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\ NINETEENTH YEAR OMAHA , SUNDAY - MORNING , , -r JANUARY ( 19 , 1890. SIXTEEN PAGES - NUMBER , 212J.
RUSRIN A MANIAC
England's Loading LUoraturo Hoe
Wholly Lost HIa RoaBoa
HIS MIND A HOPELESS BLANK
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Tbo Malady HaB Boon Orowlnff on
* Hlni For Ton Yearn Past
INTIMATES KEPT IT SILENT ,
Ho "Wno Flret Attacked Whllo Lccto
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turing at Oxlord
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HOME LIFE OF THE WRITER
lntrrrstltifr Information ItoKnrdfiij :
Ills DomcHtlo ArrniiKcmonts and
Ills U'onlth and Valuable Col-
lection of Hooks null Curios
ICovi/rtoM J8W by Jams OimMu JJsaiist' .l
London , Jon 18. rNow York Herald
Cable Special to Tun Beb.1 John Huskln ,
tlio great louder la English literature , has
become hopelessly lnsano
There has been a great deal of whispered
tnllc in thu upper arl circles of London for
months past concerning Mr Rusitlu's condlpu
tlon and the peculiar circumstances by
which it is environed There has boon no
publio comment on the matter bocnuso of
the general desire among his must mtlmato
friends Swinburne , Burne , Jones and
others to have nothing said about
It Now , however , the removal
of his publisher from Orpington to i
London and the change In the sale of Rustb
klu's books from the "no discount syitom
which he instituted to the ordinary methods
prevailing in the book trade , together with i
other circumstances , make iiirthcr secrecy
Impossible The story of the great mans breakdown ,
as told yesterday by a gentleman who for
many years has bcon on business and private i
relations with Mr Huskln is as follows :
Mr Ruskin's mind has boon gradually failw
ine for seven or eight years The first publio '
suspicion of tbo fact occurred at Oxford in '
18S0 , when , oftor dollvc ' ring several lectures -
tures of a series , ho broke down during
the delivery of one , beenmo incoherent ou
the platform nnd greatly exercised the feel
ingb of the sympathetic nudlcncp Ho do-
llvcrod no muro lectures there and the mat
tcravas hushed up His health Improved
and In 1SS3 , on the occasion of his last vuit
j J ondon , ho wont to the Academy , Gros-
vouor and other galleries in company with 1
Oscar Wilde nnd was never moro * porspio-
I uous in comment or brilliant in conversa
tion At this time ho said ho should not I
Immediately return to Brontwood , his resi
dence in Cumberland , ana ho took a place at
Sandsgato in Kent Ho then wont to France
nnd after spending some time at Amiens i
went thence to Florcnco on a visit to )
Miss Alexander , ana seemed in good
health.QAt Venice , however , ho had an attack r
tack ana broke down mentally Mr and
Mrs Sorvorn , living at "irentwood , were
eoiit for In company with them and two
physicians ho was brought homo
Of his Ufo nt Brentwood since his rotnru
very llttlo is known In July last , however t
' Miss Koto Greenaway went on n visit to him it
but her stay was brought to a sudden i
termination by an unfortannto occurrence ,
In company with Mr Buskin she went out
on the moor bnolc of Brontwood to make
souio watercolor sketches In the midst of
her work she noticed her companion was
acting and looking strangely and talktl
ing incoherently Suddenly ho seized
her colors nnd largo brush and
ngrlly daubed paint of all kinds all ever
her sketches She ran back to the house
nnd inforraod Mrs Severn , who sent nn at '
tendant after him , she having ' had an
attendant iu waiting on him ever since Ills
return
Since that time Mr Ituskln has been
necessarily continue ! to his own house No
onooutsldoof Brentwood people has see a
him since August In November too report '
reached London.of his having had n violent
paroxysm during which ho broke all the
windows in his room Since that time ho
bus lain in bed continuously Ho refused !
nil except liquid food and manifested no
desire to got up Ho is steadily growing
weaker and the probability Is that If ho ever
leaves his bed at all events ho will novcr go ;
out of the house again
ills doctor is Charles powers , a local
practitioner of Middlesex 'Ihuru has been
seine rather crltlcul comment among the
specialists of London over the fact that so
eminent a man , whoso condition undeniably |
demands the euro of a specialist in menial
diseases , should have a physician who , whllo |
capable as a general practitioner , ' has sot
tlio special ability winch thucuso Imperatively
needs Mr Hus'rtn's
family physician Is Dr
Acklands of Oxford , a Jifo long friend , but a
difference of opinion between them in 1875
ilcpriycd him thereafter of Dr AolUnnd'/ > ! /
scrvlcos Mrs Severn , Dr Powers and two
attendants now have him in charge , and ill
being retieout In the matter very llttlo Is '
known hero u , to what goes on
Mrs Severn , whoso name has been men
i tinned so frequently of late , is a lady of
jirty Sua was the adopted child of an
elderly lady cousin of Huskln and ou the
deccaso of the roustu became Huskin's only
rolftttvo with theoxcoptlou of another cousin i
Captain Huskln , of the urmy The two
cousins have , however , not been on speaking
terms | for many years On the occasion of
Mrs Severn's marriugo with Severn , a
water color artist , Huskln settled 1,700 on
t Mrs Severn Uo conceived a dislika to Severn
orn booh aft 'nvurd and for years Severn has
not been permitted to live at Hrcntwood ,
Though his wife Iras dwelt there continu
ously tl cy have lived together only during
the periods of Mr Huskin's visits abroad
Air Kufeklu bus muuo a will leaving Brotit-
wood to Mrs Severn The house is n won )
derful Ueasury of art and other valuables !
