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THE OMAHA UNDAY BEE.PAGES 1 TO 8. JJWSIIED JU3S'33 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , OGTttBEH 21 , 18)7 ! ) TWENTY PAQ-ES. StNOLE COPY FIVE U13XTS. THINK HE'LL ' RESIGN English Politicians Believe falUhury Will Retire from the Oabinoti OFFICIAL DINIALS ARE NOT CREDITED Bomo Dojp Laid Schotrns for ths Snoosssion Are Incubating. PLENTY OF MATERIAL TO FILL VACXNCY TJuko of Devomhin Has His Eiglo Ejo Tiled on the Office , 'CHAMBERLAIN 13 BACKING MS. BALFOUR In CumIn - I.itMrr ( Ic-tw ( lie I'lntManil .Milken MlNtiiUrn , Clinmlifrlnln ThlnkN U < - llliiiMi'lf Will Then Sd-i' In. ( Copyright , 1WT. by Ihc Araoclaled Prcf . ) LONDON , Oct. 23. In splto of the olilclal denial of thu marquis of Salisbury's up- prnchlng resignation of the premiership , Ijcilcf In Its truth U very strong In po litical circles , where It Is considered that his rntlrciLcnt Is Inevitable within a few ' mouths. Tlila view of the undercurrent warf confirmed by a cabinet minister on \Vc1ncmlny , who privately remarked that tht < ltllC of Devonshire had declared that he means to have the premiership when the jnarqii's ' of Salisbury resigns. The mlnls.er said : "This means that the candidates will bo the duke of Devonshire and 'Mr. Halfour , the lattc'r being aided by Mr. Chamberlain. Vlio duke of Dvonshlro long ago wanted to merge the liberal unl.nUts Into the con- F.er natives and wns only prevented 'by Mr. Chamberlain , who know that If It was done ho wo'ild sink Into comparative Inslgnlfl- cancu. Tliero Is not much love lost between thb luke of Devonshire and Mr. Chamber lain , onu the succession to Lord Salisbury will be a test between them. Jf the duke of Devonshire docs not succeed , ho will lose considerably , as it will raise Mr. Chamberlain leadership. Mr. lain nv re distinctly to the Chambe'rlaln , therefore , will support Mr. Halfour , in the belief that should Mr. Hal- make mistakes , the reversion four , as premier , version of the premiership will go to him , Mr. Chamberlain. " CAUSTIC CRITICISM. The announcement of the coming retire ment of the marquis of Salisbury has given n.i opportunity to the press and even to the conservative newspapers to rake the premier over the coals for falling to smooth the widespread disaffection In the party ranks. It Is pointed out with more and more force that a leader never permitted things to reach such a point as when the marquis of Londonderry nnd a great conservative association proclaimed their distrust and dls- llko of the government's policy , nor would any previous minister have allowed Mr. Chamberlain .to . carry legislation alienating the great employers of the country , or still "blmetalllst colleagues leas , permitted his to go unmuzzled nnd frighten capital out of Us wits. " The appointment of IU. Hon. Nathanle Mndloy as master of the rolls , In successloi to Viscount Eshor , while popular , is appar ently Indirectly due to the speech of SI Edward Clark early In the year , criticizing Great llrltaln's position In the Venezuelan case. U U generally understood that Si Jllchard Webster , the attorney general might have had the mastership , but In Ilia case Sir EJward Cla'k would have been au pointed attorney general , and after his re marks upon the Venezuelan case the gov crnmcnt could not well have entrusted th British case to him. However , If the bar rumors nro tnic. Sir Hlchard Wcbstor wll not suffer , for , according to tbo Btory Lord HolHlmry , the lord high chancellor , wl vacate the woolsack Just before the clos of prfacnt Parliament nnd Sir Hlchar will take his place. Tlilo means a prcmatur pension of 5,000 for Lord Ilalsbury , but th conservatives do not mind Increasing th taxes when It Is a question of providing tea a favorite. GKHMANY IN THB LEAD. The Kieclal committee sent to German b the corporation of Manchester , In order I discover the cause of Bug'.und'H Industrla decadence , found extraordinary dovelopmon of technical education obioad. Aldomia Crossflcld , a member of the committee , told "The English workers nro half savages whei onmnarcd with the Intelligent artisans o Germany. " Councillor Pythian , n member of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers , re- mr.rkod : "Thu engines and dynamos made In Gcfmany put to sli < imo most of the work In the English shops , " These nro but type" of the Impressions coloring the whole report of the Manchester committee , the tenor of which is amply con firmed by the multiplying signs of the lllu- eo.y character of the British pretensions to industrial supremacy. Though the diplomatists regard the situa tion In HIP Lagos Hinterland