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.ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNINGDEOEMJBEK 1 , 1805 TWENTY PAG-BS. SINGLE OOl'V FIVE n 13NTS.
HARD ON THE HEIRS
t Majority in the French Ohamhor of Depu
ties Votes for Progressive Taxation ,
ADOPTS GRADUATED SUCCESSION DUTIES
ft > /
. . .
r Unrelated Legatees Must Divide Liberally
with General Government Hertafter.
SOCIALISTIC IDEAS IN THE ASCENDENCY
Bourgeois and His Whole Cabinet Suddenly
Converted to the Faith ,
LITTLE PROGRESS IS MADE IN TURKEY
Alnlnl Hnin hi KinMV , Whnt He Wnnti *
lint-Iiifl < N the Menu * of Curry-
HIM OrderH Into i\ecii-
tlnn In Armenia.
NHW YORK , Nov. 30. ( Special Tele-
Brain. ) Thrro Is no plec * of Kuropean news
more Important than the conversion of the
French prime minister and the French
Chamber of Deputies to rank socialism. Only
Hst wesk Mr. Bourgeois was still holding
* * out. He resisted the attempt of the coclallst
chief , M. Jnurc , to take the lead of the
Chamber out of hts hands. Beaten by three
votes , his next step Is to put hlmslf : nt
the head of the faction which had Just shown
Its strength. He brought In and carried by
404 to 125 his proposal for graduated suc
cession duties. The 125 appear to represent
all there Is left of French conservatism
"Graduated succt-sslon duties" Is merely a
fine name for confiscation. The socialist
stamp en th ? whole scheme Is shown , firs' '
by the exemption of all estates under $2,000
nnd jhrjLby the Incredible exaction of one-
fTnlT of all property passing iiy will to leg
atees not of kin to the former owner. The
firot IH a bid for the support of th * prole
tariat. The second foreshadows a policy not
unllko that announced by Mr. Alderman Tll-
lett In Kngland In 1892 , that the poor ought
to levy taxcn and the rich pay them. We
shall i'eo how far M. Bourgeois means to
carry that doctrine when h&dlsclos2s his
Income tax scheme , should ho live long
enough to enable him to disclose It. That
also Is to be graduated. The cast-off clothes
of the American populists are to furnish the
political wardrobe of this extraordinary
Frtnch prime minister. It may bo taken as
certain that the majority which voted for
succession duties does not want them , anc
relies on the senate to defeat them- Just as
English radicals voted by scores In the House
of Commons for home rule , relying on the
House of Lords to- throw out the bill.
LACKS POLITICAL COURAGE.
But the B" chman , who Is a gallant soul
on tl S i..i of battle , Is timid In public life
He has little political courage. He bows
down before a majority or the dread ot a
majority. He dares not face th ? artisan vote
without a bribe in his hand. He believes
that the poorer classes must conciliates
by confiscation , more or less complete , ol
the property of the richer. The- history of
lila own country teaches him nothing. The
lesson of It Is that nothing avails but cour
age , yet , for want of a little courage , he lets
the rising tide of socialism overflow the
dikes , or opens the sluices and. leaves the
land nnd the dwellers In the land defenseless
Socialism Is In truth a greater danger than
war. No observer believes that a socialized
French republic will last. It Is strong
against every other enemy. Against that Its
bes' me-n seem powerless , and a majority
elected expressly to resist socialism has. sur
rendered Ignotnlnlously.
It Is Germany , and not France , which
makes a stand against the enemies of so
ciety. Germany docs not surrender. She
Invokes the law. She locks up those who
plot treason to society , which she regards as
treason to the state. She sent Llebknecht to
Jail the other day. She Is prosecuting other
socialist leaders this week. She has Just Im
prisoned ono of them for three months.
She closes the boclallst clubs. German soil
has , In fact , b-scomo so hot for thess gentle
men that they are looking about for one on
which they can rest the t-olcs of their feet
In comfort , and Herr Bebel himself , one of
the arch firebrands of the faction , has sud
denly turned up at Zurich , bringing , says
the dU'patch quaintly , the available funds
of the party. The money Is spirited away
because the authorities are bent on the legal
dissolution of the socialist organization. Why
will not Franco see what-Is passing across
the border ? Why can she not act with equal
vigor and courage ? It cannot be because a
French republic la u IOM stable and efficient ,
form of government than a German empire.
A11DUL HAMID STILL OBDURATE.
The Turkish problem seems no nearer , or
little nearer , n solution this than last week ,
Tlu > sultan Is still shillyshallying , unable ap
parently to make up his mind Juat what or
how much he will do , In conformity with the
will of the European powers. Ho Is seeking ,
of course , for the Irreducible minimum , and
there are no two days on which It presents
Itself to lila mind In exactly the same form ,
Lord Salisbury , In his Brighton speech ,
touched the true dllllculty. Tha sultan ha *
nobody to do efficiently the work he wants
done. He cannot even replace his ambassa
dor In London , llustem Pasha , ot whom I
meant to have said a word last week , had
tpaco sufficed. llustem It scenu odd In the
face ot recent events was not a Turk , but
an Armenian. Many of the most useful serv
ants of the sultan and ot the porte have hern
and arc Armenians or Greeks. Kustem was
Invaluable to him because ho knew England
nnd would tell his master the truth , or as
much of the truth as a despotic and Irritable
ruter would listen to. London knew htm as
accomplished , astute , agreeable. In spite of
the allltciatlon all three adjectives were
applicable to him. Heas a born diplomat-
lit , and a trained diplomatist , and even the
sultan , who , because he Is sultan , Is Incurably
suspicion * , trusted him.