whoso value cannot bo estimated The
* • owner In twelve years last mist has spout '
over A'100,000 ou artistic gems of various
hinds , and tills In
addition to his many pres
ents from friends make u wonderful collec
tion , Th are are contributions from many
croat English and torelgn artists , Bkotchcs ,
innumer ibln mid a collection of precious
( Btoii s Among his remarkable possessions
• uro 11,00 } missals , soma of them lllumln-
utol uml the rest en grisaille , which
. ere worth a small fortune in themselves
, as
v" * they tompriso one-fourth of the number in
' existence
> Hrcntwood nnd Iti contents comprlso
\ about all Mr Huskin's estate ; ull his money
Uis boon expended there Tlio income from
hU books it from AM0,000 to iio.uoo . per
tf > o > um
WUAVUIt'S ULTIMATUM
The Wily Grccnunckcr Appanrs on
I lie I/cglslntivo Scone
Des Moines In , Jan 18. [ Special Tclo-
grnm to Tub lien ] A now whirl was
given to legislative politics today by the np-
poaranco of the gloved hand of General
James I ) . Weaver , the only greenback ex-
congressman Weaver is now the dictator
0ft the union labor party in this state , and his
party has ono representative In
the legislature , n man by the
nnmo of Ewart , from Poweshiek
county It has Just leaked out that Wcnvor
is trying to use Ewart ns a club ever the
heads of the democrats from his district ,
threatening that if they dent promise to re-
nomlnnto hlra for congress this summer ho
will turn the organization ot the house over
to the republicans Kwnrt Is almost
mesmerized by Weaver , whom ho most
devoutly ] , admires , and has the deciding vote
In the i house If ho would vote with the re
publicans they can organlzo the house
Weaver bns discovered his opportunity
and grabbed it with both hands It has just
become known that last night ho made his
demand of some prominent democrats
from Ewnrts' district nnd told them in
so many words that they must ngroo
t0 nominate him for congress or the republi
cans should organize the house The demand
was not kindly received nnd the democrats
art disposed to refuse It point blank and
defy Weavers ' oowor Ho has pretended to i
bo living In Onlahoma for the greater part of !
tin last year , and it was supposed 1
that ho was out of Iowa i
policies lor good In every sense of the word ,
Hut his sudden appcaranco Just at this time i
puts n new phase on the situation
Ewnrt 1 has gene homo to consult with some i
of his party men , nnd on Monday it will bo
seen whether Weaver has won his demand or
is nblo to carry out his throat Kwait Is
a great prohibitionist , nnd the republicans are )
trying ; to have him see that ho can best servo i
prohibition by helping them to break the
deadlock mid organize the house When i
this proposition was made ho modestly
agreed , on condition that the republicans
would make him speaker At that the subtl
Joct was dropped
Governor Holes Is patiently waiting at his (
homo for the embargo to bo raised , so that
he can bo Inaugurated governor Senator
Allison , who has received every republican
vote in the legislature on rcnominatiou , ts
also resting easily and awaits the election i
with great confidence
A Democratic Proposition .
Dr.s Moines , la , Jan 18. [ Special Tele
gram to The Uee ] The democrats have
prcpaicd , another proposition for the repub-
licans | to consider In the house on Monday
jt will not bo given them until Monday
morning , nnd nil the provisions cannot bo
learned until then It is rumored that the
connnitteo on the suppression of intemperance -
anco is conceded to the republicans if the
democrats , can still have the speaker The
matter , ] will bo presented both to the repub
lican I ( caucus ntid to the bouso
Ulio House
Dr.s Mo.\e , la , Jan IS There was con
oidcrablc fun in the house this tcornlng The
republicans < made an attempt to nttract
Ewurts ( union labor ) from voting with the
democrats by withdrawing Van Steinberg
nnd ] putting In Henry I. Wllcor or Des
Moines ' as the republican nominee for terns
pormy clerk Ulytho made a speech in
which ho said the republicans were moro
numerous than auy ether ono party , and did
not propose to yield to the minority ;
that the republican policy on tornt
poranco legislation had a clearfl majorp
ity In the house , nnd the democrats
nnd-no right to demand the chairmanship of
the committee on the suppression of internr
poranco Dayton , roolying , said that the
republicans plainly had not a majority , and
should not demand so much as they did
Five ballots wore taken , all reiultingin a
tlo
The house then adjourned until 3 p. m.
