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/nr PAGES 1 TO 10. ESTABLISHED .7 UX 13 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SrXDAY MOHXINtt , .JANUAKY 7 , 1000 TWBN'TV PAH ES. sixr LM COPV nvu CHXTS , DIES AS CAHILLE DID Origin of Vera Don la1 ! , Famous Anmican Beauty , is Discovered ! DAUGHTER OF A' CANADIAN FARMER Her Body Refused Burial Rites by American Church in Paris. PRESIDED OVER A COURT OF FLATTERERS When She Had Run Her Race Adorers Sought Other Shrines. LAST LETTER TO GRAND DUKE VLADIMIR UlN Unsilmi lIlKliiu-HN IKIIOFPH Her In HIT I'liuil lllm-HN ( Jlillorliiie 1'HM'M Cli-iiniMl f i oiu a MIs- MtU'tlt I. Iff. d * ' | > vrlfilit , i&OO , by Press Publishing Co ) PARIS , Jan C ( Now York World Cablo- Rnm--Spoelnl Telegram ) Light has broken upnt' Iho origin of Vcr.a Douglas , the fimous \tmrlraii beauty , otico of New York , whn rt'od ' huro at fbrlHtm.istldo , abandoned by hrr grand duke and all her rich admirers , nvf otio Shu wan the daughter of a small fnnifr nl Mitchell , Canada. I was able to supply the authorities with full Information , as a result of his efforts ti P.IVO the de-nil woman from the dissecting tih'c Her real name1 was Vera Douglas f-lio had mairled an adventurer who called fiimsoll M .Inlcolf and who Is now In jail In \lglcri. Her parents' family believed hot to bo a real "ouytcss nnd a person of con sideration In London and Paris fiocicty Their letters wore directed to "Mine la Comtesse > Mnhikoff " 1 cabled this mc ago tn nor fathei , Stephen Douglas , Mitchell , Ontario ' MiniXalakofT died here todiy Can you Ilinllfv hei' Klso all property will bo bcl/od by state " r ; On December 28 came the answer ' \Irno. Mnlnkoff Is my daughter , Maria Douglas Am writing" There was evidence tint these nlmple people ple not knowing that the diughtcr's triumphs were of the half-world , were about to leave their home' for Paris , expecting to t-on the exposition under the most brilliant auspices If the unhappy girl had not been sci/ed with the malady that ended her Im mortal prototype , Camille , they might have enj jed thoii tour In the shadow of a grand duke of Russia Heio Is a letter Vera wrote to tno Grand Duke Vl.adimli when he was 1'trc llvo weeks ago Lett IT ( o ll ( mini DilKo. H waa at this boajon last year that wo lo\od ea"n other so madly Do you icmember the crowds that lined up when wo came out of the opera' Do you remember Monte Carlo' The Riviera , theMvcet moonlight night on our dear jaiht , only one year ago' Come and see whether you can iccognlzo me. 1 am so constantly 111 now that sometimes , as to night for example , I feel discouraged. Hut I shall get well and then I'll go back to my country and bo good. Meanwhile como and comfort your poor Vera " Ills highness did not accept the dying woman's Invitation. She herself did not I now she was dying , but othets did She hid inn her race and bet adorers had nought other whrlnes Her fiioml , Anna Robinson , the actress , who had shaied her triumphs In Paris , was repiited at this IImo to bo lying at the point of death in New York nnd this addc 1 tj her irelancboly Vera died on December lib nlono with horvnnts Vera Douglas' exploits In llfo h luntcd lur after death , for her body was deemed not sulllclently respectable to bo given ( iiniluaiy In the American church Mem bers of Dr. Morgan's congregation pro tested against It Discovering her Identity I notified Hodlnglon & Kelly of G Hoiilcv.aid clcs Capuclnus , a firm of English attorneys , who acted for R II Hennlng , a rich Aus- tialian living In London Ilennlng while ho wa not with Vein Douglas In her last days , exhibited mote fidelity than her other admirers ) lie was really fond of her and VVOH in the habit of coming to Paris to see her every month 01 so On learning that I had discovered her parents he bent $500 tn his attoinoys here to Insure respectful lioatment foi her body pending the decision of her relatlveH lloili ThriiNl Into n IMno llox. The Rev. Dr. Morgan , pastor of the American church in Purls , lent himself nl first to tho'-o airangcnientH , fully knowing the melancholy history of the dead gill Hodlngton X Kelly a ly that he consented U allow tl'et body to remain In the mortuary foi u month In mnlderatlnn of an advanci payment of fill francs. Thither according ! } it was taken , but Instead of the treatment umtemplatcd by Mi Ilennlng. It was thrut > l Into a tough pine box -mil put nsldo Thn Rev. Dr Moigan told mo In answei lo Inquiry that unli s the body wore takei uway at oiuo II would bo turned over to thi ndmlnlhtrnllon of public charily to bo burlct In a ditch 01 else llnd Its way to the ills , totting table' . Certain members of the ( hurdi hid prntcMod against thn prcaonci of Veia Douglas oven In death They polntei out dial the bodies of four rcspc'ctahli Americans wore lying In the mortunrj i hapi'l awaiting transportation to the hem < land and said that It was scandalous foi thorn to bei forced Into the'oclety of on < wluhn llfo had not been above reproach Liwjer Hodlnglon was deeply indicium when ho heaid about It and disputed Dr MorgMi's light to eject the body from tin chapel. I tilted States Consul Gowdy , before when 1 laid thu fuels , would willingly have dam .lomolhliiB. but the case was out of hi line of duly , Inasmuch ns Vera Douglas wa a Canadian The Hrltish consul Is H noverc unluMidlng character and declines to Intorrn himself In the remains of such a woman a N era Douglas. It was tmpotiblblt ) lo discover what hai bcuomts of her own resourcoM There I o\ try thing to bhow that shn was woll-to-dn Her Jenvelw worn famous Men of