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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.PAGES 1 TO 8. KSTAJJLJSIIKD JTJXE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOUSING- , AUGUST 30 , 1890 TWENTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FrVE CUNTS. DRIVES MEN INSANE English Prison Discipline Oortain to Unbalance anco the Mind. EXPERIENCE OF THE IRISH PRISONERS Persecuted and Maltreated Until Thei Season Gives Waj , CRUELTY OF KEEPERS TO THE CONVICTS TIard Life Matlo More Eigorous by th < Wardens in Charge. WHY THE DYNAMITERS ARE RELEASED Gitfii Mlicrl ? IliM-niiMC I.oiiKcr Con lliiL'inriit MCIIIIN ( Vrtnln Death UN I ho H.-Nil 11 of UnrilBlilpH mill I'rlt iilloiiH , ( Copyright Wf liy rniw Ptibllnhlni ? Comrnny LONDON Aug 29 ( Now York World Cn blcgram Special Telegram ) Dr. Thonu Oallaghcr tlio so-called Irish dynamiter Just released from Portland prison , sailed fo Now York from Southampton today on .h American liner St Paul His mental coiJi tlon Is scarcely better than that of his co-n panlon In prison , Dr. Whltehead , who. It 1 probable committed suicide soon aftei le gaining his liberty , through lunacy an despair The American embassy In Londc-i rccelvid some money from the United Siatc 1 towards paying Dr Gallagher's expenses t New York but not enough. I understand however , that the English government inad up an amount sufficient to secure for bin first cabin passage U Is stated at 'he em bassy that there Is no satisfactory proof tl n \Vhltehoad ( or Murphy ) ever was admitted to American cltlrenshlp The World s Southampton correspondent telegraphs ' Dr Gallagher was convey ci this morning from Winchester prison to tin railway station In a closed carriage , accom panled by n wan rn , who took him to the btcamshlp pursci's office here , wheie hi wus met by Mr IlmUon , an official of the American embassy , and Dr. McBrldc of the London Amnesty association The wardei handed to Gallagher the six sovereigns ( $10) ) which Is customary to give to convicts 01 discharge' The doctor became v lolent , am gave back the money with Incoheieiit miit- tcrlngs about British gold and secret socle- tics His behavior throughout was wholly inconsistent with sanity HIS CONDUCT AT THE PIER "Ho seemed to distrust Hodson and Me- Brblo , said ho didn't know Hodson , and ' McBrldc was an English emissary The United States embassy provided n salooi berth for him , but Gallagher wanted to buy a steerage ticket He said ho wouli travel In the steerage , whoever objected and nt nnotbci time declined ho would go back to prison Ultimately he was quletci and shook bnmls In n filemlly way with Mcllrlde Ho became excited again before the steamer stni ted , and shouted to the warden 'Come along to prison ' He w.ib calmed again after a time , and conversed though reservedly , with a World coirespond ent Gallagher Intends to piactlcc his pio- fcsslon ( medicine ) after his ai rival In Ameilca Ho Insisted ho felt well , having a robust constitution I understand thai ho was leleascd on license , subject to re vocation If be returns to British soil with out a permit from the Biltlsh government Mr McDildo accompanies Gallagher to New York , boili traveling as .saloon pnsscngers " The release of these li Ish prlsonerb , con victed with nineteen others thirteen years ago of plotting to simultaneously blow ill building In various cities of England with the certainty of killing unnumbered hun- dieda of Innocent people , has made a pro found sensation. The liberal gov eminent under Gladstone and Rosebcry , doubtless , foi fear of political consequence , refused to liberate them , notwithstanding great pres sure from Ireland and the United States The conscivatlvo government does so , how ever on the ground that It Is the universal policy of prison departments to release a convict sentenced for llfo when U Is duly certified that his llfo Is endangered by fur ther confinement that Is If the peril is In conboquenco of imprisonment. NEWSPAPERS ARE ANGRY The controversy In the newspapers over the release Is vciy angry , It being pointed out by the objectors , several of them great noble-men , that It Is strange that four of tbo dynamiters should synchronously aud suddenly bo found to be In that condition , while the prison records show that many ordinary life convicts are allowed to die In confinement The charge Is almost openly made by Lord Hcneago In the- Times this morning that the release of Gallagher and Whltchead was the result of n Ktrgaln with * a faction of the Iilsh party In Parliament presumably Redmond's ten The News , the chief organ of the liberal party , oddly enough questions In an editorial this morning the policy of the release It notes that Mr Gladstone and Lord Rnsebery , even disre garding a request from the United States congress , refused to liberate them , "Mr. Asqulth ( the liberal Home tccutary ) might nt any moment have btcn urned rut 1 of olfice , " tlio Nev\b declares , "for tefiiBlng It , yet refuse It he did , and the lories up plauded him Laid Salisbury la not ax Mr Gladstone and Lord Rosebery were , depend- flit upon the Iilsh vote , but It has been thu tory gawo evei smeu the death of Mr. Par- nell to back Mr Kulmond agalnn Mr. Mc Carthy and Mr Dillon. The torles think if they encourage Irish quarrels an 1 foster Irish disunion they will make it Impokslblo for the liberals to get a majority at the next general election " BRINGS