Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 7, 1894, Page 1

‘ | ! B ) . b ¥ e } ] N | - ] - } L A oo AT | ESTABLISHED ALMENTOF THE CZAR Authoritative Statement from the Consulting | Physician it is Bright's Disease, PRINCIPAL TOPC OF BERLIN GOSSP Regenoy Provided to Conduct the Govern- ment During the Czar's Stay at Lividia, GERMAN OBJECTIONS TO SUGAR SCHZDULE | Olaim the United States Unjustly Discrimi- | nates Against Their Product, MAY ADIPT SOME RETALIATORY MEASURES Crazy Amorican Sends a Challenge to Fight Em wil sive Measures Agninst Sock v am & Duel—Repre ists De- manded-War on Usurers. [ (Copyrighted 181 by the Assoclated Press.) BERLIN, Oct. 6.—The czar's health is the topic uppermost in the public mind, and the | possibility of the demise of the Russian emperor, is widely discussed. The alarming | reports recgived here, though not entirely _credited, cause the liveliest interest, as it is known the condition is extremely grave. The cautious Cologne Gazette published a telogram from §t. Petersburg to the effect that the regency, which will be appointed during | the absence of the czar from Russia, will | consist of the czarewitch, Grand Duke Nicho- las and Grand Duke Viadimir, who will be assisted by a specially appointed council of czar's The Berlin correspondent of the Assoclated ministers. Nothing, however, according to the Cologne Gazette correspondent, has trans- pired at St. Petersburg which would tend | to confirm the reports in circulation regard- ng changes for the worse In the condition of the czar. Much depends upon the | “weather prevailing at Livadia during the ezar's stay there. If the conditions are favorable his sojourn there may be pro- Jonged, 1If the weather turns out bad m:-l majesty will proceed to Corfu, where the | chateau of the Kking of Greece has been | placed at the czar's disposal. | | Press had an interview with Prof. Leyden the distinguished German speclalist, *vho, with Prof. Zaccharin, the noted Russian physician, has been In altendance upon the | czar at Spala. The professor was asked, In view of the fmportant political bearing of the question, to give the Assoclated press & definite stalement as to the real nature of the czar’s illness, in order that the actusl state of affairs might be clearly judged. In reply the professor said distinctly #His majosty is suffering from Bright's d ease.”” Ilc added, however, “but the dis- ease is as yet in a mild form, complicated with diabetes. The latter Is causing difi- culty in breathing.” WORKED UP OVER SUGAR. The news that the German ambassador at Washington has entered a protest against the sugar duty clause of the Wilson bill has excited general attention here. The Asso- clated press correspondent called upon Coun- | cillor Hammen of the foreign office, who has “the full confldence of Chancellor Von Caprivi The councilor explained the German view of the matter, saying: “Germany pays out- right export premiums to sugar - producers. | France, Austria and Russia pay higher | premiums, but they do not pay them out- right. The German product is, neverthe fess, outstripping all competitors in the trade. | The Wilson bill clause, however, discrimi- | nates against Germany to her serious injury, | as the margin is so close a tenth of a cent @ pound makes a great difference. This discrimination certalnly is not In accord | with the existing trade relations between Germany and America, sites we are entitied 0 the ‘most favored nation’ treatment. “Besides, while the McKinley law n force, our representative at Washington and the resident minister made an agree- ment that the treatment of sugar imports from Germany should not be changed. We. therefore, contend that the clause impos an extra burden upon Germany and one which infringes on the existing agreement. This is the serious one, as It concerns not only the sugar makers of Germany, but aisc the agriculturists of a large district of Gor many, especially those of Saxony, Brunswick and Anhalt and to some exent those of Basi Prussia and Silesia, whose best erops are affected.” Councillor Hammen continues: “The gov- ernment hopes to come to an amicable en- tente and there Is nothing menacing In our minister's protest. But naturally we may adopt retaliatory measures in the event of the protest being unheeded. Such retaliation would especially please our big agrarien party, as it would rid them of American competition in breadstufts and mea ANTICS OF A LUNATIC, ‘A German-American, Richard Goerdeler, is | flooding various police offices with his | pamphlet, “‘Fiat Justicia.” He was once an inmate of an asylum for lunatics. His | pamphlet recites his experiences there and e 18 trying to obtain a legacy at Hamm, West w phalle. Emperor Willlam was much amused when he received a challenge from Goerdeler to fight a duel with pistols Goerdeler insists he was also a monarch since he was an American citizen, Much attention has been attracted to a pamphlet written by Privy Councillor Ross ler, at one time Prince Bismarck's confl dentlal advisor, entitied “Soclal Democrac This pamphlet declares the suspension of the constitutional dictatorship is the only solu- | tlon for Germany's domestic troubles, crused by soclalist and agravian agitations. The | emperor would not be an absolute dictator but the writer recommends a dictatorship federal council. In other words, that parlia ment be dissolved and the emperor and fe eral council have all the legislative powers. The scheme has been classed a mad one, "8 sald oniy to :how how the fear of so democracy besins to unhinge the braios of serious politicians. Such proposals, however are grist 10 the socialist mill On October 1% the cmperor will attend the ceremony of dedicating