T OMAHA SUNDAY ES H.
USTABLISIEED JUXI3 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY ,
MORN IXC OCTOlJEtt 21 , ISfM TWEXTV PAUJES. SIN(5L1' ] COPY FIVE ( MS NTS
UESTION OF HOURS I
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Lifo of tlio Czar of Russia is Now Slowly
Ebbing Away.
LYING UNCONSCIOUS AFTER CONVULSIONS
During His Conscious Moments He is Too
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L . Weak to Stand Up.
ANXIOUS CONCERNING HI 3 SON'S ' WEDDING
Will Probably Take Place at the Bedside
of the Dying Man.
CZARINA IS REPORTED SERIOUSLY ILL
( iraiul lluko < ! corK < - | tliu second Son < if ( lip
I'rnr , Aluo Jlrixirlpil to ll lljlnif Cr.ir
ImliriiU-n tu the l7iirui lteli tlio Pol-
ley lluMihrH Him to Putkiic.
ST. I'mEHSIitma , Oct. 20 The latest re
ports received hero from Llvulla Indicate
that although the czar Is still allvo ho Is
lapldly weakening
It Is staled on the best authority that the
czarina Is very 111 and that her son , Grand
Duke George , N dying.
It Is ulsa stated on thu same authority
that the czar , before his Illness entered
upon Its Until Mages , had a solemn inter
view with the czirewltch. during which ho
Indicated to the latter the policy which he
desired him lo pursue after his death , and
also insisted upon his marriage to Princess
Allx , who was summoned to Llvldla In or
der to receive the dying blessing ot the
czar.
Theaters will be closed for bU mouths
after the death of the czar.
The following bulletin was issued at 9
o'clock this evening
' In the past twenty-four hours the emperor
obtained a little sleep. Ills majesty left his
bed during the day. The general condition
of the patient , his strength and the action of
his heart , are unchanged. The oedema has
not Increased "
The se-ene plclureil at Yalta In today's tel
egrams can be hardly more sail. The tordned
czar has been forbidden by his doctors to
loavu his bed. Ills devoted wife is no longer
near to teethe and encourage his c\cry mo
ment for she , herself , Is .seriously 111 from
general debility and nervous depression To
add lo Hip cup of bitterness , the czar's second
end son Grand Duke George , who has long
been a sufferer with lung trouble , Is dying , it
being a Question whether father or son
shall be first claimed by death. Despite
the Russian Judenhotze In. every synagogue
throuuhoul Rustic and in England and Ger
many prajers were said for the cznr. In
every Greek church on the glebe tomorrow
( hern will be. a repetition Q.f these prayers
To the bedside uf his majesty his relatives
are hurrying , hoping to see him once more
nllve.
( Stand Duke Alexis , Grand Duke Con-
Htanthe. Urand Duchess Klbabeth , Princess
Allx and Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
Screws , this evening arc all en rote to Ll-
vadiu.
IinilLIN Oct. 20 According to a dispatch
from St Petersburg , published by the
National Zeltnng this afternoon , and accordIng -
Ing to fepeclal Information from n medical
outhoril ) now at llvldlu. the czar , during
the last forty-eight hours , has been t > ei/esl
with a series of convulsive attacks , accom
panied for several hours by temporary un
consciousness. It Is added that his death
cannot be long delaved.
nUULl.V , Oct. 20. The Vosslscho ZelUniR
learns that Ihu marriage ot the czarewltch
will have lo take place at the czar's bedside ,
as it Is Impossible that he can bo removed
Ills legs nre greatly swollen with water and
he cannot bland. According to a well In
formed personage , n friend of the Grand '
Duke 1'iter , Princess AIK of Hesse , lo
whom tin- religious question constituted the
great stumbling block to her marriage , WUR
the first to declare that all her hosll.i-
tlon over the foimalllles of Biib-
mUslon to the Husso-Greck synod had been
abandoned She was educated upon strict
Lutheran lines , with a slight mixture of
'free thought derived from the teachings
of the 1'iench liberal Protestant p.ibtor
roimecrll , and she may bo considered us u
broad church woman. Upon her arrival at
l.Uiulla she will go through ( he ceremony
of formally entering the orthodox church ,
which ceremony will soon bo followed by i
her marriage.
PAUIS. Oct 20. A council ot ministers
rsy
was held at the Ulyseo 1'a lace loday.
I'rrmler Uupuy notified the council that he
wan In receipt of telegraphic advices slating
thai there wns a slight Improvement In tjio
ciar'a condition.
AM. IJVIrt TimXKU ao LAVIIMA.
Impending I'eiitli uf tlif * I'mrtlio I'rlnrl-
l > ul Topic In llrrtln.
( OpjilKlilfil 'S3I ' ti ) the AhKoclatrd I'n-ex >
HiuU.N : Oct. 20. The Impending death of
the czar Is the subject of greatest Interest In I
.
political circles It overhangs like a cloud
the future of llo | attitude of llussla In af
fairs whleh closely concern Germany. When
the crar held the reins , Russia's policy could
lie mom or lets foreseen by statesmen here
uml his personality was recognized In u great
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uietuure as u guaranty of peace. Hut with
tlie udvent of the czarewltch the future Is
obscuied. There U the greatest conflict of
opinion respecting the views he may hold In 1
regard to the best foreign policy for llussla.
The opinion , however , In well Informed !
quittterF , unions people who have been In
personal contact with the czarewltch , declare
It would be it great mistake to regard him as
the enemy of German ) . The czarewltch
has shown no preference for any special na
tion , and certainly not for France. mNo
anxiety would exist If It were certain ( hat
Ittusla'u foreign relations -would con
tinue to be directed by the present council of
ministers , of which the majority hare been
proven to lie Inspired by the traditional senti .
ment uf amity toward the German people.
