Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 26, 1893, Page 1

aadind R S TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. MAD WITH METHOD Ahlwardt's Peculiar Actions the Result of a Deep Lying Sinister Motive. EMPEROR WILL NOT VISIT THE POPE Political Reasons Will Prevent the Call that Had Been Arranged For, CAPRIVI MAY TRIUMPH IN THE END Bentiment in the Reichstag is Changing on the Military Bill TROUBLE IN CENTER AND POLISH PARTIES Nigns of Breaking in volt in th 1s 111G Hitieal Gossip. ho One and Open I Other—Prince Bismarck eral Gorman Pos [Copyrighted 1593 by James Gordon Bennett.| Benwis,March 25.—New York Herald Cable 5 to Tue Ber. ) —It was in_the midst of a flery debate on Wednesday when one of the members of the Reichstag had made a scathing speech about Rector Ahlwardt and closed by saying, “You must understand this action of yours is not usual in members of the Reichstag.” That remark Ahlwardt jotted down in a small cheap note book which he always carries open in his hand. In the speech with which e followed he ended up with the words ‘I wish you to understand that my elec tion to the Reichstag was no ordinary event as you will find out.” Tudeed it 100ks a8 though this small, thick set ivrepressible schoolmaster is destined to alter entirely the nature of the sittings of the Reichstag. His tactics remind one of the carlier days of the home rulers, when the House of Commons laughed them to scorn They brought forward irresponsible charges against le people, till at last, when them turned out to be correct, discontented people from all parts of the country began sending in information to them. So now with Ahl wardt, every anti-Semite who knows any thing detrimental to the Scmites will send it to him. Later on he will possibly have some substantial charges to go upon. Mean time he 1s perfectly content in having totally upset the traditional proprieties of the Reichstag and introduced a system of obstructions which is always causing m apprehension to legislative assembly. Will Not Visit the Pope. Itis said that it 1san understood thing that the kaiser will not visit Pope Leo, and her majesty is much disappointed thereat, as she had set her heartona visit to the peci irvespor some of pontiff. But political reasons have been urged against it. Germany's Chicago Exhibit. Captain Rogers, who came over here to take charge of the government exhibits for Chicago, leaves with those treasures on Tuesday next on board the Havel. He has not seen the exhibits, as they were already packed up when he arrived. He visi's Ber- lin for the first time and is much pleased with the city. He was a highly interested spectator in* the diplomatic box at the Anl wardt debate. He attributes the fine dis- play sent by the German government largely to the encrgetic efforts of Consul General Edwards, who certainly has worked inde- fatigably to obtain most of the remarkable and very interesting historical treasures of Germany. Captain Rogers will accompany the exhibit to New York, where a special train under the charge of Commissioner ‘Wermuth will take them on. May Vet Pass the BilL Desultory comments on the military bill continue in the press. The Germania, the organ of the center, seems to think its pas sage possible, as also does the Kreuz Zei- tung, the organ of Herr Richter. Many dep- uties have taken to using the word “‘com promise” freely, while Herr Benmigsen is once more to the front with further conces sions, which I doubt the house will approve Minister Phelos returned yesterday after a delightful trip to Tangiers, Gibraltar and Naples. He is in excellent health. Russin's Awful Scourge. Once again terrible reports are arriving from Russia respecting the cholera, where thousands of cases exist among the peas- ants, The epidemic, which is causing a panic, is approaching the frontier and has reached Varsovie, Iam afraid Prince Bismarck is not in the best of health. He has been troubled with swollen veins lately, while the old but not dangerous malady of neuralgia causes him much torture, His birthday next week will be celebrated with more than extra zeal At Hamburg they are prepaving for a papal pilgrimage, and the kaiser is crediced with being ready with congratulations. Parties Going to Ploces. The center party, hitherto considered un bendable, is showing signs of oscillation, for their candidate, Boise, just been de feated by Editor Fussnagel. This is looked upon as a revolt against the discipline of the party, and a severe hit at Lieber, who, while a very able man, lacks the supreme author. ity which Herr Windthorst wielded. A scism is also thres tening the Polish cad on account of the vote given in favor of the military bill, which was influenced largely by Mme. Koscietski, who is a great favorite at court. Several Polish newspapers ask that veither Baron Koscietski nor Baron Letocha be re-elected. Further there s a call for the withdrawal of all the Polish members who voted for the bill Baron von Marschall, minister of foreign affairs, will be accompanied to Rome by two secretaries, which shows his visit is intended 10 have a political aspect by Caprivi's Startling Admls lon. A remarkable articlo has appeaved in the Militarische Corresvondenz, which is gen erally credited as representing Caprivi's opinion, saying he would be very content with an appeal to the country, and would rosign if the result showed the opinfon wis unfavorable. This