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R Rt SRR N ) F pt P T T T P T T R PART 1 HED JUNE GENEROSITY HAS END Great Britain Deolares Abrogation of Olay- | ton-Bulwer Treaty Quite Enough. AMERICA HAS NO RIGHT TO EXPECT MORE | Imbroglio Between Holland and Portugal Not Likely to Go so Faras Actual War. | BRITISH CONCERN DEEPER THAN SURFACE Visit of Channel Fleet to Harbor of Lisbon Muoh More Than Mere Accident. FRANCE AND SPAIN REGARD IT AS MENACE | | London Diplomatic Look for Settlement o Trouble for Some Month at the Very Earllest. LONDON, Dee. 8.~The Nicaragua eroates only mild interest ia England. The ) long cable dispatches dealing with the | probable action of the United States senate say Its deliberations are read by the gen- eral public with comparatively little In- terest. The report that the British gov- ernment has in any way indicated its willingness to accept the amended treaty 1s uttorly false. In fact, the indlcations, such as they are, point to Great Britain refus: ing to consider any amendment as to what | the foreign office already belleves to be n: enerous concession .';"u quote a high authority: “We would pot have abrogated the Clayton-Bulwer | treaty for any other nation in the world. Unless all the traditions of British forelgn polley are reversed I fail to see how we can afford to give away any more advan tages, even to Americ No official representation or inquiries have yet been made to the forelgn offic where it is pointed out that it is impos sible (o form any final judgment until the senate acts. That war or even a scrious misunderstanding could ever result from such a cause carries no public or official credence. Brittah Fleet at Lisbon. Though the trouble betwen Holland and Portugal can scarcely resuli in war, it is far more serious and interesting than gen- erally understood here. Great Britain is concerned In the affair more deeply than | appears cn the surtace, for the Assoclatel Press learns that It 1s due to a British protest to Portugal that the exequateur of Herr Pott, the Dutch consul at Lourenzo Marquez, was withdrawn, and the visit of the powerful British fleet to Portugueso waters is something more than a colnci- dence. The Lisbon press frankly declaves It was Intended as & warning demonstra- tlon to other natlons to keep thelr hands oft Portugal “The British ofcials also do not hesitate o admit thelr government's readiness to back up the action which Portugal took at its request. Hence, Holland can do little more than gracefully make the best of a bad job, unless she receives the support of some of the great powers, which Is a very remote contingency, The temporary withdrawal of The Netherlands' minlster at Lisbon and the Portugal minister at The Hague, though officlally belittled, is the sequence of serious friction, the detalls of which were known to the British secretary of state for foreign affairs, the marquls of Lansdowne, some weeks ago. Stroke of Aggressive Diplomacy. The unusual action of sending the whole Pritish channel squadron to Lisbon fs re- garded by those who have inside informa- tlon as belug one of the boldest and most guccesstul strokes of aggressive diplomacy in recent history. With Great Britain showing such a strong hand the absent n.inisters are likely to return to their posts shortly, and the incident probably will produce an effective illustration that an alllance exists between Portugal and Great Eritain. It was effected when the question of landing South African troops at Beira, Portuguese South Africa, came up and was announced at the time in these dispatches, In this connection it is interesting to note that the French press regards the whole Afiair as a fresh menace to France and that the Spanish papers interpret it similarly as regards thelr own country. Chinese Situation Complicated. The Chineso problem fs so wrapped up in contradictory dlspatches and so com- plicated by the multitude of notes and amendments thereto that even the keenest diplomats frankly confess they scarcely know how the situation stands. From one of those particularly interested In the American plans for Chine it Is learned that | the negotintions going on at all the capi- | tals may be summed up as an effort to| get the Chinese court to return to Pekin. At last the powers seom to realize that all the able notes they could have formulated are not worth the paper they are written on until the powers are in touch with the Chiness court. Providing this is accom- | plished, which it is now hoped will be the | caso, the powers are willing to make the question of reparation secondary to the | establishment of a stable form of Chinese government. When this is done the ques- | tion of indemnity will come up. The | method of its exaction has not been de- clded, though all agree that it cannot be secured territorially | Judging from the negotiations between | Mr. Choate, the United States ambassador and the marquis of Lansdowne, Secretary Hay's suggestion that the powers coufer at “Brussels or some other place,” Is not likely to meet with the acceptance of Great Britain. The other Kuropean n tions, £o far as heard from, are inclined to give their representatives at Pckin a fairly free hand and dread the additional complications which they believe a con- gress of the powers would entail. Other wise Mr. Hay's latest propositions recelve on the wholo general approval and promise to form the basls for an eventual settlement. While the activity of the ne- gotlations is not likely to 1ag within the next fow weoeks, It Is the belief of those best informed that they will not or rather can- not result In anything definite until the mintsters are positively in touch with the | Chinese court. There is no attempt here | to conceal the fact that in the efforts to | achlove this important concessions from the original attitude of the powers' conces- slons have been made to China. | | Wyndham Returned Unopposed, LONDON, Dec. S.