Well , there Is no other Ilurtem , and Lord
Sallebury's plain fpceches are likely to reach
the sultan's car either not at all or In a form
which v > | ll be resfiitcd more bitterly than
before There Is a report , probably untrue ,
that ho rcicnti the reading out ot his letter
Iiy Lord Salisbury. It Is certain that the
English primp minister would not have read
It unleni he had not merely authority to
iiuUe It public- , but an express request to do
eo , and a request from a' sovereign In such
a matter amounts to a command , at least In
the diplomatic world.
SHIPS WILL STILL GET THROUGH.
There Is another report that Abdul Hamld
cannot make up his mind whether to allow
another halt dozen European gunboats to
pass the Dardanelles He has granted
firman * , but the execution ot them Is delayed ,
The Dry d thawed henclf at the entrance
ud was ordered hack. The governor of
the forta had no orders to allow her to pass.
Sir Philip Currle , the English ambassador ,
who had sent for her on the ( Mih of the
sultan's promise , Is not the man to stand
much nonsense of this kind. He knows very
well that between the assurance and real pur
pose of the sultan on the one hand , and the
translation ot It Into act on thfr other , ATC
many kinds of official hindrances. Nowhere
Is the tying of red taps Into hard knots s-o
ell understood ns on the banks of the Bos-
phorus. The sultan , of course , does not enJoy -
Joy the spectacle ot foreign men-of-war an
chored off his palaces , but his word of honor
remains pllghte < l to Lord Salisbury as well
as to the ambassador , and the. men-of-war
will go up. U Is for the powers and not
for the por'to to Judge whether they are
needed or not. In Armsnla Itself things teem
to be going from bad lo Morse , and there are
omlnouo signs that troops and governors are
getting out of hand. There again Is the
pitiful lack of honest and capable servants
of the sultan's real will. Our minister , Mr.
Terrell , does , so far as one can Judge , all
that It Is possible for a minister to do , rep
resenting as ho does a government which
does not mean to use force , and Indeed
cannot.
PASSING OF DUMAS.
The death of Alexander Dumas Is a calam
ity of which the full meaning and extent
are more completely appreciated In France
than anywhere el ? ? . He was before all
things n writer for the stage , and writers for
the ptnge In England or America are honored
for the most part after they are dead. Well ,
Dumas Is dead , and that Is one more reason
for doing him Justice , even where he Is Im
perfectly known. Here ho seems'to be known
chiefly as the author of "La Dame Aux
Camellae , " or rather of that weak and Ineffec
tual version of It which goes by the name
of "Camllle. " In France he has been known
for more than a generation as one of the
chief glorlca of contemporary French liter
ature. Ho held n place as dramatist which ,
since the death of Augler , there was none
to dispute. M. Sardou may have n wider
fame In America because more of his plays
have been acted here- . lint M. Sardou Is a
playw right and Dumas was a ; dramatist , and
the distinction Is a very broad one. Dumas
had literature. M. Sardou has little or none.
Dumas had all , and more than all , of Sar-
dou's mastery of technique. His plays are
admirable In construction. There "are no
better acting plays ; none In recent times so
good ; none which hold the stage as his do.
He would nevertheless have been a great
writer had he written nothing for the theater
He Is a brilliant example of what Is most
brilliant In French literature ; Its perfection
of form , Its symtrctry and precision. Its In-
comi arable lucidity , Its logical force. All hla
life he had been an observer , a student ol
human nature , a man of the world and of
many worlds. In his seven or eight volumes
of printed plays are collected all the Intel
lectual riches of his life. They are such a
picture of modern French society as exists
nowhere else , and they are the most readable
of all modern dramas. His vivacity never
falls him , "his experience never wears out , his
criticism of life never cease ? to be delicate
and sure. Some day he will win a large
audience hcra ; meantime he takes his place
among the Immortals who have produced an
Immortal literature. * *
MATTHEW ARNOLD'S LETTERS.
The most notable English book ot the
week Is "Matthew Arnold's Lettsrs. " It Is
to a slight extent n misfortune for the mem-
01 y of Matthew Arnold "that his letters should
pass Into the hands of Mr. George Russell
for editing. Mr. Russ-ell has no competency
for such a task. He Is a politician who has
climbed the political ladder to that narrow
platform which * s found sufficient to hold
undersecretaries , and there he Is likely to
remain. He has some scholarbhlp. but no
literature , and literature Is one of the two
thlr.ga Imperatively demanded of an editor
for Matthew Arnold's letters. The other Is a
laige and genial knowledge of life , not the
pedantic and selfish view of It which Is char
acteristic of Mr. Russell , However ,
hero are the letters , or many of
the letters In which Arnold has most fully
revealed himself , and that Is the main thing
which no clumsiness of editing or deficiency
of taste and Judgment can obscure. Arnold ,
the writer , had already delivered his message
to his own country and to ours. One of the
most helpful and Inspiring of our time. Ar
nold the man appears lure almost as a reve
lation ! to those who know him not. The let
ters are a Just expression ot a fine character
of which sincerity Is one note , and a singular
tenderness another. He had larger and
deeper sympathies than the world gave him
credit for. He delighted In homo llfo and In
friendships. None was a more loyal nature
than his , none simpler , none morei genuine
or more human. I doubt whether the best
side of him became visible during his visit to
the United States , or visible to more than a
few. Ho liked America , but there were many
things American which he did not like , and
ho did not and docs not scruple to say so.
Wo need not reproach him with a frankness
by which It Is open to us to profit If wo
choose. We shall all read not less eagerly
what Hie had to say , much ot It In confidence
and some ofIt which no discreet editor would
have published about his own country and his
own countrymen. The letters abound In In
terest of many kind ! nnd have a charm which
for tliotix who knew him lias Its melancholy
side. The- publishers of these posthumous let
ters are Messrs. MacMlllan , both In London
uiut New York. It Is plcaiant to remember
that during a great part of Matthew Arnold's
life they were both his publishers and his
friends. GEORGE W. SMALLEV.
