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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THIRTEENTH YEAR , OMAHA , NEB. , FRIDAY MORNING , APRIL 24 , 1885. NO. 212 EUROPEAN ECHOES. Settlement of tbc Bosuhore-Egypticn Dispnlc by France anfl England , The Coast of Denmark to bo Fortified , Seven Deaths From Cholera Have Occurred at Oairo , Employes Thought to have Caused the Dynamite Explosion , Russia Doss Not Like the English Vote of Credit , Proposition to Submit the KUHSO- Afgtian Frontier Question for Arbitration toPrcst , Cleveland. FOltEIGN NEWS. GLADSTONE'S BTATLHKNT. LONDON , April 28. The European Prees generally comments favorably upon Glad stone's ipoech la iho house of commons Tu ca day Afternoon on the occasion of asking for a Tote of credit. Ilia statement is character ised as dignified and resolute. There la a general revulsion of feollng towards the be lief that war Is now inovitaliln. TUB CZAII'B oiwu.vs , ST. PicrinsncBO , April 23. The Jonrnal 1 of 8t Petersburg , in a review of Lumsden's report upon the Penjdeb incident ; says the report U baaed upon statements from the Afghans , and if it contradicts the precise complete report of General Komaroff then Gladstone need not bo surprised if Russia ro- fera to rely upon the testimony of her general ) . The Journal adds , it la useless to pursue those polemics of subsidiary point * , when the main question to bo settled is the delimitation of the boundary between Russia and Afghanistan. As to her war credits England i > free to bestir herself , Kussia remains calm , contcious of the gravity of the situation , and confident of her ability to CODO with the emergency. Russia will _ bo happy to see realized Earl Granvillo's wish that all existing differences will bo settled peacefully. FIQHTlNa FnOVKNDRB. LoNim , April 23. The government esti mates require 35,000 men ( hall be added to the present force of the army. Russia baa contracted with dealers at Now cantle for 109,000 tons of steamer coal to be delivered at Uronstadt. The contract price i nine ponce above the ratal ! price. WAH INRVITAULE. LONDON , April 23 , 3:30 : p. m. The Conti nental proas appear to think war between Russia nod England inevitable , HOARINO ITALY. A Paris dispatch to the Exchange telegraph company states it is rumored there tnu a powerfnl Russian cquadron has boon or deied to cruise off tha ooant of Italy for thi purpose of overawing the Italian govornmen in the suspected work of secretly preparing t < assist England In event of the Au < ? lo-Ruesmu war. HOUSE OV COMMONS , LONDON , April 23. In the ho'mo of com mons to-day , replying to an inquiry by North- cote , Gladstone said there was no intention of laying further papers touching the Afghan qnoation on the table , before 'asking for the TOte upon the war credits already submitted to the housa "The government , " Gladstone continued , "were engaged In correspondence of extreme gravity with Russia , and it was impossible now togive a complete statement of the nature of that correspondence , whllo no partial statements could be given without the greatest risk of creating misapprehen sion. VORTIfYINO TUB UANIHH COAST. Coru.VHAOKN , April 29. The Danish minis try of war have bad placed at their disposal $260,000 for the purpose of fortifying heat gout of Denmark. CHOLEItA IIK-AITKAIW IX CAIRO. IJONDON , April 23. It Is stated that cholera has re-appeared at Cairo and that leven deaths from the disease have occurred there , COMPROMISES NEGOTIATION ! ! , LONDON , April 2 ' . Potts , correspondent at St. Petersburg , telegraphs that Russia has declared that Mr. Gladstone's statement to the houjo of common ! in asking for a vote toof credit ha * compromised negotiation ) between Kngland and K-sala and Imperilled their cue coca. TUB BOHPHOIIK KOYl'flKN UIHrOTK HKPOKTKI SETTLED. LONDON , April 23. It is reported in the lobbies of the homo of lords tlut the Englisl and French governments had effected a sot Uemont of the Boaphoro Egyption dispute. PROPOSITION TO B U JIM IT TUB UUSSO-AKaiA QUESTION TO DISSIDENT CLEVELAND , LONDON , April 25. The Dally News sayi that negotiations with Russia are not ret hopeless , though every chance of cettlemon lien In Russia's acceptance of a frontier , Jap parently Inconsistent with her recent aggros ' ion. Air. Edward Temperly Gourley , ad vanced liberal member for Sunderlaml , wil ask Mr , Gladstone in the bourn of common next Monday , whether he Is willing to suburi the Russo-Afghan frontier question to Presl dent Cleveland for arbitration. THK UOBI'HOIIE EQYPTIEN. TUB SOITRESSED HUNCH NEWSrAPKH BUS LIK1LY TO KICK UP ANOTIIKB WAB , PARIS. April 23. The cabinet In sessior to-day decided Egypt' * reply to the Frenc demands for rehabilitation of the newspape Boiporo Egyptlen ovatlvo and nnsatisfactorj and resolved to dispatch another note t Kflypt , which , it Is understood , threatens , bat unlejs Kzypt gives fatisfactiou Franco rill adopt aotivo measures to secure it , 01UHOT8 TO KNOLANP BIIIELDINQ EQTPT. NPAniB. April S3. The Republique Francaii dnnlea tlut England has any right to kid Kgjrpt In it dispute over the Bosphore Kgyi ; tien affair. TUB KHKDIVl JOHTmBS. HIS ACTION. OAino , April 2 ? . The khedive'd goren ment replied to France's demand concerning the Bosphoro Egyptlen affair