f !TPSW: y . ! j t ftf wnr ,,fnfmf-' Wfk ' ' $? FOETY-lirTH TEAR PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 1890. PIYE CENTS fwmmgMTilc 5!5MwBHgiCTr5eMW3raMWHHHSIMHH.isHi "C p k J&p-T" ''VF " T : TRIPLE NUMBER me TWENTY PAGES. - MSI! t BOOTH Iffl'T SHOT, The Woman Once Nearest His Heart Claims the Assas sin Still Lives. SHEHASAStRANGELETTER, "Without flame or Date, But in the Hand She Knows Too Well to be Mistaken. THE STORY OP LODISE WORCESTER. SjBterious Circumstances Connected With the Bodj Taken from Gar rett s Barn. SO OPPORTUNITY FOE IDENTIFICATION. EemarfcaWe Evidence Famished by the Official Older, oa tile ft the War and Kavy Departments. tHB W01U5 WILL SHIX SEEE HEE LOTEE lionise Worcester, once the confidante of Wilkes Booth, firmly belieres it was not he who was shot in Garrett's barn. In 1867 the received a letter in the assassin's hand writing, which she still has. She gives other reasons for her belief. The official records for 1S6S show peculiar facts. rsrxCXAX. telegram to the disfatch.i Biemingham, Ala., April 19. "John "Wilkes Booth is not dead! " The srjeaker was Louise "Worcester, a woman who for nearly four years was the confidante of the assassin of Abraham Lin coln. As she made this startling declara tion her manner would have convinced any one that the woman was sincere in her belief that Booth still lived. "I know" she continued, then checking herself she added "Booth may be dead sow, bnt he was not killed in Garrett's barn. In 1867 I received a letter, without date or signature, but the handwriting was that of Wilkes Booth. I could not be mistaken, I knew it too well. And something here," she went on, placing her hand over her heart, "tells me that somewhere in a distant land, withou. friends, home or country a wan derer and an outcast, Wilkes Booth still lives." A Woman With n History. Ionise Worcester is a remarkable woman with a remarkable history. For several years she has made her home in this city, but most of the thee she is traveling. She is wealthy and her home is a gem of ele gance and luxury. She is now about 52 years of age, but her face still bears traces of the wonderlul beauty which once made men rave, and in the end proved her ruin. Miss Worcester's father was a 2few En gender of the old Puritan stock. He came South when quite a young man, and mar ried the dauchter of a wealthy and aristo cratic Southern planter. After his mar riage he built a maguifient home and en gaged in cotton planting, his wife having inherited several large plantations and a number of slaves. Louise was born near Tuskaloosa, Ala r and was the third of five children. She has three sisters and a brother still living. From infancy she was famous lor her remarkable beauty. When she was only 5 years old her father died. and soon afterward her mother moved to Hobile, Ala. she ns Thoroughly Edacnted. Toung Lonise was sent to a fashionable boarding school as soon as she was old enough, and later the best tutors that could be found were engaged for her. When she was only 15 her mother died and she was left to the care of a guardian. As a school girl she developed a passionate fondness for poetry and fiction, and read every novel and poem she could obtain. When she grew older the rare beauty with which she was blessed developed until she was acknowl edged the most beautiful girl in Mobile, a city at that time famous jor its beautiful women. Before her education was completed and when she was only 18 years of age Louise de termined to go on the stage. She had taken a. minor part in some private theatricals and at once became stage struck. She rebelled against the restraints placed around her by her gnardian, and, securing from him a small sum of money, she took her youngest sister, who was still at school, and went to STew York. A number of her father's rela tives lived in the metropolis and they wel comed her with open arms and encouraged her ambition to become an actress. First Meeting Willi Booth. tier wonderlul beauty soon attracted at tention in 3few York, and she secured an engagement with a stock company at one of the leading theaters. She had overestimated her talent for the stage and made slow piog ress, which soon discouraged her. It was during her engagement at the 2few York Theater that she first met Wilkes Booth, then a young actor trying to find a manager who would bring him out as a star. Booth be came infatuated with the beautiful young Southern girl and she with him. He was poor and had little reputation as an actor, and the relatives of Miss Worcester forbade her receiving his attentions. Then they met clandestinely and soon the old, old story was repeated. When her relatives learned the truth Louise was turned from their doors. She had a conference with Booth and it was decided that she sbonld return to her home in Mobile until he could secure a permanent and profitable engagement, t nen she would rejoin him. She had not then come into possession of her fortune and was unable to obtain enough money for Booth's extrava gant taste. Miss Worcester returned to Mobile in 1859 and soon afterward Booth succeeded in finding a manager who agreed to star him. Tlif Lovers Tocether Again. A Southern tour was arranged, and at Mobile Louise Worcester joined her lover, end remained with him most of the time until January, 1865, when they parted. Booth's attentions to another woman having caused a quarrel which ended in a separa tion. When she left Booth Miss Worcester remained some time in St. Louis, stopping at the Southern Hotel. A few weeks after the assassination of Lincoln she re turned to her old home in Mobile, and eight years later came to this city, where sbe has since resided. Her magnifi cent apartments in this city she occupies only a few months in the year, her summers being spent at Eastern watering places and with relatives in Kew York and New En gland, while her winters are spent traveling in Florida, Mexico and South America. Only a few intimate friends of Miss Worcester in this city know that she was once so intimate with Wilkes Booth. All the love of her life was lavished on him and she loves him still. From lriend or stranger she will brook no disparaging word of him. She freely admits the enormity of his crime, bnt excuses him by the claim that he was only the tool of others and not the chief conspirator. Treachery nnd Cowardice. The claims that Booth never contem plated murder until the last, when goaded to desperation by the treachery and cow ardice of others be,in a sudden fit of madness, resolved himself to do the bloody deed. It is not often that this woman can be induced to talk of Booth, bat a few days ago your correspondent heard from her lips the story or all she knew of his conspiracy and her reasons for believing that the man shot by Boston Corbett in Garrett's barn was not the assassin of President Lincoln. To go back to the beginning, she said, when I Joined Wilkes at Mobile, the talk of war was growing serious. He read the