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| i ROYALTY'S POVERTY. The Requests For Additional Granta © Still Being Disoussed. COMPLETE FAILURE TO AGREE. The Prospects For Future Gifts Not Very Encouragtng. GLADSTONE'S STRANGE POSITION Friendly With the Prince of Wales But Party Followers Not. MORLEY A FAITHFUL HENCHMEN. Who the People Want 1s a Limit Fixed to the Amount Which the Royal Family Shall No Agrecment on Royal Grants, L Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bann. yvoN, July 20.—(New York Herald Cablé“-Special to Tnr Bre]—You have evidently had access during the pust weck to exclueive sources of information which have enavled you to lay before your readers with remarkable fuluess and accuracy the chief facts connected with the controversy that hus arisen over the proposed royal grants. In not a single detail does your information need correction. Unfortunately the weelc closes as 1t began-—with utter failure to se cure an agreement on the immediate applica- tion for additionai grants, and with every prospect of still more serious disagreement in parliament whon the entire question is carried thero for settlement. To-day’s efforts to come to some compro- mise have been *‘as ineffectual as those which have gone before.” Gladstono, Mor- ley and other liberals, with two exceptions, are willgig to give the Prince of Wales £40,000 a year over and above his present al- lowance on condition that he makes pro- visions for his own children, and that the other grandchildren of the queen shall be provided for by their parents or re- lations. Do not imagino that going thus far Gladstone and his friends have had a road all smooth before them, Very far from that. A large body &of the radicals in tho house are desperately discon- tented, and they do not scruple to declare that their veteran leader betrayed them. They do not understand that Gladstone has been a party more thanionce to arrange- ments of the kind which are now proposed, and that he feels it his duty, as an old ser. vant of the crown, to stand by the sovereign and her family, Now, 1 should think it very probable that Gladstoune was consulted before the present application wus mude, and he is known to be very good friends with the Prince of Wales. He is familiar with all the eyrcumstances of the prince, and that being 80, he must be aware that if the prince were to die to-mor- row his children would be left totally unprovided for, consequently it is not sur- prising that Mr. Gladstone has taken up a very strong line i favor of the roasonable demand made on behalf of the prmce's children. But then the government does not stop there, and that is the unlucky part of the business It makes this application, but. it does not say thav it or its successor shall not be free to cowe forward agair and ask for more money for any other grandchildren of the queen, There is where Gladstone draws the line. He is perfectly conscious that a great strain has been put upon his supporters in their ef- forts to go with him as far as they have done, Morley has been very faithful, and Morley's constituents are by no means pleased with him in consequence, and, after all, nothing is gainod by a man losing his seat in parlia- ment through loyalty to his chief. It does not advance the cause one jot. Gladstone himself would not be a gainer by Morley being thrown out of his sear, and this result will not be improbable if an election were to take place just now, for the radical party throughout the country is furiously opposed to any more royal grants. Thatyou may tako to be u fact quite beyond dispute, As for the conservatives, they simply grin and bear it. “Will the covernment £1ve way to that?" is a question which agitates gll sections, This evening I do not think it can or will, Evidently there is a power in the back- ground which has to " be considered, which thinks it.would be betraying the younger branches of the royal family if all claun on the country on their beualf were now repu- diatea and forfeited. TLE® government is therefore really in no position to recede from the attitude it has taken. It is willing to leave the future take care of itself and bind parliament to nothing. But the liberals will not have it that way. They say we must s bear all future applications. As matters stand now the ministry can not yield, but it may be authorized to do so before Monday morning. The queen stood out for her rights on the bed chamber question and beat Sir Robert Peel. She refused to allow Lord Palmerston to iguoie her in the management of foreign affairs, and he had to give way. But is the present a good occasion to make another resolute stand! s it wise to assume this attitude! We will take all you have Lo give now, but we will give no undertakiug Dot to present another bill for payment whenever circumstances require, and we alone are to be judges of these circuin- stances. Is that wise! I for oue take leuve to doubt it. The word apparently is beiug passed around o the conservatives press to back up the ministry in its refusal to yield. 