Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1889, Page 1

PART 1 THE OMAHA SUNDAY E 1GHTEENTH YEAR. EE. DISRAELI'S ~ DEBUT. His First Appearance in the Polit- loal Arena. SOME SENSATIONAL SPEECHES. The Preliminary Steps He Took to Make Himselt Famous. NOVEL WAY TO GAIN NOTORIETY His Acting Relled Upon as Much as His Oratory. PERSECUTED BY THE PRESS. A Successor to the Oelebrated Eng- lishman Makes His Bow in the Person of a Near Relative. Probably a Coming Premier. | Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennsit.) LoxpoN, May 18.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Bee|—When Mr. Disraeli first appeared in the political arena he made up his mind that the preliminary step to success was to create a sensation, hence his wild radical speeches, his challenge to O'Connell, his outbursts ou the platform and elsewhere, which made him the butt of all the wags in London. It may, indeed, be stated with truth that he never ceased to be an object of ridicule with a large part of the press and his own party till just before his death, when “Jew, the adventurer,” “The mountebank,” these were about the mildest epithots which were flung at him. Whether ne cared for them or not, must remain a mat- ter of conjecture. Some of his friends have told me that he was indifferent alike to praise or blame. I have known many men of whom that has been said, but never one of whom it could be said with truth. Disraeli, no doubt, had the usual human feelings, although he was much more skillful in disguising them than nine men out of every ten. I always regarded him as the most accomplished actor on ary stage, and very few persons over saw him without a stage make-up, This may be said without any disparagement of his great penetration, foresight and courage as a statesman. Still, everything he did was done with an eye to effcct. Before he was suro of receiving public attention in a legitimate way he beat the drum to attract their notice. His velvet conts, his gorgeous vests, his rings on every finger, his gloves, his wondrous watch chain, his alarming cravats, were as much part of the theatrical business as his bold attacks on individuals, or his dashing statements, which were not intended to bear a strict examination when his position was secure.” These accessories were discarded. He always retained his partiality for gar- ishness and finery. but when he threw away the rings he began to weigh his words. The sensational part of the performance had done its duty and the actor remembered that the English are essentially a bum-drum race and that they always distrust a man who is too clever. One thinks of these things in noticing that auother Disracli has appeared on the po- litical stage and that he has begun by making & general attack on various public men somewhat in the style of his distinguished relation. Con- ingsby Disraeli is a portentous name to bear. How in the world is a man to live up to that? Was there ever such a combination seen in real flesh and blood as that which these two names would imply! Coningsby was the fa- vorite creation of Disraeli, the novelist, and, no dount, it was for that reason that the son of Ralph Disracli was named after him, but was it not euough to be called upou to carry the name of Disrael with credit through the world? Why pile pelion upon ossa by ad- ding Coningsby to the Disraeli of Ralph Disraclit No one has ever expected anything of him, because, duving his brother’s life, he was eclipsed, and he has always been a bit of a recluse. Some years #igo he obtained a very comfortable post in the house of lords as an assistant clerk with asalury of £2,100 a year. You will not see his face if you go into the house of lords, for he sits with his back to the door, opposite the lord chancellor. If you did see it, you ‘would find little or no resemblance to his fa- mous brother. His features are much more strongly Hebraie than those of Benjamin were even in bis latter days, when decidedly great statesmen suffered much in personal appearance from the ravages of time. As for Ralph, he has alwa carried the broadest marks of his race in his countenance. It is Ralph's son, as I have intimated, who has now made his debut at Hath, the old city associatod with Bean, Nash, Sheridan and Mr, Pickw Coningsby Disraéli informed his audience that the Lrish question was very engrossing, but he never has been able to understand it, A good many older and wiser men are in the same position, if they only bad the courage to confess it. Healso declared that the rep- resentatives of Jreland in purliament had no sense of honor or shame and no thought for the welfaro of their country. The very name of patriot shravk iu conncetion with Mr. Parnell. Well crowed, young bantaw. Porhaps & wan smile crossed the weary face of Mr. Parvell as he read these words. It is something to have one's speech reported, however briefly, at the age of twenty-one. It is a be- ginning. Whether the new Disracli will cowe to anything or not remains to be seen, At any rate, he will have an easier start than his uncle. There will be no lack of helping bands stretched out to him. Of course he will desire to enter parhament, sud the way will be smoothed for him, When Benjamin Disraeli tried to get into the house every- body was opposed to him, including his owa relations, one of whom condemued it as the maddest of all mad acts, As Disraeli wrote and told his sister at the time: *Itis not very often, perhaps, that help or encour- agement comes from one's own rela- tions when it is most ueeded.” Disracli's