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II m i , 1 The Omaha Sunday Bee I H 1 I | | NINETEENTH YEAH , OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , NOVEMBEET24 , SIXTEEN PAGES ? NUAIBEll IST * I I POLICE OF ROME PUZZLED , W A Myatory of Two Boxoa Whloh Hj Dofloa TJoravollnff lj ( RECKLESSNESS OF CITY DADS H i their Ucslro to Emnlntn the Pro H KressIvo Spirit iif Ctfo i\r Aug * H usIur Brings Munnolnl H Kuln Upon the City l A Home llox My tcry Ki tropi/rfofintBO bu Jama Gordon JJtmi'lM H Rome , Nov 23 , | Now York Herald H Cable Special to Tim Unci About four H 1 tccn months ago a couple of boxes were loft H I at the house of Slgnorn Teresa Toll , No 20 R 1 Via Ccrnala , Home , ty two parties , who said H { tlicy were for a Gcrmon gentleman staving 11 there 'Xhcro happened to bo a German U lodging in the liouso , and Slgnorn Toll , Ki believing the boxes were for him , took mthem \ In Whan the Gorman examined the B { contents ho declaredtho , boxes were not for m [ him The landlady allowed him to remain n B , few days , thinking thcro must tiavo been M seine mlstnlto , but no ono turning uu she K ' tried to 11 nd the porters who carried 1 them to her bouse , but in this she B was unsuccessful She finally consulted B the poltco , who exhausted oviry ln- j [ ' qulry in vain and took possession H | of tbo boxes , which now Ho la their custody H ! I hnvo Been the boxes and have been in- H ! formed of their contents , but I have not M been nllowod to inspect them Amongst a B , number of books in French , English nnd Italian is the will of Joseph Colgntu , who B ; dicd _ In America on Juno 18 , 1SS7 , and nn B ; cnvolnpo addressed to Eugenia Colguto , No ' 55 John Btreot , New York city Vi Thcro are also others addressed J to Italians in Homo , who , however , l cant bo found An Invitation to Mrs Rlggs Bi for a solrco at Mrs Marshall's.Ruo ' Chatcau- duu , Paris , soma crested paper with a coat of arms composed of three sheila nnd a I mailed horse , and a quantity of wearing ap- paid The supposition is that the owner of HH { the boxes is an American who has met with Hi foul play , or perhaps the boxes HBjk with , the will , etc , have been stolen , H ? , but the thieves , afraid of discovery , Hi got rid of them in this way , HH The first theory seems inoro probable , for , 1 notwithstanding the efforts of the police , no HH persons of the names of Colgate , Itlggs or HH Marshall can bo found to claim any eontiec- HH tiou with the boxes or their owners , ami , as HH I Btatcd , the Italians Giovanni Rosottn and HH Ludovico Tamburrino can nowhere bo ' traced , Quaestor Signor Santngostlno La * Qucstucra Roma has the matter to hand ! CRoma Is Just now passing through a crisis which , unless tbo government comes to the rescue , may provo disastrous A few years Ago a lnudnblo desire to emulate Cmsar Augustus in building n new and moro mag i nificent It y a took possession of the city tcdilcs , who , without sufficiently counting the cost , laid out miles of street ana squares of splendid palaces and edifices , for i which whole Cistrict of modern but very un- HB ) salubrious habitations bad to bo bought up HHs nud cleared away The Ghetto , though not HHj amongst the unhealthy list , was thus en- HH tlroly swept away , and six new bi idges also HH wore begun Only ono of the latter , Ponte HH Garibaldi , has been finished To prosccuto HH these immense works thousands of masons , HH briclclayors , painters and carpenters HH were induced to como to Rome HR and all woatoa merrily till the funds began HH to lack Then ono by ono the different HH works came to a standstill , worlnnon were HH thrown out of employment , and thou dis- HHcontent \ , which culminated In the disorderly HHj | rows and riots of February 8 last The H authorities , rouBOd to do something , arrested HHj anumnorwhom tboy acsignatcd the ring HH > > loaders , ana who , by the way , have not HHt yet been brought to trial ( Wo want habeas HHj corpus in Italy ) . Others were sent by the HHJ government to their homos in various parts HH of the kingdom with injunctions not to ra- HH turn to Rome , unless they should first ho ap- Hli pointed to work here , under penalty of Ira Hi prisonracnt Another largo loan was con Hi tructcd and several of , the Interrupted HK | works were ' recommenced , nnd HH thus the discontent was stifled HB tor a tlrao The alarming fact.now comes to HH light that tbo munlclplo has thrown its last HHi itako , that it is utterly impossible to go on HL ° without pecuniary help from the govern HH ment , nud that such help must bo given at Hj once before winter sets in The king has HHs ordered a commission of inquiry HH into this state of affairs , Doubt HH less some way out of the dlf- HH culty will bo arrived at , but tbo HH government Is not overburdened with money HH The misery and distress prevailing all ever HH Italy do not warrant an Increased taxation HHJ What is to bo dona nobody seems to know , HHL but as the chamber opens next week some HHJ light may bo thrown on the subject HHJ H THINKS HIS HAH BURN LinELED HHJ liord Huston Begins Action Against HHl tlio North London Press ; ICopi/rttfM nfOly James Oonlnn litnntU ' ] HHJ LoNnos , Nov S3. [ Now York Herald HHJ [ Cable Special "to Tun Hen ] There was HHJi an unimatcd iceno outsldo Justice Fields HHJ ; clumbers ' at the royal courts of Justice this HHJ mgr ulng Everybody wanted to bo In at tbo H * start of Lord Euatou's libel cass agalast the HHJ' ' North London Press It may seem difficult HHJtolmagmawhy It should bo so , but admlt- HHJ i tanco could uot bo gained Eager reporters HHJ by the score wore there , outsldo , and out V aldo they remained Even had they gotten HHJ Inside they would have Hula to do , as publl- HHJ cation of an account of the proceedings HHJ would constltuto contempt of court HHJ bord Euston was represented by Lionel n Hart , who was Instructed by Lewis & Lewis HHJ , ofElyPlaco Mr , Parker , editor of the HHJ | North London Press , was represented by HHJ Slater The summons , which is Issued at the HHJ tnstanco of Henry James , earl of Euston , HHJi called upon parties concerned to attend at HHJy the Judges chambers to-aay when appllca- HHJ tlon would bo tnado for leava to Institute HHl criminal proceodlngs airatnst Ernest Pnrko , HHl editor of tbo North London l'ress , in respect HHl of libel upou said Henry James , earl of Eus- HHl , ton , contained In the iesuo of tbo HHJ , ' paper of November 10. Under , tbo HHJ > news a 'ptr libel law amendment HHJi act it is necessary , before any proceedings HHJ ) tor criminal libel can bo taken against an HHJ editor or publisher of any newspaper that HHJ t ho sanctlou of the Judges should be obtrlned HHl No opposition was offered to tbo issue of HHl } udl < flal sanction asked for In this case , HHl and ' it was thcroforq at once HHJ granted Lord Euston was not pros H at , but Lionel Hart , on his HHJ behalf , put in an affidavit iu HHl which Lord Euston saldi The attroclous M libel that I nave Peon guilty of an impossl- H bio nud uuspoaWablo crime , Is absolutely V without fpunJatlou It U also without HHv ' HHHb I i1i " jYiBBrtMHt- * * - * , . . i HHHH aMW HHHHBSs ' 'i.s | ' > ' * ' ' ' 4" iii . . -uj foundation thnt I have loft the country and gene to Paris " This afternoon Gcorgo Lowls made formal application at How street pollco court for a summons against Parko , and the case will probably bo hoard thcro next week The North London Press , In announcing the intention of Lewis & Lewis to nnko ap plication , saystV6 may say at once that wo shall offer no rcststnnco to the applica tion If the charges wo preferred against Lord Euston are untrue and were made without Bufhclcnt reason wo have no deiiro to escape the natural and inovltablo ponaltv of misleading the public on so grave a mat ter Now that Lord Euston's case is to bo made the subject of n Judicial inquiry we shall of course utter no syllable that can bo construed Into an attempt to luflucnco pub lic opinion against him " I'OINIS MtOU PA HIS The i'roiloil Capita ! Troubled With n Clironlo Keg IConwfoht tSSO fiy JrtmM ffnrtli'ilertietM Paws , Nov 2.T. | Now York Herald Cable Special to Inn Hrn ] The weather is now flno , clear and cold The Holes , do Houlouno Is dally covered with a mantle of frost , which suarkles in ttio sun until tbo afternoon fog , which ccoms to have become chronic , plunges all into obscurity again The Paris season is yearly becoming shorter The grandu dames of the Pnuburg St Ger main are already taking wing for the Hiv loria , Pau or Italy The theatrical season has not opened auspiciously The dismal falluro of "La Bulehcronno" at the Cornedlo Francals has been followed bv a very stupid play at the Vaudovlllo by Janvlor do la Motto , Intended to bo a satiric on modern society morals It , fell flat in spite of the very fair acting of Marie Wagnior and M. Dioudonno Another falluro wns "Dc3aix , " a national military drama In ilvo acts , produced Prlday night at Ch.itoau do Eau We were treated to a f ull banquet of battles of the first empire In Austria , Italy and Egypt , and General Uonaparta himself was impersonated with the traditional cocked hat and big boots , but Pnrisans im- lmmcdiatoly expressed their disapproval nt this attempt to revive military fuss and feathers on the stage , and the curtntn fell nmldst frigid silence , mingled with a few hisses The rncins season is ending with qulto a series of accidents to liorsos On Thursday Lo Torpillour , the most celebrated stceplc- ohasor In Prance , who had recently won for bis owner , M. G. Lr-dnt , ever 159,000 francs , came to grlot nt the big wall Jump atAnlcull Lo Torpillour carried no less a weight than oightv-four lcllogrammcs Ho took tbo wldo water J amp and cleared It with difficulty Ho then rose too soon at the earthen wall and landed with all his weight on his near foreleg , which snanpod in two like a match Ibo gallant stccplo-chascr was at once shot The Heralds expedition to meet Stanley is warmly approved by the French , German and Italian papers , and the editorial of the Indcpcndcnco Hclco , cabled you some tl.no ago , in lefcrcnca to Stanley and the Herald , has been reproduced by fifty-three different newspapers in Trunco alone and is rapidly making a tour of the entlro continental press The little commune of Audos , department of Allior Tremdouso , is In commotion Abbo Martin was robbed of 150,000 francs under the following circumstances Ho relates the story himself ; "At 2 o'clock in the morning of November 131 was in bed asleep I sud denly felt the clutch of two strong hands about my throat I was gagged with a bootjack nnd my head was covered with a bed shoot , so that I could neither defend - fond myself nor shout for help I fait the point of a sharp stcol instrument pressed against my car and a mans voice exclaimed : 'If you move you nro a dead mnn ' The rob bers then found the sum of 00,000 francs that I had received the day before and took It away with them As they did this they cut the cords with which my brother and myself had been bound nnd disappeared It would bo lmpossiblo for us to rccognizo tl0 } robbers oven if wo should see them " The history of these C0,000 francs Is very curious , They are tbo annual revenue re- eolved by the abbo for n number of years It seems that ten years ago a haggard young man , clad in rags , called upon the priest nnd said that ho bad dishonored his family , which was wealthy and respectable , by com mitting a grave crime This waif wished to remain unknown and pnss the rest of his life In a monastery Tbo abbo found a monastery in Spain that would recolvo tbo repentant slnnor In a year afterwards Abbo Martin received a letter from a notnry announcing that ho was rcslauary Icgatco of M. Do X. , who had dlod in aSpanlsh monastery Tbo abbo wont to recolvo the hoi Itngo The property amounted to many millions