HEPPNER GAZETTE: HEPPNER, OREGON.
SHERMAN IS DEAD
The Great Iter Passes
Away.
THE STORY OF HIS LIFE.
The L:st Sad Hours by the B-sideWho
Were There.
Passes Away Without a Struggle Though
in Apparent Pain Slowly Kx
haustcd by His Disease.
New York, Feb. 14 By Western
Union General Sherman passed away
about 2 p. in.
IlfH I.AhT HOURS.
New York, Feb. 14 8 :!iO tt. m. The
physicians, after consultation, declare
that General Shcrrnan'B condition is now
hopeless. Signed
0. T. Alexander, M. D.
Dr. Janeway, who left the house at
this hour, said: "There is a decided
change for the worse. He will not live
through the day, and may die at any
moment. lie is very low ami his
strength is failing."
"What seems to be the principal
trouble this morning?" was asked.
"KrysipelaB and. bronchial ..troubles,"
was the reply.
At 0.45 a. in. all are about the Gener
al's bedside watching for the last mo
ment. At 10 a. m. General Sherman is sink
ing rapidly and the end is expected soon.
New York, Feb. 14 At 4 o'clock this
morning a great change took place in
Sherman's condition, and it was be
lieved he was fast approaching the end.
The were all summoned and gathered at
the bedside. Those present were Doctors
Alexander and Greene, Senator Sher
man, P. T. Sherman, Lieutenant Shack
ara, Lieutenant Kitch, Private Secretary
Barrett, General Thomas Kwing, Mrs.
Shackara, Mrs. Fitch, Miss Lizzie and
Miss Raohael Sherman and Mrs. Colgate
lloyt. At that hour Sherman was fever
ish and very uneasy. His breathing
was labored and rapid.
From then until 5:25 a. m. there were
no signs of life about the house. At
6:8u Secretary Barrett sent a message to
Dr. Greene stating that the General had
another relapse and the doctor arrived
at the Sherman mansion immediately
afterwards. Barrett then came to the
door and said to a reporter :
"General Sherman has just had a very
alarming attack and we fear the end is
approaching. The trouble is due to the
congested condition of the lungs. After
a violent fit of coughing, in which he
seemed to sillier great pain, he had an
alarming sinking turn. Alexander told
us to send for everybody as there- was no
telling how long he might live, and now
we are waiting for Dr. Janeway who has
been telegraphed for."
Barrett, when talking, seemed much
atl'ected; the tears frequently coursed
down his cheeks. At (1 o'clock Doctors
Alexander and Greene held a consulta
tion, and all known reniomodies applied
to relieve the patient's suffering. The
glands of the throat wore very much
swollen and the accumulation of mucus
so great that the patient was unable to
throw it oil' by reason of failing strength.
After nearly three-quarters of an hour of
waiting by the anxious watchers outside
the house, Barrett appeared at the door
again. His face wore an expression of
deep grief, and his tone was hopeless as
he said to the reporters who gathered
round him :
"There is nothing more to say than
what 1 told you an hour ago. The Gen
eral is very low. His condition has not
changed for better. His sulleriug does
not seem to liavo increased any, hut it
is gradually wearing him out and rob
bing him of what strengtn he has left.
1 do not think he can hold out much
longer."
Tho polico officer who had been on
duty at the house after midnight was
relieved at (i o'clock, and tho two ollicers
who took his place proceeded to clear
the block. They said they had strict
orders from tlio captain to permit no
one to stand on the sidewalk and the
crowd of newspaper men had to retire to
tho corner of tho avenue.
At 7:10, Secretary Barrett said Dr.
Janeway had been summoned and will
probably be here at 8 o'clock, when an
other consultation will be held.
ll:."0a. in., The General's condition
remains unchanged. Cullers are in
formed that death is expected any min
ute and he cannot long continue the un
equal struggle against death but it may
last until afternoon. Dr. .laneway
stated this morning that he would not
live through the day.
Senator Sherman at 8:21") sent tho fol
lowing message to his family in Wash
ington: "General Sherman still lives.
The family are with him. Ho is con
scious and without pain. Ills asthmatic
breathing is short and his strength
weaker."
New York, Feu. 14 General llenrv
W. Slocntn has been in tho house of
General Sherman most of tho day and
has been selected to take charge of the
funeral arrangements. The funeral
will take place at St. Louis. This state
ment conies from 'Representative Gen
eral F.gbert L. Viol.
The news of the death of General
Sherman was conveyed to the reporters
bv the policeman w ho stood on guard
outside of the house shortly alter 1 :50
p. in. A servant came from the house
and told the policeman that General
Sherman had prssed away. Some
doubt of tho authenticity ' of the
report was expressed, but the ollieer
said it was ollicial. None of tho family
came from the house. Word was sent
to young Sherman who returned word
that he would not be able to give out
anything about the death of his father
for two hours. F'rom Secretary Barren
it. warn learned that General Sherman
had remained unconscious to the last, I
dying with no visible signs ot pain.
General Sherman paused away with
out speaking to any member of the fam
ily gathered about his bedside. The
four daughters were present and his son,
i X. Sherman, and also the attending
physician. Secretary Barrert and some
lriends were in the room below. At five
minutes after 2 o'clock Private Secretary
Barrett went to the Western Union
office and sent off a number of dis
notnhp. in Wnshinuton. In the dis
patches he announced the hour of death j
as 1:60 p.m. j
Dr. Alexander left the general's house j
at 2:25 p. m. He said lie nnu noining
to sav further than that he was at the
dying man's bedside when he died.
