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The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
NEW YOR,<'S SUICIDE ROW.
Seven Hundred Attempts at Self De-
structiOn = Year.

Sefeh hundred Attempts at Self De-
struction = Year.
When call is runy in at Bellevue
hospital from a particular quarter of
New York city the ambls0nce surgeon
always adds stomach srmp and Il
bottle of ammonia to his equipment
for the trip. He has been called to
suicide row, and the ratio of prohabil-
ity is 100 to 1 that he must attend
upon a suicide
There is a Suicide Row" in New
York. The police and Bellevue hos
ptal officials know the district by no
other name. 1t extends from Riv-
ingtOn street to Seventh street, and
from Third avenue to East river. Ev-
cry year there are 700 or more at
tempts at suicide on the Row" Two
hundred and seventy-tive of these are
women, 425 by men.
The men try to kill themselves be-
cause they are craZed or debilitated by
drink, or are Respondent owing to il.
health or poverty. Women seek to die
chiefly because of disappointment in
love.
Men prefer to shoot themselves
Women fancy poison. OF the 425 men
who seek to end their lives on Suicide
Row each year $50 try the gunshot
method. OF the 275 women, 1870 take
poison, and $50 of these choose car
bolic acid. The rest take paris green.
Suicide Row is populated by foreign
ers living in tenements. Germans,
Slavs, Hungarians, Swedes, Fins and
Russians there are plenty, but of AM
orleans few or none. This is the be-
ginning of high tide on Suicide Row.
The number of self-inhicted deaths
will rise steadily until late in Septem-
ber, when it will wane. Last year 500
Of the attempted suicides in the Row
took place in the summer. Medical
skill and prompt attendance saved
many of the 700. Most of the victims
beg to be saved. From the prisoners
ward in the hospital cries for help may
be heard in dozen strange tongues at
once.
There are fashions even in suicidc
II is observed that there are paris green
fads, and carbolc acid fads, and pistol
fads, Sometimes thirty cases, all VIC
tins of the same kind of poison, fol-
low cath other in quick succession to
the ward Then. quick as the Shift
ing Of woman's whim, the chosen
means Of death changes.
Suicide Row is principality with a
capital. The capital is known as "the
Suicide Block of Suicide Row." It is
the dark, nsisome quarter on Third
avenue, between Avenue A and Avenue
B. The dwellers on Suicide Row keep
small tailor shops, or they work In
cigar factories. or tiny. uninviting mar
kets.
A few Of them are poor. wandering
musicians. They live in the stuffy at
mosphere Of crowded teneMerts. They
drink cheap, adulterated liquors. They
read a good deal Of pessimistic philos-
ophy. They brood over the misfor-
tunes of life as bats hover in the
darkness. Suicide is the ultimate goal
Of such career.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21

It has been known for a long time
that President Hart OF Chicago and
Anson did not love each other very
much, but each has held his tongue
whenever reporters were about, and
so their private opinions of each other
have never been in print. Tha other
day, however. Arson handed President
Hart left-handcr and probably would
like to have expressed himself more
forciDly than he did. He was speak
ing OF the Chicago team and it's pros
poets, and when told of the increased
attendance and interest in base ball in
Chicago, said: Il venture to say the
Chicago League club will not declare a
diHidend this year There has been no
declaring of dividends by this club ever
since Hart became president. II the
stockholders get any return this year
certainly it will be an agreeable SUR
prise" Anson then compared the fin
arcisl s.an:;!ng OF the Chicago and
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21

