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FORTY-SIXTH TEAK.
General Sherman Succumbs at
Last and Passes to the
Great Beyond,
AFTER HIS LONG STRUGGLE.
His Passage lliroujjta the Shadowy
Valley of Death Was En
tirely rainless.
SCENES ARODXD THE DEATHBED.
Where All the Family, tat the Ahsent
Sonk Were Gathered, to Witness
the Lost Sorrowful Scene.
MESSAGES OE DEATH SEKT ABROAD,
Kctifjeg tie Prttidtxt, Xtabat of tit Cilffirt sii
Miry Others of General Eici-
mia's EaL
LAST EOTOS OF TEE GREAT SOLDIER
irlCUl TXLEOKAJf TO THX DIRrATCH.l
Sct Yoke, Feb. 14. General Sherman
died peacefully and painlessly just before
2 o'clock this afternoon, in the presence of
his.family and one or two close friends. For
several hours the end had been momentarily
expected. Tbe slight improvement of Fri
day had aroused scarcely justified hopes,
which were abandoned for tbe last time just
at daybreak to-day. From that hour till
death came, it was only a question
of how Ion? the almost exhausted vitality
could bold at bay tbe last vanquishing
Tbe change which marked the approach
of tbe end was so slight that at first even the
, physicians failed to grasp its meaning. All
day Thursdav and until far into the early
hours of Friday hope had been.rising. 'H
lie grows jo worse by Friday morning, there
I is hope," they said, and saying it, hoppd
already. Faces grew brighter, anxious
Ixoicds relaxed.
At 4 o'clock this morning Dr. Alexander,
worn, but vigilant, saw that a change was
tin progress. Tbe inflammation, which bad
gron ies, increased slightly. It was again
painfully apparent in tbe face, and now tbe
bands were swollen.
The Approach of Death.
Dr. Alexander watched for an hour and
a half, hoping against hope. The,tra!ned
nurse, iliis Price, constant) r applied wet
cloths to the General's facebut his breath
ing grew more and more labored. Then Dr.
Alexander said that death had conquered;
that the'old soldier bad lost ground, and in
losing, would die. Dr. Green was sent for
and then Dr. Janeway.
Those members of tbe family who had
left .te house under the false hones of the
day before, returned,-summoned by messen
ger. The physicians carefully examined
tbe patient, and watched for a long time the
useless fight he was so bravely making.
Then tbey withdrew to tne front bedroom
ami held a consnltation. At tbe end of it
Dr. Alexander said to tbe members of the
family: "There is no hope." At 8.30
o'clock Dr. Janeway left, and those who
caw him come from the house knew that
death had won.
"He can last but a few hours," be said.
The news spread quicL.lv, and soon Seventy
first street was filled with people of the
neighborhood, walking two and fro or stand
ing on the opposite sidewalk watching the
bouse. At 9 o'clock this bulletin came to
tbe telegraph office:
The physicians, after consnltation, declare
that the General's condition is cow hopeless.
He-is dying and the end Is near.
C. Alexander. M. D.
Through a Painless SnfTocation.
He was, indeed, dying. The erysipelas,
"Which bad seemed to withdraw, returned
with renewed force and inflammation be
came acute, and the sick man's lungs were
being slowly choked. By a strange and ex
cellent fortune he was suffering no pain.
The lungs alone troubled him. Tbe trouble
was suffocation, and it was painless. In tbe
sickroom there was no sound, except the
heavy breathing of the General, like the
sleep of a man who is worn out.
Down stairs, the servant, who stood just
within the storm door, allowed none but a
few intimates to pass into the parlor. He
merely answered the inquiries of the others
and explained that the General was dying.
Several telegrams were .sent away, among
them this to Mrs. Senator Sherman:
General Sherman still lives, faintly conscious
and without pain. Ills asthmatic breathing is
shorter and his strength less.
John Shebjiax,
General Sherman had cot been conscious
since the first change noted by Dr. Alexan
der. During all his sickness his mind was
clear for brief intervals only. .There was
some delirium. But most of the time he bad
been lying iu a state of semi-consciousness,
paying no attention to the things around
him. At 10 o'clock Secretary Barret came
to the telegraph office and said that there
would be no more bulletins. He is dying,"
be said, "and the next bulletin will be the
announcement of his death."
Watching the General Die.
From that time on there was nothing to do'
but to watch the great man die. At 13-
o clock a great explosion shook the air. A
contractor had set his men to blasting t-a lot
across the street. The police stopped5 Mm,
and the men sat aronnd waiting for the news
ot the General's death. Two hours passed,
and then Dr. Alexander stepped from the
bedside to the next room, and said he
thought the end was very near.
The family entered the room to remain
until Jbe end. There were Serator Sher
man, -General Ewing, Thomas Ewing, Jr.,
General Sherman's fonr daughters, Miss
Kachel. Miss Lizzie, Mrs. Fitch and Mrs.
Thackera, Lieutenant i'ltch and Mr. A. K.
Thackera. Iu the parlor down stairs were
General Slocum, General Collins and Gen
eral "Woodward, and Private Secretary
Barret, General Collins was telling of a
conversation be bad with the dying man a
few weeks ago. They were talking of the
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celebration of General Grant's birthday
(April 27). "I shall be dead and buried by
that time," said General Sherman. "I have
a premonition pf death, Vl go to a dinner
or party some winter's night and catch cold,
and when I-come home I'll goto bed and
never get tip again."
The Straggle Slowly Ending.
It was cow after 1:30. The kick room was
the bedroom on" the second floor, opening
through a dressing room into the front bed
room. It was the General's own room, fur
nished with severe simplicity a few
pictures, a few pieces of furniture, a plain
bed. The bed stood' against the east wall,
half way between the window in the north
wall and the door in the south -wall. In tbe
south wall was a-big open fireplace, in which
a wood fire was burning brightly. The
window near the bed was down from the top,
and a great draught of fresh, cool air, laden
with the vigor of the day. blew across tbe
bed of the dying man.
The curtains were high, and through both
windows streamed the bright light from the
cloudless sky. Miss Price, the curse, sat
on the north side of the bed, leaning forward
and watching the dying man. Dr. Alexan
der stood on the other side of the bed,
watching also. The family were sit
ting and standing about the room.
