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PART : NINETEENTH YEAR. UAME NOT AS A PRETENDER. Prince Phillippe’s Roason for Re- turning to France. HIS DUTY AS A FRENCHMAN, Me Wished to Enlist and Serve F Country ax a Private Soldier— No Action Taken by the Deputies. Why Prince Phillippe Returned. Conyright 159 by James Gordon Bennett. | Pams, Feb, B.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Bre.|--Up to the time of cabling the fair, curling locks of the Duc @'Orleans have not developed any ten- dency to turn gray, as did those of the pris- oner of Chillon, he dungeons of that fa- mous castle compare unfavorably with the apartment occupied by Prince Phillippe in the conciergerie. This spacious room, which the presiding judgo of the assizes is in tho habit of using as an office, is the one in which Prince Napoleon once passed a brief term of imprisonment. It does not contain a superfluity of furniture,but the bed is the best the prefecture of police could supply onshort notice, and the four chairs are upholstered, On being incarcerated the prince observed hat, having passed several years in India, ne was of a shivery temperment, A fire was lit in his room and the comforts of the inner man were not mneglected. His dinner, ordered from the restaurant Du Barreau, consisted of the following courses: Con- #ommo or turbot, with green sauce; beof- steak, with mushrooms; seas au burre, pears and biscuits and a bottle of pale ale. The vrisoner made a square meal, retired at half vast 10 and was up in the mosrningat8 o'clock. A good night's sleep had refreshed and composed him and all traces of the ner- vous excitement and feverishness of the previous day disappeared. After his cafe au lait the prince passed a couple of hours reading tho newspapers, of which leave was given him to order as many as e pleased, He wrote to Presi- dent Carnot. a letter, in which he explained the motives that brought him to Paris. Meanwhile Duc d'Luynes presented himself at the prison and begged to be admitted to see bis friend. Receiying a roply that such nuthorization had beeu given only in the case of M. Bocher and the prince's relatives, accompanied by M. Arthur Meyer of the Gaulois he callea upon M. Constans, who at once gave orders that the Duc d'Luynes should be allowed to see his friend. Before availing himself of this permission the duc called at a first-class restaurant and instructed the proprietor to send the best he had to the imprisoned prince, As for his service Prince Phillivpe can have “nothing to complain of, for an old servant of King Phillive yesterday wok to the restaur- ant where the Duc d'Orleans meals are pre- pared the late linen, crockery ware and plat bearing Louis Philhpe’s initials, with a strict recommendation that these articles be used only for the son. Meantime the ministers were in countil at the Elysce, M. Constauns furnished his col- leagues with all the details relative to the arrest of the Duc d'Orleans. It was decided thut the law of expulsion passed in June, 1886, should be carried out to the letter and that Prince Philiippe should be tried before a proper court. This is the eighth section of the police court. It was just as the Duc d'Orleans was at tacking his luncheon that two s cctors en- tered athe room to carry into effect the decision of the ministerial council. The prince rose from the table without a word and followed the officers to the cabinet of the procureur: de la Republique, where ho found M. Quesnay de Beourapaier, the public prosecutor, and M, Loze, prefect of police. Acquainted with the decision taken, Prince Phillippe said quietly: ‘I have not come us a pretender, butas a private citizen,” In the eighth section police court, which was packed with lawyers, the prisoner, who was shown toa seat, bore himself composed- 1y, thovgh nis face was pale, “You know, mounsieur,” said the presiding mavistrate, M, Turdiff, *‘that there is alaw forbidding you to return to France. Why did you return?” “I came to Paris,” ply, given in firm tones, ‘“to enlist as a private soldier. I consider that to be my duty as & Frenchman and my right 68 a citizen, The law to which you refer 18 8 law of exception which 1 caunuot recog- nize.” M. Tardiff remarked that the court was not concerned with the justice or injustice of the law in question, but had merely to apply it. He observed that the court might con- sider that the prince had been prompted by ® laudable sentiment, + At this juncture Maitre Buffetson, a royal- st senator, after whispering to the Duc d'Orleans, remarked to the bench that the law secorded a prisoner three duys in which 10 prepare his defense. M. Tardiff agreed and granted the adjourn ment demunded. ‘The prince bowed, retired from the court and was conducted to the conciergerie. Dur- mg the afternocon M. Bocher and Due @'Luynes paid a visit to the prince, who chatted with them lightheartedly. After they had left he vegged the prisou officials to fnstruct the restaurant keeper who supplied him with meals to serve dinner at 5 p. m. Royal friends are glad to learn that the prince's appetite has not been interfered ‘with by the air of the conciergerie, was the re- Tue Prince’s Letter to OCarnot, Paws, Feb, 8.—~The duc d'Orleans has written a lotter to President Carnot appeal- ing for permission to serve his country, The republicar majority in the chamber approves the attitude the government has taken in de- ciding upon the simple enforcement of the expulsion law. The left looks upon the duke's uct a8 8 mere boyish escapade and holds that he should pe tried ana sentenced 10 as the majesty of the law, but after sentence bie should be pardoned and sent out of Prance, Thus the law would be upheld nd there would be no royal vicuims of re- publicau versecution, The right has aban- doued its intention to interpellate the gov- ernment. The Deputies Take No Action. (Copuright 1890 by James Gordon Bennett,] Pan Feb. 8.