Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 25, 1889, Page 1

NINETE PROSAIC PARLIAMENT The Windup of the Proesent Session a Dull One. A FALLING OFF IN ATTENDANCE. Many of the Members Reliove the Monotony By Sleep: BALFOURAND FOSTER COMPARED Bmooth Saillng For the Fresent OChief Secretary For Ireland. THE UNHAPPY HOME SECRETARY Mr. Matthews Roundly Abused No Matter What Position He Takes— Gladstone Still a Tower of Strength. A Dull Windup. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxpoy, August 24.—[New York Her- ald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.]—Making all due allowance for the exuberance of Tim Healoy and the sarcasms of Mr. Sexton, the session is flickering out in rather a hum- drum manner. There have been very fow members in the houso of late and those few might frequentiy have been observed enjoy- ing furitive snatches of sleep. There are some misguided 1ndividuals who never leave the precincts of the house from the time it opens till the'cry of “Who goes home re- ,..sxndu through the lobbies. Sir Richard Templo is one of this eccen- tricband. He has been in eveey division but one, which means that he has never ‘been out to dinner orspent an evening at home or taken part in any festivities of the season except on Wednesdays' and Satur- days. All through the year to vote in every division is surely the most modest ambition which & member of parliament can set before himself, and whatever credit a man may re- ceive for it he ought to receive, but it is by 10 means & proof that he is of much value, either to tho house or the country, that he has been regular in his attendance in the houwse. He may spend his time muddling his forpid brains over books in the library or Bnoring in one of the quiet corridors upstairs, When the division bell rings he walks in, not knowing a thing® about the discussion ‘which has taken place, and caring nothing whatever about the question at sissue. His Bole object is to keep up his score and secure the smites of the whip by voting straight each time, Something may come of it when varliament is dissolved and the dis- tribution of prizes takes place. If mot, it makes a very good paragraph for the newspapers: 'So and 8o stands at the head of the division listagain.” It looks well and establishes a certain in- definite claim upon the party. Apart from that 1t is, as knowing ones are aware, all hum- bug. 1o making up the accounts of the ses- sion ane of the things which people ask is, who has made a reputation, or who has spoilt one. The answer this year must be that nothing wonderful Las been accomplished by any- pody. Of course, Mr. Balfour still occupies most prominent position and everybody Admits that he has done well. It 1s difficult for a man not to do well when he has the reater part of the press at his ack, to say nothing of a power- ful parlismentary majority and the organization of a great party. Thus sup- ported, why should not & man acquit him- self with credit! Every morning he wakes up o read encomiumson his courage or genius, coupled very likely with a speech from some ardent supporter, setting forth that he is the greatest statesman of the uge. The only newspapers whose opinions he cares for, praise and maguify hin forever. Parliament has placed a rigid law in his hands, and the army, st his orders, is well drilled and well armed to enable him to earry itout. He hasonlyto leave every- thing alone us much as possible and to allow the police and officials in Ireland to go to work iu their own ways. In addition he must stand the fire from the Irish members an the house of commons, but the reward of gll is sumply immense, and therefore it must sgain be said that thereis no reason why man should not do well under those circum- stances. Poor Mr, Forster had a large section of bis own party ugainst him. He had to en- counter no end of newspapers—liberal and tory—and he was not cordially supported, 101 even by the prime minister nimelf, How different 18 the position of Mr. Balfour. He has had nothing so hard to face ever since he has been 1n the office ae the terrible struggle ‘which Mr. Forster went through at the time of the Kilmainham treaty, and yet no one had called Mr, Forster a hero, although his life was hourly in danger, and he knew it, but he went about his work all the same, Let us do justice to the dead us well as to the living. Mr. Balfour's reputation remains about the same, for reallg it could not very well be forced up much higher. Other members of the ministry are about where they stood when tho scason opened. Mr. Swith has no enemy. He sowetimes miscalculates the time which certain work will require, and announces & programme ‘which can not be carried out, but that may not be entirely his fault, Some disadvan tages must inevitably arise from haviug the prime winster in the house of lords. Itcan not be denied thata good deal of time has been wasted in measures whion never had @ ghost of a chance of passing through the house of commous, and dozens of money votes have been rushed through the house at the last moment without five minutes' consideration. This is not exactly ® model way of doing business. It would be very bard, however, to coudemn Mr, Smith forit. Hehas the good-will of the entire house of commons, and this he could not have gained i¢ he blundered continually in the management of public busin Thero are the usual rumors of his retirement at the close of the session, but you may safely take it for granted that nobody knows anything Positive on that subject one way or the oth- er. Perbaps Mr. Suith bimself wmuy be in that state of darkness. “A minister of whom the people hear most, especially in times like those we bhave re- contly passed through, is the home secre- tary. It alwaysed seem 1o me the most un- pleasant and undesirable post in the whole sdministration. If a wmob of roughs takes possession of Trafalgar square, or march Mhrough the streets smashing windows, as Rappencd three years ago, the home secre- $ary gets all the blume. 