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The herald., 1893-01-23
REVIVAL OF NIHILISM.
AN EVENT WHICH HAS SET ALL
BERLIN TALKING.
The Czar Said to Be Trying to Make =
Diclxer with the Kaiser to Fight
Nihilism and Socialism
Copjointly.

New York, Jan. ga Berlin cable
says: Tie forerunner of his imperial
highness, the czarewitch, arrived some
"a hours before the great event material
ICES which sets all Berlin talking.
Stories are going the rounds with refer
ence to the czarewitch that it Is the
czar's desire to make dicker with the
story is related which has poinfs s toward % the
revival OF nihilism:
The St Petersburg central committee
of Nihilists, it is said, ordered some
three months ago one of their members,
young aristocrat, noted for his manly
beauty and refinement of manners, to
engage in an intrigue with the wife of
General Browdeinki, shining light of
the political house of the czar, whose
duty it is to watch the International
league of Nihilists and Socialists. The
comrade did honor to the confidence
which his friends extended him,
and ia November he eloped
with the generals wife from St.
Petersburg, the woman having
first provided herself with 10, 900 routles
from her husbands safe. They travelled
through various parts of Europe. stop
ping finally at Fiume. They had NO
sooner put up at hotel when q cipher
dispatch ordered them to return at once
to Kief. This was on January 9th. The
Nihilist, though thinking it very strange
that his comrades bad recalled aim so
quickly and demanded him to pm him
self into immediate danger of capture,
followed the summons, and with the
generals wife re-entered Russia.
They had no sooner crossed the from
tier when number of police officers in
citizens dress entered their carriage and
informed them that they were prisoners
OF the state. Arrived in Kief, they were
at once confronted by General Brow
deinki and subjected to rigid CROSS
examination. The generals wife, upon
seeing her husband, assumed q deter
mined attitude and boldly said: 81 am
Nihilist, and 1 will not reveal one
single word that / know"
The general tried his best to move
her. On receiving only defiant answers,
he finally got enraged and drew a sword
and plunged it into his wife's heart,
killing her instantly. The Nihilist was
carried off to ST. Petersburg, where he is
now imprisoned.
The herald., 1893-01-23
LUNING's LUNACY.
Tho Sudden Mental Derangement of a
Young millionaire.

Tho Sudden Mental Derangement of a
Young millionaire.
LONDON. Jan. 22.-The exact facts as
to the sudden mental arrangement OF
John Luning, son of a San Francisco
millionaire, and his subsequent removal
from the yacht Alert at Nice to Paris,
are as follows: Luning began acting
peculiar when half way across the At
lantic; he grew rapidly worse until his
arrival at Nice, where the friends whom
he was enter aiming decided that for his
own welfare they ought to place him
under restraint. They telegraphed
Charles Peters, formerly Luning's
schoolmate in San Francisco and
now student of art in Paris,
the details concerning Lunipp's
condition. Peters, Frank Unger and
Harry Gillig went to Nice and took
Luning back to Paris. They summoned
to the hotel DR.. Warren Bey, an Ameri-
can physician, and subsequently called
DR.. Charcot. Upon the recon menda-
tion of both physicians Luning was re.
moved to private asylum. His friends
then cabled to London for an English
physician and the physician will bring
Luning to London shortly.
A dispatch from Paris SAYS Lunipp
planned to marry in Paris a Young
woman from New York, who was there
awaiting his arrival. The diepatch
adds that Luning was q conductor on a
New York elevated railway when, by
his fathers death, he became an heir to
S2. 900. .OOO
The herald., 1893-01-23
ANxfE.YIN CAIRO.
EUROPEANS Alarmed at the Khedive'i
Defiant ttitude

