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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

discover that the new City Hospital viii
not meet expectations. 1t VII not be large
enough for requirements. ami there is not
enough ground on the present site for adj
ditionaI buildings. The city will then be
confronted with a proposition that will not
be easy of solution. unless the citizens are
willing that the municipality should inau-
gurate a modern system Of providing for
the poor and ,nfirm. Though the patients
may not appreciate beautiful surroundings.
nevertheless it is necessary that the health
lest and brightest locality should be select
ed for the eleemosynary institutions.
I firmly believe It would be wise for the
city to erect a new hospital building out
here and use the new edifices on Lafayette
avenue as an emergency hospital. The
Poorhouse reservation comprises forty
acres, the asylum reservation tw~enty-nine
acres and the Female Hospital reservation
thirteen acres. a~ggregating eighty-two
acres. Around these reservations is land
that could be bought. II needed.
The Insane Asylum, Poorhouse and Fee
male Hospital are oyercrowded. and Ii is
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08
Excitable Patients Are
Watched Day and Night.

Patients who are exc.table must be
guarded day and night. As a rule the best
We can do for them is to prolong their ex-
istence. For other patients. among them
those whose recovery is possible and those
who are incurable, but find some interest in
life. occupation is necessary. according to
their physical and mental strength.
Some patients are engaged in farm work.
others assist the carpenter in making i'm
provements and repairs. others help in the
laundry and kitchen and others aid in at
tending patients whose state is more seri-
Gus. The industry of the insane is best ex-
emplified in their avid!ty for reading.
Several patients nave read all the books,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

WRITTEN FOR II SUNDAY
The St. Louis Insane Asylum. near the
city limits, is more tnan 20
feet above the city directrix. 1t Is
the highest elevation in St Louis
and man an extensive view OF
the farms, valleys and ridges Of st. Louis
and franklin counties. A few rods west is
the Poorhouse, with its large reservation.
and across Arsenal street, slightly north
west. is the Female Hospital, built on a
mound lying 200 feet above the high-water
mark of the Mississippi River.
In the valley Of the River des Peres,
northeast of you, are factories, railroads.
street cars and all the accessories of a
busy city. Farther on lies the great city
itself, its parks. and fine buildings discern
ible. To the southeast the southern part
Of the city spreads out toward Jefferson
4nrracks.
~ strange colony Of men and women is it
rthat lives here IN the eleemosynary insti-
tutionA st. Louis supports more than 1900
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

and was entertaining al a musical a num-
Der Of singers famous in grand or comic
opera Suddenly word came TO me that Mr.,
Paderewski had arrived. l had not eX-
pected him and was much surprised at his
visit. HurryinE to the door I greeted him
warmly and asked. somewhat wonderingly.
If anything serious had happened.
oh. no." he replied. Il simply heard
you were having q little musical of your
own in a quiet way. and thought l should
come around and play a little myself for
you. You will not mind. will your
"Mindf' I cried, thinking Of the large
sums paid him for a single hours per-
formance. ard then: why. you know you
are most welcome any time"
And didn't he play. Forty-fve minutes,
f-o-r-t-y-f-i-v-e m-i-n-u-t-e-si
No one objected. l assure you-"-Phila-
delphia Saturday Evening Post
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

I teenth year. and then there is a slow
growth till the thirtieth year. The legs
chiefly grow between the tenth and seven
tenth years.
Comparing the general results 1t appears
that there are six periods of growth The
first extends up to the sixth or eighth
year, and is one Of very rapid growth; the
second period, from Il to IA years. growth
is slow; the third period. from 10 to IL; the
fourth period shows a slow growth up to
the age of 80 for height. up to 80 for chest
girth; the fifth period is one of rest. from
by q Decrease in all dimensions of the body.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08
Dolphin a Fast Fish.