is significant in showing the chancellor is awake to public feeling. Bismarck's Pery Aguember of the Herrenhaus tells what happened in the sittiug of that body on Monday last, when 4 vote was taken for anew president. The Herrenhaus is the equivalent of the House of Lords i England and is & highly important constitutional body. To it belongs ail the ober burgomeisters of the largest towns in Prussia. In the first vote taken the name of Bismarck was brought forward and obtained 43 votes out of 85. Then a council washeld aud it was decided that the election of the prince, which would have been very gratify- pnul ¥ ragraphs. ing to the house itself, was injudicious in [ the body which is looked upon us the strong est pillar of the monarchy. as the election of | Bismarck, it was deemed, would give ! igh offense to the emperor. In consequence the Bismarckian vote was withdrawn, In his place Prince Stollberg Wernigerode was clected president, But, and there is a but in the minds of cer tain members of the court, a rumor, perhaps only one of the thousand and one which float around the b ridors of the palace, which I give merely as such accounts go, is | that the kaiser would be willing it a digmfied and reasonable way were found for him to congratulate Bismark on his 78th birthday. which occurs in April. Will be found? That, as faras I he tion, means ,is the ques w It will be foremost use every procehment d e a Good Move. difieult. There is the present chancellor. He will ffort to prevent any such rap Caprivi has shown one str developed quality during his tenure of office That is his uncompromising and unforgiving hostility to all who have opposed him. It is first and the idea of those who favor the notion of congratulations being sent from the kaiser | to Bismarck that if the kaiser found means 250, he would have completed the »st and most important stroke of diplomacy ~ which he has achieved since his accession to the throne. It would bring him desirable pop- ularity with the masses. Nexu after such a conciliation he would find himself checred to the echo as he took his usual afternoon ride in Unter den Linden. It would bring him the support of the landed gentry, ugriculturists, bankers, merchants | stocrats. It would indeed be a great coup for him as well as a highly graceful act from a young and vigorous mofarch to anold and tried statesman, who, as he pathetically put it hiwself, is stiff in mind and body Both would be greater men after it. Will | the kaiser exccute this coup? Piquant Seandals Promised. and a I ha will author of which la o already cabled you that in April mence the trial of Harden, t article in a weekly magazine ly caused a deal of an stiv here. The magazine was confiscated not long ago for a revolutionary rticle. The cause of the coming triul an atrocious the sovereign the n article on the education of The kaiser felt aggrieved, and itter was taken up by the court Ha, en will conduct his own defense, so you can e how piquant will be his ventilation of the question, but, unfortunately, he will be heard in camera. It is generally rumored that Prince Bismarck inspired the article We are also going to be treated to another erotic scandal, very much on the lines of the Leipsic case, revealing the | fact that many married women, whose | aracter was considered hithierto without reproach, have been in the habit of meeting lovers, consisting of a band of roucs., The head of the band is an Italian sculptor living in Wilhelmstrasse. The whole thing was discovered by chance, being revealed by a servant of the Italian. He asserts that ovgies took place similar to those for which Banker Hugo Loewy has been condemned The wives of editors and the daughters of generals and lawyers are implicated. The case will come up after Easter some time. Singer in an Asylum. I told you that Herr Singer. the rich social democrat, was affected mentally. This is contradicted by bis friends. 1 now urder- stand that he has retired into a private usylum for mental diseases. Ouc of the latest phases of Ahlwardvs checkered cavcer is that his conservative friends who very largely contributed to his return to the Reichstag, have sent him an intimation of regret at having voted for him. Anlwardt, nothing daunted by all the hard blows he has received, 1s again resorting to his old tactics, and will shortly publish a pamphlet reiterating his charges against the government, but which may cost him another trial. It is to be called the *“Miguel Case.” He still maintains that he will bring forward his vroofs after Easte Will Choke Bim Of. I have spoken about Ahlwardt's obstruc- tionary tactics, but maybe he will not have matters entirely his own way, because I hear that the kaiser, who keeps thoroughly informed as to the movements of the Reich- stag, has spoken concerning the possibility of altering the rules of the house and adopting the cloture, as is applied to over. loquacious orators in the English House of Commons, and this will probably be voted immediately the Reichstag reassembles. Some Berlin Gossip. 