1f he stands by the police he is furiously wssailed; l_l_ be does mnot he s condemned ENTH YEAR. "OMAHA, SUN DAY the |mm-r~ahlc poann of the publie. If an innocent young woman is arrested in the streets he has to bear the opprobrium. He can not do right, do what he may. If a judge and jury find a prisoner guilty after a patient trial, in which the accused has been defended by the greatest advocate in the country, the homo secretary is denounced as a murderer and fiond for not reversing their veraict in twenty-four hours. The adminis- tration of justice in this country is supposed to rest upon the institution of trial by jury. Nothing of the kind. It turns upon public opinion, which is formed without examina- tion of witnesses and on the principle of re- cerving every statement, especially affecting o dead man, without cha'lenge. The home secretary is expected to be down befure this tribunal ot the first summons, and yet, if he does so, the great body of sensible people thronghout the country despise him, and in the end it is the class of opinion which carries the day. Up- on the whole, Mr, Mathews has passed suc- cessfully throvgh this ordeal. He is emi- nently a just man and does what hie believes to be right in the Maybrick case. He thought the ends of justico would be attain- ed by commuting the death sentence and he gave orders to that effect. Pcople who wrote by almost every post, threatening to kill him if he did not commute the sentence, will doubtless feel couvinced that they got Mrs. Maybrick off. The fact is, they were very nicely sealing her fate. What about ail the others? Well, thore is not much to be said. Of course Mr. Glad- stone remains the first member of parlia- ment, Even those who most dislike him ad- mit that he towers above everybody else in debate. Lord Hartington has well maintained his high reputation. Mr. Morley has not advanced. even be said that he hus fallen with the cause of home v makes no progress, . Chawberlain is stuck fast ina very deep rut and it 18 not easy to see how he is ever to get out of it. A great gulf exists between him and the liberal party. He has made no really good specch this season, his remarks on Mr. Bright's death being a dead failure, his more recent attacks on “‘dema- gogues, those who appeal to. the passions of the people,” placed him in an utterly ridicu- lous Light. Sir William Vernon Harcourt continues to bea brawny fighter, and as & party must have at least one bruiser in its ranks of the Sullivan type, Sir William is approved by many of the Gladstonians, Nobouy else on the front of the opposition bench has done anything worthy of mention, although Mr. Henry Fowler always proves himself a good man of business and erows steadily in the estimation of the house. Lord Randolph Churchill has been regular in his attendance and has made but one speech all through the sessivn. That on the royal grants was a model house of commons speech, and greatly pleased all sections of the members, especially in the conservative party. Once more they were ready to ac knowledge that they had nobody to bear comparison with him. Unfortunately the good effect of this speech was soon destroyed by some incautious utterances at Walsall and Birmingham. The main vrinciples advocated on these occasions were sound, but the means he recommended to carry them out were destined to sct large soctions of the conservative party against the speaker. This is naturally Lighly satis- factory to those who manceuvred to elbow him out of the ministry. Still, it remaius a fact that Lord Randolph has no equal in the ranks of his party as a debater, und his great abilities in administration were eignally at- tested during the time he was at the India office aud in the treasury. His eclipse can- not be permanent. Among the private members some, no doubt, have done very well, but the opvor- tunities are few, especially if they sit on the ministerial side of the house, The ministers want their followers, as a rule, to be silent. ‘The opposition have more chance, but I éan- not recall justnow acyone who has espec- ially distinguished himse It only remains to be said that the permanent bores of the house huve been rather more virulent than ever, and that very liberal subscriptions would be made up for any enterprising per- son who would guarautee to bring these members under the operation of the muz- sling order. It might be deemed unkind to give their names, Let us hope that they may turz over a new leaf before the time for the next meeting comes round. MBEK OF PARLIAMENT. - LEGITIME ABDICATES, It may back m har- rule, which Hippolyte’s Terms Agreed to and the President Leaves, Bavmivour, August3L—A special to the Sun from Port-au-Prince (via Mole, Hayti) says: Legitime abaicated Thursday and emburked on a French gunboat. A tempo- rary government has been formed. The northern or Hippolyte's army, was to enter Port-au-Prince yesterday (Friday). Peace is probable. The United States steamer Kearsarge, hus moved ueurer the city. Ad- mirul Gherurdi is master of the situation. The News Confirmed. WASHINGTON, August 24.