Recent experiments show that the dol
phin, when pursued, can go through the
water at the rate Of about thirty-two miles
an hour. This is great speed. but for a
short distance the salmon can do better,
since 1t has frequently been known to swim
at the rate OF forty miles an hour.
Among the smaller fish 1t is doubtful IL
there is one which Is more swift than the
Spanish mackerel. As a rule, however, a1s
those fish which prey on others are remark
ably swift. which Is only natural. as. II they
lacked speed they would be unable to hunt
successfully for prey and would often be
obliged to go hungry,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

roundings. They dote on works Of art and
love the notes of classic music. A superior
painting they can distinguish from an in
ferior one. and they will applaud good mu-
sic and oondemn a piece that is not up TO
their standard of excellence.
Party of Asylum
Inmates at the Theater.
Among the go inmates are men and wom-
en- of different nationalities. The Italian
recognizes the soft, sweet strains of II
Trovatore" and reveLs in all of Verdfs COM
positions. One evening an orchestra which
performed at one OF our entertainments
rendered the prelude from 81 Pagliacci."
At once there was a shout of approval.
Wagner. Chopin and other classic musicians
are favorably known TO this colony.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

invalid, insane and pauper wards. and
more than 2.4OO of them make their homes
in this group Of buildings. Not by choice
are these unfortunate human beings i'm
prisoned here-for they are imprisoned.
Most of them would, If they could. gladly
Join in the competitive struggle for exist
ence in the world which spreads out around
them in all its charm and misery.
They are tenants of the eleemosynary
institutions by compulsIon. Either they
are victims OF circumstances. slaves of hu-
man f~railties. objects OF physical wreck
and wrath. or weaklings. overburdened in
the march of the conquerors. Not by their
own consent are they living at the city's
expense. Rather would hey enjoy the love
and glow Of a better life. But conditions
have overpowered them.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08
P~adercwski at a Musical.

When P~adereNskI. the pianist. was in
Washington not long ago.. ne was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald de Koven. After
the renowned Pole had departed from the
city Mr. De Koven said to a friend:
Il never have any music at my house
while Mr.. Paderewski is a guest here, but
there was one time when Paderewski him
self played. and played for me for nothing.
I believe 1 am the only man in America
for whom he has done so much.
IT was at my residence. then New York.
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HE CITYS INSANE AND POOR ARE CARED FOR

incumbent upon the city TO put up new
buildings. I would suggest that the City
Hospital for medical cases. be constructed
out here. and that ample quarters be pro-
vided for the poor and insane. with all the
institutions on the pavilion style.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08
Period of Growth.

Children born between September and
February are. some authorities state, not
SO tall as those born IN the summer and
spring months. and the growth OF children
is much more rapid from March till August.
The extremities grow rapidly up to the six
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08
ST. LOUIS INSANE ASYLUM.

power that can master and control the hun
dreds of human beings housed in a great
institution like this. for maIad!es and b.
ings are different and the patients must be
induced to feel content in their enforced i'm
prisonment.
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Patients Who Realize
Their Own I%nfirmities.

Some of the patients realize their own in
frmities. Forlorn, they often tell ma Of
their sorrow and weep that they are
obliged to renounce the pleasures of health
and liberty. Others have no appreciation
OF their condition, to whom the night
is as gay as the day and tears are as joy
full as smiles.
Only the immediate environments Of the
institution hold the attention of the insane.
Locomotive bells changing in the valley do
not disturb their serenity, nor do they show
any interest in the animation which pre-
walls in the factories from which cars load
ed with freight are started for the markets.
Yet the patients are marvelously observ-
ant and appreciative OF their near sur
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08
By Doctor Edward c. Rmge, Superintendent Of the St Louis Insane Asylum

magazines and pamphlets in our library,
and, strange to say. they like best such
books as Macaulay's Essays. standard his
tories and publications treating of profound
subjects.
In addition to 6s7 paupers. there are in the
Poorhouse Ss1 insane persons who cannot
be accommodated in the asylum, which now
has about $50 more patients than its capa-
city allows. The Female Hospital has SOP
patients. So. IN the three buildings known
as the Arsenal street group" there are
2430 city wards. In the City Hospital there
are SOC patients and in the Quarantine and
Smallpox Hospital 70.
City's Eleemosynary
Institutions Are OvercrOwded.
Within a year or so the city officials will
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

Looking down on the asylum reservation
OF twenty-nine acres, the patients are
scattered everywhere in the grove. talking.
reading, sitting. walking. working. idling.
On one side of the main promenade are the
men; on the other the women.
The evening world., 1902-05-29
WIFE FAILED IN
HUSBAND CHASE.
Man Ran from Home Hall
Clad Later Was Caught a
Mile Away Going Like a
Record Runner.

