New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-29
DRINKING THE ESSENCE OF MATCHES.
A MELANCHOLY YOUNG FEENCHMAE WRITES LEI
IERs AND TRIES TO DIE.


The proprietor Of the Hotel de rEuropc, at No. 10
Clmton-pacc, ran To the Mercer street Police sta
Foulquc. a young guest, had attempted 10 commit
suicide. An ambulance carried the man To ~. M
cent, Hospital. He had soaked several punches Of
sulphur matches in water and then drank the liquid.
lie was placed under arrest for violating the Penal
Code lie had written letters 10 his mother III
France 10 Mr.. I hbault, proprietor of dyc-shOp
al No 2G} Futpu-st. brooklyn and TO Mr.. Ihi-
hault', daughter Florence. CAPTAIN BrOgan SAID
that the letters would be used as evidence against
the Young mIn in the Jefferson Market Court to-
div A. the hotel II was said that the young man
was % Frcuchman of noble birth and bore the title
of Liromte IN PARIS. Ills father Is dead ana ms
mother Is the Countess de Fhuique de Neva, VINO
has a country seat at Argentau, Department OF
Ornc. and Il house IN PARIS She sent him 70 this
CITY two mouth, ago ard forwarded money 10 him
aud drank abs utlc ard wine literally. Mr. hi
bault was acquainted with the Young mali ana IL
was supposed that Iuuldnc fell IN love win the
dNcrs daughter At tie hospital he expressed sor-
row af not being permitted to die in peace,
A IRIBUNE reporter visited tie establishment OF
Madame Ccimc G. lIbanlt, the mother 81 the Young
woman whose eyes had been potent over the for
tunes Of the ar.stocIat. Behind the counter was
Young brunette with the white complexion, silky
black hair Ustrous black eyes, slight symmetrical
figure AID graceful carriage aud demcanOr which
form the points of the IDEAL FrcnchwOman. As
Madame ThIbault was the matnrcd image OF the
brunette there could be no doubt that the latter
was tine far one of the romance Madame Ihl-
hault when the name OF George de FOulque was
mcut oned said " know nothing of such person.
never heard the name before. have a great con
tempt for people who commit suicide Mile. I'M
haut took no part IN the conversation, but perhaps
there was hinge of melancholy expression i'll her
face ana a little sadness IN her eyes
THE IRVING FIRES CAPITAL IMPAIRED.
Superintendent of Insurance Mccall has finished
his examination of the Irving llTe Insurance Com
pany aud found that the capital IS impaired
1000 or SIX per cent of the capital Of 100000.
He criticscs the business management OF
the company and recommends that the
n,ks outstanding be reduced somewhat.
The stockholders must mako good the
amount of the impairment within thirty days or
the company Will he compelled TO go into llquida-
ZION. II was organized IN 1852. 1t had a prosper
Gus career until 1871, when ITS capital and surplus
were swept away by the great fire at Chicago. 1t
was reorganizod within n few months by its pres-
dent VI. J.. CrOwell, and the board OF directors,
many of whom had been connected with IL
for several years. II suffered heavily by the
frein Boston IN o!2, bot the impairment of cap
ital caused bv this loss WAS made good Last April
Mr.. roWell died. Since then several of the old
stockholders have sold out aud some of the direc-
tors have resigned. About eighteen months ago a
by AlbO de Bernales, oft the United Fire Reinsurance
Company, Of Manchester, England, whose purpose
was to convert the Irving into American
suranCe company. Recently, however, an effort has
been made by Mr. BernaleS, who for year has been
president of the company to establish the company
In the general agency field by writing unusually
heavy lines Of insurance and Te-lnsfng part OF the
risk in the United Fire Reinsurance Company.
This experiment has resulted unsatisfactory.
w. f. r. Mills, the secretary of the Irving COM
pany, resi- gned on Tuesday. lie has been for some
time past dissatisfied with the management OF the
company To-day the directors VIII meet aud dc
termlnc whether the impairment of capital shall be
made or whether the company shall 90 into Iqui-
datlOn. Many of the stockholders favor the latter
course. The following are Inst OF the directors
Albo de Bernales John Castree Charles rkhalter,
T.. NJ. Van Tassel, john w. ferdon, General Alex
snder Shaler, John w. Andreas, Henry II. liaight,
Alexander Mackenzie, Albert L. Dickinson, George