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j ENERALiMIALMONT'S VIEWS
[ ;
t ThFnmous Belgian Englnoor
j Ofllcor Talks About War
I
i A FRANCO-GERMAN CONFLICT
i lo Considers n Htrunfjlo Between
Timsc Two Powers Inevitable ,
- mid It Will Occur Over
Sumo Trillins incident
A Pessimistic Opinion
[ Cnpi/rtoftt IfiMbiJriW's / Gordon fJcmi'tt.l
1'aiiis Jan 85. | Now York Herald
Cable Special to The Her I In a recent
conversation with a Parisian the military
expert , General Hrlnlmont , the dlsttncuisbcit
Belgian engineer ofllccr , the modern Vnuban ,
expressed the following pessimistic opinion
as to the situation of Franco should she In
future bo foraod Into a tvar :
"Do , vou" think general , " naked the
Frenchman , • • that war is immlnontl"
Well , It seems to me , " , was the reply ,
HACC that war is Inevitable between Franco and
PP Germany Some trilling incident , which may
occur atony moment , will probably bo the do-
' tcrmlnlng cause Thcro isono consideration
I which makes mo hope the outbreak may bo
• , M postponed This is the fact that Franco Is
fl better equipped with rapid firing rlflei than
I the other European nations "
H "Do you untlclpato that the neutrality of
fl . Belgium will bo respected by the contending
, B r * powers 1"
jflj "By Francr , yes , for in acting otherwise
-H your country would be making n great mis-
Hj take , our sympathies being all with her Hut
fl the Germans might bo tempted to throw an
H , nrmy into Belgium and march through our
M midst against Paris by two possible routes
* It is to guard agaiust such n move that wo
I nro now building forts along the Mcuz
I And if , in spite of your fortresses , the
m Gorman army succeeded in entering Franco ,
what would bo the result ! Tell mo what
fl you think of the strength of our nrmy and
fl military situation in general 1"
B "I regard the French army in its organIza-
B tion , its devotion to duty and its confidence
B In itself as second to none , but I would Ilka
B to sco moro of your generals popular in the
fl tbo cyos of their followers There Is roth
fl Ing which calls for great deeds lllio the
flj blind , passionate love of n soldier for the
HJ leader whom ho looks upon as something
jl moro than a hero , something less than a God
u As far as I know there are only two 1
fl f of your gonornls who have won for thom
B / selves such devotion MM do Mirabel and
K \ / Galllfot When the wnr comes the world
Bi T will hear of these two names "
W jf _ _ , ' And , what is your opinion of our fortlflcn-
BB tlohsl' '
HV "As that is a mora serious question , I am
Bj sorry to say that in the matter of fortlflca-
flj ttons Franco Is in serious danger Three
BJ years ago you made a remarkable series of
BJ experiments at Chalors , at Hour gee and at
BJ Mnlmaison , which demonstrated clearly tbat
fl | a fort cannot bold out against modern i
BJ artillery with its terrible explosives un-
HJ _ less provided with what is known as n
Hj > metallic dome , and you , being fully aware of
B this Immensely Important fact , have not pro
Hj vldod u single ono of your fortresses with a
B dofenco of that character You trust to the i
BJ line ot forts which guard your castorn f ron
HJ tier to protect your army during its mobliza-
B tion , but your trust is badly placed With i
B the cnglncsjof wnr at their disposal the Uor-
B mans could beyond any question break
B through that Una inside of forty-olght hours i
B and bo down upon you before you dreamed 1
B of any danger "
L
POJNTB PltO.U PARIS
BJBIl Events of Interest Traiisp'rlng ; in the ,
' French Capital
ICavyrtOto t&VO hu James Uordon Dennett |
Paiiis , Jan 25. [ Now York Horuld
Cable Special to Tim Bee.1 Visitors to >
Paris nro becoming impatient for the i
Hivlora season Fewer on tortalnmonts have
been given during the week , and the past
few days record the coming and going of
many well known people
The latest sensation in the way ot be
trothals is that of Mrs , Stcphon Dana of
Philadelphia to Robert Carlos Eskers of
Brussels Mrs Dana is the widow of tbo '
late Stephen Dana of Philadelphia , and sis
ter ot Mr Gcorgo 13. Roberts ot Pennsyl '
vania railway fame She is also a sister of
the Countess Gullio of Purls The
groom-olcct is a Belgian They
mot at the Hotel Continental last September
" The marriage Is to take place In Puns within
two wcoks
Baron Von Opponholm nnd Ills brldo , nee
W-- , Florence Ilotehins , who were married in
London on Tuesday , are having their honey
moon in Puris at the Hotel Vendomo They
< S- leave Monday for Monte Carlo en route for
Spain
Jr Powers and his bride , nee Miss Bigo-
low of Now York , are at Iks Hotel Alho- '
nro
nro.Lato
Late arrivals who leave shortly for Canno
are Mr , und Mrs George S. Scott and the
Misses Scott of Now York
Mrs F. O. French and tno Mjssos Gibson
are at the Hotel Mownco
Mr and Mrs , A. J , Drexel , Mrs Arm
strong , Miss Coulter and Miss Hrowu of
I Philadelphia have loft far Algiers
Mr and Mrs Louis Lonllard nro booked
to arrlvq on Monday at tbo Hotel Bristol for
a week , en route to Monte Carlo
Mr Whitclaw Hold gave a dinner of
twenty covers to Mr GIrard last ovenlng ,
; Tbo guests included M. Lozoe , Mrs Robert I"
Patterson of Chicago , M. Donuat , the
palutor , Miss Shormau and Mrs Monroe and
her daughter , Mrs Uurnham All the
ladles , stiangoly enough , wcro attired In
> _ wbito costumes
1 A series ot assembly balls have been got
J ton up by some members of the Amorlcan
colony , the Hist of which was given last
night at the Puvllllon Louis XtV Among
tboso prcrout were Prince Dolaroccd , Mr ,
and Mrs Courtney Schenck , Mrs McGinnls ,
Miss MoUInnis , Mr and Mrs Saffora , Mrs
Joseph 8. Huiloy of Philadelphia , Mr Alex
ander Harrison , Mr Jamci , Prloco Galat-
tin and Prlnco DolarUert
Mrs Howluu ItobulnB gave a charm
ing german and muslcalo during
the week to _ introduce the Hun
garian violinist , Antoine Polling
'Xho soloists were Mrs , Hold , sister of Mrs
' Pttran Stoyens , Mrs Dauford and Holiuan
Hlack M. Carolus Duran and Miss Sybil '
Sanderson were among the distinguished
ones protsnt
Mrs Francis Sprague Drown silled dur-
. Irg the tyeok for New York
y - The much talked of 1'aluis do Grace or
, artlflclal Ice skuting rink , which was to have
R . lecn opened on December 23 in the Plaia de
> - Turlo , where the bull lights hold forth dur
ing the exposition , has coiuo to naught Mr ,
J , Ncwtou , tlio pretidont and mouvyed man ,
resigned because bo considered ho had
placed quite enough money in tbo uffalr and
S did not sco bow he was to gain nay procV
tlcnl result , of the opening had been postU
poncd < from time to time , with no fixed date
for It Much money has nlrcady boon spent
on ! the attalr It is understood that Mr
Newton has put in 500,000 francs and that
ho , has now placed his altairs in the hands of
n lawyer Seven or eight powerful engines
nro , In working order , freezing pipes nro laid
Z
nnd yet everything now is topsy-turvy. The
ro'usul ot Mr Noivton to ndvanco moro
money makes It a question what will bo done
. .
