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THE ; OMAHA SUNDAY BEE SEVENTEENTH YEAK. OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING , AUGUST 7. 1887.-TAVELTE PAGES. NUMBEK 50 , TO TAKE THE DUTCH The Iron Chancellor Has Hi * Greedy Eyes on Holland , AN ADROIT SCHEME PROJECTED. The Netherlands to Bo Subdued and Their Colonies Seized. MOVE TO CHECKMATE ENGLAND. Alsace-Lorraine to Be Returned to Fiance aa a Peace Offering. PARIS HAS A DUELLING CRAZE. Flghtlna Editor * Tell the People How Uonlangor and Ferry Should Meet The Field of Honor Historically Itcylewcd. Co mine Continental Changes. [ Ciiiwrtulit 1&S7 liu Juints Onnl'iii llcnnett. ] r FiUNKroiiT , August C. [ New York Her- nld Cable Special to the IlKH.l Uy n very lucky coincidence I hnvo just had n highly Interesting conversation with a foreign diplomatist wh'oso high position enables him to have ns clear nn Insight Into the views and ulterior alms of Prlnco Dlsmarck ns per haps any man living can havo. The diplo matist In question was passing through Frankfort on his way to a fashionable Ger man watering place , nnd tlio fortune of travel placed us In the samorallwavcarriage. I called the diplomatist's attention to the report published by the Brussels Gazette to the effect that the German stall wcro completing a measure by which In twenty four hours 4CO,000 Gei man troops could bo thrown Into Holland. The diplomatist said that the re port Is so near to tiio truth that It Is si're to bo contradicted. "Germany's designs upon Holland are , In my opinion , the keynote of Prlnco Bismarck's future projects. Prince Bismarck , If ho cloaks his acts , seldom con ceals his opinions , nnd I bavo serious reasons that justify my conviction that be fore long Prlnco lilsmarck will , by an adroit move , use Holland as the means , strange as It may seem at first sight , ot cementing a friendship with Franco and of acquiring a colonial empire for Germany. " I remarked : "I don't ( mite understand yon. How could this bo done In this way ? " "Suppose some day the Germans were to Bay to France : 'You may have Alsace Lorraine back again provided you will let Germany have carlo blanche elsewhere and will agree to Germany absorbing Holland and all Holland's colonies. ' iJlsmaick has simply been holdinir a bunch of grapes very high. A proposition to return the lost prov inces would bo received in Franco with leaps and bounds ot admiration. At heart the French and Germans do not hate each other nearly ns bltteily as the Fiench and English do. 1 firmly believe that Prince IJIsmarck sincerely contemplates such a move. The chancellor never follows the well beaten lines of diplomatic routine. Ills genius is ns Indefinable as that of a poet , n founder of religions , or of an nrtist. His diplomatic thunderbolts strlko at ono mo ment In Schleswlg-Holstoln , then in Austria nnd again in Franco. Ho is not the man to have made such extraordinary sacrifices to lay the foundation of Gorman colonization unless ho felt sure of reaching a rich har vest. "Thochancellor knows that every German Hint emigrates to America Is forever lost to Uermany. The moment Geimany has col- Diiles of her own this vast drain upon the tftthorland cannot only bo chocked , but trans- termed Into a priceless ttouica ot strength. I'lio vast colonies ot Holland olfer exactly what Germany wants. They could be at once made profitable without spending n single thaler. Holland has sunk millions of golden and thousands of men In Java and Sumatra. With Gorman organization and energy the Dutch Indies would form a sort of wedge , or Btrateglo vantage ground , dividing Eng land's two great colonial bulwarks Austra lia and India. "Prince Bismarck feels that France and Ucrmany are natural allies and that the real Miemy of Germany nnd France nnd Russia Is England. It Is on this basts that the future Of Kuropo and Asia Is to bo settled the con tinent for the continentals ; Germany to cement a lasting friendship with France by giving back Alsace-Lorraine , and thereby rcalUo her maKiilgcent dream ot a colonial empire ; and Russia , under the icjls of Ger many nud Franco , to secure a ro\d not only to Constantinople , but to n much coveted portion of the Indian ocean between Persia * nd British India. "His to-day not Franco but England thai Is the chancellor's beto nolr everywhere In turns. It Is F.ngland that opposes his Inter ests In the Balkan peninsula ; It is England that la straining every nuivo to create small Independent nationalities into barrier : against Russian nnd Austrian conquest and dominion that Bismarck Is trying to brlnu about In Kgypt. England Is the dog in the manger that piovents Bismarck's policy ol placing Kgypt under French or contlncnta control. In central Asia It Is England tha prevents Russia from developing southward n policy nlwa > s felt by Bismarck to ho a necessity cessity to enable Germany to hold her owi In central Europe. Everywhere It Is Eng land that stands In the chancellor's way. " And hero the diplomatist lighted a frcsl cigar and added , with a significant sniilo : "In splto of these plain facts , Kucland durlne the present naval maneuvers , seemi to have utterly Ignored the possibility of do fensu against a German or an allied Frencl nnd German and Russian fleet attacking he from the North son. The British naval nu thorltlcs seem to have only provided for tin case of French Invaders coming from Cher bour ? or Boulogne 1 " 1 may mention another Incident tha strengthens my conviction that Germany ha designs upon ready-made colonies. In 1SS1 when thu Impending occup.Uion of Egypt b , British troops was spoken of , Baron D Saurma Jellsch was the Gorman diplomati ncint ; In Egypt. Prlnco Bismarck at tha time Instructed Baron Do Saurma to propos thut Holland and not England should scm troops to occupy Egypt. When these view were expressed by Baron Do Saurniit li Kgypt. the other diplomatists , among whor wns Sir Edward Malet , now British ombas eador at Berlin , expressed some surprise n such a proposal coming trom Germany , an Prlnco Bismarck's ulterior alms In maklu aucli a proposition were eagerly discussed The prevailing-opinion In diplomatic circle at Carlo was that Germany had designs npo Holland and wished to put Holland to the for as much as possible , so as to make Germany' ' colonial heritage the moro valuable. Sue ! t least , wore the views expressed at the tlm by M. DeDlcncency , then French Diplomnti ageut In Egypt. It la rather a