General Sherman's body has been em
balmed bv Robert Wigger, nephew of
Bishop Wigger, and will be taken to St.
Louis over the Pennsylvania railroad,
probably on Thursday next, the day on
which the General's eon Thomas is
expected to arrive from Fngland.
The funeral services over the
remains of the General will take place
on Thursday from his late residence,
although it mav be deferred if his son
does not arrive that day from Europe on
the Majestic. Thursday evening the
body will be taken to St. Louis in a
special train of three cars. It will
be in charge of General Schofield and
will be accompanied bv a detachment
from La Favette G. A. R., No. 40, of
thiscitv. The interment will be in the
cemetery where his wile is buried. Gen
eral O. U. Howard will have
charge of the remains while
they are being conveyed from
the house to the depot. A special
ferryboat will be in waiting at the foot
of Tweiitv-third street to convey the re
mains to'the Pennsylvania railroad de
pot. Undertaker Wigger arrived at the
house at 2:25 o'clock and took charge of
the body.
NOT A CATHOLIC.
A very disagreeable iuss has been
stirred up bv the "Times" of this city.
That paper has alleged that the Catholic
relatives of General Sherman endeavored
to make capital for llie Roman Catholic
church by administering extreme unc
tion to the General, who is not a Catho
lic, when he was supposed to be dying
on Thursday. The "Times" alleges that
the General was unconscious when this
1 that advantage? was taken
of Senator Sherman's absence from the
room to perforn the ceremony.
senator kiiekman'b letter.
The'following letter has been pent by
Senator Sherman to one of the "Times"
stall'.-
February 13, 1801.
General Lemon A paragraph in your
paper this morning gives very erroneous
views of an incident in General Sher
man's sick chamber.twhich wounds the
sensitive feelings of h'is children, now in
deep distress, which, under the circum
stances, I deem it proper to correct.
Your reporter intimates that advantages
were taken of temporary absence to in
troducing a Catholic priest into Genera!
Sherman's chamber to administer the
rite of extreme unction to the sick man
in the nature of a claim that he was
Catholic. It is well known that his
family have been reared by their mother,
a devoted Catholic, to her faith,
and now cling to it. It is
equally well known that General
shcrmnn anil mysen, as wen as an my
mother's children, are, by inheritance,
education and convictions Christians,
but not Catholics, and this has been
openly avowed on all proper occasions
by General Sherman, but he is so good
a" Christian and too human a man to
deny to his children the consolation oi
their religion. He was insensible at the
time and apparently on the verge ol
death, but, if he hud been well and in
the full exercise of his faculties, he
would not have denied to them the con
solation of prayers and religious observ
ance by the father of a c ass or denomi
nation of Christian priests or preachers.
Certainly if 1 had been present 1 would,
at the request of the family, have assent
ed to and reverently shared in an appeal
to tho Almighty for the life here and
hereafter of my brother, whether calleil
appraiser or extreme unction, mid
whether uttered by a priest or preachei
or any oilier good man, who believe-!
what lie spoke and had honest faith in
his creed. 1 hear that your reportei
uttered a threat to ootain information
which 1 cannot believe you would toler
ate. We all need charity lor our frail
ties, hut I can feel none lor anyone who
would wound those already in diBlress.
Very truly yours, John Sherman.
The members of the family did not
cure to enter into the particulars of the
service performed at tho bedside of the
general, or state what priest olliciated.
It was a family affair and they wished it
to remain as such.
SHERMAN THE YOUTH.
William Tecumseh Sherman was horn
in Lancaster, Ohio, February 8, 182J.
His branch of tho family is traced to
Samuel Sherman, who came to this
country in 11134 with hiB brother, the
Rev. John bherman, and his cousin,
Captain John Sherman. Roger Sher
man, signer of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, traced his lineage to the cap
tain, and General Sherman to that oi
the Rev. John, whose family settled in
Woodbury and Norwalk, Conn., whence
somo of them removed to Lancaster,
Fairlicld county, Ohio, in 1810.
The father of General Sherman w as a
lawyer, and for live years before his
tenth, in 182W, Jimge oi tne Bupreme
court. His mother, who was married in
1810. was Mary llovt. They had 11
children, of whom William was the
sixth and John the eighth. William
was adopted by Thomas Kwing and at
tended school in Lancaster till 18;)i. In
July of that year ho was sent as a cadet
to West Point, where he was graduated
in 1841), sixth in a class of 42 members.
As a cadet he is remembered as an
earnest, high-spirited, honorable and
outspoken youth, deeply impressed with
the grave responsibility properly at
tached to serving the country. Ho was
commissioned as a second lieutenant in
the third artillery July I, 1840, and sent
to Florida, near the close of the Indian
war. On November 30, 1811, ho was
made first lieutenant, ami commanded a
small detachment at Picoiata.
S11EI1MAN THE WANDERER.
In 1842 he was at Fort Morgan, Mobile
Point, Ala., and later at Fort Moultrie,
Charleston harbor. In 1843 he began
tho study of law, to render himself a
more intelligent soldier. In 18U, when
the Mexican war broke out, he was sent
with troops to California, via Cape Horn,
whero he acted as adjutant-general to
General Stephen W. Kearney, Colonel
Mason and General Persifer F. Smith.