The screams OF n woman and the
shouts OF her husband whom she was
pursuing caused a connection in lev
nth street at dawn to-day, As aroused
sleepers ran to their windows the wo-
man asked their all. Before m one
could respond, however. the man had
disappeared, and the wife, weeping bit
teriy, went back 10 her home.
The nan was Charles D~obryrEki. OF
No. Iii Seventh street. His wife said
that he had beoi acting quee.ly OF late
and that she had to watch him con-
tinuallv. To-day she awakened as he
was creeping stealthily from their
apartments In his underclothes. He was
already at the door and dashed away as
she went after him.
The husband disappeared around the
corner of Avenue \.
1t was twenty minutes later when
James Halligan. OF No. col East
Fourth street. Va Dobrynzki running
like n record Splinter past the corner
Of Avenue \ and Twonty-fourth street.
Halligan ave chase and soon caught
MIN. A policeman summoned an am
bulance from Bellevue and the man
was held there for examination.
The evening world., 1902-05-29
STEAM DRUM BURST
IN SILK FACTORY.
Great Excitement at the Hem
shall Brothers, Mill in West
Fifty Second Street, but No
One Was Injured.

A large steam drum or cylinder. of
steel, burst in the silk mill OF Henshall
Brothers, on the third floor OF the six
story building at No. Git West Fifty
second street. early this afternoon. A
dozen windows were shattered but no
persons were injured, though several
had narrow escapes. The other part Of
the building Is occupied by the Eagle
Manufacturing Company, ribbon makers.
They employ about three hundred hands,
but few were In the place at the time
of the explosion.
The drum or cylinder was a new one
and a been tried this morning. II
was used for holding silk to be dried.
The majority of the forty men and
women employed by Henshall Brothers
went out at IL o'clock for luncheon and
only a few persons were in the room
when the cylinder burst. One end of 1t
split apart with a loud report.
Those In the factory ran out and the
rest OF the employees Of the Eagle mills
hurried to the street.
Capt. Sohmittberger. of the West
Forty-seventh street station. heard that
an explosion had taken place at the
factory. He sent a patrol wagon full
Of men. They added to the excitement
somewhat. but II soon quieted.
The evening world., 1902-05-29
BROTHER WANTS
SISTER DIVORCED.
Banyer Ludlow Says that
Wealthy Mrs. Warren and
Her Husband Were Insane
When Married.
Especial to Tn. Evening worh.)


WHITE PLAINS. n. Y. May 2e.-An
action was begun in the Supreme Court
at White Plains to-day to obtain a d.
vorce for Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Lud-
low Warren from Louis p. Warren on
the ground that both are insane. War
rem is In the Poughkeepsie Asylum.
while Mrs. Warren is an inmate Of DIR.
Changers Sanitarium at B~ronxville.
Mrs. Warren owns real estate and
bonds valued at more than $3.50, 900, and
on account OF her in%competency her
brother. Banyer Ludlow. of Westches-
ter. is the committee Of her e%state.N nd
It Is he who brings h divorce :.
ceed'ngs,
MIR. Ludlow sets forth that the coupt
are alleged to have gone through som&
form of a marriage m while
Mrs. Warren was insane. 1t is also
charged that Warren. VINO Is an ex-
policeman OF New York. was crazy at
that time.
The evening world., 1902-05-29
MEMORIAL. DAY
WITH THE PUPILS.
Patriotic Exercises Held in
the Various Public Schools
FLOWERS Used in Honor
ing the Flag.

Memorial exercises were held to-day in
the various public schools throughout
the city. An were quite similar. that at
Public School No. 30, on East One Hun
dred and Twenty-hfth street. between
Second and Third avenues. being char
acteristic.
There. as soon as the pupils assembled.
ar opening hymn was sung. Folio wing
this one OF the classes reclted In concert
President Lincoln's Gettysburg speech,
Another class then stepped forward
and surrounded the plano, on which had
been draped a large American flag. on
the iag one Of the members OF the class
laid a rose. a lily and a violet, en-
biematic OF the red. white and blue OF
the national colors.
An ApoStrophe to the nowers and the
colors was then delivered by the entire
class.
SIN another class sans a patriotic ode.
al the conclusion OF which eaoh member
of the class stepped forward and placed
q mower on the haE.
The exercises closed with an address, by
ths principal, T. b, B%arrinseT.
The evening world., 1902-05-29