Monday
Crushed ny a Ijog
Da Moi.srs , In , Jan IS [ Special Telegram ' -
gram to The Uee.1 James Hutton of Elk
hart } township , iu this county , was killed
while loading logs Thursday Ho and his 1
father were in the woods and had just raised
ono . end of a log to place it on the wagon ,
when it sllopod and foil , crushing his head
Ho llvod but thirty minutes after the ucel-
dent , and did not regain consciousness
Another Deserted Child
DuiifQUE , la , Jan 18. | Special Telegram
to Tun 13iil : Justloo , Sharon , a former
living 1 across the river , In Jamoston , Wis ,
heard the cry of a babe at his front door a
couple of nights ago Ho went out and
found a llttlo strnngor about ono month
old , having a note attached to its clothing
asking that the finder take care of
the child , and promising that ho
would bn rewarded with u monthly rcratt-
tauco t from Dubuque Ho can not kcop the
child , but will send it to some instilution in
this city Tnoro Is uo clue to the child's
identity I
THU CHAMPION CKANlt
Froil Hull Tries to Wreck a Trnin For
Muro CurlOHlty
Clevkmsii , O. , Jan 18. fSpecial Telegram [ -
gram , to The Uee.1 Fred Hall , the son of
an , ABhtabula county , Ohio , farmer , has been
arrested , for placing obstructions on the
track j of the take Shore railroad by which n
fast passenger tram was nearly wrecked \ ,
nHall has made a confession admitting his ,
guilt j saying In excuse that ho did It for fun
Ho had never soon a tralu wrecked nnd ho
had ; hid behind u tree aud wAiteil for the
crush , which must huvo como hud not the
obstruction , been discovered The young
man , who Is Iu Jail at Ashtubula , is unusually
intelligent and nobody can understand his
conduct
llorkopmvor of tlio Itnltlmore
Wasiiisotot , Jan 18. The uctual horse
po wcr performance of the now cruiser Bulti-
more on the rccont trial trip was today made
known by the ; navy department The trial
board stated that tt.o aggrcgato Indicated
horsepower developed by the vessel was
10.IH1.18. This
gives Champs a power pro
mlutn of f 100HI.So ,
MuriloruU In lied
llEWEit Cole , Jan 18."A tsJogram from '
Fort Duchesne , Utah , sava William Whitney '
Seymour , u prominent
gontllo ranchman in
the Ashley volley , was lound dead lu bed A"
where ho evidently had been shot whllo i
uslcop It Is believed the murder was com
luittod by Danitos Seyu.our wont to Utah
in 18S3 from Michigan and was a post trader
at old Fort Hornbureer
.
liiiuzn n I ) in3 Museum Attractnn
Cuicaoo , Jan , 18 , John ICudzs , who was
among the four men found guilty of the
murder of Dr Croniuutid whoso pvnlshment
tho'jury fixed at thrco years iu the peulten-
tlory , is a fico man again Ills boll fS.OOO ,
was today furnlshod by a dime museum
manager It is not at all liKely the states
Mill prosecute Kunzo ugaiu
DIVIDED ON [ AFRICA.ofi
Gorman Loudora Barnostly DIscubs
the Subvention BUI
_ .
BISMARCK ' AN UNRULY PATIENT
Ho Insists on Going to Borlln to
Flprht the Socialists
reTl ARE IN A DEFIANT MOOD
Portugal Wants Germany to Mo-
dlato With Bngland
NEUTRAL ATTITUDE OBSERVED ,
.
Flfjaro't | ) Story of nn Appeal by the
I'ortuguso Government to IJIs
niarck Itldlculcd West
plinllnn Miners Strike
rtfrlcnn Subvention Disottsspcl
ICovurtaht I 83 Xcw York .rtssocldtol Prw .j
UEitn.v , Jan 18. In the rcichstag the 1
budget has passed the second reading The 1
proposition to exempt from military Borvlco '
nil theological students was rejected , but tbo |
propositions l for mitigating the terms of
service of such students was accepted
Tboro was great interest taken 1
in ' Fridny's ' debate on the subvention of the 1
African steamship line , Dr Uambcrgor
for the Gorman liberals , Dr Windthorst
nnd Prof Vlrchow energetically opposed the
bill Ex-MInistor Bobrccht practically in-
sured its pnssago by promising thu support |
of the notional liberals upon the second
reading of the bill
Bamberger opposed It on the ground that
the condition of Africa did not promlso a
fair Hold * for commercial cntorpriso , i
and ho cltod in support of his views
the poor results that had followed
tbo establishment of Uermau communica-
tlons with Samoa and Corca
Ho said the government might hotter give
the money atonco to Major Wissinau or the
East Africa company , as in that way the nn-
tion would at least reap some solid ndvautg
ago from its expenditure
. Dr Windthorst spoke from the midst of a
fragrant and beautiful bank of Iknvorsplncod
around his seat It vas his Bovontioth birthfi
dav , and the congratulations of his personal
, friends and political admirers had como to
him in this plcasunt form Ho said bo
thought . the bill was being unduly hastoucd ;
that it should bo submitted to the country
nnd further consideration of tt bo loft for the
next reichstng
. Prof Virchow denied that It was possible
to coloaizo Africa with the men of Europe
because of the deadly climate
Dr von Stephan , tbo minister of posts and
telegraphs , nrguod in favor of the bill
nnd said it was a mcasuro toward augmento
ing and completing the already successful
work of Major WIssman Ho unnouncod
that lines of telegraph would soon bo con
structod in cast Africa , aud declared that
the Transvaal , or South African Republic ,
was so much interested in the projects they
had under consideration that It was prepared
to defray n portion of the subvention upon
the condition that the steamer touched at u
rport accessible to them
Dr Schweninger , Prineo Uismarok's
physiciaan , cautions him to remain nt Friedv
irichsruho , but it is asserted he insists upon
going to Berlin in hopn to force the passage
of the socialist bill , and to give inspiration ,
and the war cry for on electoral conilict to :
the government parties
The Westphalian Gazette reports the
accusation ot the Hamburger correspondent
hat the strikes
throughout Germany are
. fomented by French agents and kept going
by French money It Is not unlikely this is [
a sort of inspired suggestion , nnd that Bismarck -
marck himself will advance the argument
rohited . Ac this Idea in favor of