1 sec one semi-official paper says that there must be no surrender. Well, of course, there is nothiug to prevent that line being taken, The ministerial mujority is strong enough 0 carry u report couched in that sense, but the conservative party must make up its mind to be routea, horse, foot and d ragoons At the noxt general cloction as a result, Tall talk costs nothing now, but it will be dear in the end. You cannot make addi- tional royal grants really popular. The peo- ple will not stand iu the streets aud throw wp their eaps for them. And what they expect now is that definite limits shall be fixed to the awmount to be paid the royal family, and this limit the ministry refuses to fix, There you have the case in a nut shell, It is oftén said that there was & bargain between the crown and parliament when the queen ascended the throue, by which the erown lands were ceded to the country and the country i return agreed to provide for sll the royal family, but then comes in snother ugly controversy, What do you mean by crowning lands) What wmade them , and s it & fact that thoy really be- to the peoplet It is very il judged to drag all such matters wpon the in THE OMAHA SUNDAY BE OMAHA, SUNDAY. carpet. When once the whole subject is thrown into the political arena for all parties to fight over, there is no saying what may happen or who may get badly hurt. The best friends of monarchy and the most loyal subjects of the queen are those who would gladly have seen the issue postponed. I admit that it could not be deferred any longor, but it might have boen managed with more tact. Next weelk wo shall be in the thick of the contest, for the committeo is bound to make some sort of a report. Will the ministry tako the risk of going before parliament witn the admission that it has to encounter the opnosition of Gladstone and the entire liberal party! Wil it do this after 1t has become noto- rious that some of his followers are disposed to act eenerously toward the crown and arrange a fair compromise! Yes, it is quite possivle that it will do so unless some common sense steps in and takes com- mand between now and Monday at halt past 12, when the committee will mect, most probably for the last time. The neck-or-nothing supporters of the government may spur them on. They may bluster about nailing their colors to the masthead, and shout no surrender till they arc hoarse, but thero will be a day of reck- oning, and then 1t will bo regretted that moderate counsels did not prevail. Lot us oven now hope that at the eleventh hour they will prevail, bofore irreparable mis- chief is done, A MEMBER OF PARLIAN PARIS VAOCATES. An Endless Army of Tourists Invad- ing the Ciry. [Conyright 159 by Jumes Gordon Bennett,| Pauts, July ¥).—[New York Herald Cable—Special to T Bee.]—The weather has become suddenly cold; the winds are northerly. The Si princes, Spanish bull fighters, Arabs, Cingalese and Nubians, with whom Paris now abounds, arc shiver- ing with cold, and their teoth ure chattoring. The endless army of tourists still swarms about Kiffel tower; but for the Parisians the season is over, and the dames of the Fau- bourg Saint ( 2 aud the quecns of the niore wealthy, but iéss exclusive circles of the Champs Elysees,are now taking wing for Dieppe sna Boulogue and Ostende. Count Munstor, tho German ambassador, is off to Eagland where his son, Count Alexander Munster, will shortly marry Lady Muriel Hay, the daughter of the countess of Kin- noul. Baron and Baronness Alphonse De Rothschild are off to their chateau, The Mauc Grammonts and Montmor- encys have all taken their departure, and Paris is now abaudoned to the wavo of American, Enghsh and Provincial French invaders. who are all warmly weleomed and who seem to enjoy themselves immensely. There has been quite an apidemic of mur- ders and robberics lately, which, coming simultancously with the new demonstration of “Jack the Ripper,” causo no little alarm. One of the most startling murdera was com- mited in the Rue Bonaparte last Monday night. Mme. Kut a pectable con- cierga of about sixty summers, was seated in her lodge shortly after nightfall, when three men, who had previously been ob served prowling around the house, entered the room and cut the ill-fated ‘old woman's throat before she could utter a sound. It must have been immediately after tho mur- der that Mlle. Ciado, the servant of Sena- tor M. Feguerr, who occupied an apartinent on the first floors passed by the lodge. Sho noticed that the curtain over the glass half of the door was drawn down almost completely. Looking tarough an un- covered corner she caught sight of a man’s figure. After an interval the woman opened the door to enter, but sceing three disrepu- table looking men in the room she ran back to the street shricking. The murderers jumped through a window and quickly disap- peared. A male necighbor now joined the alarmed servant, and together they found Mme. Kuhine lying on the floor with her throat cut. The arm chair in which ste had probably been sitting was overturued, the other furniture had been pulled about in the haste made by the murderers in ing for the money which they thought the con- ciege would have recerved from tie inmates of the house. No trace of the murderers has been discovered. The mext day a daring burglary took place in the Rue Vaugirard, where Mme. Sazarry, a widow lady of easy means, was found lying sens in ner apartment with outs and gashes on her throat and neck. The would-be murderers had been startied by the neighbors and fled before accomplishing their purpose. No traces of them have been discovered. —— MURAT HALSTEAD. He Proposes to Get Even With His En- emies Next Fall. [Copyright, 1889, by New York Ass Paus, July 20.—|New York Herald Cable —Special to Tne Bre.