Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 14, 1889, Page 1

A POLITICAL MUTINY. Gladstone's Followers Break Away from His Leadorship. AN END OF LIBERAL DISCIPLINE. Tho Party Disrupted and Rapidly Going to Pieces. TALK OF A NEW ORGANIZATION. A Rumor That Labouchere Wl Ghulde Its Destinies. ITS MEMBERS MEN OF BRAINS. 8ir Charles Russcli to Shortly Leaye the Parncll Commission—The Wadiculs Must Look Out for Squalls, No Longer Master. LCorpright 1859 by James Gordon Bennsth.\ Loxpoy, July 18.—(New York Herald Cable—Special to Tir Bre,]—Sowe peop! say that nothing is going on in London ex- cept party-giving, feast-making and a mild whirl of amusements. The season and its pleasures alone deserve the least attention. That is a view which the real factsof the situation by no means justify. What of this new and very serious split iu the Glad- stonian party, to which 1 called yourat- tention when 1t first broke out? Is that to be reckoned of no moment? Mr. Gladstone id not look as of that opinion one day this week when his mutinous followers put him to opeu shame in the house of commons, He d recommended a certain course, and upwards of eighty of his unmanageable party uot only refused to follow it, but went out of the way to heap contumely upon him. I never saw o man look so mortified and hurt as Gladstone did that afternoon as he walked down the house into the lobby, where his army refused to follow him. Is all aiscipline avan end in the liberal party? Hus Giadstone outlived his power even in his own political house- hold? It scems so. And really one cannot help feeling some sympathy for him., His friends might at least have broken his fall for him. He may say with Lear: “The little dog and all-Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart—sce, they bark at me,” “Yet, like Lear, he deserved somewhat better treatment from his own family. Throughout the divisions this week the mutineers have had their own whips and carried all their arrangements entirely with- out regard to the regular organization of the party. The official whips find their ocenpa- tion gome. The interlopers huve fairly driven them out of the fleld. They carry matters with & very high hand. Gladstone's most earnest appeuls go for mnothing with nem, They have even quarreled with the Parnellites because the latter side too much with Gladstone. Parnell is distinctly given to understand that if ho wants radical sup- port he must act with the new party and throw Gladstoue overboard. What sort of a party will finally emerge out of this crucible may be open to some doubt, but it is nov open to the lezst doubt that the present ses- sion is scarcely less formidable than that which took place over the home rule bill in 188¢. The hatred of Mr. Chamberlain el tertained by this new party came out very strongly in the preliminary 'skirmish over the royal grants. Huppen what may, the mutineers will never serve with or under theiwr former master. Chamberlam has given up a large part of his radicalism. Ho no longer talks about land owners paying a ransom. Notan un- kind word about the aristocracy escapes his lips. He haunts the gilded salons, ang, as o clever lady said, in one of those very salons the other day, his logs and wings were smeared all over with the honey of aristo- cratic life. He would sting no more, but the party which' hus cast him off finally, T be- lieve, do not intend to give up the stinging. Republican and revolutionary! Very likely it will be a good deal laughed at, yet it is distined to become a power in English poli- tics, If only o the extent of compieting the disruption of the old liberal party. Quiet and caln as tnings look, surfuce fires are burning underneath. From all that I can gather it is quite true that Sir Chuarles Russell means to retire from the Parnellite commission, Parnell himseif having been in favor of that course for some little time past. Probably it is scen that the Nutional league will come our of the inquiry » good deal damaged. A great many discreditable things have oc- “eurred for which it will be held more or less responsible, What better can be done than anticipate the report of the judgesi Let the National league slide and found another Jeague on the ruins, The Laud league uc- quired a very evil name for itself and van- ished one flue morning, and the Na- tional league made its appearance upon the scene. That, too, hus served o turn sud u day, and its successor is appar- tly now ready to be introduced to - the world. One wonders that the astute leaders of the Irish party did not perform this sleight-Gf-hand operation two years ago and refrain frum acknowledgiog all connection with the Parnellite commission directly after Pigott's exposure. 1t is tolerably cor- tain they will do it now. They will complain that, beng compelled to produce the books and papers,while the judges refused to order the preduction of the uccounts of the league, offered to thew, they had been treated to & gross injustico. Unless Glad- stoue persuades them t go on to the eud, they will retire from the scene next Tuesday. These are very important events and they will have great bearing upon all that is to happen between uow and the uext ueral election, They say that Lubouehere is the leader of the now purty. Idoubt if auy one man can boast of leuding it. - Labouchere is a mun of great ability, who often does himself less than justice. He had a great share in bring- ing the new party lnto existonce, but it will wot acknowledge any dominant authority. The whip is ridiculed in some quarters, but strong man, o man very shrowd and sc- uve, is not in any way to be despised. We shall hear more of him by and by, Storey, of Sunderlaud, is, in my mind, & Bighly effcctive sposker, mamifestly a man of groat earnestuess, and I should to be exceedingly formidable. 