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PAGES 1 TO 10. H H ESTABLISH ED , I1TN13 1J ) , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY DECllMBEU JU , 189.0 TWENTY PAGES. S1XGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SNUB FOR MARCHAP / H-ro of Fashoda Denied tbe Privilege of righting w.th the Boers , ASKS LEAVE TO JOIN TRANSVAAL ARMY Hates Everything British and Wonts to Take Ihvongo on John Bull. WAR MINISTER REFUSES HIS REQUEST Bays Personal Animpity is No1. Sufficiently Hih Motive for Enlistmen. . ATTACH : WITH in : BOER ARMY tiuiliilii nctiiiumi * I.orni'N Toilny In I lint ( iiini'll | > \ \ iM-lilj 1,1'Ui-r of spirt ( osnlp from the Ciililtul. ( C ipviiK'it ' , ISM , by Press Publishing Co ) PARIS. Doc . : :0. : ( New York World Ca- hlrgrnni-Spcelal Telegram. ) Command tnt Marchnnd , the hero of Fnshoda , has pe- tlllotiod Minister of War Gnlllfet for an In definite leave , In order to enllat with the i Transvaal nrmy Marchand , since he was forced to rcltmiul b the fruit nt his fainoui , campilgn across Africa , hates everything I English bltterlv. Alleging that the personal , animosity acknowledged by Marchand In his j letter wns not a htifllclcntly lofty motive , Galllfpt refused his request. Captain Dpinange leaves tomorrow aa the French attache with the Boer army. Since i England recognl/Pd the belligerency of the j republics the papeis have been clamoring I for sending this leprcsentatlve , since one had been appointed to follow operat'ons I from the English side. Russia has also appointed - j pointed an attache with the Boer army und he is leaving with Captain Demange iDiie dc > Cases has finally succeeded in ob taining the wlthdiawal of Count Ilonl do Castellanc and Is now the recognised chal- j longer for the cup or Trance so ludicrously j lost last spring by Caalellano's yacht Anna I The duke's yacht Is named after Sarah Bernhardt's famous motto , "Quand Meme" ( All the Same ) . Baion Hdotiard Rothschild has loaned his yacht Rstcrcl so th-it Do rases' crew may be given the necessary ] practice In Medlterianean work till the i "Quand Memo" Is ready. C Oliver Iselln , I owner of the Columbia , Is expected in Paris ] next week , when a committee of French j yachtsmen will banquet him and try to per- j Buado the American to enter the Riviera | races. PnrlM Ailo-ilK American Cnrn. Cars of nn Americnn pattern , similar to those used on the Madison Avenue line In New York , have bePii adopted for the Paris Underground Electric road. The design was selected by the commission of French en gineers sent by the Paris municipality to England and the United States to study the different systems. Tbo cfcrs will be manu factured In France , h'a"w eSveTr. Tbo Amer ican c-nglnes purchased recently by the Fiench government for use on the state lines are not giving satisfaction to the head cnglnecrH , who say tbo American locomo tives are enoiniously wasteful , which In Europe Is a cardinal consideration. Further orders , consequently , have been postponed. Marguerite Durand , editor of tbo feminine paper. Lafrondc , has started n petition among French women to Queen Victoria asking that Loulso Maeset's sentence of death be commuted to penal servitude Mile Masset , a French governess , living in England , is to bo hanged on Janu ary 9 for the murder of her 3-ycar-old ille gitimate son , whoso existence was nn ob- Btnclo to her contemplnted marriage. Mine Durand In nn interview said to the World correspondent "No excuse < 'an bo advanced for such a crime , but when excuse Is lmpocslble pit ? lomalns. The Imperatlvo circumstances which led the unworthy mother btep by step to commit the awful deed can never bo known. This would bo a sufficient warrant for our efforts. Moreover , capital punishment Is n savage remnant of barbarous ages when applied to woman nnd it detracts from the Hacredness of all womankind. We nro con fident Queen Victoria will commute tbo sen tence , " Sir Eclmond Monson , British ambassador to Fiance- , has agreed to forward the peti tion to the queen. It Is already covered with fi.OOO signatures of the best known women in Fiance. I'ollee for i\piiNltloii. . Two thousand new policemen will bo re cruited Immediately and drilled during the mvit four month * to do duty dining the oxpojltlon Tha picfect of police Is also greatly Increasing the detectiveforce. . Moat of the now men are not Inexperienced , but lire' Imported from the police of other largo cities , leave having been obtained from the different municipalities of Lyons , Marseilles , Bordeaux and Lille. The detective forces have also been reinforced at Havre , Dieppe and Calais , the three points where streams of visitors will pass In and out. French au thorities mean to give * complete security to visitors nnd keep the armies of crooks which threaten an Invasion out of the coun try Mathleu Dreyfus has agreed to furnish tbo capital for a now dally paper which George Clcincnccnii , the prince of polemlsta who recently icslgnod from tbo Auroro , Is going to found. Zola IK t-ald to have been re- taliunl for two articles each week. From the Riviera the news comce that young W K. Vandeibllt anil bis wife , who was Yltglnlu Pair , nro just back In Nice after an extended automobile- tour through Marbolllca , Cette , Narbonne , ns fnr ns Paris nnd return The trip consumed thieo weeks , In the course of which tbe young couple had ninny plcluiesque expelIcnces nt curi ous wuyBldo Inns nnd SO cents u day ( every thing Included ) country hotels. They met with only two or threw accidents and those without gravity. The weather was ideal throughout tbo journey I nlteil hlnlON i\liilill. : AttlBtant Exposition Commissioner Wood- v.urd left for Hnvru today to