—George Wyndham, tormerly parllamentary under secretary of the War ofice, has becn re-elected to the House of Commons from Dover, without opposition. Mr. Wyndham was returned from Dover unopposed In the general elec- tion just hold, but bad to agaln appear betore his constituents on his appointment a8 chief secretary for Ireland, in succession to Gerald Balfour, who was appointed presi- dent of the Board of Trade, [viegram | the | (Copyright, 19, 1 WHY CHAMBERLAIN CHANGED fow Affnirs in South Africn Affected the Polley of the English Statexman, by Press (New York World Ca Telegram.)—The special intermation by eable during the last month regurding the extreme gravity of the situa tior. in South Africa was fully corroborated last night by Mr. Chamberlain's admissions in the House of Commcns and his sudden change of policy. A dispatch of November that a famine throughout the Transvaal and the Orange Free Stato was inevitable That was the first public intimation of any such a calamity. The House of Commons vas amazed and appalled last night when Mr. Chamberlain said: “I am prepared to admit that we are face to face with a pos- #ibility of something like # famine in con- sequence of the destruction caused.” The information the fear that Mr. Chamberlain's policy of concilia n bhas been adopted too late. The evil has been done. It appears that the in- oradicable racial animosities have been aroused to such a pitch that they cannot be overcome except through the supremacy of the suppressed Dutch majority which Etgland will not listen to. Mr. Chamberlain does not fully belleve in such professions of conciliation as he makes. His rellance is on the separating of the Orange Free State from the Trans- vaalers by offering better terms to the former. But raclal unity 18 a sacred pas- slon with the Dutch and no wedge can be introduced The present violent eruption of .Dutcl feeling in Cape Colony also was foretold by American press advices, when the Brit- fsh press was representing that th risis was past and that an era of pacification had arrived Lord Kitchener, not content with a rigor- ous censorshlp, has expelied from the so- called new colonies—the Transvaal and the Free State—all newspaper correspondents pt Reuter's. ry week the war drags on makes tho prospect worse. Even it England could afford to be indifferent to the moral strain und the financial responsibilities involved, mineowners, panic-stricken at Mr. Chamberluin's plain hint that the general wealth of the “new colontes will be drawn upon to the bill," may drive the cap- italists who provoked the war to arms. TEMPERANCE MOVE INLONDON Trast Forming Control Saloons und Divert Profit to Public Utility Purpose. (Copyright, 1900 LONDON 24 announced now justifies , 100, by Press Publishing Co.) Dec. 8.—(New York World Ca- | peclal Telegram.)—Rudyard Kip- | liug has come out as a strong advocate of temperance. Writlng on the subject he says: “So far as I could see In South Africa it did not matter what sort of spirits a man fancled, because there was not the least danger of his getting more than was good for him. On the other hand, men who could do without liquor, who d1d not fancy they needed to flood their insides every two or three hours, got on better than the men who, through meré ~physical Incontinence and carelessness, were constantly sucking thelr water bottles. “In this, as in all things, the man who s temperate in the full sense of the word sur- vives. A novel saloon trust scheme is being started here by temperance reformers, headed by Earl Grey. Under it every new license granted by the authoritites will be acquired. The profits from the saloons be- yond 4 per cent will be applied to objects of publie utility. The London county council had to pur- chase sixty saloon licenses in buying prop- erty to cut & new thoroughfare from Hol- born to the Strand, and the saloon trust proposes to acquire these to begin with. Lord Roberts’ testimony to the value of temperance has caused the foundation of the ““Bobs league,” A new temperance orgeniza- tion which s to be inaugurated by enter- taining “Bobs” on his return at a public banquet without an Intoxicating drink. CUTTING OFF THEIR BEER British Booze Consumers Are Flght- ing Shy of the “Suda" Just at Present. (Copyright, 1900, LONDON, by Press Publishing Co.) Dec. 8.