the 132 flags des tined for tho recently organized Fourth bat tallons of each regiment of infantry, The ceremonial will be performed with great pomp n front of Frederick the Great's mon- | | | ument, on Unter den Linden, A number of relgning German princes, in addition to the king of Servia, generals and other notables, will be present. Later a gala dinner will be served in the marble hall of the palace. CONSULTING CONCERNING SOCIALISTS. The wislt of Chancellor von Caprivi to vew | win | & three-minutes convers | largest single gift bestowed on it | in review | the protest of Germany and other countries Emperor William at Newberrstock yesterday has given rise Lo much surmise and specula- | HA, SU DAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7 ’ 1891 - TWENTY P SINGLE tion. The general belief, however, s that | the chancellor’s visit was connected with the proposed exceptional laws against anarchists Which have been urged in many quarters. The agitators, it Is believed, really intend the laws referred to should be applied to soclalists. Von Caprivi, therefore, opposes d measures, as he does not be- in against them, being of the opinion that the the efMclency of special measures best policy Is to leave them comparatively free, thus wiving the party full scope In its internal dissensions, which he believes will ultimately lead to its disintegration. A new antl-socfalist law, the chancellor claims, would only bind the soeialist party ecloser together. In any case, it is known the pres- ent Reichstag would not pass such a meas- ure, but it might be introduced in the Diets of the individual states. The situation, how- ever, Is regarded in many quarters as belng grave, and some politicians even express the belief that Von Caprivi will resign unless he is fully backed by the emperor. | Abbey and Grau have engaged Julie | opez, & young and phenomenal for five years for Messr Raschke cantatrice, Italian opera work in New York and elsewhere, A pamphlet, lately issued here, entitled “Usury and Its Financlers,” by Herr Krause, a well known soclalist in national economy, has attracted the attention of the emperor on account of the many well authenticated, sensational cases cited in its pages. Several arrests of local usurers have been made on information furnished by this pamphlet. The author is preparing an enlarged edition, containing many new cases. The suicide of Albrecht von Hofen, captain in a regiment of the guard, was due to the fact his financial ruin was accomplished within a few years by a well known usurer, who will face a court this fall. The captain's family have directly applied to the emperor for Justice. Anbther book, likewise exposing men and methods and dealings with the same theme, 18 now in press. REVIVING THE TOBACCO TAX. After failing repeatedly of passage in the | Reichstag and after Bismarck, a short time | before his fall, had been unable to make that body accept his views on the question, the office of the imperial chancellor is now preparing another tobacco tax bill, which show up during the coming session. But the present composition of the Reichstag is unfavorable to the imposition of new taxes and the bill is not likely to pass. The Prussian electoral system, dividing electors in three classes, according to the amount of taxes paid by each, is frequently productive of evil. Thus, in Newstadt, Si- lesia, the first electoral class is wholly made | up of three members of one big firm there, while the second class has three more merm- bers of the same firm. The result s this firm alone elected twenty-four of the aldermen of the town, while the rest of the population, represented by 1,2 chose but twelve of the aldermen. On October 1 direct telephone connection totween Berlin and Bremen, Cologne and Homburg was established, the charge for tion being 25 cents. The for the empire for import duties and stamp and other taxes during the past six months have been greatly in excess of what has been expected, larger, too, than they were during the same period last year. The duties alone yielded 153,825,393 marks, which Is 14,623,916 marks more than in 1893, As an outcome of the enormous de- crease in German emigration, the North German Lloyd Steamship company has de- clared no dividend this fall and the price for steerage passage to the United States has been considerably lower. The Royal Academy of Science in Berlin has fust been made the recipient of the sinee it came Into existence nearly 200 vears ago. This is a fund of 1,500,000 marks, donated by Elize Wentzel-Heckman, a wealthy widow. has electors, receipts Under the auspices of Empress Fredericka the first club house for ladies has just been ovened in Berlin. The name of the new or- manization is the Victoria club, and it is largely patterned after the Alexandria club London. Members of the club to have (he privilege, under certain restric- tions, of taining in the club house. The emperor has devoted the sum of 150 900 marks to the building of a new church In Potsdam. It is to be called the “Friedens are Taco church” and will be erected in the poorer suburb of Potsdam. Herr Bierer, the German minister to Cen- tral America, against whom a number of fous complaints were made by German | sldents in that reglon, has been asked to reply to those charges. In connection with his case the foreign office In Berlin is mak- ing a series of complaints against two other | Gorman representatives in South America. | The German press still insists, with ono ac- | cord. on strict and more comprehensi structions being issued to German con and ministers in forelgn countries, Leonore von Moltke, the favorite grand nelce of the late Field Marshal von Moltke, was married recently to Captain Nuelsen, who is a favsrite with the emperor. ¢ in- suls WAS EXPECT D AT WASHINGTON, Ofcials Expeet ¢ 5 tho Sugar man Ketallation Unless hedule is Changed. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—There was little surprise in officlal circles here at the int ma on in the Berlin cable to the Associated press that Germany might resort ory measurcs against breadstufts it discriminatory to retali- meat and Ameriean her protest against the new tariff on sugar was not heeded. It was fully appreciated while the tariff debate was in progress that eertain parts of the bill might bring about embar- rassments with Germany, Austria, Francs, Spain, Brazil and several other countries, The German ambassador and several other vepresentatives conferred with Sec- retary Gresham on the subject of the discriminating duty on sugar from export bounty countries while the bill was pend Ing In congress and it was generally under stogod the matter would be arranged in con- ference 50 as to meet the objections raised by Germany and other nations, But with the fallure of the conference all th ef- forts came to a summary e Siaco then the German ambassador has filed a protest | against the discrimination which he alleges against German beet sugar, The an minister bas intimated his country will follow suit. Spain Is seeking through ber minister to secure a new treaty which Cuban sugar will gain special vantages. Under these clrcumstances it believed the president, when he comes our foreign relations in his to congress, may call atten mad Aust by ad is to nnual message on to and the desirability of modifylng the law to some extent. An officlal of the Agricultural department sald today the German retaliation possibly would be disastrous on the export trade from the Unied States to Germany. He had doubt, under the existing treaty, American meat products, lMve stock and the “‘Ameri- can bog" had been given a market in Ger- tarif reached 16,000,000 pounds, an increase of 300 per cent from the year previous. A similar | advance had been made in the export of lard and breadstuffs. The last year American flour sold in Berlin for the first time {n competi- tion with Hungarian flour. Corn meal, wheat and some rice has also been exported under the treaty arrangements. For this reason officlals of the Agricultural department hops legislation may be had that will insure a maintenance of our pres- ent commerelal relations with Germany. Meanwhile nothing can be done to change the status of sugars from bounty export ountries until congress meets, German in The ambassador to the United States a recent exclusive statement to the Assoclated press announcing he had filed a protcst with Secretary Gre:h m aga nst the discrimination against German sugar, said he was hopeful of legislation at the short session of congress, and as he shows a very clear knowledge of the pressnt situa- tlon, and, as the Assoclated pross cable ehows, has made the facts known to the foreign office, it is believed Germany will defer any declsive action until congress has a chance to act if it so desires when it reassembles in December. JAPAN PUSHING STEADILY AHEAD. Her Armies Are Now Menacing the Capital of the Chinese Empire, LONDON, Oct. 6.—A dispatch from Shang- hal today says that the masters of several Chinese junks which arrived at Che Foo yes- terday report having sighted a large fleet of Japanese transports escorted by war ships on Tuesday night. This Japanese fleet was then entering the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li, and after steaming westward for some distance the course of the war ships and transports was altered to about northeast. All the Japanese fleet, war ships and transports {n- cluded, numbered seventy ships. Their presence in the Guif of Pe-Chi-Li has caused the greatest excitement at Shanghal and elsewhere, In London it is believed that the Japanese fleet referred to as having been sighted s the expeditionary force consist- ing of 30,000 men which left Hiroshima, the Japanese headquarters, on September 26, un- der sealed orders and under command of Field Marshal Count Oyama, who was Japan- ese minister of war. Upon taking command of the expedition he temporarily handed over that portfolio to the minister of ma- rine, Count Saigo. This force composed the Second Japanese army corps and was es- corted by the Second Japanese squadron. A dispatch recelved at New Chwang, Gulf of Lao Ton, says that the Chinese are in full retreat from Moukden, which is threat- ened by the advance of the Japanese troops from Corea and the Japanese force sald to have been landed near Posslel bay aud not far from the Russian territory bordering on Corea and the Chinexe province of Man- churla. Another report which reaches London from Shanghal says it is believed at the latter city that the Chinese forces which have been defending Moukden have been hastily sum- moned from that place in order to oppose the projected Japanese landing either in the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li or in the Gulf of Lea- Ton. The Chinese have hurriedly added to the fortifications of New Chwang in an- ticipation of a Japanese attack upon port or a landing in its neighborhoad. the SHANGHAI, Oct. 6.—Wang Feng Tsao, late Chinese minister at Tokio, has had an audieace at Peking and was severely cen- sured on account of his ignorance of the Japanese designs in Corea. Two Japanese spies have been arrested at Mankin. One of them confessed he had been furnishing information to the Japanese, It is reported 2,000 men belonging to the Sheng divieion of Li Hung Chang's crack corps, now in Corea, have deserted on ac- count of their pay being in arrears. It also rumored they have joined the enemy. TIEN-TSIN, Oct. 6.