7?TrW?j" ylKT' -- -r ! HYPNOTIC m The Rich Tribute Levied by a Young Mexican With a Glance of His Eye. HIS MYSTERIOUS POWER Exerted Itself Against His Will on All Who Met Him, and THEY GIVE UP THEIR POSSESSIONS. A Bouquet From a Lady Almost the Cause of nis Death. SATED FROM DEATH EI A CONFESSION' teriCCIAt TELEGRAM TO TITE DISrTCIT.t Miek, Mexico, April 18. This, place has for the last few days been in a state of il J excitement over the doings of a young Spanish-American, Francisco Perez by name. Jlier is s town of about 1,500 in habitants and is on the Rio Grande river, about 150 miles from its mouth. Abont ten days aeo Perez arrived in 3Iier and stopped at the hotel. Nothing unusual was noticed about him until the dinner hour the day after his arrival, and then it was not Perez that attracted attention, but the queer antics of the waiter who served him. Without Perez saying a word the waiter, after placing his dinner on the table, crossed the dining hall to a table where a gentleman was dining and Drought to the tableof Perez two bottles or wine with the glasses This would not have looked strange had not the wine been a special order by the gentleman from whom it was taken. The gentleman demanded to know why the wine was re moved. The waiter said Perez had ordered him to do so. This Perez, with great agita tion, denied. The wine was returned. Despoiled of His Uoast. In a few moment's the same waiter re moved a roast Irom in iront of the same gentleman and placed it in front of Perez. A general laugh nas the result, but thegen tleman who had been despoiled became lurious, declaring that Perez had insulted him, and that the waiter was drunk. He ticked the waiter out of the room, he all the time protesting mat he had only obeyed the order oi Perez. Perez, with a face as white as chalk, said that be had given no order, had done nothing to insult anyone, and then left the room A short while afterward the gentle man wl o had become angry in the dining loom aDpronchcd Perez and said that he was satisfied that the waiter was drunk or crazy, and apologized tor what he had said. White speaking he had taken out his watch, a line one, and after hesitating a mo ment, as ii to surprise tlie crowd who had gathered, expecting to see a shooting scrape, he loosened the chain from his vest and banded the watch to Perez, insisting that he accept it as a present. It was accepted. Drinks Free of Cost Perez next visited a bar about a block from the hotel, being accompanied by two persons who had seen the watch given to him. Perez ordered wine. "When he went to pav for it the barkeeper said it had been paid for. Both Perez's companions insisted that it bad not been paid lor. but the bar keeper insisted that it had and refused to accept a cent. While standing at the bar both gentlemen noticed that the barkeeper had been watch ing Perez intently. TurniDg from them, he took Jroniashelf a handsome silver-mounted revolver, and after exhibiting ir, handed it to Perez, begging him to keep it, But this was nothing to the wonder excited, when, later in the evening, packages ot various sizes began to arrive at the hotel, all ol them addressed to Perez, with the names of the donors and their compliments. All might still have gone well with Don Perez, had not a magnificent bouquet arrived, with a lady's name attached. Trouble Over the Honqnet. There happened to be standing .near, a friend of the lady, who had sent the flowers. His hot Southern blood was fired at once. He called on her, and she said that she was standing near the window with the flowers in her hand; that Perez passed, looked up at her and asked her to send the flowers, and she had done so; why, she did not know, and she wound up the story by bursting into tears. The friend returned to the hotel and imparted the result of his visit. The Mexicans, always to a certain extent superstitious, had an excited consultation; itecided that Perez was either a witch .or a devil, and that in either case he must be gotten rid of at once, Someone suggested that they tie a stone to bis neck and pitch lum into the river, as water would drown the devil and the stone would sink a witch. The proposition was instantly accepted, and would have been at once carried out had it not been lor the presence ol a few cool heads in the crowd. I'ercz Protests His Innocence. Ther said that Perez should at least have n chance to explain himself, and that if he could not give satisfactory reasons for his action they would drown him. A commit tee of ten was appointed to interview him. Perez was found sitting in the hotel parlor quietly reaoing.. "When intormed of the committee's call he became so agitated that he could not speac and seemed about to faint He finally, in a hurried, trembling voice, protested that he had done nothing, and that every article given him had been volun tarily presented, which he proved by two who had called in and who( had made him presents. As to the lady, he said he had never spoken to her and did not know her name. He had seen her standing at the window with tne flowers; had without sneaking admired them, and she had scut them to him. i Further on he said: 'As I can Drove, I was born 27 years ago, three leagues from Durango, on my father's ranch. He sent nie to school at Durango until I was 12 eara old, when, as I was intended for a priest, I was sent, in charge of spriest, to Home. I attended several leading colleges, and pursued my studies until about three weeks ago. when I was returned to Mexico. Hi blrango Tower llei ealcd. "I was never" made a priest. "While in ol'ege years ago.iour room-mates began the study of mesmerism, or hypnotism. Onr aim was to so per.'ect ourselves in the Otj. or science that we could by a glance of the eye or a w.ive of the hand compel any per son within range of vision to do any act we willed. I soon became so proficient that with a glance ol my eye or a wave of my band I could control almost anyone. "At first the sense of power was delight ful, but gradually I found that if I looked at an article I wished and admired, the owner of it would present it to me. I tried every means on earth to control my power. My classmates cone of them possessed my power were as submissive to me as spaniels. I left Rome and came here. "This is my