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—The beer poi- | soning epidemic, of which 2,000 cases with | ninety-elght deaths have occurred in the Manchester district, {8 now making its ap- pearance in London—at least numerous cases of peripheral neuritls, a characteristic of arsenical poisoning which the doctors at- tribute to other sources, are now traceable to beer. In selt-defense the brewers whose beer was poisoned by improperly prepared sugar have destroyed the entire brew. It is estimated that 350,000 gallons of beer have been poured down the eewers. But public confidence has been severely shaken in the national beverage, the consumption of which has fallen 70 per cent. MORAL INFLUENCE OF DRAMA Mrs. Kendall Tells of the Good Work that Has Been Done by 1900, by Publishi: LONDON, Dec. 8.—(New York World Cublegram—Special Telegram.)—Mrs, Ken- aall, defending the moral influences of the drama, says: ‘‘Many concrete instances of (Copyrigh its beneficial effect have come within my | own knowledge. Imagine my Publisting Co.) | pride when | playing in “The Squire’ I received a letter | ned by a man and woman. ceen the play, and, thank God, the follow ing day they went warried in my crown of work."” MARCONI'S LATEST SCHEME Would Use Telegraph to Keep in Touch with Ships Around the World. 190, by Press Publishing (o) LONDON, Dec. 8.—(New York World Ca- blegram — Spectal Telegram.) — Marcon! claims to have completed a scheme by the erection of wireless telegraphy instruments | along the coasts to keep in continuous touch with ships practically (he who e way between Australia and the far east at 4 cents a word, compared with $2.40, the toll now pald to | yareqret the Antipodes. LONDON IS NOT THEIR HOME . Taking Up ¥ Deny Intention of t Abode Any rmane England, 199, by Press Pul'ishing Co) PARIS, Dec. 5.—(New York World Cable- gram—Special Telegram.)—The Count and Countess Boni de Castellane deny any in- tention of settling In London permanently. Boni sald: “We go to England yearly at the height of the season. This time our stay will be no longer than usual.”” (Copyright, They had | into & church and got | That 1s one of the brighest stars | OMAHA, WILL TELL THEM WHY Count Von Fuelow to Address Reichstag Ooncerning Kruger's Non-Reception, EMPEROR'S COURSE AROUSES D.SCUSSION | France's Reception to Boer President Char- aoterized as Wholly Hypocritical, DINGLEY TARIFF THREATENED BY GERMANY | Cologne Zsitung Discovers Venomous Feel- ing on Part of American Republicans, GREAT PROGRESS OF POLES CAUSES ALARM Attacks on re Agrarians Make Bitter Imperial Chancellor and Dec Him Without an Acre and Without Grain, BERLIN, Dec. 8.-Mr. non- reception here and the reasons leading thereto will be made the subject of an intorpellation in the Reichstag early the coming week. The imperial chancellor, Count von Buelow, will The excitement on the subject is deep and far-reaching, as evidenced by today's Die Kruger's atfon, which contains an article by Prof. | heodore Momsen, who approves of Em- peror William not recelving the Boer statesmen as being more dignified and more just than it he received him and then confessed his powerlessnes to avert the South African tragedy, which is going ou towards the final act. The Vossische Zeltung takes a similar view and says that “hypocritical France, which is seeking to embroll Germany with England, would have left Germany in the lurch, probably confederating with England against Germany after succeeding in rup- turing the bonds ot Anglo-German friend- An cditorial article in the Kreuze Zeltung on the subject of President McKinley's re- cent message to ‘congress is significant as expressing the views and aims of the mod- erate German agrarians, It says: ‘It does not matter if the Americans lose the German meat trade, since American food exports to Germany will enormously in crease, n fact which Is watched anxiously in Germany, Austro-Hungary and Switzer- land. It Germany, In the projected treatles, imitates the Dingley tariff, how can the Americans complain. It only be an act of selt-defense.” The article then proceeds to enumerate the many apparent unfairnesses in the tarift relations with the United States. The Cologne Volks Zeltung, the leading centrist organ, acknowledges the ceaseless attempts of Ambassador White to the peace betwaeen the two countries, but claims his efforts are poohpood and frus- trated by the republican jingoes in Amer- fea, who are particularly venomous toward German Germany Fenrs Progress of Pole: The Ofcial Berliner Correspondenz, in a long serles of articles headed “The Polish Danger’’ reviews the recent enormous prog ress of the Poles, politically and economl! cally, and their numerical increase as show. ing imminent danger that the provinces of Posen, West Prussia, East Prussia and Up- per Silesia will become entirely. Slavicized in spite of all the government measures taken agalnst such a result and tne Polization of a large number of districts within the Industrial provinces of the Rhiue. Some of the papers have taken up the sub- ject, claiming it 1s not a danger for Prussia only, but for entire Germany. In govern- ment circles it is concurrently reported that Fmperor William intends to inaugurate a systematle, carefully planned anti-Polish campalgn, for which he wants a strong na- tional supporting element. The correspondent of the Assoclated Press was officially informed that the reports sincs 1897 show o uniform decrease of Germans