attend lo borne dctallti about the unloading of the oltlcml Untied Stairs exhibits frqm the auxiliary ciulber Prairie. Tbo whole * of tbo precious cargo appeaw to bo in excellent condition. It will be unloaded completely by Monday Tonight tbo officers and some members of the Paris commission banqueted together in Havre Henry Lavedcn was elected president of Aeuik'inlc Frnnculso on Thursday at one uf the rnout brilliant assemblages over seen undtr the venerable cupola. As customaiy , Liivcden eulogized bis predecessor in thu chair Mellbne The Marquis Costa Dcauro- gard delivered a dUeourso full of sarcasm LawJi'ii Is ono of thp most witty writers In Pails but IIP has made a specialty of ques tion ihlo matter und a number uf ucndcmi- ilanti on that no ount sternly opposed his cli'Ptlsu tl' Marquis do Bcaurcgard voiced their sentiment with such infinite skill und biting anrrnam that I.nvcden wanted to send foi second ! . . Immediately nflor the ceremony. When ho was deterred by friends ho an- nounceii that ho would slap the marquis' face nt the flut opportunity. Mrs Hughts Unllel hnn Just left the Vllln Montplalser nt Ulnnrd and Is nowIn Paris on her wny to Tanglcrs , Morocco , whcro shy Intends to spend the winter to gether with the little hand of merry Ameri can men mid women who annually surround her. Early In the spring the Vllln Mont- plalser will bo reopened for another gay season. It wns from there last summer nnd spring that most of the ste-i'os ' which nmuscd the American colony here came. Among the other petty scandals was ono caused by Fanny Heea , who having epoken Bovcrely about omo of the other women present , , was finally pummelcd by nn nth- Ictlo young woman of fashion. When re quested by the hostess to betake | icr. elf elsewhere , Knnny refused to budge until the three weeks for which she was Invited had oliipsed. Sl'e took her meals In her loom , promenading and calling on the Amer icans nt Dlnnrd between rcpaalw. At the end of throe weeks she packed nor trunks nnd departed Mrs. Hughes Hallet about the same time wns ulro the unfortunate cnteitalncr of the duke of Manchester , who though residing nt a hotel , was constantly lionized at the Villa .Montplnlser. When the young duke finally left Dlnard nnd his board bill behind the hotel proprietor presented the bill to Mrs. Hnllol , who paid rather thun gain furthet notoriety through her guests. Ullrlr of Mil- . Dr. Elllc Metchnlkoff Is seriously dls- tresseil that the London Morning Post , i whoso correspondent he never KIW , should have printed the dlsco\oiy of the so-called "niKlr of Life" Dr. Metchnlkoff , when In terviewed , mid "Tho English article makes me a char latan , which I am not. It Is true wo me conducting some experiments at the Pasteur liihtltuto with a lymph which shows wonder ful i ejuv entiling properties when tried on nnlmnls. I "Of course our ultimate purpose Is to re- tnrd the atrophy of tlreo cells In the human body whoso early decrepitude causes old ago i nnd death. Hut discovery nnd then certl- ' tudo in this line must necessarily bo blo\\ work and It Is preposterous at this stage to announce thuto have discovered the secret of prolonging human life We feel I so far from certainty yet that \vo don't . dare to experiment on human beings Hut I I have no hesitation In baying that we seetu I to bo on the right track. " Dr. MetchnlKoft added that his next great ! scientific discovery may be n serum which will feed the human cells so accurately that the average life and period of strength will bo doubled or trebled. IIo added"Wo don't hay wo have found such a serum. We , llko other scientists all over the world , have long recognized the truth of the Brown- Sequard theory. Old age is abnormal nnd the possibility of prolonging life is an In teresting problem. We , like some German and American colleagues , are doing what we cnn to solve It. " Si-rum ARiiliiHt VleohiillNtn. Two physicians , members of the Academy of Medicine , yesterday read papers before that body on their discovery of a serum against alcoholism. Interviewed , they said , like Metchnlkoff , that it was premature to speak through the newspapers , though buc- cetaful experiments hail been made on 200 drunkards. The torum is made from the blood of a horse w hose system has been kept saturated with nkohol for some time When the serum Is Injected Into the patient , It gives him unutterable loathing for liquor. Scientists hero regard the latter discovery as much nearer perfection than Dr. Metch- nlkoff'a Two sentimental German girls , each about 20 years ofd , committed suicide today nt the tomb of Ilelnrich Heine , the German poet who is burled in Montmnrtro cemetery. The municipal council of Paris is experi menting with n new typo of automobile sweeper nnd also a garbage autowagon. 1 Both are thoroughly satisfactory. | Vera Douglass died on Tuesday last at her j sumptuous apartments , , No 39 Champ Ely- sces , of galloping consumption Her identity Is still n mystery. She orlglnaily.came fiom an excellent family In Canada 'JO ' ARREST GENERAL MERCIER i lmi-KCN to HiMnil > In I'l-oni-li rimin- lier ot Ili-iiiUlfs Pri-iiili-r'n AII- N-.HT \lIVfl-MIII-lfH. . PATHS , Dec 30 There aio persistent reports In nationalist circles that the gov- I eminent has decided upon the arrest and . pioaecutlon of General Mercler before n ! second high court Immediately. Accoidlng to thesa leports nn Important debtte re- I spectlng the conspiracy cases r.'id the I charges against General Mercler will take I place In the Chambei of Deputies as soon i ns the session begins ami It Is slid the I piemler , M Waldeck-Rousspau , will reply [ to his adversaries by announcing the arrest of General Merclei and his arraignment