—The Chinese govern- ment has authorized a firm lere to raise A loan of £10,000,000 sterling. The sum of il,- 000,000 has already been placed privately, The rates of interest are not stated. g NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—A Berlin says: Chancellor Von Caprivi has gone to Hubertusstock, where the kalser is now staying, to consult with his majesty regard- dispateh ing the situation in China. PLATES SCORED A SUCCESS. mor for the Battleship Texas. BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 6.—The Bethle- hem Iron company plate scored another un- qualified success at the proving grounds today In the presence of government officers. The tested plate was one of a group of Harvey- ized side armor for the battleship Texas, Three hundred tons were accepted. The plate shot at was eighteen feet, two Inches by six feet four inche:, and twelve Inches thick. An eight-inch gun was used, with Holtzer projectiles weighing 250 pounds. A projectile forced out by seventy-nine and one-halt pounds of powder and attalning a speed of 1,608 feet a second, struck the mark fairly and was shattered, the point remaining embedded In the plate, Not a crack of any kind was found. For the second shot there was a charge of 110% pounds of powder and the 250-pound Holtzer was fired at the mark with a velocity of 2,004 fe:t a second. Again the projectile was shattered and the shot had no effect on the target. Test of the Side A ONE 'TLON INO! easury Department Unable to Alcohol Clause Into Effect, WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Secretary Carlisle this afternoon Instructed Commissioner Miller of the internal revenue bureau to take no further steps for the present toward carry- ing Into effect the free alcohol section of the new tarift bill, In a letter to Secretary Carlisle some days ago Commissioner Miller said: “I would suggest that, inasmuch as I have been un- able, after a thorough consideration of t matter and consultation with a large number & ERATIVE, Put the of the most prominent manufacturers, to | prepare any set of regulations which would yield equal protection to the governmen and to the honest manufacturer without offi- cial supervision, which has not been pro | vided by congress, that the preparation of these regulations be delayed until congress has had an opportunity to supply this omis- sion." Today Mr. Carlisle, In reply to the fore- golng, stated: “That until further action is taken by congress, it is not possible to es tablish and enforce such regulations as ar absolutely necessary for an effective and beneficent enforcement of the rule. You are therefore instructed to take no further action in the matter for the present.” The decision of the secretary on this matter has been awaited anxiously by manufacturing chem- {sts in all parts of the country, to whom the question of the tax on alcohol was one of vital importance. eys Disbarred. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.~William T Hutehiogs of Wichita, N. T, 8. Rice, Matoon, mauy after years of effort in that direction. Last year the export of meat products alone IlL, bave ben disbarred from practice before patent office, IN THE ART OF WAR STORY OF THE SINKING OF THE AQUIDABAN Foatures of the Affair as Noticed by a Mili- tary Expert, TORPEDOES LAUNCHED WITH ACCURACY Black Powder Greatly Interfered with Those Vessels Using It ADVANTAGE OF THE SMOK .LESS ARTICLE Detalls of Engagements Between the War Ships Involved the Brazilian Revolution—Selenee of Destruction Advancea Several Periods. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—In press and about to fssue In the course of a week s the volume annually compiled by the bureau of naval intelligence, entitled, “Notes of the Year’'s Naval Progress.” This work is alwaye of value to students of naval development, and this year Is of particular interest, ‘because of the broad scopo of its contents, and especially in view of its inclusion of an article on the revolt in Brazil, contributed by Lieutenant C. Rogers, Who, as an agent of the intelligence office, was with the American fleet at Rio and was an eye witness of the operations in that harbor, ending in the final surrender of the rebellious Admiral da Gama. Lieutenant Rogers describes in great de- tail the varlous engagements between the rebel fleet and the government, and as he nears the end of the struggle he gives an account of the sinking of the famous iron- clad, Aquidaban, the details of which have not before been known in this country. It seems that after Da Gama’'s surrender at Rio the government sent a considerable squadron in pursuit of the Aquidaban. The vessel was discovered at anchor In the north- ern entrance of Santa Catherina straits about a mile from Fort Santa Aguns. To divert the attention from the real pur- pose, which was to attack the Aquidaban With torpedo boats, the vessel of tho gov- ernment squadron began a vigorous firing on the fort. Meanwhile the foiir torpedo boats, the Sampiao, Silvado, Ive and Pedro Alfonso, steamed along the western shore until the Aquidaban was discovered at anchor. This Was on the night of April 1. The sky was overcast, a heavy raln’was falling and the commander of the Samplao reported it so dark that he was less than 200 yards from the Aquidaban when he diseovered her. The crew of the latter was expecting a small steamer from Desterlo, sud mistaking the Sampiao for her, did not firé\at once, DETAILS OF. THE BYGAGEMENT. The Aquidaban was' leiping toward the south. When first seen by the Samplao she bore on the starboard bows, the latter there- fore turned to starboard to launch the bow torpedo. This, by some mistake of the officer In charge of it, was fired