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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
FLEE FROM FIRE IN NIGHTCLoTHEs
Rescue Mission at Coney Island Burns-Fire-
mems Hard Fight.

When the Gospel Rescue Mission in Sea Beach
Walk Coney Island. burned early yesterday
morning. the Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Hughes who
have conducted the mission since 1895. their two
children and several inmates Of the home were
obliged 10 fee to the street IN their nightclohes
They accepted the shelter offered by a nearby
hoteikeeper and will remain there for the present
The loss. which falls entirely the Hugheses. will
he abort 5000. everything In the building was
destroyed.
Battalion Chief kirkpatrick called the Fire De-
partment in Gravesend TO assist the Coney Island
companies. and they succeeded in keeping the
flames from spreading. The mission. however.
feature OF which was a tall tower that land
mark in that part OF the island entirely de-
stroyed. The firemen complained that the water
pressure was inadequate, aid had it not been for
the corrugated iron shcataing the building they
would not have been able to keep the fire within
bounds. The cause Of the fire is said TO have been
the explosion OF oil store
The Rescue Mission. which was founded FIVE
years ago has done an excellent work among the
unfortunate girls anC women al Ccrey Island.
The responsibility Tor IL has heen carried entirely
by The HuEhoscs who have had great difficulty in
getting the funds necessary 70 maintain II. Re-
Gently effort rate funds had been started,
and Il Is believed that this viii be enlarged that
enough money may he obtained to rebuild the mis-
sion. Mrs. Hughes is the probationary officer at
tached 10 t1e CCCcv Island court. and at the time
OF the Ere two girls who had been placed IN her
care by Magistrate voorhees, were in the mission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
NAN nPALED on SHAFT.
Runosray Hits Car-CroSod Only
Makes Things Worse.

Harry Meyers a carpet layer. OF no. 81 East
ed-and thirty third-st. was probably
scally injured yesterday by being impaled on
a shaft OF a wagon attached 10 a runaway horse
a. ne-huncred-and-sixteenth and Manhat-
fan-ave.
Meyers was on the rear platform Of cross
town car when the accident happened He was
leaning against the railing the car rounoeo
into Nanhsttan-ave at a high rate OF speed
The runaway was going UP the avenue Inc car
vas half around the curve when the smart OF
the wagon struck the platform a glancing olo".
one shaft ran between the grab handle ane sloe
OF the car. and pierced Meyers side before ne
could move. The shaft entered the heshy part
OF The left side and penetrated 10 depth OF
about five inches. The shaft snapped Of ana
the horse continued up Manhattan-ave. leaving
three feet OF the shaft damned In the graz
handle, and the end sticking into Meyers
With a groan. the man dropped 10 the pat
form OF the car but even his whole weight failed
20 draw out the shaft. An ambulance was
called from s.. Lukes Hospital, pot olo M
arrive. one was then summoned from the >.
Hood Wright Hospital. In the mean time the
injured man was Conscious but suffering
greatly, and the crude efforts OF the bystanoers
TO extract the shaft from his side only ADDED 70
his agony, and were stopped lest further ihJuIy
might be caused before the arrival OF ooctoI.
When Or Fahnestock arrived, he was unaDie
20 null out the shaft at the scene OF the accl-
dent and Meyers was taken 10 the hospltal Win
the shaft still protuding from lis side
At the hospital the surgeons VIII tne pIOp ~
Instruments quickly took the shaft oul; AuI
dressed the deep wound which had been infiictea
II was said that Meyers might recover, although
the shock had been severe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
TO HAVE MORE POLICE IN SUBURBS
The Legislature To Be Asked for Authority
10 Increase the Force.