, the passugo of tbjj , socialist bill , because
in , this gulso ho would bo asking
for , authority not to expel fiom the country
Germans driven to desperation , but an
awfully wicked lot of Frenchmen sent In to
matco unhappy an othorwlso prosperous and
contentea people Everything depends , of
course , upon Uismarc't's ' presence Uulcss
ho 1 comes the bill will bo dropped
The passage in tbo royal speech in the
Prussian I diet that referred to the strikes ts
adversely ( criticised by the socialist organs
Tbo VolksZeitung says that since that is the
view the gpvornmont takes of the situation
of the worklngmcn no workingninu can pos
slbly t vote for a government candidate
An actlvo new socialist paper has np-
pcarod I at Offenburg , named the Frukfurer
Volks-Stimmo. The socialist organs nt
Munich J , Dresden nnd Erfuro have boon en-
largcy 1 and appear daily or thrco times u
week
Herr Singer addressed an enthusiastic
meeting ' of his suunorlors in the four olec-
toral ' district ftp Friday Thousands were
unable ' to obtain admission Other leaders
are ' addressing great gatherings of voters
ovcry ' day Tbo commlttoo of the progress
1st party , comprising Hcrreu Bartb , Hermes
Purlslns , Hichlor , itookort and Sohrader ,
has issued an election manifesto , appealing
for funds
In addition to the kaisers ' order against
the udmlssion of tbo Kronz Zoltung into any
royal palace , his majesty bus made a similar
order against Stoocker'a Volk and Hlchtor's
Frelsinnigo Zaltung and against the Volks'
Zeltung His majesty soys , Stop my
paper , " to every ono of these organs , now
bubblfug and boiling over with popular
politics of a vigorous variety that naturally
shocks all royal taste
Prof Yirschoff , In addressing his constltu
onts this week , declared it was his Intention
to propose in the next relchstag general
International disbarment as the true solution
of the troubled condition ot Europe and the
revolt of Us ever burdened people ,
roPrlnco William of Ilesso-Phllippsthal Is
dead
Leutnor , the prima soprano , has died at
Wiesbaden ,
In all official quarters there Is u general
denial of the Figaro's story that Portugal
has appealed to Bismarck against England's
action against the visitation of the treaty of
Berlin It tsassertod that the gnvornraont Is
determined to prcservo an attitude of tbo
strictest neutrality With England Ger
many desires to go hand la hand in colonial
affairs as far as possible
Nobody hero can see what relation the
treaty of Berlin has with England's bullying
Portugal or auy other llttlo state , which alio
way bully with perfect sufety , Tbo people
are , however , Just a llttlo Incllnod to wonder
" hat would happen If a bad torpedo should
explode under a British ship In Tagus
Wo can not decide whether the British
admiral would say at Farragut did , Damn
J
the torpedoes , go nlioadV or whether ho
would go to tea If ha did go to so.i then
England would bo reduced to the oxtromlty
ofi making a landing tomowhoro with the
regular 10,000 won under Lord Wolscloy an
army which might cut rt queer flguro before
the end It appears that the only possible
foundation there could have been for the
Figaro's story was that the Marquis Do
Ponaflcld , the Portugucso nrabassndor , bad
nn Interview with Couht Herbert Bismaick
las wock But nt this Interview the
subject was not the treaty of Berlin
but Portugal's request that Bismarck should
tnodlato between England nnd Portugal
But the marquis was not successful , lho
government is dotornilncd to maintain nn at
titude of neutrality , and It will only depart
from this on the very tmllkoly contin
gency that England shall also request the
modlatlon , of Germany ,
Tbo National Zoltung announces that the
nilnois In Wcstphallu and la the lower
Kliluo distiicts demand an increase of wages
of SO percent a day , and a reduction of time
to bo counted from the time of o'ltorlnc the
pit to the time of stopping work The demands -
mands nro under negotiation
'
It Is said that Dr Dolllngor hastened his
death by persisting In inking his dally cold
bath after ho was nttaoked by the Influenza ,
On < the day before ox-Empress Augusta died
she dictated seven lotiors nnd signed two of
them with her own hand Ono of these letters -
tors was the usual weekly ono to Quoou Vic
toria She loft 7,000,000 marks between the
Grand Duka of Baden nnd Prlnco Henry of
Prussia , ,
The kalsor Is supervising the preparation
of an account of bis travels It will bo an
edition | da luxo and will bo splenalJiy Uluss
trated by Dr Salzmonu
Herr Lonbach is to paint a , new portrait
0j the Count Von Molko ( for the national
gollory ,
The Vlonno Prtsso , Count Taafo's organ ,
donles ] ( the report that Count Thun and other
Austrian ' minlstcrs nro * to resign
The Bohemian conference met today and
discussed | the establishment of n national
commltteo la the Bohemian diet nnd the ro-
vision | of the modn of elections The linal
session of the diet Will occur tomorrow
when tbo torras of agrOamont between the
parties will bo formally recorded
,
DESUniBO HIS WIPE
No Ono Knows Whltlior Atchison's
Lothario Has Gone
ATonisos , Ken , Jan IS , [ Special Telegram -
gram to The Bee ] II A. Playlo , who
figures in the Playlo-Hopkins sensation ,
writes his father-in-law , Conrad Weber ,
that bo is at present luChicago and will go
from there to visit his parents , who are
spending ] the winter la bo south of Franco
Lou Hopkins , tno woman of the affair , is
supposed to bo with Playlc She wont from
hero to her homo in Topeka last Monday
night , but left there tlio next day nnd her
friends cannot , locate bar When she loft
Topeka sbo said she was going on a visit to
friends la Davenport and Lo Claire , fa
These ! friends have boon telegraphed and
reply that they have nft seen her As Playlo
wont from hero to Kansas City Monday
night aud from Kansas City to Chicago the 1
Lnight following , tho'pr 'csnraptlon is that ho
mot the young woman ! at'tho Kansas City
union depot nud that tugetnor they journeyed
to Chicago / ' • !