in the Polish provinces in spite of the Ger- man colonization fund of 200,000,000 marks and the strong government Influences. An officlal of the Japanese legation in- formed the correspondent of the Assoclated Press that the latest advices Indicated that the re-establishment of peace with China 1s quickly coming since the condi- tions have been moderated by the powers. Agrarian Attacks on Von Buelow. The first gun in the campalgn of abuse against Von Buelow was fired this week by the agrarians of West Prussia, who referred to the imperial chancellor as they did to | Caprivl, as being a man “without an acre and without grain.” there give voice to etrongly expressed sus- | pleion ot Count von Buelow as “having no | heart for suffering German argiculture.' The Foreign office here formally confirms the statements that the remaining minor polnts of the Pekin joint note have been settled. An inspired article in today's Cologne Gazette, detalling the contents of the note, substantially agrees with what has been | printed on the subject in America. The correspondent of the Assoclated Press learns from a private source that Emperor | Willlam will send a speclal envoy shortly to take a tour of the notable American stock farms with the view of buying saddle and carriage horses for the imperial stable. Hitherto the court has purchased exclu- sively in Hungary and England Kalser Wilhelm's Census Return, The emperor filled out his census formula, saying his business was “German emperor and king of Prussia.’’ Frank H. Mason, the United States consul general here, and Mrs. Mason gave a dinner Tuesday to prominent members of tho American colony. The distinguished vio- linist, Windust, and his sister played. Major John B. Kerr, the Unfted States | military attache, was presented to Emperor Willlam at a special audience at Potsdam today Mrs. Frank W. Mahin, wife of United States Consul Mahin, and her daughters are bere for the winter. Prof. B. 8. Pettyjohn of Chicago is here. Mr. Van Brunt, the architect, with his family, has been here for some weeks. At today's session of the trial of the wealthy Berlin banker, Sternberg, charged with an offense agalnst morality, cher, who was summoned from New York, where she had become Mra. Miller, testified at length. money was in favor of the defendant, but she admitted having received large sums of money from Sternberg. The Berlin Bar association gave formal notice today that it will take proceedings against Herr Sello, the leading lawyer for the defence, for suspiclous doings in the Sternberg case. Kipling Goes to South Afriea. LONDON, Dec. 8.—Mr, and Mrs. Rudyard Kipling left Southampton this morning on board the steamer Tantallon Castle on thelr way to South Africa, SUNDAY MORNI positively reply. | would | Keep | The agrarian leaders | Her testi- | N( T PANAMA EXPERTS COMPLAIN People in Paris Dislike the Idea Amerien Constructing the of (Copyright, iblishing Co.) TARIS, Dee w York World Ca blegram—Special Telegram.)—The report of the United States Interoceanic Canal com- mission created consternation throughout France. That such a report was unanimous 1s past the understanding of French engl- neers, who profess to be convinced that the Panama route fs the better. It is expected here that the American congress will rush a bill of appropriation fore March 4 to mecure credit for t il enterprise. | Theretore the Panama/ & Saay considers | it has recelved its df & Slow and thou- sands of Frenchmen £ & Surning the loss of their capital, A0 Captain Nathan S08EHon, the Panama expert, formerly 66 gedon and a friend of DeLosseps, In aps™ Tylew virulently crit- feised the repo e sald “The ab- | surdity of this hing document and fts | conclusions gl§' Fough every line. 1t fs | evident the fon was hypnotized by the ,m«xunu&.q state ownership, which ten years hence at the first dispute. on't amount to anything “The vital fact that the Panama is the sole, route where a tide level canal is possible seems to have escaped our won- derful experts. Thelr 700 feet of docks won't allow half of the ships of the future to pass through. At Nicaragua harbors must be created at each end, while good ports exist in Panama besides a useful rail- | road. “How Admiral Walker could allow the work already done at Panama to be esti- mated at $32,000,000 is beyond me. 1 dety anybody to figure it worth less than $85,- 400.000; in fact, $100,000,000 would be nearer correct. “Moreover, unassailable documents prove that the Nicaragua canal will cost a mini- mum of $200,000,000. With the unforeseen | drawbacks and Jobbery the United States taxpayers may count upon paying $260,000,- 000 for a canal Inferior in every way to what they could get fn Panama at half the price and enjoy in half the time ) STATUE TO A CHIMPANZEE Grenoble to Immortalize in Bronxe the Fame of Charlemagne, the Monkey. (Copyright, 190, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 8.—(New York World Cable- gram—Special Telegram.)