celcbrlt ; lad hhnwored her with gifts Block brok 01 R had speculated far her and won. it wa knuwn that from tlnm to time , tn her care lobs way , she had bought railway and inln ing bccurltlcs Her apartments wcro at 3 i iiiinirm lllyae-os They were n lit abode fo ix princess. They had boon furnlGhcM fo her by Hennlnp. Alter her death they ills < Used no rluo to the whereabouts of he j r. pcrty Ihr Borvnnts , Olho Miller nnd the Janl tins , were asked whether bho had not ownc a great quantity qf Jewels. "There vver Bome" waB thf ambiguous reply , "but neBO BO miiny ns people thought " llolibi'il III Her llliii'Nii , Nor could they throw an ) light an th feutstantlal bank account that Is fcald to hav tiofxl In hrr name In the days before he liralth vanlsluxl she presided over a com if Ihitteicr * mid dipe-ndenta and when deal' bet Its mark ou her the courtiers sbowc signs of domorallAtlon. It would have boon very c y for those near her to obtain po - coKslon of everything she owned by forgery or otherwise nnd the police think that this probably happened Two Amr-rlun glrla remained with her lethe the last Their names arc Keep nnd Price During her Illness they rearranged the np- pnrtme-nls to suit themselves nnd now they have made preparations to depart Such Jewels and other effects ns could be found are now under the Heals of the state pend ing the arrival of relatives Some of those who know Vera Douglnn tear that her par ents , with exaggerated Idea of nor wealth , may make sacrifices to travel here , only to Icain that the nemesis which followed such careers ns hcr allowed nothing to remain that could offer encouragement to Imita tion. NEW HEAD OF ENGLISH ARMY If Suooi'Nsfnl In siinllifrlou Hnlict'lM Ulll ( ! < ( On- I'liinVlliMl ( Copyright 190i > , b > the Associated Pre"S ) LONDON Jan 0 The appointment of the duke of Connaught to command the Hrltish forces In Ireland has led to a lot of specu- litlon as to whether he will succeed Lord Wolseley , whoso term expires In Novem ber , as commander-ln-chlef Lord Roberts Is his logical successor , but until he- was chosen to command In South Africa the general I"iipres8lon was that he would be too old to be selected for the office when It became vacant General Huller was a favorite , but his drfcat near Colcnso seems to have Irrevoc ably ruined his chances It Is moro than probable that Roberts If successful In South Africa , will fill the ofllce1 of commander-ln- chlet foi a short period and that he will then bo succeded by the' dukn of Con- naught , whoso populnilty and military knowledge are strerii ; enough to overcome the' prejudice against n member of the royal famllv holding that office. The Times , which , with the rest of the British press , has been under the l-mpresslon that America was unanimously supporting Great Hrllaln , today prints n letter from Toronto saying the antl-nnglish press In the United States Is enjoy ing Itself over the reverses the empire Is at present enduring , mid adds ' It screams Its delight nnd It bpeaks tncetlngly and tauntingly of Great Hi Haiti's decadence and the uselcssness of Its colonial sons " The action of the English Insurance ccni- panles In charging an extra 5 per cent for | war lisks. alreuly referred to In these dls- I pitches , has cioatcil no llttlo unfavorable j comment and tinc.omp1lmont.irv comparison of their action with that of the American I ' concerns One paper says "In answer to the i piotests the companies say sentiment can- not enter Into business transictlons The I | best answer to the English companies Is that the American olllceis are making no such demand , and If the Americans see their way to dispense' with an extra premium It might bo thought that the enormously wealthy Hngllsh olllcers could e aslly do the saniie Their icfiml Is as shortsighted f ro n a business point of view as it Is unpatriotic Unfortunately , It is in keeping with the general trend of English Insuinucc manage ment " Much Interest is exhibited In the new duke of Westminster , who has decided to remain at the capo during the wai It appears that ho has a keen taste for raci'ig : hotses , and his father's splendid stable \a \ not llkoly to bo broken up Hon D'Or , as Iho ycung duke is nicknamed , is after the famous horse Though not jet 21 , ho Is said to have selected a wife , which disappoints society , for no Is the most eligible party In the' matrimonial market | The decision of IMvvntd Corrlgan to bring i over a great string of American horses la hailed here with Interest and plcatuie One 'sporting ' authority wiitcs that Mr Corrlgan never does things by h lives , adding thai "It Is safe betting that such a collection elI I racers as he will send has seldom , If over , I been gathered together by an American I OWI101 " I Both the theatrical and book worlds arc In a bad way on account of the war. No ! more than three theaters in London arc | making money and the publishers aic , alarmed at the absolute stagnation of thcii business Kvrle Hollow Is seriously 111 and has I been ordered abroad LION TAMER'S ' AWFUL DEATH to IMi'c-i'M l > tlip ri l.llM III tilt * \ ll-llllll 7.IMI- lOUll-Ill ( illl llt-IIH. ( Copyright , 1'KXI , by Press Publishing Co ) VIENNA. Jan 0 ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram ) Now Year's day wasushered In by a teirlblt tragedy at the Vienna Zoological gardens Jusi us the visitor * began to entci the phico there were the wildest shrieks , fol lowed by horilblo groins , from thu lion house These presently were drowned In the roaring of the lions and the frightened cries of oviiy bird and beast In the