m / \ / PRRT ONE , OMAHAI i SUNDAY BEE.PAGES 1 TO 8 , I T TWENTY-FIRST YEAR. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOKNJNG , APK1L 1C , 1892-TWENTY PAGES. NUMBER 201. OFF WEST HIS HEAD Lieutenant ) Anastay Pays the Stake He Lost to Human Justice. HOW A FRENCH EXECUTION IS WORKED Qaapbio Description of tbe Qrewaome Preparations for Taking a Man's Life. FROM THE CELL TO THE GLEAMING KNIFE Various Stops in the March of the Ooc- tlemnee on His Way to Death. HAS IT ANY GOOD MORAL EFFECT No Sympathy Felt for tlio Murderer , Hut an llthlcnl QiicRtlon ItaUi-d Uy Hid Unit U UlfCUKxed-Ono ( ! < > em inent Trluiiinlmnt. tm April 0. [ New York Herald Cable Special to TUB Bur. . 1 An electrocu tion in America is just as Interesting to tha European public as to tbo American , The Herald has drawn the attention of Europe ans to the electrocution. I made a few notes this morning of what I had seen of the exe cution of Anastay , nnd they will show the difference between the way justice Is sdram- Istcrcd In Europe and America. Baroness do Lard was assassinated on December 4 , last , in broud dn , iu her apart ments on the boulevard du Temple. Her throat was cut and her nurse was very seriously wounded. The police investigated and finally brought homo the crime to Anastay , who had been a lieutenant in the Filtccuth regiment of the line stationed nt Lyons. Ho was dismissed from the army on November 1 , arrested for murder on Decem ber SI and condemned to death February 22. So much for the crime and the detection of the assassin. U ho interest surrounding tbo murder was greater than J ual In such ca < cs , because of the social position of the parties. Anastay was tbo son of a druggist nnd was educated in the military school of St. Cyr. Ho made no ccfcnso on the trial , merely saying to bis Judges : "I have lost the game in which my hcud was tbo stake , but I will pay the pen alty with courage. " Just llclbrc He Died. 1 am curious to know what bo would say before ho died. The police allowed only u few persons near the place of execution so as to avoid scandal or trouble. I asked the prefect of policy , M. Loze , to let mo know the time of execution. Half an hour after midnight of Friday I received a card from M. Groin , chief of police , saying : "It is for this morning , at 5:15. " Nobody had ooy sympathy for the criminal , j , however , ex perienced forno emotion when I saw those few words written in pencil op a Email card , showing that the man was fctlll alive , but would bo numbered with the dead in less than flvo hours. His end was near , human justice had docidcd that ho must die. The scene of the cxocution is distant from the center of Paris. It was before La Koquetto prison in a street loading to tbe como'ory of Pero li Chaise , well known to strangers going to visit the tomb of ccle- Drntea Parisians lyinir there in eternal sleep. As I started at 2 o'clock a brilliant moon ehcd Its peaceful light over the city. The nous of the coming execution seemed to have bcon spread throughout Paris. All nlong'the route I took crowds wcro bending their steps toward the prison. There were many constables along the route , nud I saw them arrest ono man in u long white blouse who was singing n great deal too loudly. Arriving at the street leading to tbo prison I found 2,000 or U.OOO people promenading in tbc center of the thoroughfare , whlco was lined by sergeants do vlllo. All these people will BCC nothing. I showed my card to an Inspector of police and bo scrutinized it very closely. Then be allowed mo to pass a bar rier Just Ilka these ut tbe entrance to thea ters. Wlieru He Died. Within the gate of the prison wore thirty counted potlccmoc sitting immovable. Be fore tbo door was the usual sentry. There was not a light in the prison windows. All was silence. Only from tbo distance caino tbo noise of the assembling crouds outside. Ju the enclosure where 1 stood wcro about i00 ! Journalists , dopution , detectives anO police ofllcluls. There is not the least emo tion , so fur , evident. At 3 o'clock there came from tbo cemetery sldo four scr- KcantB do vllle , followed bv two largo vehicles llko circus wogons. It Is the Guillotine. With them are men clothed in black with high hats. Behind the second vehicle walks a man with a haugy head o ; hair and grey mustache , looking like an olc oldicr He Is Dcibler tbo oQlcial ( , , ex-cxocu- tioucr for the whole of Franco. Tbo wagons slop m front of the prison nnd silence falls upon tbo crowd , for it is un derstood that death is within those wagons. " " " Kroctlnjf the Machine. Tbo assistants enter the vehicles and emerge in blue blouses just llko ordinary workmen. They carry out two high wooden posts , souio plauks and ropes , and begin the carpenter work. Del bier walked up anil down , but nobody spoke to him. Ju about twenty minutes tbo culilo- line was ready , and tbe executioner then went for the knife , which is carefully wrapped in cldth , and put it DO between the two posts. Ho worked It up and down to eo that everything was in good order. Ho did everything calmly and iu tbo most natural way. Au assistant next put a basket in front of tbe guillotine. Into this Is to fall tbo bead after Its sever ance from the body. The executioner looked at overytnlng , and then said : "Very well. " It was the tint time his voice was heard since iho beginning of bis gruesome work. Tbo executioner's assistants take of ) their blouses and walk about with their chief , who smokes a ciirarotte. Later on the murmur Increases outside the prison wall and tbo dtn\n begins to break. Presently B vehicle draw * up and a judge and his sec tary , both pule , In black garments and while cravats , like people returniue from a tolrer , tcp out. Tbcu another vehicle arrives wltc tbe rhaplaln , Abba Vulidlor. Ho shakes tbe liauds