papers closely ana seemed deeply interested in every political movement. His love far the Union was in tense, and he would often talk to me about it for hours at a time. My sympathies were all with the South, but we never quarreled. When the election of Lincoln was Announced be seemed to grow nneasy for a time; bnt then bis old-time cheerfulness returned, and he said to me one day, "Louise, there will be no war; it would be too horrible and neither side will dare besin it" As the war cloud grew darker and darker, his old-time concern for the result re turned, at times he would be moody and silent for hours at a time. Grieved by Fanatics. One day he had been reading in the papers reports of meetings of Abolitionists In the north and speecbes ot Secessionists in the South. Suddenly, throwing down the paper and turning to me, bis face wearing the same expression It did in the most exciting scenes of "Richard 1IL," he exclaimed: Lou. if I conld I would kill every Abolition ist in the North and every Secessionist In the South, and then there would be no war. This Is too grand a country to be plunged into a civil war by such fanatics." When the war broke out he had little to say about it for a long time, but read the papers very closely. He seemed specially interested in everything that was done by Congress, and he was delighted when the first overtures for peace were made, and a few people thought the war would be ended soon. When he would read reports or battles in the papers, givingthe num ber ot killed aha uounded. ho would often shudder with horror, and, throwing aown the paper, pice the room for Ave minutes, then, assuming some favorite stage attitude, he would exclaim: "Blood! blood! Nothing but blood! Such is war; and men call it glorious!" One night we had been out for a walk. It was a beautiful starlight evening and we strolled some distance in silence. Suddenly grasping my arm. Booth stooped, and, -pointing to the sky, said: "Lon, when I think of this ter rible war every tar fn tbe sky seems to me a drop of blood. Wby shouldn't the heavens weep blood as they witness such cruelty?' As the war. went on, however. Booth finally ceased to speak of. It so often and bis old cheerfulness of manner returned. No one could be more entertaining than be when he chose. He loved his profession and was am bitious to succeed. His acting at times was so true to the character he was playing that be actually forgot everything else. He often told me that when playing Samlet' or Ilichard I1V he forgo: his own identity completely and for a time would feel that he was "really the character he was playing. He nas easily influenced for cood or eviL I often thought that otf the stage his mind was not just right. I don't mean that he was in sane, but there was something about him which 1 cannot explain, something which at times made me think, he was hardly rational. After a performance on tbe stage.be would be very nervous for hours, bntbe was never irrita ble and I never heard him speak unkindly to any one. BOOTH'S MANSER CHANGED INCIDENTS TO "SHOW HE THOUGHT OF KIDNAPING LINCOLN. Along In 1S63 Miss Worcester Believes the Assassin Was Approached by Men ot Great Influence Tbe Broken Ankle No Evidence. Along iu 1863 I first noticed a change in Booth's manner. I did not understand it at the time, but since then I have always thought that the capture or assassination of Lincoln was first suggested to him about that time. That was the first secret he ever kept from me. Before that he told me every thing, and I read all his letters, but from that time on he had considerable correspond ence which be kept concealed from me. At several places he Mould leave me atnisht, tell ing me he had to see parties on important busi ness. He never explained what the business was, but now I am satisfied that it nas that conspiracy. Who tho men were that he went to see and was in correspondence witn I never knew. I did not see them, because they never came to the hotels where we stopped. It was several months after he first com menced tills mivate correspondence before I bad any Idea of tbe nature of it One day Booth turned to me suddenly and asked: "Lon, if Lincoln was taken Soutn a prisoner, do you think tbe Northern peoDle would be willing to end tbe war in order to secure his releaser' Isa'vhe was desperately In earnest, but I laughed at him and asked what new nonsense he vi as thinking of. My answer did not please him, hut be said nolbing, and 1 continued to ridicule auy such wild scheme. I told bim Lin roln was not responsible for tbe war. and even if he was. be could not be captured aud taken South. Booth remained silent a long time, then be said in a dejected,hopelesssort of way: llU'milil rirA .I...... ..... a ......... .. J this horrible war and restore the Union." The Qunrrrl nnd srpnrntion. He never mentioned tbe subject to me aeain, but the secret correspondence con tinued. When be asked me the question I thought for a moment that he might be sen onsly thinking of some such foolhardy scheme and I knew that he was reckless enough to un dertake it if be was encouraged, but as time pasted and he did not refer to it again I thought the matter bad passed out of bis mind. Of my quarrel with Booth and our separation I have rothim; to say, in fact, it concerns no one. I saw him last on January 4. 1S65. When I heard that he had assassinated President Lin coln I was almost prostrated by tbe shock I could not believe it at first it seemed too horrible for one so gentle and kind as he had been to me. Will jou tell me some of your reasons for be lieving ihat Booth is not dead T I know he is not dead, but possiblv my rea sons would not make anyone else tnink so and It is bent as it is. He is dead to the world and ii ih uetter feo. The letter you spoke Don't mention that, please; I don't like to talk of it, but I will say this much, there is a letter in existence which is in tbe handwriting nf John Wilkes Booth and It was written long after tbe man killed in Garrett's bam was buried. People may say I am dreaming when I assert that Booth was not thejman shot by Boston Corbett but let me call your attention to a lew things which are matters of history. The bodv of the man said to have been Booth was buried wiihout positive identification and there was a mystery about tho burial. None of the people who knew him Intimately In life ever saw his dead body. There were plenty of people in Washington who knew Booth well and had known him for years. When tbe body was brought there none of these people were sent forto identify it On the contrary no one was allowed to view tbe body. borne of Her Ilrnsons. 