The family of the deceased lived in the department of Allicr They believed the testator bad died long ago and a brother had como into possession of the estate Great was their astonishment when the abbo appeared with a will The abbo finally agreed to renounce tbo 16gaey on con dition thut ho received an annuity of 00,000 francs a year , and would swear a solemn oath on his faith as a confessor to dlscloso tbo name of the deeoased monk Abba Mar tin accepted tbeso terms , and since tbon has rccolvod regularly the annuity of 60,000 francs The robber must huvo been cog nizant of this Hobs ItnyiiioncI ConvictTl of Porstery ( Copi/riiiM icsa by Jama Oonlnn Dennett ) Makchksteu , Nov 23. [ New York Herald Cable Special to Tub Hbe.I Ross Raymond mend , who has been in jaii hero since August , was convicted today of uttering a forged bill of exchange for 31 at Ulackpool last summer , when bo personated Beunott Uurlolgb , war correspondent of the London Telegraph Ho will bo sentenced Monday m llio Wcddlns Postponed tfnn/rfeM UDQbv Jamct Uortlon llnnttt.\ \ London , Nov , S3. | Now York Herald Cable Special to Tub Hec I Tbo marriage of Mr Hallard Smith to Miss Huttorflold , which was arranged for Monday next at St Martins la the Fields , has been postponed until spring because of the continued ill health of Miss Uuttorllold , and will ba celebrated - brated from thorosktenco of Mrs Uuttorflcld in New York America Will l.cnil a Hand U.tino , Nov S3. Schuyler , the new American minister , In presenting bis creden tials to the khedive today , assured his majesty that if Americas co operation was considered useful In completing the mixed tribunals for lurhtenlngtbo financial burdens and aiding in the development of the country , it would be forthcoming A Government Match Monopoly Pahis , Nov 22. In the chamber of deputies today the measure proposed by Leydel in favor of allowing the free manu facture of matches was rejecto ] . ICouvler , the miujster of lluanoo , thereupon announced - nouncod that the government would estab lish a direct monopoly of the business n ' , , * , , , , , ji'sv ' • ' - ' ; " " " • " * mae'X'sif" ' ' i ' " ajiiiiig"ii LONDON'S" ' SOCIAL SCANDALS , They Contlnuo to Bo the Main Topio of DlsouBslon POLITICS THROWN IN THE SHADE A Dlfljvxlilon Shown on the l'nrt of the Itonio Ofllco to Shield the Guilty Parties ltlgld In quiry Dcmnnilcd Outstiiiien All Other Hubjecti ICnuyrtpM ISSDbu Jnmn Gordon UointUA London , Nov 23. [ Now York Horaid Coble Special to Tub Hru.1 Although there is a little bit of a stir golugon In the political world , owing to the natural anxiety of the Gladstonians to tlnd out exactly where tboy stand , and to the growing porploxitlcs of the conservatives , yet the main interest still centers round tboso dreadful social scandals to which I rofcrrcd last week , and to which I am compollcd to return , for although many of the great London papers maintain sllenco with regard to them , the public is not silent In every oirclo these scandals and events to which they nro likely tu giva rise , form continual subjects of discus slon How can it bo otherwise , considering the names which are associated with'thomj As for supposing that tbo newspapers huvo power by keeping silence to hush up the whole affair , thnt is the most hopolcss o'delusions , The secret Is now u very open ono , and too many persons nro deter mined it shall como out to afford any chance of permanent concealment Lat the eullty persons bo brought to Justice That is the first , last nnd inovltablo requirement of the situation Thcro is no compromise possible , and there ought to bo none The injury that Is caused by the present state of affairs Is Incalculable Scandal mongers are golhg about repeating the names of entirely Innocent persons and accusing them of complicity with the crimes In this way listeners increase hour by hour'uutll If ono listened to all that is said it might be supposed that half the men of.fashion about town were onvclopod Conjecture runs wild and scarcely anyone is spared Tire of this kind soon spreads , ns wn all know , nnd it is lmpossiblo to say where it will stop For this reason , among others , and guided by his usual discretion and knowledge of tbo world , the princoof Wales immediately on his return to London this week determined to got nt the truth and threw the whole weight of bis great influence against any further atlompts at concealment Ho has been absent from London the gieater part of the time this vile affair has boon the thouio of publio rumor , and of course ho cant bo bold responsible , directly or indirectly , for what has been done or left unaono to put the of fenders in the doclc Ho is not minister of justice , but ho doubtless bos a correct ap preciation of the increase of mischief that would bo occasioned by efforts to screen the criminals simply because they occupy high stations In society It anything could stnko a deadly blow at what may bo called aristo cratic institutions it would bo that The fact is that the busy tocguo of rumor has now been darted nt so many persons in the very highest circles that for the protection of society itself prosecution is indispensable There is not the least reason to doubt that some of the gentlemen to give them their conventional name who have been traced to tbo abomlnablo house wont there innocently They were taken there by friends merely to see what was going on , and it is possible that some of thorn thought it was a gambling house At any rate that will bo the defense set up in a few cases Of course It will bo for tbo jury to decide whotbor this Is a crcditlblosiory The actual proof of guilt cant bo arrived at in nil cases That is the rock on which the news papers that publish names are huely to como to grlof They cant possibly hold the evidence - donco which will bo roquislto to prove their accusations But is there no cvldcnco in ) Thcro Is , and upon that will bang a good deal when parliament