and quotes fifty precedents to justify its conduct in seiz ing and suppressing the paper. FRANCS HAS NO RIGHT TO INTMirEIllS. BERLIN , A-pril 23. Advicoi received hero yesterday from Constantinople are to the effect tbat the Porto Infottned the Khedive that Franco had no right to interfere with Egypt In the I3osphore Egyptian affair. MOKE DYNAMITE. TUB ADMIRALTY SHOCKED , LONDON , 11:00 : A. it , April 23. At 10:30 : o'clock this morning an explosion occurred In the basement of the admiralty building. The building was badly damaged and many per sons injured , among whom wore heads of de partments. The explosion was undoubtedly caused by gun cotton or dynamite. Great excitement was caused in the ad miralty office by the explosion. Firemen and policemen were promptly summoned and all gates to the building closed. A special guard was at once posted and no person allowed to enter or depart from the promises until n thorough examination could bo made. It is supposed the explosion was caused by the premature discharge of projectlo which had been sent to the admiralty for examination. 12:30 : p. m The cabinet ministers were im mediately informed by telegraph of the ex plosion and the facts in connected therewith ascertainable at the titno. At first it was supposed the explosion "was caused by dyna- rolto and that it was the outcome of a plot hatched by cither dynamiters or Lihilists for the purpoto of hampering war preparations by the government. An inspector , after a cursory ry examination , has expressed doubt us to whether the explosion was caused by gas , powdcrjor dynamite. The explosion occurred in the secretary's department. Edwin Swalnson , assistant sea- rotary and principal clerk , received a severe scalp wound , and he la sulfeiing from con cussion of the brain. It la now regarded as certain that gun cot ton or dynamite were the cause of the ex plosion , Mr , Swalnson's room wcs com pletely wrecked The adjacent corridors wore badly damaged. A critlcjl oi.imlnation Into the ciueo is now in progress. No one has been arrested , nor any one detained on sus picion. No clue of auy kind has been ob tained yet. 2:30 : P. si. Swalnson , who has been restored to consciousness , gave na his opinion that the explosive was thrown into the room through the window of bis room. It was on the ground floor and immediately back of the admiralty office , The explosion took place at 10:40 , nut as was at first supposed in Swainson's room , but close to it. It is supposed that the explosive was thrown over the wall In the rear of the admiralty building. 'Ihe stair case leading to the board room in the southwest corner of the building was demolished. Tha iron railing of the staircase was wrenched fiom Its tautening and the windows within fifty rods of the place where the explosion occurred broken. Another report Bays two men were noticed yesterday reconnoltering , and wore seen this morning to enter the garden in front of Swan- son's office. Ono of them carried a tin can which ho placed In a recess In the postage-way leading ; to the office. The men attracted llttlo attention , as surveyors and a number of workmen hftvo boon at work on the ground for eomo timn. Two officials , however , took partjcular notice to those man and claim they can identify them in a crowd. Detectives are working up their cases , Swanson , who is known to be the only person Injured , was taken to the hospital. No ( ear are entertained of his death. THOUGHT TO UK THE WORK OF KSIPLOVKS. LONDON , April 23 The police now think that the explosion , at the admiralty office wai the result cf private malice as Swainson wai generally dlslikf d by Fcvernl employes In thi office , and it is thought that the outrage WAS the work of employes , for no stranger could pasj the janitor without documents showing ne had business with some heads of tba de partmcnt. _ _ _ _ _ The Illinois Legislature BPRINOVIKLD , III. , April 23. In the join assembly 45 senators and 135 representative were present. The first ballot resulted i casting one hundred voice for Logan ; en th second call the vote was the same as thi first. Adjourned. In the house thii morning a bill to Hml | compensation of officers , etc. , of towns , WAS defeated by a vote of 73 to 29 , party voto. Dill's bill for consolidation of railroad corporations in the state was before tbo house , The mover of the bill asked for a postpone ment , A vote waa taken , \Vhich stood 83 nay * , 47 ayet , and tbe discussion of tbo bill proceeded with. The senate refused to con firm O. II. Wright as penitentiary commis sioner , no quorum voting. The Citizen' * as sociation election bill was passed. The bill regulating the prlco for the use of the tele phones was introduced'providing the price shall be S3 per month for ono initrument ; mare than one , $2 CO ; for sanding messages , 15 cents for the first five minutes , and five cents thereafter. Dills bill for consolidation of railroud cir- - ppratlons passed by a vote of 82 to 47. The bill provides that 'all ' railroad companies in the ftate are empowered to consolidate their property , franchises , and capital stock with that of any companies with whoso lines they connect at the state boundary upon such terms as may bo agreed upon , provided that - no such railroad .shall consolidate