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tiSTAKLlSHISD ] ! ) , 1871. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOHXIXG , JAXUAKY 1-1 , lOOO-TWKXTY TAG US. SlNTSLltJ COPY VIYK OHXTS ,
AT THE EXPOSITION
American Commissioner Secures Important
Concession for Uncle Sam
REMISSION OF SOME CUSTOMS DUTIES
Advertising Matter , Circulars , Prospectuses
and Pamphlets Go Tree.
NO BONDED WAREHOUSE FOR THE GOODS
Conuqtienty United States Exhibit is Stored
All Over the Oily ,
TROUBLE IN THi AMERICAN ART CLUB
llrlUnlicrn AVnlk Ann ? i > Hli PrlroiH
OfTereil lij Senator ClnrU of
Monlllllll American ( Jlrl'S
Itiiphl IliMtnvtnril Cnnrnc.
( Copjright , 1000. by Press Publishing Co )
PARIS , Jan. 13 ( New York World Cable ,
gram Special Telegram ) Assistant United
States Commissioner Woodward regards as
ono of the most Important victories of the
United States Exposition commission over
the Trench officials the exoneration of all
printed advertising matter , circulars , pros
pectuses and pamphlets from customs duties
The rule , $22 per hundred pounds , was pro
hibitive and would have seriously detracted
from 'the ' benefits expected by the American
exhibitors The Vlnccnnco annex lias not
jot been constituted Into a buided ware
house , though the LommlBslon three weeks
ngo announced that It was In order to encourage -
courage early shipments In consequence
' .Mr Woodward had n hard wrangle with the
Trench custom house and wns finally com
pelled lo store the ofllcl.il exhibits brought
on the American cruiser Pialrle right and
left In Paris under government seals till
leleased The American line of beats which
was to run In the Seine from the pier cf
the American building to the annex at the
extreme end of the city Is another scheme
which has collapsed Commissioner Wood
ward declined ito explain why.
Trouble threatens to disrupt the American
u\rt association Scnatoi Clark of Montana
lately gave a round sum to bo divided Into
n number of prizes for the best work of
American Undents Against the Intentions
of the donor , three out of five prizes have
Just been awarded to Britishers. This
Elartcd a revolt against the state of things
under which most of ( ho American students
ha\o long been fretting Englishmen , wheat
at first were admitted sparingly and through
courtesy , have gradually assumed control.
In the hanging committee the llrltlsheis are
largely propondeiant Dissatisfied members
charge that unless ono has a pull bo Is
sacrificed at e\ery exhibition , the excuses
being lack of space or lack of inorlr. Sev
eral flagrant examples ot favoritism are
given and there la a pietty tempest within
the usually jojous precincts of. the club.
Illttllll ItlMlll < < > Ulllll.
Molllo Curler , uu American girl , cmplo > ca
na a typewriter at nn American blcjclo
ngency hero , Inherited two months ago
$18,000 from tin uncle In Duluth , Minn. The
girl , who Is inther good looking. Immedi
ately bought a lot ot expensive dresses and
when uttlred smartly enough began to enjoy
Pails. She became acquainted with u dls-
rcputablo crowd of American sharps and
vaudeville Boubrettcs Today Miss Carter
Is ] > Ing critic-lily 111 In n hospital , having
been picked up In n state of frightful in
toxication Ilei money has either been ex
hausted or stolen and she Is now penniless.
Bho begs continuously for absinthe. Phy-
hlcluns say she will recover , but that she
Is evidently a continued nbslntho fiend and
the liquor IB bound to kill her
A newspaper of this city has conducted
what It claims to have been nn ex
haustive Inquiry to asccitaln the total num
ber of automobiles now In use In the world
The following Is given as the result : Auto
mobiles leglstereil In Paris , 3,701 , In the
suburbs ot Paris , 1,219. In the rest of
Trance , 2,445 , In the whole of the German
empire 1.-I27 , In the whole of England , G30 ,
In the Lulled States , less than 300. Another
paper , the Velo this ono Is a technical
uuthorltj In Ihcso mailers queslloiiB the
ntuiracy of these llguics , at least as far as
foreign countili-s.
The Aulomobllo club of Trance uomo
months ago appointed a committee to as-
coitiiln who wns the real Inventor of Ihe
nu'omobllo. The committee now reports
Mint M Lenolr , who on January 24 , I860 ,
took out a patent for a motor operated by
the explosion of gns , IB entitled to the honor
Lonoli who Is Htlll alive and aged 78 ycau.
was dlhcovcred In nn obscure village. The
Automobile club Is now organizing a bU
fete In his honor and will present to him n
handhomo gold medal.