—~|New York Herald Cable—Special to Beg.|—There was an ususually lvely sitting in the chamber tlis afternoon. Everybody was on the qui vive in expectation that some couservative wmember would ter- pellate the government regarding the young Due Philippe d'Orleans. Al galleries were filled with spectators and the usual areary expause of wasculive black coats and bald heads was brightened by the dainty gowns and hats of numeroas ladies. But their expectations were all iv vain, Or- Stors came and orators went, but although THE OMAHA they all had a groat deal to say and seemed to think that what they were saying was of vast importance there came out of the three or four hours of continuous words nothing more exciting than the validation of an elec- tion and the invalidation of another. Shortly after 7 o'clock the sitting adjourned, the dis- appointed audience going home without hav- ing heard a syllable about what was going to happen to the high-spirited descondant of Henri1V. Inthe corridors, however, the general idea was that the prince would ba condemned to the minimum term of im- prisonment preseribed by law, which is two years. I mot M. Laisant, one of the prominent Boulanger depaties, as he was leaving the chamber, and asked his opinion on the sub- ject. He said: ‘““There 1s no doubt that the D @'Orleans will be condemned according to the terms of the law he has deliberately broken. He can ex- pect nothing else and the government can pursue no other course. 1t is entirely proba- ble, though, that after the letter of the law has been thus compiled with Presideut Car- not will exerciso his power of pardon and the romantic youth will be taken across the frontier, none the worse for a few days in the conciergerie and having covered himself with glory in the cyes of his family and supporters. There was a littie talk of interpellating the government on tho subject, but tho idea was abandoned, The government would certainly have secured a vote of confidence from the chamber and they would have had the trouble for moth- ing." I foterviewed several and & number of well posted journalists, and in nearly every case the above opinion was substantially repeated. @ “Wnat would have becn gained by an wm- terpellation,” exclaimed a prominent royal- ist. “Either we would have overthrown the government or the government would have hud its own way. In the latter case we would have accomplished nothing, and in the former the prince would have remained in prison until & new government had come into power, which, being inevitably republi- cun, would have treated the prince precisely a8 ho will now be treated.” other deputies An English Poc [Copyright 1890 by Piayer's Ohallenge. mes. Gordon Bennett.[ Loxnoy, Feb, 8.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Ber.]—Frenchmen have pleyed biiliards in America and Ameri- cans have played billiards in France, but it still remams for an Englishman to cross cues with an American. Mr. John Roberts, ir., is willing to be the pioneer, though not at billiards. Tne game, as played here, is not at all like the game as played in the United States. Mr, Roberts could vanquish easily any American player at the English gume and there are wnumber of Americans who coula defeat him at the balk line game and perbaps at straight rail billiards. At pool there is u fair fieid for both sides, as the difference between the games played on both sides of the Atlantic are of no conse- quence. Mr. Roberts has 1ssued a chullen g through the Herald, to the pool players of America, and in it he offers to play any rea- sonable number of games of vyramid pool for 00 or £1,000 aside. He desires that half of the games should be played in Lon- don and the other half in the United States, cach man to pay his own traveling expenses and the winner of the majority of the games 1o take the stakes snd gate money. 1t is not unlikely that Mr, Roberts’ challenge will be accepted, as there ave a number of expert pool players in ‘America. The greatest of these, Albert Frey, has died within twelve months, but Malone ran Frey very close and should the challenge of Roberts be ac cepted he will probably be pitted against the English champio ——— 3 London Notes. [ Cor yright 1880 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxpoy, Feb. 8.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Bge.|—Abraham Lincoln, son of Mr. Robert Lincoln, has for the first time been pronounced out of dan- ger. Dr. Jones of Chicago, who was the cause of young Lincoln’s removal from Ver- sailles, states that the malady was blood- poisoning, and that he is in a fair way to speedy recovery unless a relapse should take place. Ex-Consul General Waller is back again 1 London on some business affairs, He sails m a fortnight for America, Agnes Huntington stated yesterday thyt she had not completed her arranzements for operatic tour, but she is considering an offer of 4 three weeks' tour of ‘‘Paul Jones" in the provinces, Minme Palmer opens at the Galety on the 15th, The engagement 18 anncunced of Miss Whitaker, the American soprano, to Dr. Crowe of Winasor., The marriage is ar- ranged for April, e ——— No News of Panitza. Loxpox, Feb, 8-—News from Sofla of to- doy’s date mukes no mention of the execu- tion of Panitza and his accomplices. It is stated that Zankoff and Mathejeff were the ring leaders in the conspiracy. Mathejeft recewed from the Pan-Slavist society at St. Petersburg 120,000 with which to carry on operations. All adherents of Zankoff are now flying for their lives and taking refuge in Servia. - ©alled on the Prosident. WasmiNGgroy, Feb, 8,.