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PITTSBURG, SATURDAT, WEBRTJARY 14, r 1891--TWELYB PAGES.
THREE CENTS.
BAFFLED ONCE MORE
5
London Police Are Utterly Un
able to Solve the Mys
tery of the
LAST WHITECHAPEL CRIME.
Every Indication That the Foul Deed
Was the Work of None bat
Jack the Kipper.
THE BODY WAS K0T MUTILATED,
Because the Approach of an Officer Com
pelled the Assassin to Abandon
the Side of His Tictim.
WOXDEEFUL AUDACITY OF THE FIEXD.
Tie Knrdcr Wu Ccnaitted Is in Exposed LociUon,
tat 0n Which iSaiti Scat Aramts
cf Eseijc
LITE KOT EZTIKCT WHEN TEE EOCTOB AEETVXD
BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCIM
LoNDON.Feb. 13. Copyright Shortly
after 2 o'clock this morning murder was com
mitted in Whitechapel under circumstances
which leave little doubt that it mutt be
added to the long list of atrocious crimes in
separably connected in the popular mind
with the monster known as Jack the Kipper.
The victim was a young woman of the
unfortunate class, known to her degraded
associates as Frances Coleman, and she was
found at 2:15 this morning lying in the mid
dle of the roadway with a terrible wonnd in
her throat, from the effects of which she
died before arrangements could be made to
convey her to the hospital, and even before
medical assistance could be brought to ths
spot.
The Discovery of the Tragedy.
The discovery was made by Constable
Thompson, who was walking leisurely along
his beat, which passes through Swallow
Gardens, when he saw just ahead of him,
lying as nearly as possible in the middle of
the roadways, a dark mass to which he im
mediately hurried.
The constable had no thought of murder
in his mind, because he had passed along
Swallow Gardens about a quarter of an hour
previously and had seen his comrade whose
beat joined his own and had exchanged
greetings with sot3 railway men five min
utes previously. Men were at work not
many yards from the spotand no cry of help
ringing out in the stillness of the night
would have escaped the ears of a dozen
sturdy men.
Therefore the constable was in no degree
flurried and in all probability he would not
even have quickened his patrol pace had not
the drunken woman, with whom as he sup
posed he was about to deal, been lying in
the roadway and in danger of being run
over by the first wagon that might come
from the railway goods depot nearby.
Horror Revealed by the .Lantern's Hay.
He soon reached the prostrate form and as
quickly the trained eye of the policeman,
used to dealing with the riffraff of the East
End, saw that no drunken street arab lay
before him. He pushed back the slide of
his lantern and bringing the strong light
fall upon the upturned face found it was
that of a woman foully done to death. From
a gaping gash in the neck warm blood was
flowing into a dark crimson pool in which
the head and shoulders lay.
A thought of Jack the Eipper flashed
through the now startled constable's mind,
and he tremulously turned his lantern
round to the feet of the victim to find, to his
immense relief, that the more ghastly and
inhuman concomitants of the crimei asso
ciated with the Whitechapel fiend were ab
sent in this case.
Then the constable stooped down, felt the
face, and found that it was warm. Peculiar,
but very slight, movements of the facial
muscles also seemed to indicate that life yet
lingered in the poor wretch's body., There
upon Thompson blew his whistle loudly and
the alarm quickly brought to the spot other
constables and a number of worklngmen.
Profiting by Previous Lessons.
A messenger was dispatched firstly and
most urgently to a Dr. Phillips, the divi
sional police surgeon, and then word was
sent oi the tragedy to the Leman street po
lice station, less 'than quarter of a mile
away, whence tbe news was telegraphed to
Scotland Yard. In the meantime the con
stables, profiting by the lessons and warn
ings persistently pressed upon them for
nearly two years past, in view of the possi
ble renewal of the Kipper atrocities, allowed
no one to touch or to go near the body; and
note book in hand each man recorded such
facts and incidents as seemed to be relcvent
and necessary to the unraveling of the ter
rible mystery.
The responsibility did not rest long with
Constable Thompson and his comrade, for
by 2:30 Superintendent Arnold, Inspectors
Wrirht and Beid and several other officers
had arrived in Swallow Gardens.
Dr. Phillips, too, reached the scene within
20 minutes of the first alarm, and his first
care-was to mate preliminary examination
of the body of the victim. There was even
a slight pulsation so slight, however, that
only an expert could have noticed it and
the woman was unmistakably dead when
two constables arrived with the hand ambu
lance. Scene or the Crime Wei-1 Chosen.
As nothing was, therefore, to be gained
by hastening the removal of the body, it
was allowed to remain in its original posi
tion until tne detective officers had com
pleted their observations of its surround,
ings, and had recorded the results in thefr
notebooks. In some respects the scene of
this crime was well chosen by the mur
derer, although its selection necessitated an
astonishing amount of recklessness.
Put thi, which would have been almost
WANTS of all kinds are quickly unswered
through THEDISPATCH. Investors, arti
mmi, bargain' hunters, buyers and sellers
closely scan it Classified Advertising Col
umns. Largest Circulation.
incredible In the case of the ordinary, crim
inal, is quite consistent with and even cor
roborative of the theory that in this, as in
other instances equally as extraordinary, the
murderer for whose capture the police are at
this moment tcouriug London is Jack the
Kipper.
Swallow Gardens is situated in a district
inhabited by the lower working classes,
and it bears a respectable character, as
"Whitechapel back streets go. The roadway
is scarcely broad enough for two vehicles to
pass abreast, and it passes under a railway
arch, above which is the Great Eastern Bail
way. A Scarcity of Dwelling Houses.
It runs from Chambers street to Boyal
Hint street, and there are no dwelling
houses on either side. Near the archway
in the Chambers street section is a school
house, and in Boyal Hint street, quite close
to the archway, are some drygoods, booking
offices and a large refinery. There are other
arches near, and on all sides courts and
passages bv which any miscreant could
quickly make his escape" from the neighbor
hood. '
At an early period of the "Whitechapel
scare the Leman street officers turned their
attention to Swallow Gardens and the im
mediate Vicinity, and a plain clothes consta
ble was appointed to special watch, duty
thereabouts. Unfortunately he was not
actually in Swallow Gardens at 2 o'clock
this morning, but it is said that he was
within 300 yards of the spot and was one of
the first to answer the alarm sounded by
Constable Thompson.