—The municipal council of Grenoble has voted a large ap- propriation to erect a bronze statue of the tamous chimpanzee Charlemagne, who bas just dled there. He was brought to Greno- ble by Explorer Maryotte, and for nine years had enjoyed the freedom of the town, being allowed to enter every home and to help himself to anything in the vegetable {and fruit shops. Charlemagne, who was perfectly tame, | dressed like a laborer, though he preferred to travel on all fours. He used to sit with the card players in the cafes, or by the fishermen at the river bdnk by the hour, looking to be the wisest and most sedate crony among them. Five years ago ho rescued & child who had fallen in a well by olug down und climblug back by the Lelp of the rope and the projections of the wall. | Nobedy was present but the drenched child, who told the story. Charlemagne was also |a great favorite at the children’s hospital. | There he spent hours playing in the differ- ent wards with infinite Kindness. His fu- neral was attended by the whole population. | Only one other French clity possesses a monument erected in memory of an animal | | by a loving public. This is Mantargis, where | | there is a bronze dog cited in all the guide books as the Mantargis dog. His master MG bakp murdarads S TREAG0RNEREY ) the assassin all the night, fencing him in a | vacant lot and preventing his escape. The dog was mortally stabbed, and both he and | the murderer died from their wounds the | next day. {SLEEP DROWSY DAYS AWAY i e City in ¥French Seneganl Country Where the Inhabitants Can- not Keep Awake. 11('1\[’)‘!‘15{'1(, 1900, by Press Publishing Co.) | PARIS, Dec. 8.—(New York World Cable- gram—Special Telegram.)—Explorer Jacques Dabcn, lecturing before the Geographical | soctety, described a strange city fn the "l-'r(-nrh Senegal colony once busily pros- | perous, but now almost abandoned. Some gradual change in the climate or s0il has caused increasing drowsiness. Most {of the inhabitants slept twenty hours dally. | Some even fell asleep while walking, and many have slept to death, their friends | inding it impossible to arouse them even | efter several days of uninterrupted leth- argy. The explorer states that neither himselt nor the colonfal doctors were able to dis- | cover the real cause of the phenomenon. HIS WIFE WAS UNREASONABLE Dreton Sallor Commits Sulclde Be- cause of the Birth of M Thirteerth Child | (Copyright," 190, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Deo. 8.—(New York World Cable- gram—Special Telegram.)—Yves Kermas, Breton sallor, the original of Pierre Lotl's Yves iu tlig novel entitled “Mme. Chrysan- themum,” who was already the father of twelve children, committed suicide at the moment the thirteenth was born. Kermas, who was exceedingly poor, had a hard time rearing his family, and often spoke desnond- ently. A letter he left contains the folow- ing passage “There seems to be no end of this thing | 80 long as I am alive, 50 I am going. I have been a slave long enough anyway. Adieu | wife. Do the best you can. I had warned you that I wouldn't stand one above a| dozen.” CROKER UNDER THE KNIFE| Another uncle Cut from His Neck by a Celebrated London Specialist, (Copyright, 1900, by Press Publishing +%o.) LONDON, Dec. 8.—(New York World Ca- | blegram—Special Telegram.)—Richard Cro- | ker underwent another operation this week for the removal of a carbuncle from his neck just in front of the thorax. Mr, Cro- | ker, who has been considerably run down of late, is elowly improving. He had a leading London specialist down at Wantage to per- form the operation, keeping the physician there at great expense for three da; CALVE ENJOYS HER OUTING | Senas Wora from Egypt that Wer Trip | will result in the | Americans for their greetin THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. 1900—-TWENT LAST HOPE IS DASHED Even Holland Will Not Intervene in Behalf of the Boers, THE HAGUE DECIDES TO KEEP HANDS OFF | Dutch Government Will Not Offer to Arbi- trate in South African Trouble, QUEEN WILHELMINA RECEIVES MR. KRUGER Only Two Other Persons Were Present at the Audience Granted to Late President. 0OM PAUL TOLD NOT TO LOOK FOR AID General Dewet Sald to Be in Tight Place and it Will He Almost a Mirncle if He Succeeds in Ex- tricating Himnsel ANTWERP, Dec. 8.—A speclal dispatch fiom The Hague says Holland has no in- tention to intervene or to arbitrate in the Transvaal troubles. In Recelved by the Queen. THE HAGUE, Dec. 8.—Queen Wilhelmina received Mr. Kruger in audience today. As the Boer statesman was traveling incognito the visit was not attended by the ceremony usually pald to a chief of state. A court official proceeded to his hotel and accom- panled Mr. Kruger to the royal palace in a state carrlage. Dr. Leyds received Mr. Kruger at the door of the pi but was not present at the audience. Mr. Kruger wore a black coat, over which was a broad sash of the Transvaal colors | and the grand cross of the Netherlands lion. Dr. Leyds wore a diplomatic uniform. The visit lasted a quarter of an hour. The queen, queen’s mother and Mr. Kruger alone were present. The latter thanked the queen for placing the crulser Gelderland at his dieposal. The crowds in the streets cheered warmly Mr. Kruger LONDON, Dee. 8.—A speclal dispatch from The Hague says it 1s reported that Mr. Kruger is seeking to obtaln a conference with Lord Salisbury. PARIS, Dec, 9.