Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 17, 1895, Page 1

o UNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1 1895—~TWENTY PAGES. SINGLE cory PAGES 1 TO 8. s B €4 b e 3 LA [ 3 IVE CI SAFE UNTIL SPRING| secure Investors or to acquirs rights and chartered privileges, Whatever becomes of | the shower of gold which the gr victims have la'd at the t of these g Rosebery's Government Has Two Months of | gantic specutate ,I i,,,hr ‘,r‘,, ]r 78, thos Power Practically Assurad, who have parted with their money may c:n sole themselves with the thought that it was cha A from them by one of the most REDOMOND HAS GONE TO A POOR MARKET | ingenously worked-up schemes ever con ceived to line the pockets of promoters; that this ingenuity was supplemented by audacity Balfour Has Promised Him Nothing in Re- | which scarcely stopped short of the throne turn for Possible Assistance, 1teelt. i Promoting & ‘vast schehs chiefy consisting of mountains of paper, a continent of land, elay and barren rocks, d stagger. AMNESTY FOR THE IR SH DYNAMITARDS | 'n promises of “future profits. Probability of Their Barly Pardon is Strong Just at Precent, £ O'BRIEN TO FOF INTO RETIREMENT Chance the s Suit for Attorn Dublin 4 Feo Is to Driv Bank- pa Agitator Into ruptey and Out of Carlio Astor Tires of k gland. Copyrighted, 1865, by Press 1 ublishing Company.) LONDON, Feb. 16.—(New York World Ca- blegram—&pecial Tele m.)—Roseber; ROV~ ernment has now surmounted the initial ]nvnl!q the gession, and, barring accidents, the ministers are now afe to survive the spring. The unionists committed a bad blun- der in joining hands with Redmond, as the fmpression has been created in the country that a secret treaty exists between him and the unionist leaders. This, howe , 18 not 80, and if Redmond brings the unionists back to power they will return absolutely | unpledged to any reform for Ireland. . Balfour | hus even refused to entertaln the 1\|‘-qm\‘||1 to promise to not revive coercion if he gets | back to power. Tie cflorts of the Redmond- ftes to defeat the government are purcly fac- tlous, as Redmond will lose three of his own seats at the next election and will bring only &Ix men back to parliament. The early libsration of the dynamite pi oners has been appreciably promoted by the dcbate on the address to the queen in rej to the specch from the throne. It showed that a large contingent of radicals are favor- able to amnesty, and ‘great importance fs attached to the admission of the home secre- tary that the Irish dynamiters should have been tried and sentenced for treason, a felony which enabled the judge to give them life Imprisonment, whereas the latter were sentenced under the explosive act, under which the maximum penalty was twenty years. If the Irish dynamiters had been sentenced under the same act they would all have been liberated in two or three years, and it is expected that that course will be now followed. At the same time, if the Redmondites had not made the detention of those men a subject of menace to the gov- ernment, most of them would have been freed ere this. WILL FORCE O'BRIEN OUT. The bitter relations between the two sec- tions of the McCarthyites were illustrated by the suit brought by Chance against Willlam O'Brien this week. He was a member of the party until a few months ago, having done a large part of its legal business. He acted as attorney for O'Brien in his action against Lord Salisbury and sued for £400 balance of costs in that suit. Chance is one of Healy's most intimate political allies, and the result of tae suit will be that O'Brien will be obliged to leave Parliament, as he will be made bankrupt, whereby his seat will be va. cated. O'Brien's plea, which 18 known by all his friends to be perfectly just, is that the costs should be paid by the party, as these suits were undertaken for political purposes, and It is only the depleted state of the party treasury that prevented them from being paid before. O'Brien says that if he acknowl- edged lability in this case he would simply be giving invitation to all other persons hav- Ing claims joinlly against the party to pros ceed agalnst him. Therefore he will not pay and has declined to allow a subscription to be ralsed to provide the money. Chance has expressed his resolve to proceed agalnst him for the recovery of the money with the ut- most dispatch, so he will probably be made bankrupt in a few weeks and will be ineligl- ble for re-clection at dissolution. ASTOR WILL LEAVE ENGLAND. The report was revived this week that Mr. W. W. Astor has not only placed his Pall Mall Gazette on the market, but was also about to dispose of Cliveden when he can get a purchaser. That will not be casy, as there 15 a glut of great houses for sale at present. He s said to attribute the Leginning of his wife's fatal illuess to the relaxing atmos- phere of the Thames valley, and he has consequently taken an antipathy to the place. The members of the Pall Mall staff profess to have no knowledge of the impending sale of the paper, though It is known that the Budget, « weekly pictorial publication, is to be stopped In three months. Mr. Astor has lived in strict scclusion since his return and practically sees no one, SNUBS THE PRINCE OF WALES. The prince of Wales' set has been greatl agitated this weck by the refusal of Marl- borough club to elect Mr. Belt, the South African millionaire and partner of Rhodes in the De Beers mine, This s the favorite club of the prince and no candidate Is pi posed for election until it has been ascer- tained whether the prince has any objection to him, Mr. Beit was proposed by the duke of Fife and his election was considered a matter of course, but the ballot revealed an unusual number of black balls, which, cording to club gossip, were cast not so much against Mr. Belt as against his pro- poser. The duke has put on great airs since his marriage, and s consequently the re- verse of popular. When the prince heard of the affair he offered to have Mr. Beit nom- inated again immediately, but the latter wisely declined a repetition of the ordeal. INTEREST IN 80U Juvestment Fover Runs High ln Encouriged by Waless LONDON, Feb. 16.