r)eputv Police Commissioners Ebstein and Piper
and Chief inspector Cortright yesterday submitted
20 General Greene a report recommending a oe-
crease OF the number OF posts in various precincts
from The Battery 20 Observation-Disclosures NTH
at and an increase IN the number or posts IN the
Rrooklyn precincts. II also recommends six more
mounted men IN the Borough OF Queens eight
more IN Staten Island and sixteen more in Brook
l,u making thirty mounted men required.
seven hundred and seven more patrolmen, the
committee SAYS are needed 10 properly patrol
greater New-York This number does not Include
the men who WI be required on the completion OF
the Willis msburg Bridge -
THE Board Of Estimate can give me no more
men" SAID General Greene. They have given me
al the law allows. The only way can get more
men is by an act OF the Legislature. and when II
meets I am M hopes that such legislation may De
psesed" To-day certificates OF membersnip IN the
force viii be given TO Se patrolmen. These men
assembled in the 18th Regiment ArInory yesterday
afternoon when General Greene talked 70 them or
their duties.
General Greene announced that charges OF neg
lecs Of duty had been preferred against Patronen
Murphy and Croker Of the Tencerloin AT the IN
ftigation OF City Magistrate Ommen. The patrol
rnen arrested the proprietor OF alleged disorder
~ house and charged him with violating the eK-
clse law on his premises. When they took their
before the magistrate. however. they had no
evidence. and Mr. Ommen was compelled 10 dis
tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
HUSBAND VENTURE A FAILURE.
Widow Pays Agent $500, Gives New Mate
$1,000, and Then Is Deserted.

Mrs. Selma Peters ~ No. lsS second-ave hailed
her husband. Dr. Powell Peters. the Yorlzville
court yesterday a prisoner. charging him with
abandoning her month EGO. She said that she
was the widow Crate when she met Peters through
y matrimonial agency. After acquaiHtance ~
three weeks she married him. believing him 20 be
wealthy and owning a rateut worth $4,000. She
paid $50 to the matrimonial agent. OF s. 90 which
she had in the bank she time. she said Peters
spent q all and month aro he began sell and
pawn her iewelrg- and clothes. lie then left her
She fuuler alleged in court that she was led TO
believe thai Peters had euothcr wife living in Fiji
teerJh-st., and SIN another IN H0boken.
Petcrs said hc OF q work al present. but
would prov de Tor his wife as soon as he obtained
employment. He was placed under bonds give
his wife SO week. and having no bondsman
was locked up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
CALLS IT OUTRAGEOUS PRACTICE.
Magistrate Denounces Seizure Of Couch
Bought on Weekly Payment Plan.

Katie Lennon. Of No. 222i Ti:th-sve.. obtained
a summons from Magistrate Crane, IN the Harlem
Court. for Mr.. Lehman. manager for Ludwig A.
Bauman Brother. at Thirty-sixth-st. and Eighth
ave. but John Williams. employe OF the firm,
who is a city marshal. answered the summons
yesterday.
Miss Lennon said that October H. 100. she
bought couch at the firms store at No. J, 4S3
ThiTd-ave. She paid 81 a week and had paid SIS
in MAY. On July 10. Williams acting as city
marshal, went 10 her house while she wa. away
and forcibly took the couch and sold it to junk
dealer.
IF what this woman says is true about the pay
ments. receipts. etc. this thing is outrage. The
hrm has probably made so the couch. and for
dollar is willing squeeze the blood out of this
wor7an TO make more money on II. OF take it away
from her. IT is outrageous practice. and should
he permitted.
why not get Lehman here and let him get n
bit OF this. too?' asked Williams
u suppose he afraid to come" re7lied the
court 81 viii issue another summons which he
must answer. but you tell him that II he makes
restitution this woman. he need not answer IL.
Otherwise. he must come here"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
BAREFOOT TO SCHOOL.
Newspaper Writer asks Board to
Let Son Go So.