the example is Mrs. Martha Place,
once respected resident Of Brooklyn
who has just been convicted OF killing
her stepdaughter Ida.
The circumstances of the murder
were extraordinarily brutal. Mrs.
Place, envious of the attentions receiv-
ed by her stepdaughter, who was Is
and beautiful girl, entered the lat
ter's room and smothered her with a
pillow. The trial was hotly contested,
but Mrs. Places guilt was unquestlon-
ably established and she was sentenc-
ed to die in the electric chair.
AS soon as sentence was passed, the
discussion on the question, Should a
woman be eXecuted?" began. 1t has
continued up to such point that al
| most the whole state has become in
volved. Following are some opinions
expressed by public men:
Il am not opposed to women dying
in the electric chair when they COM
nit such horrible and atrocious deeds
as Mrs. Place committed. The law
knows no SEX
"It may seem hard-hearted and
may lack gallantry and all that, but il
woman commits murder let her suf-
fer the consequences
Il believe Mrs. Places life should
pay for that Of her victim. The law
plays no favorites. 1t is just and
equitable"
"The statutes are made for man and
woman alike. If either break the laws
he or she should suffer the same pen
atty"
IF Mrs. Place is sane she should
be executed. / cannot see why any
distinction should be made between
men and women where the condemned
is in full possession of the senses"
"There Is no reason on earth why a
woman should not be executed for a
capital crime. l believe in no distinc-
ton Of sex before the law"
"If woman is guilty of murder the
extreme penalty should be meted out.
We admire woman in her proper
sphere, but we abhor her when she
is guilty Of such crime as murder"
'If woman 80 far forgets herself as
be punished like a man."
81 have no sympathy for a woman
| who commits deliberate murder. An
gusta Mack should have been eXecut-
ed, and l hope that the law will be
carried out in the case of Mrs. Place.
Public opinion seems about equally
divided on the subject, but 1t seems
safe to say, with the memory Of sew
eral previous cases in which women
sentenced to death have been given life
Imprisonment instead, that Mrs. Place
will be saved from execution by the
governor after she shall have suffered
sufficiently in anticipation. The wom-
an, who was cold as stone during the
trial, even sitting with perpetual
sneer upon her face, has completely
broken down now that she has been
taken to Sing Sing and imprisoned in
the death chamber.
The only woman ever executed in
New York state was Mrs. Druse, who
with the help of her weak-mnded
daughter Mary, killed her husband,
Bill Druse, near Richfeld Springs. The
woman was hanged at Herkimer and
the spectacle will never be forgotten
by those who witnessed it. Mrs. Druse
went shrieking to the gallows and the
suddenrcss with which her screams
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21

|aAiou NY large IclIHut. Ilc uoo''
not expect to return until late in the
autumn.
The announcement that King Leo
pold is to visit this country is enough
to send tremor through the heart of
every opera sOngstress and pretty SOU
6rette on the stage, to say nothing
about the shameless women of the 400
in New York. Especially will the New
York state be SCI in a flutter, for pre-
ceding cablegrars have announced
that it is the kings intention to stay
some time in that city.
King Leopold is popularity known as
the Crazy King of Belgium But
there is really nothing crazy at all
about the old gentleman. He simply
has enjoyed the society Of every stage
beauty and every ether kind of beauty
who would permit him to lavish at
tentions upon her. That Is hardly act
ing like lurat.c. 1t strikes one rs
quite sensible, especially as the king
does not have to foot the bills. That
part of the program is attended to by
his loyal subjects. Leopold is only a
moral degenerate. Society will conse-
quently embrace him.
Although King Leopold's long beard
is now almost white, and thereby he
enjoys a most venerable appearance,
yeL he is not SO far past the meridian
OF life. He is just on the shady side
Of middle life and of unimpaired vigor.
He has gained world wide fame for his
gallantries.
There have been several episodes in
the life of King Leopold that have
attracted much newspaper comment.
He was one of those who were men
toned prominently in the crusade Of
William T. Stead against the Maiden
Tribute" scandals in London. King
Leopold has been frequent visitor to
London and was we'll versed in it's
seamy side. The attention which this
revelation of Mr.. Stead attracted, how
ever, did not deter the amorous king
from visiting London almost as often
as of yore, and he still continues to
find fascination in the metropolis of
Great Britain.
Subsequently to his maiden Trib-
ute" feats King Leopold gained much
unenviable notoriety in connection
with his attentions to Mile. Cleo de
Merode, she with the hair bandeaux
over her ears.
When Cleo first appeared in Brussels
King Leopold became her absolute
slave He followed her around like a
yell-trained lap poodle and was ever
ready to buy diamonds by the bushel,
or houses, or horses, or anything that
the willful, capricious and extrayagant
Cleo thought she wanted. When she
seft Brussels for Paris the king follow
ed her and regularly sat in a box at the
playhouse where she was appearing.
He never failed to send her superb
bouquet nightly and she fairly glittered
with diamonds. He gave her so many
jewels and she wore so many Of them
at once that she shimmered and flick
cred much after the fashion Of an cleo
trio light beacon, and she literally daz-
z'ed Paris by her splendor. When
the king found Cleo an old story he
turned his attention to other opera
singers and to other ladies of the vau
deville stage and of the Legitimate. :"
These benefited materially by his no.
tice. Not only did they gain advertis-
ing, but worldly wealth. King Leo
polds reputation for generosity pre-
cedes him everywhere, and the willy
divinity upon whom he casts the eye
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
What Nosuuito's Cant Stand.

