< S / w PAGES 1 TO 12. PART I. MOUNTNG FEJHlUAin , 3000-TWB TY-POUll PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 1 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY , PIT ITT t 'VPIIPr T P11 IT SILVIA ZEMELl HIL1 Ultimatum of Italian Ambassador Biinga tb Bnltan to Time. GIRL KIDNAPED BY A TURKISH OFFICIA Taken to the Interior of Turkey and Kep in a Harem. BROUGHT BACK TO CONSTAN TINOPL One of the Sultan's ' Ministers Sees ller an Falls in Love. CONFINED IN A HAREM SECOND TIM SencunflnllniiM < ) | > fii 'il fur lie JlclciiNC \ t .Secured I'nlll Idilltill AmhiiNMiiditr Milken lll.s SlroiiK ' 1'hrciil. ( Copyright , 1KW ! , by Pres * Publishing Co PAIUS , Fob. 3. ( Now York World Ci Wegram Special Tclpgrnm. ) Silvia Kernel thu licautlful Italian girl wlio was kldnapc fourcnonths ago by Turkish olllclals at Stun boul iiuil kept In n liarcm despite the one : K tle protests or her parents and the Italln nmbaHsador , has Just been returned to IK father This extraordinary story has excite Intense Intercut here , where the Zemcll fun lly IB \\oll known. About live monthH af the girl started with her father for n toi through the Levant. At Stamboul the young woman's brllllai boanty nttracled the attention of a hlf nlllclal of the Interior of Turkey and ho h : her captured the next ilny and taken to h faraway harem. After weeks of frultlei search thu Italian ambassador received li formation of thu glrl'8 whereabouts and In mediately demanded that she be returned. The Miptor rcfut-cd on the ground that SI via had become his willing wife. Hy thren cnlng armed Intervention tlm Italian atnba sndor finally obtained the sultan's direct o dor for her release. When Silvia was brought back to Constal tlnople , however , one of the sultan's mil Istern who saw her fell In love with her ai decided to make her his wife. Like U Jlrst ofllcer ho placed her In a harem. Tin Jiow negotiations wcro begun for her roleas even more dlfllcult this time because of hi captor's supttrlor Influence. Ills plea wi that the young girl was of ngo and then lore her father could not Interfere. Meanwhile Silvia was being kept In stric osl seclusion a ml her sentiments In the mater tor could not bo obtained. On January : last the- Italian ambassador sent an ult imitum declaring that If the girl were n < returned within a week diplomatic relatloi between the two governments would be sin ponded. On Thursday last , after a conference Iho Turkish ministers , Silvia Zcmcll wi brought to the Italian embassy and a rcccl ; demanded from her father. She appeared bo In fair health , but was broken-hearti rnd rnfusffd. ribKolutltfo mft" v statems ! ns to her captivity. ( ill'I AlNII III 1.IIVC. ( Copyright , lliOO. by Press Publishing Co ROME , Kob. a ( Now York World Cabl Kram Special Telegram. ) Silvia Zemell , is said here , was not klndnaped , but went n Turkish harem of her own free will. T ! story Is that she was the daughter of i Italian employe at Ilroussa and fell In lo with a Turkish ofllcer there. Her father o posed her passion and she last week r ; nway to her lover's harem at Coustantlnop The father discovered her whereabouts , li she refused to return , alleging that she h embraced Islamlsm. As she was a minor her father applied Italian Ambansador Pansa , who summon the Turkish authorities to surrender the ru nway. The authorities refusing , Pansa sc an till ( mutual and the sultan , bccoml alarmed , ordered the Immediate reslltutl of the girl and Indicted u nomhml punls jnont upon the ofllcer. GUERIN SICK OF PRISON LIF Talk" nf Siilt-lili Other Preach Ct. hilraorN | llecciitly llniitNlieil Knjoylnu Their ICvlle. ( Copyright , 19UO , by Press Publishing C < J'AIUS. Kcb. 3. ( Now York World C blegram Special Telegram. ) News recelv hero shows that the conspirators recent banished by the Senate are thoroughly e Joying their exile. Deroulcdo basks In the soft sunshine Ban Sebastian and manages to keep up 1 notoriety by high Mown manifestoes tel graphed almost dally to his partisans. 11 roulcdc's latest sensation la the announc men I that ho hnH just come into potucasl of clear proof that Loubet was Impllcat In the Panama scandals. These proofs , declares , will bo Incorporated In a pamph end will render the president's realgnatl Imperative. Nobody of consequence i taehes thu least Importance to Dorouled BtutemoniB , Max Hegls , from Barcelona , claims to si direct Algerian politics and boasts that would be elected mayor of Algiers as a pi test against the governor' * ) warrant , whl tint Hegls to flight n few months ago. Buffet , the trusted lieutenant of the ro ; pretender , IB being entertained by the du of Orleans at the latler'a English home. Worst elf of all the alleged consplrnti In Jules Ouerln of Fort Chabrol fame , w U I said , Is already HO Hick of prison 1 ( hat ho talks of nothing but suicide , declares himself Incapable of standing I year * ' confinement. Ouerln has , howev bemi treated with great leniency. Ho 1 two bright and cheerful rooms In the prlt at Clalrvaux , it bedroom and a study , hi overlooking a magnificent landscape , was allowed to furnish his apartment null his pleasure , and his htucly oonta nil bin books , photographs and blbelc Beyond all this he- can employ his tlmo any way ho chooses providing ho takes ex cup In the open air two houra and a h dally , ENGLISH NOTGOING ABRO/ / _ Unix l tin- only Continental Count Where KaullMhmcii ( 'mi