UP THE WHOLE SYSTEM. t The most excited discussion though aroused by the release of these men Is concerning the British convict By stem No sympathy Is expressed with thcso dyna miters , but It la recognized that tbo object of penal servitude should bo to servo as a deterrent , not to destroy the minds and bodies of criminals Devuny , the dynamiter first released , is almott blind and suffering from spinal complaint , while bis mental condition Is such that his family at Glas gow Is obliged to keep him under con- plant suppnlslan to prevent him fioin committing suicide. He la possessed of * morbid terror of English authorities , believing ( hey will find boino fret.li charge against him to get htm back In prluon Dotany will bo sent to America or Austiallu BB soon as friends caa p pvlde mean * re quired. Daly is absolutely bioken down physically. HI * nervous system has utterly i collapjcd and bo is subject to fits of almost I maniacal excitement. Ho liai been taken I to rails by Lls brother , who feared that U ho went home to Ireland and was tempt. ' to deliver any public speech Its clnrarte might cause his rcarrcst and destroy nl chance of liberation Whltchead's Imbecile condition was dc sorlbcd In my dispatch last Saturday HI tragic disappearance from home at Skll bcrccn on the night of his arrival full corroborates the World's description of hi mental state. An exhaustive search fall to disclose him , and the belief Is that h Is dead or dying In some cave along th Bantry cotst , demented by a fear that h would be taken back to prison HOW PRISONERS TARE The present convict system , which ha been followed by a great Increase In Insan tty among criminals , went Into operatlu In 18S7. The World s correspondent askc the secretary ot the prison department o the Homo olHcc today for a copy of the rule governing convicts , but was Informed tha these inlcs arc confidential , and have neve even been presented to Parliament. Tb olllchl added that reference to the rules o convict prisons would give no accurate Ide of the treatment accorded to any partlcula convict Such treatment Is regulated b ; his physical condition and behavior. Th rules make a voluminous book , nnd , whei applied In each case , are at the discretion o the' governor and physician. Authoritative Information on the genera system of treatment of convicts Is given I a book by Sir Edmund du Cane , for man years chairman of the English Prison board. The sentence of pennl servitude , sue as was Imposed on the dynamiters , i dUldi Into three stages , which last nliu mouths In the first the prlsoneis pass the wlol time except n brief period allotted to piayer and ono hour a day to exercise , in a eel apart from nil other prisoners , working a some kind of labor. In the secnm stage ho sleeps and"1 taki his meals in n separate cell , but works li association , under strict supervision. In th third stage he Is conditionally released froti prison on a ticket of leave. The prisoner' mind Is thrown upon Itself. He Is con demned to perpetual silence , except whe asked a question by n warden He work Incessantly under constant siipcrv Islon , an slackening being halted with close con flncmont on bread and water for n spel not exceeding three days In succession. Throughout the whole period of confine mcnt male prisoners are not allowed t speak to each other under ecvcre penalties but the Irish dynamiters have incessant ! complained that while flute punitive re strlctions were only carried out In splrl against ordinary convicts they were 'n Illcted to the letter upon the dynamiter alone. SHOWN BY OPFICIAL INQUIRY. Theli complaints to a largo extent wer proved before special Inquiry , Instituted it 1S90 , by direction of the tory home bccie tary , Mathcws , Into their allegation of un fair treatment while confined In Chathan prison This Inquiry was granted bccnusi It leaked out that on two separate ocea slotis Daly was all but fatally poisoned by drugs administered to him while 111. The poisoning was declared by the commlttc to be accidental , but Daly and other dyna miters always believed It was deliberate , be cause he had made himself highly ob noxious to all the prison officials fioui gov ernor down The dynamlteis gave evidence lu great detail before the committee , furnishing numerous specific Instances of lll-trcatmeni by the lower olllcials , who , they asserted weio prejudiced agalnbt them bccaubo of their nationality and the political nature of their offense. It is a remarkable coincident that every warden against whom any allegation was made had been remov ed to some other pi Isot prior to the inquiry , some weie e cn sen abroad Ol'TENDING OITICERS REMOVED. James Egan , who was , liberated In 1892 and Is now In the United States , testified ' "Ihoio has been a well organized system o 111 tieatment from the very moment of my reception to the picbent moment , but organ- Led In such a manner that It would not bo peicelved by any body" but the person so 111 ticatcd " It was admitted that dynamiters were segregated from the other prisoners , were located In a separate part of the pilbon , In cells known as penal cells , and were called Epeclal pilsoners The governor of the jail admitted this was done to keep them under u more rigorous supervlblon than the other criminals. This supervision Is the most dreaded aspect of convict life , as it enables n harsh or Ill-disposed warden to keep a prisoner In perpetual