meets , for I may ns wall toll you at once that several members of parliament are fully resolved that everything shall bo dragged Into tbo light of day , coulo uvo coulo Thay will bo found as a rule on the radical stdo of the house of commons No doubt political motives may inspira the course of action la certain Instances , but it must bo said that there is great indignation in many quarters of the use of money , oy which persons who are well known to nave boon guilty , have been suffered toflscapo. . Homo Secretary Matthews cant possibly bo ignorant of the clrcumbtnaces connected with tbeso proceedings At any rate It was clearly his business to know all about thorn , consequently thcro will undoubtedly bo a formidable attack made upon him wien the session opens , I have beard It stated lliat the radicals confidently anticipate being ablu to drive him from ofllco on tbo strength of an indictment they are prepared to bring forward , but Mr Matthews is a shrewd man , and there is very much doubt whether ho bos done anything which can proporl.v render him amenable to severe party censure How the case stands as regards Munroo , chief commissioner of pollco , will not bo disclosed at the present momeut , but it Is pretty certain that ex traordinary inlluenco has boon brought to bear upon him to restrain him from doing bis duty , There is a story whispered that a friend or relative of ono of the persons Im plicated went into Munroo's room and threatened to take his Ufa tbaro ift be pro ceeded ono step further In the proceedings which seemed to bo pending It is not likely , bowover , that Munroe would bavo been frightened by that Eutreattes and arguments may have bad greater effect Certain it is that be has not acted Why ) That is what the mem bers of parliament In question are detormlnod to find out , and I dent see what is to pre vent them Too injury to publio morals , " some may say Hut is not Injury done to publio morals by allowing the ring leaders in violation of law , which are now notorious , to escape scot frool Is there no barm done in permitting the rumors which now fill the town , and which ari > spreading all ov < jr Europe , to reaou and perhaps destroy Inuoi cent persons ! These are questions which have to bo considered , besides tbo simple issue whether it would not bo bettor to bury the entlro affair | n obllvlun , Publio moral ity seems to call for notion , and to call for It in a manner whioU williaxo no refusal That is the point wo have arrived at Today a list has been tiandod to mo of tbo alleged guilty persons , and upon it I find the names of tboso who are known to all , atid whom 1 for one cant bellevo to bo truly charged I bavo reason to believe thai thU list is iu possesion of at least four editors Its existence sod circulation shows the no- ccsslty of putting an ernVtolhe present mys tery If the persons hcrolat'down nro inno cent , ns I cant ' doubt ti the case , at least In some instances , what a borrlblo wrong Is intllctcd on them by the foul stain which ts now cast upon their names , That is again and again considerations which show the authorities the folly of supposing that permanent concealment Is possible Of course there will prcsontly bo soma paper or other n little bolder thnu n local paper which has bcea hauled up today that will publish the whole list Tbo editors will forthwith bo tent to prison Hut can the matter rest there 1 Will not the larger section of the publio env thnt if tbo pollco authorities will not do their duty the press must not bo prosecuted for tryina to compel them ! Is it dcsirablo to have a sorics of prcs9 persecutions in con nection with such n. scandal ns this ! The answer seems to bo obvious : How much longer will it take the authorities to see it ! Thnt they have prosecuted some of the culprits only makes matters worse Potty underlings are not tbo per sons the publio wont to got at Bring out the men whoso money started the house and kept It up nnd by whom the revolting prno • ticos were actually committed That Is what the publio roqulrcs , and thov will have their way in the endue , matter who may opposa thorn At the time I am writing another consulta tion is going on at the bomo olllce I bcllovo that during the tVook George Lewis , a very wlso man , ns well as the shrewdest solicitor alive , and Sir Chnrlcn Russell have both boon consnltod with reference to vari ous points It is much lo bo hoped that a plain and stralghtrorwprd course will betaken taken , oven at the eleventh hour A Mbmoku Olf Paiim VMFNT ' TUB PAHNHtiti COMMISSION Some IntorostliiK Stntlstlu ? In Con nection With the Cnso [ Copi/rlnJit / 3) hu Janin ( Ionian nemnlt.1 ' Losnos , Nov 2J. [ New York Ho rald Cable Special to Tub Beb.J During the 129 days the Parnell counnisston sat the prcstdont expressed an opinion , addressed observations to the court or wltnossos or made casual remarks Gil times Sir Archi bald Smith 403 und Sir John Day only once , and that at the very beginning of the Inquiry Irrospoctlvo of ques tions addressed to witnesses the attorney general has made 002 observations and Sir Henry James 420 , Sir Charles Rus sell being close upon thojheols of the latter with 421 , while Davltt offered 120 , Blggar 40 , ' Sexton 9 and Parnoll ! > . , ; Exactly 500 wit nesses wore called , to whom 03,207 quostlons were put Murphy , Q. 0.'for the Tlmos ox- amlncd 117 , while Atkinson on the same sldo examined 93 , the atforhoy general 74 , Sir Henry Jnraos 45 , Ronan ' 09 , aud Graham jj On the nationalist soV ! Ihoro were com paratively few witnessescalled ) , and of tbeso Reed examined 41 , whtlaiijir Charles Russell only took 11 , but Sir Charles made it up in cross-examination of 175 Times witnesses , including four of the jOhlbf ones Pigott , Mr Houston , Captain OjShoa and LoCaron Of the witnesses called * 23 wore named O'Connor , 24 Walsh , 2i'Ma rphy , 10 Burke , 14 Sullivan and Kelly nn&ill O'Brien ' , whllo the names of