1 spoke some time ago of the possibility of Prince Henry coming here to assume some burden under the direction of Count von Eu- lenberg. The trouble is the difculty of fina- ing hima palace. The Kaiser Wilhelm palace would be admirable, but when the empress died she leftin her will a clause to the effect that the three ladies in waiting should have apartments there during their live Two of these ladies considerately consented when requested to accept quarters in Char- | lottenburg. They nhave died, but the third lives on and refuses to budge. The cruiser Seeadler sturted for South- ampton from Kiel today. The corvette Augusta follows next week. Both are going to New York to take partin the naval review. Tu court cirele: story that comes from me is told to the effect that the Princess of Wales had a narrow escape from injury. She had paid o visit to the famous Cafe Oraguo, when, the minute after she left, a bomb exploded Kaiser STONE UMBERT, Darlag Assault on Italy's Ruler Mado by a Workingman, Roxe, March 25.—This city is in a state of great excitement over an assault that was made this evening on King Humbert. The king was returning from the villa Borghe where he had been spending a portion of the day. when a person having the general pearance of an Italian workingman threw stone at the king, the missile almost str ing the monarch, There was a considerable number of people on the strects at the time, it beiug about 5 o'clock in the evening and several rushed upon the assailant and seized him before hie had a chance to make another attempt at violence. The ussailant was promptly taken in hand by the police and conveyed to prison. Otherwise he would, iu all probability, have been killed by the angry multitude An immense crowd assembled and cheered the King with frantic enthusiasm, an { all the way to the palace the scene was like u tri umphal procession. Hing Humbert grace fully acknowledged the ovation, ana was evidently deeply moved by the loyalty on the part of his subjects. ot i ssrought a Big Sum. NasHvILLE, Tenn., March 25.—Today the | mucH well known hotel, the Maxwell house, was sold at chancery sale for partition. A. H Robinson became the purchaser for §200,000 and assnmed a debt of $58,000. " OMAHA, HIPPOLYTE'S POWER Revolutionists Determined to Overthrow the President of Hayti. DECISIVE BATTLE ON THE FRONTIER Reinforcements Hurried Forward to Assi the Government T'roops. REBELS BELIEVED TO HAVE WON THE DAY Indications that the Straggle Will Be Pro- longed and Costly. EXCITEMEMT AT PORT-AU-PRINCE Seat of the Administration Fully Aware of the that Thre: the Danger cns Overthrow of the Repubile at Present. [Copyrt hted 1891 hy James Gordon Bennett.) Kixastoy, Jamaica (via Galveston, Tex.,), March 25, By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tae B An- other long warfare between President Hippolyte's government and the posed to his rule gents have factions op- is now threatened. Insur- ssed from the dominion front- ier into Hayti and a battle has already been fought. This new movement is likely to cause trouble with Santo Domingo and pos- sibly war, should the present insurrection be quelled. A protractea struggie 1s the present outlook owing to the mountainous and unsettled condition of the country The insurgents hava been seeretly gath ering strength in San for some time. Enough was known of their pians however, uneasiness Domingo to cause consid ble in government circles. The all-important point, the place where they intend to cross, was not known to the authorities. The guards at the frontier were doubled, und it is probable that the reported battle occurred between some of the s and the insur- gents, The battle is said to have been a decisive one, but the result was not stated. As the news comes from Port-au-Prince, the seat of President Hippolyte's government, the i desired to- bo conveyed is that the authorities were victorious. This statement must be taken with « able ference nside allowance because the same dispatch which brings me the above news adds that mo troops are being huwrried to the frontier. Whatever may be the outcome of the present conflict it can ouly add to the trouble ot the unhavpy island. 1f the insurgents win, the load of debt incurred by the war, which would certainly prove a large one In that case, will be a heavy bur- den for the poor Haytiuns. If the govern- ernment should prove victorious there will undoubtedly follow a demand for indem- nity by San Domingo and in case of refusal another bloody and expensive war. Paraguay and Brazil Quarrel. Varparatso, Chili (via Galveston, Tex.), March 25.—[By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tue Bee.|—Para- guay has now broken off her diplomatic re lations with Brazil. Tne pretext for this action, according to a dispateh just received from the Herald's correspondent in Asuncion, was the insolent conduct of a colonel in the Brazilian army, who has been making violent statements against the Para- guay government. So grave is the offense considered by the government of Paraguay that the minister of the republic in Montevideo been directed to hasten to Rio Janeiro and de- mand an explanation from the Braziliau government. His demand upon the Brazilian governmeut will include a request for a dis- avowal of responsibility for thearmy officer’s offensive language and redress for his acts in a pecuniary way. This incident is regarded in Santiago and Valparaiso as being only another indication of the dislike of Brazil which is frequently shown i the smaller South American re- publics. The offense seems to be too slight upon its face to cause any serious interrup- tion of friendly relations and the bellicose attitude of Paraguay is regarded as having been worked up more to show her real feel- ing toward her