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PARIS , Nov. 30. ( New York World Cable-
Brain Special Telegram. ) Mrs. William K ,
Vunderhllt has taken an apartment at the
unction of Avenue Montaigne and Avenue
dea Champs Elysces. Mr. W. K. Vanderbllt
IUB taken for the rump period n villa In the
suburbs of Paris.
Count and Countess Bond ! de Castellane
are entertaining a largo party of friends at
tochecotle. News comes that the young
\n\erlcan counti-cn Is becoming heartily tired
of her husband'x count ! y , and takes no trou-
ile to conceal her sentiments upon the sub-
ect. This , however , does not prevent the
count from continuing to spend her American
dollars In a right royal fashion and with u
nobt unstinted hand , nhlle work Is rapidly
ii-ogresslng on the extraordinary mansion
le 1s erecting on the Avenue dii Bols de
nonlognne. It Is Impossible to describe aa
anything else than extraordinary the notion
of using Quern Marie Antlonette'u country
Ircam at Ymallleo as the model for a city
residence.
I'priivlnii Cnli I n e < Aiiii < > iincil ,
LIMA , Peru , Nov. 30. ( Via Galvcilon. )
President Plerola hag announced the new
cabinet. It Is composed ot the following
men- Premier and mlnlttcr ot Justice , Dr.
narlnama ; minister of foreign affairs , Kt-uor
Itlcardo Ortiz Sevalloa ; minister of the In
terior , fienor Benjamin Uoza ; minister of
finance , Senor Manuel Jeiui Obll ; uilultter of
war. Colonel Ibsrra.
CABINET IN TROUBLE
Agrarians and Their Sympathizers Intrigno
Against the Ministry ,
DISTURBED BY INTERNAL DISSENSIONS
Emperor and Some Members Disploasot
with Anti-Socialist Measures ,
POLICE OFFICIALS CONTINUE THE RAIDS
Socialists in No Way Dismayed by the
Warfare Upon Them.
INFLUENZA AGAIN EPIDEMIC IN BERLIN
That , with Dlplitlicrln mill Sonrlrt
I-'cvcr , Rroiitly IncriMiNo the Ili-ntli
Hn < c tCmpiTor HUH IIlN UNIIM !
1,111'U lllllltlllKT.
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BERLIN , Nov. 30. Everything points tea
a cabinet crisis In spite of official denials
The positions of Herr Von Koeller , the Prus
sian minister for the Interior ; Dr. Von Boet-
tlchei * , the vlco president of the council o
ministers and Imperial secretary of state for
the Interior ; General Bronsart Von Schelllng-
dorf. the minister of war ; Frelherr Von Der-
lepjch , the minister of commerce , am
Frelherr Marschal Von Vlchersteln , the min
ister for foreign affairs , and even that o
Herr Von Lucenus , the chief of the Imperla
civil cabinet , are Enid to be shaken. Evidence
of widespread court Intrigue to get rid of the
ministers who are distasteful to the agrarians
conservatives and military party have come
to the surface recently. Herr Von Kocll'jr
Is apparently the minister who Is the mos
threatened. The emperor , It Is stated , Is" dis
pleased at the recent maladroit prosecutions
for lese majeste , especially the cas ? of Prof
Dlbruack , which were ordered by Herr Von
Koeller. The cabinet Itself , moreover , Is
divided respecting the expediency of the ex
treme antl-soclallst measures adopted by the
police , and nobcdy would bo astcnishoj to
hear of a ministerial upheaval.
The emperor , during the last few days , has
been treating General Von Schwelnltz , former
Gciman minister to Russia , with marked dis
tinction , and It Is whispered In court cir
cles that he will succeed Herr Von Koeller
as minister for the Interior. The latter , how
ever , continues to enjoy the approbation of
the conservatives.
PRICE OF CONSERVATIVE SUPPORT.
Count Von Mlrbach , the leader of the
conservative party , has Issued a manifesto
to the electors of east Prussia , In which he
rejects for his party the overtures Of the
national liberals and declares that the con
servative center will continue to constitute
a majority of the Reichstag nnd the Diet , and
that the government can have his party znip-
port only In exchange for some measure
similar to the Kanltz grain monopoly bll
and the relnstltution of bimetallism as clearly
defined. The government program , modeled
largely en the policy of Prince Bismarck , he
declares , Is absolutely required to tnduco
confidence In ths government. This mani
festo Is clearly aimed at the majority of the
pit cent cabinet.
The extraordinary police campaign ogalnft
the socialists during the past week , Involv
ing the search of the houses of all the social
ist leaders , Including the members of the
Reichstag , and the closing of about a dozen
of the leading socialist clubs , Is based on
the antiquated Prussian law of associations ,
dating back to 1S50. Every day this week
raids have been made upon the clubs and res
idences of socialists In Berlin and other
towns , and about a score of the leading
socialists are to be prosecuted. The closing
of the big socialist clubs on Friday , however ,
has caused the greatest flutter In socialist
circles , and the matter will be brought before
the Reichstag , when exciting debates are
expected.
In spite of the repression the socialists re
main defiant , and the Vorwaerts , organ of
the party , prints an Ironical article , advis
ing Herr Von Koeller to continue the perse
cution , claiming that It will tend to make the
socialist party stronger and more harmonious ,
and citing the results of the era of Tessen-
dorf , during which the socialist party sex-
tupled.
EXPECT A STORMY SESSION.
The reopening of the Reichstag on Tuesday
next will be without special brilliancy. The
nature of all the government bills Is known ,
and there will be no surprise during the
session , though It Is expected to be a stormy
one on account of the Introduction of extra
neous matter , such as the lese nmjesto prose
cutions , and the Hammersteln letters are
sure to lead to heated discussions ,
Prince UUmarck has accepted membership
In the German Association of Sports , and on
Friday a delegation from the Hcrlln Academy ,
of Arts , headed by Prof. Ende , presented him
with a splendidly mounted address , appoint
ing him an honorary member.
