The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06
COL. PRICE
SUICIDES.
Former Member of the
New Castle Board of
Education Ends
His Life.

! The people of New Castle who remem.
bered Colonel James A. Price were sur.
prised yesterday to learn that he had com
mitted suicide in Philadelphia. Colonel
Price resided here for years and was at
one time MON Der OF the Board Of Educa.
tion. He married Mrs. Jennie Chandler
Of that city who Is the mother Of Mrs. r..
Eben Watt. The dispatch from Philadel-
phia yesterday said:
Driven to dependency by O long period
OF Illness, James A. Price, of 1915 South
Front street. committed suicide at noon
yesterday by cutting his throat with ra-
| zor. Price had for some time been under
the treatment ofa physician for illness
Whlch was brought on BY wound in the
| civil war. but the family did not suppose
that he meant to do himself any harm.
On Sunday Price was In good spirits and
was speaking enthusiast ioaliy of the com.
ing Grand Army Encampment and Of the
work he expected to do In the entertain
mont Of visiting veterans.
+ Shortly aftor 8 o'clock yesterday MORN
ing Mrs. Price was awakened by heavy
fall against the bath rom door. Missing
her husband. she called her son, Harry
who tried to get into the room, but found
the door looked. BY climbing out on q
shed in the rear, entrance was made
through window, whe Prices body was
seen lying on the floor. with blood flowing
from a cash in his throat aud razor by
his side.
A hurry call was sent for the patrol
wagon and he was taken to ST. Agnes
Hospital, but death ensued few minutes
after his admittance.
Sergeant Price was among the first to
respond to President Lincoln's call for
troops In 1881. He was Is years old ut this
time. He served three months, his term of
enlistment, and on being mustered out
entered the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry,
in which regiment he served for three
years and rose 10 the rank of first sergeant
He was badly wounded in the arm and
was confined to the field hospital
The wound never healed, but he flcmly
re listed each attempt to amputate his arm
Every spring Of lnte years the wound broke
out anew and the torture was SO great that
at times 1t affected his reason.
He was commander of General Reynolds
Post, No II, and was too III to join the
veterans on Memorial 4,y, which grieved
him great deal. Ho had boon employed
in the Spreckels sugar refinery for the past
eight years, and though Ill the best pa,t
OF last week, he was at his post OH Friday
and Saturday. Ho leaves wife and two
children Harry, aged Is. and Margaret.
Teachers Beneficial association.
Alta special meeting OF the Teachers
Mutual Beneficial Association held yester-
day afternoon for tho purpose of organic
ing under the new charter the following
officers we: elected for tho ensuing year:
President, Miss Salle Reid Shaw; vice.
president. Miss Alice Mercer: secretary,
Ella d. B. Somple treasurer, Miss Joanna
DUPONT Mclaughlin.
Board of Directors Nelie Louise
Sawin, Miss Mary j. Wheeler, Miss Eliza
beth d. Houpos Miss Annie Randnitzky,
Miss May NJ, Turner.
Advisory Board-Lowis B. Morrow, Ed
CUR NJ. IIoopes, A. h. Frantz, NJ. D.
Miss Joanna DUPONT Mclaughlin ro-
ported balance Of f3,2l021 to tho credit
of the association. Following the reading
Of the certificate of Incorporation, organ
izaton was atfcc cd and Miss Sallle Reid
Shaw appointed chairman OF the meeting.
After noting several minor changes that
had been brought about by the act OF in
corporation, Miss Shaw gave motto, that
the time suspension for members in arrears
has been changed from eleven months to
seven monthf. Any member six months
in arrears will be officially notified of tho
same and If settlement Is not made, said
member will be suspended at the end of
the seventh month. This Is quite an i'm
portant change to those who may have
overlooked days for collection of dues.
DR.. Martin q. Brumbaugh, Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, will lecture before
40 o'clock in tho Samuel Wollaston
School No. 9, npon "MoIal Training"
This lecture will conclude tho cour-e of
ten lectures given this year under the au-
spices OF the association and arrangements
are already b,ing formulated for tho
course for next yeRr, beginning in Octo-
Der.