with the rink
STIUH3T IMPItOVKMBNTS
A New Yorker In I'nrU Looklnjr For
Pointers
[ Cowirl'jhl 1810 huJamts Oartlon JJtniietl.l
Pahi , Jan 23. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to The Hbe.1 Thomas 12.
Crimmins of New York , who Is m Paris
looking j ( into the matter of street Improve
ments suitnblo for Now York , was soon , yes
tcrday | by n Herald correspondent at the
Hotel Ulmln When nskod about the proba-
blllty of the tnuch-ncaded roformntion of
Now York thoroughfares lie sold : "I wus
requested by the mayor ot Now York to
come over to Kuropo nnd investigate mutters
hero j , with a vlow of ascertaining how wo
mny improve our streets , I am charmed
with the thoroughfares of London and Paris
The j wood pavements will not nnswor
In j Now York , because our summers are
too warm Asphalt will do much better
, '
A o urdldlcult matter to change as our
streets ara too narrow to allow subways
such as they hnvu in Pans for telegraph nnd
olectrio llgnt wires Is the vaults in Now
York beneath the pavements ( they do not
soera to have nnv hero ) , which nro used for
cellars and stnrago ourpocs so as to econo-
mlzo for hoav.v rents Ucsldos , In construct
ing j subways , wo encounter rook , which it Is
necessary to blast This Is another bin
dranco to the perfection of subways Improvements
.
provements in Now York hnvo boon made
plcccmoal , whllo everything hero is pormu-
{
nont New York can never bo made Uko Paris
south of Twonty-third strcot because thcro
is too much heavy trnOlc , and Now Yorkers
,
have not the pride of Parisians in keeping
things In decency and order Mr Gllroy
.
. the commissioner of public works , is coming
to Paris next.month to Jnvostlgalo street
improvements Ho and Mayor Grant are
much concerned ever the condition of the
streets "
"Do you think that imperfect sewerage
has been the cause of tbo recent explosions
In Sifcth nvenuol"
• Undoubtedly A subway contains eight
gas pipes in all the avenues of
New York below Twenty-third street ,
whllo In Paris tbero is only ono gas
company There is always a leakage ,
and when the subways got filled with gas
and tills becomes impressed an explosion
necessarily takes place This could bo
remedied ' by perforating the manhole covers
s o as to allow the gas to escape The man
hole covers in Pnris nro perforated to some
extent , and it should bo so in Now York "
Mr Crinimtns loaves Paris today for homo 1
and will sail for Now York March 1.
A Lively Btnrm
ICapyrlaht 1B90 by James Uordon Bennett " } 10 I
Pahis , Jan 25 [ Now York Herald Cable
Special to The Bie ] The Herald storm
has i made things lively In Europe during the
last tow days Trnfilc was almost suspended
in the streets of Paris , cblmnoys were blown
down i , trees uprooted , newspaper klosques
• capsized and the boulevards filled with debris -
bris and encumbrances A largo chimney
fell on the Boulevard des Capucincs , Just in
front of the Grand hotel , and It was almost
n miracle no ono was injured Carriages and 1
omnibuses had to mnlta a detour by the Rue
des Cupuclnes whllo tbo pompiers wcro clear
in ? the street About the same
time a tree was blown down in the
Rue Royal The Rue Do La Palx was very
picturesque Women were Bcuddlng along
before the gnlo and dozens of hats wcro i
rolling down the asphalt wltn their owners
nftor them Umbrollns were turned wrong ;
side out and the skirts were sky blgh ,
Twlco the sewers were flooded , but tbo mon
at work had timely warning nnd were able
to take shelter in their refuges The Soiuo i
has risen another ten ccntlmotres
•
A Hccond Salon
ICopi/rtofit / ISM by Jamti Utmlon Jennet ! . 1
Pauis , Jan 25. I Now York Herald I' able
Special to TnE Bee.I That there "Jtml
bo a second salon is now definitely decided I
and a committee of fourtcon members has ,
been appointed to draw up the bylaws of
the Socleto Nationnle des Beaux Arts , as
the separatists have entitled themselves
Among the members of-this coromlttco ara
Mm Mosonior , Carolus , Duran , Puvis ,
Dochavannos and Bouvort The now so-
cloty's salon will open May 15 , two wcoks !
