.' ia(iwsgii I $ 6 THE 11ED CLOCD CHIEF, FRIDAY, MAY!!. !. m si .ft t y LAWYER JlKll CHOICE. FLORENCE PULLMAN SOON TO BE MRS. FltANK LOWDEN. An Atntrlnn I'rlnro Once SntiKht Hit llmiil- An Aunrleiiii I'rlnrn tin Now Won It 1 ho Apiro,rlilne liptliiU nl CIlU'llROt Chicago Letter. &r i here mas been n sudden enntigo In the programme for tho Lowtlen- M'.. Piillmnu wedding, owing to the nnn- lk'V(' i' IIIIIHU 111 .111.-3. UIU, 'P'4?fUM. Pullman (who ', v. V i i..,., i.,.i. ...nil. ...i ,. -..it. .it ..f Mu r?.wi fx mm in i ii ciiiiiii mi a ui'iiiiii 1 1 1 ji i;uu VVllOKO Il'tllrll to CllltagO lH bolllg made by onsy stages. It wan tlic In tention of tlio contracting parties, at the time formal announcement of the engagement wan made In .limitary last, to have the marriage ceremony tele lirntuil K April, anil all arrangements were mado to that effort, hut theso liave now boon canceled and no new date will bo named until .Mm. Pullman rt'iirhcH home. Miss Florence 1'iillnian, the brldc-to-lio, 1h about twenty-eight years old nnil 1h the favorite ihlld of George M. Pull man, of Bleeping car fame. There pre throo.other children, one of them being Mrn. Frank Carolun. whoso beautiful homo at Biirllngutne, near Kan Frnri-ls-eo, Ib one of the attractions of t ho Paci fic coast. Tho others are the twin boys, Sanger and George M. Pullman, Jr. Sanger Pullman 1h learning tho dry goods butlnosN with Marshall Field & Co., and la said to be ongag"d, if tho gosHlps may bo believed, to Mli-s JlcMurrny, daughter of Ex-SliorilT MeMitrray, of New York, George M. Pullman, Jr., is at Cornell, and expects to grnduate next onr, shortly aft r which Miss Fellrlty Oglesby will be come his wife. Mr. Pullman has been liberal with all his child. en, but !t is upon Miss Floionco, the eldest daugh ter, he lavishes tho hulk of his affec tion. He Is worth, at a conservative estimate, from $r.,O00.0no to $..(..000,000 on a dhldend paying basis, all or which Is pretty sure to lie somo day divided among tho four children. Upsides this snug little pi aspect ivo fortune of ?7, 000,000 each, Mr. Pullman baa ali-ady Kiven his sons and daughters a healthy t'.tnrt In life, each child on attaining Its twenty-first jcar being piesented with ?1!00,000 lu guild, solid bank stock, from tho Inromu of which they ato expected to defray all their personal expenses'. In addition to tho earnings of her $200, 000 It Is leported without denial that Miss Florence Pullman draws a tegu lar salary of $10,000 a year from the Pullman Palace Car Company for nam ing tho many cam turned out at the big woTks. All of her friend?, rich and poor, and hbo has hundreds in all tho walks of life, agree that Miss Pullman Is a young woman of unusual good disposition and deeds. She Is well favored In face and form and while hardly what could bo called a beauty, Is of a decidedly pleas ing personality. She Is of neither the blonde nor the luunette order, but has brown hair and blue eyes, and a charm ingly easy manner which stamps her at once as being of tho jolly-good-fol-iow sort of a girl. She Is In every de tail, by education and instinct, a fam ily girl. Thoroughly well Informed in jiouseholil n If Irs and competent to manage Ither a cottage or a palace, MIbh Pullman has all tho graces and accomplishments of a hoclety leader, although she has never cared to pose ub such and takes but little part in so cial functions. Alter a careful training under the lst homo teachers Miss Pull man and her sister were sent abroad some years ago under the chaperonage of Mrs. John A. Logan to complete their r.tudics, and remained awny un til she was n fair musician and bad mastered tho Fionch, German, Spanish and Italian languages, in all of which she converses fluently. Her education tinished, Miss Pullman took up her life work, tho betterment of the condition of tho shop girls of Chicago. Her first move In this was to call to her aid a number of rich joung women with whom she organized a society which erected n handsome and perfect ly appointed country lintel near the mho at Pullman, which 1b called Wild wood. Then Miss Pullman and her friends