before the vessel was in position and without effect. The Sampiao then backed and turning under the stern of the Aquidaban, steamed slowly along the port side, probably mnot more tha twenty yards from her. In this remarkable position, however, it was not until the Samplao was nearly past the battleship that the starboard after torpedo was fired; it struck with terifiic effect about twenty feet abaft the stern of the Aquidaban, lifting the bow considerably above the water. The | Samplao then dashed ahead at full speed to | rejoin the squadron, Before the first torpedo was launched the Aquidaban opened fire on the Sampiao and lier consorts from the Nordenfeldt and two of the 5.7-inch guns. The. Samplao was struck thirty-five times In the upper works and three in the hull by the Norden‘eldt one-inch steel projectiles, One of them pene- trated the starboard bow, near the water line, damaging the tiller. Two of them struck a Hotchkiss rapid-firing three-pounder, one hitting the breech #quare and jamming the breech blocks tightly, while the other pene- trated the wall of the gun directly in the cartridge chamber to the depth of an ineh, or three-quarters of its thickness, but with- out injury to the bore so that it could still be fired. Excepting a .cadet who lost a finger, no one on board the Sampiao was hurt, Her escape was due to the darkness of the night, coupled with such proximity to the battleship that the latter's projectiles went over. LAUNCHING TORPEDOES. The Pedro Alfonso lpunched two of her torpedoes. The breaking of a pipe connected with the air compressor prevented the firing of the bow tube, o that both the torpedoes were launched from the 'after tube. The Silvado was about to fire a torpedo when her commander discovered that the Samplao was between her boat and the bat- tleship. As a matter of technical interest, it is proper to remark that the Edro Ivo left the squadron with the flotilla, but being unable to maintain sufficient steam pressure, fell out of line and took refuge under the guns 0l the Tiradentes. The torpedo fired by the Samplao was of the Schwartz-Kopt type, containing 125 pounds of gun cotton. The attack on the Aguidaban was not re- newed until the next flay, when it was dis- covered that she had Bedn abandoned by her | crew, who had eseaped to the mainland. The big battleship, drawing twenty feet, was found in twenty-four feet of water, with the {wo forward compartments full of water and With a terrible hole in her. She was floated and brought to Rlo under her own steam, Lieutenant Rogers seeured valuable in- formation in the war. He says that the dis- cipline of tho rebels wids good, apparently, and their courage and bravery admitted ot no question, The ships gensrally fquzht at long range, the commanders ‘seeming 10 be husbanding | their resources from th> outset. With the | exception of the Aquidaban, they were unler- manned und seemed to be acting on a wait- Ing policy, expecting reinforcements from | the suuth | Th army tugs and launches did service. They were very active and efficient at night fransporting men and materlal, and during tho day did much fighting. Armed with re- volving cannon and rapid-firiug guns, barri- caded by bales or boller iron, behind whicl were armed crews, they were ugly antagonists. Their work in Rio harbor showed that under the practical conditions of war only short resources could well be utilized as auxillaries in the defense of a harbor, rives or bay. Smokeless powder was used on board the Tamanadare only. Upon the discharge of red cloud of smoke was seen for a few mo- ments; it dissipated quickly, and at no time would it have interfered with her firing Great was the contrast when one of the Aquidaban’s turret guns was fired; a thick, heavy cloud of smoke that almost enveloped the ship was the Invariable result, drifting slowly away, unless a strong breeze was blowing. LIFE OF GREAT GUNS, One important note by Lieutenant Rogers touches the lite of great guns, He says that it the reported expenditure of ammunition be correct, tha great guns did not give out, for most of them were fired ten to fifteen times as many rounds as is generally conceded to be the life of heavy artillery. Most of the batteries fired almost contin- uously at long ranges and with extreme ele- vation, and at the close of the reovit, after sIx months use, Aid fair shooting, In view of the question which has arisen sinco the Japanese cruisers defeated the Chinese battleships at Yalu, as to the actual value of armored ships, here is some inter- esting information about the Aquidaban Which sustalned the brunt of the battles with the forts. She is a double-turret ship, buflt in 1885, citadel and turret armor ten inches thick, armor belt seven to eleven inches thick, speed seven knots. Says the report: In February the port | side of the Aquidaban showed that she had been hit many times, but with the exception of a bent port shutter, there was no evidence of injury. The indentations that were visible seemed to have been made by small pro- Jectiles. An authentic report says that dur- Ing an action between the ships and the forts on September 30 this vessel was hit five times. A six-inch‘shall pussed through the deck into the admiral's cabin and burst there; bulkheads were destroyed, but no fire resulted. A six-inch shell shot penetrated the starboard side and hit a six-inch shell standing in a rack on the gun deck; the shell, which was fused, exploded, wounding one officer and six men. A third shell pene- trated the starboard side and without burst. | ing destroyed the fittings of the admiral's | bathroom. Another penetrated the portside amidships | and burst in a port coal bunker; the pro- | Jectile made a hole in the ship's plating of the same circumference as itself; it also struck the inner bulkhead of the coal bunker, tearing two irregular holes, through which fragments passed and killed an enlisted man The fitth projectile, a solid shot, struck the shield of the port bow gun without injuring it enough to prevent the working of the weapon. In addition, several solid shots struck the armored portions of the hull, leay- ing only slight indentations. TA HONOR IN MEXICO. I Ex-President of Salvador and Diaz on Gooed Terms. CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. 