Victor Smith, OF No. sn West side-ave. Jersey
City. who I. special writer morning news
paper in this city. sent letter Thursday night
that his be permitted to attend school in his
hare feet. at least until cold weather sets in. Mr..
Smith said the boy had been accustomed 20 going
barefooted in winter well in summer and
had never been ILL.,
The matter referred TO Director Murray z.
Ramsey. who is physician. with power. DR..
Ramsey said yesterday that he thought boys might
be benefited by going barefooted. but he feared
that If one boy received the privilege other boys
would make the request. He said he would
not decide until he had seen the boy and mis-
father.
AIR. Smith said yesterday that his not only
went barefooted in winter. but could coast down
hill sleigh guiding 10 with his bare feet better
than could boys who wore shoes or stockings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
TAKEN IN VIRGINIA FOR N. Y. THEFT.
Two Negro Boys Arrested on Charge Of
Robbing Apartments in This City.
icy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

Petersburg. Va. Sept. u-At a late hour to
night Chief Of Police Bagland and Officers Han
and Eeelan arrested two negro boys named Rufus
worrell and Cicero Felix Roberts alias Robert
Nichols on the charge OF being the thieves who
stole $1,000 worth OF Jewels from Mr. and Mrs. p J.
Bertsr. whose apartments arc in the Antoinettte
Apartment Hotel in East Fifty-eighth-st. New
York City. The accused were found at the homo
OF Rebecca worrell. the grandmother Of Rufus
worreIl No . Mars-st-. in this city. They were
at once arrested and taken 10 the police station
Both denied the theft with which they were charged
The police. however. after a conversation with
the prisoners. are convinced that Worre is the
PRINCIPAL thief and Roberts accomplice. The
following articles were recovered by the police
one watch FOB gold bracelet. one opal ring
with diamonds and a lot of old COIN Roberts told
the police that he worked for DR.. Thomas Claytor
Of No IS Eighty-irstst.. and also for Dr. McGinnis
OF No lis West Eighty-second-st- Roberts Sald
that he was originally from Porto Rico. and that
he had been living in New-York for 4 year and a
half Worrell stated that he had been residing In
New-York for the last six years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
NOT WIFE, BUT GOT MONEY, HE SAYS.
Brother of Man Killed in Trolley Crash Will
Sue-Woman Received $4,000

Plainfield. Sept. 1.-THE Public Service Corpora
ton is trying to find a woman to whom its prede-
cessor in the ownership of the trolley lines here
paid damages On November u a trolley car hit
the rear end Of a furniture driven by Emil
Arniet of Bound Brook. Amiet was hurled from
his seat. He broke his neck on the pavement,
dying instantly. The next morning woman ap-
peared in the city court and pressed the charge Of
manslaughter which the police had made pre-
viously. She said she was the widow of the man
killed. Subsequently the claims agent of the trolley
company paid the woman. it is said. $500 damages.
According to the-best information they now have
she left Bound Brook shortly after the money was
paid and went to Canada.
Arniet has a brother who lives in Kentucky He
did hear of his brothers death until recently,
and he has retained n local lawyer to bring action
against the company for damages. he declares
that his brother married. that the woman
only a housekeeper. and that she had no
rights in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
HURRICANE NAY CONE NORTH.
Storm Signals Are Ordered Up as Far North
as Charleston.

The violent hurricane which was at work on
Thursday over the Central Bahama Islands yester-
day increased IN strength and moved toward the
eastern coast az Southern Florida. which il was
7ected 20 strike late last night The toreca-ter at
the Weather Bureau said yesterday that the storm
warnings had been ordered UP only for Southern
Florida. and remarked that he wished to erphasiz.
that fact in order to avert any scare in this city
but later additional warnings issued. ordering
UP storm signals IS far north Charleston and Il
is thought that the hurricane may be expected TO
come north
The westward movement OF the storm began
early in the day and observation Of its course was
somewhat hndered by the fact that many wires
were Down aicng the Florida coast. At noon hurri-
cane warnings were ordered up at Jupiter. and a
little later they were called for as far north as
Tampa and along the Gulf Coast. At that time the
WIND was about tirty-two miles hour at Jupiter.
the barometer was steadily failing, and the fore
cast sad thai the storm was evidently Of a severe
character. At O'Clock warnings were ordered up
AZ Mobile. Pensacola, Cedar Keys. Savannah and
Charleston. and the storm vas described as oe
Ereat violence. II was considered dangerous for
vessels 10 sail for the vicinity OF Southern Florida
Another storm. which has yet assumed serious
proportions, Is developing west OF the Misssstppi
River
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
HOLDS VERMONT DIVORCE TO BE BAD.