—Acting Secre- tary Walker to-day received the following dispatch from Rear Admiral Gherardi, dated at St. Nicholas Mole to-day: *“Legitime ac- cepted the terms offered and embarked ‘Phursduy afternoon on board a French cor- vette. It is mot kuown where he will go. Hippolyte's forces occupied the town E'riday morning. We fear a riot. Ihave notified the diplomatic corps that I will do all I can 1o prevent a riot. The French aud English captains will act under my orders. 1t is very important that & new minister should be sent immediately.” The United States Steamer Galona has been ordered to sail from New York to-wor- row morning for Hayti. She will take at least a week to make the trip. Act- ing Secretary Walker says 1t appears from Adwiral Gherard’s telegram that the worst of the trouble is over now, still it will be prudent and necessary perhaps to keop a United States man-of-war in Haytier, waters for some time to come to provide agalust contingencies which may endanger American interests, The department of state has not yet communicated with Minister Deugla on the subject of his immediate departure for Hayti, as suggested by Admiral Gherardi. It is stuted as o reason for delay in sending Douglas to his post that this government s in grave dount as o the proper authority to whom he should be accreditad, und while this was sowething of a problem in Legi- time's administration, it has become even more complicated since his departure, as the state department is in eutire official® ignor- ance of the terms of capitulation und of the tenure by which Hippolyte governs. P An Expert With the Gun. | Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennat,) LoxpoN, August 24—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.|—The Comtesse de Paris is an expert with the gun, On the wmoor at Mouess, near Aberdeen, she shot forly brace of grouse from her =~ gun on | Friday. 1\01‘ WITH()U’I‘ s HUWUIK A Fanny Eplsodc 1n Connection V the Maybrick Case. [Copyright 1889 by Jarhes Gordon Bennett, Loxnox, August 24.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Ber.]—The Maybrick case was not without its humor. Amid all the harrowed feelings excited and the com- bative differences of opinions, the shrinking dislike that the convicted should be put to death, and the suspense which was harder than all else to bear, there came on Thursday last in Liverpool one gleam of pure, un- adulterated humor, which the pathos which lay close to it was not able to spoil. This was the advent of the tilted lady frequently referred to, who took such an eccentric and remarkable interest in the fate of Mrs. May- brick. The tilted lady is the Honorable Miss Blunk, She is quite well known and promises to be even more eloquently heard from in the future, becsuse a purer and warmer exponent of human sympathy does not live. She wrote Baroness Von Roque that she was coming down on Thursday. ‘I'he baroness sent a mossenger to moet her at Edgehill station, and when the train came in the Honorable Miss Blank appeared aiso. She descended with some dificulty from the first class compartment. The difiiculty was due to a large number of parcels, more or less artistically enveloped in various soft and alluring shades of brown paper, which formed her traveling adjuncts, Four major parcels were discovered to contain, through the indiscretion of the wrappers, a ioaf of bread, a mackintosh, a brochure on the May- brick case and something else. The smaller parcels were material conundrums whose mystery has not yet been penetrated. She began to explain the origin and purpose of the loaf of breud, but quickly abandoned iv to state the object of her com- ing. Once started upon tais topic, she rat- tled away ceaselessly like a woodland brook flashing under the sunshine. She was like a woodland brook rippling away under the sun- shine because her eyes were bright, her voice was musical and her flow of conversa- tion was as far ahead of that of a brook as the delivery of a bursted street main exceeds tuat of a soda bottle with the stopper inter- fering. She said a number of things in a few moments, all difficult to understand. She said she haa written the home sccrctary a lurge number of letters and received so small areturn in answers that fizures, Roman or Arabie, would overdo the matver if they tried to represent the number. She had called on the home secretary three times, but that court of appeal had entirely failed to appreciate the honor becatse the elegantly- bound flunky who guarded the door had de- clined to inform him. She also said she had received many communications from Mr. Maybrick, in ail of which he had took the trouble to state that arsenic was his regulur food and invariable tipple; that he never ate or drank anything clse, and would not if he could; in fact that he was for arsenic first, last and all the time, and in a period subse- quent to that she said that she knew Mr. Maybrick well and had met him often, all of which statements were 1nstantly evident to the messenger as baseless fragments of rest- less fancy. She was so earnest, however, and so lovingly interested in Mrs. Maybrick that she commanded all respoct. She is a plump little lady of fair complexion and a face that was far from being not pretty. She wore a green hat with dead bud and outriggers, a white lace scarf in several folds, and her opened blue mackentosh displayed that su- perfluity of devotion tat 1s common to those who are female and fauciful. She desired and proposed to see Mrs. Maybrick at once. The suggestion that the law did not permit, and that the jail governor would not let her, could make no impression upon the steely surface of her resolutiun, She was invited, however, to Mr. Clever's effice for a time, During the interview with the baroness und others she expressed her firm intention to storm