Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 31, 1893, Page 1

FARAAAAAAA A AR AP P PP KIN AP A AR O 'ABLISHED JUN E OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. FIGHTING IN DESFAIR Bsrman Conservatives at Loss for Further Oampaign Ammunition, THEIR ATTACKS ON THE GOVERNMENT False Revorts of Dissatisfaction in High Places Their Stock in Trade. EUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR THE COUNTRY Every One Loo's to the New Year Inaug- urating an Era of Prosperity. AFFAIRS IN THE CAMEROON COUNTRY Settlers and Natives Have n Littlo Misun standing and Blood is Shed—~The M riage of Princoss Ellzaboth Now Omcially D, (Copyrighted, 1803, by the Assoctated Press.] Bentiy, Dec. 80.—The conservatives ure Increasing their attacks upon the govern- ment, the latest form being a crusade led by flerr Hammerstein in the Kruse Zeitung, in- sinuating that there is a misunderstanding between Chancellor von Caprivi and the Prussian ministers, Since the chan collorship of the empire and the Prussian premiership have been placed in different hands, they have had an easy task to gain & certain amount of credence for their rumors. The Associated press is in @ position to state there 1s not the slightest foundation for these reports connecting the chancellor with a crisis Chancellor vou Caprivi is firmer in oftice to- day than ever before. He has the perfect confidence of Emperor William, while the alleged triction said to exist between Chan- cellor von Caprivi and Count von Eulenberg are pure fabrications The conservatives are fighting the fight of despair and feel the ground slipping from under their feet. Their last hope is to es trange the emperor from the chancellor. Counselied with the Emperor. The cmper cived on Friday in suc cession Chancellor von Caprivi, Count von Eulenberg, of state; General Bronsart von Schellendorf, sc war, and Dr. Bosse, minister of educ The main sunject covered by these conversa tions was the attitude of the conservarives. ieneral opinion expects that should the con- servative vote succeed in defeating the com mereial treaty with Russia the government would be dissolved. This could, however, only be done if the ebject was to gaw the Jasting support of the liberals, who are de- cidedly opposed to the present proportions of the new taxes. The very moderate voli ticians tavoring the tobacco, wine and re ceipt taxes do not hesitate to say that in order to fight the conservatives successfully the government must withdraw these taxes and substitute a new bill, proposing a pro- gressive tax on inheritances which, with the bourse tax, would suflice to cover urgent financial demands. Ivis believed the gov- ernment would not stop short of such a vhange of front and that the defeat of the conservatives would approach annihilation. Should the emperor decile to take this course he would be at once the most popular personage in Germany. Germun *s BBusiness Situntion. Business has oeen satisfactory in Ger- many during the latter half of December, not better than in 1502, but no worso. pectatious have been very low and were entertained that poor busiuess would bring about a crisis, but, in spite of the heavy losses incurred in Avgentine, Portu- guese, (i Northern Pacific, Ovegon Railway & Navigation and Italian bouds, Christias trade has been very lively. The impression revails in financial cireles that seven meager ye cnded and that better times are coming with the new year. The formation telegraphed to the Asso ciated press on December 20 in regard to the sugar now onfirmed. 1t was then stated that it was the intention of the government to continue the export premium on sugar after January, 1505, which is the date fixed by law for the commencement of Jowering the premium, which will be stopned entirely after July, 1007, The opinion was then expressed in these dispatehes that this was only a ballon d’essay. It has now been ided not to change the prosent law. question is La Grippe's Vietims, 0 deaths from influenza during the last six weeks in Berlin in spite of the colder weather. Sickness, which this yearisof a more virulent character than ever before, is not diminishing The Reichsanzzoiger today observes that nasmuch that no case of cholora had been announced in Germany December 2 the disease may be regavied us stamped out and points to the suceess with which cholera has been combated this yeur, saying: “1f it should appear in 1504 the country fuce the fact with the knowledg Dos sesses an offective the Beourge 1m been already employed.” Further details from th that not only were the govern driven out of their and the gov- ernment houses captured by the male and female mutinecrs, but the factories, includ ing the English houses, were attacked and captured. ‘The Gorman warehip in the . counter attack. was assistod by the mer chants and traders of Jossjlatte aud the rebels were beaten and the places in their hands all captured. The cablegram received here does not indicate that any looting occurved. Tho mutineers were black polic and the Germans had expelled from Togzoland The traders were defoated on December 1 and the factories were recapturea December 24, Thus the colony have been in hands of the mutineers for understood quict is now restored he Cameroon