According to the Public Health
Journal mosquitoes cannot abide the
touch Of permanganate Of potash. 1t
Is instantly fatal to the insects in all
their stages Of development. A hand
full. it is averred, will kill all the mos
quito embryos in a ten-acre swamp.
1t is recommended to scatter few
crystals of permanganate Of potash
widely through marshes in which mos
uuitoes abound.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
A Water Explosion.

a man evidently tired from waiting
or from an overdose OF work walked
up to water plug at the corner OF
Alabama and Pryor streets in Allan
Ia, Ca, recently. and sat down. The
man sat down slowly, as though his
limbs We're tired Of him and he OF
them. His legs acted as il they had
been working overtime and did not
like the job. AS the man took the seat
on the plug he gave sigh as though OF
relief, Immediately followed by a yell.
This yell was of distress, and it echoed
and re-echoed up and down the street.
The man shot into the air and dis
tanced the echo in his ascent. The
huge pressure of water against the plug
had caused it to breal: so suddenly that
q stream as large as barrel come out
with the speed of cannon ball. The
top of the plug was knocked out and
the man sat astrde OF 1t as he made
his rapid trip into space. OF course he
had to come down, and when he did
he fell into a stream OF water sucn
as he had never seen before. There
was water everywhere that man tried
to fall, and the more frantic his efforts
to get out the more he got in. For an
instant it looked as II he would be
drowned but with mighty squirt he
cleared the big spout of water and
gained his freedom. Once out he did
not turn to look about him, but made a
run down South Pryor street that
broke all records The drenched man
disappeared. but the water did not,
and it continued to flow for fiftce2
minutes in immense quantities.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
Moh Kills a White Man.

Lynchers broke open the Simpson
county Jail at Westville, Miss, the 9TH
er night, ridd.ed William Patterson
with bullets, and fired the building.
Patterson was a prominent white farm
er who killed his son-in-law, Lawrence
Brinson. eighteen months ago, and who
has had seven trials.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
Eels I'm Water Ptpes.

Boston's water pipes are infested by
eels-hundreds and thousands of them
and the water board Is at its wits
end to devise some means to get rid of
them, They go through the strainers
when young and small and grow to
great size, obstructing the flow Of
water or stopping 1t altogether.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21

The Johnsons I'LL sixteen and one
halt closely packed pages in the new
Chicago city directory, while the erst-
while triumphant Smiths come limping
along with three pages less. Third
place goes to the Ardersons; Browns
and Millers tie for fourth, and then
comes the lonesome Joneses.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
SAYS flo Made Her Husband XIII.

At Lebanon, Ind, Mrs. Martha Ho-
mire. wife Of Fred Homire, given a
life sentence for murder of Seth Neese,
has brought suit for $4,000 damages
against John H. Halfman, a saloon
keeper, alleging he sold her husband
intoxicants which crazed him and in.
directly caused the crime
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
flag with 83 Stars.

An American flag, with eighty-three
stars, which floats over a tug in New
York harbor, has history. Each star
stands for life saved by Capt. Grace,
commanding the boat, during the forty
years he has served as captain and
p!lot CT The ciyci aud sound
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
CRIME WAS GREAT.
Why MRS. MARTHA PLACE
SHOULD DIE.
The Killing of Her Stepdaughter in
Cold Blood Admits OF No Foolish
Sentiment, Say Those Who Would
Take the Wretch's Life.