1 hurried to Washington as soon as I beard of tbe assassination, and when the body was brought in from Oarrett's farm I made every effort to see it, but they would not let me. If that bad been the body of Wilkes Booth it seems to me that it would have been placed in some pnblic place and kept there for days for the people to look at and see with their own eyes that the murder of their President had been avenged. There was so much secrecy and rujstery about tbe disposition of tbe body that I quickly decided that it was not the body of "Wilkes Booth. Here is something else, said Miss Worcester, as sbe opened a bookcase and took down two large scrap-books. No two accounts of the cap ture and death of Booth are alike. Sid you ever notice that? Well, I have here two scrap books filled with new fpaoer clippings about the life and death of Wilkes'Booth. I have a copy of every account of his capture ana death wbcih has ever been published, and if you will read them all you will see that no two are alike. Everyman who was present at the capture of the man found in the old barn at Garrett's tells a different story of what occurred. None of them knew Booth in life and they were not ab solutely sure that he was the man they captured and killed. There was nothing on his person by which he conld be positively identified, and the accounts of the affair written by tbe various Federal officers and soldiers show on the face of them that they were not absolutely sure that they had the right man. The Broken Ankle. It seems from those published accounts that tbe officers for identification depended largely on the fact that the man in tbe barn had a broken ankle, and that Booth broke bis ankle when he leaped on tbe stags at Ford's Theater, shouting "Sic semper tyrannis." Suppose Booth did breat bis ankle. If he was able to leave the house and escape from Wash, ington City, I believe he was able to continue h journey, and would not have been caught so soon and so near the scene of his crime. The fact Is, I don't believe Booth's ankle was brok en. I sball always believe that Wilkes Booth made good his escape, and that some unknown man who was one of the conspirators in that crime was captured, killed and buried under bis name. If one cares to go into theories and proba bilities, there is a strong answer to tho asser tion that tbe officers and the authorities at Washington could have no reason tor killing and burying a bogus Booth. The reward was so large that the little squad nf men had a strong incentivo to capture and bring in any one who resembled the assassin. The people of tbe North clamored for vengeance when their loved President was killed. They must be satisfied in some way, and it is not reason able to suppose that thehlgbpstautho-ities at Washington would have decided it good policy to say nothing more if a man baa been killed and buried and the people were satisfied it was Booth. DEABER THAN JEWELS. A DRAWER FDLL OP LETTERS AND TRINKETS FROM BOOTH. Silts Worcester Treasures Her Lover's Memory nnd Travels Incessantly, Hop ing to Meet Him Mystery of tbe Sop posed Body of the Assassin. This woman's story may or may not be true in every particular, but no one who hears the story from her own lips can doubt the sincerity of her belief that Booth is not dead. There can be no doubt that the woman was for a long time very intimate with Booth, and that, living or dead, she loves him. still. Treasured with greater care than she treasures her many valuable jewels this woman keeps a drawerfilled with letters, notes, pictures, valuable presents and trink ets that he gave her. Treasured above all is a splendid photograph of him taken just before tbe war. Across the face of it, in Booth's own handwriting, are the words: Sincerely yours. J. Wilkes Booth. No band save hers ever touched. these -mementoes and it it- not -often-thnt-prying eyes catch even a glimpse of the articles she keeps in remembrance of the most notorions criminal of the civilized world. Between the leaves of a little story book lie a bunch of forget-me-nots, yellowwith age and their fragrance long since fled7 There is a dainty little handkerchief with Booth's monogram in the corner.iotes and letters yellow with age and worn from frequent handling, but with the writing still legible, a lock of hair, an old-fashioned watch charm, leaves of roses withered and torn, programmes of various theaters where Booth played as a star, and other articles that only a woman would keep. Seeking Her Lost Lover. Ask this woman why she travels thou sands of miles every year and with a laush she will answer that" she travels for health and pleasure. But when one has heard her story has seen the tears trickle down her cheeks as she fondly touches every article that recalls memories of the man sbe loved, another reason for these wanderings will suggest itself. She believes that Booth still lives that somewhere in some distant land perhaps he is a homeless wanderer, and that one day the fates may bring them face to face. Once she confided to an intimate friend that she believed she would one day meet Booth 'acain, and that was one reason she spent all her income traveling. In a few days Miss Worcester will start to Europe to be absent six months. After a tour of Europe she will visit Eirypt and Jerusalem ana return via Japan and China. On her way home sbe will spend a month in Australia, lhe significance of her visit there will be understood when it is known that some years aco she stated to a friend that sbe believed if Booth was still alive he was somewhere in Australia. Sbromlril In Mystery. There was a mystery about the whole affair of the death and burial of Wilkes Booth, said Miss Worcester on bidding her visitor good by, which has never been explained by any one in a posi tion to explain it I can imagine no good rea son for shrouding bis death and bunal in mys tery if tbe United States authorities were abso lutely certain that the man was Wilkes Booth. Since I was refused the privilese of looking on the dead face of the man thev told me was Booth, I have never believed tha't be was dead, and I know at least one man, who was a dis tinguished officer in the Federal army, who shares that opinion. As I saia before, I have other and better reasons for believing that Wilkes Booth did not die the death of an out law on the Garrett farm, as history would have the public believe. THE OFFICIAL OBDEBS. INTERESTING EVIDENCE FROM CHAP ' LAIN UIBDEVs HISTORr. Tho Body of tho Assassin Wns Handled With out Any Regnrd to 'Military Authorities or Etiquette The Antcpjy on Board tbe Mootnuk. That there was considerable mystery in the disposal of the body supposed to be Booth's there is no doubt; but whether it was due to the very great anxiety of Secre taries Stanton and Welles or to something more is an open question. The history of the Washington Navy Yard, written by Chaplain H. B. Hibben, which has just been ordered printed by the Senate, contains a few fragments of history interesting in this connection, which have alreadv been re ferred to in The Dispatch. The first dis patch on the subject was that of Command ant J. B. Montgomery announcing the re ceipt of the assassin's body at 1:45 a. m. April 27, 1865, on board the Montauk. in response to this the following order was issued under date of April 