The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1895, Page 2

' THE SA . FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGU 18, 1895 Jee o g e e e e e S s e e e e e e e s e FXILED FROM KOREA, Ex-Minister Pak Yongho Headed for San Francisco. REMOVAL IS PERMANENT Japan’s Representative in Pe- king Insulted by Chinese Officials. APOLOGIES QUICKLY FOLLOWED. Misslonary Sheiffield Escaped Death by Feigning After Being Seri- ously Wounded. {Correspondeuce of The United Press.] TOKIO; Japax, July 30.—Much anxiety is felt in Japan about the rice crop. The prosperity of the country depends in a great part upon the quantity of the rice harvested. An average year's yield repre- sents about 300,000,000 0. ything short of that outcome affects the purchasing power of the provincials, the result is felt in every branch of ess. The weather this season has »een so unfavorable up to th: present that y a deficiency of 20 per centis an- d i the crop, which means a loss inister of Home Af- ohama on the 30th of July for the United States. It Lagbeen his intention to proceed to America when he fled from. Seoul, but the state of his health on arriving in Japan prevented the immediate -carrying out of his design. Dr. Kitazato, the great Japanese bacterio- loical specialist, having, however, de- clured that’ Pak might make the voyage without danger the refugee determined to cross to San Francisco at once. This sec- ond exile scems to remove him perma- nently from: the field of active Korean politics. The Korean students—150 in number— that recently proceeded to Japan and took up their abode at the school presided over r, Fukuzawa, have left the school en ¢, and located themselves at the an legation, It was at first alleged that they objected to the severe discipline of the school, but the truth seems to be that Mr. Fukuzawa baving harbored the re- ak Yongho, the students féared to displeasure of their own Govern- ment by remaining in the same compound with a proscribed rebel. Pak having now left Japan, these youths will doubtless re- turn to the arms of their alma mater. The: agitation fomented in Japan by certain sections of the opposition, who seek to convert the surrender of the Liao- tung Peninsula into a weapon for attacking the Cabiner, is subsiding. The politicians are evidently not in touch with the spirit of the time, which prompts constructive rather than destructive measures, and aims chiefly at building up such a poweriul naval and military organization as shail secure the country against having to yield to foreign diciation hereaiter. The new Japanese representative in Peking had not been longat his post when he was required to protest against a fresh display of . the insolent conservatism for which the Chinese are notorio: A cer- tain ofiicial named Kwan Ting. n ad- dressed tothe throne a memorial urging the advisability of curtailing administra- tive expenditures so that the war indem- nity to Japan might be paid withous re- course to foreign aid. In the course of the memorial he called the Japanese “insular barbarians,” and the document was pub- lished verbatim in the Government Ga- zette. Of course the Japanese Minister protested, and of course the Tsung-li Yamen = apologized. But the incident shows how little China has learned from the war. Another foreigner has been the victim of a iurderous assault in China. On the morning of Sunday, July as the Rev. Mr. Sheffieid of the American Board Mis- sion, was returning to his house. outside Tungchow, after’ having performed re- iigioup service at his church within the town, he. was set upon by two men, one armed with a file sharpened at both ends, the other with a hatchet. The missionary received - thirty-four wounds, severai of them very severe, ana only escaped death by feigning it. Several persons witnessed the brutal as- sault, but- no one responded to Mi. Shef- field’s appeals for aid. Afterward, as he jay bleeding but still conscious on the road, the same indifference was shown by the passers-by. Ultimately a master- workman, who had been warned too late of what was projected and had hastened with tive others to prevent it, arrived upon the scene and carried the wounded man to his residence, where he now lies appar- ently progressing favorably. The rhoying spirit in the outrage was a carpenter,.a man evidently half crazy, who, having been ‘prevented by Mr. Shef- -..field some time previously from doing bod- ily harm to a mason, had resolved to be avenged. on the foreigner. He persuaded one'of his brothers to join him in the at- tack, but another brother refused to take part in it and' gave information to the master-workman by whom the reverend -gentleman. was carried home. The two ruffians are-in custody. Tungchow is a town on the Peiho, some sixteen -miles from Peking. It is the place where travelers by river from Tientsin to Peking leave their boats to periorm the rest of the journey overland, .