—A committee from the equal rights convention called on the president today and presented him with a copy of the address adopted by the conven- tion. The president exoressed sympathy with the movement and assured the com- mitteo that he would do all he could within the law to ameliorate the condition of the colored people. e — For Kidnapping a Senator. HELENA, Mont., Feb. 8.—Sherifl Parker, who was on his way to Helena with State Senator Brecker, was arrested at Bozeman this afternoon by the sheriff of Gallatin county on the charge of kidnapping the sen- ator. He wamved examination and was placed uuder bonds. As the mutter now stunds Brecker is at Bozeman with the suerift. B e Navajo Indians Facified. Dukaxeo, Colo,, Feb. 8,—Reliable persons from the Sau Juan reservation report every- thing ali quiet with the Navajo Indians and that uo further trouble is anticipated. The trouble originated with a renegade sub chief named Costiana, who had a following among the bucks, but the older nembers of the tribe refused to join him, Fighting the Lottery Bill. Mixxearonis, Feb. 8.—A Bismarck, N. D., special says 8 mewber of the house says that twenty members of that body have agreed 1o sustain the governor's veto of the lottery bill when it comes up. It will take twenty-one votes to defeat its passage over aveto. Puvlic meetings are being held all over the state to consider the scheme. e e Stoamship Arcivals. At New York—The City of Berlin, from Liverpool; the State of Nevada, from Glas- Kgow; the Holland from London, At Liverpool—The Scythia, from Bostou, UNDAY WORKINGNEN'S CONPERENCE. | How the German Emperor's Appeal is Regarded in Paris. EXTENDING THE OLIVE BRANCH. A Human Compendinm of Historical Lvents Walking the Streets of the ¥rench Capital—The Burglar and the Bottle. Gossip From the French Capital. [Copyright 1890 by James Gordon Bennett.) Panis, Feb, New York Herald Cable: pecial to Tur Bee,]—The weathor continues cold and gray. Siberian blasts come down from the northeast and drive the grande monde, and the demi-monde, for that matter also, to Nice and sunshine, The great excitement in Paris during the week bas been the Herald's instantancous photographs of the Mores-Dreyfus duel, which are exhibited in all the kisoques and shop windows and reproduced by the Soleil and scattered broaacast throughout France, This 18 recognized as a new development in journalism and the camera 1s likely to be- come as necessary an adjunct to duels s tho doctors or the cofiin. The appeal of the Germen emporor to France, Englana, Belgium and Switzerland to take part in a workingman's conference at Berlin is regarded here as not merely an electoral maneuvre, but as a sincere hold- ing out of th olive branch to the laboring classus, and has made William II. for the moment almost a great person in France, although no one believes that the idea can bo carried to a practical conelusion. We have had a series of premiers this week, Henri IV has a deal to anawer for. His exploits have beena favorite theme with poets and novelists from Hollyre down- wards, Mme, Prenel’ and Liorat have based upon an incident from the life of the vert galant the libretto of ‘‘Mamie Rosette,” which, with music by M. Lacote, was produced Tuesday atths Folies Dramat iques. The plot1s one of those naughty in- ventions which do not easily bear recital. Suffice it to y that King Henri's desigi upon Rosette, daughter of a gardenor, are checkmated by her lover, Vincent, aided by Labelle Corisandre. who is helping the monarch to while away his leisare moments, and naturally objects to a pretty rival, The music is often charmiug and aiways taste ful. M. Hughnet had a spiendid opportu- nity with a song which Henri IV sings, and took it. The feature of the evening, how: over, was the debut of Mile. Denssville, who scarcely seems to have ths weizht of wore tnan sixteen summers on her head, and who nevertheless sings a war song in a most spirited fashion. On Thursday night the Opera Comique gave the 100th performance of “‘Tehlar- monde,"” produced for the first time at the same house May 15 last. By a curious coin- cidence it was also the second auniversary of the debut of Miss Sybll Sanderson, who sings the title role in Masset's opera, for it was on February 6, 1888, that she made her first appearance on the lyric stage at Am- sterdam as Nanon in the opera of that name, The American prima donna was in excellent voice. All her principal airs were enthu- siastically applauded and sho was recalled several times. “lgmont,” translated from Goethe's drama by M. Aderer, was produced at Odeon Friday with considerable fuss. The play was mounted completely ana the act- ing was worthy of a second thought. Francois M. Dumeny made a very effective Egemont and MfAlbert Lambert's Machiavel was much applauded, Mlle. San Laville won the hearts of all the students of the Latin quarter by her graceful impersonation of Claire, A now operetta by Offenbach and an op- peretta by AL Lockroy and De Morvan, music M. Alfred Grisar, were also produced Friday at the Monus Plaisirs, both with mediocre success. M. Alexander Dumas has finished the new play on which be has been engaged for the Comedie Francais, He is not yet quite satis- fied with the last act and it will proba- bly undergo some material changes ere tho other play is produced. Rehearsals of “*Ascanio,’ an opera, are gowg on apace. M. Lasalle is expected to score one of his greatost successes in the role of Benvenuto, It is probable that **As- cani0” will not be produced before the mid- dle of March, as tho scenery and costumes cannot be got ready before then, A Paris reporter has paid a visit to Mar- shal Clan Robert with a view to learning his opinion on the possibility of & Franco-Ger- man allisnce. He found the old soldier lying on & chaise longue suffering from rheumatism, the pain of which would be doubled, said he, were he to speak of the Germans, In the course of a chat on various subjects Marshal Clan Roberts regretted the method of warfare of theold days., “‘Every- thivg has changed,” he suld, with a sigh, “gince the days when I'led the wrmies of France. Nowadays a battery placed at the Arc de Triompbe or even on Mount Valerien could, without itself runuing the slightest risk, bring a house down about our ears, What merit should we have in dying like that at the goodold charges with sword and bayonet, when you lovked your enemy in the fuce and when the furia francaise assured us of victory.” Marshal Clan Robert dis- claimed any intention of following the fash- ion and writing his memoirs, A vew celebrity is makiog bis. appearance along the bouleyards, Heis a well-dressed, intelligent looking youth. He sauuters along the terraces of the principal cates, scanuing the faces of the consommateurs until he catches sight of one that strikes his fancy. Dofiiug bis hat politely, she thus accosts the gentleman he hus singled out: “*Will monsieur be good enough to ask me any question he pleases relating to the history of France from the tune of Sharamond down to Napoleon IIL I can tell mousieur the day, even the hour of the birth, marriage or death of any historic: personage. 1u nine cases out of ten this walking eacyclopedia has so well chosen his mun that monsieur, thus addressed, asks Lim a number of questions, all of which are answered correctly, to the astonishment of the person and to the profit of the inventor of this novel method of earning & Living, For about a month past a band of burglars have been exercising their profession in the suburbs of Paris with equal profit and im punity. One of them was captured on Tues- day uuder rather peculiar circumstances at Bois Colombes in a villa belonging to a gen- tleman whose duties of a government officer keep him in Paris the greater part of the day. Returning home late on Tuesday even- ing the proprietur of the villa was astonished to find the door open. Walking into the din- ing room he saw & man lying asleep in an arm chair, while on the table weve are gea all the casily portable articles MORN NG, FEBRUARY ¢ of value which the house con- tained, The government omploye took his rovokver from his poekat and shook the spoaker roughly. The man gave no sign of life, and the astonished proprictor was at a loss until his eyes foll on a half empty bottle on the sideboord, Troubled with insomnia, it appears that the tenantof the villa was in the habit of courting sléep by the aid of brandy, in which ‘was a strong narcotio. The burglar had evidently grown thirsty during the course of his labors and had heiped him= self liperally 10 the bottle. The proprietor of the villa went for a poiiceman, and the housebreaker, who is an Italian and well known to the police, was carried to the po- lico station, His aswonisbhment on awaken- ing ie botter imagined than described. If the example of M. Piorre Ramonding, & wealthy bond owner of the Gironde, were to be generally followed, suicide would speedily grow to be a fine art. M. Ramonding has been spending the winter at Nice, where he maintamed a large establishment. Last week he went to an uvdertaker's and gave detailed orders for a coMn of aspecial type. Thonce he hied himself to tho cemetery and secured a vault large enough to hold three coffins, *I shall thus be at my ease,” he romarked to one of his servants, The whole of Monday he spent in writig letters and arranging his papors. On Tueslay evening, on rotiring, he strotehed himself out on his bed, placed the muzzle of a revolver vrecisely over his heart and pulled the trigger. When tho sorvants rushed into the room their master was quite dead. On atable was found a notoe stating that the deceased left the whole of his fortune, estimuted at over a million francs, to the orphans and widows of the Saint Blieane mwe disaster and to the widows of gendarmes; M. Rumonding had sont a copy of his will to the ministers of commerce and war, Among those who have left during the week for Cannes and Nice are Lord and Lady Lyttyn, Miss S6ott of Phiiadelphia, the Misses Kinsolla and Mrs. Burton of Brooklyn. At the Cirele del Union Artistique, which has opened its anoual exhibition of paintings, Carles, th sculptor exhibits a life sizo bust of Amelie Rives- Chandler, which does not do justice in point of likencssto the authoress aud is consid ered unsatisfactory among her friends. Julian Story has contributed a charming portrait of Miss Emmn Ames, and, by the way, a rumor is afioat that the clever painter and the gifted songstress areto be married. To the same exhibjt Humphrey Moore has seut a Japanese study caued Madam Chrip- antheme, a small outaf-doors scene of a woman washing at a well with a child play- ing by her side, ontitied,"*Au Lavoir Savoie.” ‘The prominent French artists are well rep- resented. Among the ;best are Gerome's printemps, wherein two, lions, dons, disport themselves among a wealth of poppies and yellow flowers. It is minutely finished, each blossom in the field being founa and u sleep- ing houcss in the forpground bas a fur which may be iuspacted under the micro- scope. More interesting by the same hands is a marbie bust, said ‘fo ‘be the daughter of Gerome. Bonnat has large portrait of the granddaughter of M. Grevy and a pottrait of un American lady, which is somewhat crit- icised. Carolus Durat’s portralt of his daughter, Mme. Georges Feydean, was uni- versally notice: g UNCIE SAM Welk BACK HIM, A Southern Ropublican Postmaste - Persecuted, WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—E. L. Duckworth, recently