as complicated and difficult to settle , the secretary of state for the colonies , Mr. Chamberlain , IB pur suing a forward policy , which threatens In fo-national peace. The marqul.i of Salisbury was content to negotiate a settlement of the question in Paris , but Mr. Chamberlain Conned a plan to effectively occupy the ter ritory In dispute , while- the diplomats were arguing and applied for sixty British officers to organize a big force of Uaumas for this Borvlce. LoniLLxnn is PESSIMISTIC. The American line steamer St. Louis , which sailed for Now York from Southamp ton today , had on board Plerro Lorlllard , the American horseman , After spending two years In Europe ho declares that ho will pass most of his tlmo In the future on this eldo of the Atlantic. He will winter , how ever , on a houseboat In Florida , for after two winters on the Htvcrla ho has concluded that Florida Is inoro healthy as a winter re port. Mr. Lorlllard took a gloomy view of Hie conditions prevailing In the United States and said to a representative of the Associated Press ; "European capital has so lost c nrtdi-nee that even McKlnley'a elec tion falls to reassure It. English , French f.ud German Investors cannot ba persuaded to invest a cent In United States railroads or other buetniEs In the United States , and have withdrawn all Ihelr liwcftmcnt * except from such Industries as breweries. If It wcio not for the socialistic forces the UnltcJ States would command millions of money now Idle In Europe. I do not tea how our polities could bo much .worse. . In New York the republicans , uy keeping two tickets In the field , -nil ! return Tsinruany to power. " Marshall Held of Chicago alU for New ork on Wednesday next. In conversation. Ith a reporter of the Associated Press he all : "I fall to nnd European confidence In ic United Slates returning , and it never will until our currency system Is settled on firm , rational basis. I hope England has ut ar > mil to the bimetallic negotiations. 1 annot understand why It should have given o much encouragement to the monetary omnilsiloners. " DOO IN DIPLOMACY. Mm. Robert McCormlck of Chicago takes n the St. Louis a dog weighing ten pounds , hlch she purchased In Paris ( or $250 , which hrn been the subject of grave diplomatic icgotlatlons between the United States am- jaenador here , Colonel Hay , and the British government. The British authorities re- "cully Inaugurated . ( he strictest quarantine gainst foreign dogs and Mrs. McCormlck res forbidden to Import her purchase. There upon she appealed to the United States am- icssador , who In turn communicated with he Ilrltlnh foreign office. After an exchange of portentous missives the signature of a cabinet minister was obtained to a permit or the og to land on condition that Itv : lot taken to any public place. According- ! , he animal was given an asylum at tliu Jnltcd States embassy and has been under lie guardianship of Clerk Hodson during the ast week. The Oxford Mualc hall , this city , where Sunday evening sacred concerts have besn ntroduced , adds a now "turn" tomorrow , vlien Mrs. Ormlston Chant , a social reformer vho came Into prominence a year or two ago > y her crusade against music halls , etc. , cctures on the subject of "Tho Necessity or Sunday Evening Amusement. " I01IX DII.I.OV 0\ IRISH KA.1I I VB. Dinm.xtrcNN Slnri-N Mnny IVopliIn 111.Kncr. . CojiyriiT'it. 1SD7 , by Prc-fs Publishing Company. ) DUBLIN' , Oct. 23. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) To the Edl- or of the Wcrld : It .Is admitted now by all except Dublin cattle that over large districts n the west nnd southwest of Ireland severe ll'tross. amounting to famine In places , will irevall dnt'lng the coming winter nnd spring. As In IS 15 and IS73 nnd other famine years , ho government has begun by vigorously denying that there Is cause for alarm. This attitude Is always maintained until after the November rents arc collected. Meanwhile the area and intcnrlty of distress Is In crease. ! greatly by levying rents on a people who scon will bo factto face with itarvatkn. njcutmunts ar. < l processes for rent are falling Ike suowllakes over the distressed districts. Wu hold that the duty of providing against llstnss lies entirely on the government and that it has no right to leave the people to the charity of the world. Periodic famines In Ireland are thu direct result of mlsgov- onitncnt. This year and for the last forty years $15,000,000 has been taken annually 'rom Irelatvl unjustly by excessive taxation. 