LII New York state
has entered into a
discussion as 10
whether q woman
shall suffer death
in the G ectric
chair after convic-
tion of murder, the
same as an Ordl-
nary felon Of the
other sex. The
woman furnishing
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
His Vay OF Doing It.

And He walked over the waters"
said the Sunday school teacher. Now.
none OF you boys ean walk over the
waters" II caa. Miss" said one
Oliver, holding up his hand. Non
sense" said the leacher 'Yes. I can.
Miss" said Oliver, earnestly. $50 can
you il you go by the hriJge"-
Sketch.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21

says that he has not received one
fourth of the number of complaints
registered in past years against the
umpires. which speaks we'll for the
double umpire system in Mr.. Young's
opinion. He, however, fails to think
of the money lost in decreased attend
ance through games lost directly
by Empirical incompetence Mr..
Young evidently enjoys being a clam.
In speaking of the League situation
recently Manager Tebeau Of Cleveland
said: THE four-trip schedule, now in
vogue in the major league, is an i'm
proVement on tho assignment Of dates
in previous years. as regards the
championship race. For this years
race is all-in-all the closest the league
has known since the 12-club amaga-
nation. The dozen clubs seem to be
better matched than ever before, and
one Of the surprises is the bowling over
Of the crackerjacks by the trailers in
the race. Cincinnati was compelled to
kiss the dust in three games out of
series of four with Washington, and
Louisville won three in their series
on the home grounds with the Orioles.
There is one flaw | have to pick in the
four-trip schedule and it's a mighty
serious one, from the financial view
point. I refer to the stretch of four
games that are called for on two of the
trips. That is, of the fourteen games
with each club the series are split up
into two of four games and two OF
three games. Now when a visiting team
plays a stretch CT four games in one
city they cease to be attractions after
third game, unless Of course the home
team is winning. A two or three-game
engagement in each town is enough
for the fans. Ii l were On the sched
ula committee next fall | would favor
a three-trip schedule, with the series
split up into two of two games each
and one of three games each"
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21

players. They have failed. however.
to protect players and patrons against
umpires. When g brace of umpires
threatens to get even with team. and
at the very next opportunity offered
proceeds to make good the threat, 1t
Is time for the league itself ana Pres
ident Young to bring about a reform.
An incompetent umpire is not 50 much
to be feared as dishonest one.
team is pretty certain to get an even
split from an incompetent umpire. IL
can never hope for such q deal from
dishonest or cowed umpire. umpires
Snyder and Connolly-and especially
the latter-are either incom petcnt, dis
honest or easily intimidated. Which
ever Of these failings are theirs inca
pacltates them from serving on the
league staff. They do the game much
harm. BY allowing such men to han
die the indicator President Young
places the game in jeopardy. 1t Is true
that President Freedman has an eXag-
gerated idea OF the incompetency OF
some of the umpires and makes accu-
satiOns that cannot be proven. AT the
same time his demand for more com
petent officials has much more OF a
business ring to it than has President
Youngs slow going policy OF accepting
umpres practically on their own rec
concentrations and positively refusing
70 remove even on absolute proof Of
their incompetency. BY allowing in
competent umpire3 TO remain Cn the
staff, in spite Of protests from every
club. Mr.. Young simply strengthens
Mr.. Freedman in his declaration that
he (Mr. Youpg) is Incompetent. 1t is
10 be hoped that Mr.. Young will not al
low Mr.. Freedman's rabid demands and
accusations to move him, as it is claim
ed they did in the releasing Of Cush-
man. At the same time he should see
for himself and pay some attention to
complaints that come on the same um-
pires from various quarters.
Some OF the boys appear to be having
2 little fun with John r. Brush by ask
ing him what he is going to do with
Ewing. who was removed by the UNI
pire at Baltimore for his bad beha-
vior. 1t is quite astonishing to hear
that PUCK ever would te guilty of be-
having badly on the diamond. In the
old days when he was regularly on the
field there wasn't man who had less
to say-if you don't mind my prevari-
eating about a little thing-than
Buck" had to the umpire. Generally
he began before the game. continued
without any cessation throughout the
game, and If the umpire hadn't died Of
exhaustion when the game was over,
was ready to entertain him for nine
innings in the evening. Buck" had
way about him that wasn't quite up
to Anna Held's, perhaps, but he simply
hypnotiZed the umpires with his flow
of small talk. For that reason it IS
painful to hear that he was actually
elected from the grounds, so the dis
patches said by order of one of those
who were formerly slaves on his staff.
Well, there have been many changes in
base ball in the last few years, and !
suppose that Buck" has lost his influ-
ence, like some of the other big 'uns.
But what in thunder is going to be his
punishment when the management of
the team is on record as saying that
punishment must follow if the players
cut up didocs on the field? Perhaps
"Buck" will be excused because he isn't
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
Goretl TO Death.