be- I fore the high court The nationalist organs | Insist that the government has decldert upon the plan , but they suggest that U may bo changed , In.lew of its premature i eve ] at Ion General Morclor , at the present moment , Is a senatorial candidate in the Lolre-In- ferlcure. Quo of his friends , who was In terviewed on the subject , said tha general had resolved not to discuss the matter , ns ho was determined not to give the govern- I raent a weapon to use against him. He was convinced , however , that his arrest would bound the defeat of the government candi dates In tbo senatorial elections , while ho ' himself was certain of election. It Is expected that the trial before the high court will bo concluded the middle of next week and Derouledo nnd Guerln will almost certainly bo convicted , although some of the other prisoners will probably be ac quitted The Journal des Debate tonight eayt- "Tho nearer the trial draws to a conclusion tlip plainer tbe emptiness of tbo charges becomes. Agitation , demonstrations and n few slight offenses have perhaps occurred , but there Is no evidence tibown of a con certed plot or crime against the state , thn repression of which the public prosecutor demandb " The Journal des Debats concludes with expieeslng Itbclf In favor of the simple- so lution of the unsatisfactory situation sug gested by the Figaro , namely , that'M. ' Wal- deck-Roussexiu accord tbo convicted prison ers the benefit of the Borenger law , which pardons four offenders Anirrlruii I'-niiim-loil at llnvrr. HAVRE. Dee. 30. Prof. Benjamin D. \\o3dwurd , assistant United Statrn commis sioner general to the Paris exposition , gave a dinner trta evening in honor of Com mander Mackenzie of the United States aux iliary cruUer Prairie. Thu prefect and naval and military authorities of Havre , the Amttlcan consul and Lieutenant W S * Sim United Stutc naval attache at Paris and the ollu-ers of the Pralrlo were present. Ihu Pralrlu brought a cargo of exhibits for tbo Paris exhibition I'rlnicHour ) < il\ru Couiiiiiiiiil. V1KNNA , Dec 30 Emperor Francis Jo- Eoph hiu appointed Prince Henry of Pruc. sla an admiral in tbe Austrian navy. BRITAIN IN A CORNER Authorities nt Their Wits' End to Plan the Soutb African Campaign. CONSCRIPTION IMPOSSIBLE IN IRELAND Best Fighting Material Oomw from the Land of the Shnmrcc'r. GREAT DISAFFECTION IN THAT COUNTRY By Arming tin Irish England Would Be Jeopardizing Itself. MORE RUMORS OF CABINET CHANGES I'l-opli- < ; < * tliiK ( Hentl.i to Settle nltli the I'olitli-iiiiin foiriiiiiulim tin * Co ii n I rj Into 11 .Ni'oilU'Hs War. ( Copyright , lcl''l ' , by Press Publlslilng Co. ) LONDON , Dec. 30.--New ( York World Cablegram Special Telcgiam. ) Conscrlp- tion Is Impossible in Ireland. That Is the severest circumstance In the problem Eng land must face when this war Is ended , or perhaps before By providing a military training lor Irishmen England would meiely lie arming against Itself a lace which admit tedly produces the best fighting material Its army possesses. Military authorities , apart from the war , aie most concerned now In framing schemes of conscription and all are bicught to a dead stop by the startling fact of the almost unlveisal Irish disaffection , the result of the denial of homo rule. It Is noteworthy that Ulster , though moio thickly populated , provided , despite Its largo section of avow edly loyalist Inhabitants , a far smaller rela tive proportion of the soldiers for the Brit ish army than the other thieo provinces The Ulster Orangemen , who , as members of the rlllo cluLs. , sanctioned by the gov ernment for their special benefit , ln"lude n considerable body of trained shots , have conspicuously refrained from volunteering for sei vice In South Africa. It Is gravely questioned whether "volun teering" conectly describes the conditions under which a considerable proportion of special levies Is now being raised herb for service In South Africa. The Westminster Garetto relates a typical Incident where members of certain volunteer corps who for sufficient reasons did not volunteer , received as a Christmas card a white feather from their comrades. Kriliili-rM CournKi * to Hi-fino. A Times correspondent discussing the same point , says it requires far more cour age to refuse under the circumstances In which the call is made than to volunteer. A member of the Honorable Artillery Com pany , when asked by the Woild correspon dent why he volunteered , replied. "There was no volunteering ahout It. 'Com manded' is more llko it. " This , llko the other volunteer corps , was mustered before Ita colonel , who harangued the men and as sumed they would all offer. H Is doubted whether. If another call is made. It will bo I responded to in the same manner , as al ready the volunteers who joined expressly for home 'defense feel that they are being victimized to prosecute an enterprise of j dubious origin , problematical advantage and I uncertain results. An active campaign to bring about the eviction of Chancellor of the Exchequer Beach and War Secretary Lansdowne from the cabinet on the ground of the former's rtlleged refusal to grant timely supplies and the latter's failure to prepare for the war , I is being pursued by the Dally Mall. - For I ten days back eich issue has contained a column editorial attacking these ministers and columns of correspondence of the same I tendency All criticism of the diplomacy | that led to the war | j rigorously tabooed. In political circles it Is confidently n'v serted that this onslaught on Beach and Lansdowiio is the turning of a movement cleverly devised by Colonial Secretary Cham- beilain to divert criticism from himself and readily enough carried out by the Dally Mall , which