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X TWENTIETH YEAR. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , AUGUST 24 , 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 07.
THE PROPIlEr OF REALISM.
A Iclightful Interview With M. Emilo Zola ,
tbo Trench Novelist.
HIS OPINION OF "KREUTZER SONATA. "
Harry Overtoil I'utun Quietus to Will-
lain Render .it ttinOrmundo Club
In One ol'tlu : Gamiest ( Jon-
i tests on Uncord.
August 22. [ Now York Herald
Cable -Special to Tin : llr.i : . ] M. Kmlte Xoln
is spending the summer nt Mention , In the de
partment of the Seine ft 01 e , where yes
terday a Herald correspondent met him strid
ing nt the ralo of four miles an hour along n
rough path that follows the winding of the
Seine. The prophet of realism In literature
was taking OHO of his long afternoon marches ,
by which ho founts upon keeping ills avoirdu
pois down to the point to which a ycnr ago ho
reduced it by severely applying to himself
the treatment prescribed by D. Schwelnlnger
for Prince Dlsmarck. "Fair weather or foul , "
said M. Xola , "I leave homo after
luncheon and tramp along as you saw me
doing Just now until nearly dinner time. I
nm immensely benefited by It. "
And Indeed the speaker looked the picture
ol robust health , and although the Paris
resistor can show Hint M. Kola first saw the
light in 18-10 , Ills ago might bo guessed at any
thing between thirty and forty. Ho Is no
longer the Xola that the -world knows by
photographs now very much out of date , for
the llojh of which ho had once a superabund
ance , P.S nine photographs out of ten testify ,
hn vanished Into thin njr. As wo walked
along I told M. Zola the motive of my visit to
Mention was ti dcslro to give to the world
turough the Herald the views ho entertained
upon the Kreutcr Sonata , and tlio theories
regarding love and wedlock which Count
Tolstoi linn expressed therein.
"Indeed , " and M. Zola tucked underneath
his arm the grip ho was carrying to gleefully
rub his hands , while underneath the broad
brim of his brown straw hat , his deep sot
eyes twinkled with a merry thought winch
found expression thus : "Now I wonder what
M. do Vogue thinks of it ) You know ho In
vented Tolstoi , In so far as Franco is con
cerned , translated his works , wrote him up
in the magazines , proclaimed him
the ono genius of tlio age , and
but of course yon know till that. Then
Imagine If you can what unutterable things
M. DoYogue must tell about the Ivreutzer
Sonata. I fancy ho must have trembled
many a time before for his idol , and It would
really bo interesting-.to know his opinion
uow ; but I must begin from the beginning.
"In the sixties n number of us young men
then and our hopes soared the highest used
to go every Sunday evening to Flaubert's
house. Alphnnso Daudet nnd Tourgucnlefl
wcro of us , and ono day the latter brought
us a copy of Tolstoi's Crime ot Chatl-
ment , which had just been published in
French , and told us ho wanted us
to rend It , as ho considered it ono of the great
works of thocentury. . Indeed , poor Tour-
guenicff believed Tolstoi to bo the greatest of
Russian writers , himself not cxcoptcd. That
was my first acquaintance with Tolstoi.
Then as now I thought ? him a writer of vast
powers , sublime conceptions , striking origi
nality In n word , a genius but with these
who wore trying to force Tolstoi and nothing
but Tolstoi down the throats of the reading
nubllo of Franco I had no sympathy. Tolstoi
was merely a card In their hands
a card to bo played against us wo
wore pariahs who must bo stamped
out of literary existence at any cost. The
Marquis do Voruo thought that Tolstoi was
a Nasmyth hummer with which to crush us.
Untaught by the experience which had be
fallen M. Schorcr , M. do Brantlcro and
others , who had some years before tried the
eamo tactics with George Eliot , neither the
English nor the Husslnn novelists were fitted
, for-tho role they were made to play. I cannot -
not conceive anything moro diametrically op
posed to the French character and French
tastes and French faculty for understanding
oven than George tiliot. Tlio protestantism
with which her writings is Imbued Is utterly
antagonistic to the mysticism of the Latin
mind , and furthermore , George Eliot is
i ot one of those geniuses who compel. Had
the Temps et Kovue des Deux Morales started
their campaign against us with Thackeray or
Dickens as their big gun , I could have un
derstood it but George Kllot , Now they
have taken your American , Marlon Craw
ford , In hand , and heaven only knows whom
they will fall back upon next.
"Tlio Tolstoi campaign was the severest of
all wo have had to go through. The Marquis
do Vogue and nil the Influence of the acad
emy , tlio IJovuo des Ieux ) Mondcs and spirit
ualistic school wore arrayed against us , i
have no need to tell you how Tolstoi was
boomed. Rl , do Vogue wrote about him In that
charming style of his ; reviews and ; no\vspn-
pers like the Temps snug his praises and
placed him aloft on a pinnacle to which a
writer of the French radisllo school could
notnspiro. The Russian was a prophet ot n
now literary religion , a genius who had
marked In his working the first Impulses of a
great intellectual movement , n towering
mountain whoso sublime heights had caught
the fir.it beams of the rising sun , which was
n Httlo later to Hood the universe with Its
splendor. Now the facts of the case were
nltogother different. Instead of being
"n' * " " creative genius , Count ToUtol
was merely a receptive mind. .
Which had been Impressed by the truth the
realism if you Ilko of our writings. lie had
followed our lend ; ho is n Russian dlsclplo oi
the French school , which saw the light in
the days of 1813 then , you will remember ,
began the great movement of the Christian
democracy. Our writers and our orators
claimed Christ us their brother , described
Him as the prototype of the Christian demo
crat , who was the equal of till men and less
than none found In the gospel , the basis
of the social structures for which
the world had been sighing for
centuries. This Christian democracy was ,
n term which lasted but. fern
n day In Franco , but which Tolstoi continued
In Itussiti. Ills ideas were these of the orators
tors of the Paris clubs of 1313 , his theories
Tillers' and his deductions likewise , with
only tills difference that they wcro truusmog-
rilled by their transplantation to a foreign
Boll. They entered Tolstoi's mind as French
Ideas In French drtss and were turned out by
him In Slavonic garb. I do not deny that in
n scriso Tolstoi made them his own , for I nm
perfectly willing to acknowledge his great
powctT , but originally the Ideas attributed to
him were French. Hero Is nn illustration of
what I mean wo have hero n vlndupays ;
wo send some of that wlno to another coun
try , where some uubtlc essence is introduced
into it and It comes back to us with a now
flavor nnothor wlno , via falslfic , but you
cannot deny the fact thut the wino was
originally ours.