\ouiia l.oulii't ritslilH n Diifl.
Paul Loubet , though by order of his
fntbor , IJmlle , nil the newspapers were told
In advanto of the nttnlr , arranged and
fought u duel on Wednesday with M ban-
nay , who had written to him disre
spectfully about the president of the repub
lic IbiiiiK Ixiubet wounded his adversary ,
the bullet lodging In Hie lefl shoulder. The
presldenl'u sons were oul of patience with
thu Bcunllous attacks ngnlnsl their father
an 1 announced saint ) time ago the ) would
light any duilng lo Insult him
M henndro , dtsigner of mo t ot the anll-
llrltlsh cnrkntuu'H which aroused Colonlil
Secretary Chamberlain's wrath , has Just
been madea chevalier ot the Legion nt
Honor
Deputy Luclen Mlllevojo will , early In
the silling cf the chamber , demand ex
planations from the government on what II
Intends to do In regard to M. Do lllowltz.
the London Times' Paris correspondent. Do
Jllowltz , since the hi ginning of the Trans-
vaiil war has been bending the most
ucurrllous letters ngaluat Trance lioth the
public nnd the govurnmcnl olllclals mo now
thoroughly aroused against him. Such a
campaign of whit Is described as dellhernto
llng nn I mlbrvprcscntatlon would certainly
have resulted In thu expulsion ef any other
member of the foreign pretH. but DB
moult : , who Is n German by birth , got
naturalized us a Trcnchman long ago In
order to nvold this MIlle\o > o says ho will
n K 'com the chimbcr whether detainers and
8iles | can thwait the purpose of the Ins
and pl > their nefarious business in security
b > becoming cltUeiiH of the country the ) uro
under salary to Insult and Injure.
l.onu l.lfn Sfriini.
Dr MetchnlUoff , dlbcoxcrer of the "long
llfo Boruins. " toys of the anll-ilcohollc
fccrum "I have no time lo waste on the work
of auch empirical quacks ns the Inventors of
that stuff" Other prominent scientists taKe
the sauio vie * . The academy of medicine
has not jet reported on Mia antl-alcohollu
wruiu
LeMatln , founded hero b > twn Americans
tin > ears ago has now grown to bo one
of the most powerful newt > pappru In Paris
Six months ago It rdlsed enough money In
one week to build two submarine boats
LP Tnncals anil IVAtgeilom which It pre
sented to the government , securing at the
some tlmo a dtcroe ordering ten more
Now the same paper devotes $200,000 to
equip a survcjlng mission for the Trans-
snhara railroad declining to accept nnj help
In equipping It The Trnnssalmrlan rail
road Is destined to link Algeria with the
Trench Soudan nnd the heart of Africa. It
has long been advocated b > Lcroy , Ueaulleu
and other prominent economists , but the
powerful Rtoamor lines have eo far defeated
the project
The nationalists iinanlmouMy regard the
promotion of the Fnshoda hero , Mnrchond , to
bo a lieutenant colonel , ns nn nttempl by
Iho government lo placate public resent
ment on account o'f Paul Dcroulede's ban
ishment. More sensible opinion points out
the fact that Captain Traystnetler was also
promoted to be n major , ridiculing the Idea
tint the publlr cares about Dcroulcde or
that the cabinet In afraid of the natlomllst
party.
I.cniIHO Xlatvsct , the Trench governws who
wns hanged In London last Tuesday for kill
ing her little son , was firmly believed to be
Innocent on this sldo of the channel The
Ihotisand of the bcsl Krcnch women ad
dressed to Queen Victoria n petition for
the pardon ot the joung woman , but the
queen refused to Interfere The Paris press
denounces the queen's course as a "low re-
vcngo" for anti-British nttncks , Louise
Mnsscfs Innocence being held ccrtnln. Col-
umnn nre devoted to the subject , nnd the
case rivals In Interest nnd Importance the
Mnybrlck nffnlr.
Miltiip of AVnnlilliKton.