27, 1865, 10 A. M.: To tbe Commandant of 'Washington avy Yard: You will permit Surgeon General Barnes and his assistant, accompanied: bv Judge Advocate General Holt. Hon. John A. Bingham. Major Eckert, William G. Moore. Clerk of War De partment; Colonel L. C. Baker, Lieutenant Baker, Lieutenant Colonel Conger, Charles Dawson, J. L. .Smith, Mr. Gardner, pho tographer, and an assistant, to go on board the JIontauK and see the body of John Wilkes Booth. Immediately after tbe Surgeon Gen eral has made bis autopsy you will have tbe body placed in a strong box and deliver it to the Continued on Sixth Page. THE CZAR'S DILEMMA. Grand Duke Constantine, a Member of the Eoyal Family, Has JOINED THE BAND OF NIHILISTS Who Are Willing to Surrender Life Pursuit of Liberty. In POLITICAL. SITUATION , IN ENGLAND. Arrest ol a Mercaant Who Gized Too Fondly oa the Enpress Frederick. A Nihilist has at last been found in the Russian Imperial family. The Grand Dnke Constantine has' written a poem appealing to the young men to struggle for liberty or death. The- probable fate of the rash young man is now a subject of conjecture. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, April 19. Copyriht. The Czar and family have taken up their resi dence at Gatchina, despite the forebodings of the police, and nothing has happened there since their arrival on Tuesday. But St. Petersburg is convulsed by an announce ment of the discovery of a plot to secure tbe secret plans' of the fortresses, and by the suicide of the artillery staff officer. Money for the former bnsiness was fur nished by Baron Plessen, a German naval attache, who has in consequence left Russia, having received a cot over-polite hint that the climate might not continue suitable for his health. The artillery officer, there is no reason to doubt, was a member of a recently unearthed military conspiracy against the Czar's life aud killed himselt to avoid ar rest THE STARTLING FEATURE. But the most startling thing of all is that the reyolutiouary taint has actually spread to the imperial "family itself. The young Grand Duke Constantine has acquired a dangerous aud unprincely habit ot writing verse, and this week his perverse muse has induced him to write a poem addressed to the young men of Russia. Here is a prose translation telegraphed by The Dispatch correspondent: My friend and my brother, whose trials are so many, whose griefs are so sore, whoever thou art, do not despair, for God knows all, both all tbe wrong and all tbe misery. Our sacred ideal is desecrated and shattered, and the blood of innocence is flowing everywhere. Vet give not up. All obstacles must fall. Holy freedom shall tear the crown of thorns from off her brow, she sball burst ber chains asun der, shake the cross from off ber shoulders and reign at last triumphant This, my friend, is no poet's dream, no vain hope. Look about you, evil Is rampant every wheie, the deepest night surrounds us, our fatherland Is weakened bj suffering and steeped In blood and turns its tearful eyes to heaven and begs for mercy. A BOYAL PESSIMIST. I am the tempter of fate. Capricious destiny has given me wealth and honor and power. What are they tome? The cold, dark grave will swallow all, but nature's gifts are costlier tome. She has given song, and I will cheer jou to the battle against evil. I ask you not to recelvo me lor tne uiooawnicn courses throngn my veins, but because I too am prepared to give my life for the good ot our common mother, Russia. The Czar's position is a painful one. There are of course precedents tor imprison ing and even murdering the Russian Duke, but modern ideas are not without influence I iu Eussia, and if Constantiue's folly is to pe noucea-at ail ne vriu pruuauiy inner no ; vruroe fuic tuiiu tciujxjrarv iJuuueuieut in u lunatic asylum or a short term of seclusion iu some distant province. Whether the humbler prince who owns the Grashdanii, the most tearless ofRussian newspapers, will escape severe punishment is an open ques tion. A GEAVE OFFENSE. He has committed the grave offense in im perial Bussian eves of publishing a letter reflecting op the powers that be. The letter is from a superior officer, who, at his own request, was recently transferred to a post at Nertchinsk, in Siberia, and has since beeu bewailing his fatuity. Among other un pleasant things, he says: Tbe neoDle are wicked and denraved. i-iven to gossiping, slandering, spying and secret de nunciations. Everything which is good and honest is mercilessly persecuted and baseness is triumpnant Every official, whatever his powers may be. ill treats his subordinates in terferes with their private affairs aud inflicts every humiliation on them. Tho small officials, who receive daily wages, are recruited from criminals awaiting judgment or already con demned. Tbey are all thieves and drunkards. High cost of living and inadequate salaries make it almost impossible to hnd an honest man here. I shall thank Providence if I am not thrown into prison during the three years which I now must remain here. SPOILING A ROMANCE. The Czar is attempting to spoil one of the prettiest royal romances of the age. He has just broken off an engagement between his cousin, the Grand Duke Michael Miohaelo witch and the beautiful Countess Ignatieff, daughter of tbe Bussian ambassador to Turkey. The engagement between these young people the Duke is only 28 years oia ana tne uountess a years younger was the result of love at "first sight. Count Ignatieff, however, is not persona grata with the Czar, and hence the objection of Nich olas to ally himself so closely with the diplomatist's family. Many compromises were suggested, but none proved acceptable to the Czar until the Grand Duke offered to renounce all his titles and privileges and live abroad with his wife. To this the Czar consented, but Count Ignatieff objected, as he considers himself destined to play such an important part in Bussian politics that he will be able to arrange the marriage on bis own terms in the course of time. Consequently the Grand Duke has been sent to travel and the young Countess has been made a maid of honor to the Czarina. A CAT MAI LOOK AT A KING, But a Merchant Must Not Gaze Too Fondly Upon an Empress. BT CABLE TO THE DIbPATCH.I London, April 19. On Tuesday evening the Empress Frederickandhertwo daughters arrived from Frankfort by an ordinary ex press train. So also did Karl Bonn, a rich merchant of Berlin. Bonn jumped from the train before it had stopped, rushed as near to the Boyal carriage as he could get, took off his hat, placed his right hand over his heart and smiled and leered nmorously. Ptincess Margaret first noticed the apparition, and gave a startled little scream. The Empress frowned, aud turning to an officer, said a few words. The officer thereupon grabbed poor Bonn aud hustled him off. Bonn is the victim of a hopeless and un requited love. When thereptile newspapers during the Emperor Frederick's last illness were daily reviling the