6.—Since his ar- rival in this city General Antonio Ezeta, the fugitive ex-president of Salvador, has been the reciplent of distinguished attentions. He has been received by General Diaz at the presidential castle at Chaultepee and two | hours were passed In conversation, General | Ezeta leaving apparently well satisfied with his interview. He was entertained at dinner by General Dosendo Marquez and varlous military officers were Invited to meet the distinguished = Central American. General Ezeta has also visited the Paso de Reforma, and expressed his admiration of the fashion- able and splendid turnouts. General Ezeta passes most of his time at the Spanish Ca- sino club. He has visited the opera and is an unremitting attendant every morning at the Cate baths. The general will leave for Toluca in com- pany with a relative of his, Don Manual Ezeta. The general will Teturn to this capi- tal on Monday next. General Bzeta Is anx- fously expecting the arrival of his fellow cap- tives, Generals Coloncho and Bolanos, The leading toplc of conversation in the city just now is the proceedings connected with the famous Romero-Verastegui duel in the Chamber of Deputies. The proceedings began with the reading of the evidence taken in the case, including that given by the | seconds, in which they stated before the judge of the Sixth demarcation police court that Verastegui's death was caused through the accidental discharge of his revolver. The | evidence was very voluminous and its read- | ing took the whole day. It is understood that the committee will report in favor of Castillo, Carlo and Prieda being relieved from their positions as senators for having acted as seconds, It is generally believed that the case will go back to the second criminal court for trial, Wi OFFENDED TRHE KING, President Portuguese Naval Ofcers Draw Up a Mani- festo to the Nation. MADRID, Oct. 6.—According to advices received here from Lisbon the greatest ex- citement prevails at the capital of Portugal, It is stated that a large number of Portu- | guese naval officers, aggrieved at a certain passage In the speech which the king re- cently made at the opening of the Port guese Cortes, drew up a manifesto in the form of a protest addressed to the nation No names were attached to this document but its authors are known to be men of high | importance and influance. The police have arrested the man who | printed the manifesto, and the greatest ex- | citement has been caused at Lisbon by this action upon the part of the dissatisfied naval officers. In connection with the disturbance | it is reported that the minister of marine, | J. A. de Brissac Dos Neues Ferreira, will | tender his resignation. The Portuguese authorities, according to the advices received here, have refused to allow any news regarding the action of the naval officers and its probable consequences to be telegraphed abroad, and the result Is that this Information had to be sent here by mall from Lisbon. REASON FOR THE CABINET MEETING, Engllsh Governmant About Keady to Inter- fere in China, LONDON, Oct. 6.—A d'spatch received here from Berlin says it has becn learne on authority that the meeting of the British cabinet was called to dizcuss a proposal for combined action on the part of the powers | to interfere and prevent the overthrow of | the Chincse dynasty, which, it was claimed, | would result in anarchy in the empire and the mas:acre of Buropeans. One power, it | is ®aid, favors a compulsory settlement of | the Chinese-Japanese dispute. The dis pateh adds that Sir Willlam Vernon Har court. chancellor of the exchequer, supported this view of the action to be taken, but Prime Minister Rosebery and a majority of | the cabinet believed active interferenc: would be more dangerous than noninterven- tion, and it was declded Great Britain should not interfere. The London Missionary soclety has re colved a telegram from Hankow stating ail | the missionaries there are well and that they | gpprehend 1o trouble, | Arrested for Conspiracy. MONTREAL, Oct. 6.—Lyman Brown, the one of her six-luch guus & swall, yellowish THE BEE BULLETIN, Weather Foreeast for Nobraska Today Yorth Winds: Cold Wave lo Art of Kiling David B. Hill Will Ran, Inwar of n Majors Movement. McKinloy Spoaks at st. Paul. Omahn Pops Name Their Ticket, State Political Happenings. Methodlsm and Crop Fail Theatrical News and Qulet Week in Loeal Society, Nebraska Teachors in Ses: Sugns Meet Plant for Omaha, Jouncil Bluffs Local Matters. the Gridiron. Buek Given Another Licking. What the Omaha Ch s Are Doing. nd Cares For, Collection Costly Lacos. Echoes from the Ante Room. 11. Weekly Grist of Sporting G 12. Editorial and Comment. 13. Condition of Omaha's Jobbing Saturday In the World of € Live Stock Murkots Review, i, 16. Sights in the Capital of China. s Among Roynity. 