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IhirrjThe Omaha Sunday Bee , fart • • * - - - - - - - " * - - - - > - • tmmmmmrmmmmmmmmmmBBmmmm mr nam NINETEENTH YEAE OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , EBKUAKY 23 , 1890. SIXTEEN PAGEa ' E ' NTOIBElT 2uT V GREAT SOCIALIST CAINS , B Goiman Consorvatlvoa Aghast at B the Upheaval Hj BACK TO BISMARCK'S BOSOM fl K WIHiclm AVrotli nt tlio Failure or fl K Ills Plnns A Uccnnolltntlon B B- Willi tlio Chnnccllor ' fl H llioiiBlit Probable V Hj Tlio Unexpected fl H ICopl/rfeiM / I WO ' ' 1A'eio York X ocMeJ ! Presi.1 B Drnt.tN , Tob 22. Lust night on lndopendc0 Hent \ nnI ( entirely rellnblo authority gava llg- H , ur0 < < bowing thai tlio socialists bad nctuully B ) twenty morabcrs end had Rood prospects of B capturing thirty tnoro Boats on tbo second B ballot Thu composition of the rolchstag B tvlll involve almost revolutionary modlllcala I H'tions. . The most sanguine Cartollars do not H expect the second ballot will make such Ij Ef n change m tbo result as to seriously Bt modify their defeat The supreme H g" question It how far will the socialist success BPP C ° * Thursday tholr total record of votes V rcachod nearly a million and a halt against Bftk 771.000 in 18S7. No combination of their opIt K pononts seems llkoly to head them off on the K Bccond ballot and there is a prospect of seep il E ing thlrty-flvo to forty socialists seated In ' B- next roIchBtng ngninst eleven in the last | V1 Bb rolchstae Another result suggesttvo of the rSEt growth of the popular movement is K&jjJw * ' 10 rcappoaranco of tbo voiles partl , -gJtT- . * y or democrats , so-called. In , ! the rolchstag of 1SS4 this party held cloven ' [ H B teats Jt vanished completely in the parlinol VB ? ment of 18ST. It has now captured three . | Bflj , seAts and has a fnlrprospoct of gaining _ § ! _ _ _ ' eight on the second ballot The position of .WKBf th" Qerman liberals is doubtful , though Bj Br Herr Richtcr , the leader , predicts that It < SR "vvl"havo "fty scat3 , ' V R : Taking the whole result together as It BIB , stands , and as it is to staad after the declsal ' IH ion of the socoad ballot , tbo prospect is that wlHn tso opposition will hnvoH members " Wv in the house against 173 membra Kill ' ' * or ll , ° govcrnmont group This TlBnR opposition will bo made up as follows : IH3 > Centrists or ultramontanos , 10 ; German liba iBtflF crals or liberals , properly speaking , 4. > ; so- iBfi % clallsts , 87 ; volkspoftl or democrats , 7 : Poles , ( BAJJ ' 11 ; Alsatian protestors , 12 ; Quelphs and I BfE Danes together , ID , This is a very h torofi IBfffif gonous opposition hold together by no devon iHf tu tion to any common purpose , but only by the ! Bm4K ncgnttvo tlo of opposition ; yet it is bound to _ _ _ * _ l s'v0 ' tn0 Kovornlnclt' soma lively times | Bk-4 Ono incident of tlio contest Is the defeat tBViroi . of Professor Virchow , a famous and popular I Bs , S * man of science and a distinguished liberal , H BffliT by Janlazowsltl , a poor Journeyman booke BVJp > binder and a Polo B ; UcrrVocrmann , Bismarck's ' friend , the ) BSw , great Hamburg ship owner and the candis i date of tbo national Morals , was defeated BJB by Dictz , a socialist This astonished the BjB socialists themselves Hamburg is now on- BBf ? tirely in their hands fAVS The opposing press comments freely on the } BSf fact that after twelve years oporatlon of tbo , ] B t- _ law for tbo suppression of socialists tboi i P * * ' " " - -Tirroat populous ( tontora-'Wtho-countrjnihaVo ; ' , BT become hotbeds of socialism It is argued , Bf that since the law expires lu September next BJ the government must abandon the attempt to BJ reureas this movement by legislation or div BT solve the roichstac and appeal to the nation B on this special issue Bj TheVotsischo Zeitung attributes the do- K feat of the Cartel or government comblna- Bf tion to the increased burden of taxation , BF upon tlio poor people , combined with the ro- i K cent imperial rescripts IKi The Gcrmaula holds that the condomna- ) Hk tion of the government is irrevocable , and A B that a dissolution and the election of a now BjF\ rolchstag would only confirm the result It . V says that with the socialist vole tar beyond ' / a million the emperor should separate him B'f self forever from the opportunists andcro- U § ' ate a body allvo to serious social legislation f' ThoKreuz Zoltung traces the defect to the Bf Dbandonmeut of religious ideas ns tbo basis 1 B of party union , and urges the parties concerned - cernod for the tnalntennnco of the oxlsttng • B order of things to combine for joint action on i Bh the second ballots , Bl The Post and the National Zeltung also B * urge union , while the North American GaI B iell ° declines to discuss the results until 1 ( BY they are complete f BB The press generally , in so far as it might [ give any reflection of oftlcial foaling , rofraius iBf from the attempt , but the progressist papers IB predict that lllsmarck will Immediately re- til sign the presidency of tbo Prussian ministry | ml and bo succeeded by Uoctteclier s ( Be ; The oftlcial opinion on this subject favors jBV the vlow that Bismarck's position has been BE n strengthened by tbo result of the election lUr'K.,11'q ' cml'cror bolicvod that the rescripts ( IE > would check the progress of tlio socialists , Bf nncl' ' " consequently enraged nt the discovery BB" that this was an illusion Ofllclals now quote K " BUmarck's saying that the rescripts would BJ" ' ' ' assist the sociulist candidates and could not K weaken thorn " It is thought that the HE emperor will return to tho-guidanco of 131s- BK Dinick ; According to n report in the Nochrlchtcn , IBM the ourly assembling of the labor coufcronco ] Is assured This report says that Great , BV Britain , Franco , Italy , Switzerland , Bel- Bw glum , Holland , Austria , Hungary , Sweden Bfl and Norway huvo consented to send dele Bb pates , wlulo Ilussla has declined on the BV ground that bor industries are confined to BV the products of ogrlculiuro and forestry , Bb and the United States has declined Ml on the ground of the very great differences BB between the condition of workmen in Eu- BkJ rope and their condition In Amorlca This Bb report Is totally unrcllablo Of the govern BB ments mentioned Franco , England and BB Switzerland liavo asked for a deflulto pro BWb gramme Involving tbo benefits of tbo in- BNp quiry Nouo of the otbors have ' B done tooro than to formally ack ; > 'B nowledgo their reception of the proposals Bf The emperor is personally engaged in draft B lnK lll ° programme , which is to bo submitted H to the council of state on the 20th. It is BJ already determined that the conforooco BJ Will not touch the subject of the eight HI hour agitation Sovorul suggestions rc- W eclved from tha Marquis of Salisbury Indi- Mf catoibat it Is tbo intention of the British k. government to send delegates , provided I , the votes of the conference shall not bo m\ understood as binding the govern l < : ments to an ) thing , and that the pro . ceodtngs are merely deliberative The B emperor Insists that ono feature of the pro > 8 grammo shall be the establishment or trade B ' unions under ofllclul control This would of B course boi impossible In KngUnd and it is B doubtfulwhether the workingmen of the BV jt continent will consent to bo brigaded under Bk _ state ofllclals , BF At nH5 tonight tboro crasoiuo additional V ) particulars known of tbo election , The I German liberals now claim that their I returns show they will have to contest in I the supplementary elections sixty-two scats As forty-six ot these are against the CasU tallaM and fourteen ngalnst socialists , they are confident that their party will have In the next rolchstag slxty-flvo to seventy votes Klchtcr's Journal referring to the proposal that ) ) | nil parties shall coalesce against the so cialists warns the progressists' ngninst false sympathy with the Cartel party and though the Cartel majority destroyed the possibility of n majority favoring nn Increase of duty ' on articles for consumption , yet the prolouga- tion ' of the socialist law is not excluded from the political combinations " The Dutch socialists whoso arrest hero to day was ropnrtcd , had bean In the city several - oral days watching the elections Thopollco refuse to assign uny reason for tholr arrest Thcro is n report tonight that the labor conference will meet In the middle ot March The sultnn of Zanzibar has sent a tele gram ' to the emperor unnounclng his nccosC slon ' < to the throne and expressing his dovob tion to his majesty Otto of Bavaria is Dcdrlddcn and in the last stages ot general paralysis m the miuoh.ih8 Muscovite Further Pnrtlcular * or the Oittrago nt Kara Irlson Losnov , Fob S3 Further details of the outrage on polltic.il prisoners at Kara reached the Russian exiles In London today.v It nppears the trouble originated in a bun per strino" in August , when the women political < prisoners tried to starve themselves to uoath In order to cscapo the brutalities of their Jallois All the women Imprisoned nbB stained from food fourteen days At first the Jailers jorrcd at thowomon , , , then tempted them with food , and then , finding this of no avail , threatened them When sovcral < women were nt tbo point of douth from voluatary " abstlnenco from food the prison oftlciuls resorted to artificial means to compel tbem to take nourlstiincnt The methods adopted , however , were violent and licentious and the women were compelled - polled to abandon the strike Abominable i outrages followed This state ot affairs led Madame Sigida , whoso death by Hogging has , already been announced , to ask for an inter view . with the director of the prison in the i hope ofsocuring an amelioration of the cone ditlon of the prisoners The request was , granted , but she found htm so abuslvo that , ir her oxasporatlon , sbo called him a villain , and slapped bis face Madame Sigida was then i taken : from the directors oillco nnd convoyed [ to ( the prison In which the common off on dors i wore confined Three of her companions from among tbo political prisoners were per mitted to join her Some time later Baron ICorff sent a special order directing that t Madam Sigida bo punished according to the j regulations , and the order was executed to , thu ' fullest extent The punishment was so sevcro that death ensued from rupture of the heart Her three companions , oommittod sulcldo within an hour from the time of hearing of Madame Sigida's death Many hearing ot the flogging nnd 1 suicides carried out their threat to suiuido They mot together and thirty of thorn shared I what poison they could obtain That even ing ' two died Their convulsions and the dead 1 slicnco which reigned lu tbo ether cells roused the attontlon of the guards , who immediately 1 summoned physicians who ad- jninlstercdcmotics and endeavored by every < means to counteraut baeffeotsof tbo polson.4 • - i . i - A Petition to thu Czar PiiiLADELViiiA , Fob 23. A largely at tended meeting of the Siberian Exile Petition . tition association this afternoon ugtced upon , the form of a petition to the czar of Russia j , which will bo circulated all over the United States for signatures The petition , which is a lengthy ono , speaks of the inter , est taken hero in the Siberian exile system , commands the penal rerorm nlrcady accomplished In Ilussla and calls tbo atteution , of the czar to the fooling ot u friendly i people ( Americans ) that In the pun ishment j of soma of her subjects Itussia , wbother from causes uecullar to bur psoplu or an ancient custom , is not in nil points in harmony j with the humanizing