FORTY-?IXTH TEAK. FIVE CENTS. SPLIT OVER COLOR. Far-Famed Wimodaughsis, of Washington, Expels a Beau tiful Young Woman BECAUSE OF HER BLOOD, Which Is Tainted With That of the Race Which Once Wore Slavery's Chains. (SENSATION OVER THE DISCOVERT. Xadies Representing the Flower of South Horrified and the Founder and Secretary Resigns. the HITTER WAR OYER WOMEN DELEGATES. Sccaty K'ccea cf Sew York City Make Tttsselvei Xctcncu ty & Secret View cf the Spanish Dtrcsr CanLtccita, SrEiEEEBEED FEESENT AT THE GREAT EHOW irKOM A STAFF CORRESPOND EXT. "Washington. Mrch 7. It loots as ihough "AVitnodaughsU" is about on its last legs. "Wimcdauzhsis" is the famous organization which originated in this city xwo or three years ago. The word is com posed of parts of the words wife, mother, daughter and sister, and the object of the society is to teach women equality and to Jead them iiitoiaths in which they can earn an independent living. The originator of it is Miss Desha, a sister-in-law of Representa tive Breckenridse, the silver-tongued states scan from Kentucky, and many Southern ladies are included in the membership. These noble .women give instruction in both Jay and evening classes, in practical wcrk. such as bookkeeping, stenography, typewriting and other work peculiarly fit tj fur the sex. Some time ago Miss JFanaie Smith paid her fee and began at tesdaaceon tlie evening classes She was keautirul and as w bite as Miss Desha her sclfj but the Southern ladies were a few days since horrified to discover that in Miss Smith's veins ran the blood of the negro laee. Tun Iteanlifnl Woman Expelled. Miss Desha at once, upon this tiiscoverv, Is&raietlMisi Smith that her presence cculd attt be tolerated and the white and beautiful "eoJored wetaan" was virtually expelled, sifter having paid her tuition. When Miss Desna's action was presented to the Board of Director);, the unanimously declared that Winiodaugbsis being a stockholding corporation and not a htrictly white wo man's club, th.ev could not refuse to sell stock to a- respectable person, be their color what i might. Anownerof stock has all the rights and advantages of the club, as formulated in ils ira-nstilntien. The evening classes are only aa expedieucv at present to help pay the running expense. The main reason for the existence of the club is to erect a building for a permanent headquarters for the meet ing and instruction of women, and not to Jirovide a social Headquarter lor them, and (therefore the question of social equality was not involved. This action resulted in the resignation cf Miss Desha from her position ss Secretary bnt in view of the great inter est at stake the uiiole business was defer! ed Sill another meeting. A Itace Isuo Prevails. Miss Desha retaius her place on the Board of Directors, winch will shortly elect her s&ccessor m the Secretaryship. Miss Susan 2$. Anthony 3nd others of those prominent in the councils of AViwodauirhsis. say that the intnre of the association is yune as bright as ever, and that the defection f one Member will not affect its standing. On the contrary, the publicity given it will greatly nid the infant club in getting more strongly on its feel. As tor the race issue at slake, Mis An thony says that nobod at first suspected that Mis; Fannie Smith, the person on "Whom the i'ne was drawn, was a colored woman, as she is quite as white. aud comely ss the average white women. Others say, however, ibat the war is sure to end in a complete and permanent split in lire club, aud in the failure ot the laudable object had iu view in the organization of the dab. which was. up io tbe time of this troaMe, wealthy, flourishing and influen tial, occupying a large and elegant resi dence and almost ou the eve ot erecting a clubhouse, tqaal to auy o: the many fine clubhouses for the male creature in the city. . A Vigorous Iiht Waged. With many of the visiting members of the Woman's Council and of the Woman's Suffrage Association still in the citr, be sides, the large number of resident wo man KH&ragists, the preachers of the Baltimore Conference of tbe MetboJUt Church, who lave been in convention here this week have had a lively time of it. The burning queniou has been the admission ot women leepales in the church conferences and the campaign both for and agaiust the proposi tion was carried on with greit intensity. Tht ipoeciu-s in favor of this recognition Tn emancipation of women were eloquent and onea bluer, but the day was carricl against ihe. fair sex by a large majority, only -52 out of upwards of I'OO voting affirm atively on the proposition. Some of the mars aggressive of the woman suflragists are very neated m their denunciation of the old logy clergymen who refuse to acknowl edge the tquaii'.y oi women, even in the congregation oi the Lord, but others are well satisfied with a vote, w hich was larger thau they expected. Mr. Ir. La iVtra, the 1 'ailing temperance evangelist of this citv, a woman sufiragist as well, and an ardent Methodist, said this afternoon in regard to the result: Satisfied With the Itcttuit. The well-known conservatism of the Bal timore Conference, everyone felt sure, would .Keep it irom tauing au advanced position m this question, let the fact that the vote in favor of the women reached 42 is cn c&.uraging in the extreme. The AVtstern churches, however.are thoroughly in earnest in this effort to emancipate women in the church, aud they are sure to succeed in the eud. In the East, too, the movement grows stronger rapidly, and already you will fiud some of the most eminent and distinguished Methodist divines earnestly favoring the extension. The opponents urge the plea that the ad mission of women delegates would simply he an entering wedge for the ordination of women ministers. They are willing to see women working at the" lowest character of manual laboi, but consider that to allow her to enter the pulpit would be a disgrace and a sin. It is simply a matter of time when women will be admitted to an equality with men in the Methodist Church. The two thirds vote which it will require may not come at the next Conference, but the effect will simplv be that when the change does come uomen will get much more than the moderate demands presented now. LlGHTJTEK. THE LADIES DOTE ON