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! 199999999Q99999999999999 PART I. ! THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING- , FEBRUARY 23 , 180G SIXTEEN SINGLE COP\r IT1VR CENTS. WAITS ON SALISBURY Acceptance of Smalloy's ' Proposal for a Set tlement with Venezuela , TENTATIVELY ENDORSED BY THE TIMES Thunderer Gives III Tacit Approval to the Suggestion from New York. PREMIER MAY BE FORCED TO CONSENT Pressure Within His Oabinct is Becoming Strong and Direct , OUTSIDE AFFAIRS TANGLED UP AGAIN Old AVorlil CoiniilluntloiiM nnil Com- lilnntlniiN I.oolc llnil fur Cri-nt Urlliiln Cecil Itlioili-H Still u llaiiKuroiiH Fuel or. jCoj > > rlKht , MS6 , by PrcM PuMMilne Cotnjnny. ) LONDON , Feb. 22. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The proposi tion communlcntcd to the London Times of last Tuesday by Its correspondent , Mr. Smal- ley , cabling from Washington , Is practically declared by him to be that of President Cleveland nnd hl3 cabinet. "It Is neither the proposal of the Times , " he sa > s , "nor mine. The plan which I sketched Is ono wlilch this ( the American ) government Is ready to propose officially as soon as II has reason lo believe It would be accepted by the llrltlsh government , or to accept at ones If proposed by that government. " There being no ilcnhl of any sort that Mr. Smallby spoke with authority on this point , the ; proposition Is accepted here as the of ficial , If Informal , statement of the United States government for the settlement of the Vene/iiC'lan controversy. It has , as the press dltpatclicg doubtlessly have- reported , bcsn accepted by tlie Times as satisfactory to Ore-it Britain , except , as at first understood here , It did not admit the Salisbury contention of last summer that arbitration should not ex tend to the districts settled by British citi zens. But after Mr. Smalley had cabled and the Times had accepted his assurance that the Washington government was willing : to consent to a "preliminary agreement by nego tiation upon some definition of 'settled dis tricts , and upon eome definite rule In ac cordance with which all questions relating to such districts should bo determined , " other cable dlspatciies have re-ported that the World nnd other New York newspapers opposed this concession on the part of the Washington gov ernment1. In yesterday's letter , quoting the World's editorial , probably of Thursdiy morn ing , Mr. Smalley says : "I need not remind the- readers of the Times that the New York Woild has always been opposed to jingoism. It Is now. It urges In the- same article that to forbid Venezuela to concede the llrltlsh claim , or any part of It , Is noli on accept ance , but a denial , of arbitration. " The Times has this morning no furtSier communi cation fiom Mr. Smalley , nor editorial refer ence to the subject. HOLDS TO ITS TENABIL1TY. I am told that the statement of the Drills1 ! case , which Sir PreJerlck Pollack has been assiduously preparing , will be IsoucJ on Monday. The ( Tory ) Standard declares that "tho government regards the British case ae historically unassailable , although the dip lomatic aspect of the matter Is by no means free from confusion. " The London press , possibly from Jealousy of the Tlme-a , has had very llttlo to say on such an Important proposition , made through the medium of Its correspondent , except thai the ( liberal ) Chronicle says this morning ; "Wo need not assume that the American proposal has In Its entirety been rejected by Lord Salisbury , but our prosant Information Is that matters have reached a les. ) hope ful and final stage than Is In some Quarters assumed. Indeed , wo are not sure that any decisive action will be taken by our own government until after the report of the present commission. It that report were favorable to the Ilrltlsh claim , our govern ment would bo Inclined to say that the case was ended , and that the only further step to be taken was for America to bring pres sure to bear on Venezuela. Dut It Is un likely that the commission can como to any authoritative conclusion. Its report U likely to bo delayed and to bring us peril ously near to that great rock ahead the American elections while this question , fraught as It Is with Innumerable dangers , Is left open. " The Tlme , I believe , opposes Mr. Smalley's plan for speedy action or decision by Lord Salisbury and deprecates anything like haste. It add the suggestion that all the negotia tions bo transferred to Sir Julian Paunccfoto end the Washington government , PO that In default of any direct diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Venezuela , the Venezuelan minister to the United States may bo on hand In case of need. As to the Chronicle's statement above quoted , I recall to you that the World's cables for some weeks back have Iterated the fact , which I have had on substantial authority , that the prime minister has been cbvtlnato In his opposition to any conces sion , or , Indeed , to any retrocession , barring the necessarily abandoned Schomburgk line , from his reply to Secretary Olney. I have today further confirmation which all goes to explain the almost about face of the Times this week from Its previously rigid austcntatlon of the attitude of Lord Salisbury , Inspired by him thcrctcforo. CHAMBERLAIN AND IIALPOUII. It may be that the preterit conservative- ntlvlco of Mr. Dalfour and Mr. Chamber lain has proved more potent than the reac tionary obstinacy of their chief , I have shown you how dldlcult the prime minister la to move \\hen persuaded of his own view of any question , how little he exposes * him self , Indeed , to outildo counsel , and how calamitous 1ms frequently been his bad judg ment to England , as Just now Illustrated