bears a lieavler weight of re sponsibility for the origination of the war and is more Intimately bound up with It.s fortunes than any other newspaper. But despllo this attempt to shelter Chamberlain , opinion Is setting dead against him and , ac cording to picsont judgment , his political career is ended. AVnr to Do Iiiicstlurnlcil. In the proposed Investigation Into the 'conduct ' of the war two points of cardinal Importance to be cleared up are nt whose i initiative was General Lord Methuen's force 1 detached to relieve Klmberlcy and whether General Sir Uedvers Buller precipitated lite I attack on Colenso according to a sugges- ! lion of the cabinet anxious for political | purposes to strike a decisive blow quickly. The latter charge is freely made against the ministers In tbo service clubs. The de parture from the original plan of the cam paign of advancing In force through the Free State to Bloomfoutcln in favor of re lieving Klmbcrloy , In order to have Cecil Rhodes fiom the humiliation of capture , if recognized as a fatal blunder , and Is also directly attributed to ministerial Influences. Sir Charles Dllko Is ouu of the few English statesmen whoso position has been Immeiifacly .strengthened by this war erUis. Year after year ho warned the House ol Commons of the weakness of the army In cavalry and aitllleiy nnd pressed for re forms In those directions. Ho was Ignored , but bis wise foresight is now appreciated and ho will henceforth occupy a more in fluential position In the House of Common ; than nt any tlmo In his career. If there comes to be a question of forming n cabinet for national defense there Is certain to be a time that ho will bo made war secretary , The queen's personal objection to accept ing him nn a minister could not bo sustained under the tlrcunibtnnces of imperial emer gency. The meanlnglefc-s severity of the press cen sorship Is provoking bitter protests. Rela tives of the officers engaged In General Uutacro's Stormberg icvcrso aio writing to thu Times complaining that no detailed de scription or explanation of that dlsastes has yet been permitted , though It Is 1m- passible that any harm can be done by tbt publication. All letters fiom the scene ol operations are opened under martial law am passages objected to are blotted out aftei tbo manner of the Russian censor. An embargo barge has been placed upon the correspond ence of private eoldler.s whoso Indiscree candor about tbo Elandalaagto and othei burbarltlos and their free exposure of the blunders of their superiors created such f painful commotion. invi-tN : or tinwar. . The effects of the war in various unex- pi- ted directions are quite cxtiuordinary Most of thu leading medical uad surglca epeciallstb hero have private hospital ! whore tljov treat patients. An eminent nur- geon today informed the World correspon dent that a majority of these hospltnls nrp clo c'd for want of patients nnd the special ists arc having n ruinously bad tlme\ The patients nil come from the monlcd class. Many of them arc under no urgent neces- hlty for treatment , ns la evidenced by the fnct that whft aunc'hlng occurs to distract their mlnd KsHpeclnlUts suffer Thp larf RsSof university tutors who prcpnro ijKflKr.s for the nrmy also have Ion tholrM Kitloii because the War office Is glvUij EyifoloiiB freely without exam ination PtHicntprs. of course , nrc feeling the wat y Kly while tbe publishers' busi ness iJ Ke almost to n standstill. , ) c\v- clers pncy goods merchants seem face to fr Bh nlcmUUo ruin , Private etitcr- taln | ralmo3t suspended nnd thu Impor- tnuy Kihps of business dependent upon lt(4llpgnatu lipiond all precedent. OnUto other hand , coal Is 70 per cent denier thnn at the lorrosponding lime last year with n propped of advancing to n still more exorbitant figure because of Inrgo de mands of the licet nnd tinnsports nnd the Bcnrclly of labor duo to the heavy with drawal of miners of the army reserve. Ilni'hiu I ; I-IIN Ciini'i'lril. The managers of lace trnrks nntlclpnto a dlsjBtrotis sea ion nnd n proposal Is being considered for i educing the number of fix tures to cut down tlio Inevitable losses. Hunting has fallen off cxtenslvelv nnd sure i bankruptcy stares st > "ic of the most noted packs In the face. Numerous orders for commissioning ntcnm and hailing yachts for thu Mediterranean fcca hnvo been canceled , leaving the largo class of yacht sallow on beam ends. Swell establishments are being curtailed or broken up , throwing great numbers of scivnnts nnd dependents out of work. j In fnct , excepting the Industries directly stimulated by the war , such as shipping , piovislonlng , outfitting and the manufac ture of ammunition , In which latter the Chamberlain family have laigo Interests , commerce Is depressed in r.ll dlieptloms ! These , moreover , are only the first ripples I cf a gieat tidal wave of deprcs-slon with all Its resultant distress , discontent and social disorder which every portent Indlcatca is about to sweep over this country as n con sequence of the unjust nnd inglorious war. DANGER POINTS OF THE YEAR Sir Cluirli-M DIlUc * MI-N Ve fiiiimllnnil mill Juiiiin I'romlNc llip llutt So- rloiiH ! > < , I'ln-tiiUMlt.i. ( Copyright , 1533 , by Press Publlrhlng Co ) LONDON , Dec. 30. ( Now York World j Cablegram Special Telegram. ) In an arti cle on "Tho International European Out- 1 look for 1SOO , " written by the III. Hon. Sir ] Charles Dllke , bait , M P , ho says "Tho I United States will not , I think , bo Intcr- feied with In Its Philippine war , nor we In our South African war , and 1 lemaln an optimist for ths moment In regard to the evidence of a general or European conflict , although a pessimist as to a more distant period. The points where