sentiments of the age age.A A NAVAU UK0EPT1ON. Officers , of the Flag Ship Chlcrico Give a Pleasant One [ Cnpi/r/aM / l&JObu Jam .s aorlvi lltnntl' . } Villa Fiianca , Fob * 23. [ Now York Her ald , Cable Special to TiieBeb.I Hoar Ad- ralral i Walker and the Captain and olllcersof the I flag ship Chicago on Thursday requested tha \ attendance of the many old friends they found j hero on their arrival and the gro.it number i they bavo made stneo their advent into ] the harbor to on afternoon party Five hundred I and sixty-ono ot the weloomo card invitations I were sent out and of the rocipl ents 501 were present The party was kept up i from 3 o'clock In the nfturnoon till 5. Tbo cards said nothing about dancing , but somehow i tha young ladles know tbero was going to bo some nad tboy caaio full ot the I Idea and found good music Any nuni- bor 1 of partners were waiting for ' them Pretty nearly every cab nnd carrlago In Nice were taking tholr way towards Villa Franca early In the afternoon and form ad a complete i string nearly from Nice to the edge of the water At Villa Franca the ships boats were In watting at thn landing , and under the most able management of Lieutenant Holier the guests were taken oft on i board the flag ship Immediately on the arrival of the boats , being towed by launches On board tbo Chicago the scene was really falryliko , und the arrangements re floe t the greatest credit on all concerned , The entire after part ot the upper deck hud bcon covcrod In and draped entirely with flags ot all nations All the Ironwork and stauchcons and such like had been artistic ally festooned with garlands of myrtle , icamellas and carnations Wliorevcr sp.ii-o permitted were attractively nrrangod groups iafjpalm und cactus aud ether plants and ferns In the center sat tha ships band iaud throughout the nftornoon played with energy nnd effect The riauclng was kept up most briskly " and there were any number of pretty glrlsuad matrons present Any number of times I overheard the remark , ropeutod by mon , What n lot of pretty women , " These who were not keen ubout dancing had plenty to interest them in looking at tha big guns and admiring their neatness , and the ladies uioro especially were anxious to see the admirals saug quar- teis and oecuny his best chair aud bavo ox- plained to thorn many dlfllcult prob- loms ot modern navagatlon Ncod It bo said that the ward room was an exceedingly popular center of attraction and that somehow a largo par centaga of the prettiest girls inauaged to And tholr way down there uuder the chop oronago of some ablo-bodied protector , Tholr table was covered with a display ot tempting light refreshments and tbo ladies were treated to a special bowl ot claret punch , which was brewed in Boston and only uow uncorked Then there was the onilro length of the gun deck to explore and tha cooks gallery uad the process of haw slinging to bo explained and a thousand other things To attempt to give a Hit of the guests would lake too long WASHINGTON l REMEMBERED Consul G on oral Rathbono Glvos a Rocoptlon In Paris \H | | FASHIONS GIDDY WHIRL , _ Itcocptlons null Dinners In the Gay Cnpltnl a Clint With Miss Grnco Jtnwtliornc ltobort Btrnkosoli Talks Parts Doings ICopyrltflil 1800 hy James Gordon n niifff ] l'Aius , Fob 23. [ New York Herald Cable Special to Tun Bnn.1 Wnshtnaton's birthday was obscrvod In Puns today by n grand and patrlotlo reception at Consul Gen eral Hathbouo's , No 84 Avenue des Champs Klysoe : , this afternoon Ono thousand in vitations were Issued , a method which General oral Hathbono has organircd generally to bring the Americans lu Pens togcthor , and which has boon most popular among resi dents and visitors in Purls About five hundred drod ' people were present , among whom were the most prominent members of the American colony The Hungarian band was in attendance Chnmpagno and ether beverages , Includlnc egg nog with dainty viands and rdfrcshments , were bounteously Borvea , MrB Hathbono was nsslstod la ro- . colvingby her niece , Miss MaaCnndrny , and her guest Miss Marie Howard ot London Goncral Rathbono returned n few days since from a tour of Inspection of some of the consulates in the southern part of Franco under orders from the state depart ment The inspection will b3 continued , and the Investigations of this excellent officer will provo boneflcial to the public sorvlco The Lenten season has necessarily reduced social mntters , although departures from Nice to Homo nnd ether Italian cities have nlrcady commenced Mr and Mrs William Sloano have loft tno Hlverro for Florenoo and nro booked for Paris , April I , Mrs Thomas Loring and daughter of Philadelphia ] are hero at the Bristol Douglas Grant is expected tomorrow to accompany Mrs Beech Grant to Cunnes on < Tuesday Mrs John Hoffman and Mrs Sanford of Now : York nro at the Hotel Liverpool Thomas E. Cnmmins has returned from Homo ' to the Hotel Hindn Mr and Mrs George II Loa of Phllado 1- phla I nro at Athens A Stevens , son of the Into Admiral Stevens of dew York , has nr- rived nt the Hotel do Franco Baroness ao Kconck's afternoon reception was largely attended , Mrs Waldron Poll , Vice Consul Preston , Gonornl and Mrs Rathbono , Mis and MIbs Robins , Miss Uut- terworth ' , Carolus Duran , Mr Pcnnimnn nnd ' Commander Ullmnn were among tha guests l Ono pretty dinner given durlne the weak was that of Mrs Walluco of Waihiugton and her brother , Jpsso Brown The guests were Mr und Mrs Frank Forbes , John Munroo , Mrs Munroo " Mrs George Pendleton-Bowkor , w. Thorno , William HowardMrs Hownrdot SanFrancisco t. , , , . , „ „ * GeTooral'teaMKKalhoo8o ( ? . * Vf" * 's " < - * Another dinner was that ot General and Mrs Meredith Reed , at which were present Princess Gorllchow , Duo do Vallombrosa , ColonelBonaparto Mme and Mile , Schuylor Crosby and Mr and Mrs