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The evening times., 1900-03-26
SOUGHT DEATH AT THE ALTAR
Joseph Glass Attempts suicide in u
New York Synaxoxue


NEW YORK, March 26.-Joseph Glass a
butcher at 1924 Second Avenue, with wife
and three children. early yesterday morn
ing attempted suicide BY gas asphyxiatiou
under the holy light on the altar of the
Ateris Zwie Synagogue 347 East One Hun
dTed and Twenty-first Street. He was found
there unconscious at O'Clock by the soy
ton. Philip AronsOn. of 31S East One Hun
dred and Twenty-irst Street. who al first
thought he was sleeping. AT the Harlem
Hospital, 10 which he was removed. II was
SAID last night thar the mans condition
was critical
Glass was sexton Of the synagogue up 70
TWO months ago. when he resigned 10 open
meat market. He retained his key 10 the
synagogue, saying that he had paid for il
and intended to keep It. Business has not
been good for the last three weeks and he
has been unable to pay his bills. Saturday
the wholesale dealer from whom he OBJ
tained meat refused TO deliver any more
without a cash payment
Glass confronted by the prospect Of fall
ure in business, decided TO hill himself
Late in the evening he purchased rubber
tube, and at midnight when his wife and
children had all fallen asleep he arose and
quietly left the house. With the aid Of
his key he admitted himself 10 the little
frame synagogue in One Hundred and
Twenty-irst Street. near First Avenue
After adjusting the rubber tube 10 a
chandelier Glass lay down on a sofa on
the west side of the altar. He then placed
the other end of the tube in his mouth.
Apparently he had kept the tube in his
mouth until he became unconscious. Then
it fell out. and to that circumstance is due
the fact that he was not dead when found.
According to his custom, Aronson. the
sexton, entered the synagogue at 8 O'Clock
yesterday morning He was surprised to
find the man lying with his head on the
soft arm of the sofa. Beneath his feet
was the Old Testament which apparently
he had taken from the pulpit TO read before
he inserted the tube in his mouth. His
coat was on a bench alongside the sofa
and his hat lay carelessly on the floor OF
the altar. Aronson thought he was asleep.
Get up. Glass he shouted. shaking the
man roughly, shocked at his deseeratior
In choosing such place TO sleep.
Glass showed no signs of life Aronson
then saw the rubber tube dangling from
the chandelier and detected the odor of es-
Gaping gas. An investigation showed him
that the man had attempted to kill himself
and was unconscious.
Beneath Glass hat Aronson found let
The evening times., 1900-03-26
SUICIDE OF A WAR VETERAN.
William Hogg Found Dead in Po-
lice station Cell.

BALTIMORE, Nd, March 26.-William
Hogg, prisoner at the Canton Police Sta
tion was found dead in his cell yesterday
morning by Turnkey Stewart An inyssti
cation showed that the man had commit
ted suicide.
Patrolman Milchling found Hogg sitting
on the steps of a house at the corner of
Eastern Avenue and Third Street. High
landtown, about II O'Clock Saturday night
apparently intoxicated. He took Hogg to
he Canton station where he was placed
in cell. When found dead by Turnkey
Stewart. Or. a. J. Sauer was summoned.
An examination by him showed that the
front of Hogg's clothing was colored With
Paris green. An autopsy was held and il
was discovered that Hogg had taken a lot
of the poison. Justice Mueller held an IN
quest. with former Justice Leyshon as
foreman of the jury and a verdict of death
from suicide was given. ..-..
Hogg was a carpenter and was fifty
years old. He leaves a widow and three
children. who reside at 226 Eastern Ave
nue. Highlandtown. He was a pensioner
of the United States Government and for
some time had been an inmate of the Sol
diers' Home, Hampton Va. having been
away from there on furlough of thirty
days. On March u he was before Justice
Hevern. at Highlandtown, on the charge
of assaulting his wife. but on his promise
to keep away from her Mrs. Hogg with
drew the charge Hogg was a private in
Company d. Fourth Maryland Infantry
Regiment, during the civil war For sew
eral years he resided at Middle River.
where he followed the occupation of car
penteTing. The remains were turned over
to Thomas Hogg. a brother, who will bury
them from his home on Eastern Avenue.
near Caroline Street, this city
The evening times., 1900-03-26
OPIATES KILL A GIRL.
An Amietion That BaHied the Efforts
of Able Scientists.