Ai a probable Indication of the era re-
wllch'i wittu * upon KCiieral politic ! conilder-
utloti U directed toward the character of his
education The views of the governor of his
nUidks. General Danlelovltch , are keenly ills-
cm-Bed as the key ( o the czarewltch s opin
ions According to many people. General
Haniehnlti n Is ultra-reactionary and an
orthodox pun-Slav 1st. The Cologne Gazette ,
however , in a long article , evidently In
spired , gives n description ot General Daniel-
ovltch , which IH utterly at vnrlunce of this
character , and which presents him as being
a man of noble mind great culture , and pro-
round sense of duty , who has educated his
pupil without bias Although during the
last > ears of his governorship the hatred of
Uuasla against the Germans rose to the
highest pitch ho studiously abstained from
Impirtlns to ( he czarewltch any such avcr-
s'on.
Accordlnu to a illnpnlch from St I'elers-
btirg published by the National /cltung this
afternoon , und according ( o special Informa
tion from a medical nudiorlty row at Lava-
dl.i , the c/ar during the last forty-eight
hours has been sci/ed with a scries of con
vulsive attacks , accompanied , for ( several
hours by unconsciousness. These attacks
weio due to the passage Into the blood of
secretions , which the kidneys cannot longer
cunv off. The czar was also described as
suffering from great weakness of the heart
arid also to frequent attacks of conges
tion of the lungs. Tlie blood poisoning is
now recurring with alarming frequency.
Temporary rallies nny Intervene , but death
cannot long be delayed
EMPEROR WILLIAM O.V TUB GO.
The feverish activity ot Emperor William
was never better exemplified than during
last week. The early part was occupied
with flitting from lown to town , attending
different ceremonies , while he has been dur
ing the latter part of the week engaged by
various public 'nnetlons In connection with
the visit of King Alounder of Scrvla. The
rapldll } of his riojes'y s movements was
esp clallv shown at thi > toglnnlng of the
week. He spent Sunday at Frledrichsruh ,
the castle residence of the Empress rrert.
erlck. Monday he arose at an early hour
and started for Darmstadt to visit the grand
ducal family On Tuesday he went to Wies
baden to unveil the statue of his grand
father , U'llllam and to open the new rosal
theater at that place After a busy day there
he traveled by tpechl train all night and ar
rived In Berlin In the morning In time to
take pait In the- ceremony of nailing to their
s-tatTs 1J : ! flags destlnail for tin ait
Fourth baltallon of itifantrj After another
couple nf busy da > s , Including the Intercs'-
Ing ceremony of blessing and presenting
these Hugs , ill Pliers and other ceremonies ,
iluilim which he found time to attend testate
state business , today found him engaged with
Internal politics
At noon the emperor received a deputation
from the Tanners' alliance of Cast Prussia.
Ills majesty was attended by Count Ilotho
von EuIenberB , president of the council of
minister * . Dr. von Lucanus , chief of the
emperor's civil cabltut , nnd Ilerr Ilclnrlch
von Levilen Lelmvsl.l , n [ ulster of agricul
ture After 118 pnitig t i the spokesman , the
emperor made reply Ho expressed hlb sat-
Is'uellcii thnt the deputation hail come to
him personally and asb'ired ( hem that he
vvoii'd never relat his caie fni ( heir future
H. > afterward ennvcised with each member
of the deputation nn farm questions. He
hade adieu lo the .
( iep.uclliii with many cor-
dlil expressions e > [ grjd will
MINISTERIAL DIFFICULTIES.
In H He of outvu.rl upie'urances and news
paper Mutemonts , it Is aborted that the
conflict between Chancellor von Caprlvi ami
Count Eulctiborg respecting the anti-socialist
mcpuutcs Is not settled. On the contrary
the bltuallon is said lo be more critical than
evei and It haa been asserted that nt a re
cent conference of the ministry ultter words
were cxohunced between the chancellor and
the I'russlun premier , owing to the latter
liibifellnK upon more severe meisur" than
Caprlvl WHS dlhposed to Introduce In the
Reichstag. Tlio conference broke up with
the ministers In dlfi-ord Slnco tlun Emperor
William has brought his Influence to bear
and the dispute was patched up. Hut
is still , ( o some e\en ( at variance
with the Prussian premier and inclined to'
reblgn the chancelloishlp rather than submit '
to tlie Helens-tag measures , with which he
has no sympathy lilnuolf und which , more
over , he Is convinced the Reichstag "would
not aceept Uulenbergvho has the
countenance of the emperor , Is credited with '
he desire lo frame measures upon the most
comi lehenslve basis , Including a revision of '
thn electoral law , excluding unlit persona
ficm the polls and raising the voting age ,
In addlllon to placing a restriction upon the
constitutional rights of assembly or associa
tion a well as restrlcllng the liberty of the
pi ess The socialists have fully grasped the
' drift of those measures , and the socialist
oiKiin. Voiwnerts , threatens that the party
will btcsmc out and out anti-governmental
at elections for the Diet as well ns to the
Reichstag llilheito the socialists have re
frained from Interference In the Diet elec
tions -
A deputation from the municipal council
of Danulc arrived in Ilerlln to-Hy ( o present
Capilvl with the diploma of the freedom of
thut rlty. DaiHsIc is the first city to confer
this honor upon the chancellor
A committee headed by Prince Scoenaech
Ouiolntli has been formed to receive volun-
I tar > contributions to a fund to furnish Prof
De-hrlng t > anti-diphtheria serum cure lo lllph-
theila patients. The municipal authorities
at Ilerlln have allotted the sum of 0.000
marks to be devoted to kupplyiug the serum
tu the four principal hospitals of the city.
The fceruin Is now , being prepared on a large
scale at the- professor s laboratory In ( his
clly.
Veterinary Surgeon Casper , until recently
a professor In the veterinary college at
Churlottenburg , superintends the complicated ' '
and dltllcnlt mode of Inoculating with the
lluid the llesh of hor.ses selected for the
purpose' . The cure is bel.ig Introduced Into
the municipal hospitals of this city , Ham
burg , Dresden , Konlgsburg and other cities
Disinarel.'s healtlv continues to be satis-
fuctory , though he no longer walks out In
the open air.