—The Echo de Paris' cor- respondent at The Hague says: “The geen sald to Mr. Kruger today: ‘Have confi- dence in God, who will protect you and yours. I will show my friendship when the moment arrives, but not now HAVE DEWET IN TIGHT PLACE Boer Commander Will Need All His Strategy to Extricate Mis Force. ALIWAL NORTH, Cape Colony, Dec. T.— General Dewet appears to be in a most dan- gerous position and to need all his strategy | to extricate his force. WIith strong Brit- i#h columns on three sides and two swollen rivers barring his front, the British com- manders begin to hope that Jhe great chase by four columns, which has been one of the | the most exciting operations of the war, capture of Definite news of his whereabouts was first received December 2. The next morning General Knox started in hot pursuit and Plicher'c and Herbert's columns were detached to make a turning movement. After three hours' march General Knox learned that during the night Dewet had doubled back past the British sight, necessitating a complete change of plans During the night of December & General Knox encamped on the Cermel farm, the site of the Boer laager, which had evidentty been recently and hurriedly moved. Gen- eral Knox started agaln at caylight, hop- | ing to corner Dewet while crossing Karre- poort drift, but he arrivea too late. The British experienced very great difficulty in following Dewet, owing to the rise in the river, but they succeeded In croesing with- out the 108s of & man or a beast. From that time on the pursuit of the Boers was taken up without baggage, the troops being supplied by foragers, enabling them to make more rapid movements, and keep up touch with the republicans. LONDON, Dec. 8.—~The War office has re- ceived the following dispatch from General Kitchener from Bloomfontein: that Dewet’s force, having fafled to forco Komassie bridge, which we held, treked northeast, abandoned 500 horses and many carts. His attempt on Cape Colony, therefore, has falled. He is being pressed on all sides.” KRUGER CABLES HIS THANKS Boer President Sends Expression of His Gratitude to All Sympa- thizers in Americn. ‘W YORK, Dec. 8.—The consul general of the Orange Free State has received the foliowing reply to a cablegram of good wishes sent to Paul Kruger by the American Transvaal league: 1 thank the directors of the American Transvaal league and all sympathizing d b thelr kind wishes will' b fulfited, . 0 KRUGER. 00M PAUL'S TEETH ARE BAD Kruger Summons a Dentist Paris to Attend Him at The Hague, from (Copyright, 190, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 8.—(New York World Cable- gram—Special Telegram.)—President Kru- ger hag just summoned to Holland Dr. Ryckert, the well known American dentlst of this city. A letter sent by Kruger's secretary states that the president’s teeth are in such poor order that the doctor had bettor come prepared to stay & week, bring- ing his most modern Instruments Plenty of Mutton. JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 8.—~The Boers have captured 17,000 sheep from a small detachment of British troops in the vicinity of Krugersdorp. IRELAND IS IN A BAD WAY Continued Agitation Has Brought About & Deplorable Condition of Aftairs Again, (Copyright, 190, by Press Publishi DUBLIN, Dec. 8.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The state of Ircland is causing Increasing anxlety to Has Been Delightful and Wil Be wer, [ ixl'opyriuhl. 190, by Press Publishing o) | | PARIS, Dec. 5.—(New York World Cable- gram—Special Telegram.)—Mme, Calve tele- | graphs from Cairo, Egypt, that so far her trip has been delightful. She is preparing to go up the Nile and cross the Arabian the government. Lord Chief Justice O'Brien, in opening the | Munster assizes, deplored the condition of | the country where agitation Is again pro- ducing deplorable effects. It was impossi- ble to let evicted farms in any part of Munster, which he attributed to the whole- sale intimidation of the United Irish league. He predicts things will be worse before desert to Jerusalem in January, the winter is ovel Dewet. | “Have | | Just received news from Knox at Rouxville has | SINGLE THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska rithwest Winds, Fair; Colder; Brisk Page 1 Great Britain Briatles Up Some. Von Dealow W Wilhelmina Fri Santa Fe Opera Mercier Roasted by st Arguments in Town College Losen Dormitory. Affairs at South ¢ t Week In Omuha Soclety, nfts Abuxes the Army Canteen, tdiron Club Hears from Dolliver Coun Biafts 1 Major Ta Horsen at Oakland Rule McCabe Goes to Ticket Broke| Amusements Echoes from Iuside the Chinese Sne ploring Clouds and A Editor 1 Comment. Where Lininger Heard the News. rue to Harvard, Wonderf ermanent Exhibit for Nebraska, Commercial and Financinl News, ir Habits. the Rond Of Track Currents Loeal Tax Books Need Cleansing. Woman: Her Wnys and Whims, an Holt." nl of Nation's € 25 27 28 N Searching Yeaterday: Dew. an an 62 61 B4 B0 44 1 Temperatu: fean Cow aining to Practical Use. (Copyright, 190, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 8.