sister believed in hiw, but we have no record of the opinivns of his father or brother. He got into parlisment in spite of all obstacles and on his first day he took up his seat immediately behind Sir Robert Peel, on the second bench, the place which is usually occupied by some old and well-tried friend of the party if not a minister. *‘Tou- urs audace” was the motto of Benjamin isracli. People laughed at first, but they #00n began to see that they had a formidable power to reckon with, *Next to undoubted success,” wrote Disraeli o his sister, *‘the best thing is to make & yreat noise, and many articles that are daily written to an- mounce my failure only proved that 1 have ot falled,” It may be that Cou- ingsby Disraclia boars thi mind. Heis detormined to make a great noise. Well, he will have every opportunity, although the appearance even of genius would not now make & stir. Are there, then, 80 many geniuses anong ust Scarcely this, but the level of mediocrity is higher than it was, and people are contented with it and sometimes mistake it forrun. Sacree, who would not laugh at “Vivian Gray" if it were produced now. Novels far cleverer than most of Disraeli’s are published all the year round and scarcely obtain passing recogni- tion. Young Coningsby must not expect to take the world by storm. That world is mord cynical and blase than 1t was when his uncle rose above the horizon. Much speaking and writing have deadened its perceptions more. ‘The people are getting just a little weary of parlisment itself. There remains but one paper i London which even professes to report its proceed- ings, and not a dozen men can make sure of being fully reported. Everything is changed. Success in any carcer is more dificult to attain, and the crowd becomes more unman- ageable every day. It is not one ortwo clever speeches or looks that will make a man's rep- utation in these days. A long sustained effort and the conenrrence of many favora- ble opportunities are requisite to bring that result to pass, These are truths which will come home some day to our young debutant if ho does not realize them now. Meanwhilo everybody will wish hin good luck and watch his progress with friendly interest. A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, —— PARISIAN POINTS, A Plan on Foot to Reopen the Expo- sition Next Spring. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.] Panis, May 18.—[New York Herald Cable Special to Tue Bee.)—The weather fs de- cidedly playing us false this year so far, and nothing but leaden skies, storms and threats of storm, whick, when they combine to cool the air and leave us with a muggy, heavy at- mosphere, without a ray of sunshine to en- liven the crowded streets, dispute this un- fortunate circumstance. Paris is visibly fill- ing, and the wonder is where the crowds of foreign and provincial visitors will find a place to lay their heaas. Every thoroughfare is so crammed with carriages that the task of crossing roads is more risky even than usual, and it is a common thing in astreet like the Rue Paix to have to wait ten minutes before one dares to chance a rush with one's Jife in one’s hand through a continual procession of cabs, coaches und private carriages. An idea was started this week, in con- sequence of the unfinished state of the ex- hibition, that after closing during the winter months it should re-open next spring, tho government inviting the monarchial nations who declined this year to take part. The suggestion, started by the Herald, has been warmly taken up by a portion of the press, and it may become a reality, thus affording many foreigners prevented this year the opportunity of seeing the great show. So far as outside attractions are con- cerned, the managers of theaters and other places of amusement hold to their determi- nation not to offer too many novelties to foreign invaders. Esclarmonde is a notable exception, and, barring this, nothing is worthy of notice 8o far save ‘“Trap Aime,” a three-act comedi bouffe produced at the Cluny theater. There is nothing strikingly novel in the plot, the main idea having been made use of by playwrights innumerable. The hero 18 a genial old bachelor, who de- cides to become a benedict, and devotes his attentions to @ young heiress. She is wiling, but the ladies who possessed the previous affections of the suitor are aware of being ousted from their place in his beart. He is obliged to devote most of his time to thwarting their designs, and consequently nmneglects his promised bride. Meanwhile a youth comes along, who, finding the coast clear about the heiress, steers his bark into those waters and induces her to cancel her previous engagement. Judging from what has been allowed to leak out concerning the evidence coilected by the high court of commons, the case against General Boulanger is far trom being a strong one. The other day a journalist was examined in reference to an ioterview he had with M. Laguerre, in which the latter hinted that in the event of the next chamber being Boul- angerist and meeting with any resistance from the senate and president, a coup de force was possible, declared that the words attributed to M. Laguerre were authentic, but that Boulanger, whom he questioned on the subject, refused to give any opinion on what his supporter had said. —————— SUNDAY VIOLATORS «GO FREE. Hundred Cases Dismissed Against Saloon Men. CiNciNNATL, May 18.