Tlie > socialists nre preparing for their parly
convention at rrankfort-oii-the-Malti tomor-
roni , und a llerce struggle for supremacy Is
e\rected between thu two hostile wings , led
rehpecllvulv byIlebel nnd Llebknecht and
h ) Volnuir and Gullenbcrger , the latter two
being the leaders of the moderates.
The Prussian government has consented
to a national celebration on December 9 In
honor of the il eo lumlmlth anniversary of
the birth of Gistavlus Adolphus of Sue-den
The Protestant clergy everywhere are In
preparation for the e\cnt. The Catholic press
u attacking the government for consenting
tu this re.ebratlon.
ins UISI.MSI : , \
Doctor * Do Not Know VTImt tu Do-Ills
Niir lni ; ArriiiiKriuuntii rrliulllvr.
LONDON , Oct. 20. When the contents of
( ha bulletin Issued In St. Petersburg at %
o'clock lust night became generally known
ted < > there was a certain feeling of relief
lnKnowing _ _ that the czar still llv d. aa the
( Continued on Third Pace. )
JOHN HIE AGGRESSOR
Chinese VTero Iiilly na Anxious to Quit as
to Oommenco It. |
TRUE STORY OF THE YALU RIVER BATTLE
Previous Reports of the Sinking of Chinese
Ships OonGrmed.
NO \PANCSE J \ WAR SHIPS WERE LOST
Felt the Lack of Torpedo Boats to Accom- |
pany the Pleet ,
,
DEGRADING VICEROY LI HUNG CHANG ,
I'atu of Chine-so 1'rUoner * Tukm lit I'll } oug
Viini ; it Mi tcrj I.ltt of Jitpiine'ni ! l.oitie'S I
111 Ihu KiiCiiRctuctil Attitude uf
tlio Corctins.
YOKOHAMA , Sept. dO ( Special Conc-
spomlenco of the Associated Press , per
Steamer China and Australia to San rr.in-
Cisco , Oct. 20. ) Long before the rejoicings
over the capture of Ping-Yang ( Phyong-
Yntig ) had begun to subside Japan was PV
cited to fresh enthusiasm by the news of n
naval victory of even , greater slgnllleanco
In the northeastern Inlet of the Yalu river.
The ICth of September Admiral Ito , com
manding the squadron stationed at tlie mouth
of the T.iltong or Daldo river , was notified
that a lurge Chinese fleet had arrived ut tlie
Yalu river In charge of transports convey
ing reinforcements to the army on the
frontier lie set sail the following morn- I
Ing , with nil the men-of-war that could be
Immediately summoned , viz. The Slatsna
hlma ( flagship ) , llashidatc , ItsuKushlma ,
Ycshlno , Takachlha , Akltsushlma , Nuniwa ,
Chjoila Fuse , Akagt and Ulyel , Accom-
pan ) Ing tlic c eleven v\as the Salko , a met-
chant steamer taken Into the national servIce -
Ice since the war began , of no strength and
not Intended for heavy vvoik In action. She
would not have Joined the expedition but for
the desire of Admiral Viscount Kabajamn ,
the naval chief of the staff , uho , being on a
visit of InspeUlon at the north , could not
resist the temptation to wltne&u th ? ex
pected engngement Hetwcen 12 and 1
o'clrck fourteen Chinese ships and sl\
torjpedo boats were dhoo'vcred a little soutli
of a harbor called Talkosan , In Japanese
pronounchtlon , on the east of Kul-Yoto
Island. The ships wcro the Ting Yuen
( flagship ) Chen Yuen , Lai Yuen , Jlng Yuen ,
Chlng Yuen , Chili Yuen , Pig Yuen , Chao
Yuen , Yang Wei , Kwang Kak , Wei Yuen ,
Kwang Ping and two others , whose names
are still unknown. Of these the Mist two
carried Krupp guns of thirty centimeter and
fifteen centimeter The next four carried
twentj-onc centimeter and fifteen centimeter
Krupps , and the next two had twenty-five
ton Armstrongs Contrary to expectations
they advanced unhesitatingly and commence 1
lirlng when -1,000 meters distant from the
Japanese , who reserved their Ilrst discharge
until another 1 000 meters had been covered
The serious fighting b'gan between the
vessels at the Chinese right and the Japan
ese left , the flagships of the other side leadIng -
Ing the onslaught.
CHINESE SOON WKAKENHD.
Ily 1 o'clock the contest was geneial
Iloth lines maintained th-ir positions steadily
for an hour when the Chinese showed signs
of wavering Three of their ships either by
accident or design , had for borne- time been
made special objects of attack , und , although
thej contended vigorously to the last , they
were sunk one after another , the crews
| climbing Into the rigging and signaling.
wildly for help to their companions and
! ! assailants. Tluse were the' Lai Yuen , Chi
Yuen and Chao Yuen. As s-oon as thej were
' disposed of the foremost Japanese ships
directed thtlr assault against the Immense
German built vessels at the head of lh ?
