T rr&WFj --JFvrf "i'S, r 24 PAGES. ' FORTY-SIXTH TEAS. IT IS ftjHALLEIGE, The- Metropolitan Police Will Try to Do What Scot land Yard Couldn't, ALREADY MAKING CLAIMS. Inspector Byrnes Says They Know Who the Kew Tork Jack . the Hipper Is, bnt THEY HAYEX'T CAUGHT HIM YET. Two Cousins Who Are Just Aliko Except in Complexion Traced to the ratal Koom in the Hotel. T1IC WRONG OXE IS SOW TJXDEE AECEST XiteJcintnti at the lultpj Siew Ttst tie Murderer Wis Sot kiUd cr Else Didn't Eire His Hfgolir Kmfe. A SIGHT CUBE'S STORY OF A BLCODT HAN tBrrCIAI. TBI EGBAM TO TIIE DISrATCD-l NEW Yoek, April 25. The atrocious murder of an old woman in the Whitechapel (district of the metropolis lias been accepted hy the police an a challenge which will test the superiority which has been claimed for them over the best detective skill of Eu rope. Prom Inspector Byrnes down they Lave been working upon the East Biver Hotel mystery as they neTer worked upon a case before, but as yet they have found no certain trace of the murderer's movements alter lie left the body of his victim. Confusion has arisen over the identity of lie murdered woman. Inspector Byrnes announced positively this evening that the woman's name was Carrie Brown, that she peaerally went by the nickname of Shakes jieare. and that the murderer was an Algerian said to be named Francois. Two jraliecmen from the Eldndge street station, who have locked up Shakespeare at least 20 times -within a few years, identified the body as hers at the morgue 10-day. On the other hand, reporters to-day found a dozen or more persons who say they have seen and talked to the old woman known to them as Shakespeare since the murder was dis covered. Claims to Know the Murderer. Inspector Byrnes went to the Oak street station with Acting Inspector McLaughlin snd Captain O'Connor about 7:30 o'clock to night. Detective Sergeants Crowley and Uolan and two ward detectives were waiting, for him. The whole party went into Cap tain O'Connor's office. Later on the re porters were admitted to the council. In spector Byrnes said: "I'll just say this to put you in an intelli gent position to understand the statement that Mr. McLauchlin will read to you. There is a mystery about this case ana there isn't a mystery. Wo know very well who the murderer is, but we don't know where he is. We know the murderer, and we have a man locked up who is a relative oi his. Tnc relative and the mur derer were companions of the vile women who frequent the places around where the murder occurred, and they did all sorts of disreputable things. They liked old women for companions better than young. They were vicious and desperate fellows. The man we have arrested is identified by two women as the man who went to the room with the murdered woman, hut another wit ness positively denies this, and says that the man who occupied the room with the mur dered woman wa the relative of the man we Lave arrested, and we believe her. Koir Captain McLaughlin will read to you the statement we have prepared." The Man Xow Under Arrest. Captain VcLaushlin then read his state ment, which, after giving the story of the crime up to Friday evening, continues: House detectives Dot an and Griffin on the ci cuing of the Situ, about 10 o'clock, arrested a man named Francois, ortherwise Lnoun as Frenchy. lie bad on the night of tl.o ninrder occupied rooir 33 on the onposite side of the liall from the room in which the murder oc curred. He had been muring about with old -oioeu for some time, and seemed to nave a passion lor that sort of thing, famco be was arrested Le lias refused toc;ive ant information whatever about hlm-elf except to admit that be occupied room 33 the night of the murder. Mary Ann Lop-zand Lizzie bullivan identified him positively as the man who had gone to room 31 the night of the murder lu company with the woman who was murdered. Alary .Miniter, the housekeeper, sajs just as posi tively that he is not the man that the man who went to the room with the woman was of the same build, bnt was fair, not dark. It is learned that the man we have arrested has a cousin who is exactly the build of tbls man and who is fair. Jlo answers in every uav the description of the man who went to the room with the old woman. Thcso men have been seen together in tno locality often, and on several occasions have asked for each other in the different saloons. HowThe Know They Were Cousins. "The way we fixed the relationship is this," sid Inspector Byrnes, interrupting; "when one was around the place alone he would ask the women if they had seen his cousin. Both did this, and all the women understood they were cousins and of the same name. It is supposed both were nick named Frenchy." "The light man is the suspected mur derer," continued Acting Inspector Mc Laughlin, "and a search is being made for Lim. Francois, the man who is under arrest, refuses to give any information at all concerning his cousin, the suspected man. Francois is an Algerian and speaks verr b.id Trench. On January 24, this vear, Francois was arrested for bitinc the arm oi the woman, Mary Ann Lopez. They quarreled in a room adjoining the room in which the murder was committed. The woman was hurt by Francois, and when she objected he bit her. He is now under 5300 bail for the assault. The key to the room in which the murder was committed was carried off by the man. It is of brass, and on the tag are indented the figures 31. All of the women under arrest are now in the House or Detention. They are all acquainted with t'je suspected man. The History rf the Victim. "Now as to the murdered woman. About 15 years ago there appeared ia the Fourth,' ward, an intelligent, middle-aged woman V mnch addicted to the use of Intoxicating liquor. She soon became known to the fre quenters of the low places which she visited as 'Shakespeare' and 'Jeff Davis.' She was well liked by her boon companions because of her liberality when she had money, as well as on account of her superior intelli gence. A woman has been found by De tective Sergeant Crowley, who knew her well. "This woman informed the detective that Shakespeare's maiden name was Caroline Montgomery, and