1 &8 everybody kuows, is one of the ablest men In the commons, I fancy thut not o half Bozou men W the whole house would suy no | | { to that. dangorous. The new party has good stuft in it. Glad- stone, I imagine, would very much rather it had not sprung into existence now. ‘The radicals, however, must look out for squalls from the direction o they thought they were the safest. For years and years thoy have been harping upon the millions saved by the queen out of the civil ist. ‘Chat has beon one of the sharpest ar- rows in the quiver. It will be taken away and broken up. The whole account of the sovereign will be submitted to the pubiic, I believe, by the queen's cxpress desire. It will be conclusively shown that there has been neither extravagance nor hoarding, but that the public money has beeu devoted strictly to the purposes for which it was intended, and that the queen outrun her income und has beén gencrous to her family. It need scarcely bo pointed out to any sensible person that the effect of these disclosures must be to tuo discredit of the radicel party and to produce a great reaction in favor of the lady who has been much villified and misrepresented, who is not less ontitled to fair treatment and justice because she happens to be a sover. cign. A MENERE OF PARLIAMENT. a4 THE JOHNSTOWN FUNDS, Citizens Formally Protest Againat Their Mismanagement. JonxsTows, July 18.—~A large mass meet ingof citizens wus held this afternoon to protest against the manner in which the re- lief fund is being distributed. Rurgess Har- rell, in o speech, said the peopleof the valley should themselves bo the disbursers of the contributions, as the state commission had shown incapacity for the work. He urged that the relief bo as speedily as pos- sible distributed in money directly to the people for whose benefit it was donated. A resolution was adopted that if the dssertion imputed to Governor Beaver, that $1,500,000 has already been expended in Jolinstown and vicinity, has any foundation in fact it is the strongest possible argument that the funds have not been wisely disbursed. “Only by gross extravagance and carelessncss could such a sum .have been used 2ud the people have received no adequate return, The disbursement of the fund di- rectly will provide work for builders and trade for merchants, will stimulate business. restore confidence in the community, and thus directly and indirectly help those for whom the fund was intended. The resolu- tion ciosed with an appeal to the custodians of the funds at Puiladelphia, New York Pittsburg and other localities to transmit funds in their hands intended for the Cone- maugh valley sufferers dircct to the local finance committee to be distributed in cash upon requisitions of the board of inquiry. Au additional resolution was passed, re- questing the state commission to furnish un itemized statement of the expenditures to date. A DESTIX! Wilfred Lawson is none the less e CriIVE STORM. Scveral People Drowned and Much Damage Done. SUSQUENANNA, Pa., July 13.—A violent and destructive wind and rain storm visited this place this afternoon, lasting an hour. Some streets wero made 1mpassable by the debris. Many cornfielas were ruined. Nolives were lost. Prerspure, N Y., July I rific hail, rain and wind storm passed over Plattsburg and Burlington (Vermont) and other pluces nlong Lake Champlain this afternoon. In this city wires und trees wero prostrated and much glass was broken by the hail. Farmers will lose heavily on grain and fruit. Heavy damages aro reported from all along tho lake, Barmivork, July 18.—A cloudburst this afternoon did considerable damage i this county. Herring run rose ten feet in a fow minutes. North of the city two men stand- ing on a bridge were swept away and drowned. Several other persons had nar- row escapes. A ter- —~~— Suit For a Valuable Horse. . St. Paur, Minn,, July 13. —|Special Tele- gram to *Tux Bee.|—W. H. McCarthy, of Los Angeles, Cal., did notleave for Saginaw, Mich., this evening, as ho intended. On his string is Sir Archie, who, on Tuesday after- noon, paced a mile in 2:161¢, and is valued at £5,000. Suit was filed against McCarthy in in the afternooa for the vossession of the horse by Frank Thurston. Tho horso was replevined and levied upon just as McCarthy wus loading him on the cars for Saginaw, where he is booked for a race on Tuesday. Mr. Thurston placed the horse in the hands of a friend a year ago, with iustructions to soll him. McCurthy bonght him for $1,000, and brought his record down to 2:30!4. “Knapsack says the mnonoy was paid to Thurston at the time of tho sale, ana that the latter is trying to get the horse back by suit, because of his increased value, on the plea that he did not authorize the sale. s e An Unnatural Father. Leavexwonrn, Kan,, July 13.—(Special Telegram to Tur Bum.