llv with Comfort. ( CopyrlBht , 1SO < > . by 1'russ PuhlUhlns C LONDON. Feb. a , ( New York World ( blesram Special Telegram. ) Unless Knr takes a decided turn for the better ( ucen will hold no drawing rooms tills ye iltbough two have been announced to tt place before Kaster , The London tea promises to bu dull beyond all experlen f the living , Town houses usually snap lip before the opening of Parliament tying empty by hundreds and the agents they hatro no Inquiries , whllo the num slferod for rent In unprecedented. Stag lion reigns lu business tenters In the \ \ end , patronized by aorloty. yet the up 10,000 are tiot going abroad In anything 1 the customary droves ; they are llvln mainly In their country houses. Italy IK the only continental countr where Englishmen ran now live with com fort , their position elsnwhoro being macl unpleasant and sometimes Intolerable b petty manifestations of hostility. Heporl from Pnrl of the French anglophobla rend : It quite cerinln that English visitors to tl exposition will be few anil far between. CHASING GOELET MILLION ! TOIIBMPI WauKliiK nt l.ondon'an I'nrl * VlMiiil Infcntlnnn of the .Mother unit Dtinuhtcr. ( CopyrlKht. 1900 , by Press Publishing Co PARIS , Feb. 3. ( Now York World f'abli gram Spofllal Telesram. ) Mrs. Ogden Goi let and her daughter. Miss Goelet , arn oboi to return to Paris , finding Londtn now vei dull owing to the war. With them will con Captain Hugh Frnzor. who Is Invnlldt home from South Africa , and all the longtn of London anil Paris gossips are waggli about the pal\ \ . Certainly the gallant ofl cor Is paying great court to the Americ : heiress. Never a day passes that he Is ni at her side. Hut there mo others at her side presslt n suit , too. The Countess Erne and Iv daughter nro keeping alive the rccollcctli of the son and brother. Lord Crlchton , ni other Ilrltlsh officer , who Is locked up Ladysmlth. Othir names arc mentioned i tlusc of suitors for Miss Goelet's ' hand at her $20.000.000. Mrs. ( Joelct's engagement to Colon Douglas Lawton Is still rumored , but si has told her friends that she will do nothli until her daughter Is settled In life. SEVERAL AMERICAN VICTIM I'lcKiiocKetN , I n 11 ii < > lie ( ami AVur tl Three I'laKiiCN ( lint Threnteii Hnrnpciiit Society. ( Copyright. 1900. by Press Publishing Cc PARIS. Feb. .1. ( New York World Cabl gram Special Telegram. ) The French ai Italian Rivleras have always been the favo Ho resorts for pickpockets , but never befo have these rascals descended in such eno mous numbers ns this year. The. trouble taking the proportions of a veritable plagu And this , with the Influenza and the wn seriously threatens the success of the pre cut seasons. Americans have this ye Hocked to Mentone , Nice , Cannes and Si Kemo more numerously than ever befor and among them are several who have bei recently victimized by the gentleman "crooks. " Mrs. D'Navarro , formerly the fame American actress , Mary Anderson , had h hotel room and trunks rilled very the oughly the other day. Among the oth victims was Sir Campbell Clarke , who h ; his pockets picked. \VISSTMI.\STI3lt DI.SOIIKYS HIS M llukc ( Joes < < > Sec HlN Klniiece Uix Kt'tiim from Cape. ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press Publlshlnpr Ct LONDON , Feb. 3. ( Now York World C blegram Spex-lal Telegram. ) The mati monlal Intentions of the young duke Wostmlnstar arc the absorbing social que tlons here. Ills mother , Countess Gro venor , who opposed his engagement to Ml Shcelagh West , met him at Southampt on his nrrvi > .l from. the , Capff. hut. faljed prevent him from setting' off ou a visit Ijts fiancee , whose father's country hou wan cloao by. The princess of Wales against his returning to the South Afrlc Yeomanry and favors the West marriage. ( Heavy SIICMVM in liiiKlaiiil. LONDON , Feb. 3. This metropolis awe this morning to find the streets two Incli deep In snow , which was soon converted In mud and slush. Snow and bitter cc weather are reported from many points the provinces. In Bedfordshire the pcoj nro sulferlng from the worst snow stoi experienced In years , lasting until noon a covering the ground more than a foot de < The roads arc Impassable and the drl reach to the hedge tops. The railroad llr j nro partially blocked. The telegraph wli . are down In many places. I'nrlH KvixiNltlon t'nxiiiiltlcN. i ( CopyrlBht. ! ? ( , by Press Publishing C PARIS , Fob. 3. ( Now York World C blegram Special Telegram. ) Thus far t accidents at the exposition grounds hi : ! been remarkably few. There- have been s ! teen fatalities and 200 that have not rcsull ! fatally. Of these there have been six i ' suiting in loss of limb , forty-four In penr nent Incapacity , eighty-nine have been t" : pornrlly severe and sixty-one slight. Co tractors agree that no enterprise of su ! magnitude has ever been so economical ] the loss of human life. Kri'iii'li tit l.ny Cnlilex. ( Copyright. 1900 , by Press Publishing C PARIS , Feb. 3. ( Now York World Cab gram Special Telegram. ) Public ngltatl ' , In favor of the establishment of Fren I cables continues and has found volco i Parliament. Premier Waldeck-Rousaea | cabinet has been studying the project of complete cable system which should ror . all the French colonies without the borro , Ing of an Knglish line and a bill provldl that work on the most urgent lines su > begin Immediately , has just been Introdtic HroHvcil liy Hnly' Uiipen. ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press Publishing C LONDON , Feb. 3. ( New York World ( blegram Special Telegram. ) Mrs. Mack j who Is In Rome , has been received In prlv I audience by the queen of Italy , who asl I her many questions nriut herself , appear : i Kieatly Interested In all her doings , pcclally In her connection with the hospl ship Maine. Mrs. Mackay Is one of Maine committee. I-'lttnl I'Vui'liiB Mulrli. ( Copyright. WX by Press Publishing C PARIS. Feb. 3. ( New York U'orld Cab gram Special Telegram. ) In a fenc : match between Leon da Chandln and Ha 1 do HoulaurguoB , the bitter's foil smipp ' pierced the mask and entered Chandl ' brain through the right eye , causing | Dtnntnncoux death. Doth men were about i years of age , wealthy , popular and arts I crats. . CornivalllN WI-H ! IB Hi > c < iv > rliiK. ( Copyright. 19"0 , by Press Publishing C LONDON , Feb. 3. ( New York Wfl Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Lleuten Oeorge Cornwullls West Is , physically spe Ing , on a fair roud to recovery. The j v'ntlcns and hardships of th campaign In however , left him In a very depressed si and ho can talk and think of nothing but torrom ho has seen , ( 'nnmlluii llniilv Cloned. HAMILTON , Out. , Feb. 3. Stluaon'u bi of this city hab suspended payment , bul U thought that nil depositors will get tl money In full. The bank Is owned James Stlmun of Chicago , who Is said bo very wealthy. Depression In real eat U given as ( bo cause. The amount ou posit U not yet estimated. lli > riiliiinl ( Mimt ln > - for I'lny. PARIS , Feb. 3 , Sarah llernhardt was day condemned to jay an Indemnity of ti francs to the dramatist , Klsemackers , wl play "Martho , " uho accepted. It Is allee and began to rehrurto In Koveuibttr , 1 but fulled to produce. _ BRITONS IN DILEMM/ / Have Lost All Oonfidtnoa in the Governtnet in Present Crisis. JINGO PAPERS SHRIEKING FOR A CHANG No Political Combination is Willing 1 Undertake the Job. EVERY LAND FIGHTING FORCE IN FIEl Roberts nnd Kitchener Ofler Special Induci menta to Colonial R > oruits. FATE OF THE WAR RESTS WITH GENERA ! Admitted ltofinr HIM lleen line to Inferior ( ionurnlNlilii JlliilNtcrn ! : ianir < ! for Htnrt- I K St ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press I'ubllshlnf , " Ci LONDON , Feb. 3. ( New York World Ci blegrain Special Telegram. ) The pre ci i situation hero Is a bewildering chaos. A j confidence In the capacity of the govcrnme i in the Capo crisis has bden dissipated 1 i Balfour's nnd Salisbury's amazing epeechc The cabinet Is retaining olllce by sheer for of Ignominy. H has landed thu country so hopeless n mess that no political con blnatlon Is willing to take tbo predicarne off Its hands. The Times nnd other jingo papers a { , shrieking for "a man , " just as they we In behalf of France during the Dreyfus seal dal. The man In whom the public has coi lldence is Uosebery , but whether or not 1 | has the cotirago to accept tbo terrific rcspo i slblllty or the resources to extricate t ] British empire from Its dire embarrassme remains to be seen. The Daily Mall , whose despair has b come piteous , Is now Inciting Chamberlain seize the opportunity to take the lead aide do something It docs not specify whs Chamberlain would doubtless like to kno At present ho Is displaying his valor by timing bis speech In opposition to a vo of censure as to avoid bringing forwa I that redoubtable debater , Ilarcourt. Fall KlKhtliiK- Force lit Field. One of the remarkable features of Brl aln's dilemma Is the notion that a ml Istcr can change the fortunes of war. Eve land-fighting force In Great Britain Is s ready exhausted. When the last relnforc meuts , now preparing , have gone the Islands , with the exception of a battalion guards and a few remnants of other re Iments , will be garrisoned only by mllll i and volunteers. The volunteers can ' called for active service , but England won bo then left with the mllltla and the He ! for Its only defense. The Imperial yeoman experiment has taught the War office tli reliance upon raw levies Is a broken reed. Roberts and Kitchener-seeing that t | only hope of salvation is In raising a colonl I mounted Infantry , are offering every Indui ! mont to recruits throughout Qape..Colony n ; ' Natal. Australia and Canada have also be : again appealed to , but the volunteering ard is dying down. The fate of the campaign now rests wl the generals , not with the ministers , and is admitted generally that the reverses tt have occurred , except a few minor lull I ones , were duo to the Inferiority of Brill generalship. The real cause of odium heap upon the government Is not the ostensll one that It failed to adequately prepare 1 j the struggle , but that It gratuitously pi | voked n calamitous campaign , the results which no one can foresee. To comprehend the desperate pass ! which Great Britain has been brought by t present administration of government a vl to Parliament suffices. A nerveless , i j sourceless , despondent cabinet Is confront In the House of Commons by a divided , d organized , futile opposition. Mr. Balfour , the government's leader , alternately sunk In a posture of gloomy c lapse or galvanized Into a sickening c fearance to Inane cheerfulness , recalling t vacant gayety of the demented Ophelia. Cliiiinhcrlnlii'H CorpNc-IilUe ( < rln. i Mr. Chamberlain's notion of braving t j crisis Is to adopt a fixed