appointed postmuster at Sharon, Talialerro county, Georgia, has reprosented 10 the postofiice department that he is pro- vented by threat of personal violence and nostile demonstrations from taking pos- session of his office. It appears that Duck- worthy, who is understood to be an inae- pendent republican, Was some time ago ap- pointed to succeed a democrat, who with his friends, it is represented, have since used every means to prevent his successor from taking charge of the office. ~ Threats of per- soual violence and even of death, it is stated, were publicly made and heaped upon him. On the 5th of the present month he wrote to the postmaster general that he could hold outno longer, feAring that he would be killed, ana asked that his resignatiou be ac cepted. After copsultation with the presi dent and First Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral Clarkson Mr. Wanamaker last night telegraphed to him as follows: “Whatever power this department has will be used to protect you and to put you in possession of the office to which you have been appoicted, Communicate freely by telegraph full facts if interfered with further and immediate action will be taken." He also ordered two postofiice inspectors 10 proceed immediately to Sharou and in vestigate the whole matter. Attorney Gen- eral Miller ordered a United States marshal w the sceno of the trouble. Duckworth was recommended for ofiice by a large number of reputable citizens. e = RESUBMISSION KANSAS, Prominent Republicans Heartly Favor of the Movement, Arcmsoy, Kan, Fob, 8.—[Special Tel: egram to Tur Bre]—The recent visiv of the Leavenworth Resubmission club here, when they secured the names of Hfty-seven prominent republicaus as a sturter for the club which it is proposed to organize on the 18th, has been followed by the united determination of the retail merchants of the city to fignt the odious occupation tax. Tae city has many joints and drug stores which soll whisky and heer by the drink and in de- flance of law, butno revenue comes from them. The action of the retail morchants, it is expected, will force the authorities to adopt meaus that will get a revenuo out of the whisky business. ' s S Badger Invastors Safe, MiLwavkes, Wis., Feb. 8,—A Madison, Wis., special says: Today the state treasurer and the insurance commissioner revoked the license by which the American Building and Loan association of Miuneapolis was per- mitted to transact business in Wisconsin, ‘Che treasurer will kegp $100,000 in securities deposited by the company for the faithful performance of its: obligations to Hadger share hoiders till be 18 satistied that noue of them will be defrauded by the company s col- lapse. Seelo Chicago Drainage Bonds, CuicaGo, Feb, 8,—The board of drainage commissioners today passed aun ordinance providing for the immediaty issue of $1,000,- 000 1u twenty year bouds, to bear interest at the rate of 8!¢ per cent. Tney will probably not ba issued at gace, however, it is under- stood. Legal steps will be taken on behalf of certain property owners to test the le gality of the issue, I — Cause of the Tracy Fire, WasuingroN, Feb. 8.—Experts have de- termined almost beyond doubt that Secre- tary Lracy's house was fired by a super- healed steam pipe, A BOOM FOR THE SOCIALISTS, Wilhelm's Attempta to Solve the Soclal Problem. WILL WEAKEN THE GOVERNMENT Instead of Rallying Round the En peror in Gratitude the Voters Construe His Cause as En« dorsing Socialism, Not as He Hoped Copyright 1899 by N. Y. Associated Press, Benruiy, Feb, 8. —Public opinion inclines t the view that tho emperor's socialistic propositions will nover lead to any practical result. Itisalready recognized as altogether fmprobable that the invited European powe will consent to take part ia the international conference proposed. England, France, Belgum and Switzor- land are named by the emperor as involved in his schemes, but this use of the names of those atates has beon made without any understanding with any one of them. His majesty, in fact, only says ha desires that the ambassadors of those nations be sounded on the subject, but he does not even direct the opening of negotiations, and, 1w fact, none have been opened, ot a single sten has been taken toward learning whether these powers approve of such a conference. It has been published thut Switzerland ac- cepts the project, but this is an inference based uvon the fact that Switzerland horself formetly endeavored to initiate such a pro- ceeding. The report is not based upon the existence ot any official document. 1t may be also a misunderstanding, the Swiss con- vention actunlly to be held being confused witn the conference of William's scheme. On the contrary, the probabilities point to the summary refusal of the powers to join the scheme if even they are ever evicted. The marquis of Sulisbury declined the Swiss invitation to the labor confcrence, It does not foliow that he would refuse an invitation from the emperor of Germany because he re- fused one from the Helvetian republic, but indicates at least tuat in Downing street just now they do not take kindly to poiitical moonshine, The French press as a whole treats the mere idea of the conforence as an insult. The Swiss even do not seem to like the notion that the move way interfere with their convention in May, and_ave exclaiming against any such interference. The obvious futility of the general prop- ositions touched on in the rescripts hus lea to the report that the conforence will ignore the subject of minimum wages and limit it- self to tho consideration of the industrial omployment of women aud children, the economic and other aspects of the Sunday labor and the eight-hour day move. But even if the