with _ any company owning parallel or 'competing lines , > The FliUe-Cornoll University Will Contest. ITHACA , N. Y. , April 23. Ibis was the ! third day of the adjourned bearing of the - Fluke-Cornell university will controversy - and waa productive of a sensation. The late Mrs. Jennlo McGraw-Fiske left certain be quests to the university , and her husband - Wlllard Fisko , seeks to have a portion set aside on the ground that they put tbo uni versity in posscsiion of more pioperty than il is permitted to hold under its charter. Aftei six prominent citizens of Ithaca had testified that the market value of the university wai really less than five hundred thousand del lar * , tbo witness for the contestant , tbe lion Mr , Ilalliday , introduced as evidence for tb < university a document ditod October , 1882 This instrument is post-nuptial , having beer ry.to executed two years subsequent to the mar to riige and one year after Mrs , Flake' * death It la a quit claim dead from Willard , rcleaslnf , and conveying to Executor Board man his tight , titln and Interest In the real ostati property of his late wlfo which may come i to < aim by reason of his being her husband , Thi hearing WAI then adjourned until May 12 , - The nilllard 'A'onrnamenr , NEW YORK , April 23 , Manrlca Daly ben Joieph Dion in the billiard tournament to - night , sooro 00 to 436 , UNCERTAIN MARKET Old Abe Enid's C.ever . Ma&plation & of the Brills , stock Markets , British Consols Flay Fast and Loose With Wheat , The Corn Pit Presented a Da- moralized Condition , A Dull Market for Both Beef and Live Cattle. Hog Eeoeipts Decrease 14,000 , and Prices Shade Lower. 80 Little was Done In Provisions thru they Attracted no Alton- tion-Juno Pork $11 771-S. CHICAGO MAKKETS. Special telegram to the BKR. CHICAGO , April 23. This was the dullest day on 'chango experienced for months. There was no disposition on the part of anybody to do trading and the consequence was that the market dragged nlong in the most listless manner. None of the big trader * , wh ) gen erally make things lively in the wheat pit , would touch the stud. The truth seems to bo that they are afraid to. If there is war the prjco will certainly advance , and if not down it will go , and in the present eta to of uncertainty they prefer to await develop ments rather than run the risk of getting caught , The Juno option opened at 91J ; , ex actly about as it closed last night , and dropped to 003o and closed weak at 90Jc. The COBN pit presented the eamo demoralization , there teemed to be a general desirp to realize durlncr the morning. The May option , which opened at 48c , which was ic over the cloio of lost night , dropped to17o. . After 12 o'clock there was heavier buying and the price ad vanced to 47c , where it closed ; July so'd 4@ go pr emium over Juno. It ij expected that a good deal of corn will come in for May delivery livery next week , I'ltOVISIOVs. So little was done In provisions that they attracted no attention. June pork opened at 1187 } , a point lower than the close , sold down to 11 75 and closed at 11 774. CATTLE. As compared with a week ago , the receipts show an increase of about -10,000 , which in itself would bo n prime causa for the slight down turn. To this must be added a dul' market for both beef and Hvu cattle , In al our surrounding markets and consuming con tors. Fat cattle , such as are utilized in shipping and dressed beet trade , were strong 10l5c lower , auctjjuyera did not seem to bi in a hurry to get in at the decline. Li'sh little cattle wo e selling much batter thnn big heavy sorts , yet they shared in the general down turn. Butchers' stock , especially fine , fat cows and heifers are making equally ai food prices as at any time but low grade COWL were more plentiful , and wore generally quoted easier ; stackers and feeders are sctrci and command as high prices as at ; any tlm this year. l.ODO to 1,200 pounds. $4 45@5 CO 1,200 to 1,300 pound ? , 85 C0@5 25 ; 1,40011 ( lhGO pounds , 55 30@5 00 ; butchers steady. S2 50fe4 60 ; bulk , S3 75 4 25 ; stockera and feeders active , § 3 40@4 89. HOOS. Receipts so far for the week show a decreasi o of about 14,000 , yet to-day the market openec weak and dull at a decline of 5@10c. Late trade became more active and the mnrke closing a shade stronger than at the opening , but none of the decline of the morning wae regained. Rough and common packers dur Ing the dull prices of this morning sold dowr to 34 25@4 40 , fair to good mixed $4 50@4 5. ' and best assorted heavy at $4 GO , light sol' ' principally at $1 6U@4 GO. Board of trade men and rlcb fellows gener ally about town remember MH. ABRAHAM KCHOLD sometimes familiarly known as Abe Kchold , but very much better known as "old" chold. . lie was when he was here acknowledged to b a very rich man , a tremendous dealer and . 