danger may bo perceived for 1900 are especially Newfound land and Japan. There Is every reason to think the life of the emperor of Austria may bo prolonged beyond the coming year i and It is at least conceivable that the desire of the Magyars in Hungary and the permane In Austria as well es , nthe. . Anstro-TJim- garlan army to prescivo the fabric of the 1 empire ) may keep things together even aftei the wise councils of the present emperor i are lost If these great Interests hold to- i gcther the Czechs of Bohemia and other dis- ! seniors will have little chance in a civil ' war. war."In Newfoundland there Is legislation which gives ipeclal powers to British tiava ] i officers on shore. Wo should enforce 0111 i treaty obligations toward France even by j aitiliery. Colonial legislation which lasted many years and which was renewed tindci 1 picssuro several years In succession was nol pressed last autumn , but the veiy serious- ness of the outlook In South Africa cnnstl- ! I lutes reason , while- every effort possible should be made here to prevent any col lision between Biltlsh settlers and FrencI : fishermen I "It is known that Japan lately planned tc ! attack Russia The Japanese are well ovei j ' -10 000,000 of people cooped up In their little Islands with small possibility for develop ment unless they should obtain Manchuiia. They are armed to the- teeth , their fleets an < armies are excellent and they are under th ( firm impression that nn invablon of Man churia would bo successful. They iray be nblo to establish themselves In that fertile territory. To them might fall the govern ment of the people cf northern China anc1 by a atop thpy would he-cone one of the greatest powcis In the world. On the othei hand. If they wait they know the Russlar positional ! Manchuria will be consolidated Later , again , they may have to engage In : | losing stuigglo with Russia for their Inde pendence If the Japanese believed Russlr alone would bo before them they would at- .tack . , but while a hint from Germany thai she would balance Franco would set then In motion , no buch hint has been received On the contrary , the Japanese believe the Gorman emperor would create a triple alli ance between Russia , France and Gormanj against them which would check them ii their victorious career and end their Chlm i war. I am therefore persuaded that Japai will not move and that as In Ncwfoundlani so upon the other side of the northen hemisphere danger will be escaped durliif the new year. " OPEN CAMPAIGN IN OMAHA Doninoi-ntM Will Tire n Illtc Cnii or the OeriiHlon of Clu.Tuiltsoii - Illll lllllllIIOt. | WASHINGTON , Dec 30 ( Special Tele , gram ) Among democrats of national char acter In Washington , it is understood thai the keynote of the democratic campaign It 1900 , instead of bcirif ; sounded In the cast will bo sounded In the homo of the on ! : presidential candldato for tbo dcmociatl' ' nomination , Mr. Bryan , at the banquet tc bo given nt Omaha upon the anniversary o the vlctoiy of Jackson at Neny Orleans. Senator J K. Jones of Arkansas , e.lmlrmai of the national democratic committee , liai bad tbe prograi.i of speeches referred tc him , which It Is understood meetb with hi : hearty support. The speakers on this occasion will h < Bryan , ex-Governor Hogg of Texas , Davit Ovenneyer of Kansas nnd Senator Allen o j Nebraska. Bryan IB expected to speak upoi I the toast , "Our Nation , " Mr. Hogg will ile vote bis attention to the question of I in poriallsm and Mr. Overmcyer will talk upoi finance. Silver , It is understood , according to tliosi best informed and who have theconfidonci of Bryan , will be given a minor place Ii the speeches that night , thn platform o 1900 , on the part of the democracy , havlni been decided upon already by the leaden to contain certain pronouncements ngalns Imperialism , trusts and militarism , with sll ver incidentally mentioned In order to b consistent with tbe platform of IS'ji ] It I understood that the Jucksonlan club H mak ing gieat preparations for this event am that Omaha will overrun with merrber of tbe tripartite alliance upon tbe 8th o January p'Pi"1 \ ITm > TO " " * PT1"i \ i S1LA1ILR IS itIZhDi E"glish Oapture n Getrain Craft in tbe Vicinity of Delagoa Bay ! PRIZE IMMEDIATELY SENT TO DURB4N Will There Await , tha Tortuous Metbods of 1 Dlp'tmilio ' Settlement. GEFMAN GOVfRNMENT FILES NO PROTEST Every Indication of Agreirnsnt Between it I rnd Great Britain , BRITISH LYFS FIXED ON DEL < \GOA \ BAY Aiiiionti | | ! > \\nltliiK fo So in i- I'ri-U'-U for hfl/lnur Hint MriHotrlc Point Mi-tuior lr- iitllN of the hi'l/iiro. I ( Copv right , I'M , by 'Press Piibllrlilng c'o ) j i LONDON , Dee. 30. ( New York Woild j I Cablegram Spec ! il Telegram ( Meager re- I ports of the BundcsraUi sel/u o Indicate the ship was taken outside De-agoa ! bnv. The j Ipilzo slatted with Us captoio for Durban. | ' 1H Is declatcd here that tbrco Geiman of- fleers and twenty men In khaki were found Ion board bound for service with the Trnns- forces , The Bundcsrath belongs to the German East African line. It sailed fiom Hambuig a tegular Hip to several east African ! i ports and eleired last from Mozambique , December 20 , for Port Natal. j In regal d to this , aa all othe'r seizures , Biitlah officials are aBsolutely dumb and ! the newspapers have apparently received I hints as to the line of diplomacy to be fol lowed , for not one expresses any opinion on the subject except to rcltciate that food must not bo made contraband of war. Dip- . lomatlc experts outside of Biltlah circles i I Insist that the English are playing for ' time , Juut as Secretary Seward did in the | I stopping of the Trent and the capture of Mason and Slldell In the American