TRENTON, y. j., March 26.-Isabella
Kane. the twelve year-old girl who gain
ed notoriety because she had feet of alb
normal size that were constantly burning,
died Saturday afternoon at hotel here.
She was under treatment by experts.
Her death resulted from convulsions
caused by the poison from the opiates she
was forced to take to ailay the pain. The
girl for the last two years was troubled
with burning sensation of the feet. and
was forced TO remain in sitting position
for months with her feet in hot water.
Yesterday afternoon she was taken with
a CONFUSION which, like others she had ex-
perienced, was brought on by the use of
laudanum and opium during the two years
OF her suffering.
When the girl was brought out of the
conyulsion she fell into light sleep.
and quietly passed away. She was
the daughter of the late Thomas Kane
who lived just outside of Morrisville. The
family was in poor circumstances. and
benevolent persons we're providing her
with shelter and treatment. Her mother
is now in ST. Francis Hospital suffering
with pneumonia.
Isabella Kane's strange illness has puz-
Zled physicians for two years While at
tending school in Bucks county, Pa. she
was attacked with a burning sensation in
her feet. The skin hardened and cracked
and her feet grew to abnormal size while
her body wasted away. To allay the
dreadful pain to which she was subjected,
her physician, DR.. WOodman, gave her
opiates. He began by giving her quarter
of grain of morphine every hour, but
this had to be increased until al the time
of her death she was taking twenty tea
spoonfus of laudanum per day. the equiv
alent of one hundred grains of opium.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
IN sHELDoN's STEPS.
Plans to start "a Religious Daily
Paper I'm Baltimore.

BALTIMORE. Nd. March 26-Rey, ].
M Holmes, pastor of Almutt Memorial
Methodist Protestant Church, Chester and
Lombard Streets, is working on plan to
start new daily paper in Baltimore on
the lines of the Topeka Capital as it Y as
conducted for one week by Rev. Charles
NJ sheldon. Last night, in a sermon on
Can We have pure daily paper in Balti-
more?" Mr. Holmes outlined his plans
for such publication.
He announced that he had drawn up a
blank form for subscription, which would
be sent to every Clergyman in Maryland
and TO Others interested in having a Chris
tian newspaper published asking for sub
scribers. As soon as 10000 names are OBJ
tanned they will be turned over to seven
Christian business men of Baltimore. who
viii form a publication company and start
the Christian Citizen" The paper, Mr.
Holmes said, Will not accept advertise
ments from saloons. breweries, theatres,
or other similar business enterprises. and
viii exclude from its column everything of
a corrupting nature. 1t will be non -politi-
cal. Its profits will be devoted to the sup
port of a number of charitable institutions
in the city and State As a preface TO the
above announcement. Mr.. Holmes said:
"A Christian SHOuiu aim at purity IN
everything. II is the duty of the citizen
10 make the Government and the press
pure. Some may think that such a thought
is a wild dream-a castle in the air. j am
never afraid of dream, for after a while
the dream may become a great fact. Some
might think that a great and pure paper
is a dream. IL is just now, but we may
get il after while. ! believe il is possi-
BILE TO have in Baltimore a perfectly pure
newspaper.
1T is a simple matter for the citizens OF
Maryland to have a perfectly pure daily
paper We know that our Baltimore pa
pers are excellent as newsgatherers, and
we have no fault to find with them on that
account; but We do protest against the
printing of things which are injurious TO
public morals.
Another objection ! have TO the Balti-
more papers is that they give too much
space to the brutality of prize fighting and
horse racing column after column of stuff
which makes heroes of people who are en-
gagged in business that is not encouraging
morality. Another objection | have is the
Sunday paper a Christian has no busi-
ness to have Sunday paper in his hand"
The evening times., 1900-03-26
CIVIL SERVICE IN SING SING
A New Order Issued by Warden ad-
Olson Johnson