fcimcnt of fear and to visit upon him numberless petty punish ments nnd degradations In the penal celL , the dynamiters allege , they sufferednll the hoirors of nu extra detachment , the war dens being told oil to watch them and keep thorn uiillagglngly nt a monotonous work , mat or sack mal.lng The prison chaplain asserts from his observation that unquestion ably a largo part of the pilson officials were prejudiced against the dynamiters be cause of their nationality , and It wus prove ] In many cases whore the dynamiters had made complaint In writing to thu prison de partment of specific acts of eiuclty and tyranny the officials had been u urn eel or removed by the authorities. WERE PERSISTENTLY PERSECUTED U was shown to the satisfaction of the committee , that , Instead of having ham mocks , as all other prlsoneis had , tbo dyna miters had to sleep on plank beds coveied with nmttresbCH as hard as boards , that Instead of the ordinary movable stools , they had only rough logs fastened to the floor by Iron stanchions , that their cells were colder than those of the other prlboncrs , and that In the evening the gas light was thrown Into their cells by means of a re- lector , which Injuriously affected their sight , that they weie prevented systematically from sleeping the full allowance period by the practice adopted by the wardens of slamming the trap doors through which hey were Inspected every half hour hroughout the night , and by turn ng the full glare' of their lanterns upon the prisoner's oycs , until they were thoroughly awake , that ueols were not served to them as to other irlboneru , that they got refuse Instead of ire'ad and that In a thousand different ways some of them unmentionable and Incredible t proof weie not forthcoming , the rigors and the terrors of a convict prison wc u greatly Intentltled for them by their jallois Some of the dynamiters' allegations wro lot buslalned by evidence , but enough was irovfd to move the goveinuicnt to o.dti hem transferred to Portland prison , where hey have been since then wltnr-jt 11 nJ ng any fault for special complaint. GALLAGHER'S SPECIAL CASi' According to the repot t of the committee mentioned. Dr Gallagher first thovvcd uymp- ems of Insanity as far back as 1SS7. and as the doctor Insisted he wab only feigning naelness Gallauhcr incurred tdxteeii differ -nt iHinirl.mcnts , Ho bc'camo worse , was mictt'd with constant vomiting , which lasted or mouths , and which the prison doctor do- ( Contluued on Fifth Pace. ) . , RENEWS ITS CLAMOR English "Weekly Press Again Busy a "Warning Its Readers. STATIST FINDS MUCH JUSTIFICATIOf Points Out the Verification of Its Man ; Pessimistic Predictions , SCHEME TO HELP OUT WESTERN FARMER Mortgage Holders Besceched to Withbol Claims for Interest. PRICE OF SILVER IS STILL FALUN ! ProKK-cl | nf Itrjuii'H r.lccllon HUH No Oiictnlcil to SiiMtulii I In1'rloe of the White lie-till In 1olid nH. ( Cop > right , IflC. by Pre i 1'uMlshlnir Cotnpnnj LONDON , Aug. 29. ( New York World Cn blcgram Special Telegram ) The Englls dally newspapers give little attcntlo to the failure of Hilton , Hughe & Co. , attributing It to the li tcrnal Incapacity of the firm , rathe than to political causes Hut the wceitl financial publications out today take It as text for continuing their warning agnlns Investing In American bccmttlcs. The Statist feels called ill on to explain a much length Its constant crusades agaln.s American Investments , but maintains tin Its advice has been proved good b > rosulls and again strongly counsels that ext.em caution bo exeiclsed by English Invcrtoi "until McKlnlcy wins " "One reason for thinking that Mr. Me Kluley will win , " sa > s Its editor , "U tha the rich all over the United States nr against Mr Hrjan and they have had month for making preparations to safeguard the.n selves against danger. " Meanwhile the AVestmlnster Gazette I printing letters from English holders o western American mortgages , suggesting th general consent of such mortgage holder on this bide of the Atlantic to voluntarll ; reduce their Interest charges , bceaube tli mortgagccb are now unable to pny. "Th western farmer , " sajs one writer , "ovvi and cultivates his own land Stirling on with $1,000 he borrows $1,000 mo'-e 4-id buy a farm No moie honest and Indus rlou man lives than this sturdy land propiietoi Father , mother and children all work In th fields , together anxious to clear off the mort gage ami Improve their homestead HOW TO SAVE THi : HOMESTEAD. "Hut falling pi ices have compelled this unfortunate man to give twice as mud grain In payment of his taxes , Interest an fixed charges , and the result of a > car's hard work Is that loss , debt and despair settle down on that humble homo and hope gives place to rage The farm Is now no worth the amount of the mortgage , and the farmer becomes n populist , a silver maier or anything else that politicians tell bin may help htm. The poor fcllou eannoi pay his interest nt present prices , nnd he curses the man to whom the debt Is due ho throws up his farm and leaves It to the mortgagee , as the directors of the Anglo- American mortgage companies can testify to their sorrow. "If a man on the farm cannot make It pay , how will the English mortgage holder fare ? If , on the other hand , the rate of In terest Is temporarily reduced , not cairlcil forward as arrears , the farmer could strug gle along until better times , for a man