gar dens , making an tndracilbaldo din Hoi so Meat lluteher Kraus VMM the flrsl j to roach the lion house There he found the keeper , Radowsky , lying on the llooi under the claws of Sara , a full giown am ! savage tcmpeiod lioness Kraus fearlessly lushed Into the cage , armed with a polntei ; Iron rod , with which ho ineffectually btrove to dilvo Sara from her pioy While he was thus engaged the othoi keepers san to theli horror flvo other lions dranlm around Kraus , who had barely tlmo to gel out before they sot on him Several rods were now putdiod Into the cage to frlghtei the lions from the body of Radowsky which they had begun tearing In all direc tions , his clothing being quickly ton into ribbons His cries had now ceasoi1 and the unfortunate man was already dead While Sara fiiilously gored his face nm body with her claw , the other lion- greedily licked up the blood and devout o the strips of flesh torn from his body AI the beasts were tntenslblo lo blows am Jabh from the outsldo. A hose was now turned on , but the lions crowded In a ( an gle of leg * , heads and lashing tails nromu the1 body of their victim It seemed Im possible to prevent them from rating tin body altogether until llre brands of straw were pushed through the barx At the sight of these the lions drew haul roaring madly , and what remained of thi body , vas dragged from the cage It wai a rovoiling sight , being a maf of blooi and rugged clothes On examination I was found that the bick bone and bath legi had been broken , showing the frightful vlo lenco o * the tlrst attack Rndowsky had been training himself ai a lion tamer Ho told Ills wlfo ho hai found a method of towing lions which mail him tociiro oven with Sara Ho was ovl dently practicing this plan with only a hroon hnmllo to protect himself when ho met hi : death Ho had reared the other llvo llom himself and had played with them llki doss Miuiil ( IOIIIIC'H sHir , iCopy right , iwn. by Pros * Publishing Co LONDON , Jan ( New York Worli Cable-gram Special Telegram ) Colonel I'll ilu > r , who achieved a somewhat ephumura i distinction for his rapid capture ) and ovacua lion of Douglas marrlod a sister of th bcuuilful Maud Gonne , the fco iaod ! ! Jrinl , Joan of Arh pnmo mover m the IrUI Transvaal coniumu-o. STASDISG OFF DEATH Paris Savant Seeks to Prolong the Natural Span of Human Life. MAN SHOULD LIVE TO MUCH GREATER Reasoning from Analogy Ha Ougli Two Hundred and Fifty. CAUSES OF DECAY OF THE HLMWBODY Experiments on Serums Whj Vill Build Up the Animal Til SENILE ATROPHY TO BE WARDED OFF of 1'rolntiKlilK Life Con- Nliloreil lo lie rullj KNtnl.llMiPil- i\liliiiiutloii of ( he Tlti-or ) oil U lildi It Is llo'ne. ( Copyright. Itioo , by Press Publishing- ) PARIS , Jan. C ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram ) Or. I211e Mctchnlkofr of Paris , who has reason to bellevo tli.it ho will illaco\cr serums which will feed the human cells so accuratej ! that the life of man may bo prolonged to 250 years , has prepared the following highly In teresting signed statement on his experi ments to date , his plans and his expecta tions "It Is not cUbtomarj for men engaged In serious scleiitlllc research to use the dally newspapers us a. means of discussing their work. In fact , I must say , 1 am extremely tony that through some Indiscretion the public has been notified prematurely of the experiments I and my staff of assistants undertook more than .1 > car ago ton aid finding and removing the causes of senile decay Hut , since the matter has been bruited , 1 nine consented to gl\e to the New York Woild the following , in many re spects Inadequate , statement. Public expec tation seems to have becomeso excited that the reserve now might do moro harm than good "The first thing to say Is that wo have not discovered a means of prolonging life Wo started from n theory which experi ments so far ha\o tiroved to bo correct , but wo are not bejond the laboratory stage of Investigation in other words , wo ha\o found a toad which we think leads to a certain-point , but vc Imo net traveled on It to the end and there may be many un foreseen turns .uirt obstacles. "Human beings die too early unnaturally caily. In our constitution there mo nppe- titcs for all we do. We drink because we mo thlrstj , wo sleep because wo are sleepy. Di'utU COIIIPN Too Soon * "But no human being e\er feels the physical necessity foi death Whj * He- cause It conies too soon. As one of my col leagues pointed out , when intuntev.ee ! about our serum in the animal kingdom , the usual natural duration of life approxi mately ten times the period occupied In the process of maturing. An elephant matures at 30 jears of age and lives to 300. Man , I therefore , should live to bo 250 jears old Only we Introduce Into our sjstem so many Ingredients which our organs were never meant to cope with and we live under such abnormal conditions that out organism al ways gives waj , somewhere or other , long i before tint However , in a solution of the pioblem how to obtain longevltj , It Is evi dently futile to look for a general changing of human habits note that 1 don't bay clv- lll7Cd habits only. "Thus we are led to Inquire , what docs cause senllo decay now. under present con ditions , and how does It manifest Itself anil how can we prevent , or at least , retaid If It was to determine- these questions that we commenced anew and have been continuing our experiments ' Upon what scientific basis of known facts we pioceedc'd cannot possibly bo stated in the limits of such an article as this. Like wise , an entirely adequate handling of the work