Empress, Bonn con ceived it to be his duty to champion ber cause. Chivalrous pity gave place to love. He became passionately attached, not only to the Empress, but to her two daughters as well, and has written them daily to tell them so. Wherever they happen to be Bonn, the laithful one, is always on band. He has been kicked and cuffed, imprisoned nnd fined, but he is not discouraged, lor he does not doubt that his constancy will one day have its reward.' Not in a Hurry to See tbe Czar. fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, April 19. Charles Emory Smith, our new Minister to St. Petersburg, is still in London enjoying himself. To night he is the guest of Harold Aredertc at the Savage club. He leaves early in the week lor Antwerp, and goes thence to St. Petersburg by way of Paris. AEEAID OF BOMBS. European Governments Are Awaiting the Pint of May With Grent Anxiety In Paris Especially Thero Aro Grave Fen r of Tronble. BT CABLE TO TBS DISPATCH. London, April 19. Much uncertainty still prevails respecting the attitude the continental governments will finally as sume toward the 1st of May labor demon strations. The German Emperor does not want trouble which might injure his new character as "friend of the poor," but he has done something toward bringing it about by ordering that "workmen employed in the State factories and mines shall be refused a holiday upon the day appointed. The re cent disturbances in Moravia have greatly incensed the governing classes, who are bringing great pressure to bear upon the Government to prohibit demonstrations altogether. They have succeeded in obtain ing the refusal of a holiday to State work men, but by direct command of the Emper or, orderly processions to the prater will be allowed in Vienna. As the local authori ties will be allowed to decide what is order ly and what is disorderly, the imperial con cession may not prove of much practical valne. Even in Paris, thanks to the mad brained and vitriol tongued Louise Michael and her friends, there is some talk of stopping demonstrations. Lonise Michael spoke the other evening about the charms of dynamite, and after explaining that she hid a strong feeling that something unusual would oc cur the first of May, promised "to smash the butter dish over the faces of all Govern ment scoundrels," Monsieur Constans, with whom, as Minister of the Interior, will rest the responsibility should disturbances occur, professes to be alarmed at the revo lutionary ferment now observable in Paris, and as hels already fiercely heated by tbe extremists he will not hesitate to shoot at the first provocation. Tbe moderate French Socialists, knowing the man with whom they have to deal, have appealed to their brethren to beware of play ing id to the enemy's hands and "to avoid spoiling by violence the splendor of an ef tort of universal brotherhood." But up to the present, so far as Paris is concerned, they appear to have been scarcely audible above tnenloodthirsty and insane clamor of the Nihilistic factions. LOOEIM AFTER THE ARMY. Tho Young Kaiser's Thoughts Seem to be all of War. rar cable to thi dispatch. 1 London, April 19. Kaiser Wilhelm has devoted the week almost entirely to his soldiers, visiting the barrack rooms, inspect ing recruits and lecturing officers with the confidence of a veteran campaigner. Three evenings he has been a guest at military dinners, at each of which it is known that he made a speech, but as report ers were not; admitted, the imperial elo quence was lost to the worla at large. Still further to emphasize his war-lordship the Kaiser personally congratulated General von Pape upon the sixtieth anniversary of the famous old warrior's entry into the army and presented him with the imperial por trait in the uniform of a garde du corps. The moment, therefore, seems scarcely opportune for preaching to the young sol dier King of the beauties of peace, but the ample good-natured folk who form the Inter najional Arbitration and Peace Association think otherwise. They" have drafted a memorial praying His Majesty to set a glorious example by disarming his military hosts, or at least to convene a conference of the powers to consider the, question of settling internal disputes by peaceable means - The Ktser' reply-will he"wurtb: reading, butrlt is not likely to be soothing to tbe peace society. , . t STARVATION IN LONDON. An Actnnl Case of the Kind Causes Quite a Little Sensntlon. BT CABLE TO THIS DISPATCH.! London, April 19. Some of the London newspapers have been inconsiderate enough to harrow the feelings of polite society by publishing tbe talo ot an East End tragedy, whereby a dock laborer died of starvation. Mark Valle was the victim's name, and his neighbors report him to have been a temperate, steadv man who made every effort to obtain sufficient work to support'his family, consisting of a wire and hve small children. He had a little money due him on Thursday and dropped dead at the paymaster's feet as he received it. The doctor who made the postmortem said his death was due to starvation, and the man's stomach was entirely empty. The eldest boy told the Coroner that their father had eaten nothing since the previous Satur day, though tbe children had had a little stew twice since. The father ate nothing in order that there should be- more for his little ones. The West End was shocked when the Pall Mall Gazette published this story, and more than one good citizen stopped the paper in order that his wife and childran might not be annoyed by the pe rusal of such vulgar atrocities. HONORS FOR1 THE EXPLORER. Tho American Dinner to Stanley Will be a Great Affair. IBT CABLE TO THE DtSPATCH.J London, April 19. The American din ner to Mr. Stanley is to be given on May 30. As Minister Lincoln is in mourning for his son. Consul General New will preside. It is doubtful if there will be a large enough banqueting hall in London for the Ameri cans who desire to be present. Stanley ar rived in Brussels to-day, and was accorded royal honors from the frontier of Belgium to the capital.