The General was Jying on his back.
There were but two '.sounds in the
room, the cracking of the wood in the fire
place and the heavy breathing of the dying
man. At 1;45 this breathing began to grow
less and less frequent The lungs were grad
ually filling and breathing was becoming
more and more difficult. The old man had
given up the struggle and, unconscious, was
letting life pass from him. '
All Is Over at Last. " ,,
All at once the breaths, which came ifiow
at long intervals, grew shorter. Dr. Alex
ander glanced around, and theny all eyes
were fixed upon the one form. It was like the
turning down of a light Slowly, quietly
painlessly, the General died. There. 4ras
one short breath like a sigb, and there came
upon bis face that change whichrneeds no
interpreter. All saw that he was dead. But
tbe nurse, leaning over, lifted his head and
said in a whisper: "He is dead." ,
Only tbe Crackling ot the.Cre was cow to
be heard.' The breathing had ceased, and
with it the life of the last American to bear
tbe high title of General passed. It was
just 1:50 o'clock. Some one told it to a
servant in the hallway and she ran down to
the door where the footman stood. He went
out on the stoop and beckoned to the police
man, who was patrolling slowly to and fro.
The policeman mounted the stoop and
heard the news. It spread to the street and
soon people were crowding the sidewalk
opposite.
"Is he dead?" they asked. And some
said yes, and some no." Then they, .looking
at the second-story window, saw the small
white Swiss curtains, whicu had been apart
all through the Sickness, suddenly close to
gether. At the same time young Tom
Ewing ran down the steps in black clothing
and with red eyes.
Messages of Death Sent
Young Ewing telegraphed for tbe un
dertaker, and also sent messages to tbe Pres
ident and members of the Cabinet, promi
nent military men and relatives in distant
parts ot the country. There was one to
whom he could not send a message
the -Eev. Thomas Sherman, tbe dead
man s oldest' son. He is 'a few' ,dars
out from. Qneenctown on the MajeitiJ
hdu win aoi rcacu nooue uniu j.uesaay or
Wednesday. Friday, outgoing ships were
instructed to hail the Majestic, if they
sighted her, and tell the oldest bov that bis
father still lived, with hopes of "recovery.
To-d4y other instructions were issued, and
the sad news may reach him before he ar
rives. At 2 o'clock Dr. Alexander, who has been
so faithful and so incessant in his care, left
tbe bouse and walced toward the elevated
station with downcast eyes. "The death was
painless," he said. "I never saw a more
gallant fight, and I'm so glad he suffered so
little at the end."
Lieutenant Fitch made a semi-official
statement, giving the details ot'
the scenes at the deathbed later
in tbe afternoon. "At 11 dclock,"
he said, "the General lott consciousness and
Dr. Alexander said it was the beginning of
the end. The General's head at' this time
rested high on a pillow. As the moments
flew by his breathing became more difficult,
and little by little the pillow was lowered
to ease him.
The Chlllness of Death.
"At 120 o'clock the signs of approaching
dissolution were "seen. The tips of the dying
man's fingers became icy cold. Slowly tht
cold feeling spread through the hands and
then up tbe arms. The breatning became
more and more difficult. The lungs were
filling with mucus, the doctor said, and
the dying man had not the strength to,
throw it off." He was being' strangled to
death. .The pillow was pressed lower and
lower, and finally it was taken away alto
gether. Only a Jew minutes afterward
there was one long sigh, and' the nurse said:
'He is dead. So peaceful had been the
death that even the watchers could hardly
realize it" f
At 2:55 o'clocK the wagon of Undertaker
"Wiggen came, and several men entered the
house. In a moment one of them returned
to tbe door and fastened to the electric bell
tbe long, heavy streamers of black silk rib
bon and black crape, which drooped to the
stone step. Several empty carriages were
in waiting and took away the relatives, who
are not staving at the house. At 3' o'clock
General Slocum, General "Woodward and
Genera! Collis left together.' At 3:30 o'clock
General Ewing went -away and took an up
town elevated train. Ten minutes after
General Sherman died a heavy explosion'
startled everyone. The.raen in the lot had
heard the news and badr-eumed the Blast
ing. '
Spread or the News.
Seventy-first street was crowded with
rt fh n.trchAvc vrt.l. (h. -.An ....a.. .. ..&
sounded all along the block. Less than
half an b,our after the'news of the General's
death was flashed over the country from the
telegraph office around the corner in Colum
bus avenue, messages of condolence be,ran
to arrive. From tbe arrival -of the first
until 6 o'clock the three operators at the'
office were kept busy receiving them, and
there was a continuous line of messenger
boys running between the office and tbe
bouse. ,
The messages were received by .Private
Secretary Barret and Senator Sherman.
Only a part of them were opened and the
contents ol none were made public Neither
were-the names of the Benders given out
Senator Sherman told a reporter at 5 o'clock
that nearlv 1,000 dispatches had been re-"
celved. There was one from President
Harrison and one from each of the United
States Senators, from members of the Cabi
net, from General Schofield and from other
army officers.
Embalming of the Body.
The crowds lingered around the corners of
the streets watching tbe General's bouse un
til 6 o'clock. Carriages were driven 'up to
the house every minute or two, put very few
of the occupants got out They sent their
cards to the ddor by the policeman on duty.
There were many callers who came afoo't,
but only those who were personal friends of
the dead General wereadmitteJ. Undertaker
"Wigger completed the process of 'embalm
ing the General's body about 5 o'clock and
then it was laid back on tbe bid, where he
had died. The arms were folded. The only
trace of tbe erysipelas that was Visible was.
a slight swelling under the eyes and swell
ing ou the right cheek. After the embalm-
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She
ing, a few of the persons who called were
permitted to look at the features.
"General Sherman's last words were
spoken early Friday morning," Lieutenant
Fitch said this afternoon. "Friday after
noon his tongue became very much swollen
and his jaws got stiff. He showed an in
clination to apeak at times, but could not
articulate at all.
He Died a Christian.
"We could tell he recognized those in the
room by tbe look in his eyes. He recognized
those about his bedside until he lost con
sciousness at 11 o'clock." "The General
died as he had lived, a Christian," said
Lieutenant Fitch, referring to the question
of religion. "He was cot a Catholic
During.hls illness he was visited only once
bv a clergyman, and that was the Bev.
