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‘SATURDAY, THE EVENING WORLD, “NOVEMBER 30, 1907. Battle-ship Tars Ready for Cruse to the Paciftc RIPLEY. PIERCE, OF THE FGNTHER WARD’ 5 oe Thin ee 1,000 Men from Warships Here at Coney and Reeepeons | ee ISLAND 'YOUNG AND OLD THERE. Senate Sub Gociniiice Is Coming, ’Stauch's Big Ballroom. Is i 7 Nt Will Be Crowded and All Dance Ti and Special Commission L Morn Begins to Break. Asked For if Scope of In- i eee a i quiry Ts Limited, A, thoudind jolly jack tars of the Atlantic fleot waltsod « final farewell | with their Iassies at Stauch's Dancing |.Palace last night, before their long | voyage around tne Morn, starting next’ (Bpcolal to The Kvening World.) “ALBANY, Nov. 30.—The exposure by The Evening World of the! voce rns acair was an exctusive cae denista tn ' ‘cruel treatment of the insane on Ward's Island’ will result in a legislative | caste tka eta coe investigation of’ the evils complained of’ There Is general dissatistac- _ tion with the attitude of the State Lunacy Commission in its apparent) ittingness to stay its hand until Supt. Mabon and the staff of the Man- hattan State Hospital for the Insane on Ward's Island have Investigated themselves and applied the usual coat of whitewash. Senator Armstrong, of Rochester, head of a sub-committee of the forms of a leutenant were noticed in|: the wealth of blue dnd white of tha | atlor lade. The dattleships Onfo, | Rhod | ply boats Yankton and Glacier were | represented. | The ballroom was decorated with “| hundred. !mmense flags, folded and Give Farewell Dance to Sweethearts and Wives Cee so MUN Wetzel's Mot her Says He Is a Drunkard and Often Threat- ened to Kill Her. Robert Wetsel, attention in May, who altmoted a lot of 1), by Jumping off of Brool'yn Bridge, was a pltiable red up to the Police Court ‘too ‘ate Melnort he | was tweny-nine yours old, but he | }eeked! nearer torts | Wetnel' anor tier liven. at No. 406 Fast ntl aRkes fo é warrant for. hit nqverwl AKO. The ok woman 1a) Ptrjouted to: her au aly Ment with a biz jarring knife un- der his heed. and ottan threatened to Ail] her. him {na hospital, vp. the /Magtatrate to put where he could sober He wot sx/montha on the Island, a @. F. PORTER’ FOUND DEAD. OMAHA. Nov. 70.—George F. Porter, bearly to-day ¢ GEG 10 CASH Thieves Tried to Out Houlihan’s Pocket, with $300 in It. Cut ong Houltzun, w Hauor dea Byracuse, went fo 1 ispital a Wound in. his hip a saloon near ighth street wpted to cut a poll of $30 from | “L know tora As they stitched him up, * Won't tell anything. I'll get before I xo back to Svracuse.”” t was sald -Houlivan had daplayed Toll of ills in the saloon and chat the st was atacted (by hia, twa, Anaallarice the Idea of clipping jis pocket millionaire attorney and theatre mar, of Minneapo! found 4 in hie t the jotel yemterday of heart trouble. in the excltoment. They nearly got a large hunk of flesh, yut Houlihan the cash by a. series of yelle which frightened the pair into flmhe. 23rd. Street oe SILK DEPARTMENTS. jwreathed in heantiful _effects..__Mr_ Stauch turned over his entire force to} the sailors, and certainly they shone in| the festivities, The scene of the floor | crowded with Uncle Sam's lads gliding | about with a sweetheart whom he Is to| soon bid farewell, or a wife who will/ anxiously follow his long absence in the Pacific, and, mayhap, something more eertous, wae picturesque. Youngsters who have just joined the navy in an- tletpation of this crulee ani grizsled veterans, wearing six and seven service | stripes, joined in the gayeties. Tots / whose fethers proudly sport the sarb of the American jackie sat on tablos = Senate Finance Committee, will start next week on a tour of inspection] of all the State hospitals for the insane. He has read the disclosures made by Dr: John C. McCarthy through The Evening World, and it! As almost certain that he will inquire into the administrative system in operation on Ward’s Island and recommend legislation for curing the evils, if he goes no deeper into the matter. Lunacy Board to Go Along. 