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II A V '7. SHOCKS TO SOCIETY. DEPLORABLE SOCIAL CONDI TIONS IN ENGLAND. The llarqals of Nayv, Who l Arcnned of the Murder of His Stepson The Ji'w Woman' Daring Breach of Eng lish Customs. WO social sensa tions of somewhat similar nature are just now vastly agitating French and English people respectively. The first Is the trial of the Marquis de Nayvrs for the murder of his wife's Bon, la the course of which, not only certain char acteristic tendencies of French life are brought out In strongest relief, but the extraordinary and to the Anglo-Saxons the seemingly infamous perversion of justice in French criminal procedure U dramatically Illustrated. The Marquis is himself the son of a French officer and a young glove-makor, who subse quently married. He advertised for a rich wife, and the young daughter of a distinguished lawyer was offered to him by her parent's with tho frank statement, however, that she had a son by her father's gardener. The Marquis found no objection, and ho and his wealthy wife lived many years in ap parent happiness, two children being born to them. The Marquis Is now on tho dock on the accusation of his wife, but she lived with him, and even wrote him affectionate letters after the date at which she swears she became con vinced be was the murderer of her first born. Ho on his part swears the accusation is the result of an unbounded influence over his wife gained by the Abbe ftous selot, their domestic chaplain, who, he says, desires to occupy his place as the master of his household. Incidentally it appears the mother-in-law took the warmest interest in tho welfare of her daughter's son, that the grandfather had settled a handsome fortune upon him, and that he was to be educated as a prlesL The trial has developed many other extraordinary, but appar ently not unusual features of domestic MARQUIS 1)13 NAYVES. lifo among rich French provincials. The reports occupy many columns daily n the newspapers and no Action was ver more dramatic nor apparently lore improbable. But tho most re- narkable and to us the most shocking feature of the trial, is tho revelation of how the full power of French law is exerted to bring an accused man to the guillotine. It will doubtless be news to most re 'dors that a man may be ac cuser In France of any crime on un sworn testimony; arrested absolutely at tho pleasure of a magistrate, and that from tho moment of his incarceration until tho magistrate finally binds him over for trial, :io legal process can either get him out on bail or even per mit him accesn to his friends, to coun sel, or to evidence against him. There Is no habeas corpus, grand jury er anything similar to them in France. Asked during the trial why he had Mgncd without reading the report of the fvldeuro before the examining magis trate, the Marquis der-lturd had he not riotio bo he might have been kept in trlsun for years before coming up for Hrlal or bcinfc able to secure counsel. lot only is the examining magistrate itHUctlcally prosecuting officer, but sn & wk was ff ml m 'Lpihe Judge who Is trying the accord. CMjrtil tinus ntlp.mattied the ikviinmI a T.n assassin, and hrn the MarquU de viated 1:0 bad not Riven infi'l iti.iti.iii to l!:e police of IV death f t!i l.nr b, -4im he did ii. t I0 them la ii;mKi' public bin wif.-'is dl.iti'uier. IV J i ! re- I lied that th pw.h'r, t ' MtnH. eliteil to llMC l I ,t I t .Ul fili 1,1 Mr on honr r ''Thero Ul" ti"' !M.ik ''I' i:l'j.!f ef m-ry it r t .irn! oki . !, it i'ex inaui tr.it'- t. vnu iii- khiIi if I fii a eued. It'll. iii' K tiir i pii'i, !,; sunder it In nn. i.i rn n tin- ni.r :; n'MflM Jtldltl.iMv p-i; (t, ,,..,i'i in I'lulirr. tb l't !"' '. loviii,, ti.,'; On' tend' n if l'r h ji. i to a j i III .! tf :.'iel'! l' JIM. lit I. I Hint' tii t't ! i'on ! . i hmj t'.u i I'h i t Ii ti4r ch'-l ft' ( t ;.'.! ci ! ,. ,. .. ,( p-1 . t it i m . !.m , ..i;,. r ;, Hon it U l ImI'i'j ! t.il... ,,, ,( , (.( ((m -- Hi I M J I . t l !t It- I In ll.r t'iindn!"it i'( ' I, (..iclii'' -p. ' ' I i il k " d '" ' " te i ' i tt . i... I i I I t I ' "f I't' 1. .11 r I-.. I ...ll-lf It ei r,r . I (''if C'.'i' ' 1 ' ' it ll is . Htl". ."... !',., rf ..fl I I : ' hi id i i l " " i t 1 1 r tl i "" 1 I'u'i i tio i i- , ill 5 iUw . t i l. I m f . 