HER. HEW YOBK'S TOUR HUNDRED BOW THE KNEE TO CARMENCTTA. A Qniet Little Entertainment at Sir. Chase's Stnilio Not Kxpected to He Published to the Word Speaker Keed Among the I'ashionablo People Prohcnt- SPECIAL TELEORAM TO TQS DISPATCH.! XEr York, March 7. Tbe desire on tbe part of the ladies in New York society to witness a performance by the Spanish dancer, Carmencita, seems to be not less than it was when the Spanish girl danced in the ball room of the Tuxedr lub house. Shortly after midnight on Friday she charmed a number of ' dames and some of tbe buds belnngi . to the fashionable set by an exhibition of her .art in tbe studio of Mr. AVil!iam14lMQ,...case, on "West Tenth street A number of ladies, includ ing Mrs. Nicholas Fish, Mrs. Frederick Rhiuelander Jones, Mrs. Frederick AV. Whiteridge and Mrs. E. L. Godkin, each contributed to the expense of the entertain ment and each inviting ten persons, Mr. Chase merely lending his studio, which is much better adapted for an entertainment such as was given in it early on Saturday morning than a private drawing room or even a ball room in a private house. Be sides it was not suDposed that the entertain ment would get any publicity it held in the studio. The audience which witnessed the swings, gyrations and sways of the Spanish dancer was a representative one, not numbering more than 100 Nearly every person in the company assembled had come from the opera or one of the theaters, aud all were in evening dress. Mr. Chase's beautiful studio, which is divided into three separate apartments, was hung with many beautiful tapestries and works of art collected by the artist abroad. It was in the inner and larger of the three that Carmencita en tranced her audience, the members of which occupied a semi-circle formed by luxurious ottomans and comfortable chairs. The larce room was but dimly lighted and it was 12:30 o'clock .before the dancer made her appearance and began her twists and twirls to the music of five guitars. She ex hibited her art on a stage temporarily erected at the south end of the roam. C.ir mencita wore a beautiful costume of pink satin embroidered with gold and on her left breast she displayed a large rosette form'of the American national colors. In the audience were Mr. and Mrs. Ham ilton McK. TfombIy,,Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Mortimer, -Mi. George Pendleton Bowler, Dr. and Mrs. Francis A.lCinmcult, Mr. and Mrs. Brander Matthews, the Misses Hewitt. Mr. aud Mrs. Pierre Barlow, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Osgood, Miss Sallie Harous, Sir Roderick Cameron, Air. and Mrs. Charles Henry Marshall, Mr. A! onso De Navarro, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, who brought with them Thomas B. Beed, of Maine, ex-Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives; Mr. Frederick James, Mr. J Hunt and Mr. Peter Cooper Hewitt. Madame Bernhardt was to have been one of the guests, but for some reason she did not arrive. NEW YORK ARTISTS INDIGNANT Uerthe Attack Made ou Their Works in Philadelphia. p:pFCIAtTELE01lAlTO THE DISPATCH.' Ni:v Yoke, March 7. Those 500 Christian uomen of Philadelphia, who pro tested against some of tbe pictures at the Academy exhibition in that city, have brought the wrath of the New York artists upon their heads. The pictures ob jected to, with one exception, were the work of New York artists, and their fellow print ers sympathize with tjieni heartily. The New York artists don't regard the attack of Philadelphia women as at all critical, but merely as a grand attack upon the nude and all that is nude. So these artists, who are willing enouch to admit that perhaps some Ntudies are shown which had better be con fined to the sfndio, are not in the least in accord with an attack which makes no ex ceptions. One artist said to-night that nothing bet ter illustrated the ignorance aud narrowness of the attack than the fact that ATanderlyn's "Ariadne" was included with the works of tne New Yorkers. He said that A. B. Du rand, Piesident or the Academy, and as modest aud prudish an artist as ever drew breath, had made a copy of this work, and that 50 years ago it was reproduced iu gift books and was to be found on the center tabie of Christian families everywhere in the United States. The attack has li3d the enect oi sending oig crowds to view the con deiuued pictures. AGAINST THE WOMEN. Action or the Methodist Episcopal Confer , euce of Miilailelpliia. Philadelphia, March 7. The Metho dist Episcopal Conference, of Philadelphia, in session here to-day, by a vote of 120 to 93, decided against admitting women delegates to electoral and general conferences of the church. HOKES FOR 1,000 FA2M.IES. Great Rejoicing In South Dakota Over the Upeninj of a Reservation. AVatektowx, S. D., March 7. Free homes for 1,000 families is what the opening of the famous Cissiton and Wahpeton In dian reservation in South Dakota is said to mean. The act of Congress opening the reservation is received with much rejoicing by the people throughout this section. Wateriown, which is the gateway to the reservation, and to which settlers all have to come to file claims at the United States Land Office, is making preparations for a grand jubilee meeting next AVednesdayin honor of the event. A great rush of settleis is ex pected as soon as Presideu Harrison issues his proclamation. STRAIGHTENED IT OUT. Mr. A. C. Dravo Has the Attachment at Daltlmore Withdrawn. SPECIAL TE1ECUAM TO THE DI3PATOII.1 Baltimore, March 7. Mr. A. C. Dravo, of Pittsburg, was in the city to-day and. had an interview with Mr. Enoch Pratt, Presi dent of the Farmers and Planters' Bank. A itw days ago the attorney for the bank sued out a non-resident attachment against 1,000 shares of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stock deposited as collateral with tbe Mer cantile Trust Company for a loan of $90,000. The note had been indorsed by the Trust Company and transferred to the bank. The result of Mr. Dravo's interview with Mr. Pratt was the discontinuing of attach ment, and Mr. Dravo returned to his home to-night. He was assured by President Pratt that the collateral wis ample for the loan, as the stock, although quoted at 85, was more valuable and will eventually pay those who hold it. FOUND HER KNEELING. THE TEBHIBLE SUICIDE OF AN AGED "WOHAN IN BHOOSLYN. She Drives ner Younjr Granddaughter Into the Street U'lth n Whip In Order to Hang HerseU Tho Little One He turns to Find Her Dead. IKPKCtAI. TELKOUAX To T1IK DISPATCH. 