Tnere is a lamp at each end of the arch,
but their united gleams don't entirely il
luminate the interior at noon. To-day when
the sun was shining brightly the archway
presented a gloomy appearance. Constable
Thompson, it should be remembered, ap
proached from Chambers street, and he
could not see the archway until quite near
it, and as he turned round to the left.
Silent Steps Might Have Caught the Fiend.
Thompson did not wear rubber boots, as
was suggested years ago'night patrols should
do. Otherwise he would have come upon
the murderer in the very act of dispatching
his-victim. It is equally certain that had
the woman been able to cry out her voice
would have been heard by Thompson.
On the other hand the murderer must
have heard Thompson's approaching foot
steps some time before he could have seen
the constable, and he doubtless made his
escape down the narrow passage at the
Chambers street end just before Thompson,
bearing round to the left, came into full
view of the archway. It is certain that the
woman's throat was cut but a very few min
utes before the body was discovered, and
just this fact points irresistibly to the con
clusion that the murderous hand was the
same that killed Mrs. Bddowes in Miter
square on the 30th of September, 18S8.
Then, as now, a constable was within
hearing of any err that the victim might
have made, and the murderer made good
his escape the moment before the officer
turned into view of the seene of the crime.
Upon that memorable occasi u the monster
had time to mutilate his victim in the most
awful fashion. But the facts then estab
lished left no doubt that he was engaged
upon his ghastly work when disturbed by
the sound of the constable's footsteps.
The Tictim Did Not Cry Out.
That the victim did not cry out this morn
ing there can be no reasonable doubt, and
this Is a well-known characteristic of Jack
the Kipper. The mnrder theory held by
the police and surgical experts in regard to
this morning's crime is that the woman
willingly accompanied the murderer to
Swallows Gardens; that as they walked
under the archway the man suddenly
stepped bsck, placed his right hand over
the woman's mouth, pulled her head back
on to bis breast, and tbus.wttbthe weapon
held in his left hand, afcflioted the fatal
wound.
The throat of thiswotain bears first
slight cnt, not even dangerous. Had she
sot been gagged she could easily have
screamed, .but shecertainly did not do so.
The second principal Wound was wonder
fully clean cut, made by a firm hand wield
ing the keenest and strongest of knives, and
it was deep down to the cervical vertebra.
The victim' could not have 'uttered a sob
after that pitiless stroke. As soon as Dr.
Phillips had completed his preliminary ex
amination of the body it was placed on a
stretcher and taken to '"Whitechapel. The
mortuary police then issned .this discription
of the body: J
Age about 25. Length five feet, eyes and hair
brown, complexion pale, dress ablack diagonal
jacket, gown black satin. bodice,wbite chemise
and drawers, button boots, black ribbon round
neck, black vulcanite earring and black ear
ring in the pocket, black crape hat and ditto
found in the folds of the dress. In the pocket
three pieces of black crape, one old .striped
stocking and a comb.
The Testimony of a Laborer.
The earring 'found in the pocket is the
fellow to that in the ear. It had apparently
been taken out because the ear to which it
belonged had been torn probably a few
weeks ago, and was doubtless painful to the
touch.. The body seemed to be that of a
well-nourished woman, bnt it was very
dirty, and some of the clothing was filthy.
A laborer named Friday, who works at
night near the scene of the murder, has de
clared that he saw the victim talking to a
man, apparently a fireman, about 1:30
in Boyal Mint street. Friday has been
shown the body, bnt is not sure it is that
of the woman he saw, but he says
she wore a very similar hat to that found
on the corpse. The hat that the victim
wore is such as are commonly worn by poor
women in.the East End, and thus will be of
little, if any, use for the purpose of identi
fication. The suggestion that the hatfonnd
in the folds of her dress belonged to the
murderer is quite unjustifiable and alto
gether ridiculous.
There is one slight clew which the police
are eagerly following, which is that afforded
by the wound in the back of the woman's
head, which was evidently inflicted quite
recentlv, and which had been surgically
dressed. Inquiries are being made at the
local surgeries and of private practitioners,
which, so far, have been without result. A
thorough search of the East End lodging
houses, conductedby Inspectors Beid, Swan
son and Moore, assisted by Inspector Began
and the local officers, has been equally un
productive of information.
AN UNPROFITABLE CASE.
The Marquis De Leuvllle Is 8150 Out by
His Libel Salt,
fBT DUJTLAF'S CABLE COKrANT.l "
London, Feb. 13. The case of the Mar
quis De Leuville against a newspaper for
declaring that he had introduced the claque
into England and which has occasioned
considerable comment was decided to-day.
The Marquis was the only witness examined
and the jury rendered a nominal verdict.
Tne plaintiff's counsel then asked that
the costs be divided. This the judge refused
to do, saying: "If yon had not a verdict
for a shilling. I would put the entire cost
on you." The Marquis then retired some
$150 out of pocket.
FUNERAL REFORM.
A Movement With That End In Tlew Has
Been Started in England.
rar dujclap's cable coidpant.
London, Feb. 13. A few months ago
Paris set a fashion which there is talk about
following. This was a movement for funeral
reform, and the cry now comes up none too
soon. The extravagance for "funeral
wreaths, of which it has been the custom to
indulge and which has daily been growing
greater, has at length worked its own ruin
and has provoked the movement against
this costly fashion. -The reformers suggest
that the notice of the death, which appears
in the papers, should end with the an
nouncement, "no flowers."
An argument against the sending of these
tributes is that the petals of the flowers
serve to keep the germs which are given off
from the dead body, and in the case of
people who die from infectious diseases they
may become a positive source of danger and
be absolutely death-dealing.
RETURNED'TO IRELAND.
DILLON AND C'BBIEN TAKEN BACK
THESE FOE IHPBIS0NMENT.