EUROPEANS Alarmed at the Khedive's
Defiant tttituds.
CAIPo, Jan % The good impression
caused by the success OF Great Britain d
Intervention in Egyptian cabinet affairs
is giving way to feeling of great anxiety
among the European residents, in con-
sequence of he almost defiant attitude
eince adopted b<< the khedive. The
khedive's open encouragement of popu-
lar demonstrations jp,. his iaynr - by5 as
ing the excitement among the natives,
caused by the action of the British gov.
ernment. The British officials here be
lieve the khedive's course has shaken
the British position in Egypt and en-
dangered tbs progress of the reforms in
stituted by the British government.
LONDON, Jan. % The Cairo cores
pondent of the Times says: The situa.
tion is very strained. Popular excite
ment is increasing owing to the general
belief that the khed i've intends to test
Great Britain's determination to con-
tinue her occupation and ascendancy.
The press denounces the British officials
as rebels because they refused to recog-
nize three new ministers during
the two days between the kh dives
nomination and EDgland's rejection
of them. The khedive is credited
openly with his intention to dismiss all
the highest English officials. The Ian.
guage of the press is increasing in vio-
lence and alludes to the khedive as q
hero. The khedive, with a strong ma
ture impelhng him to extremes and with
preferences for advisors interested in
disturbing public order, can easily be
made the tool of clever heads about his
court.
The herald., 1893-01-23
FRENCH a AFFAIRS.
Politicians Anxious to Extradite Her
M. Rouvier's Douceur.

Politicians Anxious to Extradits Herr
NJ. Rouvier's Douceur.
PARIS, Jan PA number Of politi-
clans are anxious to have Herr extra
dited, not from political motives, but
because OF their desire to see out of the
way man who apparently knows toe
many secrets.
General Ferron in an interview today
confirmed Andrieux's statement that in
1857 he handed Rouvier 100000 francs
out of the secret service fund OF the wal
department.
"We had to fight the Boulangism, y
said General Ferron today, "as it was
becoming great danger M. Rouviel
had no secret fund, 90 he was compslled
to apply to his colleagues. l gave hin
the sum, which he afterward refunded
1t was devoted to defending the govern
ment's line of policy. It Is every gov
ernment's duty to defend itself when
attacked.v
The herald., 1893-01-23
others on Tuesday. Edward Miller was
buried this afternoon at Alton.

There was rumor on the streets this
afternoon that II students from Shutleff
college were missing since the accident.
All efforts to verify the rumor failed,
however, but the fact that bodies were
found this morning near the scene Of the
wreck gives rise to the probability that
there may be yet more bodies which
have not been found.
Mrs. William Mantz reported this
morning that her husband, who started
for the scene of the accident, had not
vet returned. A searching party organ
lied, and after long time the dead
body of Mantz was found near Wood river,
over half mile from the place where
the explosion occurred. The SUPPOSE
tion is he started to run in the direction
of his home as soon as the explosion
took place, but was caught by the show
or of seething fluid. He, however, must
have run some distance after he was
burned, and probably fell dead on
reaching the spot where his body was
found.
Reports about others missing led to
the finding of other bodies, and when
the reporter left the city, parties were
still out searching for additional victims.
CROWDS OF sIGHT-sEERs.
The scene of yesterdays dreadful
catastrophe was visited by hundreds to-
day. Every available vehicle in Alton
was pressed into service to convey sight
seers to the destination. Every train
running between the two places was
crowded, and scores made the distance,
four miles, on foot.
No trace has been found of the runa-
way switchman, Richard Grafton.
The total loss to the company, go the
officials state. will be between $125, 900
and $l50,000.
The herald., 1893-01-23
JOY AT BGLaRADE.

The Reconciliation of Milan and Natalie
Causes Rejoicing.
BELGRADE, Jan. % The Servian rad
icals have joined in national rejoicing
over the reconciliation of Milan and
Natslie. The newspapers are vieing
with each other in expressing congratu-
lations and good wishes. Young King
Alexander telegraphedto to his parents the
announcement that their reconciliation
is the pleasantest news ever received by
him, and that it afforded him the hap
piest day OF his life. Many letters and
kilograms Of congratulation have been
The herald., 1893-01-23
Lake Erie Frozen Over.