big sister republic than on account of any insult which the Brazilian officer may have offered. In Rio Grande do Sul, Meanwhile the war which Brazil has already on her hands is progressing slowly Slight advantages have been gained by each side ut different poiuts. The Herald's cor- respondent in Riviera and also the corre- spondent in Buenos Ayres coufirm the report that General Saraiva, one of the revolution ary generals, has been defeated. The battle took place near Alegrete and not Bage, as wasat first reported. Alegrete was cap- tured only a few days ago as I cabled the Herald. Itisreported that when ( 1 ner Saraiva was attacked by Colonel Matta and his government troops he made little 1 sistance and took himself and his army away as fast as possibl General Tavarez, the leader of the revolu tion, is reported to have appeared before Bage and to have attacked that town. More troops are arriving from Rio Janeiro, how ever, and an; which Tavarez may in can hardly be more than a temporary advantage. Five hundred soldiers of the general government arrived in the city of Rio Grande do Sul. There are n rly 2,000 men belonging to the national army in the country affectea by the revolt, und the cause of the revolution is now cousidered hopeless. General Isi doro has abandoned the pursuit of the revolutionists defeated near Santa Anna a week ago and has returned to that city. The Herald's correspondent in Montevideo telegraphs that the government of the chief city of the Uruguayan depart ment of Tacuarembo is accused by the Bra zilian government of aiding the revolution- ists in Rio Grande do Sul. Colonel Ezcobar of the Brazilian army has visited the town and declsred that no more sympathy should be given to the rebels. The minister from Ar has received u teleg today ntina at Santiago am from Commissioner Viraso row in Buenos Ayres, declaring that treaty relating to the boundary is tisfactory to the government. Not withstanding this dispatch the Her- ald's correspondent in Buenos Ayres says there is a wide difference of opinion among the members of the cabinet concerning the treaty and that it will nave to be modified in several particulars El Diaro, ia an editorial today, demands that the armies of all South American re- publics shall be disarmed. s bl e LB Trylag to Cateh a Firebag, Miwavkee, Wis, March 25, Mayor UNDAY MORNING, MARCH 26 Somers today issued a prostamation offering a reward of §2,600 for evidence that will con vict any party or parties of Incendiarism in the city of Milwaukee within the next thirty days. The firms that have suffered from fircs the past ten days offer a reward of $1.000. The entire police department is on the lookout for the firebug, & good des:rip - tion of whom was secured at two of the fires yesterday. AT 5 S— AHLWARDT'S NERVE. Despite His Exposare i Relterates fis Charges in Publy Beruiy, Marcn -Scotched, but not killed, Ahlwardtism continues to rear its ugly head aloft. 1f Ahlwardt had an atom | | of regard for the contempt heaped upon him in the Reichstag or for the universal voice | of scorn in the public press, he would vanish from political life, but with a front of brass and sustained by the Jew-baiting mobs, he remains a dangerous factor in public life Since his exposure in the Reichstag his re cention on the streets and at public m ings which he attended has been like what | might be accorded a great servantof the state. Within a few hours after the collapse m the Reichstag of the charges against Bismarck and other well known perscnages, Ahlwardt repeated and enlarged them meeting held at Spandau. very largely attended by workingmen, m of whom came from the the Relchstng He where ignorance could excuse them, y are blind supporters of the vulgar dema- gogue. Crowned by Admirers. The meeting was presided over by Captain Herter, a retired ofiicer, who crowned Ahl wardt's head with laurels amid the frantic plaudits of the spectators. Every utterance of their hero of the hour was cheered to the echo by the workingmen. Ahlwardt said he had been treated by -the Reichstag with the grossest injustice. The me he de clared, obviously want to suppress the evi dence he possessed tosupport his cnarges. He had a van full of documents, which he had offered to produce for examination by the Reichstag. Coutinuing, Ahlwardt said if he had been given time no unbiased mind would doubt | the truth of his proofs. Ho refrained for | tha present from disclosing how he procured the documents, but he gave an instance of | how one was picked outy of a waste pap basket by a servant of a public ofticial, Lhis paper had been brought to him. It was receipt for a large sum of money that haa n given to the s of a country court, | who subsequently decided by which | the briber obtained several millions of marks, b \bers, suit Relished Storles of Corrupt The vagueness of these a atio not affect the enthusiasm of Ablwar | hearers, whose relish for stories of corrup- tion in high places was at par with their | eredulity. Among the features of the agitation the North German Gazetté says that the ex- istence of the Ablwavdt gchool threatens to hurt the minds and hesrts of the people | more than war or pestilehce. The Post views the movement as proof of a profound demoral n, without which such scandalous exhibifions would be im- possible. Both the official and unoflicial papers concur in the opinion thatit was an error in tactics to link tho