—Judge Ermsten, of the police court, to-day dismissed 700 cases of arrests made last year for the violation of the Owen (Sunday closing) law, but said he would not have done 50 If he had not reliable information that prominent citizens would cause arrests to-morrow in case there were violations. The mayor upon being notified of the action of the judge, expressed surprise and spoke of it as a reflection on his ofticers, He declared he would not now order his police to made urrests, and added that if the citizens asked to have arrests made, they would have to accompany the police into the suloon and also go 10 the court and make the churges. The muyor bas received a written notice from the attorney of the luw and order league that that body will expect him to en- force the law. There is likely to be a con- flict in case arrests are made on the question of the right of the prisoners to release on bail on Sunday Seven e THE WRONG MAN, Shot Fatally by an Excited Policeman in Jollet, U1, Jovter, 11, May 18.--A man named Barr, Koehler,while crazy with drink, ran amuck through the streets of this city last night. In s course he shot and seriously wounded young lady, Miss Della Hart. A crowd gathered and begau to search for him among some freight cars. Just then a freight train moved past, and ut the open door of one of the cars the man was secn. The crowd called out that it was Koehler and an ex- cited policeman fired at him, iufhctinga fatal wound in the head. Then it waus discovered that the weunded man was ot Koechler, but William Hausen, of Chicago, on his way to Oklahoma. Koehler was captured this worning. S The Kansas Usury Law. Torkxa, Kau., May 18.—(Special Telegram to Tue Bek,|—The governor has desiguated May 25 as the day when the new interest and usury law of Kansas, enacted by the leg- islature in February last, is to go wuto effect. According to the provisions of the new law the contract rate is limited to 10 per cent, wstead of 12 per cent, as heretofore, and the legul rato to 6per cent. The penalty for usury is a forfeiture of double the excess of interest takon. The new law, it is said, is not very satisfactory to the eastern capital- ists, Who havo Licon fuveating large suus of | ey i Feul cstate WOrtguges in Lis state. | HOW NOT TO DO IT. The Problem the Government Lald Awake to Solve. WHAT PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT. Was Very Gratefully and Gra- clously Given to Them. A PERVERSE ADMINISTRATION. Abram Hewitt's Non-Partisan Un- biased Opinion. INTERVIEW WITH PALMER. He I8 Delighted With His jAppoint- men ®a1d in Love With Ro} mantic Spatn—How Ho Regards Egan. AN Hewitt Unbosoms Himself. [Copyright 1559 by James Gordon Bennett.] LoxboN, May 18.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bre.]—Ex-Mayor Hewitt leaves London this morning w join his family in Paris, In speaking of the death of Allen Thorndike Rice, he said: *‘Mr. Rice was eminently fitted to be a foreign representative of the United States, and his death is a 10ss not only to his friends but to his country. He did not want the appoint- ment of minister to Russia I know, and it is rather surprising that he accepted it. He would have liked: tw be ap- pointed to Eugland, but no one seems to have got what he wanted. Reid did not want to go to Paris, Grant did not want Austria, Lincoln did not ‘want Eungland. The administration seems to have laid wwake nights trying to find out what people did not want, 8o that it could give it to them. Murat Halstead did want Germany, 1 beliave, but the administra- tion said that he couldn’t get it, for the sen- ate objected.” Ex-Senator Thomas M. Pal- mer, of Michigan, the newly chosen United States minister to Spain, said to the Herald reporter: “We remain in London for aweek yet, probably, and then go to Paris and stay there about the same length of time. I think that we shall reach Madrid in she first week in June.” In using the word, we, Mr. Palmer included besides himself Captain B. F. Hamilton' of the United States army, who holds an appoint- ment from the United States as military at- tache to the legation at Madrid. When asked concerning his family, Minister Palmer said : “I did not bring my family with me, neither did Captain Hamilton bring his. We ‘want to make some preparation for them in Madrid first. We expect they will join us in July, possibly in June: that will depend somewhat on their ability to secure passage over. The steamers will all be 8o crowded that the matter may be attended with some difficulty.” “Are there any questions now disturbing the relations between thie United States and Spaini” he was asked. “None atall. Ithink the corresporfdence is all in regard to commercial matters, and is entirely pacific.” “Was it not publisned that you hesitate aboutaccepting your uppointment?” “I should not be surprised. I had assur- ances that I could be elected to another term in the senate, but I did not want to go back for six years, When I was a senutor I could find no time ontsite of my duties, I had no leisure at all. I made up my mind that I would retire, and have some leisure. My appointment to Spain came unexpectedly and in a way 8o flattering that I could hardly refuse it, so 1 accented. I can say truly that there is no foreign appomntment I would prefer to the one I have. When I was a boy six boys of us went to Spain and spent several months there making excursions. No little senti- ment entered into my willingness to take the office I have received.” “How have President Harrison’s foreign appointments been received in America!” “With the exception of mine (this with a modest smile) all are universally approved.” “They then have been very good!” “[think sentiment prompted the