story, and it is a true one. I do not need the presents. I have money. but I have tried to couccal my awful power i An.n rli.i T.t. .i i "r 1 v accepting them, Take them back, "for (rod's sake.' Perez has been allowed to go, THE GRIP IN CLEVELAND. Ir Canin the Largest Death Hat Ever Known In the City History. ClXVr.LAND, April 18. The number of deaths in this city this week was 169. This is the largesfnomber-of deaths in one week in the history of the city. Tht largest previous death rate was ten years aeo, when in one midsummer week 164 were reported. Grip, followed by lung diseases, caused the largest number of the deaths. THEY WENT TOGETHER. TWO SHOTS FKOM A BEV0LVB UNITE A PAIR IK DEATH. The Twain Had Lett Their Native Eand, the Woman Leavinc Husband and Children at Home She Tired of Her "Lover and Deserted Hlin. New York, April 18. When the steam ship Eider swung out from her pier in Ho boken at 1 o'clock this afternoon several of her crew were swabbing up big pools of blood in the steerage. A double tragedy had been enacted there half an hour before. Philip Ohnacker had killed Mrs. Catherine Barth and hen sent a bullet crashing through his own weak brain. Both were dead before the pistol report had ceased to reverberate through the steerage. Two children are left in Germany to mourn the death of the woman. She has a husband there, too, but it is not likely that he will shed tears over her taking off. because she lett him and to come here with Ohnacker. The suicide was a soldier stationed at the mines, and, yielding to the persistent plead ing of the woman, came with, her to this coun try, where they lived as man und wife. They lived on a farm neaf this city, and the woman tiring of her lover, neglected him in many wavs, and finally announced her in tention of returning home. Ohnacker tried to change her purpose and followed her to the steamer's dock to renew his pleadings. He had ns money to purchase a ticket to accompany her, and, driven to desperation, said she should not go. For reply she walked aboard the steamer and into the steerage. He followed ber. "When they got downstairs his face was white and set "You shall not leave here," he said to her, "unless we go together." "But you have no passage ticket," she said to him. ' "This will pass us." he replied, drawing a 421-caliber revolver from one of his pocket". "While the woman stood rooted to the spot with fear, Ohnacker pointed the revolver at her and pulled the trigger. The bullet struck her oyer the right eye and crashed into her brain. Death was instantaneous. Ohnacker then placed the muzzle of his re volver against Tils left temple, ana again a report rang out Ohnacker toppled over and fell just beside the woman, stone dead. BOTH BADLY DAMAGED. Collision Between a Hark and One of the ltljj Inman Liners. ErECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DtSrATCIt.l New York, April 18. The American bark Annie Lewis came into port to-day in tow of the steamship City ot Berlin, of the Inmau Line, with her bowsprit and all her headgear gone. She was in collision with the liner at 11:30 o'clock on Thursday night in a dense fog about 263 miles east of Sandy Hook. Tbe bark was becalmed, with her head to. the south, when the City of Berlin, steaming slowly, bore down upon her. She could do nothing herself to get out of the course of the big ship, whose lookout did not see the bark in time to avoid her. The steel prow of the liner shaved off the bowsprit and jibboom of the bark. The bark's long bowsprit strep1, along the starboard side of the steamship, crushing and tearing away everything it touched. Tne stanchions were ripped out for a space of 50 feet, four of the davits were twisted out of shape and two life boats were broken and knocked into the souud. The pole tore on" the starboard paddle box or the steamboat. Tbe steamboat was un able to proceed for nearly half an hour. It may take 510,000 to repair her. FE0THING AT THE MOUTH. Sew York's Italian Sheet Getting More Violent Than Ever. New- York. April 18. L'Eco d'ltalia prints the following this morning: Civilized people? No one, after the slanghter at New Orleans, doubted that tbe murderers would be allowed to w alk freely abont tbe streets: no one thought, however, that from the Cabinet at Washington would have been sent out such stupid and dis honest pleas, attempting to save' the murderers from the bands of the hangman. An honest and civilized nation would not have allowed a blood-thirsty mob to commit the crime. Should it have happened throuch the care lessness of the authorities a civilized nation wnula have punished the guilty parties. Not only justice, hut the property and lives of citizens had heen outraged. The murderers triumphant And an advocate in Secretary Blame, and the civilization of America is proven to be a bluff and a humbug. A Gov ernment which approves such a course betrays its own country and calls npon civilized nations to send their guns to teach it how international law and rights should be respected. "WILL MAE THE PRESIDENT'S TOUR. Statesmen Kepresentins Cattle Interests Will Enter a Protest. Denver, July 18. Senator Teller, ex Congressman bymes, Colorado, and Sen ator "Warren, of "Wyoming, together with a dozen other prominent citizens, have gone to Galveston, where they meet the Presidental party 'and enter a strong pro test to Secretary Rusk against the estab lishment of the quarantine line in Texas re cently ordered by.htm. These gentlemen are prepared to show that the location of this line where he has designated it is unnecessary, too far north and that no case of Texas fever was ever known to exist in an altitude above 200 feet They will ask that his order be re called, and if it isn't granted, the lass to Colorado cattlemen will be over $1,G90,-000. Quay's Resignation Aaln. New Yoke, April 18. A Washington dispatch to the Press says that it is learned on reliable authority that Chairman Qnay, of the Republican National Committee, after conference with Messrs. Dudley, Clarkson and others, has decided to call a meeting of the committee in November next at which he will resign the chairmanship. Celebrating the Battle of LeIncton. Lexington, Mass., April 18. The exercises of the celebration of the one hun dred and sixteenth anniversary