Influenza Is again appearing In epidemic
form In Berlin , notably In the northern part
of the city , and among the school children
diphtheria and scarlet fever are raging , The
mortality In Berlin has Increased 25 per
cent.
It Is the Intention of the emperor to lend
to the Berlin exposition next summer three
magnificent trophies won by him at shoot
ing matches. Two of them are gold shields ,
studded with Jewels , and one Is an Immense
silver tankard , similarly Jeweled.
During the Battues this week his majesty
irnd his usual luck , and two days at Qoehrdo
yielded thirteen stags and sixty-one boars ,
The barley shooting resulted In bagging 408
hares and three roebucks. At the pheasant
drive | n the wild park 372 of these birds wore
killed.
United States Consul Carrel has quite re
covered from the ulcl'ness which has been
troubling htm for some time past. Ho was
able to be present at the Thanksgiving celo-
iratlon on Thursday last In this city.
Smaller gatherings In honor of the day were
icld at U-lpslc , Stuttgart , Dresden and Hei
delberg. The United States consul general ,
Mr. Charles Uol'ay , gave a reception In
icnor of tlif : United States minister to Dcn >
nark. Mr. James L. Kit-ley.
The first Christinas trees arrived here this
week and fetched hgh ! price * .
Snow fell In Berlin on Wednesday.
On the anniversary of the death uf Princess
llrmarck , Wednesday last , the emperor and
empress gent a large wreath , tied with a
ircad silk ribbon , embroidered with the Im
perial crown and their Inttlalv , te ha placed
on her tomb.
Only u llorsr-Strnllnu Ilttlil ,
KI PASO , Nov. SO. The Bonora Yaqul
) Ulbi-eak turns out to have lieen only a
loree thievingald. . The reported killing of
the Mueller family li denied.
ins iit.ooo WAS NOT IIMK : i\otcn ;
Coiiiiiirrclnl I'rorx Not WtinU-it In tlic
ArlNtnrriiUo Order of S . PnrlcU.
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LONDON , Nov. 30. A howl of Indignation
has risen from certain sections of the nrls
tocracy because the Order of St. Patrick
vacant by the death of the marquis o
Wa'.erford , has been bestowed upon Baron
Ivcngh , son of Sir Benjamin Lee Outness , o
Guineas' stout fame , and the first "com
mcrclal peer" to bo admitted to membership
In that body , which Is In Ireland what th
Order of the Garter Is to England , Trad I
tlon requires that only the best kind of pur
blood Is worthy of the honor of being a
Knight of St. Patrick.
W. K. Vandcrbilt , as lessee o'f one of Lori
Lovatt's deer forestH , refuses to pay th
taxes. At the last meeting of the Inverncs
county council a letter from Vandcrbilt
read , In which he complains that he Is con
tlnually annoyed by claims for occupancy
taxes , nnd that ho has resolved to pay no
attention to them In the ftitur ; . The lette
created much amusement In the council ant
after the mat'er ' had besn dlscupjsd It was
resolved to take the usual steps to bring
about the recovsry cf th'o amount of the
taxes claimed to be due. .
Truth , discussing the matter , says It presumes
sumes all delinquent rate payers are "con
tlnually annoyed" until the , pay their taxes
Thbro wao a largt assemblage In Exeter
hall on Tuesday , when a purse of 3,000 was
presented to Dr. Barnado , the founder o
many homes for frlendUss children , and who
has settled many boys and girls In Canada
The purse was presented to the doctor It
recognition of his good work In founding
these homes for destitute children In Lon
don anl : Canada. ' . '
There Is more prospect today than there
was yesterday of a settlement of the grsa
shipping strike on the Clyde , and that Is
welcome news fo'r many thousands of fam
Illea. Both eldes recognize the fact that a
number of Important contracts for tht < build
Ing of ships willbe est unless work Is re
sumed In the yards very soon. Conseqiuntlj
a settlement of the dispute Is expected te bs
arranged at the conference which 11 has
been decided to hold between th ? employers
and their employe * ' .
Dr. Donaldson Smith of Philadelphia , the
explorer of Semallland , has reached Londoi
In the best of health. Dr. SmltU had a nar
r.ow escape from bJlng killed by a rhinoceros
while on his way to the lakes. but he pushed
onward , and succeeded In exploring the coun
try beyond , discovering many new tribss , the
members of one of them being all under five
feet high. The expsdltlon , Dr. Smith said
had been successful from a natural history
point of view. They had discovered a mini
ber of fertile districts anf ! nsw tribes and
located several doubtful rivers. They enl >
lost elx people killed during the whole Jour
ney. Dr. Smith will return to ths United
States In January.
Blondln , the veteran tlghc ropy walker
was married yesterday.
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MEXICO CITY , Nov.t3WNcw' ( ( York
World Telegram. ) The a hcijlcs of Jalapa.
capital of the state of Vera-Gruz , have been
notified of an alleged revelation In a dream
to Senora Emllllana Mendoza. She saya
she has been troubled recently with ttrange
dreams , In which her mother , who disap
peared mysteriously about twenty years ago ,
appeared and Informed her that she and her
babe were murdered by her husband , who
also disappeared , and that their skeletons
would bs found under the floor of the house
In which Senora Mendozi lived. The authori
ties searched the city records for the entry
of the death ot the mother or Infant , but
no trace was found. Excavations were then
made under the houpe , resulting In the
finding of human bones one set those of an
adult and the other those of an Infant.
Senora Mendoza has changed her residence ,
but continues to receive visitations from her
mother's spirit , which seems to have more
news to communicate. The ghost Is reported
to be gratified by the discovery of the two
skeletons.