—(Special)—For several weeks the South African colonization and in- vestment fever has been running high. The climax was probably reached last week, when the prince of Wales came from Sandringham London, to give his endcrsement und preside at a lecture by Dr. Jameson, on South Africa, at the lmperial institute, Looking at this African business from & purely disinterested point of view—entirely free from the opti mistio Jingolsm of the “Big Englander” or the pessimistic anti-empire-founding *‘Little Euglander'—the story of the politico-financal speculations of Cecll J. Rhodes and his friends in the dark continent reads more like 8 rowance than a recital of facts. It Is made more p'eturesque because it has proved ton faseluatiog & scheme for making some- thing out of nothing to even deter princes of the bicod from becowing active premoters alike In the financ In swagger this and boun London's hero of t everything before been rewarded by the unpopulated reg 1, and the w, In a public spe this company promot of the republic Rhodes will re of Africa with heir apparent, and a gullible Investors dazzl of him, Georg urn to the emy e, and beg glorified speeches in the n most operations. spicuous el ing his praises; and ev compare The newsp: exceptions (T the Indian empire. Tk into Africa and inevitabl lated to work up t ple and give the “Lit blow from which it A NEW H In the midst of all for riches and addition freshing to inform yc has been found to give name, I refer to Mr year or so ago startle exposure of some of the of of that institution agement. In a son a few days ago I really thought of Mr. perial schemes. to have p younger day nd ‘Ave. Caesar!’ and bid up their pockets.” promoters, story of the ‘golden fl you. cattle a pocket. Mr. Rhodes that gold there was in might feel about its pi territory. colonies w 1889, I think. “That with two noble princ: drawing up or In men pany which must getting as much as likely to be. breathed is for sale of our youth, But for have ‘gold! gold!' ar HAPPY HOMES Such words of drowned in the cry The talk of Mr. mortar “remunerative tion of Englishmen, employ in various places in aud freely using thelr names and influgnce York, onver: only it comes to them. FOR ENGLISHME! warning of “‘Little IMPERIAL SWAC particular enterprise leading actor literal services the e hour, ha Hi prime ministership of ns, prin ch r gigantic to the o Waghington. to the wills and deserts a Jingo ant show of fortunes at no labor or r of this Africa investment garded in the light of a ful! ruth fer example), have 1 the London the founder of | him to Lord Clive le co imaginat 1l headed, sensible man of influc nal territory it is re- u at least one hard- ° in England this stupendous specu- moters its right lation to make money for pr AT ac atl asked Rho us eece’ and re: es this charter country nearly as large as Brit'sh India—a great waste bearing a few blackamoors.” “Is there no wealth in this vast territory There Is no wealth in the Chartered com- ept the wealth for, and which, for generations, mostly costs in t s worth. men to toil are not yet on the ground, nor A land where almost where enter- priss is stified and s built by props of waste paper, is not a land destined to be the homa the cunning projectors and bullders of empires with rhetorical foam ling out its territory, toil it or h to ‘ment and AR, th a s e of W hem, led by the er of gold from royal promoters, enthused by the annexation of new iled by the ek, epiden conque fal and political market t o imperial and swep at in th ales’ son ntly compared the territe promis The cente mic i ring hero Ho has been feted and dined by royalty and ome manner | and -called nilict gula is magnified into a mighty B. Wilson, who a 1 the world methods of the Bank Bngland, which led to a general shaking nge in its man- n with hin odes 1 “Oh, his plot Is big enou ased the firs I do not think it a thing for investors to meddle with, and when the ad- miring young bloods of the home press cry fall down and wor- ship this new hero in buckram, let investors and taxpayers, and all good citizens button Bonapa Ac his fri The secretary of state approached for a ‘Big Englanders' never stop at trifles of that sort when dealing with little fellows like King Lobengula. these men were as near the throne as possible as figureheads, they iire, keep for a sweat only as T have shown, by the | ers, with a few con- the Duil 4 in si “advance” | with Loben- war, caleu ns of the peo- England” will not lightly recover. RO IN BUCKRAM. this reckless struggle epirit with h W Mr. Wil m what h nd his im arte “If the scheme is not likely to succeed how @0 you account for royal dukes as and the prince of Wales' endorsement?” foney has be:n made out The operation of this Rhodesian would fill a vol- ume, and a brief recital of them would weary Those who seek to bolster up this com- pany compara it to the East India company, but for my part, even if the comparison was a happy one, I see no analogy. that fell heir to a rich and, in its way, highly civilized empire, swarming with population, is very different from a company whose only possession is uncultivated wastes, a few wild nd ‘mineral rights.’ charms to turn the gold from John Bul Kknew Lendon, however they ence In the African for the of it for the A compar harter h iend charter But how could England give a charter for land which it did not own? is easy enough. included But t the y those are nglander Rhodes and Dr. Jameson of a new empire of 1,200 miles by 500, splen- idly “mineralized,”” and awaiting to welcome Boglishmen, and provide “happy homes" and “whole na- and “rich and expand- ing markets” fcr the “unemployed manufac- have Mr. re in his officers And air duke of Fife, but by the prince of Wales and | closest attention and the tional Zeitung, | other royal personages, who have been taken | Kiein's Journal and other newepapers have | in on the ground floor of these stupendous | con mented at v vl Times | a n- ny th s in In a he he FAVOR A CONFERENCE German Reichstag Takes Up the Question of Silver Coinage, M RBACH RESOLUTION PASZD TH\T BODY Calls for an Internaticnal Congress to Die- cuss the Ques n, GOVERNMENT NOT OPPOSED TO THZ PLAN ricn Demands for the White Metal Having Their Effect, Agr PARTY LINES EROKEN ON THZ Q JESTION Miimation that Gold Standard Men Favor the Conference in the Hope of An Adverse D, that Will Sheive the Questi cision «. yrighted, 1595, by the Assoclated Press.) B LIN, Feb, 16.—The silver question in the United States and Burope has been the subject with which the political and financial world In Berlin have been chiefiy occupied during the past week. The financial troubles in the United States are foilowed with the fous lengths upon the sit- Washington. during the subscrif uation at On Wednesday n ball at the night Royal | Opera house the emperor showed the interest he felt in the matter by engaging in a lergthy conversation with Mr. Runyon, the American ambassador, on the American financial irs, on the an; touched riff and political questions, but his majesty asked to be Informed more especially about the financial crisis, the coinage troubles and gold the national treasury. On receiving the information that he sought, the emperor added some remarks, including an expression of his hope that financial matters in Mr. Runyon’s country would be straightened out again. He also took oceasion to refer to the close com- mercial relations between Germany and the United States. An®important phase of the he conversation reserve in silver question was reached today when the Relchstag de- red in favor of the resolution submitted vesterday by Count yon Mirbach, an | agrarian leader, summoning another inter- ional conference on the currency question. ch's resolution instructed the federal government to I the invitations for an international monetary congress to take ac- tion for the rehabilitation of silver as a cir- culating medium. Previous to its adopticn Count von, Posadowsky-Wegner, secretary of state for the imperial treasury, in behalf of the government, declared its sympathy with the object aimed at by the resolution. The motion which was submitted to the Reichs- tag by Mirbach had received the signatures national liberals, ultramontanes and bers of that bod: ue me comprising conservativ national liberals, ultramontaines and mem- bers of other parties. Among the signers were to be found not only the names of pro- fessed bimetallists, but other members -who have heretofore maintained a more or less neutral attitude on the question of bimetal- lism. One of the signers was the son of n- Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor. HOPE FOR ADVERSE ACTION. Tho bimetallists who signed the motion want nothing more or less than bimetallism. But for the time being they have been pre- vented from formulating a motion to that effect by the opposition of their own mod ate colleagues, who do not desire an alteration of the gold currency. There is a suspleion afloat that the support of the latter is not entirely genuine, but has as its motive a de- sire to bring about an Intersational confer- ence, whose decision, they believe, will be adverse to the reinstatement of silver, and thus settle the question for some time to qome. The result of the debate was fore- shadowed yesterday when Prince Hohenlohe indicated the attitude of the government in a carefully worded declaration which he read, as follows: “Without prejudicing out Imperial currency, ne must confess that the difference in the value of gold and silver continues to react upon our commercial life. Following, there- fore, the tendencies which led to the ap- pointment of a silver commission, I am willing to consider, in conjunction with the federal governments, whether we cannot enter upon a friendly interchange of opinion as to common remedial measures with the other states which are chiefly interested in maintaining the value of silver.” When Mirbach's motion came up in the Reichstag this afternoon in its regular order the discussion was resumed by Siegel, a na- tional liberal. He opposed the resolution and urged that the impression should not be cre- ated abroad that the Relchstag considered the isting monetary system unsuited to the ts of Germany. He was convinced reat Britain would take no part in any international agreement for the introduction of a double standard, Leuschner of the reichpartie declared that was in favor of an international confer- ence, which he was fully persuaded would adopt the principles of bimetallism, COURTING THE AGRARIANS. he turers” at home, has arouscd the kingdom.