by the bloody failure of his Armenian policy , dating back to the treaty of Berlin , My present confirmation Is the statement made yesterday by n former cabinet minister , than whom no man In Great llrltaln Is better In formed on American affairs , or upon whose ntuUmcnt ot facts more reliance would be placed. I cannot name him , but I give his remarks tcxtually : "Balfour and Chamberlain would jump at a proposal for a joint commission , and George CUUPII , the under secretary of the foreign office , U of the same way of thinking , but ( Salisbury la supreme In his own department , Heine premier In addition to being foreign mlnliter , there U no one to call him to account In ( be government. His cabinet policy hai Ivvaye been to filve his colleagues a free hand In their departments and he expects equal freedom In his. Though an obstinate man , ho U not really n strong one. If Balfour - four and Chamberlain , representing two sections of the cabinet , earnestly press him to accept the proposal , and I understand that so tar they bavo been merely waiting for the pressure of public opinion to Im prest him with the necessity for nmlcablo action , ho will surrender without much trouble. Important developments are cer tain to follow the next meeting of the cabi net. " At thin delicate Juncture Ihc prominent men of both parties arc reluctant to express themselves for publication , In view of Mr. Ilalfour'R appeal the other day for silence and Sir William Harcourt'n endorsement of It. I , therefore , regret that 1 mint alio quote this additional statement anonymously , except to pay It was made to a World rep resentative by ono of the three or four fore most nonodlclal authorities In Parliament upon England's foreign relations. HAS NO OFIMCIAL COGNIZANCE. "Tho llrltlsh government la e'.lll wllhcut any odlclal cognizance of the suggestion de clared to be > favored by the Washington au thorities for the appointment of a Joint com- mlwlon fcr Inquiry Into the Venezuela boundary dlrputo , and no official step has yet been taken to bring this proposal for ward for dlscuralon between the two gov ernments. The hesitation of the Washington government In making oven lnform.il over tures for nn agreement on the basis sug gested was quite explicable on the ground of Its knowledge of Salisbury's perwnal dis position on the subject. It would be very awkward and humiliating for the United States government If , having submitted .1 ncliemo for acceptance by Great Hrltaln , the prlijio minister , Instead cf accepting It , should proceed to comment unfavorably ; pen it , which , under the existing conditions ol the relations between the two government would practically amount to Its rejection. " As to Mr. Balfour's present al leged attitude , It may be due tc his own recognition cf Amerlcar feeling on the subject and the real dan ger of war , of which his uncle Is convinced there Is no clanger. Dut I am tolJ lint Henry M. Stanley , the explorer , now a lory member of Parliament , who was deeply Im pressed with the strength of the Ameri can Bontlment on the subject during his re cent visit to the United Status , has ) beei ; using all his Influence with the tory Itadors to settle the difficulty promptly , delay being very dangerous In 'hishv , and that Mr , Dalfour's eTforts to bring over Lord Sails * bury to that opinion are mainly due lo Mr , Stanley's representations. I find , Indeed , seemingly almost univer sal In both parties In Parliament- hope , and , as many of them say , entlro confidence that the difficulty will bo surmounted peace fully , though the delay now occurring , It IR recognized , may "make an ultimate com promise by Great Britain less graceful than If Lord Salisbury acted promptly. " OUTLOOK MAY FIX HIS MIND. Meanwhile the again darkening prospect for Great Britain all over the world may povNerfully and speedily operate upon the premier's mind as to this question. Itussla , apparently passive for years. Is dangerously extending her power. This week saw her re assert her control of the Balkan states. The week before saw her establish her practical suzerainty over Turkey. The meager ne\vs from Corea announcing her occupation ol Seoul Indicates that she means to defy Japan as well as British Influence In China. The Italian icverses In Abyssinia presage the fall of Great Britain's only powerful friend Crlspl. Prance has given new and splendid assur ance of her stability and strength , as de scribed In my other dispatch tonight , anil may bo counted upon to side with Russia , unless , Indeed , Great Britain has made an alliance with the czar. Germany remains sullenly hostile. Tonight's dispatch from the Transvaal , In dicating that the Boers on the twenty-sev enth anniversary of their victory over the British at Majuba hill will proclaim their complete Independence of British suzerainty , would , If true , compel war with the Trans vaal , and lead to the strong probability ol German intervention. The grounding of a German vessel , with ( curious coincidence ) Cecil Rhodes on board In the Suez canal , has startled England by revealing the certainty that If a vessel were blown up there In a war It would block the canal for weoks. "A block of three weeks , " says tha Graphic today , "might lose us India forever. Indeed , the men who declared that t'ao Capo of Good Hops would some day bs recognized as the pivot of the empire may not have be-cn , without wisdom. " RHODES IS DANGEROUS. Your dispatches have told you that the German press Is giving many corroborative proofs of my statement ot two years , and again recently , that thU same Cecil Rhodes really contemplated an Independent United States of South Africa. Desperate at the loss of power and of recognition here , he