loves his home and will work for It am : oven sometimes fight for It. Such a courbe would keep the land In cultivation , secure principal and pay some little Interest on the moitgage , even In these times It would bo an easy way of doing a good ac tion and making a lifelong friend , nnd If this great misfortune should overtake this great empire and hostile fleets were cut ting off supplies , our grateful kinsman be yond the seas would not forget those who had saved his home , and the contents of his granaries would pour out on our shores , even If ho had to shed his blood to bring them. " SILVER STEADILY FALLING. It Is noted that "In spite of Increasing fear of Bryan's election hero , the pi Ice of silver In the English market , which fixes the prlco nil over the woild , has steadily fallen since the Chicago convention. It might reasonably have been thought that In proportion as fear regarding the maintenance of gold standard In the United States Increased a corresponding deslro would he shown to purchase silver on the assumption that , should the silver party succeed and free coinage bo adopted , silver would , for a time at least , show a material improvement In price. The dispo sition to sell American securities , huuuvei , lias been attended by an Increasing deblrc to sell silver Superficially , the pressuio : o sell by holders of silver would appear to Indicate that they do not antlclpatu the success of the silver party" HALLAHD SMITH. OM : ev\M > T | OTIIIMI A\0111,11 .NOT , Inl > ami llrnrll Xnl I.II.clj lit Conn- to llloi > H ThlN Tim. . . ( Copyright , USO , lij the Antedated Press ) LONDON' , Aug 29 In political circles It s believed that the dllllculty between Italy and Ilra/ll will bo amicably arranged as Italy , with her Abyssinian trouble still meettled , has quite enough to do without mgaglng In hostilities with Hrazll , and especially in view of the state of the tiillnn exchequer 1'ram Hlo do Janeiro It Is stated that It Islet lot believed that there will be any serious complications as the Brazilian government s determined that the material damage sus- alned by Italians and the demagogic Ifi- ults to the Italian flag shall bo fairly dealt vltu and that suitable amends will bo made MIMSTHV IIKlllIo AIOIIM | | | ( 'mint Kill-mill UN 'IVmpiiiur > I'rrmliM * YOKOHAMA. Aug 29 The entire milita ry bus resigned. Count Kuroda has been ppolnted acting premier. The crisis arose on ccount of a difference of opinion regarding he v a cunt foreign portfolio Itlllllll-M SII llj till I Cllll UK I 111Clllcf , < Co | > > rl lit U'JC. Li ) ilie A 8oolutnl I'rtm ) LONDON , Aug 29. The sltuat on of affa ra n Ithodesla Is dally more reassuring The eadlng chiefs are already carrying out their rrangeincnt with Mr. Cecil Rhodes to lay o\vn their arms Over 100 kraals have urreiidere-d and others are preparing tea a SQ , norm1 GIMIMMSS : or oi-m \ < : n If ArinciilniiH iMnnnril hollml 'I In- } Will He Ilir linni-t-H. ( Copyright U16 , by the Associated 1'ress ) LONDON , Aug 29 The Urltlsh press I unanimous In expressing the opinion tha the attack upon'tho Ottoman bank lias don Immeasurable harm to the Armenian cause and news of fresh massacres if Armenian In the provinces Is hourly expected. The liberal newspapers * however , exprcb the gravest doubts ot the genuineness of th bank affair. They believe It was nrrangei by agents provncnteur The Speaker today says "Tho omclal account ascribing th affair to the Armenian agitators Is stntnpei In every way as n falsehood , and n ecrtah proof that it Is a tissue of lies Is that th assailants of the bank , after their capture were removed on board Sir Edgar Vincent' yacht. This Is not the way the Sultni deals with rebels caught red handed 1 these prisoners really revolted against th sultan , they would not have lived tci minutes after their surrender , and the Ir leslstible conclusion Is that the men wer sccietly acting under palace orders and thn the riot was promoted In order to afford ai excuse for another massacre. MASSACRE OF ARMENIANS PARIS. Aug 20 The Temps this after noon publishes a dispatch from Constant ! nople , filed on Trlday evening which says At the present moment sanguinary flghtln Is taking place In the chief street of Con stantlnople The troops arc firing on Ar mcnlans who arc unarmed. The victims o the outbreak exceed 2,000 Scores of dee. have been thrown Into the sea In orde to save the trouble of burying the bodies The Urltlsh charge u" affaires has refuse' ' the request of the sultan to withdraw th guards of Ilrltlsh marines , saying he can not do so until the disorders here are thor oughly quelled. Of the Armenians who were seized In th Ottoman bank five were killed and live wei wounded In the bank. They all came fron abroad The fifteen survivors have beet sent to Marseilles , the Urltlsh and rrcne war ships seeing the Mcssagerlo liner safely off WASHINGTON , Aug 29 The crisis It Turkish affairs Is being follov cd closely b. officials here. Minister Terrell nt Constantl noplc has not transmitted further advice than those of Thursday. Officials nt th State department feel that Amciican Inter ests are protected by the presence of th cruisers San Tianclsco and Marblchead li the Mediterranean waters. The San Tran cisco Is nt Alexandretta and tlio Marblchcai nt Gcnoi The Minneapolis nlso belongs t this fleet and can be brought from Queens town on short notice ANOTHER SHIP NEEDED. The riotous situation at