of the Battle ol .Lexington were begun this afternoon. The celebration will close Monday evening. A Battle With Bandits. Havana, April 18. A body of troops encountered a number of bandits on the San Augustin estate to-day, and in the fight which ensued two of the outlaws were killed. THE FIRE RECORD. Little Rock suffered another terrible loss by lire last night As on to-night threo weks aeo, Sre destroyed Uve of the handsomest busi ness houses in tbe business portion of Main street Last night's fire originated ip tbe large dry goods establishment of Gus Blass & Co., occupying the old Grand Opera House block, which was burned to the ground abont three vears ago, and rebuilt within the last 18 months at a cost of $50,000. The iirm carried a stock valued at $300,000. the largest retail .drygoods honse in that section of the country. Bnildings occupied on the south &ide by B. Levmson, wholesale liquors and cigars, and on Hie north by Anieltuian, the florist, and A. Kuttner, millinery gomU, were also destroyed. The fire was discovered at UtJO, and uurned with such rapidity that by 12 o'clock not a wall remained stanailig. BUs' stuck was worth f 100.000. with an insurance of $200,000 in local agencies. The total loss will not tali below 503,000. AN alarm from box 35 last night about U o'clock was caused by a can of gasoline explod ing In Lee Yon's laundry, at No. 119 Webster avenue. The Chinaman, in throwing the can ont on the street, had both of his hands badly burnt. In the excitement some person stole tbe Chinaman's money box from tbe counter. It contained about $7 SO. The storeroom was not damaged. - At New York a building owned by tho Brush estate anil occupied 1) four tenants, at Grand street and Bowery, was damaged last night by fire to tbe amount of $70,000. THE AGAIN A CANDIDATE. Bismarck Will Stand for the Second Geestemnnde Ballot, bnt SEEKS A BETTER CONSTITUENCY. The Emperor Hay Retaliate by Dissolving the Reichstag. A EUROPEAN ZOhVEKEIN IS RDM0RED COrTHIOnT,lS91, BTTnE sew tork associated P11ESS.3 Berlin, April 18. Prince Bismarck has tacitly consented to stand a reballot in Gees temnnde, but he also consents to become a candidate in the Lebe district, where he is certain of return, the electorate being almost purely Conservative. His motive is obvi ous. Retnrncd for Geestemunde, as he doubtless will be when opposed only by a Social candidate, he will refuse the man date, accepting that of a constituency which will return him with one accordant voice. "With the exceptton of the Socialists, who are radiant over the poll in favor of the tobacconist, Schmalfeld, no party is with out a share in tbe sense of humiliation re sulting from the Geestemundc election. Even the Progressists, after the first jubila tion, began to show regrets. Reports from the Geestemunde district say that the Pro gressists, on the reballot, will vote for Prince Bismarck or abstain from voting. The members of the Guelph party propose not to. vote. The Tide Turning for Bismarck. Half repentant expressions from the op ponents of Bismarck are accompanied in several papers with the suggestion that now that he has got a lesson which is likely to tone down his pride, the electorate ought to recognize his services to the nation by giving him an overwhelming majority. The satisfaction in court circles over the check of the Prince has been alloyed by the revelation of the Socialist strength. It is known that State officials actively inter fered in the contest, especially in the rural parts of the constituency, using the severest pressure against Prince Bismarck. Their action largely contributed toward keeping a host ot supporters of Bismarck Irom tbe polls. The number of registered voters was 29,491, but of this number only one-half voted. It was not due to lessened interest that the result reduced tbe National Liberal poll 3,652 below that at the last election. If the Government had refrained from using its influence, Geestemunde would not have been dishonored by an event which is regretted throughout the country. The Reichstag MayBe Dissolved. In tbe lobby of the Reichstag the Em peror is credited with the intention of dis solving the Reichstag should Prince Bis marck succeed in forming a Conservative Mational Liberal coalition against the Gov ernment. A general election would cer tainly imperil the seats of a number of Bismarckians and a new House .would have au influx of Freisinnige members upon whom, in con junction with the Centrists, the Government could relv. The fight has decreased the forces of the Bismarck coalition, and the i further certainty that in the event ot a gen eral election tbe Socialist part ol the House will be greatly reinforced may give the Em peror reason to pause. The Reichstag will speedily dispose of the trades regulation bill. To-day's debate re lated to the matter of working hours for women. Baron von Berlepsch, Minister of Commerce, opposed the Socialist motion fixing the maximum day lor women at ten hours. Herr Bebel urged that longer hours had a degenerating effect upon women, and resulted in enfeebled children and great deterioration cf the race, finally the bill was amended by securing for women pro longed rest hours during tne working day and a shorter day for adult males. Unfair to the Laboring Class. The most important amendment to the bill introduced during the week's debate en acts that workmen breaking their contract with their employer by leaving their work without due notice, e'tc., must pay an in demnity based upon a ratio with their salary. The reactionary charac ter of the amendment is empha sized by the. absence of a reciprocal clause providing for the protection ot workmen agaiust unfair treatment by their employers. Though. the application of this amendment is limited to the smaller work shops, the recognition of tbe superior rights of the employer vitiates the character of the measure as impartial legislation. The Progressist and Socialist organs denounce the alteration as accentuating the questions between capital and labor. The ceremony of nailing the new colors of several regiments to the staffs occurred to day before the Royal Schlnss. It was a splendid and imposing function. There were present the Emperor and Empress, all the Imperial family, a number ol Prussian