Thus Tolatol bos only the merit of
having taken our ideas and given to
them characteristics of his foil tut ry and his
individuality. Ho belongs to the twelfth
rather than the nineteenth century. Hols n
compound of n monk of the middle nijcs and a
modern Slav , with the mysticism of the ono
nnd the romanticism of the otht'r.
The logical deduction fem his
doctrlnps Is that the world should
be lived back seven centuries. Thcro Is ono
other fact which I cannot understand how
M. uo Voiruo came to bo Ignored when ho un
dertook to make Russian writers popular in
Frnuco. This Is the gulf which separates the
Lathi from tlio Slav. They have
scarcely one characteristic In common.
The Latin Is artistic , hla cyo looks
for delicacy In each part nnd for symmetry
of the whole. The Slav , on the oilier hand ,
takes his material and heaps them one on
top of the other almost pell mell , careless
how each block stands provided ho succeeds
in building the structure ho tins
planned. Hcnco Slavonic hears to
Latin literature the same relation as
a great temple of rough hewn granite has to
nn elegant structure , of which every sepa
rate part , every stone has been examined In
det.il ! as well as In the relation it will have to
the whole. " From Count Tulstol's ' writings
In general , M. X.ola turndto , the particular
work regarding which .1 had asked his
opinion.
"The Krcutzcr Sonata is n nightmare , " ho
said , "born of a diseased Imagination. Since
reading it I have not the slightest doubt that
its author Is cracked Qu'll y a uno pe
tite feluro dans sa tete. The theory
developed In this book is nnii-
nntunil. Lamour , Qu'est co quo ccst quo '
caJ Here Is a man , There Is u woman , 'it
Is nature's ordinance that they should seek
one another , and you can no more hope to
keep them apart by theorizing mid philoso-
pliMng than you can hope to keep the wind
from blowing , or the tide from rising , or the
trees from budding in the spring time , nnd
what is the use of theorizing or philosophiz
ing on an act which admits of neither nnd
which you nro as powerless to stop
ns you are to stay the rush
of a locomotive by throwing
yourself m its path. Tolstoi has tried to stop
the locomotive and ho lies crushed and the
engine dashes along nnd will continue to dash
along to the end of time. I have said before
thnt Tolstoi had the char.ictcristics of a
incdhuval monk and ho has , as It wcro , shut
himself up in n cloister when ho
"
gazes upon what the outsldo world" doing
with loathing. But there Is nothing repul
sive In any ono act of natuvo moro than an
other. 'It Is anlm.jl , ' the world cries , but wo
nro animals nnd why not acknowledge It ?
"Why seek to drive ourselves 1 Why make
n ridiculous pretension to bo higher
and better and mom spiritual than we are ?
Why set up an imago which wo would fain
call an Ideal man , but which wo know la our
heart is no man nt till I Wo have the reality ,
why should wo stultify ourselves by pre
tending to worship n sliaml
"As for Tolstoi's ideas upon marriage , they
are equally anti-natural with his theories
upon love. Wedlock is a contract. I do not
intend to discuss it except so far as it relates
to our subject. Tolstoi hastaken a particular
case and from it argued to the general. His
husband and wife have no Ideas , no sympa
thies , no tastes in common the ono has no
car for music , tbo other adores music nnd It
Is not in the least surprising that she should
full In love with n tenor. A similar
thing , I have uo doubt , happens every day
But Tolstoi argues that it happens always.
There his logic nnd observation are both at
fault. Given a male , sound in body and
mind , nnd n female , likewise sound In body
and mind , and their union will bo
happy. But given n bodily or mental
defect in either , their lifo together will
not bo happy. Tlio man becks the woman.
If she bo not what wo may assume ho had
the right to expect ho will brood over his de
ception perchance not willingly but the
workings of his mind will continue until ono
day it lies open before him , and then comes
his instinct to kill. So it Is with the woman
who goes to the nmn nnd finds him unsound.