Father Taylor, who administered the last
rites of the Catholic church at the request
of tbe family.
The outward marks of respect that were
shown in New York City upon the announce
ment nf the death of General Sherman was
the universal raising of flags at half mast on
all the public buildings, the newspaper
offices and on many stores and private resi
dences. Dispatches from all carts of the
country'state that Governors and' State and
local authorities generally have issued
proclamations mid have taken other official
recognition of the death.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE PBESIDENT HEABS THE
WITH GSEAT S0BBOW.
HEWS
He and the Dead General Were Very Warm
Friends and Campaigned Together An
Executive Order on the Death Full Mul
ctary Honors Ordered.
JWASHlgOTOrf, Feb. ft. The President
hadjust-Started walking upstairs to his of
fice this afternoon when the bulletin an
nouncing the death of General Sherman
reached" the White House. The telegraph
operator handed the dispatch to Pri
vate Secretary Halford, who hastened
to inform the President, and met
him on the stairway. The President was
very much moved at the intelligence, as he
and General Sherman had been near and
dear lriends for many years. Tbe President
served under General Sherman in his fa
mous march to tbe sea, and the friendship
begun at that time has been strengthened
by their close relations ever since.
General Sherman never visited Indian
apolis while General Harrison was there
without spending many hours iu his society,
and even greater intimacy has existed be
tween tbem since tbe President's election.
The last time they were together was Jan
uary 27, when General Sherman called at
the White House, in company with General
Schofield. In the words of Mr. Halford:
"The President bad tbe greatest admiration
or General Sherman, and issorelv grieved
at his death."
A few minutes after reading the press
bulletin, the President received a brief tele
gram from Senator Sherman, announcing
his brother's death. He sent for Major Gen
eral Schofield, and gave instructions for fall
military bdnors for the dead soldier, and
made several suggestions in regard to the
characters of the general orders announc
ing General Sherman's death to the army.
He issued the following executive order:
It Is my 'painful dntr to announce to tbe
country that General William Tecumseh Sher
man died this day at ISO P. Jf.at his residence,
in the city of New York. The Secretary of
War will cause the highest military honors to
b6 paid to the debtors'- of this distinguished,
officer. The national flag- will t0 floated at
half-mast overall public buildings until after
the bnrlal; 'and the pnblte"buslness will be
suspended in the Executive departments at tha'
city of WasUington'and'lntbe citvwhere the
interment takes place on tbe day of the funeral,
and in all places where pnblic expression la
given In sorrow, dnring such hours as will
enable every officer and employe to participate
therein with their fellow-citizens.
Benjamin Habbison;
The President also sent a telegram of con
dolence to the family, in which he suggested
that tbe body be brought to Washington on
its way to St. Louis, and that it lie in state
iu the rotunda of the Capitol for at least one
day.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
KOTITYXNG BOTH BRANCHES OF
EEAL SHERMAN'S DEATH.
GEN-
The President Fays a Glowing Eulogy to
the Dead Warrior A Soldier for His
Country and Not for Fame HU Career
Complete.
Washington, Feb. 14. The President
this afternoon sent the following message to
Congress:
To tbe benate and Honse of Representatives :
The death ot William lecumseh Sherman,
which took place to-day at bis residence in the
city of New York at 1:50 p. it., is an event
that will bring sorrow to the heart of
every patriotic citizen. No living Ameri
can was so loved and venerated as
he. To look upon his , face; to hear
his name, was to have one's love of country in
tensified. He Served his country, not for fame,
not out of a seue of professional duty, but for
love of the flag and of the benetlcient
civil institutions of which it was the
emblem. He was an ideal soldier and
shared to tbe fullest the esprit du corps of the
army, bathe cherished the civic institutions
organized under tbe Constitution, and was only
a soldier that tbese might be perpetuated in
undiminished usefulness and honor.
He was in nothing an imitator. A profoand
student of military science and precedent, he
drew from tbem principles and suggestions,
and so adapted them to novel conditions that
bis campaigns will continue to bs the profita
ble study of the military profession throughout
tbe world. His genial nature made him com
rade to ever soldier of the great Union
army. No presence was so welcome and in
spiring at the campfirear commanderyas bis.
His career was complete: his honors were full.
He bad received irom the Government tbe
highest rank known to our military estabhsh
'meut and from the people unstinted gratitude
and lOve.
No word of mine can add to his fame. His
death has followed in startling quickness tHat
-of ths Admiral of tbe navy, and it is a sad and
notable incident that while tbe department
under which be served shall have put on the
usual emblems ot mourning, four ot tbe eight
executive departments will be simultaneously
draped, in black, and. one other has but to-day
removed the crape from Its walls.
Hexjamik Harbison.
IK THE HOUSE
The News Was Becelved Quietly, as It Was
Not Unexpected.
.Washington, Feb. 14. The news of
General Sherman's death was received at
the House of Representatives quietly, as it
was well understood that he could live
but a short time. Bepresentative Cogswell,
of Massachusetts, was with him throughout
his march to the sea, and the two Hender
sons, of Illinois ana Iowa, and Bepresenta
tive Grosvenor, of Ohio, were also for a
time under bis command.
Tbe Committee on Military Affairs will
report appropriate resolutions of respect to
the memory of tbe dead General, and recom
mend that the House lake part in the funeral
MESSAGE FB0M PATnSOH.
Ho Speaks for the People or Pennsylvania
on the Death. '
Haekisbtjeg, Teb. 14. Governor Patti
son has sent this message to.P. F. Sher
man: "I desire to express the sincere sympathy
of the people of Pennsylvania lor tbe fam
ily of General Sherman, of -whose death I
, I Continued on Xeventfy JPagt.
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PITTSBURG, , SUNDAY,
AIM -OF. BLOOD
On a Saddler's Clothes Leads to
the Hope That Jack the'
Rippe'r.Is Caught. - -
HIS FACE IS SCRATCHED
And He Was Found Close to'lhe Scene
of the Latest M urder.
THE BUTCHER MIGHT BE A WOHAS.
Ideas Advanced by a Physician in Support
of This Theory.