scheme shounld get this far and be resteicted, as thus suggested, it is con- idered that no practical end could be reached. If any important fact is to flow from these decrees it will be from that part of them which proposes internal changes, new labor legislation and reform of fhe re- lation existing between empioyers and workers. The council of ‘stateis-nof a body that possesses m any degree the confidence and _good will of the populace, and workingmen “murmur at the notion, that it, 1s the ‘first to sit in judgment upon the laws that are to initiate the new Utopia. It 18 said, there- fore, that the emperor will reorganize the body, which is composed of eighty mem- bers, He proposed to appoiut a certain num- ber of workingmen to assist in its delibera- tions. The effect of the decrees upon the electoral canvass is that they actually tend 1o help the socialist party. This is a sur- prise, because at first it did’ not lonk tnat way. Indeed, the theory that the decrees were played as a great stroke seemed to be confirmed by the staggoring effect they had at first npon the mocialist propaganda. for they seemed to make socialism itself unnec- essary; but sober secoud thoughy is to the effect that the decrees are an imperial recog- nition that socialism is right and wise, and that what it proposes is necessary for the country. Thereupon the people say: “If this is what we need it is better to have this ereat reform carried out by its friends; and why should we now abandon them to put the good cause into the hands of those who hitherto have always been its encmies,”” Hence, the socialists accept the emperor’s decrees as the monument of their victory over the chancellor, whose reported denun- ciations of their ideas as purely chimerical are now forcibly quoted against um. Voll- mar, speaking at Munich, smd that the party hailed with rejoicing the prospect of improvement and progress revealed by the emperor's attitude, but insisted upon the necessity that socialists must close up their ranks in order w make sure the realization of the emperor's promises, Herren Bebel, Sioger and Laebknecht held a consultation before permitting the authorized criticism that appeared in the Berlner Volksblatt. They agreed upon an article in the same vein as Vollmar's speech, and advised the workingmen to accept with welcome the approaches fwom the throne that approved and justified their own theories, but to ac- cept all this with an ultimate reliance upon their own stiength; to trust the emperor, but to keep the party together. ‘The first practical conclusion drawn is that the labor candidates will take the place of importance legally assigned to tho Carte. 1 Simce the publication of the decrees the socialist contral committee has increased the number of its candidates and now con- tests 210 districts, The campaign work by the commitiee is u display of warvelous ac- tivity, energy and Intelligence. Many con- tributions of money have been received from outside of Garmany, and the largest of these s from Americ The Borsen Courier reports that the emperor, who is colonel of & Russian regi- ment, has been notified from St. Petersourg to attend the Russian army waneuvers the autumn, Count von Moltke accompsied by several ofiicers will visit Strassburg, Metz and Thionville in April, An army order has been issued to the effect that at the military casinos no ofiicers shall be seryed with more thao one glass of spirits before noon and never with absinthe, This is iutended to check ahabit that has becowe a part of the life of the frequenters of these places, where before the diuner hour they toss up tor drinks all around, and as a cen- sequence all afternoon duties are performed with much muddled brains, The ex-Archduke John of Austria, now called Herr Orth, has bought the tradiug steamer Erzherzog aud has hired a crew, He will be his own first wate and he intends to make trading voyages from Tiume to the Levantiue ports. Vice Admiral Sir Authony Hoskins of the British uavy gave & dinuer to the Union c'ub at Malta to Prince Heory of Prussia aud the ofticers of the German squadron on Thursday. Prince Heory in replying to tne toast of his hoalt' anoka of the aympathy be- tween the Gorm (s and the English as es pecially noticea '« since the Emperor Will- fam has been created an admirat of the Brit - ish navy. Miuister Phelps and wife wera invited to dinner by Prince Bismarck to make the acquaintance of the family and drink n glass of Rhienish wine over the scttlement of the Samoan troubles. The dinner hour was an early one and the only person present ex- clusive of the family was Dr. Schwenninger, After dinner they ndjourned to the library and the chancellor lighted his long pipe and sent for somo whisky. He said it was a re- ceat gift from a friend in the United States, Thus equipped for a social bout, the chan- cellor proposed and all drank the health of the president of the United States, TIRED s Canadians Demand the | or 1 noLe. tablishment tonality. Moxtieir, Feb, 8.—[Special Telegram to Tite 3re. | —At the close of a lecturo hero last night bofore the National club by Ulric Barthe, editor-in-chief of Le Lecteur, R. Lemeux offered the following resolutions: Whereas, The chamber of deputies at Ottawa has adopted an address to her majesty, the queen, among other things, that it is the desire of the Canadian people to perpotuate the political bond§ which at present exists between this country and the mother country, be it Resolved, That it is tho opinion of the National club that said address to her mujesty, the queen, was inopportune under the circumstances, and will have no other result than to alienate from us American sympathies at a moment when public opinion calls londly and energetically for the establishment of closer commercial rolations between the United States and Canada. That while we profess sincere admiration for Buglishi constitutional government, we, the members of this club, desire with all our hearts the establishment of indenendent nationality 1 the vast domains of British North America free from all Buropeau attachment. “The resolutions, which were adopted amid cheers, caused big excitement among the English residents of Montreal when their tenor became known. THE A Probability That it Will Be Broken Tomorrow. Des MoiNgs, Ia., Fob. 8.