of the Judge , looks at tlio guillotine , nd shakes his head , Silouco still reigns as Iho Uy grow * rosier. In the Pretence of Death , Suddenly everybody looks up , A klto U fllylog in the air , heaven knowr whenoo It came. The llttlo gate opeulDg upon tbe jilaoo swing * back and a policeman vanishes eraani : bis comrades. It wants five minutes Cf 6. Deltler approaches the Judge , hat Io und , and at this moment tbo chief 61 po- Ice gives the si/n for the privileged few to inter the prison. The gate closes behind us. il. Bcouq josnc , Iho director of tha prison , s awaiting the procession. First come the wardens of the prison. Then ho director , cxocutloner , judges and eight vltncsses. Arrived In front of the cell , the cortcco halts. The director enters. Anastay s awake. "Toko courage , Anastay , " said the dlrcc- .or. "Tho 'president has not considered 'avcrablo the petition for clemency , Tbo Inal moment hks come . " "I urn at your service , gentlemen. " mur mured AtiasUv , whoso face was absolutely livid. Tbo wardens hand him his stockings nnd help him to put on tbo trousers , which ho wore when arrested. Then ho remains alone For n few moments with the chaplain. Dciblor awaits him In the ball. On his way out Anastay says very dis tinctly : "There Is a letter for my brother In the drawer of the table. " Not another word did ho utter on this earth. Our I.nst nnil Only Tear. Detblcr's ' assistants bind him with long cords , compelling the condemned man to nnrch slowly. Then they roughly thrust its elbows behind his back and bind them together , tbo cords crossing the shoulders and meeting at tbo wrists , and the ro- sillt being that the prisodor's chest is pushed forward while lib shoul ders are depressed. Anastay , who has his head bent , raised It suddenly just then and a big tear mils down Ms cheek. Dclbler .hen arranges the shirt at the uock , so it will net interfere with tbo knife , and Anastay trouiblcs. A plcoJ of tbo linen fftlh to tbo ground , leaving the neck entirely ex posed. The chaplain asks him if bo wants It , A negative sign with bis baud without moving his limbs is the answer. \Vlillj the necessary formalities in regard to the certlflcMto of execution are going on the chaplain pravoJuith the condemned man. His I.ist Ilccord. Hero Is the ccrtlficato. Tno individual known as Anastay was handed over to tbo criminal executioner nt 5 o'clock on the the morning of April 0 , 1MJ2 , by virtue of a warrant signed by the pro- cureur general and dated April S , 181' . ! . At the end of the document was the execu tioner's ' uamo , signed in Deibler's large handwriting. It Is clear daylight now. A mlnuto passes ana then the gro'it door of the prison is opened. The gendarmes draw their swords and as the procession comes in view all the spectators remove their bats. The distance fioin the door to the scaffold is only ten yardu , but it seemed to take fully ten minutes to travel that dls- tanro. At the head of the procession comes Dcibler , who seems to be moro agi tated than is his wont , and then , surrounded and supported by tbo execu tioner's assistants , comes the condemned rain who Is n piteous object , with bis livid faco.Vith his shorn hood and smooth chin and lips , ho looks very much , like a piarrat. He has a loose coat over bis shoul ders and manifestly ho is doing his best to keep up his courage. He pauses for Iho mil lionth fraction of a second , almostsmiles. . but thuti be lowers bis eyes at the sight of the knife which gleams brightly m the full daylight. On Ktornlty'h Threshold. At last tbo platform is reached and an assistant at once rou hlv removes the loose coat. Then Abbo Valaulcr embraces the condemned man twice , and as ho loosens his hold , Anastay is pushed upon the plank. The lunette drops with a dull thud and then the knifa { alls witU a sound like that of a diction ary falling upon a floor. Lots of blood spurts out , stulning tbc cuillotlno. Taking the vessel in which tbo head has fallen off , the assistants proceed to place the body in o closed casket , which is then placed m u wagon. The entire proceedings lasted tlfty-seuen seconds. Surrounded by four gendarmes with drawn swords and followed by the chaplain's carriage the wagon was dnvcu up the rue KoQiiutto , and tbom went ut full speed toward the Kuay cemetery. All was over. Tbo people , who did not see anything , broke loose and in spite of the police , there was a good deal of shameful disor der. H seemed as though a popular festival were in progacss , and as though the people , after being compelled by this awe of death to maintain silence for two hours , felt themselves aam in need of relaxrlion. J'hlloitonlir und Morals. It is twenty mlhutos past 5 o'clock , and as we returu to Paris wo only mention whether the death penalty producei uny moral effect. Little sympathy has been shown for Algr. D'Hulst. In the Chamber of Deputies to day the minister of the Interior was ques tioned in regard to tbo recent socialist Uls- turoauccs Iu the churches , and , after M. Loubut , president of tbo council , has replied , M. Hicord , minister of tbo interior , mad a strong anti-clerical statement , which was warmly applauded by tbo Chamber. Finally a vote was taken and M. Kicard' * statement was approved of by a vote of 317 to 10.