began a personal tour of the FLORENCE M. PULLMAN, big btores to search out tho worn nnd weary working girls who vote In need of rc-n and recreation nnd fresh i.ir, but weie unable to stat'd the expenro of taking a vacation. There are thou-i-ands of such girls In Chicago, and every year from early in tho spring un til Into In the fall tho hnndsomo Wild wood hotel Is full of them. Each girl is given n freo ticket out and back and kept nt the hotel for two weeks freo of charge. They hnvu nlco rooms, tho beet meals competent cooks can pie ptfre, unrestricted use of boats nnd ftjnrrynllE, and free range of woods, lake SPd plains. Of all thlf. work Miss Pull. A .y ft mnn takes personal supervision, nnd lu this way the shop glrlr. and their relatives have come to know and lovo her. She is their confidante nnd friend as well as benefactor, advising litem In their troubles and helping thorn In many practical ways. It is from there people many of tho warmest notes of congratulation on her approaching marriage have come, anil tho only ad verse sentiment Is born of lite fear that wedlock may bring duties which will force a severance of tho happy reln tlons. Miss Pullman has had numerous suit ors for In r baud and fortune. One of those, If Dame Itumor Ik correctly In formed, was Arthur Itrlshiine, tho Now York journalist. Mr. Brisbane nnd Miss Pullman, It Is said, wero good friends flx yeats ago, and there were somo people supposed to bo well Informed who predicted an engagement. Noth ing came of It, however, and In 1892 the world's fair brought to this country the Prince von Isenberg Hlersteln, nephew to tho emperor of Austria, and first cousin to the Crown Prince Ru dnlph. American heiresses fairly threw themselves at his feet, but the prince gnvo no signs of matrimonial inten tions until he met Miss Pullman, Ho enmo to Chicago early In ISfJ.'J, and was entertained by (leorgo M. Pullman. This brought him in contnet with the family, and with forelgn-llkc eager- FHANK O. LOWHEN. ness he laid fervent siege to the young lady's heart, and it was noon announced ho had wen her. Mr. Pullman, how ever, said "No" in an emphatic manner and the engagement was declared off. This was not because Mr. Pullman had any particular dislike for the prince tei an Individual, for he was lu many re spects a desirable party, and had educa tion, wealth, social position and refine ment, but the palace car millionaire had declared all along ho would have none but American men for sons-in-law, and Emperor Jos"ph'H nephew went homo without a bride. Since then other suitors bine como and gone, but none found eneouiagetnent from either Miss Pullman or her father until sturdy I'rank O. howden, nttornej-at-law from Iowa, appeared upon the scene. Frank 0. Lowden Is about 3 5 yearn of age, and lias thus far made bis own way in tho world. Ills father Is a pros perous farmer In the Hawkeyo state, and still works tho acres of tho home stead on which Frank was born. The buy had a common school education In the local academies, and followed this with a course at the Iowa state univer sity, after which ho read law. Ten years ago ho came to Chicago and en totod the office of Wirt Dexter, then one of the modt famous law.veis lu tho west. Mr. Dexter wan quick to dis cern young howden's merit and pushed him to the fiout In his huge corpora tion practice, to much of which he suc ceeded at Dexter's death. In this way Mr. howden got an extensive and valu able practice among business men and secured u profitable law business. He is a man of great natural force, and his character Is stamped In sturdy, lionlne features. While holding mem berships In a number of tho best Chi cago clubs. Mr. howden has never been active In that circle, and is wholly un known In socirtj.one of the best known leaders In the swell set making tho re mark last week that she could not re call ever having seen him at a social function of any note. Just how he met Miss Pullman Is not known, but he uinile his first call at her home a year ago, and at once established himself In the favor of the heiress and of her parents. Their welcome