may yet carry out that design. He cabled to the World that ills public career was only just beginning. I Irani that the published statement that Mr , Astor means to appoint an American to bo editor of the Pall Mall Gazette la not tru ? . He has not , and never had , any Intention of appointing an American. Hei is on the look out In London fociety for the counterpart of Mr. Cust , If ho can secure him , He wants an Englishman of Influence , because such an editor might get Important news occasionally and gives a paper a certain standing with pollt'cal society. Mr. Aetor visited the Ga- zetta office day before yesterday , for the first time zlnco the day of Mr. Gust's departure , and expressed Ills satisfaction with the way the paper was being conducted. Mr. Gust has been trying to gt money for a new pa per , but has met with llttlo or on encourage ment. BALLAHD SMITH. OIMUIHI-H n DlffatorNliiii. ( Copyright , ISM , tiy t > resn PublUliInK Compan ) . ) MANAGUA , Nicaragua , Feb. 22 ( New York World Cablegram Special Telgram. ) President Zelaya's friends1 have , been tempting him to a I sumo a dictatorship , but h ? has Is sued a manifesto , stating that h ; prefers to remain merely a constitutional president. TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras. Feb. 22. ( New- York World Cablegram Sptclal TcOegram. ) President Bonllla has become in favor of a parliamentary form of government , but lead ing men Interviewed declare that It Is Im practicable and would lead to another revolu tion. .MnkfN a Jllir llalsr , PARIS , Feb. 22. Mr. C. M. Moore , the manager of the firm ot Tiffany & Co.'s Paris branch jewelry ( tore , has asked the police to find a man named Nandereff , who , In eome manner i.ot explained , obtained u check book from a bank and signed Mr , Moore' * name lethe the checks , wlilch vveieafteiward caslicJ to the amount of UO.OOO franca at the American binklng house ot Morgan , Harjts & Co. Nandereff U b lltyrd to have fled from the city , If not from the country. CRISIS IS NOW PAST Danger of a Eovolntion in Franco Has Dis appeared in Peace , COMMON PEOPLE RULE THE NATION Old Forms at Last Give Way to the True Democracy ! BOURGEOIS VICTORY OVER THE SENATE Persistence and Daring of the Premier Has Carried the Day. CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACES MUST GO I'roNorntlon of I'nlillc JolilicrH AM- nrril nnil Kiiilnriince of tlio llo- pulillc .Millie Certnlii llur- IliK the AVVoU. ( Copyrlclit , HOC , by l'rc s rubllshlnfr Company. ) LONDON , Feb. 22. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) The past fort night has marked an epoch In French his tory perhaps not less momentous than any single like period t'lnce ' the present republic was fcundcd. The result has a particular Interest tt > Americans , since yesterday es tablished apparently conclusively the sub ordination cf the Senate to the popular as > - t'cmbly In a conflict , "a pontrance , " between the two bodies and because had not the Sen ate yielded there wan every probability that U would have been speedily shorn of Its effective powers , If not actually abolished. After Caslmlr-Pcrler resigned and an hon est representative of the great French middle - dlo claw was elected president , and again when the honest radical Bourgeois was made prime minister , I ventured the prediction In this correspondence that these events were made not only for purging Prance of the public corruption Inherited from monarchical rule and by no means extirpated under some republican governments but were the beat proofs of the stability of the republic when at last governed by the people them selves , through repreysntatlves of their own honest choice. Frcm Grcvy to Casimlr- Perlor , from Thlers to Rlbot , presidents and prime ministers had been chosen ns really representatives of the old governing classes. BROUGHT ABOUT BY HONESTY. Bourgeois has not been revolutionary and so far only radical tci the point of fearlessly prosecuting public corruption and fulfilling the promises ot a genuine republican gov ernment. The events which led up to yester day's result are thus stated by the World'E Paris correspondent : Comparatively unimportant ns was the Incident that provoked the conflict between tho'Chamber of Deputies nnd the Senate , it vva sufllclent to bring to an acute singe a spirit of hostility long Intent. Now that the Issue has been raised , the consequences cannot but bo fnr reaching. The truth IE thut the third republic Is a turning point In French history. With the death of Gam- betta In 1E82 , disappeared the last great French statesman of the old school , the last conspicuous representative of the re publicans who overturned the empire anO founded the present regime , amid circum stances of unprecedented difficulties. One by ono the men who attempted to replace the great tribune have disappeared , smothered In the mud of Panama or .guilty of treason against their former principles , At the 1S93 elections the candidates were required to posses two qualifications , only , both negative. First , they had to be men uncompromlsed by the Panama scandal ; secondly , they were required to be antl- Uoulanglsts that is , nntl-dlctatorlaiUts , French politics was for the time belna purely personal ; principles and measures were temporarily lost sight of. Slnco 1893 , the country has been gradually iccoverlng Its peace of mind. The reaction ary ministers , Dupuy , Caslmlr-Perler , Dupuy again , and then Illbot fell In quick succession. Their ministries fell In every case after a recess , when the deputies had had nn opportunity of feeling pulses ol their constituents. All there cabinets fell after nn attempt to balk an Inquiry Intc a gcundal or to pass some reactionary law. When