- He is to-night the guest of the King at the palace. It is thought in Brussels that Stanley will enter the service of the King of the Belgians as Yicerov of the Congo State, rather than that of the' British East Africa Company. A SEASON OF GAIETY Promised for London If There are No more Royal Fanernls. rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.3 London, April 19. Queen Victoria, who has been having most abominable weather at Aix Les Bams, will return to Windsor Castle, after an interview with her grandson, Emperor William. She has agreed to hold two drawing rooms in Lon don next month on the 9th and 15th, so that the season will open merrily. London is already filling up, and if the royalties will be good enough to refrain from dying the season will in all probability be the gavest and most prosperous since 1887, the jubilee ytar. AFTER EOUDLB ALDERMEN. Serlons Charge Made Against a Chicago Elevated Railroad Company. Chicago, April 19. A bill, by numer ous property owners on Randolph street and Ogden avenue, was filed in the Circuit Court this afternoon against the West Bapid Transit Company and the city of Chicago to restrain the construction of the proposed elevated, railroad on the thoroughfares named. ' The bill says that the consent of a ma jority of the property owners was never ob tained by the company, many of the signa tures purporting to give consent being for ceries. It is also asserted that the capital stock of the company, almost entirely, has not yet beeu paid up, and that blocks of stock have been issued toa number of Alder men to corruptly secure the passage of the company's ordinances. No injunction has yet been granted. A motion for the injucc tion may be made next week. FIGHT TO THE FINISH. Delamater Has No Thought of With drawing From the Contest. HE IS CONFIDENT OF YICTOET, Bat tho Opposition is Still Keeping- Up the Strncgle. GEK. HASTING'S HAS CAPTDEED BLAIE. The Contest for Randall's Scat is Fast Becoming De cidediy Torrid. Delamater will not withdraw from the Bepublicau gubernatorial battle, and the fight is between the Crawford Senator and General Hastings to the finish. The former is very confident, but the friends of the lat ter yesterday captured Blair county, and believe that theywill yet turn the tide. Philadelphia Democrats are just now con cerned about the vacant seat in Congress. tSrECIAL-TZLEOBAJt TO THE DISPATCH.) Philadelphia, April 19. The contest for the Bepublicau nomination for Governor continues to be waged with considerable vigor. The time and place for the holding of the Republican State Convention has not yet been fixed, but the members of the State Committee will meet on Wednesday, April 23, when the qnestion as to the time aud place for holding the convention will be settled. The Bepublicans will nominate their State ticket during the last week of June, unless there occurs a great change of mind between now and the meeting of the State Committee on Wednesday next. The lead ing candidates, as well as well informed Bepublicans from the interior of the State, have declared in favor ot an early conven tion, and it is probable that Wednesday, June 25, will be the date selected and the city ot Harrisburg named as the place for the meeting of the convention. ONLY TWO OF THEM IN IT. Chairman Andrews, in his call for the meeting of the State Committee, announced that in addition to naming the time and place for the holding of the Stale convention the committee will take up such other mat ters as may be presented, but if it considered unlikely that any other business will be transacted. Senator Delamater and Gen eral Hastings virtually have the fight for the nomination between themselves, as the other candidates who have been announced are not making much effort to secure dele gates. Someof thedarkhorsecandidatesareinthe field with the hope that the contest between the leading candidates will become so warm that a compiomise candidate may have to be agreed upon. It is claimed that Senator Delamater will be nominated as the Repub lican candidate for Governor beyond auy question of doubt unless Senator Quay enters the fight against him, which is not considered likely to occur. Even without the delegates from this city the friends of the Crawford county Senator claim that he can easily win. In spite of the large number of delegates which have already been elected in his interest the friends of Senator Delamater are con tinuing to capture county after count v. in ordfeto haxjtto MHqating.Yote. as-lirge as possible. ' ', --- AN EAHNEKT'STECGOLE. General Hastings, upon whom 'will unite all the forces of the Delamater opposition, is still making his rounds of the State. He is in earnest and is battling to win, but the active workers of the Republican organiza tion tbroughont the State are nearly all arrayed against him. There has been some talk to the effect that Senator Delamater. in the interest of party harmony, would with draw from the contest, but Delamater, to use a sporting phrase, is in the tight to a finish. His friends declare that the opposition to his nomination will not be able to defeat him, and that the kick which is being made by a few of the independents will not ma terially affect his expected majority at the polls. Delamater's friends point to the cool ness which has sprung up between ex-Senator Emery, who delivered the Bradford at tack on Delamater, and ex-Senator Lee, of Venango couuty, who was present at the meeting and who is credited with having urced Emery to make the attack. Lee and Emery are both candidates for the Congressional nomination in the Twenty-seventh district, which comprises tbe counties of Venango, Warrpn, McKean and Cameron. Lee lives in Venango county and Emery lives in McKean county. A CAUTIOUS STATESMAN. The story goes that Emery expected Lee to make an attack upon Delamater in Ve mneo connty. following up Emerv's Mc Kean county attack, but Lee, when spoken to upon tbe subject when he returned from the Bradford meeting, declined to say anything for publication which would in any way reflect on Delamater. On Tuesday last ex-Senator Emery's Bradford paper, in a leading editorial, critide3 ex Senator Lee's action and strongly intimates that Lee has been guilty of sharp political practice in doing as he has done. Dela mater's friends are in great elee over the Lee-Emery squabble and claim that neither will win the Congressional nomination. When Senator Quav and Mayor Pitler met for the purpose of discussing the Guber natorial situation, the Mayor declared him self in favor of the nomination of General Hastings. At the same time he promised Senator Quay that he would not allow the police, firemen or other city employes to take an active part in the contest for State delegates. Pitler declared himself satisfied with the controlling powers of the Republican organization of the city, and as sured Senator Quay that, in the interest of paity harmonv, 33 little fuss as possible should be made in the contest for the elec tion of the State delegates. A THOROUGH UNDEESTANDINO. He had a talk with Collector Martin and Chairman Porter prior to his meeting with Senator Quav, and the three local leaders have a complete and thorough understand ing. Director Stokley, without consulting Mayor Fitter, sent tor the police lieuten ants ana gave'tnem orders to nave their men in tbe various districts assist in electing Slate delegates who were favorable to the nomination of General Hastings. Some friends of Senator Quay, hearing of this, saw tbe Mayor and informed him of what had been done, and he at once ordered the Stokley order countermanded. The Mayor sent for Director Stokley, and when that official appeared he said to him that there must not be any orders issued to the city employes. He told him to undo what he bad already done, and to allow the men to exercise their rights of citizenship as best pleased them aud without