Richard Corbin The German ambassador and Ills daughter , Comtesso Marie do Munsloro , gave a pillti- cal and diplomatic dinner last evening The guests included M , nnd Mine I'nr.irJ , M. Spullor , M. Rouvlor , M. and Mme Constans , the papal nuncio , M. und Mme Da Lson ; Y. Custill , Mr Whitolaw Heed and Mrs Muriel Buy and her dauijhtor , who is betrothed to tbo embassador's eldest son Miss Gruco Ilawthorno , the Americin nctress of the Princess theater , Lo'idon , loft Purls last night for London , accompanied by Miss Carrie Turner , I ate of the Madison Squire theater Miss Hawthorne mid to a Herald correspondent yesterday that she had come over to see Jean dArc " but that Bho did not think it could bo produced in London in Cnglish with the success with which Saran Bernhardt pro duces it Said Miss Hawthorne : "It will bo i go Sarah will securs its sue cess in Now York However , Miss Mather will do with the piece , for , like Franco , America is republican , und puolio fooling has much to oo with the success of a play I shall begin n tour ot tbo Knglish provinces on Monday with Theodora , " nnd ireturn to London in time to open on May 5 at Drury Lane , " How nbout your suit with Palmar ! ' The case will como up , strange to say , Just at tlio tune I open.with Theodora in Loudon I saw Palmer at Henly lastsuimncr wo were very good friends Ho offered to settle the matter by paying tbo cost of tbo Theodora costumes $ 15,000 , which , of course , I refused to do The damages I claim , after waiting two years for him to fulfill his pirt ot the contract , amount to 20,000. In the mennwlillo the affair has mndo mo ' ill nnd has distressed mo very much " Miss'tlawthorno was the guest for several days whllo In Paris of iMrs Saun ders Johnson Hobsrt Strakoscb , son of the late Maurice Strakosch , arrived la Paris yesterday after an absence ot two years as man ager of Mile Nlklti , whom ho loft tuo weeks ago in Russia , and Is in Paris managing tbo great Austrian pianist , Mine Sophie Mentor , who is to bo the soloist at the Lamorlux concert tomorrow She is a pupil aud follower of Liszt , whosa selections wilt bo used In tomorrows programme When Strakosch was asked why he left Nlklta , bo saldt "I can not auswor that question There mny bo a jawsult , I shall remain quiet unless she choses to speak In that case 1 will bavo something to say 'J Have ycu glvou up managing Italian opera ! " , "No , not at all , but I have lcarnod thut opera companies with stars do not1 pay I may open Italian opera in St Petersburg next season , but I shall not oagago stars , but shall have a good , first class company all round , Concert tours in ' .Eu- rope do not pay either , The people require a iirst-cluss orchestra aud other attractions basides the star , you can not name u real rich manager to ma ' Even Abbey , I am sure , will not make money this your in America with his two great stars Paul aud Tamagno , I hoar thav Ijlecxponses are IIU.OOO n day , including Paul's salary Sbo is the greatest operatlu attraction , but stars are too well paid these days A man ager works bard , tbo star makes tbo money , and ho U left My father was the first to begin those high rates for paying stars , und that is why ho never made any inouey I believe tbo day will como when the chief at tractions and stars will receive , equal sal aries I shall remain in Paris a fortnight and then go to London for tboseaion " Mr Strakoscb Is staying at tbo Hotel Bellevue AONESHUNTlNOlONSTnOUBIiBS ' Cnrl i Itosn Opcrn Co ' infinny Grnntoil nn Injunction Agnlnnt Her [ CopvrtoM tlVObyJamtt Gnnhn Ihnndt.l London , Fob 22. [ New York Herald Cable ( Special to Tun Eeb 'I The motion by 1 the Carl Rosft opera company for nn in junction j to restrain Agnes Huntington from singing at any place In the unltod kingdom , the I continent , Unltod States and Canada without the cpnscnt ol' the plaintiffs or their authorized , agents camb up again this morn ing j before the chancery division The da * fondant , who tins n contralto volco , entered Into ' an agreement with the Carl Rosa com pany 1 in October , 183 $ , to sing in Italian and English opera and light opera concerts and oratorios , seven days a week it required , and not for nny ono bub that coniDany with out their or tbolr authorized agents ' consent > , and she afterwards performed vury successfully , taking the tltlo role In Paul Jones " The cpmpaiiy uftorwards ar ranged to produce "MarJorle , " tl.o music of which , not being suitable to the defendants voice , was altered to suit her After the piece had boon produced , however , und Miss Huntington had uppearbd in It , she com plained that the musk ) . in her part was hurt ful to her volco , and she required that It should bo uttered , and she fulled to keep her engagement Plaintiff then offorcd her Paul Jones , " to bo ptrformod In the provinces , but on the groundof Ill-health and the exertion of moving from place to place , etc , she did not nccopt the enmpanv's offer , and plaintiff , hearing Jthat she was nbout to form a company to-perform In America , applied for nn injunction ' 1 hey nllcged that they had done everything they could to moot MIbs Huntington's ' wishes by altering tha muslo of "Marjonc'1 ; that sbo made no objection to the music as altered ; that Bho asscirtod to it nnd said It would do ; that she performed In "Marjorlo" when it was llrst produced in January , and that It was only nfter it had bcon some days before the pub lic that she raised otjjoctions Miss Huntington said this morning that it was not for the purpose of obtain ! ns hat ter forms that she refused to sing The music , as arranged , was unsuitable ! to her volco Her part hi ' ( Marjorlo" bad been written for a tenor volco , which wns not suitable for her , nnd it had not been nltnrcd according to promise Iter part was only handed to her