the jail. Upon leaying the office she declared that she was going back to London, but 1nstead of taking the train she offered her arm to her parcels and escorted them first through the Northwestern and then through several other hotels. Whether or not she stopped in Liverpool all night was not known, but she did not go near the jail. An interesting point with reference to the home secretary’s decision is the fact that the first suggestion of the position adopted came from Mr. Lawrence Mac, who wrote the sec- retary ten days ago a letter, in which he put briefly and explicitly the point that while Mrs. Maybrick had evidently administered arsenic, Maybrick’s death from arsenic was far from certain. Lawrence is an old friend of the home secretary, thewr 1ntimacy dating back to the days when, they traveled to- gether. Another interesting point not yet made public is Mrs, Maybrick’s own petition. It came from the Walton jail, and was in her own writing. According to law the governor of the jail and the chief officer of every penitentiary is compelled to furnish any prisoner a printed form on blue paper, on which he can write a petition to the home secretary. Mrs, May- brick took advantage of this privilege, but her petition,” as iv is now filed, does not touch upon the main merits of the case, It is rambling and consists of a general discus- sion of the fact that, while she was guilty of infidelity, she was not guilty of anthing else, and that her infraction of one woral law should not be used to wvrejudice her case when charged with a far more serious offense. It concluaes with the declaration of her innocence of the crime of murder, ——————— Evidently Enjoying Himself. opyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennett,| b0N, August 24.— (New York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Bee, |—District At- torney Ridgeway, of Kings county, arrived from Paris yesteraay. He never looked so big or so well in his life. He left home on July 12, und will sail for home on September 18, and get there in time for the fall term. He has had a delightful time, and can say so in English, German and French. On this side of the Atlantic he does not talk Uuited States. He followed the Maybrick case, and thinks she should have been acquitted or hung. — An American Newspaper Writer Sails. [Copyright 1889 by James Gordon Bennelt,) LoxpoN, August 24 —|New York Herald Cable--Special to Tug Beg.]—Julian Ralph, kuown as @ brilliant newspaper writer from California to Maive, having visited every watering place of note in Europe and the principal capitals, in company with two artists who will illustrate hLis forthcoming book for Harper's, sailed on the Arizoua to- day for New York. - - A Great Find, Leavexworrs, Kan,, August 24.—About six hundred and fifty bottles of beer were found by the police this evening in a disused stable and destroyed. Nobody will claim it, and the suspected owners aro temporary probibitionists, —_— Turks and Oretans Fighting, LoNDON, August 24.—A dispatch from Crete, which has been officially conflrmed, n,yl there has been & sharp skirmish be: tween the Turks and the Creten losurgents. MORNING AUGUST 2 FORGETTING FRANCE. e Alsaco-Lorraine Fast Becoming Reconciled to Germany. STRASBOURG GREETS WILHELM, The Cathedral Oity Gives tho Pras- slan an Ovation. THE SWORD OF WESTPHALIA. Its Bige is Bver Kept Keen, Says the Emperor. SOCIALISM'S RAPID STRIDES, The Bavarian Socleties Have In- creased Their Membership Over Kifty Thousand in Three Years ~English Relations. The Conguest of Alsnce-Lorraine. (Copyright 159 by New York Associated Press.) BEerkIY, August 24 —Compared with the visit of the late Emperor William to Alsace- Lorraine in 1877, the present emperor's visit was a phenomenal success and indicates the remarkable progress made in Gormanizing the provinces during the past decade, The emperor made brief revlies to the va- rious toasts, etc., but said not a word at which the French could be offended. The only incident that can possibly cause anxiety arose from the passport question, The pres- ident of the Strasbourg chamber of commerce in being presented to the emperor petitioned him to abolish the present rigorous regulations. The emperor briefly expressed regret at his inability to do any- thing in this direction, By order of Prince von Hohonlohe an imper- ial decree was published inStrasbourg to-night expressing the thanks of their majestys for the brilliant receptions accorded them, which the decree says strengthen the conviction that these originally German torritories, inhabited as they are by an honest, intelli- gent population will become still more closely attached to the fatherland. The emperor has sent a life-size portrait of himself to Prince von Hohenlohe. At a gala dioner in Manster castle to-night the emperor, replying to a toast to nis health, dwelt upon the energy aud endurance of the Westphalians, whose principles, he said, he imbibed in his youth, his tutor having been a Westphalian. Westphalia has always shown itself loyal to the Prussian house. He hoped tbat the Westphalian sword, which had always kept its edge, would in the fu- ture, asin the past, give ovidence of its keenness if it should again be necessary to unsheath it inthe defense of the newly united fatherland. Hedrank ‘‘prosperity to Westphalia.” Copenbagen tclegrams aanounce that the czar and czarina boarded the umperisl yacht at Peterhof yesterday and, were expected in Copenhagen Tuesday, but at the last mo- ment the salling was postponed, The belief now is that the czar will disembark at Stot- tin en route to Copenhagen and have a brief, quiet meeting with the emperor