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SsE pjipJS Nff 1 I JiwttKi VOIi 6AIT JFBJCNTJISGO GAIi MOKTKATT DpQEJIBER 21 1903 FREDERIC COUDERT I CALLED BY 0EATH CHICAGO DEAD LIE UNBURIED New Yorker Famous Throughout the World as an Expert on inter national I awr I FAMII 1F9 KFFP THFIR rsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAO HHIIMl lL ll Ilium 4 ri I rJtKfcAVtMtlN btUfltl Jj HVIHBK ultJBMmmlKtfE tMmft tm Ul vV ilfc WASHINGTON December 20 Frederic Coudert the well knpwnjawyer of JJ ew York city died here to rd ay from an affection of the hearti Srlth which he had suffered for several years He was 71 years oldf Mr Coudert with his wife and an unmarried daughter was spending the winter In Washington where he hoped to escape the severe climate Of New York clty Jij addition to the members of his Immediate household there were at home when the end came Mrs Frederic Bennett of New York a widowed daughter and Mrs Colonel Bellinger a married daughter Frederic Coudert Jr a son is ex perted here to rilght from the South General services will be held at St Patricks Cathedral In New York Tues cay morning arid interment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Brooklyn Frederic Rene Coudert was the son of a distinguished French family that was prominent In the Napoleonic wars His father who had been an officer in Napoleons famous Guard pf Honor fled from France In 1S24 and settled In NeHv York where he opened a school Frederic Rene was born in New York City in 1S32 entered Columbia College when he was Hi and was graduated valedictorian and at the head of his cluss at the age of 18 Being poor he raid for his tuition by literary work He was very popular with his classmates and even then shone as an orator Beginning the study of law as soon as he left college young Coudert waa admitted to the bar in 1853 when he was Just 21 years of age He rose rapidly in his profession and his law firm that of Coudert Brothers which consisted of himself and two brothers Louis and Charles became one of the largest and most successful In the metropolis It has a branch In Paris and numbers among Its clients half of the governments of Europe its specialty being international law Coudert had phenomenal suc cess as Jury lawyer His professional brethren showed their appreciation of his abilities by selecting him to be their spokesman la pppesUlpnilto th civil code so persistently ufgeoTupon the Legislature and to prepare the memorial of Charles OConor Asan orator he had few equals His jspark llng wit often delighted the most eminent men in the country in hlq postprandial addresses Few meA had greater success upon the lecture platform and his efforts In this line were for charitable purposes One of his most notable speeches was that delivered at the centennial celebration of Columbia College In 1887 It was he who delivered tie address at the reception of thei Bar tholdl monument to Liberty atj New York and the address at the unyelllng of the statues of La Fayette an Bol lvar i Coudert always took an active part in politics and was a Democrat He was ever ready to speak In favor of Democratic principles and as a Stump speaker was singularly effective He persistently refused i to be a candidate for any public office several tirnjes refused a nomination for the Supreme Court and in 18SS declined an appointment to the bench of the Court pt Er rors and Appeals He did excellent service as a delegate to represent the interests of American commerce In the International Congress on the Law of Nations In Antwerp Jn 1887 arid five years later attended another session of that congress at Liverpool He was president of the French Benevolent Society the United States CajthoUc Historical Society the Young tfens Democratic Club the Columbia College Alumni Association the Bar Association and the Manhattan Club i HI services abroad received the icom mendatlon of many governments and he received the Cross of the Legon of Honor from EYance and Italy Some years ago he wrpte a brilliant reply to Alexander Dumas book on Divorce Strife Growing Out of the Strike of Lively Drivers Gauses the Postponement of Funerals Unusual iflethods Allowed by the Hea th Department While Conditions Remain in the Present I Unsettled State SAVAGE CRIME IN NEW YORK Case Which Recalls Jack the Ripper Murders in White chapel in London Slums A WOMAN OF STREETS HORRIBLY MUTILATED After Slashing and Disemboweling His Victim Swedish Sailor Disappears and Police Have as Yet Found No Clew JbunBfF Fear Acciclent May GauQ Hostilities Correspondent Who Has Traveled Over Manclinria Says Russia Does Not Want War SpecUl Dhpatclj totlie Chronicle CHICAGO December 20 Shrinks lng from the Espionage of the union pickets and fearful that the funeral