Chinese column for a long time without
effect on the heavy steel plates which pro-
I ( ected them. At last however , a lucky shell
struck the Ting Yuen a little above the
) water and seemed to the Japanese observers
to pierce the armor through and through
Their belief that this feat had been accom
plished was increased when a thick body of
sn o'c was teen rls.ng from the flagship , an 1 ,
although no diminution of activity on board
was perceptible , they were convinced that
'
she had been set on ( Ire- and remained burn
ing up to the lipur of her hasty departure
Whatever her condition was she succeeded In
indicting heavy punishment upon her chief
adversary. The Matsu&hlma was struck by
two twelve-inch shells , the first of which
upset and battered out of shape one of her
suns , vuhllu the second exploded an atnmunl-
lion box. dealing dreadful havoc among the
crew and setting a fire , which was subdued
only with great difficulty. In consequence
' I of thes : mishaps the Malsushlma withdrew
from the scene and moved toward Tallong ,
Admiral Ito transferring his flag to the
llashidatc
PLUCKY ITTLE SAIKO
Meanwhile three other Japanese vessels had
undergone extremely rough ( reamont. ( The
Salko , which Viscount Kabayama persisted
In keeping In the thlckeet of the light not-
. wlthslandlng her obvious unsullnbillly for
' such duly , lost control of her rudder and
found herself In much closer proximity than
was desirous to the Ting-Yuen and Chen-
Yuen As she could not avoid them she
made- directly for them It Is supposed In the
belief that rtu- was about to ram them. The
Japanere are of the opinion that It was under
' this Illusion that the two huge' sMps separ
ated , allowing the Salko a passage about
forty fathoms wide , through which the ship
escaped. Torpedoes were dlscharge-d at her
as she wrnt by without avail. The Hlyel
having been unable by reason of her slowness
to kfep pace \vlth the rest of the fleet , be
came a conspicuous object to the Chinese
.and was go deluged with missies that she
' was set on nre before the ufternoon was half
over. Her small crew was greatly reduced ,
and as the surgeon was among the wounded
. the sufferers could not be properly cared for
| When she had lost tv\enly killed and three
wounded ehe fell out ot Una and returned :
| toward the Taltong Dut meeting u transport
on the was he obtained assistance in quenchIng -
Ing the flames and handed over the wounded
and returned with all the speed she could ,
make , not waiting for a doctor lo take up , ,
her work uhere bht- had left off. In this
hope hlie was disappointed for the enemy , |
had now i ) and the battle was over. It Is
reported ihut when she steamed awa > In I , ,
flames she was thriceIn great danger from |
torpedoes , but skillfully etraped by emplolng
a device described In a recent magazine ac
count of an imaginary IIxlit In boulh Amer
ica To most readers of that sketch the ex-
pe-dienc ) uf stopping u projectile b > turning i
upon It a converging tire of shot und shell |
seemed purely fictitious , j-et this Is pre
cisely what the Illjel U said to have done
In at least one Instance. The Akugl. a email
gunboat was badly overmatched fironi the our >
gel , accident having brought her under the ( Ire
of no less than ? U ol Iho enjmy'i boats. Her
commander was struck down and Killed while
she was thus hotly engaged , vet she would
stilt have kept up n determined rcslstencc
but for the loss of n mast , which rendered
her unmanageable. She alto found It neccs-
sary to return to the Talfopg.
rLAasHiP rLEq rinsT.
About the time when Admiral Ito left the
Mat ushlma Ihe disorder In the Chinese licet
Mpi
plainly Indicated that the contest could not
behi prolonged on either side Three ships
had been sunk and a fourth , ( he Yang-Wei.-
had been half destroj-ul and abandoned lie-
sides , the Ting-Yuen wason flre and the
entire force was thoroughly demoralized A
little later after 5 o'clock , Ihc flagship took
Iho ; lead In retreat toward the homo sta
tions ' Four fast steaming Japanese cruisers
were detailed to follow , and If possible , to
ate off their escape. Hut the torpedoes had
to be reckoned with nnd the possibility of
being struck by one of them in the night
made It Imperative that the Japanese should
exercise caution. Morning found them at
the moulh of the Gulf of Pe-Chl-LI with no
ship of Ihe enemj In sight. They steamed
back to Kal-Yoto Island , keeping a keen out
look on the vvuj , but the Chinese- had evi
dently reached a safe place of refuge. Thu
greater part of the Japanese squadron had
reconvened near Takalsan harbor , on the
chance of getting ai.other fight , bringing this
tlmo torpeodo boats to co-operate. The need
of them was 1,0 greatly felt on the previous
da > that It Is safe to say ( hat no large number
of Jnpanes ships will ever ngaln sail without
these- essential adjuncts. One of them was
now put ( o a practical , if somewhat Inglori
ous , use In breaking up the Yang-Wei , de
serted and unlit for further service.
Examinations show that none of the Jap
anese vessels received damages that cannot
be repaired with slight cost oC labor AH
but > the four referred to were BO free from
Injury ( hat they could liave gone Into action
the following day The loss of life wab the
largest on the Matsushltna. Her complement
was 333 1'oui olllccrs and thirty-nine men
were killed and seventy oHlcers and men
wounded. The total loss were ten odlcers
nnd sixty-nine killed and ICO ofllcers and
men wounded
COMMEMORATING VICTORY.
The c\-Dalmo of Mlto , one of the great
Tokugawa family of the. Shogunato , com
memorated the victory of Phyong Yang by a
gift of 10.000 jen to the war fund His
younger brother gave at the same time 3,00(1 (
> cn Large contributions to ( he same ob-
ject continue to be received from various
bources , the theater managers being espe
dally conspicuous for their liberality , but
the natho Journals complain that the prom
inent merchants and b.inl.er , and especially
the contractors who are now receiving enor
mous sums from the public treasury , offer no
tlmllar donations
Prlnco Koiijatbu Just returned fiom Amer
ica , will at once take active hervlce as a lieu *
tenant In the navy. 3'rlnce Kanonl. another
member of ( ho Imperialfamily. . Is attached
to the Maft of General Yamagata In Corea.
Ily command of the lempil-ss the'pecunlnry
circumstances of the families of soldiers and
bailers who have died In ( he war are to be
ascertained for her majesty's immediate con
sideration
Subscriptions to the war loan aggregated 1
on September 25 , 77 000 000 yen 10,000 being
applied for at a rate above par. Tlie call
was for only 30OOO.IKK > .
Warnings of punishment In store for Ll-
Hung-Chnng , In consequence of the repeated
defeats suffered by the Chinese army and
navj , haveseveial times been sent forth
from Peking but the foreign public lias been
slow to credit the possibility of to Ill-ad
vised a proceeding That tlie rules or a sjs-
tpin which condemns every official to disgrace
In tlio event ofallure in his enterprises I
should be applied to the chief subject of the
enteiprise , or that the Imperial authority
could be sn Injudiciously exercised as to
fasten Ignominy upon a statesman und sol
dier to whom the relgnlnp hou o owed all
the power It possesses , seemed too great a
depirture from propriety for the court to
sanction But the wrath of Ihe emperor has
been kindled and Ills displeasure manifests
Itself in a degree , proclaimed on Ihe 17th of
September und published In Shanghai the
next d.i > the full text ol which Is as fol
lows :
LI H UNO'S DISGRACE.