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—The Amer- fcan lariat rendered sigual service ut the Nancy Asylum for the Insane, where two lunatics, @ man and a woman, usually so peaceful that they were employed in the kitchen, suddenly quarreled and cut each other with butcherknives. Then, made fu- rious by the blood, they ran amuck, armed with the terrible weapons, killing one at- tendant and wounding several inmates. The whole establishment was terrorized. The two foaming lunatics were finally corralled in a walled garden, where, being now allled against their hunters, they defled capture. One Alsatlan keeper, who was once a cowboy In the United States, obtalned per- mission to saddle a polo pony and use his lariat, which he had kept as a souvenir. With nearly 200 persons perched on the walls surveying the arena, it was like a bull fight. There were many rushes and counter passes. In ten minutes the man | was laseoed around the neck brought upon his back half etrangled and thus dragged out. The woman who was young, showed ex- ceeding cunning and agllity. The horse r celved a deep cut intended for its rider. | Finally the lariat fell over the woman's shoulders and slipped down, but she was caught by the legs, when the horse gave a sudden Jerk. | violently that she selous. long remained uncon- HUNGARIAN ANTI-TRUST LAW Minister of Commerce Prep Bill to Control Trade Combinations. ng o VIENNA, Dec. 8.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—The Hunga rian minister of commerce {8 drafting leg following Hungarlan industries are domi- nated: Jute, syrups, petroleum, candles, soda, starch, ropes, string, iron, coal, glass chemical products, artificial manure, pa- per, matches and brandy. The bill requires the members to publish the terms of the agreements which consti- tute bases of the trust. Trust accounis | must’ be submitted to an official auditor. of an article to a sum that seriously affects the interests of consumers the government may suspend or abollsh the import dutles on this particular article, thus counteract ing the Influence of the trust by forelgn | competition. The minister of commerce also In cases of necessity may take over the control of a trust whose operations are considered in- Jurlous to the interests of the state, In case of great urgency the government may abso- lutely confiscate the whole trust, compen- sating the individual firms and conducting the industry as a state department. MOTIVES OF VICKERS-MAXIM Firm Secks an Entrance to American Manufacturing. (Copyright, 190, by rress Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 8.—~(New York Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The cision of the Vickers-Maxim company to combine with the Cramps is regarded by the British iron and enginecring trade as de- the shrewdest, most far-seeing firms convinced that this branch of British fn- dustry is destined to be overwhelmed soon by American competition It is stated here that the Vickers-Maxim company's object s to get a sharc of the great expenditures on warships it 18 ex- pected that the United States will make. which s another way of admitting that England's supremacy in shipbuilding doomed. Otherwise they could through their English works. But what the Vickers-Maxim people really fear is | that America is going to have the greatest | share in carrying out the requirements of England’s naval program. That this compete of the Vickers-Maxim stock since mors of consolidation FATE OF “SKIN THE GOAT" Man Connected with Phoenix Park Murders In Now in the Workhou 1900, by 5. (Copyright Publishing Co ) LONDON, Dec. 8.—(New York World Ca- blegram — Specal Telegram,)—"Skin the Goat,” whe drove the Invineiiles to Phoenix | park, 1s mow In the Dublin workhouse. Re- fused admission into the United States he returned here, where he was engaged to ap- pear at scveral music halls in Lancashire, but the authorities interfered and he is now 1- paup: splain the Snub | Kruger. | and was | This tripped the woman so | (Copyright, 100, by Fress Publishing Co.) | islation to control the trusts by which the | In the event of any trust raising the price | Why the Great English Engineering | World | the most startling proof yet afforded that | are | | | 18 | wound business is testified by the buoyaney | the ru- PAGES 1 TO 10. s b o il s o i of COPY FIVE CENTS. OPERATORSONSTRIKE Entire Santa Fe System is Placed Under Ban by Telegraphers, AFFECTS MAIN LINE AS WELL AS BRANCHES Action Taken to Support Demands of Gulf, Oolorado & Banta Fe Division, PRESIDENT RIPLEY DISCUSSES SITUATION Declares That the Men Have Broken Their Coatracts and Will Have to Stay Out. VARIOUS RAILROAD SHO PS MAY BE CLOSE Walkont n the General OMces of the Company nt Topeka Took OMel, by Surprise, but They firta Over Difcultien, CHICAGO, Dy 8.—Most of th operators on the lines of the All"'ll'l:{l:l‘r"r‘;.' peka & Santa Fe rallway system went 'OI " strike today in Support of the strike begun on the Gulf, Colorado & Sauta Fe division on Thursday. Earlier {n the day the men 'A.l'fll out on the western division, but at 4 o'clock it was declded to extend lhlu walkout over practically the entire #ystem, President E, p, Ripley of the Santa Fe road, when he learned of the strike of the main linc operators, sald “These men, having broken their contract and left. our employ without cause nd without notlee, wiil not be re-employed 4 “This action was tak " he col d “‘notwithstanding the fact that the (“:“l:::l‘n'): made a contract with the Operators in the service of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe proper July 1, and with those In servico on |!