Reluming in 1S50, on May 1st of that
year he married Miss F, len Boyle Kwing
at Washington, her father being the
Secretary ol the Interior. He was ap
pointed captain in the commissary de
partment September 2, 18 0, and sent to
St. Louis and New Orleans, Septomlier
tlth, 18")3. lie resigned his commission
to enter the walks of civil life, an I was
appointed shortly thereafter man
ager of the brunch bank of
I. mas, Turner & Co., San Francisco, Oil.
W hen they wound up their affair' in
1S57 he returned to St. Louis, and laler
lived in New York. In 18)8-11 he prac
ticed law in Leavenworth, Kan., and in
the next year became superintendent of
the State military academy at Alexan
dria, La., but when that Slate seceded
he returned to St. Louis, and was for a
short time president oi the Fifth street
railroad.
BHKRMAN THE WARRIOR.
When the civil war broke out he took
extreme views and considered the rising
oi the secessionists as a serious matter
to'be fought out by armies. May 13,
1801, he w as commissioned colonel of the
Thirteenth infantry and reported to Gen
eral Scott at Washington, when- he was
placed in command of a brigade in Ty
ler's division of the army that marched
to Bull Run, where defeat overtook the
Union army. August 3, 1801, ne was
made brigadier-general of volunteers,
and in August was transferred from the
army ol tne Potomac to be second in
command to General Robert Anderson
in Kentucky, and October 17th succeed
ed Anderson in command. November
12th he was relieved by General Buell
and placed in command of Benton bar
racks, under General Halleck, depart
ment of the west, and early in 1802 as
signed to the army of the Tennessee,
commanding the filth division.
At Shdoh he fought so gallantly as to
receive special mention by Grant and
ilalleck. May 1, 1802, he was made
major general of volunteers, command
ing the tifteenth division of tiie Army ol
the Tennessee, and took an active part
in operations about and tinal capture of
Vickeburg, and in ecognitionof hisserv
ices was appointed brigadier general
July 4, 1801. IU fought gallantly at
Mission R dge on the 2Hh and 1.5 ill of
November, 186 J. He then relieved
Biimside, who was besieged at Knox
ville, and supplied Burnside with rein
forcements. March 12, 1803, Sherman was assigned
by Grant to command of the military
division of the Mississippi, a ter having
received the thanks of congress anil
Grant for his services. April 28th of
that year he began the famous Atlanta
campaign, whicli ended with the capture
of Savannah in December, 1804. On
January 10th, 1805, he received the
hanks of congress for his "triumphal
march," which bad brought him also
further mililary honors, having been ap
pointed major" general in the United
States army. He participated also in
the Virginia campaign against L -e, until
the surrender at Appomattox. He par
ticipated in the tinal peace negotiations.
May 3Jih, 1805, General sherman took
leave of his a mv. From June, 1805 to
March 3, 1809, lie commanded the mili
tary division of the Mississippi. Julv
25, 1806, Sherman was made lieutenant
general ; March 4, 180J, succeeded Grant
as general of the army, and placed on
the retired list, by his request, F'ebruary
8,1881.
HIS FAMOUS MARCH.
General Sherman wrote an account of
his march to the sea for the Century
Magazine two years ago, in which he
saiii :
"According to the great Napoleon, the
fundamental maxim lor successful war is
to 'converge a superior force on the crit
ical point at the critical time.' In 1804
I lie main 'objectives' were Lee's and
Johnston's armies and the critical point
was thought to be Richmond or Atlanta,
whichever should be longer held. Had
.ieneral Grant overwhelmed and scat
tered Lee's army and occupied Rich
mond he would have come to Atlanta,
hut, as I happene I to occupy Atlanta
lirst and had driven Hood off to a diver
gent line of ooerations far to the west, it
was good Btrategy to leave him with a
subordinate force and with my main
army to join Grant at Richmond. The
most practicable route to Richmond
ivas nearly a thousand miles in distance,
too long for a single march ; hence the
necessity to reach the sea coast lor a new
base. Savannah, distant 30J miles, was
the nearest point, and this distance was
Accomplished from November 12th to
Deceinoer 21t, 1804.
"According to the Duke of Wellington,
in army moves upon us h Hy, not upon
tslegs; and no army dependant upon
wagon can operate more than 100 mi let
iroin its base, because the teams going
-md returning consume the contents o,
.heir wagons, leaving little or nothing
or the maintenance of l he men him
inima.s at the front, who are fu.ly em
,iloved in 0 jilting ; hence the necessity
0 "forage liberally on the country," a
measure whicli led our men and animals
ciiiellyon the very supplies which hail
leen gathered near the railroads hy the
'iiemy for the main enance ol his own
armies. 'The .March lo the Sea' was
n -trategy only a shift of base for ulter
ior and highly important purposes.
".Many an orator in his safe o dice a:
he North had proclaime I his purpo-e to
jleave his way by sea. Every expedi
tion whicli croaked the Ohio river in the
e.irly part ol the war headed lor the sea
but things wero not ripe till the Western
army had fought, and toiled, and labor
d, down to A hinta. Not till then did
t '.March to the Sea' become practicable
mil possible ol grand results. Alone i
never measured it as now my eulogists
do, but coupled with Thomas' acts about
Nashville and those about Richmond di
rected in person by General Grant, the
'March to the Sea,' with its necessary
t'orallary, the march northward to Ra
leigh, became vastly important, if not
actually conducive of war.
LINCOLN'S OPINION.
