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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. _ _
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