procession wjuld be attacked by the striking livery drivers many Chlcagp families haves refrained from publicly announcing their bereavement In the vaults cf several undertakers lie the boodles of prominent persons about whose death 1 the utmost secrecy Is maintained and whose funerals will be pdstponedi until the strike is settled In other cases stricken relatives have arranged for evening funerals and private burials of which no announcement is made The disgraceful scenes that attended several funerals held oh Saturday when union pickets attempted to Interfere with Ithe removal of bodies have led the Health Department officials to sanction the secrecy that Is being preserved The undertakers have been informed that unless public safety demands it burials will not be insisted pn uiitjl such time as funeral parties shall be safe from molestation Although practically no funeral parties attempted tp reach the cemeteries to day the day was net free from Violence A private ambulance bearr lng a djrlng man from the Nprthwest ern station jtp a hospital pn the South Side ws attacked by union pickets In the morning at Michigan avenue and TJwehty slxth street The vehicle was bombarded with snowballs that had been dipped In water and frozen One pf the missiles struck Phillip Rand jthe driver nearly blindr lng him The horses became frighten and It was only by the exertion of his utmost stj ength that Rand restrained thehtfrpm rtiunlhig away A private caJrtlage which is Icept at the livery stable of James Emory pn Cottage Grove avenue and Fprty seventh street was taken out by the coachman whp is employed by the owner At Frty Eeventh street and Vlncennes avenue the coachman was severely beaten by union men A A Perrigp president of the Liverymen and Undertakers Association said to nfeht The reason more being announced is be learned that the strik ers have been reading the list of death notices in the papers and sending pickets to watph the houses INDIANA WOMEN ARE STRONC AGAINST SM00T deaths are not cause we havej ACQUIRE TASTE FOR GRAPE FRUIT GOVERNMENT i WANTS AIR SHIP New Yokers Are Becoming Overtures Similar to Tiose Very Fond of the Product Grown on California Soil NEW YORK December 20 New Yorkers ore getting to like grape fruit said a prominent fruit dealer yesterday Th consumption of Jt has Increaied 40 per cent over nat yenr Undoubtedly the liking fbr grape fruit is an acquired tte like that for olive but It takes mueb stronger hold on a persbn The fruit luts the propertied Pf a tpnlc not os cd by lemons or otftPKCs The cravlnR for them Uowln to the stlm ulatlng effect thoy have on th stomach and this soon riults In the for inatlon of the hablU Grape fruit cheaper this year than ever before Only ii5far ar to ago they cpst from cents to 6 cents apiece Nqw youcan get goprf ones for 10 or IB cnts tometlmes as cheap Ah four for a quarter There are large grove a pf them now i California Jh cton Jn the West Indies Is sniall this year While Btnaiier than the Callfpf nla product the fruit Is good Made Professor Langleyj Are Made to the Wright Brothers NORKOLK Va December 120 Uncle Sam want the niing mahlne Invented by OrvllKtanuWtlbur Wright of Dayton Qhlu the brothtrs who insde the uccessful test of their In ventldn lat Thursday at KltthHwk Va The tlovernment has been lt communication with the Wrights and It Is said made the Mine overtures to them that were made to Prorsbr Langley who thrice ailed to mak a uceeful test of hisaeroplane i Telegram from Government ofrfclals and sclentmc expert In the empi4y of the Government have been received by the Wright with an Invitation to cbme to Waihlngton and talk aver their wonderful machine The Wrights wilt leave tp morrpxy fop their hbmfi and at leist one of then will 1isU WaBhlngtoir Pimhe way TheVrights have refused to answer numerous newspaper ueries and are iaciediy guarding their machine from iueibtr neAtpaper fcxploltatiQa Movement led by Church Members to Oust Him From the iSenate RICHMOND land December 20 The movement among the women pf Indiana to bring about the unseating pf Senator Iteeid Smpot has become a formidable onevand this State1 will be heard from In this regard through the medium of hundreds of petitions that will find their vay tp the members of Cpngress Thei Womens Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church of the jNorth Indiana Confer ence of which ifrs I Bunyan of this city is secretary Is in the forefront of the movement She has sent out petitions to all ppsts pf the ccn ference and they will be circulated and hurried pn tp the NatlPhal Capitol The womens social clubs of the state will also be asked to take action and send tn petitions The Indiana Womens Christian Temperance Union is also very active this matter and as