Their Friends Greatly Disappointed at the
Surrender Two PameUltes to Come to
America on a Collecting Tour The Mo
Carthjltes Adjourn Their Meetings.
rBT CABLE TO THS DISPATCH.!
LONDON, Feb. 13. The determination of
Dillon and O'Brien to come to England and
surrender themselves was a great disap
pointment to their friends. The latter had
hoped until the last moment that some ar
rangement would be made by which these
gentlemen wonld be able io return to
America and conclude their tour. This
will now probably be completed by two of
Parnell's lieutenants, who will collect sub
scriptions for the National League, which
is not just now id a flourishing finanoial
condition. The adherence of the Hon Cecil
John Bhodes, ot Cape Colony, to the Par
nellite cause continues to be a topic of con
gratulatory comment, as be has placed
5,000 in the hands of the ex-leader for cam
paign purposes.
O'Brien and Dillon quietly left the
Enston railway station under a police
escort at 7 o'clock tnis morning, looking
well and fresh after their night spent in
Scotland Yard. The ;prisoners enjoyed
every liberty possible. There was nothing
to show that they were not ordinary passen
gers, and they evidently regarded their
approaching imprisonment with calm indif
ference. Messrs. Harrison and Gill accom
panied the prisoners to the railway station
and bade them a warm farewell as they
started for Ireland. They arrived this after
noon at Kingston, the mail packet station
on Dublin Bay, where the boats land their
passengers. The prisoners landed without
any demonstration being made by the
people who had gathered to witness their
arrival.
"William John Lane, member of Parlia
ment for Cork, on landing there on his re
turn from NewYorfc with his bride, was
presented with several addresses of welcome.
In reply he said that coming as he did
directly from America he could say that all
the Legislatures of the various States were
in sympathy with the Irish cause. In his
opinion Parnell should retire. He regretted
to hear of the failure of the Boulogne nego
tiations and of the arrest of Dillon and
O'Brien. He added that it was thought in
the United States that the non-settlement of
the Irish difficulty was due to the violence
of the language used by the Parnellites and
the McCarthyites alike.
The meeting of the McCarthyites ad
journed sine die at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
A committee to promote the national organi
zation in Ireland was appointed. It consists
of the following names: John N. Deasy,
"William Abraham, Thomas J. Condon,
Matthew J. Kenny and Arthur O'Connor.
THE LEADING MAN
In the London Gambling Scandal Poshed
Into Prominence.
BT XIDXLAF'8 CABLE COMJMJrTl.
London, Eeb. 13. Sir "William Gordon
Camming has come from the background,
in which most people arecontenl to spehd"
the term of their natural lives, and has
been made to take his place in the center of
the stage during the performance of the new
society drama, "The Double Stake; or Did
He "Do It?" Everybodyjis watching him
more or less and commenting on how he
bears himself in his new character, which
may turn out to be the hero of the comedy.
The new leading man, who is 43 years
old, is light, with fair hair and an oval face.
He wears a small, bristly mustache, which
he is in the habit of drawing down with his
teeth and biting. "When in London he lives
in a small house, No. 2 Harriet street,
Lowndes Square, S. "W., a neat abode.
Here in the Jong dining room, which is
decorated with antlers and fine heads of
wild beasts from all countries, for Sir "Will
iam has shot big game both in America and
Africa, he has olten entertained His Boyal
Higmiess, the Prince of "Wales, and manv
is the pleasant little party of ladies of high
rank who have partaken of his hospitality.
MRS. WARD'S DENIAL.
She Know Nothing About Any Reconcilia
tion 'With John Montgomery.
fBT DUKLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.!
London, Feb. 13. A Dunlap reporter
interviewed Miss Helen Danvray at her
brother's chambers to-day respecting the ac
counts published in New York by announc
ing that her husband, John M. "Ward, had
sailed for England with the purpose of ef
fecting a reconciliation. Miss Dauvray
was busily engaged in helping her brother
pack his things, as he will sail for New
York to-morrow. She said that both she
and her hnsband had agreed not to be inter
viewed respecting their matrimonial affairs,
therefore she must decline to enter into par
ticulars. She added, however, that there was no trnth
in the report that "Ward was coming to Lou
don for the purpose reported; in fact, so far
is she knew, he wonld only stay a day or
two and then proceed direct to where he in
tended to remain for some time for the bene
fit of his health. He would in no way be
connected with her coming professional ven
tures in London.
A STRANGE SPECTACLE.
The Personal Streets of the Late Doke of
Bedford Consumed.
rnr dunlaf's cable coiirAjrr.i
London, Feb. 13. The great holocaust
or pyre, which burned at "Woburn Abbey
for the purpose of -consuming the personal
effects of the late Duke of Bedford was a
strange spectacle. A week ago two loads of
fagots were arranged after the fashion of
the Inquisition in the Middle Ages in a
lonely spot near the abbey. When the pyre
was complete several boxes and packages,
closely wrapped tip in cere cloths, were
brought out and cast on the pile of lagots.
The cause of this incineration was a cod
icil to the Duke's will, which commanded
that all his belongings be burnt with him
after the fashion of the King of Dahomey.
Had there been a Duchess she would doubt
less have been made the heroine of a grand
"suttee" but, in default, the boots and
breeches were made to take the place of
honor.
FRENCH-SMITH SCANDAL.
Much Sympathy for Miss Smith, Who Is
Prostrated in London.
I BT BUNLAF'S CABLE COiLVAlTT.1
LONDON, Feb. 13. Great sympathy is
expressed here by Americans for Miss
Smith, who, since the receipt of the news of
the French-Smith scandal, has been com
pletely prostrated. Messrs. Smith and
Merrill leive for New York next week. Mr.
Smith informed a Dunlap reporter that
Miss Smith had received many messages of
svmpatby 'from members of "Dr. Parker's
church, to whieb she belonged.
Mr, Merrill will resign bis post as man-
iConttnuta on Seventh JPctge.