1 J New York, March 7. Mrs. Mary Flem ing, a widow 57 years old, committed sui cide at her residence in Brooklyn by strangling herself. She lived with her son Peter, and her 10 - year - old granddaughter, Mary Jane Fleming, in a two-story and basement frame house, which she owned. Her son weut away to work this morning, leaving her quite cheer ful, ho says. At about 10 o'clock in the forenoon she told Mary Jane to go around the corner to the grocer's to get some veget ables. The girl performed her errand, but instead of taking her own time as her grandmother suggested, she hurried home as fast as possible. She found her grand mother standing in the doorway which leads from the dining room to the kitchen. The woman had a rope in her hands and she was fastening it to two boons, which were secured in the casing of the door. Ihe child stood watching her grandmother, who seemed very much disconcerted at her return. She tried to send the child out again. This time she gave her an errand to a store several blocks awav to inquire the price of some potatoes. "You needn't hurry back," she said, "but can stay out aud play. You may remain an ay an hour it you like." Mary Jane suspected some thing, aud she was resolved to find out what was going on. So she positively refused to leave the house again. Her grandmother was exasperated, and securing a whip beat the child and drove her into the street. Mary Jane then re mained away until noon. She went home then in fear and trembling. When she entered the baseirent dining room she saw her grandmother khceiing in the doorway, with a rope around her neck. She ran out into the street screaming. Several neighbors returned to the house with her. Mrs. Fleming had strangled herself, and was dead. BARE AND COSTLY BOOKS. The Remainder of the Jlraytun-Ives Book Collection Sold. Nr.w York, March 7. The last of the books in the celebrated Brayton-Ives col lection were sold at auction this afternoon. The largest price realized was $6,750, which Dodd, Mead & Co. paid for a copy of , vori' a , gosp'p, anions the Indian of . . , L,, J? , , . New England, by Thomas Shepard. Shakes peare's books was contested eagerly. The finest of the lot was a first edition contain ing 30 piavs, printed by Isaac Saggard and Edward Blount in 1G23. Dodd, Mead Ss Co. paid $4,200 for it. Another of the Shakes peare lot was a third impression containing seven plays never befoie printtJ in folio. AW E. Benjamin bought this for ?950. The sum of $790. was paid b George Pierce for "The Famous Historieo.' Troylus and Crcsseid" b Shakespea . A cop of the second editio.1 ot the "Mer -y AViv. of AYindsor" iu the origi -a I paper covers was sold to Mr. Pierce for $750 Dodd. Mead & Co. secured first edition ot "Midsummer Night'sJDrearn" for $705. Dodd, Mead and Co. got five other copies of ShaEespeare; one. a second edition of "King Lear" for $425. A copy containing all early plays, printed in 1637, for $400; the "Poem? of Shakespeare," printed in 1640, for $500. Next in point of iuierest was the "Virgil of 1470." John Pierce secured the book for $3,000. YET ANOTHER VICTIM. Colonel Underwood Dies as a Result of tho Columbus Tragedy. SPECIAL TELEGKAK TO TBI DISPATCrf.l Columbus, March 7. Colonel Israel Underwood, a veteran of the army and a highly respected man, died to-day from the effects of the shock which he received at the tragedy in this city one week ago Monday. Colonel Underwood was standing beside AV. L. Hughes, the innocent victim, when the latter was shot through the head and fell at his feet. Underwood had just removed from the position which Hughes occupied, and had he not moved a moment before he would have been killed. An already delicate man, the scene of the tragedy so worked on his nervous system that he could not withstand the strain. He died within a feiv feet of where the tragedy occurred. The remains were taken to his former home at Mt. A'ernon. Underwood was at one time Sergeant-at-Anns of the House of Representatives, and had been prominent iu politics, neingan in timate friend of Columbus Delano, Secre tarv AVindom and otheis. In later years he had devoted himself to the securing of right ot way for several railroads which have been constructed into Columbus. JACK TEE RIPPER Sends a Bloodcurdling Letter to the 'Wash ington 1'oliee. AVasiiinotok, March 7. For some time anonymous letters have been received at po lice headquarters here. The letters refer to a detective, whom the writer designates as a "Dr. Croiiin" detective, and who W3S to be "removed." This morning Major Moore, Superintendent of Police, received the fol lowing by mail: De mPeopli: Would not you like to catch me. 1 am Jack the Ripper. I am going to kill eight more women before I give up. I am In tho city. Jack the Riper. AYhether the peculiar spelling of "Rip per" was intentional on the writer's part or not, is of course not known. AYhile the Majorattaches no importance to the letter, he read it this morning to the different police lieutenants, and the police have been trying to find the writer, who is thought to De a crank. THREE YOUTHFUL MURDERERS. Thoy Are Under Sixteen Years or Age and Will Probably Hnng. rsrrcTAi. telegram to the dispatcit.1 Pireville, Ky., March 7. There are seven persons iu jail here, charged with murder, three being under 16 years of age. Two, Joe and Levi White, aged respectively 11 and 13 years, are on trial now for the murder of an elder brothera few weeks ago. The youngest blew off the top of his victim's head with a shotgun. The. elder brother in stigated the crime, it is said. The third boy Is not quite 1G years old, and his trial will begin as soon as that of the AVhites is over. The defendant is Bnd McCoy, indicted for killing a cousin. The other four are men, and it is believed all of them will hang. The Governor Still Hiccoughing. Lansing, Mich., March 7. Governor AVinan's condition is about the same, he be ing up and around. His hiccoughs have still refused to be quiet, but they come at intervals of an hour or two. Dr. Shank says he is -nearly well enough to attend to business. I TRAGEDY OF LOVE, 4 One of the Brightest Railroad Men of France Found Guilty of Wife Murder. ALL 0R A PRETTY FACE That Entered His Dome on the Invi tation of His Victim. INGENIOUS EFFORT IS DEFENSE, The Murderer Bound and Gajged Himself After the Fatal Act. TENDER KlliLETS D0DX DISCLOSE ALL mr DUXLAF'S CAELK COMPANT.l Paris, March 7. The latest cause cel ebre in tbe Criminal Courts here is that of M. Joseph Ribot, a gentlemau of good social position and education aud fair business standing, who, in spite of these advantages, appears to have been utterly unable to resist the fascinations of a fair woman. M. Ribot had. been well known here for years as a competent official of the Chemunde Fer du Midi, whose railway to Lyons and Mar seilles constitutes one of the principal through routes of travel in France. Re spected by his brother officers, energetic in his methods, 3nd apparently capable of re leasing hiiqself from the meshes of red tape that environ all French official liie when the exigencies of the case demand such an assertion of independence, M. Ribot occu pied an enviable position. In 1875 the tried railway manager was united in the bonds of matrimony with Mile. Gnillumon, the niece of the deputy repre senting the department of the Rhone. Tbe bride was an estimable lady, but was nst at all in love with the man who led her to the altar. Xeitber had M. Ribot any real affec tion for his future wife. Every Consideration hut Iuvo. The match was wholly one of the kind known as "marriages de convenance," in which almost every other consideration ex cept love enters. In the present case, the fact that Mine. Ribot was possessed of a very handsome fortune may have largely decided the railway manager's choice. But European wealth cculd not insure happi ness, aud there was very little of that arti cle iu the Ribot household before the arrival of Mile. EssildaDill c, Mme. Ribot's lovely young cousin, aged 20, who came up Irom the provinces to finish he1 education as a painter in the arl school, of Paris, and still less afterward. Mile. Dillac was a very clever woman, who never denied herself the slightest grati ficati 'j from fear of the possible' conse- quenceand when shi discovered a4.f!ie - sooi did tha'. M. RiLol was taken with her fair lace, she wa3 not deterred .from carry ing on the amour by the fact that her noulu hf lover was the husband of her relativ.. Ai to M. Ribot, his experience again illustrated the facilitv of goiug down hill, and if hi possessed any moral stamina at theoutse, it was terribly weakened bythe solt glances of his in jorata. Some lMIlots Doux That aiiscarricd. Of course the billing ana cooing to the lovers could not be carried on openl, unde. the very eyes of the woman they were de ceiving, and thus resort was had to billets doux. These tender missives, now in the hands ot tbe police, are filled with passion of the most impulsive variety, and it is dif ficult to decide whether the vows sworn by the erring spouse or those repeated bv the too responsive maid were the more ardent. Although roses bloomed at the outset, and the lovers were for a time lost in a fool's paradise of their own creation, M. Ribot at least soon awoke to the consciousness that he was playing the part of a scoundrel. But this revelation, at whatever period of the tragedy it was, came loo late. He had gone too far, and the same evil influence that had caused his first departure from the path of duty kept him from following liny nobler prompting. From being a person of aver age amiability, M. Ribot's demeanor toward his wile changed for the worse. The ser vants frequently heard him curse her, aud on several occasions the were present when Mme. Ribot charged him with ill treatment aud even with trying to poison her. Tho Story of tho Murder. Matters were going on in this unhappy manner when, lour weeks ago, the servants were nearly frightened out of their wits ly strange noises in their master's room in the middle of the night. These were so un usual, and M. Ribot's temper had lately been so bad, that they were afraid to venture to ascertain the cause without help. Sum moning some of the tenants on the other flats they finally burst into the room, where they found the furniture thrown about in great disorder, while on the bed lay M. and Mme. Ribot. The latter was dead, her life less bsdy being bathed in a pool of blood that gushed from nearly a dozen stabs, ap parently inflicted by a sharp knife, while M. Ribot was half fainting, his mouth being gagsed and his hands aud feet tied. The police were quickly summoned, M. Ribot liberated aud his wife's corpse pre pared for burial. The case was placed in the hands of several of M. Goron's best de tectives. They naturally applied first to M. Ribot himself for information, but after hearing his story did not consider that they were greatly enlightened. The facts, according to the master of the house, were these: The Guilty Bran's Xice Story. M. Ribot was awakened from a deep sleep by Mme. Ribot, who occupied u separate couch, calling his name. Just as he was about to rush to her assistance he was seized, bound and gagged as he was found by two ruffians, whose faces were blackened 'with soot. AVhat happened to his wife he could not say, as he also became uncon scious. As this pleasing fairy tale, evidently ex tracted irom one of M. Boisgobey's romances, was not thought to sufficiently re semble the truth, the detectives proceeded on their own theories and soon discovered that these remarkable robbers had failed to secure a large sum of money in the room, or iu fact auything else of value. They also unearthed the details of the Dillac amour, the inculpating letters aud all the possible incentives that could have influenced the railway manager in putting his wife out of the way. As the result M. Ribot was arrested, tried and yesterday sentenced to 20 years' impris onment with hard labor, despite his plea of "not guilty." The leniency of the sentenco was due to the extraordinary finding by the jury that the murder was done "without premeditation." Ex-Empress Kugonie's Health. :bt dcjtlap's cable compaxt.i Loxdon, March 7. The ex-Empress Eugenie is deriving a great deal of benefit 4 from her sojourn at San