a stale organisation has made a very spirited protest against Smoot HEAVY TRADE IN HUM HAIR One Hundred Tonsr Valued at Three Million Dollars Imported at Ootham This Year i i NI5W YOUIC4 Decemhcr 208lnce the revival of thei pompadour style of dressing womens hair and the use jof the rat ther has been a tremen Am innrAui An 1 he lmnort sllon cf humap 18lr ll estimated that 100 Unintf Jwlr vajued at 300000 have been received at this port thliyeafThU does not represent half JhV expense the atyte has cjntalled upon women for it has given an Impetus to the halr dreasjfi business 7hree times ss manyVKew Yprki women now patronize hair dresiers asrdW a few yeafs ago win nnmVn of fashlofl the hair dress ier looked upon nw as a hecesslt ThOnair preer vOuntrV for tfielr business The women of America haVe leift hair than thV wpmen of fiiurppe The quality Is about the same but there seems to be 1 1 in thJiillniate pf the United In ih hahlts of the ntonle ihatis not conducive to Avomen hair growing aa luxuriantly a abroad SpecUl Dispatch to the Chronicle NEW YORK December 20 Slashed In the 6ame brutal way as were the victims of Jack the Ripper in the Whitechapel district in London yeafs ago and as was that of Old Shake speare in this city more recently the body of Sarah Martin 35 years old a woman of the streets In the Pld Cherry Hill district was found In a small and meanly furnished room on the second floor of James Kelleyls Raines law hotel at James slip arid Water street early this evening Within a stones throw of the place is the East River Hotel In which Olid Shakespeare was murdered on April 23 1S91 and for which crime Frenchy a mysterious Algerian was sent to State Prison No crime In low life since the killing of Old Shakespeare has attracted such Interest and caused such excite ment among the police force as the one which was discovered to day Everybody from Inspectors down top the humblest patrolman Is looking for the murderer who thus far has esj caped the nets spread for him In ferocityferocity of mutilation of the body of the Martin woman some of the crimes of Jack the Ripper were outdone and the shocking mutilation nf Olij Shakespeare was wprse In phly pne particular The man who took the Martin woman to Kellers Hotel at 1030 oclock on Saturday night had not contented himself with stabbing her once in th throat and once In the right side of th neck near the Jugular vein In Jiis fury he had slashed her across the breast from one side to the other alt moat laying the heart bare and then dlsembpwled her Reaching Into the abdemipal cavity he Jiad taken tte igfiHTBb pftfie liver torn It put cut pff a portion and laid it on the pillow Just above the left shoulder of the victim The hotel in which the woman was murdered has often violated the excise law Hundreds of women have been arrested there In the last two years In the cpurse pf raids Sailors call the place Slaughter House Point The man who was last seen with Sarah Martin was about 40 years bid a Swede in appearance five feet nine inches tall of heavy build and broad shoulders and with a light sandy mustache He Is described as having very wicked eyes When the police on being notified of murder visited the room nothing was1 found to indicate that there had bee a struggle There was a bruise made by a finger perhaps on the left side of the womans chin but that was all The Coroner thinks that she was killed1 while asleep Except for the bed there wasnt a telltale splash of blood in the room A tin wash basin contained some bloody water where the murdered had apparently washed his hands The police found two bundles done up in ordinary brown paper lying on the floor One of them contained two outing shirts stained with blood and a cheap undershirt that was not stained In the other bundle was a box con taintng a pair of wellworn shoes In this second bundle were also two purchase tickets cf Meigs Cc Inc of Bridgepprt Cpnn One pf these shpwed the purchaser had get a pair pf shpes fpr S2 60 the Pther that he had bpught a sweater fpr The checks were dated Saturday December 19th In pencil en the paper that wrapped the shoe box was written a name that looked lige Fred Beleno The police theory is that the man after committing murder discarded his old put ing shlrt fpr a sweater and his pld shoee fpr a new pair Central pfflce men were started to night tp Bridgeport and the authorities were notified by telephone and asked to gather whatever Information they could of the man who made the purchase Adispatch from Bridgeport to night said that Frank Bell manager for Meigs Co said a Swedish sailor was In the store late on Saturday afU ernoon and bought a sweater and a pair of shoes 1 happened to have a minutes conversation with the customer said Bel He told mev