A petition la being circulated In the city of
Guadalajara , a place of 8,000 Inhabitants ,
asking the national government to accord
belligerent rights to- the Cubans. The popu
lar sympathy all over this rppubllc Is with
the Insurgents. < v
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AiiiiiNoinoiitx in I'Vdrrnl DlMlrlcl.
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MEXICO CITY , Nov. 30 , , ( New York
World Telegram. ) President Diaz has Issued
Instructions for the Indefinite suspension of
bull fights within the federal dUtrlct. This
was occasioned by last Sunday's mob at
the Bucarell bull ring , when the spectators
becanis angered because the but ! would not
fight and undertook to destroy the amphi
theater. Ponclano Diaz , king of the bull
fighters , uas the manager , and was fined
$500 by the city council for giving a poor
performance. Arrangements were being made
for a fight tomorrow , which cannot now
take place.
A movement has been started to erect In
this city a monument to President Diaz , de
signed after the Arc de Trlomphe In Paris.
The site selected Is the upper part of tflo
I "a see de la Reforma. Joss -Vallarta and
Don Rafael Pacheco , military engineers ,
have been commissioned to .submit plans.
The arch will be of a great height nnd
adorned with various allegorlpdl has reliefs
and huge statuary group ? .
Huron AnilrriiiiHky Iiijarell'ln n Dni'l ,
BUDA PKSTH , Nov. SOl As a result of
the exciting scene In tha' lower house of
the Hungarian Diet yesterday , when Baron
Andreansky reproached Herr ; Von Percsel ,
minister of the Interioran4 / charged him
with assisting In alleged tlectlon abuses , a
sword duel tcek place today Between Andro-
'
ansky and Percwl , Herr An'jraaiiflty , who
resigned his post temporarily ; for the pur
pose ot inciting his adversary on the field
pf honor , was severely wounded , receiving a
sword cut ard su&talnng Injqrle about the
head.
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[ 'nut-nil of AU'xnnilnf 'DIIIIIIIM ,
PARIS , Nov. 30. The funeral of Alex
ander Dumas took plac.fr today and was un
ostentatious In accordance- with the wishes
of the deceased author and drama'lst. The
remalna were conveyed yesterday from th ?
ate residence of M , Dtimaa at Marlly U- Role
o his house In this city , and takm from the
alter place at noon today and Interred In
ho cemetery of Montmartre In the presence
of a vast concourse of literary men , artltta
and actors.
Iiu-lU ( Shot In the I.lt.
PARIS , Nov. 30. A dutl was fought tlili
morning In a. secluded place near tM city
ictween a member of the Chamber of Depu
tes , Daron Holtsy d'Anglaa , and Viscount
v. Vogue , a member of the French academy ,
The latter was \\oumltd In the Up. The dla-
tute which led to the hostile meeting arose
rcm a political eoiiirovcrjy ,
NO APOLOGY COMING
Dunravon Has No Intention of Offering One
to the Offended Now Yorkers.
ENGLISH YACHTSMEN STILL RUFFLED
Discussion of the Charges Against Defender
Oontinuos with Little Abatement.
HENRY OFBATTENBERG GOES TO WAR
Princess Beatrice Oonsents to AllowJIor
Husband to Move Against Ashauteo ,
FEMALE BICYCLE RACES THE RAGE
IiOiuloii I-XiiorU'iiccM the
\VntvliliiK I'mfOHxIonnl "Women
Itlilcrn Full Over it Itouril
Truck nt tlio Aquarium.
( Copyrighted , 16sr. , by Press I'tiblMlng company.
LONDON , Nov. 30. ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Public Inter
est In the Valkyrie-Defender dispute Is un
abated. U has been rather Increased by ni
article In the Nineteenth Century , by A. T.
( Jiilller-Couch , an experienced yachtsman , as
well as a distinguished llterateur. He says
"For such an accusation Dunrnven can hnv (
but one excuse that he can prove It beyom
the possibility of dcubt. " He adds that th ?
only conceivable way In which It can be
proved Is by Lord Dunroven obtaining trust
worthy evidence1 In. corroboratlon of his
charges from members of Defender's crew.
Lord Dunraven , In his oplnlcn , "owes the
crew of Defender one of two things , prompt
conviction or prompt apology. " The ChronIcle -
Iclo surmlsEs that "unless Lord Dunraven
proves or apologizes It may not be possible
to have a future race , unless'the prince ol
Wales ohc-uld throw Dunraven over and clnl-
lenge himself. " Respecting the suggestion
that Lord Dunraven should apologlz ? should
ho fall to substantiate his accusation , Arthur
Glcnnle , speaking to the World correspond
ent the other day , mid : "If Lord Dunraven's
charge had bsen Investigated on the epot and
disproved he would then have made- the am
plest apblcgy a gentleman could make. "
Seeing that Lord Dunraven contends that an
Inquiry now Is useless and cannot lead to
any satisfactory result , the- Inference Is that
he will not apologlz9 under any circum
stances.
Lord Lonsdale , a leading member of the
Royal Yacht Squadron , having been asked by
the World correspondent to give his view on
the controversy , has replied : "As It would
be presumptuous on my part to give an
opinion on the International race , I must beg
to bexcused. . " Representative yachtsmen
hsre show no' disposition to take up the cud
gel for Lord Dunraven.
PRINCE HENRY GOES TO AVAR.