- . The government is very proud of its vic tory and has ordered that M fllcards speech bo publuhod. The only question now Is whether the gov ernment will bo able to show tb same ma jority on Monday in regard to tbe Dahomey question as it showed today in regard to the religious question. Jacques ST. Cmic. Dnsertlnc the Country. Qucnuc , P. Q. , April I ) . Tbo clergymen of the lower St. Lawrence say tbe exodus of French-Cauudians is ton times greater this year than ever boforo.Vholo communities are depopulated acd ono meets as many a ) forty deserted farms in one parish. Hu Did Not Abuconil. Rio I > E JAxrino , April l > . It has transpired that the chairman of one of the Brazilian railways , who was reported to have ab sconded , was seen hero yesterday. The liquidation of this ojaipany was recently ordered. Gun iuri' iicctl : < m. GUATEMALA , April U. The final official can vass of tto presidential vote in Guatemala has been completed. It shows a majority for General Heioa Barrios , who Is declared pfes- Idem-elect. CliUllCll Of LATl'.lt It.lY SAJXTH. Yeitcrdaj'x Sviston of IU Ititeriiatlonal Conffn'iicv. IxiiEi-EXiiESCE , Mo. , April 0. At today's session of tbo international conference of tbo church ol Later Day Saints a resolution was adopted requesting the Heavenly Father to glvo n revelation to Prophet Joseph Krnytn by which bo may bo guided In tilling the va cancies in the church oftlcoa. To the same ocd , Sunday , April 10 , was appointed a day of Usttug and prayer. Tbe quorum of twelve reported adverely on tbe request of the Detroit branch that mis sionaries bo sent to Canada U also recom mended that no appointments to tbe ministry bo made of men who use tobacco contrary to tbe rovcUtloa ORACLE NO LONGER Gladstone's Voice Fails to Settle a Debats in the House of Commons. ONE OF THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES Unruly Followers on Whioh the Grand Old Man is Forced to Depend. GRAVIETY OF THE EGYPTION MATTER Side View of the Situation Which Parlia ment May Have to Free. LIBERAL CHANCES ARE VERY SLENDER .Must Carry nighty Scuta In Ortlrr to C.alu I'OUIT I.ciulcrs of the I'tirty LiDiInK Mope ntitl pur ring fur \Vlinl Now. ICnpi/rtoMttl Jfi33ly Jama rinnlni Jlennttt. } LOXKON , April II. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to Tus cn.J There Is noth ing that tbc House of Common ! likes bettor than personal scones of any kind. It had hau two or three during the past week which have bcon very successful. It spent the whole of Thursday discussing what should bo aono with ono of its members anil three other persons who huvo boor , gulty of broach of privllogc. Everybody engaged in tbis business mule : a miserable mass of it except Mr. Gladstone and too speaker. Hour after bour was cousumed in uu'lignlfloJ ' wrangling , llttlo calculated to retain tuo honor or dig- nicy of Purlianiont. Mr. Gladstone , in a spojch of remarkable sagacity and power , endeavored to put the house on the rieht track , but a largo section of bis own followers , a ? usual , rjfussd to abey him. What is ha goins to do with this unruly bordo wben , it over , ho returns to power ! They decline to accept his leader ship , even on a matter of parliamentary pro cedure , concerning which he speak with an authority no other min can posses * . With these rebellious spirits and a section of the Irish members , who vow vengeance against Mr. Gladstone for the do- structiou of Parnoll , it will bo seen that even if the iioerals gained a majority at the next election , their hold upon ofllco would be very precarious. A few years ago a speech made by Mr. Gladstone on this privilege question would have settled the matter. On Thursday it went for Httln or nothing. It is a disorganized mob that the veteran states man has behind him and not a disciplined party. Hreakers Looming ; Up. \Vlillo all this mummery Is going on the excessively dangerous complications which are daily growing up in Ejrypt are com pletely overlooked by both political pit-ties. Lord Salisbury has gone abroad for tbo Easier recess and most of his colleagues will shortly do tbo same. Meanwhile Turkey is playing a peculiarly snbtlo game , ob viously for the purpose of bringing .pressure to bear upon England to got out of E ypt. We bear nothing of it except through the press , no information being vouchsafed to Parliament. It is a literal fact that but for tbo speclil dispatches of the New York Hernia and the London Times wo should not bo aware of tbo hostility which tbe sultan is showing toward tbo new khedive - dive , though less towird htm than toward tbc English , who are backing him up. Lord Salisbury means to stand fast by his present position , but if Franco supported the attitude taken by the- sultan thora would bo a ciisis that would demand the immediate in terference of Parliament. J'lirllaiiii'nl In the I.irk. No correspondence , no paper of any Kind bus been luid oeforo us. If Turkey is playIng - Ing raoroly a game of brag , it does not much mutter whether wo kcop in this trulv Egyptian .darkness or not. But the rumor in well Informed circles is that every move made by the sultan lias been carefully planned in combination with either Kussla or France , or both. In that case the English occupation of France mar have at any mo ment to bo defended by force of arms , or bo abandoned altogether. Which course is Lord Salisbury prepared to take ? He will not say , and consequently the sit uation grows more ana more grave , and Par liament is spending the time in fussy debates about broach of privileg ? . Not So finny Alter All. I understand on good authority that the most recent calculations of the liberal wire pullers In reference to the general election are not favorable to Mr. Gladstone. If they are to cherige tbo minority into a majority they will have at 'east eight seats to win , and nobody can yet discover where they ara to come from. Tbo agricultural counties may supply tome , but London , on which the Uludstonian hopes are chietiy fixed , is likely to remain in tbo bands of the conservatives , There is no enthusiasm otiy nbcro for Irish homo rule. The English people take no real interest in the subject , a fact which Mr. Gladstone has never realized. That led to his defeat in lb-50. Nearly all the seats bo requires must be won In England , for Ireland , Scotland and Wales can give