nftor the original salon It vljl probably bo i
hold in the Palais dos Beaux Arts of the ,
Champ Do Mars It Is now decided that the ,
works of foreign'artists will , bo admitted
The old socloty on its side has made changes
In Its methods ot appointing the salon juries
Fifty members are to bo chosen for the Jury ,
by universal suffrugo nnd tholr special tuna
tions decided bv the drawing of lots A
similar double motliod ot choice will bo used I
tor the nomination of a Jury do sculpture ,
which will consist of thirty members ,
Buffalo BUI Arrlv H nt Nnplco
[ Cuii/r. | / 'i/At / 1690 buJamet Gordon Uennttt }
Naw.es , Jan 20. [ Now York Herald
Cable Spociol to The Unn.l Uuffalo Hills
Wild West show arrlvod hero safely yestor-
day from Barcelona , having encountered
great storm on its way All are well Tbo
Indians * astonished oven old Vesuvius , to
whom Colonel Cody raised his hat
Will Try to Have It DUinlssoil
Atchisok , Kan , , Jan 25 , [ Sr . clal Telegram , -
gram to The Bse.1 Wnggener , Martin &
Orr , the Missouri Paolflo attorneys , will en
deavor to have dismissed front tbo supreme
court of Nebraska the mandamus proceed
Ings brought by tbo state board of transpor
tation to compel the road to glvo the Farm
ers alliance a site for an elevator at Elm
wood , on the Cro\e \ brunch , pa the ground
that such action must be brought in tbo dis-
trlct court
Hydrophobia Irom a Illto
Kansas Crrr , Mo , Jan 25. A special
from Sabetha , ICap , says that in a street >
fight that occurred tbero Thursday night 'i
Wesley McNora , a prominent citizen , was
bitten on the finger by n stranger whoso
name Is supposed to be Gilbert Jones Today
MoNara died in terrible agony , exhibiting
ml the symptpms of hydrophobia Jones ' ,
'
who ( lcd the town , will bo severely dealt
with if ho can bo found ,
,
A Truant Iluibaiul Itt-turns.
Atcuiso.v , Kan , Jan , 25. [ Spoclal Telegram -
gram to The Bee | It A. Playle , the
y sung business man who figured In the sensit-
tlonal cseapado with Miss Lou Hopkins of ,
Topeka last week , returned to Atchison last
rnieht , receiving the forgiveness ot Mrs
Pluylo and alio his father-in-law and mottior-
in-law , Mr , and Mrs C. Weber , Miss Hop
kins is at Lo Claire , near Davenport , In
Scott county , Iowa , with relatives ,
t *
BISMARCK LOSING HIS GRIP ,
'
Hlo Iufluanoa Falls to Pass the
Socialist B11L
ORATORS RISE TO THEOCCASION.n'
Splendid Iilglits ori-lnqucnco in the
KelolistnK Ulio Chnncollor Fnlls
to Apponr Wlltmlin'rt Hpeooh
Snmoan Ircnty Coimnent
'
. Downed the lnntei-nllst n.
LCopt/rlDht / ISMTiy A * w Ynrk Ati'icialtl ' Presi }
Beiim.v , Jnn 25. Those favored with
tickets | to the galleries of tno reichstag today
waited in the vain expectation ot hearing or
seeing Uismnrck till the Inst moment , when
Heir von Bocttichcr , tno representative of
the chancellor , in nnounclng the
close ot the session , summoned the
members to bear the imperial
message In the white hall of the Sehloss'
The disappointment nt not hearing Bismarck
wr.s lesscnod , howovcr , by the animation
of the final debate on the social bill in the
.
boiioQ.tho orations rising to tha historic inter
est of the occasion Bobol , n socialist , opened
the debate Ho denied that state per
sooutlon oftected anything towards the
.
destruction of socialism The social ,
,
democracy ho declared was indostructablo
The proceedings of the government toward
tbo socialists recalled the medloval poriecud
tion of hcrcUcs If the masses are Incapa1
bio , ns the government alleged , of wise po-
lltical judgment , it was the fault of the gov-
orumont Even the simplest minds among
the worklngmcq would be enlightened as
soon r.s iho burden of the lately voted taxes ,
which imiountcd to millions of marks
was brought homo to thorn In
concluding his spoclal Bobcl pro
. dlctod that his pnrty would
bo found strong enough to destroy the prcs-
out majority in the reichstag
Herr Furth , the minister of the intorlor ,
replying to Bobol said the law was aimed at
social democracy only when It was trespass
lng upon the limits of the line ot safety Tha
socialist loaders In Germany did not rcproi
scut . the masses of the people and least of all
the workliigmcn
Prince Sohonalcli Curolath , n moderate
conservative , reminded the house of the
statement made by the socialist dlctz tbat
.