that he was wrecked about ten days ago on the Massachusetts coast He mentioned the name of his ship and ha I remember it now It sofinded something like Clark Vo such wreck Is reported on the marltlm register The Swede who visited Meigs store answered tne description physically of the man wanted In New York for murder He said us result of his Injuries In the shipwreck he had been sent tot the New Haven hospital A dispatch from New Haven soys that a man answering the description of a sailor was a patient Jn the New Haven hospital under the name of John Anderson frpm May Sthfo 20th BIG STEEL MILLS CLOSED JQLLET 111 December 0The three main departments of the Illinois Steel Company at Jolletare now ldle Jhe billet mlUs having been orderedto close to morrow About 1C00 men are 1 affected The duration of the shut i cown is not statea uepairs bbuihj movements will be mad PT 111 Ul II Jl IL SSr Jlm lrw INC1EASED mHlfrfVmi far wmwmmmM a HhA vmr jW a aSBE YN rr sir i np 1 fTiffT i rr 7T Jt iWX JlsSX I si 9 mmr i av rzz I I BJW a vs2tt yri JBilS ASJY Ji I sw jhsiiri zizy ss XI Wm 4zmLBMmL1L ML i flffillfelr i TfiattJi immk tfe fBtsiiXSBSBE hMWZjr i IIHs liHittPWQSB mfm xvsmtmiKSMwwKmwwAi VtrK38iK fft Mf WflrMHlMF A RR HkH 1 iMt OIBEBIK I I ii Mil 1 mi MlJWBWllMl I I tl vsyi yf yBIIitniyAtJ jMfWtSK mN asvSw Br Mi WS vv I fer 7 tt ARQUIS YAMAGATA who 1 of Japap is a diplomat and st record has been such that he mous Generals of the world He took China and at its conclusion was sen clally the Japanese Government In Corea The present military system ONCE STARS NOW BEGGAR at the head of the entire fleld fprces atesman as well as a soldier and his has been likened to many pf the fa a prominent part in the ivar with to Moscow Russia to represent offl egotlations relating to the future of Japan is of Yamagatas framing SbcrUt Dtf patches to the Chronicle OJNJJON Dember 2itTh morning newspapers display increased alarm over the as pect of affairs in the Far East ther from the fear that sojne unfors Incident may precipitate a con flict than from any belief that the re sources Pt diplomacy have oeccme exhausted the ppinion being still almost uhlyersal that both Russia and Japan are anxious to avoid War The Morning Post which Is inspired In the Japanese interest makes a sug gpstton which may possess slgnlfi cirice namely that Japan should cut i the Gerdlan knot by declaring a pro tectorate over Corea The paper contends that such a solution would com irjend Itself to all the powers with the exception of Russia and that it might ejen be welcomed at St Petersburg lf It is true that Russia does not desire War The special cablegrams from the Par East published in this mornings newspapers throw no light on the situation but all are agreed that japan had not sent an ultimatum to Russia The correspondent of the Daily Tele graph who after a tour of Manchuria has arrived at Nagasaki expresses the Yiaitnt tfoit IK nrfll ha ni li ftl I talnlyet befprc the sptrrig and thaj rtussiaaoes noi warn war Deiore sii has established more firmly her poslr lion In Manchuria She is apprehensive however of the strength pfth Japanese fleet and over the attitude of China and Great Britain The cor respondent dpubts whether there are as many as 100000 troops south of Moukden or whether the stores there will last for six months Electric lights have been Installed at Moukden The correspondent believes thftt PprtArthut is pverf prtlfied and sayst Uj positions cannot be defended as ndt iwdi pt them are yeCprovided with guns The Russians are preparing for the Investment of port Arthur but will make a fight to secure Dalny from occupation The pally Malls Toklo correspondent says that the Coreah Foreign Of flee denies the reported agreement to employ Russian officers in the Coreah army Russell Sisters Well Known in Vaudeville Are Discovered oh the Verge of Starvation BALTIMORE Md December 20 Kate Epsler aged 35 and Rebecca Shepard aged 45 Who at one time were stars In vaudeville and were popularly knpwnlas the Russell sister were ccmmltted tp an asylum yesterday nn a charge pf vagrancy The younger woman wasjfpund begging on the streets and when taken to the station said she was compelled to do thds In order to supply food for her sister who is blind She also said both had been on the verge of starvation for several days The women came to Baltimore several months ago and when their miserable condition was dlsccvered some charitably disposed persons made up a collection for them and for a time the wplf was kept rpm the door LEAVES NEW YORK WITH TROOPS FOR PHILIPPINES Transport Kilptarick Sails Carrying Second United States Caylary NEW YORK December 20Wlth the Secnntl United States Cavalry the transport KilpatrlcW bound to Manila by way of Suex left port