Mrs. Susan Downing, aged 70, one OF
the oldest settlers Of Clay county, ~
diana. and living near Irazil, was ia
tally gored bv viS.ous COW.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES
OF THE GAME.
bad Cmpiring 1t IL Siii tao Rule
Rather Than the Exception President
ioun.'s Course Criticised Having Fun
with John I. Brush.

HE umpire prob
lem Is as serious
th!a season as IT
has been at any
time, and this, too.
with the double
umpire system in
vogue. The mag
mates have done
everything in their
power to portect
umpircs against
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21

The matter Of selection Of umDires
for the National League at first sight
seems veXing. However, it is not such
a wonderfully complicated problem.
President Young works on what might
be called the recurrent plan. Umpires
of the vintage of 1890 are dropped out
in 1892, to be appointed again in 1894,
20 drop out again in 1896, and return
to life in 1898. 1t isn't so hard wher
Won come to analyZe it.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21

New York clubs. why" he contfn-
ued, "the New York association has
double the capital stock the Chicago
league has, and last year New York de-
clarcd a dividend of 10 per cent. Where
do the Chicago receipts go? Yoi must
ask somebody else. All have to say
is there has been no dividend given by
the Chicago association since Hart be-
came the head. ] do not notice any
falling OFF in attendance because Of the
war. There seems to be larger crowds
wherever we have been. l don't no
tice any special excitement in New
York or In the east over the war. At
least, it does not interfere with the
base ball business"
While most ball players 60 into the
business because they can play base
ball better than they can do anything
else, there are some few who have other
and weightier reasons. Among the few
players who are in base ball for rea
sons other than financial gain is Catch
er Chance. of the Cbicagos. Arson dis
covered him In California last fall and
signed him to Chicago contract with
out the slightest trouble. Chance
made no demand for fancy salary. He
simply wanted to play ball. 1t seems
that Chances immediate relatives are
we'll off and that there really Is no ne
cessity for his playing ball. However
so the story goes. his family is not
blessed with strong lungs, and in order
to fortfy himself against any hered-
itary aiIliction OF this kind, ! has
taken up base ball. Chance is re-
fined, intelligent looking young man.
and there Is no doubt that he has been
much benefited by playing base ball.
President Young says that the dou
BILE umpire system Is not an extra ex
pense to the league over the single
umpire system, because a great saving
is made in travelling expenses. The
umpircs are not protested as much as
in past years. Hence they do not have
to be shifted as often. Mr.. Young
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21

were cut short when she was jerked in
to the air was the most awful thing
imaginable. Mary Druse was sentenc-
ed to life Imprisonment but several
years ago was pardoned.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
LIKE OTHER KINGS.
FRISkY OLD MONARCH OF
9ELCIUM.
King Leopold Il Coming to Cast S!,eep's
Eyes ut the Maidens OF America
ssid to He Looking Up American
Capital.
ss;-1ll HE London

HE London pa
rerS announce that
King Leopold OF
Belgium will soon
start on an extend
ed yachting cruise
across the Atlantic.
Most Of his time
will be spent in the
United States wa
ters, they state. lie
will be accom-
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-10-21
KING LEOPOLD.

in advance before she permits his at
6entiOns.
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