and German Princes, Count von Moltke, General von Haltenborn-Stachan, Minister of "War, and General von Schliefler. A European Zolverein Scheme. According to Vienna advices, the old scheme of a European customs union hav ing among its leading aims retaliation npon the American, French and Russian tariffs, will shortly be the subject of a con ference at Vienna to which Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland and Belgium will send delegates. The officials here deny all knowledge of any negotiations toward such a zolverein. Thp report probably originated from the fact that Berlin and Vienna simultaneously consulted the Government of Switzerland regarding a commercial treaty, each acting independently, Germany simply intimating her readiness to renew tbe existing treaty. Since Signor Crispi's fall no effort has been made to induce Italy to join with Ger many and Austria in a commercial alliance. So far as Germany is concerned, the ex istence of Article ll'of the Frankfort treaty, which secures to France whatever tariff ia conceded to Austria, Belgium or Switzer land, blocks the way. to a zolverein. The Reuss-Varcsco Quarrel. The Emperor "William has. interfered in the quarrel between Prince Henry of Reuss, German Ambassador to Austria, and M. Varesco, late Roumanian Minister at Vienna. His Majesty has expressed dis approval of the affront offered by the wife ol the Prince of Reuss to the son of M. Varesco, and has advised tbe Prince to make reparation for the insult M. Varesco, the younger, will marry on the 28th inst, a rich heiress. The King of Roumama will attend the wedding. The Austrian Arcbdnkcs, leading diplomats and other people of note made a demonstra tion in honor of M. Varesco. This was bit terly felt by the Princess of Reuss. H0BE WAR VESSELS. Italy to Add Seven Ironclads and Three Crnisers to Its Naval Force. BT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH.-. ROME, April 18. Signor Calombo. Min ister of Finance, recently appealed to his colleagues in the Italian Cabinet to help . him toward the goal of financial equilibrium for which he was striving, by cutting down their department expenditure. The result of thit appeal may be described as startling, for in only one department, the Foreign Office, has retrenchment been found to be possible, and that only to the extent of 140,000 francs yearly, effected by the aboli tion of certain consulates abroad. The Minister of Marine not only declared re trenchment impossible, , but has presented a bill to the Chamber "for the creation of a new reserve squadron of seven first-class ironclads and three cruisers yearly, the cost of which is estimated at 8,000,000 francs. Should this bill be passed every ship wtll practically be in commission and the entfre navy on a war footing, a state ot things which affords another, significant com- PrfcTSBUHG ' DISPATCH. znentary on the Emperor of Austria's re cent assurances that peace will be main tained to meet the additional expenditure and keep down the deficit. GLADSTOKE WRITES A LETTER. The Irish Question Now Blocks the "Way of Other Hatters, and Mast Be Met London, April 18. In view of the im pending by-elections Mr. Gladstone has written a letter to the Mid-Oxford candidate of the Liberal party. In this communica tion Mr. Gladstone says that the measures which have been introduced in Parliament by the Liberals have shown that the urgency of the Irish question has not made them in attentive to tbe interests of Great Britain, but the course of events has brought home the fact that Ireland practically stops the way. A. majority of the Irish members, with the decided support of Irish opinion, bavet shown a determination to pursue the course which has won for them the confidence of this country. The policy of the Go'vern ment continues to reveal a disposition to re vive the hostility between the two nations, which the Liberals have entirely foresworn. Peaceful Irish meetings have been downed with a violence that would not be tolerated for an instant in England. The civil,rights of Ireland have been unwarrantedly abridged by the majority in Parliament against whom argument is in vain. Only derisive action by the constituencies could correct this eVil. BRADFORD STRIKERS AFTER BLOOD. They Detail Several of Their Number to Take tho Lives of Officers. London, April 18. The Mayor of Brad ford to-day received a letter which said sev eral men had been detailed to kill him, the chairman of the watch committee and tbe chief constable, and this action was to be taken to prove that the authorities could not interfere with impunity with the rights of the public. i Placards which have been posted by the strikers announce that a mass meeting will be held to-morrow in the Town Hall Square. Large contingents of men have been im ported from various places to support the strikers in their demands for what they con sider their rights. The authorities, warned by their previous .experience with the weavers, are taking every precaution to prevent a gathering of the men. Troops have been summoned from Leeds. HEWFOUHDLAHD DELEGATES AT WOBK. The Besnlt of Their Conference With Gov ernment Officials Not Known. London, April 18. The Newfoundland delegates who are now iu this city with the object of impressing npon the British Gov ernment the views of the people of Newfoundland previous to further ac tion being taken upon Lord Knutsford's modus vivendi bill, were received at the Foreign Office at 4 o'clock,, this afternoon, and had a private confer ence with Lord Salisbury and Lord Knuts ford, the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The result of the conference has not been made public, but it is understood that both Lord Salisbury and Lord Knutsford prom ised to weigh carefully the views presented by the delegates. A HONSJER CORPSE. It Had to Be Lowered From a Honse "Window With a Derrick. I PPRCIAI. TEUGalH TO TH1I DISrxTCH. 