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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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24 PAGES.
FIVE CENTS.
11 CHANGE OF FAITH
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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.
Page 17.
A Deserted City. kobibt J.ocis Stevxxsos
BiTinK the lTster i. W. STnEHLAT
The Witch ori'rague F. Mabiov Ckawfokd
Page IS.
Greek Drama I'BEsrcrjrr Mchpht
Holy Ghost College.
fan In License Court nuinc AFAiKEr
Page 13.
The Fairy Flask - PatSie
Hooking Wary Trout J. II. Webb
Onr Forest Interests C. S. Waltihs
Puzzle Department E. B. CnADBOCBX
Sbealet Lafayette O. IS. B. IS.
The Babies or the World. '
Page 20. . '
Cnpld on the Stage A STmuosIinn of Stan
Frolics of Jlay Djy.... Howabd FiaLDiya
Earuinzs or Humor rriANK U. CABrErrea
Business Card;. ""
Page SL v
We're a Fat Nation CILIA LOOAX
Counting the Cah.....UEOBGB UraxthauIBaiw
A City bet on Edge FAXixBiWAKD
Talking of. People Kit. Geoege lloDQtS
Page 13.
On a Lumber Raft L. E. STOniL
Wealth's Penalties JOLIA3T ItALrll
The Spirit bf Lincoln FAirait B. WARD
Lands or Arizona J. il. AIcALLISTXB
Page S3.
English Lake District E. I. Wakemax
Hotels or Texas BIU NTS,
Life thrown Away .Srmx XT DAJLSt
Future of Foundlings............ C T. Mubbat
Page 1L
How to Entertain Mrs. loror Smatwooo
Jananrso Character ABTaoaB. AxUBOsa.
Hints for the UuJic, Late rashloa ixotsa,
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