Last night Caraman vent to his room
shortly after . o'clock. Kaliain did not
close his cigar store until midnight,
He went directly to his room.
No one in the house processes to know
what happened after that, but at 2
o'clock this morning Mrs. Loubert says
she was awakened by groans coming
from Kaljain's room. She passed into
1t from her room m was Mortified by
the sight which confronted her.
kaljain lay dying on his cot, with his
skull crushed and his features beaten
into an unacceptable mass. The bed.
walls and ceiling were spattered. show
ing that he struggle had gone on all
over the room before Caraman got the
better OF his victim.
Found with His Weapons.
Without making cutlery Mrs. Loubert
passed into Caraman's room and found
him dying, He was stretched across his
bed. In his right hand was his revolver.
and on the floor beside him lay the ham,
MGR with which he had beaten out Kali
jams brains. A partly emptied whiskey
flask stood near by.
Mrs. Loubert aroused Charles Helwlg,
one OF her roomers, and sent him for
the police. Patrolman Archie Mcneil
WAS summoned. and finding signs Of life
The evening world., 1902-05-29
SUGAR MANS AUTO
0UTRUNS OFFICER.
"kit" Dunley, Famous Great
Neck Constable, Chasing
George Arents for Three
Days Without Success.

For three days old Kit" Dunley. a
famous Great Neck constable. has been
riding I'D and down the road between
Great Neck and Long Island City Try
ing to arrest George Arents. Vlce-P-es-
Ident OF the American Sugar Company.
charged with violating the law by driv-
ing his automobile too fast.
The constable's horse has some fine
points. but they don't Include speed.
According to Kit" 1t is not surprising
that he has not caught the sugar man,
as he says that the auto made the
thirteen miles between The two places
on Tuesday in twenty-siN minutes.
The instigstor OF the action against
the uga man Is ]. b. Webb. a Wall
street broker. who lives next 10 Arents.
Webb owns a lot of fine horses. and
three days ago. he alleges, while out
driving, the whirling auto OF Arents
so scared his horse that he ran away.
causing Web to drop his high hat. The
hat was smashed by the auto and Webb
got angry.
He put men with stop watches along
the road from Great Neck to Bsyside
and they say Arents went the distance
at a two-mlnutc clip. Then Webb got
the warrant and gave L 20 Dunley 10
serve. II Quincy CatcheB Arcnts the
case will be heard before Justice OF
the Peace Dodge on Saturday.
Webb and Arents are not the only
rich men who are at odds over their
horses and the auto. George P. Dodge.
President OF the Mineraiizcd Rubber
Company, and w. L.. Stowe. another
Wall street man, had a row IN the
Great Neck station yesterday because
Stowe said that Dodgc's auto had caus-
ed one OF his riding horses to run
away. Stowe threatens 10 resort Ia
the courts.
The evening world., 1902-05-29

After beating out the brains Of J. S.
Kaljain. his employer. with a hammer
this morning. VI. Caraman. a cigar
maker, put a revolver in his mouth and
tried to blow out his own brains.
Caraman is in Bellevue Hospital at the
point of death. His victims body Is at
the Morsue. Both men were Armenians.
They occupied adjoining rooms in the
fiat of Mrs. Barbara Loubert, at No.
80 Second avenue. where the tragedy
occurred.
No motive for the murder has been
discovered by the police and a peculiar
fact Is that though the room In which
the murder cucrred presents CHASTITY
evidence OF a frightful death struggle.
Mrs. Loubert. who occupied an adjoin-
ing apartment. says she heard nothing
until aroused by Kaljain's dying groans.
Victim Had Money.
KalJaln had kept a cigar store for
many years at the southeast corner OF
second avenue and Third street, which
is In the same building In which he lived.
He had no relatives In this country,
but was apparently well-to-do and was
widely known In the local Armenian
colony. Several weeks ago Caraman en-
tered his employ and took a room ad-
Joining his from Mrs. Loubert.
The evening world., 1902-05-29
WALDORF GUESTS
WATCH FIRE STIR.
They See, Too, a WaistIess
Woman Appear in a Cloud
OF Smoke - Small Blaze
JProstrates Fireman.