Mrs. Mary A Hammond. in Application for
counsel fee and alinony pending the dissemination
action for separation brought by her against
Charles J. Hammond. electrical engineer. be-
fore Justice Clarke. in the Supreme Court. yes;er-
day. contended that decree Of absolute divorce
secured by her husband from her in the Vermont
courts last June was Illegal and void. under the
decision the Supreme Court OF tire United States
rendered some months ago.
c s. Keyes. OF the law firm OF Swanstrom &
Reyes, who appeared for Hammond. maint aimed
on the other hand that the Vermont divorce OBJ
tslnod b. his Client only obtaired after the
papers had been duly served Mrs. Hammond
and she had appeared by counsel IN Vermont The
decree WAS granted in full Accordance with the
United States Surrc-ne Court decision Justice
Clarke reserved lis decision
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
ARRIVALS OF BUYERS.

| NJ Am5ach Sons. Baltimore; D. N. Ambach. woollen
bailey Company. Cleveland; Miss J. Aaron millinery.
Bauer Brothers, Saginaw Mich; F. Bauer. clothing
and furnishing goods. Navarro
Bsk Brothers Monroe. La: J. NJ. Belk general buyer.
inss No s GG G mpsf James CAIN trim
y " Clement q Co. Toledo; J. V. Clement. millinery.
{. W. Coffin Bangor. Ne. C. W. Coffin. millinery. Al
Deapain Drysoods Company. wheeling. W. Va; H.
2uarTieT STysoos dress soods and wOOllens. No. 30
u W. Edwards * sons Syracuse; D. ". Edwards gen
md Ely Walker DEygS9ds COMPANY st Louis; W.
Hawkins Bros. Co.. Charlottesville Va. o. E Hav-
kns drygoods notions and furnishing goods. H.
William hensgrer Company. Buffalo; Thoma. W.
Hsbee Company. Cleveland: Miss c Siebold women 5
Joseph Horne COMPANY. Pittsburx; O. D Glenn no
lions TRAININGS and toilet articles. No. AZ Lspenard-st
Joan Z; Hurst & Co. Baltimore: Henry J. Helman
kr9tosky Br5ther. Scranton: William Krotosky. cloth
- b LoTensein & Bsos. Memphis: George McEzrOy.
niShing goods, Herald square
H. Il Morrison's Sons. Ashtabuls. Ohio; ". H. Morr-
son dTysoods carpets. ETC., Herald Square.
Innings prints womens waists hosiery, ETC. Park Avs
nue.. ~
Registered at rooms of Merchants Association.
Friday. September II. 1903:
,,o;b D. Wal Co. Bay City. Mich; c. VIAL hats and
e Z. Woodward. FULLY. N. Y. drygoods. st. George.
drysoods Raleigh. - '
kiTk Clark, Charleroi. Perm: W. C Clark. drygoods
KaTlsen CO., st. Louis: C. Karsen clothing. Broad
Miss y Duwall. Lyons. y. z. millinery. Albert
MISS I. Matthews. Lyons. n Y. millinery. Albert
E W EDWARDS & Son. syrsaeus ms SIS \ D " "a
wards Ambrose Fleming and Elizabeth oMaey. dry
Mrs. F. a Partridge. Corning. y. y. millinery. St
George W. McAlpin & Co, Cincinnati: Eta HIbbett
and Mamie Mcaale: dressmakins. Navarro --'''~''
No Ss w9 es & MqsG Rg Pqk
ninth-st.
John Gage & SON Madrid " y: William c. Gage.
Mrs L NJ Gregory. Walton. y. Y. millinery. No. 80
Joseph Horn Co. Pitsburg; o. d. Glenn. drygOods.
NO; a Lispenard-st
L. s Hoskns & SON. Seneca Falls. " t: L. s
Clokey xandusen. Louisville. Ky; Catherine Van
g. w Grinnei. Louisville. by. drysoods. Morton
j. A. Doerns Chariestovn. W. Va. drygoods. No So
&c. g l, Hilbert. o os T.; Hilbert No. Il
millinery. No. IA East sixteenth-st
Dunn 4 Malons: Pittsburg Mary Malone and Sarah
Mrs c. J. Williams Sodus n. Y. millinery. No. sOT
Mrs. H. F. Leaman, sOdus. y. 7. millinery. No. A.
Mrs E. SsTth. oiean. " Y. millinery. No 1893
Anna EoydoId. oiean y. Y millinery No. 1893 waver-
K J. Maber & Co. Rochester y. Y: K H Naher
Carrie Maher and Rose Mssserschmitt millinery. No
N A La Bell. Lewis. N. Y. millinery No. 100 East
Miss NJ L. Allen. Geneva. n. I. millinery. New-Arn-
Mrs NJ L. Allen. Geneva. n Y. millinery. New-Am-
s Allen Clark. oneiaa y Y. dry and fancy goods
Manhattan.
Parrots taught talk by photograph.
See tc-morrow's Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
GRAND ARMY Appointments.