appoint- ment of Lincoln largely. He had no idea that he would be selected, and was not con- sulted before the appointment was made, 1 understand people are well pleased with his selection. They feel that too much can’t be done for a son of Abraham Lincoln, who is regarded with wonderful affection by the American people. Mr. Lincoln has been tried and has unot been found wanting, People rejoice to see him honored. I am cer- tain he will be @ very good representative here. The appointment of Colonel Fred Grant is regarded in much the same way." “Dou you think he will be president some day 1" 1t is the unexpected that happens, it is said, and it may be so. He has shown no desire for office, and if he keeps on in that way and exhibits no wish to be president, the people are quite likely to insist that he shall be president.’” “The appointment of Mr. Egan to Chili is severely criticized by ex-Mayor Hewitt.” I understand that Mr. Egan is o able man, and the administration is not supposed to know anything about him, except as an American citizen. There might have been objection made properly, perhaps, had he been appointed to England, but mem- bers of the national league sit in parliament I believe. Why should his belonging to the national league make him au unfit repre- sentative minister?” Palmer expressed great regret at the sudden death of Allen Thorndike Rice. e Yankton's Board of Trade. YaNkTON, Dak., May 18,—|Special Tele- gram to Tue B —The Yankton board of trade was reorganized to-night. The follow- ing oficers were elected: George R. Scougal, president; John P. Crennan, vice president, and F. J. Kabn, secretary. L. M. Purdy, J. L M. Pierce, Frederick Schrauber, E. P, Wilcox, William Powers, . J. Kuho, New- ton Edmunds, J. M. Fogerby and R. J. Gam- ble, directors. The board is cowposed of some sixty members. The officers are among the most nctive business men of the city and good work may be expected, — -— Buil Dogs For Tramps. Liva, O, May 18.—[Special Telegram to Tus Bee.| It is understood here that the Standard Oil company has placed an order in Philadelphia for 200 bull dogs, which will be used to guard Staudard tanks in the Obio fieids against tramps. Numerous fires have beex caused by fire from the pipes of tramps, auc it is thought bull dogs will keep Lhek iy, OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY. 19, 18%0-~TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. NUMBER 338 SECRETAN ACRIFORE. His Valuable Art CoMection to Be Sold at Auwotion. [ Copyright 1889 hy James Gordon Bennett.) Pamis, May 18.—{New ¥ork Herald Cable ~—Special to Tnr Bme |—It is now certain that the celebrated Secrotan collection, which hias been so much spoken of during the last few wecks, will be disposed of by public auc- tion. Upon the failure of this enterprise, in which he was personully responsible, Secre- tan placed in the hands of his credit- ors all his private property, his gal- lery of pletures included. The judicial liquidator has determinea to realizo overything as speedily as possible, On June 11 his splendid hotel in the Rue Moncey will be put up at public auction, while the sale of paintings and objeots of art has been entrusted by the liquidators to two of the most important firms of art dealers— Boussod, Valvion & Co.—and Charles Sedel- moyer. The sale will take place the first week of July, About two hundreu modern andancientcanvassers dgure in the catalogue, the feature of which will be a large number of works by great French colorists, The gallery comprises also many unique col- lections of works by Messionier, consisting of twenty-four oil and seven water colors. The paintings of old masters are also well repre- sented on the list, being the names of Joshua Reynolds, Rembrant, Ruisdael, Robena Vandermeer, De Delft, Paul Potter, Teniers Terburg, Ostade Metsade, Preter de Hoog, Gerad Dow, Guyp, Greuze, Pater Drouaias Frogonard, Claude Lorrain and others. 'the estimated total value of the collection is from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 francs, the most valuable collection that has ever been put up in Burope. The dealers in ‘whose hands the sale is will publish the cat- alogue in French and English, in which will figure the most important paintings of the collection. P T DRESSED BEEF DIFFERENTIAL. Their Abolishment Explained By One on the Inside. Cnicaco, May 18.—|Speoial Telogram to Tue Bee]—A railroad man, who is on the inside, explaius the abolishment of drossed beef differcntials as follows: “When the 50-cent basing rate was made, the Erie, in connection with the Chicago & Atlantic, made a 48'g-cent rate. This rate was also made by the Wabash. Not long ago, when the rates were again under consid- eration, the Erie agreed to raise its rate to 45 cents, but demanded a 45-cent rate over the Niagara frontier lne of the Grand Trunk. President”King, of the Erie, un- doubtedly did this to divert traffic from the Chicago & Atlautic. Such action had its le- gitimate end in the Chicdgo & Atlantic fall- ing into the hands of 'a receiver. The other roads tumbled to the plan, as did Chairman Blanchard. - They all kuew King would not demand a' differ- ential from the - Chicago & Atlantic, because it would them carry a good share of the traflic. A rood many hints were given King that he could get a Chicago & Atlantic differential, but he wouldn't ask ror it. If he could have precipitated a rate war, as ho did last year, he would have done so, but the other road saw his plan and wouldn't have budged a peg from ‘the 45 rate. Then, you see, the Chicago & sAtlantio would have gobbled the business'and no receiver would have been appointed.” Judge Volney T. ‘Malotte was to.day ap- ponted receiver of the Chicago & Atlantic road by Judge Gresham. Receiver Malotte immediately qualified in bonds of $20,000. He was formerly president of the Indiana, Peru & Chicago road, which was bought out by the Lake Erie & Western. He is now president of the Indiana National bank, of Indianapolis, and vice president and general manager of the Union Railway company, of the same place. ————— COOK COUNTY ASYLUM SCANDAL. The Spectators Shudder as Mrs. Dr. Alexander Testifles. CnicAGo, May 18.