1 New York, April 18. Mrs. Bridget Rafferty died on "Wednesday of grip. She was nearly six feet tall and weighed 520 pounds. She was 32 years old, and had been the mother of seven children, who all died in infancy. Her mother and grandmother, four sisters and a brother, who survive her, are all above the average stature. Her father was six feet four inches tall, but was very slim. Undertaker Tracey had a coffin made lor Mrs. Rafferty. It was 3 feet wide, 2 feet deep, and 6 feet 6 Inches long. Mrs. Rafferty lived on the top floor of her Stuyvesant avenue house. After the body was placed in the 'Coffin it was found that it could not be car ried through the narrow doors and stairway and it was found necessary to lower it from a window. Two stout poles placed trian gularly against one of the houses made a derrick, and after the window frame was removed the burden was lowered to the street with a puller block and fall. It was swung into the waiting hearse by a dozen men and taken to Holy Cross Ceme tery at Flatbush. DR. NEWTON'S ANSWER. He Refuses to "Reply to Questions Put to Him by Father Ignatius. TEPECIAI. TBLKOJULM TO THE DISPATCH.! New Yobk, April 18. Father Ignatius, the Protestant Benedictine, who is building a mission in this city, wrote on. Friday to the Rev. Dr. Heber Newton, saying:. The vox populi declares that you are so ex treme an "infidel" that you make no secret ot your unbelief in the miraculous birth of Jesus from a virgin, and also of the physical resur rection of this natural and material body. As you are a public teacher In a church of which these two mysteries are fundamental dogmata, will you tell me if this public and widespread accusation is fair, or false? If you find yourself unable to give me an answer, yes or no, for no more is needed to tbe public charge of infidelity. I shall under stand that silence is assent to the truth of it. Father Ignatius said this evening: "Dr. Newton's renly to my letter was only verbal. It was like this: 'Who made Father Ig natius my father confessor" or Bishop of the the diocese in which I preach; and is this the way gentlemen treat one another in England? I have no answer to give to your questions. If Father Ignatius wants to hear my views he'd better attend my church.' " THREATEN TO STRIKE. Laborers Making Trouble "With the Con tractors of the World's Fair. Chicago, April 18. The laborers at the World's Fair grounds will hold a meeting to-morrow, and unless matters are adjusted between them and the labor unions of Chi cago a general strike will probably" take place Monday. These men, to the number of 960, are very bitter against McArthur Brothers, who, they say, have abused and "bamboozled them from the start. The men say McArthur Brothers promised them SI 75 per day of eight hours alter April 1, but since that date have ignored their promise. Worse than this, , it is asserted men who have been compelled to quit on account of sickness or from other causes were obliged to wait from ten to 40 days for their'money or else give from 3 to 10 per cent discount on their orders. A LONG STRIKE ENDED, t , ThtfSpInnors of Clark's Thread Mills Will Go Back to Work. Newark, N. J., April 18. The spin ners' strike at Clark's thread mills was de clared off this afternoon. - The company will take back most of -the men. Some of tbe spiauers will be rein stated next week. The Btrike has been on since December 6. ' Mexico Will Exhibit , City op Mexico, April 18. The Gov ernment has appointed Leandre Fernandez as engineer to lay out grounds at the Chi cago World's Fair, seyeral of the States having signified their intention to make exhibits. Caught In the Wrong Honse. John 'Kress, a 15-year-old lad, was caught last evening rummaging in the drawers in Williajn Ahlbecker's house out Penn ave- nuc. A little daughter saw him first, and she was scared into a fit He gave no explana tion of his conduct, and nothing wan stolen SUNDAY. APRIL 19, JIANY FKEAI( CURIOS. Gbost Dance Shirts Received at tbe Smithsonian Institution. GIFT FROM EXPLORER STANLEY. The Coat of Mail Captured by Him From an ifrican Brigand. A SKELETON TEAT WASN'T IMAGINARY ITROU X STAFF COBKESPOWDBXTI. I Washington, April 18. The National Museum has just received from Special Agent Frank D. Lewis, of the Interior De partment, two ghost shirts which were used by the Sioux in the ghost dances just pre vious to the Wounded Knee, battle. They are made of ordinary muslin, but cut and trimmed with a barbaric art that makes them quite picturesque. Portions of them are" covered with cabalistic signs, possibly astrological, as they bear some resemblance to sun, moon and stars signs probably which have been handed down from the ancient days of the Sioux people or their forerunners. One of the shifts is trimmed with queer fetishes, such as slender rawhide strings, wrapped nicely with split quills and feathers of the sacred crow, which are sup posed to be capable of preserving the wearer irom all harm. Another and more valuable acquisition is one received a few days ago, the gift ot Stanley, the' explorer of Africa. It is a coat of chain mail worn by. a brigand of East Africa. Capture of the Brigands. Some years ago when Stanley was travel ing iu that country, a portion of his party was captured by brigands. . Stanley mar shaled his forces, made a descent on the brigands, rescued his friends and captured several of the highwaymen, from one of whom was taken the chain armor, deftly and beautifully woven, perfectly flexible and made to cover the entire torso of the wearer. Within a week or two, so The Dispatch correspondent was informed by an official of the Smithsonian Institution to-day, not less than 2,000 people have requested to see the "devil baby," and the gentlemen of the institution have just discovered what it all means. A short time since a country paper in Minnesota published a story that a young priest attempted to sell pictures of the Ma donna and child to a virago, who said that she would be the devil's baby if he had had one. Born With Horns and Tall. The woman was enciente at the time, and when a child was born it had horns, cloven feet and a forked tail. It lived but a short time, and, ns the story went, was secured by a scientific gentleman and forwarded to the Smithsonian. The republication of tbis absurd story in various places has sent thousands of visitors toseethelusus naturce, and the authorities of the institution have been subjected to almost unbearable an noyance. What the Smithsonian authorities for 15 1 years looked upon as a similar "fake," and which Jed tq thousands of inquiries, has in a strange way been discovered to be true. For 