| Richter of the people's party said that As a result, money is being poured like water | Hohenlohe was temporizing. Hls attitude in- into the wildest kinds of African schemes, | dicated a desire on the part of the govern- while investments in civilized countries, with [ ment to bow low before the agrarians. a fair hope of success and reasonable return, | (Laughter) The vacillation was a danger are not considered. This African company |in such an important matter. The present furore is really worth studying, but in a|resolution was an agrarian intermezzo pre- brief letter it is impossible to do more than | cading the principal act—the protectionist roughly sketch its strik'ng features, What- | resolution of Count von Kanitz If they ever the cutcome may be for the small in-|got nothing, the agrarians would stir up vestors—and there are nearly 9,000 share- | such discontent as would not be allayed by holders In the British South African com- |tenant revolution bills, (Cheers by the rad- pany—those who have exploited it have | icals). made stupendous fortunes. So far they have| Count von Posadowsky-Wegner, who fol- the gold, and other small investors have an [lower R'chier, sald that the ever-falling price interest in the “future profits,” which may |of silver was prejudicial to industry and to or may not materialize this generation the German silver mines. Consequently, the 7 R P P. |decline would tend to deprive a large body Strong Bid for the Farmer Vote, of workingmen of their means of subsistence. NEW YORK, Feb, 16.—A speclal to the | Even monometallists admitted that the d vening Post from Montreal says: In view | preclation in the price of silver was harmful of the spproaching election, the Dominion | “The premier and minister of finance of government, to secure ihe farmers' vcte, has | France had stated that France must revert guaranteed to buyeall winter made butter, | to the double standard and that Germany was for which it will pay 20 cents par pound, and [ responsible, because it first began the use of also the expense of shipping it to ‘Great|the gold standard. The rural population be- Britain, lieved that the fall in the price of silver was Packuge of Elbe Mall Recovered. answerable for the drain in the value of the LONDON, Feb. 16.—A packet containing | products. This opinion was shared, mor forty-six letters, which was dispatched from | Over, by many manufacturers. Therefore, it Bremen by the lost steamship Elbe, has|was the duty of the government to return been picked up from the water near Deal. |@ benevolent answer to the question when it The letters were addressed to persons living the vicinity of xwl bad been put before the Re'chstag." This utterance was greeted with much conservative cheering, Von Kardoff, a well X} T known champlon of the law, described bi- | metalllem as¢ a protection to the German Peasant class, as a sure bulwark against | oclaliem, This remark was groeted with | derisive laughter on the. soclalist benches. | The chief oppos tion against a double stand- | Donaldson Smith Sends a Report of His | ard came from privy councillors in the min- eterial departments t Wegner her arcse from his seat and declared that the chief of the departments were responsible for the policy of the d partments, After a speech by Meyer which elicited a reply from Von Kardoff, the motion of Mirbach was put to the houss and carried amid loud applause from the members of the right. The mot'on was carried by the united votes of the conservatives and centriets, and | with a few exceptior new formed rman Bimetallic league will meet on the 19th inst. Speeches will be delivered before the league by Ven Kardoff, Count von Mirbach, Arendet, and two well known manufacturers, Wuelfing and Aechendorif. 1 t t 1 [ [ t t sake of rel c as a desertion of party princtples, and declare t t t [ L v What bargain the centrists have made the t i stood in i new o bring ba The fetes will be on a grand scale, anl will last five days. PARIS, Feb. 16.—During the session of the Chamber of Dsputies this afternoon M Faure submitted a motion for the separation of church and state. M. Ribot, the prime minister, spcke in opposition to the motion He declared the adopt'on of such & measure | would break the peace of the country. The motion was rejected s the national liberals, Thoe A The the neg I-REVOLUTION BILL WILL PASS passage of the anti-revolutionary bill Reichstag scems now to be assured, tiations between the government and of the center party, especially Jeber and Groeber, having at length resulted n an agreement that some amendments shall bo incorporated in the bill in order to enable he members of the center party to claim that heir votes are given for the measure for th fon and moralit The majority | of the Catholics, however, regard the action | f the centrists in agreeing to support the bill y he he leaders | hat it will be condemned by the majority nf; he Catholics of Germany. By winning over | he followers of Licber and Grocber, who | nuimber between thirty and forty, the govern- | [ is sure to secure 240 votes for the mea ire, and this will give them a €afe majority with government remains unknown Invitations will bo issued by the government o all maritime powers of Europe and Amer- | ca to send warships to take part In the naval lisplay and the fe which will take place the opening