|—This afternoon Augusta Perry, 8 young girl 13 yeurs old, had her father, Ssmucl Perry, arresied on a charge of incest. Perry is & Frenchman, badly crippled, having lost both legs in the Burlingame, Kan,, mine disaster two years ago. Since that time he has been going around with a hand organ. He came to this city July 10 and stopped at the Commercial house. where he occupied a room with his daughter, and, according to her story, has assaulted her every night. He was placed under $1,000 bonds, in aefault of which he was put in the county jail. D Carnegic's Strike Virtually Ended. Prr1sBuRa, July 18.—The great strike at the Homestead Steel works of Carnegie, Phipps & Co., is practically ended. The confereuce between the Awmalgamated ofti- cials and the firm, arranged by the sheriff, to-day agreed on & number of essential points and a further discussion will be heid Mon- day. This is regarded as a virtual settle- ment of the trouble, and it is expected the immense plaut will soon again be in full operation, e Steamship Arrivals, At New York—The Celtic and City of Chi cago, from Liverpool; the State of Ne- braska, from Glasgow, wud the Moravia, from Humburg, At Queenstown—The Umbria, from New York, for Liverpool. At Humburg—The Servia, from New York. - Aun Attorney Arrcstod. INvIANAPOLIS, July 18,—-W. B, Walls, a well known lawyer wnd politician, was ar- rested to-day, echarged with making un. suthiorized collections for the estate for which he was attorney, and keeping money o the amount of §1,200. An Ince Evixvuson, Ind,, y this worning destroyed two livery und soveral stores aud residenoes. The lossss aggr surance. . moneys to the amount of te $20,000, with light in- | THE FRENCH JUBILEE Exteasive Preparatons For the Feote of July 14. ALL PARIS GAILY DECORATED. Thousands Will Take Part in the Oslebration To-Day. THE BOULANGIST INDICTMENTS. Action of the Commission of ths High Court of Justice. CHARGED WITH SERIOUS CRIMES of' the Dr. William Schaus, the Father Girl Who With Stillman, Writes An Ex- plunatory Letter, Elopea A Gala Day for Paris. [Conyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennstt.| Paus, July 13.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.]—After a week of more than tropical heat, the wind has veored to the northwest and rendered breath- ing mora possible than for duys. Pari nssuming its usual aspect for the fete of July 14. Somewhat more anxiety is shown this year. In the popuious quarters every house is decorated with bunting. The government portion of the fete will be more eclaborate than during the past years, but in the way of novelty nothing has been attempted. From the hour of dinner this eveniug the streets have been crowded,with workmen and families, who evidently made up their minds to enjoy thewselves until to-morrow, or perhaps Monday evening. The quares and open spaces wero occupied by amusements usual at_ fairs, while night was rendered hideous by the discordant brayiug of brass bands vlaying for the entertainment of the indefatigable worshippers of Terpsichore, whose ardor was not dampened by the fact that they had to dance on rough cabbjes. Tho commission of the high court of justice, acting as a grand jury, delivered on Friday the final decision which sends Bou- langer, Rocheforte and Dilion before the high court of justice for trial on the charge of high treason. The facts alleged against Boulanger amsedlizet,-crume against the state; second, the crime of consviracy; third, the crime of the embezzlement of public ,000 francs, Dillon and Rochefort, were ingicted before the high court as accomplices. The conspiracy decree rendered includes the charge of the, embezzlement of 2: francs, for the reason that the comm considerud the fact as connected with those, over which the high court had legitimate jurisdiction. Other ucts of embezzlement or peculation were brought to light in evidence before the commission, butlack of connection between them and conspiracy caused the commission to leave them out of the indict- ment. The commission, in so doing left the procureur general liberty to make theso acts the subject for a separate prosecution in the ordinary courts, ‘The bill of indictment, which is to be pra pared by the procureur general must bo sarved at the residence in France of each of the accused persons. This service will be made in a few days, and then the public will doubtless learn in detail the facts on which the charges made against Boulanger wre based. Mr, Schaus writes: To the Editor of the Herald: A copy of your paper of July 1 has just come iuto my possession. The sad story related of Dr. Churles F. Stillman and my daughter Mabel contains some errors, which 1ask the privilege of correcting. I never knew, either from Stillman or my duughter, that the former was a married mun until after the eugagement had taken place. As soon as I learned upon good suthority thav Stillman could not get a divorce the engagement was broken off by me a8 # matter of course. I am aware how deeply he had wronged my poor child. What could be expected of a man base enough to publish his own villainy and the shame and disgrace of the giri he pretended 10 love to the sorrow of respectable families, The course I have taken in this sad affair needs no defense on my part. All that a kind, indulgent father and a loving, gentle and devoted sister could do to bring the child back to the right path was unavailing against the wiles of thut seifish creature, I leuve many things unsaid out of self-respect, asilence which my friends will approve, Published in your journal there is another atrocious