The resolve of Prlnce-Henry of. Battenburg
to Join the Ashantee expedition was vehj- (
mezitly opposed by Princess Beatrice , the
World correspondent learns from an excel
lent source , until the dlrsct Intervention of
the queen procured the desired permission for
the prince. Ho has the military tastes and
capacity of the family strongly developsd ,
and under his colonelcy the Isle of Wight
volunteers have become one of the smartest
corps In the country , being especially praised
by the kaiser at the Aldershot review last
summer. The fact that the Ashantee expedi
tion Is likely to prove a mere bloodless march
to Coomasseo and back reconciled Princess
Beatrice to her husband's departure more
than the queen's pleadings. Official advices
fiom the Oold Coast Indicate that the king
Is certain to submit , but the expedition hav
ing been started , It Is deemed essential on
the ground of policy that It should occupy
Coomassee.
One of the most eagerly awaited books of
the nsxt season will bo Justin McCarthy's
reminiscence ? , on which he has been actively
engaged for some time. Ho has not yet de
cided to bring them down to the Parnell
crisis , during which he had more than one
highly dramatic private Interview with Par
nell , the circumstances of which have never
been published. But political experiences will
form only a small proportion of the work ,
which will consist mainly of recollections of
authors , artists , actors and social celebrities
of all countries , among whom Justin Mc
Carthy has had a particularly large acquaint
ance.
ance.WATCHING
WATCHING , THE WOMEN RIDE.
The greatest entertainment of the season
has been the racing between professional
women cyclists at the Royal Aquarium. A
wooden track , ten laps to the mile , was laid
around the floor , the curves being exceedingly
short and the 'track being raleed at an angle
of nearly thirty degrees , to enable the riders
to get around ' them. The cyclists were
chiefly French , but some English girls en-
tereJ , one of whom won the first prize , The
principal attraction ot the contests apparently
Is the danger arising from turning the curves
at a rapid pace. Several accidents have oc
curred already. In one case a rider was
thrown clear off the track , but she was not
cerlouEly hurt. The contestants -are homely ,
they are ceedlly dressed In bloomers , and
they do not make good time. Yet still the
Aquarium Is crowded every night , though the
prices of seats are quadrupled. The elite of
London eoclety of both sexes Jostles the
*
demimonde , with whom It Is a favorite haunt.
A more striking demonstration of the In
tensity of the bicycle craze It Is impossible to
Imagine ,
VENEZUELA HAS A CHANCE.
The delay In the receipt of the British ill-
linatum In Venezuela Is Inexplicable , as the
locument waa forwarded In time to reach
Caracas -about November 10. Obviously Lord
Salisbury Is inclined to permit this trouble
o quiet down. It would be highly Incon
venient for Great Britain to enter upon an
expedition Into Soyth America until the
Ashantee affair Is settled , and In view of the
liroatenlng condition of affairs In Turkey ,
Venezuela Is allowed , as already stated ex
clusively In the World , three months from
ho date of the delivery of the ultimatum In
vhlch to comply with the British demands.
So the question Is likely to simmer for some
line ,
It Is now known here that , In anticipation
of this trouble , Venezuela sent a high mil-
tary official to Europe ten months ago to
arrange for supplies , munitions of war and
equipments for an army In the field ,
BALLAUD SMITH.
Five Ilumlrril Kronen ( Death.
BERLIN. Nov. 30. A dl patch to the
Cologne Gazette from Odessa say that about
COO deaths are recorded as hiving resulted
rom the severe storm which has prevailed
recently In that district of Russia. The vie-
Ima In nearly all caeca were drowned or
rozeu to death. Great distress prevails
bro'JBhout the tHorni-swept country.
Wcnthcr Torccnst for Nfbrnckn :
ProtiiiMc Snow ) Noith Wltulti ColiUr.
1. SiirlnllMii ( ! : ilni linmnil In t'riinrr.
( Irrumio'fl Ciiblnct Still III Trouble
l > iiiirit\rn Will N nrr AimloRlrr.
KiiKlitiiil Itrccdrs llcforo Turlicy.
! > . Iti'llcs of thr founder * or .Mi'tliodl
London Sorli'ty thir n't Worry.
: i. Tom Itrnl Nomlimtnl for Second.
WcMrrn Snml r < Ontllno n Ciii
Unimex llr.ir * ItU Doom 1'ronoitiifCtl.
Union 1'ticlllu llocirRiuilrnllon IMam.
I. I.n t Werlc In Onmlm Society.
Kehoen from tlio Ante Itoum * .
n. Wuxc-rly t o e on tlio lllopeincnt.
( I. Council tll'UiH l.or'.il Mutter * .
Antlior of h\lPHRlve : Torni-rloi Caught
7. .lury lo Try Ororso ainrffun Hrcnrctl.
Klrr tra < l I'llci 111 * Aimucr.
8. Tiro-Unit faro Suits One.Miin.
1(1 , New fn cert In tlui Semite ,
After Chief dnni-pli AVan CaiUitrcil.
11. Woman ! Her AVitjx anil Her World.
12. IMItorlat anil Comment.
13. SOIIIP Loral A. 1 * . A. History.
14. Amusement Notes anil ( Io ili. |
15. Commcrclul mill f limitclnl Nuns ,
1(1. "Tlio Substitute.foncludcd. .
17. Abdul Hlimld'H Uiili'ippy Home I.lfc.
What Fuxlilon SIIJJKCMH for Men.
IK. Weekly UrUt of Spot-tins ( lo lp.
111. I.i-tl 1' . .Morton : Ills Career.
Cold WtMthcr anil tlio Wheel.
SO. "Tlic Woman Intervenes. "
HAD TWO SICIHMISIIKS WITH GOM12/ ,
Lender .He < reneit ( After
SllKit ! KelNliuu-c.
HAVANA , Nov. 30. The columns of troops
commanded by Brigadier Generals Oliver and
Luque have both been engaged twice with
the Insurgent forces commanded by Maximo
Gomez In th ? province of Santa Clara. The
Insurgents left on tlio field eighty killed anil
carried off 3001 No further details have
been received.