Civil war England then was most violent against I Interference with neutial commerce at eea , ' but Is now going a step further and seizing ships and cat go. As shown In tbo Interview with Sir Charles Dllko yesteiday there Is every In dication of some secret agreement with | Germany which turns upon a contingency ' 'that has not yet arlsen. British naval ofll- I cers have undoubtedly been instiuctc-l to I make seizures and turn the prizes Into the hands of the civil ofllcerb at Durban to j ' await the blow process of the couits and diplomatic discussion nnd thus allow Eng- j ! land to force forward that contingency | which is probably some overt act on the 1 part of the Boers against Portugal's East | I African territory on tbe acceptance of terms by Pot tugal. Experts on International law agree that | Great IJHta'n Is within Its rights In seizing | anything llko war material If It la ntendel i for the Transvaal. It has been shown that 'the ' British secret service has failed to put a check on shipments from Lourenzo Mar- 1 quez to Pretoria , and it Is now suppobed the I naval officers have Instructions to ttop anything - , ' thing suspicious going near that port in | foreign bottoms , with the Idea that Gcr- I many and the United States can be placated I i with apologies and diplomatic disclaimers | as soon ns n contingency nribes which will | put the becrot treaty with Germany Into execution und allow England to seize Dela- j goa bay. ! It Is said hero tonight that there lias been no cable communication to the Ger man embassy from Berlin concerning the Bundesrath and no cable communication from Washington about the flour boliMires. { The opinion of those watching the conduct ' of the war Is that England Is following the ' , Trent precedent and Is only anxious to ie- cure time. Delhi's of the Sol/nro. j HAMBURG , Dec 30. Directors of thu I German East African line have received news of the finest of the Imperial mail steamer Bundesiath The commander of the poit of Durban refused an explanation I of the cause of the seizure. It Is declared heio that there was no con traband of war on board and when applica tion was made to the German foreign office thn latter Immediately promised Inlerposl- i tlon with tbo British govcinmcnt. The seizure of tbo Bundesiath was refciicd i to at a meeting of ii'erchants held hero to day. After a speech by Adolph Wceiniaun , president of the Hamburg Chamber of Com merce , dealing with the gieat pi ogress of the Gciman empire during the closing nf I the century , Hcrr Lllfe , bpcaklng In behalf of tbo firms tiadlng with South Africa , nskVd whether the chamber was doing all j that was necessary for tbo piotectlon of Ger man tiado In that part of the wet Id. Goi- i man ccmmcice , ho asserted , had already j suffered detriment through the war In South i Africa , and news came of the seizure of n Geiman steamer by a Biitiah war ship Heir Woprmunn lepllcd that the chamber bad already considered the qucfitlon of rep- refutations with the \low of taking action In tbo matter. The chamber , he continued , had been infoimcd that the steamship com. pany owning tbo bcUud vessel had tole- giaphed to PrinceHohenloho , tbo Imperial chancellor , asking foi government Intelven- tlon nnd It was declared that nothing what ever had been done by the company which could ba In any way regarded ns a bleach of neutrality. LONDON , Dec. 30 Regarding the tralhe generally on the cast const of Africa the Brltiuh admiiulty ofllclale say the British govcuirac-nt desires that nil ordinary nnd legitimate trade conducted by foreign ves sels Bhotild suffer as llttlo restriction no poa- fibo. ! DURBAN , Friday , Dec. 29 The British crulier Mnslclcnno fceued tbo German I j steamer Bundesrath in north Delngoa bay. I1 It will bo brought bcfoio a prUe couit , LOURENZO MARQUEX. Dclugoa Bay , Dec. 30. Tbo German steamer BunJes- ratb , belonging to the German Eut African line , baa been cnptuicd as a ptlze nnd taken to Dm ban Tbo Bundesrath ai- rlvcd hero from Mozambique. Tbo capture of the Bundesrath ha In- creno.d the aheady strong tintl-Brltlsh feel ing among the Hollander und German sue- tlon cf thu population , of it DiuUirkx , ( Copyrlzht , iww. by I'robs Publishing Co ) LONDON , Dec 30 , ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram ) The duchess of Marlborough , who In her first onthusl- abm accepted the duku'B determination to volunteer with cheerful resignation , ha * completely broken down for the last three days and is Inconsolable at the piutspcrt uf Etparitlon. The real objed of tie un/ihc-rs trip to E iglund Is to beat her daughtei i om pany In this trial and not to dituu.le the chil.r from hn a oho which in u'tciiy o t of the qucktlon The Julio has b-ci ) ij ay with lawyers this neck putting his affaiie THE BEE BULLETIN. Weather TWei i t for Nolirnskn - e , oiitlmn d Void Snow Vnrlnblo \ \ Inds Pa-re 1 11-u-elininl V. oulil IMiilil I'linlninl. ( iii nt Itrlttiln In n 'I lulit I'lnoo , Hrlll-li si'l-ro ( ionium Mriiinor. ltitHtlit > rt nn tin- Mrlpimiu - . U III l.iuiilntiOIIIN Vlonriilnu. Crluisl \ lNut \ Iliitrnln Itoiuli , it otn i-slii-i NO-UK. Ill Mint Pile- . Ills Iti-lior : . Ciiliiiiol ( .itjiior "nl on 'I'rlitl , I DiilnuM nf tlninliii snooi > , . " CnPlns ( ilton n Illo.I'liti'iipo , Allnlis nt MIIIMi ( tiiiuliM , II Conni-ll Illnn-t Inonl AlattoiH , limn * MVImill t iiiiitnont , < iiiiipnii-i M Itnvv ItontMtril. T Yotitli'M le-irtineii ! ! ( . S i-fMi SMiiitliu ; llpvlov- . . I ) M'llli tin * \\lioot-4 mill \Vlieelineu. III-II \niiinl ) ' " ( ntlsllenl lte\liM\ . IU 111 Hitlloiiiiiln oliintiiii. . It ! IVrolkllllllM'inenl Heleu. . ' . \eeUlr Vluilenl lle\le > \ . I I I'llltnrlnl mill I oiniiieiil. IB l.llieo'ii's I'l nelil iitul Ion. I'ntnl I'lio In < lilenpu. HI "Tho Isleiif tin * liiiii. " 17 ( oitilKInn of Oiiinliir * < Ti-i-ilo. I iiiiiinorolnl mill riiimiolnl llevlevv. 