accusation against a noble and trus daughter, my daugbter, which can not be passed over without notice by her iather, I deny most emphatically that she ever came between Mabel and myself. When I ordered Mabel from home on account of her re- peated cruel deceptions her sistor took her to her heart and home, acting the part of the good Sawaritan. I cannot help feeling out- raged over her appalling slander of her good sister. Mabel must have been mad or wicked beyond description in making such unheurd- of charges against her sister—one wno lived® & good life, who in illness, and health would be a ministering angel, From all tho family and sisters at home Mabe! wet with nothing but kindness. Minnie was jealous of Mabel, butonly for the sake of her reputation and good name. Mabel went of her own free will to Cinein- nai for the purpose of cultivating her voice. I made her awple provision and hoped that, once away from the evil influence of Still- man, she would reflect upon the past and re- peut. Not so, for ho had the erring girl tracked by detectives. When I heard of her still being pursued by this villain I re- quested Mabe! to choose between him and her father, Under his influence she left me. Of course I cut off her allowance, s I could not condone her conduct with such & man, He brought her back to New York, 80 as to have his victim nearer to him, under & false. assuarnce that he would marry her, Poor, deluded girl! Will she realize her true po- sition? Stiliman is still & member of the Union League, Lotus and other clubs. Iam told that 1t is said that a beautiful @], gifted and loved, should forsake family and friends and destroy @ briliant future, And for whom! I trust that every paper which Las given publicity to this unhappy drama will really publish my reply, Pawis, July 18, WiLLiam Scuavs, B Unbalanced By the Heat, New Youx, July 18.—Captain Gordon Winslow, fifty-one years old, & retired army officer, was found acting wildly on Sixth avenue lo‘mr The heat had unbalanced nis miud and he was taken to a hospital for treatuent. His home is in Nebraska, SHOT HOWN A WHOLE, FAMILY. Augustus Rosenberg Dops Bloody Work at Somerville, Mass. Bostox, July 13.—A horrible tragedy was enacted in Somerville early ‘this morning The victims are Mrs. Catheride Smith, aged forty-five, her son Thomas, aged fourteen, and the perpetrator of ‘the doed is Augustus Rosenberg, while two other children of Mrs. Smith are injured, one of whom will die. The murderer has been living with Mrs. Smith about a year, as her husband, but the weneral belfef is they were vot married. It is supposed that u quarrel over financial af- fairs was the chief causoof the tragedy. They lived up stairs over a grocery store which Mrs. Smith conducted. The neigh- bors were eroused at 1 o'clock by a number of pistol shots. The poliee entered the front door and encountered tho dead body of Thomas Smith, who received the wound probubly up stairs and succeoded in reaching the lower landing before falling, Ho was the eldest of the children, of which there were five. Mrs. Smith was found in bed. Thendications were that she was shot while asleep, All the ehildren slept in the attic. Wille, aged twelve, and Augustus, aged seven, slept together, The former was shot through the body, the wound being probably fatal. Augustus was shot in the mouth, but his recovery is possible. Charles, aged five, was slightly wounded. Ho was in bed with Mable, a year youngor. Rosenberg jumped from the window after accomplishing his bloody work, and was pre- sumed for a time 1o have escaped, but his dead body was shortly afterwards found 500 feet from the scene. As there was no wound, and from the froth at his mouth, it 1s sup- posed he either died in a fit or by poison. SSTINKING 8MU A New and Very Disagreeable Wheat Dis:ase, IxpraNAroLis, Ind., July 13.—Horace E. Stockbridge, director of' the government agricultural experiment station for Indiaua, has been investigating & new wheat disease that hus appeared in ocertain sections of the state, particularly in LaGtange county, and which is probably affecting the wheat crop over considerable area. The disouso is a fungus growth, known ‘@s ‘“bunch” or tstinking smut,” on aceolint,of its strong and disagrecable odor. It is only found in America. ‘The wheat bead on nipenjng may posscss nearly its normat appearance, but on shelling the grain is_found| to be filled with A black greasy powder, the result of -the growth of the fungus, which begins with the very germination of the ‘sceds and kecps pace with the growth of ;the plant. Its ac- tion is no more harmful than that of common amut, but its odor renders it more objection- able. Tuisapt to occur so @bundantly in a tield as to render the crop well migh worth- less. Seed wheat may be. freed from its spores by being soaked in # solution of blue vitrol (sulphate of coppar) for twenty-six hours; four ounces of suiphate to ove gullon of water. ————i SHERMAN'S BiG STEAL, —— A Heavy Grain Map Goes to Canada Under o Cibud. Burraro, N, Y., July 38—Intense excite- ment was caused by thegdpouncement that a warrant has been issued for the arF@stot W. H. Sherman, head ot the firm of Sherman Bros. & Co. (Limitéd)j who is alleged to bave sold certificates for a large amount of grain in ‘the International and Lake Shore clevators, the grain having previously been withdrawn by him and marketed. The warrant charges Sherman with grand larceny. He is missing and is supposed to have gone to Can- ada. E. C. Hawkes, oneof the owners of the International elevator, says the matter is being investigated, that it involves mixing wheat also, and that the shortage may amount to $200,000. Aot gu e Ono of Love's Fools. BurraLo, Wyo., July 18.