1 0f patients (one of whom soon dled) beat a “The members of the State Lunacy |r} Bugged CHEM CRETE Commission will accompany Senator| One pevullar thing | noticed was that cArmstrong and his ‘sub-committee, ‘andj Potion orn os eaiG mek out spleen, the Senators sre .cing urged to ex- and yet would treat others ail tend the scope of thelr investigation, My theory ts that they thus aot and shouted as Prof. A. L. Ferguson's ‘which, primarily, 1s to ascertain the| keep from doing work. in that way financial needs of hospitals for the In: ‘ orchestra played the national airs. ht chestra play jen a jaesmuch seal ts bos sible. Ry orderly tes Twenty-four dances were slated, com: mployment | ceeded nett ‘of attendants, and their fitness to care} UJ of! piimentary to loved ones_at home “for the inmates. hee teeth: former thus retention fe thearta, wives : nate recovery. Certln parts of my| Te Peace Penk #2 Says matisorgste i Beerite-the-necurencesthat-hare been] T ‘to! given that a falr and unbiased inves- are yet “in ata (5 2 not going around, to Father eptune, to dear old Coney Island and ‘Would be very busy saying nice things to the tearful maidens whom they are to leave in old New York—too busy to Masten to any one eles. It was long after midnight when the atrength of Admiral Evans's North At- lantic fleet brbke up and bade oold, cheerieas Coney an adieu. Probably the proudest pallor of them alt waa E. D. Connolly, president of the Fleet Association, whtoh oonduoted.the ball, when Floor Manager Wills Col- warded the pelss f the grand march to Helen Dempeey, who will soon become Mrs__Connolly. | The second couple to recelve honors was W. A. Shaw and hia partner, Mies Edith | . JAMES MACREERY&CO. 23rd Street 34th Street BLANKET DEP ARTMENTS, In Both Store "Foreign: and Domestic Blankets _ Dest qualit ies, A variety of exclusive mal wrenchings and ndings 1 meculveds I/put up with the treatment I received | > Ugation will be made into the shock-/|pecause I was helpless and thought it thu | even to aM™inities. All were danced with | Connolly. Will McDowell, one of the patterns in new designs and colors |) trusting thet in nv neats popular recruits of the Brooklyn yard, i e 15.00 to 32.50 Se A tor oe Following the first part of the dancc jand his pretty young wite were also b be mado to shield the manage- nt of the {nstitution. A studious fort {s veing made by the respon: Die eas at a.vany to give the War snd now allude.to It simply © matter | Programme. covers were laid for more | honored, of duty to others and becai of your/than a thousand. No speeches were| 8. Sohumacher, chairman of the ar- have been {m-| rangement committee, who {a a petty remed: this are made. In fact {t would tave of aftalra, whi Ir Tbe believesteialitecoities possible to have heard the speaker at|oMcer on the flagship Connectlout, was On Monday, December the 2nd. Filled with Sale of Comfortables. Jsiind Superintendent every opportu-| quent, Is to hn ) vA ape alwayy pres-| the far end of the hall, and then the | discourteous to visitors. This was the < « * nit~ to clear his skirts, Sel trustea and 1a witendants Cannot gerangement committee thoughtfully | only disagrenable inoldent of an other- white cotton, covered with figured silko- Tt was mtated at the office of the|/ t that the departing