Mr Wcber " 'Jiha8tu'o , i-everything ? in 1
his power to induoo Playlo to ro-
turn to bis wife , but bo seems
to bo desperately infatuod with the 1
Hopkins girl Ho had knoivn her but u
short time and the intimacy sprang up while
she was visiting at his own . bouso Stories 1
of stolen visits by the pair to drinking !
places are told , and of shocking conduct bo
ucath 1 : the injured wifo's roof The illicit 6
love ' wan known bv Mrs Playlo some time '
before ' she ordered the pair out of her house
She hoped to quietly get rid of the Hopkins '
girl without scandal and thus rc3toro happi-
ness in her household
Playlo is in partnership with his father-ln-
law ' in the clothing business , the firm name '
being C. Weber $ c Co It is bolievcd that ho
will never return to his wife , but that ho will
continue to llvo with the Hopkins woman
JUDGE PARKBIt'd HEWAIID ,
Ho \ Will Probably Sucoeoil Judge
Brrivar on the Bench
Foiit Smith , Ark , Jan 18. [ Special Tolo
gram to The Beb.1 Advices from Washing
lion indicate the early nppointmont of Judge
I. ] C. Parker to tbo position of circuit Judge
for j the Eighth judicial cirouit , made vacant
by i tno promotion of Judge Hrower to tbo
supreme bench ,
Judge Parker has been judge or the west
crn district of Arkansas for the past iiftcon
years and has made a line reputation for
honesty | , integrity , nnd superior ability
in | the many mattorA of importance
thut t have como before him on the bench
At the beginning ot the war ho was captain
of , a company in General Thayer's roglmont
of , First Neoraska volunteers , but subse
quently ( returned to St Joseph and was
elected , circuit Judge ; and then to the Forty
second , and Fofty-third congresses Ho was
appointed , chlof justtco of Utah territory in
1875 : , but before accepting that position was
uppointod j United States district judge
Consldorablo indignation has bsaa mani
fested : here by republicans and democrats
nllko , , on account of the repjrt oirculatod by
certain , St Louis pipers tlut Parker was
formerly a companion of Frank James and
a \ member ot Quoiitrclio's band ot guerillas
during , the war , which is wholly without
foundation
The Wonibor F * > reoasr
For Omaha and vicinity ; Fair ; woatbor
Nebraska : Fair , followed ' by local snows
in western portion ; northerly winds , becoming -
coming ' variable
Iowat Fair ; vaHa 'bto winds ; warraor In
western , stationary temperature iu eastern
portion '
South Dakota : Fair , followed In western
portion by local snows ; variable winds ;
slightly wanner ,
( itruiiiBlip | Arrivals „
At London Siyhted ; The Polynesia ,
from Now York for Stettin
At Quconstown The Lord Clivo , from
Philadelphia
At Now York Th6) ) Martha , from Ham
burg I
At Bremortiavoa The Fulda , from Now
York
At Liverpool The Nevada from Now
York
Uo I'llCnroU thoMalls
Cuioaoo , Jan 18 , J , V , Uovino , clerk In
tbo inquiry department of the postoflico
hero , was arrestbji today , Ho had been
pilfering from * the mails for eighteen
months
, i
1'Tio In An liibnuu Atyliitn
WoituE T itv Mass , Jan 18. The * state
asylum for insane was seriously damaged by
tire this ovoulng All the inmates were removed -
moved in safety , though amid , much excite
ment The flro was caused by the careless *
ncs .s of an attendaut in throwing burning
paper into acloiet
ITS I TERROR LOST
La Grlppo's Hold , on Paris Growl
lap ; Gradually Loss
_ _ _ _
THE DEATH ROLL DECREASING
Three , Hundred Thousand Victims
Are Now Oonvatoscont
CORPSES WITHOUT FUNERALS
.
Ono In Evoty Ton Dead Burled
Without Ooromouy
,
MISS | \ BISLAND IS BEHIND TIME ,
She missed tier Bent ami llouuo Will
Mls9 Her Date lu Now York
I'nrls' Usual Crop of Crisp
Social Go9slp.
lnfliionz Dylni : Out
ICopifoht ISM by Jama OnrJmx fleiimff.l
Paiud , Jan 18. [ Now York Herald Cable
Spociol to Tub Bee.1 The weather con
tlnucs mild , yet damp nnd chilly , Whllo
mists overhang Paris and anchor on Eiffel
summit , which Parisians have not seen for
days , the Influenza is dying out Tho300,00J
recently down with the epldemlo nro now
convalescent Physicians prcscribo tonics ,
beefsteaks t , the best claret and inodcruto
champagne As a result the butchers and
wino merchants are making up lost time and
rival the chemists in the golden harvests
The ; mortality statistics of Paris for the second -
end wcok of 1SP0 Just published compare
with the first four weeks of ISS'J ns follows :
lbOO lbSD
Under 5 yours of ago ' a09 :2 : ! > G
From J 5 to 20 years 81 54
From 20 to40. . , 411) ) 1VJ
From40to00 513 3.21
OvorOO years 72J 2UT
Total 2,003 , 1,040 i
Exosssin 1830 , 1,025.