at Potsdam. An inspired article in the Cologne Gazotte on the results of the emperor's visit to Os- borne, says the relations betwee n England and Germany are beginning to be much more friendly, Owing to the opposition of the radicals in parliament, the English govern- ment is compelled w proceed cautiously toward rapprochement with Germany. The Guzette adds: *‘Whether the czar comes or not there is small hope that the relations between Russia and Germany will improve.” The Novoe Vremya and other leading Russian papers are making open bids for ‘Turkish support as a counter balance to the powerful combinatica of the ceutral European powers. The ministerial council has decided to re- assemble the reicnstug in the middle of Oc- tober for the purpose of submitting to it sev- eral important measures. Prince Bismarck and Herr Oslschaeger had a long conference to-day on the subject of the negotiations between the various Ger- man governments regarding the new repressive socialist laws. The po- lice have prohibited the circulation of a pamphlet which the socialists have just pub- lished, with a view to enlisting public sym- pathy. The Silesian Gazotte publishes sta- tistics showiug an uninterrupted growth of socialism. The city of Berlin in 1882 con- tained twenty-four socialist secret societies, now it contains over 100. Bavaria in 1836 had 1,021 societies with 58,000 members, She now has 2,200 societies with 122,000 members, Referring to the report that a deputation of Cretans were going to solicit Emperor William’s protection, the Post says that such a step will be in vain, as the emperor has en- tered into no obligations for the protection of subjects under Turkish rale. 1t is reported that Tippo ‘Lib's son has sr- rived in Zanzibar, and that he will mediate between Captain Wissman and Bussiros to restore peace, ‘Che recent rise in the price of diamonds has attracted the attention of German opera- tors who had made extensive purchases of Debeers shares in the London market and intend to have them quoted on the Berlin bourse. The Debeers mine practically con- trols the market. The idea is to limit the production and thus maiztain prices, ——— FAILED FOR HALF A MILLION, The Mahler Wagon Qumpany of St. Paul Goes 1othes 'Wall. 81, Paus, Minn., August 24,—| Special vel- egram to Tik Bkr.)—Thed, H. Mahler com- pany, of this city, one of the largest carriage and wagon houses in the west, made a vol- untary assignment to-day 'for the benefit of its creditors to ex-Comgressman John L. McDonald, The stalement of assets and lia- bilities has not ggt been , but from the magnitude of the company™ operations, the Tiubilities will not fall short of half a million ailure caused a semsation in commer- oial circies, as the company has been doing a business through the west second only in im- rtan ce to that of Studebaker HBros. Itis earned that the company has beeu in finan- cial straits for several months, but the ofti- cers mortgaged their property and expected to wea ther the storm until to-duy. A larke amount of paper fell due und was allowed Lo 80 to protest. I'he officers of the c ure J, H. Mahler, premudent and tre: L. B. Clark, vice president, and H, Miller, secretary. The company has been in business twenty years. E— Pierre's 8chool Board Election, Pienne, Dak., Ausust 24 —[Special Tele- gram to Tus Ber,]—"The ety election today 10 vote bonds of CW.D(H to build ward school houses carried by & larzo majority, bring practically unanimous. Liealestate deals are growing lively, and the ¢y ia full of exeur- slonists. 1880.~SIXTEEN DUNRAVEN'S LETTER. The Titled ¥Yachtmen Writes cerning Valkyrie, OOt 1859 by James Gordon Bennatt.] LoXnoN, Avgust 24, —[Now York Herald Cable: ecial to Tre Bre, | ~The following communication has been received: To the Editor of the New Y Herald: 1 find that an erroneous impression as to my action with respect to the America cup challenge prevails in some quarters, and as it is due to confusion to cablegrams that re- contly passed botween the Royal Yacht Con- squadron and New York Yacht club, T wish ' to explain the true position of affairs, Re- ferring to the Royal Yacht squadron’s cable- gram on the 4th inst. the New York Herald’s London edition said that the reply received from the New York Yacht club was that the “Valkyrie may prepare,” and this mistake was repoated in many other journals. As a matter of fact, those words formed the con- cluding paragraph of the Royal Yacht squad- ron cablegram, which ran us follows: “Your interpretation of the deed ard the suggestion that the objection in our letter of June 27 can be overcome, alters the case. The challenge holds good, providea the cup can be held subject to a challenge under the Volunteer-Thistle conditions, and provided the necessury extension of time be granted, the Valkyrie may prepare.” The reply from the secretary of the New York Yacht club, dated August 6, was: “Cablegram to Smith received. When you withdrew your challenge for the Ameri- ca cup the committee was discharged. A meeting of the club cannot now be called un- til its return from the squadron’s cruise.” The transposition of words, though no doubt unintentional, may have an effect, im- portant to me as it may seem, to cast the responsibility for not sailing on my should- ers. Had the Royal Yacht squad- ron received & message sayiug that the Valkyrie might prepare, 1 should have considered such reply as indicating that the terms mentioned in the Royal Yacht squadron cablegram would be agreed to, amd 1 would have at once prepared my vessel to cross the Atlantic. It is obvious, however, that the New York Yacht club's message conveyed nothing that could justify me in assuming that the match could take place and In getting ready for sea, as the scason was getting far advanced, and, as making due allowance for the time neces- sary to prepare the Valkyrie for sea, run her across and get her in trim for racingfon the other side, 1t had become evident that I could not possibly race in America this. year, even if I laid the vessel up there for the winter. I sent the following cablegram to J. V. S. Oddse, secrotary of the New York Yacht club, on the 16tn inst.: “Haye anxiously awaited a definite reply to the squadron’s last cable. Even if a satis- factory answer be now received there is no time to prepare, cross and race the Vulkyrie, Cannot sail. Have written.” This cablegram I confirmed in the follow- ing letter: “RoYAL YAcur SqQu. ADRON CASTL &, Cowrs, August 16, 1889.