M. Bourgeois assumed power , he made ( the first time since 1S88) ) a clean dec laration of policy. He promised punishment of offenders , progressive reforms and hos tility to both monarchists nnd revolutionary socialists. It was said at the time that he had no majority , and would fall within a month. Ho has not fallen , notwith standing a series of violent attacks. PURSUES A RAILWAY RING. The present question was blmple. The Bourgeois cabinet had been instructed by the Chamber of Deputies to discover nnd prosecute all persons .guilty of corrurtlon In connection with the granting of the South of France Railway concession. The Illbot cabinet had fallen because It de clined to net In the matter. The task of carrying out the Instructions of the Chamber devolved upon M. Rlcard , the minister of justice In the Bourgeois cabinet. It was his duty to ascertain the exact condition of the judicial Investigation begun Fome months pervlously , M Ilemp'cr , the examining magistrate In charge of the Investigation , had been Inactive for sev eral weeks. He was requested to prosecute hlH Inquiry with vigor , and precise Indi cations were furnished him as to the points remaining to bo denied. M , Rempler re fused to comply. He was therefore removed and replaced by a more energetic magis trate. It seems that In tlnm changing a func tionary Intrusted with a Judicial Inquiry before this Inquiry had been finished , M. Rlcard trangressed a certain rule of judi cial preceednre. The Senate asked him to explain this transgression. M. Rlcard explained that the South of France Hull , way affair had been a long whllo In hand and It was getting dangerously near the tlmo limit fixed for the prosecution of perfns guilty of corruption. Therefore , since M. Rempler had declined to act , it was Imperative to replace him with soine- ono who would net. Otherwise , M. Rlcard , nnd with him the Bourgeois ministry , would have been liable to censure from the Cham ber , The Senate , which from the first has been bitterly hostile to the Bourgeois minis try , nevertheless adopted a resolution blam ing M. Rlcnrd. As the whole Dourgeols cabinet had approved M. Rlcard's action the senate's vote was a defeat for the government. M. Bourgeois , however , de clined to resign and two days later apked for and obtained a vote of confidence from the Chamber of Deputies. The Senate regarded this as an affront , and again censured M. Rlcard and the cabinet. On Thumlay M. nouigeols obtained a second vote of confidence from the Chamber In pplte of furious attacks from the reaction ary Senate. SENATE SULLENLY BACK § DOWN. A deadlock teemed Imminent , with the certain consequences outlined at the opening of this dispatch , but the Senate yceterdjy adopted n declaration substantially that It would be un\vlt < o to pernlst In antagonizing tbe government , Adding rather fatuously "The Senate dwg not choote to suspend the legislative llfo ot the country , and In epltc of the attitude of the ministry the Senate docs not meaji to renounce doing Its duty. It Intends to maintain Its Tights In their en tirety. Independently nnd only considering the Interests of the country , It will pronounce on the proposals ot the ministry and will hold It to account for Its acts. The country will decide between minister ! ! , who have not ehrank from provoking a most serious crisis and an assembly which , In order not to com promise the public peace , Is resolved not tc aggravate the constitutional conflict , al though It has right and law on Its side. " I may odd to the World's Paris correspond ent's ti'atcmenty that all the telegrams from Paris to the English press have been foi obvious reasons hostile to Bourgeois. There fore , the United Stales may have been mis informed about the real laue. The Parlt Tempg and Figaro , which are violently at tacking the minority , both figured on the famous list of newspapers wlilch had ac cepted bribes from the Panama company. . Now that the Bourgeois tnlnlstry has secured - cured the extradition of Arlon some Interest ing revelations may be expected , for M Rlcard will assuredly leave no stone unturned - turned to Induce Arton to tell all he know ; > Hcnco the supreme necessity of euppresslnf M. Rtcard and all bis radical colleagues before - fore the Arton trial conies on. BOUGHT BY THE TURK. The World's Paris correspondent under stands , upon what he believe ? .excellent au thority , that Munlr Bey , the Turkish ambas sador , has been distributing for many monthi large sums of money to the French news agencies and newspapers. To the financlo syndicate which owns the Journal dc ? De- bat ? , Including Leon Say and M. do Roths child among Its members , the sultan ha < granted a special ralhvay concession. With regard to Cuban matteis also UK French press has been singularly ellcnt. Nom but ofllclal Spanish dlspatchoi have beer published. An explanation Js now forthcom Ing. The Bank of Spain and Holland hold ! an enormous quantity of Spanish securities which It has been trying to dtepoye of ai rapidly as might be without unduly bear ing the market. Meanwhile , says the Parli correspondent , It has freely subsidized the chief Parisian newspapers on condition thai they should print no unfavorable newo fron Cuba. The trial of M. St. Cero.and ; hist associate In the Lebaudy blackmailingcase , , now ea for March 9 , will be vigorously pressed I the Bourgeois government , sustains Itscl meanwhile and will certainly be prolific o shocking developments , both as 'regards thi press and corrupt officials. BALLARD SMITH. < ; IMHAI , MACISO M > T DEAD YUT Hoiuirt from UIIMIIIII Founilcd. on i MuNi-li-NH Humor. < op > rlRht , USC , by I'rcss 1'ubllshlnc Companj. ] HAVANA , Cuba , Feb. 22. ( New