—[Special to Tue B, |—Julien Begel, o Mexican in the em- ploy of Chris Hepp, whosb ranch is on Piney crack, sixteen miles north of Buffalo, at- tempted suicido to-day by shooting the lower side of his face off with & rifie. The wound is o most uorrible one, the chin, one lower jaw, the nose, a portion of the tongue and the front of the roof of the mouth having been cut off as though removed with a knife, leaving the interior of the throat exposed to view. In his. ante-mortem examination by the coroner, Begel, who has retained con- sciousness, signified that the deed has been done intentionally, and that he wanted to die, His death is expected to occur shor:ly. Disappointment in love prompted the act. Blew Out Ais Brains. BENKELMAN, Neb., July 18.—Peter Gay, a prosperous farmer living near town, commit- ted suicide yesterday. He came to town early in the day and sold a bunch of caule. While in town he purchased & new breech- loading shot-gun, which, weapon he used to take his life. He was missed from the house shortly after ginnerand his wife went in searcn or him, knowing tnat he was subject to fits of temporary imsanity. When found he was lying on the floof in & neighboring barn with the entire top of his head biown off. He had evidently vlaced the muzzle of the gun in his mouth and pressed the trigger with his toe, us ho had removed the shoe and stocking from one foot. ———— Urges the Veterans to Attend, Kaxsas City, July 13.—Commander-in- Chief Warner has issued 8 general circular to all G, A. R. posts urging the members to attend. the national en¢ampment at Mil- waukee, despite the refusal of the railroads to grant the 1 cent rate, It is the general be- lief at General Warner's headquarters here that the attendance will beguite as large as if the dispute with the raflroads had never oceurred, ——— A Fatal Collsion, Or Ciry, Pa, July 18—A coliision oc- curred this atternoon on/the Western New York & Philadelphia rodd on a curve near Petroleum Center, about :seven miles from this city, between a freight train and a new engine which was beiag tried. Brakeman Tamlin was instantly killed and four others painfully but not serioubly injured. Both engines and several cavs vere completely de- wolished, e —— How Pigeons Fly, Burraro, N. Y., July 18.—The American Homing Pigeon club, of this city, liberated six birds in Detroit ut 10:83, 75th meridian time yesterday forenoon. The first two birds reached here at 2:40 p. m., and the third bird at 8:55 p. The distance flown was 256 miles, e R Testing the Petrel. BavTiMoke, July 13.—The gunboat Petrel started on her official tfisl to-day. Monday and Tuesday the new gunboas will be put on the fiua! test, v Eleven Satlors Drowned, PaxaMA, July 4.~Advices from Castro suy that the steamer Rapel, frow Valparaiso for Buenos Ayrean ports, was wrecked April 20 on Socorro island wnd eleven of the crew drowned. RICHTS OF REFUGEES. | The Swiss Government Will Still Maintain «Them. REPLY OF THE BUNDESRATH. A Polite But Firm Refusal to be Bulldozad by Bismarclk. ADVISED TO BE MORE TEMPERATE Emperor Willlam Recommonds a Less Dictatorial Policy. ARISTOCRATIC LOVERS SUICIDE. Lady Acton Drowns Herself and He Bethrothed, Count Waldomar Blu- Kills Himself—Sup- posed to Have Quarreled. menthal, Switzerland Undaunted. [Copyriaht 1889 by York Assciated Prese.) BErwiy, July 13.-~The roply of the Swiss bundesrath was received at ,the foreign offico yosterday. Though civil in tone it is none the less deflant, It dces not recede a step from the position proviously taken by Switzerland, and is throughout a vind of the rights of refugees and of Swiss action towards the German police. Tlie tenor of the reply was communicated to the German minister at Berne early in the weelk. The communication was the signal for the adoption of stringent measures for the sc tiny of travelers crossing the s [rontier, baggage being mercilessly overhauled and &£oods wantonly searched and delayed, To- day's National Zeitung denies that these rogulations are reprisuls, and declares they are due to directions from the imperial customs officials, uninfluenced by the governmen The Swiss cantor authorities, believing otherwise, direct tra clera to proceed through Austrian territory, The attitude of the Swiss [i] nment 1s probably strenghtened by the knowledge that Bismarck's menaces to Swiss neutrality occusion dissatisfaction The Emperor has advised Bismarc to modify his ftone and thus avoid aggravating the difficuity. The North German Gazette to-might, com- menting on the situation, explains that the dispatch of June 5 was the outcome of an un- derstanding with Russia, and procecds to show the object was given in tho tone and tenor of the identical noto presented at the same time to accentuate the impression it was intended to produce. “This purpose so far has been attained. The Swiss authorities are giving due consideration 10 Russian representations and it is expected they will ultimately recognize GGermany’s claims, though in a less friendly and expeditious manner. ‘T'no diplo- matic action of Germany Is aimed ut tho social democracy in Switzerland. Against