The Paris Municipal council has desig
nated u very good spot for the crecllon of
Iho stnliie of Washington presentwl lo the
city of Paris by tl'c American women ,
namely , Place D'lena , at the Junction of
Avenue du Trocadcro and Avenue D'Icna
The aldermen at Ihe bame time voted thanks
to the American donors
Jean do rteszko's musical Institute for
Americans Is not going to adorn the Boule
vard Mnleshcrbes as soon ns expected bj
the tenor It does not meet wllh the en
couraging financial support he expected
ftom his United States admirers nnd as he
Is unwilling to risk his own foitune , his
beautiful scheme , De Itcszko himself ad
mits. Is likely to bo burled flnallv
Among the skaters on the lake of the
Club du Bols do Boulogne a lall figure
clad In fur cap nnd reindeer bkln coa * Is
attracting attention by his biiperb skill as n
skater He la Ilerr L Moller , editor and pub
lisher of the KalortKmlk , , i paper printed In
the llttlo town ot Godthiab , Greenland
Iho Kalorlkmlk Is n monthly periodical
and constsls of three columns of mailer.
It Is written In the Esquimaux longue and
Is composed , prlnled and distributed by the
editor In person. The lerms of snbscrlp-
llon arc Two elder ducks tor a quarler
nnd n seal for a vcar , while for single
copies a dabchlck , a common sea blid up
in Hint region and one very delicious lo
cat. The 'enterprise has paid Herr Moller
well and for a Groenlnnder he Is wealthy
lion Walter Rothschild , the eldest son
nnd heir of Lord Rothschild , hns been ro-
jeclrd for service wllh Iho jeomanry on Ihe
ground of his weight , which was about 200
pounds.
SHOOTS DENVER POST MEN
Ijiiwjer EntcrM the AcY > iiniier
Illlll IltM' x Hunt tfttMliilv. " "l tls
I'roiirlctom.
DENVER , Jan. 13. H. H. Tammen , ono
of the proprietors ot the Denver Post , was
bhot several times nl Iho office of lhat ncws-
pnper at noon today by W. W. Anderson , an j |
attorney. The cause has not yet been
learned |
Attorney Anderson also shot Tammen's
partner , Trcderlck G. Bonfils Both the pub
lishers , are severely wounded.
Tammen has been associated with Fred
erick G. Bonfils , formerly ot Kansas City , In
the publlcallon ot the Post since 1815. Mr.
Tammen was founder of the Great Divide , a
monthly magazine , the publication of which
wns begun In this city , but which was sub
sequently removed to Chicago. Ho Is pro
prietor of one of the leading curio stores In r
the west j ! 1
Anderhon went lo Iho editorial rooms of
the Post and entered the office of Bonfils
and lummcn Polly Pry , a well known.
newspaper woman , was also In 'ho reemIt
It is understood thai Anderson objeclcd to i
something that had appeared In the Post
and demanded retraction , nnd that Bonfils
nnd Tammen both attempted to put him out | [ j
of the olllco Then he commenced to shoot
As he wns lenvlng the Post olfico Ihe lawyer
bald Mill Bonfils and Tnmmen both attacked
him ami that he used his revolver In self- > ,
defense. I i
Tammen nnd Bonfils say that Anderson I
walked Into tlielr office and commenced
shoollng wllhout moro ado.
"Anderson came In nnd commenced shootIng -
Ing al oiK'e , " bald Tammen "Ho shot Bon
fils nnd Mien cumo nftcr me He follow CM I
mo up nnd hemmed mo In ono of the cor-
neis Polly Pry Jumped In front of mo nnd i
trli'd to shield mo She saved mo from
being killed , allhough she could not ptolect
mo from being shol. "
Two of Anderson's shols are said lo have
wounded Bonfils , one In Iho sldo nnd the
other In the arm Tammen wnh ehot In Ihe
shoulder , Iho bullet going Into his breast
The physlclnns , from their hasty examina
tions , declared the wounds were not danger
ous , although a closer examination might
show them to be otherwise.
Both of the wounded publishers are restIng -
Ing comfortably tonlghl Mr Tnmrnen's
Injuries , though painful , nro not dnngerous
Mr Donfllu' condition is critical , one bullet
having lodged In the neck In the region ot
the great blood vessels and nerves
NAME OF VESSEL IS UNKNOWN
Wentlier ( 'onlliitu-H IliiiiKli mill I'Mnli-
< ! men Inplile to Iloniil Wreck
I Near M , .loliiiH ,
ST JOHNS , N T , Jnn 13 The name
of the wrecked vessel Is still unknown i
The weather continues rough today and the
fisher folk WUA unable to board It. The 1
wreck ,1s almost wholly submerged and the j |
hull Is bully battered There Is a notice.-
ublo Improvement In the weather tonight
and it Is believed it will bo possible to get
full news tomorrow
At present the eas nro breaking over the
ship nnd running mountain high against
the rocks Much wreckage Is strewn along
the slrund , nnd many bodies , some of them
dismembered , nro visible Portions of the
boats remain hooked to the blacks nnd
this is tnKcn to Indicate that the boats wore
swampul In lowering and that their creno
perished Most of the bodies nro only half
clotlud.
