The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-08
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Mr.. Doty's First Experiment With HIS
Yellow Fever Serum.
SOME SHOCKING ABUSES SHOWN
Controller Morgan Tells Tales Out Of
School About State Charitable In
stitutions-Tammany Blocked
i'm Political Move.
SOME SHOCKING ABUSES SHOWN

Lackey a passenger on the transport
McClcliard, which is now detained al
Quarantine.
Or. Doty found on the arrival OF the
yellow fever victims that Mr.. Lackey
was in the more serious condition. The
case OF Miss Clendennin was compare
lively mild. he found that Mr. Lackey's
temperature was i0i degrees
Mr. Lackey is "a civil engineer from
Baltimore Md, and a man Of much in
teiligCuce Dr. D0ty explained 90 him
very briefly the nature OF the yellow
fever serum. and Mr.. Lackey readily
consented 10 have The preparation used.
An injection was given hypOdermically
al n O'Clock last night and another at ?
o'clock this morning Dr. DOty said that
although the case OF Mr. Lackey was
thtce days advanced. his condition was
such * was necessary that everything
possible should be done in his behalf
The Doctor says that the effects of the
serum can Doe determined in twenty-four
hours
The many robborles which are reported
daily from various parts of the city exc
coed anything i'm boldness which has been
recorded for years. The losses OF The VIC
TINS range from 500 90 $500
DIED or GRIEF.
The death of Robert Bonuer. which was
chfou'cied in yesterdays press reports.
was duo his physicians say 10 the shock
OF two great sorr0Ws-the death of his
0ld-s. son. Andrew Allen Bonner from
pneumonia. on December 21th last and
OF his pastor. the Rey Dr. John HAIL
10 whom he was deeply attached and
one OF whose warmost supporters DE had
been through al the troubles which led
H.
tittn-AVcuue Pres byteriau church.
Without these bereavements. Tho doc
tors say there was no reason why be
should not have lived for many years.
for his life had always been one of frugal
regularity.
BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.
i'm his answer 10 the charges Of the ro-
signed Board OF Managers of the Western
House OF Refuge for Women. 1t Albion.
Controller William j. Morgan makes
some serious exposures as t0 the manage
meut of some OF the States eleem0synary
institutions. After going into the abuses
OF the financial management. Doe says:
"But the abuses already alluded no
mostly affect the financial side of fhe
charitable institution question. Others.
however, vastly more serious and of
character 90 shock The scnsibuiucs NJ a
Christian public. have recently been
brought % light. Ira fact some of them
remind one OF tho methods iu vogue n
the treatment OF unfortunate classes in
the middle ages.
"In one case &c was shown by the sworn
testimony that the healthy inmates were
forced to battle in tho same bath-tub
after persons afflicted with the most
loatnsome diseases had bathed therein
NIfrf cd.
thus furnishing excellent facilities for the
spread OF diseases.
Sworn testimony has also brought to
light the fact that IN this civilized c0un-
try, in tho last year of the nineteenth
century, that semi-barbarous method of
ishmeut-chalning the victims 20 the
floor iu solitary confinement 2Dr prOtract-
ed peri0ds-is sun being practicod I'm
charitable institutions in tho Empire
State.
flashing 90 Che Aoor however. is not
tho worst cruelty res0rted TO- according
10 the evidence taken. To is said bv eve
witnesses and participants that girls cone
fined in houses of refuge are stripped of
theIr clothing and sometimes held by
some of the employees and at other times
chained to the floor and whipped with a
heavy leather strap several feet long
Recently young mother. with babe
only hFe months old, was treated in this
manner"
IS. is. Vanderbilt win build now
mansion in place Of the one at Idle Hour.
that was destroyed by fire.
The new structure wiu it is said. be
much larger than the old 0uo
IAMMANY SCHEME BLOCKED
Tine move of Iammany 90 inject politics
into the school system was blocked yes-
teriay when Judge Lain granted au in-
junction lo stop The proposed removal Of
A. Emerson Palmer as secretary Of the
I'tl4 OF Llucdl4n. The scheme was
To remove Secretary Palmer ana install
IN his place william j. Ellis. Palmer halls
from the Borough NJ Brooklyn and the
practice has been that the president Of
the Board shall come from Manhattan
and the secretary from the borough next
in importance n point of population
Brooklyn. from which comes Mr. Palmer.
The position has a salary of $500
year. and ass no charges have been pre-
ferrcd against Alr. Palmer. 90 was sup
posed Doe would continue t0 hold the Of
nee more particularly as he has the sup
port of many OF the members from the
other blr0ugs.
The downfall of Palmer scheduled for
the special meeting of yesterday failed
90 be effected
NOT AN ANARCHIST.
The destitute friend of Arcmus J.
Smith. whose letter OF warming to Russell
Sage was printed yesterday. reveals him
SELF to-day as Clarence Ladd. a patent
lawyer of Brooklyn.
Mr iadd denies that ne is an anarchist.
as ihumated OF that Dice has ever threat.
ened Mr sage's life. unless possibly in a
joke, or when three sheets in the wind
He very sensib.y SAYS "Why. what would
be the sense Of blowing no or killing by
any other means any millionaire sup
pose an the millionaires in this country
were 90 die or were tO be- killed on to-
morrow What would Doe the result? a
lot of other milll0naires would spring no
20 take their places. Therefore what
good would be accomplished. N any good
had been accomplished in the FIRST IN
stance? Then too. the fellows who want
T. work would have q pretty hard time
of i- If there weren't any milliOnaircs IN
the world 20 give them employment"
SEWED BUTTONS on HER FINGER.
4 peculiar accident occurred here yes
torday ln a tailor shop. Rosie Pierre
was putting buttons on trousers using
FOR that purpose a machine that stamps
them ON and clinches them on the other
side She got her hand into the machin-
cry. 10 did not stop. IL went right on.
The next button was sunk deep into the
flesh of the last joint OF her index finger.
and cllnched an right on the nail side.
The girl was taken 20 a hospital where
the surgeon cut the button out.
A report rs in circulation that Mrs. sam
r. Jack was not satisfied with the terms
OF her husbands viii and had begun