|—Murat Halstead, editor of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, has been spending a few days in Paris at the Grand hotel. He leaves to-day for Lon- don, o sail on the City of Paris for America next Wednesday. A Herald correspondent callea vesterday to ask him for an interview on the senate discussion about s appoint- ment to the Germau mission. Halstead said: *I never talk about the affair, and do not wish to say muchabout it now. Nothing has been heard from me on the subject for the reason that [ was ill when the nomiunation was sent to the senate by the president. I was 11l for four weeks, and knew very little about what was going on at the time, I did not have bran fever, as was re- vorted, When I began to pay at- tention to the subject of the senate’s mc- tion, my friends had said all that was necessary, #The original cause of the trouble came through Senator Payne, father-in-law to Secretary Whitney. The democrats gener- ally in my case opposed tho administration, I have no personal feelng of animosity towards Payne, but it was unwise to bring up issues of the manner of his election to the senate tg influence the election of his succes- sor. The people of Ohio will doubtless ex- press and execute entirely tholr will on the subject, L shall be content with what they do. “1 feel very much interested in the Onio campaign, and have no doubt of the triumph- ant re-election of Foraker, I feel that I may render some assistance n making the Com- mercial (azette a warm, effective campaign paper during August, September and Octo. ber.” Haulstoad continued that nobody ever de- nied that Payne was elected witn money ex- cept the Clevelaud Plain-Dealer, I did my share in makicg that matter an issue in Ohio when the question came up as to whether the senate should investigate Payne or not, Something had to be done. Payne's friends knew that if an investigation came it would be ruio to lum and them, Therefore, they had to find some means of evading, and the thing decided upon was to make it & personal matter with me, Therefore, instead of de- bating what Payne had done, they debated what I had sald, which was an injustice to me, iustead of ko election of Payne, They FASHIONABLE mese ses debated my literary carcer and extravagance of language. My friend Evarts even ac- cused me of impetuosity. When it came to talking of my fitness for the foreign mis- sion the senate debate took place on the propriety of allezed language of mine. but. which was used by correspondents of the Commercial-Gazette whom I never employed. My own language, speaking of the senate, will be found parliamentary. Therefore the nomination was rejected by holding me re- sponsible for what was said by others writ- ifig over my own responsible signature, but I have no complaint to make and am well sat- isfied with the situation. 1 had rather go home than stay abroad. I think thatI repre- sent the American nation best when I would rather go home than stay abroad, and think that 1 represent the American nation best when I come and go at my pleasure and pay my own expenses, [ greatly rejoice to beableto go home. I am in good health, aud the other affairs to me are immaterial in comparisison.”” Halstend dined at the American legation last night. i American Riftemen Recelve Badges. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.| Loxnoy,July 20.-- | New York Herald Cable pecial to Tie Bre.]—Wimbledon, though it 18 no more the liome of the National Rifle association, will always be a plsasant memory to every member of the Massachu- setts rifle toamn. The team won a little re- nown and nota little help hare. It was in- v by the presentation us o memento, of & queen’s e, hore considered a high honor. ‘The team was loudly cheered £ the medals were preseuted. The riflemen left for Paris to-night for a week. They return to be entertained by the honorably artillery company on the 20th, after which they sail for howe. to each niember Wimbledon b —— To Suvpress Sedition. Pawts, July 20.—M. Constans, mnister of the interior, has decided to form a body of consisting of 100 men, apart from a regular force, whose special duties it shall be to suppress seditious assembl'es The Nationul says: The government pro- poses to warn the electors tnat Genmeral Boulanger is ineligible as a candidate for councils general, TE o THE INDIANS WEAKENING, A Very Different Spirit Manifest at the Cheyenne Agency. v, Dak. (via Fort Cney Sully, Dak. .—[Special Telegram to ‘I Bek.]--Much hard work in the camps has been dono during the past twenty-four hours. The half-breeds who bave been hedging are now doing active work and have regained their lost prestige. Their head chiefs, Swan Bird, Little-No-Heart and Charger, have declared themselves and will sign the bill soon, only awaiting the bands coming to subscribe, Major George M, Ran- dall, a former agent here in the day of danger, has been doing some very effective work in the camp here. R. Rosseau, & very influentisl squaw man living on the reservation, signed the bill this morning, as did Fred Dapre and his four sons. These men have been thought to be in opposition, and they havo given cause for this in their previous inaction. To- duy they have been talking with the Indians, and it has haa a good effect. General Crook met.the Indians in small numbers at one of the employe’s houses and answered questions and made a brief explan- ation of the bill to those who did not under- stand it thoroughly. Later he met the Indians in o general council av the pavillion where ail present who desired could ask questions and have made clear any doubtful point. White Swan, who has been’ one of the most bitter in his opposition to the bill, was the fivst talker, as usugl, and so far receded from his former position as to say that if he could have all the lands for tep miles