mutiny has led oo renewal of the warning voice u any further ex tension of German colon prises. Do talis the mutineers suffered heavy losses and four of them were captured and hung. The remainder oscaped to the bush here were may that it weapon against h have the measures whi Cameroons show ent offvials residences were men women, whom must niy show Servian Treaty Rutiflod, The ratifications with Servia wore foreign oftice. The treaty will come in force on Junuary 1, 184, Th comes into operation on t he commerelal t exchanged today it the Roumanian treaty same date, but is subject to the approval of the Roumunian Chamber. In regard the relatious with Spain, & further provisional ar sment plated eby Gormany enjoyiug the advantage of the Spanish mini. mum tarif, will be granied all th facilities conceded by Spain to othel [ is vont whe vesides ustoms couns | attitude tries in roturn for “‘favo nation ment The French who wore confined i the in Slinsia, pies, Delgay and Degong, fortress of Glatz, are strictly guarded fe any communication with the outside world. Dur ing their aaily two hours walk in the court vard they are accompanied by a special guard. Otherwise they are treated with every consideration, Some doubt is thrown on the re the emperor refused Lo confirm the rds in the Schiller prize contest, The report is god to be an invention of a political na ture intended to create o feeling of disatis e w that Prima Donna Loissinger of the opera here to marry Burgomaster Muhl berger of Wurtemberg. She will retire from the stage, i fi concerts, is engaged him oty the nts 801 von Bulow's n conducting the Philharmonic Herr Schuch will conduct all remaining concerts, except one, when Ruben stein will do so, when several of own works will be presented health prov his Ruswinn Merchants Anxious St of the trading termination of the ne clusion of treaty The Germanin yesterday published the fact that Princess Elizaboth and Licutenant Siegfried were not married, in order to stop false veports, and in the interest of the Catholic church, Siegfried being a Protest ant. The rred to wants to impress with tho fact that the is impossible. unless all the conditions of the church for mixed ma alfilled explicitly. The parcuts of the princess, finaing she was infatuated and had escaped and made the Tyrolese trip with her lover, e th story of the marrlage for which steps have only just been Petersburg advices expross the anxi nity for the speedy otiations for the con the Russo-Gierman commercial paper the marriuge people riages f inven con 5t. Carl Large of Bloomington, (1L, claim ing to be the new saviour, who escaped from a lunatic asylum there with the assist ance of a large following, and who came to Germany, and who was sent to an asylum av Schwetz, Brandenburg, for the same causo, has escaped again. The police are seeking ! Not Addressed to Blsmarck. According to latest reports in Hanover it appears the menacing letter which has caused some excitement was not addressed to Prince Bismarck, but to the chief of police of Hanover, and declared that unless Sunday was observed asa day of rest and Christmas ¢ as a holida abolished the government buildings would be dyna- mited. The letter was anonymous, and is not regarded as serious. KAISER'S CHEISTAS, Great Round ot Gift Making Indulgad by the Germun Tmperinl Famity., LCopurighted 1593 by Press Publishing Company.] BenLiy, De W York World Cable Special to Tur Beg.] (ristmas eve was, celebrated by the fmperial family in the strictly German fashion with Christmas trees and separate tables with presents for cach member. Between the tables of the cmy nd empress stood a magnificont large tree. Juch child had its own tree, these trees diminishing in size from the crown princes down to the little princess. Opposite the table stood & table with a tree for court officials and the princes’ tutors. All the tables were laden with numerous presents, mostly useful arti- cles. Another interesting scene was when the emperor and empress gave Christmas presents to their servants in the so-called “blue hall.” As the empress eutered, sur- rounded by all her sons and carrying the little princess on her arm, the organ struck up the choral, “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht,” in which all presct, including the imperial couple, joined. What They Gave Out, When the last unote had died away the cmpress called the namo of each servant aud the prince conducted them in turn to theiv places, where presents vere arranged for cach. The presents of the emperor to the empress were mostly works of art and some articles of personal utility. The empress conducted her imverial con- sort to his table on which were arranged presents selected by her, consisting of books, s and various trifles, some of a acter. Iach of the three elder All the court officials, the and friends of the imperial family, valuable articles of jewelry. All the servants received money, besides nume ous other preseuts. Each of the imperial family and household, down to the lovest servant, found among his presents the regu- lation plate containing apples, nuts and boney cakes. The entire cost to the em- poror's private purse this Chiristmas exceeds $50,000. Christmas honors, customary in_England, ave fow here. Only