BISMAECK AMD THfc KMPEK0E AT IT
fBT CABLX TO TUXOISFATCB.1
London, Feb. 14. The latest Win!
chapel excitement was increased to a fever,
heat to-day bv the arrest of a man against
whom 'there is very grave evidence. IT lie-
is not the murderer of "Carrotty" Nell.lhe
may have serious trouble proving his. inno
cence. The man is a saddler by trade. The in
quiries made by the police concerning the
prisoner show that he has been absent from J
England 18 months, or about the period'
which has elapsed since ,the last Whiter
chapel murder. A woman who is detained
as a witness, asserts that she saw tbe
prisoner quarreling with the murdered
woman early in the evening before the crime
was committed. A policeman who was on
duty Friday night and morning in tbe
streets about Tower Hill and in tbe vicinity
of the crime, has identified tbe prisoner as
a man be met a quarter of an hour after the
murder. The policeman noticed that the
man ,'
Had Blood on Bis Clothes.
He stopped him on Tower Hill and asked
several questions as to how. the blood stains
happened to be on his garments. Tbe man,
according to the policeman, replied that he
had been assaulted while passing through a
street iu the neighborhood of tbe docks..
The policeman, not being aware that a mur
der had been committed, and not having
heard the alarm whistles from the police
who had evidently then reached tbe scene
of the murder, allowed himself to be satis
fied that the blood-stained man was telling
tbe truth, and so allowed him to pass.
The prisoner's face is badly scratched as
if by a 'woman's finger nails. In reply to
questions as ;to hqw he came by these
scratches, the man said that he was so in-'
jured when he was assaulted near the docks.
The prisoner stoutly-denies having at any
time met the murdered wriman. "He will be
confronted with th"e railroad employes with
others who may have seen ths man wbo is
supposed to have been in company with
"Carrotty" JNelln Friday night ; fZ s
' ' Scotland Jard Feels' Bad. r"
The renewal of the, "Bipper"',excitemerit
has caused much tribulation iu Scotland
Yard. The-cunning of this' criminal and
the ease with which he appears to baffle all
efforts of the detectives makes the whole
metropolitan "force sore. Tbe heads of the
department share the general chagrin. But
more than this, they are unable to find suf
ficient men to efficiently patrol Whitechapel
and at the same time maintain enough men
at the docks and along tbe riverside to pro
tectthe free laborers against the attacks
which are constantly being threatened by
the unionists.
There is little doubt in tbe minds of the
police that the murder of the unfortunate
woman in Whitechapel yesterday morning
was done by the hand of the same monster
who cow has ten ghastly crimes to his
record. When the policeman found the
victim under the railway arch her eyes were
still opening and closing and her hands con
vulsively twitching iu her death throes,
while the blood was still pumping in great
jets from the sever;d jugular. The officer
who found the bodv 'must have been almost
within 100 feet of "Jack the Bipper" when
he cut the woman's tbroit. and yet he heard
not a sound ot escaping fqot falls or -the
slightest noise of a struggle.
, Theory of a Physician. ,
This lends interest to Dr. Lawson Tait's
theory, expounded to a reporter of the Pall
Mall'Gazette,hat the murderer is of the same
sex as the; several victims. Said Dr. Tait:
".Nothing is more likely than that 'Jack
the Bipper' is seme big, strong woman en-
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UH!;cu u tuc Diauui uvuac ill vicauill ul
and now and then in actually cutting up
meat Again, in the number of instances
the women when found were hardly dead.
The bodies were warm. The murderer could
cotbefaraway. On tbediscovery of one'ofthe
murders the police promptly made a circuit
round the neighborhood. Nobody was ar
rested, or rather; no man was arrested. They
did not look for a woman. How could a
woman have so cleverly committed the
deed? It must be clearly understood that
whoever was the criminal would be
thoroughly splashed with the blood. It
would be impossible to hack and hew a
warm body in the JBipper' fashion without
getting all over blood.
How a Woman Could Escape.
"A man who thus 'besmeared himself
could not possibly have 'got clear away,
time after time. The thing would be per
fectly easy for a woman. Conceive the
murder done and the woman is all splashed.
All she has to do' is to roll up her skirts to
the waist, leaving her petticoat exposed, and
fold up the shawl that is over her shoulders
and tuck it in at tbe middle. Then she
might pass through the crowd with the very
slightest risk of detection.
"Then as to washing the blood-flyod' gar
ments, what would a mad du? Plunge tbem
into hot water; result, the blood coagulates,
won't come off, and stains tbe clothes. And
where isle to get hot water, or how is he to
pour away" the bloody water undetected? A
woman is always at the washing- tub and
she would put the clothes in cold water
when with a little soap and rubbing they
would become clean, practically unstained
and she would be unsuspected."
DEMAND T0B BOOKS.
An Appeal for Beading Matter for the Exiles
In Siberia.
tbt crnnJir'a cable coufAirr.l
"London, Feb. 14, A special appeal is
being made for books for the use of political
exiles who are condemned to tbe rigors of
Siberia. Almpst all books by the recog
nized authors will be accepted, but among
those which are specially t welcome, it is
said,' are the works of Diderot, Victor Hugo,
Iteuan, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Spinoza,
Bain, Michelel, De Musset, Pascal, Frelli
gratii and others.
'Any books of the well-known and mudb
affected Tauchnitz edition are; it is said, also
acceptable, no doubt because ot tbelr bandy
form, as they1 can be easily carried about
Beviews. scientific hooks, as well as tbe
works of any of the above pentionedij
wrT"
"T i
'FEBRTJAIfcY 15, 1891.
anthors, should be sent to Felix-Volkovskr,
229 Marylebone, road, London. IT. W., who
will be very grateful for either large or
small packages, in accordance with thev
well-known formula.
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BISMARCK' IN.DANGER.
THE
EXASPERATED EHPEEOB THBEAT
EHS TO PBOSECOTE HIM.
A Crisis lu the Feud at Hand Bismarck's
Organ Says Von Waldersee Was He
moved Because He Intrigued to Brine
About a War With Bussia.
fCOPTBIGHTBD1 BTv jmW" TOMC ASSOCIATED
P1CESS.1
Berlin, Feb. lc The crisis in the feud
existing between the Emperor and Prince
Bismarck has become acute. In a conversa
tion last night at an official dinner given by
Chancellor Von Caprivi, the Emperor re
marked that the attacks inspired by Bis
marck, while nominally directed against the
Chancellor, were really aimed at himself.