NEW YORK, March 26.-An order has
been issued by Warden Addison Johnson,
of Sing Sing prison, acting under instruc-
tions of Superintendent Collins, to the eff
feet that all veterans and exempt fire.
men employed or seeking employment as
keepers or guards in the prison must
under the civil service rules furnish GER
tificates of election to a fire department
and Of exemption. or must produce dis
charge papers from the service or certifi-
Gates of service.
Warden Johnson, on st. Patriek's day to
each of his friends, presented an artificial
shamrock made by the convicts. The Irish
conviets also received a shamrock each
and they were so pleased that an endorse
ment of the warden's generosity will ap-
pear in the next issue of the Star of
Hone
The evening times., 1900-03-26

Consul Of Spain at Aquadilla, p. r.: An-
gel SAM Ambros as Honorary wee
Consul Of Spain at Arectbo. T. II, Jose
Blanch as Vice Consul OF Haiti at Maya
guez F. r.; Frank 5. Young as bIitish
Vice Consul at Kansas City, Mo; LUIS ref
nandez Alvarez as Honorary Vice Consul
of Spain at Honolulu H. J.; Leopold Ar
maud Orge as Honorary Vice Consul OF
Spain at Chicago; Santiago Carrie as Hon
orary Vice Consul OF Spain at Fernandina,
Fla: Juan L. Borras as Honorary wee
Consul Of Spain at Pensacola; GustaNo los
ii as Vice Consul of Italy at New YORK:
Augusta Monteira de Alvarenga as wee
Consul Of Brazil al Philadelphia; }. T. An
Dire Mottu as Consular Agent of Belgium
at Newport News and Norfolk, Va; Jose
Ma Trigo &c Clsver as Honorary Vice Con-
sui of Spain at st. Louis Mo.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
FOUND A BAG OF GOLD.
Dead woman,s Treasure Secreted i'm
a 1urenu Drawer.

SCRANTON, Pa. March 26.-The finding
Of bag of gold at the residence Of the late
Mrs. Frank s. Stetter. of West Scranton,
is the talk of the town. The family re-
fuse to speak about it for fear of burglars
but the neighbors say il is so.
over $1,000 was placed in the bag by
Mrs. Stetter. who had no confidence IN
banks. Mr.. Stetter died year ago and
left will in which he gave his wife 500
GOO His wife died a month ago. She was
frequently heard to say that she had nc
confidence In banks, and that If she ever
had a large amount of money she would
convert it into gold. The discovery was
made during a housekeeping. and the bag
containing the gold coins was found IN
an old bureau drawer.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
Drank Acid In the street.

NEWARK. y. j., March 26-It is sup
posed that disappointment in love was the
cause of the suicide here last night Of a
pretty girl Of eighteen years. She was
Millie Axt. of Vine Street. While walking
along Fifteenth Avenue. near Bedford
Street. she took from her pocket q bottle
of carbolic acid and drank part Of the con-
tents. She fell writhing TO the pavemeni
and four young men carried her into the
Fourth precinct police statiOnhOuse. She
was hurried to the City Hospital where
she died shortly before midnight.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
New West virginia Corporations.