one man, Prof. Linden: schmidt, received patent of no- vility. w empress’ picture come ¢ rowingapparatus. kinsfo) received & personal For an Indlany Monument. The seulptor, Nicoiaus Goger of Wi orf, near Berlin, has received a commission from the State department of Indiana for four reliefs in bronze, cach thirty-two feet long by fourteen feet high, and representing a battle field. They are mtended for the pedestal to a projected state ment in memory of fallen soldiers ger hopes to got the work ready for shipment next Sep: Dr. Bug viea president of the Reichstag, figures as plaintiff in a remark able will case now before the Munich courts Ihe defendant, William Lauber, the second husband of Mme. von Buerklin's mother, who was a faughter of the late Herr Grohe, an enormously rich banker and landowner. She fiest married Herr Wolf, o landowner of Wachenbenn. ‘The marriage wasnot happy Mrs. Wolf eventually left husband and daughter and fled to the United States. She returned after Wolf's death and married Lauber. Bafore this second marriage Dr von Bucrklin entered into an agreement with her by which siio gave all financial claims on and all with hor daughter in consideration of §50,000 cash and a yearty )t §10,000. The agreement did not contain provision for the ney after the death of mother or daugh- When Mrs. Wolf married Laubor she coutract with him by to all the last spring. mon G von klin intercourse allowance w ter. maae which the suryivox property. Mue. tiod Dr. aud Mme. von Buerkhn now sue Lauber for the surrender of the §250,000 DOESN'T LIKE THEIR Rhodos Gives a Warning English Radieals, Pows, Do, 80 ~Hon. Cacll R 1t laterview, protestod against f & portion of the l \ and public men, h the colonies from ther was this spirit, he which lund America. Lauber TONI Premler o the los th press ienated It Eng- Cap in a rec which sald, @ country lost the added Wadiy fecling here Poruvians Foel Dec. 80 —~Public public of Bcuador Lisa the v high. continues to | OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, [)E(;E IBER 31, PAGE 1803-~SIXTEEN INGLE cory FIVE CENT HIS AGE SITS EASILY Gladstone’s Eighty-Four Years of Active Life Have Not Exhausted Him, STILL THE GREAT LEADER OF HIS PARTY Honored by All Men Except Chamberlain as & Oredit to England, HE WILL NOT RETIRE FROM OFFICE SOON Love of Power and Kuowledge of His Own Usefulness Bear Him Up. WHY EARLY DISSOLUTION IS SUGGESTED Gladstone Said to Be Eager to Lend the Liberals In the Inevitable Campalgn Belleving 1o Could Securo & Victory. [Copyrightea 1893 by Press Publish'ng Company.) Loxpox, Dec. 30.—{New York World Cable —Sperial to Tup Bee]—The details of Mr. Gladstone's reception in the ilouse of Commons yosterday on the occasion of his eighty-fourth birthday and the ctmments of the today's papers thoreon make a pleasant interludein the very acrid battles of last year. It was significant as showing that the power of the popular majority is now really far greater than that of the monarchy. Both the queen and the prince of Wales took care to send congratulatory telegrams. The per- sonal antipathy of the qaecn at least,toward the venerable prime minister is notorious. he graceful remarks of Mr. Balfour, the leader of the oppositidn, were doubtless more spontancous, for the nephew of Lord Salisbury, while a vigorous debater, is so courageous and courteous as to be person- ally popular, even umong the lrish members. Adunred by Al Save Chamberlaiu, that all the members of the House, excepting perhaps the Cham- berlain group, are really foud of the aged statesman; that theyeare proud, as Lnglish- men, of his mental qualities, and that they, as well as his own followers, take humorous delight in the athletic vigor of this more than octgogenarian, Mr. Gladstone himself signalized the occa- sion by wearing both a red and white flower in his buttonholo. His entrance was ereeted by a cheer fromall the liberal members, Mr. Balfour took the first opportunity to make his little speech and all the tory mem- bers then rose and cheered. It is noticed by the liberal pupers today, however, that all the untonist memoers, including Mr. Cham- berlain, were conspicuously absent from their seats at the time, The fact is recalled that Lord Palmerston was 81 (lacking two days) when he died in office as prime minister, but for the last year or two of his life he was able to attend the Houso of Commons only once or twice during the session, while, us is noted ina v passes when Mr. tsione does not make from two to four specches, some of them two qr three columns in length. ‘There is no doubt e's Getting Very Old In this week's Truth, however, La- bouchere, first of any English journalist, notes the fact also brought out in my letters that- the premier has aged greaily, in ap- pearance at least, duri the past few months, and ardent liberal though he may be, Labouchere joins with the Times in sug- gesting that the time has come for the chief's retirement About Iis Retirement. ‘Ihis is undoubtedly symptomatic of a very obvious restlessness in the more radical wing of the party, but it seems clear to an outside observer that the premicr’s retire- ment would be very perilous to the liberal majority in the present Purliament, what- ever mizht be its effect in a