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—The investization into the condi- tion of the Cook county insane asylum was continued in the county court this afternoon. Mrs. Dr. Aiexandria, of the asylum medical staff, was the chief witness. She testified as to the evils which political influence wrought 1n the institution and to the advisa- bitity of having it and the poor house con- tiguous. In auswer to the question as to what she thought would be the best thing the court could do with a woman declared insane, if there was no other institution where sbe could be sent, Dr. Alexander re- plied that she thought her friends should be advised to care for her, “If she was homicidal or suicidal?” “Nevertheless, I should say the same, If she should commit suicide she would be bet- ter off than to go there.” A shudder went around the court room as these sensational words were uttered, The doctor said there were fully 300 women at the asylum who ought to be removed from the institution, but there was not one in that eutire number she would take the responsi- bility of setting av liberty. After some further tesgmony, in which nothing new was developed, the court adjourned till Mon- day. o A BRUTAL MURDER. A Rio Grande Engineer Brained With a Coupting Pin. Puesro, Colo., May 18.— [Special Telegram to Tue Bee)—Henry Bubrenburg, ove of the oldest engiueers pn the kKio Grande road, was killed this morning at 4 o'clock, after coming in off the west run. The deed was committed with a coupling vin in the hands of some unknown party. He was struck in the back of the nead just as he stepped from the roundhouse door, and fell forward on his face, striking a rail. He lived buta few hours. J. ¥, Frazier; the night fireman, has been arrested for the deed. Ahout a week ago Bahrenburg and Frazier had a fight, in which the latter was badly worsted, and there 1s some other ci stantial evidevce that points to Frazier's| guilt. Babrenburg was a large and powerful man, thirty-four years of age, and was dangerous in a quarrel. ——— A DEAL CONSUMMATED, The American Meat Company and the Cattle Trust Combine. New Youk, May 18.~The adjourned m ing of the represcntatives of the American Meat company aud the directors of the Amer- ican Cattle trust met to-day, and the deal be- tween them was finally consummated. A contract for a term of years was drawn up and signed by the controlling powers of the two orgunizations by which the meat com- pany will kandle the entire product of the cattle trust. Senator Dorsey, one of the moving spirits of Ehe meat company, said they had effccted a trafic agreement which practically makes the American Meat com puny the agent of the cattle trust. R = A Fatal Street Fight. Larrie Rock, May 16.—A tele; received from Forest City, Arlk., sa) Wilson, lher\(’:‘l St. Francis county, Frank Folbre, city marshal, and Thomas Parbaw, | were kilied 1n u street tight yestciday, A HOWL IN BERLIN. The American Commissioners Get- ting What They Want. EUROPEAN PAPERS COMPLAIN, They Accuse the Germans of Fool- ish Generosity. DRAWING TO AN EARLY CLOSE. ‘With the Exception of Detadle, Mat- ters Are About Settled. PROGRESS OF THE MINE STRIKE. The Government Warns Employers That They Must Grant Just De- mands or Cortain Privileges Enjoyed Will Be Cut Off. The Samoan Conferenca. (Copuright 1859 by New York Assaciated Press.| BERLIN, May 18.—The fourth session of the Samoan conference was held yesterday. The meeting was called to order shortly after 2 o'clock by Herbert Bismarck, who presides at all the meeting, in accordance with the established custom that the highest representative of the government of the country in which a conferenco is held shall preside. The proceedings wore almost en- tirely formal. They consisted chiefly in lis- tening to the reports of the various sub-com- mittees which have been holding daily ses- sions ever since the conferenco met. At these meetings the real work of the confer- ence has been transacted, and as nearly as can be learned the American commissioners have succeeded in carrying every important point they set out to obtain. Indeed, 8o pre- valent is this feeling in Berlin that the Ber- lin press and other influential papers in Ger- many complain of the success of the Ameri- cans, While the greatest secresy in regard to the procecdings is maintained, and hereto- fore nothing much beyond the fact that the meetings have been held was known, it can now be stated that excepting the question of indemnity for the German sailors lkilled and beheaded by the Samoans and one or two other minor pownts, the work of the commission 18 over. It is thought the res- toration of§ Malictoa to power is assured, and that the plan for a tri-partite govern- ment in Samoa, for which the American commissioners contended against the Ger- man plan for one representative selected by the three powers, will surely be put into effect. It is also more than likely that the commission has