the author of the p.imphlot printed In Zurich ,
entitled "Woman's Hand in German Policy , "
was , Duke Ernst of Saxe Coburg-Gotbo. Tbo
Hamburg pollen bad suppressed a poem
about a railroad employe sacrlliciug his lifo
to save a train , but this pamphlet was not
suppressed , though English ladles of high
r.inlc and a German lady of exalted position ,
who though cradled in England , had boon
connected , with Germany for weal or woo
for thirty years were insulted in it The
queen of England or her daughter should
not t , bo insulted in Germany with impunity
The prince proceeded to protest against an
article ' in the NationalZaitung giving as the
watchword ' for the coming election , down
with the social democrats " The pope as well
as i tbo govorument must bo-left in posses
lion I of the tree choice of tbo means for ar
riving nt a common end Tliero was in the
social democracy a good deal of Idealism n
quality gradually becoming very rnro in
Germany < and ono that was giving wuy to
place ] hunting , lhis closing remark was received -
ceivod < with u burst of cheers from soverul
political I groups in the house A vote on tbo
whole bill soon afterward was taken us
the government abstained from any declara
tion allowing its willingness to accept the
bill 1 without tbo expulsion clause The con
servntives i voted "no" with the progressives ,
the ' center party nnd tlio socialists , against
the combined yeas of tbo imperialists and
the ' national liberals The vote was rejected
by a vote of 109 against it to OS in its favor
As soon as the vota was concluded Ilerr
Boctticher announced the session closed and
requested tha deputies to convene at the
Sehloss The omporoa , surrounded by the
ministers and great olUcors of state , ruceived
the deputies in the white hall of the Sehloss
and read to them a speech , of which the
following is an extract :
' • Tlie.past tlireo years constitute such a
period of exceptional importance In the de- t
vclopment of tbo empire that my toolings
constrain mo to recall from the tbrono it mlf
the results to which your labors , combined
with these of the federal government , have
led The empire hai been sorely trlod by
death , by the loss " of the emperors , my
grandfather and my father ; but the loyal
and strong monorchia ! fcollngs of the people i
have been manifested hi many ways "
Tbo emperor here cxprossod his thanks (
that the changes made necessary by the decease -
cease of bis predecessors hid been peace
fully and tranquilly accomplished For that ,
ho said , acknowledgements were'duo to the |
Reichstag , which , with discerning patriotism ,
had labored willingly to sfrongtnon the do-
tenses of the empire nnd render them lastingly
secure The position of the empire among
the nations had been thorcby assured and i
the country enabled to fulfill its mission in ,
the world whllo successfully proiorving the ,
blessings of paaco and civilization Facili
ties hud been given to artisans by the exten
sion of the powers of the trade guilds to ,
strengthen their position and to gain in
economic prosperity the advantages of now
Impulses *
It was with especial satisfaction that hoi
hailed the continuous application of the
rocommondattonB ombodlod in the imperial
message to parliament in the " year 1SS1 ,
especially the law for tbo Insurance of invalid I
valid and aged workmen Those measures
wcro guarantees for the welfare of the poor
Altbougti much still remains to bb done in
this field , ho was convinced tbo people would ]
not forgot what , had been done It was
his urgent wish and hojio that the
next reichstag would bo enabled by
acting in concert with the government to
glvo an effective legal form to tbo nmollora-
tion necessary in this field Ho rcgardod it
09 his most earnest and exalted task to labor
toward the fulfillment of the hope '
The absence from tbo speech of all poll
tical allusions and the failure to make men
tion of the socialist bill surprised everyone
The ceremony was conducted with all 1m-
perlal formulas in the court gallery
The foreign oQlco was disappointed and
somewhat annoyed to learn ot the publication
In New York of tbo text of the Satnoan
treaty Minister Pliolps called at the for
oign office and expressed regret at the sur
reptitious publication ot tbo treaty , la vlow
ot the fact of its publication the United
States ho said would not object If Germany
and Great Britain oOlclally issued the toxtpt
tuetroaty It was tberoforo arranged that
_ tbe document should appear at once in the
Relsbanzlgor and in the London Gazette
The treaty has met with bostilo criticism
from the papers of all parties ,
The Knouz Zeltung complains tbat al I-
though two-thirds of the foroigncrs In Samoa
are Germans and four-fltlhs of the trade is I
1
German , yet Germany Is g'ven ' no dominant
influence
2bi
The Vosslscho Zoltung qalls , the treaty a
blow In the face for Gorman mtorosts The
Germans , it says , holding the trade of the
islands nro placed in the saaio position ns
[
the little band of Americans
The Hamburg strike Is oyer The mon
ncccptod ' the ship owners proposal
nfl The country around CossaU and Fulda Is
flooded The rain falls In Increasing torrents
Tbo . Wcrra , Edor nnd Lnbn Bavo overflowed
their banks , ]
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AN ISIl'OUTANr DECISION
Clinlrmnii Wnllfor Itcudom Ono or
Grnnt Intercut to Gmln Men
Chicago , Jan 25. [ Special Telegram to
The Bee ] Chairman Walker ot the Inter
state Commcrco Hallway association today
rondorcd an Important decision to railroads
and grain mon nnd at the same time settled
n disputed point which the mnnagors of the
trans-Mlsiourt association had fulled to doI
cldo The decision was on nn appeal to arbitration -
bitration takcu by tha St Louis und San
Fmnelsco road on their request for pormlsu
slon to maico rates on grain from points on
its l line In Kansas to St Louis based on the
through rntos ( which under tha transit deal
nro the same as tlio locals ) with the usual
nerccntnga reductions ot percentage points ,
The reason for the roqucsted reduction , In
the words of the Su Louis & jban Fran
cisco , wus that tie | present transit arrangea
incuts on grain sblppod from Kansas points
to Kansas City and thereafter rcconslgned to
St Louis und Chicago practically makes the
divisions of the through rales the
locals 1 ot the lines cast nnd west
of Kansas City , thereby according the
Kansas City groin mon an unfair advantage
and grossly discriminating against the St
Louis grain buyers " The St Louis &
Frnnclsco does not pass through Kunsos
City , but enters Kansas by a direct line
from St Louis nt a point more than one
hundred ' miles south of Kansas City , consoi
qucntly It tukes but llttlo of the competitive
gram trafllo from Kansas and wished to so-
euro mora of it by Its request Chairman
Wnlker's conclusion is ns follows : The
granting of tbo application hero made would
establish a lower basts of ' through rates
upon all lines from the territory in question L
which would apply by way of Kansas City as
well as by the way of tbo direct routes via
St Louis Under existing nrrango-
ments transit would bo nppllcd to >
the new rates at Kansas City
and as a consequence the oxistlng difficulty
would bo Immediately roproducad Under
these clrcumstancos I am unable to sco that
'
tbo t proposed plan Oder s a remedy for the i
ovlls complained of , and lirjut decide against '
the ' application in the form now made "
It is not thought the St Louis & San Fran
Cisco will yield to the decision , and a ton
days > noticn of the reduction is expected
Monday This may start a seesaw reduc
tion I in rates , as hinted by Chairman Wulkor
The greatest good to tuo'grcatost number
is I a princlpla which will not give trafllo to 1
the ' St Louis & San Frnr.ijiBco , and its only
hope I is the delusive ono.of ' lowering tbo I
ra'0 > ' , "
A PiiBSdiciVi Halo Oat
, Kaxsis Citv , Mo , 5jau. 25. | Special i
Telegram to The Be ? . There is con
siderable consternation ; , railroad circles
ever the Northwostoru'cnt to 2 contso mlle
to Kansas , Colorado and Nebraska points
The . cut itself can bavo no effect because of
the , Northwestern's limited line of 170 miles ,
. but tbo Knnsns papers have nlrcady taken
tbO'inattor up and are now booming as an
issue a general 2 cent faro In that state
,
Tliov nrguo that if ouo line ot Small mileage
and limited capital can do business nt that
figure . the larger systems can afford to do
tbo same thing It is quita a popular subject
and . tbo leelsluturo ot Kansas will likely
bandlo it next winter , Other roads are wor
ried over the matter
The KutiBas-Nntmiplc.i Kate Problem
Kansas CiTr , Mo , , Jan.,20. | Sp ocial Telegram
gram , to The Bee.J The trans-Missouri i
munngors i will talta up the Kansas and Ne
braska cattle rata uuestlon at n meeting beginning i-
ginning , in Chicago on Monday The prob-
lam 1 was too heavy for tl o rate committors of
the association and \ \ is likely that oven the
innuugors will have trduble . A prominent
Santa Fo mnn eaid this evening that the
question ' was the most serious that ever con
fronted the association In order to glvo
Omaha and common points nn equitable
through rate to Chicago , in many cases the
local will have to bo abolished nltogothcr
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TIU3 TAItlPF BILL
Its Preparation Boi > an By tlio Wnys
' iimf Menus Committee
'
Washington , Jun 25 The ways and
means committee hua lii/ally uepun the prep
aration of the tariff bilKworking upon the
lines of the sen a to bill ot the last congress i
Tlio lumber and wood sections of the bill
were adopted entire wjth the exception of
the clause relating to rattan and chair canes \t \
which have been held dvur for future action i
The schedule of the senate bill covering
books and paper was also adopted This ao-
tlou is preliminary und nil of the schedules
adjusted will bo subject to revision when the
bill is completed The democratic members
of the cnmmlttco manifested their opposition
to the proceedings by offering substitutes for
the sections adopted in the line of the provls-
ions of the Mills bill ot tha last congress ,
but they wcro rejected by party votes
.