curluu-t coli cldcnco that Iaron ! DoSamma , who In 1SS1 was the mouthpiece of Bismarck's Holland absorbing policy should to-day bo the German minister at The Hague. " And with this remark our conversation ended. What Called Out the Interview. ICopurtght ISS'ba Jima , ( lanlon n > mctt.1 LONDON August 0. IXew York Herald Cable Special to the BEK. | The dispatch from Antwerp to the BrussclPs Gazette says : I am Informed that the Berlin government is about to construct , just beyonl the rail way station nt Sihpclpcld. on the Dutch irontlcr , on German territory , twenty-six sidings , each big enough to convey a train with 1.50U men , to the grand central line from Alx la ChaWlo to Antwerp. Gradlonto railings will bo established at this military station for the landing ot cavalry and a res ervoir will bo constructed for the purpose of feeding locomotives. The whole work will cost 1,100,000 marks. Germany , which lias 800,000 men concentrated In fortresses be tween Cologne , Dusscldorf , Alx , ota , esti mates that with such nn installment and within an hour it would bo In n position to throw 50,000 troops upon Maestrecht , to oc cupy the bridge there , and to prevent the Dutch from blowing it up. The bridge Is undermined for military purposes. Germany Is also contemplating measures to put the government In position to throw nn army of 1W,000 ) mon under the walls of Antwerp on twenty-four hours' notlcc- ABOUT DUELS. Boulangor-Fcrry Embrogllo the Only Topic In Tana. tCopyr/i/fi / / ! 1SS7 b\i \ Jamu Gordon Bennett. ] PAIUS , August 0. [ New York Herald Cable Special to the BKK.J There is no longer any opera performance In Paris. AH the theaters are closed , nnd consequently all the dramatic clement of the Parisians , both comic and tragic , nro still focused upon the Boulnnger-Feiry ctnbiozUo and the nice , iialr-spllttlnz points of duelling etiquette that liavo grown out of It A careful in- pectlon ot the thirty-six dally pa pers that appear in Paris shows that during the last four days no less than 1,015 olnmns about duels have appeared and still more are demanded by the public. Every duel and every challenge since 1528 , when Francis 1 challenged Emperor Charles IV , ; eoms to have been raked out of historical uuiber rooms and put up for the news of the day in the dally papers. M. Paul do Cassaj- nac bitterly reproaches General Buulancer , who Is both young and vigorous , for not ihooslng the sword , "The pistol , " soys the ; rent ornelo upon duelling , "is the weapon of civilians , of people In a hurry. The trigger s pulled and bang all Is over. Now , what does Geneinl Boulanger mean by saying that ho chose pistols to equalize the chances ? If his was really as In the M. Larelnty duel , his pretext might still pass muster , though ny aged friend , Larelnty is quite able , sword in hand , to got the better ot a much younger man han Boulanger. The pistol seems to bo n ihivalrotis concession. I say 'seems , ' for in ruth it Is not so at all. The pretext Is ridlc- .ilous and detestable. If General lioulauger , s so anxious to got near M. Ferry , why doesn't ho use the weapon that hangs at his side ? Why does General Uoulangor show such repugnance to the old traditional weapon. Tlio weapon made Illustrious by our race , ho weapon Francaise par excellence11 M. Ferry , without being a skilled swordsman , could still hold his own with General lou- ! acgcr , and the general should then be within ilx paces of his adversary , and perhaps even : orps a corps , If necessary. No doubt Gen eral Boulangor is a bravo man , but why the devil has ho such a dislike to the sword ? Tno radltlons and rules of n duel with swords allow such a duel to become ns deadly as pen slblc. Why , M. Rauc , whan ho fought with ny most Intimate friend , whom , by dlscro- ; lon 1 shall not name , accepted tlio following conditions : The combat to continue * until one or the other of the adversaries says to the other , 'Sir , I have had enough of this , * But I don't despair of seolnz General lioulnngcr , when he can't arrange about his pistol dis tance , take to the sword. " After this allusion to the M , Ranc duel , which recalls somewhat the encounter be tween Macbeth and McDulT , M. DoCassagnnc. thus expounds tno unwritten laws of the duel : "Never , except In case of your wife's elopement , or ot your daughter's dishonor , or of violence olfcred to your mother , or ot having your face slapped , should you bo placed at twenty paces from your antagonist with -the right to take deliberate aim. This becomes no longer a battle , nor a combat , but simply n double murder , and you might just as Well adopt the Chinese custom of disembowling yourself. " This Is not the opinion , however , of M. Henri Rochfort , nor ot M. Anotolo do la Forge , who says the public will , after all , know the very simple conclusion that Gen eral Boulanger wished the duel to have an apparent result , whllo M. Ferry was deter mined to limit the affair to a duel without danger. The weather Is cool , bright and bracine. The boulevards nro oveillowlng with tourists and country cousins , while thu true Parisians , in gaily tinted flannels nnd straw hats , tilt from Tronvillo to Vichy nnd from Alx to Dieppe , but always perch a day or two in this gay and delightful capital , which Is now bap- tucd "Paris les Bains. " 1 11ESS COMI'AKISON. Points On Which American and RIIR- lUli Journal * Difl'er. H'opyrioM tSS ! bu J dines Oordan IStnnttt.l LONDON , August 0. [ Now York Herald Cable Social to the BKK. | Ono of the many interesting features ot the Angus ! magnilr.es Is an article entitled "The EIIJ llsh and American Press , " by Arnot Read , In two previous articles ho had compared the provincial nnd London press. The pres ent article argues that Americans are the moro assiduous newspaper readers. To the United States' population of BO.000.000 he counts 11,000 newspapers and periodicals , but In the United Kingdom 40,000 only , Ho claims that "the English press belongs tc letter writers but the American to the re porter , who tills up the American papir. Ii Is largely his stutf that sells it , and as a con sequence his services are much better pah than these of English reporters. That Is t commercial necessity. ills services arc marketable nnd have this value that on < smart man Is worth twenty who are not sc hero In England. The habit of note taking and of only note taking reduces all tc n * dead level ot small remuneration. 