The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-31


applications before February 9TH rms
order was taken from the board room TO
the Chief by a special messenger
1t was learned. yesterday that, although
y week had elapsed, Chief Devery bad not
complied with the order But neary All
nemberst CT the force had seen 1t pup
ushed and about a hundred OF them hled
their applications, without "d!tius io1 tii0
official order.
Wheu President York was asked yester-
dav why the Chief had not sent out the
| order it was plain the 4nfGrmatlon con-
| tanned in the question was a surprise TO
| ilim.
INSANE. ARE CROWDED.
Every ward OF the Manhattan State Hos
| pital for the Insane is crowded tar pc
| yonCi its normal capacity, and IN the
various .byikfings OF the institution on
! Wards and BlackweM's Islands and at
| Central Isip, L. l.. more than six thou
| sand patients are damned into spaces NJ
| tended for five thousand, says the Herald
| Overcrowding Of patients has peeh per
| 1nitte{l until the condition OF AFFAIRS eNI5
| iStine. to-tlav recalls the exposure i'll 1S2f
which led to the transfer of the care OF
the CITY insane to the state auulorlties-
J Inmates at that time were crowded IKE
! sarCiineskin a box anG; other abuses We're
| shown that aroused pub\c Indignation %
| the point that demarded IN entire chan3e
! of mana cement Laws were enacted al
| Albany giving the State Commission IN
Tunacv fun control of the city institu-
| tions for the care of the insane.
Promises were then made that ample
room would be provided and improvements
made in sanitation, diet and general care
| os the insane. The State took charge oL
lie citN asylums in 1896 ana many re
forms were accomplished, n'.t provision sion
for, additional patients t1as not kept pace
Nth the increa sing number OF the insane
GRAND JURY TO REPORT.
Ranort of the results of it's investigation
of Bellevue Hospital will be made by the
grand Jury either to-day or tomorrow
%yhether its action will go beyond a gem
eral presentment. condemning the condi-
tons which were permitted TO exist III the
hospital before the abuses there We're e>-
posed. or whether indictments VIII De
found, was not definitely known EeStero'St
outside the jury room
Additional witnesses. especially in rnla-
ton to the Department of outdoor Poor,
were examined by the jury yesterday
Complaint has been made against George
Blair. Superintendent of that department
that excessive fees have been teXa2tAd IL
certain instances and the jury already
had made partial inquiry
WENT OVER THE BOOKS.
| 1t is expected that the jury VIII hand in
tic report lust before it is dismissed to-
morrow. and that it viii score the neg 'ecf
of officials and the carelessness OF doc
tors Especial attention will be devoted
to the Insane Pavilion The jury not Only
went carefully over the books Of the
pavilion, but compared them with the
books from the Manhattan State HHsDi-
tai, on Wards Island, where most of The
patients received in the pavilion were ui-
ti1rately sent
These books showed that the Be ievue
records had been faisttie& n order to con
ceal the abuse to which patients had been
subjected. They also showed thar very
many patients had heen r,ce;va.l on
Wards Island bearing the marks OF
blows and brutal illusage. rnere is said
TO be u strong sentiment ia the jIry that
the cure of the city insane oefora COM
,nitmcnt should be taken away from the
Department of Charities altogether and
lodged IN some independent body.
TRAFFIC BLOCKED.
Traffic on the Sixth and Ninth Avenue
Elevated Roads was seriously delayed
yesterday morning by the blocking of the
south-bound track at Fifty :nic! Street
and Ninth Avenue due to he deraiir,ent
OF a locomotive at that point.
Although it was two hoIrs ana fifteen
minutes before the track was cleared the
agent at the various STATIONS :Iorg Co
lunbia Avenue and on the Ninth Avenue
road continued for over m oar TO sell
| tickets to passengers who wera able to
ride only brief distance on either. side
before being stopped by the blockaded
cars.
Engine No. III. drawing Sixt1-AventIe
train down to the South Ferry, was SOW
ly rounding the curve at a quarter to A
NJ. when it left the rails It .sent :, few
feet over the sleepers ana was then
brought to q standstilE. The .ive c;t-s be-
hind the locomotive We're nlosl OF lnem
still on that portion of the track witch
kstretched along Ninth Avenlc. Sc that
! the line was completely blocked for south
bound trains as FAR north as Attn Street
GIANT AND MIDGET
Judge Smith. in the Supreme Court. III
Brooklyn, decided yesterday what the
court attendants called .tthe suit of the
giant and the midget" otherwise the case
of Isaac Rosenberg against Annie Ensen-
berg, his wife. Isaac, who is more tnsn
six feet tail, sued for a separation from
Annie. Who lacks 9 few inches OF four
feet. He alleged cruel and inhun1on treat
ment on the part OF his diminuti:e wife.
Judge Smith gave the decree OF separa-
tion limiting it to five years. however. Ut
the end Of which time the marital rela-
tons OF the two snail be the same rs they
We're before the decree was signed The
custody of the three children is SVEN TO
the wife, but the Judge orders that she
take them to her husband $ h9F; Sc elcr {
Saturday morning. and that he return
them to her house every Saturday nisht.
lie is to pay her $50 a week alinloav
It took three days TO try this case.
Isaac said his tiny wife had once threat
ened to poison him aud he became afraid
of her At another time. he said. she had
followed him with a meat knife and he
had to run for his life In order 10 escape
being killed
| Annie denied all that Isaac said.
| HEIGHT AND LONGEVITY.