of tho young attorney was a hearty one, and ho nas been a constant and well-received suit or ever since, much to the disgust of several howling young swells with atrophied bank accounts. When formal nnno.mromcnt wns made by Mr. lleorgo M. Pullman of the marital engagement of hjs daughter, congratulations came lu from all quar tets, Mr. Pullmnn himself nut being overlooked even by strangers who took the libert of writing to congratulate him for hi.vlng "turned down" distin guished foreign fortuno hunters In fuvor of an Iowa farmer's boy, practi cally without money and unknown out side of club and court circles. It was nt tlrrt Intended to announce the news of the engagement at a grand bnll which was set for the evening of January 21 Km. at the Pullman homo on Prairie uver.uc , near 10th Htreet. Shortly after the plans were mado Mr. Sanger, a brother of Mrs. Pullman, died, and the hall was postponed Indef initely. Helatlves and near friends wero then called up by telephone and notified by Mlfas Pullman of her engage ment, and to tho&o who could not bo renched In this way, cimpl) worded little notes were sent. Tho wedding will probably bo sol omnlzed by the Rev. Dr. Simon Mc- Pherson, pnstor of tho Second l'resby- ' terlan church, corner of Michigan nvc- nuo and L'Oth street, where tho Pullman family have been regular attendants I ulnnri tlm iliinHi nf Pmf llnvlil Svvlnr to tho financial uupport of whoso well- known Central church thel various members contributed largely. HARRISON IN BR0NZ.B. THE HEHO OF TIPPECANOE FITTINCLY REMEMBERED. 1'lrtiiro of llin Uroiim Slntue Thnt Ik to Adorn Mm Soldier Hint Sailor .Monument nt liidlnnii'd 4't) pit ill Urine Done at C'lilriigu. '-tti n hfjioic-sizi:d ntattte of tho hero of Tljipecanoe, gen eral Harrison, Is emerging from tho fnruM'TH r T n I'lil- I 'cago bronzo coni- pany. Tho figure Is majestic In Mow ing robe and cock ade hat-. as if step ping forth to glo rify the honiymoon of bis distinguish ed grandson. Excellent and ImptenlBvo to an ex ceeding degtco Is this piece of Chicago handiwork. "It Is zee zatisfactiou of me lire, t.ll!" exclaimed tho fat, rosy-cheeked little Frenchman, Supt. Julius llerchetn, un der whoso Paris-trained hand the sur passingly artistic work conies Into ex istence. Supt. Uercbem, who In one of the most famous bronze statue workers lu the world, bus standing to bis credit the Giant statues in St. Louis. Kansas City and (ialeua; the Hans Christian Andetsen, the llayniarket Policeman, nni otheis In Chicago; tho silver statue 1 ill! W! ::- - Wm$1 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. of Ada Rohan, unci a host of other far famed pieces. This statue of William Henry Harri son will occupy one of the four "fame points" about the Indiana State Sol diers' and Sailors' monument just erect ed in Indianapolis at a cost of $:'.00,000. The model Is by Nahoney of Indianapo lis, llronze to the amount of 1,800 pounds has gone Into the Harrison stat ue, which Is nine feet In height. Tho work, owing to cockade hat and llowing robe, proved somewhat more difficult to execute than that connected with tho ordinary statue. The figure is to be in threo parts, which are, however, united with such consummate iklll as to defy detection. The resolute, vigorous char acter, the dignity of tho man, his brav ery and generalship, are shown with marvelous distinctness, making the Ftntue one to afford every satistactlon to homnge-paylug state and nation, howover critical. Wero tho enllio facilities of tho foundries focused upon tho woik that such a static as this one stands for it could bo accomplished in two weeks. Such haste Is, though, never necessary. Threo months Is abo.it the time usually taken. When completed, there If pro duced a representation more eternal In point of durance than Hint lest rok theio being no substance possible of surpassing bronze in lasting quail t leu. Attesting of this tact has occurred with every evacuation of ancient bronzo work, notably that of Egypt. Tho metal produced and bullded with In Chicago tiuKiy la Identically tho same ns that come upon in buried cities. Ki