3no-olxth of the sum of which Ireland has en robbed this year would provide , If lusciously expended , for the wants of the llstresscd districts If accompanied by a meoRuro placing a check on the levying of rents In the famine districts. Sixty-seven Irish members out of a total of 103 signed a memorial to Mr. Balfour asking for the Im mediate summoning of Parliament In order to make proper provision for relief work an > l to pass some measure to restrain the levyIng - Ing of excessive rents. Mr. Halfour's answer has been the old stereotyped one : "Tho government Is care fully watching the distress and has ample powers to deal with it. " That was exactly what was said in 1845. The government continued to watch wh'llo thousands died of hunger. Wo have no confidence in the of ficial machinery of the Irish government and wo no not believe that the further thinning out of the Irish population would be a mat ter of regret to the castle authorities. The best bervico our friends in America can ren der will bo to bold meetings to expcse the callouri attitude of the Irish government and then demand -In the name of common human ity that the government shall do Its duty. JOHN DILLON. TO DltOYV.V I lliSSIA.V : SUXT1.1I13XT. I.illi * KliiKT of Ilnvnrln OiipoNcil | I'riilHi * ill' IvnlNcr. IJEKLIN , Oct. 23. In order to strengthen in the most particular manner the iintl- PruEslan tendencies of liavaria three letters written by the late King Ludwlg II of Ia- varia have been disclosed , the publication of which has been much criticised here. The first , written In July , 1871 , to an official In the king's confidence , siys : "Lately his majesty has often read the Munich papers and has found that tncy oc cupied themselves mcatly with the German emperor and the crown prince and wrote- about them In exaggerated and fulsome , terms , while his majesty Is only casually mentioned , or not even at all. Ills majesty la now quite certain that these newspaper editors arc Prussian hirelings and that the correspondents are paid by the Prutalan gov ernment to fill tbo Munich papers with Buch baneful articles. Ills majesty now asks you whet.ier It Is possible , by means of the privy purse , to appoint able men , whoso ( ask will bo to represent the monarch daily In the press and HCO that the king's name bo often mid by the population. Their task would further bo to see that articles emanating from his majesty or the cabinet are accepted by certain papers and to weaken the bad In- lluenco of Prussia. " The next letter 'Is ' dated from Holien- schwandan and evidently was written after a conversation between King Ludwlg and Ms mother. It reads : "Dear Hofiath : Herewith you will receive the following order from thu king : Please tell Lieutenant Colonel von Saner that the. king wishes him to go at once to her maj esty , the queen mother , and Inform her In a delicate manner that her majtety must never again talk politics In the king's pres ence and she must never speak In praise of Prussia. " Com in i * n IH llrnvt * LONDON , Oct. 23. A dispatch from the Urltlsh headquarters at Klnngarbur , datcc October 22 , says : "This morning Genera Lockhart addressed the Gordon Highlanders on parade and congratulated them upon their gallant exploit In storming the Dargal ridge on the Samana range , during the afternoon of Wcdnreday last. Ho Bald the records o the regiment showed many brave deeds li the past by the ede ! of which their lac ? exploit might worthily take a place. There was more work ahead of them , which he was Euro they would as fearlessly and sue cctstnlly carry through when tbe time ar rived , General Lockhart aUo thanked Colonel Mathlas , the commander of the Highlanders , and the other officers of tha regiment for their gallant leadership. " ( ) | iiohltlini | In UliiKlry Tnrlir , VIENNA , Oct. 23. The Chamber of Commerce morce of Ilolchonberg , llohcmla , has patsci a ruiolutlon urging the government of AUE trla-Hungary to negotiate with the otbc powers with the view of taking concerto action against the n w. Uoltid States cus tomg TRANSMISSISSIPPI AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION , OMAHA , 1898 ssrZssrssfe&r&t i ; * -w TrTS5 ; pV s > ow , UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING. The building erected by the United States government Is situated at the west end of the grounds at the head of the basin and hss the seat of honor of the exposition , facing as it docs the main group of buildings. , It was deigned under the general direct on of Mr. CharIosE. Kcmper , acting supervising architect of the Treasury department at Washington , D. C. , Mr. Edward ' A. Crane being the draughtcman In I mediate charge. * , The building partakes of the classic otyle , the Icnlc order being useJ. It Is arranged In three sections , that at the