few , if any more. The present outlook is that ho cannot obtain the requisite number , and bis ablest agents do not dare to hope for a majority of raoro than twenty. With that bo could not remain In power tbreo weeks. Tbis will explain why Mr. Gladstone makes no attempt to force on R dissolution of Parliament and why tbo wiser section of bis followers look with some uneasiness on tno prospect of going to the people under any circumstances this year. A MKMIIEK or PAIII.UME.NT. AITAIUS IN IIHA/.II , . Army O 111 ecru Suspended ( or Interfering li rolltlciil Atlulra. Rio Da JANTUIO , April 0. A document signed by thirteen eupenor army ofllcert , which WHS recently put in circulation bore , has caused considerable comment in official circles. In tbU document tbo deposition of several governors of provinces was severely censured , tbo dictatorship assumed by General Da Fonscca was highly commended and an immediate presidential election was strongly requested. Tbo government has taken action In the matter , and , alter a thorough consideration has decided that tbo army officers whoso signatures are affixed to the document have in the composition and subsequent circulation of the daper arrogated to themselves a power belonging only to tbo properly cou&tltuUd authorities and hare committed u pravo breach of discipline. The government de cides that tbo offending officers ahull be dealt with in a measure commensurate with their offense , and has ordered that all bo dismissed from the service. It is only a low days ppo that a number of officers hero slcnetl a petition uriting upon iho vice president , tire advisability of an immodlato prcsldejitlul 'election. ' The vlco president thereupon issued a manifesto pro testing against this hclloa of the officers and Ifco.v , too , wcroDuifashcd for Interfering In political matter * , tbo entire number being placed on tbo retired list , The garrisons everywhere throughout tbo country remain loyal to the existing government , .VKII HOOKS\4Slt l'KiiioiHC.lT.S. Unoottha most .interesting and exciting stories that has been published recently is "Tho Princess Mnzkroff ; a Romance of the Day , " by Joseph Ballon. These who llko sensationalism In'Us most tragic form will hall with delight th o last production of this entertaining novelist. The plot briefly Is as follows ; Hichnrd Gordon Travers , 'Lthb only son of a famous iron founder of Middles borough , In England , and Mlddlesboroupb , in America , happens to meet with Prince and Princess Mnzaroff at Brlndisl and travel * in tlio same steamer with them on n trip frfim that place to Paris. Now , iho prince , who is a Hussion by birth , treats his wife with great indifference if not absolute cfuelty. and she being a beautiful womati , full of flre uud spirit , con soles herself by nceyptlug the attentions her many admirers are only too willing to lavish upon her. But she never experiences la grandO'passlon until she becomes acquainted with Ktchurd Gordon Travcrs , with whom she falls desperately love. She conflJos to him on board hUlp that she Is unhappy with her husband , and be , in a moment of weakness , tells hoc that he will always bo her friend and that if over she Is In need of itld she oun rely on htm. Young ' 1 ravers did not fuink much moro of tlo matter , but is very forcibly reminded of his promise wben , while. In Paris at a late hour ' in the night , the 'charming and amorous princess rushes suddenly into his room , in forming him tnat she has loft her husband forever and bo * oj > mo to live with him. Travers , whl.o nol being a saint , fetls the situation a very awkward one , unu scarcely knows what to do. but filially suu- cumbs' to the blandishments or tha fuscltmtlnc : Princei * Mnzaroff , and for a time t'jev live a sortoflurtle.dovo life. After a bit , however , tbo Englishman begins to think ho ought to triturn to England unu straighten out his affairs and settle down. He returns to bis native innd and whlio there falls In lovo-with n wealthy young ladv and his love beinpj reciprocated , bo deter mines to m-irry h'cr in short order. The pas sionate princess , however , cannot be so easily shaken off. She hears of bis impending marriage and on lee day it is to take place sho. appears on tbo scone and demands ( i private uudieuce with Travcrs. Ho sees her.in one of the room i < f bis English mansion , , and as bo refuses to consent to wed her , she kills herself in his presence with a dugcer which be had given tier , on which is engraved his name. Hear- las her scream , u crowd rushes Into the room just in tiiuo to "hoar her dying words : " 1 stood between his newr love ana ho has killed me ! " Of couise "lUi.s makes matters look very blacu for.Travers , but in the end he comes out all richturiU , marries tbo lady of hU choice. Published bj iho United State ? BOOK company , 45'J > Worth street , New York , . * - The Overland. MoiHljly for April contains an interesting article oa , "l'ho Indians of North America , " by Captain W. E. Dough crty. It is the secdnd.ir.iJao6oriespro/uscly illustrftted.and ° lntSfidf8wnu account of tho. captain's pe -OXcSrfenceiiiiUtASr'auuded ICaeeiu tbo late > Siq > pc uprisiufr. Mostol the other jirticjos'nrctfavoted'to Paciticcoast topics , as for iiistou-Ai :3ho > San Francisco Water FronU'V 'VnfKHIs idn Dolorbs Y'lho California ! ! oMboFuturcCalifornia ; Lion Hunting with Foxtiounds , " and "Happen ings in Old Caluveras. " There are few familiar namcs-uraong this month's con tributors , but it is a feature of the jjld Over land io glvo plac9 ! to contributions upon their menu and not to insist that tbo name of a popular author is of more value to too macu/ino than the meritorious work of an unknown writer. I St. Nicholas for April contains the usual number of ontorluinlng short stories and serials. Uharics