Nebraska , I own and Dakota Pensions
Washington , Jan 25piSpooial Tologrum
to Tin ) Bee.J Pensions , have boon grunted
as follows lo Nebrasknni ; Original Invalid
Edwin A. Douglas , lied Cloud , Increase
David Cummins , VVullsvillo Rclssuo -
Henry Gale , McCook.j j
Iowa pensions : Original invalid John
McGllfroy , Lcmars Restoration , reissue
and Increase , Robert S , Hewlett , Now Vir
ginia Increase'uayy ( ) Milton Sperry , Rod
Oak ; Franklin McQu ip , Tlngloyi Jnmcs
E. Wilson , North Bngjisb Rolssuo WII- I
Ham Birch , Dlrinliigboiui , Reissue and increase -
crease Israel Hros , [ Rod Oak Original •
widows , etc Kettle , , widow of Peter Cra-
gan , Colfax
South Dakota Pensions ! Original invalid
Joseph S. Fisher , CusLor City ; Calvin S.
KuBScll , Vermillion ,
't
A Cnru frouijtlio Blalnps
Washington , Jam M. The following was
given to the press this evening ; "Tbo gym
patby of frlouds'bas been so generously extended -
tended to Mr , and Mrs Blaluo in the great
grief that has befallen their household that
they are unublo to make a personal ) responco ,
to each They beg , therefore , tbat this
public recognition will bo accepted as the l
very grateful acknowledgement of'tho |
kindness which has been most helpful
through the first days of their irrcpamble
Tnluiago n tliij Sea ,
London , Jan , 25. tyev , T , Do\Vltt Tal ! •
Imago and wire are passengers on tbo Ounard
steamer Auraula , which sailed from Liver
pool for Now York today , * •
"
RECEIVER HUDSON MUST G0.T |
Dr Boot Will Probably Bo His
SucooBSor
. .
THE COMPROMISE ACCEPTED
LovpJny' Botidsincii Will Pav $300
nnd Costs The Mcxlonn Coimil
Ucnornlstiip Tendered to V' .x-
Ilcprcscntnttvo Gucnth > r.
v
W ASiiiNQTON Huncir The Omaiu Ueb , i
f > 13 FoUHTKENTIt STIinST > •
Washington D. C Jan , 25 , I
Rocclvor C. T. Hudson ot the Lincoln land
ofllco will bo rollovcd from duty next week
As teen as Senator Paddock returns from
Now York , where ho wont to attend the
funeral of his brother , hi and Senator Man
derson nnd RopresentatlvoConnoll will ngrco
upon Hudson's ' successor Senator Pnddock
is ! oxpoctcd here on Tuesday Dr Root , J.