south of the Cheyenne river included in his re- servation he would sign the bill. This con- sidered quite a concession. General Crook told them that he had no power to change the bill, nor did any one short of congre but thut they might take their land in sever- alty south of the Cheyenne river. All the Indians could come on the land south of the river and take land there, while still owning the land above im common. The lieutenant of Indiun police, Cook, then eame forward and addressed the coun- cil, talking quite saucily for some time. He was foliowed by Charger, Four Bears, Spotted Eagle and Humprib, all of whow were very moderate in their tall. It is evi- dent that they are all quite anxious to grac fully back down from their former position in opposition, one of them, Charger, said at he wauted something to give his people peace, and would advise them to come in and sign tue bill, but he wanted to go down to Washington end council with the secre- tary. There arc seventy-iv grand rush is exp now about one hundred and names added to the list. A ed Monday. A Cuifous Case Decided. [Copuright 1859 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxno: July 20.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.]—Lord Jus- tice Lopez gave a decision in a curious case to-day ~that of Cochrane againt Moore, Cochrane is a money lender and Moore a gentieman jockey. Ho rode Kilworth, owned by Ernest Benson, the jubileo plunger, & young man who squandered £250,000 in @ few months. After the race Bengon gave Moore & one-quarter interest in Kilworth. Later he gave Cochrave a bill of sale, Cochrane then sold him, All Moore ciwimed was a quarter. of the procesds of the sale of Kilworth. Cochrane fought the claim, and on his trainer testifying to his promise to Moore, the court decided in Moore's favor. ————, Champion Scullers in Training. [Coryright 188 by James Gordon Bennelt.) Loxvox, July 20.—[New York Herald Cable—Special w0 Tnr Bee)—8So far O'Connor, the American chawpion, and Searles, the champion of the world, have done only tough work, They have still seven weeks of traming ahead. Searles is the favorite, as he nuturaliy ought to be. s Subscribing Rapidly, Loxvox, July 20.—Fivesixths of the amount of the capitel stock In the American Salt company reserved for Great Britain has already been subscribed by sharebolders in the Salt Union, e Weather Indication: For Nebraska and Dakota: showers, colder, southerly winds. For lowa: Light local sbowers Sunday afternoon, no decided change in tewperature, southerly winds, becoming variable. B A Big Paper Mill Burned. Pamis, July 20.—The Staudel paper mills near Pontarlier were burned to-day. The loss is enormous. —— Cotton Warchouses Burned. LavesrooL, July 20.--Several cotton ware- bouses burued to- duy; loss, £60,000. Light local MOR JULY TURKEY WILL ADHERE The Porte Oonclld_‘u to Stick By tho Triple Alllance. pa—s INFLUENCED BY WAR RUMORS. The Servian Situation Accelerated the Entente Cordiale. EAGER FOR CIVIL STRIFE. King Milan's Pnrfls.nnu ‘Would Wel- come Internal Trouble, GERMANS BECOME RESPECTFUL. Count Herbert Bismarck Assures Switzerland That His Governe ment Will Be Very Def- erential Hereafter. The Sick Man's Allegiance Secured. [Copuright 1889 by New York Assoclated Pres.) BERLIN, July 20.—Tho long pending nego- tiations with the porte aiming atthe adhe- sion of Turkoy to the triplo alliance have finally resulted in an entente cordiale, under which the dreibund guarantees to maintain the integrity of the Turkish territory in ac- cordance with the treaty of Berlin. The question concerning Crete is reserved, Prince Bismarck promising to influence Greece not to interfere, providing further autonomy is conceded the Crotans. It is stipulated that the Turkish troops shall co-operate with Austria in Servin and Bulgaria in the event of a war with Russia. The sultan received Count Radowitz, the German ambassador, on Wednesday, and ar- ranged for the reception of Emperor William, whose visit to Constantinople depended upon the porte's conclusion of an entente cordiale. The negotiations were accclerated by the gravity of the situation in Servia. The cabinet council held in Vienna on Thursday debatea whether the timo hcd come for military intervention by Austria. The war mimster reported the arming of the Servian reserves en massc, Russian officers, he sald, were engaged in in- specting the fortresses, barracks and depots n Servia. The minister advocated imme- diate action. Everything was ready to march two army corps into Servia. The counel declined to wait until Count Kalnoky influenced the reappearance of King Milan in Belgrade. The partisans of King Milan Are eager for a civil warin order to crush the Russians. If it ocours King Milan wil Invoke Austrian assistance and thus give Kalnoky ground to interfere. The interview at the foreign office between Count Herbert Bismarck and M. Roth, the Swiss minister, was amicable. Count Her- bert intimated that the German reply to the Swiss vote, though denouncing the existing treaty settlement, would invite early negoti- ations for a new treaty. The tenor of the re- ply would be 8o friendly that Count Herbort was confident the Swiss government would censider the hostile phase of the dispute closed. 