3chemer. He has not been hero in Clilcng for a good many months. There has boon a' sorts of guessing over the erratic and inexpl ; cable course of British consols. They mov wheat up when they go down and mov. wheat down when they go up. The most remarkable markablo feature about them is that the ] have gone up and down with a sort of regula : irregularity. For a fortnight they hav re opened very low down , then they hav strengthened and finally have closed stead y ; and composed. I'erhvps morn romarlnb" lo than anything else however , has been thin nthi 2r fact tbat certain Chicago and New Yor 2rk traders have known In advance of every bed iy else just what consols were doing if they hav. not , as Is claimed In some quarter ? , known what consols were going to be. Said one [ ) f tbo best of authority too : "Tlut old Id is in Europe the paid agent of a very rich : Chicago and Gotham clique. That it is part of his duty to keep his principals posted but the most important part of bis mission is to manipulate the market for consols. English , securitien which just now are selling the price for every other kind of property under tbu tun. Norman B. Ream , Nat Jones , Schwnrts and Dupee , at Chicago , , Woerlshoiler and Henry Clews and other large operators at New Vork are known to be among JSchold'a principals. ' 'Old Abo" it , beef course , in the clique himself. Ha naturally , with such men behind him , has all the money that he needs , He eyn makes the markets In Lon don , His principals milk the markets at Chicago cage and New York. KchoM'a scheme is ilto , make a fictitious price either fictitltonsly high or fictitiously low. He- does it at a sao- . , rince. of course , but the tacritice is smull com pared with profits taken In on Chicago and V > -.ir---- , i- ne Is feasible enough and that It is being cirrled on there Is no doubt , " said a Chicago man , 'Tho process U like this : Echold's sells enough to make low quotations , Uf course the market stays there but nn instant and Abe suffers a IMS , but that quotation is ture to go over the cable , A bo'a principals know what Is coming and operate upon It. For Instance , the other day , George Kldridga & Co. , operated on a drop In consols to 90 , an hour before anybody not in the clique ew . that it had occurred. The market shows Itself how the scheme ii worked , Consols are Invariably opened excited. This sends wheat up and when an advance has been secured the clique sells. Then con sols are steady , wheat goes down and the clique buys. Outsiders and countrymen and innocents of all sotts are whlpsawod. If there is anybody else who has any money left who proposes to dabble In produce they want watch for this and "old1' to out clique Eth- olds clover racket. OAIUTAU NOTES. WASIUNOTOH , April 23. The president to day signed commissions for the following postmasters ; Gee , W. Sutler , Mansfield , Ohio ; Kdward L Dobray. Clyde , Kansas ; Benj , F. McOall , Moorhead , Minnesota. ArromT.v.vrB , The pre > ldont appointed the following post- maator : G , B. Falconer , Minneapolis , Kan sas. sas.Tho secretary of ktho treasury is now con- siderlng various plans for the transportation of $3 ,000,000 gold coin from the vaults in San Francisco to those in Now York. Mr. Jamo * K. MoCammon , assistant attor ney general for the interior department , hat resigned , to take effect on the tilth pror. Mr. Bayliis W. Hanna , of Indiana , re cently appointed United States minister to Persia , qualified to-day at the department of state , THAr > 3fRR 07 THE OJTtCE OK TREASURER. A commlttoa of throe will bo appointed by the secretary of the treasury In n few days to supervise the count of all the cash and other securities in the treasury of the United Stater , incident to the transfer of the office of treasurer from Mr. Wyman to Mr. Jordoti. The committco will be composed of , a representative of the secretary who will bo selected from the public money's division , a representative of Mr. Wyman , who will ba selected from the treasurers office , and a representative of Mr- Tordon who will bo selected from outside , The count will commence at the close of busi ness on April 30th and probably take about three weeks , The comptroller of the cur rency to-day authorized the First National bank of Emmettsburg , Iowa , to begin bus ! ness with a capital of $50OCU. ISirnOVlNd THE INTERNAL lUtVKS'DE SERVICE , The president to-day appointed Samuel B. Cooper to bo collector of internal revenue for the first district of Texas , This appointment is made to fill a vacancy caused by the re moval of the present incumbent , Sinclair , who has hold the office since 1873. The com' missioner of internal revenuu says of this ap pointment that It was made in the Interests of reform and with a view of improving the The Presbyterian Women's Bonrtl of Foreign Missions , Special telegram to the BEK. CHICAGO , April 23. At to-day's session o the Presbyterian board cf foreign missions Mrs. A. Hardy reported that Nebraska City Presbyterian contained tblrty-ono sociotio1 and bands which had contributed $436.45 Omaha Presbytery , seventeen societies and bands which had contributed $397.SB ; Meame : Presbytery , eight societies and bands , whicl : had contributed $1GS 47 ; Hasting * Presbytery had six societies and bands and had con tributed $88.67 , there has also been realized from the sale o ! a little pamphlet , " 86. Mak < ing the total receipts S1117.64. Total mem. bershlp was 803. The manifest and growing Interest among the children won a peculiar feature of the work. Artists of the state bad been invited to contrlbuta , each one of them , pictures to the art gallery and these would be sold next October and the proceeds devoted to missions. Steamer Mexico and tier