center having a frontage on tbe lake ot 208 feet and a height to top ot balustrade over cornice of fifty-eight feet. It will have a depth of 150 feet. The main entrance facing the center of the basin will be : reached by a bred flight of steps and through a colonnade. Thle entrance along with the entire center section of the building will bp very richly treated In color. The entrance is flanked on either side by pavilions capped by richly decorated domes. The main building will be surmounted by a colossal dome ! which will tower far above all other buildings. This dome will be capped by a heroic figure represent ing "Liberty Enlightening the World , " and at night this figurr- will be lighted by electricity ; the torch will ba 178 feet above the ground. The side sections , which are separated from the central porfion of the building by colonnades connecting with the Agriculture building on one side and the Audi torium on the other , each has a frontage of MS feet azd to 100 feet deep ; height , forty-four feet to top of balustrade. This makes the total length of building 501 feet and height at pinnacle 178 feet. The floor space devoted -to exhibits will approximate 50,000 square feet. \ CROKEIVS LOSS ON THE TURF Bncks His Horses Heavily nnd Lcs)3 iu Nearly Every Eace. KEEPS A VERY COSTLY ESTABLISHMENT TriulrNiiieii tuiili CiunlilciN.TVOUN , Low I ( lie Ambitious Aiiirrlciui Will tlult mill Cut ( IIV Tln-lr \ Kiiny tin up. ( CopyrlKht , 1807 , by Press Publishing1 Company. ) | LONDON , Oct. 23. ( New York World ( Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Klchard Croker's popularity on the English turf is no myth ; It is an Incontestlblc fact. He has eained It In three years' racing at a cost of : etween fGOO.OOO and $709,000. For weeks a t Vorld correspondent has been engaged in in- , csligating Croker's English racing career. Ml sorts and conditions of sportsmen have ecn questioned at Newmarket , the head- ' uarters for English racing , where Croker egan his career in 1895 In partnership with Dwycr ; at Wantage , where his establish ment has been fixed the last two seasons ; at ' ' Tattersall's , where all the leading turfites , matcur or professional , assemble every j ettllng day , everywhere they express lationizlng respect for Croker. "He Is as good a sportsman as any Englishman , " said ( no of the biggest turf commissioners In j Jngland to the World representative. "He's , lad a rare dose of bad luck , but takes It I landing up , like a good 'nn , and goes In all I he heavier next time. " That In a nutshell s the secret of Croker's good fame among its English sporting associates. He spares no pains tn Ingiatiate himself with them , 'lie always put his hand In his pocket for oc-al charities , " saU- mine hoH at Wantage. ] | 'Ho gave us D subscription to commemorate | Queen Victoria's Jubilee. You would not get I ' nany Americans to do that. " LOSEH FUO.M THB START. It Is a curious fact that when Croker came over originally the Intention was to keep a jrccdlng stud In Ireland with a racing stable n England , but a brief Inspection of his na- ] live country was sufficient for him. IIo re turned to settle In the more congenial En glish atmosphere , of which he growa nder the more money ho loses here. Croker and Dwyer's string of horses arrived at the Lon- lon docks on the 'Mississippi ' on January 25 , 1805. .Misfortune dogged him from the start , as ho lost on the voyage a valuable --year- old , Natty Humpo , which had recently cost (6r ( > 00. This reduced his consignment to the unlucky number , thirteen , namely : DDbblns , Eaugalllo , Montauk , Delle Mcado , Herb'rl , True Blue , Dinah and six unnamed fillies , all cxcupt ono sired by Iroquols. Harry Camp bell came over In charge of the string , bring ing Ave lads to exercise them. Soon New market be an to note the extravagant style in which Croker's stable was managed , and sportsmen and newspapers said : "The boys riding Croker's horses at Newmarket have no other work to do. Strappsrs being engaged for stable business , The boys have an easy tlmo. " Croker's enterprise was freely boomed and great things wore expected of Montauk , particularly , which was beaten on his only two appearances in 1895 , Natty Dumpo , Eau- gallle , Dobbins , Montauk and Hello Mcado were entered for numerous rrces. Including the principal spring handicaps and various events at Ascot and other Important meet- Ings. "Croker's merit lay In his entries. Forfeits , " said a prominent turf correspond ent to the World , "meant a small fortune. Ho or his advisers were most liberal In mak ing entries for all kinds of events In..which ho never took part , and in which