15 years visitors and winter residents of St Augustine, Fla., have, when returning North, called at the Smithsonian and re quested to see the skeleton in an iron chest. It seems that guides at St. Augustine, when describing to visitors the romantie history of the old Spanish fort, tell of a skeleton found in au iron chest and assert that the chest and contents could be seen at tbe Smithsonian. The Skeleton Found. All these years the Smithsonian authori ties supposed the tale to be pure fiction, in vented to add interest to tbe for'. -A. few days ago the institution engaged in negotia tions for the purchase of a mass of curios,, the collection of many years of a local en. thusiast Representatives of the institu tion visited this old curiosity shop to take an inventory of its contents. And there in a corner stood the iron chest, enclosing the skeleton of the Spanish fort at St. Augus .tine, which for 15 years caused the in quiries of the curious, and which the Smithsonian people believed never to have had existence. Within a few days Secretary Tracy, of the navy, has sent to tbe museum- two curious bricks, bearing cuneiform in scriptions, sent to him by an unknown party by way of one of the Government vessels. The experts of the Smithsonian have not yet had leisure to examine them, but they do not attach great importance to them. Lightneb. DESERTING THE HOUSE. THE SHOBEHAM ACCIDENT WORKING IN JURY TO THE HOTEL. . Guests Are Leaving It Rather Hastily A Building Inspector's Queer Method of Inspecting- Buildings An Investigation . May Be Held as a Result. IFBOM A STAFF COimESFOJfDEJtT.l Washington, April 18. The falling yesterday of six landings of the spiral stair way in tile center of Vice President Mor ton's hotel, the fashionable Shoreman, is liable to do not only great injury to the edifice as a hotel, bnt to cause some inquiry into the sort of building inspec tion there is in the city. For years an architect named Entwisle has been Building Inspector. He "in spected" the Shoreham and pronounced it all right, when the accident yesterday showed it to be about as wretched a piece of "iarrv" building as has ever been in the citv. He again "inspected" the structure' to-day and says the.accidcnt resulted from a rotten joist, the decav of which was due to the fact that the plasterers mixed their mor tar over it, and that otherwise everything was all right The hotel was finished only a year ago last fall and the joist must have therefore had the galloping consumption. Mr. Ent wisle does not go into the question of what kind of structure il must be when the decay of a single joist can precipitate such a wreck as was seen at the Shoreham last even ing. Notwithstanding Entivisle's assur ance, all of the stairways are to be taken down and rebuilt in a more substantial manner. The architect of the building was Hugh Pierson, of New York, who had done all work in his line for Mr. Morton for years. Whatever the internal nature of the Shoreham may be, Mr. Pierson succeeded in designing what, with the exception of the Pension Office, is the ugliest edifice in Washington. Now it seems the workman ship is at least as bad as the design. Tbe accident is a severe blow to the lessees, who are energetic young men and who conducted the place admirably. Mr. Entwisle, by'the way, is the inspector who "inspected" the tower of the magnificent Church of the Covenant just before it fell one morning, crushing nearly every stone in it and filling the whole street with the wreck. In view of these facts there is a loud call for a building inspector who knowns some thing of his business. Mr. Entwisle being either criminally indifferent, criminally in capable or criminally reckless in trusting his work to incompetent assistants. During two sessions of Congress the Shoreham has been the home of many of the most promi nent Senators and Representatives,and some of these were still in the city. They are now making haste to leave, and others of the gnests are preparing to desert what is-still known as the "Vice President's tavern," though it has been leased ever since a noise was made about a liquor license being taken out in Mr. Morton's name. UNDER CONSULAR SEALS. New Regulations for Bonded Canadian Goods In Transportation. "Washington. April 18. Secretary Fos-J 1S91. ter was asked to-day about the proposed changes which it is said -are contemplated in the present system of transportation through the territory of the United States of goods shipped over Canadian roads under Consular seals. The Secretary replies that there had been a' great deal of talk about making changes that would be onerous to the Canadian railroads and that would give American roads advantages over Canadian lines. The department. Secretary Foster said, did not propose to do anything of tbe kind. It did not want to injure the busi ness of the Canadian roads. The single principle which tbe department wanted to have established in the matter was the pro tection of tbe American revenues. As soon ns the necessary preliminaries can be arranged the department will issue a set of regulations for the treatment of bonded goods in transportation. TREASURY OFFICIALS UNEASY Over the Prospective Large Payments For Pensions and Bonds. Washington, April 18. The prospec tive large payments on account of pensions, public works and maturing bonds, and the rather low ebb of receipts, with re sulting possibilities of the disappear ance of the surplus, is evidently causing some uneasiness among the financial officers of the, Treasury Department If means can be devised to put in cir culation the subsidiary silver, some degree of relief is expected, but Secretary Foster has in view also another measure to ease the situation, though he has as yet not reached a determination in the matter. This plan concerns the 4 per cent bonds, amounting to $50,000,000, which mature next September. The Secretary believes that the national banks, which hold $32,000,000 ot these bonds, would be glad to retain them as a basis for circulation, if permitted to do so, even at a reduced rate of interest. It is re garded as feasible, perhaps, to float these bonds at 2 per cent The Secretary finds precedent for the plan in the action of Sec retary Windom, who, when Secretary in 1881, kept outstanding a