TOLEDO, o., Jan. 22.-Not in the his
tory of the present generation has Lake
Erie been frozen as it is now. Special
dispatches indicate an unbroken field of
ice from the Detroit river to Putin Bay.
Fishermen have driven Is miles out
from Monroe and returned with the
statement that the ice was solid all the
way, and that it extended as far as they
could see. The entire Lake Erie archi-
pellago is frozen up and fishermen are
compelled to suspend operations.
The herald., 1893-01-23
Los ANGELES. MONDAY MORNING. JANUARY s, Pr
received by the king and his parents
from foraiUv, oor1 rfo

received by the king 6nd his parents
from foreign courts.
In court circles it ia said the reconcil-
iation is due to the pleadings OF the son,
but this is not credited generally. The
whole affair is believed to have been
the achievement OF Russian diplomats,
who found the absence of SO good friend
as Natalie serious detriment to their
interests. Milan was Russianized by
securing loans from st. Petersburg, and
bis return to Natalie is believed to have
followed directly promise OF further
payments from the same source.
The question as to the necessity OF an
other marriage ceremony is much dis
cussed. The divorce was not accepted
as valid by Natalie, although Milan al
ways maintained that it was complete
from every point of view. As the di-
vorce was sanctioned by law 1t probably
will stand. and another wedding will be
Indispensable.
The herald., 1893-01-23
BLAINE GROWING WEAKER.
The Distinguished Patient Gradually
Losing Strength.

osAAk SVEohk1ns
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.- That MI.
Blaine is weaker is the only knowledge
the physicians have gained of any
change in his condition today. He is
apparently about the same as he has
been fer several days past. He retains
consciousness and does not appear to be
better or worse, but the doctors have
noted a slight loss of strength each day.
The doctors visited Mr.. Blaine again
at 80 and reported that there was no
material change in his condition. II
anything, however, he is slightly
weaker. The house was closed for the
night at IL O'Clock.
The herald., 1893-01-23
A Note of warning.

New YoRK, Jan. 22- Henry Van
Dyke, pastor of the Presby terian church
at Fifth avenue and Thirty-seventh
street, told his congregation today that
If the original scriptures were to be set
up as test of his orthodoxy he would
he driven from the Presbyterian church.
DR.. Van Dykes note of warning was
uttered in unmistakable language, and
he pointed out the dangers if the Briggs
case is pushed on to the end.
The herald., 1893-01-23
Victims of a Boiler Explosion.

BLIssFIELD. Mich, Jan % "A boiler
in the engine room of A. B Hathaway's
raw and planning mil! blew up last night,
injuring 10 people, but to what extent
is not known, though it is not thought
any will die.
The herald., 1893-01-23
Found,

at the drug store, valuable package
worth its weight in gold. My hair has
topped falling and all dandruff has dis.
appeared since found skookum root hair
grower. Ask your druggist about it.
The herald., 1893-01-23
DRndruH.

This annoying scalp trouble, which
gives the hair an untidy appearance. is
cured by skookum root hair grower,
All druggists.
The herald., 1893-01-23

vigor, vitality and . healthy appetite, i'm
parted by q little Angostura Bifters every
morning. Sole manufacturers, DR., j. @. B.
siegert & sons. At all druggists.
The herald., 1893-01-23

street car drivers and others who are con-
stantiy exposed to all kinds oil weather. and
cannot tnd me TO lay by, should evar bear In
mind this plain fact, that Dr. Bulls Cough
syrup cures coughs and colds. 1t Ia unequaled.
The herald., 1893-01-23
Cansda's Next Governor.

LONDON, Jan. 22.-It ia stated the earl
OF Aberdeen will succeed to the governor
ship Of Canada next June.
The herald., 1893-01-23

Successful men secure fine Tailoring
with pleasing fit from H. A. Getz, 112
West Third street.
The herald., 1893-01-23
INoUEsT AND FUNERALs.

A ccroner's inquest was held at the
hospital, the jury having previously
been in session at Wann and Alton
Junction. The verdict in each case
states that death was "caused by burn
ing oil accidentally exploded and thrown
over them"
The funerals of number of victims
will be held tomorrow morning; the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-13

invective or the keenness Of his satire.
who have watched him in angry debate
or in crafty legal argument, will be sur
prised most Of all to know that General
Butler once enjoyed the romance that is
commonly attributed to sentimental
Eedgelings only.
There have been hundreds of romances
just like it, but few which proved so
joyous in their results. General Butler
married an actress. This era of play.
goers, with its score Of famous favorites
Of the footlights, has probably never
heard Of Sarah Hildreth. Yet she was
in her day an actress Of note. Sur
rounded by admirers, high in social
favor-a rare distinction for any player
in that prejudiced Understanding in
person and brilliant in intellect, Sarah
Hildreth may well have claimed homage
from impressionable young men. She
was the daughter of DIR. Isaac Hildreth,
a reputable physician, then practicing in
the city Of Lowell, Mass.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-13