1 t. i ' : , . ,.! ,h- lien l.j , , ! i' . i. v j r f I- r i . nu l, I be an open protest against legal matri mony. Americans have been informed of the various public proceedings in tho affair, but probably not of the very in fluential aid and sympathy the young lady hs.s received in the best press of London and the provinces and other notable quarters. The fact Is symptomatic of a recent great change In English public opinion touching natters of this sort. The out rageous public promenade in music halls are defended by half tho London press. On the other hand, the estab lished church is setting its face rigidly against the religious marriage of per sons divorced. The open protest of the church digni taries, supported by the Duke of New castle, against such a marriage in a fashionable London church last sum mer, Is to be Boon repeated at the forth coming similar notable wedding cere mony of a guardsman to the daughter of a peer. Tho couplo havo been duly warned of the intention of the members of the Social Purity League to denounce them at the very altar. The famous London doctor who signed the certifi cate of Miss Lancheslcr's Insanity de fends his action by quoting her admis- vK. ' . V ...... V. iCDITH LANCHESTER. at she knew she would have no slo. legal claim on her lover for the support of their children, and by saying that as he would be justified in pronouncing her Insane if she declared to him her intention to commit physical suicide so he was justified in forming the'same opinion on her declared intention to commit moral suicide. ACCUSED OF MURDER. Jerome Conceit hargpil with Killing III Wealthy Adopted I'arfnls. The police of Haltlmore have an nounccd that they have discovered most damaging and convincing evi denee against Jerome Concell, the 13 ycar-oid boy who Is under arrest, charged with the murder of his adopted parents, Capt. Frederick Lang and his aged wife. The victims lived in the suburbs of the city, and Capt. Lang is supposed to have been worth $100,000 The house was entered on the night of Nov. i, the two old people were liter ally pounded to death with a hammer, and the house rilled. .Suspicion fell on young Concell and his brother, both of whom were arrested on election night. The brother will be released, but the police claim that they have found bloody clothes belonging to Jerome, diitl that he wore shoes which fitted perfectly the tracks left by the mur derer. It is also asserted that gunny sacking was used by the murderer to muffle his footsteps, and that portions of this material were found clinging to tho shoes of the accused. The boy maintains a stolid demeanor, and does 1 :s JUKOMK CON'CELI not wHii to realize the enormity of tut charge nc.-ilnst hi:n. urni'ii 4rr f rrrd. Yoi n;;iy krnv. ;i! !'. star Cii'.ir from Nepi ine t ; M,ir; nil l.i.iy 1i.ih i n ry .! tea f by h'.Tt; It ' l.p In I) Ht;l And ii i'd in t ,ii U .. b srii III nlinr. think uiil f'-titiilU' f . ;.!: I All t Mii'-Jta oil tfrn, n otii'ooi ii. ltt l. ii nit ir c-4( on art' tut .4 'li.i4iii f t:t i'.i Mvg l in iiiK t tc i, 'tie trill' '" III ''! lilt I 1 1 'k ! !-'! 'i'l 1.' m lo I .. I i t lit' i I H U( !f Vr'l f !.- In i. ir ! il t l I ' i,i ii. .', r I 'f (. . Il ' I - -. u- ,. I' i" ii IIM.J !i !! ( ti ' , u 1 . ! ii.:-1 i- ", i I. UK ;!. i I: ll I I ' ' l ili ' I t. Il I .lot:.. I . n 1 1 t .... t i i.f t' 1; .is. . i- 1 ,.;i 1 ft -71 !' i 1 I, ,. i I t jii i ... i i ti1 ti . g j i l e , H It I I to" .i THE 0BEA DOCTORS. THEY ARE STRANGLING REPUBLIC OF HAYTI. THE l'lirjr IliiTe a KnnwleilKn of llifi t'in Hint III Vici of Herbs, anil Woe Itctliie the Sahjuct Who I in-urn Their i::iuiitr 11 ii iu it ii Sitf'rlllce. WO English trnv- niers left Gonaivcs with the purpose of exploring the mountainous in terior of tho Island of llay.ti a few years ago. Two years later ono of them reached Fort du Fays n broken, emaciated wreck of his former self. From him was ascertained the fearful fate of his companion and the awful talo of his own detention and Bufferings anion,; the natives. They had witnessed tho sacrifice of a child to the voodoo fetich and one of them had paid the penalty of discovery with his life, whilo tho survivor died not long afterwards from the effects of his frightful ex perience. While undoubtedly