Yorl- World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Thi report of Antonio Maceo's dentil originated in a remark of a peasant to a civil guarc captain at Rio .Sees station. The peasant said he , had been told by some rebels , wh ( were In the skirmish at'heiCatallna yes terday , that the Cubans , p d * erqorttJIzCc because General Maceo iWas mortallj wounded. Whether the story was true 01 net , the peasant did not know. After II was learned how the report started there was a collapse today In price's on the stoc ) < exchange , which had rapidly gone up 5 points "Both Spaniards and Cubans Were greatlj agitated last night by a mysterious rumoi that something big had happened , nobodj -now what. After a while It was said that Maceo hat been killed. Then It was Intimated that tht DIarlo de la Marina was gett'ng out ai extra. Several correspondents went to thai office , where the greatest excitement pre vailed. A strong guard of police was it front to keep the crowd out. Director RIverl : was personally superintending the handling of this most Important news. The corre spondents hurried to the cable office , bill found It closed and no inducements could prevail upon the olfic'als to tyen It. By mid night the extra was on tjio streets and tht newsboys were shouting , , "Maceo killed. ' People rushed from their houses to get th < details. Those who had been asleep turned out. At 1 o'clock this morning I went tt several officers of high ranl $ , who had jusl returned from the field , atfd asked them about the report. They told me It was posi tive that Maceo was dead , , , K Havana people were about'today much be fore the usual time , eager to'learn additional particulars , but the morning newt-papers contained only a reproduction of last night's extra , which admitted that the report wat founded on rumor only. People rushed to the palace , where all the1 local and foreign newspaper correspondents were gathered to get the ofllclal news. Ono story flying about was that Maceo has been killed by a piece ot bursting shell , that the news was brought here during the night by a Spanish officer , and { hat forty armed ' guards with Maceo's body 'would reach Ha vana before night. I asked several officers of'Qcneral ' Weyler's ' staff about the report , They only replied that no official report was yet Issued. At about 11 a. m. General 'Ochahda entered the gallery where the correspondents were wait- Ing. He said : "Gentlemen , this report Is reserved , " A dispatch from Clenfuegoa states a band of lnsurgent $ lnvaded yesterday a plantation twelve miles cast of tuAt city and burned 200 acres cf cone belonging to Boston men. Advices from Madruga nea Catallna , re port that Gomez and Macco.are marching In the dlrectlcn of Vegas , carryjng 200 wounded. There appears to be no/doub't that Gomez and Maceo have joined ) forces. Gomez terns to devoting his attention to destroying Email towns. San Francisco Paula , a small village near Matanzas , and the railway station ? at Ibana , are said to have ben burned yesterday , A dispatch from Madrid reports that Spain refuses the demand ot the French am bassador that French citizens arrested In Cuba shall be tried In the civil courts , as that necessitates granting the same right to other nations. ROEDER. Crlxlx Over Hi France. PARIS , Feb. 22. M tt ot the ntWFprpers regard the conflict betue'en t'ie ministry and the Chamber of Deputies on the one hand and the Senate on tbe otUjr aa ended. The moderate republicans pr.ilso the wisdom ot the Senate In baffling the > iopos of the enemies of the republic and Ui3 roclaliets and radicals declare that , the Senate cap itulated , fearing a revision of tbe constitu tion , which , however. Is held to be inevitable , The conservatives maintain that tbe Senate will finally win. CoiiHiil ( U-nvrnl lor Auiilrln. VIENNA , Feb. 22. F , p , Stockluger , com- mcrclal chancellor of the Austrian embassy In London , has been appointed consul general for Austria at New York In succession to Baron von Leonhardl. who hai been trans , ferrcd to Chicago , STORIES THAT VARY Discrepancies in tlio Statements of Bnlfcrar nnd Piinco Hobeulobc. DIFFERENCE MORE APPARENT THAN REAL Now York's Action is a Surprise to the Prussian Government , SEE NO OCCASION FOR RETALIATION r * American Engineer Examining the Canals of the Old World. SOCIALISTS ATTACK ARMY REGULATIONS Likelihood of n Split In Hie Colonial I'nrly < H < T the Ittullcnl Vlev > of Dr. 1'eli-rji Workmen \\lii u Victory. ( Copjrlght , 1SOC , by the Assoclntcd Press ) BERLIN , Feb. 22. The conf ! cling state ments made by the first lord of the treasury , Mr. A. J. Balfour. In the British House of Commons , and the Imperial chancellor , Prince Hohcnlohe , In the Rctchrtag , the former on February 20 , saying It was not true that Germany had approached Great Britain with the proporal of a monetary agreement , and the latter announcing on February 8 that he had learned from preliminary negotiations with the British Government that the open- Inn or the mints was not expected , have caused crcat surprise In this city. It was gathered from Mr. Balfour's remarks that the British governments Is not averse to the opening of a scheme for monetary reform , while the construction placed on the lan guage of Prince Hohenlohe was that Great Britain had refused to take the matter Into consideration. Count \on Kardoff , the German silver champion , quest'oned the government on the subject this afternoon and pointed out that Mr. Balfour's statement was at variance with that of Prince Hohcnlohe. The minister of foreign affalri , Baron Marschell von Blcbcrsteln , replied that Count von Hatzfeldt , the German am bassador at London , had been di rected to Inform the government of Great Britain that the