of the Baltic and North se anal, on the 18th of June. It is under- that President Faure will accept the witation to be sent to France. The emperor s taking a keen interest in the wpening of the nal. It is expected It will serve to k the waning prosperity of Lubeck, Stettin and other German ports. G0SSIP OF THE GERMAN CAPITAL. The emperor w htly indisposed today but his trouble is nothing more than a co He, however, felt it necessary to cancel an audience which he had arranged to give to- day to a deputation of the agriculturists’ union Prof. Brnst Curtius, LL.D., the well known cologist, has been run over by a sleigh and sustained severe injuries. As Prof. Curtius is past 80 years of age fears are en- tertained that he may mot survive his in- juries. The emperor has had frequent in- quiries made as to his condition. Herr Aller, who was the commercial ad- viser of the German consulate at Chicago after the World's fair had been shortly visit Germany and deliver addra in the larger cities on the subject: Increase Exports to America.” A monster concert will take place next Saturday in the colonnade of the Reichstag building for the benefit of the relatives of the persons who lost their lives by the sink- ing of the Elbe. The royal orchestra will take part in the performance, Influenza has secured a hold in Berlin. One of the last persons seized with the dis- ease was Herbert G. Squires, the second sec- retary of the American embassy. The American residents of Berlin have ar- ranged to celebrate Washington's birthday by a concert, address and ball at the Reichshof. Ambassador Runyon will preside and will also, on the same day, from 3 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, hold a reception at his resi- dence. A decision of the government has been pub- lished by which canned corned beef and other canned meats will hereafter pay a duty of 20 marks per 100 kilos, instead of 17 marks as the “favored nation clause” in the treat- fes between the United States and Germany would seem to require. B80S “How to CZAREWITCH IS SERIOUSLY ILL, Grand Duke Goorge Suffering from a Dangerous Puimonary AfMiction. LONDON, Feb. 16.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg published this afternoon says that grave news has been received again as to the health of the czarewitch, Grand Duke George, brother of the present Czar Nicholas and second son of the late Czar Alexander 111 The czarewitch, who Is suffering from pulmonary trouble, is passing the winter at the imperial residence at Livadia in the Crimea, his physicians having deemed it impossible for him to stand the rigorous weather of northern Russia. The extremely low temperature that has prevailed through- out BEurope this winter, however, has ex- tended to the usually genial climate of Livadia, and reports have now been reccived that the czarewltch has been affected by the cold weather. It is said that he is expectorating blood and his condition s regarded as already dangerous Grand Duke George was born April 17, 1871, His health was never robust and he has several times been seriously ill, causing great anxiety to his parents. Captain Boynton mp CosRespondent. LONDON, Feb. 16.—n the court of high justice today Captain. Paul Boynton, the swimmer, appeared as corespondent In a divorce case. The charges were preferred by a man named Beale, the proprietor of a restaurant, An award of £750 damages vendered against Boynton and the divorce was granted. The delendant, Beale, formerly employed hy as a swimmer ir an exhibition gave in England. was Emma Boynton which he was By-Elections in Newfoundiand. ST. JOHN F., Feb. 16.—The gov- ernment has issued writs providing for the holding of by-elections at St. John, west, Harbor Grace and Bay Deyerde. Their can didates are Recelver Gengral Scott, Exccutive Chancellor Morris, Prem'er Whiteway and Chairman of the Board of Works Dawe and Survey: neral Weods, The polling will take place March 9. Church and State Wall Kemain One. Archduke Albroiebt VIENNA b, 16.—A dispatch Ares, South Tyrol, says that Archduke Albreicht, who Is suffering from congestion of the lungs, is sinking rapidly and eported Dying. his | Abyssinian Chief Has Killed or | FORMER details of his encounter with Dodjas Wada Grubbra, an Abyssynian ruler, who had ex- terminated or ensblaved the native Gallas and who preventel Dr. Smith and his party from proceeding. The doctor writes: Dodjas. Wada Gubbra proved him-| selt to be one of the funnies and wittiest old men imaginable His wife and daughter and present female | slaves had their eye brows removed and large | crescents tatooed in bluc ink over thelr ey FOUND OUEER PEOPLE African Explorations, PRCGRESS STOFPED BY A NATIVE RULER Made Slaves of the Natives, INHAB TANTS WERE FARMERS Their Fields Are Now for the Most Part Uncultivated, 4 GROUND COV_RED WITH THEIR BONES Discovered a Where o | Rive e Had Cut utitul 1ts W Cavern Through n Mountain—Starting on @ Long Journey, (@opyrighted, 1895, by the Associated Pross.) W YORK, Feb. 16.