no fewer than r4fj places com mencing with Duly weres niontioned in the course of the cvldcnco , 4 A Jf • - * INSPlltli.8 CONFIDENCE Brazil Hnhkrrs and lcrcliants Hnvo Faith in tin Republic ( CnpvrtgM J683 by Jomc * Gordon Bennett ) Rio JAjJBino , Nov 23. | Now York Herald Cable Special to . Tub Beb ] The Govern ment urogramino deposing tbo Imperial dy nasty maintains tbo rights and liberties of the people , abolishes tbo council of state , the lifo tenure ot senators and dissolves tlf& chamber of deputies The new states will , in the exercise of their lcgltimato sovereign ty , decrco their definite constitutions and elect deliberating bodlos All railroad fran chises the provincial government recognizes us la the power of tbo state governments only to grant 4 The republican form Isj awaiting the final verdict of the nation to bo joxpiossod at the coming election , V The army nnd navy aro/to / bo subordinate to the general government The state governments ' ernments may organize a clvlc guard , There has been no serious opposition to the new government lit desultory fights in Bahia and Marunbo six men wore killed and several wounded * The ex-prlmo rniuiaterJsaUod forEuropo on the 19th. Senator SUverfa Martins was ar rested at Santa CathaVlna Tbo Compto d'Eu has issued a farewell address declaring that ho ( cols no malice and is anxious to bo useful to Brazil I , The constituent assomply has not yet bcon convoked Tbo merchants accept the situa tion , i The managers of the * Germatf , London , Brazilian and English bands of llio Janeiro say tbo situation is satisfactory The gov ernment has Inspired confidence KHatinns Kotahlishod * W.vsniNOTOv , Nov 23. Dr Valento , the Brazilian minister , today received a cable gram from Rio Janeiro ' stating that United States Mlnistor Adams bad ostabllshod re lations with ttm government now in contiol of affairs in that country Ho communi cated the information to the state depart ment and it is reported that ho urged upon the secretary the expediency of this govern ment instructing Minister Adams to complete - pleto the act ot formal recognition SAMPAN iFPAlIta Mnllotoa King and Taipaaoso Chosen as Vloo ; p lnic- Sat * FnANCisco , Nov fB Advices from Samoa dated Novembor5 , raay everything Is quiet there , the rcpor ] of fighting Fast month having boon incorrect Notwithstandlngths provisional election last month which rcsultcd Jn the cboico of Mataafa as king ana MallL-toa as vlco-i < Ing , the followers of Tamasesoh' an election in the first week of November resulting In the ) choice of Mallotqa as liiti and Tamascso as vice-king. Tbo solectlju ' ot Mataafa last month was but a tomphyary arrangement , and both the natlvo and foreign residents are looking to the three powers to settle ibo difficulty > Thcro has boon considerable apprehension of an epidemic ot typhoid fever several sailors of tbo German war vessel Sophia dying with what was supposed to ba that disease , but the surgeons of /ituorlcan / and German - man yessclsliavo pronounced the discaso an aggravated form of the pamoan fever , and attribute it greatly to the decoying sub stances of the wrecks of tbo w r vessels that were lost last March Ktemiuhip Arrivals At Qucenstown The jAuioro , from New York , I At London SightedLa Uourgogne , from New York for Ilavro - * At New York The Dovoriia , from Glas gow , and the Peanlaudvfronf Antwerp At Hamburg The Augusta Victoria , from Now York The Iowa , from Boston Jor Liverpool , yasscd Klusale this worohit it , , f „ POOR PRIME FERDINAND Austria Snuba Him to Provo Ho Love for the Oznr NO FAITH IN THE REPUBLIC That Brazil Can Exist Without n Monarchy Germany Cant Hollovo Wllholin Opposes Ills Sisters ter's Hiiislnn Suitor PrnvltiK Their Good Fnlili [ Copi/i / iuM 18S3 III the yew YorU Attorfntul Prti A Hkiimn- , Nov 23. The terms of the truce between Austria and Russia which Bismarck forced upon Count Knlnoky are already partly fulfilled on the Russian sldo The czar has stopped tbo pan-Slnvist commlttco from sending agents into Bulgaria for the purpose of agitation , The Austrian sldo has brought about n rupture of tbo proposed marriage of Prlnco Fcrdlnnnd to the Princess DAlocon ' Count Kalnoky has instructed the Austrian consul in Sofia to modify his partisanship In bohnlf of Prlnco Ferdinand Finally , Emperor Francis Joseph has con sented to grant to Trcntino autonomous local administration The members of the Italian Tyrol will henceforth assemble at Trent The diet at Innsbruck supported the separation Em peror Francis Joseph lias also ordcrod the release ot sovcrul Irrodentibts imprisoned at Innsbruck , Including Rossi and Zampleri , editors ot the Italian Indopondonto , who were convicted of treason , These concessions amount practically to little It the Inns bruck diet had not voted for the separation of Trontino Emperor Francis Joseph would have acceded to the proposal A further reason for his giving his assent Is that by doing so a stop was put to the raanceuVcrlng of Signor Crispi , the Italian premier , for the annexation of Trcntino to Italy Signor Crispi has now abandoned his plan of visiting Prince BUmnrok at Filedrlchs- ruhe Although the quotation of the Bulgarian loan has been stopped Count Kalnoky per mitted thoLandorbankyestorday to advance 5,000,000 francs to the government nt Solla Ills policy continues to bo to sccuro a tighter grip upon the Bulgarian government with or without Prince Ferdinandwho , wroth nt the change in his porsonnl situation , thrcatons to resign Russia , behind a pcacoful diplomatic mask , does not ccaso her massing ot troops upon horfrontiors The work of railway oxton- slon is being accelerated in order that the stragctic system may bo complctod by May Publio opinion tends to doubt the per mancuco of Brazilian republic The North Gorman Gazette says : The present wicldcrs of power must bo warned to avoid measures that must force European states to interfere to protect their