Imperial chan cellor was about to announce In the Reichs tag that It legarded the opening of the Indian mints as a necessary precedent to international ncgotlat'ons regarding bimetal lism and that It understood that the reopen ing of the mints was not anticipated within a measurable perlcd. The government of Great Britain responded by acquiescing In this statement. Count von Kardoff complained that Prlnco Hohenlohe had acted contrary to theJlelchs - , tag resolutlon/of 1896 In makingth's In quiry 'in' Condon.But , aa Prlnco , Hohenlohe did not reply , the Incident was dropped. The conflict In Mr. Balfour's statement and the reply of the government are more appaient than leal. The government said that It did not anticipate opening the mints as a precedent to the International negotia tions. Mr. Balfour merely stated that the government would consider the reopening of tlie mints In any satisfactory currency scheme. SURPRISED THE PRUSSIANS. The minister of the Interior for Prussia , Hcrr Eck , has asked the representative in tbH city of the Associated press If it is tnio that the leglblatiire of New York state M taking steps to exclude Prussian Insurance comian-'s and If congress has also taken tlie matter up. lie said he failed to see what Just reason the United States had for so doing. Inasmuch as nothing more was asked of the American companies than of the Prussian. Furthermore , the decree of December 15 last offered a thorough re-cx- amlnatlon of the wnolo affair , and the result would bo known-In due time. This reply talllas with one given to Mr , J B. Jackson , the United States charge d'affaires , to the effect that Prussia does not contemplate re taliation. Colonel Ludlcvv , the military attache of the United States embassy at London , Is now , examining the Baltic and North Sea canal. Ho has Just returned from a similar exhaustive examination of the Suez and Corinth canals. The colonel has collected a wealth of data , which will be useful In building the propoEc.l Interoceanlc canal across Nicaragua. He finds that the Suez canal Is pajlng 17 per cent on a nominal capital , and that the Corinth canal , which has not been wUely built , is paying Its way. After having completed his examination of the Baltic and North sea canal , Colonel Ludlow will bavo a special audience with Emperor William , who has taken a lively Interest In his mUslon. The colonel will then study the largo canal of Holland , and , after returning to bis post , will draw up a leport , which will be forwaided to Wash ington In time for the present session. The radicals and socialists sclzcj upon the debate on the military budget to make fierce attacks upon the government on account ot the alleged abuses In the army , the mal treatment of socialist recruits and the pow der monopoly ring , of which association the Vorwaerts published "a long Silstory , tend ing to show that the ministry had confed erates In the ring. Herr Bebel made similar charges In the Reichstag , which the minister of war , Gen eral Bronsart von Schellendorf , lias most emphatically denied. Herren Bebel and Lcuseman declared the emperor was not tight In severely disciplin ing the socialist recruits without reason , but the minister of war maintained that It was the unqualified right of his majesty to main tain discipline In the army by any means he taw fit to employ , VICTORY FOR WORKMEN. It is now estimated that 110,000 men and women emplojed In the clothing and dress good ) Industries of Berlin have been out on a strike. The men obtained all their de mands on Wednesday , Including 15 per cent Increase In their wages , and negotiations are pending between the work people and the women's clothing department , with the pros pect of an early settlement. In Hamburg and Attoona the clothing strike has ended In favor of the n.en. The Eoclallsts t ave declined to take part In ( be Reichstag peace jubilee on March 21 , owing to the fact that the participants are to toast the emperor. The centrists threaten to follow suit unless the toast to Prlnco Bismarck Is framed so as not to bo offensive to them , Prof. Quldde , author of the famous "Callgua Pamphlet , " has been Indicted by the .Munich authorltlci for leeo majeste , The German colonial party Is likely to split ou account of the dUccrU which bag THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather rotwnut for Nt Generally Kalr ; Slightly ColJfr. I'dRO. . . ) . . .IJL 1. Nrttlomriit IVnlt * nn Snllnbury. llourgcol * Victor jOtrr thn Hrnntr. llrtwrcn Ctinmlirrtiiln ntiil llnlipnlnlip. Nrbrnikn nnil the Nrttloml Convention. 8. I.lbcmln KiiRrr for Arbitration. ritrilinnion * Srornx .Jim Corbet t. IMgnrVII on N ) U Demi. 3. Soldier * ' lliiiun to lip ImrMli ; tol. I'ntrlotlniu 1'tit nt I'mnlnm. VnUfrniil 1'raro In I'avor. Mlvhupl l > . llnrtcr Kills lllmiolr. 4. I.nnt Wi'ck In Otunliit ortrty. 0. Ilnlllngtoii llitoth li > t\f tinArmy. . Wmlilnjton > Illrlliilii ) OlxcrMincm. CtitmiK Miiy ! ! < Itprognltril. llnil of 11 Controversy nt llunil. 0. Council UlufTH I.ornl .Mntlrr . 7. Onmha Ccnu'trry lloblirit lij ( llmnln. boim of the Ui-uilnllon ltitnit. . AiiHinomont Note * nnil ( ! < > i l | > . 8. Hold Up by Iniiininco Agent * . Itrornn Work In London. AtTnlrs at South Oinnlin. U. Ontut ni u I.ovnr nnil llit l ml. 1'ngc or Society History Tnrnrd llnck. 10. "Story of Anron. " 11. Woman : Her Wajs nnd Her AVurlil. 12. Kdltnrliil and Comiiirnt. 13. ( Irnnd Can j on of the Oolorniln. ( Irani' * Campaign In Mlxftour ) . 14. Commercial anil ritmnrlal. l > ln > rn from tinAnlu Itoonm. 