Chicago. Sept. u-General John {. BACK. re-
Gently elected commander in chief Of the Grand
Army of the Republic. yesterday appointed his per-
sonal staff and issued his first general order in the
form OF a fraternal greeting TO the members OF
the organization. In the ensuing year the national
headquarters will he in Memorial Hall. Chicago.
and will be in charge Of Adjutant General Charles
A Partridge The following named mem
bers of the stat:
Adjutant General-CharIes A Partridge. Of the
Department Of Illinois.
Qusrtermaster General-Charles Burrows. OF the
Department OF New-Jersey.
Inspector General-Edwin B. Messer Of the De
partment OF Iowa
judge Advocate General-Jaraes Tanner. of the
Department OF New-York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
SUICIDE WHILE CHILDREN DANCE.
Stranger Hears Organ Play "The Soldiers
Farewell" and Drinks Poison.

An organ grinder stopped in front 81 No. 81 East
Fifty-sixth-st about D. m yesterday. He was
grinding out The Soldiers Farewell" when q
Wen dressed man walked slowly down the street.
sat on the steps listened the music and watched
the children dancing Suddenly pulled bottle
from his pocket. drank the contents and lay back
the stoop apparently unconscious. Children called
Patrolman Shauber who sent IN hurry call 10
Flower Hospital for an am 5ulance. The died
the hospital n few minutes after admittance.
lie was about forty-ive wears cid. five feet nine
inches In height and weighed $50 pounds. He had
red hair and mustache. blue eyes and light com
nleNion. Tn his pockets found omen faced
silver watch. gold stick pin. s. Is in cash, q pen
knife and loaded 52-calibre revolver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
NEGRO MINISTER HELD FOR MURDER
Confesses to ASSEMBLING and Robbing Two
Old Women by Whom He Was Reared.
icy TELEGRAPH TO rHE TRIBUxE.l

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 1.-THE Rev. Samuel Johnson
a leading negro minister, arrested here to-day
for asasulting the Misses Battle. aged women, OF
Warren County Ga, and robbing them OF $l5'""o
The women were attacked and robbed on the night
OF December s. 1901. Both were beaten into IN
sensibility Ore OF them died.
johnson at that time was preaching in Warren
County but was not suspected Soon after the
robbery johnson moved TO Atlanta, and began to
spend money so freely that detectives began 10
watch him. To-day Johnson was arrested ana his
home searched over $ 90 of the stolen money being
found. The negro had invested the remainder in
real estate.
Tonight johnson confessed. He was reared by
the Misses Battle. and knew they had large sum
OF money in the house He says the devil prompted
him johnson will be tried for murder, as well as
for robbery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
oooLEY AND MAscors TO PARADE.