—Dear Sir: Ihave this date sent you the following cablegram: ‘Have anxiously awaited a definite reply to the squadron’s last cable. Even if satisfactory answer be received, no time to prepare, cross. and race the Valkyrie. Therefore can’t sail this year. Have written.' 1t would take me at least a fortnight to prepare my ship for the voyage and two or three weeks on your side to get ready to (race, and it is the advanced season of the year whena quick run across cannot be auticipated. It is obvious that if any answer satisfactory to the Royal Yacht squadron 1s returned to their cable of the 4th inst, I could not be in time to race. I aw therefore reluctantly compelled to recognize that owing to circum- stances beyond my control a match is out of the question this year. You will pardon my pointing out that if the committee of the New York Yacht club had agreed to either of the propositions made in wmy letter of May 4 and June 24, the result would have been different. In my letter to you in May Ibegged that a match might be sailed, and any difference botween the two clubs as to the terms upon which the cup was to be held in the future settled afterwards, and in my letter to Mr. Smith, of June 24, I said if the New York Yacht ciub found themselves un- able tooffer the America cup as a prize I was anxious to sail against whatever yacht would have been selected to defend it, either for a prize of equal value or for nothing at all. I cannot but express my great regret that neither of the propositions were accepted. Had they been so, and assuming, as 18 suggested in your letter of July 16, that the diffculty ubout the new deed of gift could be overcome, matches would have taker place. Iam sorry thatthe New York Yacht club looked uvon tho letter of the Royal Yacht squadron, dated June 27, as a withdrawal of my challenge, The Royal Yucht squadron refused to con- firm the challenge, subject to certain conditions, affecting future challenges, to which it took exception. Such a conditional refusal to ratify might, I should have thought, been looked upon as a definite with- drawal. Notwithstanding the impossibility of racing this year, I hope the New York Yacht club will reconsider the cablegram of the Royal Yacht squadron of the 4th inst., and, if a satisfactory answer is returned, I trust that my challenge may be considered as merely postponed, as in that event the Val- kyrie will be ready early next season to meet any vessel that could have sailed against her had the match taken place at the time origivally proposed. I have the honor to be yours very faithfully, DuNkaves, This letter, I think, covers the whole case with the exception, perhaps, of one point, ‘The New York Yacht clib notified me n their letter of July 18, that the following resolution was passed at tho fourth general meeting of the club: “Resolved, That the New York Yachtclub do not put up a special cup for competition in the match with the Valkyrie, as sugyested in the earl of Dunraven's letter of June 24, 1880, to the chuirman of the America cup committee, but that all club events be open to him and that the earl of Dunraven be notified by the sccre- tary.” The New York Yacht club appears to huve misunderstood my letter of June 24. I made n0 point of the special cup, Neither did I suggest that the New York Yacht club should put up any prize whatever, What I said was, “'I attach no 1mportance to the na- wure of the prize. All I care for is the inter- est belouging to & fair competition between the two vessels. If the New York Yacht club find themsclves unable to offer the Ameriea cup a prize, I shall be ready on part to sall against whatave bt is selected to defend ity eituer for a prize of equal value or for nothing at all.” ‘Ihe italics I buve added, and if there was any doubt about my mean- ing, 1t wias farther elucidated in a letter of the same date to General Paive, in which I ssid; *“Icaunot, however, afford to race for & lurge sum, but should be glad if the suip, if any, that we sail for be I’AGE stk 88 to enablathe victot to buy something commemorating the ovent.) I may add that no further intelligence has been received by the Royal Yacht squadron up to date, DUNRAVEN YAcuT, VALKYRiE, COWES, Au- gust 2 L T —— HAD LOST (I8 LIGHT. The Death of His Wife Drives a Ohi- cago Man to-8unicide. Cnicaco, August 24.