He was deprived, he said, by his position
from publicly responding to the attacks. He
feared that he would soon he obliged to take
i
( 3-ivcrc measures ur spppresa inese miaufe. u
., . j ''they were dangerous to 'the' Government and
Bl37iheEmnire. ' '
V A report which has gained considerable
mvdntl.. A 4fiA nflif that tliA PK 6nro11ni M
has been instructed to publish in the
"Rtichiameiger a warning to Prince Bis
marck's paper, tbe Hamburger Nach
richten, to .cease publishing its pretended
revelations' of Government affairs on pain
of prosecution. The Hamburger Nach
rfcWi, .published yesterday an ar
ticle which caused a sensa-
'tion in political, and military
circles. It declared that; tbe recent changes
in the highest armyjjsersonnel was due to
theTact tbat"GeneralpLgunt Von Waldersee
and other officers connected with the gen
eral staff were'workingii'together to bring on
a war with Itussii. - (Chancellor Von Cap
rivi, wbo disapproved? tbe plan ol these
officers, induced the Emperor to dismiss
General Von Walderseeand to reform tbe
general staff.
Tbe Emperor had a prolonged conference
this morning with Chancellor Von Caprivi
and Herr Oelilschlager, Minister of Justice,
on the measures to be adooted to meet the.
'attacks. 'The tonexjf an inspired note in
to-night s Aorti uerman (Jazette indicates
that a milder form of repression will be
Iriedbeidre Bismarck is personally rebuked.
In noticing the Hamburger Nachrichten't
repeated assertions that the relations be
tween Germany and Bussia have been im
perilled since the retirement of Prince Bis
marck, the Gazette declares that the accu
sation levied against the foreign policy of
the Government is so gravely opposed to
the trnth that tbe papers making the charses
must be obliged to produce proofs or stand
discredited'as resorting to any lie in order to
assail the Government The developments
of the feud are watched with tbe keenest in
terest. ...
TEXABIB STARVE WHILE LEADERS FIGHT
A Distressing Effect of the Irish
Parlia-
1 ' mentkry Squabble.
ILondon," Feb. .14. An unfortunate
phase ol the dissension in the Irish Parlia
mentary .party is that the tenants who re
fused to pay the rents demanded ot them,
and who 'depe'ncled'upon 'the leaders of -the.
party for support wbeu theywere evicted as
a consequence their refusal, are ,no.w un
able ti iwurenyVssi stance, owing .to tbe
legal questions which bave aris'erl concern
ing the ownership of the money deposited in
Paris by the National League leaders.
The legal delays. bnve thus far prevented
the transfer of the League money to the
evicted tenants' fund, and there is much
suffering in consequence a'mong those who
were evicted from their holdings. On the
day that the conferences at Boulogne-snr-Mer
collapsed, Mr. Parnell made an impera
tive demand upon the -executors of the es
tate of the late Mr. Biegar, who was one of
tbe custodians of theKationalLeagnefands,
that they surrender the money to him. This
tbe executors refused to do unless they re
ceived the most ample guarantees that the
money would be handed over to the tenants'
fund. They did not succeed .in obtaining'
these guarantees, and consequently they
still refuse to relinqnish'tbe money.
AN AMERICAN'S SCHEME.
He Will Collect the Voices of the World in
an Edison Phonograph.
.fBT CABLX TO IBB DI3PATCH.1
London, Feb. 14. H. Murphy, son o f
Colonel T. J. Murphy, of Brooklyn, is over,
here making arrangements for a unique tour
around the wori J. He leaves JSew York
about the middle of April in a 27-foot
American life-saving yacht, and will visit
all the principal ports of the British isles,
France, Spain, and the Italian peninsula,
andthe coast towns' of the Mediterranean;
thence across tbe Black Sea to Odessa and
through the Suez canal and tbe Indian
Ocean to China and Japan, and across the
Pacific to San Francisco and baclcto New
York thrpugh the Nicaragua canal, if it is
completed.
Murphy takes with him one of Edison's
most highly perfected phonographs and
several hundred cylinders, and he intends
to transfer to wax the voices of the various
people he will visit, particularly those of
savages. He will also stop at the Pltcairn
Islands, to bring baok with him in a phono
graph the story of the mutineers of tbe ship
Bounty, as related by their descendants. He
intends to complete his journey In time for
the World's Fair in Chicago, where his boat
and phonographic records will be exhibited.
WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION.
Everything Uclonclug to the Late Duke of
Bedford Sacrificed by fire.
fBT DUNHfS cable company.
London, Feb. 14. The late Dnke of
Bedford's effects continue to go the way ot
tbe ducal remains, much to the great indig
nation of the poor' of Woburn and the
neighborhood, who'naturnlly don't see the
necessity for the wholesale cremation, of all
his personal property, as was done with his
ex-personal body.
Following out the programme of destruc
tion, all the furniture and carriages which
be used, were offered up as a sacrifice by
fire, to appease the manner of his eccentric
ity. But the destruction will not stop here,
for it is' said that in three days time the
horses will be led out from the ducal stable
and then shot
BUYING UP STOCK
The Pennsylvania Goes Into Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton Bather Heavy.
rsr-JCCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH-l
Cincinnati. Feb. 14, Something of a
sensation was created on the floor of the
Stock Exchange when H. H. Boyden posted
on the slate fivaiales of the common stock
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton Bailroad Company, aggregating
832 shares. The sales were
in blocks of 100 and 200' shares at 105 and
200, and 100 and 232. shares at 105). Who
the buyer and sellers are can only be a mat
ter of conjecture, but as tbe Pennsylvania
Company has been negotiating for tne C,
H. & D. tbe purchaser cannot be far re
moved in tbese conjectures from the Penn
sylvania interest -
"When Mr. Boyden was asked if he was at
liberty to divulge anything for publication
he replied that nothing could be said.
Private advices from ;New York say,A2,000
shares were sold attllO. The jollity of
several known friends of the Pennsylvania
makes it quite certain that road has the
stock.