the con ditions which -mado such an episode possible are Improved by tho Interposi tion of a strong government, there aro still in practice customs of which the public has little conception. The .race instinct for fetich worship is strong. In tho midst of the mountain fastnesses, there lives a savage race of full African blood, which retains tho superstitions and practices of its ancestry. Even In the sea-coast towns and among the Creoles the voodoo influence remains, especially In the lower quarter, such as Piscat and Bcllaire, in Port au Prince. The priest of this religion Is tho obca tnan, and It is almost impossible to con ceive of the fiendish nature of his hold upon tho people. Not only is his power used among his devotees, but It is even directed against any white who may offend him or his followers. Herbert Siordet, a civil engineer of English birth, who had recently gone to Port au Prince, was engaged In the VOODOO construction of a bridge at Petit Goave, a small town upon the Gulf of Go naives. During his work he was one day provoked into chastising one of the negro workmen, and as a result he be came the object of bitter hatred. 15fu fore a week had passed he was af flicted with a rapid swelling of the right leg, which soon became so serious that he was compelled to abandon his work and to return to Port au Prince, Although he consulted the best medical aid available he could obtain no asbsl ance, and the edema becum so .J.-. - "'-1 VJ. ' tt yj , ') '-'V J - i - j, V lMlj. Ml I ' I 4 .It . i no-r i' v rn A, !'.: . j i-i . r tin !,"-' I : r 'te i n i i i ti .ii . hi l ii 1 1 I t s .o- il' I l.p a- (.('I,, I. .'.J ; V j , i , , tl t I ' I. '-' tl , l , t iii.wt. i '1. I p in : h i f; in t .O.ll I K : .. I. n. iii i n ii. f n V Mi i rti i . B 1 1 . ; . I'.'l I. II -. I : . .1 .. a' . ,t t: $'t lut ' ' t :t possessers of a remarkable knowledge of the toxic, properties of Herbs and shrubs. This knowledge, together with the other secret lore of their priesthood, Is transmitted from father to son, although occasionally possessed by a woman, and in this manner tho hold of the obea men upon the people is maintained as acquaintance with these matters is the possession of the priests or obea doctors only, they are enabled to perform many acts that aro beyond the comprehension of their fol lowers, and to sustain In their minds that superstitious reverence which Is the basis of obea practice. Since the obea man is feared as ono possessed of supernatural power, dis closure of his hideous performances is rare. The negroes of I f ay tl are of Wagonda and Matabelo descent, and their obea practice Is undoubtedly the natural continuation of the witch-doctoring of the Congo basin and Zulu land. A case which came to the writer's notlco in the vicinity of Port au Prince illustrates a further source of power possessed by tho leaders. The captain of a Norwegian 'Jark which had been wrecked upon tho Connives coast fell into the hands of tho natives, who de tained him in Piscat. It is supposed that he had pried Into the secrets of the obea practice, which Is tinder (he ban of tho government, anil that the blacks held hlin to prevent exposure. As theso agencies aro necessarily constrained to secresy near the cities, investigation in this ease was extremely difficult. How ever, tho writer with the guidance of a friendly negro, visited the house where the unfortunate victim was at the time concealed, and found him ap parently deranged. Close examina tion proved, on the other hand, that the seaman'a condition was that of a hyp notic trance, in which he had already remained for nearly three weeks, ab solutely under tho control of the obea doctor. Three of theso fellows wcr present in the hut at the time, all wrinkled and bent with extreme age, but betrayed much mental power In their keen black eyes. So completely was the captain subject to their will that no effort could induce him tc make his escape As hypnotic power is necessarily ex- DOCTORS. erclsed apart from the rational facul ties, its possession Is far more fre quent among tho strongly Imaginative and the less rationalistic races than among Europeans and Americans. The Hindoo priesthood and among the Japan' se the Shinto are, by the exer cise, enabled to afl'eet seemingly super natural wonders, In like manner this powtr predominates among the African races, and has In en carried to this Vi'etCern world by the slave people who swarmed into the West Indies a hun dred years npo. The voodoo doctors poiwss it, iilong wlih their knowl edge of vegerable and animal poisons, and ro maintain their supremacy in I lay 1 1 and San Homingo, and to a lesser degree iiiiiiui-r the other Islands. In fpito of the elTorts of the government and the prenclilng of mU.