general election. Every competent political observer agrecs that with Gladstone's withdrawal the cabi- net would fallto pieces ina month. His death would not have the same consequence, for then his followers would have traditions and enthusiasm to inspire them, while his resiz. nation would be equivalent toa confession of despair. But it ted that lie has not the remotest intent of retiring. The love of power is as firmly rooted in him as in the youngest minister of his cavinet. He Lnows he is essential to tne existence of the present government, and, it may be added, the chief reason why he is anxious for an early dissolution is because he is fivmly con- vinced that unless the nextelection is fought under his leadership the liberals will very likely be defeated. Young Hambrough's Insurance. In my cavle letter last Sunday I alluded to the doubt whether the Mutual Life Insur- ance company of New York would be com pellad to pay its two policies of $30,000 each on young Hambrough's life. The case & since taken on quite a remarkable and int esting phase. It would be remembered thiit the young mau assizned his policies to ) Monson, but being a minor, both the Scotch aud English laws hoid this invalla, but he wrote a letter to Mrs. Monson, making her his beneficiary, and it is suggested that this, with the assign- ment, may operate as a holographic will. Under the Scotch law, on the other hand, it 15 held that Mrs. Monson could not sue the insurance company directly, sinco the boy's father is administrator of his son's prop. erty, and the company might refuse to accept service on its Scotch agent. Then, again, it is not certain that Major Ham- brough himself can recover the money, for the premium was not paid by or in behalf of the lad, but in behalf of the Monsons. Altogether, a civil law case will probably follow of more interest to America than the famous murder trial itself. Wales Is Not a Winner, From a of year's tracks published today, it appears prince of Wales captured only two and they amounted to less than £2,000. Although the stable very costly, the prince is notoriously unlucky on the turt, and to thys s due his constant state of debt, English social custom list winners on that purses, race the is There is a curiou which, 1 am assured by horsemen followed ; wish to buy a horse is considered as much an imperative invitation to dinner, tion, fusing L2 that prince’s command as is a royal Whatever may be the owner's i no Englishinan would think of sell when the offer came from the I'ie prince’s friend, H (but falsely) o in prince 1 MeAlmont, who suld 1o b gaged to marey ourduchess of Muarlb 1zh, the head of the hstof winners with ovor $125,000 to his credit he progen; of the duke of Norfolk's horse, Saint Simon, hus won over §160,000 Lhis year and $570,000 in thoe five since that groat sire was fest plicad in the was recently en over years | stud. This tops ‘the mecord of Tsonomy | progeny by over ®0000 and Saint Simon is still alive und in good condition, Sore on the Meee Business. As one reason far the discredit into which Anglo-American browery companios have fallen of late, the Statist of today points to the fact that in the eity of Chicago “unfor- tunately only the profit and loss account and not the balance sheet of the American com pany is disclosed to the shareholders in the English company, although the capital is all theirs. On the whol® the figures of the com- pany, and the profits which were repre sented as having been obtained in two or three exceptional years just before the busi- was transferred to an English com , have not been since obtainable, and an inc asing output is needed to keep up the amount of profit which has since been obtainable,” ness Critlelsing Atohlson Manngement. London comment on the conduct of the Atchison railway managers is very harsh The Stendard says today: “The losses of British Investors in American railway securities cannot, unfortunately, be re- garded as due to unforesean diMcultics, such, for instance as the currency crisis of the autumn, though that no doubt helped to enhance the dificulties of many important companies. It is to bad railway manage- ment. which would not be tolerated in this country, that the losses must be attributed.” On the other hand, revelutions concern ing trust companies over here, to which 1 nave trequently referred in this correspond- dence, grow worse and worse, while the di rectors of the Industrial and General Trust company reported o few wecks ago that the depreciation in the value of investments amounted to about £4,500,000. A mittee of shareholders now declares that the depreciation i nearly doublo that amount, all this less than five years of the uy's existence, Crivicism of proper financial methods can by no mea therefore, be confined to American enter- prises, however just It may be toward them. BALLAKD SMITH, GOOD WORD FOR THE CATHOLICS, ate of the American Iish houghtlul English Writer, ).