large amount ot 5 and 6 per cent bonds at a large reduction of interest, by consent of the bondholders. NINE LITTLE MILLIONAIRES. Interesting Scene In Jay Gould's Box at a New York Opera Honse. New York l'ress.1 Jay Gould's box at tbe Grand Opera House is the best patronized one in town. It is never empty, and is seldom occupied by fewer than half a dozen people. The other night there were 11 souls in it. The occasion was evidently that of a theater party for the little folk ot te Gould ac quaintance. Five little men and four little maids occupied front seats or stood abont tbe railing, while in the background could be discerned two anxious mamas keeping guard. The conduct of the little people was such as to deserve comment anywhere. Tbey laughed not aloud, gaped not at the audi ence, made no attempt to show off, and were as unconscious as children to tbe manor born should be. One of the little fellows, not more than 8 years old, wore white kid gloves, and, in true man fashion, he wriggled'his hands across the iron railing, scrubbed off the side of his chair and gave a vagrant brush or two at his clothes with them. The little ladies sat daintily erect, lorgnettes in hand, and one of them sedately drew the curtains about the railing so as to screen herself from the gaze of tbeandience while she admired the play. It was whispered about that no child in the box could lay claim to less than a mil lionairedom when the day of majority should arrive. TBE TRANSFORMING MIRROR. It Makes the Dying Man "Look Like the Kobust Athlete. Washington Foatl i- There is a mirror in a window on F street placed at such skillful' angle ;with the sidewalk that passers-by can't help feeling their own reflection wafKing' toward them. By another equally adroit arrangement of a triplicate mirror thimages of people trav eling both ways are caught in the long glass. Hardly a woman passes but she takes a quick peep at her gown and hat The mir ror is almost magical, for it seems to glorify all who look in it Not only women, but men use it, and it was a sickly-looking man, almost ready for translation, that stood before it a day or two ago. That he was looking at his own reflec tion with almost satisfaction was easy to see. His face was white and marked with fatal sickness, ''while the re flection was fairly startling with its glow of health. The man looked at it as if be had seen hope. Then a pretty blooming girl's face appeared behind him, and when the man saw that he seemed to be the weak in valid again, and turned away with only that deathlike pallor in his eyes. "PADS, INSIDE THE CHEEKS. Sometimes They Improve a Thin Person's Looks, but They Maat Fit. Cheek pads for improving the contour of the face cost 5 guineas the pair, says Pall Mall Budget. They are made of corallite, and have to be molded with great care. At first they are frightfully uncomfortable, but you get used to them after a time. Shipley Slipper, the Holborn dentist, occasionally makes them for his patients. "I made a pair a short time ago for a Baptist minister," said Mr. Slipper, "and he wrote and told ,me they had improved bim very much. He was a frightfully cadaverous-looking man. But I scarcely ever recommend such things, for in nine cases out of ten they are a failure. If they are a fraction of an inch wrong either way they won't do at all. They are usually more plague than profit to both parties." CHICAGO'S DEATH RATE. It Was 841 Last Week Against 6S5 the WeekBefoie. Chicago, April 18. The number of deaths in this city reported to the Health Department for the week ending at noon to day was 841 against 655 last week. Acute lung diseases, the result of the damp weather, are far above the normal in number. Simon Johnston Buried. ' The body of Simon Johnston, the drug gist, was buried in Homewood Cemetery yesterday. Owing to illness in the family the funeral services were held at St Peter's Church at 2 o'clock, Rev. Mr. Mackay officiating. INTEKEsTING TO LADIES. Monday, April SO. We have just received from Balch, Price & Co., Brooklyn, a special lot of their beau tiful trimmed tailor made hats, lxdies toques, sailors, etc., tor ladies and misses, which we will open and put on sale Mon day, April 20. . You are most cordially invited to be present, J. G. Bennett & Co., Leading Hatters and Furriers, Corner Wood street and Fifth avenue. INTERESTING TO LADIES. Monday, April 20. We have just received from Balch, Price & Co., Brooklyn, a special lot of their beau tiful trimmed tailor made .hats. ladies' toques, sailors, eta, for ladies and misses, which we will open and put on sale Mon day, April 20. Yon are most cordially invited to be present, J. G. Bennett & Co., Leading Hatters and Farriers, Corner Wood street and Fifth avenue. SATURDAY POLICE DOINGS. Ellan Maskax was arrested yesterday afternoon by Officer Kelly for receiving stolen goodssome of tbe property stolen from Uriah Stewart having been left with her. She was released on bail for a hearing this week. David Lewis and Thomas Robinson were locked up last evening as suspicious characters and Thomas Kolty for drunkenness. The first twJhtere steerintr the latter to a place to get beer, when an officer arrested them. A wakbakt was Issued yesterday for the ar rest of .John Crash, or Upper St. Clair town ship, for cruelty to his family. Agent Berry man is tbe prosecutor. Elias Uier was locked up in the Twenty eighth ward station for keeping a ferocious dog. The information was made by H. Reefer, who claims he was bitten. Call Carson, and William H. Bardsleyare charged by Layman Bros, with taking several pairs of socks from their store. They were locked up. George Scott was picked np on Washing ton street last nlgbt Offieer Roger accuses Scott of taking !13 from Frank May while asleep. Sam barton, who is implicated with John McKinney In tbe attack on Officer Bothwell in Allegheny, was arrested yesterday. G. W. Ginter was arrested yesterday for starving bis wife and child. M. J. Dean made tbe information. Thoxas Tuuney occupied a coll in Hazel wood, last evening, for keeping an alleged speak-easy. Agent Dean has entered suit against G. W. Miller, an Allegheny fish dealer, for abusing his family. AIaky Reagan, an aged character in Alle gheny, was arrested for drunkenness last evening. Lillie Bkinter, 