Show SUICIDE FREAKS the tribune has com recently upon the increasing of suicides in this country and upon certain aspects of self murder as related to other no suggestion however has yet been mado from any source of any way to decrease this number tho pulpit has inveigled inveighed ed against it but the pulpit seems to be powerless in some states the courts have administered severe penalties in cases where suicide has been attempted but it does not reduce the number tho salvation army has ben making an earnest effort to restrain suicides but thus far with little effect it seems to be a hopeless undertaking says the chicago paper one 0 the most hopeless features of the situation is the absurd causes which induce persons to jump the life to come and tho rapid spread 0 the crime among children A few instances of suicide all within the last avo weeks will illustrate this jan 9 alberta antchell a st louis girl of 14 poisoned herself because her mother had spanked her on the same day joseph II 11 sheppard ot mellville N J shot himself because his wife had presented him with tho seventh child jan 15 john S peters a juryman of beatrice neb shot himself because he had helped to tand a man guilty of murder jesso riddle of galena kaa 16 years of age poisoned himself because ho saw his 15 year old sweetheart dancing with another boy and walter condron a 15 year old boy of punxsutawney pa hanged himself because his uncle would not lend him a horse to take his girla to a prayer meeting on tho next day AM chamberlain of bradford pa shot himself because when he returned homo from work be found that his alto had gone to a skating rink and failed to get his dinner jan 17 beallo conroy of anaconda mont 14 years of age poisoned herself because her mother reproved her for some trifling offense jan 20 seth schuyler a brooklyn N Y schoolboy hanged himself because he lost in a public debate on capital punishment jan 26 coe a student of columbia college oregon poisoned herself because her progress in her studies was not satisfactory jan 28 edith bortny a young girl of adrian alch poisoned herself because a young married man of the place declined to divorce his wife and marry her jan 31 christian krebs of st joseph mo 57 years of age old enough to have known better killed himself because his gas bill was larger than he had expected fob 1 jordan a 16 year old bride in st louis whose 16 year old hubband had deserted her went to ncr aunts and requested her to play a two step during the music eho drank and two stepped out of the world leaving a written request that the photographs of two or tareo boys bo laid next her heart all these absurd suicides have occurred in the last five weeks and the of the morbid maudlin creatures committing similar ones Is increasing adulte as is th num her of for which there seems to be some justification the most hopeless feature of the case is the large and constantly increasing num her of children who commit this crime for silly reasons perhaps the way to reduce tha number Is to impress upon children the joy and value of life and make t moro enjoyable for thorn then they will not be so likely to grow up ami get alrod ot life before they are halt through with it |