II Forwortby and Mr SUson are among
the aspirants Dr , Root scams to ba the
most favorably spoken of and lt Is probable
that ho will bo recommended by the dologa-
Hon
Hon.Thoro
There can bo no doubt whatever that Hud
sou Is shown by tlio books of the interior
department to bo short in bis accounts
'I'm : Bie : correspondent this atternoon
was shown a statement slgnod by Secretary
Noble which plncos Hudson's shortngo nt
exactly $2,239.40. , Unless the shortage is
> undo good immediately a civil if not also a
criminal suit will bo entered ngalnt Hudson
In any event be will bo relieved from his
official duties us soon as his successor can bo
ngreod upon
OOMPIIOMISR ACCEPTED
Solicitor Hepburn of the treasury department -
mont today notified Senator Mandcrson that
the t offer of the sureties on the bond of How
ard S. Lovejoy rocolvor of publlo moneys
at Niobrara , to pay $50J and costs in compromise - •
premise i of the Judgment rendered , was nc-
copted , nnd'tlmt the United States attorney
was i so Informed and instructed to sco that
the t proper entries are mndo upon the pay
ments i of costs by the sureties Both Ne
braska 1 senators have been very active In
"
securing an acceptance of the compromise
offer ( on this Judgment nnd tha credit for the
consummation < of tbo negotiations is duo to
their l anergics It is probable that on next
Monday ] the appointment of Mark Neves of
Ogallnla l will bo made to the position of ru-
coivor < of public moneys nt tbo land ofllco at
Sidney ! Reprosontntivo Dorsoy has made
tbo I rccommondatlon and the papers have
been 1 forwarded from the Interior depart
ment i to the whlto house with the approval
of i Secretary Noble
THE MCMCAN CONSUL OKNUIULSHIP
Ex-Roprcsentativo Guenthor , who nrrlvod
hero 1 night before last In tha interest of
the Pabst brewing company , last night
received i n letter which had been sent to
Oshkosh i asking him to accept the position of
consul ' general at the Gity of Mexico It is
an autograph letter of the president , dated
January 20 and begins as follows :
" 1 bavo had it In my mind for bouuj weeks
tonskyoulf you wo ildjiccopt the place ot
, consul general nt the City ofvMoxtco.t Tlio
place is ono of great importance , though
it does not carry the salary it
should Our close and increasing com
merclal relations with the republic
of Mexico rcquiro in the place somcono who
has bad experience In public affairs , and I
am sure you can do tbero a work creditable
allko to the country nnd yourself , The City
of Mexico is _ u healthful nnd interesting
place of resld eiico and Is now so acccssiblo
that you could upon occasion easily visit
Washington or your homo "
Such a letter as this has probably never
before been written by President Harrison
and consequently is a very great compliment
to Guontbor That gentleman called upon
the president this morning , who again per
sonally urged him to accogt , which Mr
Guontbor did The president thereupon
thanked him , thus showing his " npprcclatioii
The salary is now only $2,590 , but it is well
understood that it Is to bo raised at this sos
sion of congress to $0,001) ) or $5,000 at the
least , which is absolutely necessary to afford
the place the dignity which it ought to
possess
IDAHO'S case
The sub-commlttco on territories , Mr
Dorsoy of Nebraska chairman , having under
consideration the bill providing statehood for
Idaho , grautcd u hearing today on the clause
in the Idaho state constitution which dls-
franchises Mormons Bishop „ Budge ,
who Is at tbo bead of the Mormon
church ' in Idaho , And Dclegato Caino
of utuh spoke In opposition to the conBtltu-
tion They contended that it disfranchised
loyal citizens and that whllo they were com
polled to pay taxes they would have no
volco In the government of the Btuto They
said further that the proposition > vas m op-
position to the provisions of tha constitution '
of the United States which gives the frnn-
chlso to all loynl mala citizens over twenty
ono years of ago who bavo not been disfran-
ohlsod on account of sentence in court Hon
Jerry M. Wilson will speak on tbo same line 1
next Wednesday , Uovornors Stevenson nnd
Shoupo and Delegate Fred Dubois addressed
tbo sub-commlttoo in direct opposition to the 1
grounds taken by Bishop Budge and Delegate -
gate Caiue Tbero is no doubt tbat the bill
to glvo Htatohond to Idaho will bo passed and
the constitution ratified with the auti-.Mor-
mon clause in it unless the supreme court of
the United States should dcciJo It is uncon-
stltutional
riLIIlUSTEItlNO AHEAD • '
The action of tbo house democrats In cau
cus last night ' demonstrates beyond specula
tion ibat thcy intend to light Inch by Inch
every step taken by the republicans to pro
rvlda a set of rulosto govern the house They
only want to lay the groundwork for what
they bollevo will bo a plausible excuse to the
country for making und maintaining a dead <
lock The republicans say they will rule If
It takes six.months to establish their right 1
to rule ; j-hAt they have an undlsputod ma
jority and will control the house us they
should There will bn a long and heated I
struggle over tbo adoption of the rules whan
deadlocks will prevail , und then time will bo 1
wasted , possibly a month of it , In determin
ing contested elections The tariff bill is not
expected to como up before summer , and 1
very llttlo if any final legislation is antici-
patcd The democrats mean to defeat tbo
republicans m tbo lutter's efforts to carry ,
out the promises made la their national plat
form
HltS llAltltlftON'8 IIECEPTIOE
Mrs Harrison's first publlo • reception ,
which rfas held from 3 to 5 o'clock this after
noon , was a great success It followed im
mediately at the close of the presidents
regular overy-other-day reception to tbo
public Mr < t. Harrison was assisted by Mrs
Senator Frye , Mrs , Henry Cabot Dodge and 1
Mrs James S. Clurkbon Mrs Senator ,
Pugh of Alabama and Mrs Representative
Springar c4 uiino'o ' ware prevented from
i lLL ! .JJlr
participating : In the rccoptloh by Illness
There was a very largo attendance , mostly
of ladles , A few gontlomcn who were eager
to sco the first lady of the land nnd to con
gratulate her put lu an appoarnnco nnd comi
mingled ] with the fair sox , whoso carriages
filled the great space In f rout ot the exocu-
tlva mansion nnd made n lively scene Colonel
nel Lrnost of the nrmy prcsonto.t the callers ,
A string orchestra was selected from the
Marino band nnd furnlshod the mUslc
Thcro were boautlful flornl dccor.itlons
throughout the house
AT THE OltlD 1IIOV CUII
Senator Mandorson nnd Rcprosontattvo
Dorsoy were guests of the Grid Iron club nt
its nnnunl dlnnor today This club u com
posed of forty of the loading nowspipor cor
respondents nt the national cipltal and it
gives | a mngiilflcont dlnnor on the last Satur
day ol each month There were n lnrga
number , of promtnont truest * tonight und tbo
dinner was served nt the Arlington It was
a very brilliant uffalr Among these present
were . , Secretaries \Vlmtoin and Rusk , Spanker
Reed . . , Chnuncoy M. Dopavv , Sonntors Fry ,
Wolcott , Hearst and Plumb , Churlos Bmory
Smith , William M. Singorly , a distinguished
odltorot , Philadelphia ; General Russell A.
Alger of Michigan Hon C. K. Lord , gonn
ernl passenger ngont of the Haltlmoro &
Ohio ; Colonel George W. Bsyd , nsslstnnt
general passenger nirent of the Pennsyl
vania line ; Assistmt Postmaster Gonornl
Clarkson and General Grooloy of the wouthor
bureau
NEW VOf TSTFUS. .
Nobrasko Glen , Sioux county , Daniel
Klien ; Colorldgo , Cedar county , Ulysses O.
Bridcnbnugh ] ; Moorelleld , Frontier county ,
M . Trastoy
THE aiimt .