THE DOCTORS MARTO
While the Hero of the March to the
Sea Seems to Gain Strength,
'
BULLETINS DENOTE NO CHANGE,
Bat That Is Considered Cheering by tho
Anxious Watchers
THE FAM1LIJJ0W tylCH MORE HOPEFUL
tSrXCIAL TEXEQEAlt TO THE SXBrATCR.1
New Yoek, Feb.13. General Sherman's
marvelous vitality was further illustrated
at midnight to-night, when the following
bulletin was given out:
General Sherman's condition remains un
changed since last bulletin. He is still resting
easily, . ,
The following was the first bulletin of
the morning, issned at 9 o'clock:
After a consultation this morning the
physicians find that the General has lost
nothing during the night.
C. T. Alexander, m. D.
This meant more than it indicates on the
surface. Since 1 o'clock in the morning the
flow of mucus into the lnngs had decreased,
and the sick man's ability to throw it off
had increased. A few minutes after the
bulletin was issued Senator Sherman sent
this dispatch to his wife:
General Sherman rested easily daring the
night and seems to be free from pain.
John Sherman.
A Partial Relaxation of the Strain.
To a certain extent the great strain on the
family was relaxed. The physicians said
that the danger was no longer from
the erysipelas which had so nearly con
quered the day before, but from pneumonia,
which might set in. At 11 o'clock Secre
tary Barrett sent to the Secretary of "War
the following answer to an inquiry:
General Sherman passed a good night.
Asthma, bis old disease, is the chief trouble
now. Heart and lungs perfect in theirfunctions.
We are much encouraged and hope for re
covery. 3. M. &ABKETT.
This telegram exactly expressed the state
of affairs in the house in Seventy-first
street. The ray of hope which animated the
family Thursday afternoon had broadened
and they already felt that the sturdy old
gentleman would live. The stream of call
ers increased in the afternoon, until those
going down met others arriving. Carriages
rolled over the tanbark covering of the
streets in great numbers, and at times the
street was blockaded as though a reception
were holding at No. 75, Everyone who
passed qnestioned the policeman on guard,
and that gentleman had caught the very
contagious cheerfulness which seemed to be
in the gracious sunlit air.
The Result of a Consultation.
At 1:15 in the afternoon the three physi
cians Dr. Alexander, Dr. Greene and Dr.
Janeway held a consultation. They de
cided that the General was neither worse nor
better. This in itself was regarded as a good
sign. They gave it in their opinion also
that if he passed midnight with no change
his chances of recovery might be considered
good. So satisfactory to the family was the
result of this conference that the ordinary
affairs of life began to receive some attention.
Some oi the women took a short drive for
exercise. General Ewing went down town
for a few hours. P. T. Sherman went out
for a walk.
Later in the afternoon the men gathered
in General Sherman's office and talked to
gether for sTlonfTiaKSTBejr werexvidently
ont oi tne strained condition into wnictt tney
had fallen from the watching and anxiety.
The sick man became conscious and recog
nized thpse about theroom, although he did
not talk much.
He had not been delirious all day, but this
was the first time that he had shown a
marked improvement. He got out of bed
again anil sat in his easy chair a few min
utes. Later on he inquired for Tom and
Philemon, his sons. Tom is the older boy,
and is, as everyone Jcnows, a priest. General
Ewing made arrangements with the steam
ship companies by which they will signal
the Majestic if they meet her and tell the
young priest, whose last news was the dis
patch to Queenstown that the General was
dying, that his father is better, with a
chance of recovery.
The Wonder of the Doctors.
The General's vitality has been the won
der of the doctors. To-day he exhibited
strength that no one thought he had, and
was at times with difficulty persuaded to"
remain in bed. His renewed strength
showed itself in the reduced inflammation
of his face and in the greater freedom of
breathing. One of his lungs was still much
oppressed, but the other was clear and doing
its wort well.
It was natural that the guarded expres
sions of the doctors should be interpreted in
a sangnine spirit, but the reaction came to
the watchers in the evening. At 6 o'clock
General Porter called at the house, and when
he came out the best he could say was that
there had been no change for the better or
worse for several hours. A half hour later
Mrs. Colgate Hoyt, General Sherman's
niece, came to remain through the evening.
Shortly after Carl Schurz called.
It was difficult to obtain any definite idea
of the General's condition. Those of the
household who could be seen were very
cautious, and would not hazard an opinion
even as to the General's living through the
night A bulletin was promised at 9
o'clock. At 9 o'clock no bulletin came,
and it was said that Drs. Alexander and
Greene, who were at the bedside, were await
ing the arrival of Dr. Janeway, the con
sulting physician.
No Change for the Better.
At 9:30 o'clock Dr. Janeway arrived, and
a half hour later this bulletin was given out:
10 o'clock p. si. After consultation the doc
tors say there Is no change for the better.
C.T. AiEXANDEB,
The general impression which prevailed
that the General's condition was worse
heightened. Mr. Barrett, when questioned
a few minntes later, was very guarded in
his answers. He could not go" back, he said,
of the doctor's statement, but be
finally said that he didn't think the
General was any worse. Dr. Janeway
remained at the house. One of the house
hold said that the General had bad a bad
turn about 9 o'clock. At 10 J0 o'clock Mr.
Colgate Hoyt left the house. He said that
the family were very much depressed as
there were indications that the General was
weaker. Mr. Hoyt said, however, that no
mucus had gathered on his lungs during the
evening and that no complications of any
kind had set in. y
Secretary Barrett came out again to pro
cure some chloroform liniment. This is a
counter irritant, and is also used as a local
anesthetic It is sometimes appliedTon the
chest in cases of pneumonia. He could
only say that they hoped that the General
was no worse. Mr. Thackara and Lieu
tenant Fitch, the General's sons-in-law,
went home at 11:30.
Fears of Growing Weakness.
Mr. Thackara said to a reporter: "The
General is no better. I hate to say he is
worse, but it is certain that he is growing
weafcer. At this hour he is awake. He is
conscious but he cannot speak and he is
breathing with difficulty. Drs. Greene and
Alexander are with him. The doctors say
they don't fear the erysipelas now. but they
do the gathering of muens in his lnngs.