Captain Ar. rooted for Violating Peaceful Ncu trnllty. NEW YORK , April 23. Captain John O'Brien , of the steamer Mexico , was arrested by the U. S. deputy marshal this afternoon on a char6e of violating section 5283 of the stat- utee'by supplying arms and munitions of war to the insurgents of a country at peace with this government. The vessel was also seized. She was chartered in March last to convey lumber to Boci diTorro , in the United States of Columbia , and her manifest called for lum ber but she carried as It is charged firearms. At SaborlalU , a port held by the rebels , she took aboard 2SO insurgents and proceeded to Rio Hotchos. The captain of the port tak ing the City of Mexico to be an American vessel , put nut to her and wai captured with the crew. At Santa Marta It Is said a portion tion of the cargo was discharged. The first mate of the steamer wai Captain McCarthy , who figured on Mary N. Hogan in her filibus tering trip during the Cuban insurrection , O'Brien will be arraigned to-morrow. Shot and Killed aiireo Men In Ark ansas in One Day , MEUi'HIs , April 23 , Martin Mitchell , who keeps the fishing grounds west of Memphis , reports that ho ( hot and killed three men yes- | terdny in St. Francis county , Ark. About two weeks ago , Mitchell says , ho waa phot and slightly wounded by two men named Cummins and Button. Yesterday ho mot them in St. Francis county , and a regular battle ensued. Cummins , Barton and another man who was with them opened a fusllade upon him , which ho returned with a Win chester repeater. Cummins was shot three times in th abdomen , Barton was shot through the body , and the third man hod a bullet sent through bin brain. Mitchell received one shot in the arm , He came here to deliver himself up to the sheriff of St. Francis county who was in Memphis attending the races. flcuro Pneumonia in Illinois. CHICAGO , April 23 , A special telegram . was received this morning by the Breeders Gazette from Dr. N , 11. Poaren , state veteri narian of Illinois , announces plouro pneu monia again broke out in a herd of Jersey cattle belonging to Mr. Bailey of Peoria , ir This is one of the herds in which the se played such havoc last autumn and it as hoped it had run Its course there , but the fresh outbreak confirms all previously said about the Insidious natureof the malady , and Dr. IVaren determined at once to have the ontiroberd condemned and slaughtered as the only effectual method of stamping out the . disease. It Is reported ho decided to .hem mend a similar courco with all holds in quar antine In tha state. I The Weather. WASHINGTON , April 24. Indications forth the upper MsssisslppI : Generally fair weath er , northerly winds becoming variable , ris ing , followed In northern portion by ing barometer ; nearly stationary temperature ex cept in extreme touthern' portions ; colde weather , < Missouri c Valley ; Fair 'weather , north aasterly winds , becoming variable : slowly tii. log temperature. ALEXANDER III. The Czar Will Soon lie Growuel in Mestan , Ho Expects to Captivate all the Asiatic Kkans By a Coronation Ceremony of Magnificence and Splendor. His New Title will be Emperor of Central Asia , Turkey Suspected of Playing on English Credulity , Tbo Attitndo or Other European Powers on the Much Vexed Afghan Qucatlon , TUB OZ&R'S NEW TITLE. LOKDOK , April 22. [ Via. Mnckay-Bonnott Cable to tbo Trlbnno.-Tho ] Daily News has favored the Tribune with advance proofs of an Important letter frcm a special correspond ent who was lately with Gen. Sir Peter Lums- den and who la now at Baku , the principal port of Transcaucasia on the Caspian sea , The correspondent ridicules the idea that the Alghans wore the aggressors in the battle of March 30 on the Ivooshk river , and circum stantially confirms the report received from Gen. Lumsden yesterday , although , of course , the correspondent has not seen that report. He has learned at Baku that 40,0:0 : troops wore ready n month ago in Transcaucasia to cross the Caspian sea into Turkestan , and he has seen troopi passing through Baku for the front via Kizll Aroat and Askabad as recently as the 12th inst. Tha correspondent also mentions an inter' ostlng rumor which ho rays ho has heard from various sources , and which he believes to be true. It is to the effect that the czar , Alex ander III. , has determined to proceed to Sa markand , in Turkestan , there to bo crowned as "Emperor of Central A iia. " The coronation nation ceremony and the incidental festivities will last for many days , and will bo on a scale of magnificence calculated to dazzle and cap tivate the Asiatic khans and chieftains. Tne formal coronation will take place in the an cient palace of Tamerlane , the famous con queror who raised Turkestan to the dignity o a tirat-class Asiatic power in the beginning o : the fifteenth century. The date o ( the im perial progress and pageant is not yet fixed , but ia not expected to occur during the pres ent year , A TUKKIBH f INK-WOllKES. A dispatch just received from the Tnbun correspondent at Constantinople puts a new llpht on the diplomatic mlfeion to England of Hassan Fehmi Pasha the special Turkish envoy , and Hobart Pasha , marshal of thi Turkish empire. In order to avoid the cen sorsblp of press dispatches at Constantiuoplt this