countrymen " Cable dispatches to Hamburg firms assert that the now ministry is divided by florce personal quarrels ; that General da Panaceas ' ' his col- acea's dictatorial manner irritates - lcagues and that Jijg caignatloa is desired A prcdictlon'wbicb finds credence is thattlui republic will tfreak into three States , Equa torial Central and Southern , the latter hav ing a largo Gorman population claiming the protection of tbo fatherland The members of the Cobourg family , who are related to Dom Pedro , met at Vlonna yestorday"to consider what action they should take in tbo event of the nppoaranco of a monarchist reaction , Telegrams from Lis bon were road at the meeting expressing hope of the rcstotation of tbo monarchy The family feeling is in favor of an attempt to place Dom Pedro's sailor grandson , Prince Pedro , on the throne It tins been decided , however , to await the ariival of the exiled emperor The German court will leave Potsdam on Thursday nnd will como to Berlin for the Winter season , which promises to bo the most brilliant ever kr/fewn / to tbo oiuplro , inakiug up for the successive periods of mourning Numerous fotcs will bo given at the bcIiIoss Household Mlnistor Puoadorff has advised " the diplomatic corps of tbo change in coremonkjl etiquette at court ordered by the emperor No details have escaped him The uniforms prescribed for statu officials , published in the Rcichsanzclger , are fixed to the last button Diplomats are re quested to adbero to the specially mentioned gala uniforms The first grand reception will bo held on the 17th mst and will bo fol lowed by a serlos' of banquets , tableaux , vlvants and balls Emperor Williams visit to Darmstadt is fixed for the 3th ult The emperor intends to quarrel with the grand duke of Hesse for the part taken by him In the Morior affair Tbo emperor still withholds his assent to the betrothal of his sister Margaret to tbo czarowltch Prince Bismarck is reported as approving the match Tbo princess Herself is willing since meeting her suitor at > Athens The reluctance of the emperor is attributed to the weakly constitution of the czarowltch The fact that the princess is a Lutheran is no obstacle - staclo to the match , as alio Is ready to Join the great orthodox church Prlnco Bismarck is expected to take part In the dobnto on the second reading of tbo socialist bill in the rolchstag Tuesday The elections la Berlin for renewing one third ot tbo members of tbo municipal coun cil resulted in the return of thirty-four pro gressists and six socialists No conservative was returned in spite of official support A mine near Recklinghausen , Westphalia , bas been flooded and 250 men Imprisoned since last evening , Emperor William has authorized the estab lishment ot a lottery to be managed by a syndloata for the purpose of raising the sum of 7,000,000 , marks for a site on which to erect a monument to the late Emperor Will iam iam.There There was a largo Increase In the socialist vote In the reichstag today HorrSinner challenged the truth of Count Herbert Bis marck's statement that the Wohlgemuth incident had been closed with Switzerland On tbo contrary , ho said , the socialists had reason to Know that pressure was still being brought to bear on Switzerland against the socialists Count Herbert re plied that the Swiss government was actively submitting socialists to the laws and that Germany had now nothing to complain of The ICrcuz Zcliung , referring to War Minister Du Vornois , defense of Count Von Wnldcrsea in tbo rcichstagyestorday , states that the czar whllo in Berlin oxpressnd to Prince Bismarck bis conviction that It was the military measures in (3 or ma ay that showed Hint a powerful inlluenco was at work to drive the country to war The trial of express agents Foolscb , Rlech- era , Bchryor , FUhor , Becker , Hartrodt and others for shipping goods under falsa decla rations for the purpose of securing rata * balnw the regular tariff is in progress in Hauiurif _ fleoklnjj ' Nocbo's Pardon Cujcaoo , Nov , 23.Speolal [ Telegram to Tub BkeJ Governor Fifcr , at iSprlngtleld , nuui matr . f " - ' -iJ8S = a.WnJ""ii4ji' ' V"i" today hoard Hon John N. Hills , E. S. Dreycr , the banker , and LonlsV. . Noobo of Chicago In behalf of a pardon for Oscar Ncobo , the anarchist , A long petition numerously signed was prosontcd to tbo governor The governor llstoncd patiently , but said nothing to Indicnto What his decision will bo At the end of the consultation bo simply said : Gentlemen , I will take the matter under ndvisouiont and glvo It my final attention as quickly as possible " The anarchists friends feel confident that tbo governor will ultimately grant the pardon oslcod THE MORMON INV1I3TIOArlO.V. President Wooilruir Says Its Only the Periodlonl Chestnut Ciliotno , Nov 23. In response to a telegram - gram tram the Associated press asking n statement concerning the present linoitlsa- lion In Salt Lake City , President Woodruff ot the Mormon church sends a dispatch In which ho soys : This 1b the periodical Mormon sensation which wo are accustomed to expect in No- vombor Congress meets in Dorembor and it Is presumed the usual efforts will bo mndo to secure legislation against the Mormons In addition wo are on the ova otan important municipal election hero which tbo nntl-Mor- mons hope to carry by provcntlng the naturalization ot Mormons "Tlicios absolutely nothing In the Mor mon religion Inconsistent with the most pa triotic devotion to the government of the United States The revelations nud com mandments ot the church rcqutro thnt the constitution and laws of the land shall bo up held It is also a part of our bcliot that the time will como whan the country will bo dis tracted and general lawlessness prevail Then the Mormons will stop forward and tnko an actlvo part In rescuing the nation from ruin "In regard to the claim that the priesthood or chief authorities of the church assert tbo right to control the