would brlstlo with technicalities ut terly unintelligible save to specialists In cellular llfo processes However , let me say this : i\lilfinnloiM . "Our organs are composed of two sorts ol tissues One , which wo will cill the con junctive or plebeian tissue , supports or en wraps the othci , which may bo termed the noble element. By the noble elements I mean the conglomeration of cells diameter- Istic of the organ Itself and actually par- forming its spccl.il functions Now , roughly speaking , what constitutes senile decay l the destruction , or rather weakening , of the noble elements clthci by poisonous In- grtdlentH or microbes Introduced v irlously Into the s > atem , or simply by the encroach ment of the more vigorous plebeian cells This oncroicbment , technically known nc sclerosis , produce * ) the atrophy of the or gan Where It takes placn In old ago the atrophy of one 01 more organs may bo ob served , but whether all or one- organ are attacked It Is well Known that whenever oiu ceases to perform Its duty its death ensues "Theieforo tint remedy against senile atrophy was to bo bought In the shape ol somn serum which would reach the organ or organs menaced and feed and strengthen ItH noble elements aulllclently to enable them to fight the poisons or mlciobrw 01 both circulating In the Astern and resit , ! the encroachment of the plobelan tissue. I Nl > Of ScrillllN , "At this placa It Is dealrablo to point ou that thu expression , lotig life serum , ' Is , ci roneous anil misleading Wo shall prnbibl ; always bo unable to prolong llfo bj Inject ing n singlet scrim , Just as now we are mi nblti to operate on the heart , nerves , brail nnd bonds with the same drug It Is no ono serum we seek , hut a series of tlu-m admitting , for the moment , the prlnclpl that ll o senllo atrophy of any organ can hi stopped If you prevent the untimely with crlng of Itn noble and weaker nloments. "I cannot ni d would not attempt to enter tor Into details ns to the preparation of ou serums in such a brief article not descrlbi our experiments. As a matter of fact , the average erago reader would not find such expcrl munts so Bcnsitlonall } Interesting as li generally Imagined .Suffice It to say , VM have found that the organs can ho ruachei separately b > Injecting serums and tha In a general way wo are convinced tha wo are on the light track ns to what mus enter Into thu composition of these serum to strengthen the * nobler cells Hut prnb ablj jears will clapso before step by step anil after countless experiments , wo can n last announto wo bavo something as post ! tlvo and as thoroughly tcBte-d as Pasteur' euro for hydrophobia , for Instance "Theso researched must bo looked upon a a combination of Hrnwn-Sequard'a exper ltuent My celebrated predocosior treatoi an unfecbled human organ by the admlnls 1 tratlon of macrlnatlons of CJrreepondlni organs taken fn.ra healthy animals Thii work bag immense value and still serv 3 u i the treatment of a number of diseases Hu wo are now proceeding on different lines and we are entirely depending on direct cir culation , not on digestive processes Wlit Mnn I | -M. 1 To conclude , man falls and loses hl3 powers in other words , ho falls Into senllo atrophy through the destruction of harmony In h ! cellular life. This harmony U de stroyed , according to the law of the survival of the strongest. Our hope Is to provide certain thieatened cells with artificial nldd which will make them fit to cope with their enemies during n longer period Very shortly we shall have the menus and feel sulllctcntly advanced In our Investigation to conduct some prudent experiments upon human beings 1 Scientifically , the possibility of prolong ing life Is established practically ( led knows when we sluill discover ll. llow the pro longation of human llfo eo It should last mortally to say 230 jeaw would alter the whole scheme of the world. Hut to pursue that phase of the subject one must Itmo the Held of nclence and enter the realms of philosophical speculation and poetry , and 1 don't think an old physician llko myself will be called upon to do that ' "EL1C MnTCHNIKOri-V QUARANTINE IN PHILIPPINES I'ri'slilpiit iMNtii'H I2\ioiil\r ( Orite't Ollloi-IH Dclllllcil for I'oi In of VI1n I In anil Hollo. WASHINGTON' , Jan G The president has iKhiied an executive order relative to quaiantlne regulations for the poits In the Philippine Islands The order recites that to prevent the In troduction of epidemic dlsoi es the art of 1S13 and thi > rules framed theicunder hlml ! have full force In the Islands , with addi tional regulations These requlio that vessels entering and cle-orlng fiom any I'uropoan port shall be examined by ofll- ceis of the marine hospital set vice. Details of officers for that purpose have been nl- leady made for the ports of Manila and Hello and will be made foi the icnnlnln ports as rapidly as possible These ofllcersi shall have authority over incoming vessels , Including army transports and noncombal- ive Nhlpc of the navy and no entries shall be permitted without quarantine certificates Vessels clearing for United States ports shall take out bills of health , after comply ing with all quarantine regulations and such bills may be signed by n collector of customs In the absence of a medical olllccr The medical olllcer at Manila shall bo the chief quarantine ofllccr and make all ap pointments subject to the approval of the secretary of the treasury. The marine hos pital service rules shall apply as far as applicable and the expenses of the quaran tine bervico shall bo charged against the Island lovemies , not