—The Associated | press has received the following letter from | Dr. A. Donaldson Smith of Philadelphia, in which news of the Lake Rudolph, eastern Africa, expedition is given up to December 14, 1894, The letter is dated from the She- beyli river, near Somoliland. He relates the The do mot cock their meat, but eat it im- ely the animal is Killed. They always conceal their fac ting or drinking, | and the sight of a lot of Abyssynians squatted about a aks thrown | es when e dead bullock with their cl completely over their lieads is very amusing. They have customs. Such a thing as mof is unknown among them. They seem to delight in cruelly treating the many curious slaves, I have frequent N young girls kicked and beaten for quite trifling offenses. “We made a rich discovery on our way south. I had heard of a river that ran un- der o mountain where the great god of the Gallas, Waco, had carved a place for him- self. As we were not far from it, Mr. Gillett and I made an excuse that we wished to shoot elephants,” which abounded there. We made a hard push, and to our surprise discovered the most beautiful subterranean passage it would be possible to imagite. A large tribu- tary of the river Juba had carved a way for itself a mile in length under a mountain. On either side of the stream were great vaulted chambers from!twenty-five to 150 feet high “&nd-supported-on-masaive columns. The-col umns were most ornately carved by the waters and many would form long arched passages. The mountain was hollowed a great distance on the other side of the stream. I have named them the caves of Wyndlawn. “The greater part of our fourney has been through the richest country, from an agri- cultural point of view, I have ever seen, and the climate would suit an European: farmer | exactly. There are signs of much previous cultivation, but little land is cultivated at present. The owners have been killed off, as is evident by the human skeletons lying about. For every village that is inhabited thero are at least six that are without own- ers. All about these villages there are large arcas that were highly cultivated five ye: ago, and even more recently before the Abyssynians grabbed the land and slaughtered the natives. We have a long journey before us and it will probably be several months before we reach Lake Rudolph. “A. DONALDSON SMITH." LOOKING UP HYAMS' RECORD, Possibility that He iias Mado Away with Two Other People. TORONTO, Ont., Feb. 16.—Detectives made a thorough search of the cellar of the ware- house where young Wells was killed and found a chisel and hammer, both blood- stained. They will be used as evidence in the murder charges against the Hyams. The prisoners at the jail occupy separate cells, and, In order to prevent thelr communication with each other, have been assigned to separate corridors. About twelve years ago Harry Hyams ran an auction room at St. Catherine’s, Ont. While there he paid at- tention to a young lady named Miss Wil- liams and afterward married her. Her father was wealthy and soon after the wedding died suddenly, leaving a considerable portion of his wealth to his daughter, Harry Hyams' wite. Nothing was thought of the death at the time, but recent developments arcused suspiclon. A few years after Wil- ligms' death, and Hyams afterward married Hyams, died, and Hyams afterward married Wells' sister, as previously stated, la BIDS FOR A PACIKIC CABLE Britishers Figuring on a Route to Only on Hritlsh S , Ont, Feb, 16. made by Sanford Touch 1 The Fleming, tenders received for the construction of the or’ which w. was analysis, of Pacific cable, has been sent to the different colonial governments. For route No. 1, which seems to be the one which will have to be adopted in the event of arrangements falling through with Hawall for a landing place on the Hawailan archipelago, the lowest offer, including the maintenance for three years, is £1,517,000. This is for a speed capacity of twelve words per minute. The route in question is entirely within British territory and would run from Vancouver island to Fanning island, Fiji, Norfolk island with branches from Norfolk island to New Zealand and New South Wales, For the adjustment of detalls Mr. Fleming suggests that a joint commission be appointed to as- semble in London, consisting of three com- missioners, to represent Canada and one to Australia and New Zealand represent con Jointly. s United Staies Bonds ot o Premivm LONDON, Feb. 16.~In its financial article today the Times says that American bonds were yesterday freely dealt in and prices at oe time touched 1% premium. At the close the premium was 1%, Musician. % to an Americn VIENNA, Feb. 16.—~The Soclety of Friends of Music today elected Anto'ne Dvorak, di- rector of vhe National Cons atory of Musio of New York, as an honorary member. Peasunts buried by an Avalanche. VIENNA, Feh. 16.—An avalanche buried several peasants at Borszescow, Galicia, All THE BEE BULLETIN, Weather Forecast for Omaha and Vicinity Falr; Continued Warmer; Westerly Winds. Page. 1. Rosebory Safo Until Spring, at Least. crmans Want a Silvar Conterence. Strange Peopls Found in Sitver Comes Up in tho Sen: General Leficlenc Apy w Taylor's Thefts Were ¢ iro.ds May Break Peace Again, 3. Hion 18 in a Deep Hote Now Hetief Luws Are Social Senation at Beat Royalty Knjoys the Cold W 4. Last Week In Local Society, 5. Plans for a New Athletie Club. Mark Wild's Charges Fall Flat Barbacous Pantshment tn Hawall, Coancil BiufMa 1 Matters. Affairs at Sonth Omabia, 7. Buffalo Vil's Next Wild West, Ineident in the Life of Remenyl her. 6. £ County Commissioners on Salari 10. Roek Tslana Express Robhe On 010 Oecan During w Blizzard, 11, Woman: Her Ways and fer Worlds Eaitorial an vernment Control of ' Churchiil on the Mos Home Industry Banquet Avpraisemont Methods Among the Chu v ot Omah's Jobbing Tr Sl and Finaneial News. # of tho Live Stock Market. Goorge Washington's Several Portraits e Was Also n Poctaste Coren St Comment. egraph. Contract. Arrange Aro Denounced. 