jackios |wise thoroughly enjoyable occasion. i i i i i En N Cee ener hae tha | moet) eTasLot wor ane, Mp | cenaldered ne ‘ line, finished with extra wide silk commirsion would undoubtedly favor border. Floral designs .in pink, blue, ihe {dea of Joining Senator Armstrong's THE CLOSING ‘QUOTATIONS lowest and teat beioes chansse as tht igure are committee tn an tn’ lenuants and their dnsanc. “Phe matter {x too serious for the Doard not to have a thorough and fear- Jere Investigation,” sald a State officer. Legislature May Send Special Com-' green and yellow...........+....3.25 STOCKS STRONG ON ae </ AVIGOROUS DEMAND) so nepanmicewTe as mow ore SICA ESCAPES WITH VERDICT CF highest. of 1 a rales: ee 3 Sale of Carpets and Rugs at reduced prices. e belief that an increase In the i falary of “attendants especially In the Com Produels, Un Union Pacific, On Monday, December the 2nd, ; hospitels that recruit their employ a from rescue missions, will go a long way to correct the evils of the present system, {s strong in the State Depart- ment of Lunacy. The State Commis- sion urged the Legislature last winter to raise tie salaries of the attend- ants, but the Finance Committee of the Senate was Opponed to’ the scheme, on the ground that the State waa FE FEFES: eau Sugar, Reading and Erie Among the Leaders. SECOND DEGREE Gangman Who Killed Becker Brothers Dodges the Electric Chair. FF ‘|_Car'pet... 65c. per yard~ usual price 1.00 Teco yards, Best Tapestry Brussels ’ Stair Carpet. One yard wide. enon RERERE REE ee Stocks to-day were again strong on a Vigorous deraand. Corn Produote pre- ferred sold at an advance of 4; Union Pacific and Niinole Central, 11-8; North- RB NAL RAB, BESELEL EISELE SE FLEE ready spending enough money for the|. i Line Eerie 75c per yard tare of its insane. - i Sainte M 4s inte Marie and Sugar, 1, Re: usual 1.25 st was said here to-day by a certal i Brie, American Smelting and Yee bet Prominent legislator from up the State that if tue sub-committee during {ts tour of inspection. does not investigate the Ward's Island cruelties and recom- mend remedial legislation. then a reno- Intion will be introduced as noon as the Legisiature convenes calling for the appointinent of a special commtt- tee to investigate the subject. PATIENTS ABUSED BY THE ORDERLIES IN CITY HOSPITALS. Baltor Evening World: Your expose of the abuses, cruelty and oppression regularly practised in| After being out for more than -etgnt | hours the Jury in the case of Francesco! oor Sioa, an Italian of twenty, charged with | Ban. shooting Samuel and Henry Becker on Dit, the evening of Sept. 16 in front of the| Bul. Can, lange fractions, ‘Trading| © ed aa the session ad- vanoeds ut the wood prices were main- 7: The market gaye evidence of the re- : PIE REFRSRRERE Royal Wilton Rage Size oxra ft. 25.00 and 30.00 Alster Rugs. Size gxtaft...20.00 Zeb Phaases_weRaeedesss ecm £3 F a let tet tetetettettttet ttt ty Sovesr heh ES tite ESR WR RGR RFESE fee. F whifeh converged on oom: |. ‘ow stocks. Reading and American Smolting were conaplcuous and were pushed up 3 and 3 1-4 respec- tively Soon other active stocks were sold to reaMxe on the firat hour's ad- Vance, and were thus held {in check Central Railroad of New Jersey rose 5, American Telephone 3, 5-8, American Bugar and Manhattan 3 1-4, American Tobacea preterred 3. Delaware & Hurl: . Misnourl Pocifie, Colorado & Southern Ist ppreferret Tapestry Brussels Rugs. Sizegxxaft. 