The Wojen liliving broken fulth with
Corea and foiilblj occupied that country
the- throne sympathized with Its tributary
kingdom In lici illtHitf * and s-o inlt-ed an
in my to attack the common enemy Upon
1.1 Hung Chungtlio Imperial hl h com
missioner of Pd Yang , having- chief control
of the foiets there , n-sted the entire burden
of being preimied for emergencies , but , In
stead , hehui been im.ible tu net with speed
Hiid piomptnehs In his inllltiUi ptepnrutloiiH ,
so thnt nun h time has elapsed without
much Impoitunt n-ults He ) us Indeed
failed in the- trust rtno ed In him by us
We there-Cote cimin.md that hln decoration
of the thre-e-eycd pe-coek feuthvi bepluckel M
off bin hat anil that he lie stripped of Die |
yellow riding Jarket as a fdlght punishment.
It Is necessaiy then tliul the raid Imperial
lilgh commissions exert himnelf to the ut
most and decide upon what should be done ;
that he iMiect and hit t n th * Chinese nrmles
from Ihe v uric UK provinces tu the ftonl , In
order thnt ull ma > put forth their best
strength tn chusc ami root out the enemy
In this wa > 1,1 Ilium Chang may hope ( o jc-
tli'cin former errors "
Reports of the emp > yui'n anger on receiv
ing the news from Tallosan had previously
been circulated , but In-split } of all rumors It
was not seriously believed that .so grave
step would ho taken UK the degradation of
tlie great viceroy Undoubtedly the decree
was instigated by 1.1'ft fnemlcs. who have
been long eager fjr anjfuppmlunlty to satisfy
the old Kludges Haw tlje venerable slates-
man will receive thf affront Is a question of
deep Interest Hitherto 'Lie has shown the !
utmost devotion tu his imperial master , and
his sense of duly ma ) compel him to submit
uncomplainingly now Posfibly however , he I
ulll niiiKi- himself secure against further in
dignities b > ending hU existence In ac
cordance with thti practice favored b > many
Chinese dignitaries who Incur the sovereign's
Ire In nny case , It In hardl ) probable that
he will be Inspired to < ui ) heroic efforts for
retrieving the errors for which others are
much more accountable1. The announcement
of Ida humiliation has produced n proper
Impression In China , and even In Japan a
of disgust Ib awake rud by this ex 111- ' '
.billon of malicious hpjle on ( he part of an
ungrateful ruler
BRROII OP CHINESE REPORTS.
Ilrlef Chinese ac < oint uf Ihu bea light
have been published They accord In most
pirllLiilars with thu JJMUBS | repoits ( ml
claim that three- Japanese ships were de-
strojt-d This mistake 'probably grows out '
of the fact that the Hyerujl and Satkao weru
disabled and forced to retire. They also tr-
roneousl ) Mate thai ( he Japanese had lor-
pedoex It IB announced that great efforts
will \ > a made by Chli.a to strengthen the
fleet.of Pe C hi LI , und that veisels of all '
( Continued on Seventh Page. )
ENGLAND WANTS IT
Indication of Public Sentiment cm the Mnt-
ter Restricting the Lords' ' Power.
i .
' LIBERAL GAINS ON THIS P.ATFORM
Oampnign at Birkcnhead on tlio Lords Reso
lution Results in Tory Losves.
, HOME RULE MUST STAND /SIDE FH ( IT
Until This Question is Settled There Will
Be No Irish Reform Legislation.
ROBBERY'S ' ACT.CH IS YET IN DCU3T
Ho HUB Not SlgnKlril that Hu Ulll Miikc the
Announcement ut llr.nlfurd nf Mar
on thuVrln 1'owcr of
Itio I.Drill.
"IiMlnlitnl 1S94 t > Pura rubllfhlrir Companv )
LONDON. Oct. 20. ( New York World Ca
ble Special Telegram. ) The Intimation of
the Irish leaders to Loid llosebery , of which
I cabled you last week , has since been much
strengthened by Ihe result of the election
at Ulrkenhead , where the lory majority was
greatly reduced. The first plank In ( he plat
form of the liberal candidate was the resolu
tion of the Leeds conference , demanding Ihe
limiting of the veto power of the House of
Lords , and the result must be recognized as
another , and this , too , an English mandate
to the prime minister. It li ; ; en < jriill > admit
ted now ( hat he will pledge himself lit Brad
ford lo Inlioduce an uncompromising measure
at tlio opening of the next session If he
does j not. I repeat my prediction that his
government will be overthrown by Irish
voles within the first week of the session ,
and also , that enough English radicals will
,
join them to acqi.it the Irish uf full re
sponsibility < If Rose-ben lefuses , the Issue
will be immediately put to the country , but
under another leader.
|
EVERYTHING HINGES ON THIS
Nothing now seems more certain than that
this is to be the one great political Issue of
the ne\t few lears , and that the battle will
begin this w Inter. Pending Its settlement ,
is. Is equally certain that other causes must
wait , and among them home rule There Is
na shirking this fact , and Irish leaders have
fully considered It. While the present tor >
majority exists in the IIoiie of Lards and It
maintains Its co-ordlnite power ulth the
House of Commons , no home rnli > bill can
pass , unless , Indeed , a mnjorlt ) or nearly a
majority of English voters In the Commons
demand It Until then the House of Lords
will maintain that It is supported l > } Eng
lish opinion , and will refuee lo consider the
mandate of the kingdom at large This revo
lutlon U-noUllkely to come lor a quarter , of a.
century , and the alternative ot practically
abolishing thu veto power of the upper cham ,
ber remains to the liberal party as the only
means of carrying Its reform measures Into
I laws , whether home rule or any other great
featureof Gladstone's program No hope
now felt that Gladstone will return to the
leadership His Infirmities are greater now
Ihan when he laid dov\n his ofllce.Vhccer
may be the leader , Ihe fight will strain
every resouice or the part > , and must be a
long and doubtful one. If It is \\oj\ \ , home
rule to Ireland will follow , ami It Ib with
this prospect thai Irish leaders art precipitat
ing Ihe conflict.