1 ches of the Cit 15, de. Condiny Comn Feutu 16, 17, 18, |10, 20. kes o K « orn IS ent. Boys' and Weekly ¢ Chironic par t of Sporting Gossip. of Count Antonio—1V. INTA FL PASSENGER WRECKED, Sumber of Persons Injured but No One Killed. PITTSBURG, Kan., Feb. 16.—The regular anta Fe passenger train was wrecked just outside the city limits this evening, and several of the passengers inju None of | them, it is thought, will die. After being re- moved from the wreek, the injured passen- gers were distributed over the city, making it impossible to get an accurate list of those hurt. As far follows: Conductor Ram as obtainable the list is as y, Internall mashed. injured. George Davis, a Miss Bertha broken timber , leg Garver, Doy side punctured by and otherwise badly injured Under Sheriff Hi Adsit, both legs broken, arm dislocated, cut about the face. Mrs. Dr. M. E. Johnson, leg broken, face and body badly cut. Son of Mrs. injured internally, body mashed and ear cut off. Joe Ennis, leg broken, cut about and appears to be injured internally. Miss Laura James, leg both broken; ugly hole in her head. The accident occurred just outside the city limits, at the junction of the Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific and the Kaneas City, Mem- phis & Gulf roads. A Missourl Pacific coal train was switching, and the engineer looked back for sigi failing to see the ap- proaching Santa Fe passenger going north. The coal train struck the tender of the Fe, the train except Johnson, the face and arms als, Santa throwing entire passenger the engine to the bottom of a fiftecn foot embankment, Every person on the Santa Fe (rain was mcre or less injured that nobody was killed. were removed as quickly as D houses in the neighborhood and cared for. The wrecked train was the regular Santa Fe passenger, arriy here at 5:05 to Girard. The passenger list was fortunately light. So far the wonder injured ible and The is to the which and returns as learned none of the crew with the excep- of injured. crews responsibility for the It is sald the Mis- eng neer signalled for the cross- Santa train tion Both mishap on Conductor the other. Ramsay were put the souri Pacifl ing before the the Fe was within regulation distance. -— ANXIOUS FOR PLACE, Chlnn Sends Ber Foremost Two Iignitaries to Troat with Japan. CHEFO00, Feb. 16.—All the forelgners who were serving with the Chinese forces at Wei- Hal-Wei except the Americah John Wilde, alias Howie or Harvie, have been set free. Wilde is the man who was arrested by the Japanese at Kobe, aboard the French steamer Sydney, with Cham Taa Moore, formerly in- terpreter for the Chinese legation at Wash- ington, and an Englishman named Chameron on a charge of being engaged In a plot to de- stroy Japaneso warships by means of tor- pedoes.He and his two companions were re leased on taking oath to do nothing to as sist the Chinese during the pending war. It is reported that Li Hung Chang, one of the new Chinese peace envoys, is on his way to Port Arthur, where he Is to meet envoys appointed by Japan and arrange for the cessation of the war. It Is sald here that Russia and England will ofier 1o mediate g peace between China and Japan. A report is in clreulation here that the foreign representatives at Peking are again appre- hensive of trouble, and have ordered guards to be brought up from their respective war ships at Tien-Tsin for the protection of the legationa. LONDON, Feb. 16.—This afternoon's Pall Mall Gazette prints a dispatch from Chefoo repeating the statement that Admiral Ting, the Chinese naval commander at Wel-Hal- Wel, committe on account of the reverses to the Chinese forces. The dis- patch adds that Commodore Liu and General Chang have also taken their for the same reason WEI-HAI-WEI, Feb. 16.—The Japanecse forces are now in complete occupation of the island of Liu Kiang Tao, in the bay here, th forts which were the last to hold out against the victorious Japanese flets, has sulcide own lives on Mexico Has Cone Nothing. CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 16.—Guatemalan Minister De Leon is confined to his bed by a slight illness. The negotiations between Foreign Minister Mariscal and Guatemalan Minister De Leon continue most slowly. It is untrue that they are discussing the amount of indemnity to be pald by Guatemala and that Guatenala concedes that an indemnity and apology s due Mexico, Mexico has not receded one fota from her original demands outlined by Diaz in his message opening con as Bress, n Canada Aro ¥ OTTAWA, Feb. 16.—Th: gov.roment has re- | ceived notice from the Treasury department at Washington stating officially that broon- sticks wers on the United States free list In view of the Unted States declsion a ree ommendation has gone to the council for the death 1s bourly expected, were suffocated, HILL AS A SILVERITE Debate on His Resolution Consumed the Day in the Senate, ASSAILED BY THE COLORADO SENATORS Denouncad as a Deooy Move of the Gold Monom:etallists, NEW YORKER DECLARLS FUR BIMETALLISM ys Colorato Renators Would Rad Silver Monometallism, o Ugto TELLER ARRAIGNS THE AUMINISTRATION Claims Are Grounds 1 There for Charging Dishonesty In the 1 suction— Ineffectunl Effort to Take Up the Agricaliural Bl WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—A storm of finane clal debate swept over the senate today, ex= ceoding in intensity any discussion the upper branch of congress has had in days., It was brought on by Mr. Hill's advocacy of many his resolution, defining the policy of the government for bimetallism and for paying its obligations