"Mr. Lincoln was the wisest man of our
dav, and more truly and kindly gave
voice to my secret thoughts anil feeling
when he wrote me at Savannah from
Washington under date of December
20th, 18J4:
"When you were about leaving Atlanta for
the Ail inlie eoicii I was siixinui. if not f urful;
hut leeliuir tlmt you were ttie better juilffe, and
reuiembertlii' 'i.o hiu-z linked, nulhlltn KuineuY
1 uitl nutiiilerte e N iwtlie unilertiikiiig belli . -il
micee-H, the honor is nil yours; furl believe
iinne ..I' us went fur:ht-r limn to uequieaee; and
Inking the work ol (Jener.il Thomas lute uc
euuni, us it sliuiilil be t iken, it is Indeed a great
suei-ess. Nut only does it utliird the obvious anil
iinineilinte military iiilvnntitKcfl, but in slinwl.iK
lo llie worlil l lint your urn x could In divided,
tutinii the stronirer pint lo an Import nit new
servlie, nnil yet leaving en iukIi to vanquish
iho old oiipoHintt f.iree oi llie whole, Hood's
in iiiy, U bi-iiKH ilmse who sntin darkness ioee
a irreiit Unlit, lint what next? I sup iose It
will be .nf-r U I leave lieneral Grant anil your
self In decide."
"So highly do I prize, this testimonial
that I preserve Sir. Lincoln's letter,
every word in his own handwriting, un
to this day ; and it I know myself, I be
lieve on receiving it I experienced more
satisfaction in givin,' to his overbur
dened and weary soul one gleam of sat
isfaction and happiness, than in selfish
pride in an achievement w hich has giv
en me among men a larger measure of
fiimo than any single act of my life.
There is an old maxim of war, that a
general should not divide his forces iu
ihe presence of an enterprising oinctny,
and I confess 1 felt more anxious for
General Thomas' success than my
own, beennsu had 1 left him with
an insufficient lone it would
have been adjudged ungenerous and
untuilitury in me, but the result
and Mr. Lincoln's j ulgment after the
event, demonstrated that my divedon of
force vvns liberal, leaving to Thomas
"civ ugh to vauqu sh llie old opposing
force ol the whine iloud's ariuv," and re
taining enough for myself to march to
the sea, and thence north to Raleigh, in
communication with the old Army of
the Potomac, which lind so long and
heroically fought lor R chmond, ev-rv
officer and sold.er of which felt
and saw the dawn of p.'ace
in the near approach of their
Comrades of the West, who, having fin
ished their lasK. had come so far to lend
them a helping hand ii needed, honestly
believe that the grand march of the
Western army, from Atlanta to Savan
nah, and iroiu Savannah to Raleigh was
an important factor in the tinal result,
tne over helming victory at Appniiat
tox, and the glorious triumph of the
Union cause.
"Meantime Hood, whom I had left at
and near Florence, 317 wiles to my rear,
having completely reorganized and re-
supplied his rmy, advanced agalnt
Thomas at Nashville, who had also made
every preparation. Hood first encoun
tered Schofield at Franklin, November
30th, 1804, attacked him boldly behind
his intrenchments, and sustained a posi
tive check, losing 6252 of his best men,
including Generals Cleburne and Adams,
who were killed on the very parapets, to
Sehofield's loss of 222 1. Nevertheless he
pushed on to Nashville, which
He invested. Thomas, one of the
grand characters of our civil
war, nothing dismayed by danger
in front or rear, made all his prepara
tions with cool and calm deliberation,
and on the 15th of December sallied
forth from its intrenchments, attacked
Hood in his chosen and intrenched posi
tion, and on the next day, Decemlier
16th, actually annihilated his army, el
iminating it thenceforward from the
problem of the war. Hoixl's looses were
aliout 15,000 men to Thomas' 3057.
Tuereio e at the end of the year, 104,
the conflict at the West was concluded,
leaving to be considered in the granl
gime of war but le's army, hel l by
Grant in Richmond, and the' Confeder
ate detachments at Mobile and along
the ses-board north of Savannah. Of
course Charleston, ever arrogant, felt
secure; but it was regarded by us as a
"dead cock in the pit," and lell of it
self when its inland communications
were cut. In January Fort Fisher was
captured by a detachment from the army
of the Potomac, aided by Admiral Por
tter's fleet, and Wilmington was occu
pied by Schofield, who had been bought
by Grant irom Nashville to Washington
and sent down the Atlantic coast to tire
pare for Sherman's coming to Golds
boro', North Carolina all 'converging
on Richmond.
"Preparatory to th next move, Gen
eral Howard was sent from Savannah to
secure Pocotaligo, in South Carolina, as
a point of departure for the north, and
General Siocnm to Sister's Ferry, on the
Savannah river, to secure a safe lodg
ment on the north bank for the same
purpose. In due time in F'ebruary,
1805 Ihese detachments operated by
concentric lines, met on the South Car
olina road at Midway and Blackville,
swept northward through Orangeburg
and Columbia to Winsboro', w here the
direction was changed to Fayetteville
and Goldsboro', a distance of 420 miles
through a difficult and hostile country,
making junction with Schofield at a safe
base with two good railroads back to the
sea coast, of which we held absolute do
minion. The resistance of Hamp
ton, Butler, Beauregard, and
even Joe Johnston was regarded
as trivial. Our 'objective' was Lee's
army at Richmond. hen 1 reached
Goldslioro; made junction with Scho
field and moved forward to Raleigh, 1
was willing to encounter the entire Con
federate army; but the Confederate
armies Lee in Richmond and John
ston's in my front held interior lines,
and could choose the initiative. Few
military critics who have treated of the
civil war in America have over compre
hended the importance of the
movement of my army north
ward from Savannah to Golilsboro;
or of the transfer of Schofield from
Nashville to cooperate with me in North
Carolina. This march was like the
thrust ofa sword toward the heart of the
human body. Each mile of the advance
-wept aside all opposition, consumed the
very too Ion which Lse'a army d 'pend
ed lor life, and demonstrated a power in
i he national government which was ir
.esistable."