expression of cc tcmptuous amazement , which under I ' strain of long continuance ) develops Into Indescribably repellant corpse-like gr ! For the rest , the treasury bench array ( I ministers ) consists of deadheads , a mlxti of Lord Salisbury's artlstocratlc placemi and pension hunters , with Mr. Cliamb Iain's family party of nonentities ; two cas physically In contrast , but alike In lutolli tual feebleness and vacuity , I The only man among them who she i real ccurago and unaffected cnuaniml combined with full comprehension cf t ghastly gravity of itho situation and pri tlcal statesmanship In attempting to cc | with it , is young George Wyndham , t i under secretary for war , who may prr. ! the salvation even of the British War < ' partment. In the House of Lords the same molt choly evidences of palsied grasp of cffi ministers are observable. Lord Sallsbi i | Is like n man dazed by n staggering blr 1 Ills lapses are not Into levity , but ; I manner Is of sheer Inability to approcii ] what has happened and what It may pi i tend. 'Ho ' talks and looks like ono In dream or In n condition of only seml-ci sclousness. It Is a painful , pathetic gpi tucle. HoMchcry Too SpiiNiaoillc. Lord llosebery appeared to hold out promise of filling the yawning gap , but I activity Is spasmodic. Ho makes a spot j evincing power and spirit , then dltappei ! for an unlimited time , his vanity be ! j satisfied by tbo momentary sensation has created. He Is a master of words i pose , but a trifler , an Idler , without pli or tenacity , and his life , strange as it n appear. Is something of a mystery. Great Britain's governing caste Is expo as an organized Imposture. The bubble tin prestige has been pricked , Its fut U obscure and darkened. The slump volunteering IB Illustrated by the follow Incident : The Inverncsshlre mllltla of over 1 , wiw mobilized at Aldershot last week duty. The men volunteered for fore service , which usually means garrison d at Malta , Gibraltar or some other picas spot , and all but fourteen parsed the docti They form ono of the finest mllltla t tallons In Britain. They were paraded i exhorted to volunteer for South Africa , there was not a solitary response. Tl officers pleaded earnestly and then ono r stepping forward as spokesman said comrades would volunteer for the war > > n v -t a aharo in the gold mines when Transvaal \vat conquered , but not oil wise. So thu appeal fulled , Ilocrx le lro > InnItallrond , MODDEH R1YKR. Feb. 3. The Boers ) terday wcro busy destroying tbo rail' I between here and Lungaburg , from a ni 1,000 ! yards from the British advanced poil tlon. Thirty-three explosions were hear and doubtless the line and culverts wer wrecked for u con MMbtc distance , jIlrHE'WOUNDEI Cent JjjJ llet < veei the llrlt Inli nnd Iti/KWUanllMi / I.oath ( Copyrlshl. IDoAJpres. * Publishing Co LONDON. FeaHBfNcw ( York World I'n blegram Spccla1 * plegram. ) In stnrtlln contrast with the accounts of the troatmcl of British wounded nnd British prisoners b the Boers ls the story in the Dally Mall t the arrival nt Cairo of Britain's latest car live , the renowned Dervish leader Osmn Dlgna. The Mall says : "Ho Yrtw brought In a third-class wage and a large crowd pressed forward eager t see the dark , long face , the brilliant eye the large 'mouth and the long , gray bear of a frightened and dignified old man , wb sat with chains around his sore ankles an swollen bare feet. " The campaign of calumny here against tl Boers has been crushlngly exposed by tl magnificent qualities they have dlsplayci but even yet n recognition of the Boer vli tiles draws down virulent nbUso upon an public man courageous enough to make known. Leonard Courtney , M. P. , Is man of nilch cotirago and ho has been vll fled by the Jingo press for saying : "We are fighting with a people who pi us to shame In many characteristics , but I none more than moderation , dignity , sol restraint nnd respect for their antagonls which has been shown by our victorious ei emlcs In their treatment of wounded prli oners and those with whom they were 1 dlro conflict. " Edward Clarke also raised n sneering tl tor In the House of Commons last nlgl when ho said : v "These men nro ns valiant as any rai that ever bore arms. Wo have learned 1 respect nnd honor them. They are as trui hearted ns ourselves ; they- ? are worthy foi and we can learn from them the exercise i the noblest human qualities. " FRANCE WATCHING ENGLAN Folloivln the Ilehnte In Parliament Krench Secret AKentH llenort Dully from ICuyiit. ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press Publishing Cc PARIS , Fob. 3. ( Now .York World Cabl grum Special Telegram. " ) Franco Is follo\ Ing the present dubato In the English Pa lloment with more Interest than has 'bc < displayed.'In recent yelfrs In any forclf * parliamentary discussion. 