to exceed $300,000 per annum The epidemic fund Is to b-s reim bursed from the Island receipts for the crbt of disinfecting appliances and are already ordered to bo forwarded tn the Islands. PROMISES LIST OF RESCUED Poriui-r 1'rlsoiifrN of I"ll IpliioM on Kill-mile ( o Mniillii fid ill VI sun. WASHINGTON , Jan C The War depart ment received the following cablegram thl * morning "MANILA , Jan , C Prlsore-rs now enroute from Vlgan ; nrrlvo tonight. * 'Liat. elegrapli tomorrow. Captain Gllmoro "among num ber. OTIS " Admiral Watson's advice Is as follows "MANILA , Jan. ti Colonels Hare ami How so have rccaptuicd all of the \morlcan prisoners , including Gllmoro , now at Vlgan. "WTSON " The sweeping statements made In the dispatches to the effect that all of the Ameri can prisoners have been lelcised has aroused a hope that In the list will appeal tbo names of some of the officers and pil- vatos of the army who nro sot down on the army rolls as missing Prominent nmong the missing army officers was Major Charles M. Rockefeller of the Ninth Infantry. This officer advanced beyond the lines during the fierce flghilng early last summer. He dis appeared completely and no trace of his body was ever found It is gathered from General Otis' report that the released men have been sent by boat across Llngaycn gulf to Dagupan , at the northern extremity of the railroad , and nbout a day's journey from Manila SHOOT AMERICAN PRISONERS Pllliilnos < : iill ( > ol Cri'lit OutiiiK < Tnii < l 1 1" ' ' Will Ilt'tO\ MANILA , Jan C 7 30 n m Advices from Magalang. piovlnco of Pamp.anga , re port that Captain Conhausci , with three companies of the Twenty-fifth regiment , captured the Insurgent stronghold. Com- mancho , on Mount Arayot , yesterday Tlueo Americans were wounded , but the enemy's loss IH not known Three members of the Ninth nnd two of the Twelfth leglmcnt whom the InsuigonlH hold as prlsoncru were shot and hoirlbly mutilated Three of them are dead anil the other two nro lecoverlug Captain Conhausor set Hie to the barracks and the town \ rrUiMVllh llroUi'ii Slinfl. MANILA , Jan. C. The Diitlsh steamer Victoria , Captain Blake-ly , arrived hero to day In tow. The Victoria left San Pranclsco October 17 for Honolulu and Manila It was spoken on November 1 In latitude 19 north , longi tude Iti'i oabt , proceeding under sail , hav Ins broken Its pmift CUBANS FOR POSTMASTERS r.iuiit Vini-i II-MIIH iti-iiiiiiu in iof I'oNlollli-i-N la i Him MrV I \ri Iv I-N. HAVANA. Jan C Mrs Wood and the other momberb of the governor general's family have ai rived here. Dliectoi of Posts Iltithbono la gradually appointing Cubans ns postmasters all ovet the Island. At the projcnt tlmo there arc only eight Americans in charge of poatoN fees In Cuba Seven cases have been referred to Gov ernor General Wood by Judge Advocate Dud- Icy nnd Major Kuncle , who have been ai work for some tlmo Investigating the cir cumstances surrounding the detention ol persons charged with various olfeiisc.s , ti many of whom no trial 1ms been grnntoi In most of the cases referred to the govcrnoi general the prisoners have been held several < eral years before being placed on trial on comparatively light charges and have then been Riven long sentences Tlo ) cases of mo.n of these men had boei passed upon ten months ago by General I.inl- low , but ho was forbidden to act , Governoi General Brooke deeming It advisable to al low the Cubans to work on the matter them- sclvos Hut ns the law machinery wan cumbersome - bersome , practically nothing had been done j Genera ) Wood hag Isgucel pardoni for all of the men whose case * have b ai ) I referred to him and the Investigation commission - ' mission will report other east- * ivory twc days and ibisu will bu iiumiJiu'cly ' a ted i upun. BRITISH TO DRIVE OS Will Not Stop Searching Suip'oiouj ' Vessels nt Delnptu Bay. ONLY WAY TO BRING WAR TO AN END Must Stop Supplies of Ammunition and Food Going to Bocn , BALFOUR TO SPEAK FOR GOVERNMENT Will Define Ministerial Policy in Regard to Contraband in a Speech RENDERED NECESSARY BY GERMAN NOTE IVnrcil In .tlliiUtcitnl Clrclro Hull Kiilui-r .TIonllM ( o CIIIINI * Trulllilr .Aliixl I'li'iinro IMilillc Ml ml for DIIIIM uciioj. DOUDAN , Jan. G The German steamer Herzog has been seized by a llrltlsh wai ship and brought to this port. LONDON , Jan. C It Is stated tonight that the llrltlsh note In reply to the repre sentations of the Unltenl States government on the subject of seizure of American goods by Ore.at Urltaln will be given to Ambassa dor Choato Monday. ( Copylight , WOO. by Press Publishing Co ) LONDON , Jan 0 ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram ) The Urltlwh goveinmcnt will perscveio In Its policy of seasoning all suspicious vessels trading In the region of Delagoa baj until other powers emulate Oermnnj In taking resolute action England realizes that the war will continue Indefinitely until the llocrs are deprived of supplies of ammunition and food Arthur Halfonr , the government lender In the Ilouso of Commons , will define the min isterial policy In legard to contraband In a public speech at Manchester on Mondij. llo had a long consultation with the nttoi- ncy general before leaving town The peremptory tone of the ( iurmnn government renders a full explanation essential , as un doubtedly in ministerial quarters there Is fear that Oeinnny means to cause trouble Therefore the public mind must be prepared for that emergency No search has yet been made of the Ger man steamship Dundesrath's cat go , because that cannot be done until a prlu court B constituted. It is believed hero that it has no contraband Dr Lejds , the Itansvaal envoy in Hurope , positively savs so Ordinarily a ministerial crisis would have been caused by the Independence Kelgo'B publication of letters and cables piovlng the common Intc-rcNt of the colonial olllco and Cecil Hhodcb' agents In first packing the parliamentary committee appointed to in- qulio into the Jameson raid and in after ward defeating the professed objects of that Inquiry by suppressing evidence and docu ments. Hut the country's affairs are In such chaos now that the South African catas trophe , with its limitless possibilities , so preoccupies thc public mind that oven this rove'atlon Is passed by with a shrug of the shoulders ri e I'niiorM iKiiore I.i'll.