Switzeriund itaelf its policy is directed only in so far as elements hostile to the German empire are protected and promotad there, To combat these elements is the task of the im- perial policy, and the fight will not be aban- doned until the task is tulfilled.” It is expected that the autumn session of reichstag will begin about the miadle of Oc- tober. It will be a revision of the present reischstag. The bundesrath will resume business at the end of September, dealing first with the press regulations and revising the socialistic law. The progressionists intend to dilate upon the abuses in the military administra- tion. The corruption disclosed by the Hage- mann trial furnishes abundant material to show the prevalent pratice among ofticers of living to what extent they can upon sup- plies. “The emperor will return to Walhemshafen on the 20th iost, In accordunce with the roquest of Emperor francis Joseph he will meet with the quiet- ost possible reception on his coming visit to Berlin. There willbe no conrt festivities and the city will refrain from giving his majesty o formal welcome. He will pass through the capital on nis way to Potsdam The municipal authorities will present him with an address at the railway station. There will be no fetes, The visit of tho em- peror will be devoted to witnessing milita, reviews and maneuvers, while Count Kal- noky palavers with Prince Bismarck, The official hopes that the czar will come w0 Berlin have been abandoned. Even tho meeting of sovercigns at Kiel is doubtful, Prince Bismarck Las ceased his communi tions with St. Petersburg regarding the in- terview, since hearing the czar had expressed uan unwillingness to come to Berlin 8o long as the governmentorgans assailed Russia credit and the war office kept massing men along the Russian frontier, The details of the emperar’s life aboard the imperial yacht Hohenzollern appear in the papers. He comes on deck at8 o’clock and break(fasts on coffeeand eggs and cold meats, finishing with u glass of sherry, After break. fast he wulks the deck, chatting with the oftizers, and receives und sends @ few dis- patches. He interchanges telegrams with the empress at every station. The diuner, which is served at 6. is & simple meal, con: sisting of soup, fish and meat, with light wines, German champagne and coffee. The repast over, he promenades the deck smok- ing, and retires at 9o'clock. The letters de- scribe him as in splendid health and spirits, After the Austrian emperor’s visit, Emperor William goes to Metz to luy the foundation stone of a monument to his grandfather, thence to Westphalia to witness military maneuvers and then to Athens, where he will attend the marriage of his sister, Princess Sophie, and the duke of Sparta. Advices from Munich announce tne suicide of Lady Acton, sister of the German minis- ter av Washington. She was residing with thefamily of Count Drechsel in a villa adja- cent to Tegernsee, Yesterday she took a boatand went rowing alone on the lake, and when she was some distance from the shore, she jumped into the water. Sbe had previ- ously shown symptoms of meutal disorder, Her husband died recently. “The Catholic electoral congress at Munich has been postponed until September 15, Prince Lowenstein-Wertheim will preside, Local committees are being formed in every village throughout the south, giving promise of the most vigorous and best organized cam- palgn that the center party has ever known. The Berlin press is absorbed in a dispute over the relative vositions of Prince Bis- marck and Count Von Waldersce. The North German Gazette, in which Count von, Walderseo was attacked as trying to wflu- ence the German foreign policy, finds it necessary to announce that the article in question was not officially inspired. The Cross Guzete, the organ of Couat Von Waldersee, accused the North German Gazeute of Lrying to injure the reputations of the chiefs of the army.snd of inciting & PAGES 18, feeling of contemnt that !N\Jo}l to relax discipline, hence the disclaimer. The poet Hamerling has died ati@rats, Court circles are talking about the conver- sion of the Bmpross Augusta Victdrin to the Catholic church, She made a pro faith bofore Abbe Redijuski, who is' 1o tho household of Prince Radriwil€ Count Resselwoll witnessed the ceremony {u com- pany with Prince Radziwilt. 'tho emperor had previously boon apprised of her inten- tion, Sevoro thunder storma provailed through. out contral Germany yesterday, sweoping over Weshphalia, Phurnigia, Bavaria and the Rhine proviucss, and doing much dam: age. A number of buildings wero struck by lightning. A sensation has cide of Count boon caused by the sui- Waldomar Von Blumenthal, Prussian military uttacho at Munich. 1t is belioved lie was envaged to Lady Acton, the sister of the German minister at Washington who vommitted suicide, and had quarreled with hor, TAE DAILY SO A Fronch Dep Hins to He Con- trolled by Force. [Copyright 1589 by James Gordon Bennelt. | New York ilerald Cabla ~In the chamber of deputies to-day, Victte introduced n bill providing that no one shall be allowed to contest wore than ono seat ucthe same time Cluseret moved the previous question, The motion was rejected by a vote of 331 to 204 aud urgency was granted for the bill, At tiis poit M. L'Horrsso ascended the Tribune and iusisted upou speaking. For this action he was censured by the prosi- dent of the chamber. who also ordered his temporary exclusion from the house. The chamber then took a short recoss. Upon re- suming L'Herisse was still i the tribune. The captainof the guard with a detachment of soldiers thereupon entered the house and requested L'Horrisse to descend from the wibune, L'Herisse replied that he was there by virtue of the mandate of the eloctors and would yield ouly to force, The captain then placed his hand upon M. L'Herisse" shoulder and quietly conducted him ouside the house. M. Viette's bill was afterward passed by & vote of 804 to 2 B —Special to ‘Tne Crowds at a Picture Sale, [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett] LoxvoN, July 18.