CHARLESTON, ". Va. March 26.-The
Secretary of State has issued the following
charters To the O'Neil Coal and Coke
Company, Of Clarksburg, W. Va, capital
500 600; the Cape Nome Gold and Mining
Company of Washington. d. c.. capital
81, 500, goo; the Park Gate Stone Company,
of Pittsburg. Pa, capital $4,000; the
Spring Valley Iron Company. of st. Paul,
Mimi, capital 100000; the Charleston
Electrical Supply Company, Of Charleston
w. Va, capital $4,000; the Great Council
of Improved Order of Red Men of West
Virginia, of Charleston, capital $1,000, 900;
the Carpenter, Wright & Co, of Hunting
ton, W. Va, capital 100000; the j. c. Car
penter G. Co.. of Huntington. ". Va, CAPT
tai, s100,000
The evening times., 1900-03-26
Fought With a Preacher

COLUMBIA. S. c.. March 2S.-The Rev.
J. z. McManaway, pastor of the First Bap-
fist Church at Greers. went to his pulpit
yesterday with black eyes and a swollen
face. the result of fight with Lewis Cam
non. well-known young man. There was
a question as to whether certain lot ad-
joining the cemetery belonged to the
church or to David Cannon. The son, hear
ing that the preacher had used derogatory
remarks about his father. went to his
home. Mr.. McManaway disclaimed me re-
marks. but on being attacked by Cannon
defended himself WE'LL though outclassed
The evening times., 1900-03-26

ter addressed 70 Mrs Glass II was writ
ten in Hebrew. and said that he was tired
of life and wanted to die He asked Mrs
Glass TO take care Of the children. and also
his father. who lives IN East One Hundred
and Fourth Street
DR.. Blackmer. OF the Harlem Hospital
responded 10 a call for aid. The man was
taken 10 the hospital
The members Of the congregation are
much exercised over Glass attempt to end
his life on the altar. beneath the holy
light. regarding it as a grave sacrilege
not easily to be forgiven.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
WhoOping Cough.

Two years ago my little three -year-old boy had
the whooping cough, and after several physicians
had prescribed for him without giving him re-
lief, 1 prevailed on my wife to try a twenty five
cent bottle of Chamherlain's Cough Remedy The
first dose had the desired effect and within forty
eight hours he was entirely relieved of all cough
] consider this remedy the best on the market
especially for children, and recommend ii at all
times. W. L. Fcrgsson, Druggist Bolton, Miss
For sale by Henry Evans, wholesale and retail, and
all druggists.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
A QUEER INJUNCTION
A Young Man Restrained From
Gourting His Sweetheart

OMAHA, Neb.. March 26.-Judge Jacob
Fawcett has just issued restraining or
der to prevent Herman Vermehren from
paying court TO his young sweetheart. who
was named as correspondent in a suit for
divorce filed by Vermehren's young wife.
IL Is the latter's second attempt to free
herself from matrimonial fetters. She al
leges gross cruelty and that the defend
ant has threatened her life. She alleged
that the correspondent is an attractive per-
son. and that her husband not only devotes
money and time TO his new flame. but
seems to be wholly within her power for
he neglects and abuses his wife and child
Hence the court issued an order forbidding
the defendant 10 call upon the young wom-
an or TO spend any money upon her
The evening times., 1900-03-26
Stabbed With n Dirk.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, March 26.-B.
+. Harris, the negro boy who was stabbed
with dirk Saturday night in q fight with
Tom Jones. also colored, is in a precarious
condition and it is not believed that he
can live. Jones has been arrested. He
claims that Harris and another boy jumped
on him without provocation and that he
used the knife in self-defence
The evening times., 1900-03-26
CousuIs to This Country.