decided in favor of the ab- solute independence of Samoa as soon as the peoplo there demonstrate their ability to go alone. The indemnity question is yet to come up. It may proloug..the reectings some weeks, it this is believed to be the only point on ‘which there is likely to be a serious contest. ‘The question of Klein's connection with the affar in which the German sailors were killed, has never come up, nor is there any likelihood of its doing so. Neither will the commission hear testimony of any kind, During the greater part of the meetings of the conference and the committees the only points of difference have been between the German and American commissioners, the attitude of the English members being neu- tral. THeir influence generally has been cast with a yiew to settling the question as expe- ditiously as possible. They bave, however, been strongly i favor of havinga protestant in power in Samoa, which is thought to indi- cate their preference Malictos, who was trained in an English protestant college. It is rumored the plan agreed upon 1s that America, Germany and England shall cach appoint representatives, and that three more members of the board of control shall be chosen by the rate payers, No liquors shall be sold to the natives, although foreigners can have such stores as they chose in their private houses. Fire arms are only to be sold 10 the government, and then only under cer- tain restrictions, which prevent their use except for keeping veace. A plan for giving the Samoans a revenue has also been devised, which provides for the re-establishment of their right to impose import and export du- ties, which right is taken from them by the existing Samoan treaty. It is understood the representatives of the three governments have expressed confidence of being able to obtain from their government this concession to help the Samoans. To a representative of the press, who called on him to-day, Mr. Phelps said: *I'he procedings of the conference 1 can not disclosoe, but I may say through you to America that nothing is interfering with the successful conclusion of our labors but the cry of the Buropean press that Germany is gving up everything. This charge is per- sistently made, and is naturally irritating our co-laborers, Moreover, it is not true that mutual concessions are not made. Still, Germany is more willing than America to yield anything thut would insure Samoan independence and give the natives a better chance. This is the prime impulse of the German as well as of the American dele- gation, ‘The best indication that the conference is nearing a successful close is found in the fact that the emperor has invited all the members to a reception at the Schloss on Monday. Only & fow days ago the delogates were informed that an audience could not be given earhier than ihe 27th inst. 'The proceedings at yesterday's sitting showed such progress toward an assured settlement on every voint that Prince Bismarck decided to expedite the reception. The emperor, impatient at the delay in bringing about peace between the miners and their employers, has directed the presi- dent of the province o1 Westphalia to convey to the mining companies his ewphatic desire 10 accelerate a compromise. It is reported that the president hus resigned, the em- ror blaming hm for allowing af- fairs to drift and also for send- mg out false alarms as to encounters between the strikers and the military, Dr, Hintzpeter, who 18 now, by command of the emperor, making & tour of the strikedis- tricts, in order to hear both sides, is charged o warn mine owners that the government will resent their action if they refuse to grant the essential claims of the men. The power of the government to wuke the em- ployers feel the weight of its displeasure iies at hand, The mine owners have obtained during recent years wany favors. They have secured special tariffs throughout Ger- many, and have been granted low freight rates to Hamburg, Bremen, lelgium and Holland, in order to enable them o compete with English coal. 'Ihese privileges are Associated readily assallable if be COmpaLics & »wu-] couty Jitik tumacious. Whilo the state of the mines is most prosperous, the condition of the men is yearly more wrotched. The bourse quotations show an enormous advance in shares, For instance, the Dort- mund union mine shares have risen 50 per cent within two years, and meanwhile some of the men at Dortmund have carnod a beg- garly 12s 61 weekly. Recently the owners have withdrawn some allowances hitherto granted to the mev, and have increased the severity of the fines imposed upon the min- For nstance, thero is tho practico d nullen, by which nothing is allowed carload of coal which lacks full weight. The owners sell this coal, but the man working under ground, often naked in a temperature upwards of twenty degrees Reaumer, which is common to the deep Westphalia pits, gets nothing if the car is not quit full, Criticisms on the alleged violent phrase of the emperor tothe workmen's delogates, that if they resisted the troops hio would have all of them shat (Lasse er alles ueber den haufen schiessen) led to a semi-oficial denial that the emperor made use of a phrase which bade fair to become a historio illustration of his despotic disregard of the loaf of the masscs. The offcial version of the sten- ographier present does not contair the word: The delegates say that the emperor, striking the pommel of his sword, warned them that he could make them feel his power if they resisted the authorities, His subse- quent assurances of sympathy