—[Spocial ' gram to Tue Ber) —Unless soma obstrep- erous member upsets tho arranzements, it is probable that the deadlock in the house will be ended on Monday or Tuesday. The con ference committees have been working on definite vropositions today. The democrats submitted the first offer, which was that they be given the sveakership and one-third of the minor offices, and the committees should be divided by letting the republicans have first choice, taking three, and then alternate for the rest. As the republicans have deter mioed to hold on to the speaker, they did not accept that. So they have prepared a coun ter proposition, nearly reversing the demo- cratic proposition. The chief dificulty in the way of any agreement lies in the fact that every individ- ual member wants to help dictate the terms. The conference committee would settle things nicely if left to themselves, but when they report to the caucus the music begins, and several members on each side object and insist upon different terms, Touight closes the fourth week of the deadlock. The democratic governor-elect is still waiting outside, and the democrati clubs throughout the state that were coming to the inauguration have drilled and warched till they are footsore already, and no sum- mous yet. A few expectant office scekers stiil hold on, waiting for the changeof aa ministration. If the aeadlock should be broken on Monday or Tuesday the inaugur; tion will probably take placs on Thursday or Friday of next week. The House DEes Moixes, Ta, Feb. 8.—In the houso this mormug Dolph introduced a resolution of sympathy for Secrctaries Blaine and Tracy and it was unanimously adopted. Three bal lots were taken on permanent speaker, all re sulting 10 a tie, after which the house ad- journed till 2:30. The republicans went iuto caucus immediately, There were eighteen pairs n the house this afternoon, After taking six ballots the house adjourned till Monday afternoon. THE ARA HOES, An Intervicw With Chiet BI Regarding His Peopl Cupvense, Wyo., Fob. 8.—|Spucial Tele- gram to Tue Bre]—Black Coal, chief of the Arapahoes, has been interviewed av Fort Washakic, on the Wind River reservation. Speaking for the Indiaas, he says they are willing to relinquish a small portion of the reservation, but as for dividing it up to soveralty tho chief says: I would rather die than 10 consent to 1t.” Should this re- sult, the rights of the Indians will be con tinually encroached upon, and soon the Indians would have nothing. He wanted to see schools established of tne best kind they could get for the tnorough education and clovation of the Indians. Under the preseat conditions the Indian 1s nov self- supporting, and, in fuet, are wholly unabie to support themselves. As an indication that the Indians were improving in this di rection, he cited the fact that he himself as- sisted his wife by doing all the outdoor chores, while bis wife did the insive work, - Shot a Detective, . KaNsAs City, Mo., Feb. 8,—kEd Findlay shot and killed Joseph Carr this afternoon Findlay 18 a politician, and one of the best known sporting men in the west. Carr s a private detective who Findlay long ago dis- covered dogging his” footsteps, and whom he had arrested once. It turned out that he had peen hired by Findlay's wife to shadow him and report his misconduct, Since that time Findlay and Carr have been bitter enemies. The two men met this afternoon, exchanged o few angry words, and then Findiay drew a revolver and fired six shots into the detective's body. Findlay was locked up. il A Terrific Gas E 87, Pavy, Mion, Feb, 8,--This evening an explosion in the washing and condonsing room of the St, Paul Gas Light company re- sulted in the death of Daniel Desmond and iu injury to four others. The force of the explosion was terrific, buildings for four blocks being shaken, the building itseif wrecked and the report of the explosion was heard for a mile or more. Kirraxing, Pa, Feb. 8 —Two workumen, Marley and Dunmire, at the Pheenix brick works, carried a lighted ilamp into s kiln where natural gas wus escaping, and caused Bu explosioa. oth were fatally hure The Weather Forecast, For Omaba and vicinity: Fair weather, For Nebraska and South Dakota: Local raing or suows, varisble winds, colder Mou day morning. For Iowa: Warmer, fair, followed_ by local rains, southerly winds, * Coul brosion. 