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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
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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-