pose I've invited q regiment to dine with
mef Take them awayp shouted Mr..
Butler.
"While cleared away the deck Mr..
Butler sat there impatiently with fork
in one hand and knife In the other.
waiting for me TO set the orders on the
table. There were twelve pancakes on
plate. These no sliced through at one
blow, cut out a section and apparently
swallowed it pretty much as the average
man does an oyster after giving it one
bite. Another section followed in the
same way, and before l could turn
around he thundered outs
Bring in some more pancakesr
81 rushed back to the kitchen and de.
tailed the situation to the head cook.
"'Why, dat must be Mr.. Butler said
the cook knowingly, and calling to an
assistant he told him to make up bic
painful of pancake batter and to be-
mighty quick about it, for dar is a man
in the dinin room wild an appetite like
rathole.' When got back to the din
ing room one of the porterhouse steaks
was missing. 1t had disappeared s1
quickly that / began to doubt whether
had brought it or not, when my mind
was settled by Mr.. Butler, who said AZ
he wiped his mouth and chin:
"'That steak was just right, but this
one is not quite rare enough
"But he fell to it all the same and de-
stroyed it in large sections. supplement.
ed by mouthfuls of egg, potatoes and
onions and an occasional half cup of cot.
fee.
"Where the - are those pancakes?
he shouted while glaring at me with one
good eye, and then he turned, as if to the
cook:
Bring in those - pancakesr
swell. sir, you may believe me or not
but Mr.. Butler got away with four dozen
pancakes, and as for the steak, eggs and
potatoes, there wasn't enough left to feed
a cat! And then he got up and walked
down the avenue as briskly as if ne had
only lunched on half dozen raw oys
ters."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-13

"Yallow fivver and Zheneral Bootle,
atze sem timel" screamed an excited OLD
New Orleanois, to whom Buffers sue
cess In excluding the plague had been
cited. "Dat sacr-r-re fivver and dat sac.
r-r-re man at 20 sem time! Sapr-r-r-isti
DO you no t'ink dere is God who has
mercee" 1t was a splendid summary OF
local feeling-that God would not per.
NIT two such courses" at once. And
many reasons have been given to detract
from the credit Of excluding the fever,
the blockade, Of course, being the main
one. And yet the important fact re-
mains that Butler did keep the fever
out; that he cleaned New Orleans as il
never had been cleaned before; that he
made it almost the equal Of the most
healthful district Of the south, and his
theory Of the origin and best method of
prevention of yellow fever, though ridi-
culed as a yankee guess" has never
been disproved and is today acted upon
in several southern cities.
A hundred songs and thousand Jokes
have been made on bis application of
the word "contraband," and vet the
fact remains that at very critical time.
when president, cabinet and northern
public were In a quandary, his plain
common-sensible and lawyerlike phrase.
"contraband of war;" settled the issue
at once, and, what was at that particu-
lar time of more Importance, settled it
In a way that made everybody laugh
and was in law unassailable. A black
slave was property, like o horse, or he
was not; If like horse, he could be con-
hscated like horse, and if not--but the
other alternative was not taken. The
phrase will live in history.
His career as proconsul ESQ the Comte
de Paris names him) of Louisiana Is ad-
mitted by all to have been an anomaly.
lie took the Code Napoleon, OF civil law
Che basis OF all Louisiana law), the
municipal law Of New Orleans, the law
OF nations and the military law, added
q few points from tho English common
law and many from his own legal store
house, and combined the whole into the
Code Butleresque. It was an anomaly
indeed, but it was q success. And the
funny feature Of IL was that whenever
the British, the French or the Belgian
consul called to demonstrate against
some action in regard to the slaves he
promptly proved to them out Of their
own books that they were violating the
laws Of their respective nations in hav.
ing anything to do with slavery.
Say what you will Of Il, this fact re-
mains-no ether military chief ever ruled |
a conquered city so thoroughly and sue
cessfully. and yet, two points excepted,
left 30 little matter for permanent criti-
cism. During his career he was accused
OF every crime in the calendar save one.
No man ever accused Ben Butler Of trea-
son- And one by one each successive
charge against him has been dropped,
except two-the hanging of Mumford
and the once famous woman Order,
Discussion at this time would be idle;
but, as asacuriosity only, two comments Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-13