that early in life she had married a sea captain named James Brown. They lived together in Salem, Ore., for a number of years, where Brown died and left a good deal of money to her. With this she came to this city, to the Fourth ward, where she spent it freely. She has two daughters, Ellen and Anna, who live in Salem now. "When not on Blackwell's Island for drunkenness, the woman was most of the time in institutions in the city where she went to recuperate from her de bauches. At these institutions her board was paid by a relative named Lawson, who is a resident of Salem. It is said by several who know her well that the woman was dis charged from Blackwell's Island only a few days before her death." -An Exciting Scene on the Street. Captain McLaughlin folded up his paper when he had finished, and Inspector Byrnes said that the statement had been made be cause he and his men had advanced lar enough in the case to lay the facts before the public, and because he thought the pub lication would aid in the effort to capture the murderer. He was not sure the name of the man was Franoios, but he so under stood from the women. While the state ment was being made, Frenchy had been taken out of his cell and away somewhere by two defectives and two policemen. About 9:30 o'clock, a great shout was heard a block below the station house, and soon two men, close together, came half walking, half running, np the street and up the steps of the station house. They were "Frenchy" and an officer handcuffed to gether. One policeman walked belore them, another behind. The crowd of loafers and women and children walked with them, shouting, "Jack, the Eipperl" and "Frenchy!" seemed terribly frightened. A Possible Clew to the Man. Night Clerk Kelly, of the Glenmore Hotel, a lodging house in Chatham square, makes a statement to which the police at tach some importance. He says that at 2 o'clock Friday morning a man whose de scription as he gives it agrees with that fur nished to the police of the murderer, came in and npplied for lodeing. Kelly first noticed blood stains on his left baud. When the man turned the other way, Kelly saw copious stains of blood not yet drv upon his right sleeve and hand. Kelly believes there were other blood spots upon him. The clerk asked him for money to pavfora room, and the mau said he had none. Kelly relused to accommodate nitn, ana alter loitering for a few moments the fellow went out. His call was made about three hours after the murder and his victim went to their room at the East Biver Hotel, which is about six minutes' walk distant. What tbo Antopsy Kevcalcd. The autopsy upon the body of the mur dered woman was made to-day by Dr. Jen- kins of the Coroner's office. It showed that the old w,oman was strangled and butchered almost simultaneously. It was im possible to decide whether asphyxiation or hemorrhage was the immediate cause of death. The brain and lungs gave evidence of strangulation, and so did the marks on the throat and the rupture of a few small blood vessels in the neck. It appeared, however, that the knife was used before the heart stopped, for there had been copious arleiial hemorrhage. Had the cutting been done after death there would have been comparatively slight" .Tenons hemorrhage only. . Not the Hand of a Surgeon. The murderer's work with the knife gave evidence only of blood-thirsty anger and not of any definite object. The mutilation was roughly done and evidently accomplished with considerable difficulty, for the knife was not the sharpest. The murderer cut out the left ovary, but did not carry it away, as was the custom of the London "Jack the BiDper." The remaining organs were not mutilated. Dr. Jenkins thought the woman was fully GO years old. He did not examine the stomach to ascertain if she had been drugged, for the manner in which the mur derer bad done his work indicated that the victim had struggled at first, which would not have been the case if she had been un conscious. About 11 o'clock to-night Policeman Baker brought to the Oak street station a man with light brown hair and mustache, who wore a shabby brown coat which ap parently had dry blood on it. There was dry blood on both ruffs of his shirt. The charge of disorderly conduct was made against him. He said that the blood came from a cut on bis face. TALMAGI73 KEW TABEENACLE. The Most Spacious l'lnce of Protestant Wor ship In the World. rfPZClAt. TXLEGKA21 TO tM DISPATCH. 3 New York, April 25. The new big Brooklyn Tabernacle has been completed, except as to the lofty spire which is to crown the massive tower, and the dedication cere monies will take place to-morrow. It is larger than either of its two predecessors, which went np in smoke and flame. No other Protestant denomination in the country can boast of such a spacious church building. The Key. Dr. Talmage himself was the chief projector. Many financial clouds have enveloped the enterprise since its projection, and have not vet been dispelled. The total cost of the structure will not fall short of 5350,000, not mora than one-quarter of which has been paid. The seating capacity of tne chnrch is 0,000. The 25,000 orgin has 08 stops, 4,448 pipes, the largest 32 feet long. There will be three services to-morrow. In the morn ing the invocation will be made by the Bev. Dr. Hastings, President of Union Theo logical Seminary; the dedicatory prayer by the Bev. Dr. Wandell Prime, and the dedicatory sermon by the Bev. Dr. Tunis S. Hamlin, of Washington. In the afternoon there will be union services. SHUTTING OFF COMBINER An Important Insurance Law Passed by the Ohio Legislature. FECIAL TELEGHAJt TO TUB DISPATCH.: Columbus, April 25. An important in surance bill was passed by the Honse and enacted into a law to-day. It provides that if any insurance company doing business nnder the laws of Ohio shall enter into any com pact or combination with other insurance companies or shall require their ngents to enter into any compact or com bination with other insurance agents or companies lor the purpose of governing or controlling the rates charged for fire insur ance on any property in this State, the Su perintendent