|l‘ lines west of Albuquerque on November 16 last, under the terma of which they bound :l:‘:l:;;l\l‘fi through their organization to e compan; b P! ‘I‘lu“““"‘r”"l:l y thirty days' notice of any J. M. Barr, third vice president of Santa Fe system, tonight made the f()ll(:w'l:: ‘N"‘l'llh‘”l regarding the strike of operators [ on the Santa Fe lines “The telegraph operators on the | Bystem were called out on strike Tymn‘m':: | of M. M. Dolphin, president of the Order of | Rallway Telegraphers, at 4 o'clook this | fternoon In support of the strike of oper- ators on the Gult line (Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe railroad) of the Santa Fe system, Inaugurated on December 6. As nearly as We now know approximately 60 per cent of tho operators employed quit work in re- 8ponse to the order. JGrievance Only on Guit Line. ‘There was no grievance exlsting be- tween the company and the operators on any of the lines of the system other than the Guit line. The operators employed on the lnes west of Albuquerque were working un- | der an agreement with the company ehtered into on November 15, 1900; the operators employed on the lines east of Albuquerque | (the Guit line not included) were working under an agreement made on July 1, 1900. Under both of these agreements the com- pany was entitled to thirty days' notice of @ desire on the part of the operators to can- cel them. No notice of strike was served ou the company, “We expect to be able to move all passon- ger and through frelght trains without in- terruption. “Operators are being employed to replace the men who quit work." TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 8.--All the Santa Fe cperators of this city but two struck today. By tomorrow thero will not be an operator at work In the city on the Santa Fe, The walkout this afternoon in the general | ofices of the Santa Fe here took the ofelals by surprise. For a time C. G. Sholes, super- Intendent of telegraph, and C. W. Kounz, superintendent of car service, took thelr places at the keys and did the regular work. The officials have not yet decided what ac- tlon to take tomorrow. There 18 consternation among the Santa Fe shopmen of this city as a result of the order of General Manager Mudge throwing them out of employment in cage the strike reached such proportions as to tle up busi- ness. Mr. Mudgo says tho order was-made not s a means of preventing the strike, but merely o prepare the shopmen for what was coming. Mr. Mudge says the strike will probably tle up business to such an extent that the operation of the shops for the time belng would be a useless expense to the company. | Statement from Mannger Mudge. The officials of the Santa Fe here take the situation very coolly. In speaking of | the situation General Manager Mudge sald | tonight About 75 per cent of the operators have quit work. This will mean that about G0 men have walked out. We ant ate no | #pecial trouble in the operation of trains, as most of them are running on time ta x:‘l hedule, \\';' have secured a great muny ew men and new men are ap) or b sitlons, P RRgIEAE tir 5 It I8 our Intention to lay off all men who ‘(Ilr not absolutely neceasary to the opera- tlon of the road.” If It comes to the point | that “the wstrike ' interferes to any extent with the “operations of the road the shops of the company will be closed. If the busi- ness of the road is reduced then it will be sary to reduce expense egraph operators have gone out in le strike and ha hroken thelr with the Santa Fe company, agreement was that no chanke should made unless thirty days' notice was given. When the men leave thelr desks and k this agreement. 'he in J m trouble over 7 e neale was ) for consideration, but the road ngreed arbitration « ules nnd ohs mave Sost Bollt, The rules and d would not agree 1o the rules men and the strike resulted The Santa Fe operators of this city will | hold & meeting tomorrow morning at & o'clock to conslder what further action will be taken. With two exceptions every Santa Fe operator 1s out. Twenty operators wers brought here from Chicago last night by the officlals In anticipation of the strike, but none of them wont to work. Dispatches received here indicate that every office west of Topeka Is closed. This Includes the offices on the branches west of Albuquerque. Four operators betwe here and Kaneas City have not yet been reached by the Order of Rallroad Telegraph- ers, but will be tomorrow and the strike will then be complete. The officlals of the Santa Fe declded in conference tonight that the shops here would be closed on Monday morning until further orders. General Manager Mudgo says the shops will be closed until the af- fairs of the road get back in thelr normal condition. The order throws over 2,000 men out of employment 8T. LOUIS, Dee. 8.—~The strike of the members of the Order of Railrond Teleg- | rephers, which began several days ago on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fo system in Toxas, has spread west. At the headquar- ters of the Order of Rallroad Telegraphers in this city it was learned today that all operators on the Santa I'e & Pacific, thons, asked by