Remo. She has a snJW'of rooms at the Hotel Victoria and Will occupy them until the 21st. She will (fpend HoIyAV'eek in Rome, and will then go to Naples. APPEALED TO THE CONSUL AH AMERICAN GROSSLY ILL-TREATED BY ITALIAN OFFICIALS. Strange Conduct of Cuotomi Ofilcors on the Trench Frontier Their Victim Obliceil to T.avel All tho Vt'ny to Homo to Seek Protection. Rome, March 7. A case of outrageous treatment t' an American citizen byltalian Customs officials at the French frontier has just been reported to the American consulate here. From inquiries made upon the sub ject, it appears that Henry Sedgwick AVatts, an American, has resided for the past six years at Cnneo, in Piedmont, near the fron tjr. Mr. AVatts has been in the habit of crossing and recrosslnc the frontier at con venience. A few days aso, while raturning as usual from a drive, Mr. AVatts was stopped by some Italian 'customs officeis and roughly ordered to getrout o( his carriage and go with them to the nearest customs bureau in order that he might be searched, on suspi cion of having contraband goods concealed about his person. After protesting against such treatment, and telling the customs offi cers that he had been in the habit for years of driving across the frontier and driving hack when it suited him, Mr. AVatts con sented to go with his captors. Upon enter ing the customs bureau an official rushed furiously into the room where Mr. AVatts had been taken, and after gesticulating wildly for a moment or so and giving vent to a tirade of abuse in Italian, seized Mr. Watts and shook him violently. In spite of the treatment to which he had been subjected Mr. AVatts remained calm, and refrained from resenting tbe customs official's violence. The American, in French, asked the meining of the outrage, but for a reply the officer simplv threatened lo imprison him. Mr. AVatts was then searched, but nothing of a contraband nature was found on him. He was then re leased. Mr. AVatts, however, was not disposed to let the matter pass without protest. He called upon the local authorities at Cuneo, and lodged a complaint against the customs officers. To his surprise he found that the customs official b?d been there before him, and had charged Mr. AVatts with out rageously insulting an officer iu the dis charge of his duty. Upon this charge Mr. AVatts was duly tried ami acquitted. The Government authorities at Cuneo made au appeal azainst the decision, and in self protection Mr. AVatts immediately, upon hearing of this new move, sought the advice of the nearest United States official representative. This, according to tradi tion, was the United States Consul at Turin, but Mr. AVatts found that this pnt was vacant, the successor of the late United States Consul there having as yet not been recognized by the Italian Government. Consequently Mr. AVatts was compelled to continue his journey as far as Rome, where he is now staying. Mr. Watts claims the protection cftlie United States Consul, A. Bourne, and to-day made a sworn statement as to what took place at Cuneo. The mat ter will be fully investigated by the United States Consulate. BUSY TIMES 33? IRELAND. - U - sl'Ios - Erl'all'BIo' - Z Meeting ofTo-IJay. fBT DUXLAP'S CABLE COMPAXT. LONDOK, March 7. Yesterday was a marked day in the House of Commons, as the Irish members used it for a general exo dus. Parnell was for some time in the evening busily engaged in the committee rooms, preparing the manifesto and explain ing the mission of delegates io America. Later on he left for Dublin in order fo attend the demonstration at Kewry. Some of the delegate-, including O'Connor, O'Kelly, Harrison and Redmond, uero in the lobby biddiny farewell to their friends, prior to their departure to the United States on the Etruiia. Mr. Sexton left Westminster during the day for Dublin, in order to con fer With Timothy Healy, previous to the convention, which will be held on Tuesday, in order to inaugurate the Irish National Federation. Justin McCarthy will preside at the gathering, which will be attended by the majority of his supporters To-morrow will be a busy day in Ireland for those u ho are interested in its politics. JIany of the Parnell party will be drafted into Xewry to take part in the great demon stration. It is believed that Michael Da vitt will speak at a meeting, which will be held near iNewry for the purpose of coun teracting au. effect which the uncrowned king may be able to produce. PARNELL'S PROGRAMME. Just Now He 1 Assiduously Cultivating; tho Labor Element. tBT CA1ILETO THE DISPATCII.l London, March 7. While Lord Salis bury was talking on labor at the Chamber of Commerce AVednesday, Parnell was pos ing as the friend of the workiugmen at a small meeting in a small hall at- Clerken well. The meeting was convened by a self styled London Parnell leadership commit tee, a body which is utterlv unrepre sentative of London Irishmen. Of the quar ter of a million Irish men and women in this metiopolis. about COO went to hear Parnell, and when a vote ot confidence was nut to the meeting over 100 held up their hands against it. Parnell attacked John Morley for alleged hostility to labor legislation, and the tenor of the speech si'enis to justifv the astounding inference that at a general election there will be an anti-Liberal alli ance between the Irish Parnellitcs in Great Britain and the Social Democrats. Parnell intends running agaiust Davitt for the labor chairmanship, as some retalia tion for the latter's attacks upon him at Kilkenny. Davitt has been resting of late, but he is not the man lo neglect a challenge, especially from Parnell. KOCH'S LYHPH DOOMED. Unfavorable Kesults of an English Physi cian's Experiments With It. fBV BURLAP'S CAULK COMPASY London, March 7. Koch's lym ph seems to be doomed for the present at all events, asfanas English opinion goes. The final reports which have been sent from the Prus sian hospitals with regard to its effect in the treatment of consumption and lupus have not been borne out bvthe experiments which Dr. Jordan Lloyd, of Queen's College, has been making. He states that for a period of two months he has been using the lymph, which he has given in larger doses than Prof. Koch recommended, and he has no hesitation in saying, as the result of