of Insurance shall forthwith revoke and recall the license or authority to it to do bnsiness. GKAHTED THE MOTION. The Case of Depcwand nig Fellow Directors Gone Vp Higher. rSrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCU.5 1 New York, April 25. Judge Patterson, of the Supreme Court, has granted the motion to transfer the case of the New Haven Railroad directors from the General Sessions to the Oyer and Terminer. He says that the high character and political . ,;, ,-i i inil-r h rn ,,r ,-, Mkmim M IMlllliMiniiilillliiflilliV ill ststJIi I III lillt MlMliaillBI ll iMMllMIIIMIII IIMaWIIWI I IIMPI1 IWI I I' Wl III IW WPWI II She prominence of the defendants do not affect the question. He finds nothing whatever which justifies the assertion that the rights of these defendants have been prejudiced by newsnaper criticism or by outside pressure. But "even if that were so, that influence would affect one court as much as another, whether it is supposed to affect judge or jurors. "But on a careful consideration of all there ia involved in this indictment," he continues, "I am satisfied the case should be removed to the Court of Oyer and Terminer for oiher reasons, and one of these is the novelty and gravity of the questions of law involved, and which must necessarily arise on the trial, or on demurrer to the indict ment, and which require most serious atten tion and examination." A POLITICAL SURPRISE. SENATORJBEAGAN, OF TEXAS, EESIGNS HIS SEAT IN THE SENATE. He Accepts an Appointment on the Texas Railway Commission Hon. Horace Chilton Appointed by Governor Hogg as His Successor Alliance Men Wild. 1KPECIAL TELEGKAJC TO TIIE DISPATCH! Austin, April 25. It was officially an nounced in political circles this afternoon that Governor James S. Hogg mailed an official letter to-day to Hon. John H. Keagan appointing him to a place on the Eailway Commission of Texas. Mr. Keagan is now filling a seat in the United States Senate from Texas, and his appointment on the commission of course vacates the same, as it 19 also an nounced that he had informed the Governor that he would accept if so appointed. The Governor to-day also appointed Hon. Horace Chilton.of Tyler, to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate made by Mr. Keagan's being placed on the commission. Mr. Chilton is the man who nominated General Hogg for Governor at the State convention at San Antonio last summer, and is now receiving the customary reward. As yet no other appointment to the Com mission has beeu made. A dispatch from Waco says: A letter dated at Palestine yesterday, addressed to United States Senator Richard E. Coke, says: I have been induced to accept that place on the Texas Railway Commission. 1 have noti fied Governor 'Hogg of my resignation as United States Senator. I have also informed the Vice President of the United States. Joh- C. Reagan. This startling news comes with particular emphasis, following as it does upon the heels of the peremptory demand of the State Farmers Alliance made yesterday, that the Governor should appoint "a true and tried Alliance man and no other, as Kailway Commissioner; that the man should be S. D. A. Duncan, of Dallas, aud nobody else." Several lead : AlWaVino men r still here, although the conference adjourned yesterday. The Dispatch correspondent interviewed sev eral of these leaders and met but one re sponse: "We do not want Eeagan; we want Duncan." A prominent Democrat said: "I am glad Bcagan is on the commission. If there is a man in the United States capable of making that commission more odious than it is that man is John H. Keagan." The commission entire, according to opinion here, will be John H. Keagan, O. C. Foster and Judge J. W. Stayton, of the Supreme Bench of Texas. TJ5CLE SAM'S EXCHEQUER. He Has Absolute Control or S23S.000.000 iu Good Hard Money. Washington-, April 25. Mr. Leech, Director of the Mint, has this much to say about the condition .of. the-XJrtited, Stales Treasury: "The amount of money in the Treasury of the United States on the 1st of this month was over $751,000,000, of which 5493,000,000 was trust money, held for the redemption of gold, silver and currency certificates, and the balance of $258,000,000 belongs to the Treasury just as absolutely as any property which the Gov ernment owns. How there can be any pos sibility ol the Government failing to meet its obligations with this immense sum of absolutely free cash on hand is difficult to conceive. I hold that the Government of the United States has in its vaults to-day, in good . hard money, over $25S.000,000 available for any of the legiti mate expenses of the Government and that it is ridiculous to talk about there being the slightest probability of any obligation of the Government being dishonored." "That the Secretary should consider it wise to convert all his assets into the most available money,!and to this end convert the large amount ot subsidiary silver coin into lawful money and that he shonld draw in from National Bank depositaries money which may be needed by the Government, seems eminently proper and should excite no concern." AH INFUBIATED M0THEH ilorsewlilps a Youth for Keeping Her Daughter Out Too La to. '.SPECIAL TELEOBAJI TO THE PISFATCB.l Lawkence, Kan., April 25. Newton Lawson, a wealthy young man, was horse whipped at 2 o'clock this morning. An effort was made to keep the matter quiet, but it leaked out this afternoon. Fri day evening Lawson called at the home ot his best girl, Alice Keeber, and took her out buggy riding. They enjoyed the bright moonlight and the ride so well that it was past 2 o'clock in the morning when they re turned. The old folks, and in fact the whole family, were np and waiting to re ceive them, and a warm reception it was. The old lady was waiting for the young man with a stout cane, but the latter didn't know it until the young lady had been helped out of the buggy. Then the fond parent turned loose on the young fellow. She whacked him over the head and back and shoulders several times with such force that she broke a bone. She grabbed the buggy whip and dusted his coat with that for awhile. Lawson received a number of