substantial forfeits were paid. He entered eight horccs for the Derby at a cost of $2,000. None ran. He burnt his fingers severely the first year , and be has been more cautious since. " HIS GAME WAS COSTLY , Leading American turfites acquainted with racing conditions in England are quoted as prophesying on Marh 25 In Sporting Life : "Croker's year in Epgland will cost him 1150,000 outaVe of bjfltlog. He will find he must PX. . ° " ' 'J JpB'll\.nivSf heard of before. r < ) ffccj in. Rjfei ! (9V using tbo track , , stable rent , exorbitant eLtry fees , dues , curses and stakes , placing In England Is a rich lean's luxury. " Following the death of N.tty Uumpo , Dobbins , Crpker's mainstay for the valuable spring handicaps , Injured him self and had to be withdrawn from racing. Having dcoosltcd .thousands of dollars of entrance money , he ony "ran two ani mals In three events In 1S95. . . Mpnlauk was heavily tasked In the , first lace , when Croker lost $75,000 and half that on Its second race. His sole /success in 1S95 was with Eaugallie , ' which , ridden by Slnims , won the Crawford patCj ! valued at $1,725 , ; when Croker and Dwyer were reported to have landed $40,000. Dut In reckoning Crokcr's turf expenditures in 18D3 It must be icinembered he stood lu with Dwyer with Danqubi II , Harry Heed , Stoncnell and Don Alonzo. Their policy In entering horses like- Banquet , Harry Ileed and Stonenell In selling ptatcs at low nominal price , so gettlug the advantage ot all allow ances and then maiciug a tremendous betting plunge on them , excited fierce criticism and and involved them in 'disastrous ' financial coni-cquences. IJauquct wpii two selling plates in Ai.Tll and May at Newmarket with an ag gregate value of $1,475. Under the eon-Jitiona of Iho race he was ptitftjp at auction when it cost his owners $3CCO to buy him in on the first and $7,550 on the second occasion. Ban quet's third selling race v.'as July 1C , when he was claimed absolute ! by Charles Archer for $1,000 , owing to the odds being on Ilan- quct. In these races it Is an open secret that Croker and Dwycr made nothing , if they did not actually lose. In another selling race en Stonenell Croker and Dwyer lost not only the Ir-Ti-.e , which was claimed by another owner for $2,000 , but $55,000 In bets , accordIng - Ing to reports In sporting papers. STOPPED THE1H SYSTEM. At the time Harry Heed was here there were u couple of similar victories by the Crokur Dwycr combination , the upshot of thr-so per formances being the Jockey club was ap- polled to to make a np\v , i-ulo to prevent scll- ling races being made , t medium of mere gambling plunges wltbm t a semblance of sporting feeling. C/ok r's aggregate wln- nlngs In stakes in 1895 waa $1,725 , and In an Interview then printed In the World he com plained bitterly of bcljiBlinfalrly treated und criticised by English tiarallcapperH and sportIng - Ing writers. The naturff of Dwyer's experi ence was Indicated' wbfij he said disgustedly : "I am done with racing ; n England. " "What do you iouhl ) estimate Croker's fhst season cost iskcd the World of the most noted Newnjaritt tralpcr , who re plied : "Well , .he wafljftdted heavily. What between liberal management or stable , en trance forfeits , rallroml _ CMrges , veterinary surgeons , Jockey's fee ? ; nd all kinds of odd expenses , the training ! ci tabllshmcnt here In 1895 cost him quite 1 ,0 < 0. Then ho droppcl a plle In the betting In r , nnd I have heard It estimated ho was JCiOo6o on the wrong side at the end of the season , It might he moro by a good deal , Certalrjly it was not less. " HIS 1890 CAJ1PAIGN. Toward the close"of 'IsgS Croker engaged Charles Morton as' a trainer -and moved to Wantagewherg he boug t Thomas Lytham's establishment , Moa't Iloueo. Morton made a big fortune one tlmo-and , lest a good deal of It on the turf. He was trainer to Ablngdon Ilalnl and has the reputation of being clover at the business. Croker paid him a retaining salary of $7,500 a year. Beginning In 189G Croker's string was increased to twenty-one animals , showing ho wai in no way dismayed by his immense losses of the preceding sea son , They were Santa Anita , Sir Excess , Amerlcus , Eaugallie , Montauk , Nora , Nash- Vlllc. Albany , Georcfaha. Now Hampshire , 1'rlncetoii , Susan , vi'cstc-hester , Harvard , Antletam , Nantueket- Charter Oak , I-a- fayette , Lexington , Manhattan and lied Ban ner. Several were brought from America during the winter , two were British bred , Ge-orglana and Nora. Again bo incurred heavy costs , entering horses for races In which they never ran In 1S90. Montauk was becked to win $ lf > 0OOOUn the Derby. Croker also