There VIII be a parade for John J. Dooley in his
tight for the leadership OF the XXIIId Assembly
District tonight An arch viii ne built AZ One
aundrod-and-twcnty-f3 ATTEST. and EiEhth-ave and
as Mr.. Dooley passes beneath St On horseback fifty
little flower girls dressed in white viii shower him
with flowers
Besides the Dooley family OF nascots Mamie the
nsuso Willie the dog and Thomas Upton the ca Gle
viii add dignity the occasion Following Mr.
Dooley VIII be Miss Helen Finerty the yovng
woman who MADE the acquaintance OF Mamie the
ia automobile. ard dean Schwartz rhe
author OF the song Mr.. Doolsy -oOley-oo" tn
parade win stat from One-hundred and xtx-sec-
ono-st and Ansterdam-aKe. at 80 D. m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
KILLED ON TRACK LAYING MACHINE
Hugh Mann Crushed While Trying to Oper
ate His Invention Near Winnipeg.
rRY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

It.LlIifiAIli
winnipeg, Man., Sept. 1l.-Hugh Mann, brother
Of D. D. Mann. president of the Canadian
Northern Railway was accidentally killed while
experimenting the operation Of his track laying
machine just beyond Erwood, y. ". T. The
massive machine got out Of order. and, while
endeavoring 20 set it right, he lost his footing
and was crushed.
The facts are neagre, as the accident hap
pened a long way from telephone communica-
ton, but, according to the brief telegram, Mr..
Mann was taken to the station al Erwood. where
ne died. For years he had been perfecting this
mechanism, which was his invention. Several
times he had narrow escapes from death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
RECORD PURCHASE OF SOLE LEATHER.
Endicott-Johnson Company Buys sl,75o,ooo
Worth.
TRr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

Lynn. Mass, Sept. n.-H B. Endicott, president
of the Endicott-Johnson Company, manufacturers
OF shoes has just completed the purchase of $4,000
sides OF hemlock sole leather mostly from Buenos
Avres dry hides. This purchase involved N,750tOo.
and is said to the largest single purchase OF sole
leather ever made in the world. About six months
ago Mr. Endicott bought sl.00o,oOO worth of sole
leather, which was the record purchase. Inc en-
tire lot ayl 20 to the Leicestershire and Endicott
rlan+s at Rnshamton y. Y. where the firm is
now manufacturing 1900 pairs of shoes day.
The entire country raked TO secure the lot,
and the vendors secured full prices, owing 10 the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
WIRE GUN TESTS AT SANDY HOOK.

The tests OF the Brown Io-inch sermental wire
gun at the Sandy Hook proving grounds. inter
rupted last week BY the yacht races Yesterday
reached The twentieth round OF the one hundred
70 be fired. Three rounds were shot off the last
with 80 pounds e . per nitrogiyce-ine smoke
less powder. with a pressure g. co pounds 20 the
square inch. with a proJectre Weighing some s-s
pounds. velocity OF 15.oo0 feet a second was at
fued - ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
MAY HAVE DTEr SAVING LIFE.
Fireman on FerTyboat Which Rescued Man
Missing Two Days.

Michael Hurley. who employed as fire.
man on the ferryhoat Ohio. OF the Twenty-third-St
nne has been missing since Wednesday. when
EDWARD Sizer. who fell from the Williamsburg
Bridge. was rescued by the crew OF the Ohio
On the next trip he vas missed but his street
clothing was found hanging in the engine room.
IL is thought that Hurley may have been on
deck when Sizer seen IN the water ard
jumping IN 70 rescue him. was carried away by
tne TIDE anc drowned without being noticed by
any OF the members OF the Oho's crew. Hurley
lived with his uncle, Patrick O'Bren, at No. Is
lnda-St.. BROOKLYN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-12
MISS CLARK A SUICIDE.
Daughter of San Jose Millionaire Ends Her
Life with Gas.

San Francisco. Sept. u.-Miss Isabella Duncan
CLARK daughter of the late William Squire Clark.
tho san loss millionaire committed suicide in her
APARTMENTS at the McNutt Hospital yesterday. On
a stool by her side she placed a small gas stove
the steadily escaping gas from which caused
death On a stand near by was an envelope al
dressed TO DR. McNutt and containing a hOo-
graphic will Miss Clark who was thirty tyo years
old suffered from frequent spells OF nelansholla'
and had twice before attempted suicide.