HILL'S KFTOUT.
Je Geta Back at Henry Yi'nttersnn In
. Sharp Style.
New York, Feb. 14 Governor Hill,
who ig stopping at the Hotel Normandie,
ivi I show n Mr. Walterson's second let
ler this afternoon and asked what, if
anything, he had to say about it. "I
nave only thi i to add," said the gover
nor: "Mr. W'atterson now affirms that
the letter, felt to lie so offensive in its
defense of me and in the motive" of the
roie assigned to me, was, in fact, writen
by him, and, in fact, written at the time
of its dale. My reasons for believing
the letters forgery were three:
Firsi, 1 have never received it; second,
I thought that Kentucky good manners
wou.d have required my receipt of the
letter and my assent before its publica
tion; third, it says the writer never
held office, and I remember Mr. Wattei
son's brilliant career in Congress. I do
not seek to fathom Mr. Walterson's mo
tive, and I accept whatever explanation
he offers."
The Sultan Is One of the Boya.
London, Feb. 14 Tho Sultan of Jo
hera, Vassal Potentate of India, is in
London, endeavoring to secure the con
sent of the British government to a
change in the order of succession to his
throne so that it will go down to his im
mediate family. The Sultan is a favored
gueBt at balls and parties of nobility and
is said to have lost over one thousand
pounds in n friendly game of cards at
one of the swell clubs. The winner was
an official of the India office and the
Sultan's prospects of carrying his point
are said lo be very bright.
lingua Bone Pertlllaera.
San Francisco, Feb. 14 Professor E.
W. Hilgard, of the State university,
speaking of fraudulent fertilizers sold
farmers, advocates a law compelling
manufacturers of fertilizers to submit
their products to an official analysis and
to affix a label on all packages. He says
much fraud is practiced and cites the
case of a farmer in San Bernardino
county on whom it was tried to palm off
ground sea shells as bone meal. Tne
professor has wiitlen to members of the
Legislature and hopes action will be
taiien.
rrnteollon In Spain.
London, Feb. 14 Advices from Spain
state that much excitement prevails in
the cities at.d larger towns and that the
garrisons in Madrid and Barcelona have
lioen increased. Rumors are afloat ol
a consp racy to overthrow the govern
ment and establish a republic. The
working c. asses are much exasperated
by the r.se in the price ol bread owing to
the new duties.
.lust What the I'eople Want.
London, Feb. 14 At a meeting in
Brussels yesterday, M. Paul Jansen, rad
ical leader, declared thai the people
would lie aatbfi d w ith nothing el-ethan
universal sutl'ra.e, proportional reresen
taiion and reereiidum as in Swi zerland
of important matters to the people.
Sepd Gialn for Farmers.
TorKKA, Kau., Feb. 14-The bill ap
propriating 1 150,00 J to purchase seed
grain for destitute farmers in Western
Knas was under consideration in both
Senate and House today. In the Senate
it lacked two votes of a constitutional
majority, but it is not improbable that
this vote will lie reconsidered
as enoit.'h were absent who are friendly
to the measure to give the requeue
number. The House referred the bill to
I he ways and means committee with in
structions to report Monday. The meas
ure, will go through the ilous.
HtXEX'S IITTLE AD.
Bays Johnny la Not Looking for a
Reconciliation.
London, Feb. 14 Miss Helen Dauvrav
was seen respecting the accounts puli
lished in New York announcing that her
husband, Mr. Ward, has sailed to En
gland for the purpose of effecting a
reconciliation. She stated that there j
was no truth in the report that Mr.
Ward was coming to London for the
purpose reported: In fact, so far as she
knew, he would only slay a day or two
and then proceed direct to Italy, where
he intended to remain tor some time lor
the benefit of his health. Ho would in
no way be connected with her coming
professional venture in London. It is
understood that a deputation from the
Ashton Villa Basebad club will wait
upon Mr. Ward for Ihe purpose of gath
ering such information as may further
the interests of baseball in England.
The game is becoming very popular in
the midland counties.
Jay (liinlii a Sjcliemr.
New York, Feb. 12 The Sun this
morning publishes the full pa tictilars of
Jay Gould's scheme for the colossal rail
road system. Gould's full plan includes
entrance into New York and Philadel
phia, besides a combination of roads
north of the Ohio river, affording en
trance into Chicago, Pittsburg and West
ern New York and a series of routes
north and south. This is the reason
why President Roberta of the Penn
sylvania road, was disturbed by Jay
Gould's trip south. Gould's combina
tion wiil be the biggest kind of competi
tion to the Pennsylvania road; parallel
ing it, and crossing it again and again.