softened the of the warning, on Liebknecht and Bebel invited the delegates to confer with the socialist mem- bers of the roichstag, but they declined, having noted the emperor’s remarks: “*Don’t assoclate your movement with the social- ists.” The building trades strike in Berlin is ex- tending. Many of the workmen have given their mastors until Monday to answer their demands. The climax of the movement will probably be reached in June, several of the largest workmen's associations having post- poned the general strike until then. Public feeling is becoming more and more pronounced in favor of the men. The paraly- sis of the iron and steel industries conse- quent upon the lack of u suflicient supply of coal, intensifics the feeling of discontent ex- isting outside of the coal district. In the event of the failure of & speedy sottlement of the trouble the government will convene a conference of employers of workmen, un der auveutral president, which shall be em- powered to arbitrate on the differences, In the reichstag, to-day, when the aged workmen's insurance bill came up fora third reading, Princo Bismarck made an acrid sveech. He said e was not surprised that the socialists, the freisinnige party and the Poles opposed the bill, but he had not expected the conservatives would assume an nostile attitude toward proposals affecting the innermost depth of the whole empire. In concluding, he said: *I wish the biil to be disposed of before the next election, for no one knows whether we shall have as much leisure next year as now. 1 beg the conservatives, imperialists and nationalists to frce themsclves from the socialists, Polish, Guelph, French and freisinige parties.” R -After a reply from Herr Bamberger the house adjourned. Prince Bismarck's appeal is likely to in- duce the government groups to give warmer support to the measure. The opposing na- tionals and ultra-conservatives will again re- frain from voting, leaving Prince Bismarck to rely upon the former majority. Prince Bismarck will entertain a large number of members of the reichstag at a fruhschoppen on Monday morning. The bundesrath has approved, without al teration, article four of the venal code, em- bodying 1n the common law provisions hitherto specially applicable to the socialists, The government will not venture to test the reichstag on the code during the present ses- sion, A hurricane, on Thursday, swept over Saxony, Lesse and Thuringi, accompanied Dby torrents of rain. A number of bridges were destroyed and some lives were lost. A SENSATIONAL CHAKGE, A Niece of Jeff Davis Accused of Pois- oning Her Husband. LoNDON, May 18.--Mrs. Maybrich, a nicce of Jefferson Davis, and a French Canadiau at by birth, has been arrested at ol on the charge of poisoning her husband. Maybrich’s brother Michael, known as Stephen Adams, musical composer, and otber relatives hesituted to act on the reports circulated as to the cause of hor husband’s death. To-day a county magis- trate, Colonel Biddell, sccompanied by the chief of police, went to Maybrich's resi- dence, They were told that the lady was 11l in bed. Medical men were summoned and after an examination they pronounced her fit to hear the charge. Her sister demanded to know the nature of the aviden The chief of police responded that he had grave evidence that the woman had given arsenic to her husband from time to time. The officials went to the bed room where the wo- man lay, baggard, but composed. ‘The mag- istrate directed ‘that she be removed to Kirkdale jail, where she is now attended by doctors und a nurse. The case has caused o great seusation, The Pawis, May 18, Tre BEE. | —Premier Tirard and ali the isters and soveral foreign diplomatic repre- sentatives, attended the bunquet given in honor of the cabinet this evening by the del egates of the American republics taking vart in the exhibition, Mr. McLane, the retiring United States minister, who presided, said that the exhibition would stimulate the in- dustrial activity of the world, and tightep the bonds of friendship botween the Ameri- can repuglic and France. M. Tirard, in the course of his veply, expressed regret at los- ing Mr. McLane. M. Spuller and the Argen- tine and Mexican ministers also spoke, Southern Presbyterian Assem CHATTANOGGA, May 18.—The Southern Presbyterian general assembly to-day bad un animated discussion on the auestion of what disposition to make of the report of the committee appointed to confer with the committee from the northern assembly in gard to the union of the two chirches. Finally the report was 1eferred 10 a spevial committee, which will report;T'ucsday. el ) Steamship Arrival At New York—The Ceitic, ool At Queenstown—rhe Umbria, York. At Rotterdam York. At Loadon—The Missouri, more. from Liver- from New The Veendaw, from N from Balti- LIRS 2 Arrest of a Fa ATLANTIC, [a., May 18— (8 to Tue BeE. ] —Sheriff Jones and A. returned from Davenport tis evening, where they ddentified ad brought back one Frank Hall, who passed a forged check on Block & Heyman ten days ago. Hall is:io the ALONGDRAWY GROWL The French Exhibition Universalo is Not Porfeot. VERY HARD TO WORK A PASS, American Exhibitors Complain of Scant Courtesy Shown, IN A STATE CHAOTIC. The Exposition Will Not Be Run= ning Smoothly for Some Time. THINGS FRANCE'S FINE ART EXHIBIT, Her Display, as Expected, a Oredis to Her Genius and Characteris tic-American Work Lack- ing in Originality. A Discordant Note. LCopiright 1830 by New York Assoctated Press.} Panris, May 18.