-~ The japanese are advancing southward -in Formosa steadily, but slowly. The * difficulties to be overcome are immense. T#e mountain streams, generally easy to _-mavigate, are now converted into violent torrents; the plains, through which much - of the route lies, abound with rivers and irrigation canals, which have been so swollen by the summer rains that the dis- ~ trict is converted into a muddy morass; the heat’and damp are terribly trying, and . .altogether ‘it is probable that betore the Japanese cover the 200 miles separating Taipeh from Tainan they will have suf- fered severely. . n Korea, left incur Departure of Noted Catholics. QUEENSTOWN, Exc., Aug. 17.—Among the passengers on the Cunard line steamer - Aurania, which sailed for New York to- day are Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, A_r‘chb‘ubbF Riordan of San Francisco, . Bishop Foley of Detroit and Bishop Hogan of Kansas City, . - & —_— ¢ Responsible for Emigrants. BERLIN, GErMANY, Aug. 16.—The Gov- ernment has issued a rescript which has ~-sn important bearing on the business of the North !German Lloya and Hamburg- | American Steamship companies. The re- seript orders that the companies shall be jointly liable to refund to (Yxe Government all expenses entailed upon it through the rejection by the United States of emi- grants carried by these lines or by emi- grants to whom' the companies have sold tickets who are left destitute while en route to the ports of embarkation. e ATTORNEY BECKETT’S CONTEMPT. Ordered by the Court to Pay a Fine and = Apologize. OMAHA, Ngpsr., Aug. 17. — Attorney William D. Beckett, who tried to assault Judge Scott a few days ago, was to-day fined $100 and costs of prosecuiion and to stand committed to the County Jail until the same is paid, and it is further ordered that if he does not make a public apology to the court on or before the opening day of the September term, disbarment pro- ceedings will be entered against him. Execution of sentence was suspended until the opening aay of the September term, and Mr. Beckett was permitted his liberty upon his promise to appear at that date for the execution of sentence. Such was the sentence pronounced by Judge Scott upon Mr. Beckett in the courtroom to-day. The Judge would not permit Mr. Beckett to enter any testimony. Mr. Beckett is a young man of high character and ability and his friends think the court too severe on him for losing his temper when no court was in session. FORCE THE FIGHTING, Continved from First Page. performances have passed off with far less display of hostility than was foreboded, but everybody will be easier in mind when they are finished altogether. By present arrangement they stretch on till January 18, the dateof the proclamation of the Ger- man Empire at Versailles, anda this imphes a prolonged strain on the French patience. The news that Archduke Francis Ferdi- nand, who has been treated as the heir to the Austrian throne since his cousin Ru- dolph’s suicide, has been seized with a dangerous pulmonary affection has created much agitation in political circles, both inside and beyond the dual monarchy. He is not by any means an ideal heir presump- tive, but his brother Otto is so unspeakably worse that people have grown reconciled to his shortcomings. If he dies, however, it will be impossible to keep the unhappy state of the Hapsburg succession from pub- lic discussion much longer. Veiled allusions to certain complications surrounding another heir apparent are being succeeded in the London papers by open hints. It seems that the Shahzada, who had such an imposing reception as the Ameer's -son several months ago, has got loose and stoutly declines to quit Lon- don at any price. It is said that the Amcer has sent repeated messages ordering him home, and everyhody here from the Prince of Wales down has been telling him plainly to go, but he refuses to budge. There is an official story that he is delaying his de- parture on account ¢f a misunderstanding as to who shall pay the expenses of his projected Continental tour, but the real reason is understood to be that he is hav- ing more fun in London than any Asiatic second son ever dreamed of before, and in- sists on settling down to it as a life job. It now seems settled that Sir Garnet Wolseley is to succeed the Duke of Cam- bridge in October as