message was cent by mail to Athens anc transmitted thence by telegraph to London It says that tbo sole mission of Fehmi Poshi who has been here constantly since Januarj last , was to fool the British government Intc a belief that Turkey was disposed to bo o friendly terms with England and to see and follow her advlco in all Internationa ! complications. Hobart P sha , whoso for mer reputation as n gallant admiral of tha British navy made him an admirable tool for this purpose , was sent with Fohmi Pasha to strengthen the blind. Hobart Pasha was intrusted only with the delivery ot certain presents to the queen and the Prince of Walea , accompanied by the cus tomary assurances of distinguished considera tion , etc. , which may moan a great deal or nothing. All the fine work of the diplomtlc intrigue was to bo done and has been done from first to last by Fehmi Pasha. It is not believed that Hobart Pasha has bad the slightest suscpicion of the real object of the mission , but his presence in London as the colleague and presumably the confidant of Fehmi Pasha has had precisely the moral effect which was intended. The correspond ent affirms positively that Sultan Abdul Hamed nourishes an intense hatred toward England , and tbat despite the entreaties of his Premier , Said Pasha , and a majority of his other ministers , he is qulto ready to form an alliance with llussia. The sultan , it Is said , clearly foresaw tbopresent complications regarding Afghanistan as long ago as last winter , nnd _ sent Fehmi Pasha to London to lull the British government in a false : onse of security in reliance upon Turkey's help in cico of war. A protracted session of the Turkish council of ministers has recently been held to consider the proposals of England for the settlement of the Egyptian question. The question of thn passage of the Dardanele ? , in the event of war , was also considered. No decision was arrived at In either case. ' GKNEUAL ATTITUDE Of TUB TOWBI13. I It is rumored in Berlin and Paris that two Austrian army corps have been orJcred to concentrate on the Russian frontier In view of the act of Russia in momllizincr the reserves in Poland and the southwestern provinces. The tumor is considered doubtful , although it Is an open secret that there Is mutual distrust between the two powers which all the nose- rubbing between the czar and the emperor ieat Skierniwica last September was powerless to dlsnel. The Monltonr dl Rome says that the Ital 1- ian Navigation company has stopped the fur ther sale of their steamers to England until after n conference with the government au thorities. ure The Dagblad of Finland states that Bwe- den has determined to remain neutral in the event of a war between England and Russia and willprovont ? England establishing a coal ing station on the Island of Gottland. Finland has protested against the issno ol letteis of marque should war take place ba- tivoen England and Rursia. Finland is apprehensive prehonsivo of serious damage along her coasti - by the fleets of England should these letter ) of marque be issued. The Grand Duke Bergluf , tha brother of ! the emperor of Russia , and his spouse , tbc . grnnd-dauehter of Queen Victoria , are ex pectsd In Darmstadt to-day to vialt.the Utte and the Prince's Beatrice , The duke ant - dutcbest only left Russia lost Saturday There wai much aiking of questions at the Berlin Boerse to-day , Would they , if w was expected between their own country ind the queen's country , have come ? and do ley ; : bring reassuring messages from the Czar ! - WAD I'DKrAIlATIONB , . While the British government is awaiting reply from Russia to the dispatches telegrapl cd to the British minister at St. Petersburg yesterday for delivery to M. do Gicrs the prep-rations for war are being pushed for ward with an accession of energy which In creases the general anxiety. Troops are swarming to all the barracks throughout the United Kingdom In response to the govern ment's call for the reserves. The war office in London Is besieged by military officers ask ing for employment. It has boon decided to divide the Portsmouth Hoot up into channel flying and reserve squadron ? . Fresh orders have been received to increate the number of workmen at Portsmouth. The British war office has Issued a notice calling out the the first class of army reserves , comprising fifteen regiment * , for immediate and permanent sen Ice. Tbo other classes of reserves have been notified that they will probably bo called out at an early date. There is great activity at the Russian army and navy depots , A nuw Iron clad will soon bo launched at Abo. The Brit ish trovcrnmont cabled to Sir John Macdonald at Ottawa Ont , , to-day tbat they had de cided to offer twenty-four commissions in the imperial army to such Canadian ofliceri as had passed the Royal Military college of Canada This offer , it is understood , has boon made with a view to enlisting the sym pathies of Canadians in tha British army that they may feel moro disposed to volun teer should England become involved in war with Russia , when it might bo necessary to recruit in Canada , THE QUEEN OP THE TUHF. HAUl ) 8. IK TRAINING rUEPAIlIVO 10 SHOW HEIl SPEED HOME TI11B IN ADGCST , DLY. Philadelphia Special. "What does Mr. Bonnor intend that Maud S. shall do