The sun., 1900-12-14
DIR. WISE'S COPPER STOCK.
"ROWiS FROu sOME srars HOsPiTtL
IUPIOb FES VINO BOIGHI
Head Of the state Com mi..ion IN Iunscy
VIII Retire AZ the End ~ H,. Term Ills
Friends say Hc Has y Good ThinE In the
Win. md l.rnr InaL 0iheia In

Wine and srn'rou.i, Took Others In.
There has h"on much speculation regard
lng the announcement that DR.. Peter VI.
Wise ~ Now York CIty would no, be reap
pointed pI'~idcn' Of tho state Commission
In Lunacy. In" salary Is ,7.SOo. and 200
allowed for expenses The term II six wears
Dr. Wi-e's term expires IN Dec 81
Dr. Wiz" has hoen President OF the Cop
yer HI.l Mining Company Of New Mexico
for over year. Statements were made
To the Governor that certain officials and em-
ployecs OF the state hospitals. which Ins'itu-
| lons nre under the supervision Of the Com
mission In I.unacy. had invested In the shares
Of tho copper company and were not salts
fed with the result II was not until an
assessment on the stock was su gccstcd about
q month AGO that one Of the little toadH in
this financial puddle "slueal ed" and tho
personnel OF the management OF the COM
Iany Was brought to Gov. Rooseveit's at
tention. II was also asserted that note
OF DR., Wise's for 81 900 had been indorsed
10y some State Hpsnital rmilpvec.
In 1890 thers was established IN New York
city a branch of the State Commission in
Lunacv. knowS as the State Pathological
Institute, Dr Ira Van Giesen being the di-
rector His salary = 5000. The institute
spends about s35O0O annually. II was
established with "A view to discover the
causes OF insanity The Luracy Commission
did not believe IN" institute was perform
Ing the work for which It was established
The commission last spring appointed an
invcstig1tinr committee of three experts
headed h. Dr. q. \ Bloun.rr oi the Butter
Hospital NJ Providence. and the report OF
this committee rather upheld the contention
Of IA" commission The breach between
th" institute officials and the commission
has w1acnrd sn". lhrn. and II is asserted
q mot nA - tad 4.
Roosevelt attention would never have been
called t. Dr NtSe's connection with the
Cnpp"r IIlll Mining Conpdn". Then again
Trumtu J. BlokVs of BROOKLYN. whom GOV
Roosevelt last winter refused 80 continue
It was aftcr GOV Roosevelt learned Of Dr.
Nis"'- connection with tho copper COMPANY
and uf th" ng.Iins gi some 81 rs stock, by
WIS informed that, a. his term was 20 ex-
IirG ,hgr,ly II y"uld be + TO HIS adyaItaSe
T%9Srnorrcci eH l 1Hd" fE- f Dr. W-e E ff' did
emf ~ love-, v'o Hod 80 stcck in The "cS'a' COPPER
CONT Ru' are mot at all sub "ct TO his control,
but A." anro''"d by the Board Of Managers
of thcso Institutions Thos" who first went
nnd the rrice ar'orvard rosc To- s.. though
It ha- ro odcd since
nr Wise ha- been connected With state
Hospital marageIncnt for nearly thirty years.
i "ln- hr"n rr,nt"nlrnt of tn" Ogden burg
President pf the STAT" Commission in Lunacy
lIi~ iri"nd- say l." thought he had a good
usaai ars".hca4trdnc. siMIlc one 1iftr"d % them "
an opportunity to make some money. and
that, Gov. Roosevelt action il the result of
unofficial arts in u business matter 1t is
said that the mining. property has been de-
for $40, ,Ooo To extend the work
When seen br a reporter Of The SrS yes
tcrda,y afternoon pr. Wise said 1T Ia true !
hot l.rl
ment. The fact that my connection with .
the Copper HI Company ha- been criticised I
IN sone quarters has been a factor ia my !
arrival at tm- conclusion. hrt ~ 10 means ,
the determinilc caus" ul itself | am no /
longer officially couuoct"d with the Copper :
Ifill Company having ,r",irnrd the prrsi- .
the c2mpahy. ,h2weyrr, as DO several Of my ,
s sssoSi1t"s T9~. h"IdqS, ar" ,al 9nd
expended si20 oN0 In development work on .
the Coprer I'M proper,yi owing to the /
the cornrunv ;nds itself lust at this time
somewhat embarrassed financially, This Is .
only tempor.r. and viii soon be remedied.
Tho matter Is distinctly personal one. and. .
a. ! look NJ il, entirely apart from. M con- ,
nectinH with tn" state commission
Concerninr hi, relations with the State
ADMINISTRATION pr. Wise had nothing 40
sav for ~" p-, -'ut.
Mucn interest j. manifested in the appoint
mont II a successor - Dr Wise lie must
y" o physician of ten years experience and
car" and treatment oi IN" insane and in the
mana R.m.ut Of institute ions for the insane
This practically limits III" choice to the slI-
Of stat" ho~pt3ls for IN" in-
sane. and e. DR.. Carlo I MacnonHld. who
conduct. q private snn.,arium at Pleasant;
WI, succeeded 10y Dr Wise a. President of
Tho tunaCv Commission in 1890. and had
much to do, with inaugurating th., plan II
state onrc for the insane. Or. Frederick
Peterson Of Sew York ci'y. a manager Of
n" Craig Col ny fnr Ip!icItic- q Nony"a.