whole question of anti-Semitism with the question of Ahl- wardt's veracity, In the debate in the Reichstag servatives repudiated him, taken another step toward strengthening the anti-Semitic plank in the party plat- form. Twenty-s members in the party are back of a bill prohibiting Jewish fmmi- gration and the naturalization of foreign Jew The bill is designed to catch votes in the country districts where the Judenhetze spreads like an epidemic, Unsessonable Political Activity. The three weeks Easter recess of the Reichstag und the Landtag is generally ssed in absolute quiet. This year the ro- ess sees the transferences of political activ- ity to political platforms. -The mminence of dissolution sends some of the members to face their constituents. The central com- mittees of the socialists and the natlonal liberals have met here and discussed the prospects—the socialists exultantly and the national liberals despondently. Dr. von Beunig: warned the national liberals that the elections could not be fought by them on amere platform of the acceptance or rejec- tion of the army bill, He deplored tho want of unity in the party and complained that the address coming from ional liberal districts declaring in support of the bill had assisted to defeat the arrangement of any compromise with the government. Finally the meeting decided to leave the method of conducting the electoral canvass to indi vidual initiative. the con- yet they have Was Overconfident, The centrist party which had been repo in confidence that the result of a general election would be the return of their party nearly unchanged, have been awakened by the return of Johaunes Fusxanger, inde pendent-clerical from the Second Amesburg Meschede-Olpe district. The entire oficial mechanism of the centrist party was em ployed to defeat Fusxanger, but the efforts to beat him failed. Fusxanger, who is the editor of the Bochumet Volks Zeitung, is a rabid Prussian hater. One immediate result of this centrist defeat is that Schorleme Alst, the centrist chief, will withdraw his andidature in the Dortmund by-election The element of uncertainty Introduced into the centrist ranks may yet influence the leaders to reconsider their attitude toward the army bilt On all sides the Easter r will be de voted to probiug the constituencies. Will Oarry the Emperor's Congratulations. The appointment of Archduke Renier to officially represent Emperor Francis Joseph at the comiug silver wedding of King Hum- bert of Italy is hailed' here as a veritable triumph of the Quirinal over the Vatican The archdvke is the uele of King Humbery and might attend the fetes without his pres- ence being cousidered as a political event Sent as the representative of the emperor of Austria, his visit may be pregnant with consequences. The Italian government will consider it as a definite Austrian recognition that Rome is the capital of Italy. Italy will now have the right to expect Emperor Francis Joseph to visit the Quirinal. The reasons for this blow to the Vatican are found in the pope’s pro-Erench policy and Cardinal Rampolla’s uncompromising atti tude on the Hung irian kulturkampf ———— - Earnings of Railroads, New Youk, March 25.—The annual report of the Lake Shore railroad for the year 1502 shows a decrease of §187,000 in net earnings, due chiefly to the increase in the operating expenses. The gross earnings are greater thau for the year 1891, The surplus decreased $203.000. The uet earnings of the Michigan Central increased 52,000 aud the surplus decreased $104,000. The surplus of the St Louis, Alton & Terre Haute decreased $3, 000, sing , 1898 How Europe's Peacs is Disturbed by Machi- nations of Disappointed Democrats, MESSES STIRRED UP ON MERE SUSPICION Infamous Charges Made for the Purpose of Exciting Popular Prejudice, FRANCE HAS HAD ENOUGH FOX A TIME Parisians Sated with Panama Filth and In- different to Politics Generally. NEW MOVE IN THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE GAME So| © Suggestion that England May Tuke the Place Now Held by Italy-What the Kalser's Coming Visit to Rome Means, [Copyrighted 1893 by James Gordon Bennett.) Pants, March 25.—|New York Herald Cable—Special to Tne Bee.| —The dominant note in the European situation is the inter- national character which the Parlismen scandals are assuming. France, [taly and Germany are attacked. Several politicians ask, very reasonably, whether it is not the result of the definite demoralization of ull urope? Suspicion 1s the trait which char- acterizes the democrats. We aro therefore threatened with periodical scanlals by the same stage manager. Everywhero the scan- dals are produced in a similar manner by the auti-Semites and in their hatred of the Jews and make proof, saying that They come to hate monsy accusations without any once the scandui §s produced something is certain to come out of it. 