Constantinople has renewed the attention of officials to the desirability of having the United State represented by a war ship nearer Constant ! nople wlthiu easy reach of the Americai legation. Gieat Britain and other first class powers are represented by dispatch boats. To some months the State dppibtment has been seeking to have the Unlted Statcs similarly represented , and In this connection appllca tion has been made to luuo/the small cruiser Bancroft , which has about the rank of a dispatch boat , located In Constantinople Nothing has come of H , however , althougl the present crisis renews the necessity for American representation near the Turkisl capital This necessity , and the prepara tlon of the Bancroft for sea service , leads to the Impression that the little ship wll ultimately be added to the Medltcrranear fleet , and If possible , sent up the Dardanelles to Constantinople Only with the assent ol Turkey could this be done , as the forts at the mouth of the Dardanelles are strong enough to sink a dozen first class war ships vvhllo the Haucioft Is n miniature cruiser When the first move was made toward sending the Bancroft abroad some weeks ago an official Inquiry was made of the nav.i bin can of engineering as to her capacity for a sea trip , as she was designed merely foi practice use by the naval cadets at Annapo lis The bureau answered that the coal ca pacity of the ship was so limited that she could not make a direct trip across the ocean At most her coal would not permit a continuous tilp of more than 2,500 miles It is said however , that she might go by relays , first to Halifax , where she could coal , then to the Azoro Islands for another coaling and thence the balance of the distance This would make a long trip , probably two months , by which time any present cmer gency might have passed The Bancroft will be ready for a cruise In about two weeks , nnd will then receive hei orders In the meantime she Is being fitted out. There Is an unverified story about the State and Navy departments to the effect ; hat nn understanding has been reached be tween the Miltan and the United Statcb that this government shall be allowed to have a vessel within the Dardanelles QUIETER IN CONSTANTINOPLE CONSTANTINOPLE , Aug 2S ( Delayed In Transmission ) Uneasiness prevails among the British residents of the villages on the shores of the llosphorus , where a num- jer of hunted Armenians have sought refuge. It Is feared that their houses will jc attacked Mr. Michael Herbert , the British charge d' iffalies , has ordered the British guardshlp Dryad to receive all families desiring pro- .ectlon and any British \catel In port may IB requisitioned In case of necessity There s also much anxiety In the suburbs , where nany Europeans having Armenian servants are afiald of being attacked The American college at Hlssar and the ilhlo house at Stumbouliiaro guarded by roops , The United States minister , Mr \lexnnder W Terrell , Uslted Hlssar yes- onlay to ascertain If the Americans were safe. Ills visit had a reassuring effect and ho chief of police of Hlsaar told Mr. Ter rell that all measures had been taken to ireserve order. The Oalata Is quieter , hut all the shops are closed and no Armenians are to be seen n the streets , which are patroled by roops There was a fresh panic yesterday and a auve ( jul peut , owing to a bomb being brown while the soldiers were returning ram the Semellk. Nobody was hurt , how ever , and the man who threw the bomb was arrested. Although several of tbo Armenian dls- rlcts were the scene yesterday evening of massacres and pillage the city today Is uleter and the authorities now appear de- erralned to maintain order. * ItefiiHi'H ( Jolil fur Ml > er Hum. PARIS , Aug 29 It appears ( hat the Dank f Trance has refused to advance gold of gainst silver bars to a financial house , but 10 refusal was not Intended to bo applied enerally to banks , the object being to void favoring silver speculations , and the ank will therefore refuse to accede to \ "quests for advances according to clrcuin tancci , ) PORTE IS IN DANGER Ozar nntl Kaiser Are Likely to Discnss the Eastern Question. 1IME FOR INTERFERENCE BY THE POWERS Conference of Potentates May Have Very Important Results. HINTS OF SERIOUS TROUBLE FOR TURKEY Ottoman Bank Outrage May Bo Followed by Something Worse. PLANS FOR GERMAN ARMY MANEUVER ! ItiiNilnii Killer \\lll lie * AVfll CuuriliM lij iii-clal I ) < < < 11. " < n ( ( iocrlllr. Ili-rr llnrlli CoiuliiK to html } Curri'iio ) . ( CopvrlKht , 1 D ( > liy tlio Ap oclrttcJ PIC--K ) BERLIN , Aug 29 The main subject o discussion between the Russian minister for foreign affairs , Prince Lobanolf-Rostovsky and Prime Hohonlohc , the Imperial chan eellor , nnd between the cznr and Emperor William , the concspomlent of the Asso1 elated press Is Infoimcd , will be the eastcrr question , especially Its Armenian and Cretan features. A thorough entente be tween Russia nnd Germany Is probable , am It Is expected that Prince Lobanofl-Rostovsky will arrive nt Gocrllt ? with the entente with Austria on this subject In his pocket During the week there has been a lively ex change of notes between Berlin , St Peters burg and Vienna , and Thursday , when the alarming news of the upilslng in Con stantinople was received , Prince Hohcnlohe was communicated with on his estate at Workl The opinion prevails In diplomatic cliclcs here that the eastern question has