General Luquc nnd General Oliver , acting
under Instructions from General Campos , left
their quarters and moved upon the Insur
gents. General Luquo commanded 1,200 In
fantrymen , 100 cavalrymen nnd had one
piece of artillery , while General Oliver had
1,4001 Infantrymen , 100 cavalrymen and two
pieces of artillery. Their Intention was to
attack General Gomez , who , at the head of
the InsurgentD , has been encamped since
November 13 at Jlqulmar. Jaques , being ad
vised of their movements , retired to the
province of Puerto Principe. General Oliver
followed In his path , while the forces of
General Luquo executed a flank movement.
The forces of General Luquo succeeded In
Joining the troops of General Oliver at
Iguara , after bcveral unimportant skirmishes.
The troops then proceeded toward Arroyo to
receive Instructions from the generals at the
headquarters by the assistance of the tele
graph. The commanding officers signalled
to them and ordered them to proceed to
Clcge Avllla , where Gomez and the In
surgents had retreated , leaving behind a de
tachment commanded by Colonel Daslllb
Gucrra.
Colonel Guerra , with 800 cavalrymen , went
to Ramones to attract the attention ot the
government troops , while General Gomez and
the balance of the Insurgents entered the
province of Santa Clara by another route.
General Luquo , met the Insurgents at
Ramones. They only maintained their
ground during on hour of fighting and then
retreated In orderly fashion , cloaely fol
lowed by General Luque. They also en
countered General Luquc at Sabina. Dispers
ing , they left seventeen dead on the field.
On the following day General Gomez con
centrated his forces In the vicinity of Dallcas.
These Insurgent forces were attacked simul
taneously by Generals Luque and Oliver.
Gomez , according to the official reports ,
now had 4,000 cavalrymen and 2,000 Infan
try and one piece of artillery. They were
drawn up In order of battle , General Gomez
knowing that the government forces were
about to commence nn attack on him. The
fire was opened by the Spanish artillery.
One thousand cavalrymen under Guerra
closely engaged the attention of thn Infantry ,
but the deadly effects of the Mauser rifles
compelled a retreat. General Gomez then
ordered the whole cavalry to attack the
enemy , but their hones became so tlr : < l
before they reached halt the distance that
the Insurgents returned dlshsartcned , and the
cavalry attack upon the Spaniards at this
point was Ineffective. _ Gomez next ordered
the hundred men and 'a cannon to the top
of the hill , but the cannon burst at the firing
of the first shot , killing four men. General
Oliver rushed In at the head of COO of the
Spanish Infantry and the Insurgents were
somewhat disconcerted and retreated.
The Spanish artillery kept up a continu
ous firing of shells , and the Insurgents were
compelled to abandon their positions finally ,
seeking safety In the woods. The Insurgents
loft eighty killed , and , according to official
advices , over 400 wounded , Of the troops
two lieutenants , a corporal and eight sol
diers were- killed and eighteen persons
wounded.
Immediately after this engagement General
Oliver received word that General Serafln
Sanchez , with 1,000 men , was frying to effect
a union with General Gomez. General Oliver
at once started In pursuit of General Sanchez.
On the following morning an engagement
ook pjace. The troops , encouraged by their
irevlouH victory , were eager for the fight.
They occupied all'ofMhe favorable positions ,
toping to keep the Insurgents from effecting
a retreat. The battle lasted nine hour , and
\\as ended by a charge of bayonets , ordered
by General Oliver , The Infcurtrentb dlitpcwd
n all directions , leaving fifty-eight killed and
wcnty-thrce wounded. On the day after this
engagement.between General Oliver and Gen
eral Sanchez the troops , while returning to
? lazcts , met the Perlcodiaz band of Insur
gents , numbering fully COO. The tioops
charged with fixed bayonets , and the Insur
gents fled , leaving sixteen killed , In this en-
; agement the troops suffered a loss ot six
killed.
Coiillrint'il Ilicrrvfi from llnrimn.
MADRID , Nov. 30. A dispatch received
lero from Havana sayt that a railroad train
letwcen Puerto Principe and KuevlUe , In
he province ot Puerto Pilnclp ? , has been
> lown up by dynamite handled by the In-
urgents of Cuba , thut the engineer and two
stokers were killed and that eight pafc enger
vcre severely wounded. The nbovc confirm/ ;
he dispatch cabled 'exclusively to the AK-
oclated press with the nsws cf a similar
affair between Calbarlen and Kcmedlon ,
province of Santa f'lara ,
OlliuurM In
HAVANA. Nov. 30. Lieutenant Feljo and
Sergeant Canovas , who were tried by court-
martial yesterday on the charge of having
urrendercd Fort Pclayo on the Zaza river to
he forces of Antonio Maceo , without n
iroper defense , were sentenced today. The
leutenant was condemned to Imprisonment
or life , and the sergeant was discharged
rom custody , as It wan shown that he only
obeyed the orders vf his superior jfilcer.
BRITAIN BACKS DOWN
Gnnbont Ordered Back to Salonica nt the
Request of tlio Porte ,
NOT YET READY TO FORCE AN ISSUB
Turn of Affairs Quito Unexpected by the
Diplomatic Corps ,
SULTAN CORRECTLY READS THE SIGNS
Incident Said to Indicate All is Not Har
mony Among the Powers.
BRITISH MINISTER AND SULTAN CONFER
Sul.l . l n lin Informed Hia < ( he With *
lira MII I of ( lu > ( .iniliiiiit A\'IIN Only
Tom iioniry I ) I N t ti rim iietN
DltiNt Ccnso.