cnts about the head and one oi his eyes was so seriously injured that it is feared he will lose its sight. DENSITY OF POPULATION. The Settled Area of the Country Has Con stantly Increased. Washington, April 25. The density of the distribution of population, according to the census of 1890, is shown by a map pre pared by Henry Gannett, the geographer of the Eleventh census, and just issued in con nection with a bulletin on the subject by Superintendent Porter. Mr. Gannett ob serves that, speaking generally, agriculture in this country is not carried on with such care as yet to afford employment and sup port to a population in excess of 45 to a square mile. The figures show that the set tled area has constantly and rapidly in creased. During the last decade the per cent of increase in the settled area was 24.06 per cent, while the increase in the population of the country was 24.85 per cent Three hnndred and seventy-seven thousand, seven hundred and fifteen Bquare miles nave Deen redeemed during the last ten years, exceed ing bv 80,384 sqnare miles the area settled between 1870 and 18S0. More Sweepers and Sprinklers. Chief Bigelow, of the Department of Public Works, yesterday afternoon opened the bids for new street sweepers and sprink lers. Tbe bids, six in number, were turned oyer to Clerk Bingaman for tabulation, and the contracts will be awarded on Wedncs- i &J pBpmtg PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, NK BY ft The Chilean Insurgent Flagship Blanco Encalada Sent to the Bottom. HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST. One Report Says 500, arid Another That 200 Were Killed. VESSEL OP SHARP-SHOOTER TYPE, Built a Little Uver a Year Ago. is Author of the Destruction. DESCRIPTION OP THE LOST WAKSHIP Io.aiQ.UE, Chile, via Galveston, April 23. The warship Blanco Encalada, which was one of the vessels taken possession of by the rebels at the breaking put of the in surrection, was snnk April 23 in Caldera Bay by a. torpedo fired by the new gnnboat Almirante Lynch. The destruction of the ironclad was attended by great loss of life, 200 persons, comprising half of her crew, being killed by the explosion of the torpedo. IKFFCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.' San Francisco, April 25. Mr. Calton, Chilean Consul here, has received a cable, under date of yesterday, from Chile, corrob orating the report that the new Government torpedo cruiser, the Almirante Lynch, blew up and sun t the Chilean flagship Blanco En calada. Nearly all 500 on board were lost, including the Commodores. The disaster occurred in Caldera Bav. rsrECIAi. TELEQBAJt TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, April 25. Charles B. Flint & Co., of this city, received a cable from Valparaiso to-day corroborating the report of the destruction of the rebelflagship, the Blanco Encalada. She was an iron arm ored twin screw 'ship. Her dimensions were abont the same as those of the Almirante Cochrane. She was 210 feet long, 45 feet 9 inches beam, 19 feet 8 inches in draught, and her displacement was 3,800 tons. She had been repaired and altered recently. Before the changes the Blanco Encalada carried six 12-ton muzzle loading Armstrong rifles, four lighter pieces and-seven machine guns. The destruction of this warship is of especial interest, because it was accom plished by a torpedo vessel of the sharp shooter type that was launched by Laid Bros, at Birkenhead, in February, 1890. Torpedoes have been unsuccessfully tried several times since the Chilean revolntion broke out. The Almirante Lynch is 2i0 feet long, 27.S foot beam, with a maximum draught of 9 to 10 feet She is divided into 38 water-tight compartments, and has a central bulkhead separating the two engine rooms and two sets ofoilersThe machinery BpaCe is protected J by steel bulfcbeads extending irom Diige to gunwale and forming coal bunkers. The two pairs of triple expansion engines give an estimate speed of 21 knots. Her battery consists of three 14- pounders, two on the forecastle and one aft, four 3-pound guns and two gatlings. Five torpedo boats are fitted, one on the bow, and four on the broadside. Independent dispatches from Madrid con firm the report of the sinking of the Enca lada with its attendant loss of life. The Congressional party is now in possession of Caldera and Garrizal. A MANIA FOR RIOT. THE SUCCESS OF THE DETE0IT CAB 8TBIKE BEAES FETJIT In a Strike and Blot Without Warning Among Employes of Senator McMillan's Car Company Workmen In Another In stitution Intimidated by Flying Missiles. Detroit, April 25. The employes of the Michigan Car Works, the principal pro prietor of which is Senator McMillan, to the number of about 2,500, went out on a strike this afternoon. The trouble was un doubtedly precipitated by the snecess at tending the strike of the street car employes. The strikers demand nine hours' work and ten hours' pay. They gave the company no notice of their intentions. As they passed out of the works a volley of stones was thrown, and nearly every win dow in tbe building broken. The strikers proceeded to tbe works of the Detroit Steel and Soring Company and called on tbe men there to strike. Be fore anything was accomplished the special police of the concern drove the Strikers out. A shower of bricks and stones shortly after crashed through the windows of the moulding department of the works, in juring one of the men in charge and driving the others away temporarily. Two patrol wagons arrived at this juncture and the strikers dispersed. The officers insist that the trouble is only the result of tbe friskiness of some of the younger men who wanted a half holiday, and that all bands will resume work Mon day morning. Some of the men, how ever, declare that this is but tbe prelude to a big strike in volving tbe departments of the Michigan Car Works and possibly other large establishments. They say the men may come back to work next Monday, but ff they do, it will be only to prepare for en forcing some demands upon the company. A MILITARY AXXEGOEY By 'Wbich It Is Hoped to Swell the Grant Monument Fund. SrECTAL TELEOBA2C TO THE DISPATCH.; New York, April 