Gould has secured an option on the
Baltimore ft Ohio railroad. This was
done quietly through John Hininan, ol
the Richmond Terminal Company, w ho
secured a large interest in the Baltimore
& Ohio last June, when K. R. Bacon,
representing the mysterious syndicate,
acquired a controlling interest in the
roud by pooling w th the Garrett fam
ily. President Mayer represents the
Garretts, and his consent must have
b en obtained before Gould got the op
tion, for the parties in control agreed lo
stand together for three years.
Probably the original syndicate has
not changed since lust June. It then in
cluded Messrs. Ionian, Thomas and
Brice, of the Richmond Terminal; An
drew Carnegie and H. W. Oliver, of the
Baltimore & Ohio; various persons inter
ested in Reading and some in Northern
Pacific. All but the last of these are in
line with Gould's consolidation se erne.
Messrs. lince and Thomas are acting
as lieutenants of Gould and luman in
pen'ec'ing the establishment of a strong
alliance oi the roa is north of the Ohio
rher. The Baltimore & Ohio has recent
ly been credited with much enterprise
in building extensions and buying tip
roads in Onioainl I'ennsylvania, but no
one suspecieil that Gould might he ba k
of it all and was figuring, to inane a first
class road between New York and Chi
cago, which would hold its own against
Pennsylvania and New York Central.
Yesterday the public got an inkling
of ihe truth when it was staied ilia
Biice was likely to acquire the ''Motion'
route. The Motion w ill furnish a good
supplement to the Lake Frie A Western,
giv.ng the latter an en: ranee into
Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville. Ai
ihe same time it will give the Richmond
Terminal a direct line into Chicago.
The acquisition of the P.ttsburgh &
Western by the Baltimore & Ohio,
which was announced last week, puts
the latter on an equality with the Penn
sylvania road in the western part of
I'ennsylvania, besides shortening the
Baltimore & Ohio's route to Chicago.
Appearances point to the Baltimore ci
Ohio acquiring tho Western New York
& Pennsylvania which meets the Pitts
burgh ei Western and would let the Bal
timore & Ohio into Western New York
in competition with all other trunk
lines
These deals north of the Ohio river
will make the Gould-inman position im
p egnable in competing with the Penn
sylvania and New Vork Central.
Buying NIuvpb.
Chicago, Ills., Feb. 14 Bishop Taylor,
of the Methodist church, a missionary in
Africa, had $8000 in Kean'B bank when
when it went down. Bishop Taylor's
son is here and wants the money, a por
tion of which is to be devoted to the
purchase of young African girls from re
lative chiefs. The only way to get the
girls is by purchase and the price runs
from f.0 each to three for 100. When
bishop Taylor gets the girls he places
them in the mission schools. Bishop
Taylor had a Hind for the purchase of
gins but it being exhausted now the
cash in Keane's bank is greatly desired.
QUITE A WINDFALL.
Baltimore, F'eb. 14 Rev. James A.
Cunningham, pastor of St. Vincent's
parish in this city, was approached on
the street by a man w hom he did not
recognize. The stranger, on finding
himself unknown, reminded the clergy
man that a few years ago he had be
friended him. He said that be had
since made some money and wished to
show his gratitude. Then he produced
10, 0J0 and gave it to his benefactor.
Lots of Backb me.
London, Feb. 14 Sir Charles Russel
stated yesterday commenting on the
Irish situation that the liberal party
stood exactly where it did before. ' The
home rule cause was just and it was
expedient, and that they were determ
ined to nail their colors to the mast mid
stand true to them.
Woodruff No llluh Roller.
Pink Buff, Ark., Feb. 14-Colonel M.
L. Bell, one of the bondsmen of ex-Treasurer
Woodruff, has returned from Little
Rock and says that he is confident in
vestigation will show the shortage to
la1 not nore than Gi.OOJ. As soon as
the actual amount is learned the de
ficiency will be made good, lie contra
diets the report that Woudrull' is lo in
arrested. A rrinee lo Helurn Home.
London, F'eb. 12 A Bombay dispatch
states that Prince George, brother of the
Czarowich, is on his way home to Rus
sia to receive medical treatment for in
juries caused by his fall to the deck of
the Russian ironclad on his way to
India. The young prince was desirous
oi continuing the tour with his brother,
but the Ciarina imperatively demanded
his return,
Another Tete Olsen.
Victoria, F'eb. 12 An elderly man,
gray haired and roughly dressed, who
gave his name as . J. Nel-on, was
found wandering aliout the streets this
morning and brought to Police Superin- j
tendent Langley's office. He told a '
strange story of being drugged at a lum-1
ber camp seven miles from here by two !
companions, whom he slate 1 wished to!
tell ins body. He ie believed to be' in-!
sane and has been temp .rarity com
ciitted to jail, lit is a awed and bears i
a remarkable resemblance to the photo
giaph of PeteOlsen.
1 ete Olsen committed a murder in
N'apa, California, aliout a year ago, w hile
working at wood chopping there, and
disappeared. For a time Peie Olsens
were arrested daily in different parts of
the State, and released on discovery that
they were not the right man. Ihen the
supply began to run short, and some
times as much ns a week paed without
an Olsen being arre.-ted. This Victoria
maniac may start t lie ball ro ling again,
but it is improbable that he is the right
man.
Glailst me Borrows a Hook.
London, Feb. 12 Gladstone today
opened the new free public library near
Charing Cross in the parish of Si. Mar-tins-In-The-Fields.