10. Wccklj ( Irlnt nt Sporting < lo < lp. AVIuU the Wheelmen Talk Of. arisen among Its members regarding the gigantic navy projects fathered by Dr. Pe ters , the president of the Berlin section. The resignation of Prince Atenberg and Hcrr Hoffman , the secretary of the organization , was duo to this , and Dr. Peters announced thla as the cause jesterday evening , declar ing that he had the support of Prince Al- brecbt of Mecklenburg , prtsldent of the whole society , and stating that a regular Chauvinist branch of the society was formed at Hamburg. Tlie meeting was unanimous In demanding an Increase In the number of fast crullers. The blithd.iy of Prince Bismarck ( ho was born April 11 , ISIfi ) will again be generally celebrated throughout Germany this jcar. Big commcrs will be held by the Berlin Philharmonic society In honor of the day. Major Abel , director of the artillery works at Danlslc , committed suicide on Wednes day last. Papers which were found after hlM death showed that ho had been In com munication with the French secret military cabinet. Two editors of the Vonvaeits , Herren Braun and Brunnert , have been arrested on the charge ot receiving advance jhcets of the Imperial amnesty decrco of January last from a man \\lio confessed to Its abstraction. Both of the prisoners stated that they did net know their accuoer , aim Herr Braun has since been released. The cases of F. W. Boebme of Brooklyn , N. Y. , and William Schroedcr of Hammond , III. , both of whom were impressed Into the German army , have not been brought to the notice of the United Spates embassy. When ever the embassy has been'notified of such cases they have Invariably been" speedily adjusted. There , has .been an unusual num ber of ielrures of Americans of German birth for the army this year. They have numbered about twenty weekly and all have been iclcased wherever the treaty obliga tions covered them. A young man from Cincinnati was released this week on the representations of the United States em bassy. Mr. J. B. Jackson , the secretary of the United States embassy , was olllclally pre- Fented to the _ ex-Empresi Frederick as charge d'affaires on Wednesday. The ball which was to have been given tonight by the members of the American colony In honor of Washington's birthday has been postponed until ne\t Tuesday , when It will take place at the Knlserhof. About COO guests will bo prchcnt. There was a reception today In honor of Washington's birthday at the residence of Mr. J. B. Jackson. The Geiman-Amerlcans give a ball tonight In honor of Washington's blithilay. ItnlliuiH In Di-HiKTiitc StrnllH. ROM12 , Feb. 22. The newspaper , Don Marzlo , declares that the position of General Baratlcrt , commander-ln-chlef of the Italian troops now operating In Abbynlnia , Is the same as Marshal Bazlne In Metz during tha Franco-German war. King Mcncllck. It adds , Is preparing to drive the Italians from Adl- grat and bring about an Italian Sedan. The ministry has decided to tend further relnfoi cements , and has authorized Signer Crlspl , the prime minister , to fix the num ber of troops to be dispatched. General Lambert ! how arrested two prom inent merchants at Massou.tli as spies. They will probably bo shot. SiifTiT in TORREON , Mox. , Feb. 22. Nine more negroes from Tahualllo colony have reached heio In great destitution , seel.lnrf aid to re turn to their homes. They jay about sixty moro are anxious to leave , but are without means to do ho. They odd that men inc. paid but 36 cents a day for labor. United States Conrul I'oston has tukn the matter up with Minister Hansom. KlonU'il llu * ( iroiiniliMl Stfiimcr. PORT SAID , Feb. 12. ! The steamer KaOitz- ler , from Hamburg for Dtlagoa bay , which grounded In the Suez canal all Ismallla on Wednesday , has been , floated. The grounding had practically blocKcd the paenago of the canal , and nearly fifty steamers were de tained by the fact. These craft are now en abled to proceed to their destinations To I'rorlnlin Itx Inili'iirnilciiui * . LONDON , Feb. 22. A special from Natal says : The Nalul Times claims to hava the best authority for the statement that the South Afilcan republic will on Kebruaiy 27 , the fifteenth anniversary of the Boer victory over the British , under Gencial Colley , at Majuba Hill , proclaim Its Independence. MlnlNtrr Do I.omu lit CoiilMtMit , MADRID , Feb. 22. The Spanish consul at Washington , Scnor Dupuy do Lome , replying to an Inquiry on the subject , has telegraphed that ho regards It as Impoijlble that the United States should iccognlze thn Cuban In surgents as belligerents. Mnrl for Mlici'ln. 8KLMA , ni. . Feb. 22. Ten negro famlllps , conzlftlng of forty persons , reached the city today fiom Cainden , enroule to Liberia , J , J , Carmlrliacl , nn intelligent nrgio , Is In charge of the party , Ho In the agent of tlio International Immigrant noddy of Dlimlng- liam , end will KO through to Liberia with them , icturnlni ; for another party next Sep tember. The negroes ore frp-n Dalian , WIN cox and Mnrcngo counties. 'Jlulr PIIXFUKO Is $11 , and U paid throu\ i -v | their household effects nnd fai minis iJi.plcmii'iitB have been shipped lo Buvunmili , The pntly vvl'l nail from Bavjimuh Wednesday next. The negroes are piomlsed tluc-o months' pro visions by the emigration company , while the government of L'li" ot ( < nt them thirty acres of funn land * , ten ntic for a houte site und each child In a family over 1C years ot ace ten acres of Und additional , NEBRASKA GAINING Presidential Preferences Discussed at the Stnto Capitol. GENERAL MANDERSON'S ' CANDIDACY Sentiment Crystallizing Moro and Moro iu His Favor. REPUBLICANS STRIVING FOR HARMONY Personal Preferences Marie Secondary to Stnto Pride. THE LEADERS ARE GETTING INTO LINE AilinlriTH of thf .Miln of ClilrkittmiUKiv Di-oliire ( lint lie IN KnUllril to the Support of tliu Siitillcr Stato. LINCOLN , Fob. 22. ( Special. ) Politics l the nil absorbing topic