backed him for blk stakes in City , and Surburban plate , but he never ran in either , having made such a sorry showing In the Drake-low at Derby , where Croker is said to have lost $15,000 la beta. Clayton was the Jockey engaged to ride for Croker's gtable for 1S97 but throughout the season ( Continued on Second 1'age. ) ANSWER TO AMERICAN NOTE Spain Eerolutely Declines tha Proffer of Mediation in Ouba , ND DATE SET .FOR ENDING THE WAR " \Vliat Gourde I Xecfusnry Will lie- TuUcii by ( ! io GoviTiiiiieiif lr- rexpcelivr of ( lie AUItmlc ut' ( Cupyrlglit , 1607 , by Preps Publlnlilnt Company. ) MADKID , Oct. 23. New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) Spain's reply tn the note of the UnlteJ States , hinting at mediation In Cuba and requesting an answer before the end of this month , was placed today In the hands of the American minister here , General Woodford. 'Iho draft of the reply made by Foreign Minister Gallon was unanimously approved yesterday by the cabinet. The communica tion Is courteous in tone , but very deter mined In rejecting the sutitonce of the American note. Spain resolutely asserts her detcimlnatlon to bottle the Cuban question herself , without foreign assistance or inter ference of any kind. She declines to fix any date for the pacification of Cuba , which she proposes to bring about as she sees fit , by force of afmi ? and by political re forms , culminating In autonomy combined. While regretting the losses and damages the Insurrection has Inflicted on foreign resi dents , Spain argues that It would not have happened If International law liad been ob served , especially by the United State's. The press today unanimously aprovcs the attltudo of the Sagasta cabinet aa being In touch with national ( sentiment , the people having become weary of his predecessor's policy of continuous concc'cslons to Amer ican diplomacy. The council of mlnlslern decided at yesterday's bcsslon to postpone the drawing up of the contemplated mem orandum to the Kuropcn powers on the question and an the relations of Spain with the United States. The COIII-EO of future events will determine the tlmo for sending this circular. Since Its recent sounding of European gov- crnmentH , Spain hua como to the conclusion that mcst of the powers nro not disposed to go beyond purely platonlo demonstrations of sympathy for the Spanish cause In tbe West Indies. The Spaniards teem to he conscious that their relations with America are approaching preaching a grave and critical fltngo. AHTlIUn B. HOUGIITON. MVI.XR WAV IIKVO.M ) IMS MliA.N'S. Anna OuuliI'M Coiinl SII-IIIH | ! | Coin Tno liiivlMlily. ( fopyrlB'it , 15I7. ! by Prees Publishing Company. ) LONDON. Oct. 23. ( Now York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) Is Count IJonl do Caatellano living beyoivl even the splendid Income ho acquired by marrying Anna Gould ? That riuetllton I * being asked In social circles In Paris and the tendency Is to answer it In the alllrmnt'lvo. The cable dispatches recorded two weeks ago that Count lionl had disposed of Ills steam yacht Valhalla unexpectedly. The yacht had been in his i/oeacsalon only two months , and he sold It for no known reason except to get the profit of ? 20,000 he made on the trans action. Now It rumored he had paid only a de-poult on the purchase money up lo thu tlmo of tbe yacht's re-sale. The further significant report has Just como out that within a fortnight the Count and Countess of Caatellane's financial agent has been In London arranging to raise money In antlclpotlton of dividends on stocks owned * by the countess. Count Donl's extravagance has been the talk of Ixiris for some time but It was funded that his resources were equal to the drain ho was making on them. It Is on open secret that his new palace In Avenue do Hols do Iloulojjuo has involved him In an enormous expenditure beyond bis calculations for tbe acttnl outlay nearly trebles the original es timate , i There is a rupture In the Cb.urc.bjl ) family over the chrbttalng pirty. e ( UV ? THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather Forecast for NebraeUn I'alr. Followed by Unsettled ; South Winds. Pago. I. SullHlmry Miy : Yet Stop Out. Crolicr'H [ , < iis'K on tint I0iiill li Turf. Spulu'H AiH\rcr to Auicrlcii'H Koto. Two Itoyal Similes ut WIeHliadcii. it. "Vurjlty Heiits\Vc8lc.vnn _ ut Foot Hull. Many lint I'ltllkhes lit J.ouluvlllc. 3. St.-ita Mity ir.ivo u IJqrhtltiif Plunt. inclpivorcrs : : Meet lit Itcntrluo. 4. List Wuok li : Omlln Social Clrc-li-n. Q. Ti-iiuhura' Co.nmlttci ; Loiikn at Uiimlia. Light Iti-ulstrillion In Onmtm. South Onmlia News. 0. Council UlulTrt Luc-itl Mutters. 