"a capacious room at the right of the
main hall is the generals 'den,'" said a
writer in the Boston Herald. in January,
1890, in describing visit to the home Of
Benjamin f. Butler. "It is an odd COM
bination Of library, Office and relic hall
Cases Of books line the wall on one side,
and on the other, betwssn the windows,
are suspended collection Of mementos
of the war, which the general holds most
dear.
'In bow window at the front Is a
tubular glass case in which are the gen.
erals service sword, dress parade saber,
a massive presentation sword and the
sword Of his son, Captain Paul Butler,
who since his retirement from active
army service has lived with his father,
and is interested in the United States
cartridge works in Lowell.
"The general rises each morning at 7
o'clock, eats a hearty breakfast, is driven
In buggy to the station and takes a
train for Boston-leaving at about s:30.
He returns to Lowell almost invaria !,
on the train leaving Boston at 8 p.
His evenings have little of variety alb
them, as he spends most of them in
den studying cases in hand. In
room he receives most of his visitors
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-13
How Butler Disobeyed Farragut.

Colonel Frederick Martin, general
manager of the Brooklyn elevated roads
tells a good story on General Butler
The colonel was useful during the wal
on General Buffers staff. and his tale
was of him. THAT reminds me-" he
said. 'of one time when a midshipman
and were following respectfully at the
heels of General Butler and Admiral
Farragut on the beach Of Santa Rosa
bay. We'd been down to Pensacola and
were bound for the old Hartford, which
lay in the offing.
"Well, we walked along until we came
to the admiral's gig, and climbing in
were pulled off to the ship. Just mo-
ment before we reached her-it was an
almighty hot day-the general said to
Farragut:
Admiral, I'd just like to give the
crew a drop Of something good. It's
warm, this is long pull, and it won't
do them any HARM
Eat that the old gentleman fdgeted a
little and said: Now, general, really
don't know about it. The regulations
are very strict, very strict, and really
1t wouldn't do for me to lend counte-
nance to such thing
Yes, know about the regulations
said Butler persuasively, but it's warm,
and it'll do them good
"The admirals eye twinkled q little.
and we were almost at the ship. Then
he said softly: 4 shall go over the side
and below to my cabin at once, general.
OF course / cannot be responsible for
what happens in my absence. Only re-
member, have warned you. You know
the consequences
with that he skipped up the ladder,
and when he got out of sight the general
pulled aquart bottle of excellent brandy
from his grip, kept and carried for emer-
gencies, and with 1t q stemless, old fash
ioned, V shaped champagne glass. It
didn't hold more than thimbleful.
well, he handed the glass and bottle
to the stroke. big, hairy mouthed tar,
and it was funny TO see him stare at the
little thing. He filed 1t up, pitched 1t
into his mouth, then paused for effect.
Apparently there wasn't any, for, hold
Ing up the glass and regarding IL con-
temptuously, he exclaimed, oh, to -
with itr and chucked II overheard. Then
no poked the bottle neck among his
whiskers and looked happy.
"The rest Of che mep--eight or ten Of
them-did likewise. The generals face
fell a. he saw the show, and with reason.
When the bottle came back it was emp
ty. He had counted on saving Of one
half for the emergencies, and the liquor
was not stu9 TO be poured down that |
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-13

tainly was very distinct and pronounced
personality. Any attempt to compare
him with another would excite smile,
for while he was in turn lawyer, poll
tcian, general, military governor, and
again general, congressman, politician,
lawyer, governor, lawyer again and his
torian, he was always and everywhere
Ben Butler.
1t is the general rule that legends and
apocryphal stories about very promi-
nent man multiply after his death; but
as to this MAXWELL, there was q Ben
Butlerian mythology a score of years be-
fore his death. This page might be filed
with anecdotes, all Of doubtful authen-
ITCHY; how he levied on a mill wheel 70
collect judgment for factory girl. and
thus broughta great corporation to terms;
bow he cross examined perjured wit
ness and scared him into a confession:
how he detected dishonest contractors.
put nerve into timid chaplain, got the
inside history Of secession cabals and
reused a superstitious terror in old GRE
oles by telling them in their own words
the exact statements they had made in
their last secret letters" to General
Beauregard.