To find a man of vast intelligence , broail
conceptions and subllmo genius like
Tolstoi seeking to . Introduce a
dissonant chord into the harmony of nature ,
loaves mo with but ono judgment topassupoi
his Krcutzcr Sonata that the book is n
work of an imagination which has become
diseased. In many respects , however , it
Is a sign of the times , u sympton
of sickness. This sickness is 'a con
tinual craving and undefined longing
a feeling that something Is wanting to our re
pletlon , uut wnat that something Is not even
those who nro tlio most conscious of the void
can determine. The promise held forth by
the beginning of the century has been bo-
lied. I do not say this in respect to science ,
for science has achieved great and glorious
things , but even to the great the stages of Us
onward march are Insufllclont to content us
"Humanity wants thnt which science can
not give. It cries in anguish for something
human , something which appeals to Its
human instincts , its loves ami fears , its Joys
and sorrows , its hopes and its despair , Its im
pulses and Its passions. The clubs of 18-IS
were one outcome of this universal longing
for nn indefinite blessing , socialism Is anothei
and yet another of a totally different
character is literature , the decadenclsm nni
pnrnasslan Ism of today. I could multlplj
examples , but none could bo moro stringent
than the Krcutzcr Sonata. That book Is the
cry of the nation , of the heart of the nation
against the head , whoso cold reasonings nro
not in sympathy with Its human
Instincts and impulses. Ho whcuu bur
dou is heavy calls for It to bo lightened
ho who is in sorrow craves for sympathy , ho
whoso horizon is bounded by the nnuihllatioi
of the tomb strains his eyes to look beyoiu
the political and social reorganisation de
manded by the men of 154S , and their succes
sors would not supply the remedy for the
world's ailment ; nor do I think that the
decadents and Parnassians have discovered It
iu the sonorous roll of sentences which mean
nothing , Ko , It seems as If the world had
lived too long andwlll bo forced to retrograde
to the middle ages with their mysticism
which was religion and their Catholicism
which was more than a religion , being part
and parcel of their existence. "
Long before M.ola hud arrived nt thU
singe of our conversation wo had reached the
oninto village where ho resides , Meudon , nr.d
passed Into the drawing room through a
largo open window , out of which the eye
traveled over an extensive garden , well kept
and bright with flowers , down to where the
sheen of the Seine- could bo seen at Intervals
between the aiders trluglui ; Its banks. No
fewer than three men were at work In the
garden , a fact which , combined with the ob
servation of qulto an array o ( servants on
iny entrance , of a couch house nnd stable ) to
the rear , of the appearance of the house gen
erally and of the room In which wo were seated
particularly , would luvo mudo a comparison
between this Meudon villa and the proverbial
"irnrrett" In Grub street very Invidious. The
room merits u word of description. High
up In the west wall furthest from the Sdno
was a largo window of stained glass , tnrough
tvhicti the sun , then getting , poured variously
luted beams on the mosaic marble floor nnd
ho sulU of quaint armor nnd trophies of
curious weapons gathered from the four
quarters of the globe ; nnd equally rcpro-
scntativo of nil climes and all times
vero the musical Instruments arranged on tno
vails. There , were pipes on which Parr
night have played , thu lute with which
Borneo might have serenaded Juliet Instead
of talking noHscnso about the "rosy
norn" nnd the blush on her
damask cheeks. There wcro Spanish
castanets and mandolins , flutes , clarionets ,
violins nnd every sort of instrument from
which sound can bo extracted , down to the
cottage piano standing by a window.
On several tables and cabinets were brlc-n-
L.rac , not of the kind ono often sees la draw
ing rooms and made by the thousands ,
liut the genuine nrtlclo. This draw
ing room Is also a billiard
room , for ono of these necessaries
of country llfo stood und r the stained glass
window. I asked M.Cola If , like MM. Lu-
donio , Hnboy and Mcllhnc , ho was anything
of a cueist. "Anything but' that , " was his
reply. ' . 'I got the billiard table for my friends
I can't play myself. I am too nervous ami
for some reason I am an execrable shot. I
should do a little shooting if I could manage
to hit something now nnd again so as to relieve
the monotony of missing. " In reply to
further inquiries M. Zola told mo that ho
worked every morning on a volume which is
to continue the "Uoiigow Mncqunrt" series
and which is to portray financial life.
In accordance with his custom ho got
all Ids material ready nnd classified ,
nnd his plot planned out oven to minute de
tails before writing out a single line of copy.
Despite this his work Is giving htm a great
deal of trouble , and although one-third s
llnis.hcd ho docs not expect to complete it be
fore the end of the year. "After that , " ho
continued , "I have only two books to write
to complete my Hougow series. Then I can
consider my works done , and I shall bo con
tent to stand or fall by it In the Judgment of
these who come after mo. No , I have not a
really decided preference for any ono of my
works , although generally speaKlng I might
say I sot the highest value on 'L'Assommolr'
and 'L'Oeuvre.1 My next book after
'L'Argent1 ' will be a kind of extension of
'L'Oeuvrc'and after that I shall write a
volume , resuming , ns it were , the whole of
the scries , nnd perhaps giving In it tlio ideas
I have Just expressed to you. I had thought
of publishing an article of the kind In Figaro ,
or one of the reviews , but now I think I shall
decide upon keeping it for the last volume of
my series , "
JlS TIIK THIltTKKXfa HOl'XIt.
Harry Overtoil Vanquishes William
Hondor nt the Ormonde Club.
[ Copuilijlit ISMliu Jnint.1 Gordunfini'll. / ( . !
LONDON- , August 23. [ New York Herald
Cubic Special to Tun Ben. ] "Something
Ilko a genuine glove fight nt last , " is what
London followers of the fistic art nro saying
Just now , and those who witnessed the game
battle betweoa William Header of Fulham
and Harry Ovcrton of Birmingham at the
Ormonde club last night for S10J a side have
certainly good grounds for saying that a more
genuine or determined settlement has scldcm
been seen. The result has taken the English
sporting world entirely by surprise. Hurry
Ovcrton of B irmmghnm if twenty-one years of
ago nnd stands llvo feet llvo Inches in height ;
It was while engaged at the royal small arms
factory nt Enlleld Lock that ho flrs't came into
some prominence as a boxer of the second
class , and it is doubtful whether his admirers
in those days over expected to see him figure
later on in the very foremost rank. Ho
weighs Ilko his opponent , \Villiam Reader of
Fulham , as nearly as possible twelve stone ,
the latter , however , being about four years
older than Overtoil , ( Two inches shorter and
possessed of greater muscular development
It was about 10:3."i : p. m. when the men en
tered the ring , at which time there was not a
vacant seat. Reader was a very warm
favorite , indeed , as ho has
been the acknowledged nine stone
champion for the past two years nnd con
queror amongst others of the renowned
Sam Blakeloek. In a moro quiet way ,
however , Overton's supporters felt equally
certain of success and unhesitatingly indeed ,
somewhat eagerly snapped up all money
they could get at the reigning odds , which
was only a shade short of two to ono nt tlio
start and had been very much increased long
before the finish. If Overton's friends seized
every opportunity , they must have amassed a
pretty pile. Hound nftor round was gamely
fought , nnd for eight of the fourteen all tlio
fighting was in the Fulhnm lad's favor ,
Ovcrton time and again looking as though
his quietus must quickly follow. In the ninth
round , however , a change came over the
scene ; the Birmingham boy fairly staggered
.Reader with a blo\v under the Jaw , and al
though Ovorton was nt the time
none too strong himself , ho found
sufficient powers of resource with which to
concentrate all his force into a similar terrific
onslaught on the same spot In each of the
succeeding rounds , until in the thirteenth
the climax came then it was that Reader
received the ono blowot all from which there
was no immediate recovery ho had measured
his length on the Iloor. There was a buzz of
surprised excitement , followed by breathless
and almost painful silence , as the fatal
seconds flew by nnd still no signs of ani
mation came from prostrate Reader ; nt
length the necessary ten seconds had elapsed ,
whilst the fallen competitor still lay low.