this summer ? " was asked of W. W. Balr , her trainer , at Belmaut park yesterday. "That is more than I know , " was the reply. "All that I can s y is that I nm getting her in condition , and when she is just as she should be , which will not be until August , I presume ho will let mo know " The conversation took place in the box of the little mare , and , as her groom rubbed her down , she pricked up her ears and looked around at the questioner as though as anxious as ho about her future. She is a llttlo "high" in flesh just now , her weight being about 1,050 pounds. When "fit" lor fast tirno she will bo at least ninety pounds lighter , "I am jogging her now six or seven miles n day , " Balr continued , " and giving her a slow mile two or three times n week. I gave her bar first milo this satson Friday , and she made it in 3,7. L * t year 1 gave her her first milo at Cheater Park , near Cincinnati , April 0 , and she made it In 3.08 : but then that was on a half-milo track. Few piople seem to know that Belmont is n fast track , but It is. Jay- Eyo-Seo made the fastest mcond milo nn record on it , his time being 2:10) , Maude has trotted on it in 2llj. : There is one thing about her ttut you can depend on-she never loses her speed. I feel sure that when fit she can beat 2:09 : , and to-day I can take her out and show that gait for a short distance. Of course , she can't maintain It ; that Is tbe ob ject of training her , to give strength and wind enough to do so. There is another re markable thing about her , and that is , when you get her just right ehe stays so. Some horses are like men , they tire after uhile. . Maud does not. When you get her fit she stays so until the snow file i. She Is a great eater , too , and not a bit dainty , either. You often 8(0 men who complain that they can't get their food cooked properly , and they are perpetually changing their hotels or their cooks Well , some horses are juat the samp. You have to be tempting them , or they are off their feed before you know it. Maud can eat all the time , and she has to be watched to keep her from eatiug too much. " "Do you have many visitors to see hoi ? " "Well , no. not yet. The weather has been RO bad that people don't care to como out , but I think we will have steady weather now , and then wo will have plenty. If I could exhibit her Sundays crowds would come , but Mr , Banner will not allow her to bo jogged or ex hibited that day. He says the public are wel come to visit her week days , but he does not want her shown or jogged Sundays , and so I keep her fastened securely in i her box , merely liking her n little in thd morning and even ing. Next Tuesday I will have her full Bister RoEolla , here. She is Byeare old , but has no record. She in not a chestnut , buta full gra ; She takes after her dam In color , win i ilo Maud resembles her great-dam. A son of Robe it Bonnor has a colt at Belmont , Almont Dudley , by Mambrino Dudley , out of an Al mont mare , that last year , as a 2-year-old , miden mile in 2:33 : } . " "Do you believe in letting 2-year-olds trot a milt ? " "Certainly , provided they aso not forced beyond their strength , I believe in breaking and trotting horses at as early an age as pos sible. WLen you begin early they are moro tractable and are not so set In thplr ways They take their education mnro quickly and kindlier. The great secret Is in not over working or overtestintr them. You must study their strength and dispositions just BB you would n child e , and work and teach them accordingly , " Destructive Storms in Texas. GALVMTO.V , Tex. , April 23. The News' Dennison special says that in consequence of tbn heavy rains and wind dorms , causing woshonts , endangering bridges , railroad traffic on the Missouri Pacific , north and west of Uennison , is impeded. The Red river is rising four feet per hour , A freight train of eighteen cars is reported wrecked near Car > Station , Indian Territory. Tbe News' Mexla ( Texas ) special says the - Prairie Grove neighborhood , eight miles couth of Moxla , was visited about 2 yesterday afternoon by a severe cyclone , causing serious results to life and property. A two story school house in which were about fifty chil dren was blown down and torn to plecen , kil ling one and wounding several. Several resi dences and stores wort * demolished , Larkin Gentry's house , Bomo distance frijm the vil lage , wai wrecked , and himself , wife and child killed. Other serious results are prob , abla , as the country is thickly settled in the direction which the storm took. Moro Trouble at Panama , . CEYLON , April 23. Trouble in imminent in Panama. Alzpuru Issued n to against the Americans , Their pickets bayo been fired upon. One hundred marines have been oldered to reinforca Heyward , Refu gees are leaving the city. Alzpuru has 800 - men , Ilo will probably remain quiet until the arrival of government troops , which urn embarking at Buena Ventura , T,10 prohiUltlonlHtH Itoort'anl/.inj ; In Mar ] land. BALTlMonr , April 23. At a mewling of the Maryland Temperance State alliance to-da ; ( it was determined to again itart the prohlbi Ibion Uon party in Maryland , and committees on : organization and platform were appointed. DELUGED KANSAS. The SoDtte'ern ' Part of the Stale Submerged by Water , Traffic