-rs. The five London newspapers mcpt deeply committed to Chamberlain's fatal South African policy , the Times , the Dally Tele graph , the Morning Post , the Standard and the Daily News , do not mention these letterH , but they are published In full In the Dallv Chronicle and the Morning Leader | To indicate their Impoilance It may be explained that rairlield , since dead , was the chief of the South African department of the colonial office when ho dickered with i liourchler Ilawkesley , Cecil Rhodes' chief 'agent ' , about getting Hhodcs' nominee on the I parliamentary committee i It Is bcl'oved ' that ho must have acted las Secietary Chamberlain's mouthpiece , for Mr Chamberlain was the only channel ! through wh'ch ' the required constitutional I form could be effected George \Vyndhim , now undersecretary for vvnr.vvas appointed ou the committee as Rhodes' nominee , together with Mr Grlpps and Mi. Hlngham , now a supreme court Judge. All acted as Uhodes' advocates. Mrs Richard Chamberlain , the colonial secretary's sister-in-law , a daughtci of n radical , Sir John Swinburne , ls > believed to have first opened up the negotiations In b"- half of Jameson ami Rhodes with Chamber lain , which afterward wcro condui led through Palrfield Thlfa wonfTin has played an Important part throughout these Rhodeslan plots and It Is even declared that she largely Influenced a certain distinguished general of the War olllco in filling South African staff appointments of the pie = ent war She- and hci ptcpdalighter arc now with the niniy a' ) Red Cress nursc.s CONDITIONS ARE CHAOTIC I'ollllriil Mtimtloii In P.liKlimil IN Now III a Slnli * of Hi'1 ( .rcnli-Ml ConfiiNloii. ( Copyright , limn , by Press Publishing C'o ) LONDON , Jan G ( Now York World Cablegram Special Tclegiani ) Utter con fusion reigns over the political sltuitlon The Salisbury cabinet Is without a de fender among the London newspapers. At tempts by the Dally Mall to distinguish against Chancellor Head ) , War Secretary Lansdowne nnd President of the Council Devonshire have been fruitless Public- opinion Is setting powerfully against the whole ministry If the liberal opposition united upon any clear war policy the unionist government would fall on the day of opening of Parlia ment H holds together merely by virtue of the feebleness of Its opponents Uvory day intensifies the misgivings respecting the c'lllcacy of the Imperial yeomanry and other volunteer levies for war purposes. The Globe , usually the most labidly partisan ! unionist journal In London , expresses the general feeling with startling bluntnesd It cays "We nro afraid the attempted enllHtment of Hoer spies Is not the only danger be- l setting the Imperial yeomanry Wo Inirn on the best authority that tests to which I the would-bo recruits were subject were 1 nothing like thu proper stringency About i a third of the men already enrolled are I ox client , another thin ! are In shape to bo lolled on after a llttlo training , but the remainder are nearly woithlces "Thero are among them men who can neither mount nor Ell on their horses Ono hopeful recruit when piefscd as lo his shooting qualities , claimed ho was accus tomed to stalk pheasants with a rifle. It is beginning to look as though the authori ties arc Decking by means of enthusiasm nt hume to divert attention from tlie bluudoia which have been only too frequent and glaring both In the War department and In South Africa U will take three yoara for the ArirHtronga , Vlckcrs , Maxim and the government ordnance factoring combing lo riaitn this country an it ought to be re- Tlilt gram staie-ment U j-ublwhi'-l j rumi THE BEE BULLETIN , \\oatlH r ! * ori < M t for Nilir i kii Tilr Modciiiti. Variable Wind" Pn jo t viiii-t U-iiti ( lli-r * ' ml I'nti- . I'lnn to l-iiilnim Iliiiiinti I.Iff. I'liulnnil M'lfi'i Mini * - * limiiri. . HIMV rn ( tirt ! ( < * > | 'nUoi Mill1 ( am-iiM 2 ( irtu'liil Ilitlli-r li limn ! 1'ioni. KiHsiTV IIIlxll Pinner , iti'lirn Kn > IM - < . 'iiiin I'otiin-i nllr Itffortu. I lilt I. llrllii-i < ( IINI- . I DlllllUH Of Olllllllll S | ) | > | | > | 1 I'lMlplO. r \i-\\- , of tin * II illioiuli. lli-iKli of ( luulrx ,1 , Knrlincli. 