4 The Swiss secretary of justice and tho volice went to Zurich Thursday and sub- mitted a number of German socialists to in- terrogation and obtained pledges that while residents of Switzerland they would re- nounce all propoganda work compromising to the country. ‘The same pledge will be de- manded of every refugee sheltered in Switz- erland. The socialists have taken heart over the Halberstadt election for & member of the reichstag. The foature of the contest was the large socialist gans. The experience at Halberstadt will load to u cessation of the quarrels of the government grouy s, “The strike of the bakers in Berlin continues. The government hus placed at the service of the masters soldiers Who are able to bake bread in order to prevent a bread famine, It is year this weeis since the emperor’s recepiion in St. Petersburg. The semi. official journals seize the occasion of the an- niversary to criticize the conduct of the czar in his discourteous delay in returning thevisit. The Cologne Gazette deplores in the name of peace the czar’s obsti- nacy 1n refusing to explain even by a single word of diplomatic ex- cuse why he has not responded to the approaches of the -emperor, who honored him by the first visit beyond the empire, although not an ally. Ths Gazette declares that the Russo-French arrangements for mutual action in war are near completion. Colonel Briosie, the French military attache at St. Petersburg, bas received the cross of a commander of the Legion of Honor, in rec- ognition of services associated with the Russian war ofiice. The statement of the semi-ofiicial Courier, of Warsaw, 18 repro- duced here without comment, to the effect that in the ovent of o Franco-Gorman war a0 Italian army marching via Bremen will join the Germans at Metz. Astria will pro- vide transportation f6r the Italian troops through the Tyrol. The public uncasiness concerning corrup- tlon in the jservice has been increased by the arrest of the chief engineer of naval construction at Kiel. The police arrested him in a restaurant at Kiel and brought him to Berlin on the charge of accepting bribes from contractors, The colonial party will organize a sevies of meetings 1 the leadiug cities to protest against the violence to . Dr. Peters by Ad- miral Fremautte. The Cologne Guzette re- news the clamor for indemnity or reprisals or British vesnels. Emperor Willism's:iydeht rounded North Cape au noon yesterday, The weather was fine and mild, but @ heavysea was running, The yacht immediately purned homeward. Priuce Bismarck, ::f‘u ailing, has tele- graphed for Dr. Sehwedninger, who weat to Varzin, Thursday, and to-night he tele- graplied for Count Herbert, His sickuess was sudden but it is xeported that it 1s not serious, ey AN AGED COWPLE'S SUIOIDE, They Lock Arms ans Jump Into the River Tdgether. Rockromp, IlL, July 20.-For some time Mr. and Mrs. J. Sussmillch, an aged couple, each over seventy-five years of age, have been in poor health, Late Friday night they Kot on @ street car aud went to the end of the line, walked to the river, tied their arms togethor and jumped in, The bodies were recovered to-day four miles below the city. The ouly cause known for the suicide is old age aud poor health, e lled for Half a Dollar. Sr. Joserw, Me., July 21.—|Special Tele- Rgraw to Tue Bee |--1). H. Crouch and A, C. Holland, railroad freien, egaged in & 21, 188 ~SIXTEE shooting affray last night, as a result of which Crouch died to-day, The trouble was as to who should pay a tarber bill of a half dollar. The men were in the employ of the Burlington during the strike, but were dis- charged for drunkenness. Holland has severe wounds in the head and may not re- cover, i Onity a Lie. AroLs, July 20.—A Winnipeg svec: ial says: The story originating at Grafton, Daik., that the settlers in the Canadian northwest had been reduced to eating fleld mice and gophers was simply a lie. The chances are for a two-thirds crop, and there is no destitution any where. b BOY MURDERERS. Mix Terrible Crimes Committed By the Youths of Paris. LCopyrighted 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.] Panis, July 20.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tue Be)—Since the heavy rains of Sunday last, which went far to spoil the pleasuro of the holiday’ makers on the national fete, the weather has been unusual- 1y cool for this season. To-day 1t 18 again oppressive, with the wind in the southwest, and every appearance of an approaching storm. The police are still without a clue to tho murderers of the old woman, Kuhn, the con- cierge in the Rue Bonaparte, who was strangled Monday night. Goran, chief of detectives, said yesterday that lo has every hope that his men are on the ght track, and will shortly have the criminals under lock and key. The old concierge was evidently murdered by persons who sup- posed that she had collected the rents for the expired quarter from the tenants of the house. Fortunately for the landlord she had not done so. Several arrests are made daily, but until now without practical result. Among the persons arrested to-day was a youth nicknamed “Toatillard,” who had scars upon his forehiead and broken thumbs, just as had one of the suspected persons seen in the house. When confronted with witnesses thoy said that although bearing a strong resemblance to the man wanted, he was not the same individual. Besides, ** Toatillard " was able to prove an alibi. When asked by the police commiasfoners where he lived, he replied in the Hotel des Pontros, and earned his living in an honorable manner washing dogs in the Seine. Some times he carned s much as 1 franc and 50 centimes & day. Upon being questionea by the police officers as to where the hotel was situated, ho re- pliea that it was upon the embankment near the river. This was found to bo the case. Between the bridge Saints Peres