these experiments, that it is a nerfectly useless agent. Nay more, that it is not "to be de pended upon as a diagnostic agent, which it was very strongly claimed would be one of its chiet uses. He admits that it is undoubtedly a liquid of very great power, but he naively re marks that as a curative agent it is not worth the postage stamps that are required to bring it from Germanv. SAILED FOR NEW YORK Tho Parnellito Delegates Start on Their Financial Mission. fBT CABLE TO TUE DISPATCH.! London. March 7. James O' Kelly, Joh n O'Connor, John Redmond and young Har- C'onfinued on Seventh Page. oicTooora A Feud Between Two of Wheels ing's Most Prominent Physi- - cians Ends in Murder. ! DR. BAIRD SHOT TO DEATH In tbe Street by Dr. Garrison, Who . Was Once His Warm Friend. WITH TWO BULLETS IN HIS HEAD The Victim Walks Into a Drngstore and An nounces the Tragedy. WEUE GIANTS AXI) PEAKED X0TIHXG SPECIAL TELECKAM TO Tnit DISPATCIt.1 WrtEELlNG, March 7. A tragedy which hau been long predicted occurred on Lrreu tiis Eleventh street at 10:40 o'clock this ing, when Dr. George Baird, one. oldest physicians of AVheeling, a membc: embeT"flr? JO the City AVater Board, ex-member ofCoun - cil and of the Board of Public AVorks, a member of the Board of Directors of the AVheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, and a man very prominent' in local politics and municipal government, was shot twice and almost instantly killed by Dr. George I. Garrison. The latter is a member of the State Board of Health, late Health Officer of tbe city, aud a man widely known over a large section of country as an authority on matters of sanitation. The murder was the outgrowth of a feud of more than a year's standing, and the crime created the wildest excitement, many threats ot lynching being made against the murderer since the shooting. They Began With Words. Abotft 9 o'clock this morning the two men met at the Second ward market and had some words. They separated, but about 10:30Dr. Baird drove past Dr. Garrison, who was standing at Market and Eleventh streets. As Dr. Baird passed Dr. Garrison said to a friend: "There is going to be trouble." He then walked up Eleventh street and stopped Dr. Baird at tbe corner ot an alley. The two talked for a moment, aud Dr. Baird drove on about o0 feet and alighted to see a patient. As Dr. Garrison came up he had a revolver in his hand and said: '"Take that bact, Doctor." Dr. Baird replied: "I don't have to take it back, you niggcrfied ." Dr. Dalrd "crer CTinchcd. Dr. Garrison then fired, and as Dr. Baird turned squarely toward him he fired a second time, the hall taking effect in Baird's left eye. The first shot entered behind tbe right ear. Dr. Baird walked'tnto a neighboring drugstor: and quietly said thajDr. Garrison, fiad shot hiru.XrHaf'.pnlleil off his gloves with as ranch deliberation as if he were vis iting a patient. .Soon afterward he sank into a chair unconscious and in ten minutes he was dead. Dr. Garrison walked down street, holding his revolver, when be met a policeman, to whom he surrendered himself. He sum moned Colonel Arnctt from Mouudsville, and will say nothing. The body of Dr. Baird was left in the drugstore where he died, until after the inquest, when it was removed to Ins residence. Another Acconnt of It. Another correspondent wires the follow ing account of the shooting: The two men frequently met on the street and elsewhere, and Dr. Baird, who war a man with a violent temper, never lost an opportunity to indulge in some reflection on his enemy or to make a remark of a per sonal character. This morning Dr. Baird visited a natient on Eleventh street, neir Slain, and as he came out of the house Dr. Garrison dismounted from a car opposite the door from which Baird made his exit and started down street. Dr. Baird called to him, using an offensive epithet, accom panied by a threat. Dr. Garrison start"d baet, and, pulling a revolver, said: "Dr. Baird, take that back." "I take nothing back, yon 1" said Baird. "Then, take this," said Dr. Garrison, and he fired two shots in quick succession. One ball entered Baird's right eye, passing through his brain, and the other entered his lung. The wounded man staggered into Prager's store near by, and said to a lady clerk: "Dr. Garrison has shot me." He then sat down, the blood spurting from the wound in his face. Mr. Prager assisted him to the counter, where Dr. Baird laid down and alter a few gasp3 ex pired. The Origin of the Trouble. The men were on the best of terms and 18 months ago Garrison even named his son after Baird. When Garrison was elected health officer Baird performed the duties of the office, although Garrison drew the pay and attended lectures in Baltimore. On being elected to a second term, beating Dr. Baird's son, there was a falling out and Garrison had Baird arrested for a violation of the health.ordinance. This led to a personal encounter in the City Hall last night, when Baird was knocked down. Since then Garrison has threatened to kill Baird aud to-day's horrible tragedy was the inevitable end. Dr. Baird was graduated with James G. Blaine's class at AVashington-Jefferson Col lege. JJoth men had been active in politics, being members oi opposing factions in the Democratic partv. Each was a giant in statnre. strontr of "muscle and Fanrponi as f a lion. Dr. Baiid made no effort to get out of the way when Dr. Garrison fired the first shot. He deliberately turned toward him and was looking him full in the face when' the second shot was fired. Public opinion is pretty evenly divided and universal sympathy is extended to the families oi'both men. Tlie entire community is dazed by the affair. RELATIVES AT WASHINGTON. Something About the Physician Who Mot Death at AVheelln;. ISI'KCIAI. TKLKPBAJJ TO TUB DiaPATOII.l AVASHISGTOJr, PA., March 7. Dr. George Baird, who was murdered in AVheeling to day by Dr. George Garrison, was the son of the late George Baird, of this city, and a brother of the late A. Tcud Baird aud the late John Baird, of this city. Misses Susan Baird and Jane Baird, also cf this city, were sisters of Dr. Baird. He was educated. at AVashington College, graduating with the class ot 1865. He studied medicine and located in AVheeling, where he became one of the most prominent