25. Arrangements arc about complete for the production of an allegory of the war in song, by which it is hoped to add at least 25,000 to tbe Grant Monument fund. A. B. DeFrece, who has iaken tbe contract to raise the money to complete the monument, declares the result of his labors will be the biggest theatrical historic exhibition that has ever been seen in America. There will be a chorus of 1,000 voices, 200 children, a military band of 100 pieces and 300 members of the G. A. B. will take part in a battle on the stage. The most inspiring part of the entertain ment will probabiy be at the olose, when the audience, which it- is expected will number 12,000 persons, and the chorus, will join in singing "America." The military march will be nnder com mand of General Floyd Clarteon, aided by Colonel John H. Anion. The troops (G. A. B. men) who will take part in the battle on the stage will be reviewed bv Generals Henry W. Slocnm, Daniel E. Sickles, Franz Sigel, Daniel Bntterfield, Bobert Nneent Carl Schurz. and a selected staff. General Sherman hadAgregd. to lead the su TORPEDO mp APRIL 26, 1891 troops to battle. The sale of seats began to day. Mrs. Cleveland secured first choice at J25. FOR TESTING MEDIUMS, THE HOVE! MACHINE NOW BEING HADE IH A PITTSBOBG SHOP. It Is for the American Psychical Society for Use on Spiritualists Their Alleged Evi dences of the Immortality of tbe Soul to Be Tested. ISPECIAL TELKOUAM TO THE DISPATCH. New YonK, April 25. The Psychical Investigation Society, of which the Key. Dr. Heber Newton, of this city, and the Key. Minot Savage, of Boston, are the lead ing lights, has already attained the propor tions of a considerable movement. The membership has reached over 250, and in cludes prominent clergymen, physicians and scientific men all oyer the country. A permanent' organization has been formed under the name of the American Psychical Society. As the result of much preliminary experimentation and discussion, the society has decided on tbe construction of a novel machine to test indubitably alleged spiritu alistic evidences of the immortality of the human soul. This machine is now building in a Pitts "burg shop, said to be under the personal su pervision ofMr.Carnegie. Itis called a "psy ceograph," and is to be made entirely of steel, in the shape of a small tablet two feet snuaie and mounted on steel legs 18 inches high. A movable slide about tnree inches wide, and running the entire length of the table, will form part of its top near the center. This slide will move on reversible cogs, connecting with a sort of circular typewriter arranged under tbe top of the table, which, in revolving, printson an end less tape letters touched by the stopping and starting of the movable slide. The idea is that with this machine a slate writing medium or trance medium can be thoroughly tested, as the letter key on the revolving typewriter will not be visible. He can put his hands on the movable slide and it will be moved by psychic force, or magnetism, and all a spirit, operating through the medium, will have to do in order to write intelligent communications will be to make the slide stop over the in visible letter it wants to print. As most of tbe mediums claim to be "in dependent clairvoyants" and to see through matter, the question will arise if fraud is not still possible with this machine, but the psychic investigators seem willing to take their chances on clairvoyance and give the mediums the benefit of the doubt. HE SWALLOWED A CORK. THE PASTOE OF A BE00KLYH CHUECH AT DEATH'S D00E. A Trifle tlcht as A!r May Canse Dr. Both well His Useful Lire Danger From Rup turo In One of His Violent Fits of Cough ing. ISFECIAI. TILEQEAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 New York, April 25. There is no im provement iu the condition of the Rev. Dr. George W. Bothwell, the pastor of the Church of the Covenant in Brooklyn. He is still at the Brooklyn Hospital, and is very weak. The physicians think, how ever, he may recover. He had just removed the cork from a bottle, and was holding it In his month, when some .prank of one of his children made him laugh. He drew the cork down through his windpipe and it lodged in tbe tube which leads to the left lung. He hur ried to Dr. William Biggan, who hastily ealled-rfn DrsWestbroakanL, Sherlock They were unable to locate the cork. On Monday his physicians located the cork in the' left bronchus, near the lung. They took the sufferer to the Union League Club and endeavored in vain to have the cork dislodged. Dr. Bothwell went to the Brooklyn Hospital Thursday and;submitted to the operation of tracheotomy. His wind pipe was opened and probed, but the cork could not be reached. When restored to consciousness and informed that the opera tion was not successful, he wrote: "I know that my Bedeemer is near me. I am resigned to His will. Tell my friends." The patient is in a private room at the hospital, and he has suffered much from coughing spells. The danger is that he may be suffocated or that a violent fit of cough ing might result in the rupture of a blood vessel. Dr. Bothwell 13 a powerful man, over G feet tall and of iron constitution. A TEBBIBLE SHOCK. An Austrian Arrival Finds His Brother Cold In Heath. ISPltClAI. TELIORAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New York. April 25. August Benedict arrived from Vorarlberg, Austria, on the steamship Werra late on Friday night. He landed this morning and started for 415 East Fifteenth street, where his brother John lived. His face was wreathed in smiles. He was going to surprise his brother. He had not notified him of his coming. When he reached the house and asted Mr.Albrecht for his brother John, Albrecht led him him up to a little back room on the second floor, from which men were removing lurniture. t"rle lived here," Albrecht said in German , "but he is dead. Be shot himself to-day." "My God. My God," the brother cried, and then broke completely down. He went to the mnrguo and indentified the body. The public administrator had the dead man's effects removed to No.5 Dunne street to-dav, belore he knew that a relative of the suicide was in the