7. W. O. T. U. Workurj In .SiMSloii. ID , Woman : Her WayH uul Her World. II. Commercial unit Flnune-liil NOIVK. 1U. Killtnrliil anil Comment. III. Ktlltor Dana ut Work and at Piny. 14. I'li-Iioen ' front tlio Ant ICnnniH. Among tint .Minlcill I'olkH. Mrl lloddclil Cornered OIH-II More. 1(1. "To tliu U ' 8fiic. " 17. Itemilt * of Collie Summer Kxpmlltloim , 18. " .Simon Iati . " II ) . I'rotfctlon , lint No ( iainn I.lift. Korni In Skiilln for Spccil. ItllH of CosHlp from Uiu Crlillron. 'JO. In thn Worlil of U'lilrllni ; Whucls. I'UOI'l.K COMPLAIN OH1 TII13 11 HAT. Wj'iillior t'lniNiinlly Warm for ThlH Time of Yi'nr. Hour. 1)K. . Hour. ! ) < . n ii. in r > l 1 II. ill 7t ! o n. in n : : - i 7-1 7 n. in . : t : t i > . in 7. % H u. in r > : t -i p. in 7it D a. in r.s r > p. in 7.1 10 II. ll lil 41 | ) . ill 11 n. in 117 7 ll. Ill 12 in 7O The maximum temperature yesterday wan 70 degrees. That would not bo high for July or August , but It Is fairly warm for the latter part of October and many complain of the heat. Fair weather Is predicted for today , with slight change in the temperature. The Churchills complain that the duke of Mnrlborough invited only the Hamilton hcc- tlon of his relatives. U is quit certain that , with the exception of the duke's two Bisters , no one of the Churchill name was present. Lady libinlfonl , a sponsor and the duke's mother , Is a Hamilton. So Is the duchess of Huccelcugh and the Countess of Pembroke. The other guest l also of the Hamilton blood. Kvcr since the divorce between the duko's father and Lady Hlamlford the Ham- lltons and the Churchills have been at outs. The young duke , after kesplng on terms with both sides very cleverly , has now deeply af fected the Churchill relation by Ignoring their existence. On this Important family occasion ho has shrewdly taken hlu stand with the heavy artillery of the Hamlltons , the most powerful both politically and Racially in the Ilrltleh aristocracy In the present generation. Nor were there any of the Churchllta at the cere mony at Woodstock on Wednesday of this week , when the duchcis of Marlborougb placed tbo new chain of office around the neck of the mayor of that borough. The chain was a present from the duke and Is said to have cost fl.GOO. Lady Itandulph Churchill's elder son , Lieutenant Winston Churchill , Is acting as cornepomlent for the Dally Telegraph In the India frontier war. Ills contributions are printed as by a "Young Olllcer. " The letters are graphic , showing that the lieu tenant Is seeing a great deal of lighting with his regiment. Novrri * I'MooclH In Itnly , HOME , Oct. 23. A telegram from Ana- cona , on the Ad latlc. announces that severe floods there have- caused revcral landslide * , a tlmo cutting off that port from telegraph- ! ' . communication. Count Itlchetll was sue-pt away by the floods and drowned. Blnce ths ! message was sent tbe telegraph lines Imvo again been broken. < ; < < u Life SrnlciuT , CHICA/JO , Oct. 23-Harry L-unker who shot and killed Arthur Story mid his wife , Hut tie , plead guilty to a charge of murder in JudgeGary's court today und wua to the penitentiary for llf - TWO RULERS SMILE Emperor nnd Czir Hnvo a Pleasantly Informal Mcctirg. THEY MEET EACH OTHER AT WIESBADEN William Tolls Tunny Storio ? , at Which Nicholas Laughs. KAISEH PLEASES THE SCHOOL CHILDREN Gives Thorn a Holiday , Whereupon They 1 Shout Ilia Praisis. ITALY MAY WITHD.1W F.WM DREI3UND At i\iilriitlon : of I InProxrnt Coiuiniat KliiK Iliiinlu-rCs ( tiivrriimont liny lOnli-r mi Allluncu 11 Illi ( it-cut Mi-Halo. ( CopyrlRht , 1S)7 ! ) , liy HIP Arwoc-lntcil Preen. ) DEIILIN , Oct. 23. The meeting between the czar and Empero.- William at Wlcsbadca on Wednesday last was arranged by 1'rluco Henry of 1'nifisla at Darmstidt the day be fore It took pUco. Prior to that there was no thought of the czar going to Wiesbaden , showing that thl meeting of the two em- peers was of a purely infornnl and accl- donUil character. The minion of the mon- nrchs was of a most cordial nature. At Wiesbaden particularly Emperor William was In excellent splrlls uu.l made the czar . , laugh repeatedly by telling him funny stories. * ! The schoolchildren of Wlcsbidcn. noticing ' > , the excellent humor of Emperor William and 4 ' anxious to view the ctiurt sights , presented themselves In throngs lief , re the castle , | whcro they shouted In chorus. "Kaiser , glvo us leave from school. " II a uujenty was highly nmused and caused the Bvliool author- ' ( tics to gratify the child en's wishes. This j news w.is received by the ihlldren with tremendous - ' > mondous cheers. \ ITALY AND THE DltKIBUND. An article In Iho Nova AiitiioRla. an Influ- J , cntlal Italian