1799 Sopp re the necond degree to-day. The verdict was u good deal of a sur- prise tc Assistant” District-Attornoy | Smythe, who summed up for the proge- ame cution. He expected Sica would be|K- tf found gullty of murder in the firat *| Fela Eds taepriat tts eet tas rs Oriental Rugs. 200. Persian and Mosul Rugs..15.00 85 Fine India Carpets, SSFSEPES BSF Bet eirr sey FOE F ean 1 v = St, naw utah tsoD preferred, Peo- iS f the Manhattan State Hospital, while | te K 1°) ples Gax ize OxI2 ft.......... 00s eee L10,00 tmely and needed, occasioned Uttle sur-| Although Stoa was indicted for tho| 13 and Baits 9 Killing of both brothers, he was only | i's tried on tte charge of killing Samuet: | The murder of the two brothern wan |} ete untrtunate inmates te not] SeciaTed te be cold-bidsded. The Beck x nage a because that erm were hard-working dnd respectable | No “gourse Is a part of the system by |27UNS Vuslnens nen Sia wea's-memR. {ber of one of the notorious ganes that! infest the city: and who depend upan| Railroad. preferred, Erie lat preferred, (Gs ULB. Steal preterre: 1 1 4 preferred decline lo 83 preferred 434, prise among the well informed. 1 believe that there ts but one insane itm {n the State where similar trnat- ment TOXIG ft.n........0000e000140,00 Fnatlon re : Peorla &) "market closed _frra_and -aotive, Of stocks t 266,000, and of bonds 3,169, ga GROCER DIES AFTER TAKING ~ FOUR OUNCES OF POISON. Feinsteln Ran for Help, but Col- lapsed on Floor of a A= large variety of rare pieces OM jae ‘usually low prices. 5 teehee bette fF Leet T+ “which the Insane are treated the world _-over. The. one shining exception to this plan Js the model State {natitution at Midate: a ne <“Nor-doowe need to connie our inv {gations to the hompltals for the in- mane, let all the abused patients of all the hospitals give tn their testimony anda truly startling condition of af- tt het+ crime. He, with ot pana tron ot \the Beckers interfered Sica shot them, |and also wounded thelr brother-in-law, Israel Palternich, When the veniict was brought In Paul | Rep __UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENTS, _In Both Stores. Sale of Portieres and Lace Curtains, oane| Stee) pt. Stee! Sprin Steel Spa. Pt Ain On Monday, December the and. fi Kelley and other members of tho gang | ROCK Inland. 0.7 fa : * pis elas ly ean ergata arieeass to which Blea belonged were in ne Tk fe a Drug Store. About 400 pairs, Fine Portieres, Va- and as J am a phyaician,, licensed in | COUrETO™ +18] Benjamin Feinstein, whose grocery rious designs in an extensive variety of my recital may encou business ut No. 416 Vermont avenue, . . pilay catlentaltenvall SHIPPING NEWS. {| Brook, nan not prospered of ate, to color combinations. Made ready to hang. 1 was stricken with day drank four ouhces of carbolic ‘acid : ‘ . @ rear: ot Ore and 27, i hotel, and hee suffering two! anes Bun rises 7.03/Sun seta. 4.34/Moon Tees 1.20 + S| rushed from Hass dnd Into the: drug valigs 22.50, 35.00 and 40.00 management tad me romoved. to THE TIDKs. uw elman’ Levison, at No. 404 Pe 3 Strect Hospital. A brutal High Water + 1 | He attempted to About 800 pairs, Fine French..Lace AM ? ut his throat was #0 . . one ri . Fg reset aaa e dullants NiEE Han Compt = bi ihe could a Curtains‘in sets of. from two to five pairs, aut force a f e fs Ri ort collapsed on th \ “ ing me much unneceaxary. pain, On Es cry when an ambulance ar: | At about one-half usual prices, Reveral occanions, later I was handled’ PORT OF NEW York. Secor Hea aL Org H f Yery rovguly' by this man, and more ARRIVED, — nd unmarried 5-00 to 25.00 per pair Pieetea cca eet nae, pennant bo; | Crete SSE STUDENTS WIN SEVEN 250 Fancy Lace Bed Sets. Deep him capes favre I ‘ a ett Havre - ’ s I syld nothing about this tome dos: |i ia OULD SCHOLARSHIPS. lace trimmed flounce or plain valance, tors or nurses (for whom I pb A T Y/ hh tn but sommendath fe A aicnaceanee inward ver 5 ameatt