The ofilcial announcement was duly made ,
the silence gave way to a ringing shout and
amidst n scene of wild excitement Harry
Overtoil was hailed winner of one of the
gamest contests ever seen.
.1
Disposing ol' a I'lnngor's
Under tlio Hammer.
[ CopurlaM JfiUbj/Jiime r7 nIi i litnneUA
LONDON , August 2 : ) . [ Special New York
Herald Cable-Special to Tim BRU.J The
nearly now wardrobe of a gentleman , accordIng -
Ing to catalogue , was sold a few days slnco by
a Bond street dealer. The outfit was once
the property of Ernst Houson , the Jubllco
plunger. This young man , who wasted a
greater part of $ 50,000 In a couple of years ,
had an extensive wardrobe. Ho had a de
plorable weakness for white waistcoats nnd
possessed thirty-six of them. Ho ran largely
to scarlet and crimson hunting coats , corded
breeches and fancy check waistcoats and
owned twelve suits of the same kind of rid
ing boots. All his pillow cases were frilled
and ho could have worn u diifuront coat each
day of the month had ho cared to do so. Ho
had a sword or cutlass for everyday la the
weoic. Some of the thingsjirought oxtraor-
dlnnry prices ; second hand shirts with a
third hum ! look about them sold for Jit ! a
dozen , The hare thought of being compelled
to wear ono made the atmosphere feel most
oppressive ,
Killed nnd A to the Hnhy.
BLVKIXOIIAM , Quo. , Augusts. ! . Yesterday
Mrs , Cote went away berry picking and loft
her child in ch.irgoof two boys , deaf mutes
of unsound mind. On returning Bho found
thev hud killed the baby and partially eateii
SATISEACTOHY TO ! WILUA1I ,
Germany's ' Emperor Plcasi-d With the Result
of the Imperial Meetings.
ANOTHER EUROPEAN CONGRESS DESIRED.
Certain Overture * ! Tending In rimt
Direction Favorably Received by
tliu C/.nr Austrian Olllulnl
Circles Distrustful.
[ CanrightS39fi7 / the Zfta 1'itrlt X M cfnlol I'rtm.
UKHI.IV , August 23. Tonight's ' news from
Petorhof convoys the distinct Impression that
the Imperial meetings held liuvo had n highly
satisfactory result to Emperor William. Of
ficials of the foreign cflleo hero maintain ab
solute reticence regarding the nature of the
Herman emperor's ' proposals , but admit that
LUero was immense political significance In
the Interview. , n
Advices from various reliable sources all
confirm the aunouncomoUt that Emperor
William desires nnothor European conpress
to bo held , with n preliminary cessation of
further armaments. Whatever the nature of
the inducements offered tlio czar , It Is cer
tain that ho has met the emperor's
ovciturcs favorably. Since Do Glurs'
first conference with ' Chancellor von
Caprlnl communications hnvo been pas
sing heUvecn the authorities hero and
at Vienna with a view of expediting the
meeting between Emperors William and
Francis Joseph. \
Austrian official circles regard the Imucncl
ing change In position wltji intense distrust ,
hence tlio soml-ofllcinl prcis of Vicuna throw
doubt on the probability of holding another
European congress and profess Incredulity
as to the Emperor's pre enco tit Pctcrhof
causing a great political transition. At the
same time word comes from Vienna that
Emperor William has asked the emperor
of Austria for a conference within a
fortnight preparatory to the projected recep
tion of the czar la Berlin in October.
The Munich Ncusto Xachrichten states
that the czar and Emperors "William and
Frauds Joseph will meet on Austrian soil
before definitely agreeing tp the holding of a
congress.
After the court banquet .tonight the em
peror will start for Kronstadt on board the
Imperial yacht Hohcnzollcru. His majesty
proceeds to Loctzen , where ho will witness
an attack upon the fortifications there. Ho
will arrive at Potsdam Friday. Ills new de
parture as regards his foreign policy , though
only vaguely known , has aroused the ire of
the old Bljnmrldan press.
The Cologne Gazette assails Chancellor
von Caprlvl for assisting tlio kaiser In cm-
barking upon an enterprise that will disturb
the alliance formed by Bismarck.
The Munich Allogctnela Zoltung declares
that foreign affairs are taking a gravely dis
quieting turn , and expresses regret that Bis-
niarck no longer conducts Imperial affairs.
The Post , In a scmi-ofii ial article , replies
that Germany can exist , \\Jthout Bismarck
and that the government' ' flolicy has proved
dignified and in evcv "Ty calculated to
promote a permanent pcat , .v
The meeting of socialists at Dresden which
was called to consider how to oppose the
threatened nntl-striko union of
general - em
ployers has rejected a proposal to replace the
local associations with a universal working-
men's association , controlled by a centralized
executive. The same question will come up
in the socialist congress at Hallo ,
The group of Berlin socialists headed by
Bruno AVillo has engendered the opposition
of the chief representatives of parliamentary
socialism. Herr Von Grlllcnbergor , speak
ing nt Nuremburg , referred to the \Villo as
sociation as socking popularity through the
calumniating of men of proven worth.
Ho said that no divergence existed
among genuine socialist leaders. The infa
mous reports aiming at the disruption of the
party emanated from a. croup In Berlin ,
where among three socialists ono could
bo counted as an agent provocateur.