—Americans coming to the exposition need not make excessive haste. Although President Carnot ceremoniously apened the exposition on the appomted day, itis, up to this writing, fragmentary. The great belts in the machinery palace havé not yetstirred a lathe. The movable railway which was laia i flexible routes all through the grounds was taken up on the eve of tha opening to clear the official path, It has, not beon put down acain, Not one section of the fine art exhibij tion is complete. Ounly two catalogues are out—the French decennial and the Brit- ish. Neithor is sauisfactory 5o far as pres- ent information justifics an opinion. There is no good reason why American visitora should buy any catalogue excopt the Amer- ican, unless they have a special reason for doing so. Various causes aro assigned for the delay in all the departments. Tho American commission alloges, so far as it is concerned, that on one hand the Frencn authorities have not furmshed the labor mdispensable, either in the preparation of the show cases or the equipments of the rooms, and on the other that mavy Americans who applied for space, and a considerabla number who shipped goods have not ap peared. If the averments of discourtesy and mjustice and of disregard of reasonabla comity on the part of the Fronch direction toward the American commission, as related 10 a representative of the Associated press by ofticials, were frankly disclosed, an inter- national episode wight be created Lot wante ing in the clements of grotesqueness, Thig word of warning should be heeded by tha correspondents and the specialists of the professions coming here expecting the equitas ble treatment common in our own countryl There are no complimentary admissions. It is suid that this rule applies unexceptionally to all pereons, native and foreign writors, no matter now well known in their own couns try. Even 1if their personal credit be above suspicion thoy cannot procure _any attention unless they bring duly authenticated crodens tials 1 writing. If bis written crodentials be complete the applicant must wait several weeks for an acknowledgment of the fack tnat his right to special recognitiom 18 admitted. Then he must have twa photographs taken, one to be put in a private gallery of direction, and the other to constie tute, with his name and function printed on it, his ticket of admission. After a fair trial of this circuitous and expensive road to tha assumed universal courtesy of the exposie tion, the indiyidual desirous of studying ita departments gencrully resolves to pay hig 20 cents admission daily and dispense with politeness decorated with red tape. Fine art is a splendid feature of the expos sition. The French exhibit, as might be ex= pected, is brilliant and grandiose, The ene tire exhibition, with the exception of certaim distinct qualities in the art of Holland, is vidence of the homage of the supremacy of France. The American exhibit, it must be adnitted, is entirel editable to our national pride it taken compuratively and ouly from the are tists' way of examining canvas. But with @& country of unsurpassed scens ery, with @ moral history deep enough to afford that ideal perspective pg- sentiul to art, and with incidents to inspira a legitimate scenic ambition, the American architect may be said to be devoid of na« tional self-respect. Every other country vroclaims to the assemblages who gathen here from all quarters of the globe that it has a national story, & national luudscapa and a moral elevation, ———— SCARED THE BEARS, A Rise all Along the Line in the Stock Market, N Yonrk, May 18.-On the stock ox- change to-day the corner in Oregon Trans- continental was suill in force and in the first hour stock moved up 20 per cent to 55, ‘There was a flood of stock offered at that figure, und the price dropped 5 per cent at a time, to 40. It 1ater sold at 89, but there was a demand for many thousaud shares at that figure avd itquickly moved back to 43, and at the close sold at 42 The unlookedfor aiscovery of @ big short interest in ‘Pranscontinental wmade the brokers anxious about their short accounts in other stocks, and fears were everywhere expressed that the entire murket was heavily oversold. The feeling was increased by the course of $St. Paul, which advanced five per cent on an attempt to cover some short stock. ‘I'ng buying fever extended to Atchison and or- ders to cover shorts in that stock caused it 1o advance sharply. Burlington moved up two per cent and Rock Island followed. The entire bear contingent left the street anxious about the future and they wait for Monday's openuing with fear aud trembling, Villard's secretary said that tho fight for the coutrol of the stock at the election is over, and that Villard hus 201,700 shares out of a total of 400,000, He added there will be uothing new in the affairs of the compuny unti! the election at Portland, Ore., in June, ‘Mho other party, to which belong Elijah Swith, Sidney Dilion, 'rederick I. Ames and otber well known men, claim they hold the urajority of tne stock sud that Villued cannot posaibly vote 201,700 shures unlees he has issued some of the remaining $10,000,000 of trogsury stock, in spite of the injunction thut was issued restraining such a proceed. ing. The opposition issued a call for proxies this morning, and stated their policy to be in favor of au awicable arraugement with the Northern Pacific, 8t Paul, Minneapotis & Manitoba and Union IPacifie, including its connecting lime, the Oregon Railway & Navigation company. ‘The call for the proxies is signed by Frederick L. Ames, Sidney Dillo lijah Boith, John A, Hall and Samuel Thomas,