and the barge landing exists some scaffolding. Amongst this a number of young gamins had fixed packing cases and made themselves rooms, furnished with old straw matts. They oven went so far as to let lodgings for the moderate price of 2 cents a night. Goron seems convinced that this murder, Iike that of another old woman committed the following night, was by some precocious boy murderers. His first impression wus that the same hands committed the two crimes, but this has been proved not to be the case. The second attempt was not suc- cessful, and the poor old coachman’s wifo, aithough half strangled and much knocked about, was able to designate the assailunts, who were boys she had befriended to the best of her ability. e o INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACING. A London Sporting Paper Opposes the Scheme of a New Cup, [Copyright 1389 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxboy, July 20.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue B ~To-day’s Field throws c6ld water on the suggestion of a correspondent that a £1,000 cup should be provided for international yacht racing. The Field savs it is by no means certain that any American wouid compete for such a cup under the ordinary rules governing yachting in Great Britain, and considers it doubtful if Americans would compete under their own conditions, a8 two American challenge cups —the Cape May and Brenton's reef cups— have been on this side of the water four years. Ona is hield by the owner of the Ge- nestaand the other by the owner of the Irex. These cups are held under conditions made by the Americans, who also selected the course, vet no American 18 sufficiently spirited to challenge for them. The rield thinks £1,000 too much and says the fate of the**Dunraven tureen” should be an example of what may be thefate of a perpetun challenge cup. The Field regrets to say that the American cup “Seems to have almost en- tirely lost its importance.”” Iv rather ex- pects the new challenge cup sturted by Boston yachtsmen 0 eventually extinguish the American cup. Should the Vulkyrie win the Boston cup, all the challenge cups of American munufacture will be held by British yachts. Doubt is expressed that the Valkyrie could win from the Katrina or Titania, which the Field considers “Re markable vessels in an ordinary mateh The Field attaches no importance to the re- peated defeats of the Valkyrie by the Yarana, and considers the former the best all-round boat. A Race at Dover, (Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennstt.) Doves, July 20.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to Tue Bee. |—Great interest was awakened by the yachting here to-day, the races being sailed under the flag of the Royal Cirque. The Port Yacht club's new lugger, Paradox, was entered for the maiden race. No vessel of a similar class has been under a racing flag since the time of the celebrated three-masted lugger of Lord Willoughby, o quarter of @ century ago. There were two mutches, one for vessels over forty tons rat- ing, sud one for those rated under forty. The Paradox was entered in the first class, and started with the Wendur, Gudrun, Sleutbhound and Vol au Veut. The new lugger made a false start, and was fully thirty minutes behind the rest befor came round the buoy. ‘'here was sc: auy wind at the outset, but about mid-duy breeze sprung up which freshened Into hi @ gale before the finish. The Paradox n improved her position, but gradually fell away, and about 1 o'clock dropped out of the race. She carried two big salls, a top swl and jib, and presented anything but an ele- gant appearance awong the other crafts. The finish was very exciting as the lot cume pltching along over the high seas, the Wen- dur first, Vol au Vent second and Gudrun toird. The owner of Paradox intends to sail her inarace to Boulogne on Monduy, and hopes to do much better after recuifying cer- tain defects in the vessel's sails, A Momentous Meeting. Cicaco, July 20,—The meeting which is probably to determine the fate of the Y'rans- continental Ruilway association began in this city to-day, but owing to the absence of several representatives of lmportant lines adjourned until Monday next. The association has just now reached the critical period of its existeuce, both the Southern und Northern Pacific roads baving " given uotice of withdrawal. Should they ~ E((‘ persist in their intentions it would 'be foily to attempt to continue the association, Ef- forts will bo wade to persuade them to rconsider their action, and in the case of the Northorn Pacific there is hope of success. Traffic Managor Hannaford said to-day that he thought the matter would be amicably adjusted so far as his road is concerned, but the griovance of the Southern Pacific 18 the compotition of the Canadian Pacific. It claims that the un- reasonable differential allowed that road, coupled with its free- dom from legal restrictions, has enabled it to absorb the bulk of the Pacific const traffic, and the American lines aro powerless to meet its competition while re- maining members of tho nssociation. Strangely enough, the representatives of tho Canadian Pacific are i attendanco asking still further differences on San Francisco trafiic; so the prospect for adjustment of tho existing dificulties is not bright. Dressed Meat Rate. Cnicaco, July 20, —Chairman Blanchard announces that the vote in the territory of the Central Trafiic association is now unani- mous and that the rato of car service for in- dividual rofrigerator cars used for carrying dressed beef, fresh meats or provisions will, after August 1 and until further notice, be 3¢ of a cent por mile. The Chevenne & Northern. Creyexye, Wyo., July 20.