Green S. Grnvoly , troop F , Ninth cavalry ,
now In the custody of the civil authorities ,
will bo discharged from the service of the
United State to data Juno 5,189 , the date of
his arrest by the civil authorities
Gcorgo E. Daunlo , Company G , Eighth in-
fantry , , now on furlough , will bo discharged
by the commanding ofllcer ot Fort Niobrara
Isaac N. Rending , Company G , Seventh
infantry , will bo discharged without character -
actor to date , Juno 24 , 18S9.
T. H. Kent of Huron , S. D. , 'ls nt the Bbt
bltt
J. T. Carr of Dubuque ; la , * Is in the city
The assistant secretary of the interior to-
day reversed the decision of tbo claim of
Albert H. Hognn to forty nores of land In
the Yannton , S. D. , land district This ro-
Jccts ] the application of Hogan and takes all
claim to the land out of his hands
Peuhv S. Heath
% TUB FAIR FIGHT
Now York's Delegation Scores n iolnt
on CIiIohko
WashinotoN , Jan 23. Tbero was another
protracted struggle in the house committee
on the Worlds fuir today , out of which the
New York party came victorious
The battle bocran as soon as tha sub-corn-
mittco reported to the full commlttoo that it
did not recommend cither of the propositions
referred to it and asked permission to frame
-a bill providing for a fair In 18'J2 , loavlag the
question . of its site for futUre settlement
This wus finally adopted nftor a lively dis-
cuBsion Mr Bowden was present for the
first tuna
Mr Springer nssailedtho , xeport , charging
that the committee was violating the spirit
ot . tpo Instructions of tbo hout > o , which meant
that the resolution providing for the selection
of the slto should . bo reported bade In three
days • • Ho repeat od.what ho had already said
touching the dangers of deluv Taking up a
Now Yorit newspaper , ho read from an account -
count of the proceedings of the legislature nt
Albany yostorduy the remarks of Mr ShoeI
ban to the effect that all of thn money for
the , fair would bo furnlshod by Now York
City ; that Now York's representatives were
waiting anxiously lo bear from the logishi-
,
turo ; that Messrs Flower und Uoiden had
telegraphed to act at once and that delay
was dangerous for Now York Mr Sprln ge
said , that tbo commlttoo was asked to sit
.
here . und do nothing until the Now York
legislature had leisurely acted upon the prop
osition When that was formulated Now
,
. York's representatives wore to go into the
house . nnd assert that Now York asked no ,
llnnnclnl aid'from the government , and thus i
use . their ? 15,000,000 fund as a columbaid to i
blow up ether cities Ho was surprised to ,
sco tbo representatives ot the other cities
surrendering . their prospects and asquiescing
In that programme
. Mr Flower in reply said that Air Springer
had , been taunting the commlttco with doluy , '
but It micht pay to watt fifteen days if tlio
government J "snved 81C0),000 a day as it
would . if the legislature acted favorably upon
the bill Continuing , Mr FJowcr said thnt
llowdcu had como from a sick bed and that I
Hatch [ , another momuor of tbo commlttco ,
was still nlcU It was not fair lo the com
mlttco to expect It to rush along with so im .
portant | a matter until nil of the members
were acquainted with the subject The
other , members of tha commlttco should ut t
least have the opportunity Hitt bud had as a
member nt ( bo commlttco dn foreign nffairs
to t study the subject before undertaking to
report a plan to the house , and they should 1
not bo deprived of the right by tbo desires of f
ono city , Chicago It wus prudent that thn
house should decide that there would bo a
fair before an attempt wus made to fix its ,
site , otherwise , nftor naming tbo slto the
malcontents might succeed in defeating the
main proposition und tbero could bo no fair >
Mr Ill tt replied brlolly urging prompt t
action
Mr Bowden thought hn had nil the Information
mation necessary for his fuldauce , and to
tbo delight of the Chicago men ho ranged on !
their side and moved as n substitute for the
report ot the sub commlttco Springer's resolution -
lution , which provides for a ballot In the
house next Monday Auuin the chairman
narrowly escaped committing himself by
voting The vote to bo taken would have
resulted In a lie of it to 3 , necessitating bis
casting the deciding vote , but Just at this
moment Mr Bulden , who had been ubsont ,
walked hi und cast his vote againBtllowden'a
motion , nnd tbo chairman was relieved of
the necessity for voting Finding thorn
solves in the majoritythu Now York mon then
pressed for action upon the subcommittees
report and it was adopted Hilt , Springer
and llowden voting against it The commit
tee then adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman , which will bo issued when the
subcommittee has framed its bill , Htt | has
signified bis Intention to Intioduco in the
house a resolution providing for the solec-
tion of n site by ballot , aud-nutructini : the
committee , which ho will ask to have iu-
oreased to thirteen members , to report within
three days ,
llutoli'ii Htatcmriir ,
Chicaoo , Jan 25. B. P. Hutchinson , In
an Interview this afternoon , stated tbat
after investigation ho is unublo to nscor-
tain that the embezzlement by the clerks :
Stoncr and Kingumounts to moro than t' .000
or (3,000. His Investigations , howovcr ,
havo.only been extended through tbo books
of tbo past two or three months He main >
tales that both of tlio olorks nro btill in the
city aud that he has today received proffers
of a compromise from their friends
*
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• cIlie blv is home again ,
Time Sovonty-two Dayp , Epht !