now leached n point requiring vigorous ant concerted action upon the part of the European powers , and that such action Is Imperative. All the preparations are now made for the army maneuvers , which will begin on Sep tcmber 4 , and last until September 15. The most extensive precautions have been taken for the safety of the czar. The chief ol the Berlin political police , with 130 picked men , will guard his majesty , and mounted police from Berlin will accompany the em peror everywhere In addition , n special corps of detectives from St Petersburg Is coming to take Jart In protecting the cznr during the maneuvers The police of Ber lin and Silesia , dining the past fortnight , have expelled a number of Russians sus- ppctcd of nihilism , and a number of others are under strict surveillance The men ex pelled Include six students of the Berlin university and foui students of the Breslau university PLANS rpR THE MANEUVERS. Captain R K. Evans , United States mili tary attache here , will represent the United States government at the maneuvers As his recall takes effect on October 1 , Captain Evans will have a special faiowcll audience with the emperor dining the maneuvers and will sail for home fioin Antwerp on Septctn ber 2fi. There Is some comment on the fact that Mr Poultney Blqelow has not been In vited to the maneuvers. During the progress of the army reviews general traffic on the railways of Gocilltz and Broslcau will be suspended and the pub lic will be excluded from the depots of both cities The general plan of the maneuvers Is that the cast army will meet the west army near Hochkllck , where a battle was fought In 17SS between the Prussians and Saxons and the Austrlans. That battle will bo repro duced to some extent There will also be n night attack with searchlights. Pilnco George of Saxony and General Count von Walderbce will oppose each other near Bres lau , and an enormous cavalry engagement will occur. A number of letters were exchanged be tween Emperor William and Prince Hohen- lohe. The former decided to consent to the Introduction of a mllltaty trial icform bill , which , however , as modified by the new min ister of war , General von Gosster , will not meet with fo\or In the Reichstag. The amendments make the pilnclplo of publicity of the trials Illusory and retain the em peror's right of confirming the sentences German newspapers continue to dlbctiss the Samoan question. The Yosslscho Zel- lung says "A tripartite agreement provid ing for a rearrangement and revision of the Berlin treaty will shoitly become necessary , and the annexation of the Island to one of the treaty powers will probably bo the best solution of the riddle " CATHOLICS AND COLONIALS. The Roman Catholic congress at Dres den was less sensational than usual Ihe agrarian question was lightly touched upon , Init the restoration of the temporal power of the pope , the readmlsslon of the Jesuits Into Germany ami the equality of Catholics In public offices were demtilled. The colonial council meets next Mon- lay , and a largo Increase In the subbidleb of every German colony will bo asked foi , especially in the case of Togo ! and the Cameroons The owner ot the Hotel Schvvan , at /rankfort-on-thc-Maln , has sued the city for the sum of 12,000 marks , claiming that amount as his bill for housing Kmpcror William and his suite during the peace 'estlvttlcn in June. It was decided that the city must pay the hotel keeper. According to the Deutscher Ilandcls Ar chive , German imports of American cattle and meat products during the past year vero much smaller than during the year > rccedlng The importation of butter , it seems , virtually disappeared , and lard wan he chief Item , footing up 8,488,053 marks Herr Ilnrth , a member of the Reichstag. ias sailed for thu United States on board ho Havel , In order to study the political situation In America , and especially the currency fight. iidTisii POST ori'ici : pitospnits. Mull mill hntliiKN IlnuK D SIIM | > Mil KM III CCIII HfHIlllH ( CupyrlKht , U'.n ! , by the A otluttd rii.su ) LONDON , Aug. 29 The general post- o111co report just Issued shows a profit of 3.C32.122 , the most prosperous year In ltd ilstory A grand total of 3,030,000,000 pieces mall were delivered. The value of prop- rty found In letters which were collected n the dead letter office Is 560,000 , the trans milled postal orders amount to 54,000,000 9.831)CIO ) telegrams were tent and there \as deposited In the savings bank depart- nent 445000,000 , of which amount 317,000- )00 was checked out. THE DEE BULLETIN. Weather Korecnut for l'o 5lM > S 1. KITrrt of EnglUh Triton IllnrlplltiP. London \M-ckll < > 4 on Amrrlciui 1'olltlr * , ( Jrriimiij MiKgi-'td ' 1 iirkrj'a Aliiitomcnt. . \iinlu-c lloodlu tor llrltUtioti r * . S. Miijor MHUnliM 11 M n HUM I'nj. Tivln i : ll nt tlin ll.ir.l rlmi > 4. llryiiu Mo\i" u I Ill-one Wonderfully. 3. 