'y often noth ing comes of them but calumny and lies, For the terrible accusations made by Ahlwardt in the Reichstag there appears to be no foundation. Nobody will admt that Bismarck was aware of the malversa. tion. In the accusions against the French Parliament, made by M. Delahaye and his colleague secms to have been sus- tained by , no more proof. Campaign Opening in France. The campaign of scandal in France ap pears to be terminated, and it is not too svon, We are about to have a double electoral campaign to occupy public attention ; firstly, that of the Paris municipal council, and then that of the Chamber of Deputic “The Paris municipal council will be elected on April 16 next. It is composed of cighty memvers, who have to look after the inter- ests of nearly 8,000,000 inhabitants, and has a budget of 70,000,000 francs. It is, there fore, almost a parliament. The Chamber of Deputies will have to work more than thatof 1889, which had to combat Boulangism. We shall, therefore, have to go through a period of excitement, although at present the public has been so sated with the Panama business that nobody will discuss internal policies. The principal feature of interest in the international situation is that of the journey of the kaiser to Ttaly and the endeavors that will be made to bring England to join the triple alliance. nglan Ttaly and Germany. Diplomatists afirm that the veritable character of the present Italian poli is not so much to induce England to join the tripie alliance. but to find means for Italy to withdraw trom it. This would be possible if England would guarantee Italy's present position in the Mediterranean Such an arrangement would bring about a complete change in the general political situation, and it is very possible, for Italy is always inneed of a protector, but I do not think that justat tho moment when the kuiseris giving a fresh proof of how he values Italy’s co-operation that King Hum- bert would attempt such evolutions The stay of Queen Victoria in Florence must have a political character, but nothing will bedone before the end of April, after the meeting with Emperor William. JACQUES St. Cene. SEAL THE TS IN ro) CASE, Claims of the Governments That Have Been Submitted to Arbitration. [Copyrighted 1593 by James Gordon Bennett.] Pants, March 25— [New York Herald Cable special to Tie Bee.]—At the mecting on the Bering arbitrators de cided that the sitting of the tribunal should not be held with closed doors. This permits making public the exact points of contention between the Uni States and Great Britain, which countries have agreed to su mit to the iuternational court of arbitration the case of the United States and that of Great Britain. The counter cases of th two parties and the argument of the counsel form on each side six large, handsomely printed volumes. Briefly stated the of the United States is that the Alaskan fur seal is begotten, born and veared only upon the Pribylofor Sea islands in the Bering sea, to which islands they return each ng and spend several months consorting together in accordance with their gregarious nature. That while at these islands the are easily controlled; that the dis crimination can be and has been made; that while absent from tne islands, during their migration, which reaches as far south as the coast of California, they land on no other shore, and mingle with no other tur seals Because of these habits of the Alaskan herd ach individual of it is the sole property of case spr seals the United States, Work of the Poachers. The methods followed by the open sea sealers is attacked by the American govern ment as destructive, wasteful and extermi nating. It is claimed that a large percentage of the seals kiiled by the open are females, the majori are about to become or The destruction of the pregnant females causes the death of the unborn young and the death of the mother seal, killed while in search of food in the waters of Bering sea, has destroyed the off spring on the Pribylof rookeries. * It is fur. ther claimed that many of the seals are shot in open sea. Some escape mortally wounded or sink before the hunter reaches them Open sea sealing, it is argued, will result in the destruction of the herd in the near fu sea hunters of which are mothers ture, Oun _the island only & limited number of male seals are killed. As the seal is poly gamous, a large number of males can be killed without affecting the birth rate of the herd, Oa these facts the American government cluims that from the nature of the industry established ou the Pribylof islands, the United States has the right to protect and preserve these seals wherever they may be THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. i THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather for Omaha and Vicinity: Generally Fair: Warmer. itiam Upsets Germany. Hyppolite's Republic Revolving. Scundala that Disturh Europe's ¥ Crounse, Hastings and the Other. 2. Frelght Bill Before the Senate, Y. M. C. AL Sammer Sport Program, Rev. Mr. Clark at (he Penitentiary. Nebraska at the Public Trough. General Washington News. 4. Last Week Among the Soclal Folks Marriage in the Light of Fignres, 6. Lincoln and Nebraska News. How a Doctor Treated His Parents, 6. Council Blufs 1 7. Omaln Schuetzenverein's Strange Story of n Strange Man American Self-Crucifiers, Wakemun's Wanderings. 