1 the English newspaper proprietor wore tc pay 1,215 a year to reporters he would bo i fool. The same services would bo had for i mere fraction of money. On the other side such salaries are frequently paid. " He concluded as follows : "On the whole the difference between the journals of thi two sections of the English speaking raci may bo justly traced to the nationa difference between the older anc newer civilization. Each may copy from thi other. That Is to sonio extent being done , but 1 fear not In the most hopeful fashion The f utnrrt uf both Will depend largely 01 whether It Is the irood or bad points that an coaled , nud whether the assimilation b i Icu-lllngilown or levellingip. . " KICKING ON THE VERDICT , The Poblio Dissatisfied With the Punish ment Meted Out to Boodlors. WAS JURYMAN CLARK CROOKED ? Probabilities That the Convicted Men Will Take Their Medicine , FearIng - Ing a Worse Dose If Given a Second Trial. The Convicted ItoodlorB. CHICAGO , August 0. ( Special Telegram to the UEK.I The public seems to be trying hard to content Itself with the verdict In the big boodle case , yet the longer , i\n J more thoroughly It Is considered the less satisfac tory It seems. The evtdcnceDclcnrly showed that tlio defendants had exacted money right and left from everybody they had dealt with fur the county , and although It was not as clearly .shown as It might have been that the sums thus exacted were made good through the Increased prices paid for goods puichased , yet sucli was the fact. Opposed to the moun tains of evidence of their conniption , the defendants fondants simply offered their own unsup ported denials and the testimony of several personal friends as to tholr private charac ters. All the boodlers , nnd especially Com missioner McCarthy , seem to have had a linn friend In Juryman Clark. Said Mr. Grlnnell to a icportor to-day : "Tho verdict was a surprise to me. The de fendants should all have gone to the peni tentiary. " "Did you hitvo any doubts as to Clark , the recalcitrating juryman who saved 'Buck' McCarthy , when you put him on the jury'.1" "No , not at the time , of course ; but 1 be gan to have my doubts of him during the last ten days. 1 want to say further that the eleven jurors who stood out for conviction against Clark have rendered an Inestimable service to the state and to Cook county. Clark is a man who thinks ho knows boinc- thlnir , and thinks ho can Handle himself , and ho thought ho could handle the jury , liut ho couldn't. The fact remains that they collectively proved that they had more brains than ho had , and compelled him to render a verdict of guilty. " "Do 1 think there will bo an appeal ? 1 suppose there will. Certainly there will. They and their friends outside will leave no stone unturned to secure that. " Although "Uuck" McCaOthy had a friend on the jury through whose Inlluence ho got oil with a lighter sentence , ho is not yet out of the woods by any means. There are still nineteen Indictments hanging over his head , some of them charging him with graver crimes than that for which ho has lieen convicted In this case. States Attorney Urinnell has told him to his face that ho would rather have seen some of the others escape from the penitentiary sentence than him , and although the stnto attorney's olllce decline at present to enlighten tlio public as to what they Intend to do , it Is pretty gen erally understood that one of the cases of bribery or subornation of perjury will bo pushed against the big commissioner from the town of Lake. Nothing definite could bo ascertained from any quarter to-day concerning the motion tor a new tilal except that there was no like lihood of Its being at this term of court , and It is quite possible it may go over till the Oc tober term. It will take a considerable time to ijet the record ready , nnd while that Is being done those ot tlio defendants who have got oil on a line will have an opportunity to consider whether It will not bo better for them to pay their money and let the matter drop. There is no likelihood that Judge Jamleson willcranta new trial , and piose- cutltig an appeal would probably cost them as much as paying the line , and even if they did succeed In their ap peal they would still have the expense nnd the terrors of a new trial staring them in the face. They will probably decide that discretion is the better pirt of valor and take their medicine. It is believed that tlio boodlers In the county jail nro weakening and have begun to lose talth in tlio assur ances of their legal advisers as to the cer tainty of a reversal of the verdict by tlio supreme court. Comparatively uneducated as most of these men are they are possessed of n certain amount of ' 'horse sense , " and scored , vituperated and righteously abused and convicted as they have been , oven their rhinoceious-liko hides refuse to submit to the ordeal ot a second running- the gauntlet. They are conscious of nothing to gain by a new trial save the possibility of celling the limit at three years. A now trtnl would only result in further suffering for them and a eoiresponding increase In attorneys' fees. Under these circumstances the boodlers have re.solved , so rumor says , If they can make arrangements with the state's attor ney , to take their medicine quietly , provided Mr. Grlnnell will agree not to proceed against them on the other Indictments now pending and on each of which they can be tried sep arately at the expiration of the term of punishment allotted for the sev eral olfenses. An appeal to the supreme couit would mean an additional term of from three to six months , there fore It is said they are seri ously thinking of going to Jollet as soon as possible to begin serving out their terms rather than to further enricli their lawyers. With good conduct their two years' terms would expire in twenty months. There are sixty-eight boodier Indictments as yet untried , and In all of them at least one of the men recently tried Is defendant. Most of thorn are , however , for conspiracy , and In these , If the states attorney should go on with their trial , the plea will be sot up that the defendants can not twice bo put In jeopardy for the same ulTunse. This afternoon Sute's Attorney Grlnnell called up thp motion tor a new tilal for tlio convicted boodlers. In doing so he stated that they had not yet had the decency to hand In tholr resignations , and ho demanded that they do so at once , it seems that the refusal on the part ot the boodlers to