by Installments , nnd she had not * had -an opportunity until December ill of judging whether tno wholu wns suitable It was only on January 15 , the pieca being produced on the ISth , that she received the whoio , and it wns only then that she found . the music did not suit her The only full and c6rap "hjte roheirsal was on ' the 17th , aud she thoa < ascertained that the music would bo an unbearable strain on her voice , but being unwilling to disappoint the public she nppourod Prior to January 18 she repeatedly told Harris that tenor was too high for her Yoico Uuirlsinhis aflldavit said he told her not to force her voice in a lower rcgisw , and this was evi dent that she had spoken to him ubout the unsultablllty of the music for her voice Miss Huntington ocni there was frequently a scene between Harris and herself when bo " wouldn't ' alter the n > Ieia any more , aud she refused to sing siciliM told him for n week that the parj'muit'bo rewritten for a * contru.lti5ltvn > > xuujfewrittOn , and , tlirra ; foroKWhe , could patf'an " end to ' Ttho agreement Her couf.scl argued that the compay were by thejr contract bound to providoMis3 Huntjngton with a part tfiat she could play und they had not dnno so , consequently theywcro the parties who had broken the contract Justice Chltty granted the Injunction , but expressed thu hope that the parties , if they had mi nupoitunity of arranging thou differ elites , would do so , as if could not bo to the advantage of the manager , actors or singers occupying n high position to huvo their quarrels paraded before the public MIoIhIct Lincoln * ! foa Improvlnc ICmyitahl lSJJ/ij/JiVijjOoiiim / llenn-tl. ] Loxno.v , Fob 23 Now | York Herald Cable Special to Tub Bee I The opera tion which the surgeons performed during the last week On Robert Lincoln's son proved thoroughly successful and the pa tient i3 now making satisfactory progress A Herald reprosentattvo called ut the Amer ican legation today J It bus been several dH.vs since ho iippearoJthero owing to his sons illness "I ura rejoicec' to say that ho is better , " said the minister "He is a plucky follow add has always been in good spirits , but slnco the operation ho has made a great advance and tlio doctors are able to glvo ub muoh hope This morning ho was so much bettor ns , to address me In the cheeriest manner when I wont into his room , Still ho is by no means out of danger " T" Our I'nti-jotlo Navy [ Copifl Wit l&pO bu Jamcj Gnnlon IUmuU ' ] Villa Fhanca , Fob 82. [ Now Yorli Herald Cable Sueclal to Tub Bkb.1 The United States ovolutlonnry squadron was today beautifully decorated with bunting in honor of Washington's birthday The French men-of-war , which nrnved hero last night were also decorated with flags in honor ot Americas great patriot und llrst president Tomorrow Admiral , Walker , Admiral Dupctit Thomas nnd theoflicois of both squadrons will bo ontortalned by the mayor of Villa Franca at a folo champetro On Monday they are invited to a ball at Ccrclo do la Meoitcrranco at Nice The United Stales squadron will leave Villa Franca on Wednpsflov next for Spezz'u ' , whence they go tot Naples Owing to the tact that tbo Italian gbvernmaut refuses to allow more tbun tbroo war ships of any for eign power to enter their ports at the sumo time , ono of their ships will be detached from their squndipn La rirlppo'H tCiiniianlonMnliidy [ Copyr/o'it / ltiM b'JJahiv nor bin fljnasK.l Rojik , Feb , SJ.ItIJTow York Herald Cable Special to Tun Bkh , | The latest news concerning the new lenouna is ihut at Reggie a man named , , Kmlllo , after having been in bed for several days with influenza , was attacked by u lethargic sleep Thn doctors have tried In every way to srouso him , but without success Hu is now only kept ullvo by injections of liquid food Near Pnvia , a girl , alter two days'tllaess | from luftuenza , fell into a profound sleep and now gives no outward signs of life It is evident that ber heart • still bcatfng , but vojy fnlntly , and with much in frequency , Nothing that has been tried for the purpose of awaueuing her has succeeded The Italian uoctors are studying the ueiv malady with great In terest , ' • ( * The WxiulherForcoanr For Omaha and vicinity ; Fair , followed by light snow or ralp For Nebraska ! Fair ; warmer ; varlablo \vind5. y/ For Iowa " ) Warmer ; threatening weather end ruin or snow In southeast portion ; fair In northwest portlen ; southerly winds For South Dakota : Fair ; slightly warm cr ; southerly wlDds INEAL GIVES HIMSELF AWAY llo j Brontes Down nud Aoknowl- edges Sollhiff the Jones StOolc DENIES BEING THE MURDERER And Claims That Farmer Friend Named lee Shcllcnbnrscr In * tlucod Htm to Digposo of the Cntilo _ _ _ _ _ - Confession of Ncnl Kansas Cur , Mo , Fob 2. . [ Special Telegram - gram to The Bei.1 Tonight nbout 11 o'clock "Ncnl" gave himself nway Notwithstanding his donlal on frcquont occasions that ho had ever been in South Omaha , he admitted that ho had EOld the Piuney cattle there nnd that ho had been inspired to the act by a follow named JooShcllonburgor Hero tcforo "Ncal" hns proven himself n liar Tonight ho languishes In the city jail nt this place , less than twenty-four hours removed from these who know overv net of his for the past two wcekB , and his demeanor is entirely different Ho appears like a man who lias been simply playing n part , und his latest utterances show thut ho can no longer claim to bo innocent ot the Jones murder and is gradually preparing himself for the ad mission of having committed the horrlblo crlmo This ovcnlng Chief Seavoy arrived from Topekn ufter having secured the necessary papers for the possession of "Nonl" Ho called at the ofllcc of Chief Speors and was accompanied by a detective and Tun Bun correspondent ilrovo In a haok to "Neat's" former lodging house , near the Fountain theater , nnd tlicuco to the Wyandotte county jail The governors pa pers were then shown , "Ncal" wns delivered to Chief Scavey , nnd with the chief , Shorilf Bowling , his deputy nnd Tin : Bei : correspondent , "Ncal" started ou His trip to the scene of his crimes The chief deoldeil that It would not bo ndvlsnblo to bring Neal hack until early tomorrow , and nccordlnglv had him placed ma cell In the Dolico station in this city Tomorrow morning ho will leave on his return to Douglas countv Neal was soon by Tub Bbe correspond ent nnd for fifteen minutes persisted in the lie that ho had never been in South Omaha At length , when convinced that ho was pre varicating , his volco faltered nnd ho ex claimed : "I have talked to you now more than I should have nnd now I'il tell you all nbout It Do you know Shcllenburgcrl If you do ho Is the man who killed Mr and Mrs Jones " This announcement stmtlcd Detectives fliiyes , Hunlon nnd a couple of other ofllcors who stood around the cage "Ncal" wns then piled with questions , which in brief showed thut all that , he had said upon the Jones murder had been a llo ; that ho had been inspired to rob tlio farm , sell the cnttlo and dlvido the proceeds with the party from whom the Bug r gestion bad come tohim - < Hu > said that ho had compiled with the request . * . 'Undv"'Wrwhllo 8)bls ) previous -statemi-nt3 * • had been full of ' inconsistencies bis story In this instance was lomnrkablo for its continuity Ho said that on the afternoon Of February 4 , whllo traveling between Omuha anil South Omaha , ho met the man known as Joe Shellonburgor The meollng took place some place ou Six teenth street , but the exact place ho could not locate Joe was mounted Ncal was on foot The former accosted Neal and sug gested thnt be rob u farm outside of South Omnhn und run the stock into the market and soil It " .iNeal" had met Shellonburgor before Both , three years ago , took ourt In stealing horses in Harrison countv , Ja Both were arrested Sbel- loaburger pleaded guilty * 'Ncnl" refused to do so Shcllcnburger was sentenced to thirty days In the Lounty jail , while "Ncal" was sentenced to two and a half years It was fiom the latter sentento that Neal , was discharged less thun two mouths ago at Fort Madison "Neai" says ho never doubted Snullcnhurget's good faith , although in thu horse stealing the former ad mitted that ho had been deceived , whllo the latter escaped with the slightest of pun ishment Notwithstanding this fact Neal accepted the proposition to drlvo the cattle to South Omaha , ho studiously , however , conceals all reference to the old folks on the form On the ovenmg of Feuruary i Neal says ho reached the farm , ho and tils friend Shollenburger having taken turns in riding the boy horse to tbo place Both looked around the grounds and into v the house , but found nothing except the cattle which "Ncal" had con iracteM to soil Shortly uftor reaching the farm , which was a short time after 2 p. in , Sbellenburgor loft the place , leaving the arm bouso behind him , avoiding South Omaha and reaching town late at night , Ncul then went to thosoutb , turning over in his mind the best moans oBBdisposing of the cattle Ho made bis arrangements on the night of tho-ith of this month , hiring Messrs Mott and Dee , as already rofcrrod lo Ho admits driving the stock back with ' thorn to South Omaha and receiv ing the mnnoy from E. G. Davis Ho claims , bowovor , that when he and Schollon- burgcr visited the farm thcro was no sight to bo bad of old man Jones and his wife After receiving the money frotq the Pinnoy stock on February I ) , Neal sayB bo stopped at the Wisconsin house Later bo moved to tbo Transit house In South Omaha , wbero bo claims ho registered on February 7 , as D Livingstone " Ho remained there until the morning ot the btli , when ho ordered his trunk transferred to tbo Cozzcns bcuRO Ho came to the city , sought bis trunk at the latter place and found that the Cozzcns bad been turned into , an Infirmary , Ho next ordered bis trunk to tbo City hotel , kept by Fritz Wlrth , at the comer of Tenth and Harney streets Ho remained thcro until ovenlng , when ho bought a ticket at the Union Pacific depot for Kansas City Ho crossed the Union Pa cific brldgo at Omaha , and icot , as ho claims , baellcaburger at tbo transfer Both ' had talte n part in the crlmo and the meeting at Council Bluffs Was intended to prevent the combination from attracting tbo attention of people from abroad Both ro Jo togetber on the Kansas City & St Joe as far as St Joe Tbero Joe Shellonburgor left and "Ncal" moved to his on arrest , Bcforo entering the train , however , both entered a closet in the transfer depot ana divided tbo proceeds of the sale Tbo total amount received was $357.50. Of this amount Neal claims ho gave Shollen burger 1210. Wbcro Shellonburgor went after reachjug St Joseph nobody knows It there Is such a poison as Shollenburger thcro is a great desire to sea htm Everybody looks upon the accidental meeting ! of these men in a highway which they never traversed , the offer and acccptanco ii i of a proposition "tV run i away stock which bolongcd to neither ! the ' subsequent running nway of both ttvl , thieves , nnd especially of Sbellenburgor , As If ( all the truth has not yet been told Although , denying tt before , "Ncnl" now admits \ having bought his revolver In South Omaha ; that ho Intentionally Blolo nnd sold Dr ] Plnncy's stock , and that ho had divided the proceeds with Shollenburger The lat ter , however , ho says , Is the mnn who committed the murder Whether or not Neal i had nn nccomplico is not now known , but 1 It is moro than llkolv that If Neal tolls nil ' ho knows there will bo an bcglruot scaloy i people from these parls B , A. 0'Bnif.x. CHICAGO STUCK YARDS SOLD An Knulish Syndicate Snid to limn Purchased Them Ciucvoo , Fob , 23. A morning panor says the union stock yards of Chlcaeo , the largest In the world , will doubtless bo sold to nn English syndicate The prlco of thl * enor mous plant is $ ,10O00,0tX ) nnd a number of rich Englishmen nro toady to uxchango that sum of money for n controlling Interest in It It Is understood negotiations have passed beyond tbo stngo ot ducusston , for rcllablo Information warrants the statement that the conlruct for the transfer has been signed George T , Williams , treasurer and secre tary of the company , when spoken tn ou the nllpgod pending negotiation nnd sale Bald : "I do not know whatstartod such a story , for tbero Is absolutely nothing in it Wo would know something about It it there wns nny truth In the Btory , but not one of the stockholders hns bcon scon nbout any sale Not one hns been approached that I know of " Mr McMullen of the Alton roadono of the stockholders of the Union stock yards com panv said this ovonlng that ho believed the statement thnt negotiations for the purchnso of thu yards by the English syndicate nro pending is correct Ho understands the prlco is $20UOO,000 Instead of $30,000,000. Picsidotit Sherman of the stock yards company admitted tonight that the deal might be negotiated by eastern stockholders without his knowledge , but had no deflnito Information A SWKIII-ll SWINDIjRR Finally Ciip'nri'tt Alter Five Yenris of Successful Work Cmcioo , Feb 22. [ Special Telegram to Tub IJeb I A bald swindler , whoso oper ations were wholly conllnd to the Swedish population , was captured by the Chicago po- llco today For the last five years John Nel son , who has a dozen aliases , has swindled unwory Swedes and Norwoglans of sums varying from $ i0 to $33. The police provo that in this time Nelson has obtained ever 31,500 by false pretenses Nelsons schemes for boating his victims were manifold On his person were found deposit checks on the Dearborn National bank , Commercial Na tional bank and the Hibernian banking as sociation These checks ho had filled out so us to show that he had n balance in each in stitution Ho then negotiated n loan , goncr- ally with women , leaving the worthless cer tificates of dencsit for security Hu also had a qu3ntliy"of ? 50 nntt $100.confederate , bills which he discounted U > Ignorant Swedes For u 510' ' ) nolo ho • icc ' olvod' < in < iBevorrHn- i ' stances Sb5. Ten dollars was his usual profit out of the $ . " 0 bills His negotiating ono Df the latter denomination caused his arrest Wednesday London Go • si p. [ Copj/jfo/if / ISM hiiJamc * Ouiilon Bennett ] London , Feb 22 r/Now / York Herald Cubic Special to The Bee.1 The will of ln , to Robert Browning has boon proved The value of the personal cstnto and effects is sworn at 10,774 10a 4d. The action by the Carl Rosa opera com pany ngninst Agnes Huntington , who throw up the tltlo rnlo in "Mnjorlo" at the Prlnco of Wales theater for breach of contract , came before the chancery division of tlio high court , but was adjourned pending a hearing of the libul action which Miss Huntington hns instituted against Augustus Harris , manager of the company , for doctnrlng pub licly thut Bho had been guilty of breach of faith Mr Whistler , bavinz recolvod information of a piratical scheme well under wuy to pub lish In book form without ililj knowledge or consent , a complete collection of his writ ings , letters , pamphlets , lectures , otc , has instructed his lawyers to tulte out an im mediate injunction against such publica tion , both in England and America GOLD IN MONTANA The North HiilTof the State Incited Over DlHcnvoricH St Paul , Minn , Fob 23.-A letter ro- colvod hero from Montana says the north half of that state Is oxcltod ever unexpected discoveries ot plucor gold mines , quarts nnd silver aud load galena in the mountain spurs and lulls ot the great reservation , as well as in the Bolt mountuins Ono mms near Maiden Is crushing enough ruck with a twenty stump mill to turn out every month tlOO.OOO In bullion The projected rnilroad oxtonslon from Great Falls will , It Is bo- llovcd , hnstcn the development of that sec tion Into one of tbo ricliost mineral belts in Amonca The state mining inspector says over 12,000 mining claims have boon located in Montana under the mining laws TrnniDS Steal Chnroh Coins Hackenshck , N. J , , Feb 23. [ Special Telegram to Toe Bie ] A number of tramps who were brought hero from the Little Ferry brickyard last night had coins and papers in their possession which crcutod suspicion in the mind of Deputy Sheriff Henry On Investigation It wns found that the artlclos were Btoleu from the cor nerstone ot the new Catholic church In Hldgetleld park The stouo was out of its place in tbo new house of worship and the tin box which contniuod the usual treasures was found in a lot near by , Iliiwnilnn Ivlrotlon Itctnrm San Fiiancisoo , Cal , Fob 23. The steamer Australia , which arrived from Hon olulu this morning , brings almost complcto returns of the election of nobles nnd repre sentatives hold in the Hawaiian kingdom nn February 5. The returns Indlcato tbat the reform party will have a small majority in the next legislature Htcnmsliii ) Arrival . At Queonstown The Urabrla , from * Now York At Loudon Sighted ; The Tbingvalla , from Now York , for Copenhagen , bcttled Ills Delalcation Run Oak , In , Fob 23. fSpoclal to Tub Bee ] A. W , Harding , present mayor and late city treasurer of this place , has settled his defalcation whllo treasurer Dy giving the city $600 in cash and a note for t-iOO. QIvaii Up for Lost Halifax , Feb 23 , The schooner Laburn- ham , which left hero January 8 tor the East Indies , has been glvou up for lost ARMED DEATH IN ITS PATH ' vo Bollors nt the Armour-Oudrthy Packing House Explode THREE MEN INSTANTLY KILLED Illevc.n Others Injured , Sonic ofTlioin Prrhnpq Fatally The Boiler IloiiKo