interference. He iulormed Director Stokley of tne un derstanding which existed between himself and Senator Quay, and said that the situa tion was entirely satisfactory to him. The Mayor is still lor Hastings and will continue to be, bnt he wants to have the State dele gates chosen without interference by the city's emplyes. EANDALL'S VACANT CHAIB. Governor Beaver was asked to-day when he would cause a writ to be issued for an election to fill the Congressional vacancy in the Third district, caused by the death of the late Samuel J. Randall. He replied: "As soon as I receive official no tice from the Speaker of the House of Rep resentatives at Washington that there is a vacancy existing in the Third Congressional district I will have a writ of election issued in order that the p " hat district can elect a member . -oresent them." nt.aoD rn .. I .When asked whether w"'"0r JJ 4Jqir delay in the issuance of the wru rJ"J30rTfAl of a current rumor that because of its De1.l?cff' a Democratic district the Republicans at Washington might delay the sending of the notice to him, he said: "I do not think that anything of that kind will occur. Mr. Randall has only just been buried and there is ample time' for the notice to be sent ont. When I do receive it I will do just a3 I did in the case of the Fourth district, where Mr. Reyburn has been elected. In cases of this kind I make no distinction between Demo crats and Republicans." Despite the fact of there hiving been no official announcement of a vacancy in tbe district, the leaders on the Democratic side are making the fight for control of the nom inating convention. Senator McAIeer is being pushed by Peter Monroe and others for the place, but he has not yet announced himself as a candidate. Speaking on the subject to-day Senator McAIeer said: STILL nESITATES. "I have not yet announced myself as a candidate for the position, nor will I do so nutil I have first conferred with my Iriends in the district and hear what they think of my chance of making a successful fight. I desire to ascertain the feelings of the people before announcing my candidacy." Friends of James M. Beck, Assistant United States District Attorney, are making a strong effort to secure the nomination for him. William M. Singerlv and other prominent Democratic leaders, who favor tariff reform, are also moving in Mr. Beck's behalf. John M. Campbell, ex-Surveyor of the Port, has also been mentioned iu the list of candidates. Ex-Representative Adam S. Conwav has also been named, in addition to John E. Faunee, John H. Fow, Matthew Dittman and William F. Belsterling, each of whom would like, if possible, to secure the nomination. Select Councilman William McMulIen, who has been a life-long friend of Mr. Eandall's,and who will have considerable to say as to who will receive the nomination, has not yet expressed a preference. The Republicans of the district are awaiting the outcome ot the Democratic contest for the nomination, and should they consider after the Democratic candidate has been named that they have a fighting chance to win. Harry T. Kingston, of the Third ward, will likely be their can didate. Hastings captures blaik. Delamater Probnbly Defeated and His Friends la tbe County Indlamanl. .SPICIAL TELIGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Alioon a, April 19. During the past 24 hours a radical change took place in the political situation in this city. Testerday was a good day for the admirers of Senator Delamater, bnt before the close of the day his chances for carrying the county were turned upside down. A great fiower from abroad sprnng upon the Repub ican workers, and the word was soon passed over the city that General Hastings was se lected for Blair county. To-night the vote shows that the General has carried the city by a large majority. The Delamater advocates are boiling over with rage and assert that noth ing but hard cash knocked out their favor ite candidate. Tbe returns arc coming in slowly, but the indications are that Blair will be added to Hastings' score. i For Lieutenant Governor, E. K. Martin, of Lancaster, will get this connty by a large vote. The Congressional fieht seems to be one-sided and in favor of JllXHfcks, Esq., of this city. The vote on delegates to tne State Convention is considerably mixed,and it is hard to tell who will represent this county until the official vote is announced. NOT A COMPLETE SUCCESS. A Small bnt Entuuslnstlc Hastings Club Oreanlzed at the Capital. TSPZCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH 1 HAEKISBUKG, April 19. The meeting held here to-night in the interest of General Hastings as a candidate for Governor was not a success. About 30 persons at tended, and the Chairman, Alrah Boyer, announced that the purpose of the meeting was to organize the General Hastings Club, whose member ship he stated was nearly 200. He declared that tbe purpose of tbe organization was not to antagonize any of the candidates; for the Republican nomination for Governor, but to do all in its power to promote the success of Hastings. O. S. Houtz was elected president of the club, after which a resolution was adopted indorsing the General as the choice of the Republicans of Harrisburg. The president was authorized to appoint a committee to get up a Hastings' mass meeting. General Gobin was expected to be present, but he was unavoidably detained at his home. Explosion In a Brewery. Chicago, April 19. An explosion of mill dust occurred in the brewery of Brewer & Hoffman, South Green street, this morn ing, and 20 workmen narrowly escaped be ins killed. The explosion was hea;d at a distance of a mile. CONTENTS OP THE ISSUE. A Classification Tbat Will Assist the Dis criminating Reader. The public appreciates a good newspaper and the ever increasing patronage of The Dis patch is a source of gratification in that it is proof positive tbat it has merit. Every effort has been put forth to make this ZO-paze Issue an example of the high standard sought to be maintained. The first part is filled with news and news comments. The second aud third parts are made up as follows: PART II. Pane 9. The rthitechapel Clnb....UUB Chicago Bureau. feeps Into Bondolrs JIiss Urcxdt. Jit. The Ace or Clubs. ....PsCiCE JossF Lubomiusex. Page 10. The Chat of Gotham Clara belle. Digging In the Dirt Bessie Bbauble. Page 11. Being First Lady ." Kciiajiah. Tbe Want Column. To 1 et Column. For Sale Column. Bnsiness Cards. Page 13. The Social World. Green Boom Gossip. The Grand Army. Gossip of the Guards. Art News and Notes. Page 13. Secret Societies. Local Trade Gossip. Markets by Telegraph. Business Cards. Page li. The WceL's Sport Pr.ixOLE. Baseball Gossip Ciiabxes J. Volkt. Business Cards. Page 15. The Argument for God. .Rev. Geobge Hodges. Prehistoric Peoples Buubalo. Every Day science. Staff Writer. It Has IU Place...' Mxa. Page IS. Actors on the Koad J. ARMOT Kxox. Amusement Notices. Business Cards. FAItT III. Page 17. Banks and Bntler 1'itANK G. Carpenter