A woman in a white hannel skirt md
no waist on. rushed out OF No. "a West
Thirtythird street this afternoon and
yelled nre, A cloud OF smoke pursued
her and Instantly the street was alive
with people. Heads popped out OF the
Waldorf windows across the street and
the engines came racing to the scene.
There was a fire in the basement OF
No. n. The ground floor is occupied by
John FForsythe and the second and
third floors by NJ, Block. ladies' tailor.
When the smoke from the basement
came upstairs Block was ntting a WON
an with u flannel suit,
She fed. bat the xix girls and two
men employed In the place were not so
fast, They were held back by the
smoke and had 10 escape over the roof
OF No. ~. A fireman who ysntured into
the building was overcome and had 10
be carried out.
The nre was put out In about ten
minutes. The damage was said 10
amount to 5000. mostly from water and
smoke.
II not learned how the blAzs
started or who the waistless woman
Was, She disappeared right she made
her doout decollste.
The evening world., 1902-05-29

10 secure a furnished room about three
weeks ego. He ingrat!ated himself into
her good graces and promptly advertised
his business and the remarkable work
he had accomplished as a sleuth. Mrs.
Downs and her husband rave been sep
arated for some time ard she suspected
that he had seen untrue to hsr. She
wantei to secure a divorce from him.
She confded In Crane. He declared tina:
for $50 he would 10 to Chicago, shadow
her husband and IL possible secure the
necessary evidence for an absolute d.
vorce. Mrs, Downs promptly produced
the monev.
Crane went away. Mrs, Downs was
SO. anxious that she kept watch OF
things. She Claims she discovered that
Crane did not leave the city. but simply
went to. the Hotel Savoy. where he en-
joyed himself. Then she had him ar
rested. Crane pleaded not guilty. He
admitted that he got the money from
Mrs. Downs and said he went to Chi
caso and Swallowed a man he thought
was Mr.. Downs as far as the Savoy
where. he secured evidence OF n char
acter he was after. When Mrs, Downs
looked the man over she turned up her
That Is not my husband: he was a
much better looking man than that. and
stylish In dress and carriage"
Mrs. Downs, Il Is said, has an en-
pagement with the Keith.P Proctor Cir
cult Company for vaudeville appearance
and is having some remarkably striking
costumes made for her debut next fall.
The evening world., 1902-05-29
BURCLAR-LAWYER
JURY D|SAGREES.
Travers Offers No Defense,
but He Scores Triumph for
a Second Time-Two New
Trials Ahead for Him.

Matthew Travers. the burglar-lnwyer,
scored another triumph this morning
when the jury. after being out for
hours dellbera ting on his fate. told
Judge Moore hat II could not agree.
I'm pretty tired OF tails" said Trav-
ers. "but I Just can't plead guilty"
Travers Ia worn almost to n skeleton
by tho worry OF his several court trials,
A sentence OF thirty years stares him
in the face. Two weeks ago he was
convicted OF entering and IootinE the
home OF DIR. Pierce. OF Richmond Hills.
Last week the prisoner, acting az his
W counsel. secured a disagreement OF
the jury with regard to his case.
In tho present instance Travers prac-
tically conducted his oEn case. al
though Lawyer clarvnce A.. Edwards
advised him. lie made no defense, II
was the opinion Of the court officers
that II n defense had been offered
Travers would have bsen acquitted.
II 10 probable that the present charge
Will now be dismisled. and .TrAysrs
tried on charge OF Tobblng Police Ser.
geant Prank WtJ.Dnma's house, and
also OF Escaping from the Queens
The evening world., 1902-05-29

In both men he summoned n Bellevue
Hospital ambulance.
Though his brains were spattered
about the room. Kaljain. wfo was a big
pc werful man, still had a grip on life.
When the hospital attendants attempted
to pick him UP he grasped the sides OF
ms iron bed so tightly that the bed
which a been partly broken during his
death struggle fell to pieces In the ef-
fort TO wrench loose his hold. kal1ain
muttered almost inaudibly, Murder!
Murder! Murder!" while he was being
carried to the ambulance.
an hour after his removal to The hos
pital. Caraman is lingering on. thoogh
the bullet passed through the upper lobe
OF his brain. and 1t is hardly possible for
h'H RotH men were in their night clothes.
hoyin that their quarrel had arisen
some time after Kaljain wen 10 his
room. The police searched the papers
in their rooms, but found little to throw
light on their Identities or give any
clue to the tragedy.
letters from w. j. Lynne and DR.. c. x,
! Brooklyn. Cards in MS pocket showed
| that he had been In the cigar business
al Nos. 1856 Lexington avenue. l45 East
Twenty-third street and, at Third ave-
nue. and Twenty-seventh street.
Manzi xenophon, an employee OF Kali
janis, said his morning that Caraman
was q gambler and that he had fire.
quent quarrels with Kaljain over their
business relations.