on Kailroads for Many Miles Suspended , Hundreds of Animals Drowned in the Surrounding Country , Fields Devastated in all Directions and Drops Destroyed , Whole Villages Completely Inun dated and Many Lives Lost , Women nntl Children CliuiR to the Branched of Trees for Hours Be fore Thojr "Wc.ro Kcscnoi ) . THE FIOO1) . BODI1IKABTK11N KANSAS ftOOllBD MILKS Of HA1LIIOAI ) WASIIKI ) OUT-HUNDllIDS OF ANI MALS DHOWNKI ) AND VILLAOKrt BU1ISIK110EI ) . ST. Loui , April 23. Dispatches from southeastern Kansas report the heaviest rain fall since Tuesday which has been known in that part of the state , over twelve inches of waterre said to have fallen , all the level country is submerged and is a level shoot of water. Traffic on the Missouri , Kansas & Toxaj Railroad for many miles each way from Parsons is suspended , and a passenger train which loft Parsons yesterday on the Ft. Scott & Gulf road was wrecked not far from town. A largo number of hogs and cattle in the stock yards on the Labetlo river , ono milo from Parsons , wore drowned , and it is paid hundreds , perhaps thousands , of animals have been drowned in the surrounding country ; the streams rosn so rapidly , and the water poured down in such torrents that 1'ttlo could be done in the way of rescuing live stock or > aving other property , fields were devasted in all direc tions and great destruction of crops and moveable - able property occurred. A negro nottloment near Parsons is inundated and many people were rescued after great ( difficulty. 'Ibe Mnmiiol river which tuiu ! near Fort Pcntt ovei flowed ttio banks with a rush and sub merged a settlement > f from COO to 800 par- sous known as Noith Fott Scott , the water is standing in many houses from two to five foot deep. All the _ people were rescued , Tbo Missouri Pacitiu railroad track is bodily washed out both ways from Fort Scott and no trains moved sincn Vuesdiiy. The Wichota road is badly washed. A freight train on the latter road went through abridge at Clear Water , and Frank A ) c- Daniels , engineer , was drowned , the fireman and a brakeman also went down with the train but they caught in a tree and were rescued. At the latest accounts the water was subsiding but It was still very hlh , and it will take several days for It to run off. Ad vices from Kingman confirm the previous re ports of the flood there. QIIKAT UAMAOK WAS DOUK TO IICSINRSH rnbrEiiTY in tha town , and ten lives were reported lost. Traffic en the Wichita & Western railroad between Wichita and Kingman is tuspcnded , and the bridges nn this road and the A. T. ' & S. F. at Cheney , Belle 1'laino and Clear Water are washol away. Other dis patches state that thn storm extended into western Missouri , and that many streams there overflowed their banks and that much property has been destroyed , and that rail roads traversing that section of the country have been washed away in places and that traffic has boon greatly interrupted. Advices also come from northern ) Texas noting a very heavy rainfall extending over a section of the country embracing Dennison , Abilene , Fort Worth , Dallas and other places. At Gainesville , the Pecan and Elm creeks overflowed their banks and betides washing much property , several lives are re ported lost. Women and children clung to the branches of trees for hours before they wore rescued , and in eomo instances whole families were swept away , but In most in stances woru rescued. Several streets in Dal las were deluged with water , and high winds damaged a number of houses. Red river is very high and at last accounts was rising very rapidly and fears of great damage along its banks was apprehended. The AVomuii'H Bonrd of Foreign MIs- filons. CHICAGO , April 23. The annual session of the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the northwest is In session horp , Ropoits show ono hundred and fifty-six societies now in existence. Four new missionaries have been sent to Persia , Slain , Indian Territo ries and the Chippowas in Wisconsin. Fast sailing schooners also are being constructed for work on tbo coast of Africa Reports were road giving the propicss madu by the societies in the synods of Colorado , Iowa , Il linoisiNebiaskp , Wisconsin , Minnesota , In diana and Michigan , all of which indicate tint ihesocieties are increasing in numbers and In the amounts of their contributions. Iowa SttUo KMunmpiiuiit , O. A. It. DjvVKNPOrtT , Iowa , April 23. At a session of the state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic the n'ato lrgllatnro waa rccommanded to appropriate § 100,000 for the establishment of u soldlem' home * Sherman wai thanked for bis coirespondence on the Jell Davis matter , and the action of the in terior hepartment in placing a flag at half mast in honor of Jacob Thompson was con demned. The encampment adjourned this afternoon , J , It. Uncart Irmtnntly Killed by CHICAGO , April 23. J , B , Hagan , a promi nent stock raiser and shipper of Southern Illi nois , fell under a Wabash railway train near the stock yards here , to-day , and was Instant ly killed. _ _ Huso Hall Nt WH , Athletic 3 , Brooklyn - lyn 9. BALTUIOIIK , April 23. Baltimore G , Metro politan 4. ti e.rycoftere Ot v6OOCxt . < - O/OCxt ! < & ' asftere recognize ! . r\ 5eeater ) ? cirfe Smoking Tobacco.5eeater J