strength la something simply vv under fill. "Steel Is nozzink to it!" exclaimed M. norchem, swinging a iwonty-pound sledgo hummer, aiuund hlr. head and bringing It clown terrifically on the point of old Gen. Harrison's Venetian nose. The blow, that might have mado tho entire world of art shudder, had no visible effect, or as tho Frenchman added, "It make ze Gcn'rnl no need si doctnh!" Jersey city cm-era twelve and one half square miles of territory. CONCAS AS A JOKEIL Somo t'fir(tinclitily 1'iinn.y Tlitnc ttm Ciptnln Kalil. A copy of "La Epoca," a newspaper of Madrid, has been leceived In Now York which contains tho address ic cently delivered before the geographical society of thai city by Capt. Concas, of tho Spanish navy, In which he com mented on tho people of this country In n manner for which ho was compelled to apologize by Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo, to whom t'nlteil States Minister llayard complained. These are some of the remarks objected to by Minister Taylor: "Tho climate of the United States has such effect upon Its people that the third generation, without mingling with tho Indians, have tho same shaped skulls us tho Indians." "Tho development of tho United States Is duo only to the unity of the race and 'high salaries.' They enre only for tho mighty dollar, and do not care to ropiesent anything in tho world's his tory." "Tho politics and administration arc tho most immoral in the world, and tit bannucts no one cares to sit next to a. politician or a member of tho adminis tration." The belligerent captain commanded one of the cut a vein which enmo to this country during tho Columbian celebra tion, and of tho things he saw at a nor mal college and at West Point ho said: "in tho normal college I saw 4,000 strong glils working as carpenters. At West Point the cadets wore locked in colli;, btudylng mathematics and spend- Ing their r.pare moments in caring for thoir linen. They were even afraid to drill In the pretence of my staff and my self." Capt. Concas concluded with these worda: "In the United States the people am neither well Instructed or ignorant, and are only half-cultured. The United States Is not America, but should bo called Western Europe. Mix the gend and bad and It Is Impossible to tay whether the United States Is an element In civilization or a gieat danger to It." "La Epoca" says at tho close of the lecture thero was great applause, and that Gen. Andla, president of the geo graphical society, requested Capt. Con cas to givo hlrn permission to print tho lecture) in tho tocloty's bulletin. New York Sun. Hon. l'lillctii Saivjrr. tt M Es-Senntor Phlletus Sawyer, of Wis consin, liss mado his nppcaranco In tho arena of national j ollttcs onco more. Ho will head the state delegation to St. Louis. Although tho delegation has been Instructed for MiKinloy Mr. Srvv yer In said to bo somewhat friendly to tho asplrationc of tho man from Maine. Accurate, calculations make It cer tain thnt 1,000 toiiD of soot settle month ly within IIS aejuaro miles of London, , .'.xfiwk STIIANGLED TO HEATH TCntHBLE FATE OF A CONFID ING YOUNO WIFE. INmI ii ItitiKlkcrrltlef to Kill the Woman Ulin Mmlr n Will lu Ilia luiur Ilurlrit tltn Hotly anil Then IVIInt a Tree Jcr the Clruvc HE AUTOPSY UP on the body of Mrs. Martha Hecb, found tnut tiered near Mny's hand ing, N. J., the other day, tho lemalua being dug up in the woods, showed that death was canted by sli angulation. An examination re vealed the fact that two handkerchiefs weie used in accomplishing the deed. The first was fo tightly di.nvn around the throat unci knotted as to compiesa the throat Into one-hair Its normal size. Another handkerchief was then tightly 'listened over the first one. No other marks of violence were discovered. Prosecutor Perry Is making every of foil to arrest the husband, John Uccb. who is accused of the ninrdei, and th police of all nearby cities have been notified. The prosecutor believes that the motive for the deed is fully estab lished nnd lastened onto the husband by tho fnct of Mrs. Koch having made a will in which she left nil of her pos se sslons to their child, making her hus band tiusiee and also giving to the lat ter a full power of attorney to onabl" him to control the estate. Mis. Iteeh was tho dauh'cr of Prof. - .v c.