—[New York Herald Cable--Special to Tine Bre,]—There was an immense attendance at Christio's picture sale to-day. Dealers were largely repre- sented. Notable among thoso present were Doyle, Curator, of the Irish gatlery, Sir John Robinson, National gallery, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, Lord Charles Beresford, Sir Arthur Birch, Sir John Pen- der, Lord Pawerscourt, Sir Julien Gold- smith and Sir Charles Tennant. The first to bring four figures was “View of the Water mill. It had figured fn the Hamilton collection. The Duke of Marlborough was the purchaser at 4,000 guincas. *‘Landscape and Cattle,” by Hobbein, was captured by Agnew, a London dealer, for 5200 guineas. A sensational sale, though not the largest, was Millet's “Levanneur.” Arnold, a Pat deuler, was the purchaser for 3,400 guineas. Seventeda piotures, part of the Seeretan eol- lection,” braught £27,824; £40,000 was ex- pected, The Iate Colonel McMurdo’s collec- tion, by Italian, Flemish, Dutch and French artists, was also sold. The largest prices prices were the ““Death of Lucrecia,” by Rembrandt, for 8,75 guineas; “Laughing cen, for 1,678 guineas: TA by F. Hals, for 1,600 guineas; “‘La Vedette and Lesmosquetaira,’ by Meis- sonier, did not reach up to the set price und was bought in, The total from the Mc- Wanamaker Thinks the Government Sntitled to the Minumum Charge, WasiINGTos, July 18.—Concerning the re- port that he had made an order reducing the rate on government, messages from 1 cent to 1 milt per word, the postmaster general says that he had suggested this rate and that some of tne companics objected to it. To them he had written @& letter, which stated among other things: “Ldesiro to say the rate proposed was fixed upon information furnished this de- nartmeut that your company has been giving rates to various largo corporations that are in some Instances us low as the fgure now proposed for the government service. With notice of this fact I could not be justified in malking for the government a new contract at highor rates than wero charged other vatros, especially 80 in_view of the privi- leges and benefits extended your company by acts of congress, 1submit to your own sense of right that the government is entitled to the minimum rate, L el A Reception to Major Warner. Prexie, 8. D., July 13.—[Spacial Telegram to Tue BEE.]—A large public reception by the local post was tendered to Major War- ner, commander ot the G, A, R., who was in this city last night as o member of the Sioux commission. Fe svoke at length, and said, relative to the Milwaukee encampment, that its success, compured to former years, had been mude doubtful by reason of railroad compapies refusing to grant a reduction in rates to deiogates and visitors below one- half fare. Otherwise it would have ocen tho largest iu its history. He advised comrados to do their best towards ma encampment a great success, and then attend to the railroads afterwards. The city of Mil- waukee had doue its part, and vetorans must now do theirs, — The Sioux Con HunoN, 8. Dak., July 13 —| gram to Tue Bex,]—The Sioux commission and party, with press representatives wore given a big public r night and started for Cheyenne at 5 o'clock this morning, agent McCheanoy being hero to escort them. Governor Foster said they had the utmost conflence that the treaty would be made a success, sud that any dif- ficulties in sight could be overcome, as there were secret influences ut work in their favor wuich would become apparent later on, Major Warner was emphatic in saying that the reservation'has got to be opened this year under this law. Genoral Crook would say nothing about the matter, only w0 agree with the rest. It was claimed that three fourths have now signed, according to the new census of the Indlan el LT The Weather Indications, * For Nebraska and Dakota: Showers; slightly warmer in Dakots, nearly statlonary temperature In Nebrasku; wiads, For Towa: Showers; slightly cooler, s tlonary temperature; easterly winds, f— Jealousy Ends in Murder. Bostox, July 18.~This afterncon Dr. Willlam B, White, aged seventy-five, shot aud wounded his wife, Ellen, aged twenty- five; and then suicided, This was his second wife. They have been marriad sbout two years, and of late they lived unbappily, White being very jealous of his wife. Hiv jealousy faally turned into to-dey’s trigudy. ing this ycar's northwesterly UMBER A FATAL CLOUDBURST A Death-Dealing S'orm Broaks Upon Fort Robinson. FATHERAND CHILDREN DROWNED Four Membors of a Family of Seven Lose Their Livos, THE ENTIRE VALLEY SUBMERGED. Company Gardens and Laundry Quarters Badly Flooded, TWO HORSE THIEVES SENTENCED Musfelv and Waters Recelvo Torme In the Penitentiary—A orced Scttlement robable on tho Sloux Reservation. A Flood at Fort Robinso Fort Ronixsos, Neb., July 18.