Destroyed The , Loss Will Jlcncli Fully $ : M > ,000. , . alio Dcntli Roll , • JOHNTIGHB , head fireman , married , re- 1 Bides In Ouiahn HENRY OLSEN , ashes wheeler , resides In O in ah a , THOMAS L1NAHAN , fireman TUB I.19T Of INJUIir.I ) . EinvMii ) Misskku , blncksmitli's helper , married , resides in South Omaha Jambs McGuiiib , bricklayers helper , re sides in South Omaha Micimn , Houlihan' ' , bricklayers helper , unmarried , resides In South Omnhn Jambs Biack , unmarried , resides lu South Ouinha Ai.rnr.i > J. Haiidbk , foromnn tin shop , married , icsldes in South Omaha Suiuri Guison , general mechanic , mar ried , resides in South Omaha J. E. Siii' .iiidan , ilrcmun , resides In South Omalin William Mii.lbii , resides in Omaha , has a wlfo ami two children , John Lions , resides nt Twenty-fifth nnd Q streets , South Ouinha ; burned on the fnco and left hand William D uxkaui „ skull frncturod DiNiKi Hahum ) , head cut and head and hands burncX Jambs AiimstIioso , resides in South Omaha , back ' hurt und hands and fnco buincd , John Phteii ov , a steam fitter , hands and fnco burnct * . A Tcrrlblo Calamity South ' Omaha's ' greatest calamity occurred ycstc nluy It bus brought sorrow and suffer ing to many homes and with It went out tha lives of three human beings , nnd serious and perhaps futal injuries were inflicted in as mnuy moro At 10 tlu in the morning nteli'phonoiiicssago wns sent to Alderman Melchorts drug stnro instructing him to send to the Armour Cudahy packing house every avallablo phy sician ho could muster in South Omaha , The request wns coupled with the informa tion that a boiler had burst in the packing house engine room und tlio lives of a uumbor of human ueings were in jeopardy A ininuto afterwards an alarm wns sounded calling the llro denartmont to the works As tbo fioso cart dashed down N street and across the railroad tracks the hoi . Id ay street louugors know thut something serious was amiss nud a rush was made for the scene of the flro call in a inss Ol' uuiss were reached a torrlblo scene of destruction was witnessed The house is a largo brick When tbo main bolter and machinery rooms of the Armour-Cudahy hog killing house structure , ono story kiek , ucarty at the cast "ern en a of the plant On the north and sop orated byj , parllUonJ& o actdrysVaroom In the south room there * waT' ' n altory " of seven boilers furrrisbing steam for run ning the machinery of the house Alongside wus a battery of two boilers used in connec tion with the fertilizing department At ubout 10:15 the mon em ployed m the department hoard a dull , boavy report , and after that all was confusion Bricks , mortar , broken beams , Bcantllng , soot and escaping steam were mingled in ono indescribable mass THE HOOF FELL IN , buiying everything under it unimato and in animate The smolto stack , n tall sheet iron affair , fell to the east and lay against tbo wall and across the area way Iho ether bollors were buried under the falling debris , pouring nut steam that scalded and boiled the workmen with whom it came in contact Thn work of rescuing the killed and In jured was commenced ut once Manager Cudahy , Superintendents Halo and Howes , Assistant Ofllco Manager Keenan and Head Engineer Phillips did everything within human power to IlESOUB TUB UNFOIITUNATB MEN The llro department of the company , rein forced by tbo local department , had streams on the smoking and stoamlng pile in short order Other willing bunds faced the danger of fulling walls and another posslblo ex plosion to roach their follow-workmen who were known to bo in the room at the time Physicians from South Omaha and clergy men from the churches were there ready and eager to minister to the wants nud needs of tha Injured and dylntr Coroner Hurrlgan was notified to como to the scene at once , The sisters nt St Joseph's hospital were communicated with to bo In readiness to rcoeivo the Injured mou for care and treatment Ambulances were summoned from Omaha , surgical aid rcquestod , in fact everything possible was done that could bo done lu the limited time at command and the oxctteraent that prevailed ' TEllllMILE SCE.XK3 OF TOUTUIIB It is Imposslblo to describe tbo heartsick cnlng sights witncEsd in the machinery room just north ot the scene of the explosion As soon ns u work in an was reached whoso injuries were so sovcro that ho had to bo carried , the body was convoyed Into the cnglno room These who were not severely Injured were taken to the company's ofllco on the extreme west of the plant In the engine room workmen who were fortunate ouough to bo sufo und unin jured stood over the forms of tholr follows and with tear-gl'stcnod ' eyes listened to their , heartrending cries of pain or watched with uncovered heads the last hi oath of Ufa pass from out the qulvoiing forms Slowly but surely JOHN TIGIIE'S LIFE BNPEK , and his name wus thu llrst to outer on the death roll Tigho was the head fireman , Ho leaves a wlfo and family and roslded In Omaha on Thirteenth street , between Jack son and Jones Ho was crushed and injured Internally When rescued ho was allvo , but bq was beyond medical aid , Near hlfh , lying on the floor , was tbo writhing form of Michael Houlihan , Ho waB allvo and bis cries of pain were heart rending , His face and hands wore black - with soot , whllo from hlsj extended arms ' thcro hung the grimy ( lash that bud been belled and scorched by the escaping steam Houlihan is an utiuurrlod man and boards at the Doheck house Ho was assisting the bricklayers at work on the boilers Ho may survive his Injuries but will bo terribly scarred from bis burns 1119 SKULL niAOTUJlKI ) . A short distance from the body of Tigho l v v.eb&d4-tif Edward Mhsuell His skull was fractured Ho was also terribly burned and appeared to bo hurt Internally , although not fatally , Mltkult live * in th