Herr Orlllenbergcr's language plainly sug
gested that If Herr Wlllo were not
n spy his action tended to assist the govern
ment to weaken the party.
Dr. Peters , who Is staying at Nuremhurg ,
has received from Councillor ICuyser the
following telegram : "In the name of the
colonial department I greet you after
you first vest on the soil of your fatherland
with" the wish that your extensive experience
may bo of advantage to the entire German
Interests in East Africa. " The authorities of
Berlin will receive Dr. ' Peters on Monday
next.
next.Herr
Herr Simpson , president of the supreme
court at Leipsic , Is about to retire. Ho Is
eighty years of ago.
Emperor William has linvited Count Von
Moltko to witness the Schleswig manoeuvres.
nut UK sir131 THE ciiAXXELf
Considerable Dntiht at * to tlio Gcn-
ulnencHs oC tlio Achievement.
[ C'i > ji/rfM | / Iffahu J < im fliinlw HennM. ]
LoxnoN' , August 2 : ) . [ New York Herald
Cablo-Spcdnl to THE BIE. ] Next to
the Aslatii ) cholera theme , which is exciting
the most interest In the London press , is Uul-
ton and his supposed swim across the chan
nel. Some persons tukd it as personal in
sult if any doubt is cast upon the genuine
ness of the American's achievement , while
others sldo with the writiir of the sceptical
letter In the Thncu , which. 1 cabled , declaring
Dalton to bo a monumental fraud. Anxious
toclear himsell of suspicion , the swimmer
has had the following statements by himself
and companions sworn to Ijcforo a Folkstono
Justice of the peace : 4
"I hereby declare that , I swam the whole
distance from Boulogne breakwater to Hytho
on my back. With reference to the letter in
the Tlmc/i , I solemnly declare that it Is a
false statement , and as it is calculated to in
jure ray reputation and do ( mo grievous dam
age , I shall take means to proceed against
those who are responsible for the slander.
DAVIS D.u.TON' . "
"I had charge of tha dingy , which I did not
have to UMJ until | four or llvo
hours after Dalton Jtunpo.1 from the
Ocean King. I did i not leave tlio
dingy until xvo ro.ichod Folintono ,
I will swear that. Dalton received no assist
ance Irom either my boat or the Ocean King.
, Hl'.NHV K , IlKAX. "
Similar nflldavlts have been made by Boat
men Dunn and Young. The man who made
notes of the trip tolls how the two latter wore
on the Ocean King and frequently at n con
siderable distance from the swimmer. Bran's
evidence- practically all there is to go on
and n good part of the public is not certain
whether that evidence Is sufficient estab
lish authentically so surprising n feat as
swimming sixty miles In an open sea In loss
than twenty-four hours ,
A Contractor" * * Heavy Failure.
KXOXVIU.B , Term. , August 23. Repre
sentative Jones , a prominent builder ami
railroau contractor , as Ipied today. Liabili
ties , tlOO.COi ) ; ttSbets ,
C'l/.l VXCKY Jf.
Ic Touches Unfitly on the New York
Cent fill Strike.
( Copirritfit JSWlD/Jimi-jt dunlin IfcnnrtM
PAIIIS , August ai.-fNew York Herald
2nblo Special to TUB Btn.l At 8 o'clock
his evening a railway omnibus of the
roomestldnii , loaded liwldo and out , drew up
nt Hotel D'Albo. It contained Chauncoy M.
Dopow and his impedimenta. To a corre
spondent who was admitted after Depew
lined , our Chauncoy , spreading a copy of the
? nrU Herald out upon n table before him ,
said ! ' 'Wo have got to rend tlio Herald for the
lews of the world. Wo Just returned from
Iiimburg , stopping on the way at Cologne ,
and I don't know that there Is any difference
bet'Kgin Cologne u . Central Africa , so fur
as ne\vs of tlio world Is concerned. If itworo
lot for the Herald in Paris and London , ' nil
American In Europe would bo the most
lopclessly stranded man lit the universe.
Stanley , cutting through the virgin
'orest for four months and then getting
ils news front the chief of the
ilginics , would not bo a circumstance to It. "
"And the New York Central strike , Mr.
Drpowl" . t
"Notifications I have received from the
office are to the effect that the situation is
tot sufficiently serious to demand my per
sonal attention and that under no circum
stances am I to break my vacation , Had 1
intlclpatcil the rupture I would not have
taken my vacation , but now that it has oc
curred during my absence I will not return
on account of It. I have known my associ
ates in management so long I have absolute
confidence- their discretion , wisdom and
justice. "
"With respect to your having been asked by
; ho men to mediate. Mr. Dopow I"
"I l.nvo received no message of any kind.
All the Information I have received from
America has como from the Central olllcc.
\Vhcn the strike broke out I was
rushing through Tyrol , traveling by
night and sight-seeing by clay ,
quite surpassing the astonishing movements
of Mr. Phineas Fogg , who did all the picture
galleries of Europe by devoting twenty min
utes to each. "
Having thus quitted the track on which 1
had tried to keep him by many questions , Mr ,
Ucpow glided on smoothly as follows : "This
last expedition of iiilno was for health and
religion. I got health nt Tyrol and at Ham
burg , and spiritual Inspiration of a more in
vigorating sort at Oberamruergan. No pagan
or atheist or mutter of fact person should go
there , but no man or womalTj of whatever
creed , who as n child at hiVjmMier mother's
knee has wept over the swry of Christ's
passion , can bo otherwise than
both t profoundly impressed and re
ceive new light on the divinity
of humanity to which wo ewe our present
civilization In this world of salvation or in
the next. I have seen all the great actors of
all countries during the last twenty-five
years , and each of them has moments in
which the personality of the actor subordi
nates the character and temporarily spoils
the play , but In the presentation of the
scriptural characters at Obcraminorgau this
fault never occurred. Christ , Judas tind
Pilate have no equals , and have had none.