GAUNT SPECTER OVER ALL.
There Is alwajs the contingency of war to
change all calculations. With the accef-lon
or a new c/ar nnd Ihe death of the nmeer
the slumbering quarrel over India's noilhern
frontier might awake Into that warIn a
week All depends upon the character of
the feeble-looking > oung man who will buc-
c Cd the peace-loving Alexander. U Is
astonishing how little Is known ot him by
he public The papers of London , I'.irls
| Ileilln nnd Vienna huve been printing pages
iibout. lilm the pabl week , but they are filled
with peculations merely. Hardly ever Is
there given a < lellnlte fail bj which may be
eatheied any real idea of his disposition
his ( raining , his personal Independence or
views on any serious question The sturdj
old nihilist , Slepnlak , declares In an Interview
this morning that he hus no trustworth ) In
formation about the voung man's character ,
much less his purposes. Die gossip about
h m at tlie London clubs when he wus here
n few months ago , was most unfavorable to
him. Those who met him at public or
juiely social functions sa > that he becmcd
chatactcrless. in these
Gossip semi-In
formed circles has attilbuted to him vices
which arouce English Indignation ut his mar-
riagu to the lialf-RngllMi princess , Allx As
to there reports I have recently met a New
Yirkei , who has just returned from u year
I In St I.etersburg and who had the oppor-
luiiiu .thilc there to meel him in constant
IntorcLiiise He tajs that the people who
1 : ou him best speak In the warmest terms
of 111 ? man ! ) character anil qualities and distinctly
land
tinctly cicny thu report I have alluded to and
which II o [ pears Is also cm rent in tlie clubs
. In lleiltn. His marriage Ib looked on In
as u strong guaranty of the preser
vation cl peace.
RANDY CHURCHILL'S HAD HEALTH.
Letters from Jupin tell of the arrival there
of Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill , but
thai Lord Randolph's health continues so
precarious he was obliged to decline all social
.unctions It Is accepted as certain In Lon-
don that ho will never return la public life
and a political career that promised to brll-
llanlly only n , few years ago Is nl an end.
The young Viscount Drumlanrig who was
found dead In a friend's , shooting court this
week , had promise of nri ever more brllllint
career. He had been Lord Ilctebery'n polttt-
cat secretary and had shown himself a capa-
bio worker and an effective speaker and had
social qualities of Iho highest order. Glad-
Btone , al Rosebcry'a lequest gave him nn
English peerage last > ear as liar on Kelhead ,
although lie would suc.eed his father , the
marquis of Queensberry , In Ihu peorngo of
Scotland He gave his nr t vole In the
Lords for the homo rule bill His appolnt-
ment was fiercely re-tented on Lord Rosebery
by the. eccentric marquis wno actually fol
lowed Ihe then foreign secretary lo Hamburg
and was only lire-vented by the police from
assaulting him The marquis was formerly
one of the representative Scotch peers , entitled -
titled to a seat In the gilded chamber but
when he announced himself an athc'lsl he
was de.eated for re-election
MEMHKIIS OK TUB KAMJLY.
While It feeems certain that the viscount
shot hlmtelf accidentally. It U recalled that
an mule Lord Douglas committed suicide
less than a > ear ago. that his grandfather
was also funnel dead from a presumably simi
lar accident , and that another uncle ( til over
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Wv.it her Foreoasl ( or Ni bi anltn
Fair Cooler In We-ttt rn 1'orlloK Lociil
I'use.
t. lIiiMln > Kuler All but llr.nl
Latest N > if from thn I tilhr e Uur.
l.iiRllnli Iain-nil * Stniullnp I'lrin.
Dr'licriitn IIH ties of the Mnjiir * L'rouil.
2. IViiillur Politic * of South Iliikotu.
MrKlnlr } ' * Tour In tlio * > < > iitli ,
> nv Ann ) lulc inn ) Jte'iculutloiiR.
: i , Mnlo I'nltcrslt ' ; Dcfnit * Intrii I ullcjje.
.Mix llm tin K.MJ limn ullh Illroeluin.
I. Wh.it the Mi ell World U Dolntr.
n. > nrrc > llc'ril'r ( > | iln Did Not Ilull Mini ,
l.ondnn anil I > < ! Mngo linMlp ,
II , Council HIufTl l.ouil Mutter * ,
lluukor Vetiur lleforn I lie Court.
' , . Iloth Mile * of tlio r n.il ( liieMliin.
H. IVhurs from tlienleItooin. .
III. Mory or tlie Irlinln Iliilln.
Ciitiriifintriii unit I nit Itulr.
I'4. I.illlorlnt und < ouiiuc'iit.
lit. M oolen I ikclnrlrn of I'ugllliid.
IteliKiou Joint IHIiitniriingel ( ,
1,1. Condition of OniitlmV JnMiliiK 'I null.
Loininrri lul anil I timii < lit ! > ei\ .
I'oaluren of tlio I.Un Huiok Vlurkrto.
It ) . Iloir ii < liliu'M' stiito Illnner l crtrili
1'ubllo llrallh : nnl Pure VViitfr.
IB. Incident of Africnii A < li < Mitnrr.
> ou Spccttlc for Dlphtlicrlii.
Ul. Weekly < irNl of Sporting ( iontlp.