JfiWfe' -"' r twenty pages- I
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The Alleged-Whisky Trust Dyn
amiter Now on His Way
Across-the Sea.'
HOW HE MADE HIS ESCAPE;
fiatner Clever Kuse Perpetrated at
Bis Hotel in Peoria.
A DEFENSE OFFERED AT"" CHICAGO
Knocked Out of Harmony by Farther De
velopments In the Case.
THE SECBETARI STUDIED CIIEillSTRI
1 ISrXCIAL TELIOKAM TO TUB CISrATCH.
P20EIA, Feb-14. It may be stated with,
positiveness that George J. Gibson, the Sec
retary of the Whisky Trust, has succeeded
in fopling all the reporters, officers and
everybody else, with the possible exception
of tho.officers of the trust, and is now a fugi
tive on the face of tbe earth.
All day yesterday parties were pretending
to call on him in his room in tbe National
Hotel while others were refused admittance
as it was represented Mr. Gibson was too
busy to see tbem. The truth of the matter
appears to be that Gibson was driven from
here to some point on the railroad on the
evening of the day he returned from Chicago
and is now well on his way to Europe.
His Bond Will Be Paid.
A prominent distiller admitted this even
ing, while objectinz to Ihe use of his name,
that Gibson had started for Earope. He
said the reason was that tbe
Secretary was fearful that he would be
arrested on other charges, and that 'his
bond wonld be increased. The present bond
will be forfeited and will be paid. Matt
Pinkerton is in the city, Working on the
case.
A. H. Bar'nenott, a dealer, was seen th
evening. He says that some time ago Uibjoa
purchased one case of dynamite, 50 pounds.
The chemicals used in the. preparation
of the furious fluid were purchased by (Gib
son all from one druggist in Peoria and were
mixed by Gibson "himself. Before that he
became very intimate with a chemist or this
city, invited him to the house and always
managed to direct the conversation, in such
a way as to find out all be could about the
proportion of explosive materials. a
A. Theory In Defense.
A dispatch received this evening from
'Chicago says:1 A consultation be
tween President Greenhutof the JWhistv.
iTusi,. Ajrecr noemer, -in j.-rorin;.ui-rector
McKulty and otber officials, was held
to-day in regard to the sensational develop
ments in connection with tbe alleged dyna
mite conspiracy of Secretary Gibson. Mr.
Greenhut announced at the outset that
Gibson had resigned, pending an investiga
tion. -
A preliminary plan of defense was out
lined during the conference. It was pro
posed to show that Ganger Dewar, wbo
charges that Gibson tried to hire him to
blow up Sbufeldt's Distillery, is a practical
machinist and could have made the infernal
machine which he alleges Gibson gave him.
It will be admitted that Gibson was in com
munication with Dewar for the purpose, ot
obtaining reliable information as to the out
putof Shufeldt's, and that in case Dewar
failed to send the Information Gibson may
have written to him on the subject; that
Dewar had an opportunity and four hours'
time in which
To Tamper With Gibson's Valise
after his arrest before it was put into a
vault, and that he might have substituted
the bottle of inflammable stuff found in it
later in the place of a perfectly innocent
liquid; that Dewar had such a liqnid in his
possession and displayed it to Government
officials several weeks before the exposure;
that no sucht bottle as that containing the
liquid wis in Gibson's valise when arrested;
in short, that Gibson may be the victim of
a conspiracy of which the Government of
ficers are the innocent dupes. As to the
shares of Whisky Trust stocks, it is to be
shown that they are tbe property of Gibson's
wife, and he was merely taking them to be
deposited in a safe.
In the course of a subsequent interview
President ' Greenhut outlined the above
points and added some others. He said':
"While in Washington I called upon Com
missioner Mason, of the Internal Depart
ment, and was confidentially informed by
him that tbe department had but one letter
written by Gibson, and that contained 'the
indefinite sentence: 'Why don't you do as
you promised?'
No Motive for the Crime Acknowledged
"This referred to the legitimate output of
the distillery."
"Is there really any motive for the trust
to annihilate the Shuleldt distillery?"
"None, sir." he replied, "but there are
many 'reasons for that distillery company
injuring our company. The trust; as you
seem to want to call our incorporated com
pany, is doing a tremendous, business. It is
making money band over fist Quite tbe
contrary with the other people. They do
not stand lu our way here." Good attor
neys have been engaged to defend Gibson.
A full meeting of tbe directory is ex
pected Monday, at the Auditorium Hotel,
where the trust will officially investigate
tbe matter.
Vice President Adolph Woolner, of
Peoria, pronounced the story that his name
was affixed to the contract said to have been
made between Dewar and Gibson a lie, aud
said that be never saw Dewar, and no sueh
contract was in existence.
The Flan of Defense Is TJpset
"What do you thine of the plan of de
fense as outlined by Mr. Greenhut?" was
aked by United States District Attorney
Mllchrist
"My dear sir," he replied, "It does not
amount to a row ot shucks. The idea of his
siying or-maintaining that the bottle of
fluid was placed in Gibson's grip by tbe of
ficials! Tb6 facts are tbese: When Gibson
was arrested tbe grip was not out of his pos
session till he arrived in the Marshal's of
fice. Ilj was then opened in bis presence,
and in it was found a bottle. This was
marked with the initials of Mr. Brooks and
Mr. Summerville and put hack in tbe grip.
It was afterward given to Stuart's keeping.
It-was so marked that it would have been
impossible to tamper with it-"
"It i said Gibjon did not come here to
answer' to a letter from" Dewar, but was on
his way to Cleveland to visit his sfck father."
"Thai is untrue, and we have "the evi
dence to disprove that statement I think
the best 'thing the trust people can, dd ir to
keep quiet They may get In deeper than'
they think.'
, It has been decided to lay the case of Gib-
M ' - ' ' ' ' ITVE CENTS.
JUUbfgIs Intrrexlid xn This Game.
son before tbe State, rather than the Federal
Grand Jufr, as, under the State law, it is
possible to inflict severer penalties than un
der the Federal law.
0NET00 MANY BABIES.
A CHILDLESS HUSBAND MAKES AH EX-
TBAOBBIHABY BISCOVEBT.
His Better Half Tried to Palm Off Some
body Else's Offspring as Her Own' and
Got Caught While Trying to Exchange
for Another One.