18. Her Ways and Her World, 19. Some Short Sunday Stories, Captain Juck Crawford in @ Cry for Reform 18 Constunt. ——————e e nn; here on a charge of by his daughter-in-la Brown's son was arrested here for failing to provide for his family, and it is alleged that he was epirited away by his father. conspiracy preferred Some weeks ago Arresting Amorie NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6. vices are received via steamship John Wil son: Calvin C. Ausbern of Plttsburg, the wealthiest American resident, has been ar- rested for participating in the July riots, although he can prove he was attending a dinner and took no part in the disturbances. He has laid his case before Captain O'Nefll of the United States steamship Marblehead Zelaya has consented to permit American vrisoners to land in Bluefields and setile their affairs, although still considering them ns at Bluefields. Bluefields ad. exiles, and not entitled to trial. General Ortiz has escaped from imprisonment at Managua, and a revolution will doubtless oc- cur soon. Orliz has promised to restore the Americans in Bluefield Worked the I'ortuguese for Arms. LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Delagoa Bay, South Africa, Oct. 6. here grows worse. in regard to the serv rendered by Sherift The situation of affair t hopes were raised s which would be Maputa's men, who offered to ald the Portuguese against the Kaffirs. The chief’s men arrived here yes. terday and were given arms from the Portuguese arsenal, but this morning they all fled, taking their weapons with then. Voted for Frecdom of Worship, BUDA PESTH, Oct In the upper house of the Hungarian Diet the bill granting liberty of worship to all religious beliefs was adopted by a majority of three. Cardinal Sohlauch, the Servian patriarch, and the Roumanian and orthodox bighops opposed the measure, declaring that the ecclesiastical pro- posals of the government would ruin society and the state, P WANT TH RDIAN REMOVED, Another Yensational Turn in the Affairs of Emma J. Nagle. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 6.—Another chap- ter was enactid teday in the sensational escapades of Mrs. Emma Nagle, widow of the late Erasmus Nagle. It will be re- membered that in July last on an informa- tion being filed by Daniel S, Swan, clerk of the district court of Laramie county, a jur: deceided that Mrs. Nugle was mentally in- competent to manage her own affairs. Judge Scott thereupon appointed W. A. Robins of this city as guardian of Mrs. Nagle, whose e was valued at $125,000. He is also the guardian of George H. Nagle, an 18-year- old son, with an e valued at $200,000, and was formerly one of the administrators of the estate left by Mr. Nagle at the time of his death in January, 1890, Today Walter R. Stoll, attorney for Harrlett Hibbard, a sister of Mrs. Nagle, filed a peti tion in the district court to have Mr. Robins removed as guardian of Mrs. Nagle. In this st petition some sensational allegations @ made. The guardian is cha with gross mismanagement, not only of the estate of Mrs. Nagle, but also that of her son and the estate of the late E. Nagle, of which they were the joint heirs. The plaintiff alleges that the appointment of Mr. Robins as guardian was procured through a conspiracy entered Into with one Fred Hess of Rock Island, IIl., who induced Mrs. Nagle to con- sent to the appointment by representing to her that she would be freed from certain obligations which she had contracted to pay. The plaintift avers that Mrs. Nagle is of perfectly sound mind, and able to manage her own estate, which is now belng mis- applied, and asks for an accounting and the discharge of Robins Mrs. Nagle, shortly after her husband's death, married Charles A. White of London Graphie. White squandered about $100,000 of his wife's money and absconded with securities amounting to $125,000, Attor- ney Stoll recovered the securities and also secured a divorce for Mrs. Nugle, and has now an unsatisfied claim against her of §13,400, for services rendered. Robins Is one of the leading husiness men of Cheyenne, and the filing of the suit has created a sensation FiC REORGANIZATION, bjcets UNION PAC Brice's Committee to the Govern- NEW YORK, Oct 6. stated that the plan of reorganiz It is seml-oMcially ion of the Union Pacific railway and branches mad by the governinent directors does not meet the approval of the reorganization committee, of which Senator Brice Is chairman and Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan a member. The com- mittee belleves the Anderson plan is workud out on a basis of earnings, unfair both to the property and security holders. It is also strongly questioned whether the rate of in- terest on the new gencral blanket mortgages should be as high as 3 per cent, for the portion of the issue to be given to the goy- ernment. The committe that the publication with the necessity for | to the arrangement debt to the government Ghost of the Mid a believes, however, may fmpiess congress wetion looking n Pacific Bank Failur HARRISBURG, oct As a sequel to the failure of the Middletown National bank, suits were entered In the Dauphin county court by M. Nead, recciver of the bank, and others agalust the Ruymond & M Campbell Menufacturing comy i uy Aletown Flouring Mill company and Edward Raymond, Joseph Campbell and others for amounts aggregating $130,000. Th 15 a mortgage of $160,000 against the plant of the manufacturing company. Am: those who brought suit were the following ) ical National bank of New York fc Western National bank of Philadely.ia New York millionalre, bas been arrested 000; Myerstown bank, for §1,000, L ouwevy PAGES |5 ety HILL HAS ACCEPTED | | Reluctantly Gonsents to Load the Demooracy of the Empire State, MUCH PREFERRED HI3 PRESENT POSITION Has Everything to Lose and Nothing to Gain by the Contest, STANDS BY HIS PARTY IN TIME OF NEED Its Very Existence is Involved in the Pres- ent Struggle, VICTCRY OR DEFEAT THE PARTY'S ALONE Danlel Lockwood Accepts the Nomination for Licutenant Governor—Charles F. Nrown