resign may , under certain circumstances , produce a dead lock that will prevent tlm levying of any taxes for the county. The conviction of an infamous crime makes vacant the olllce held by n criminal , but tlio law is so framed that tlio county board must declare that tlio vacancy exists , and without the eo-onoratlon ot tlio Itoodlors this can hardly bo done. After much discussion the counsel for the dofens' ) succeeded In getting matters de layed until Monday with the understandliu that If the boodlers resign in the meantime , the time o argulns the motion for a new trial would bo put elf till ScoUiiuber. The boodlers who were tner ly lined withdrew tholr motion for a new trial. Commissioner Loydmi was allowed to go to his homo in charge of two deputies this afternoon , on the representation of his family physician that Mrs. Leydeu was dying. This afternoon the late Commlsslonci Klehm , chairman ot the county board , ap peared in the county clerk's ofllce and ten dered his resignation. About the same time Commissioner It. S. McLauchlln sent foi County Attorney Bliss and Informed him that ho would not spend another dollar on his defense. " 1 will go Into coiut , " said he , "at the lirst opportunity and ask final sen tence bo passed and that I bo sent to prison. " llo then handed Mr. Bliss his resignation , This evening Commissioners Casselman and Oliver lemoved all their property from the county board looms and announced that they would attend no more meetings as commissioners. 11. A. Jones , formerly chlel clerk at both the asylum and the Inllrmarj and who has furnished valuable aid to the state in prosecuting the boodle cases , tell ; an Interesting story or Ids experiences. Pur ing the three years ho was In the county em ploy it never cost more than 815-1,000 n yeai to run both the asylum and the Infirmary , Last year , under the management ot the boodle itang , It cost over -00,000 to run tlu asylum alone. The first crooked worli Jones discovered was that ot Wllllan K'jlge , the milk contractor , who tlu cletk discovered , was dollvering milk thai showed CO per cent , of water. Jones refused to accept It. and In a few days the management mont ot that business was taken out ol hi ! hands. .Kolzo thereafter delivered awll milk to the paupers and cream lor the bood lers' tables. ,1 on ess' experience was that n < mm could to honest ana hold a Dillon undo : the gang during tho'past four or five years. Ho tells a disgusting stoty ot the manner In which the meatcontractor , Dipper , abused his contracts , lit every load of meat sent out Hipper would have "corned beef. " This sometimes consisted of pigs' noses , then bones , scraps ot mutton and other meat which would spoil on his hands. Kipper would throw this stuff Into flour barrels , sprinkle salt on It and call It corned beef. Mr. Jones sent back two loads of It which was positively rotten and suddenly found himself dis charged without warning or reason. Ho tells Interesting stories about other stills amongst thorn by nn undertaker who was paid a fair price for each separate burial nnd whom Jonc.s discovered wns In the habit of burying two or three bodies hi a box at a time to save material. WASHINGTON NK W9. A. Rctnnrknble Military Tribunal. WASHINGTON , August 0. ( Special to the BF.K.I Next Monday will bo the anniversary of ono of the most remarkable military trials ever recorded In this or any other country. Twenty-four years aio there were Imprisoned In the old tobacco warehouse In Itlctimond known as Llbby prison , a party of United Stntes olllcors. Some were of the regular service and some of the volunteer nrmy. Amen ? them was a daring fellow named Strait , who Is now quietly engaged In the book business In a small town In In diana. At that time he had planned n wholesale escape from the prison , the capture ot the gmiid and the battery outside the walls , nnd the subsequent release of the prisoners on Belle Isle , just across the river. The p'an ' further contemplated the burning of Richmond and-tho slaving of the otlicials of the confederate government There were but nine ofllcers In tlm plot and the prospects were that It would prove successful. Hut one of tlm ofllcers bfitrayed the scheme and the plot was nipped In the hud. The traitor was known and Strait Insisted that ho should bo tried by a court martial composed of the roL'Ular ollicers In the prison. The court" was organized In regular form. During the entire proceedings , which lasted hut n few minutes , Stialt was busy making a rope out of some pieces of calico. When a veidict had been decided upon ho said : "Gentlemen , you have found the pris oner guilty , ami of course there can bo but ono sentence , that of death. 1 will execute the sentence. " Among the party was an ofllcor of one of the cavalry re. 1 men Is named Louis Thomp son. He said that while the accused was un doubtedly Ruilty , the court was not a legal one and that It could not eiifoico Its sen tences. If the traitor was hanged his exe cutioners would bo guilty ot murder. Ho proposed that the record of the court should bo kept until one of the party escaped , when It should bo sent on to Washington. He would not allow the man to be hanged and would sit up all night with him to protect him If necessary. Straltwas determined that the sentence of the court should bo carried out , and swore that he would hang the vll- Han down the hatchway , But Thompson sat by his side till night and saved his life. The following day ho was removed from the quarters which ho was occupying and shortly afterwards ho was released. 