Whllo it Is thus apparent that the average i
for the second week ot 1SU0 is far above the i
average there is , nevertheless , a distinct
improvement over the first week in 1890 I
when the deaths in Paris amounted to not t
less than 2,083. It is furthermore encourag
ing to know that the llgurcs for the third |
week , as far as gathered , show that a still
moro rapid improvement is looked for in the j
immediate future
The thoughtful reader must bo struck
by the curious discrepancy in the figures
The number of deaths is ahvajs in excess of f
the number of funerals For instance , ou
Tuesday there were 2S"deathson , Wednesday
only 251 funerals , yet the same day 253 deaths ,
whereas yesterday only 237 funerals are ro-
corded Day after day week after week ,
the eumo falling oft of funerals What be
comes of the dlflcrcncol Dissecting rooms
or wherol Anyhow the fact remains that in
this beautiful city ouo corpse In ten goes
without 'a funcVal Either thut or the Jlg-
urcs Ho ' '
A Vienna tailor has Just made a Journey to
Paris in a peculiar fashion He built him
self a largo trunk and hud hjmsolf locked in
with bottles of beer imd catablos and had
the trunk sent on the train to Paris On
the arrival of the trunk yesterday the human
contents were discovered Thu railway
company will prosecute
Whitolaw Reid's dinner for AI Tirard sot
for this evening was po3tponod on account
of the death of Wnlkor Blaine
Miss Blslnnd , the young lady from New
Orleans who was miking a tour around the
world for the Cosmopolitan , arrived at Villo
Nouvo , this morning nt 4 o'clook , twenty
miles from Purls She was too late to sail
in tto La Champagne which loft Havro at 7
o'clock for Now York Unfortuuntoly the
French trani-Atlnntio stcamor was the
only ono on which she could have reached
her destination on the 27th , the duto Allss
Blsland is duo in Now York She leaves for
Quconstown to take the Bothnia , which
. Is a twelve days voyngo ship , making Miss
Disland miss her mark
Owing to Walker Blaino's death tlio a
American minister and Airs Hold were not
present at their opera party last evening
Their box was occupied by Count do
Tureuno , Miss Ellen Alunroo , Julmu Story ,
Colonel and Mrs Bonaparte , Mr and Airs ,
Augustus Jay
Jane Hadfug appeared Tuesday evening at
the Vaudovlllo as Countess Uomani in
Eustace do Jolin's play of three
actn Aladamo Hading will bo supported
by Baphaol Duflos , Her costumes are re
markably urtistlc With
the exception of an
evening wrap of black satin , lined with old
gold nnd yellow ostrich foatbors , with a
Persian embroidered cape , the costumes are
of white , cray and violet , the nctrcHs'
fuvorito colors Before Jeanne DAre was
decided upon Sarah Bernhardt bad Duquo
Nil write Aladamo Hading and ask her If
she would play a part with her In Angels , "
Hading ucceptod , out the managers of Porto
St Martin changed their minds and brought
out "Joanuo DVVrc "
A Frouoli 1'npir In Tr nubia
iCopyrtght 13M by Jamt ( Jordin llemie' l )
Pahis , Jan 18.-1 Now York Herald ( Jablo
Special to The Beb | It It mooted among ,
these boat informed in newspaper circles
that the now Bauer , Gulignanl's Alossonger
has got Itself Into rather a serious tanirlo
The recent syndioato evidently was going to
war without counting tbo cost The poor
llttlo Alornlng Noivs , which In reality started
the matter , bad a special wlro to London
anatho , last named paper profited by it
When , however , the News came to grief
Qallgnam's Messenger stopped Ino its
place and still continued to fllo spe
cials contrary to the government con
tract Now it wants to como in on
the snmo terms and the postal authorities
say it cannot Why tbo government never
stepped the wlro partnership with the
original Galignani's has often bcon a mat
ter of discussion , but it is evident that It
does not lilcu now comer wearing ether
peoples shoos
Our .Murines Have I tie Grip
1 CopyrluH ItMliy Jamtt ( union Harnett !
Cahtiiaoenia , Jan , 18 [ Now York Her
ald Cable Special to The Bee , ] The
United States evolutionary squadron ar
rived hero yesterday , having steamed from
Gibraltor at a ten-knot spool All oa board
are well barring the influenza The squad
rou will stay two days
Minister Lincoln's Helurii ,
Ifopj/rfuJil ISUObit Jtunts Uordon /lja-it' . |
London , Jan , 18. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to Tub Hun ) United
Stitcs Miniver Lincoln returned today from
Paris m In his sou Abraham , who is no\y
conviljicent , after a long ilnessat Ver
sailles
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I ilS-Was Klmt of Sin leuvcon 1870
nnitlSli •
Tcmx , Jan 18. Prtnco * _ Moo duke of
Aosta , a brother of the kin p. Italy nnd for
merly king or Spain , died " ? * todny Ho
was conscious at the momoi t hit do.ith
nnd received the popes bless , rom Cardt *
nal Allmondiiy The duke died of pneumo
nia nud had boon ill but a re- lays All
theaters In the kingdom are ch > nud state
festivities discontinued , The duke of Aosta
was forty-tivo years old Ho was king ot
Spain from Dccombor 4,1S70 , until February
II , 1S73 , when ho abdicated
Bird In the Court llooin
New Yonic , Jan IS Thomas Ciohnn ,
seventy years old , Is the fnthorlnT
law of Actor Oliver Dond Byron , dlod this
morning In Justice Tigho's court room , f lie
deceased had been on n spree and
his I ; son caused his arrest An onlcor
brought him Into court this
m orning , but ho was taken suddenly 111 and
died Crohnn's oldest daughter Is the well
known 1 nud accomplished actress , Allss Ada
Italian Oliver Doud Byron married his
second ' daughter , who Is also an actress of
reputation , The youngest sister Is in private
life Bis two sous are iimong the active
buslnoss t men of Brooklyn The old man
had 1 bocoino n contlr med drunkard ,
An Old C.ilirorulnii Gone
, San Fiuncisco , Jan IS General AI G.