—=Mr. Raymond Blaith- waite has written a lgtter to the Chronicle in defense of Cardinad Gibbons, in which he says that two veard ago he went to the United States for the purpose of studying the question of American Catholics and theirattitudo toward Rome. During this visit he entered into personal communica- tion with Curdinal Gibbons, Archbishop Ireland and Bishop Krane, and he expresses the opinion that all the Amcrican prelates, except the archbishop o New York, whose ideas he claims are reactionary, have singu- larly open minds. Continuing, the writer Gibbons told me that he and their necessity, but this recourse was now and again justified in purticular cases. The church, the cardinal also told me, recognizes that labor has sacred rights and that dignity was t.ae chief umong the natural franchises of the laboring classes, and it was thefe right to organize.” The writer fuethersways thay eatlad James Russell Lowell 20'd me *‘that he con- sidered the demauds of ...a Catholics to be fair and reasonable and in accordance with justice.” The writer also saysi® “Rome in America is in the van of the foryard movement toa greater extent than is generally imagined and those who have studied the question with & generous mind have no doubt that the future welfarelies in the hands of the Italian mission now floveishing in its midst.” com- s says: “Cardinal deplored strikes he believed that COMPROMIS English Tories Have tie Government at Disadviatage, Loxpoy, Dec. 30.—The latest volitical re- ports have it that thegnvernment finds itself in a position where it is oblized to com- promise with the toriée da order to pass the Parish councils bill. %he Sun for several days pust has been roferring to the danger- ous feeling among the supporters of the gov- ernment. Mr. T. P. @Connor, in the Sun today, says that one thing must be said very emphutically, and that is, the government will provoke considerable disappointment and somwe revolt io itslown ranks by making a concession. Contiuing, Mr. O'Connor says: i f theitories are refdy to drop obstruction forthwith and the guaranty that the bill will pass rapidly, | without mutilation through the Houso of Lords, there is pos- sibly room for negatisgions. Except on this Dbasfs let us tight 1t olit to the bitter end, and if they insist upon continuing obstruc- tion, let us guillotine vhem ithout an hour's delay. MU £ a WILLING TO ARBIERATE. Eugland’s Position tn Kegard to the Dis- pute with Venezuolu, LoNDoN, Dec. 80.—The secretary of state for foreign affairs, the earl of Rosebery, re- plying to a memorial of the Peace associa- tion, urging him to act as arbivrator in the difticulty with Vene: la, says that the ne- gotiations with the Venezuelan delecates in England have been futile, owing to the fact thut Venezuela fusists upon certain claims being settled by arbitration which Great Britain considers unfaip to British Guiana. Neverthelcss, he added, 1ugland has again expressed her willingness to enter iuto further negotiations tending toward arbi tration, DEVOUREDBYX ANTS, Horrible Funishment feted Out to a South African Witch, Care Towy, Dec. 80—A terrible punish ment, according to repyrt, has been inflicted upon & woman in Ponderland who was ac- cused of causing the dégth of her child and witcheraft. ‘The woman was bound toa stake planted iathe middie of an ant hill and her body, stripped of all clothing, was smeared from head % foot with groase The ants, attracted by #hs grease, swarmed all over the unl.)n\uw creature and eventually devouved bk, P e ROBBED THE BANE OF ENGLAND, Clerk of Forty YemrdiMarvice Steals Five Hundrod Pounds, Doe. 30.—~Charles Watkins, for forty years o ¢lerk in the Bank of England, has becn arpested for stealing £500 from the bank INDON nearly Eoglish and Ameriosn Artists Aro There. Dec. 80. —A dispateh to the Times from Paris in referened to the reopening of the Luxemburg gailery today remarks that recognition bas finally been given to the English picturcs. Sir John Leighton, Burne Calvert and Watts yeprescnted, uiso several Americans Alexander Harvison is vepresented by “In M tSeas’ and “Dawn at the Spanish Dunce m Jones nli Prossii Dee, i), voyal ord Jot Convened ‘The Reicnsanzeiger pub? JPE both bouses of the Prussian dlet on January 1t Benul DUST OF SCHOOLS Fair Flower of Law and Order in France Marred by Education, LEARNING HAS PROVED TO BE DANGEROUS Good Laborers Spoiled by the Univorsities and Made Into Bad Cabmen, STUDENTS ARE GOING IN FOR ANARCHY Youth of the Latin Quartier Carrying on a Most Energotio Propaganda. CREMATION OF A FAMOUS FOUREIRITE Victor Consaverant, Who s Life Thel evote to the Socialistic vies of the Feculinr School, Burned to Ashes Yosterduy. [ Copyrighted 1893 by Press Publishing Company. Panis, Do 0. —~[New York Worla Cable Special to Tue Bee |—Anarchy a popularity among youth of the Latin quartier spondent knows from personal contact with the students that many of them have no symputhy for the deputics whos; menaced with is enjoying the studious Your cov certain lives were boot nails propelled by high explosives. There are at least four weokly papers of anarchistic tendencies or indi vidualist principles publisned in that quar. ter. The publication is announced for to- morrow a pamplet by Daniel Saurin, a young law student, entitled *Order Through Anarchy.” Your has secn advance proofs of it “Anarchy,” Saurin decln: not dis order, Ivery person is free to exercise his will and order is spontancously willed by in dividuals, The whole human body imposes order, uot the eapricious will of a few. Man has become a subject