230, MR, EITZGERALD'S ADDRESS The President’s Appeal to the Irish National League of Amerioa. ( ONE GRAND LAST EFFORT,’ Now That the Tyrant Landlord Reels is the Time to Knoock Him Out Insidions Attacks of Yankeco Tories. Generons Assista Lixcony, Neb, ce peotad President Fitz- gerald of the Irish National leaguo of Amer- today issued the following address to that orgamization : T0 the officers and members of tho Irish National League of Amorica: Since the in- ception of the present Irish movement, now nearing its hour of flnal triumph or sore de- feat, the Irish cxiles or their®children in Amorica have been tte chief support and the mainstay of the nationat struggle, The continuous financial assistance rendered from the United States and Canada to the people and leaders of Ireland has been the result of organization. The mu- nifioant aggrogate created by the many con- tributory streams of Irish-American gener- osity could never have been attained had the movement depended uvon the uncertainty of spasmodic local action. Our encmies have recognized tho tremendous force of organ- ized effort as a wost potent aid to tho Irish cause, and they are now exercising all their ingenuity and utilizing their immense re- O to destroy and nullify its influcnces Dby trying to create disorganization und dise trust among the friends of Ireland. Secret servico money is being exvended and subsidized agents are employed to scatter inuendoes, to make false allogations and by every artifice to dissemiuate slanders in order to disrupt the national Irish orgamiza- tion in America. Be the impelling motive what 1t may, a hostils press is being uulized in this country to supplement the unscrupulous but defeated efforts of the London Times to discredit not only the national officers of the American league, but the trusted and able leaders of the movement jn ireland whom till now you haye 8o loyally obeyed and so generously supported. The Chicago Times of the 2d instunt says editorially: ** *Hold no convention,’ is the advice to the executive of the National league in America from the gentlomen over the sea, *But send us more monoy. the money part, that has been the ¢ time immemorial. Since 1856 the one agency of the league alone hus collacted $:30,000, and the demand is for more for men who are living as members of the British parliament on the funds being raised in America, and liviag on the fat of the land, or gossip does them great injustice,” In the Chicago Herald of the sume we read: *“The programme of t both sides of the ocean is identical and uu- mistakable. More funds and loas investis gation is the cry everywhere—no convention for the last three years and Parnell wants none for the present. * * * Nothing is 80 perfectly delightful to the freo-handed patriots whom Ireland sends to t4is country a3 10 lay aside their earn'ngs uatil they aes cumulate enough to buy a draft and then blow the whole amount into the hanas of a lot of irresponsible professional ugitators for unknown purposes,” Brotuer Irishmen, is notthis the language of the London Times and the tory organs that for generation have been spitting their contempt upon every effort of the Irish people to ameliorate the condition of their country. Does it not seem as if the Pigot- Flanagan hirelings vafed in Eoglind had transferred their vile oporations to Americal In this emergency we rely upon your mane hood, your devotion, your common sense not to be misled by Salisbury’s reptile press, his snubsidized priest reviiers, and those stormy petrels of faction who are now try~ ing to demoralize your ranks, Hest assured that the 1gnominious defeat of the London Times will be the fate of its puny imitators on this side of the Atlantic, The time has come 10 appeal to our better nature and to have trust and confilencs in ourselves, The Irish psople in Irelund are setting us & grand example. They are con- dueting themselves with a zeal, a dignity and a discipline unprecelented 1 the annals of the huwan race. Nerous as your con- stituents have been, noble as have been your sacrifices, and magnificent as your efforts bavefbeen, they@are far from equaling, under like circumstances, the manifestation of these qualities by the poople in Ireland. To instance, we refer you to the alacrity with which they contributed in an inconcoivably short spaca of time the defense of the leader in whose person the Irish nation was presented in the late Tiwes forgery. We instanca the maznani- mity with which the peassotry of Ireland bave within the last two months ruwsed $150,000 more-for the same cause, which is now being in turn contested . upon the Irish hillsides, The Tenants’ Defeuse association has been formed and is being maintained to defeat the last despairing effort of Irish lunllord- ism. This insatiable octopus which has so long fastenca itself upon the’ flesh und fed itself upon the blood of the Trish people has at last been brought to gaze with terror upon its immineot doom, The Irish landlords rec ognize that their teuure of property, founded in robbery aud maintained by tyranny, is nearing its end, Forced sales of their e tates is now a living issue contested by two great English parties, The vital question of the hour is which party shall antici- pate the other In the framing of an Irish land bill designed to give peasant proprietorship to the veople. The law of eminent domain is undoubtedly going to be invoked and the purchase price of estates must be determiued on the annual rental acoruing from their use. The landlords hope 1o sell at a fictitiously exorbitant figure upon a slowing of their rack-rent roll. Our people have wisely discerned the cunning of this movement, and are bravely determined to thwart it at any cost. fo this end the tenants of South Cork, Tipperary and other counties are waking common cause aud aro going forth from their holdings, leaving the estates to present & valua- tion approximate” to their real worth uccoraing to the existing prices of agricul tural produce. ‘Ihese tenants who are the heroically surrendering the accumulations of years in a common cause deserve 1o bs sus- tained, Will we refuse them succor in the most genuive sacrifice on the altar of libertyt Most of us have had cruel experience in the iniquitous system of land tenure in Ireland, wnd no instructive words of mine ace ueeded 1o apprise you of the crucial exigency of tle hour. 1look to you confidently to move to supgort your kith and kindred in their gal- lant strugle agaiust the famine breeding sys- tem of Irish landlordism, Looking back upou their noble past whas date eague on