'Many of the p pers publish almost verbatim .reports of tl proceedings , together 'UU ' elaborate eO toria ! analysis. All of > 'hl9 Is eagerly rea even lu the smallest towns. The utte anccs of eminent Englishman lnoppos tlon to the war have hr.d'a great effect strengthening the pro-B.oer feeling France , and also In assuaging French h tred of England by the rovelatlon that t ; best sentiment In England also Is again Injustice and sanguinary oppression. The World correspondent has received 1 side Information that French se/Sret ant surles have lately been dispatched to Port mouth nnd other English 'potu'ls to wati the mobilizing of the lJrltIi u.'yflect. Oth French agents report tloliy. Ironi Egyj , w.horo the sltu'ilt'\ncS.'li } aJf * 'v70rs&.ai : miife'compllcated , &overal colored' regimen "being " on the verge of mutiny. Yesterday's cabinet council discussed t question as to whether or not the fact tb many guns from the Egyptian array had be ! ( secretly sent to the Cape and the grav ! fact that numerous English officers ei ' ployed In English regiments had be granted Indefinite leave to fight In Sou Africa did not constitute a breach of ue trality In Egypt. BUTLER MAY BE VINDICATE Select Committee of HOIINC ot Coi moil * to He Moved. For to IllVCNtllllltC. ( Copyright , 1900 , by Press Publishing d LONDON. Feb. 3. ( New York World C blegram Special Telegram. ) The myste I surrounding General Buller's dlspatcli | while commander-in-chlef nt Capetown i deepened by the contradictory answers Balfour and Lansdowno. The former d nlcd that Butler had recommended a larp force for the campaign than had been sei whereas Lansdowne admitted that But ] had prepared minute plans for the defet : of the colony , which Lansdowne refused publish. ' Butler cannot defend himself except the risk of court-martial and vindictive pu lahmcnt , ao ho would bo tried solely on t charge of breach of discipline. A select committee of the House of Coi mans will bo moved for to Investigate t scandal. Before this body Butler would a privileged person. Butler's recommendations were ignor and before the outbreak of the war he i signed his command nnd returned to En land. History appears to bo bearing h .out as having had the clearer grasp of t situation from the start. SILENT AT THE WAR OFFIC If It Han any XCMVM from Muller It llulnu Kept Uulot from tlic iibllc. LONDON , Fob. 3. 2:30 : p. m. The office lu silent as regards General Buller , I there Is every reason to believe ho Is cf tinning his movement upon Ladysml Those who are In a position to know cc firm his reported recrosslng ot the Tug river and believe ho was engaged yesl i day. The message from Ladysmlth Thu day saying the Boor forces wcro leavl again and that the besieging force was cc slderably diminished tends to confirm tl Field Marshal Lord Roberts has notlf the War olllco that forty Highlanders , w , ' were previously reported killed at Mage ; i ' . foutcln , are prisoners at Pretoria. \VA.VTS TITMCIl 1II2.VIJS TO ST,1 Victoria Would l'rcf > ithat 'I'll Would .Not < > o lo AVi-.r. ( Copyright. 1 W > , by Press Publishing C LONDON , Feb. 3. ( Now York World ( blegrain Special Telegram. ) The qu < sent for the duke of Marlborougb after galled for Capetown and , learning that had gone , asked for the duchess , but i was In The queen Js said to bo averse lo hav the heads of titled families go to the t and the prlnco of Wales , It la understc shares her views , Vomu-U Kcli. Movement ! * of Occim , At New York Arrlved-St. Paul , fr Southampton nnd Cherbourg ; Kuoai from Liverpool ; Culle , from Liverpool i Qneenstown. Sailed Stale of Nobros At'London Sailed Marquette , for Lnnt * York , At CherbourK-SalJcd Now York , fr Southampton , for Now York. At Liverpool Arrived nulgenland , fr PhllaUclphla. Havre Arrived I > a Bretugne , from N At Genoa Arrived ICms , from New Yc via N'Juilf.H. At Philadelphia Sailed Khynland , Liverpool. , Presidents Krnger anil Stoyn Send Wnrnini to Lord Salisbury. OBJECT TO KITCHENER HANGING DUTCI Understood He is Given Carte Blanche i Dealing with Rebels , IMPERATIVE CALL FOR MORE TROOP British Oommandsrs Ask for Eighty Thov Baud Additional Mon , URGENT APPEALS SENT TO ALL COLON1E HcNIioiiNCM UlNConratflim ( iovcrnmeii I ! \ pee In to Proclaim Scheme of Iilmltcd CoiiMcrlptIon Would ItcnderVnr I niiopular. ( Copyright , 1300 , by Press Publishing Co LONDON , Feb. 3. ( New York World d 'blegram ' Special Telegram. ) I hear froi u nure tource that the position of the Brills prisoners in Pretoria Is one of grave perl Presidents Kruger and Steyn have cablr to Lord Salisbury that If the Cape Uutc taken In battle arr dealt with by the Brills authorities as rebels , reprisals will be take on the British prisoners of war capture In the two republics. The presidents lin heard that Kitchener had nsked for nnd ha obtained cart blanche to hang anybody 1 pleased In dealing with rebels and suspect Their warning to Lord Salisbury raises problem of Immense difficulty for the go\ crnment of Capo Colony nnd the protoctlc of the line of communications. Lord Kitchener , through Lord Robert has sent homo some extremely pessimist reports upon the conduct , organization ai piospectH of the campaign and has cabli In peratlvely for 80,000 more men , the larj t possible proportion to be mounte He expresses a decided preference for ci lonlals over the soft , overfed English In perlal yeomanry. Urgent appeals have been addressed all the colonies for further volunteers , bi the responses are discouraging. The government here Is expected to pri claim a scheme of limited conscrlptlo known as the militia ballot act for lion defense , and announce legislation makli foreign actlvo service compulsory on r enrolled volunteers. These propositions are rendered necessa by Lord Kitchener's demands and will can an Immense convulsion of business and ro der the war more unpopular than ever. The opposition liberal leaders are shapli their policy so that If called to olllco th' ' can make peace when the republican