2o. * \ \ < > nniii : Ilur AViiM mill Her World.
an Alpine preriplce The eccentrics of his
aunt. Lady 1'lorence Ulxle , and of another
uncle , Hov I ord Archlbild Kouglas. are con
stantly before the public The newsiupers
received In the same evening the news of his
tragic death , and n formal notice posted
just before of his engagement to the daughter
of ( ho general equal ry to the prince of
Wales This morning the newspapers an-
nouncc that his young stepmother , whom the
narquls married less than a jear ago , and
who was until ( hen unknown to English aris
tocracy , has brought , suit lo annul her mar
riage. I am told that the mnrquls left her
.it the church door. Lord Sholto Douglis ,
the second son , who now succeeds to the
vlscounty , has been milking a big fortune for
himself in the now Australian gold fields
where he went as n prospector only a couple
of jears ago I
KNU OK A UOYAL ItOMANCK. |
1'rcss dispatches have perhaps not recorded
the marriage In Iluclmrest this week of that
Mile. Helen Vucarescu , whoso woes , excited
two worlds four years ago JJho was. It will
bo remembered , maid of honor to Queen
Carmen Sllva , and that rojal lady ( rled to
arrange n marriage between the joung I'llnco
rcTdlnand and the lowly born damsel The
good people of Koutnnnla objected , however ,
with such pin pose that Mile Helen was
obliged to lice1 Iho country 1'rlnec Ferdinand
forgot her and she has revenged herself now
by rnarrjing n very rich man of Bucharest
The London financial pipers today give
much attention to the unpiecedcnted flow of
gold from New York hltherward at this sea
son , and counsel readers to beware of Amer
ican Investments. The Statist , In fact , goes
so far as to point to the "danger of a very
bevcro crlsU or a lulnous fall In prices Con
gress may avert thp danger , or the people
mit "vvalien and compel Iho necessary incaa-
ures , or the banks may come to the rescue |
In time , but ( he danger Is there. "
HALLAItl ) SMITH.
. -.IVIKI : : IIAVU.I : .
Llilnesii rtiilni to ll.it Dilveu Olt thnlliH |
After rorci [ I I IghthiK.
LONDON , Oct 20 A dlspateh received
here from Shanghai toda > says that , nccurd-
Ing to Chinese advices , a bevere battle has
been fought on the lower portion of the
Yulu river. The Japanese are siid to have
crossed the river and to have attacked the
Chinese , but , It Is rcporte , that after fierce
fighting the Japanese v ere repulsed The
Japanese arc said to have lost heavily The
Chinese , but It Is reporled that after fierce
but ( hey declare that ( hey still maintain
Ihelr position.
No confirmation of this dispatch Is ob
tainable , but It Ib thought probable that
lighting Ins actually occurred
. A dispatch from Che-Poo to the Pull Mall
I Gazette this afternoon sajs there are pros
pects of further trouble on the Corsun penin
sula. A large force of Tonghuks Is sn d to
be threatening Seoul , the capital of Corea.
. YOKOHAMA. Oct. 0 Seveial hundred
I natives of Chollada , Corea , have risen against
the Japanese at this plice A force of Jap
anese has been dispatched to ( he scene of
I the trouble.
SHANGHAI. Oc ( . 20 KOIII vessels of the
Chinese southern bquadron have arrived ut
Wel-IIaMVel. The Chinese steamer Tung
ihow. which has arrived here , reported that
wo Chinese Ironclads and one Chinese
cruiser , which have been under repairs at
ort Arthur , have left that place uml reached
. Wcl-Hal-Wel. It is added that the other
Chinese war bhlps will require more cxten-
sve repairs and consequently ( hell departure
from Port Arthur may be delayed for borne
. tlmo longer.
' Renewed rumors aie In circulation here re
garding ( he battle said to linve been fought
on the Yalu river between the land forces
of China nnd Japan. No accurate details
are obtainable In regard to this engagement.
Hut according lo one rumor , tlie Jupaneso
have been repulsed , with severe loss on both
sdes As the Chinese do not claim a victory
this rcporl may turn out lo be Incorrect.
It Is believed , however , ( hat fighting has
uctually occurred between the armies op
posing each other on the Yalu river.
I Irn ami I'loii-l In ( hlnn.
SAN TRANCISCO , Oct. ; 0 The mall from
the Orient by the steamers City of Peking
and Australia brings news of u disastrous
flre dur > ng September at Chung-Klang , near
Hong Kong Over thirty people were burned
to death , 2,000 houses were destroyed. In
cluding two temples , nnd entailing a total
loss of 10,000,000 taels.
Disastrous floods are. reported In norlh-
eastern China. A rich agricultural district
150 miles long und ten to Ihlrty m Ics wide
wab submerged. Many women and children
wcra drowned and an enormous projc-rly
loss buffered.
Ilin I ri'iv to land
LONDON. Oct. 20 The llrltlsh steamer
Durham Cltj , Captain Thompson , from Itoa-
ton. October C , for London , passed the LI/-
nrd at noon today , having on board the crew
of the American schooner Alice T Hoardman
The Alice T. Hoardman , waterlogged and
abandoned , vvac picked up by the fishing :
schooner Hattle M Graham , on October 6
seventy-five miles east by south by the
Hlehland light and ua& towed Into Glouces
ter , Mass. A letter was found on board stal
ing that the crew , had been ( alien oft by the
| ste-amer Durham City.
unicem I UiiiUitril.
HAMIJUHCi , Oct. 20. A tuisat on him been
created here by the sudden and unexplained
dismissal of twtnty-nve naval ofllcers who
have rendered long service The government
ma mains a mysterious silence In regard to
their discharge , I
CDTTLEFJSII TACTICS
Tattooed Tom's Fnko Bureau Trying to
Oloud tlio Ocean of Nebraska Politics ,
SHEDDING GREAT QUANTITIES OF INK
Mill nt the Millard Euuniug Overtime
While the "Governor"
Sweats Blood.
PEOPLE NOT MISLED BY FABUCVTIONS
Romances by Anniii Too Thin to Fool Even
the Most Unwary.
8 , & M. MANAGERS COLONIZIJG THE STATE
1'onnlmotion ( innpn from Montaiui .Arc CuiU *
IIIK lu > vbriiiliii ! to Votfl lotrii dnivel
Jiuliu Under U'liy Soiuo Afil-
iliivltH Are I'riiinliBil.