now ninong repub licans \\lio nit In nnil out ot the state capltol. livery ilny llioy coino and go , ench bringing : \\llli lilm from his locality some small straws of gossip to show which way the \vlm\ blows , anil each returning with \\hnt he con siders a clearer view ot the situation. So\ernl months ago It commenced to be- whispered that Nebraska was liable to cut more than her usual figure In the next na tional convention of the republican parly. It was known by those who keep tub on polit ical movements In the state that Senator Thurslon had pledged the state to Mc- Klnlcy. It was also known that the Young : Men's Republican League club of the state was being used as a machine for the manu facture of McKlnley sentiment. Officers of this club for several months past have been , scurrying to nnd fro over the state lining up- the party as rapidly as possible In the Mc Klnley column. It was not only known that all this activity In the Governor McKlnley Interest was In progress , but It was gen erally acquiesced In by the rank and ( Ho 1 of the party , and by the party leaders , for the reason thut Governor McKlnley seemed - i to bo moro In the minds cf the people than any other man outside of this state , and It I was not known that Nebraska as a state- would have a candidate of her own. While all thld McKlnley tenllmont was being manufactured among the people Gen eral Munderson was o\ery day receiving loiters from men high up In national affairs , and many of the leading newspapers of the * cast were commenting upon him favorably as available presidential timber. These let- tcru to Gcnoial Mandereon and there favor able comments In the eastern press were not a now thing to him , and for several months they produced perceptible effect upon his cool anJ well-balanced mind. How- o\er , the presidential situation In the east had so phaped Itself of late that to friends of General MaudeiEon there ssemed to grow out of the situation a promise of moro than mere compliments , and he seems to hnvb made up hie mind that the chancea ( He good for his nomination. Had the people of Ne braska realized all these past months that General Manderson was likely to become a candidate , they would no doubt have hold tlicmualvct ) In readiness to render him all possible assistance , for the reason that Ne braska people know General Mamlcrpon to bo > worthy of all those high aspirations , and for the further reason that no state or com munity of people can afford to treat lightly ; . 'o high a compliment to their locality. I1AUGA1N ALLEGED TO EXIST. Had Nebraska people been moro fully advltcd of the Manderson sentiment In the east , they would no doubt have withheld ; their commitment Jo the McKlnley caueo. But now the McKlnley sentiment , having pennented the state , this sudden announce ment of General Manderson' candidacy makes a sharp turn and produces no llttlo commotion between the Mandor. on and Mc Klnley factions. Since the meeting of the republican state central committee a wcclc ago and the McKlnley rally at Lincoln thrco days ago , the new turn of affairs has become the subject of general go < wp ! , not only at the state capital , but throughout thestate. . This 1 gostlp , as one hears It from polltlcjani and from many who arc not politicians1 , develops ' pome things that arc pleasant and oomo things that are not pleasant to hear from a republican standpoint. There Is criticism from both sides. The young men criticise the unwarranted UFO of the Young Men' * Republican State league. Some of them openly charge the pren'.dcnt of this league * with using his position In an unwarranted activity for McKlnley , and hint that there must have been a bargain \\lth the presi dent of this league , us well as with Senator Thurpton. This bargain feature of the ? MuKlnlcy bus- IncsR Is not kindly lecelvcd by the many , as bargains of this Kind generally provide for the few and leave the many out. There Is aUo criticism against Senator Thtirston for pre-i umlng to spoik for the entlro slate. Mr. Tl i rhton and his friends have aroused a good deal of criticism by their efforts to make * General ManderRon'a candidacy appear as Insincere and not In gocd faith , It Is asked by the Mamlernon followers : "What right has Senator Thurston or any 0119 cite to charge Insincerity to General Manderson ? In the twelve years In which he inpresentcdi this state In Washington , he was never be fore , cither at homo or abroad , clmigod with Insincerity or double dealing. " OPPOSITION TO M'KINLEY. ' There Is now and then a Heed man or an Allison man who Is ready to cay that tha McKlnley boom In Nebraska has been crowded with unseemly hactc. While tlieso AlllFon and Itoed men recognise that they , are In the minority In thin Mate , still they declare that they have some rlghtu that the majority ought to respect , and thut tha party , aa a whole In thin state , would bo In a healthier and more vltoions condition la join In the general cau o after the St. Lou I a convention , If the McKlnley men were mora nudcrate end lota dictatorial In their can * vast. vast.On On the other hand the McKlnley men eny ) that his frlcnJs are In the majority and thai ) the arrangements have already been rnado by Mr. ThurMon and others , and that ttm Allison and Heed men being few In numben have nothing to do but to quietly acquleicct In the will of the majoilty , I U Is also asHerted by Mr. Thurston and hta couorkcrB that the tlmo for bringing outf | presidential candidates had already pasted long before General Mamlorfton made up hit m'nd to become a candidate and that tbd Matdrrton candidacy now at tl.In Into day la In default. , < | , ni Slnco the two meetings before referred to/ It Is noticeable ttiat a strong leactloa I *