VnlloJo , ono ot the most conspicuous figures
in ' the history of California , dlod at Sonoma
today ' , aged eighty-one. Gotioral VnlloJo
wns born in Monterey , this state , and was
Identified ' with all the public events durine
the ' Aloxican occupitton of California and
was at ono time military governor ot the
country '
Died of Congestion ol'tliu ljiiuc" .
Siv FiuNCtsjo , Jan IS Addison Chloli ,
cx-judgo , ot the supreme court of California ,
dlod , hern of congestion ot the lungs last
nleht-
WALKI2U ULAlNiVH ! < 'UM3ltAli.
Che President nnd Cnh' not Attend
the ObsctiiitiH
Washington , Jan 18 The funeral of
Walker Blulno took place this morning A
largo number of , friends of the Blaine i
fnuiily , members of the diplomatic corps and
people in ofllclal lifo were in attendance ,
Private services were held at the homo of
Secretary Blaine at 10:30. : President nnd
Airs Hnrrison , nil the members of '
the cabinet , E. W. Hulford , several 1
members of the diplomatic corps ani
some intimntp friends of the family at
tended these services , which were con Juctol
by liov Dr Hamlin , pastor of the Church of
the Covenant At the conclusion the remains -
mains were taken to the Church of the i
Covenant , followed by the family and I
friends in carriages ,
Tbo attondnnco at the church wns very
largo , many persons being unable to got m i
on account of lho lnrirc crowd The house of
representatives did not meet uutil 1 o'clock t
in order to allow the members to attend the
funeral , and the department of justice , with i
which the dceoased was ofliclally connected , I
wus closed during the time of the funeral
While the department of state was not for
mally closed , all olllcers mid employes who
desired to attend thcfuneraHvcro permitted
to do so _
IlAIliUOAIlS WONT JinilUOB ,
Governor Tlmycr'rf Memorial Ijilccly
' to Provo Futile
CtttcAoo , Jan IS [ Special Telegram to
T'ib Bee I The memorial of Governor
Thayer of Nebraska to the ton railroads en
toring the state , requesting them to reduce 1
their rates us given at least 5 cents per 100 '
pounds , is not likely to have any offeet In
torviews woio had today with the olllshils of
oomo of the roads interested in Nebraska 1
trafllo and they nil declared that to comply
with the request would bj out of the ques-
tion
H. G. Burt , gonor.il muuactor of
the Fremont , Elkhorn & Alissouri Val
loy ' road , was in the city this
morning ' Ho said ha bad seen Governor
Thayer sinoo the memorial wa ? Usuod and
had ' endeavored to satisfy him that rates on 1
grain I from Nebraska points uro as low as '
the roads can reasonably bo cxpectod to
make ' them The pro3oat rata on grain from
control ' Nebraska points is 21 cents to Chi
cage \ end 17 cents to St Louis.whie ' n is much
lower than It has been for years Governor
Thayor's ' request was made nt , tlio instance
of ' the Nebraska grangora.who complain that
the transportation charg03 uro out of pro >
portion to the price paid for cereals in the
eastern markets , Whllo admitting that the
farmers bavo cau30 to complain of the low
price of grain the railroads insist Hint they
do not see their way clear to reducing rates
bciow their present basis
Ouinha'ri Cnulo Halo May Go Down ,
Chicago , Jan 18. The Western Freight j
association closed a llvo days session this I
aftcinoon , The commltteo on western and
northwestern roads to take precautions
ugamst the crumbling of cattle rates in , ,
that territory ns a result of the reduction
in the southwest has looked over
the ground and the members are not rcas-
sured The cut nito will bo moro seriously
felt by the Iowa roads than at tlrsl supposed j , .
and the attempt to maintain tbo 25 cent rate
from Omaha seems impossible None ,
of the roads , howovcr , will bo much I
hurt until after February 1 , when
the cattle buslnosB is expected to boom
Some of the officials profess to believe that "
tbo Alton will restore tlio rutes before then ,
DUt the Alton people are emphatic in deny
lug this
Crazy from I'at.nt Medicines
ATctnf-oN , Kan , , Jan 18. [ Special Tele
gram to Tub Beb | The coroners Jury
which Investigated the cause of the ( loath of
Henry Bchoon , who , whllo cruzy , ran naked
into tbo storm last Sunday night and per
ished with cold , has returned a vordlct lay
ing the blame upon the manufacturers of a
certain patent modlclno who do business In
New York city , Schooa had been troubled
with atbrout affection which local physicians
could not euro and ho sent tor a patent mod
iclno which ho saw advertised This ho
Aisod according to directions and ho Immedi
ately besan to show signs of Insanity ,
finally becoming a manlao The state au
thorities will bo appealed to to investigate
the Now York quacks *
A Quarantine I'rncl motion
Denveii , Cole , Jan 18. Governor Prluco
ot Now Mexico lias Issued a quarantine
proclamation on account of pleuro-pnou-
inoniu , against the state ot' Now Jersey , the
couutlos of Kings and Queen , New York ,
and Great Britain , Ireland , France , Ger
many and Belgium
Bought by nn LukIIsIi Trust
Theston , N. J. , Jan 18. A cablegram
was received ted ax announcing the accept
aico by the English trust of the terms
offered for the sale of llvo Trenton lotteries
Eleven potteries at East Liverpool , Ohio ,
ere also embraced lu the transaction
THE | CURTAIN DRAWN ,
The Heavy Villain Plotting ; Brutr (
Assiuilta
. .