11, Omuha's Trade Review Commercial and Financial, Editorial ¢ mment. . Echoes from the Anti-Re Flisha Grat's Geent Tuventio . Exclusively for the Ladies, . Roundup of Sea pable Sports, found, as the animals can only be Killed on United States territory without danger of extermination. It is also claimed that owing to the long period of gestation, pelagic seal- ing cannot at any time be otherwise than destructive, dangerous and wasteful, and should, therefore, be prohibited. What the English Clatim, The caseof Great Britain, on the other hand, is that the Alaskan seals have not the characteristic of animals that can be made subject property. It is not certain that they land ouly upon the Pribylof islands, or that they do not intermingle with the Russian seal herd, that they are pelagic in nature and therefore should oe treated as fish rather than land ammals, that many of the propositious essential to the position taken by the Umited Statesare unproved or contrary to the As o the ave cts, it is and cluimed wasteful has been greatly exaggercted: that itis the legitimate and vroper method of taking seals, and can be prosecuted without danger of extermination to the herd. Much importance is also given by the British gov- ernment to its jurisdictional Bering sea, but this appears pelagic sealing t destruct ness eness claims over to bo treated by the United States asa secondary ques tion. Both nations coucede that the seals have decreased, the United States charg ing that such decrease 1s due to the destruc tion of the producing sex by the open sea sealing, and Great Britain claiming that the present coudition caused by the excessive the the has been of males killed on effect of number islands, and the injurious methods there employed These are the issues presented to the tribunal for arbitration on which it is asked togive a decision. Tho question of dam- ages is of minor importance, and cannot be determined until the prineipal questions are decided. PRESIDE Y OF THE FRENCH SENATE, acour Elected to Succeed JSules Forry, Panis, March 25.—The senators who be. long to the left held a caucus today for the select f didate for the presidency of the Senaten place of the late Jules Fer Three ballots were taken, salting in the election of M. Challemel-Lacour, senator from Bouches-due-RRhone and newly elected member of the French Academy, as the didate of the left for the presidency each ballot M. Challemel-Lacour had votes than either M. Constans, form rly minister ot the interior, or M. Magnin, presi- dent of the Bank of France. M. Challemel- Lacour is suid to be preferred by President Carnot and his friends to the othercandi- dates named. M. Challemel- mor Panama Canal Investigation, Paris, March The committee of in- vestigation of the Chamber of Deputies re- garding Panama uffairs today rejected the motion of M. Maujan, socialist deputy for the Seine, in favor of extending the powers of the commission. Maujan, upon hearing the decision, forthwith resigned his place on the commit tee, on the ground that the rejection of his motion crippled the inquiry. M. Taillefer testificd before the committee that the English police had secured the papers that were once in the possession of Cornelius Herz at the time he was placed under arrest, . SUFFERED FROM CYCLONE, arther Partlcalars of the Storm in Kich- 1and Parish, Mississippi. W ORLEANS, La., March 25.—The Pic- ayune’s Natchez, Miss., special says: Fuv ther information relative t& Thursday’s cy- clone in Richland parish is received. “The storm stiuck the vicinity of Archibald on the line of the New Orleans & North- castern railway at:30 p. m. It barely missed that town. All the buildings on W. A, Broughton's place were destroyed, M Carlos' place shared the fat two men and one child were killed and a number wounded, 1 All the buildings on the Praitt place wer demolished and two negro children killed The residences of T, A. Archibald und J. A \me 1 slor Archibald were totally wreeked with all the out buildings, Other houses badly damaged were those of W. A. McVeigh, I'. M. Mont- gomery, I, S. Archibald, J. J. Archibald and W. K. Spencer. Miles of fencing and thou sands of trees were prosivatod The storm passed from southwest to northwest, and followed the track of the ew Orleans & Northeastern railway for a considerable distance, shutting off trafic over the road beyond Archibald for several hours. Dozens of people were slightly in jured and bruised, of which no account was taken ‘The above only recounts the damage in the vicinity of Archibald. In remoter places east and west it is thought incalculavle des truction was wrought - S 4 HUMMER. Great Sp Developed by the Cruiser Now York on Her Trial £rip. Lewes, Del, March 2.—While bad weather prevented the cruiser New York from making a test at length of her powers, there is little doubt but that nat excelled the goverr ent requir a maximum speed of twenty knots Though no protracted her endu she equaled if ment of an hour. id thorough test of ance has yet been possible, owing to fogs, she steamed from Philadelphia to the Delaware breakwiter of 102 mules. on the outward pasiage, in less than five hours. This time includes a slow run down to Marcus Hook. On the vun from the Five Fathom lightship to the Eastern light- ship, vine and threequarters knots, the cruiser occupied thirty-two minutes in going and twenty-seven minutes in returning ook Robbed a Missourl Bank. « distance MiLa¥, Mo, March 25, —The Sullivan County bank was robbed of $2,000 at noon today. The robbery occurred while no one was in the bank, the cashier being at lunch. I PAGES 3. | NUMBER 277. SLIGHTLY MODIFIED Governor Orounse Qualifies the Statement that He Asked Hastings' Resignation, WILL NEITHER DENY NOR CONFIRM IT He Says Ho Doss Not Exactly Recall the Language Used During the Talk. ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY REMEMBER Any Statement He Gives Will Be Corrob- orated by the Exeoutive, IT AROUSED THE GANG'S INDIGNATION M nbers and Followers of the Ring D manded a Leglslative Censure for The Bee, but Falled to Get 1t—Yos- terday's Developments. LascoLy, Neb., March 25, 'he [Spe port published by Tue Bes yesterday morning that Governor Crounse hud demanded Attorney General Hastings' resignation was the sensation of the morn- ing hour at the state capital. Attorney General Hastings denied the story and set up as proof an alibi, He asserted that he had not been in the governor's office for a week, and, therefore, the conversation re- ferred to could not have taken place as represented. The friends of the state house ring showed great indignation, and Hon. Captain Murfin, late of Superior, and always of the gung. dréw up a resolution of censure against Tue Bes, which he re- quested Hon. John (. Watson to push through the house in the morning hour, Mr. Watson declined to do so until he re- cewved a deniul from Governor Crounse. A telegram signed by McKesson, setrotary of the republican caucus, was at once wired to the governor ut Omaha, but up to thoe hour of adjournment no vesponse had becn re- ceived Like a drowning man who grasps at a straw, this incident was worked for all there is in it for pumping up wrath against Tue Ber and sympathy for the to-be-impeached officials The geutleman who had given the infor- mation was found at the Linceln hotel about 1p.m. When asked whether the report published in Tue Ber was correct, he stated that it was substantially correct. The only material difference was as to the day when he was in the executive ofice and overheard the interview betwaeen the governor and at- torney general. Instead of on Thursday, he stated the unpleasantness took place on the day of the last republican caucus, when the proposed impeachment of state officers was up for consideration. When asked whether he might not be mistaken in the man whom he took for the attorney general, he retorted most emphatically *No,"” and added that he had known the attorney general for a nume ber of years, What tho Governor Says. i During the Crounse governor said: “There must be some grave mistake about this matter. T had no conversation with General Hastings yesterday and in fact I have not seen him for several days. T am at aloss to understand what furnished the foundation for the report. [have at no time demanded the resignation of General Hastings. In fact, it is beyoud my power to do so.” From other sources it was learned that the governor had been the recipient of many per- sonal congratulations upon his reported action. This indicates that the people would approve radical measures in treating with disgraced state officials. The governor was scen again last evening about the matter and stated that he had leld a conversation with the attorney gen: eral, but that it occurred several days ago. Doesn't Exactly Remember. Ho said that there was some talk of the rvesignation of the state officers and that impeachment might have been touched upon, He could not remember just what was said, but was certain that he did not demand the vesignation of the attorney general. He was asked if he suggested such a course, and orenoon yesterday Governor seen by o Bek reporter. The revlied that he could not say that he did. He was asked if he could s that he ‘did not make such a suzeestion, ana answered that he could not, as his memory was de- fective regarding just what was sald. He expressed the belicf that the attorney gen- eral might more fully remember what was said than he could himself, and stated fur- ther that if he know what the attorney gen eral said of the con he might be able to corrobor: Ho admitted that some of the langin might have given rise to the impression received by the gen- tleman who had overheard it, as the attor- ney general had said that he would not re- treat under fire and protested his in- nocence “The governor stated that there had been a great deal of talk as to what was the best course to pursue, and he thought that the conversation with the attorney general might have partaken more of the nature of a sation te it had conversation upon a common topic than any- thing else. Ho was asked if he regarded 1t asa casual conversation and replied that he did not think that rit could hardly be called casual, as that indicated something very slight and insiguificant, but he knew that he had not sent for the attorney general to talk the matter over with him. That official had come in on other business and this had been brought up. » ¢ Muke w Statoment. He admitted that the attorney general had not been into his oftice since the conver- sation ocourred. Ie insisted tnat there must have been a misapprehension regard- ing what was said, as there had been neither a demand for a resiznation or a formal re- fusal. He thought it very possible that he had said to the attorncy general that the latter must be familiar with the inside of the situation, and must therefore know what his duty was, whatever the situation might be, The governor expressed the belief that if he could talk the matter over with the attorney general a statement of what was said might ba prepared that would be satisfactory to | the attorney general, and that he would be willin, state. 1o have it go out to the people of the INSURANCE BOODLE, sdorf’s Testimony Concerning Kruse and Sheridan, { LincoLy, Neb , March 25.—[Speeial to Tan Bee.] -The insurance boodle investigating committee held its second meeting as 9§ o'clock this moruing in the room of the conge orge St