Admission was by
ticket and the number issued was lim
ited lo 300. At 7 o'clock Mr. Gladstone,
accompanied by the commissioners, went
through the ceremony of formally open
ing the building by unlocking tho cen
tral doors with a silver key, which was
afterwards presented to tho illustrious
orator of tiie occasion. Immediately
thereafter Gladstone composed his
address, which was, as are all
of his words upon the ques
tions appertaining to the educa
tional interests of the people, character
ized by great pow er and almost compre
hensive knowledge of and interest in his
theme. Upon concluding his address
Mr. Gladstone stepped forward to the
distributing desk and in regular form
applied lor and received the first volume
issued on loan. The new library con
tains 10.00 ) volumes in ils lending de
partnietit, one-third of which are works
of fiction. The library of reference is
one of incalculable value to men of let
ters and students, containing, as itdoes,
80)0 volumes, giving it in this particu
lar a position second only to that of the
British Museum.
TAKES TIIE BLACK VEIL.
An Heiress to Found an Educational
Order.
.Piitsbuko, Feb. 12 Catherine Drexel,
the Philadelphia heiress, who two years
entered a convent here, will take her
final vows and adopt the black veil to
morrow. The ceremonies will be private,
and no outside parties, not even mem
bers oi Miss Drexe''s own family, will be
present. Archbishop Ryan will conduct
the services, assisted by Bishop Phelan,
ot Pittsburg, Rev. iFather Stephen, ol
Catholic Indian bureau of Washington
City, mid Rev. Father Conway, of Mercy
convent.
Miss Drexel, or Sister Catherine, a
she will be known hereafter, brings With
$7,0i)0,00t), and w.ll found the order o
the Bles-ed Sacrament, the object of the
order being to educate In lians ami
negroes.
Altenti-ilis to Chinese.
Vakcouvkr, B. C, Feb. 12 A mi
meeting will be held on Saturday nigh1
to discii-v the matter of insert ng anti
Chinese clauses in all pr.vate bills and
charters granted by the provincial gov
ernment. The above meeting is the out
come of a meeting held by the hiboi
bodies of the city on Tuesday nLht last.
Me-srs. Cotton oi Home, the local repre
sentatives in the pni.n.iiil legislature,
are asked in t he p iblic notice to attend
and explain their position on the ques
lioii. Lutheran I're eliers Arrested,
London, Feb. 12 A dispatch from
Berlin states that two German Lutheran
pastors have been arrested in the Rus
sian province of Court and for persisting
alter their churches lull been closed.
One of Ihe pastors was knouted after ar
rest for refusing to obey some prison
regulation. Both of them afterward
were relef.sod and driven across ihe
frontier iiKO Germany.
jllay Vceil it Nice! I'mlersliirt.
London, Feb. 12 The disorder with
which King Alexander of Servia is said
to be suffering, severely affects, his eye
sight so that some serious apprehension
is felt as to the result. If the young
king is well enough he will pay the czar
a visit some time this year.
Well, They Were.
Boulogne, Feb. 12 William O'Brien
and Mrs. O'Brien, accompanied by Dil
lon and wife, left this city today for
London. The expectation is that Dillon
and O'Brien will be arrested as soon as
they land at Folkestone.
Telefrraphpfl GOOO Miles.
London, Feb. 12 The election at
Northampton to choose a successor to
the late Charles Bradlaugh in the House
of Commons is proceeding quietly and
polling steady.
In the Cooler.
Folkestone, F'eb. 12 Dillon and
O'Brien surrendered themselves to po
lice ollicers immediately upon the arrival
of the steamer from Bologne.
Today'a Bulgarian Conspiracy.
Sofia, F'eb. 12 The discovery was
made that the conspirators arrested in
this city on the suspicion of being en
gaged in a plot to overthrow the admin
istration of Prince Ferdinand of Bul
garia, are friends ot the late Major
Panilza, who was recently put to death
for having been engaged in an attempt
to depose the prince. Six men were
engaged in the latest conspiracy, ol
whom two escaped, one of the latter
being the organizer of the plot, mid the
oiher a man w ho stabbed one of his co
conspirators w ith a dagger before leav
ing Sofia.
John Due Va Not Klneil.
Mayville, N. Y., Feb. 12 Iilton
Chamberlain, baseball pitcher, Jame
Fatilkner, wrestier, and Ed. Gorman,
one of the principals in the recent Gorman-Unknown
pr-ze fight pleaded guilty
yesterday to aiding anil abetting the
tight ami fined s, 50 each.
WILL It Ef Oil K i FiiOTES ANT.
V Bitter Contest Over nn Orphan Girl
ill Last Declileil.
London, Feb! 12-The. little girl, Vio
let Nevin, wiio has been dragged about
I w o i out i lieu ts by relatives, struggling
as to w bethel- she should lie educated a
a Protestant or Catholic, has been finally
turned over by the courts to her Protest
ant relative, M ss Martin, who promises
to settle a hundred p minis a year on
her. Her father and mother are both
dead. The father was Protestant and
the inoth-r was Catholic.
The lather hound hinise'f before mar
riage that the child should be brought
up as a Catholic. Ihe little girl, how
ever, was left with Miss Martin, from
whose p jssession she w as violently taken
alter tiie death of her parents by an
other relative, one Connelly, shipped off
to Cali lorn a by w ay of Cape horn and
phi ed in a convent at San F'rancisco.
Vigorous legal proceedings comjielled
Connelly to bring the child back within
British jurisdiction, and pendingdecision
It has lieen ke t in a convent at Chebea.
it now eoes back to Miss Martin and
Protestant training on the ground that i
the father had selected that lady as I
guardian before his death.