through fear of being aslave, but the state as the guardian of the individual becomes more useless day by day The legal code is the ichor to which we have imprudently tied individuals. It now hinders progress. kvery one has a right to eat, therefore us have no more property. Anarchy will realize ovder by stimulating geveral human activity, and favoring the expansion and growth of every one.” Blaming the ¢ According to conservative people tiie uni- versity system of Paris is responsible for a ass of men who are likely to become re- cruits of anarciism. Thousands of persons reccive an education which fits them for professions which they have not the econ- omy or means to follow, and unfits them for the conditions of life to which they were born. Unsuccessful students with a smat tering of everything are raised as much above, their original condition us if they were successful. Tt 15 a sienificant fact thata large portion of Paris cabmen are unsuc- cessful students in theology and other pro- fessions and disfrocked priests. They are very bad cabmen. He Followed Four! correspondent at Schools, or. Victor Considerant, whose body was cre- mated today, was a socialist of the school which has nothing in common with the varty which now dommates the left wing of the Chamber of Deputies. He wished to re- organize socicty on Charles Fourier’s system, the perfection and beauty of which he could demonstrate socially. A captain of engineers, with excellent prospects of promotion, he left the army to devote himself to spreading Fourier's teachings. That philosopher pro- poses to inclose society in phalansterics. cich man doing the work to which he was naturally attracted. There was 1o work, he oved, so degrading but certain persons were attracted to it. Under this perfect organization human society would make such progress, moral and physical, that man would develop additional seus Lourier had many brilliant disciples in America and the Brook Iarm colony was probably due to his influenc Considerant was returned, with the other Fourierites, to the Chamber after the revolution of 158458, but under the empire he was condemued and iled to Bel- glum. He afterwards went with beautiful wife to Texas, founded a phalan- stery, which failed, and returned to T diring the w He remained u seientific socialist 1o the last, muclhiTiked personully but of no importance politically. He was 85 years old. his New Law for Krance, A recent slawsuit in New York may render of interest there the fact that a law has just been promulgated in France under which no woman who has sustained certain relations toward a man can recover on any pecuniary contract entered into by them while such relations existed, such coatract being declared to be void, as would be any contract based on a gambling transaction, In the Lux Apropos of the reope burg gallery it is noted that two years 1o English wovk was to beseen on the walls. Now there arc three Leightons, three draw- wrburne Jones, a little picture by nd the famous “Love and Life” of Mr. Watts. Tnis last picture was given to the state by Mr. Watts, who thought himself sufficiently recompensed by being_placed by the side of the French master: Alexaudor Ha is seon with that of another American Dannat, whose “Spanish Dancers” mous. Mr. Whistlor's product of “My Mother” will no longer testify alone in the quiet halls of the Luxemburg of the splendid artistic activity of other nations than the French, nbare: mg of the Luxem: ison’s work, “Would Be,” Mr. is fa Bitter Agalost ltaly. In discussing the trial of the persons con cerned in the Agues-Mortes viots, in which cight Italians were killed and forty seriously wounded, French papers agree that the Ital ians were in the wrong; thatin attending the police inquiry into the riots the Italian con sul committed an offeuse against proprioty and French hospitality whick no number of murdered Italians can excuse. The police magistrate is blamed with cqual unanimity for encouraging the presence of the cousul Pigaro kes the comprehensive remark that “‘whatever result may come from the trial, it is certaln that King Humbert and Crispi have more hostile feelings toward France than tho murderers had toward thely Italian victims,” TORQUEMADA'S DAYS RECALLED. Arrested spanish Anarohists Tortared to ¥ » Confenston. BARCELONA, Dec. 80.—Tho five anarchists, Codina, Rinaldi, Cerezuelo, Fogas and Ber nard, intery in today They all denied that they authorities of the Liceo outrage and ouly admitied complicity in the attack were wed prison were tho theater actual | [ | | | i THE BEE BULLETIN Weather for Omaha and Vietnity Fair; Warmer y Wi Page 1. German Social and Politieal New o nnd 11is Future. slars and Soclalism, g's Terrible Deed. Minority Report on Hawall Washington News and Gossip, Retnnart « Retievin Isto ¥r Cummi What the Chure Muste tn Omaha, . Hollday Sockal Aetivity. . Valldity of Lincoln Bonds Quostione What the Pops Will Do at Hasting ihouls In an Omanw Gea sl Estuto ¥ 1B Lo of tho Groat Bicy A Packing Center. City 1 cupe. Necret Soclety News Afairs at Nouth ¢ 0. Chiof 10, onts of the Dy 1d's Grist of Sporting Gossip. ts of Custor's Lust Camprign. Woman: Her Ways and Her World, Editorial and © Laxt Yenr's Bustnoss Reviewod. How Home Industry Helps. Public