to day It is expected that the voyage will occupy about fifty days The Second Cavalry upon its arrival at Manila will relieve the Fifteenth Cavalry which has completed its two years foreign service Mrs Leonard Wood and her three children for whom special permtMlon to lake the transport was lnued did not sail BREAKS SHAFT AT SEA GIBRALTAR Pecember 20 The British steiimer Neapolitan Prince of the Prince line In command of Captain Eagle and which ieft New York December 10th wns towed Into this pert to day with the tall end of her main shaft broken The vesrel was picked upland brought here by the British steamer Ravvnahugb bound to Oram Algeria The Naapolltan Prince broke ner shaft on Decemberlth 400 miles west pf atbrtlltar She drifted about helplessly Ifor jievetv hours before assist ancelarrlved The vessel reached here five aays late OFFICERS ON WAY TO JAPAN Men Who Have Been Engaged in Instructing Soldiers in China Take Their Departure PEKING December 20 While np news has been received at the Japanese legation that Japan sent an ultN malum to Russia It lsrecpgnlzed at the legation that a grave crisis is approaching MajorTGenerai Yamani the Japanese military attache and the Japanese Colonel who has been instructing General Yuan Shal Kals trcops have both started fpr Japan The native press recently reiterated a circumstantial stpry ttr the effect that in the event pjf Alanchurfa being retained by Russia It was the Intention of Great Britain to establish a prptectprate over the Yang Ue Valley as compensation and to appoint a Viceroy therein so that her prestige in the far East would be equal to Russias Some of the native papers give Wai Wu Hu of the Chinese Foreign Board as authority for the story This fiction is largely credited and gravely discussed and Is creating hostility against Qrcat Britain It Ms tuepected that tnetory has been for tered by unfriendly agenclea appointed for the purpoee and the British legation Is Investigating Its origin REPORT OF ULTIMATUM DISCREDITED IN PEKINO PEKING December 20 The report cabled fiVm Tlcn tslit to London Saturday to the effect that Japan has sent an ultimatum to Runla li dl crrdlted here and no corroboration In poiiesilon pt the jegalionii While the knowledge of trie legation on the kiiuatlon leads to the beUef that 4h lending of an ultimatum li Improbable th prpipecti of wor are evidf ntiy Increarlng The British Legation some days ago recelyeda telegram indicate irfi that war was jp6i slble and the Japanese Legation Is officially Informed that Rusilas recehtreply to the Japanese propoials was unKatlifactory i v1 KILLEDvBY CABLE CAR pHlCAGO December 21 Thomas Yates a pirpmineht clubman of Chl caso was struck by a cable car td lilght and died a few hour later He vaia yu FEARS THAT RUSSIA HAS OVERSTEPPED THE BOUNDS Report in London That Japan Will Not Accept the Proposals LONDON December 20 Reutere Telegram Company has learned that considerable anxiety exists in the best informed circles of London regarding the possible outcome of the situation In the Far East Fears are It Is said expressed that the Russian Government may have overstepped the bounds which would make peaceful negotiations with Japan possible it may be regarded as quite certain it asserts that Japan will npt accept the prlriffipies ofc the Russian note which is altogether at variance with Japans main contentions and that Japans reply must necessarily be cast in thjs sense Apart from the delicate state pf the negotiations between the two nations Reuter says It also is known that Russia is assuming a more defiant attitude and the outlook may be regarded as more gloomy than It hitherto has been although it can not be said that the resources of diplomacy have been completely exhausted The statement cpncludes by saying that there Is as yet no actual news pf fresh developments and that no UltimatumUltimatum has been sent by Japan to Russia WAGES OF STEEL TRUST MINERS WILL BE CUT MINNEAPOLIS December 20 A Tribune special from Negaunce Mich says Beginning on January 1st wages of all mine workers In the employ of the United States Steel Corporation In the Lake Superior region will be cut from 5 to IB per cent The reduction will affect thousands of men and will It Is understood be followed by like reductions by the independent com panles sggg MISCICLLANKUUH Aft Distress er Eating Pain in hc stomach nauiea between meals Jicarturn acid belching yohi iting flatulence nervoui headache dainty or changeable appetite arc all symptoms of dyspepsia which Hoods Sarsaparilla and Tills Perrnanentiy pre giving strength and tone to all the digestive tirgans VTcitlmoBlllt ef rmrktil ur mll1 V1HU I UOOD CO LowtU Uu mi iStSiiifi iJitiiMisi tiiV ji awi JJJ 1 UbfeSt fevSBjya iVi Wi i i s0SiJ iz 4i it Jti ii.