---.?1 itr v J& r& Fit SJs S s" JOHN HECH. Weaver, a wealthy physician, of Phila delphia. When IJerthn was in lit r teens her mother tiled, and when her father remarried the girl left homo. Soon af ter this Rertlia met Rech and became infatuated with him. Prof. Weaver ob jected to the girl's associations with Rech and used c very menu to stop the courtship. She niairled Rech, however. The father died having an estate cf a half million dollats and cut olf limlia In his will. The daugb'er employed ccitiriPi 1 and proceedings were started to contest the will, but a compromise wns effected antra sum, in trust, was Fettled upon the girl. This was done, it is cald. to prevent her husband from getting council of the money. It Is re ported that JC.O.tiOO of Mrs. Reek's por tion of her father's estate would In a few months revert to her uncondition ally. The minder has arouie.l tl.o t n tlre community. The last seen of Mrs. Re?h wns when she purchased groceries m May's Land ing. The next day somo neighbors in qulied of Rech where his wife was and he replied that she had gone out for a walk. Her disappearance was net gen erally known until a week later when Rech loaded a crate of poultry'onto his wagon, nnd with his child came to the city, since whldi time ho has not been seen. When Rech drove away without his wife, who usually accompanied him, and who had not been s-cn for a week, Samiiil Jones, a neighbor of Horn's in Eiudlvlllo, became suspicious and relzed upon the opportunity to investi gate. Jones then recalled the fact that a short time ago Mrs. Rech was shot by her husband, the hiibband claiming that It was accidental. He was gun ning for 'possum lu the chicken coop, ho hail said, and when he Died the shots struck the woman. Foul play was Mispr..tcd, but nothing was ever done. While on his way back to the Rech bouse Jones stumbled across a mound of fresh earth, near a pine tree, which had been recently cut down In the field. Hastening to Sheriff .lonnson, Jones told him his suspicions, and the Fherlff, County Clerk Lew and others quickly went to the spot and began to open tho mound. Two feet below the surface the body of Mrs. Rech wns found. It was taken to the house to await tho ai rival of the coroner and the prosecutor. When the coroner arrived ho examined tho body. A conrso sack was over tho head and miched to the waist, being tied to pre vent Its slipping down and revealing tho features. Another snek was drawn over the feet and met tho othtr ,wr ment at the feet. Tho woman was murdered vvllhsct a struggle. Her hair was neatly done up, and when her body was found the hair v.-ii'j undisturbed, showing there was no struggle. Tho handkerchief with which she was f.tranglcd was ono similar to those teen to bo In tho postcssien of her hunband. An examination of the chips from tho felled ireo show the tiee was cut down with an nx that had a dent In tho blade. The as with tho dent was found in tho house. Tho dent in tho ax fitted tho marks in the chips. Tho tree was felled after tho grave was llilod in. It was evidently Intended that the branches should hldo the grave. The man who cut dowu the tree miscalculated, ami J i; I ! fejrl I J 4 H ijv ML -.vase- I x-"3;'.. . ,r ' J "V S" 5r, the top of the tree only bately reached the grave, and as tho tree fell on ouo side, hiFtrail of directly on top of tho grave. It was easily found. Hundreds of persons visited the Hech homo and Inspected the grave. At last accounts tho murderer had not been captured. TWO FIENDISH HUSBANDS. Wrrckcil thn Train to Oct Itlil of Tho VIri nnil C.rt l)ain:iKK. Warren Crisswcll, a white man, of Maron, (In., has voluntarily and pub licly confessed to having lemoved the rail on the Southern rallwav that caused tho wrecking of two trains, killing three people and Injuring fif teen, on the night of Feb. 20. Crlss vvell claims to have plavcd his part In tho tragedy under the persuasion of a shotgun In the hands of Odom Shaw, hIfo white, whoso wife was on tho train, and whom Shaw wanted to get rid of, and at the Fame time get dam af.ef from tao railroad lor killing her. 