If the passion play were represented
pt , lho London Lyceum 'or .at nny
great New York theater , it would bo
sacriliglous beyond toleration , but in that fic-
cludcd Bavarian village the vast audience is
transported to the beginning of the Christian
era and swayed by the same emotions as If
they had been witnesses of the infinite love ,
frightful sacrlilco , resurrection and transfig
uration which constitute the pain ,
hope and glory of Christian faith.
Indeed I have never been so
much Impressed in my life. .After Oberom-
'
morgau , by traveling by night and catching'
on odd trains by day , living as General Pope
once said , "in the saddle , " I saw the tomb of
Juliet at Verona , looked at the balcony In
the house of Cnpulct and from its height
Judged that Romeo must have been n
gymnast who would have taken all
the honors of a modern collegiate couwc ;
sailed through the grand canal of A'cuico and
listened to a serenade ; waved n pathetic fare
well to the dark-eyed maids who leaned over
the balconies ; did Milan in three hours with
out break fast ; solved the mysteries of St.
Gothard tunnel from n railway standpoint of
experience , and landed at Hamburg after
ten days of day and night traveling as
fresh as the conventional daisy , and a * ready
to absorb all the entertainments which had
been prepared at Hcinburg.
"I had the pleasure of lunching and dining
with the Prince of Wales and rediscovering
his partiality for America , admiring his
wonderful tact and astuteness , forces which
go to govern the history of various countries ,
and seeing how strong a support ho Is to
royalty and its perpetuity in the British
empire. There Is no shade of opinion of
Great Dritaln which Is not welcome to his
table and which does not enjoy and appre
ciate being his guest. Certainly no stranger
contrast could bo presented than that be
tween the most brilliant lawyer of the Eng
lish bar and the nblast Irish homo ruler ,
Sir Charles Uusscll , and the most ag
gressive , courageous and irritating Orangeman
Colonel Sanderson. Ono of the happiest
reminiscences of my present trip will bo that
of having met three members of my own
profession so eminent and yet of so diverse
inlliionco and acquirements as Justice
Bowen , Sir Charles Knssell and Dr. George
Lewis. The oest place on earth to sco the
world's panorama , the old world , and study
political and social influences which govern
it , Is Holbourg. "
Mr. Depew sails for homo by the Teutonic
in September.
.I.S/.IT/C ; vnoi.KKA. iwu.iitoo.
Nownpnuers Attempt to Crenlo IS.icltc-
inont Over tlio Matter.
lCopi/rJ ht tsa liu Jitmei ( iuritnnIcuiiclt.l
LOMION , August 23. [ New York Herald
Cable-Special to Tun BII : . | Certain ex-
eltublo evening papers are making desperate
nttcrnpts to stir up excitement In London on
the. subject of Asiatic cholera , their evident
motive being to boom their circulation during
the dull season. Several of thcso sensational
organs published a statement tonight that n
second victim of the terrible disease had
been received nt the Popular hospital. This
patient was stated to bo a certain Ellen
White , who had nursed the first Asiatic
cholera victim , Robert Tlegh , concerning
whom I wired fully two days ago , On read
ing this startling statement 1 nt once has
tened to the hospital for more ac
curate Information. Dr. Corner , the
house surgeon , who received mo ,
spoke as follows : "It Is true that wo have a
bad case of cholera hero , and what la more ,
ono which terminated fatally , but 1 would
not Uku the responsibility of pronouncing it
of the Asiatic variety , nor was tno victim
ono of our nurses , as has been reported , but a
little girl only llvo years old , who. was nd-
mitted yesterday morning early , and died a
few haul's later , She was in a state of com
plete collapse when received and was already
beyond hope. The story that she had con
tracted the disease from Sailor Tlcgh is ut-
turly false , uud , in my opinion , she ilia not
licet Asiatic cholera , but ordinary "lsh !
cholurntlp dlnrrluua. " .
"And how Is the man Tlcah doingl'\ ' \ ; '
"I think hois now in a fair way to " > very -
ory ; such excellent sanitary measured , , vo
'
icon taken that I doubt very much his' '
ng cotnmunlc.itcd Asiatic cholera to iin i
n London ; still , It Is too soon to speak t .
tvely on that point , as the period of Inc-iiba-
lon has hardly yet passed. "
One good romtlt of the cholera scare may
jo to cause England's sanitary authorities to
open their eyes to many existing conditions
vhlch could not but favor the spread of pcs-
ilenco. Tlio Glebe tonight , speaking editor-
ally , siiys : "Londoners pride themselves
vlth good reason on bolngtho inhabitants of
i cityj which for its size has no sanitary
condition equal In the world. " That is true ,
ind the British metropolis has shown a
nr lower death rate than any other c.ip-
tnl In Christendom. StilC there is
ibundnnt evidence to prove that some dis
tricts are swept and garnished for the recep
tion of king cholera , who ran pass through
my overcrowded locality without becoming
mplciMuntly awnro that ho is among highly
insanitary surrounding * , and if ho enters the
louses lie will soon learn through his organs
of sight and smell that defective-drainage ,
nicmptlcd dust bins , tint tupped closets and
other abominations contribute to poison the
air.
air.Nor
Nor Is London alone In having need to sot
icr house in order before the arrival of the
Ircad eastern pcjtilonco. There are
other great English cities which have
still more occasion to bo up and
loing ; wealthy Manchester Is ono of the
foremost sinners against the laws of sanita
tion. Ofllclnl reports prove that there are
pest centres In Cottonopolis which rcllect
disgrace on the authorities. The present
lealth otllcer of that city afilrms that the
ncavy death ralo in certain notorious districts
is solely duo to the sanitary condition under
which the Inhabitants carry on their struggle
tor existence. The air is poisoned , the soil
is impregnated with germs of deadly disease ,
louses are illth sodden and scandalously d I-
.aplclatcd . , and while terribly overcrowded
their ventilation is entirely neglected.
JT 1IMS XtIT .1 Cl'Vf.OXK.
A Dlstln uinliutl Astronomer CorrcotH
a Popular JliKtalce.
