Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-09

died aged only 50 years OF typhoid fever,
caught In a visit to poor parishioner. An
immense procession Of working men and
women followed after the hearse In its jour
ney from the church TO the railway station.
He entirely fulfilled the ideal sketch by
Charles Dickens in that famous What an
East End Curate Could Do" He was, in
fact, an advanced rtualist.
LADY WILDE DEAD.
Lady Wilde, who also died and was buried
this week, had, after much prominence for
many years in London literary and social
life, lately lived in almost complete seclusion.
She even escaped a newspaper Interview at
the time OF her sons trial. He lost much
sympathy then which might possibly have
been otherwise accorded him by the revela-
tions in court of the extravaganza in his
shocking personal career, while his mother,
wife and children were left in almost pow
erty. Lady Wilde, however, was in receipt
Of literary pension of f100 (S500) per
annum from that branch Of the British gov
ernment, a rather curious fact, in view OF
her fervd advocacy Of the nationalist cause
in 1s4S. One Of her articlesss in the Dublin
Nation then was the foundation of the
charge of treason against Charles Gavan
Duffy, its editor.
The many Americans who buy their silk
hats at famous establishment in Piccadilly
will be surprised to know that. its pro-
prietor was a Mrs. Bennett. Her recent
death develops the fact that her contribu-
tlon to various religious and even political
organizations were phenomenal in extent.
She was a liberal in her political views.
She lived in great state near Norwood and
entertained with almost regal splendr.
SINGULAR CRIMINAL CASES.
A young clerk was sentenced to death at
the Old Bailey yesterday under circumstances
without a parallel, certainly, in America,
since in was for the murder of his wife, fol-
lowed by his own almost successful attempt
at suicide. The two were in a four-wheeled
cab on the way home from their honeymoon.
The bride was seen leaning out Of the win
dow bleeding from wound in her throat,
and before the driver could get down from
his seat she was dead. Chipperield, the
young husband, was insensible from SIM
liar razor cut across his throat. He had re-
covered only sufficiently after two months
in the hospital to be arraigned in court. The
expert evidence varies as to whether the hus-
band could probably have cut the girls
throat, since the interior of the cab was
even after sentence, that, desperate after
her suicide, he had decided to die with her.
A possible motive, however, was the fact
that he had stolen from his employer to
obtain the money for a wedding journey.
She had a razor cut across one of her gloves,
which she could not have inflicted herself.
similar case is that of gentleman
much higher in social station. Major Gallo
way an officer with an excellent record for
bravery in Africa, was found in a room Of
the Grand hotel, nearly dead from pistol
wound his brothers wife lying behind him.
dying from like wound I described the
tragedy some weeks ago, but the man has
since recovered and had a preliminary trial
this week. He was held, however, in only,
f1OO ($5O0) bail.
GIBSON GAINS FAME.
The Westminster Gazette notes that
Charles Dana Gibson has already made a
series of sketches of London life as apt and
especial as any Of his previous successful ef
fcrts in New York and Paris, and calls him
the du Maurier of America.
The discovery by DR.. Cyrus Edison Of a
new cure for consumption and the state
ment of its efficacy by the Medical Record,
cabled here today is given much prominence
in the newspapers publishing it.
BALLARD SMITH