Frederick Holder of i'asa- dena , Cal. , tnlU in his most charming way of "Tho Famous Tortui'as Bull Fight , " Charles F. Lummis contnlmtis'.bls . third article cm "Strange Corners "Of'Our Country , " In a i'raphlc description of the snake dance of the Moquis , Mary Halleck Foole describes the , gr at Colorado caaon'ln November. The ll : Hastrat ons and otherifeaturos are fully up to the u.ual high defjrco. of oxcclicice which has made St , Nicnolas a universal favorite among the young people. S. K. Bottone has Just given to the world n handy llttlo compilation under the tltlo of "A Guide to Electric.Lighting . tor the Use of Householders and Amateurs. " Iu another of his works , ' -Elccttiu Bells , " tbo author has treated of tbo application of electricity to signaling purposes ; in "Electric Light ing" ho has clearly "demonstrated by what moans electricity cau"be made subservient to the purposes of illumination and the trans mission of motive pfiivcr. It is profuselv illustrated und is mudo as reusable as a work on such a purely scientific subject could bo expected to be. Published by .Mucmllluu & Co. , New Yortf. Eicllo Snuvostro ahvdys writes interest ingly and "Man and Money , " a translation of which bus just been in a do by Mury J. Serrano , maintains" uls. high reputation as a talented novelist of the mo 'era French school. Published by Cab 4- Publishing company , 104 and 100 Fourth uvenuo , New York. Cussnll'a Family Magazine for this month would i > o welcome to Its rcudcis It it weru only for the continuation of L. T. Meado's delightful serial "put of the Fashion. " "How to Look Nico"'ls the flrst of two pa pers by Phyllis Browne on a subject that all women arc interested in. "My Conjuring Tilcks" is an amusing account of the experi ences of an amateur conjuror. "Mora About Undo Jobn'u Cucumber Frames" is a garden story that all who know "Uncle John" will want to read.Tho Uev. J. Slurbs' Finds" is an illustrated story , while "About Trams" IB an illus'rutcd stcUjb tbst will Ilnd a cym- pathetlc HUdlence in all who depend upon those ships of the stwHs.for getting to and from their places of ( business. The serial "You'll Love Me Yei , " IB linlsbed and Justi fies Its title In tbo cloting chapter. The other serial "Had HoJ nown" is also brought to a close. Allen Eastman Cross contributes a fine tribute to Cardinal. Manning in the April New England Mujcutlpo , It is based upon a newspaper parapraph , . > vhlch In noting his boneiiconco suld ttuHi at bis funeral the bust thing said of him WM : " 'Ho was good to the poor , ' This aloua is a coble omtaph. " Mr. Cross takes this for tbo title and central idea of his poem , which all lovers of Man ning will cherish. Mr. is. B. Whitney , tbo organist and choir tauter of the Church of the Advent Of Boston , furnishes a good de scriptive article on "Surplicod Boy Choirs in America , " and Edward G. Mason of Chicago cage furnishes n scholarly and valuable paper on "Tho Early A'lsltors to Chicago. " The pools cannot complain of not getting a show in this Issuecf the New England Magazine. There are , in addition to tha very fine poem by Allua Eastman Cross , other very creditable poetical effusions by Ccllu P. Woolley , Gertrude Christian Fosdick , Charles Gordon Uogcri , Minna Irving and James G. Burnett , Tbo thousands of au- mirort of .lamoj Uhitcomb Htley will turn to Walter Blackburn Hurto's generous esti mate of bis peltry with a great deal of pleasure. Harto calls Uiley "tho Burns of contemporary American poetry. " Of all the roonj.pubUcatiouJ issued spec ially for the edification of the young it would bo difficult to Bclttct B better or more instruc tive one than "Hlstoria ; an illustrated monthly magazine of hlstodtal stories. " The nuttber for April is full of excellent papers. There are 'Toe Story of Macbeth , " Doctors ! I'IQUW ) TakoBcqcbam' * Pills. -AKiDAN VIRULENCE Politics in Germany Bocomiug Violently nnd Decidedly Interesting. CONSERVATIVE LOSSES IN THE SANTAG Agitation of tlie Primary Education Bill Still Continues. ITS ADVOCATES WAITING FOR REVENGE They Blama the Government for the Defeat of the Measure. SOCIALISTS PREPARING FOR MAY DAY Demount rut tons Will lie Made i\crywlioro : I'rrimnitloin to Snpitrriis IMsimti-rs Dccrrnso In C.rrni inj's Trmlc-UiMsIp und Ncn < fro in the riitlicrliiiid. ! tin the X. I' Artne nfcd 1'ntt. ] Utiu.ix , April ! . ' . When the Landtag re assembles on April i3 ! an important regroup ing of tbo parties will ba effected. Tuo negotiations for a rearrangement now pro ceeding point to a coalition of tbo moderate conversation faction , headed by llerr Helldort and Hauchopt , with the liberals , which will result In the formation of a cartel party , having some of the best elements of the old cartcllors. The split botweou the ultra conservatives and the moderates has practically destroyed tbo conservative ma jority in thi Landtag and also places the party nt the tremendous disadvantage of hav ing disordered ranks at the approach ol the general election. Trerc is no mending tbo breach , the declared divergence in prlncloles being too pronounced. Partisan virulence is already keen. If a coalition Is effected it will bo adopted us a basis of promising strength , the government , thjowlng its influ ence on its side , will follow its policy on a distinct national liberal - oral basis. The frelslnnigo party re joices at seeing the other party disintegrated. The men who support Hell- dorf are very woik. Tbo bulk of the con servatives continue in consonance with the centrists on the primary education bill and await a chance to avenge themselves on the government for abandoning that measure. After iho Easter holidays the leaders will announce a new program , which Is being elaborated , the spirit of which is shown in an uJdivss to Minister Von Sedlltz , signed Dy sUty-hvo members of the upper housa of the Prussian Diet , cxprosEint : gratitude for his defense of the conservative principles. The public takes the political uncertainly quietly , though the- situation is pregnant with eventful issues. Even the reports of Chancellor von Caprivi retiring after Easier in favor of Count Von Eulonbeig do not stir iho general pulse. Socialists 1'reparliif ; lor "May Day. . - The preparations of the socialists for the Mity"day < celebration artS'lJoealyCwatcned'by ' * tbo authorities. At a council of the minis ters Chancellor von Caprivi proposed to In fluence the employers to refuse the men a holiday if the celebrations nro organized for Monday , May _ ' , instead of Sunday. The Austrian socialists who have decided to hold their demonstration on tbcnd desired the Germans to bold a simultaneous celebration on that day. Mr. Miguel advised his colleagues to treat the day as a recognized labor holiday , and If the celebration was held on Monday to close the government -dories. . Dr. Miguel even supRcstcd that the prices at the theaters bo ordered by the government to bo reduced and that the military bauds bo ordered to play in the public gardens. The other min isters did not go us far as Dr. Miguel wanted them to , but they agreed not to oppose the demonstrations. Tbo socialist leaders have Incurred tbo ill- will of the Austrian socialists by re using to make Sunday uud Monday holidays. Mar day proper alone , will bo celobrdtep In Germany , in Berlin a number of meetings - ings have been arranged for and the public gardens and suburban resorts will be filled with great crowds of workIngmen ana their families , celebrating the day. There will bo no big party processions. If the nnarchis'c attempt to create a disorJcr they will meet with instant and severe repression. In Vienna Sunday will bo celebrated by an assemblage in the Prater to dUcuss the eight hour question. Another section proposes to hold a procession , tno participants to bo at- tlrod in blue blouses. Throughout Austria , with the exception of Vienna , the celebra tions will DO held on Monday. The want of cohesion among the Austrian socialists will weaken the effect of the demonstration. In Pcstb the police have bcon ordered to prevent all meetings and processions. The socialists will therefore be compelled to bold tdclr demonstrations outsldo the city bound aries. aries.Will Will Celebrate Tlirir Uoldcn Wcihllns" . A dispatch to tbo Cologne Gazette from St. Petersburg says that the czar and the czarina and members of the royal family will sail for Copenhagen on board the imperial yact Polar fator ou April 2J , to attend the golden wedding ol tbc king and queen of Denmark. No great court fetes will beheld , and only the ralatives of the king and queen will bo invited to take part. Tbo accouch- incut of the empress is expected to take place in Juno. Publlo prayers have already been offered In the churoues for her safe delivery. Consular reports for tbo first quarter of 161U , show adocroate in tbo trndo compared with the same p rlod iu IbOl. From Berlin the decrease 1s 8,003,090 marks nnojfrotn Han- burg it Is 5,000,000 , marks in sugar exports alone. Tuls is all said to be auo to tbo reciprocity treaty of the United States uffcctiui ; the German sugar trade to tbo West Indies end South Ametica. About 1,000,000 marks of the Berlin decrease Is In the cheapest ulnd of fancy goods which have tilt bet to been sent to the southern states. The negroes now have no money to buy this trash. Tbo Berlin schuetzen clubs will send a gold rup to tbo Now York Schuotzcn clue In memory of the rlllo festival held in ( Jsrmauy in IS03. The cup Is twenty Inuhas high and bears on Us covers the figures of a riQoman In oxidized tllver. ICauffmun , tbo American bicyclist , has issued a challenge for a raoo to be held under the auspices of tbo Berlin Bicycle club. Mrs. JClefer , wlfu of Colonel Kiefer of St. Petersburg , hag died hero from pneumonia. Her body will be sent homo. TKAGIC i\DIXO : 01'A IMV'S SPOUT. Captain Mlddlrlon , uu KnclUh ( Jentlunmn , Killuil While Itlillni ; u Jtucu. LONDON , April 'J. A large number of the members ef the Iloua of Commons and members of fashionable circles traveled to Kineton todav to see the House of Commons steeplechase , Mr. Long , rnombor of vision of Wiltshire , won the hoav race and Mr. Francis Mlldmay , the division of Dovonshlro , won theiU. . weight raco. The day's sport was spoiled , bowov\ \ % * an accident thht resulted In the dca ' Captain Allddloton , n well known rldei * was ono of the riders in ths racai nnd thtown from hi * horse and Imtatitly Ul\"i \ Ho was ono of the best and raoit fiopl riders in England. Whoa the omprosi t - Austria hunted in Ireland ho was her pill/ * lie has repeatedly ridden the winners ofer the stlfTest steeplechase courses , WILL n.visi : TIII : ST.VTI : or si 1:01 : . Atliilrn In tlio Argc-ntlno ItopiiliUr Orltlni ; Hack to Tlirirurnml t'oiKllllon. Brn.vos AIILS > , April 0. The state of siege proclaimed in the entire republic on April 0 , In consequence of the grave political troubles prevailing throughout the country , fears being entertained that the radicals wcro about to attempt to ovcrthro\y the govern ment , will bo suspended tomorrow for the purpose of holding the clce- tlot. ! . Tbo radicals declare that they will hold aloof from tbo elections and will take no parl whatever in the ballot Ine for candidates. They announce that tholr object In assuming this attitude is to protest against the coercive action which tbis gov ernment has recently taken au'iilnsl the rudl- cals In arresting nnd Imprisoning many members of ths party nnd accusing them of complicity In plots to assaslnato high federal ofllcials , to overthrow the existing govern ment aid to form In Its stead a dictatorship roprcsentej iu the person of Lr. ) A'om , the lender of Iho radical party. Many army officers have been placed und"r arrest on suspicion of being concerned In the alleged conspiracy against the government. CATHOLICS' IN rii.vxci : . Tlirir Tirades AK'liist the ( ! uieminent .11 list Ho stopped. PAH'S April 9.