[ C i > ur < tiM ism linJiimcx (7iml < m llennclt. }
PAIIIS , August ' . ' 3. [ New York Herald
Jablo Special to Tin : HIK. : ] The European
edition published this morning the following
utter from a distinguished astronomer to the
editor of the Herald : "Most of the daily
papers have made a mistake In thinking and
stating that the Into devastating storm at
Dreux was a cyclone. It is not so ; It was not
i cyclone but an energetic storm of a most
formidable nature. It broke simultaneously
it Oroux and Alsace in July and at M.idrid.
1'ho nature of this disastrous outbreak of
elements made n violent eruption or dis
charge of atmospheric electricity , a result of
, ho very irregular and troubled season
through which wo have Just p.issod ,
and which has formed ono of the most
extraordinary summer ! ) of this century , so
great have been our contrasts ot temperature
and contractions of moisture. - On the night
of the storm , from 0 till midnight , myself and
Ihreo other observers wore witnesses from
, hiu observatory , from a distance , of this
fearful terrific electric phenomena. It was a
series of electric Hashes having the aspect
ind glare of a conflagration , the light being
a bright red. This sinister looking burning
color raised itself Ilt3ou degrees above the
lorl/.on in the west and was traversed by in
cessant lightning flashes ; nevertheless not a
sound was hoard and wo asked ourselves
what was happening. 'Chore was not n
iircath of wind where wo wore.
Not two seconds passed without
Lhose lightning flashes. Newspapers assert
that a phenomena of this kind has never oc
curred before in Normandy. There again they
are In error completely. In this same month
of August , 1845 , a phenomena almost slmllnrin
every respect occurred , leaving Just as terri
ble souvenirs , at Marseilles , at Malannct and
Claires. The electricity played so strong a
part that the insurance companies refused
tit first to pay damages , say
ing that it was a thunderbolt.
It was not a cyclone , because a cyclone is n
barometcrle depression over a vast era often
as much as SO kclomctres in diameter. There
were no such baromcteric.U depressions in
this instance , it was an eruption of the at
mosphere , saturated with electricity.
CAMIU.U KI.AM.MASOIOX ,
Obsciratolro , August 23,1800. , "
1'ltIXCK VICTOlt'lUIUIsEI' tilXUr.
Ho Unburdens Himself to iv London
Jloporter.
| .Cji/rf/it | / ( / IKUbu Jame * flonlon flcmiefM
PAIIIS , August S3. [ Now York Herald
Cable-Special to Tun Bin. ] "Ills highness
is ill and has been peremptorily forbidden by
doctors to receive visitors , " was the reply
sent down by Prince Victor Dhulop Singp tea
a Herald reporter who called at the hotel
D'Albo ' to talk with Dlmlep Singp Maharajah'
of Laporo on his p.irdon by Queen Victoria ,
and some kindly physician had apparently
warned Prince Victor against the danger of
receiving journalists , for it was only after
much parleying that I gained access to his
room. "I thought you wanted to Interview
my father , don't you know , " said Prince
Victor , "and bo's 111 and has been forbidden
to talk much. Ho can't see you ,
you know , Wo hoped to bo
able to move him on Tuesday.
Wo shall cross to Folkestone and stay right
there , and Clarldges will most probably find
us In London. I can't tell you anythlngmoro ;
I don't know imything more ; I don't know
anything about family affairs : I um an Eng
lishman and don't want to have anything to
do with Indian affairs , but If you'll go to
General Tevls ho will toll you everything you
want to know ; he's conducted all my father's
business ; If you tell him I sent you ho'll tell
you all ho can about the documents , you
know , " concluded this godson of her gracious
majesty.
General Tevls also refused to talk. As ,
however , there are oourcca of Information
which' even an Indian prince 1 not
able to dam , the reporter learned
from nn entirely reliable authority
that Dhulcp Singp wrote a month ago a let
ter to Queen Victoria expressing contrition
for his past conduct and praying for pardon ;
that her majesty's pardon arrived Juatono
week later , and that thcro has so far been no
mention by cither the queen or prince- the
restitution of the mahurajah's pension.
Thc\Vcnl | her Forcount.
For Omaha and Vicinity Showers , fol
lowed by fair ; warmer.
For Nebraska Fair In western , local
showers In eastern portions ; variable winds ;
cooler In western , warmer in eastern portion ,
Forlown Local showers ; slightly wanner ;
southerly winds.
For South Dakota Generally fair ; sta
tionary temperature , except In central portion
tion ; cooler ; westerly winds ,
Khoot at I ho llrlthli.
CAIT. Tow.v , August S3. Advices hnvo
been received hero to the clTeot that the
Portuguese have repeatedly 11 red upon the
British expedition whilu It wiw proceeding
along tbo lirltUh side of the Zambesi river.
AN ATROCIOUS CHILD MURDER *
Two Abandoned Wrotohos Oliargoil7itl
Brutality Almost Inooucolvablo.
THEY NARROWJ.Y ESCAPE LYNCHING.
I
Another Inlcrcxtlng Progi'tumno Oni *
rletl Out nt the HI no ( Jrnm Pnlnuo '
A New UiMisiiq to lo TuUoii
nt 1'ort Dodge.
Dns 3Ioixr.ii , la. , August W. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : ] } ii.1 : A brutal and blood
curdling murder was perpetrated. In a dirty ,
lllnpldnted hovel situated In an alloy nt iia
Hast Court avenue uo.u1 the hour of midnight
ast night. The vlethi was a pretty Httlo
baby about three months old , the Illegitimate
child of Hob Pcncstono , alias Hob Smith ,
and a woman who gives her name as Mrs.
Hoso. It was thcso Inhuman parents who
nurdered their child. They wore arrested
ami are in Jail.