—[Special Telo- gram to Tk Bre.)—The Loader publishes an article to-duy, on what it says is absolutely reliablo authority, to the cffect that work on the Cheyenne & Northern oxtension of the Union Pacifle to a connection with the Elk horn & Misouri Valley will be completed by January 1, 1800, The importance of this work to this section of the country is almost beyond calculation, Can't Pay Interest. NEw Yonk, July 20.—1t was announced this afternoon that the Columbus, Hocking Vailey & Toledo railrond would have to do- fault on tho interest on the 5 per cent bonds due September 1, amounting to §200,000. A receiver will then be appointed. s GENERAL PILLOW'S WIDOW, She Files a S ational Damage Suit Against a Memphis Colonel. Mewrmis, Tenn,, July 80.—|Special Tele- gram to Tur Ber,|—Some time ago Colonel H. Clay King filed a bill in the chancery court against Mrs, Mary E. Pillow, widow of the well known confederate general, in which he alleged that Mrs, Pillow exercised undue influence over him and induced him to deed a large amount of his property to her, but that hc did so with the exbressed understanding between them that she would not present the dceds for registration until after his death, which obligation and agree- ment she had violated. The object of his bill was to get a decree vesting the titlo to the property again in himself. ‘Within the past weck the lady has brought adamage suit agamst him in the circuit court for $100,000. Supplemented to this,she filed, through her attorneys, in the chancery court this morning, her an- swer and cross-bill to the bill flled by Colonel King. The bill is a very sensational one, and contains wholesale denials of allof Colonel King’s allegations und severe strictures upon him. Among other things, she charges that the complain- ant, upon a hollow pretense, inducgd her house maid, during her absence, to get him the deeds in question, and that once in his posscssion, he threw them into the fire, where they were consumed, and that “every allegation of his bill putting any other con- struction upon this transaction is an inge- nious falsehood.” The bill further says: “‘Notwithstanding the complainant wishes to destroy respondent’s reputation, he has repeatedly, in conversation with his friends in Memphis, solemnly declared her purit; In the first yoar of their business connection he told her he wished to get a divorce from his wife in order to marry her. Respondent dissuaded hun. Afterward he drew up a bill of divorce and sent it. to Judge Morgan, of this city, to be filed, and sent a copy to de- fendant's son-in-law, J. S. Shield, of Birmingham. Shield at once rephed ihat the disgrace attached to his ons could only be wiped out with blood, and asked for a meeting in Memphis to ar- range hostilities. Respondent came to Mem- phis and induced Judge Morgan to suppress the bill. Complanant demanded that re- spondent marry him, saying that ho was a ruined man if she did not. Complainant has always avered that respondent was a chaste woman, aud is under obligation to marry her on the death of Mrs. King, or on the secur- ing of an nonorable divo MILWAURKEL Iiinois Veterans Still Determined Not to Attend It, Cureaco, July 20.—The Times to-morrow will publish_interviews with leading G. A. R. men of Chicago and Illinois on the Mil- waukee encampment and the attitude to be assumed on the recent order of General Warner, commander-in-chief. The concen- sys of sentiment, while most friendly to General Warner, is that the Illinois veter- ans should follow the recommendation of the state commander and refrain from attending the national encampment. Nota few, how- ever, aunounce their determination to accept General Wurner's suggestions and at'end the encampment, » —~— Dorsey's Party at Salt Lak. S1oux Lake Ciry, July Al Tel gram to Tur Bec)—The party of con- gressmen, to whom the freedom of the city ofiicially extended, went to Garfield beach t-duy. The gentlemen composing the party are: Hon, J. C. Burrows, of Kula- mazoo, Mich_; Perry . Heath, Washington, . C.; Hon. William E. Smails, Premont, Neb.; Hon, J. W, Stewart, Vermont; Hon, Nathan Goff, West Virginia; Hon. J, S, Herr, West Virginia; Hon, £. G. Hayden, Mass,, wud Hon. George W. L. , Nebraska, Hou. Alyin Saundres has heen Mount Pleasant, In., by brother. called to the death of a e Confirmed by Miss McCOormick, Cnicaao, July 9).—[Special Telegram to Tur Hee|—The reported engagement of Miss Anita McCormick, daughter of the late Cyrus H. McCormick of this city, to Em- mons Dlaine, son of Sceretary of State Blaine, has been confirmed by the young ludy herself. A BRSNS A Mexican Customs House Falls. TucsoN, Ariz., July 20.—~Word has boen ro- celved here of the falling of the Mexican customs house at Sassily, Sonora. Twelve man were caught in the rums. Three were dead when extricated —— hip Arrivals, he City of Chester, from Steaw At New York— Liverpool. At London—Sighted, the Servia, from New York for Liverpool; La Bretagne, from New York for Hayre. ~ At Glasgow~1he Lord Landsdowne, from Baltiwore, | from the force without good cause, a0 [ WHITECHAPEL FIEND. A Now and Interesting Point Re« garding the Murders. WELL POSTED. A Knowledge of Police Custome That is Significant. THE RIPPER 9 EX-OFFICERS UNDER SUSPICION, When the District Was Well Guard« ed No Orimes Were Committed. BRODIE GIVEN A HEARING, Allce rt— The Self-Accused Slayer of Mackenzie Arraigned in O Nobody Helieves Him to be the Criminal. A Well-Informed Murderer. [ Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennat,) LospboN, July 20.