commander-in-chief, though with faonctions of the post con- siderably limited. This result, if it be now really secure, has been won only after a stubborn resistance of the court party and the old fashioned military magnates who owe their promotion to that party. All the officers who are keen about introducing reforms and bringing the British system up to something like a recognizable rela- tionship to the continental military standards are enthusiastic . over thé promised change. The only drawback is that the advocates of a greatly increased navy, who just now enjoy the popular ear, suspect Wolseley of underrating the value of a preponderant naval force. The late Canadian Viceroy, the Earl of Derby, has engaged in a combat with the inhabitants of one of his Flintshire manors which to-night, it is reported, has devel- oped into a small civil war. They bave enjoyed a short cut for a path over the hill on his castle domain for three generations. He has now inclosed it with a high fence and ordered that adiission to the hill and castle ruins shall be only by ticket. Mobs of indignant villagers tear the fence down as fast as it is built and burn the notice- boards; and a Welsh member who passed through. the district to-day tells me that the expectation is that a force of Chester police will be brought out to coerce the crowd, which is quite resolved to resist. Kier Hardie, who sails to-day for a lec- ture tour in America, deserves no atten- tion from any labor leaders or anybody else, and will probably get what he de- serves, John Burns really has something in him, but Hardie is a mere empty fraud, who won notice in the Commons only by wearing dirty old clothes and a coster’s cap instead of a hat of Parliamentary tra- dition. This would have been forgiven as a part of his general scheme of securing an andience if there had been anything genuine behind his affectations, and.peo- ple tolerantly waited to see if there was, but in vain. - He is a blatherskite pure and simple. Gladstonel now issues a post-card judg- ment on some book or ethical problem submitted to him nearly every day, and, sad to say, the papers have taken to print- ing them in very small type in obscure corners. One to-day contains the state- ment that while he is personally grateful to science for all that it has done and is doing, Christianity stands in no need of it and is now as able as ever to hold its own grounds. A curious report is afloat that Swinburne is about to be made poet Laureate, and a friend, who ought to be well informed, says that it has always been a mistake to suppose that the Queen ‘opposed him so strongly. The real opposition, according to this account, came from Gladstone and was based ‘chiefly on personal grounds. The appointment is, however, ‘strictiy a royal prerogative, and the Queen is so tenacrous in these things that the story seems to have a weak point somewhere, and T am inclined to doubt that Swin- burne will get it afterall, . Mr. Marston of a well-known publishing firm writes of the Canadian copyright controversy. He ridicules the idea that Americans have anything to fear from Canadian reprints of British books if only for the reason that their importation could be’ stopped by our castomsand declares that the present American outery against the proposed Dominion law is raised purely to screen our own improper claims from Canada. He advises the Canadians to abandon their present position and pass ‘instead a strong law to exclude American reprints of copyright books from Canada. This seems rather muddle-headed, for the Canadian book marketis so small as not to be in dispute, but Mr. Marston sets it forth with great vigor. Incidentally he says tnat he understands the projected Dominion law is not in the least likely to Jbe passed here and that accords with what others say of Mr. Chamberlain’s- attitude | in the matter. HaroLp FREDERIC, SPALDING'S BIG PLAN. Anxious to Place a Cable Under the Pacific Ocean. THE CONCESSIONS ASKED. Would Like Hawaii to Give a Fat Subsidy for Twenty Long Years. SOME OPPOSITION MANIFEST. The Island Regime Not Likely to Be Bound to One Monopoly for Such a Period. [Special Correspondence of the United Press.] HONOLULU, Hawair, Aug. 10.