Mr. Fitch and 1 are going away now, but
we have left orders to be called at the
slightest change lor the worse. General
Sherman's wonderful vitality is what all
hope is based on."
1 Mr. Thaokara said that the General-was
to breathe. His glands were much swollen
and. bis throat'was filling with muens. He
was crowing perceptibly weaker.
Mr. Barrett said to a reporter that the pa
tient had taken little, nonrishment during
the evening. Dr. Alexander will remain
with him during the night and Dr. Greene
as within easy call. Orders were issued at
midnight to the policemen on post to re
ceive all telegrams and to permit no one to
call at the house before morning. At 1 A.
M. General Sherman's condition was un
changed, resting and the house had been
closed for the night.
THE RELIGIOUS SIDE.
EXTREME TOCTION GIVEN WBUE
SHERMAN WAS UNCONSCIOUS.
'It Was Done at the Request of the Family,
Bnt Has Caused Criticism A Letter
Prom the Senator Explaining the Whole
Matter.
New York, Feb. 13. With evident agi
tation General Sherman's son, P. Tecumseb,
at 10:30 o'clock this morning left the family
home and hurriedly walked around the cor
ner to the telegraph office which is used as
headquarters by the reporters and cor
respondents who constantly await the news
of the General's condition.
Mr. Sherman carried in his hand a
"copy of the New York Times, and as be
entered the telegraph office with obvious ex
citement he called about him the waiting
reporters. He is said to have hotly ar
raigned the Times reporter, who, he stated,
had on Thursday evening vainly sought a
private interview with the family. Mr.
Sherman then called attention to this, which
was printed in the paper he held in his
hand, and which he spread out upon a desk:
Tho administering of extreme unction to
General Sherman by a Roman Catholic priest
caused comment yesterday morning among the
friends of the stricken soldier, and raised sev
eral questions bearing on General Sher
man's religious opinions and attitude
(toward the Roman Catholic Church.
-General surprise was expressed at
the administering of the sacrament, and it was
the opinion among those who had long known
the General that he was not folly conscious of
the fact that the rites were being administered.
The cords binding tne Church to the sick man
were not drawn, during the early progress of
the illness nor were they visible to those in at
tendance outside of the immediate family, etc
The Cause of the Objection.
Mr. Sherman's vehement objection was to
what he construed to be a statement in the
article in the Times that the Bev. Father
Matthew A. Taylor was admitted quietly
into the house Wednesday night before the
arrival of Senator Sherman. This was ab
solutely denied by Mr. Sherman, who de
clared that the priest was admitted bv Sena
tor Sherman, a the rest of the family
feared to leave the General's bedside.
Then Mr. Sherman went on to give his
version of the administering, of extreme
unction by Father Byrnes and the reason.
Ho declared that the priest called in at the
request of the family for consolation, as
they had a perfect right to do.
Extreme unction was administered to
the General by Father Byrnes,
also at the request of the family. It was
"true that General Sherman was gasping for
breath at the time, and might not have been
conscious ot what was going on about him.
Mr. Sherman declared positively that his
father was not a Boman Catholic and had
never asked for nor consented to receive ex
treme unction. General Sherman's children
had asked the priest to administer the last
rites of the Boman Catholic Churoh to their
father, and it had been done. There had
been no secrecy about it whatever.
t. A Letter Xrom Senator Sherman.
'To-night Senator John Sherman sent to
the Times this letter:
Gentlemen A paragraph In your paper
this morning gives a very erroneous view of an
incident in General Sherman's sick chamber
which wounds the sensitive feelings of his
children, now in deep distress, which, nnder
the circumstances, I deem it proper
to correct. Your reporter intimates
that advantage was taken ot mv
temporary absence to introduce a Catholic
priest into General Sherman's chamber to ad
minister the rite of extreme unction to the sick
man in the nature of a claim that be was a
Catholic. It Is well known that his family have
been reared by their mother, a devoted Cath
olic, in her faith and now cling
to it. It is equally well known that
General Sherman and myself, as well as all
my mother's children are by inheritance, edu
cation, and connection. Christians bat not
Catholics, and this has been openly avowed on
all proper occasions bv General Sherman; bnt
he is too good a Christian and too human
a man to deny to bis children the
consolation of their religion. He
was insensible at the time and apparently
at the verge of death, but if he had been well
and In the full exercise of bis faculties he
would not have denied to them the consolation
of the prayers and religious observances for
their father of any class or denomination of
Christian priests or preachers. Certainly if I
had been present 1 wonld at the request of
the family assented to and reverently shared in
an appeal to the Almighty for the life here and
hereafter of my brother, whether called a
prayer or extreme unction and whether uttered
by a priest or a preacher or any other good
man who believed what he spoke and had an
honest faith in his creed.
I hear that your reporter uttered a threat to
obtain information which I cannot believe you
would for a moment tolerate. We all need
charity for our frailties but I can feel none for
anyone who would wound those already in dis
tress. Very truly yours,
2 ohn Sherman.
ADVOCATES TWO SHIP BAH.WATS.
An Engineer's Paper Favors One Across
Michigan and One Across Canada.
Montreal, Feb. 13. The providing of
an artificial waterway that would enable
vessels weighing with their cargoes 5,000
net tons, and having a draught of 20 feet, to
trade between Liverpool and the lakes,
formed the snbject of an exhaustive paper
by E. L, Corthell, a member, read to-day
before the Canadian Society of Civil 'Engi
neers. The two principal ship railways he dis
cussed were one leading from Benton Har
bor, on Lake Michigan, to Monroe, on Lake
Erie, a distance of 160 miles, and a Huron,
Ont.,, ship railway running between
Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario, a distance
of 66 miles, and costing about $12,000,000.
By the aid of the Michigan Peninsula and
Huron, Ont, Ship Bailway, and a deepened
canal system, Mr. Corthell estimated the
cost of transportation between Chicago and
Liverpool at $366, or $259 less than by the
all-rail route, or less than one-half the cost
of all-rail transportation to New York and
thence to Liverpool. He contended that
the advantage to the people of the distriet
would be $200,000,000 per annum.