Works of 1893, Gotd Atds th iurance Gr ocnl Teade Cirel uland i clal New s LiveStock Markets Keviewed. . Norway's Politieal Agitat The Swedes 1 Nebraski, Books and I als. —_— e 12, w Black. ws In Populurity. How th Mutan Outiook i Commor; . upon General Campos. They mentioned as the real authority of the Liceo theater out rage one, Jacques Salvado,who is not known by that name to the police. The prisoners allegod that they only made the confession that they had caused the Liceo theater plosion under torture, to which they were subjected by the police. THREATENS TO RUTALIATE, Brazilmn Insurgents Wil Firo on Rio Under Certain Conditio; |Coprighted 1593 by Press Pablishing Company.] Brivos Avies, Dee. 30,—(New York World Cable—Special to Tne Bee]—Telegrams n o de Janeiro today coufirm the revort t Admiral de Gama hus notified the com- manders of the forcign warships in the har bor that tie shall bombard the city vigor- ously if the government forces fire upon the insurgent flect from the uew shore batteries, and that the ioreign commanders inform him that he must give forty-eight hours notice of nis intention to bombard, in order to give them time to clear the bay, and to permit noncombatunts ashore to retire to places of safety. here was sovere fighting from to 23d inst., both days inclusive. On the 21st the bombardment was general. On the 224 the rebels were dislodged from several istands in the bay. President Peixoto is expecting that his new warships witl deal the decisive blow which will crush the ve- beliior. the Suuled for Lishon. Ri0 pr JaxEmn, Dae. 80.—The \vortuguese minister, concercing whose reported deten- tion by President Peixoto created so much excitement in shon, sailed today for that capital on board the steamship Equateur. CHILF CULPRIT AN ITALIAN, Aigyes-Mortes Frauce, idence in the End of tne Trial of t Rioters nt Angouiomn AxGovLeEME, Dec. 30.—~The e trial of the Aigues-Mortes viote is ended. The public prosecutor contended that the Ttalion prisoner, Giovdano, was the chief cul- prit and demanded the most severe penalty for of the prisoners. The jury-acquitted the vrisoners, " ment between Fra n signed It is the A will exceed 72,000,000 bush: Mr. Labouchcre of Loadon ne intends to prosecuto Ser Jury. Prince Max KKing Albort, Friday at Eiehstadt, Arahs have beaten zonzo, Zanzebar, wad slaves retu ng t The diplomaic boy extendud its New Y King Hlumbert Italy The Ar The co and Spai tine wheat yield nnounces that mbergs for pers an of orauined XOny W nephow of atholle priest Ka- Wiy the Europeans _at also that the run thelr masters of Rome last ever s congratulutions (o and Quoen Margherita of Eriday in s session in order t ider the gover messuge demanding ercdits in ordor to incre the naval force of the republic The government of [ndfx continues to disre- gard all appeals to it (o declure its intentions fn regard to the silver question, Phere is no shien of the financial erlsis coming to an end. The Paris Sociallst si municipal couneil, for the fly several years, has adopted the Hitherto ' the credits huve been enforced by ministerial d cr . The bodiesof Dr. Passau and Herr Piek have been recoyere and De. Kohn lost their lives, as alteady reported, in’ making aseent of one of the peiks of the Gross Glock- I the face of o fUEIOUs SIOW 510 \ Van Zandi is on board the steani- ave Southumplon yester- day f v Zandt ut” Londo S x fortni where she I wber of Mrs. Brown-Potter's company. lie London News says that the governumont 15 determined that the Parksh council’s debate shall terminite on Janwary 19 and thatit will not hiestinte to adopt mensuros that will end further debate should the opposition refuse to WETCE UL 1L CONIPEOiNISe. President Cul remaindor of the sentence of the Cocnrde, Who taneed yeurs fuprisonment in August nuction with the forgery of docun it was claimed, had been stolen British ombussy 1o Paris Tho frontier dispute has led to the ma Alblun teibes noar Truss and Montene ave boen sunt U witteh their o monts, The result s thit the outposts of the Albtans und_those of the Montenegrans soon oxchanged shots and two Albians were killed. A serious encounter s now expected o VORS MBS, nato porot s ine 10t of France has remitte £ M. Ducre con nts which, from of Troops ¥ IRVINE, Conclusion of the Cel at Salt Dec, 30.—The closed Sart Lake arguments in ase and Mus pon Irvin the Irvine divorce today Judge Zane awarded Irvine a decree, fle commented soverely s having killed Montgomery without chanco to explaln or to defend hunself. guilty of such an act, he said. giving him o would have been Ho verely criticised the manuor in which Irvine He believed that the Wellington one but a coward also se got the Omaha confossion Mrs, actions at hotel in the famous interviews betwes Irvine's 1 her- and nusband showed solf her innocence, as she refused to adiniv her guilt even when threatened with death Iu conclusion, it wus held against the woman bad uot been proven, but against her hus that the chargo that her churge of cruolty band The court granted d been fully substantiate her & decree on that ground aud awarded to her the custody of the - ar-old daughter, with all costs fo. curred by the suit., ‘The amount of alimony aud attornoy's will ve decided upon next Tuesday, CUNNINGS