—[Spocial Telegram to Tur Bre,]—Thousands of traveling men throughout the states will be surprised to learn that Samuel Rosonba im, who has been on the road ever sinco he was big enough to crawl iato a railroad car, has taken his own life, He has been despondent for a number of weeks on account of the death of his wife who died two months ago, and shortly before noon to-day he went to his residence at Twenty-ninth street and Fair avenue, and ROINE to the bed room in which his wife died, he nired & bullet into his brain und expired almost instantly. Mr. Rosenbaum, who for the last eight years had been the head salesman for James H. Walker & Co., came down tothe new shoe store of the firm atthe corner of Market and Adams streets, at 8 a. m. to-day, and chatted pleasautly with his assistant for about an hour., Suddenly he became morose and commenced to talk to himself. ‘“What is the trouble with you, Sam1" asked a member of the firin, who noticad the sudden change that came over Mr. Rosen- baum, Mr. Rosenbsum at first did not take any notice of what was said, but when the ques- tion was repeated he remarked sadly : “Oh, I canrot get overit.” He then went home, and upon ar & there killed himselt. Mr. Rosenbaum was fifty-five vears old, and leaves quite a large estate, His sales during the time that he lLias been with James H. Walker & Co. have averaged $1,000,000 a year. Rosenbaum was a wholesale salesman al- most all his life. He worked in Milwaukee before he came to Chicago, and in this city & Scott, and then with X &t & Co. Upon Mr. Stewart’s death the Chicago branch re- moved to New York. James H. Walker, formerly Chicago manager for Stewart, or- wanized the tirm of Jumes H. Walker & Co., wnd took Rosenbuum in as onc of his sales- men, e T THE CRO; CASE, Both Sides Express Themsclves ns Ready For Trial CiicaGo, August 24.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee]—Both the prosecution and the defendants in the celebrated Cronin case aver to-duy that they are ready for the trial next Monday. At least all the attornoys for the defense have expressed themselves as being ready and willing to go on with the trial, with the exception of Attorney Forest, who says he can’t tell and will not know until court opens to-morrow. There are vague suggestions offered by those who are in position to know that this eagerness t go on is merely a bt on the part of both the prosecution and defense for the purpose of prompting the other side to ask for a con- uance. Howeyer, Mr. Longenecker states in very emphatic terms that the state wants no further delay, and will ask for no con- tinuance under any circumstance. There is much speculation as to what course the de- fendants will pursue. Some of the suspects may demand a separate trial, and thus draw out the state before the main conspiracy case is tried. Another possibility s that some of the defendunts may ask for a continuance, while others of the accused may demand an, immediate trial. Judge Longenecker ex- presses little fear of this, however. Will Move For Separate Trials. Chicaco, August 24.—Trho attorney for O'Sullivan, Martin Burke and ex-Detective Coughlin noufied the states attorney that when the Cronin case comes to trial, they will move for separate trials for their clients. The states attorney will resist the motion. g MURDERED AND CREMATED. A Wyoming Ranchman Shot and Then Burned, Lanravig, Wyo., August 24.—|Special Tele- gram to Tne Bee.|—The mystery surround- ing the murder of Robort Burnett, the eccentric Pole Mountain ranchman, has at last been solved. Dwight Rockwell, who was arrested as an accessory, to-day made a stutement to the effect that Burnett was shot down in his cabin by George Black, ufter which Black and himself took the boay to a gully and cremated it. Some of the bones were afterward concealed in a gopher hole, and Rockwell conducted the officers to the place this afternoon. All the tesuimony at the inquest confirms the Rockwell story. The murder wus the result of land troubles, both Black and Burnett claiming the right to the ranch the lat.er occupied on the Fort Sanders wood reservation. N Wind Wrecks a Circus Tent. ToLepo, August 24.—This afternoon a heavy rain and hail storm passed over the city. It struck a circus tent, lifting the can- vas and throwing the tentover on one side, crushing down the seats, A wild scene of terror resulted. In the panic women fainted and children screamed. It is a miracle that there were 80 few casualtios, The most se- rious ci was the breaking of the leg of a young girl, but over 100 people suffered bruises and contusions. g Cruiser Bids Wanted, WasnINGToN, August 24, —Advertisements were reissued to-day from the state depart- ment for bids for the construction of the three 2,000 ton cruisers, for which excessive proposals were opened Thursday, The new advertisements have certain important dif- ferences vhat are expected to induce contrac- tors to offer bids that wall fall within the ap- propriation. pebt i Lit the Fire With kerosene, Deever, August 24.—During the present month twelve persons havelost their lives in this city and vicinity by using kerosene to startthe fire, To-day's record shows two more added to the hist. Mrs. Dulmadge, the mother of the assistaut fire chief of the city, wnd Mrs. Jeff Orr, of Durango, were fatally burued while pouring oil from a can into the stove, - A Mississipot Election Feature, JACKsON, Miss,, Augus At Newmar grove yesterduy @ general shooting match occurred at @ primary election, which e- sulted in the deatn of W, H. Bradston and the fatal wounding of W. K. Bradston. Three others, Hawking, Jun Lanier and & man named Toad were badly wounded, il The Weather Forecast, Nebraska—Generalty fair, cooler, winds shifting to northerly. Dakota—Fair, generally cooler, northeriy winds, lowa—Fair, stationary temperature except in western portion, slightly cooler Monday, southerly shitting to westerly winds, POINTS FROM PARIS. Natives From the Troplos Complain of the Cold Weather, THE SHOOTING SEASON OPENS, Pheasants and Sparrows Will Have to Keep Shady. A SENSATION ABOUT SARAH. Bernhardt Exhibits Great Nerve at Her Husband's Funeral. AMERICA AS THE HOME OF ART. Superb Rembrandts Purchased By an Admirer—Whitelaw iteid In- tertains Representative Work- ing Men and Women. Happenings at the French Capital, Copyright 1859 by James Gordon Bennett.] Pants, August 24.