The State Department yesterday an
nounced that credentials had been pre-
sented by the following named Consuls,
and that they are now the recognized
agents of the countries which they repre-
sent: Augustin Pima as Consul of Mexico
at Tucson, Ariz.; Escipion Canal as Con-
sui of Colombia at San Francisco, Cal. !:
L. Moeser as Vice Consul of Belgium at
Pittsburg Pa; Emile Sprungli as Consul
of Switzerland at Manila, p. T.; Georg
Sanders as Vice Consul of Germany at
Aguadilla, P. R.; Alfonso a. Rutis as Con-
sui of Paraguay at Philadelphia; Felicisi-
mo Lopez as Consul General of Ecuador at
New York; Oscar Hutlinger as Consul of
the Dominican Republic at New York; Al
fred Geissler as Consul of Germany at New
, York; Walther Viewer as Consul of Ger
many at Chicago; Jose Antonio Velutini as
Vice Consul of Venezuela at New York :;
Karl BUM as Consul General of Germany
at New York; William Harper as Consul
of Colombia at Philadelphia; Alexander
Nuber as Consul of Austria Hungary at
Chicago; Jose Miguel Morales AlvaradO
as Honorary Vice Consul of Venezuela at
Ponce, p. R.; NJ. Avila Blanco as Consul
of Venezuela at San Juan, p. R.; Alberto
Bravo as Vice Consul of the Dominican
Republic at Mayaguez, P. r.; Juan Hen
riques as Consul General of the Dominican
Republic at San Juan, p. RI Ed Andre as
Consul of Belgium at Manila p. l.; Elias
Gonzales Esteves as Consul General of
Venezuela at New York; Joaquin Samson
as Consul General OF Nicaragua at New
Orleans; Antonio Ma Onis Y Call as Hon
orary Consul of Spain at Hdmucao, P. r.;
Juan Vasquez Lopez Amor as Honorary
Vice Consul of Spain at Mayaguez, P. r.;
Luciano Ortiz y Anton as Honorary Con-
sui of Spain at Ponce, p. R.; Policarpo de
Echevarria Siaz as Honorary Vice Con-
SUI of Spain at Arroyo Guayama, p. r. |;
Salvador Amell y Masso as Honorary Vice
The evening times., 1900-03-26
In Honor of General Henry.

By direction of the President the militia
ry post at Cayey, Porto Rico, will hereaft-
er be known and designated as Henry Bar
racks. In honor Of the late Brig. Gen. Guy
" Henry U. s. A., who was Military Gov
ernor OF Porto Rico from December 6, 1898
to May s. 1899, and who died on October
"a, 1899.
The evening times., 1900-03-26
AMERICAN GOODS ABROAD
Better in Quality Than the Manu-
features of England

Prices Maintained. But Quality Bet-
fer-Great Britain Must Change
Her Policy or Lose Her Trade-Thc
Views of an Expert on Comme rcia I
Pursuits-Nerits of Productions.
The evening times., 1900-03-26

"A touch of surprise is essential TO make per-
feet any great joy For touch of surprise
order Of Heurichs Maerzen, Senate, or
634
The evening times., 1900-03-26

This most aggavating and tormentng of all skin diseases
The St. Johns herald., 1900-08-04
American sel5,er.prat,ed.

The behavior of the American sol diers in the far east has attracted at tention in all parts of the world. So recently as just before the outbreak of the Transvaal war the Daily Mail, of Grahamstown, Cape Colony, in an apPreciative editorial on "The Amer can Troops in Manila" said: "One les son taught by the struggle in the Phil ipPine archipelago is the amazing for ttude of the American troops. Prac- tically every man in the volunteer forces has been under fire almost con- tinuously since February 4, and in ad- dltlon to constant fighting has never had a moments freedom from anxiety as to possible maneuvers of skullsing, willy foes, who know every inch of the country, and know how to take advan- tage of it's potentialities. The lines have been so long that it has been necessary to keep every regiment to the front. The regulars have had amost the same experience, but not quite as much of it. If the campaign has demonstrated else it has shown the marvel ous staying powers of Uncle Sam's troops suddenly transferred to the tropics,"-N. Y. Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-08-04
IN OUR OWN LAND.