-In the Chamber of Depu ties today Manager Hulst questioned the government In regard to recent dlsturbai.cos m Parisian churches , complaining that im proper instructions had bon issued to the police. Premier Lonbet replied that the pshco has douo their duty. M.Jordan called upon the government to prevent antl-ropublicin attacks on the part of Cutholic uroachors. He severely criti cised a circular letter recently issued by tbo bishop of Monde. M. Richard , minister of justice and public worship , announced that iho bishop would bo brouirht Uaforc the council of state , nnd that his stipend would bo stopped. 113 de clared speeches against the public would be stopped. His declarations were greeted with hearty applause , and the Chamber adopted a resolu tion on confidence iu him. it.irj ; Tituuiti.K i u.u.v/.vr. Eastern Ko.uls Tlire'iicn to .M lice Trouble Vimlcrl > IIU Aliep the Ualmi Tnrlllr. CurcAOO , III. , April y. Notwithstanding the efforts to avert trouble it cow ioo s as il nothing less thaa a passenger rn'lo war would bo the result cf the competition grow- ng-icutof ' "tbe' mooting -of - tbe-i-Sbcluty of' Christian Endeavor to be held in N\3w York nextJuiv. The action of the Michigan Cen tral , the Lake Shore and the Pennsylvania roads in announcing an ? j rate from Chicago to New York and return for that occasion has caused the dilteiential lines to declare themselvns. General Passenger Agent Kob- crts of iho Krlu road said toduv : "We shall maintain our $2difT < uentiul whatever the reg ular linen muy make. The Baltimore & Unio , I am told will do tno same lliini ; and I have no doubt that will bathe iwlicv of all the differential linos. " The strong lines claim that iu announcing the rate they are only carrylnuouttbo urue- inont arrived ut in regard to this business that the lowest first class limited fare for the round trip should bo the rate by all roads. The lowest first class liicitoJ rate , they con tend , docs not mcun that of tbo road issuing the ticket but of any road engaged in the traflic. Whatever there may bs In the rumor that Marvin Hughltt , now president of tbo Chicago cage & Northwestern road , is to lie made president of the Union Pacific at the next mueting of the stockholders , it is neither confirmed nor denied by art } ono here who might be supposed to speak with authority. Outsiders are generally inclined to credit tbo story. They point to the assertion that .lay Gould has lost his crip on the Union Pacific ; that Mr. Hughitt is alraady a director of that company ; tbatJ. Pierrcpoint Morgan , who represents the Yanriorbilt people in tbe management of Its affairs , and that thn Vandcrbllts have long desired to control a transcontinental. That tbo election of Mr. Hugbltt to the presidency would mean a practical consolidation of that road with the Chicago & Northwestern under Vanderbllt control , Is not questioned. Chairman Klnloy of .ho Western Paison- per association bus decided that the cut rates now'in effect bjtwcou Chicago and tbo Missouri rlvor points must not bu used by western roads although intended us sjcu by the Chicago and Ohio river lines , except from points as ho has authorized to meet outsliio competition. Tronic Manager Busbonbarit of the Chicago cage , St. Paul & Kansas City road objects to this decision ai an Infraction of Iho law. in his reply the chairman says : "In the ab sence of a definitely settled application of the law with respect to the through rates , it would bo Improper tor any metnbor to seek protection from independent action by an ex- pnrtco assertion of what the law rcqulrus. " Itiuluceil Itato to tlio loir.i Convention , KANSAS CITV , Mo. , April 0 , Chairman Smith has Issued a circular to. members of the TrAustnlsso-iri Passinpor association authoring ono round trip rates to tha Iowa democratic stale convention May 11. Urnnt Monument Cornerstone , NEW YOIIK , April 0. Tbe corner stone of tuo Grant monument will bo laid the 27th inst. _ _ UKomrnD TIIK ri'.KincT irim CIIKHHN Wife Murderer Sclinrldrr round UuflljMiy H WiiHlilni.'toiiJiiry , WASHINGTON , L ) , C. , April 0. In the trial of Howard J , Schneider for the murder of hl wlfo , the jury agreed on murder In tno flrst degree. On January 31 Schneider , who bad not bcon living with his wife for several weeks , mot her on her way to church , accora ( milled t > y her brother and sister , and almost Immediately began tiring. Tha brotber was instantly killed and the wlfo received thrco bulleU in her body , from the effects of which she died In a few days. Tbo largo crowd congregated around the buildings gave vent to Its feelings of approval by repeated cheers. The judge In dismissing the jury thanked them for their righteous and just verdict and said U would bo an honor to them as long as tboy lived. Will Muke u Jtcilurtlou In NEWCASTLE , Pa. , April 0. Notices have been posted at all tbo furaaro * in this city that there will bo a general reduction of wages , to take effect on April 17. The op- crutorn say the reduction is necessary because - cause of the condition of tha Iron market. The first base ball ganio of the season will bo played today. Ttie Athletics and the Al brights urt > the contesting loams , The g me will bo played on the Albright grounds at 0:30 o'clock. Casey and Slater will be In the points for the Athletics and Holding and Mullen for iho Al origin CAPTURED THE CANON Wyoming Rustlers Won the Honors of the Tirst Engagement , SURPRISED THE ARMY OF CATTLEMEN One Side Now Has ths Ammunition