The stole campaign Is rapidly approaching
a white heat. The Hiirllngton pass battal-
loni , reinforced by themcrcenarj retainers
of ( hi- business '
men's association
, nre strain-
Inn eveiy ncrvo ( o stem the tldil wnvo ( hat
Is sweeping ( he > sale ( against their camTl-
date , Tom Majors. The. Ornnha bureau of
campaign fnhrlc.itIon keeps the- typewriter *
and faUe-vvrltery busy night and daj grind
ing out ( lie rnosl glaring falsehoods and bu
bear stories of Impending caiumllj In ease
Holcomb Is elected governor Column upon
column of whitewash and blrtckwoith nre being -
ing ( ompounded by ( ho re-doubtable 1)111 ) Au-
nln. whoso name will soon be changed Into
Annlnlas , and fed to gulllbles nnd credulous
dupes through Iho Hurllngton Journal vvhlcli
lioast that 125,000 copies have been senttoroa
over Ntbr.iika within the past ( en days , free
for all and regardless of expense.
Them nro slathers of boodle nt the dis
posal j , of the Majors calamity cnisaders In
the language of the unspeakable Turk Allah
be praised und Mohammed lien Hathawnj la
his I'rofll.
When the campaign opened eight weeks
ago Majors and his managers and nil the
railroid oigans and oiginettes agreed that
Hosewater had passed himself out of politics
and had become' n dead issue. It was mutu
ally agreed and publlclv announced that ho
should be Ignored , and The lice should bo
severely let nlonc. It was to be an nggres-
slve educational c.imp.ilgn. and the political
Issues between the icpubllcans democrats
nnd populists ck'iirly defined und discussed.
This plan of campaign was abandoned In less
than a week Kroin the first d.i > the party
was throvui un Ifs back and driven to the
wall liy the malodorous record ot Its stand-
aril bearer , and everyboclj from general lo
corporal became demor.illziMl by the whole
sale defection Ihut was reported In every
ijuniter. Then ull the batteries and all the
butleiiiiR rams were turned upon Uosiiwater
and The llee.
WOKK 01' HHSSIAN INK SqUIHTEHfl.
A careful perusal of the rallroiil republican
and railroad democratic newspapers of Ne
braska would impel a stronger to believe
that IJdward Hofcwaler Is not only the can
didate for governor and United Stute-s sena
tor , but also a candidate for congress la
each of the nix coiiKtetsloii.il dlstrlets , a
well as for every oillce ( o be filled on ths
Bill of NTi > ve.mlicr. The railroad and bankers'
combine- exerting all Its efforts to an
ubuslvo personal wnrfnro upon the editor of
The lice , utterlv fulling to refer to the lone
list of political misdemeanors with which
their candidate' for governor Mamlx charged
nnd of ulilch he- has been proven guilty The
word was evident ! } passed along the line
that , Inasmuch ns the charges against Majors
cannot be explained or defended Iho atten
tion of tlie voters must bo distracted l > y per
sonal assaults upon the man who lias brought
nnd substantiated the charges.
As an instance of thu vilification of the
railroad press the dally contributions to the
Hurllngton State Journal are cited Their
fakclst devoirs from one to two columns of
eueli day to abuse of not enl > the edi
tor of The llee. but of prominent and re
spected cllUens of Omaha He directs Id's
snafu of maudlin wit at every business man
who refuses lo be led by the Holdrcge-Mc-
Shane-Tobe Castor combination and lauila to
the skies Jack-knife luwjcrs and ward heel
ers who pose ah business men. The cntbro
weight of the responsibility of preserving the
credit of thu state seems to have been placed
upon the broad shoulders of this e < mlncnt
financier. He It Is ( hat pictures the woes
.intl distress of the working-man who will be
compelled to give up his home If Majors la
not elided. He It Is that assures the state
that the easl has arisen In alarm at the
prospect of an honest administration of state
government. He It is that predicts dire dis
aster and financial stagnation If the people ot
Nebraska urc given an opportunity to discover
to just what extent the state treasury has
been looted b > dishonest contrac'ors.
EVIDENCE OF HIS VERACITY.
This maudlin maltgner , In reporting the
recent address delivered at Hoyd'u theater ,
sneers nt ( he prominent citizens who were
onthe , Hinge and who were known to synv-
pathl/e with the efforts of the honest men
ot the btalo lo lurn do\vn Ihe boodle-rs and
corporalion leeches He dlscreclly refralnp
from mentioning the names of scores of
others equally prominent who have lent
themselve-b lo the purposes of Ihe railroad
manipulators. He attempts a facetious de
scription of what ho calls the "eeven-by-nlno
Kinlle of peaceful happiness Irradiating tljp
physiognomy" of Hon. George W Llnlnger ,
hul prudent ! ) refrains from any Illusion , ( o
the presence In the- boxes of Frank Murphy ,
president of the Merchants National band ,
und Milton Ilarlow , cashier of the United
States National bank. Ho asserts ( hat busi
ness men were Importuned to "lend tb lr
countcnam-D to Ihe occasion , " when Iho
fact remains that no ono was given a ticket
who did n'.it ask for one and say ho wanted
to go Ho alleges that twenty-two cat on the
platform and that twice twenty-two were
given tickets to the platform , but foMfld
pressing engagements elsewhere The ( act
remains that the platform tickets , aside
from those given to citizens personally In
vited to > lt there , were only given out afler
cVery other ticket In the house had been
exhausted
The rest of the two-column diatribe U
dcvotKl to a richly attempt to bellltlo the
address made by Mr. Rosewater Tilt
Washington scribbler states that the acldrtt *
was at times Incoherent. Perhaps It wai.
Dill even If It was. It wet not half so In
coherent an the very lame attempts made
by Tattooed Tom H friends to explain way
the dark spots on his record He sayi that
i.Mr Jtotewatcr evaded entirely ( he question *
put to him by the Lincoln Journal , but ho