LENT in society and in the kitchen, by
Miss Grundy Jr., and Ellico Serena. See
THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
A SUICIDE SUSPECTED.
The Probable Explanation of tho Disap
pearance of a Physician's Wife.
St. Louis, Feb. 13. It is believed that
Mrs. Millie Gaffner, wife of Dr. Gaffner, a
Srominent physician of Trenton, 111., who
isappeared last Sunday from St, John's
Hospital, where she had been sent for medi
cal treatment, has committed suicide.
A letter was found in the room she occu
pied to-day leading to that conclusion.
B0MBAEDED AND BUBNING.
A Short but Sensational Dispatch From a
Blockaded Chilean Port.
New Yoek, Feb. 13 Flint & Co. to-day
received, the following cablegram from,
Chile: ''Pisaqna. is' bombarded and burn
ing. The blockade, has ceased at "Val
paraiso, A
A SECTIONAL ISSUE.
Free Coinage Democrats Propose to
Wipe Oat Party Lines and
COMBINE WEST AND SOUTH FOE '92.
No Abatement in tbs Storm Raised by Hr.
CleTeland'a Letter.
STATEMENT PE0H SENATOR FAULKSER
tntOU A STAVT COBBXSFOXnXHT.l
Washington, Feb. 13. The anti-free
coinage letter of ex-President Cleveland
continnesto be a most prolific snbjeetof
discussion, and the discussion will plainly
not be finished until after the nomination is
made by the Democratic National Conven
tion next year. The feeling grows more and
more intense against Cleveland among the
Democratio Congressmen from the South
and the West. They appear to feel as
though the one upon whom they depended
above all others to act as their standard
bearer had sold them out for a mess of
Wall street pottage.
They will listen to no reason. They are
frenzied. But they congratulate themselves
that in some measure the air has been
cleared. Cleveland, the Cleveland of yes
terday, they say was nothing but a senti
ment. He was against them in all that was
most vital but thev clunz to him because he
had pulled their chestnuts ont of the fire
where they had been roasting for a quarter
of a century, too hot for any other man to
loucn.
What They Are Saying Now.
The halo of a victory after an eternity of
defeat surrounded him, that was all. He
was a mere sentiment He was now over
board and the great South and West to
whom the East is but a pigmy to a giant
would take a man ot their own kind, some
Jerry Simpson sort of man, who will sweep
the great Republican States of Kansas,
Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota into the Democratic column.
This is the burden of the Democratic
song to-day, and it is evident that every one
of these now anti-Cleveland. Democrats, so
loyal to the "man of destiny" of yesterday,
will from this time on pave the way for an
out-and-out free coinage and semi-Farmers'
Alliance man, who will get the solid South
and several of the Western Bepublican
States. They invite the free coinage issne,
so do the Republicans, the great majority of
whom are opposed to free coinage.
Republicans Were Afraid of Grover.
They are glad also that Cleveland is ont"
ot tbe way. Tney say tnat witn a .Re
publican candidate of liberal financial
views, with the long record of the party for
maintaining a sound financial policy, and
with the developments in regard to the
speculation in silver and the vast profits to
a few mine owners which would result from
free coinage, they can go to the country and
win against a free coinage Democrat
In the narrowest view of the matter .that
little letter of Cleveland's has stirred up
things wonderfully in political circles.
Cleveland's nomination previous to Wednes
day was considered so absolutely certain
that no interest whatever attached to the
Democratic future previous to the conven
tion of next year. Now all is changed, and
a speculation as to candidates is beginning
which will not end for a year or more:
General Palmer, of Illinois, is most fre
quently mentioned. The Democrats who
won the Bepublican Governorships of West
ern and Next hwe4Uia States corae in for
their share of compliment, eveA to-Bad Boy
Peck."
Prospect of & Hot Campaign.
Everybody predicts that the campaign will
be ten times hotter than it would have been
were Cleveland in the field. The proposed
third party will now be counteracted, the
Democrats claim. Cleveland would not
have been acceptable to the Farmers' Al
liance, but it will now, as they think, be
easy to find a candidate who will be equally
acceptable to the Democrats and the schis
matics, and yet not exactly one who has
hayseed in his hair. It is all being fixed
up with the most artistic nicety.
Senator Faulkner, from tbe great and
growing State ot West Virginia, is a man
who always takes an unimpassioned view
of things. Being asked to-day for his
opinion (u regard to the candidates and
issues of next year, he replied as follows:
"There will be two great issues in the next
Presidental campaign. We shall continue
to discuss the tariff question and the country
will be called upon to settle this debate on
the matter of silver. The mere lact that
this Congress has enacted the ideas of the
Congressional and monopolistic majority
into law
Does Not Tie the Hands
or silence the tongues of those who believe
duties' should he reduced. The West cries
for low tnriff, and the Sonth is no les
anxious for an equitable readjustment of
our present schedules, while in tbe East
our doctrine is making steady progress. So
far as silver is concerned there will he a
unanimous demand from the South .and
West for legislation which will give ns free
coinage. The people demand this, and the
favorable response is bound to come before
long. Every Democratic State Convention
with but four or five exceptions has favored
free coinage, and no Democrat can oppote
or evade the issue.
"Blaine will be the Bepublican candidate
if he wants the honor. I doubt very sin
cerely, tbongb, whether he would accept tbe
nomination. His family is opposed to his
having any more weighty political bnrden
than he now has, and it may be that the
members of Mr. Blaine's household will
prevail. If he does not want the nomina
tion then the field is a large one. I do not
think Harrison can possibly receive con
sideration. His administration has not only
failed to strike a responsive chord in the
popular breast but has practically alienated
the political affection of Bepublican leaders.
If it is not Blaine no man can safely proph
esy as to who it will b. As to the Demo
cratic candidate, it is hard to make a guess.