11) I.el < iifrnni the I'll 11 Ijuilne- . nelliii-N ul Hie Vnlo Iliioin. Ul ( \I > M ot the l.nenl ( iinrlH. \\ioiN In the C'll > l'm-K- < . 'roinpornltiri- Oin.iUn > osloi-iln- . Don. Id I 10 ; , ! In order for nil ovcnturllllcs. They visited Blenheim , an npp-icntly the duchess' tlg- nntuio wan lequlrod on some documents H Is understood that It has been niranged i-.i the event of the duke's death that the Viscount Cutrcn , his uii"Ie-ln-lan. and Wil liam K Vnndeibllt will be appointed tenet net ns gumdiino of his ehlldieii during their minority DUELING IN GERMAN ARMY ( MlU'i-rs Iti-Morl to PixlulM to Settle Their IHIIorriU'cs anil Clue -Vl-iii Is Klllfil. ( Copv right , IMi , by Prc > , Publishing Co ) BERLIN , Dec 30 ( Now York World Ca- blcgiam Special Telegram ) An epidemic of dueling Ins broken out among the of ficers of the German army. Several men had fought In Saxony and the < 'Thurlnglan states , but. as nothing radons happened , public opinion was not aroused. During the Chiistmab holidays , however , two duels were fought with deadly results under cltcumstanccs of peculiar brutality. Three Infantiy lieutenants , Ernst , Klssllg and Schlabltz , were together In u cafe at Mulhauseu , connected with the Apollo variety theater. The officers grew excited over the merits of certain local variety artists. Schlabltz alleges that Ernst and Klssllg used Insulting language to him and ho challenged his two companions on the epot. Jn oner that a certain amount ot legality might bo given to the proceedings Schlablta Informed his colonel what had occurred. Tbo colonel convoked a court of honor of regimental officers , which court decided that Schlabltz had no alternative than to fight. The court decided the conditions of the duel as follows * A distance of fifty yards to bo measured off , SchlabiU and Ernst to take positions fifty yards apart and fire ono shot. Should the bbot prove Ineffectual It was to be fol lowed by otheis , each party moving two yards neater. The second shot , theiefore , would bo filed at a distance of foity-six yaids. the third at forty-two yards and so on , the firing to continue until one of the two paitles was ditabled. The morning aftei the decision of thu court thp three officers with seconds , sur geons and several spectators , tcpalred to a pine wood in the nelghboihood of Mulbau- scn. Schlabit/ and Ernst took up their po sitions Nothing happened on the first and hccond shots , but at the third Ernst received a ball In the lower part of the leg above the nnkli- and fell Ernst was removed by the bing'ons. Kis..lig ihcn took Ernst's place. The first hhot at a distance of thirty-eight yarOa was inelfeciual , BO was the second at thirty- four yaids , but at the next , thirty yards , Klsbllg'3 pistol bullet pierced Schlabltz's hcait and tl'e man fell dead. Another duel with similarly disastrous re sults Is icpoited fiom n town In cast Prus sia , wheio a mairlcd officer named Stlclow was bhot dead by a binthei officer. Ranoo Silelov , was slic-t through the abdomen. No paitlculais of the lattci duel have yet been made publ i FORTUNE AUVIOST IN SIGHT I'liiiuiM * OinnlKi DI--I ( ioiiilN ( 'lerl. Hello llo 1 oil In "e nn lloliIn \-lsl IjHtlltON , VICKSBURG , iMIbH. , Dot ! , * ! 0. ( Special Telegram. ) William Ruthciford , u clerk In the employ of Baer & Bros , retail diy goods merchants , Vlcksburg , who came hcio fiom Omnha ejveial ycais ago , where ho clerked for Hayden Bros. , Ib apparently heir to 0110- fouith the rcMldue of then t estates of the I i late Isabclle Stevenson , or Rutherford , at i Parndlso , near Kelbo , Fcotlnnd The rstato I IH now In progress of final settlement und strenuous effoits have been made to loea'o I tbo missing heir. Ailvortlsempnts In Amer- , lean newspapers for William Ruihorford I vvoro noticed by the clerk , nnd bo bsllovcs | It Is either ho or bis uncln of the same- name I who was last heard finm In Australia nnd | who has long been tbought dead. I i.Mr Rtttherfoid state's positively that the | family names are Identical nnd has sent proper affidavits to the officials it Cio court of tt'gnioiib , Edinburgh , to establish the ru- latlonahlp Eveiythlng see ms to Indkite that uhould the unclu bo dead tbo VIcks. I burg clerk will bo tbo holr to the fortunes , which are icckoncd at net less than ? in- 1000,000. Riithcifoid has been poor all his I life and wurkcd to thu position of n lead- In ; ; clerk from a store boy Ills parents died when ho was young and ho has been fciniu his 10th year DAWgO.V. I T , DP30The IIrut KIIOV- ttorm of theMCMSOII bewail this morning Tra'nti arc behind time and thousand ) * of cattle areexrokcd to tbe btortn CLAUEMOKE I T. Doe 30A heavy enow has lieen falling since paily inornlnK It iu over four lncho.4 dee-p nnd mill gnow- Ini ; HIM oiiionlH of ( liionn Vi'NNi t , Ili-c , Jill , At Antwerp Sailed Aiugonln , for New York At Liverpool-Suilcxl Lucanl , for New- York At Now YorkSailcd Muniidniii , for Not- ic-rdam , .Montcnlm for London. Arrived .Si I/O"'K. from South unpton M 1J1 I iJi liihlii Kit t I Khvnlund Tor I H i " "I \ urn > < i K iisrr Ullhclin U fr Ti N < t- \ork ' xi N'n ill s \t c , -ir1- ' wi \r ivi i Kirurl i from Nivv \ < rK fT Lviu xil At llivrt bulled i.3. Criuinpuuiiu. lot New \ork ROSEBERY'S POSITION Foodstuff Question Suddenly Pushed to tie Trent by Former Prctninr. STARTLING DECLARATION ON THE SUBJECT Better Never Entered Upon Wnr Tlmn to Make Foodstuffs Lontrnband. PRESS STUDIOUSLY IGNORES MATTER After Receiving Offc'nl "Inspiration" .Time ? PutluiKf Eosebciy's Letter , SECRETLY