TSFECTAL TELIOBAM TO THX DISPATCH.!
Nett Yoke, Feb. 14. Henry Huber, of
Brooklyn, has discovered that his wife has
palmed another woman's infant off on him
as her own. His workshop (hS is a cabinet
maker)?? is opposite his bouse, and
frob dtyV. can see much that is
goinggf " Friday afternoon he
sawaA. .,fcsTOung woman carry a
bundleYAf-eboding of -ill took
possession or 2rossed the road to
see if all was wew j. AjVlfe. He had
been led 'to believeN-SW''Srery ill and
that a chubby baby
, -j. ..
him lather.
aub vuujjic Uftvvuccu waiiv r .ijcaia.
years.
fXJtV UU1UU iiflSfJU, IJCCU UIWWO IIU Vli"
dren, though both have growu-un children
by former marriages. When Mr. Huber
entered'hishonse on Friday he found his
wile, whom he had thought too ill to
leave Iyer bed. fondling u strange baby,
while the one he had believed to be his was
beinorrepated for removal. His entrance
his wife into a fainting
fit and cansed the young woman
snatch up 'the bady and run out
tbe street Mr. Huber followed, and
his request an officer arrested the woman
and took her to the police station. She was
Annie-Koehler, the daughter of a widwife.
She suid that Mrs. Huber bad written to
her mother asking for a new born baby for
adoption. The baby was delivered to Mrs.
Huber, and Mr. Huber, ou his return from
work, was informed that bis wife had be
come a mother during his absence. He cbided
herforconceallng ber condition.but accepted
the Situation gracefully.r That was on
Wednesday. The real mother of the child
repented of having parted with
it and insisted on its return. Mrs.
Haber was informed that Mrs. Koehler
could provide another baby for ber in its
place ii she would give up the one she had.
Mrs. Huber was willing, and the exchange
was-, about to be consummated When Mr.
Huber ma.de his appearance.
Miss Koehler was detained while pre
cinct detectives went 'to New York to lu--esligatejiejfrfittoiyi
Tney"!o"und It truaJn
every particular, and she wass'released. Mr.
Hnber compelled bis'wifeto send back the
second baby. Neither he cor his wife has
any explanation to make to thepublic.
A GO VEENOE'4 ADVICE TO STBIXEBS.
He Declines to Call Oat Militia, Belying;
Upon Workmen's Bespeot for &aw.
ISFECIAI. TXXXOKAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Nuw YobK, Feb. 14. No settlement was
arrived at to-day between the Clark Thread
Company and the strikine spinners. Sena
tor Howard's proposition for the discbarge
of Superintendent Walmsley when his con
tract expired, three months hence, and the'
taking back immediately of ail the strikers,
was rejected by the company.
Governor Abbett visited the Kearney
mills to-day, and with the mill and civil
authorities held a conference lasting an
hoar. Afterward Governor Abbett went
and spoke to the strikers. He counselled
the Sninncrs to be calm and to give all the
assistance in tbeir power toward the main
tenance of peace and order. Governor
Abbett said that he had been asked to call
out the military. "I don't think that there
is any necessity-for my interference," he
said. "The Sheriff tells me be will swear in
12 of your members as deputy sheriffs. I
want your moral influence used. Tell tbese
riotous people that they are doing your
cause no good."
AKOTHEB FBUXTLESS BALLOT.
No United States .Senator Vet Elected In
South Dakota.
Pierre. S. D...Feb. 14. The jointassem
bly met at noon and balloted for United
States Senator as follows:
Sterling, (Eep.), C4; Kyle, (Ind.), B6;
Tripp, (Deni.), 14. Only one ballot was
taken.
THE DISPATCH DIBECT0BY.
Contents of the IssneClasslfledfor the Head
ers' Convenience.
The Issue of THE Dispatch to-day is made
UU in tbree parts and contains 2C pages. Tbe
news pf tbe day, local, domestic and forelsn. Is
to be found in the first and second parts. The
special features are as follows:
PARTH.
Page 9.
Tbe Irish Situation. Sherman's Social Qualities.
Uonld's Railroad Combine. Sews of Enrone.
Resume of the Week Milxie
Amung the Mormons Uubtabd KITLlso
- FagzlO. t
Candidates or '91 Frask G. Cam-ester
Contempt of Women Bkssie Bramble
Gossip of Gotham CiiarleS. T. JIUeuaV
Pagt II. '
Tne Want Column. For Sale Column.
' To It Column. '
. Pag T3.
The Social tVorlil. Dramatic Xews.
, - .Educational rfews.
Page-33. i
Secret Societies. Militia Gossip.
Local Trade Hews. Markets by Wire.
Henry Clews' Letter.
PagtlS.
The Grand Army. Amusement .Notices.
rage IS.
Ihe Bottle Imp STEVEXSOV
schools of Ireland J. II. Lxoyabd
Tobacco of India. Electrical Sews.
Scientific Information.
Page je.
Kcvtew ofSnorts PnrvoLE
Seconding a yight BOB. FITZSIMMO'S'S
Artia Sew York J. W.Beattt
Late Sews In Bilcf.
PAKTIH. '
'Page )r.
The South Seas Bobert ixiins stpveisov
'TheWlfch otPrasne F. Mabiojt Cbawioud
XPage.iS.
At Byron's Tomb... Eboab L. Waeixak
The dear's Winter. -,J. IL Wibb
t Business Cards.
Page 13.
Tne Magician of WInl.clberj;... Patsie
l'unle Department....... E. B. Ciiaduouev
la Getbsemane .'. Kzv. UxoroU Hodgls
Dishes forLent ............. - ElliceHeresa
Page ea.
remlnlne Fancies Couxtiss deMostaioc
Gaieties of Lent.. 4 MWS GRUNDT. Jn
SllK Next the Skln:....M Uhirlet Dare
To Ancient Cbxco l'AN2ua.B. Waud
CALLED MIO QUIT.
The Americus C!ub Condemns
-Senator Cameron for His
Free Coinage Vote, '
AFTER A LIVELY MEETING;-
Sentiment of the. Members Almost
' , Unanimous Against Him.
USLIIHTED SILVER DEH01J5CED
As Intended to Help White Metal Kings
and Speculators.