of Newberg for Judge, NEW YORK, Congressman Lockwood, democratic ticket for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, were formally noti- fled of their nomination today by the com- mittee, who also sent a letter to Charles F. Brown of Newburg, who is at present a Justice of the supreme court, telling him of his selection by the state committee as a candidate for judge of the court of appeals. Oct. 6. Senator Hill and candidates on the Mr. Cockran, addressing Senator Hill, spoke as follows: ““The notification com- mittee appointed by the state democratie committee have instructed me on their be- half to tender you the nomination that was made you by that convention at Saratoga on the h of last month. “Your nomination has aroused in the coune spirit of democratic revival and demo- cratic hope, which form the chief plank fn the bridge over which the democratic hosts will pass to victory on election day. “This is a time when ecvery man in our ranks must come to the front. As in time the women and children manned the. ramparts, now the democrats of the state demand that you shall lead once more to success the democratic party, of which you are a member, and which stands now upon the same principles that it has represented for 100 years, “We appeal to you now to come forward and lead us In our hour of difficulty and danger as you led us in our hour of victory, We ask you to head us once more, and fn- spire the enthusiasm which has before led us to victory before the first blow had been struck.” Senator of wa HIll, in accepting the nomination, “Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: for the courtcous manner fn Which you hav formally notified me of the recent action of the democratic convention I can only express my sincere thanks. It fs unnecessary for me to reiterate to you, who were present at the gathering, that the nome ination was as unexpected by me as it was unsought and undesired PREFERS TO REMAIN IN THE SENATE. “Seven of the best years of my life were da- voted to the service of the state in the dig- charge of the high and responsible duties of the great office of its chief executive, an® T had never expected nor intended to resume its tremendous burdens again. While keenly appreciating the high honor conferred In being nominated for a third time by one's party for such an important position, yet I cannot but feel that personally I have everys thing to lose and nothing to gain by the contest to which you summon me. The gubernatorial office has no longer any ate tractlon for me, and personally I prefer to rema‘n in the senate, where the duties were said: gradually becoming more congenial to my tastes and where I believe I could more ae- ceptably serve the interests of this great state, but personal considerations must have no weight where the public duty Is concerned. Tha democratic . party, and particularly in this state, is confronted With a great crisis, which substantially ine volves its existence as a political organiza- tion, Our opponents, tuking advantage of their temporary and accidental supremacy fn the legislature and in the constitutional con= ventlon, are seeking to fasten upon the peo- ple of the state a system of apportionment of representation, which virtually gives the republicans control of the legislative depart- ment of the state for twenty years to come —~a system based upon territorial area rather than population, founded upon injustice and inequality and desigred to enable the minor- ity rather than the malority of the people to control the state. The very life of oup party is at stake. Besides, the control of the next house of r sentatives may dee vend upon the clection he WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. “The democratic convention having, agalnsy my protest, selected me to lead in such & crisls, and although I exceedingly regret its action and especially. regret my verdiet was not adopled in regard o representa- tion in the convention itself, and while 1 have sought during the past week, as per- sonal and intimate political friends well know, not only to heal and harmonizs po. litical factional differences, but to secure some other candidate who would be accept- able to every one, in whose favor I would gladly retire, but which has not proved teasible, and recollecting that the democratie party of this state has honored me in the past when 1 solicited its favors in the days of Its sunshine and prosperity, I cannot desert it now in the hour of its danger and in this great emergency, “It is a time when personal sacrifices are demanded, when individual prefespnces must be subordinated to the general good, and when there must be exhibited a lofty pa- triotlsm. If we win this contest it will be the party's victory, not mine; if we lose, ft will be the party's defeat, which will be in~ volved in my own, Personally, I am largely indifferent to the consequence of the strug- gle A duty confronts me and I shall per~ form it, let the result be what It may, “Gentlemen, I accept the nomination which you, in behalf of the democratfc party in New York, have tendered me, and relying upon the uadaunted courage of the demo- musses, thelr fortitude under adverse thelr loyally to thefr prinels ples, which truly represent the people’s cause 1 enter upon the contest with the determinas no effort on my part hull be spared to achieve success, and with cratie circumstances tion that honorable that confidence which is an earnest of ase ared victory," Mr. Lockwood, in accepting the nomination tor leutenaut governor, spoke briefly, Hon. Charles K. Brown, who was today | nominated to be judge of the court of aps peals, has written a letter to Congressmas Cockran accepliug the nominations