and successful physi cians in that city, as well as a leading citizen. A widow and six children, Dr. Becd Baird, George Baird, Jr., William Baird and Misses Jane, Sarah and Todd Baird, survive him. Strikers Itesome Vork. Providence, It. I., March 7. The AVausknck strikers have decided to go to BfVvaV'J'Bv SIR JOHN'S PBOUD BOAST. work Monday at the old schedule of prices, pending a conference concerning the differ ences between them and their employers. AN INCORRECT MAP CAUSED TH3 I0SS OF LITE IN TEE JEAN2SVILLE MINE. That Is tujfc Verdict or the Coroner's Jnry ThejClearlnp; ot the Mine Progressing to..' Slolriy Tho Keocued Men Still Improv- ie,. JgXiJDr 'ttlins Damages. - VP' P-tOjtiv-rq, ' . -n m - . no nrijiitr jrfry"ii.. ''(frtf'7ie disaster at Jeanesville hEebruary 3, rl3 miners were caught by a rush of water mrough the portion of the mine in which they were working, returned a verdict this afternoon. The bodies of 12 of the miners have been recovered, and four of the men were .rescued alive after being entombed for 19 days. The jury's vetdictis aB follows: They (tbel2raen) were drowned or suffocated on February 4. or soon thereafter, by a rush of water Irom an old abandoned working known as No. 8, Ht a much higner level, "aid water having been tapped by a lila3t by a miner. Patrick Call, through breast No. 11 of Xo. 10 slope, west gangway. We Iind from the evi dence that said accident occurred by reason of an incorrect map of said mines made at some time in the history of the old work ings of No. 8, which showed the gannavof the old workings to be about 60 leet shorter than it actually was. and an apparent discrep ancy in the location of No. 11 breast of No. 10 gangway ot 40 feet, making an eirorof 90 feet in the map. thereby periiiittingNo.il t'i bo driven directly towards the water; whereas, the map snowed that the driving op of breast No. 11 would leave -IU feet of a pillar between it and the old workings, viz.. No. 8 gansway The work of clearing the debris in the flooded mine is progressing slowly with a large lorce of men. Considerable difficulty is encountered in the shape of high rock, immense lumps of coal, and quantities of mud and wreck. It is expected that this portion of the mine will be in operation again in the course of -another month. Settlement with the men is beiog made. The four rescued and the relatives of sev eral others have made satisfactory terms with tbe firm aud its agents, and it is ex pected that in a short time all will be straightened out. It is impossible to arrive at tnc loss of J. C. Hayden & Co.. but it is stated that it is nearly JG0.000. The four rescued men are all improving rapidly. The physician said to-day that by the next ten days all would be out. . .. CpNaiGNKDTOJtllE 0EIfr The Ashes of a Cremated Body Suuk in the Muddy lilvcr. ItrECIAL TELEGKAii TO THE DISPATCItl ClxcntNATl, March 7. The 118th in cineration took place at the Cincinnati Crematory at 4 P. 31. yesterday. The body was that of Prof. William Steffen, a Turner, who, until a few days ago, conducted a pri vate school at Louisville, Ky. He left a will, providinz that his body be cremated and the ahe3 be thrown into the Ohio river. The remains, accompanied by IS friends of the dead man, were hrought here yesterday afternoon and were turned over "to Anton Kiitzleb. The body waj taken to the cre matory and incinerated. The ashes were placed in an urn and taken to tbe drngstore o( Albert Meminger. To-day Anton Kntzleb, Charles Haebe, Charlts ICnhl, and Charles Rudolph, Super intendent of the crematory, called at tbe drug store. A carriage was procured, At torney Kutzleb took charge of the urn, and the men drove to tne public landing. A large skiff was secured,aud, after rowing out into mid-stream, the uru was consigned to the muddy waters of the Ohio. The urn sank to the bottom, and the witnesses of tins strange disposition of a man's body returned to shore. AN0THSE EEBEL VICT0EY. The New Chilean Province of Tampaca Now Controlled by Them. Iqdique, March 7 (via Galveston). The Congress party gained a great victory this morning over the Government troops under command of Colonel Pobeless, near Pozo, Almonte. All the Province of Tarapaca is now under the rule of the opposition party. The fears of a second bombardment of Iquique have subsided and tranquility has been restored in the citv. THE DISPATCH DIEECTOSY. Contents of the Issue Classified for the Bender's Convenience. Theissue of The Dispatch to-day consists of 2C pages, made up in three parts. The first nlno pages aro devoted to the local, telegraphic, and cable news of the day. Class news occu pies a large portion of tho second part. The special features are as follows: l'AET II. Pane 0. Milah and Natalie's Quarrel. Foreign ew. Chicago srrett Car Fight, rt'eddinjf Tor a Korttjne A Cro. n ror i'ranee Wilkie American Tin Tlate 1.X-CONOIIK3SMAN MtPKIXCillAUS J'aae 10. How to Choose a Dos II. CUT Urovrr. iheex-Statennen Frank O. Cawi-nter Merry Maskers or Peru F4NSIE 1!. ff.iEB Underground Telegraph Wires. 1'age II. The ajt Column. To Let Column, i'orbalu Mother. Real hstatt Matters. Allegheny Court .News. rage K. The bocla! World. The Grand Army. Educational Uoslp. Tbe Militia .News. Page 13. Secret Societies. Keal Estate Matters. Local 'trade ews. .Markets br Wire. Page li. Theatrical News. Art and Artiits. Amusement .Notice. rati' Ik . ThcCoimlc Be.in FnvNK IS. S-tocktov. Trlc!t In theKliiz lli.is FlT.Miu5io.s. Uoth.ua Small 'I ale CHaiiles T. Muiiiiav. Photographing In Colors. Pane le. ItCTlew or Sports The Couitnjr liench Slum-. PAltTIII. Page 17. ' Ou aTralnfnK Shin A Washington Kcllfr PEisnt.B Business Cards. 