—An in- tense interest has just been created in Honolulu in Government and business circles by a new proposition on the 2d inst. to this Government to lay a telegraphic cable connecting Honolulu with San Fran- cisco. It comes with reliable backing, the proposer being Colonel Z. 8. Spalding, one of Haw: lthiest sugar-planters. He lLas latterly spent much time in Europe, where he has matured plans with a syn- dicate of capitalists. His proposals are regarded as the first yet presented which afford a tangible prospect of early tele- graphic communication. His plans are as foilows: Colonel Spalding states that he has al- ready provided himself “with all of the necessary preliminary information, both technical and financial, necessary to pro- ceed immediately with the work, except the knowledge of what subsidy can be de- pended upon from the two Governments interested.” He has ‘“‘also made condi- tional arrangements for securing all money necessary to construct, lay and equip such lines and ship.” - BHe proposes a cable connecting San Francisco' and Honolulu, also an inter- island cable system with land connections, all of which will cost over $4,000,000. He “will undertake to complete all prelimi- nary arrangements and begin the manu- facture of the cable within eighteen months from, say, October 31, 1895, and have both systems in complete working order within eighteen months thereafter—say, October 31, 1898.” He “‘will undertake, without ex- pense to the Government, to maintain both such cable systems in good working order and operate them continuously for a term of twenty years.” In return the Government is asked to agree as follows: First—To pay a subsidy of $50,000 per an- num for a term of twenty years, in return for which all Government messages will be transmitied free of charge. Second—To grant exclusive privilege of landing cables on the Hawaiian Islands from the western coast of North America for a term of twenty years; such exclusive privilege, however, not to be construed as conflicting with any rights the Govern- ment of the United States may possess by virtue of any existing treaty. Third—The Government to allow the free use of land for stations, buildings, etc., with right of way and exemption from duties. Tt is added that “‘the United States Gov- ernment will be asked to lend its aid and assistance by means of a subsidy or guar- antee, and any arrangement made will be with the full approval and sanction of such Government. It will be time enough to look to other Governments for aid when the United States shall have refused or | failed to take the matter up, and this Gov- ernment shall consent with such other Government.” The proposals of Colonel Spalding have so far met with a very hospitable recep- tion and consideration from this Govern- ment. They seem to have been hailed as being the probable solution of the ques- tion how to obtain cable communieation, which has for some time been deeply exercising the executive mind. Colonel Spalding, on his arrival, immediately se- cured the services of L. A. Thurston to advocate hisscheme. Mr. Thurston had al- ready made a very able report on the cable question, which had been made the basis of an act empowering the Government to proceed actively in investigations and ne- gotiations to the end of securing the organ- ization of a company to lay a cable. A majority of the Senate has appeared to favor granting the concessions asked for by Spalding. A bill is about ready for introduction into the Senate by the Cabinet accapting his proposals. A strong opposition, how- ever, is growing against them in the busi- ness community, which 1s voiced by all the daily papers with more or less posi- tiveness. It is felt that twenty years is too long a time for = subsidy to be paid, since the probable early extension of the cable to either Japan or Australia would at once produce a large income. A subsidy would be needed only while Honolulu was the terminus. It is even more seriously felt that it would be an error to grant the proposed company an exclusive right to land a cable on Hawaiian territory from North Amer- ica, although that same concession has been made to other proposed cable com- panies. It is becoming evident that the time is very near at hand when cables will be laid across the Pacific to both Australia and Japan. Hawaii, being practically the only landing-place for a cable on either route near the American coast, has abso- lute control of the situation. This geo- graphical position gives Hawaii an enor- mous advantage, which should not be hast- ily given away to a corporation asa mo- nopoly, even with a prospect of hastenuing cable communication by a year or two. It seems probable that Colonel Spald- ing’s proposal will meet at least with de- lay in its acceptance. Appearances are this afternoon that the Legislature will not approve it when brought belore that body next week. The Council of State met to-day and authorized pardbns to be given on condi- tion of leaving the country, to two young rebel officers serving long