In the best money in use, The New York senator spoke with his usual r, and was closely followed in his pro- al for sustaining the national credit by declaration of poliey to the werld, But Mr. Hill's speech was merely the warning note of the storm. He was followed by Mr, Wolcott of Colorado, Lodge of Massuehusetts, and later by Mr. Teller of Colorado, in the most scathing donunciation and arrajgnment of the administraticn for its recont bond contract with the Rothschills and other ign bankers. Mr. Wolcott made a di- t and personal eriticlsm of the president. r. Lodge was more temperate, but quite as svere in his personal arraignment of the president, declaring the recent bond cons tract was the blackest act in the history of American finance. Mr. Teller added to the flood of criticism on the recent acts of the administration. Mr. Hill replied briefly and with spirit. He declared that a futile effort was being made to arralgn the presi- dent’s administration for its appeal to the Rothschilds, while as a matter of fact, for- mer republican administrations had sold bonds to the same foreign financiers. Mr. Hill declared the president and the secre- tary of the treasury had secured the best terms possible. The senator closed his speech by reading the Associated pross cable from Germany announcing the proposition of Germany to convene another intcrnational monetary conference. No action was taken on the Hill resolution, and a rencwal of the financial discussion is expected on Monday, Mr. Vilas having already given notice of a speech. The rest of the day was given to the agrl= cultural appropriation bill. Mr. Dubols, republican of Idaho, presented a telegram from Phoenix, Ariz, which at- tracted attention in view of the effort about. to be made to secure the admission of Arizona and New Mexico to statehood. It re« clted that at a meeting of republicans of Arizona it was unanimously resolved that the repu'lie-n sentiment of the tarit ry was “un- equivoeally In favor of the admission of Arizona to statehood at the present session of congress,” and republican senators were requested to aid the bill for admission. ALLEN ASKS INFORMATION. Mr. Allen, populist of Nebraska, presented a resolution which was agreed to, calling on the sccretary of the treasury for a list of the national banks wiicn had been depos- itories of public funds during the last ten years, the Interest, terms of contract, ete, Mr. Hill's resolution, which announces the policy of the government to be bimetallism and the payment of gold obligations in the best money available, then came up. Mr. Sherman offered a substitute, declaring that the policy of the government should bs toward maintaining the parity between the two metals, so that every dollar should be equal to every other dollar. Should thers be any disturbance in the parily, taen bonds should be paid in standard gold cof Mr. Wolcott, republican of Colorado, moved to lay both the resolution and the sabstitute on the table. Mr. Hill replied to Mr. Wolcott in another plea for his resolution. In closizg he daclared himself an earnest bimetallist and hoped to sce the restoration of silver succecd. He waw rejolced to read an Assoclated press dispatch Just received from Berlin announcing that action had been taken looking toward the res habilitation of silver. Mr. Hill was accorded close attention as he proceeded with great vigor nnd earnestness. | ‘This declaration of the policy of the governs ment should receive the support of every senator,” sald Mr. Hill, “unless there sits about this clrcle a gold monometallist or silver monometallist. I lave few words fop them. But assuming that a scnator is for bimetallism, then this declaration of policy embodies his views. It 1s a safe and a proper solution for the present emergency.' Mr. Hill said the resolution first announced the true policy of the government that our efforts should be turned toward the age complishment of bimetallism, ALL PARTIES HAVE ENDORSED “I need not remind both that this is what they ceeded. “It 18 of supreme moment, as I political parties profess,’ he pro- sald Mr. Hill, “that we should declare to the country and to the world that It is not our policy to maintain the single gold standard or the single standard of silyer.” Mr. Hill said on general financial quess tlons congress was further apart now tham it was six months ago. The proposition for gold bonds on one hand was met by the proposition for unlimited silver colnage on the other hand. What had become of the proposition to redeem the greenbacks .xx the financial plans? “But in the condition fnaction,” proceeded Mr. Hill, “congress can at least take this one step that will assure the world that although we may have our hands tied on these varlous measures, our honds may be taken with full assurance that they will be paid by the best money in use,* Mr. Hill said there was prospect of a ther fssue of bonds. “Let us then keep down the interest. What could either party gain by inaction on this subject, by bringing on a panic the coming summer and bringing congress back to Washington again for fure ther leglslation?" Mr. Hill closed with an eloquent peroration maintaining the national honor At least we can say,”’ sald he, “that this congress is not committed to gold; that we 1ol will proceed steadlly toward the realization of bimetallism; that we will maintain our national honor and credit by paylug our obe | ligations in the best money in us adoption of reciprocity in this matter, Mr. Wolcott, republican of Colorado, whe