TILE SPEAEEKS F0ETSE KEXrBAXQDET
The Americus Bepublican CInb, "W. E.
Ford presiding, met last nisht and reso
luted, according to previous announcement,
on the matter ot the free coinage of silver
and the actiotrof Senator Cameron thereon.
"JTJiat the original resolutions, prepared
by John Bradley, were, was not de
veloped for the edification, of out
siders, as tbe doors of the assembly
room were) closed against all but members.
Jibe last resolution was discussed for
nearly two hours, and it was stated that it
was considerably modified and finally .ren
dered palatable to all the members present;
save two, whose- names were not given. It
was intimated, however, that considerable:
dynamite was eliminated before tbe dose
was administered. The copies furnished for
publication read as follows, edited by tha
Committee on State and National Affairs:
Bitter Opposition to Tree Coinaee.
Whereas, The free coinaee of sUver is now
before tbe Congress of the United States. "
Resolved. That the Americas Bepublican
Club, of Pittsburg, recognizing that the present
gold basis of our monetary system has proved
a standard for a healthy and nrosperons trans
action of business in the United States, and
that the free coinage of silver would unsettle
that standard, and for a time at least ba a great
detriment to the business of tbe country, the
United States, powerful as it is, cannot uphold
any commodity to a given price against the
laws of supply and demand: and as the United
States-would be compelled to. according to the
demands of tbe advocates, buy all the silver
offered Irom all patts of the world at fl 29 per
ounce of tine silver, tbe average cost of produc
ing which is a trine over SO cents, it wonld
most seriously deplete our treasury for the
benefit of the silver kings and speculators and
tv the detriment ot. the nubile We. therefore,
would most seriously aak nur members of Con
gress to vote against the free coinage of silver.
Whereas, 'life sen!6r Senator ot Pennsylva
nia has put himself on record as being In lavor
of tbe free coinage Of silver, notwithstanding
that the -people whom he reuresenu are op
posed t lc J - "
Resolved, That the Americus Club of Pitts
burg, aattlhcir protestrto those of our Business
community, cooueaining his action in the
strongest terms, reminding him that the people
have placed him In theSena:e,to re present them
and not himself, and that if he cannot represen t
the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on
this question, we would ask him to resign.
All the Amendments Voted Down.
Tbe resolution on tbe silver bill wss
adopted without opposition. The second
one, on Senator Cameron's action, was tha
subject of a lively discussion. It was op
posed by several members wbo, after argu
ing the matter, offered several amendments,
the main purpose of which was to strike out
tbe resignation clause. The amendments,
however, were defeated, and the. resolution
finally passed, as submitted by the com
mittee. General business was also disposed of.
The Banquet Committee reported that it
had been at work three weelcs on arrange
ments, and that tbe banquet would come off
at the Monongahela House on April 27, and
that two speakers ot national repute had
been secured and all arrangements com
pleted lo insure a success.
The committee in charge of the new quar
ters on Smithfield street, on the second floor
of the Freehold Bank building, Messrs.
Logan, Littell and McLaren, reported that
the lease had been signed, plans made and
estimates of cost are being secured, and it is
expected that the club will be able to take
possession in tbe latter Dart of April.
Committees for the Year to Come.
Tbe following committees were annonncedt
Finance J. II. Reed, W. C llagee, J.- if.
Hall. S-JUcKelry. J. H. Smltley.
Library and Publication William M.Rees,
W. W. Colville. W. S. McLain, T. D. Graham,
H. F. Davis.
State and National Affairs A. H. Logan. H.
CRoenigk, 1.F. Colllngwood. E. L. Devore, W.
M. Glbbs.
Banquet H. J. Logan. B. L. Wood. Jr., G. Lw
Schoouraaker. G. W.Darr, II. S. Paul. A. M.
Vnigt, W. H. Keecb, J. II. Reed, William
Gibbs, J. P. Anderson.
House George P.Letscbe. J.B.Barbour. Jr..
J.D.Llttell. William Lyon, Jr.. J. P. Anderson.
Audit William H. Gibbs, J. ts. Barbour. Jr.,
J. IL Smltley.
Election William Gibbs, W. W. Colville, J.
B. Barbour, Jr., T. L. Brown. J. N. Patterson.
The President of the club was directed to
send tbe following telegram to Hon. John.
Sherman at Kew York:
Tbe Americus Republican Club of Plttsburg
in special session expresses its deep grief at the
death of General W. T. Sherman, and tenders
its sincerest sympathy to the family.
CHARLES C. Baee, President.
The retirement of H. B. "W. Engl&h from
the chairmanship of the Banquet Committee
an arduous function he has administered
since the club commenced giving annual
banquets was a great surprise to the mem
bers of the club, and inq'uiries elicited no
reason. Mr. English bad nothing to vsay,
and said it well.
It is rumored that Senators Edmunds and1
Hoar will be speakers at the banquet.
Governor Foraker's admirers iu the clnb
are pressing for his recognition as an orator
of national renown by the clnb, in the shape
of a formal invitation to speak.
A VEB7 OLD SCHOOL B07.
Tbongh 103 Tearsof Age, He Recites a Well
Known Old Declamation.
rsrxtiAi. tixeobajs to TH DisrAicavl
" Saratoga, Feb. 14. At the presenta
tion of the district school to the township by
CO of Saratoga's men and women of advanced
and middle age, one the most interesting
pupils was David- J. "Williams, 102 years
old, who, with, good voica and in school-boy
manner, spoke "you'd scarce expect one of
my age to speak In public on tbe stage."
He did so well and made such a good im
pression that a collection was taken up for
him. The old man is well preserved.
IHDIAH CHIEES AT CABLISXE.
They Visit Their Children and Inspect th
Famous School.
flirXCIAI. TILIORAM TO Tax DtSrATCH.1
Caelisle, Feb. It Some 40 Indiaa, ,
chiefs irom the Bine Bidge and other agea- -cies
arrived here from Washington this
evening to visit their children and inspect
the workings, of the Indian school.
Among the noted chiefs are: " American
Horse," who-made the startling speech to
the President, and "xoung-Man-Arrsld-of.
His-Horses," who greatly assisted is bring
ing abont-peace during tne late war. 'aim
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