and the Otcr the Big Gun. FIGHTING LIKE INDIANS BEHIND ROCKS Gun Stores Umble to Supply the Increas ing Demand for Arms. INFORMATION DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN Until Tart Irs Ilrtvrmlned to Win XOIT nt Anj- Coil Terrllile Incitement How Iho 1'rnulc of tlio Mnto reel. CASITR , Wyo. , April 9. [ Special Telegram to TUB Br.n. | An tinned rustler has just arrived in towu alter ammunition. Ho re ports n flu hi in progress nnd ssy.s the cattle men have retreated to Tlsdalb's ranch. H would give no details but said a string of ponies wcro stretched between hero and Tisdalo's ranch for the quit-It transportation of ammunition. Ho said the rustlers had tha best of It but wcro nearly out of ammunition. The fight w'as alter the manner of Indian warfare. From behind rocki they bad Hied on each other many hundreds of times. Tno rustlers suprised the army and cap tured their big canon but the army got away with the- ammunition so that the place could not be used against them. Friunils of the rustlers will say nothing nnd ouly toil what suits them , rso one hero saw him but tuoso who supplied him with ammunition , From tbeso friends the above report was gotten. There leorns to bo no question that a fight has tukou place , but tbo magnitude aud fatality cannot bu ascer tained. Kroiifori'inj ; the Fighter * . The town this morning was again stirred up , over twenty men passing through town just at dayhgbt. They had nothing to lay and marched across the covntry towards Powder river. As yet no ouo has arrived from the Powder river country , nnd there- port of the cow puncher that ho saw a man banging near the Powder river has not baen contradicted nor verified. All kinds of rumors uro afloat , and it is generally- - liuvcd hero that this afternoon , If tlio army IK bent on extermination , the work is com menced. If tbo battle took place Ibis after * noon as reported , a report of It will not reach , here before Munduv morning. People throughout the section are all nrousod and on tbo nlort. It Is generally thought that tbo cattlemen have had men here npoUine and catching on to things. Several strungo men that have bcon loafing nround tbo country bar o disappeared a-JO In all probability have joined the army. Qua. ranchman in converse has so worked himself up over the matter that miuy of his friend * , think bo will lese bis reason. Tlio man thinks that ho is on the list and tourly expects to bo killed by some unknown purty. A green German sheep herder saw tho- army la tbe distance and Docamo so scared , over the sight that he left his herJ and run und bid aud loU tbe whole herd of snoop , sorao3,0JJ. ( When night carao on bo ran all tbo way to Cispcr , and when ho reached hero was almost dead from fright. The. Germans n nine .4s ICoch , and his horns is in Denver. , r The gun stores nro unable to supply tho. dcmana for weapons. THE BUR coirespond ent willjlcnvo.for.tho [ sccno of the war to morrow morning. Ni\VCASTLi : IMtlSUNKKS KSCAI'E. Thry Usrcl n Smv on Iron liars In I'm or of tlin Jtimtlcrs. NEWCASTLE , Wyo. . April 9. ( Special Tele- cram to Tin : BUE.J Bromley , who killed William Ma till us on near this city Borne. weeks ago , was today sentenced to twenty- Uvo years in the state penitentiary. The murder was without initlzatlns circum stances but in consideration of bis pleading guilty Bromley was allowed the second do- groo. Two pilsonero escaped from Jull last night by sawing off an iron window bar. Tboy Thomas Gallagher , convicted of grand lar ceny , and William Skinner , who bad pleaded. guilty of burglary. Tnoy have cot been. captured. The general opinion hers Is that the armed mon sent Into Johnson county by tbo stock men will have war from the start. Many men are being persecuted as rustlers who are not thieves , and tboy will fight. The cattle men arc evidently proparinc to round up all the cattle ocarin ? brands of tbo accused ( Den , preparatory to shipping them out of tbo country and selling them us strays. War is sure to bo the result of such a policy. iu < AT John IIiiiilliiRton's Indorsement of Note * , und Trouble It IB Cam I up. ( NEW VOIIK , Apill 0. It U loomed that Colonel David Palgo of tbo big contracting- firm of Palgo , Carey & Co. , who disappeared iw& weeks ago , Is on his way to Dresden to see John Hur < tlngton of Cleveland to straighten out tbo tangle about the endorse ment of Huutiugton's name on their papers. Huntlngton's son and his agent are trying to head Paige off , having sailed a day after him. DIIESDEX , April 9. Mr. John Huntlagton of Cleveland , O. , is very 111 in u private hos pital In this city. A representative of the Aesociutod Press tried to see him today In regard to his endorsements on the paper of Paige , Carey A : Co. of New York. No strangers are allowed to see him , but the re porter wus seen by Mrs. Huntington , who stated that her husband made it n rule never to endorse notes , in this case , bo had mudo an exception , much against her wishes. Both considered Colonel Payne to be a man of honor. Colonel Payne's flrra was bard pressed by opposing contractors aim Mr. Huntington assisted him by en * 4orelng a number of bis noun before ho started for Europe. All of the endorsed notei are In tbo hands of MM. Huntmeton's Now York bank. The former notes were mostly luken up by Mr. Huntlngton. Mrs. Huntfnt.rt'.m was not able to state the amount Of thn notos. She had no dnowlodgo of tbo torrlblo uews beyond that contained In & brief cublo dispatch. Tuo More llodles Itucorered. UxioxTOtt.V , Pa , April O.-Tho search party m the Hill Farm mine at Duubar to day brought out the bodies of Barney Mausb and David Harris , who were entombed thor * In June , IbaO. This makes twenty-seven bodies rccoveroJ. It Is ox pooled the other four bodies will be reached souio time to night.