Mormon people In nil temporal matters , including political uffau-s , Iwouldsny : I am the head of the church and t do not make any such claim It would bo lmpossiblo to exorcise it if f did The charges of undue interfer on co iu elections Is absurd The balloting is strictly secret The management of the elections to the smallest details is in the hands of the United States government ap pointees That the Mormons are united po litically is largely duo to their being con stantly and vindictively nssniled by a small mmorlty who seek to control tbo majority "A good deal is being made of the form ot prajor based upon two verses in the sixth chapter of the revelations of St John In the now testament It rotates to praying that God might avenge the blood ot the prophets An attempt has been made to connect this with the avonglug of the death of Josopn and Hiram Smith It can have no such applica tion as the ondowtnont oath was given long before the death of Joseph and Hiram Sratth nnd has not been changed These mon were murdered by a local mob dlsgutsod " Concerning the cry about blood atonement , thcro is this : The foundation of our religious faith is a belief in the atoning blood of Christ Wo bollovo in the scriptural doctrlpo , whoso sheddoth mans blood by man • shall , his blood bo shed ' But we also bollovo alt oxo- cutlons for murder shall bo under the law of the land and by its onleors only The statements of apastato Mormon wit ness tliat the endowment ceremonies involve the death penalty upon tboso who ioavo tbo church and disobey tbo priesthood are simply untrue Mormons on the stand have u right to decline to disclose the lunocont formula of the endowment , Just as Masons have a right to refuse to disclose Masonic rituals " Polvirnmy a Divine Commind Salt Lute , Nov 23. In the Mormon In vestigation today James Talmadgo , princi pal of the Mormon college , testified that pupils were taught that the revelation in regard to plural marriage was from God ; that the constitution property administered did not lnterforo with the revelations of God The wi.ness believed polygamy right and tbo law against It unconstitutional , notwith standing the decision of the United States supreme court I AN AUSTRIAV EMBEZZLER Josef Busson Arretted on Complaint of Baron Ililitscheolf New Yonu , Nov 23 | Spoclal Telegram to ' 1 he Bnis.l Josef Busson , the bandsoma * young Austrian who was arrested some time ago on the charge ot embezzlement , commlt- ted in bis native land , and discharged , was rearrested today on a complaint of emboz7lo- ment and forgery sworn to by Baron Pulit- scheck , Austrian consul at this port Bus son was postmaster at a city named Cengg , in Hungary , and whllo thorn very skillfully raised money ardors until ha bnd de frauded the government of some $20,000 , Ho then ca ' me to this country The Austrian government located him , and sent ever to huvo him arrested on a charge ot embezzle ment Unltod States Commissioner Lyman did not consider the evidence enough to bold the prisoner As soon as the Austrian government heard ot this it sent over tbo money orders which had boon tampered with and Busson was rearrested Ho is now in Ludlow street jail m Chicago's Chances Brightening Chicago , Nov 23. [ Special Telegram to The Bbe.1 Tbo Chicago worlds ' fair lobby in Washington will bo beaded by Hon , A. E. Stevenson , Cleveland's popular first assist * ant postmaster gonerol , who has been re cently retained by the Chicago people to marshal their forces during the coming ses sion , General Stevenson has Just returned from a missionary tour throughout tbo south , and gladdens the hearts ot Chicago people by saying that be has personally in terviewed 75 per cent of tbo southern con gressmen and that two-tblrds ot tboso seen are for Chicago General Stevenson will depart Monday for Washington with the In tention of remaining tbnro and working for Chicago until the worlds fair is located , A Convention of Spiritualist * . Ciuaaao , Nov 23 , [ Special Telegram to Tub Deb I A national convontlon of spiritualists , representing nearly all the societies of that character in the United States , opens here tomorrow and a largo number of delegates are already In the city , A number ot Important questions concerning tbo belief , Including spirit manifestations , are to bo ennsijorod and addresios issued defluiug the prevailingballof IlaiiKRit n"d Shot Washington , Nov 23. a special from Petersburg , Va , says Bland , the negro who assaulted the daughter ot Ir , Gee , at pis- putanto , near hero , tyas taknq from the Prince ( Jeoige county Jaii at 1 o'clock this morning and-hanged to a trep and bis body riddled with bullets , „ The Deadly Wires PitoviPEKOB , It I. , Nov 21 Timothy Mc Carthy , auolcctrlo lighting lineman , fouled live wires at South Muia ind College streets this afternoon and was iustuntly killed , . . . . . , . . . , ii..i .il.iM..ww i'in wiiiiiiiwwwu'Ba ) < JftlffniiffiiCT nrPiMHBTO THE WOES OF " THE RERATED H Two Moro Ponslou Grnbbora Loaf 1,1 Their Honds Ifl OMINOUS FOR THE RESIDUE | jfl Thcro Will Bo no Relentlne Iliilh- * ! eitlll Hoed Aitnlnst the Field In II the tipcnki-rshlp Hncc Ell Laud Decisions , H Wabiunqtoh Hunitu' Tnr.OxUiu Hen , 1 'III tv M9 rntinTEBNTit Ktiirrt , > MH WAsiiiNdroy D. C , Nov , 23. | ! Samuel II Horsey , assistant clilot ot the l | western division , and William II Davis , ns- J | slstnnt chlof of the middle division of the 41 pension oClco , had their official hendt cut off ! today , bo goes two mora otCorpaial Tan ! ncr's re rated pensioners The for.nor re- II ccivod thcro roratltiKS , from December to , 81 lSb7. to Juno 11 , 1839 , nn incicaso from 112,50 l | to ( J0.50 with arrearages aggregating fl,9S0. II The pension of tbo latter was increased - | | creased from $10 to MO per month * ' ! Thcro will bo about thirty of these omplovos H who wore in tbo ro-ratlng ring discharged HI boforn the work of Secretary Noble and fl | Commissioner Rnum is completed , Some of | tboso who are sclcctod for removal nro bog | Ring llko good fellows for retention Ono of > | the employes who received about $2,500 ar- ' | rcarngos says bo will gladly submit to removal - * | moval rather than dlscorgo Ho is seventy | two years old and does not ox- i | pect to Uvo moro than two or | three yeas His pension Is t30 per ' | month , or $300 a year It will bo seen It . , would tnko ever seven years for his nenslnn V if withhold to pile up the nmount of arrear ates ho received Ho has no wife , and of m com so would entail no pension Ono ' tjL omployo has presented n petition slgned.by ffl : ever ono thousand Union soldiers asking tll that ho bo rutainod Thcro is a state of • § general anxlousncss prevailing at the pen 'jMi sion ofllco , nnd it Is not without gocd cause ii SrEAKKIli-UIP MATTBKS W Although there was great activity today M among the speakership candidates nnd their friends no material progress was reported Ej It continues to bo the field against Mr | Reed Thnt gentleman Is still in New Ycrk I and tboso opposed to him say that ho has B gonn to Gotham for the purpo30 of consult | ing prominent gold men as to how far ho can -tI go In answering the charge that ho is opposed * - to silver coinage It is stated , that ho has { prepared an answer to this"chargo , but In- K submitting it does not want to offend the If monometalists m There bas been an informal conference between - ; tween the representatives of the four west i ' cm candidates and it Is bolloved thnt a secret J understanding has boon arrived at which ' i will govern the proceedings in the caucus in the event of tbo prolonged balloting on next . 5 Saturday The Reed men nro stilt very con fident , nnd while they acknowledge that they ' may not got moro than half of the New ' Yoric and Pennsylvania dologations.thoy say fj Reed has rccelv Lu , sufficient numbgrjLfta- , . . ii$9 i cessions from Ibtnvest and soutli 'tonioko ' up J i for thoTbrcnkrin the cinplr * aud kdystono r * states & rAXI > DFCI8I0V3. * Assistant Secretary ot the Interior Chan'f * Idler I dlor today rendorcd a decision in tbo case of ? ' A. G. Appeud , involving tbo northeast # o.f " section 31 , township 117 north , land district * of Huron , S. D. > It appears thnt Oppoaud filed preemption * \ 1 ilnnl proof for the laud nnd before a decision was made by the commissioner of the gen 1 ' oral land ofllco ho sold tbo tract to the Western - ' orn Town Lot company Apperud's ' right to tbo | * land was rejected Uho Western Town Lot 4 1 company then took nn appoul to the socrotnry J of the mterior Pending this nppoal the f land was contested by Nelson R. Satorleo Jk y The assistant socretury decided that Sater- * .1 leu bo allowed to present proof of his al- < > legations \ ' Land Commissioner Groft today decided f In favor of the claimant In disposing of the 1 " timber culture entry ot Henry F. Lewis nt J < Nellgh , Neb The entry covered the , ' northeast If of soctlon 33. town b ship 21 , rnngo 10 , west , and was contested by John W. Scara The / commissioner says that the claimant , Stnitb , \ has shown good faith and as to the charge 4 , : of failure to eultlvato nnd plant the second I t five acres bis laches were cured by cultl- ! vatiou and plautlng before notlco of contest \ . ' was served J | . ' JfBW TOSTMASTHnS j , ' - Iowa Elgin , Fayottc county , C. L , Frei- " "Si burghans , vice Mary A. Baudor , resigned ; 4t < Bl Oranto , Mitchell county , Mrs M , Van Bll Camp , vice J. C. Van Camp , deceased , # K South Dakota Alpena , Jerauld county , O. ; * ' G. Woodruff , vlco-Isaao Pearce , removed } jIK $ < Gary , Dcnclcounty , William G.Eakins , vice -Hf James Fougor , removed I'm' ' MISCELLANEOUS | S | Senator Paddock and Allison were among 4"ll ! tbo cnllors at the will to bouso today All Silk thrco ot the Nebraska members will vote for$1 John M , Carlson for clerk of the house , 411) ) They will probably vote as a unit for Colonel ' % m Hendorson for speaker , at least on the first mm ballot JfM Among the very few members who visited l | tbo capltol today was Roger Q. Mills of $ m\ \ Texas Mr Mills said bo was not Interested fffl in tbo organization of the bouso but expected ill to see a very llvoly time among the repub- $11 llcans It is understood that ho Is propnr- JswLi lng to load tno minority Into a florco fight W against such amendments to the rules of tbo -Ml bouso as will glvo the jna Jority ubsoluto con jMl Tbo resignation of the postmaster at J N Arapahoe , Neb , has been received by tbo S | U postoQlco department Congressman Laws , g H in whoso district the ofllco is located , bas J m recommended tbo appointment of P. E. 'J III Hovoy as bis successor Mr Laws arrived j | til In the city last night and is quartered on M M Fourth street , midway between the city M ( J hall and tbo capltol , Mr Laws Is accom Jjj In ' panlod by bis secretary , Mr Agor VH | PEitur II , Heath , M\m \ Natural Gas For Chicago nl Cma too , Nov 23. ( Special Telegram to Will The Hbe.I Notlco of incorporation lias been M | 1 filed in tbo ofllco of tbo recorder of Porter 1 j'fli j- wl " county , Indiana , of the Indiana Natural Gas m ft nu Oil company , organized in Chicago , for lit 1 fifty years , with a capital s" > i'c of UOOOOOO * U The five directors elect d ar as follows ) M I Patrick A. MoEwan , John u , ohrs , Auocito JR Hoyos , Hon , Frederick B. Wlntoa and 'jj Robert C , Boll Tboy will pipe natural gas m from Indiana to Chicago Many furmors a will fight their having the right of way for M pipes , etc Some farmers propose to sell tba * * * f land and not lease the right of way , \J | • ' rWm l > pnl"d by Ills Attorney , WB St Louis , Nov , S3. The reports that "Wt Jrnies A , Smith , of the Smith lee it Fuel -Jg company , bad loft the city wHh a Jargo a | amount of other paonlu's money U flatly II donlod by hlu attorney who says Air , Smith | | has uot loft the city , SM > • |