NY, U, Distributes Prizes Founded 8 ep one 4.75, 7-50 and 10.50 set get But 1 got worse and eat bE P Testi Ss weaker, developed pneumonia, and was | by Miss Helen, Gould in Mem Right at Hand Vestibule Sets and Lace Panels to 4 Temoved, and #o lost sight of the man ory of Her Father. order, @pd liave forgotten hin ‘ ela ts a great convenience, “ ‘one! by removed New York University, announced 40) With a telephone in the Estimates, Sketches and Samples to the awarding of two sc library or in the sleeping- i . { panier e: + ren i wishi Lous a by Helen AU “room you can telephone submitted. wo tat expeiens 8 that ouTGO TEAMSHIPS. ° known 1s the ‘ with comfort day or night. h the capacity of a 0 DAY open to tt ving on and wan yemdved flue Argvntina bane filroad lines ty. Extension telephones on ealdateas ri van: sit nto Harry message rate lines are JAMES MoCREERY & 60,’ pe uther, and ot w Fort Sinith only Lowbrae-poundiigs toan fu: Onawaitomte ts alo! he = Pernape th ta ay s along th. mn and \« known. iid Western Scholarship annually: 50c. per Month NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO., 15 Dey Street - 23rd Street 34th Street Bye twas ae Watched s Gould at the untyer- Curacaa, stributed to § ally during the week. E o ji ea jarmvatow'n, Nortolk. Tuan,’ Porto Rico, Jami 8,0go yards, Best Tapestry Brussels _. i novelties in Silks Sale'of two th castor, steel, silver and white = day. gifts. Tweed, Voile, Vei a variety of colors Scarfs, usual prices. D'Oyleys: 3.85, Centre Pieces. 1. | Tea Cloths. a@x-ayards ss... 2x2 yards yards;.... a4 x2) yards . 2x3 yards,... hom ns prices, JAMES McGR 23rd Street __“MeCreery—S Sik Exhibition and Sale of the latest COLO2I0 DRESS GOODS. On Monday, December the 2nd. ~~ Sale of Broadcloth. Colors:—cham- pagne, biscuit, heliotrope, Nile, olive and myrtle green, wine, garnet, golden brown, : cadet, navy, Copenhagen and light blue, LINEN DEPARTMENTS Second Floor. - 3 On Monday and Tuesday, December the and and 3rd. Sale of Irish hand-embroldered D'Oyleys, Centre Pieces, Tea Cloths and Scotch double Damask Table Cloths and Napkins to match. Below Dinner Napkins~ to-mateh Complete assortment of lace trifi- med Linen D!Oyleys, JAMES MAGREERY & co ‘34th Street In Both Stores, and Velvets, Suitable for fashionable Southern dress. Seleo- tions made ‘will be upon CL, packed as in boxes for presentation. . . On, Monday, December the 2nd, ousand yards Gold and Silver Brocaded and Novelty Silks. 1.00 pet yard In Beth Sécres. and smoke grey, ivory 1.25 per yard rted’ embroidered cloth Robes (anu Colors:—castor, brown, re- seda, myrtle, rose, silver grey, smoke, petunia, navy blue and black. 22.50 each former prices 35.00 to 50.00 Dress Patterns:—an: extensive va- riety of Dress Lengths suitable for holi- Cheviot, - Serge, Mohais, ling, Panama, Poplin, Prunella, as well as plain Broadclot! and black, $.§0 to 12.50 per pattern ray Both Stores. Round scalloped and embroidered 6.20, and 7.85 per dos, Round scalloped and embroidered 35, 1.60 and 2.15 each | Round scalloped and embroidered 4.25,:6.00 and 825 each Scalloped and embroidered Scarfs. ''2.75, 3.50 and 4.00 each Double Damask Table Cloths. eorrere9 314 Poepeorr ewe. 4-). | BAL 5 dos. Centre Pieces, . Lunch and Banquet Cloths, at moderate FERY&CQ 34th Street Announce that Lamps, etc, Street ie JAMES McGREERY & CO. every department is complete and contains various articles suitable for Holiday Gifts:— Jeweled Novelties, Sterling Silver Articles, Brass Desk Requisites, tionery, Leather Goods, Fans; Art Em- broidered Novelties, including-stamped Linens; Copperware, Fine China, Cut , ' Glass, Potteries, MarblcStatues, Bronzes, Sta- g4th Street. ++ 0004.50