REMOVt GUNS AT PORTSMOUTH lriMV I'.isltlon .Vi-llllrr > ( o HiiM > t to South Vfrli'ii Cntiliu-l Si-i'ini I > | NIIIJ i-il lit l'OHillillltli-1 of Soiitli vfrli-nn Mtiiiitlon , ( Copvilg-ht , 1S91 , by l'H"-s Publlphlllg Co ) LONDON , Dec 30 ( New York World Cablegram Spoclnl Telegram ) "Ifvo pan oiilv conquer the Iloor republics by making foodstufls ( ontiiband , then I nay , as an Impellallbt , it wore hotter we had nevci cnturpd upon this wai ' These are weirds attributed bj tttMtwnrtlij report to Lord Hci'oluMy when dlwcusslng the qucvjtlon with a former miulstei at the IJrooks club on Thuisda.v The foodstuff quc.itlon , vi 1 Irh , as dispatches have noted , has been Htudlouslv Ignoicd by the London pics < s , has suddenly been pushed to the ft out by Loid Roscliery'H lettei to the Times. The letter wna louclvpil by the Times on Thura day night , but wns only published today. The lutervnl obviously had been employed by the Times to get "Inspiration" on the cnbl- not's Intentions Theiefore , the Times' editorial Intimation that the Hiitlsh government will strive to tstnbllsh a dihtluptlon between foodstults for the commissariat and foodstuffs for the Mislcnanco of the noncombatant population is tnltrn to indicate the government do- blgn. blgn.The The TiniPh arguca that If England sots the precedent of exempting foodstuffs fiom con traband now , biich a , necedeut Is likely to Influence any country which may hereafter I be at war with her. This opportunist rca- hon Is taken to show how profound Is the dismay of the cabinet over the possibilities In the South African situation. The panic which baa sel/cd the govern ment is further evidenced by the fact that heavy position guns have been secretly re moved from the foils around Portsmouth to bo sent to South Afiica. The Importance of Lord Rosebery's atti tude on the contraband question inlscs tin apparently Inseparable obstacle to his com bining with the present government under any cabinet reconstruction. QUEEN NOW HAS INSOMNIA docs to lullof AVl-fht III lluiic uf lloni-IU from tliu .Si-n Air. ( Copyright , 1S03 , by IVei-i Publishing Co ) LONDON , Dec. SO. ( New York Woild Ca- I blcgram Spoclal Telegiam ) Queen VIc- toria's buddon journey on Thursday from Windsor to Osborne , Ihlo of Wight , was undertaken on the uigcnt advice of her dcc- , tors , who were fearful of the consequences of her continued and obstinate liibomnla , for which , owing to her advanced age , thu opiate tieatment is dingerous. The plan was that the court should remain at Windsor ser cahtle until January 1) ) , but the que n Ind a restless night Tticsdny and nrrangr > - nicnth were huriledly made to move her to Osbonio In the hope that the sea air may Induce duce- the dliely needed sleep. Sir James Reed , the queen's personal phy- ] blclan , who tecently married Miss Baring , a maid of honor , nnd got a three months' i leave of absence , was recalled from his honeymoon on Tuesday to accompany the queen Krom all the inquiries made at Windsor this week It Is undoubted that her majesty's state of heiltb is causing much , anxiety In couit circles. ! BRITISH SURPRISED BY BOERS i _ _ Mlltll lyllllOITH Till Kl-l'OIIIllllNMIIIlOe lit Moililor ICIIT DIIMliu ! - \ - Iirelcil I'Jiifrom Ililrni * , . ( Copvilf-ht. 1S.U by Press PiiblMiltiK Co ) LORI ) METHUEN'S HEADQUARTERS ON TUB MODDI3R RIVKR , Dec. 2fi. 4-10 p m ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram ) The Uiltish made a reconnols- Rance In two directions thla morning. Thp 'Ninth ' lancers , with a batteiy , went along ] thu Moddor liver cast of the camp and blew up a liuinlinusn between the lines of the Twelfth lancciu , then they went west of thu inllwny and elievv llro unexpectedly from thu Boprs * quick-filing Norelonfrldt , which has an exceedingly disagreeable sound has a moial effect far greater than Its real effect. The naval guns by the watering station finally silenced the Notdenfeldt , which only lilt a few horses. Thieo other big guns opened on the Ma- gcrsfonteln kopjes In exactly the snmo po sition they occupied on the day of the bat tle. No damage was done. The firing be gan about 7 o'clock and nil was over be- fern 9. The health and the spirits are excellent , WHIGIIAM. TITLED MEN TO THE FRONT IliiNli of l.orilN , llarlN , IIHr * lo DiiKe- iliiniN anil .Mlllloniilren Ioi il HntliN- i-hllil'M sun SInrlM , ( Copyright , 1W , by I'IC-KS Publishing- ) LONDON , Doc 30 ( Now York World Cablegram Special Tolegrnm ) The rimh of titled men lo nerve In the Imperial yeo- maniy continues. Lord Stanley , ono of th lords of tbo treasury of the present gov ernment und eldpbt son and heir of the mllllonalip , the carl of Derby , and who married tbo daughter of the duchcui ol Devonshire by hc r flint husband , Balled to day to taken position on Loid KoherU' stuK. The duke of Norfolk , wboho brother the holr prpHumptlvo , Lord Edmond Tulbot Is alreaily with the army , has volunteered with the Sussex yeomanry , whllo the mar quis of Hertford , father of the earl of Yar mouth , offnred himself with the Hertford shire corps Ixird Chesham U to lies in command , with the earl of I nsdalo an bin cucond. Other olllccra , Including the earl of Warwick , whose brother , Hon Sidney GrevlllP , IH already with Methiicn , the carl of Dudley , the carl of Huddlngton. Ixird Annuly , Lord Hiurla , former governor ol Bombay and u famout * erlckuter ; Lord Bol- ton , Lord Kenyan , lyord Arthur Orosvcn'r , tin IP of the new duke of Westminster Lord ( laluny a noted borsetimn and Khut Sir Jumc'B Miller who twice won the Derby victory Luid Cavendish nephew of I In luke and luir presumptive 10 I no dukedom of Dcvanvhire Rl'hurd CuvuiidmU. hi * brother , Lord Cbarlomoat , tbe earl of Fin-