TJpto
lesterday It Was a Certainty
for Cleveland. To-day the appearance of
things has radically changed. It is, per
haps, too early to venture an opinion as to
the general effect of Mr. Cleveland's silver
letter, but it looks as though the Demo
cratic party must either forsake its emphati
cally expressed principles on the question of
of Iree coinage or decline to follow Mr.
Cleveland's leadership. I don't think the
party will forsake its principles. This silver
question has resolved itself into a matter of
principle and I have no doubt we shall be
called upon to do a great deal of educational
work in the ranks of tbe Democratic party
in the East "Not so long ago we were more
or less divided as to tariff problems, but an
educational campaign showed that onr posi
tion was founded on living principle a
principle that must ultimately be
triumphant It may be that many good
Democrats will need educating on silver, bnt
it is dubious as to whether we can succeed
in educating Mr. Cleveland before the
National Democratio Convention meets in
1892." LlOHTNEB.
ENCOUBAGEMENT FOB GBOVEB.
Democratio Officials and Others of Burling
ton, la,, Pat Him on the Bock.
Btjklington, Ia., Feb. 13. The follow
ing address is being circulated by leading
Democrats here: '
Hon. Grover Cleveland, New York:
a The undersigned, Democrats ot Burlington,
nee to assure von of their continued confidence
Ain you as a true and courageous representative
mm
OUR VALENTINES.
ot Democratic principle!, and of their heartv
approval of your recent letter upon the subject
of tbe free coinage of silver. '
The address has been signed by the city
and county officials, all Democrats, and the
most prominent and influential bnsiness
men of the city. No bankers or bank clerks
.were asked to sien.
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Denouncing Canadlaav.terference In Reci
procity Negotiations, and Calling Upon
Great Britain to Redeem Its Pledge
Strong Annexation Talk by Conservative
Men.
St. Johns, N. F.. Feb. 13. Immedi
ately after the reading of the Governor's
speech at the opening of the Legislature to
day Colonial Secretary Bond proposed reso
lutions reciting certain statements regard
ing the reciprocity negotiations, which will
cause a stir in Canada, theTJnited States and
England. The resolutions were discussed
with closed doors. During the discussion
several of the most notably conservative
members expressed strong sentiments in
favor of annexation and in condemnation of
the unfriendly attitude of Canada. The
resolutions were supported by the opposi
tion and were passed unanimously and sent
to the Legislative Council for its concur
rence. The preamble states that on July 8 the
Newfoundland delegates proposed to the
British Government" that Newfoundland
should be permitted, through Sir Julian
Pauncefote, to negotiate a convention for
reciprocal trade with the "United States. On
September 8, this proposal was acquiesced
in, and consent was given for a delegation
to proceed to Washington to aid in said
negotiations.
On November 8 Colonial Secretary Bond
was advised by tbe British Government to
return to Washington to conclude negotia
tions. On December 1G a satisfactory con
vention was arranged and accepted on be
half xof the United States Government by
Secretary Blaine. Though strongly urged
by Newloundland. the British Government
np to date has declined to ratify the con
vention. The resolutions declare:
That the House views with profound disap
pointment and alarm the failure of Her Maj
esty's Government to carry oat Its solemn obli
gations to the colony, and is aware ot the inter
ference of Canada in relation to this matter,
and tbe House cannot fall to appreciate the
same as a menace to tbe independence of the
colony. 5 he members emphatically protest
against tbe interests of the colony being made
subservient to those of tbe Dominion, and re
gard the delay that has occurred on tbe ratifi
cation of the convention as entirely unjustifia
ble and proving an utter disregard for the pros
perity and well being of the colony. It is
Resolved, That the delay occasioned by Her
Majesty's Government in ratifying the said
convention Is regarded by this Legislature as
unfriendly to tbe colony and calculated to
permanently disturb the loyalty for which tbe
colony has in the past been remarkable; and it
is further
Resolved, That the Legislature most strongly
urges Her Majesty's Government to immedi
ately fulfill its pledge to tbe colony by ratify
ing the said convention.
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INVESTIGATING BANE METHODS.
The Legislative Committee Resumes Its In
quiry at Philadelphia. '
SPECIAL TELEQBAK TO TBE DI6FATCK.I
Philadelphia, Feb. 13. The joint
committee of the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the State Legislature, ap
pointed for the purpose of inquiring into
the conduct of banksind banking, resumed
its session to-day in the Lafayette Hotel,
Senator Bobinson presiding. The follow
ing named gentlemen, summoned for expert
testimony, were present: Charlemagne
Tower, Jr., of the Finance Committee;
Frank Phillips, of the Merchants' Ex
change; Andrew C Zinn, of the Merchants'
National Bank; James V. Watson, Presi
dent of the Consolidation National Bank;
Jacob Naylor, President of the Eighth Na
tional Bank, and J. Wesley Snpplee, Presi
dent of the Corn Exchange National Bank.
Ibe line or examination did not materially
differ from that of tbe previous sessions of
the committee, bnt was confirmatory of the
evidence previously given, and tendecj to
point ont the class of legislation required
for the protection of depositors in State
banks, and also in private banking estab
lishments. Andrew C. Quin, of the Mer
chants' National Bank, was in favor of a
close supervision ot private banks, holding
that the law should demand a periodical ex
amination of their affairs for the better pro
tection of depositors. The session will be
resnmed to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock.
NOBLE'S WABNING TO B00HEE3.
He Exposes the Fraud Being Practiced By
a Land Company In Dllnois.
Spbingfield, III., Feb. 13. Governor
Filer has received a communication from
the Secretary of the Interior, exposing the
operations of tbe Cherokee Laud Company,
of Paris, 111., which offers to locate claims
in the Cnerokee outlet
Secretary Noble says: "This land com
pany is leading tbe people of the country
into a snare, and all the money it may se
cure will be by false pretenses." The lands
ate not yet open for settlement, npr will the
company be able to perform the act it pre
tends it will o. '
APPEALING AGAINST TBE TABLET.
Many bolts to Test the McKlnley Bill Begun
In a Federal Court.