maguz'no ' published by ex- J Minister Ferraris , has CUUSCQ a profound sen- Ration In Germany. The article- a summary of a forthcoming book by Signer Chlall.tho , Italian senator and h'tttorlau. He advocates the fa-nidi withdrawing of Italy from the druibund at the cxpliatlon of the ( ircsent term of that compact and the forming ot ft ; new zwelbund between Italy and Great rfrlt- iln. The nrtlcle shows that In 1SSG Italy was on the jjolnt of leaving the Drolhund and I n 1S1H It was only provallod uoon to continue In it for the sake of preserving universal * peace. Continuing , the writer proceeds to demonstrate that Italy's most vital politi cal Intoicsts uro In the Mediterranean and that only Great Britain can aid. her there. The article contains nil sorts of official docu ments hi support of this reasoning , the most Important being a letter of Count Habitant to Count DC La u nay , < then ambassador at Berlin. It Is believed In diplomatic circles that Slgnor Chla-li's book expresses the con victions of Italy's statesmen and that the withdrawal of Italy from the Drelbund Is a foregone conclusion. The government newspapers have preserved silence on tbo subject but the Staatsborger- zeltung says : "Germany can calmly await Italy's withdrawal , for It Is undenlablo that Germany does not heed Italy , but the latter Is condemned to Impotence without Ger many's aid. " TUB GUELI'H QUESTION. The guelph question Is again to the foro. The duke of Cumberland , In a letter to a Hanoverian noble , CirUain von Heden , bids the latter hope and expresses his gratified feelings at thu lojalty expressed. To this 1'rinca Hlsmarck , In the Hamburger Nachrlcbten , says : "It Is to bo hoped that this and similar uttcranccH will assist In solving the Urnnswlck suc-cessorahlp question , now pending for twelve years , In a manner agrecablo to Geriiun national .feeling and Prussian interests. " The rest of the German press expresses In dignation at this. The Tagcblatt remarks : "At the coming session of the Helchstag the federal government will clear the matter by a declaration , shewing that Prussia has no intention of gobbling up Hrunswlck The suc- cesEorshli ) Question Is to bo solved by doing Justice to the legitimate heir. This , too , IB the cmperoi's view of the matter. " CHANGE OK IIASE. 1 A curious veering around haa occurred rcla- tlvo to the sugar Intorcstd. The German Imsbandiy council has now asked tbo 1m- jieKal chancellor , Prince Hohenlolio , to reduce the Italian sugar tax from 20 to IB marks per 100 kllofl , whereupon the Deutsche Tagezol- lung , the main agrarian organ , which has lilthcrte advocated high uM'urt premiums and inland sugar taxes , ndvlpcs thu abolishing of the whole tax and premiums. It says tile- Inland confiiitr.rjtlon tux once removed there would bo a milclr * larger cnnuuiiipUoii of sugar In Germany , where ( lie tier capita consump tion Is now nearly one-third that of England. The paper argues that the total sugar pro duction of Germany would bo consumed ut home , thus furnishing thu most simple solu tion of the whole dllllculty. The electoral reform bill will not bo pre sented to the Diet by 'the ' Prupslan govern ment , In spite of thu promises made dur ing the lent session. Emperor William hub iiomoiidlly requested the manuscript of Sumlcrmann's biblical drama , "Johannf-a , " 'the presentation of which was forbidden , and Ills majesty * will render a final decision soon. OPPOSES AMEHICAN KHUIT , The Hrundcnburg agricultural chamber ba * passed a resolution against the Importation of American fruit. The I'nisalun department of agriculture has resolved to cncourago fruit growing and Is presenting fruit trees to the farmers living along thn public roadu and railways , Several of the provincial chambers have adopted similar resolutions. Tliero Is conic doubt an to whether an excquatcur will he granted to Mr. 13. X. Drodowskl of Chicago , recently appointed United States consul at Drcslau , The Ger man government knows him as a Polluh leader born In the very consular dUtilct to- which lie baa ticen upp-jln'.cd and thu opposi tion of thu gorornim lit IB solely on those grounds , the I'nltud F-talos embassy here , however , made- strong n'liresentall-Mi * on hU behalf a few da > 4 ugn. All doubtx ate to his confirmation u 111 be removed within a fortnight. An olllclal o ( the German olllcc. In an Interview on Ihla subject , said there was absolutely no objection on thn part o. * thu government t Untied Stairs consulu being of German htrth ro long ai there were no special reasons of objection in Individual canes. Just now there are over 100 cases ot young meu bclug drafted on lecrulUj 1&U )