'Ihe record of the court was subsequently forwarded to Washington and Secretary Stanton caused him to be dismissed front the service. He was afterwards restored by Andy Johnson and Is .said to bo still in the service. Those who know of the Incident will not tell his name. Thompson was killed In one of Cus- ter's Indian campaigns. The only other one of the party who Is knowu to be still in the service is a cavalry oUlcer named Hamilton , who Is on a frontier post The Trials of Consuls. WASIIIXOTO.V , August 0. [ Special to the BKK.I "No ono not conversant with the facts , can form any idea of thn trials that besot a consul of the United States In the1 largo manufacturing towns of Europe , " said Governor I'ortor , assistant Secretary of state , to your correspondent to-dny. "In those largo manufacturlnb cltlos , " ho continued , "tho population Is , ot course , largely made ( up of manufacturers and merchants doing business with the United Stains. Owing to the fnci that man ) of our tariIf charges are based upon the values of the coeds Imported , the.se merchants lire naturally anxious to make it appear that their goods are sold at ligures which are really giently below the market prices. The seal of the consul Is re quired at the bottom of each Invjlce and that is where the difficulty comes in. An honest consul , and a majority of our consular olli- cers nro hoiicst , who is anxious to do his duty to the government , will take care to post himself thoioughly on the market values of all the goods exported from tlm district In which ho is stationed. Then when the exporter makes out an In voice In which ho has undervalued his goods ho finds that the consul will not ceitlty to the coiredness ot the statements , as n con sequence the consul In trying to do his duty to the government which employs his Incurs the enmity of the men among whom ho must live. This enmity breaks , but in all sorts of petty annoyances , and If tlio consul is n sen sitive man ho linds It very hard to bear. Many instances could bj cited in which con suls and their families are ostracised and ig nored by everyone in the city In which they reside. All because they are oiuaged in doing their duty. Within a very few months .several excellent men In the service have asked to bo transferred because they could not stand the treatment to which they and their families are subjected. Within the past few years our consuls have been much more rigorous In examine the Invoices pre sented to them for seal and signature. The result has been the saving of many millions ot dollars to the tioasury , but the consuls thomselver have not had their compensation Increased. " _ _ _ _ \Vhltnoyon the Flihcrica. WASHINGTON , August fl. Secretary Whit ney recently received a report from Admiral Luce , embodying the correspondence be tween the latter nnd Captain Scott , of the Canadian cruiser service , which has already been made public. The secretary yesterday cabled Admiral Luce , saying : " 1 presume your application to Captain Scott was not for the purpose of obtaining from him an exposi tion of the law , but to enable our fishermen to know the extent of the Canadian claim , and thus avoid difficulties , If they should so choose. 1'lils Is not quite clear fiom your report , and It would be bettor to Issue no moro cliculars to fishermen nnd withdraw such ns are within your reach. Captain Scott is not understood to bo the agent of Ills gov ernment for any such purpose for which you have boon employed , and if ho were the ap plication might more properly have been made to our own government. In cnsu n correct statement ot the Canadian claim is desired. " " " Pensions Granted Westerners. WASHINGTON , August 6. [ Special Tele- eramtothe BKE. | The following Nebraska pensions have been granted : Harvey Mc- Elhlnny. Geneva ; William W. Norwood , Ox Bow , Increase ; Charles Baker , Leo Pork ; James 11. Robinson , Cedar Rapids. Iowa pensions : Mary A. 0. , widow of Abram W. Drake , Warsaw ; J. S. Wright , Villlsca : SamTrlpp , Elliott , Elliott River , alias John 1'acey , Corning , Increase ; Knos Conger , Centervlllo ; James H. Thomas , Foil Dodge : John W. Hollldav , Burlington ; Thomas J. Gregg , Sherman ; Martin Roland , Bclknap. Won't Itppalr the Hulk. WASHINGTON , Aug. 0. The Boaid of Re pairs recommend that the Iron hulled steamer I'alos , now on Asiatic station , bo repaired , and estimate the cost at S50CO on the hull and S40.00U for the new callers nnd machinery. Secretary Whitney endorses the recommendation declining to allow the expenditures. Ho says the Pains , which H nothing but a 300 ton tug , twenty three years old , Is worthless as n man of war. Accepting the Offer. WASIIIXOTO.V , August C. Secretary Fairchild - child received several communications to day from holders of United States bonds an nouncing their aeceptatico of the terms of his circular of the ad Instant for the prepay ment of nix monthi Interest ontho public debt with 'J per cent rebnto on nnd after thu 15th Instant. Applications already tiled are for Interest on bonds to thu amount ol $231,000. IT PROVED A JUGGERNAUT , Fatal Launching of the Steatnor Wolf at Milwaukee. A TREACHEROUS COAL DOCK. It Gives Way and Throws a Crowd of People Into the Water Four Arc Killed and Nine Fatally Injured , From G.iyoty to Mourning. MILWAUKEE , WIs. , August 0. By n pccu liar accident at the launching of the hugo steamer , William II. Wolf , at Wolf & David son's ship yard , this afternoon , three persons were killed outright , sevcial others totally Injured , about twenty badly hurt , and a largo number of others less seriously Injured. About ono thousand people had gathcied to witness the launch. The docks weio lined , vessels were crowded and every scow and lumber pile was black with spectators. Di rectly opposite the cradled vessel was the largo coal dock of the Northwestern Fuel company. It Is n roofed dock with huge derricks for unloading co.U. Upon the root of this coal shed n largo number of people had assembled. The view from that point was a line one , as the vessel moved dliectly toward the dock. As the Wolf struck water her port bulge was burled deeply In the black water of the slip , then she re covered and rolled heavily to port. The water displaced rose like a tidal wave and swept over the coal deck and un toward Us roof , causing n cloud of cqal dust and spray. The supports of the docks wcro Insulltclcnt to withstand the force of the wave and about forty feet of shod went down with Its living freight. Instantly the shed went down nnd there was wild excitement on . the deck of the steamer. A scone of Indescribable confusion ensued , but a few cool-headed iwople at once set to work to rescue the people ple thrown Into the river nnd release those burled In the debris of the platform. The patrol wagons wore summoned and express wagons were turned Into ambulances and the dead nnd Injured were carried away. Owing to the fact that ninny cases of Injuries were not reported , thu unfortunates being hurried homo In carriages by relatives nnd friends , It Is Impossible to ascertain the full extent of the accident. As far as known the list of dead nnd Injured embraces the follow ing : Eo SiK.iiir.L : ! , aged fifteen , killed outright , head crushed nnd badly mangled. CHAS. WII.WAC. twenty-two years old , killed by Injury to head and back. THOMAS DIIMISTKII , twenty years old , head crushed. KE.VNF.TH MrKAY , Mns. MAm < r.vFiiANK Ar/riiOFEii , JOHN KNACK , T. L. Bomtow , A. D. WmrcoMit , Hr.Nitv Em.nus , Tino- : nonr KI.ATT and WM. KNACK are fatally In jured. A numher of others ! ! ia.y nnt recover from the effect of their injuries. About n Amen people thrown into the river were rescued by tlio life saving crew and other boats. It is belloved , however , that suction drew some of them under and the rlvur is being dragged to-night Thus far no bodies have been found. - .NINE TIMliS A MUUUKllEIt. Tboiuas Wonlfollc Kills His Father , Step-Mather , nnd Six Children. MACON , Ga. , July 0 , Information has just been received of n most horrible tragedy oc curring last night about twelve miles from hern In this county. Tlio report savs that Captain Richard Wooltolk , n well known farmer , his wife , four children and Mrs. West , an mint of Mrs. Woolfolk , were found murdered in the house this morning , having been knocked In the head and their throats cut. Tom G. Woolfolk , son of Captain Woolfolk by his lirst wife , U suspected ot the crime and was arrested. Later and fuller details from tha scene of the tragedy developed the fact that there were nine victims Instead of seven. Captain and Mrs. R. F. Woolfolk and tliolr six children , ranging in ago from sixteen months to twenty years , and Mrs. West , aged sixty. Tno coroner's jury found n verdict of murder nirninst against Thomas G. Woolfolk , n son of the captain's lirst wife , who was stopping In the house. The licensed tells n very III may story ot the affair. Ills supposed motive in the murder was n desire to gain posesslon of his tather's property for himself and two sisters , children ot thu lirst wife. KAtiAKAUA'B POWERS. How the Now Constitution Restricts tlio Sandwich Inland King. SAN FIIAKCISCO , August C. William M. Gihson , the deposed prlmo minister of the Hawaiian kingdom , who was tried on the charge of robbing thu public treasury and who escaped from the Island after ills ac quittal , arrived hero from Honolulu on the brig John D. Spreckles. The legislature adopted a now constitution , which the king was torced to sign , and which provides that ho shall bo coniniander-in-chief of the army and navy , and of all other military lorces of the kingdom ; but ho shall never proclaim war without the consent of the legislature , and no military or naval forces shall bo or ganized except by the authoiity of the legis lature. The king cannot ho sued or held to account In any court or tribunal of the king dom. The cabinet shall consist of a minis ter of forek-n ntfnlrs , minister of finance nnd attorney general , nnd they shnll be his majesty's special advisers in thoexoe- utlv > ) aflairs of the kingdom , and they shall bo ex-ollleio members of his council of Btato that shall bo appointed and comlinued by tlio king and shall bo removed by him upon a vote of want of eonlidenco passed by n ma- jniityof all the elective members of the leg islature or upon conviction of felony , and no removal shall have effect unless It bo coun tersigned by a member of the cabinet , who , bv that signature , makes himself responsi ble. The legl.-lativo power of tlio kingdom Is vested In the kin * and the legislature , which shall consist of nobles and representa tives sitting together. The legislative body will assemble bl-ennlally. Walter L. Gibson , ex-premier of the Ha waiian kingdom , wns seen to-day by an As sociated press reporter. Hn thought the new constitution has some ndmlrnblo features , still It was what might bo called a "shotgun" constitution. The missionary party tof for eigners. Gibson declares , meant to take his lifo , but the now cabinet Jovldently felt that would be dangerous , ho having been so long nn intimate ft lend of the native clement. Ho sav.s the case against him was not pressed and that ho notified the cabinet ho was going to leave the Island to remove n suspicion of IntrUuc : but the master of the brig Spreckels claims that ( ill/son was spirited out by ftiends who wished to save his life. Gibson further said the United States government has designs In the Pacific which will probably bo revealed shortly. Ha said this government would not llko tlio course atlairs had taken on the Islands , llo would not explain this remark. Com ments In Hawaiian papers re- colsed here Indicate that the now cabinet will repudiate the new loan recently effected In England , the new premier claiming that the bonds are Illegal for various reasons , it Is said that the now premier and hl.s asso ciates have aliendy been warned by tlio Brit ish consul that tholr plins will meet with the disapproval ot the British government , and will have to bo altered to suit the wishes ol these Who have invested their capital In good faith. Passed the Third Heading. LONDON , August 0. The Irish land bill passed the third reading in the commons this evening. There waa uencral chmiUK when the bill was read * BTUA1X13D UIOhATlOXH Kxlst Houvccn lludala and Germany , nnd CJormniiT and Franco. tTopirftMM7litf / / / Xtif Yitrk AwMtateA I'ltts.l BKIU.IN , August 0. The Interview bet ween Emperor William nnd Francis Joseph nt Gastoln will bo deprived of much significance by the nhsenro of the guiding statesmen of Imperial politics. The umperois will ex change views on the present position of the Austro-Gcrman alliance. Bui the main sub jects of the conference will bo the candida ture of Prlnco Ferdinand to the throne of Bulgarin , nud the Impending deposi tion of the Insane king of Bavaria. The medical attendants of Emperor William say his condition Is Improving hourly Binco his arrival at Gasteln , nnd people who heard adverse stories regarding his health l.avo been greatly surprised to see him walking about alert and erect. The relations of Germany with Russia do not Improve. The press of Moscow and St. Petersburg make the death of Kntkotr the oci caslon of fresh outbursts ot hatred toward Germany. The bitterness of feeling toward Franco Is aggrcvatcd under fresh Instances of German "balling. " The stated case Is exciting much anger. This was the closing of a factory for the manufacture of German toys , belong ing to Welrsbach brothers and situated at Enibormeln In the department of Moselle. The workmen were given but three days no- tlco of their expulsion. It Is reported that the delay in Bismarck's departure for Kis singer is duo solely to the gravl'y of the sit uation with France. The chancellor Is mak ing the