TO TEST THE LAW
ilia;
IN PRESENCE OF WITNESSES.
A Railway Claim Assot lation To
Be Organizel
Radical Change Regarding St. its for Dam
ages Jay Could Incrcasimg His
Richmond Terminal Holdings.
New Ohlkans, Feb. 14 The anti
lottery mail law is to be formally tested
here. George W. Dupree, one of the
proprietors and editors of the Evening
States, yesterday afternoon walked into
Postmaster Eaton's office and declared
that he was about to violate the anti
lottery law by depositing in the mails a
copy of his paper containing a
lottery advertisement and a letter
containing lottery tickets and a circular.
Major Luton took stepss to have a wit
ness to the act. Editor Dupree walked
around to the Hiding divission and de
posited the newspaper. He then showed
the assistant Postmaster some lottery
tickets and circulars anil placing thein
in an envelore addressed to J. Bachemin,
Baton Rouge, La., he wrote on the out
side, "From George W. Dupree, 90 Camp
street." This he deposited in the mail
ing box.
Postmaster Eaton immediately went
before Commissioner Wright and swore
ml an affidavit charging Mr. Dupree with
violating section 894 of the revised stat
utes. Today Marshal Donnelly arrested
Lhipree at his office and brought him be
fore ihe commissioner. He pleaded not
guihy and was released on oond of
;2-")0J. his surety being H. O. Seixas, a
broker and large holder of lottery stock.
Mr. Dupree is an enthusiastic ' lottery
supporter, and says he wi I contest the
constitutionality o, the lottery law. His
preliminary examination will lie lie d
next Wednesday morning.
IiAILWAY CLAIMS ASSOCIATION.
Chicago, Feb. 11 Tim railroads of the
United Stales are on the point of mak
ing the most radical depanure in a legal
A-.-iy. In brief, it is to turn over every
-i in in or suit for damages against every
roud to an association organized for
ho purpose of te tling such cases
on their merits or lighting them to the
court of last resort. The proposed asso
ciation will almost entirely supersede the
claim and legal departnieicHoi 'members
of the organization. Rai.way olhVials
think the association will oe an espec
ially valuable one.
Under the present sys:ec many prom
inent shippers compel iiim- d.ate settle
ment without the leu -1 loundation,
threatening loss of patron,- ;e in event of
refusal. Under the new system the
claim departments of rain ads will be
abandoned and every cla;i will be re
ferred to the association. The same
course will be taken regit r ng all suits
or damages, tho a-nociaiioi acting ai
attorney for each member.
General Counsel KeeD, o; the North
western, will re-ign his present iltice
and accept the chairuiansh pof the as
sociation, the headquarters of which
will be in Chicago.
The list of members is not ready for
publication, ns it is the intention to se
cure the membership of every road in
America. All prominent lines have
joined and subscribed If l,00j,000 towards
contingent expenses. The association
already has selected its name and office
in Chicago, but the name will probably
be changed when Mr. Keep assumes the
presidency.
GOULD BUYING RICHMOND TERMINAL.
Mew York, F'eb. 14 Mr. John H.
Innian, president oi the Richmond Ter
minal railroad, said yesterday with re
gard to that road securing an entrance
into New York, that he thought
the Pennsylvania company would
give the Richmond Terminal just
what it wanted. He disclosed
the fact that Vice President Thompson
of the Pennsylvania road went with Mr.
lion 1 1 from Philadelphia to Washington
doubtless for the purpose oi talking this
matter over. Some arrangements will
probably be made next week unless Mr.
.iould's illness prevents.
Mr. Inman said he had no option on
the Bait more & Ohio slock and did not
know whether Mr. Gould had or not.
He had about five-eights of Baltimore &
jhio of common, which is held in trust
by the Farmers' Loan iSt Trust Company as
trustees lor E. B. Bacon, Robeii Garrelt
Sons and their associates. This stock
was put in trust June 21 1, 18 SO, and the
u nst expires July 1-t, 1803.
Of the stock which holds control of
he Baltimore & Ohio, Garrett owns
ft, 0)0,0 0 of ihe Richmond Terminal
Company, and the balance is held by
Russell Sage Sage, Pittsburg people my
self and one or two others. Mr. Gould
has been adding to his holdings of Rich
mond Terminals stock, and at the time
of the last election he had 20,000 shares.
Within the last few weeks he has proba
bly increased his holdings to iiO.OOJ
shares. General Thomas holds about
I0.OJO shares.
Billy and lllzzy.
London, Feb. 14 According to Berlin
correspondence the Kaiser's remarks
upon Prince Bismark at the parliamen
lary dinner created a deep sensation and
l.i-miark's reply is awaitelwith univer
sal interest, Both the manner and ex
pression oi the emperor showed that he
telt strongly the antagonism f the
ex-chancellor and regar te 1 it as the
principle obstacle in the way of his
home and foreign policy. With W'ind-
thorst the Kaiser was pirttcularly
gracious and seemel as desirous of in
viting the views of the Catholic leader
as of uttering his own. n the labor
question the Kaiser spoke hopefully of
carrying out the terms pro osed for the
improvement of the condition of the
workingiuen but also denounced the ob
jects and metbo Is of social agitators.
Secretary of the Navy Tracy sent a
I tter to the navy yesterday announcing
Admiral Porter's death and ordered that
the usual ceremonies be fone through.
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