-loniiricH. Living its they do In little hamlets of ti limit a iloen huts, n hitiidr"d or so I huk of both ivxm form a complete 'oiniiiiiiiity. Each v i II ti;e Ii.m Its obea il.i. tnr, it'Mn i a!i ' a 'eiulr;ive f How In ndv.'ft. i"l ,i'-,irc. v. ho? nrd Is the law ef the phti p. The In lief in wltehe be tug tcfiiug, ii otien b a. Li to ih' ir pun i. ::) it h'.. b.'l.!;ii.' to the event mil "f di i )i I.i s im tlinK or by "in !i "- '.'' 'i .'i'i.-i i arn beeiui::t !.!.'' :t jlie .. (, i it th. tt i;. of 'he R.n i i, ir I 'ri'-g. r I bail for lift 1 , Ail I i j . . . . . . i . i ' i iii't'c i t in ie- r .I'li'it. li nn .'.!,' i nil-- !u I i ,! ii. In .in.., I I t r 'xu'd for t :. ,u life I w.tt Ml in. i riiji.t-, i f lot d.iri to I " ti . !1 f H. ir -,'tr-t "f tn is' "' 'lit' ! li.l'l I r In ni' : ii, t I i ' '. : v. . i i . i 'i i " it- n ' " , .,!!.-. I' I ii i n - ,i i i 1 t- ' t-..''. ! It. .11 '. 1 1 . lb. I. '! .IT i T I'' '' 1 l ,. i . (. l' H ... i t. I (l . '. I,.- f 1 I -. , ' iV.lt:. , ..: ; ' ' -.I el. .' f ; ' i.( 1 1. i ! "I h ft ti .- i .- 1 lit. I ...H , .-, , . h . . I f e . i t i ii , I IMI t U4 if U ' . AMERICANS ABROAD. rorrtgnFri Fn)oy Ttthtng AdTantac of Their Icnoritnrr. In a quiet way the Italians get a great deal of amusement out of tho English and American tourists, says the t'hiciitro Itccord. On a steamer on Laico ('omo the captain was in terrogated by an KnrliMh woman as to the name of a certain mountain peak to which the pointed The captain did not know, but ho did not Intend to confess his ignorance. He flanced ut the mountain i question, then nt the woman. Her main charac teristic was e:ubonpoint. And tho captain, suddenly inspired, gravely replied: "Monte Stomacho." Tho woman, in all fierlousness, described in her little note-book tho mountain and gave to it the name the captain bad ued. An American lady was visiting the Plttl (jallery at Flor ence, when sbo came to a picture of FopeLeothe Tenth, in which the popo is represented in a sitting posi tion. The lady studied her Ilaodekcr industriously, then looked at tho picture, then ajain sought Informa tion from Laedeker. She was puz zled, and, finally turning to a gen tleman near, who happened to be a profebsor from tho college at Padua, 'said: "Could you tell me, sir, what madonna is this?'' "La madonna della seegiola" ("Tho madonna o( tho chair";, said tho professor gravely. The Moilrrn Mother Has found that her Uttl ones sre Im proved more by the pleasant laxative, Ryrup of Flfts, when In need ol tbs laxative effect of tt penile remedy, than by any other, and that It is more ac ceptable to them. Children enjoy it and It benefits them. The true remedy, Hyrup of FIrs, is manufactured by the California Kip Syrup Co., only. Collector That old Slopay in too darn polite. Kditor Kb! t'olioetor Everr time I bring bin hill j tells me to call gain. A CoroF, Corn cm HoukThio,it requires Inimedfite nttent.ioii. "Hhown's tinoN chiau Tnocues'' will iuvariably glvsrelier. Blsmsrck's bedroom contains only three piece of furniture a lare washstaiid, a mall camp bedistend and a bootjack. I have found 1'Iso's Cure for Consump tion an unfuillng medicine. F. H. I.otz, lliOi Scott St., Covington, Ky., Oct. 1, 1891. Charles IhIHif m, a nephew of Wendell Pbillii, in the cliuf iu a rcktauraut in l'ortliinil, 0:e. If the naliy I Cottlng Teeth. Bttur tndmjtlittuld end writ tried rm'lr, Hu . Wu.tiw'i3urHiKa Si ri r fur Children Tt)ilog- "I thought het-bowed a good deal of con eern when I told him j ou were ill." "So doul t; i owe bim .(). FITS-" FH'otopped free by Pr.Kllne'e flreil erYu ICmiiirrr. Ko Kiuittler ihf lirtiniuy'i, uut. Jlaielim-ur'. Tri-ullMiBiiil S'JInal iki! i Ir f ri ti 1 lUuo, baud t HI', k liut ,f:il AiuU bt.,l'U)., 1 . 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