Wclisbach affair the subject ot diplomatic communications , tending to bring French provocations to a critical stage. Regarding French railway employes expelled at Avrlcourt , It appears that these men , while working at French railway stations , lived on thu Gciman side of the frontier , eluding social dlitles tor per sonal purposes. The German authorities told them to move Into their district and gave the married men tliico mouths and sin gle men ono month to leave. An amendment to the constitution , Involv ing the question of deposing the king on the ground of incurable Insanity will bo submitted In the Bavarian diet In September. It Is un true that the ex-Giand Duke of Hesse will be a candidate for the throne of Holland on the death of the King. In such an event the queen would become the regent for her daughter Princess Wllhelmlo , and should the latter die the crown would pass to the Grand Duchess of Saxe-Mlemer-Elsenacu. Joseph and William Shake. GOSTIIN , August 0. Emperor Francis Joseph , of Austria , arrived at Emperor Wil liam's residence at Badeschloss to-day. After the emperors had shaken hands and cor dially embraced each other , tlwy went to the leception room , where they weio the recipi ents ot hearty greetings from those there as sembled. Steamship Arrivals. PLYMOUTH , AucustC. [ Special Telegram to the BIK.I : Arrived The Zaandam , from New York for Amsterdam. flr.Asoow , August 8. Arrived The Prus sian , trom Boston. . , , , Niw : VOUK , August G. Arrived ie ! ; Edam , from Amsterdam. The Dutch King SIcV. PAIUS , August 0. A dispatch to the In- translgeaut iromJLcujburus.ay8 that the king of Holland IsllCanil there Is much commo tion concerning the succession to the throne In the event of his death. The ex-grand duke of Hessn will bo n candidate. It Is feared that international complications will ailso over the succession. The War in Morocco. LONDON , August C. The sultan of Mo rocco has defeated the tribes around Todda and has entered the town of Rabat. The Spanish Ironclad Nnvnrrn has started lor Rabat with a mission from the Spanish gov ernment to the sultan. Wounded In n Duel. PAIUS , August 0 , M. Magnler , editor of theEvensmont , has fought a duel with M. Reluach , of the Ropubllque Frnncaisc. The weapons mod were swords. M. Reluach was wounded. A Temporary Successor Appointed. ROMK August 0. Slgnor Crlspl will as sume the ofllco of pilmo minister nnd minis try of foreign affairs ad Intcilin. JJIJHUING'S SKA I'lhll. Schooners Seized fur Unlawful At tempts to Catch Them. PoiiTi.AND , Ore. , Auirust 6. The Orc- gonlan special from Victoria , B. C. , says : "Tho steamer Olympian , which arrived from Silica to-day , brought new.s that another lot of British and American schooners had been cantured by the United States revenue cutter Rush and taken to Sltka , nnd that ns the steamer was leaving the revenue cutter again hove In sight , having a num ber of schooners in tow. Those In Sltka nro the British schooners Dolphin , Anna Beck , Grace and W. P. Hayward , and the Ameilcan schooner Challnimer. With the schooner seized last year this makes seven British vessels now In charue of the Alaskan authorities and they will no doubt bo added to , ns It seems to bo the intention of the Americans to solzo every schooner they can secure within the limits of Biilirliu sea. It was not thought such measures would be taken , In the face ot the in lot m at Ion received trom Wnshlnuton and Ottawa. The captain of tlio schooner , Beck , clhlms that when ho cleared the collec tor told him nothing about lishlng in Hohrings sua and he , the captain , know no reason \vhy ho should not do so. Ho says , however , ho did not catch any seals but pur chased them from the Indians. What makes the present sclzuics 111010 Inexplicable is the tact that the schooners seized hist year were released by the American government. Cor- icsiiondenco has been begun with the de partment of hsheiles. An American Vessel Seized. OTTAWA , August 0 , The department of fisheries was advised to-day of the detention yesterday of the United States schooner , , J. H. G. Perkins , for shipping men at Port Sourifl. The matter has been referred to the department ot justice. HALIFAX. N. S. , August C. News was ro- ccivcd hero late last iiMit from Souns , P. K. L , that the customs collector Imd arrested the United States lishing schooner H. J. I'oriln. The charge 13 shipping men In the provinces , but It is probahlo the formal charge will ho violation of thu fishery treaty. The schooner Is owned In North Haven. LATF.U The vessel Is not seized , but IB merely under detention pending instiuctloru from Ottawa. Admiral Luce gave a recep tion on board tlio fl.ig ship Richmond thU afternoon , and ho and Consul General Phelan had aconfeience with Minister Fos ter and Captain Seott upon thu matter con nected with the hsliurles questions. The results - sults they arrived nt have not bcon made public. Advised Not to Anmvor. SAN FIIANCIBCO , August C. Chnilcs F Crocker , vlce-presldont of the southern Pa- cllic railroad company , was bvfore tin Pacific commission to-day. Speaking o certain largo sums of money paid out with out vouchern , Commissioner Pattison askei if the money was used for legislative pur poses. Colin , counsel for Crocker , ttdvlsei his client not to answer. Commissioner An derson told Colin ho better consider his ad vice seriously , and Colin asked n postpone ment of thu question until ho could consul with his associates. The icquestsa granted. Death of n Vntoran of 1811 ! . CniCAdO , August C. The Inter Ocean' Jacksonville , 111 , special says : John .Ionian died hero to-day azed 'J3 , lie Was a gf tlig WAI ot JSl'A A PARDON FOR DICK FOSTER , Governor Thayer Releases a Lifo Oonviot to Die it Frco Man. HOW HE FOILED THE MUTINEERS. A Younjr Imil Killed nt Norfolk Will ) , a Target < 5nn Mr * . General Knntz HnUly Injured In a Ituttawajr. tic Cnti Ilo nt Iilborfy. LINCOLN , Neb. , August 0. ( Special Tele gram to the Br.i.J : T. C. Foster , goncially known by nil visitors to thu penitentiary as "Dick Foster " has boon , pardoned by Gov- cinorThaypr. Dr. Carter , the prison physi cian , and Warden livers , called upon the covernor to-day Immediately upon his return nnd reported the condition of "Dick Foster. " Dr. Caitcr certified to the governor that Fos ter Is very low , and that It Is almost Impossi ble for him to recover , and earnestly advised his being set treoon the ground oT humanity. Warden Hyors