A terrible- scene presented itself to
the officers who made the arrest
Lhls morning , a As they entered the
iiouso they wore can fronted by n
illthy , neglected , miserably furnished room
illlcd with foul air and nauseous fumes of
bad liquor nml tobacco amoko. The man and
woman wow stretched tit full length across
the dirty floor , both Intoxicated. . Near bv ,
on the lioor , was liiolr Innocent victim , feebly
struggling in tlio last agonies of death. Its
mutilated face was bloody mid torn , n
ghastly cut being visible on *
Us Jcft cheek , while on Ita
forehead was a blue , bruised
spot , where it hud been struck. A young lad
told how ho had soon the dninlicn father
pick the baby up by its feet , whirl It around
in the air several tlnips , and strike Its bead
on tlio floor. The effect of the boy's htory
upon the orowd that had gathered was such
that the fiend Incarnate would undoubtedly
have been strung up to the tioaro.st lamp post ,
but for the protection of the police.
Missouri Valley Xotoa.
MiswtMti VAI.I.HY , la. , AugnstSU.Spo.inl |
to Tnr. Unn.1 The republican county con
vention has been eallo-l for September 10.
Although there are a considerable number of
aspirants for cadi ofllco , the Indications are
that the convention will bo a quiet one.
The ladles of the Kastern Star of this city
have completed arr.ingemonta for a grand
picnic at Noble's laltc next Thursday.
ThoM. P.'sof tills and adjoining states
will hold their annual meeting hero August
ISO. Elaborate arrangements have been niiido
for tlio accommodation ot visitors. Colonel
D.iiley and Judge Aylesworlh of Council
Bluffs tire on the pro r.immo for nddrobsoi ,
bcsldo.1 several lotinl sneakers. A lurgo at
tendance is anticipated.
'A shower last iiiirht and the rains of toduy
have been a splendid thing for ccrops in this
locality. Corn and potatoes needed it badly.
At Ilio Itlue Grn'ii I'alnoe.
.CIIKSTOX , In. , August 23. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Hii.J Excursion trains from
Clarke and Adams counties filled the city
with visitors again today. Tomorrowlimrnini ?
the big excursion from the Com Palace city
will arrive and remain until Monday. They
nro reported as having the most finely
decorated train which will visit
the Blue Grass city during the
exposition. Sunday's service tit the palace
will be conducted by Hcv. A. N. Hitchcock , a
noted divine of Chicago.
The features of today's exposition was n
special race between sonmof tno Ilnest dorses
in the big western circuit , Tlmlbcrg (2i'lj )
being a prime favorite. Summary :
Tlmluorg , b. g. , C. Hates , Docorah , la.l 1 1
Wallace , g. dig. , W. A. Paxton , Jr. ,
Omaha . 2 2 3
Nelllo Barrett , b. in. , M. Barrett , Uun-
Inp , la . , . . 3 8 3
Time 3:3 : ( % StlWK , 2 : ! > < .
An Antl-FllcU Delegation.
COKNIKO , la. , August iJ.1. [ Special Tele
gram to TIIK Bun. ] At the republican county
convention held hero today seven delegates
were selected to go to Charlton who are op
posed to the nomination of James P. Flick for
congress. His friends Introduced n roKilu-
lion to instruct the delegates for him , but It
was tabled byntleastathrcc-fourths majority.
Wants Another Count.
Four Doiim : , la. , August 23 , [ Special
Telegram to TIIK Dii : : . ] The city council at
the request of the Business Men's association
has ordered a census recount at the city's ex
pense , and the now census will bo taken la
connection with tlio school census next woek.
The figures of the ofilcial count fall below tha
estimated population of the city by ubant ono
thousand and tlio citizens refuse to accept tha
result as authentic.
ro A
A Si.v-Yeni-OI < t Stanley Girl Meets a
Shocking Death.
KRAIINIST , Neb , , August 23. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Bun. ] A six-year-old girl of
Frank I'etit , living near Stanley , was horribly
ribly burned last night and she died this
morning. She and an elder slater were light
ing wisps of hay In the absence of their par
ents , when her dress caught on fire. The
frightened child ran out , the Ihunc > conyiini-
liiH her clothing and burning her flesh to a
crisp.
AVIII Marry tlio Man Who Shot Ilor.
LouisviM.n , Ky. , Aiurust ai. Pete Mo
Cr.iry , who Is tha curator of a local ccmo-
lory , shot Annie Stahon , the girl whom ho
loved , about six weeks ago. Ho was en
gaged to her , but sbo was trying to Jilt him.
The shooting was quito tragic , McCrnry
called on the girl , and , after a short
interview , In which ho upbraided her
for keeping company with another young
man , shot her through the head , Ho then
shot himself twice. Her death scorned inevi
table and McCniry was placed under guard.
After lingering near death ten days Miss
Stnkcn rallied and la now well.
McCrnry was taken to Miss Staken's bod-
sldo and the two were married. Miss Staken
became- infatuated with McCniry after ho
shot her , and was very proud of the posses
sion of such a violent love as his , and the
nmiTingo took place at her remiest , The
marriage will prevent her testifying against
MeCrary.
for the Convention ,
Summon , Neb , , August 2i. : [ Special Tele
gram to TUB Br.n.l The democrats of Su
perior nro making extensive preparations for
the entertainment of the delegates to tha
democratic congressional convention , which
meets in this city next Tuesday , They lmv
engaged the opera house and employed the
Webber cornet hand to supply the mu.slo for
the occasion. They expect a largo delegation
of the untcrritied and propose making the
convention their first gun in their campaign
in the valley. They expect James K. Dovd ,
their candidate for governor , and other dis
tinguished democratic statesmen from
Omaha and elsewhere to bo present and ad
dress thorn.
KtoaniKlilp Arrival ) ) .
At Now York The Labourgono , from
Havre ; the Umbrla , from London.
At Hremorhnrai The Fuldii , from New
York ! the Lizard passed La Chuinpagncfrom
New York for llavro.
At Quecnstown The British Princess ,
Tim Voio on tlio TurllT lllll.
WASHINGTON , Augustiia , Senator Gonnnn ,
chairman of the democratic caucus , says no
agreement has been reached respecting the
d.ijii when the veto ahull bo taken on the
tariff bill.