--([Special Telegram to ‘e Brk, |~This morning, just after daylight, a clond-burat vccurred in tho mountain just north of Fort Robinson, and tho flood swept down Soldier creek n a mighty torrent. The tirst wave was six feet high and completoly submerged the httie valley. The gardens at Fort Robiuson were flooded, and K company’s garden, with C company’s gavden, were bndly damaged. The laundry row along Soldier creek was submerged and tho people had to fles for their lives. Great anxiety 1s felt for tho people living in the canyon wlong Soldier creclk, just north of tho pos| One body has been oroulkht in and iden- tified as that of Marsh Duucan, a wood chobper, who lived with his family, a wife and five children, in tie canyon, His wife was sayed, but threo of the children are known to be drowned. Acircular was sent around the post by Colonel Tilford and ih an hour food and clothing and money in abundance was sent to the canyon. A party of afficers and eight enlisted men have been dispatched to the scene of the disuster. Colonel Tilford nas also ordered a company of the Eighth m. fantry to 2o up the canyon with tents and rations and search’ for the bodies of the drowped. The waters are subsiding ia Soldier creek, but they are still very high in White river, though tho bridges are consid- ered safe. A Severe Storm at Stromsburg. STROMSBURG, Neb., July 13.—[Speclal Telegram to Tur Bee.]—The most terrific wiadand rain storm ever known in this county passed over this place this ovening, The rain descended in torronts and the wind Ulew & gale. The damage to crops and prop- erty cannot be estimated at this tiwe. Struck By Lightning. Crxtnar Crer, Neb., July 13.—[Special Telegram o Tire Ber.] —Tho past few days nave witnessed & series of violent thunder storms in this vicinity. Last night, ap Chapman, lightning struck the houso of Os- car May, killing his little daughter, who was 1n bed at the time. Yestorday moruing tho residencs of R. R. Douglass, at Clarks, was struck and damaged, but no one wus-hurt. Rain has allen in torrents, and the oat bur- vest is being much interfered with, ming County's Oroked Clerks, West Poixt, Neb,, July 13.—|Special to Phe investigation by an expert of the vecords of county clerks and the clerk of the district court of Cuming county, which was inaugurated by the hoard of supervisors in Januarylast, culminated in the report of the expert to-duy, and the result is a great sur- prise to the taxpayers of the county, The revort covers a period from 1879 to 1888, in. clusive, and includes the term of William Stenfer, 1879, 1880 and 1881, three years; F\, W. Ragoss, 1882 to 1885, Inclusive, four years; James W. Shearer, 1386 to 1887, two years; Julius Thielo, 1855, ono year. Tho re- port of tho expert shows shortages as fol lows: William Stenfer, §, i B W, Ragoss, 4,74 James W. Shear- er, $1,8305 Julius Thicle, $783; making a total of $3,150, 1t is said that a considerable portion of the shortage is caused from negloct of the county clerks to make propor application for clerk’s salary. The suporvisors expoct to collect between $5,000 and 6,000 that was wrongfully withheld. F, W. Ragoss re- moved to California shortly after his term expired and took his ill-gotten gain s with him. The county board say they will take immediate sto] to collect the several amounts, either from the princivals or their bondsmen. The developments have caused great excitement, and it 1s the sole topic of conversation, Two Horse-Thieves Sentence: Basserr, Neb, July [Special Tele- gram to Tue BEe]—The two horse-thieves, Runt Musfelt and Recne Waters, who woro captured hre the first part of this weel, huve already learned that the wuy of the transgzressor is hard. After the proliminary oxamination last Wodnesday they were per- suaded by their friends that the beést thing they could do would be to plead guilty to tho charge, which they accordingly done, Judge Kiokaid was notitied, and last evening he arrived in Bassett, opened court and pro- ceeded to give them their sentences. Waters was sentenced to fourteen months and Musfelt to three years in the penitentiary at hard labor. The verdict gives general satisfaction and the people feel that justice has been done to the criminals, and that this will, in s mcasure, put a stop to horse stealing in this vicinity, A Forced Settlement Probable, Niosrana, Neb., July 18.—[Special wo Tus Bee).—The discouraging outlook for the opening of the Sioux reservation, by the con- sent of the Indians, hus again agitated the question of a forced settlement of that por= tion of the reservation north of the Niobrara river, and which will become & part of Ne- braska upou the extinguishment of the Ine dian title, It will be romembered that Tuw Bex correspondent early in the season gave accounts of settlers going upon this portion of te reservation, but by the advice of citi- zens here were persuaded to take some of the vacant farms that were for rent in the wmorthwest part of Knox county, 80 as not prejudice the work of the commission. The good policy of this move was proved by the unani- mous consent of the Santees and others, Buy the agitation is growing, and if the commis slon proves a fuilure lively times may be ex- pected iu this vicinity, The prospect for the adiaiasion of Dakotu :u October, and the pos- sible failure of the Sioux coman 1he UNo Med's Tand? thosry a8 W bhis poss