There are 37 gold-producing coun- ties in the ,OOO square miles of Cali fornia's area.
 A rattan cane has been in the posses sion of Hope Qnd.) family for 335 years, passing from father to son.
 A law requiring corporations to pay wages at least monthly has been de- clared constitutional in California.
 Seventy-five per cent. of the popula- tion of Manitou, Col, are inyalids and exiles from their homes. Nearly every state and territory and civilized coun- try in the world is represented
 Boston gives its citizens chance to patronize home peddlers by the way it numbers licenses issued Those for Boston peddlers are even numbers, and those for non-residents odd.
 The people of Nevada have a chance to spread themselves. It has more area for its residents than has any other state. There are two square miles for each person. Rhode Island is the most densely populatCS state, with SIS in- habitants for each square mile.
 An artesian we'll is on the farm of Charles Schaffer, at Wapukoneta, O. He lately turned on the water to irrigate his parched lawn. and with the fluid came myriads of little fish of the black bass variety, from two to four inches in length.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-08-04
BRITISH BREVITIEs.
England consumes es,OOO,OOo worth

England consumes s es,OOO,O00 worth of fish every year.
 It costs e2,0O0 to give Buckingham palace frontage a new coat of paint.
 The gold plate at Windsor castle is the largest collection in the world. It is valued at a2,000,000.
 When a Londoner desires to express deep grief for the loss of relative he puts crape on his cane.
 The population of the British em- pire is 4O6, ,O0O.OOO. Of this number 4O,- 4O5,OOO are in Europe, S08,O0O,OOO in Asia, 45,OOO,0O0 in Africa, including Egypt; 100000 in America and 5,5OO,- 900 in Oceanica.
 That card playing is stiA a popular pastime in England is shown by the fact that during the last financial year the stamp duty of threepence was paid on no fewer than 1,952, ,456 packs made for sale or use in the United Kingdom. From this source the eXchequer re- reived g24, ,405 14s., which was supple mented by a sum of 2 5,346, represent ing the customs duty of three shillings ninepence per dozen packs on playing cards imported from abroad. Add to these figures 34 paid as license duty by makers, and we have total revenue of e29,7S5 14s.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-08-04
FREIGHT BY TROLLEY.
Utility of the Innovation Is Being Fully Demonstrated at the
 City Of Toledo, Ohio.

The utility of the rural trolley line as freight road is receiving very full demonstration at Toledo. The mana gers of a suburban line there have de- vised trolley truck on which load ed farm wagon can be readily placed, the axles of the wagon setting in sockets which hold it firmly in place. The farmers are using this style of transportation when teaming is bad Recently, on a day when the roads were in very bad shape, one train that reached the city included 97 sacks of clover seed and two wagon loads of basswood lumber.
 The farmers sending this shipment lived 15 miles from Toledo and stated that, with the roads in the condition they were then in, the seed would have made at least three ordinary wagon loads. This would have been equivalent to 27O miles travel for one driver and two horses. With the troll ley service the haulage was accom- plished in one hour. at cost of six dollars per wagon from the shipping point to the delivery point. Such ad- vantages, especially in regions where roads are usually in poor condition, will naturally give an impetus to the construction of rural electric lines. The advantages of shipping the wag- ons without loading or unloading at either end of the line are obvious.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-08-04

others backs. Londella's business brings him in con 1lct with men, wom- en and children. Women are his best customers. Says he, regarding his pc. euliar mission:
 During the war I tattooed many a soldiers photo upon his sweetheatt's arm, and the soldier often had her picture or name written by herself re- produced upon his breast. Many Brit ish soldiers have had the portraits of their wives or sweethearts tattOoed on the back before going to South Africa. It is a fad with the officers especially. knew one who has the portraits of two girls tattooed upon his breast with their names beneath them.
 You would be surprised to know how many women bare their necks and arms for the needles. It is becoming a fad here just as it did in London years ago.
 "Yes, awoman is usually scared when she sees the instrument and ink, but she gives me less trouble than a man when she discovers that tattooing does not hurt much after all. Last week spent half day working on the arm of a bride-to-be. Years ago she had a mans name placedI there. had to ob- literate it by filling in with a flower de- sign. She said it would never do for the groom to know about the other man.
 Here is a list of the designs tat tooed upon the limbs not long ago of Mrs. Frank Caldwell, the actress: Snake, horses, peacock, butterflies, flowers, anchor, parrots, ockatoo, checkered stockings, necklace, eagles, stars, flag, hearts, shields, leaves and fan"