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Storj of thu riiitlitoni Army , iciiviii > n IN itvitiiSIPS itinr.v. Siillmi fina llio mill Then n 1'iinl- tlo from Aur. . ( OojijrlpM , ISM l > s PIO--S Publishing Cominn | > ) 55ANS5IBAR , Equatorial Africa , Aug 29. ( New York World Cablegram Special Tele gram ) An American warship Is needed hero Although no American was killed dm lug the fighting attending the bombard ment of the sultan's palace by n British squadron , and though no American property- was Injured In the subsequent confusion and looting , there w 111 bo danger for the next two months Other foreign powers have inen-of-vvai In the harbor here The true story of the violent change of gov eminent hero this week Is as follows ( I bpcak from both personal observation and official Information ) Kliulld Bin Bargash , a son of fie > > Id ( sultan ) Bargash , seized the palace last Tuesday. He was oidered by Basil S Cave , the British consul , to leave the palace , but refused to do so Thereupon 200 marines and sailors were landed from the British warships lying In the haibor and they Immediately occupied the customs house. Klialld had 2,500 armed men nnd nine cannon Admiral Raw son , In command of the British naval station , arrived Wednes day and dining the afternoon of that day sent an ultimatum to Klialld demanding that by 9 a. m Thursday ho haul down his flag and return to his own house , threatening that If ho waited to do so the British fleet would open flro on the palace. At S 30 n. m Klialld sent a message to Biltlsh Consul Cave , refusing to comply with the terms of the ultimatum. At 9 n in sharp the British gunboats. Thrush nnd Spariovv and the crulsei Raccoon took positions opposite the palace ready for action , The Glasgow , Zanzibar's only man-of-war , anchored near them Many of the foreign women and children here had taken refuge on board the cruiser St George , Admit al Raw son's flagship , and the cruiser Philomel , In anticipation of the bombardment. All the consuls remained aslioie. At 9 03 a m the Biltlsh warships began to shell the batteries lu front of the palace The Glabgow straightway engaged the Phll- oinct , the Ihrush and the Raccoon , and was sunk In thirty minutes At 9 35 a m Klialld fled to the German consulate. Ills flat ; "as shot away and the bombardment ceased rive bundled of his men had been cither killed or wounded Two of the palace buildIngs - Ings were complete ruins nnd the big palace was badly damaged The Thrush hit the palace seventy times The gunners ot the other ships weie more or less effective. Many Aiabb were burled under the palace debris. Thoiibands of dollars' woith of Jew elry was stolen by the natives and soldiers Many Indian shops were looted and the oc cupants shot Hamoud Bin Mohamcd was proclaimed ' sultan. _ A\OVT CJHISP / \\7.jn\n , To Mill. i- II n Cnlon > A\oulil Involve COM ! \liiiIlNhliif ? Slnvcrj. ( CojijrlBht , I'Wi , lij the Associated 1 rees ) LONDON , Aug 29 Politically the past week has been the liveliest In a long time , : ho bombaidincnt of the palace of the sultan of Zanzibar , the iloting In nnd about Con stantinople , the settlement of the troubles n Khodcfla , the beginning ot the cr.ir's tour of Europe and the advance of the British expedition up the Nile , have provided Items of Interesting news dally. The Zan/lbar In- Ident nnd the Constantinople massacres came like a couple of tornadoes lUgardlng the bombardment of the palace of Kuiull ar , It appears that the government , In splto of pressure brought to bear upon It from jingo quarters , does not Intend to nako Km zlbar n British colony The pros- put sultan Is a mere figurehead In the hands cf the British officials , and the piescnt sys- : em of government Is much cheaper than a olonlal government and It will please tlio natives better , ns they want to live under Mohammedan sultan Thu greatest diffi culty In the way of a colony at Xuiulbar Is n the fact that It would entail the immedi ate abolition of slaveiy , which would bo cor- aln to lead to trouble Said Klmlld , the suppiessed usurper , made a very clover move In taking re-fugo In the German consulate , as , according to the Ger- nan press , ho will only bo handed to the- Jrltlsh on the lattcr's guaranty that ho will to treated , If not as a prince waging war against Great Britain , at any rate as a lolltlcal prisoner. Thus he could not be executed. STIIIKIIS Till : THOOI'S. Irlllxli M | ( . i\iH-illlloii HHnrilcMl li > I illicitrilOfcnllur. . ( CoiorlKlit nM by the AKKiiLlnleil Prone ) LONDON , Aug 29 The advance of the Irltlsh expedition up the Nile has been seriously rctarcd by unheard-of weather luring the past week. A heavy tornado swept the advance camp with hardly any varnlng , and a sand storm , followed by a thunder storm , demolished hundreds of luts and tents , destroyed twelve miles of ho new railroad , and cut off telegraphic communication with the front for tcvcral das. : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Limit-mini Iliirlaml Klllnl. ( Copright. IttC , ty Hie AiuocluUil Picas ) BERLIN , Aug 29 Edward Harland , a on of the former American consul f that name , who U residing at > rcsdcn , has been serving as first loutcnant In the Seventh I'hland regiment After winning a long distance ride during he week , ho was thrown from hla boric iicar Saarbure aud dim ) iihnrtlv after ward. GIVES IT NEW POWER Marlborough Puts the Vnmlerbilt Million ! Into English Politics. YANKEE BOODLE FOR BRITISH VOTERS Plans a Great Feast for the Oonscrvativo Olubs nt Blenheim , YOUNG ROBERT PEEL'S ' LATEST SCRAPE Reckless Seeker for n Wife Rejected by Ilia Second Fiancco. LORD AS1ITON ANNOUNCES THE FACT l.ctlvr S.