arml are driven off or retire from the queen's te rltorles. The conviction Is spreading here , nnd w boldly expressed last night by Sir Edwa Clarke In the House of Commons , that ' conquest o the .republics , is irapcssjU'p ' , < ? ; cept at a cost utterly disproportionate any advantage obtainable therefrom. ENGLAND NEEDS MORE CAS FIiiimclerN I'ropoNliiK Vnrloiin Ttlotl OIM to Produce It \c\v YorU KxcluuiKC. IH IllKli. ( CopyrlBht , 1000 , by Press Publishing C < LONDON , Feb. 3. ( New York World C blegram Special Telegram. ) Depressing I I lluwices still prevail In the stock market , i though General Buller's reported third r tempt to relieve Ladysmlth did something relax the tension. Government securiti are flat , owing to the expected heavy Iss for the war. There has been a recovery the discount market compared with a we ago , the best thrco months' bills bavl risen % to 5 % , but in the absence of furtli I news the market Is liable to another tei I porary decline. Financial opinion favors the issue of a fu debt for war expenditures , as likely to more readily subscribed , although cxcheqi bonds are the more economical measure raising money , as they could bn repaid pro ably when they matured. A largo Issue of consols nt a low pr ! would bo freely taken up , but would depn other high class securities. A 3 per ce loan for a term of years could be underwr ten safely at 98. Now York exchange In London stands high as $4.87 % for sight drafts , becai of payments In connection with the Mexlc conversion loan , . which It Is undorstc caused a transfer of ? 2G,000,000 to Lend and the continent. The Kaffir market Is dead , after hca French boar settling , and attempts to revl It by reported successes of General Bul proved a failure. The public has been f vcrely bitten already and Is now wary. T Bank of England Is preparing to give I government further assistance , causing other securities to decline to a very low pol The proportion of the reserve to ( ho 1 bllltlcH has Improved to 40',4 per cent , co pared with -11 1D-1C per cent for the previc week and -15 % per cent In tbo correspond ! week last year. WEAKNESS OF BRITISH ARIV In UN Hlnher IlrniiclicH It IH n fire .Social , Itntlicr Than Klulit- Intf .Iliiu'lilne. ( CopyrlKht , 1900xby Press Publishing C LONDON , Feb 3. ( New York World C blegram Special Telegram. ) A British o cer , who for years past haa acted as : ttructor of candidates for commissions the British in my , glvex the following sta ling explanation of the mediocre Intelllgei of British officers : "Tho secret of our national weakness 1 In the fact that the aristocracy nnd i class commonly known as society , both town and country , provide O'J per cent our regular officers , This society IB suff Ing from carefully Induced cerebral atrop caused by u persistent neglect of Intel ! tual training and u mode of Hfo that la d Elpated. " He demands "tho suppression of the d eased oligarchy which now governs country , to tbo exclusion of the physlca and mentally healthy middle class , " Arnold White , n well known publicist f unionist , dilates on the same theme as I lows : "There has been no ucandal In connect with any branch of the public gen and the breakdown has resul from departments where the B was clicflcn entirely from a small prlvllei caste. The British army In Its hlg branches la a great nodal rather than lighting machine. If this war Is to be v and our'llai : Is to fly over Pretoria the ! ' ' llsh democracy inu t reclaim the power which It has parted and by a silent , pea ful revolution Insist on lltiio&s and ctllcle bvomlng thu qualifications for public c ployuient. lu the navy this u the rule t THE BEE BULLETIN , 1 Weekly 1'nrlt Cubic Letter. Ill-It Lili Arc In u Dllcmiiin. llrlllsli Prlnoiiern In Peril. AMmiNslii'N Aim 1'riM ex I'nlnl. U .Sen Him Civil War In Kentucky. More Soldier * ' lliiillcN I'.uroale. It Ileiliicllon In ( iritln Itntcx drill-red Attorney Cole llonnil Over. I I'orincrcliriimkn I'renelicr I.ueUj School llonrilttci * TriinnlM. l.'ree-for- lee llnrvcNl on lllvei , ' Miliolt'n llecoril nil IMNIIC , Otnnlin Vttorne.VN llniuincl. Hot-Ion IH ( hoteii Trustee. ( I ( Inmlm Society Dolnun. 7 Cnlf Itonil to lie Sold. Ilve SlocU Men KomiNinclntloi S Council lllnllM l.oenl .Muttcm. lo > vi Solon * After ( < oernor. . ! > I'etllurm IteliiliiK Itciitililleiiiin. 1(1 ( Sonlh Africa's Itlnek Peril. In the Wheeling World. II Snortlni ; ItetliMV of the Week. II In the lloninln of Woman. l "i Weekly AiniiNcmciit I lev low. Weekly MiiNlcnl ItcvliMV. ICchovN of the Aiile Itoom. * III "The Isle ttt the WlniW 17 Tali ; * of Yankee Kiicliiiiitnicnl. IS I2dllorlnleN anil Comment. Ill lOiu-ly KINCOIII | | | | Nchriiskn Illwhoii ! Kiale.ranlN of I 'I fly A CIII-N A 1 ! ( ) We'll Vet WalU to the Pole. -I Condition of Oniiilin'M Trade. Commercial nnd I'Mniuieliil. -'t ItiiNkln In Vouth mid Amt * . -t Itailroail Allalr.w. Tciiiiierntiirc nt Omaha ycNtcriluyi Hour. Dei ; . Hour. Dct . * > n. m -It 11 ! m It II n. m -II I n. m. n. m ir > IS p. m. S n. m - . " > . ' ! p. ni. II n. m -O -I p. in. Ill n. in -S n l . in. II n. in - ! > < l it. in. 7 it. in. largo extent , hence this 1 alone our m tlonal safety. "It the ministers treat the situation In tl spirit of Balfour It Is not the ministry , bi the class from which they are chosen , thi will be attacked and successfully di stroyed. " HARD HIT FOR LADYSMITI of Ilnller'M Chock on Tune ! HI\ci * CIIIINCM CoiiNicriiiitiou In IlcNluiied Garrison. LONDON , Jan. 21. ( Correspondence the Associated Press. ) War letters fro Ladysmlth monopolize today's London pi pers. The Times' correspondent at that pin- - writes , under date of December 18 : "It is Impossible to express tbo feeling consternation with which the news of Gei cral Buller's check on tbo Tugela river wi received. All had made up their minds th the period of enforced Inactivity was at : end. . We were proud to think that v should bo able to meet the relieving trooj \vlth little histories of our own regardli the gun and Surprise hill batterk's. No o ; for a moment Imagined that the southc : force would bo anything but successful. "On December 11 ! heavy firing had bei heard In the direction of Colenso , whllo < tha following day the pickets .on Caesai fmp. . ad"V.'aaon-tilIl had seen the bmol made by the burstingshrartnel. . Thou i waited for news waited breathlessly f orders to bo given to the Hying colum composed of tbo Devonshire nnd Ma Chester regiments and the Gordon Hlg landers , to leave camp and to complete t ! devastation which the southern force hi begun. "Men and women congratulated the : selves In the streets when they heard th i ono of our heavy guns had been sent | Wagon bill to cover the movement of t ! I advancing columns , but the silence w j prolonged , though Iho heliograph -wink i ceaselessly from the hilltops , but rum had its way and stories were told of a sple did victory , of deserting Boers , of lleeli Dutch and slaughtered Boers , but notbli from headquarters. i "December 1G was Dingan's day , the a ' nlversary of the declaration of the Ind \ pendonco of the South African republic j the triumvirate In 1SSO. It was thoug that this would be a suitable date for I to crush the power of the rebel state. , D dawned nnd with the advent of the 6' ' ' the big gun on Kulwayo opened a spltel , lire. The twenty-one rounds were fired In the town. "The Boers had remembered a salute i : had fired on the prince of Wales' blrt day. Grimly on Dingan's day they r turned the salute and with the effect tli there were three casualties from the Hi This salute was the song of the dyl swan. In a lit of bravado tbo enemy h fired into us before removing the gun escape the advance from the south , story came In from Intombi camp that t Boerri had sent a number of wounded Dut for treatment. "Excitement ran high and a speculatl photographer circulated a notice to the etft that now the siege was practically at an e ho would bo happy to take a nines group the civilians who had survived. But on Si urdny night a sinister order appeared. T batteries attached to the Hying column w < sent back to their positions on the line defense. On tbo imorrow the following gc oral order was published to the garrison 'Tho general ofilcor commanding the Na Held force regrets to have to announce tl General , Sir Iledvors Buller fallal to mn good his first attack on Colonso. Holnfon ments will not , therefore , arrive bore early as was expected. Sir George White confident that the defense of Ladysmlth bo continued by the garrison In the sa spirited manner It has been conducted in the general officer commanding In chief South Africa does relieve It. ' "Tho news was received with blank d may. The disappointment was ovorwhcli Ing. Then , as the situation began to studied calmly , the tension was relieved.1 IS NOT SEEKING IYIEDIATIC ( ionium Korcluii Illlloo Dcitlcn I li-i-lH UIIH .Mnile H n ah Ail vaiu-c-n , BEHLIN , Feb. 3. The German forcl office denies that Dr. Leyds , the diploma agent of the Transvaal , Is attempting to duce Germany to join In tin Intcrventl movement. Dr. Leydn declines to dUci possible Intervention and denies that ho going to St , Petersburg. He Is under me cat treatment. The diplomatic agent did i desire to emphasize why there should a bond of sympathy between the Unl States nnd the Transvaal , as It might e barrasa Montagu White , the former con general of the South African republic London , who Is now In the United Stat The latter , however , Is not accredited to Washington government , MnxIniN Demoralise Ilrltlnh , LONDON , Feb. 3. The first batch wounded men belonging to the naval ci tlngents serving In South Africa has rived In England , They are mostly nkll gunners. They nay that the Boera * Maxl Nordonfeldt one-pound quick-firing gi have u most demoralizing effect on the Bi Isb. These guns are made In England , they are not supplied to the British troop : PPIPPTWP t mi 'pmtn ASSASSINS AIM 1RUE His Bnllot Ends the Lifo of Gocbel After Four Days , WOUNDED MAN'S ' VALIANT STRUGGLE Makes Qallnnt Fight Against the Destroyer Almost to the Last. OXYGEN FINALLY USED TO PROLONG LIFE His Brother Justus Arritos from Arizona Forty Minutes Too Lnto. GOEBEL TOLD IN ADVANCE HE WAS DYING llrothcr from Cincinnati and Sitter Aloao tvlth Dead Until the Other "Memlicr of the Family Come * Monument I'ronoxrd. KllANKKOUT , Ky. , l-'eb. 3. The bullet fired by an unknown nssrussln last Tuesday morning ended the Hfo of William Goebol at ( iir : > o'clock this evening. The only perrons present t the deathbed wcro Goebcl's sister , Mrs. Braunaker , and his'brother , Arthur Goebel of Cincinnati , who have been In constant attendance at the bed side , and Dr. McCormack , Justus Goobel , another brother who has been hurrying from Arizona as fast as steam would carry him , In u vain hope of reaching