Chicago, Feb? 13. Appeals were filed
in the United States Circnit Court here to
day by IS Chicago importers from tbe de
cision of the Board of General Appraisers
at New York, assessing duties on merchan
dise under the McKinley bill.
In all these cases it is claimed that the
McKlnley bill Is void and that the assess
ments are oppressive. Another large batch
i appeals wm be tiled to-morrow,
MR. MAYER VERY MUM
So Is Second Vice President King,
Ahont the B. & 0. Inman Options
THE PRESIDENT EEFUSED TO TALK,
Neither an Affirmation Hor Denial of Jaj
Gould's Latest Deaf.
IKSPECTIOS OF THE P. k W. COMPLETED
The Baltimore and Ohio inspection party
arrived in Pittsburg last evening about 9
o'clock, fresh from a very interesting and
detailed tour of tbe Pittsburg and Western
road. The cars were rnn into the station,
and President Mayer and the directors
alighted. They were not in the city more
than a half hour, and some lively hustling
had to be done to get any information.
Thomas M. King walked around in hi
usual sedate manner, with a copy of yester
day's Dispatch stuffed in his overcoat
pocket. He early scented the presence of
newspaper men in the crowd on the plat
form, and when President Mayer was posted
he disappeared suddenly, with several of the
directors, through the gates. Mr. Mayer is
one of the most nervous men living. He
chased abont, looking at this and that, now
in the baggage department, the next nflnute
examining the nickel wickets in front of the
ticket office, and a few seconds later out
side of the depot, on Smithfield street,
criticising the shape of the building and
suggesting how it'could be improved. All
the time several of his men, good and true,
stayed with him, talking incessantly and
determined to keep all reporters at a safe
distance. "
A Man Who Is Always In a Hurry.
When Mr. Mayer's car was pushed into
the depot he happened to be at the other end
of the station, and when he saw it he ran
like a deer the whole length of the platform
and bounded into a seat In a twinkle he
was out again, rushing wildly with a paper
m his hand and delivering a message to
somebody, acting as if the train would pull
ont and leave him, when he could have held
it all night, if necessary-Usually very
affable and free tc-tslkTon business matters,
it was apparent he had no desire to be ques
tioned last evening.
Mr. King was in an excellent humor as
he talked with Superintendent Porter, of
tbe Census Bureau, who was returning
home from the Toledo banquet, and his fice
lighted up with a smile when asked if it
was trne tbat Mr. Inman had secured an
option on the Baltimore and Ohio road.
His cold, steel-gray eyes blinked a little
as he replied: "Why, I thought that story
had originated in Pittsburg. In glancing
through the article it looked so to me. I
wonder if there is anything that will
paralyze a Pittsburg newspaperman?"
Mr. King Not at All Communicative.
When assured that the news came from
tbe East, he continued: "To be frank, I
'don't- know anything about it I have
been in tbe country,. aLd haven't seena
newspaper for a week. I bought a Dis
patch about an hour ago, and have only
had time to take in the head lines. I pro
pose to read the article through on the way
to Baltimore which is more, by the way,
than I do of a good many newspaper articles
written on railroad matters."
At this point Mr. King became facetious,
andwantd to "know if theBichmond Termi
nal Company'intended to carry its track?
bodily into Pittsburg. He remarked casually
tbat "the Garretts, witd. their friends, held
the controlling interest in the Baltimore and
Ohio road. He asked also about"Mr. Gould
and his whereabouts; said he would like to
see him.
"How about the Pittsburg and Western ?'
he was asked.
"We went over the road to Cleveland and
inspected the docks at Fairport The Akron
branch will be finished in May, and then we
will have a through line by way of Pitts
burg to Chicago."
"Is the Pittsburg and Western In good
shape?"
"I don't Know."
Some More Things He Doesn't Know.
"Will the road be double-tracked?"
"I don't know. Ask President Oliver."
"Will the Pittsburg and Western be im
proved?" "I don't know."
In fact, Mr. King's reply to many ques
tions was the laconic one, "I don't know."
Finally President Mayer was asked point
blank if Mr. Inman had an option on the
Baltimore and Ohio. Mr. Mayer didn't
catch all of the question, but when the name
Inman was mentioned he stopped short and
retraced a few steps.
"What's that?" he asked quickly.
The question was repeated, when Mr.
Mayer made this reply and was gone: "I
haven't time-to talk to reporters abont it I
must make my train. Don't yon see? Can't
talk; can't talk," he repeated hurriedly.
The old man was very polite, however,
and as be could have said "no" in a second,
he wonld neither affirm nor deny the report
Mr. King was very much interested in the
performance, and wanted to know what Mr.
Mayer had said. He was told.
JAY GOULD PEEFECTLY WELL.
That Is the Report of Hte Physician as the
Magnatu Passed Through Richmond.
Richmond. Feb. 13. Jay Gould's car
passed through Richmond at 1 o'clock to
night Dr. Mnnn said:
"Mr. Gould is not sick at all. He is per
fectly well now, and has been walking
around all day, just the same as you or I.
He has gone to bed and is sleeping well."
THE PAPERS ABE SIGNED.
That Is the Statement Made by a Member of
Calvin Brice' Party.
Louisville, Feb. 13. It was stated to
day by a member of Calvin Brice's party,
who are at Middlesborongb, that the papers
for the sale of tbe Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago Railroad to the Lake Erie and
Western were signed at Toledo Tuesday.
NAPOLEON'S contempt of women as em
phasized by Talleyrand's Memoirs Is the
subject ot Bessie Bramble's letter for THE
DISPATCH to-morrow. ,
JUDGE LYNCH IN MISSOURI.
He Attempts to Extend His Jurisdiction
Over a Pair of Murderers.
Poplar Bltjff, "Mo., Feb. 13. Sheriff.
Gardner returned from Vienna, 111., this
morning, having ia custody Marion Long,
who, according to the confession of Mrs.
Matthew Vandover, killed the'latter's hus
band. It is known almost to a certainty that there
will be an attempt made- to lynch ths pair
to-night, and Judge Wear has ordered
Sheriff Gardner to summon a large posse of
armed men to guard the jail and. Court
Honse.
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