11H.I.XYE . I- C MOFIEI. The 'Witch of Prague F. Makiox Cicawtukd Page 13. The Hockefeller Family.. Some l.euten Menus 'Jhe Kluer Duck's Down.. Page 13. The Enchanted Valley... Puzzle Department The Pejrifotty's Home 1 he Judzment Hall , Page SO.. Women ortbe Home Capture! by Cupid Flowers and Plants Kid Daiilivo ...ellickseksj.a J. II. WEBB PAYSIE C it. CIIADBOURX ..LUGAIt I.. WAKEilAX KtV. UKOF.HE IiODUSS SniaixY Dare Miss (jRUNDr, Jr. ELLASI-ABKetal ..:... .DBA. Seanky et al C Costumes ror Spring OF DESERTION. The Mystery Surrounding the Suicide in the Union Depot Waiting Room BEGINNING TO CLEAR UP. A Passenger on the Train Tells What lie Quietly Observed. RESULT OP A LOVERS' QDAREEL. Left Alone Where She Con Id n't Hate Her self Understood, A EEACT1FDL GIBh T001T IIEE.0W2f LLFJS Speeding across the continent on his way to Constantinople is a young Russian stndent who is as morally responsible for tbe death of pretty Eva Block, who strangled herself on Friday morning at the Union depot, as if he himself bad tied the fatal towel around her throat. All day yester day crowds visited the morgue to look upon the silent form of the unhappy little Rus sian girl, who enticed to this country by her quasi sweetheart, was bv him deserted in a city of strangers, without knowing their language, and without means of subsistence. As the sequel shows.Eva Block wA driven by sheer desperation to take her lite, and only the Knssian Consnl in Xcw York can throw light on the man whose base desertion of her reduced her to her extremity. Alec Jagdmann, au electrician who had been working for a Pittsburg firm in Jersey City for some time, was, with his wife, a passenger on the AVcstern Express, which, left Jersey City at 0:30 o'clock on the even ing of last AVedneday. AVhile waitinir the departure, his attention was attracted to a couple at some little distance who were having a hot verbal fight. He observed they were strangers, and saw from their attire they were Bnssians, hut thought nothing more of the matter at the time. Description of the Kusslnn Stndent. Shortly after securing a seat for himself and his wi e, the conductor of the train ap proached him and desired to know if he could interpret between him and a young foreigner on the platform. Alighting, he recognized the conple he had before seen quarreling. The man was young, not more than 24 year of age, about 5 feet 6 inches in height, and of medium build. A single breasted overcoat of a black and gray ma terial, with a ncrrow collar, reached to his knees, and the sharply-pointed shoes clearly indicated his nationality. "I knew at once," said Mr. Jagdmann, in relating the incident, "when I saw the nhoes, that he wag Russian. Yon saw those of tha girl at the inarjuf.? AVell, they were poiuled. also." ' A Kossuth gray felt hat concealed a head of jet black hair, not long at the back, bnt very heavy anil long on the top, as could be seen when he removed it subsequently in the train. His eyes were black, and the soft down of an incipient black mustache and short downy side- whiskers made appear paler by contrast a very light complexion. Slun? across his shoulder was a small valise such as is used abroad for carry ing money. Thii man's companion was the young girl whosa body is now lying at the morgue. The stranger was unable to speak English, and, beyond hit own tongue, could speak but very little French. In hurried words he explained to the conductor, through Mr. Jagdmann, his situation. He and bis com panion had arrived that morning from Bremen. He at once visited the Russian Consul, to whom he exhibited his credentials, passport, etc., and who transferred him to aa agent. Trouble Over Punched Railroad Tickets. Prom the azent he bought two Pacific ex press tickets to Chicago. His trouble now was he desired lo go through at once, bnt the conductor would not allow him to travel on the Western express because the tickets had been punched for tlie Pacific, which left an hour and a half later. He exhibited two trunk checks for baggage to Chicago, and finally, on the understanding that he would change bis tickets at Philadelphia for the express, he aud his young friend were allowed on board. The couple sit side by side throughout the night and barely exchanged a dozen sentences during the entire ride. They had seats in the coach. The young man at first mane strenuous efforts to induce his com panion to talk, but she resisted all his im portunities, and maintained a dogged silence. Finally the Russian gave up hii apparent attempts to heal over the breach, for quarrel there evidently had been between them, and sink ing bacic in his seat left the girl to her own reflections. AYlien Philadelphia wns reached tbe stranger alighted to change the tickets and on returning brought with him a package of candy which he offered the girl. But this attempt at a reconciliation only ended in another repulse, for she pushed away the candy, unaccepted. Prom Philadelphia to Pitts burg :he pair maintained silence, and when IInt Liberty was reached the strange conple still held their jux arosition, but otherwise betrayed no evidence of each other's pres ence. Air. Jagdmann and his wife alighted at Ent Liberty, and the gentleman now re grets that he did not journey on to the depot and see the sequel to the affair. Canto of the Visit to America. "Did the young Russian mention what business bronght him to this country?" a Dispatch reporter asked Mr. Jagdmann, list night, when he had narrated the fore going. "We had not time for much talk," he re plied, "and indeed, I was not curious, be yond wishing to help out a countryman for 1 am a native of AVarsaw myself. He told me that he left AVarsaw in company with the Chief of Police and nine officers I I understood him to mean army officers, and that he was one en route Tor Constantinople, and that he had obtained permission to leivethe party and travel to Constantinople through America. He said he arrived from BreTneu on AVednesday, and had not a minute to lose in getting acioss to catch the steamer at San Francisco, lie shotted me two trunk cheeks, but beyond the valise he carried over his shoulder the pair bad no baggage." "What is your opinion of him and the class ot society he and the girl belonged to?" "I don't think he was a soldier, because they wear their hair short, and his was long, especially on lop. He looked to me more like a student than anything else. Russian offi cers always wear uniforms when on duty. The girl might have belonged to a good family. She is refined looking, and was neatly dressed. I was not enrions enough to inquire into their affairs as Idid not attach much importance to the fact of their being - V i t I 1 : r I . . . ,.,..4.d. .. .... ... -, - ... 'v.ji v ..:. J....;iWrfjriaL.i..i 'tiiiiiiiiyiiiMfiiuiif :rj-,-:&. imn xi iiiiiiiiayfr!!f ' " T
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