CRINE Awful Murder Committed by a Saloone keoper in a Fit of Tomper, HIS WIFE AND BABY BURNED TO DEATH Deliberate Deed of an Enraged Father Ends His Family Troubles Forever, WAS CAUGHT IN THE FLAMES HIMSELF Engulfed in the Same Fiory Pit He Pre- pared for His Viotims, FOUR AND MAYBE FIVE LIVES SACRIFICED Mrs. Margaret Fox, Mother of Mrs, Came , Also Died in the Trap. BRIEF DETAILS CF THE TERRIBLE DEED What the Only Witnessos #ol of the Horribie ust Can Tell Abont the Event Aud the Keasons that Led to 1t. Fire at 2:15 this i beyond moraing resultad four or five people being burned ognition, In the frame co nth we at 515 South Four- te street lived John Cummings, o aloon keeper doing business at 414 South Thirteenth strect Mr. Cummings has been in for some time and according to 1 Tommie Fox, i cau ill-nealth for 2-year-old who was present, he de- ately set fire to house and ed the death of his mother-in-daw, his wife aud Ins Lyear-old baby in the “The little boy tells a straightforward story and when asked how the fire originated he suid: his own nes. Story of the Only Witnoss, Cummings was sitting on the edge of the bed in a rear room, where Mrs. Cummings also was with the baby, Another porson in the room was Mrs. Fox, the mother of Mrs. Cummings. There v fuss about something and Cummings upset the lamp and closed the door, compelling all the in- mates to stay there, They cried, but he re- fused to let any of them out. Phillip Nathan, n next door neighbor, ays that when he first saw the flames he noticed Mrs. Cummings teying o open the shutters to the window of the bed room. He heard her ery out and My baby is alveady afie Soon thereafrer ne saw the woman ens veloped in flames. Disputed by Another. Miss Nellie Fox, who is a relative of Mrs. Cummings, said that she was & frequent vigitor to the house: that Cummings had been’ sick for quite a long time. For the last two weeks he had been in bed at home after remaining & wonth or so in St. Joseph’s hospital. She disputed her brother’s statement about Cummings haviug purposely koocked down the lamp to burn the entire fumily, but the boy rejoined that he saw him do it. He also added that when he first took notice he w Culmings sitting on the bed erying. Miss, Fox and young Tommy reside with their aunt, who was devourced by the flames at 815 Farnam street After tue fire had been extinguishea the badly charred vemains of four veople were plainly visible in the bed room above indieated. They are supposed to Cummings, s wife and 1- Mrs. Fox. Al lay huddicd up together near the win- dow. Coroner Maul was immediately sent for and took eharge The dumage occasioned to the house will probably not exceed §00, be those of John ar-old babe and i e OF A TENANT, What & Man Who Lived in the Basement Kaows of the Aftair, The basement of the house is occupled by John Stuart, who has the contract for foeding the elty jull prisoners. Stuart and his assist= ut, Dennls Sexton, were in that part of the cment directly beneath tl room in which e bodles were found up-to the time the tire STORY broke out Sexton give o vivid deseription of the scufils in the rooms above mmediately before the flumes were detected and confitms in many respects the story of the boy who witnessed the dreadful tragedy “Forsoveral niehts,” remarked Donnis Sex- ton ms he stood in the wreele of his quarters fow minutes after th “the folks fn the iz Abont fire wus extinguished, lius been midulght they would begin to quarrel and _sometimes would fight among thomsclves fo and then quiet would bo restored gradually as if thoy wore all ox- hausted 1 knew thoy had a great ded there severnl nights. Smetinos wen, Fox and Caniming fighting betwoen they would turn on the woinin Zarly List Night. o trouble thut resulted in the fire up there bogan carly Saturdiy night. 1 heard them wwearing up there al! tho eventng. The dise turhane A niidnight and fre- quent oaths were heard, T distinguished the of # boy, n woman and two mon. y. some tme about two o'clock, terrible seuflle commenced. Krom nolso by the heavy shoes of s they pushed each other across the from the manner in which thoy kuew thoy wero having i desporate m aboy Ous- an hour 1 of whisky up both of the would be quarreling and und then solves increused 10w voler Pl w the the nien floor and cursed 1 fizht “Suddenly thero was a thud ovor in the little room to the north, in which the bodies were found, asif one the men bhad fallen. He did not attempt 1o rise and I heard the other man sevoral steps und then heard am. Some One Was Choked, + yelled "My God,' and then gur being choked. fell on the floor iy take Wonian led s it A moment Juter another body This wus followed almost 18+ stantly by the crash of heuvy glass, snd 1 saw the flumes broak out through the small window In the room where the hodles were found. For a few minutes a confusion of onths, ser and blows could be heard in the little room and then ull was still" ol oy For Internations nts. Loxnoy, Dec. %0.—In the House of Com- mons further pondence, was placed before the members in rogard 1o the pro- posals of the United States for the settle- ment of international disputes. The papers inelude a lotter from Secretury ( ham Lo | SirJulian Pauncefots, dated Decembor4 of the prosout year, 3