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Ture | |—The weather continues cold and windy and we have had showers of rain every ten minutes. Since noon the thermometer hus registered 53 de- grees Fahrenheit. The Egyptians, Algerians and all thedark-skinned inmates of the ex- hibition are in despair at what they call winter weather. Their teeth chatter and they look as if they would like to go south again, To-morrow the shooting season opens in most of the departments near Paris. All day hundreds of chasscurs, in highly theatrical costumes, russet leather leggings and medimeval caps with feathers, have been driving to and fro in cabs with guns slung over theirshoulders. Hundreds of setters and pointers are whisking about over the asphalt, and, altogethor, Paris has a very sportsman-like appearance, Every Parision who owns or can borrow a gun and dog will be out early to-morrow bangiog away at ail sorts of game, from pheasaut down to little 8parrows. Sarah Bernhardt, who has so wonder- fully impersonated death in all its phases, has just had a painful experience of its dread reality on the occasion of the funeral of ner husband, Damala. A report was spread by the Rappel to the effect that when the body was cagried down to the ground floor of the house the coffin was found to be too small, and it took an hour to make it large enough, “During the operation,” said the report, “the body was placed in anarm chair, and Bernhardt had the courage to support the head on her shoulder forsome time. The sight was blood-curdling and created sadness among those present.’ In consequence of this statement Dr. Gaunal, the physician who superintended the embalment of the body, has written the following letter to the editor of Rappel: “‘Reading an article in Rappel relating to the sad incident said to have taken place at the funeral of M. Damala, I beg'to cortect involuntary errors, The coffia was of the ordinary s but on account of the dificulty of lowering it from the first to the ground floor I proposed to Sarah ernhardt to leuve it down stairs and bring down the body 1n an arm chair. The body was not immediately placed in the coftin simply because, according to the Greek rite, the latter had to be blessed by a priest before hand. It was then that Sarah Bernhardv beld her husband's head. This ceremony over, the body having been placed in the coffin with the visage uncovered, touching religious chante were entoned, which caused Bernhardt to shed abundant tears. Mme. Sarah Berne hardl's courage was even greater than was stated in your paper, for she was present during the whole process of embalming, which was most trying on account of the ad- vanced state of decomposition of the body, and she insisted upon herself arranging her husband’s hair and beard as he used to wear them during his life.” That westward is the irresistible destiny of pictures, ancient and modern, collected in Paris, has again been exemplified by the fact that Princess de Sagan has sold to an Amer- jcan three superb Rembrandts that formed part of her gallery, Mimster Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Reid en- tertained at breakfust to-day Scripps League of Workingmen’s expedition. Mrs. Lenora M. Barry haa the seat of Lonor on the right of Mrs. Reid, and Miss Emma Durschlog oc- cupied the right of Chauncey Depew. Among those present were Norman J. Coleman, Julian Hawthorne, General Frank Summer~ ville Tuck, Prof. Riley and Napoleon Ney. Mr. Reid, Mr. Depew and Mr. Nupoleon Ney honored the occasion by appropriate speeches, ————— THE MILLIONAIRE'S VICTIM, The Joliet Prisoner's Story Corrobors ated By Hia Mother. Cu10aGo, August 24.—To-day developed another installment of the real life ‘‘ro- mance of a poor young man.” The actual name of the young fellow who, under the name of George Dunning, is serving & four- year term in Joliet prison as the result of his love for & millionaire’s daughter, is Ernest Dunnivant. His father, an old Chicago printer, died four years ago, leaving @ widow, seven daughters and two sons. Upon the earnings of Ernest the tamily were de- pendent after the death of his father until the boy went to prison, Since then the family existence has been maintained by a severa struggle. "Phe mother was seen by a reporter to-day and corroborated the story told in these dis- patches yesterday about her scn, giving the story in detail, Shosaid that the miliion- aire's daughter came back to the city last year after a lonz absence and cailed on her (Mrs. Dunnivant) and spoke indignantly of Ernest being in prison and wanted the moth- er to write to him how much she thought of him and how much she would help him when he got out. The girl said she herself had been practically in prison during her absence from Chicago. Mrs, Dunnivant added that some time last year an attorney was recommended asa man who could not be bought off. J went to him and he said he would assist me. He wanted some lewters from the girl, The uttorney said he had made this same millionaire settle for two scrapes he had got into, and by showing the letters to bkim would get Ernest pardoned out. leave him the letters, and that was the last I ever heard of them.” - At London LaCampugne, from New York for Hayre; the Obio, from Phila- delphis for Liverpool; the Hammonia, from New York tor Hamburg, At New York—The Servia and City of Belfast, frow Hamburg; the Uwmbria, from Liverpool