sentences, W. H. C. Greig and Louis Marshall. These prisoners are lying sick in the Queen’s Hospital, with recovery retarded by men- tal depression. No reply has yet been made by the Gov- ernment to Miaister Willis in the Dureel case, the Marshal's report not being yet ready for adoption. A rumor that the British Commissioner has made demands hke that in Dureel’s case is not substantiated. . Hon. W. Nevins Armstrong, the chair- man of the ‘Labor Commission, returned last evening on the Belgic from Japan, where he has just spent six weeks in special inquiries into the contract labor questicn. He went on his own account, and was not commissioned by this Govern- ment. Armstrong states that the Govern- ment of Japan is quite willing to have regulations made by Hawaii requiring Japanese laborers to return home on the expiration of their contracts, provided that such regulations apply equally to all na- tionalities. They will submit to no dis- crimination against Japanese laborers in particular, Armstrong reports that Japan contem- plates an early establishment of stegmer lines via Honolulu, perhaps to San Diego, to carry American cotton to Japan, and Japan coals in return. Large numbers of steamers employed in war transit are now lying idle awaiting the full settlement of peace arrangements, and will probably soon be employed in various Japanese commercial lines. Armstrong was in close communication with various diplomatic persons and with some Japanese officials. He believes that Japan will have no more war. She will probably yield to an occupation of Korea by Russia, glad to have that powerasa buffer between herself and China, and being quite unable to control and regulate Korea. Skilled manufactures 2re making rapid progress in Japan, to the disad- vantage of other manufacturing countries. As an example, small steel safes with al- phabetic combination locks, n* My sold for $40, are turned out in J: an for $25. There is every reason to expect ceat de- velopment of Russian power on the coast of China, which Japan will not seek to prevent. DEATH OF J. MOTT SMITH, Close of the Career of the Noted Statesman of Hawaii. Distinguished as a Minister of Fi- nance and a Member of Three Royal Cabinets. HONOLULU, Hawarr, Aug. 10.—J. Mott Smith, whose last public service was with the annexation commission to Washing- ton, died suddenly to-day. J. Mott Smith had been identified with the Government of the islands since 1867. Three times he was in the Cabinct. Liliuo- kalani made him Minister of Finance and then the successor of H. A. P. Carter as Minister Resident at Washington. He was described as a wise counselor and a shrewd diplomat. Admired for strength of character, sound judgment and keen discernment. In private life he was very generally esteemed for his social qualities. He was born in New York, and after his education was completed became a dentist. He went to California.in 1849 and came to Honolulu in 1851. He was successful in his profession here, and on account of his ability soon drifted into political life. He was first director of Government publish- ing. This was in 1867. During the follow- ing years be was sent to Washington as charge d’affaires to aavocate the reciproc- ity treaty, and his success in the American capital, as a representative of the Hawaiian Kingdom, is a matter of nistory. The year following his return from WashIngton—1869—he was appointed to his first cabinet position by King Kamehameha V, and as Minister of Finance he controlled the pecuniary affairs of the Government until the King’s decease. In"1873 he was appointed Presi- dent of the Board of Education by Lunalilo I. In 1874 he was also appointed a member of the Board of Education bv Kalakaua I. In addition to that position he was also created a member of the House of Nobles by the late King, and served for several years in both these capacities, besides being meanwhile a member of the Privy Council of State. In 1876 Dr. Mott Smith was appointed to the Cabinet for the second time by King Kalakaua, and officiated as Minister of the Interior for three vears. In 1882, being se- lected by the Cabinet as an eligible man to represent the Government, he was again sent to Washington as resident commis- sioner to advocate the continuance of the re- ciprocity treaty then and vet in force, and to assist in promoting Hawaiian interests gen- erally in the American capital. He resided in Washington as Hawaiian Commissioner for the ensuing four years, during which time he also had charge of the Hawaiian exhibit at the New Orleans Exposition in 1885, and subsequently at the exposi- tion at Louisville. In 1859 Dr. Mott Smith married Miss Ellen Dominis Paty, a lady of American birth, and daughter of Collector-General Paty, Their union has been blessed with seven children, three sons and four daughters, all of whom were born in Hon- olula. One daughter was but lately mar- ried. Two sons are now here, one having arrived yesterday ROBBERS RAIDED h TOWN Two Bold Bandits Proceeded to Hold Up the Entire Population. While Plundering a Store They Were Shot At by a Detective, Whom They Killed. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 17.—Two robbers rode into the little town of Val- entine, in Presidio County, last night and proceeded to hold up the entire commu- nity. They cleared the streets by firing at every one they could see. Then when they thought that they had sufficiently terrorized the population they proceeded to the store of Kelsey & Co., which they proceeded deliberately to plunder. It was at this point that they met with their first setback. Captain J. R. Ellsbury, Southern Pacific Railroad detective, ap- peared on the scene and began firing at them. The robbers stopped their work in the store and at once returned the fire. A desperate fight occurred and bullets flew thick. Finally a bullet struck Captain Ellsbury, passing through his body and killing him instantly. The bravery displayed by Ellsbury had aroused the other men of the town, and the robbers, seeing danger ahead, mounted their horses and struck out for the Mexi- can border at as rapid a rate as they could go. As soon as possible word was sent to Captain Hughes' company of rangers. They arrived at the scene of the aboutlns early this morning and at once starte after the robbers. 1t is thought that there is little chance of the men being caught, a8 they were mounted on good horses and were apparently familiar with the country, - . Struck @ New Church. DETROIT, Micu., Aug. 17.—During a thunderstorm here about noon to-day lightning struck the United Presbyterian Ciurch, in process of erection, killing one workman and injuring half a dozen others more or less seriously. LOYALTY OF GERMANS Veterans Showed Their Love of the Great Fatherland. UNITY OF THE EMPIRE, Never Before Have There Been Such Services on Noted Battlefields. HONOR FOR THE AMERICANS. Those Who Went to Participate In Memorial Exercises Shown Special Favor. [Cable Letter to The United Press.] BERLIN, GERMANY, Aug. 17.—Never since the founding of the German empire have there been such observances of the anniversaries of the battles which led to the establishment of German unity under old Emperor William I as are now in progress. Through the week veterans of the wars have been streaming into Metz from all parts of Germany to take part in the services that are held annually at the graves of those who fell in the Franco- Prussian war., The train service which on ordinary occasions is sufficient to carry all those who attend the services was this year found to be inadequate for the great crowds attending, and many special trains had to be run to accommodate the throngs whose patriotism has been revived by stories of deeds of the German army and the more potent influence of the knowl- edge that the demonstrations are approved of in certain high circles close to the Emperor as being an offset to the be- havior of the French naval officers at the recent celebrations in Kiel. Germans, unlike certain of the French people, are not continuously calling the attention of the world to their love of country, but the present celebration will go far to prove that deep in the hearts of the German people is a love for the “Fatherland” that is fully, to say the least, as intense as the love of “La Patrie” which Frenchmen are so given to parad- ing before the nations. The week's dem- onstrations have not been intended to im- press upon France that she is a conquered country, but are merely the outcome of German love for and faith in the empire. The graves of the German dead have avery year wreaths placed upon them by the Society for the Decoration of Fallen Warriors’ Graves. August 14, the anni- versary of the battles of Colombey and Corcelles, and August 16, the anniversary of Ryonville and Mars la Tour, always see members of the society and veterans at the graves of the dead soldiers and simple services are held. August 18, the anniversary for St. Privat, Gravellotte and Rezonville is also a day always observed by the society. In passing, it may be said that the French dead are also honored by their oldtime admirers, their graves being decorated equally with those of the Ger- mans., This year the influx of wreaths, palm branches and oak and laurel leaf