bis dying brother In time for some , token of recog nition , arrived forty minutes too late. Oxygen was frequently administered the dying man during the afternoon In an effort to keep him alive until his 'brother's ' ar rival , but In vain. Kor , by the cruel Irony of fate , the train on which Justus Goobol was traveling to Frankfort was delayed several hours from various causes and when ho finally reached hero It was only to learn that his brother was dead. Among bitter partisans of both parties deep grief Is manifested and a movement ban boon started to erect a lilting monument ment to Gocbel's memory on the spot In the state house grounds where ho was shot. No arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral. Plunged In grief and locked in the death chamber of their brother , Ar thur and Justus Goebel and Mrs. Braunaker have Riven no intimation of their wishes and probably no definite arrangements will bo made until tomorrow. It Is understood that a request will be made on behalf of the citizens of Krankfort that Mr. Goebel's last resting place be In the cemetery here , where are burled Daniel Boone and Presi dent Andrew Johnson. Seemed oil the Wily to llecovcry , Goebcl'H condition last night and well Into the morning was considered so much Im proved that for the first time slnco be was shot down in front of the slate house , hopcn were entertained lor his ultimate recovery. JJlc ugns ana nausea , trom both of'-which ho lias hccn troubled more or lesu fronl lhq llret , had almost entirely disappeared , whllo his temperature had been reduced to ncnrly normal nnd his pulse , though high , waa apparently stronger. Ho rested well up to midnight , but after that hour awoke fre quently. Still , up to1 o'clock , to the- attend ing physicians and nurses , the condition of the patient seemed to be favorable and It was hoped that the crisis had boon passod. About 4 o'clock , however , tlm time , of thn night when vitality Is at Its lowest ebb , the hiccoughs returned , accompanied by some nausea. This , at Hist , was nut considered very serious and the troublu soon yielded to treatment , the patient again dozing until 6 o'clock , when ho grew restless. At t/io / governor's request former Con gressman Hendrlck was called and Mr1 Goebel asked for some of his legal advisers , with whom ho wished to confer. From that tlmo until about 10 o'clock ho rrnte-d fairly well , dozing at times , but shortly after 10 o'clock bo suddenly grow worse. The hic coughs and nausea returned with Increased violence , much to the wounded man's dis tress , and his pulse ran up alarmingly. Drs. McCormack and Hume were hastily summoned and hypodermic Injections of whisky and strychnine and afterward mor phine wcro given him. At. Goebel's request Captain Wallace of the Kentucky peniten tiary , an Intimate friend , was sent for and when the latter came the two had a abort conversation. "Lew , " said Mr. Goebel , "I wish to nn- ' nounco to the world that I do not hold myself - ! self In open violence to the word of God. " The hypoderml" Injections afforded some temporary relief , but the sufferer , for the first tlmo In his loaig , weary struggle for Hfo , had apparently lost his Indomitable courage. "Doctor , " said ho feebly to Dr. McCor mack , who stood at the bedside , "I'm afraid now that I'm not going to got over this. " 'I'oId ( hat He MiiMt Die. Dr. McCormack endeavored to cheer the fast falling man , but the latter soon rolapscd Into a condition of Hoinl-conflcIousncHs. About 1 o'clock ho revived again and calling Dr. McCormack to his oldo , said : "Doctor , am I going to got well ? I want to know the truth , for I have several things to at tend to. " "Mr , Goobel , you have but a few hours to live , " replied Dr. McCormack. Goobol was silent for a moment , then palling Ills brother , Arthur Goebel , to bin side , ho asked that the physicians and nursca retire. Then for twenty tnlnntes the dying man was left with his brother and sister , Mrs. Brattnaker. Soon after this ho again fell Into a Htupor and at 2 o'clock his condition was considered so alarming that as a last resort oxygen wan given In an endeavor to kenp the dying man nllvo If possible until the arrival of .his brother Justus from Arizona , who was duo shortly after 6 o'clock. The pulse of the pa tient hud In the meantime run up to 140 and his temperature to 103 , whllo hi * breathing became rapid nnd more labored. This treatment resulted in an Improve ment , but tbo rally 'was so slight and HOW ! that to the weary watchers at the bedside It was apparent that the and was not far off. and llev. Dr. Tallaferro of the Methodist church of Frankfort was sent for. lie catno and Immediately entering the bedchamber crossed over to where Ooobel lay gasping for breath and , kneeling at the side of tbo bed , prayed earnestly. Kneel AVcejiliiKT by ( lie Ilednlile. With tears etreamlng down their faces , Mrs. Braunaker and Arthur Goebol knelt ut the bedside also. Then Dr. Tallofcrro arose and opening his bible read u few se lected verses from the epistle of St. James. As the words of the apoetlo were rend by the divine , the dying man stirred slightly. Quickly leaning ever his brother. Arthur Goobel said : "Will , Dr. Talluferro Is bore. " No response came from the dying man , but an Arthur leaned oyor him , looking un\ Jously for HOTIO sign of recognition , a look of intelligence came Into the half clouod vycn