'Pic emission was mud" at a picllmln- aiy bearing for triiin-wp'cklng. Shaw viim pre rent as a viinM, but was ar I'r.tid after Crlsswell s confession. j S.'.aw'ii father v.as oImi arrested, j i i.arg'd with being an aiconipllco. I Cr.vRv.vll says he and Slinw were two ; :;! fmm "1110 railroad when they i i fiit! the ti.'ln eras'' tliiough the ties ; tb i.t.d ''hi.w csclnlmed: ' Darr.ri her, sli" l.as gone to hMl and rhe deserves it for trying to swear my life awny." Shtivv had refcienre to bis wlfe. who bad sworn against him some lime ago, when ho was on trial for while-capping. As CilssweH's wife was also on the train that part of the confession which says Shaw forced him nt the point of a gun to remove the rail Is not believed, nnd tho prorecutlon claims to have evi dence that will show that both men en tered into a plot to kill their wives and get pay for them. Hath men v.eie arrested tw.o weeks ago, but as sullicient evidence could not be procured against them they woio (Hi charged. A few days ago Shaw com promised with the railroad for Injuries to his wife for $.',00. The wives of both men weie Forlously injured In tho wrc"U, and since their i dense at tho first trial both have bien anxious to effect a speedy coitipionii-o with tho railroad. HOUART'S BRIDE. A sjui Ir.Hii-Mio Iti-ltc Who I to Wed ii Sr.iitlpil lltrllni;. MIfs Hannah Nell Williams Is tho young lady who Is soon to wed young Walter llobart, tho spoiled darling of San Francisco's swell set. Mr, Hobart Is a splendid fellow. Indeed popular with all orts of people In the metrop olis or the const. He Is a great coach, a fine sportsman and a notable llguio in San 1'rane Isro. The match is said to le a case of lovo at first sight. Mr. Hcbart was present! d lo Miss Williams by an army officer. Slure then he has piessed his suit with a determlnntlcn thnt not only drove all his rivals away, but won that young lady herself. Mr. Hobart Is worth several million?. Miss Williams Is the younger of two nstors who made their debut in tho winter of last year. She is quite tall, queenly and graceful, with good stylo and a faultless carriage. She has light brown hair, blue eyes and a complexion that is without a flock. Early In her career Mis Williams showed a marked Individuality In the nutter of dress. She has a decided preference for marked gowns, and almost Invariably wears them. Her shining hair Is part eel in tho middle and brushed back smoothly. She wears a ribbon in it, usually white, like the moods of Scot tish maidens. She likes the American beauty lose. She and her sister Juliet llvo with their grandpatents, Mr. and Mrs. Neil, In San Rafael, n pretty su burb of San Francisco, across tho bay. Brigadier General For.s.vtho is their undo. The family is an old colonial oue. Miss Williams' father Is n pay- & sfa .-i-?AM TTWV iltWVl HANNAH NEIL WILLIAMS. master In the navy stationed at New Londr n. l.fft Church to IColi 11 Men llooit. For weeks Rev. S. J. Winegar, of 1m mariuel Baptist church of Iowa City, Iowa, has been lpslng fancy chickens, of which ho Is qulto an exienslvo raiser. Georpe Trask and his son Fred weto under suspicion, but when Mr. Winegar saw the former In his congregation at prayer meeting the otner night hla doubts were somewhat dispelled. They returned with redoubled forco when, in the middle of tho service, Trasl: crept prayerfully out of the church. The clergymnn knew what this meant, and at the close of tho mooting hastened after, only to find tho greater part of hlrj choicest fowls already missing, Tho Trasl'.ei wero arrested nnd bound over to await tho action of the grand jury orj a char re of larceny. For UmihtuUiis; n Church. Two young women wero arrested at Dayton. Ohio, for spending tho night In a Baptist church with two young men, The latter aro badly wanted, b.it caL't bo found. Jr.cket wnlEts are popular thl3 sca-cn. ' ' 3& PW AW rw;n r - - wwm s "iA.Y7:k s Ii I J, Vi ' ). ff .. fWH voMSto, Vfc1