crowns has been enormous. Conspicuous among the gifts to be placed on the graves were a number of French pearl wreaths and artificial flowers from French relatives of some of the dead. Twelve special trains, bearing Ger- man visitors to the battlefields around Metz, arrived on Wednesday last, and special trains have been pulling into the city almost hourly since then. So great was the influx of visitors and so great the enthusiasm displayed that it was found necessary to daily extend the official pro- gramme, and new ceremonies were agreed upon by those having the celebration in charge. Although August 18 is the real anniversary of the battle of Gravellsiic the day was celebrated beforehand. The Grand Duke of Baden dedicated to the memory of Emperor William I a huge granite block on the spot where the King of Prussia looked on the fight which shook the confidence of the great Von Moltke in the success of the German army. The stone is erected under the historic lime tree where the King sat on a ladder, one end of which rested on a broken gun- carriage and the other on a dead horse, when Von Moltke at evening announced that the victory was with his Majesty. General Count von. Haeseler, commander of the Twelith Army Corps, dedicated on Friday morning at Rezonville with great pomp a granite block to the memory of Prince Frederick Charles. There are a large number of German-American citi- zens, members of German warrior soci- eties, now here taking part in the.celebra- tions of the battles in-which they fought, and many more are expected to arrive shortly. Those already here received special hon- ors from the cities of Bremen, Hamburg, Dresden and Leipsic. On September 1 the German-Americans will parade before the Emperor at Berlin on occasion of the dedi- cation of the Emperor Wilhelm Memorial Church. These veterans will form in line just outside the church along Kurfuersten- damm on the eve of Sedan day, and will be given points of vantage in front of the royai castle to witness the great ‘‘tattoo” of the guards that will be given there. They wiil have a favored place on the Templehoff field on September 2, and will be sent with the German troops to attend on September 9 the patrioric celebrations at Leipsic, where festival plays dealing with patriotic subjects will be given in the open air. Five hundred persons, inciud+ ing noted artists and ladies and gentle- men and members of veteran societies, will take part in the plays. During the week there have been seven huge mass-meetings of Socialists held 1n Berlin to discuss the new agrarian ques- tion. Deputy Auer made a smart speech, in the course of which he said it was in- teresting to see how Herr Bebel, who mer- cilessly assailed Deputy Vollmars last autumn for his agrarian policy, was now compelled to write a defense of this same policy. He bewailed the tragic fate that had overtaken Herr Bebel. Louis Stern, the New York murchgnt who was recently convicted of insulting Baron von Thuengen, Deputy Commis- sioner of the Kissengen Spa, and sentenced to fifteen days’ imprisonment with the al- ternative of paying a fine of 200 marks, was in Berlin during the week and had an interview with Hon. Theodore Runyon, the American Embassador, Afterwaid Mr. Stern went to Ostend, in Belglum. Mr, Runyon told him he could not inter- fere in his case, but that he would pri- vately assist him by appealing for clem- ency to the regent of Bavaria. The Berlin Board of Aldermen have de- cided that after this year there will be no civic official celebration of Sedan day. After sixty German engine-drivers, who were on duiy in the conquered province during the war, gathered st Wurzburg, Ba- varia, and celebrated the anniversaries of the battles,they sent a telegram of congrat- ulations and good wishes to Bismarck. Emperor William will arrive at his castle in the Metz district on October 15. On the 18th he will personally unveil the Woerth monument. Empress Frederick, his mother, and the South German veterans will attend the ceremony. A sugar bank will be founded in this city for the purpose of assisting distressed re- finers and beet-root growers. Chapman Coleman, ex-secretary of the American Embassy, has arrived here. He will remain for some time. Mrs. Brown, widow of Senator Brown of Georgia, witl ten young American ladies who have all been visiting Russia, are now in Berlin on the way back to the United States. Miss Lita Herbert, daughter of the Hon. Hilary NEW TO-DAY. SEVEN SPECIAL SHOE BUYS For Monday and Tuesday Only Herbert, atter a visit to the Hon, Clifton R. Breckinridge, the American Minister to Russia, has arrived here, where