory. the ding. He shouted as the smob) and vapor choked + him, aw .wa about to give up when one of the oitic omployees came down! the stairs an and smoke and first Two persone were. fatally injured and fifty others bad:y hurt by an explosion which occurred about 2 o'clock thie afternoon in the cigar factory of Will} up and staggered throuxh’ the water‘to Wicke, at Thirty-first street and) the stairway. Meanwhile, mingling with| helped drag out the body of. Splege irst avenue. * phe ycalding steam, came the thick bluck| SchaeMer mustered his strength ‘an About twelve hundred persona are em-| smoke which choked and almost c then went back again Into the smokin: ployed in the place, nearly half of them} came the brave man pit. Meanwhile Crto Reldl, the chief! girls, and in the pante that fol- Employees Panic Steleken. sineer. and his assistant, Reed, had gt - Above hin he could hear the mad rush] Ut 1t- was with: much, dimentty cs of feet and the shrieks. of the employees — » were fleeing panic, stricken from! (Continued on. Becond Page.) WEIGHTS FOR BIG through the ce: ca F who were fiecing, were by flying glass and masonry LY INSURE JOSEPH § GEL, 41 W ty-clghth street. . JOSErH SCHER, 17 Firat avenue, RIOUSLY INJURED, KATIE MIG, S12 Hast Ninety- Gent te FRANK VOTKE, Two Pounds in the Classic Event. JOHANNA DADNINAN, 334 Ei Twenty BLIZABKT! 106 Fast Thirteenth ANNA CHIMER, 106 Faet Thir-} The Brooklyn Josckey Club this after- 961 noon announced the ofMfctal welghts to GER, 152 Front | de carried {n the great Brooklyn Handi- teenth street. ANDREW REI p to be ran at Gravesend on the first atreet. Gulden, 4.2.0.0 ERNESTINE KANDSTATE, 419 |day of the Spring meeting. Prince SicClurg, 5. Buckiry street, Long mad City.| Handicapper Vosburg baa accorde!!Charentus, aged.. Macs, the hero of lasi year's| Brigadier, 4.. n Handicaps the| King Hramble, 4. Kinley HELP POURS IN FOR THE BOSSCHIETERS. Evening World Readers Aid Family of Murdered Girl. ‘The Evening World of the family of 1 obleter has. been ously rewarded, Th how this poor fam! torture diMcult to | losa of thelr dauzh keen diatress because of an Inability to procure work, went straight the hearts of Evening Word readers, ‘The result way Instantaneous an. rerlptions began to pour tn at on appeal on behalf dered Jeanie Bora= quickly and touching story of after suffering agine In the tragle were now in aub- gener-} © ” renee 3 beginning of the racing season, ‘The WICHAEL KE ING, 421 Weat maahtavarekwelleaiia MVGRanihe eaee Watercercdia’ 7! ‘Thirty-clabth atece! f Jooka as Sf {t might furnian a grand con- oe FIRST SUBSCRIPTIONS. HAMRY WEINER, 208 Kast Thir y three-yearolds are among o4 a street. included In the WM: ae 4.0, WANTELLO, 120 Leroy at. horses und weghis are an follows aa Whhin a short Ume after the Orst) | ouig MRIMER, St Kant Thirty- Kiniey Mack Bese nus we publication of this appeal the folowlag . bak subscriptions had been received: first street. Choose LQ sympathizer wel gason | DANIEL MeGINNIY, of Coll & ¢ st Alfred nad Chavies 1. con a co. IMyh Order, vs Emanuel We Feten 5.00) M4, WHETNEN, Inteher, BAN secs | HOR. mized. = John day .-- opaoaa LEC ere pre jeckin, 4.. "a Mother of Work! Led eh oe 1 JOUN ZURC 406 Emat Thirty- pees ba eelaenta accond nirect, xidine: SU greatest MARKY SIMON, 444 Hast Thied mae cite Th atreet roar vt, o} levue, treated nine Rode? persone Dr. MeManaman, ¢lght. Dr, McDonald, seven; Dr, Don- CAPT. M’CALLA WINS. Case Agali the Naval OMcerr Nas Reen t WASHINGTO in, The case against Capt. Mc 1, of the Newark, heen dro} ceived at the > Department to-day | from Admiral ft announces ee the Court of Inquiry has concluded {t+} work and recommends that there be no | further proceedings, a recommendation which the Admirul has approved, thus ending the cas ———— DYING MAN IN A CELL. Thonght tn Ne Drank. James O'Brien, a fah peddler, fell in front of 10 Tillary strpet, Brooklya, on Tuesday morning and cracked hin skull, and a poticeman found him unconscious. Burgson f the Long Iwand College drevaed the wound and th locked up a “drunk He remained unconactous in hin cell unul 348 oclock yesterday. morning, when te was removed to the Long Isl- and there the nature of discovered. His skull to-day, but he may rot lorpital. was ax LETTERS MAY | SHOW BIG PLOT TACs, 105 Went pounds. hel-|} Heau Gal 2. u pounds and Laraster, Kilog;ram, winner of the handicap (Wo years 98°.) vassal jawed One SNDHICKSON, w red and Twenty-second at. ACOB KISSEL, 2432 Second ave- 2 pounds, welghts come Uke the first breath of Spring end tarfmen will have eome- thing to tj eon bepween now and the | Mischievoni Withers, 4. Bonnibert, Toddy, 4... nue. nelly, fourteen Called Out. Reserves The shock of the explosion shook the houses for many blocks around and crowds poured toward the scene: from ‘cin HPS , all directions, ‘The streets were soon —— cho%ed with excited people so that! the E A Shea ate movements of the firemen who were| Miles MacDonald, who killed George oe im to i fbr called to extinguish the flames that foi-[ Price and wounded Edward Courtney) 7 oe 4, te Ai nda lowed che explosion were Yadly ham- ‘rom Kenaeds' tn a pistol Metin the] rn. total increase In salaries Pe pered, ‘The reacrves liad to be calledlOnawa Cafe, One Hundred and TWenty-| iy more than £250.00, ‘The Bureau or Engineers In tke Dee riment of Sewers has been particulars © favored with Inomrases. fs one 2 Lexington avenue, dec, DS. was this afternos the first degree. out ard even the also unavatiing for the time. In the crowd were girls and boys who had} cut by flying glass. Ps Clerk tn Fatal Teri thelr efforts were | 1 | ey were oblivious of their InJu before the Coroner a} Clerk | et CIN dan, 31.—United States they watebed the work of rescue y and the jury, after near-| prwme Court. te has [Deputy Marabain to-day arersted DrePgoing on. It was known that three ail the evidence, stood ten for ac-/of $1,900. The nex: largest increase is j Fred 1. Horman, wifs, Dr. Adaa 8. / premen were in Har at the tin uittal and two for conviction, The} that ein the cane ot ion ore ro Horman..and her von by a former mare] rye explosion occurred, They were Jo! Coroner then released MacDonald on iniesion, salary ts Increased 10500 rage, Clyde an, and charged them | epn Spiegel. Emil Bascher and Fritz] pat! from $2;600, to, $4,000, , with atempt to blackmail Howard | acnaeMer, Schaefer, strangely enough. | —————_—_ counts ft the Dep aud Rtas Of dew Dougias, « Jing lawyer, part Bue s standing nearest the boiler, 0\| sis gp MRM AMMTAMRAMATAS | and TD. the World of the wad knocke! ener e Le ie Po anetal bo | preme Chancellor of seaped unhurt. He i? aia efi Knight of Pythian, hls wife and Dr. | conscious by the explosion, bub. auick» | y WEATHER FORECAST. futg fo and po re of Crank, hie family. phyetsian, revived, He heard a roaring soun | and) $ - “Other big Increases ar se Dr. Horman had been for twenty-fve | tounge himeelf in two feet of wa ik rat are er,” private seeretnry ae : s Ae Sapernnt te thlety= er toler, yeare confidential secretary for Mr D Pall Mot aton ini 18 Forcen| ety, pense Douglan, i : : Honix hours ending at 8 P.M eee The form of blaskinall alleged to have | The taxement was ro full of st - for New York Olt the Department. of {that he could hardly nee his Hr ldny, Le 000, 100: [pee ae ae ice {in front of him, ‘The water continued | and vicinityt Gencealy fair mnonymour tr s to Mr. and rm tl i S Dougiare and to Dr. Crank, demanding | (0 fapidly rise about hime ie soon to-night and Fridays altuht money for suppression of alleged infor: | Petiized the In sce Way the water 1p cok to-night; fresh to roita which the writers «ad froata | tower on the roof was being emptied |H rink westerly winds, ruin them {f made public, Money the amount of $7,000 was demanded. Letteracin 1) with thore rec of O wae will be compared ved by Edward Cuhady, which top of fown the metai-shaving, chute, runs from’ the basement 49 the the building. SchaeMer fons, but received no answer, Hy —<—<———$——— eek north or south or @aat or west, A Sunday World want @a.’s tho best ried aloud to. his compan: He groped ules,