A famous Library B. G. Johns 7ews About Metals Kene Baciie Beatrice H. Kideu Haggard Page IS. Every Day Dlahcs Maurice Dancocbt bouth American Trade.. Kaxnie B Ward ACottazeto Sell li. Vv.SHOppeli. Page 13. Janet and the Water King Patsie Mind Beading A Symposium Men Who Won Fame ..OliveLooa:n- Nntsto Crack E. It. CiiADBOCsa Page SO. i'alr Woman's World MEO. ET AL In Debt to Nature Shiblet Dare Colonial Courtship .The Dflver Shekels and Beamy... BLAKXLT ttit.t. STILL II A SNARL, m ldtclinien Will lNTot Accept the Companies' Offers, MADE TO THEM YESTERDAY Talk of Adjustment Said to be Com-,- ing From Officials. ALL FEEIGHT,YAKDS ARE BLOCEED The superintendents of nearly all roads leading into Pittsburg yesterday made propositions of increase in wages to their yardmen. The oners were not accepted, though, and tho employes say still further concessions must be made or a strike is in evitable. A detective as been engaged to hire non-union men. The end of the agitation among tbe rail way employes seems as far distant as it did three days ago. The executive Committee) was in session all day yesterday considering the propositions submitted to the men by the superintendents of all the roads except the Baltimore and Ohio and Pittsburg and Lake Brie. It was given out last night tbat these propositions would not be accepted. This being the case, the companies must either make other propositions which will come nearer meeting the demands of the men, or the roads may yet be tied up. Yestetday committees representing the various roads called on their respective superintendents and presented anew the 16 grievances, which the general committee had presented early in the week. They were given, in return, the propo sitions of the companies, which the superintendents bad agreed upon in the morning. These fignres, as given out by General Superintendent Watts, of the Pennsylvania company, and also by Chair man Hawley, of the Press Committee, are: Night conductors. 23 cents per hour, or $3 per day; day conductors, 24 cents per hour, or $2 80 per day; njght brakemen, 19 cents, or 52 23 per day, and day brakemen, 13 cents, or 52 16 per day. If O SHORIEB DAT OFFEBED. This is more for conductors than the men demanded, but a few cents less for brake men. Besides, the companies ask that the men work 12 hours a day, while the men asked that 10 should constitute a day'3 work. Vice Grand Master John Downey met tho switchmen in Knights of Labor Hall in tho afternoon, when the terms of the superin tendents were taken under advisement. The meeting adjourned late last evening. Mi. Hawley gave out tbe following: "We have been considering the proposi tions made by the superintendents. We have had terms submitted to us by all the roads except the Baltimore and Ohio and Pittsburg and Like Erie, and lam informed that Superintendents Patton aud Holbrook are out of the city. The companies vir tually recognized our association, altbough they stand on the technicality that they are only recognizing their own employes. "There is one thing I want to say in re ply to what some of the officials have given out. Ths railroad men in Pittsburg are not floaters. There are few men in the business in this city who were not either horn here or have worked in the yards here from 10 to 15 years. All work on tbe basis of equality, and if we have men on this committee, who are strangers to some ol the superintendents, they are union men, and must be recognized the same as old employes. As to the statement of Superin tendent Starr that more skill is required to run a train in Chicago than in Pittsburg, I say his words are misleading. A COMPARATIVE IDEA. "The yards in Pittsburg are scalier than those in Chicago, tbe business is of greater maguitnde, the corves are shorter and mora numerous, the work is harder, tbe grades heavier, nnd everything tends to maki thV work in Pittsburg more laborious than almost anywhere else. Yet the roads in "Buffala, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Omaha, Pocatello- and ail cities ou the Union Pacific system, Kansas City, St. Louis nnd yards on the Rio Grande system, including Denver and other points, pay the men better wages than they receive in Pittsburg." Mr. Downey was called upon at Deshon'a Hotel last night by a Dispatch reporter. "You can state for me," said he, "that the proposition of the companies will never be accepted," and he emnhasized hi3 word3 by bringing his hand down in a sledge-hammer style on the table in front of him. "Why," he continued, "our men in Pittsburg don't get us much as common street cleaners, and their lives are continually in jeopardy. It is time for the Pittsburg merchants to rise up in tbe interest ot these men who are being ground down below living wtges, and see that the present difficulty is satisfactorily settled. It is to the interest of the business men of not only Pittsburg, but tne entire country, that no strike should occur. And I say to you, candidly, that we wilt get what we are going after. If neces sary, I will call the entire Supreme Council here." "Is it true that the committees which waited upon Superintendents Starr and Turner hail been sent for by those gentle men?" "I believe that is correct," replied Mr. Downey. "Don't you regard the fact that you com plied with these requests as a surrender of your iormer position?" NO DIFFERENCE TO THEM- "It don't make any difference to us how the companies recognize us so we get our demands. But von don't mean to tell me that the Pennsylvania Railroad ComDany wuuiu nave recognizee, a committee of unorganized men from their yards and granted any demands that committee might have maue. The companies don't need to recognize the union; if tfyev recognize tha demands of the men the union will be satisfied. Here are some figures that will assist the public in judging whether we are making au unjust demand or not. A man in Pitts burg in charge of an engine is paid ?2 40. The same man, doing the same work ia Chicago, would receive 2 TO, aud would work two hours a day less. The helpers in Pittsburg are paid 51 80 lor 12 hours, while in Chicago thev receive ?2 50 for ten hours. Recollect tha't. is for day work. For night work in Pittsburg con ductors receive 2 BO for 12 hours, and in Chicago they get 52 90 for ten hours; the helpers in Pittsburg are paid ?1 90, whilo those in Chicago receive 2 70. "The men in Chicago are all allowed au hour for dinner or supper, as the case may be, while in Pittsburg they are treated worse than Joliet convicts. Prisoners in all of the jails and penitentiaries get at least an, hour for meals, bnt the Pittsburg switchmen have to grab at their meals like a dog at a bone. The situation in Chicago applies to almost all of the Western cities of much less importance than Pittsburg." "Mr. Downey, you say the proposition of the companies will not be accepted. Will yoc say whether or not the same propoii- !"2ZsasHsHSssM9asLk
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