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SHIMVlini to n llnil lloiiMO. nl Oiiiiilin nently In the Times apropos of the alleged belated decision of the cabinet defense- com mittee to spend JJ'i 000,000 In quick-filing nttillerv The seandal of obsolete artillery is agitating the country dceplv , ns the pundit war must now bo piosecuted with dcfectlvo amis Anothei souice of serious peril Is caused by the denuding of the UiltlMi war vessels In South African wnteis of the I T Inch big guns and tn civ o-pounders , sixty-two of vvhlih hive already bcou landed Vital fortllHntlous on the south coast of England have also been dopilvod of their heavy position guns , which .no being replaced by small , useless nnd obsolete muzzlc-lotiling guns The evidences of wild panic and stupidity everywhere observable In the efforts of thu authorities to cope with the situation mo revelling a stateof alfalis which Is paus ing dpcp-rooted disp ilr and dismay to take possession of the public mind The icsolu- tlon still pievalllng to purMio the war nt all costs Is equalled only by the determina tion to wto.ik duo lotrlbutlon on these lospoiiblblo both foi Its origination nnd Its dlsn.steis nnglnnd's perilous plight Is an awful warning to the haie-brnlnod lnipnr- iallsln She is now paying a bitter prlco for the Insensate jingoism which was first stirred by the jublloo naval levlow , then stimulated by Iho Omdurinnn butcher } , and made drunk by the r.tshodu tiiumph , so that crushing the Hoer republics hcemed amore moro holiday parade for Britain's uncon querable army The British government must ralso $150- 000,000 for the war Immediately. The Roths childs hitvo already guaranteed one-third of that sum. Paillamcnt should properly be summoned , but the cabinet is averse to Invoking the whltlwind as long as It can be- avoided robruary n Is a date already mentioned for convoking Parliament I leain on Indubitable authority that the recent orders lo the Hrltish admirals com manding the South African and the "Par ticular Service" squadron point clcaily to a belief at Iho piesent of the Hrltish authori ties that the Transvaal lias anothoi open port for 1 Hiding sloics nnd ammunition besides Louren/o Marque ? It Is pus- pectcd that while Hrltish attention is con centrated on the latter the Hoers arc quietly landing recruits , ammunition , arms nnd foodstufts at some point in the Gaza ( Poituguose ) countiy , probably Cblnlune , at I the mouth of the Sabl river , whence entry ' 'may bo made by the caravan loute to the Transvaal through the passes of the Zout- pansberg range It Is absolutely certain tint Hoer agents are still puifhnslng freely on the continent all the stores they require This they would not dn if they hud not stll an undlscoveicd open port. \ disp itch from Birmingham. England , says special detectives are thorp hunting tno Boer agents who quite recently were endeavoring to buy n large quantity of small- aim ammunition nnd 20000 illles foi ship ment to Antwerp , with a vlow to tranuhtp- incnt to the Trinsvanl These orders were Looked by the Blimlngham small-arm fac- toiy When Information n.ih cnnvoytd to Iho police the Boor agents loft Blimlnglnm , but It Is thought they are still In nnglnnd The Boers have tohted with gieat suc cess the now Ilelglnn-m ido Mauser rllles with i novel tolascopo binocular at tachment and .1 specially contrived stock so tint the marksmen re- Jtialns completely out of sight while nblo to take accurate aim The ordinary Belgian Mausers nro declared by experts to bo the most olllclont rifles IIHUI ! The Boors have 20,000 of them , purchased within the last J0.ll. J0.ll.Messrs Xolss , the famous blnoi ular m.inu- Ifadurorh In Dresden , hue supplied Ihu ' Boors with fi.OOO of their finest gl IPBOS , I which outrange any procuinblo by English I ofllcors 'Iho latter have been rifused a sup- i ply by the Xolss firm , who say they are under continct to glvo all they make lo the Hoora I Lieutenant Colnnol Kustnco J A Balfour , biothei of Arthur .1. Dnltour , M ! ' , the first ! loid of the treasury and government leadoi i In the House of Commons , and of Gerald Hal four , the chief secretary for Ireland , fchould have replaced Colonel Sir Charles Howard Vincent , M P . as Mcond In com mand of the City of London Imperial volun- tceis when Colonel Vincent wn rejected on meidlcal examination Lieutenant Colone > l liiilfour ib commnndur of < ho London Scot tish Itillcs , attached to the rlllo brigade- Lie'utonant Colonel Dnlfour had volunteered for HOUleu In South Africa , but on the death of the duke of Weminster ) a fort night ago withdrew his nitnii ) on thu ground Hint his son-Ices n biirvoyor of the iluke'fl London ontates were required hero Dcoplto Ibis oxcuw the Incident has excited - cited very advolso comment The Cham- , borlalns and BalfourH are the only prom inent momboiu of the cabinet responsible | for this war who have no near rnlutlmn , it j the front Thu premier , Loid Salisbury , has u son , Major Lord IMward Cocll , ai Mafol.Irig , who was wounded In a recent I sortlo , together with I < ord Charles Caven- ' dish-Bentlnck , ono of the two half brothers ' Hi the duke of Portland at the fmnt The i duke of Norfolk , postmaster general , has til the front lil.s brother and holr presumptive , Major Lord IMmunJ Talbot of the Ulcvontli Uuwiarn The marquis of Lanudowno , * o < rttory of stateTor war. on whoso head vial * : of nreth are being ompttud , hax two nans ai rUio front ono , the tori of Kerry his heir , { being a lleutinant In thu Coldslream Guardt ) wlih Lord Methucn'B force the other Lieu- I ( toLKlauc-d on Sucond Page ) BOWES IS THE MAN AUnnmkoo County Doctor Wins Out in the Speakership Contest. EASILY DOWNS EATON IN THE CAUCUS Polls Forty-Three Votes on First Ballot to Eaton's ' Thirty-Eight. GEAR FORCES WIN A DECIDED VICTORY No Doubt Abont the Senator's Rs-Elcotion by a Good Majority. CUMMINS WILL STAY IN TO THE FINISH UN SimtiorlrrN claim ( lm < Tlu-y Ulll lluMr. . Ullnon'N Sriiln llmi- n ( TliHi lldlM T\n > A out N llciii-c. His MOINIIS , Jm. O tSpechl Tele gram ) The Gear men won n decided vli- toiy tonight in securing the nomlnatlen of thcMr candidate' for spcakei. Dr. I ) II. How en ef Allnmnkeu county. In the * icpubllcin eau- eus Mtmeu on the first ballot receiveil fortv-tlueo votes , as against thlrty-elglil for W. L iatou of Mitchell county , the Cummins candidate The caucus selected minor olllcers and the Male propirrd bv the Don en forces waa adopted as follows Chief clerk , S. M Cart. Indlanola ; llr t nwilstant cleik , John \ Cook , Hampton , bccond aaslslant eleik. W J Hanlon , Chirk asa\v eounly , eugiosslng clerk , Mrs Molllu G Hoist , Way no county , enrolling clerk. Miss Clara Holler , Ioulsi county , Journal clerk , A U Swan , Warren vaunt } , assistant Journal cle-rk , Roy Hums , Clark county , assistant postmistress , Jcnnlo llrlce , Palo Alto county , Illo eleik. A W. Parson , Sioux , oountv , bill clerk , Hopslo Congei , Wnnli- Inglon county , bcige.int-at-arms. P ( i Gicei. Page county , chief doorkeeper. Th id 11 Maxon , Cedar county , six-akei pro-tern , M L Temple , temporal y clerk , J I ) . Row en. Iho icsull of the emeus tonight demon stratea beyond a shadow of doubt tint Sen ntor Gear will bo named as the republican candidate for United States sun itor and that ho will reecho at least seventy-six voles In the Joint aEsi-mbly It was .apparent early this evening that the How en people had the * light won. al though many wagers wore laid by the Cum mins people u few minutes before the cau cus that Katon would get the givcl A large uowd Rathcied at the state houss and awaited the result. The caucus wai Hecrct , being held In a commlttio room ol the hoiibc The Gent men Insisted the billet lot be open , showing that if such a billol were taken they would win , foi they had forty-thrco pledges The Cunwnlns men fought this line of procedure and Insisted on a sccict ballot After a long parlej th matter was settled , the open ballot bolus chosen. \\hon the result became known the Gear people commenced the regulation rejoicing and late tonight are In n noisy condition iln the lobby of the Snvcry hotel It wan an iiounceii nt the elose of the Hpeakershlp contest this evening that the senator ! il cau cus would be held Tucbday night ( oar Suri * of Il ' < * ( loit. There is no question but Gear will pull through by a m ijorlty of any where from twenty-flvo to thirty-two votes Ho has n latge majoilty In the senate and Is at least eight votes btrongei l the house thnn How on Tonight many of the mippoitem of Cum mins declined that they believed the best policy for Cummins to puisne would bo to withdraw now th it the speikcrship light has been lost by the-ni They liguicd thai In the event of baton's election they could at least have Influenced ten votes ind thus stand In n position to give Gear a haul raio for hcii.atorshlp It IH not probiblo that Cummins will withdraw on account of the organisation lie- has The faction of thu party Cummins heads , Is making a fight for the control of the parly machiney ) "Tho result of the caucus , " hald a promi nent Cummins man tonight , "puts our can didate for homitor out of the race , but , of couiho , v\o will htay to the end and dlo hard Wo havu Just commenced thin fight. Senator Allison comes up for re-cIcUlnn two yearn IIPIHO and wo will sco that Ilia Dubuquu man IH then lollavcd of hiH ardu ous duties In Washington CnmmliiN will jet bo a United Slates senator and his fol- lowcn * will conliol the next republican state convention No , there Is no Jiopo to win ngiliiHt Gear , although vvn will staj In the race In order to miiko the Gear fellows shout louder whiii they heal the irsull " CummliiH Htiitod this evening "No 1 have not glve n up Iho race and will fight to tlm end ' ' i ; II Hunter , local manager for Grir , dcclaicH that the Iluillngton man will have sovcnty-Hlx wiles In the Joint at-sembly. l.lvi-lj U'orlc Ml ln > . Today IHIH been nun of the- liveliest days In the great conlest for the control of tha hnuso , which was ended at the caucus to night Late liiHt night , after the caucus of tliii How en men hud been held , the follow ing pledge "was prepared "Wo , the undersigned , hereby agree to vote for I ) II. Howen for speaker and to Uhi > i very honoiablo means to secure hl election " At 11 30 o'clock last night the iiamos of foity-onp republic HUH had boon ulgned to thin pledge ThlH imant the election of Or Howon , for It \\I\H \ thn cxait number TO- ( ( iilrod for n majority of the ropubll nn cauciiH Later on nnotliur name was Hi'fiuel and ( i dispatch from one abncnt member au thorising ) IH ! signature to the paper in.ulo thu forty-third When the OummliiB pcoplo awoke this morning and found the result of this cam in ( f the Howcn fcuppnrtcrs they weio Htunnod and It took Bomo time for them to rec vor I'lnally , however , they began to talk lhat Homo cf their men Jmd gene Into the How on caucus and signed thU pledge simply to nnd out what was being done by the IKiwin people Then along toward noon they callc I a caucus of the Knton supporters It wua given out that they finally BOI urod thiity- clght signatures to u Hlmllar pledge for Haton , iilid thny said ono of their indi who had agreed to vnto for Katon refused to klgn thin pledge Then they counted on two enen who they assorted wuro In thn Howoa caucus "for fun , " and Bald they wire cor lain that Kuton would bo nominated 'Ihh was thfllr last despairing wall The I ) won men , on the other hand , although they know lhat they had won wpro at woilc bright and onrly thlo morning JUKI as though Iho rrunlt wcrci atlll lit il'iibt ami they put In the day Btreiigtbonlng their lines < lllllllllllH I'lMlllll' ItllH ) , The Cummins peoples tried to discredit thn report of the Howen plodgoa and latci In 'ho day Lufo Vc < unof the rj ( * Mejines Capital went to tlicHuwen headquarters aad asked