she will make a short stay. Among the other Americans here are Colonel Abbott of Georgia, Mrs. Richard- son of New York and G. G. Baldwin of Cnicago. Mr. Ingersoll, manager of the New York Life Insurance Company, and Mr. McClintock of the Mutual Insurance Company, accompanied by their lawyer, Charleton Lewis, are here in connection with the action of the Prussian Govern- ment forbidding their companies to do business in Prussia. S. W. Gilder of New York and his son and Mr. Dekay, the American Consul-General, will shortly proceed to Herinsdorf to join their fami- lies. IS SHERWOOD'S CHBRCE Peculiar Controversy With Relatives Over Her Father’s Estate. Denied Admission to the Residence of Her Accused Auntand Uncle. OMAHA, Nesr., Aug. 17.—Miss Jessie Sherwood of 32)4 North Fifteenth street makes serious charges against her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kelly of 1104 Fifty-first street. Jessie Sherwood was the only daughter of J. D. Sherwood, who died at the residence of hissister, Mrs. Kelly, on August 9. He left considerable property. The young woman says: “My father died and I was never noii- fied of his critical illness, and probably would never have been informed had not 1 been located by a detective who looked me up at the solicitation of the Odd Fel- lows. I was grieved and shocked. Rumors reached me that he had not died a natural death and T was about to make arrange- ments to have the body exhumed. Father had been suffering from cancer for a long time and during the past five years had made his home with my aunt. “We never were friends. Most of my These are the greatest Induce- ments ever yet offered and are for these two days only. 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We are the agents for James Means’ improved $3 and $1 shoes for men, life has been spent in convents, and a year ago last June T was graduated from St. Michael’s Convent in New York. I re- mained in that city with friends until last March, when I returned to Omaha to see my father. I was given to understand that my aunt had a contract with father to take careof him for some years at $20 a week. If this contract is valid 1 will receive nothing from the $5000 or $6000 that was left by him. Father had two good farms besides personal property. “Yesterday the Chief of Police detailed detectives to go with me to the Kelly resi- dence to get the private papers of my deceased father. We were refused admis- sion. I have not had the care of a mother since I was a little girl. Years ago my mother eloped with father’s foreman and | took me with her. Father was granted a | divorce and I was given into his custody. I have been with him but little during the past five years.” SHOT WELL N THE WRY An Alarmed Druggist Killed a Burglar by Firing Through a Window. After Sitting Up All Night the Fam- fly Discovered the Nocturnal Prowler’s Body. MURDOCK, Nesr., August 17.—At 3 o'clock this morning Harry V. McDonald, a druggist, was awakened by a burglar trving to get in his house. was trying to secure an entrance through a north window to their bedroom. Mr. McDonald asked who was there, but Investigation proved the fact that a man 1| received no answer and fired through the window. No further disturbance was heard and the family remained up till daylight and then retired for a few hours’ sleep. At 7 o’clock they awoke and looked out and discovered the body of a man lying in the yard, supposed to have received the bullet fired by McDonald. The Coroner has been notified and will hold an inquest. oot ke, SHOT DOWN BY TRAMPS. An Officer Mortally Wounded During an Encounter at Toledo. TOLEDO, Ou1o, Aug. 17.—A fight took place this morning in the Stockyard dis- trict in East Toledo in which a police offi- cer was fatally wounded. Officer Shaffer, while patrolling his beat, saw three tramps who were acting in a suspicious manner. He ordered them to move on, when one of them suddenly drew a pistol and fired at Shaffer. The bullet struck him, inflicting a f'}:lt;ul wound, 2 e tramps fled, but the noise of shot attracted other officers to theo sptg: and they started in pursuit. One of the tramps was soon overpowered and taken into custody. A search of the surround- ing premises resulted in the discovery of the two others hiding in a barn. The offi- cers bringing them into the city had hard work to control the ireat crowds of people who followed and who tried to assault the prisoners. SULLIVAN’S SEOE HEOUSE, 18, 20, 22 Fourth Street, Just South of Market. ‘VWASTING DISEASES WEAREN Wonwe fully becanse they weaken you slowly, gradu, ally. 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