also joluod In the recommen dation. In consideration ot his condition , and the members of the Grand Army , post Farragut , having nmdo arrangements In a private family to have Foster cared for nnd made comfortable whllo ho lives , and also In consideration of his hav ing rendered most valuable service to the authorities during the memorable mutiny in tlio prison which occurred during the ad ministration of Governor Furnas , and also of his having been a eallant soldtor , the gov ernor issued a pardon to him. During that mutiny ho , by some means , secured the keys to the main door , which opened to the out side , and the mutineers made for him to got them from him. llo , however , threw them over the wall outside nnd thus frustrated their plans to got out and thus undoubtedly prevented much bloodshed. Ho has boon in the penitentiary seventeen years. Ho made n most earnest appeal to the governor to bo permitted to die a free man. Foster was a. prisoner from Otoo county , having killed v man In Nebraska City some eighteen years ago , and was sentenced for Hie. ' A Fatal Combination. Nonroi.K , Neb. , August 0. [ Special Telegram - gram to the BKK.I Wlillo a number of boys weie shooting nt n mark with n target rlllo this afternoon , Milton Richard , the thirteen- year-old and only child of ot George L. Rich ard , was fatally shot by a companion by the accidental discharco of the gun , dvtng within half nn hour from Internal hemorrhage. , Mrs. General Knntz Injurud. | VAI.KNTINK , Neb. , August 0. [ Special Telegram to the BII : : . | Some running races brought to the race course this afternoon many citizens from the surrounding country , Fort Nlobrara being conspicuously ion re sented by the olllccrs nnd tholr ladies. After the race , when on their return from the course toward town , the team of Lieuten ant Hutchison ran away , throwing him out after having ran only a short dis tance Mrs. General Kantwho was the other occupant of the buggy , was carried' n 8liort distance , where inu team , alteir.j'ting to turn n corner , ran Into a tenco where she was thrown to tlio around violently. She wns at once taken tq Foil N'iobrnra. Captain Wllcox , post' sur- * , . ueon , found that her luft leg had been broken just above and just below knee , besides RIIS- tainlnirotiier bruises. Lieutenant Hutchison wns only slightly hurt Sudden Denth nt a Dance. Wn T.MAN , Nob. , Aueust 5. A drunken cowboy named Cobb waltzed Into Hall's ; lance house Thursday night and attempted to shape the festivities to suit himself. The proprietor objected and caressed Cobb with the butt of n icvolver. Thu latter retaliated with n Winchester , sending n bullet thioiiL'li Hall's bodv , killing him Instantly. Cobb escaped. Hull was it disreputable character , nnd no tears were shed over his sudden demise. _ Pawnnc City Improvements. PAWNKK CmNeb. . , August fi. [ Special to the Bnu.J A proposition has been made by icsponsiblo parties to put In and run 000 electric lights of slxtccn-candle power , at a cost ofi5 cents a night per light. This proposition - osition will undoubtedly bo accepted. An engineer Is to bo hero soon to examlno tlio ground and mike : estimates of the cost ot waterworks for tills city. 1'ho cltl/.ena have determined that tlieso enterpilses must ho pushed lorward to completion. They have also determined to offer liberal Inducements to bring to this city manufacturers looking ; for locations In thu west. This city has an active- board ot trade , alive to every'local In terest. At a meeting of the citizens and board ot trade held last evening nt tlio court house , a , report was submitted on tlio waterworks : question , nnd after nn animated discussion the following resolution w.is submitted ana unanimously adopted : Resolved , That It Is tlio sense of this meet ing that the mayor and council of this city submit a proposition to thu people to vote twenty year bonds to the amount of S2.s.r > oo , 0 per cent Interest , for thu purpose of con structing n system ot wnterwoiks to Pawnee City. Failed to Agree. Sciiuvi.ini , Nob. , August 0. [ Special Telegram to the BKU.I ' 1'ho jury In the burglary case went out Wednesday niter- noon and were dismissed to-day without hav ing como to an agreement. It Is reported that the ballot stood cloven tor conviction nml ono tor ncqultnl. A now panel will bo drawn nnd another trlnl had next week. Cherry County Toaohors. VAI.UNIINI : , Neb. , August 0. [ Special Telegram to the Bii.J : : The Cherry county teachers institute closed a most successful term to-day. The Institute was attended by , over torty teachers nnd was iibly conducted by Prof. McGlmlo and Superintendent Dear , assisted by 1'rof.s. O'Sulllvan anil King. Voted tlio DonitH. Fitin.vi ) , Neb. , August n. [ Special Tele gram to the 11 ii : . | The vote for the bonds for the Northwestern it Kunsis railroad , carried in tills precinct Wl lorunu-MaL-alnst ; Turkey Ci co k , 'JJI or and 7 against ; Monroe and Dowlttcanied ; Noitli lor , nnd Brush Creek not hoard from. Action fir-ought AcnliiNt Swindlero. CHICAGO , August 0. Tlm notion of tres pass on a case for SIS.OOO was preferred against John F. LaUlmw , Samuel B. Husscl- man nnd Richard W. liohlnson , the plain tiffs being Andrew G. , William K. , Kllasand James 1'aync. They owned n mill in Ilon- nepln , HI. , which they exchanged fora farm In Kentucky , which LaHinw claimed be longed to him. The Paynes also owned n mill at Firth , .Neb. , winch thi > > exchanged lor ceitalu Hyde 1'urk piopeuy , which thu defendants said belonged to them. On ex amination It wns found that the defendants had no title to tlio propcity which they had claimed was theirs. It was bion ht out that the defendants are n band of swindlers who ha\o tin hulled others nt other pl.ices. The AVostorn Dlstlllnr's Truwt. - CHICAGO , August C. The Western Dis tillers and Cattle Feeders' Trust , the trustees of which have bcon In session hero for the past two days , concluded their labors to-day. Mr-Adolph Woolncr said this ovunlng they nro gutting the leading distilleries as rapidly ns posilhlo and that the trust 1 $ nn ns- suied success. Thoolllccrselectee were : John II. ( Jrtehait , ot 1'er.rln , president ; Groigo Gihson , sccic-uuy. and W. M. Hobnrt , ot ( 'lncniKitl ) , treasurer. Mr. Woollier says the capital stock will not bo fixed until tlio hienihenlilu is Idled , but that It will ho at least : -M.iM)0ooo ' ) nnd will ho based uuon the ' - ' . ' . - ol the conccrub which lulu