—|New York Herald ble—Special to Tuk Bee.|—Oneof tho most ntoresting and perhaps most signit- cant points connected with the murder of Alico Mackenzie, the last victim of the Ripper, is one to which attention has not been called. When the August, September and November murders were committed last year the number of constables on patrol duty in tho “murder district” was strengthoned by & hundred extra men from the other di- visions, These were at that tune 800 men in uniform and plain clothes on night duty in a comparatively small area. As tho excites ment lessened the force was gradually dcorensed until two weeks ‘ugo there were ouly forty left of the extra allowance. Last Monday, by order from headquarters, the extra forty were withdrawn, On the follow- ing nignt, the Sth, tho murder was commits ted. This singular coineidence would of it= self have some value, but added to the fact thatevery one of the murders showed o knowledge of police customs and rules, it must prove to the police that the field to be covered in search of au assassin is not large, and is probably within the Whitechapel dis- trict. The celerity with which the Ripper accomplished his purpose after the with- drawal of the extra police might be accented as evidence that he wus waiting for such an order, and the moment the order was given he was aware of the circumstance, Tho ex-policeman is at times a doubtful character, because no man is dischurged The in- formation of police matters possessed by the Ripper scoms sufiicient grounds for an in- vestigation of such ex-members as spend time in or about Whitechapet. In hunting for clues the police display much patience, if not much intelligence, Absolute lack of the trail has a paralyzing effect on overy man, woman or child, while overy story tending to throw light on the murders is listened to, but without advantage so far. Brodie, station the man and said the murders—he to know whether was given u hearing to-day. The testimony of the lodging houseleeper was that Brodie was in his room from 11 o'clock Tuesday night until noon Wednesday. Brodie proved, untruthful on other material points also, but he insisted 8o strenuously that he was the Ripper that he was held on his own cons fession with being the murderer of Alice Mackenzie, though the charge against him was a wandering “lunatic. He said to the magistrate: “Do I look like one. Iam as sane as any man in this court, I can assure you." His apvearance beliod his words, John Royal, tho man arrested on the charge of attempting to disscet Nora Brown, « on the Surrey side of the Thames this morne ing, was remanded for a week. Nobody thinks he is the Ripper. Everybody is still talking of the Ripper ard the smooth style in which ho does his awful work. Many persons are under sus- picion, but day by day the number lessens. Juck scems us safe from detection as if in the center ot Africa instead of in the center of Loudon, who walked into the he had committed did not appear eight or mnine— CROFP Much of the Recent News of a Favors able Natu Sr. Pavr, July 20.—Much of the more re- cent crop news is of a favorable nature and grain men in the Twin cities fare much re- joiced. From isolated towns and villages over in Dukota reports have been sent of the total or partial failure of the wheat crop, but the reports from the whole northwest do not warrant such broad statements as to the condition of the crops. Grain men who have just returned from trips over the territory say there will be probably two-thirds or three-fourths of the average crop in Dakota. It is generally ac- knowledged that the condition of affairs in Minnesota is much more favorable. This state hus had considerable rain at the proper times, and tho fields ave generally repor in fine cond:tion, although in a few sec the crop will fail a little short of the uverage, Within the past few days good rains have fallen in many varts of the northwest, and in some instances, at least, the rain has been not to lute to be of bonefit. Wes consin and northern Towa also send in able returns, PERISH THE THOUGHT, Northern American -Salt Coms pany Is Not a Trust. New Youx, July 20.—The Northern American gt incorporation, which was noted in & despateh from Albany last night, occupies two columns i this cvening's papers with its advertisement. Its capital stock £11,000,000, and it pronoses to issue $4,000,000 worth of bonds. The advertisement states the object of the compauy is to unify and systomatize the salt interests of tne country. The prospectus states that arrangements have boen mado for the purchase or control of nearly all existing salt producing properties on the North American continent, and that these number 130 different works and companies, The company insists it is not u trust, and as proof of this stutes that anybody may buy stock who will pay for it The Soux FaLus, [Special Telegram to Ty ~(irace Howard, the young girl who ran away from Kansas City to marry Fred Forwun, a travelling phos tographer, returned with Ler mother to-day; Forman had been in the city ten days and encouraged the girl to come here. Fortus outely she was werrestod the day of hed arrival. Her mother came to-day, but the girl persisted that she would run away sgaia aud marry her forty-y ear-old lover. Diligent/ persuasion at last effected a promise that she would warry young man of her mother's Who ulso came hither, and Lhe sensas o