19 years old. was locked up for using improper language on tbe street II. W. f EKKIKS came to grief for fighting on Second avenue. AWFUL ITCHING SKIN Suffering Terrible. Could Not Scratch Enough. Tried Every Medicine and Many Doctors. Nothing Helped Her. Gave Up Hope. Hears of Cutleura. Uses Them And Is Speedily Cured. Joryears I have saflered with a terrible itchlnc especially on my fret,' that I tlioueht 1 would scratch the very flesh from them. 1 used every thing there was in patent medicines and what ray physician grave mc; in fact. I had a physician irom New York, butnolhlnz helped me. Later I bc-cin to havea fearful haiifl. covered with some thing that resembled tlsli scales, not alone Itch, bnt intense pilH. 1 was utterly dlsgu ted. be lieved In no medicines, and jrave It up as being Incurable, when a friend at mine tola me of tbe Cuticuisa Hemedies. which 1 said I would try for the last thlnjr. I wrote lor oneor yourpam phlets. received it. re-irl I'. and bought a box of CDTICOHA. a cane or CUTICtiKA SOAP ana a bottle of CimcUKA Kesqlvest. and I give these three in ym fifty-: most heartfelt thanks, for I am now a lady ot r-flve years, and am as healthy and have as beautiful a skin as a youns plrl of twenty-two. I would not be without the KESOr-VEMTorbOAP If it cost one dollar a cake. I have told all my friends. Many of tliem have used the remedlos, and they always have proved to be faithful in cnrlnsr. Jlns. (i l.OTZ. GriKgsto n, Somerset Co., rt. J. Cuticura Resolvent The new Blood and Skin Pnrlfler and greatest of Humor Kennedies. Internally (to cleanse theblood of all Imparities and poisonous elements.and thus remove tne cause), and CCticuba. the great bkln Cure, and CUTiconA ."OAF. an eiqnlslte Skin Beautlfier. externally (to clear the skin and scalp and restore tbe hair), speedily and permanently enre every species of Itching, burning, scaly, crnstea, pimply, scrofulous and hereditary dis eases and humors, from Infancy to age, from pimples to scrofula. Sold everywhere. I"rh;e. CUTlCtTRA. 50c: SOAP. Kp:Kesolvent.S1. Prepared by tbe Fotteh Drug AND CHEMICAL tOBPOKATIOJf, Boston. .SB-Send for "How to Cure hkln IJIseases," H pages. SO illustrations and 10O testimonials. I niCl'lEST'. Whitest, Clearest Skin and Soft- L U V C est Hands prodnced by CUTIcciu. SOAP. -tl WEAK, PAINFUL KIDNEYS. With their weary, dull, aching, life less, all-gone sensation. llELIEVZn XX oss minote by the cutiutba asti- .Lplaster. apli-WSSttWIt CUTICURA SOLD BY JOS. FLEMINp 4 SOX. 412 Market street, mb22 Pittsbare.H SCHOOL BONDS. For sale $25,000 Issued by the school district of the city of McKeesport: rate of interest 4J per cent and clear of all taxes, making the rate equal to 4 8-10 per cent; run 20 years; denomi nation, 11.000; valuation ot property, J.JO.OUO.UOO; total debt, f 113,000; value of school property, 350.000. For sale in amounts to suit. All par ticulars by addressing WM. M. BEtXi, Mc Keesport. Pa. apl9-18Z-MWSn TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. Wanted. M ACH1NISTS-A FEW FIRST-CLASS? MA- CH1N 1STS; none others need apply. See STS At koi:ema..n Penn av. WUAKiu.a icn.niu hi '9. t apiv-178 -VTTOMA? MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN rOR VV housekeeper. Apply at JiO, 103 SAN- uua&i si., Aiiegneny. after 2 P. M. a p 19-179 For Sale. FINIS BUILDING LOTS NEAR NEGLEY AV. Lots 25x100; near electric line and not far from cable line. DKNN1STON. JSLDKRKIN A CO., MM.. 6304 Fenn av. Office open evenings. Tel. 5317. pl9-173-TT8a o NE AND A HALr ACKE3 GROUND, NEAK Lincoln av.. Twenty-flrst ward New frame honse 7 rooms, hall, goodcellnr, furnace In cellar; new barn, carriage honse; all set to line fruit; easy terms; a bargain if sold before May 1. DEM NISTON. ELDEKKIN 4 CO., MM., 6304 Fenn av. Office open evenings. Tel. 5317. apl9-173-TISU CABPETS CABPETS CABPETS CABPETS CABPETS 307 00D ST. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. -Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. 'Folding Beds. Folding Beds. Folding Beds. frfrfr0$ HOPPER BROS, & CO Pioneers of Low Prices. Zargcst selection in the city. Clioicest designs and prettiest colorings. The closest attention given 'to making and laying all Carpets. Work done promptly and in a most workmanlike ,manner. CASH OH CREDIT. 307 . WOOD ST. Lace and Chenille Curtains. Lice and Chenille Curtains. Lace and Chenille Curtains. Lace and Chenille Curtain. Lace and Chenille Curtains. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 44e4 FROM PILLAR TO POST Search the country over and you will not be able" to' find as grand a line of fine Home-Made Clothing as is now displayed in the corner' window of Jacksons' grand clothing establishment. The' show consists of some very handsome Spring Overcoats made by our own tailors of Cheviot, Worsted, Kersey and Melton. Prices to suit all classes; $8, $10, 12 and: $15 are the prices, as the' ticket shows. Our line- of home-made suits surpasses anything offered in this cityv Special attention is called to our Black and Blue Cheviot Suits marked ia our window, $8, $10, $i2f some bound, others un bound, with or without pa'tch pockets. Remember, $8, $10, $12 and $15. Fo?' want of space "we are. not able to display enough of our elegant line of fine Home-Made Trousers, But very few of our im mense line are we able to display, You will observe Trousers made of Black Cheviot, all wo ol, with of without side binding, at $3. Men's elegant Worsted Striped Pants at $2 50, $3,- $3 5 $4 and $5- Comet and examineour lfne of fine. Trousers. We are sure to please you. , JACKSONS' .; Tailoring- Department - Equipped to its full capacity.; A thousand and one styles' to select from. Our custom department turns out some wonderful fitting garments. Leave your measure with us; we are positive of your custom in the future. Clothiers, Tailors, Hatters and' Furnishers, N0S. 954" AND 956 LIBERTY ST. apl9-S7-ThSa AND BUGS. AND, BTJGS. AND BUGS. AND BUGS. AND BUGS. 307 00D Oil.Cloths and Linoleums. Oil Cloths and Linoleums. ' vOil Cloths and Linoleums. Oil Cloths and Linoleums. Oil Cloths and Linoleums. Oil Cloths and Linoleums. Oil Cloths and Linoleums. Oil Cloths and ' Linoleums. Oil Cloths and Linoleums. ' il 307 WOOD ST. J a i m V
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