( Copyrighted , IMS , by the Associated Pro" . ) -
CONSTANTINOPLE , Nov. 29 ( via Solla ,
Hulk-aria , Nov. 30. ) After all tlic warlike
talk of yesterday , the Llrltlsh ambassador , Sir
1'lilllp Currlo , him backed down and the sultan
and his iulaco advisers nro triumphant. The > -
British gunboat Dryad , ordered from Salonica
bay by Admiral Sir Michael Culm-Seymour ,
the commander of the British Mediterranean
squadron , at the request of Sir Philip Currle- ,
after ) the latter was assured on TucsJay last
by Towflk Pasha , the Turkish minister for
foreign affairs , that the Porte had declined to
grant the firmans allowing the extra guard *
ships required by the representatives of the
powers hero to pa ? ? the Dardanelles , has been
ordered back to Salonica.
This la to the diplomatic corps quite an
unexpected denouement of a situation which
luil assumed a niott dangerous aspect and the
general opinion Is that the powers have been
placed In a most ridiculous position. Follow
ing the repeated throats of forcing the passage1
of the Dardanelles If the sultan persisted lit
refusing to allow the extra gunboats to enter ,
the Bosphorus , this looks very much as If
Abdul Hamld and his udvlrers were well In
formed when they persisted In holding out
against the demands of the representatives of
Grjat Britain , Russia , Italy and Austria for
additional guardshlps , Dcllevlng that they
were Justified In eo doing on the ground that v
the powers are not In accord , as so fre
quently claimed and officially stated , and that
the dissenting powers were behind Abdul
Hamld In the stand hs has taken.
AFRAID OF AN OUTBREAK.
Said Pasha yesterday succeeded In getting
the Drltlsh ambassador to refer the Dryad
matter to his government. There was some *
delay , as stated In these dlspatchss yesterday )
In obtaining a reply to the message to Lord
Salisbury and this caused a report to spread
among the Turkish ofilcluls that Great Britain
would not do anything calculated In any way ;
to hinder the efforts of the sultan to restore
order and put In fores' the reforms advocated
by the powers , and , therefore , In view at
Abdul Hamlil's tlrong objections , the demand
for the extra guardshlps would not bo car-
rled to the extreme of forcing the passage ot
the Dardanelles.
This seems to be the outward aspect of tha
recall of the Dryad , but behind all this Is the
fact that It baa been established that the *
palace people have been for some time past
exciting the Mussulman population here with
hints that the demand of the powers for extra
guardshlps meant nothing more than a nava |
demonstration before Constantinople , and that
thU would be an Insult to the sultan and to
the Mussulmans throughout the world. This
sly work gradually Inflamed the fanaticism
of the Turks , and a serious outbreak wa
brewing here , It Is alleged , at the Instance of
the palace manipulators. The embassies * were
kept well Informed of what was going onand
It Is probably duo to the knowledge that the
advent of the extra guardslilps In the Bos-
phorus would bo the signal for an outbreak
liere directed against all foreigners and Christ
tlans which caused the government of OreatT
Ilrltaln to Instruct Sir Philip Currle to orde ?
; ho Dryad back to Salonica.
DOBS NOT END HERE ,
nut It Is claimed In diplomatic circles this !
move docs not end the Incident and Is only ,
a tempoiary withdrawal which will bo fol-
ov.ed at a more opportune moment by the
insistence of 'ho powers upon the observance
of their treaty rlsbts , wJilch they contend
allow them to have the extra guard ships
'or their embassies. Even If tills bo true , IS
seems to show that the sultan and Ills ad
visors have once more triumphed over the
representatives of the powers when the latterj
were ofllclally announced to be In noniplDto
accord as to the. drastic ineasmes to be
: nken toward Tin key.
There Is another feature of the affair which'
a not lost Kl&hl of hero , and that 10 lint
.ho withdrawal of the Dryad may nu < in th.it
.ho European conrert IH broken and that lh <
lealousles of the powers have been too strong ;
.0 allow of Joint action In the east , even
.n . the fuco of the tales of horror and blood
shed , lire .and famine which have come- dally )
! rom Asiatic Turkey for months past.
As RII explanation of the backdown of tha
power * It Is pointed out that aftfr Sir Phllln
Currle ycbU'riUy rfcflved the ruply to hlq
nussago to the iiiaiquls of fallalmry he ruado
a personal call upon the sultan at the Ylldla
( Ionic and far two hours and a half Abdul
Humid and the HrltUli ambassador remain ?
n close and earnest convercatlon , The wliolq
situation was reviewed bc-twecn them. Th
sultan again culled Sir Philip's attention to
the efforts ho was making to restore order In
Asiatic Turkey , offered proof that the work
of reform was UH fully Inaugurated aa clr-
cumstanccs would permit , promised tlmtj
vcryth'DB ' posslMo would be done to pu [
down the rUIng In Syila , etc. , without uiii
icsessary bloodshed , and , lust , but not least.
\bdul Hamld refened to the danger of an !
cutbieak at Constantinople and elsewhere If
ie WHS humiliated to the extent of having
ilc power and aullioilly scorned In the eyc
of.tin' . Mussulman world ,
ONliV A LULL IN THE STORM. '
Sir I'nlllp. Currle listened to all the repr
Bentatlcns of the sultan and backed by
statement * of Bald Pasha and other mlnlnter *
and finally fuld lie would order the Dryaa
auay temporarily , though ho strongly Imi
> rc sed upon thu minds of thu sultan tha , |
my further disturbance * heio which would }
hrnaten tha lives of forelgnem would b
lie slKn.il for the enforcement of the treaty )
right * of the powers regurdlnK tlio oxtrsl
guardehlpn , own If Great Britain Imd to acV
'
ilone In the matter. i
There the matter ecmn la rett for th <
ircbi-nt , but no ono here believes ( bat it Iq
anything more than a lull In the itormt
cauved by the blckrrlngfc nnd dlckerlngo o |
ho poyurs as much ni the dread of doing
anjth'ni ; v.hlcli might ptczlpltatc an out