-nt lllNN Wllllii IIINIIII .liiNl llo- foi-o tinMnirlnKc UcNilllH 111 tlic dill of III.Kn. . ( Gap ) right , 1 'C ! > > Pn > s Publishing Company ) LONDON , AUK. 29 ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram ) Vnndcibllt iiioiifj Is beginning to cut a large figure la English politics It Is announced that a great fete will bo given by the duke nnd duehcbs of Murlboroiigh nt Blenheim palnco Soptcinbur 6 , to ovet 2,000 members of tlio Associated Conservwtlves Clubs , fioin tlio Midlands homo counties nnd the metropolis. The fete w 111 bo of nn unique clmrnctcr , nnd thiro will bo formal luncheon for 2,000 Eiiibts Young Sir llobcrt Peel has shown the Biinio disposition hero ho manifested In Now York , nftor the rupture of his engagement marry Miss Sanford , by tnltlng the newspa pers Into his entire confidence1 , concerning the similar ! ) sudden brooking off of n mnrrlngo \\lth Kiln Williamson , the eldest daughter of Lord Ashton The details of SIi Hobort's cordial leceptlon by Lord and Lady Atditon nnd the riitlre acceptance by thu brldo's family of the engagement Is announced la his behalf In fact. It Is told the wealthy llncolcum manufacturer , who has an Income of pel haps 150,000 ( $700,000) ) n year had In formed Sir Hobcit ho would allow his daughter 15000 per jcar on her marilngo to him. It Is also announced on authority that the young man confessed , not only to Ills piospectlvo fnthcr-ln-law , but to the young lady , his \nilous } outhfnl Indiscre tions , Including the episode with Lily Ling- try n fact of universal public knowledge. DONE TI' ROUGH A LETTER The bilde's famllj received a mysterious letter.'e ha\o the name , " says tlic Lon don Mall , speaking for Sir Robert , "of the author of this fatal letter , but for the pres ent withhold It merely mentioning that the person in question was nn acquaintance ot the late Ablngdon Dalrd She Is also known to Mrs Langtry , but we do not wish It to bo understood to suggest by the mention of her name that Mis Langtry vvrotu the let ter or was In any \vay a party to the writ ing of It " The next morning the News , ot which liberal newspaper , It leaked out , Lord Abhton Is among the largest stockholders , announced the llnal and poMtlve breaking of the engagement. Although SIi llobcrt repudiated the liberal party after the last election , nnd Mr Glad stone published a letter severely condemn ing this betrajal of principles by the grand son of the great Sir Hobcil , It appears that the old statesman wrote the joiing man a letter of congratulation upon his engage ment. 'I he dlbCUSBlon Is attinctlng much public Inteicst by disclosing all the facts concerning Lord Ashtons' nomination to the peerage by Lord RoEcbeiy , because , as the premier declares , Mr Gladstone had prom ised It Not only WOK the former MrVil - llanibon nn owner of the llbcinl organ , but his contributions to campaign funds , In cluding subscriptions to the homo rule cause , were veiy laige His elevation to the pceingo along with that of Stern , an other liberal mlllioimlio with no political or other record , made the liberal crusade against the HOUHO of Lords ridiculous LATHUOl"S NOVEL A SUCCESS. The Times today prints a long rind fn\or- nble ciltlclt.ni of n new novel Just Issued , "Her Ladyship's Income. " "The name ot the author , Laurln Kay , " says the critic , "Is unfamiliar , nnd as the w liter cannot bo a man and should hardly bo a maid , It bcems best to speak of her as Mrs Kay. "Her materials nro Indeed for from fresh , but her skill Is most remarkable " I happen to know , liovvovct , that the author Is Mr. Laurln Lnthrop , the elllclent United States consul at Hristol. Ho has long been noted as a keen observer and writer upon com mercial questions between tlio two coun tries , and lately gave an Interview to the Woild , urging Joint action by the United States and Drlstol on the foithcoinliiB qiiadrl-centennlal celebration of the landing In North America by the Cabot brothers , thus securing the United States nnd Canada to Anglo-Saxon settlement "Her Lady ship's Income" Is mainly of a rich and Milgar English mttnufaettiier's successful hunt foi u pceiago thiough political In trigue. HALLAKU SMITH , ITU.V si\i7s : A M i7ci.vi. HNVOV. Miirllno lit lie In llra/ll < Soldi- tin * niMlill liliiK ( Im-MlloiiH. ROME , Aug 20 An olllelal note has been , Ibsucd announcing that owing to the gravity of the situation the government has de- elded to send Slgnoi Martina , formerly Italian minister to Brazil , on a special mis sion to Hlo do Janeiro , on hoaid the Italian war ship I'lemontc , aimed with pieclso In structions to demand and obtain all the measures which the dignity of Italy nnd the security of Italy's subjects demand. After settling the claims arising from tlio recent disturbances which must first bo satisfied ho will ni range the former claims , which were recently rejected by tha Jlrazlllan . congress. i _ I'llnrS TIU3.1TV ATlTII JAI'AY , CiiiiHiiliir .IiirlHillclliui mill Port Cell * ITHNlflllM III 111 * lIl-IIOnlM-Cll. ( Copyright. Ik''O ' l/y tlio Auorluttd 1'ieeii ) LONDON , Aug. 23 It U announced thai Kranco has signed a twelve- ) ear treaty ot commerce with Japan by which Krancrf agrees to renounce consular Jurisdiction and the Trench concessions at the open port * within three years and the most favored nation treatment 1'ranco in thus put upon the same footing as thu United States. ( in r Inn Soul Iliumli > Her Doctor * LONDON , iiug 2'J A dispatch to th Telegraph from Vienna states that on tb advlco of her court physician. Dr , lUricbj the czarina who Is enceinte , will return at onto to St PeU'riiburg , whllu tbo cza will continue his Journey alone. BUe will Icnvn mi Saturday ,