INCONTROVERTIBLE TESTIMONY ,
Gurry Waa Merely Playing Catapaw
For VnndorVoort ,
THE OIL ROD MS" THROWN OPEfl
Mombora Dobauohod With Liquor
Flowing Free as Wntor
MIDNIGHT ORGIES REVEALED
A Chanter From the liulilo Councils
nr Coiiiiiilrntors' Gouthlna to la
feat Proper Lr-iilslntlon
Startling Kcvelntlons ,
Oponlnc the Oil Itnoni" . "
There was the usual large attondnnco of
interested spectators in Judge Hclslcy's
court yesterday morning nt the continuation
of the preliminary hearing ot the ciuso of the
state ' against Air Hosowator , charged with ,
having criminally libeled Paul Vnndervoort
The defense , lu continuation of the state
ments made In Tun Bee , endeavored to show
that Vandorvoort was n lobbyist and oil
room operator at Lincoln during the logls
lnturo j of 16S7 , nnd the evidence Introduced
was stnrtlugly interesting , revealing much
of the Insnlo workings of the secret caucuses
by which proper legislation is defeated nnd
the disreputublo methods emplo.tod hi such
work
The first witness called was Sumner John
son , n reporter on the Denver Kepublican
Bis testimony was ns follows :
By Air Guuiion : Q. Hove you over re
sided In Omuhat A , Yes , sir ; I have lived
in i Omaha
Q. When was the Inst time ? A. Iu 1SS7.
Q. Wore you iu the newspaper business I
A. } es , sir I worked for The Omuu Bee
Q. Whnro did you work ? A. I was cm-
ployed i both lu Omnha nud in Lincoln j
Q. When was It you were employed In
Lincoln ) A. I was employed in Lincoln
from about the 1st of January , I think ; from
tbo convening of the legislature until the
lattf.r 1 portion of the regular Bcssion of thu
legislature 1
Q. While employed by The Beu what wm
your business ? A That of a reporter ; I
hod 1 charge of the loglslutivo report from
Lincoln 1
Q That Is you furnlshod the report of the
legislative 1 doings for The BeeI A. Yes ,
sir t
|
Q. Each day ? A. Yes , sir
( J. Both by letter nnd tolegrnph ? A.
Yes , sir I
Q. State whether or not you became
pretty ] well acquomtod with the members ot
the I legislature ) A. I did to a certain ex
tent ; yes , sir
Q. Did you become acquainted with the
third | estnto those who were not members
of ( the legislature ? A. Well , my acquaintance - ,
anco i with these commenced at the time that
I ] loft the employ ot The Bee ; Ic was during
the i period that I was temporarily employed
by | the Republican
Q. When did you bucomo temporarily em
ployed | by the Republican ! A. The 1st of
Aluich , I think , when the extra session was
commenced , ; when they extended the timcof
tno session ,
Q. Who employed you on the Republican ?
A. Air Rothnckor
Q. Were you ot that time and previously
acquainted with Mr Puul Vnndervoort ) A.
Well , had mot Air Vandoivoort hero In
1881-S2 , occasionally , but moralv hod n
passing acquaintance with him ; I do not
know whether ho know me or not ; I wns uo-
quaintcd with him
Q. State whether or not you had seen
hhn around the legislature ! A. I novcr
had previous to that session ; in the session of
1SS71 saw him as soon as I got there and
continuously during the session
Q. What about the extra session ! A.
Ho was there also duWng that mouth
Q. What wus his business there ! A. I
do not know positively ; my information wa9 '
'
counsel for state objected to the informa'
tion ns bora said
A. The information came trom Air , Van
dcrvoort , who was there for tbo purpose oft
assisting in the location of the Grand Army t
home , I think , or soldiers homo I think ho
was there also for the purpose of assisting
lu railroad legislation ,
< J. When you got upin the Republican ,
did Alr.Rothackcrglvo you Instruction ! , to see
anybody , nnd If so , whom ) A. Air Roth
acker If I um pormlttod , I would llko to
dotnil the circumstances of my employment
on the Republican , in order that I may bo
able to explain matters Towards the latter
partot February Hugh J. Mohan , whom l
hnd known at several sessions of the other
legislatures to be u lobbyist of u certain
stamp a sort of ahangur-on around Icclsla-
tures told mo If I wanted to see whut tha
legislature was doing I wanted to quit Tim
Bee ; and , acting In uccordanco with that
hint , I suggested to Air , Rosawator the ad-
vlsablllty of my ostensibly leaving the om
ploy of Tun Bee and trying to see whether
I pould cot ascertain something of the meth
ods by which legislation was being enacted ,
I had a short talk with Air Rosewater and
ho consented to my doing so Thrco or four
days after I had loft the employ of The Be
and another man hud bcon substituted in my
place in tbo house , Air Hothackor came to
mom the Capitol hotel 1 am under tlio
Impression it was In the reading rooui- *
and offcrod uo a position upon the
Hcpublicun , I bcsltatod somewhat about
accepting auy such a place us that , but I
subsequently reconsidered my intention at
thut time ana I did take the place I think I
accepted It the first or second day after
wards ; and then when I accepted the place
I was Instructed by Air , Rothackor to write
a semi-editorial letter every day Iu which I
would cover the work of the legislature , and
particularly to give Tin : Bee and Air Rose
water and Mr Rosowater's friends , ns Afr ,
Hotlincker expressed It , h 1. I wus also
instructed by Mr , Rotbuckor to refer to Air
Vandorvoort for Information or for pointers
If 1 wanted any , and anything which Air ,
Vnndenoirt told ma would bo all rightj • • *
That was ubout the substance of wy in
structions which I received from him
Q , In pursuauca of these instructions did
you see Mr Vandcrvoortl A. I did , sir ,
upon some occasions
Q. Did you rccolvo Instructions from lilmt
A. I did upon two or thrco occasions , that
Is explicit instructions , that is if they might
be called such They were indications of