Hours nnd Eleven Mltmtoe
JO , .S VERNE SENDS GREETING
A Orcnt Throne Glvo * KntiiiMlnstlo
Welcome to tlio I'Ciunlo ' Ololio
Trotter nt ,1cr ey City Rec
ord of the Journey
Under the Wire
New Yoiik , Jan 25 , ( Special Telegram to
Tun Iln : . ] Nclllo Illy arrived hero this
nftornonn , completing her circuit of the
glebe In exactly sovonty-two dnys , eight
hours nnd eleven minutes This Is the fastest
time ever made nround the earths ' surface
nnd bouts the record of Jules Vorno's famous
here In Around the World in Eighty
Dnys > She made n llyin e visit to tbo old
novelist wlillo passing through Franco
nnd M. Verne then cxprossod
his doubts nbout Miss Bly's being nblo to
bent his here of fiction ,
The feimiilno glebe trotter was welcomed
nt Jersey City on the arrival of the Chicago
oxprcss on the Pennsylvania road by a howl
ing crowd of enthusiastic admirers Among
thorn ] wore the city ofllclnlsof Now York and
Jersey City , sovornl promtnont citizens of
the metropolis nnd a crowd of Intorosiod
newspaper mon Miss Bly was hurried
across the ferry to Now York nnd driven
to the , Now York World ofllco ,
where n lnrco throng was waiting co rooolva
her Her tour of the world was u success in
ovcry way , and although , she started out
with tlio Intention of circling the earth in
sovoaty-fivo days , she succeeded In doing it
in sovonty-two days and a fraction
A cnblogram has Just boon received nt the
World \ ofllco from Jules Verne with his con
gratulations
NollloBly sailed at exactly 9:40 : o'clock
on the morning of November H , from Hoboken -
boken , on the Augusta Victoria After a
stormy passngo she nrrlvod nt Southampton
at 2 a. in November 21. Connecting with
the poslofllco special Miss Bly reached Lon
don soon after 5 o'clock the same morning
Iustond of waiting for the India mall at 3 p.
m. Miss Uly stnitod twelve hours oarller by
the Tidal train via Folkostono and made a
detour to Amiens , where she had a pleasant
interview j with Jules Verne She thou inter
cepted the India mall at Calais , and Hrludlsl
was reached on time on November 25.
Miss Uly sailed from Brindtsi at 3
a. m. , according to her itinerary , on the
steamship Victorln , crossing the Mediter
ranean und passing tin ough the Sue canal
and arriving at Ismallla November 23 , ono '
dny behind her schedule From Ismnllia her
route ' lay ncross tbo Red sou She saitod
into ' Aden harbor Dccomhar 2 , instead of De
cember 3 , as on her card The next point
was Colombo , the chief city of the Island of
Ceylon , where she arrived Docoinbor 8. A • <
stretch ot 2,000 miles of brlno lay between
her ' and Singapore , the next Im
portant milestone in her Jour
ney She had accomplished Ibis
voyngo Dcoorabor 18 , exactly on schedule
time ' Hong Kong was reached next on - December
cember 23. Miss Bly sailed away from Hong
Kong 1 on tbo stoauishlp Occunio bound for
Yokohoma , tbo great Japanese port Miss
Bly 1 made her bnw to the Japanese January
2. The steamship was compelled to wait
here 1 until the Tth for malls to the United
States ' January 7 Nolllo sailed nwny again ,
this I time her vessels prow bomg pointed
straight < for the Golden Gnto By the Itiner
ary i tbo Oceania wus duo nt San Francisco
January 23. but nt 7 a. m. on the 2Lst she
steamed ' into San Francisco hnrbor und tlio
young : lady again sot her toot on American
soil > Shostnrtod nt 9:02 : o'clock Tuesday
morning I ever the Southern Pacific and yes
tcrday I reached Chicago and this afternoon
nrrivod i well ahead of time
SOUTH DAKOTA KDIIOKS ,
Fifteen of Thorn Moot nnd Form a
Protective Union
Mitciiem , S. D. , Jon 25. | Special Telegram -
gram to The Hkb.I Yesterday fifteen
South Dakota editors mot here In response
to a call issued three weeks ago by Frank
Kelley of the Woonsockot News , W. J.
Whitman ' of the Flnndrcan Herald nnd B. E.
Mlll or of the Mltoholl' Mnll The object ot
the meeting wns to decide on some plan ot
united notion by which proper legislation ro-
gardlng nowspapcrs might bo secured , ad-
vcrtising rates maintained nnd cost of
printing patents reduced State Auditor L.
C. Taylor of the Alexandria Herald was
made chairman It was agreed that tbero
should bo united opposition to the bill now
pending in the loijlslaturo which provides
that real estate mortgngos shall be fore
closed in court only After n general dis-
cusslon regarding tha cost of patents and
the practices of noivspapar-unlons In roserv-
ing advertising space that properly belonged
to publishers , It'was decided to form at once
for mutual protection an nssooiatlon to bo
knowu as the South Dakota publishers
union Tbo following were elected officers !
President , E. L. Taylor ; secretary , B. E.
Miller ; executlvo commlttco , Frank Kelley ,
Alf Whitman , N. C. Nash H. B. Mayhow
of the Letcher Blade and N , C. Nash of the
Canton News were appointed a commlttco to
visit the newspaper unions in Sioux City nnd
St Paul and report at u mooting of the
union to bo hold here February 14. J.
Brands , innnagor of the Sioux City union , •
was In the city , and on invitation uddrctscd
tbo meeting
NAVAL ORGANIZATIONS
" " *
InvoHtluatloii of Alleged Coinblnn-
tlonH for Lobbying Purposed
Washisotox , Jan 25. At the meeting of
inquiry investigating the subject of organlza-
tions among uavu ! officers this morning
Past Assistant Englnoor Blcg testified tbat
the ntllcors of his corps had entrusted tholr
interests as regards legislation to a iclf-an-
pointed commlttoo of which he was the t reas-
urer and which had raised tJ , ! > 00 by contributions -
butions for the purpose of defraying "leglti-
mute expenses " Counsel had been employed
to advise the commlttoo on legal points at-
fcctlnr any measures ' pending or in prepara
tion thut would bo ar on the stutus of cngi-
nocr offices Paymaster Cowio , the author
of the bill in the Interests of which John II
Thomas was employed as attorney , swora ho
knew ot no organizations among naval
officers and ho had acted alone In the prep
aration of the bill When asked by tbo
court ho said about ono hundred und twenty
officers had responded to Thomas circular
lcttor nsklng for retaining foes aud expenses ,
but ho himself had not done so
Plnnkliiton HUH Wry Hlclc
Milwaukee , Wis , Jan 25. There is no
percep' .lblo change lu tbo condition of John
Plunkinton Ho Is very low and it Is feared
the worst may occur ut uny limit