country. The New York Loan Association, from which Benedict had bor rowed money, didn't try to get the chattels. PHOEBE W. C0UZINS' CASE No Action to Be Taken by tho Treasury Department Just Yet. Washington, April 25. No action will be taken by the Treasury Department at present in the case of Mfss Phoebe W. Couzins, who was removed from the position of secretary of the Board of Lady Managers otthe World's Fair, and which was brought to the attention of the department by a letter troni Mr. C. H. Jones, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Exhibition. Al vouchers for expenditures of money ap propriated by Congress lor the commission raustie apDroved by the Secretary of the Treasury. When the voucher of the lady who succeeded Miss Couzins as secretary for the portion of the month of April which she will have served is presented to the depart ment for approval, the department will have something as a basis upon which Ho take action. INSULT TO EOYALTY. Londoners Indignant at an Affront to tbe Prince orWnles' Family. f BT DUSLAf'S CACLS COVtrAXT.l London, April 25. All London is talk ing to-day about the outrageous insult of fered to the Prince of Wales in the Star, which paper is owned by Prof. Stuart, one of Gladstone's most stanch supporters. The paragraph in question is as follows: The Prince of Wales snoke with ex traordinary knowledge andsyropatby last night on the subject of idiots, with incidental re flections on lunatics. What is the meaning of his statement that tbe Princess of Wales was most desirous to identify herself with the par ticular asylum for which he was speaking? She I not a descendant of George tho Third. This can be construed only as intimating that, although she may not he a lunatic, she may be an idiot, and the Londoners who adore 'her and like her hnsband are in- djgnant at tnejinmaB.lygntr3ge, mWi THE EMPH0U1S Over the Sudden End of the Greatest Military Genius of the Fatherland. SIMPLE FUNERAL, PLANS, According to Wishes of General Von Moltbe, to Bo Carried Out. EMPEROR WILLIAM IS A MOURNER. Fortification of Heligoland Engaged Connt to the End. the GOSSIP FROM TBE GEKMAN CAPlTAIi COPTKialIT,lS91, BTTnE NEW TORK ASSOCIATED PRESS. Berlin, April 25. Emperor William arrived in Berlin at 6:15 o'clock this after noon, having interrupted his visit to the Duke of Saxe-Weimar as soon as he heard nt ttia .lontli nf flpnprftl Connt von Moltkp. ml... i?.M-A.0 A...) PKannallni. ftartrivi mef xuc Juipicsaauu vmuv..w w......- w His Majesty at the railroad then drove direct to Count residence. A consultation was held at the dead General's house in regard to the funeral arrangements, and the suggestion that the body be taken on Tuesday to the Ton Moltke family estates for burial, in accordance with the wish expressed by the Count, was approved. lieligious service will be held in the gen eral staff department Tuesday morning. The coffin will then be carried with imposing military honors to the railway station for conveyance to Kreisau. The remains will lie in state between the hours of 11 and 5 to morrow. The public will be admitted to take a last look at the well-known features of the dead. The body is being embalmed to-night. Ceremonies Simple, but Solemn. Apart from the grand demonstration which will be-held here, and which will be befitting the greatness of the dead soldier and in consonance with the desire of the nation to show respect to his memory, the funeral will be a simple ceremonial. At the consultation to-day Emperor William re minded Chancellor von Carjrivi of General von Moltke's frequently expressed wish that there should he no elaborate display at his funeral, and that, in the event of his dying in Berlin, his tody should be sent to his estate at Kreisau and there buried beside that of his wife. The details regarding the Connt disclose the fact that dnring the last few days he worked with his wonted regularity. He had no premonition of death. He had nearly completed the plans for the fortifica tion of the island of Heligoland, and had sent a report on the subject to Emperor William Tuesday last. The work that passed out of his hands showed no trace of any abatement in his constructive genius and his mastery of detail. Tbe Const told Chancellor vuR-Caprivi that when plans for the fortification oTHeligoIand were'rrpi proved, he wo'uld go to Sehlangenhid to take the waters, as he was suffering from a slight affection of the skin. No Previous Alarming Symptoms. Intimate friends of the Count who greeted him in the Beichstag yesterday saw no symptom that he was suffering from illness. His friends say that he appeared to be enjoying excellent health. He walked to his home alter he had finished his labors in the Beichstag. He had been out every day for a week. He dined with the Swed ish Minister, and during the evening was very animated. He remained later than usual in order to hear some music after the dinner. His home whist party included Count Schlippenbacb, Captain yon Wolff and Major Moltke, his nephew. While playing the game he was attacked with a slight asthmatic spasm," and rose from tbe table and left the room. It was supposed by the others present that he would return in a short time, but as he did not come back, his nephew went after him. The Major found his uncle in a sitting posj tion, gasping for breath. On seeing his nephew, the Count attempted to rise, and for the moment appeared to have mastered his weakness. He got up, and then fell in his nephew's arms, seeming to fainL Iu a few moments he breathed his last. A doc tor was hurriedly summoned, but when he arrived he declared that life was extinct. Tho Clock or life Runs Down. The cause of death was lesion of the heart. He was not known to suffer Irom any pro nounced cardiac trouble. The cloek-worK of life had simply run down. Alter the em balming process is concluded to-night the re mains will lie in state in the offices of the general staff. They will be guarded by two officers in full uniform. Before the em balmers commenced their work the body was stretched on a small, simple bed, strewn with numerous wreaths. The friends of the dead General who were permitted to see his re mains say that tho features bore theplacidity of deep sleep. The Emperor, accompanied by the Empress, visited tbe mortuary chamber, and looked on the face of the dead. I Both were deeply affected. The speech made by tierr von iievetzow, the President of the Beichstag, after an nouncing the death of General von JVloitEe, deeply impressed the House. All members rose to their feet when the announcement was made and remained standing while the President spoke. There was a large attend ance in the chamber. Von Waldersee's Graceful Act. An incident of the proceedings was the action of Count von Waldersee, who walked to the vacant seat of Count von Moltke and took a leaf from the wreath of laurel that Lad been placed there and put it in his pocketbook as a memento of his dead friend. During part of the day on which tbe funeral will be held there will be a general suspension of business in the other leading cities of the empire. The bourses will he closed throughout the day. The.Emperor has given directions that the Boyal Theater shall be closed, and doubtless it will be de cided to close tbe other theaters in the city as a mark of respect All the newspapers join in eulogizing Count von Moltke. A note in tho Reichsanzeiger to-night, re ferring to the report that the prohibition against American pork would be immedi ately removed, says that until some clearer idea can be formed concerning the practical working of the meat inspection service in America a decision here must he postponed. Until the new system is tested the Govern ment cannot assent to abolish the existing precantions. This official intimation is due to tbe arrangements of dealers in Hamburg and Bremen, who expect at an early date to import large cargoes of American hogs. The trade in American beef continues to boom. A World's Fair Bill, Introduced. A Government proposal has been sub mitted to the Bundesrath authorizing the acceptance of the invitation to take part in the Chicago Fair. The bill provides for the appointment of an Imperial Commissioner nd the granting or a credit tor tne eneciive organizing of a German department. The 1 preamble accompanying the pill refers liiaii fat. PATTISOX DOES THIS EVERY TIME. the active commercial intercourse between "Wmany and the United States, and to the 'at the invitation has already been .-: ,i,w fo y.'r?r vv England, France and Spain, station, and xU tU -Strikes are attaining for it von Moltke s Y-Of Jo -s around Bochum. Most nfih. J- V? The strikers ia the "' i" . L'tTn- Essen dis vc? ' VV v- Ahearmtrary w . i . measures adu, J-. e employers, and the absence of an y-? "" ptsat conciliation, enrage the men, nnmi s of whom are act ing independent of the advice of the leaders of the movement, who are opposed to a gen eral strike. The Socialist organ, the Vor icaerts, beseeches tbe men to pause. It de clares that the moment is not opportune for a wholesale strike, and that such a move ment will end in a disastrous defeat and the loss of existing privileges. The May-Day Festival a Fizzle. Despite friendly exhortations, the temper of the men foreshadows universal defiance of the employers. The May-Day celebra tions are likely to result in a fiasco. The Socialists disagree as to a programme. The Parliamentary section want to postpone the demonstrations nntil May 3. The Extrem ists urge that a Sunday demonstration would be futile. There must, according to this section, be a general abstention from work on the 1st. The Emperor has ordered the suppression of street manifestations. The troops will be kept in readiness in their barracks, though nobody expects that they will be required. An Imperial decree has been issued, for bidding racing on Sundays, and advising the local authorities to permit races to be held only on working days, as the best method of hindering workingmeu from attending them. VON MOLTKE ON THE CIVIL WAE. Tbe Kaiser Denies That the Field Marshal Sligbted Its Achievements. London, April 25. Ponltney Bigelow, who accompanied Emperor William during last year's maneuvers, gave to an inter viewer to-night many interesting reminis cences of General von Moltke, who was also a guest of tbe Emperor at the time. "The relations which existed betweri the Emperor and General von Moltke," said Mr. Bigelow, . "were those which might have existed between a loving son and an affectionate father. Tbe tender solicitude with which the young Emperor watched over Von Moltke's comfort and anticipated his every wish, was touching in the extreme. He was ever ready to lend his arm to the veteran, and in a thousand little ways tes tified to his love aud consideration for the aged warrior. Emperor William was Von Moltke's pupil, and all he knows of the art of war he learned from him. He never for got to revere his old master. "I asked the Emperor about Von Moltkes reported reference to the American Civil War, the General having been quotedas calling onr armies armed mobs, from which nothing of the science of war could be learned. " 'General von Moltke never said any such thing, nor had he any such opinion,' said tbe Emperor. 'On the contrary, he had the highest respect for your Generals, as everyone acquainted with his administra tion of the general staff must know. Eyen to this day every German officer is obliged to study carefully the history and tactics of your war.' " MACKAY-BOHYHGE FEUD. The War Between tbe Two Rival Houses Still Goes Merrily on. rBT DCNLAP'S CABLE COHPAXT.t London, April 25. The Mackay-Bo-nvnge feud Etill goes on as merrily as ever. Yesterday Bonynga had two advertisements in the newspapers. The first offered $100 reward for the apprehension of "an evil disposed and malicious person, who has caused a certain detective to invade the private apartments of Captain the Honor able Randolph Stewart for the purpose of bribing tbe Captain's servants to allow Bearch'.of waste paper baskets and the dust bin for scraps of correspondence between their master and Boaynge." In the other advertisement Bonynge offers 1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of "some" wicked, malicious and evil-disposed person, who has for several years past instigated, paid for and caused the publication in the United States of 'America and the gratuitoui circulation in England, the Continent generally, and even in Egypt, of thousands of copies of various papers and pamphlets containing untrue, gross and malicious libels against a family now residing in London." Of course, the outraged "family now re siding in London" is the Bonynge family, and the wicked, evil-disposed and necessar ily malicious person who sows libelous pamphlets in both bemispheres and attempts to search waste paper baskets of honorable eentlemen is supposed to be an emissary of the house of Mackay. ITALIAN FAILTJBEa A Biff Banking Firm Goes Under With Liabilities of 3,000,000 Francs. fBT DBXLAP'S CABLE COMPACT. J LoNDON.April 25. An unfavorable bank return has been followed by the failure of Thomaso, Orsini & Co., abig firm at Capua, with liabilities estimated at 3,000,000 francs. At Genoa, great excitement prevails, owing to the flight of the. bankers Pontrenioli, father and son, who have taken with tbem 500,000 francs, which belonged to the bank. A large reward has been offered for their capture, but they are still at large. Signor Massa, senior partner in the firm of that honse at Genoa, committed suicide by cutting his throat and was buried on Thursday. Catholic Editors to Meet. rsruciAL tileqbam to tub msATcrtt New Yoke, April 25. St. Franeis Xavier's College Hall, in West Sixteenth street, has beeu selected h the place of meet ing of the second. annual coBTWtion of tbe Catholic Press- Assertion of tbe United States. Editors of about 70 Catbolio papers are expected to attend "th KMions. which toylubsiia oiiajjia a. HC3SJErt 9&iidfefxW. JVaSA j.Jsm,rsa 24 PAGES. FIVE CENTS. 11 CHANGE OF FAITH I Two Episcopal Theological Stu dents Join the Cath olic Church. OTHERS ARE TO FOLLOW. Tlie General Seminary in New Tork Shaken From Top to Bottom. AUTHORITIES PREPARING TO ACT. What the lonng Men nave to Say About the Radical Departure. THE C0.NYEETS TAKES BI THE PADLIST8 rSFXCTAI. TXLIOBAH TO THE DIBFATCTM New York, April 25. Two students of the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church on Ninth avenne, between Twentieth and Twenty-first streets, joined the Boman Catholic Chnrch Friday. They are John B. Werner, of Alleutown, Pa., and B. Morey Ludlow, of St. Louis. They entered the seminary last September. Mr. Werner, who is 22 years old, was grad uated at Muhlenberg College in Allentowu last June, aud Mr. Ludlow, who is four years Mr. Werner's senior, made his col legiate course at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. One of the members of the Paulist Order of Fifty-ninth street, received them into the Catholic Church. Both young men are guests of the Paulists. A reporter saw them" at the Panl ists' honse to-day. "I have for many years believed the doc trines of the Catholic Church," said Mr. Werner. "The infallibility of the Pope was the only point I could not understand. Last summer I read many Catholic works, and I continued that course of reading after I entered the Seminary. Finally, I decided that the Catholic Church was tbe proper place for me." Beached Their Conclusions Independently. Mr. Ludlow said that his conversion was effected in a manner similar to Mr. Wer ner's. Cardinal Newman's words, he told the reporter, were principally what con vinced him that he should become a Catho lic. Neither student avers that the other had leanings toward Catholicity. They were friends in the seminary, and one day Mr. Werner told Mr. Ludlow that he had determined to become a Catholic. Mr. Ludlow then confessed that he was of that way of thinking, too. Both of tbem went to Father Deshon, of the Paulists, and he and other msmbers of his order instructed them further in Catholic doctrine. They told no one in the seminary of their conversion. On Friday they sent their resignations to Dean Hoffman and bade a few of their friends among the students goodby. No effort was made to dissuade them from tbe step they had taken. Both the youlg men said that they had spent very pleasant days in the seminary, and will never forget them. "Weiavwbecome Ujtholics." said Mr. Werner'becanse-we wished to be loyal to our convictions." Episcopal Authorities Are Alarmed. They will remain with the Paulists for some time, dnring which they will fully consider their next step. They have not yet determined whether they will become Catho lic clereymen or not. If they decide to do so, they will probably join the Paulists or der. While none of the seminary authorities made any effort to convince the young men that the creed of their mothers is the proper one for them, it is nnderstood that their con version has created considerable alarm in Episcopal circles. The students were both very prominent, very able and very popu lar, and there are rumors that their example will be followed by other students; in fact, it is stated that a large number of desertions to the Chnrch of Borne are expected. The propriety of action of some sort is being very earnestly discussed by those high in au thority in the church. THE DISPATCH DIBECT0BY. Contents of the Issue Classified lor the Readers' Convenience. The Issue of THE Dispatch to-day consists of 24 pages, made up in three parts. Tbe news of yesterday and last night appears in the Hrst partandpagelOof the second, the latter being devoted especially to the news and gossip of. Europe. Class news occupies a large portion of the second part. The literary features are as follows: PAKT IX. Page 9. Two Great Keforms I'attisos, Hill, etaL Itaslness Cards. Page 10. The .News of Earope. The Coke Strike. General Newt. Page 11. News of the Courts. The Want Column. Page K. ews ot Society. Art and ArtUts. Page 13. Secret Societies. Local Trade .News. To Let Column. i or Sale Column. The Grand Army. TheMIUtlaGosilp. Late News In Brier. Markets by Wire. Henry Clews' Letter. Page 11. Stage uosslp. News for the Teacher. Annulment Notices. Page IS. Keviewof Sports PWSGLB Flowers or Jiay-Day Lillik X. UOMTOS Late Klectrlcal News. Page IS. Late Scientific Gossip. Business Cards. FAKT HI. 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