HALITAX. N. S. , Jan 13 The Allan
steamer. Corean , arrived tonight from
Glasgow and Liverpool via St Johns , N T
The Corean wns twenty-four hours overdue
and It had been foaiod that the steamer
wrecked at St Mury'B bay was this boat
Three I'etinle llnrneil < < llrntli.
Niw YORK Jan 13 Three people vvere
burned to death In u two-story frome duell
ing on Pint t > truet Corona I * I They nre
i Elizabeth Campbell 49 years tild Jennie
Campbell 21 yours old and Archie Camp
bell , 10 i curst old The i.iuhc of the tire IH
unknown The damage will amount to
about fl,0i * >
JEALOUSY CROPS OUT
Wolseley Not Eunmortd with Either Lord
Roberta or General Kitchener.
8ULLER SAID TO DESPISE HIS NEW CHIEF
New Commander is Hnmperod at the OuUet
of His Campaign.
STORM BREAKING OVER WAR OFFICE
Showing a Disposition Now to Take Advice
of Well-Posted Men.
CHANGE TOO LATE TO SAVE DISASTER
Inilirrlnl 1 coiiiimry IVnt Up ( n the
.Mur I. OtllciTN fitrr ) All Sort * of
UN UIIKKHKC.
( Copvrlghl , 1000 , by Associated Press )
LONDON , Jan. 13 The time has come
when the people of Great Britain no longer
keep silent regarding the mismanagement
ot the war. The lloodgatcs of criticism have
been opened and under Iho slream of ad
verse comment pouilng forth rcputntlona
nro wilting. The sleru upbraiding of Ihe
governmenl by papers that almost for n
century have been conservallvo has already
been touched upon In these dispatches
Abuse of the War ofllce has alwavs existed
and now It Is only n few degrees more bit
ter than II wns before. Whal chlelly marks
Ihe passing of Ihe Brltlsn irom a period ot
passive discontent to most aevere fault
finding , Is the oulspoken nbuse ot their
gcnerils In the field There nre unpleasant
stories ot fierce service , Jealousies and. In
short , all the army's shortcomings , which
neictofore have been secrelly whispered In
clubs , are Ibis week finding their place In
print nnd not In dlsreputnble Journals , but
in orgiMiu Mini n mouth ago would have
fiercely denounced such tales ns unpatriotic ,
whether they were true or othernlHe.
It Is now well known thai General Buller
despises Tleld Marshal Lord Roberts and
hales General Lord Kitchener , that Lord
Wolseley , the commandcr-ln-chlef , shares
General Bullcr's feelings and that Wolseley
Is scarcely on speaking terms with the sec-
relarj ot ctate for war , Lord Lansdowne.
To such a flagrant e\lenl does Ibis enmity
go tliat Lord Wolseley wrole lo Lady Buller
lhat ho knew nolhlng about Lord Roberts'
appointment to command the British troops
In South Africa nnd that ho disapproved of
It. Without enormous obst.vcles to overcome
In the way ot the Boers' btrenuous resist
ance and Initial advantages , Mils condition
of affairs between the army leaders would
constitute a stupendous drawback to the
success of the British. Ono paper , usually
well Informed on service mailers , declares
It is quite likely that General Buller will
throw up his command and come home and
be a thorn In the side of the government.
This Is probably an exaggeration , but It Is
ndmltted on all sides that ho Is likely to
make himself as disagreeable as possible to
"Lord Poberts.
The officer to whom this remark was
made has como home , demanding a trial
by court-martial , but It Is probable that ho
will not get 11.
Generals While , Gnlncie , Clery and
French all como in for Ihelr share of abuse
and Ihere Is evidence presenled that the
senior generals nro divided against Ihem-
selves.
Where Will It Kiid.
How all Ihls will end if the campaign
drags on much longer without serious
change for the better , no ono can toll. The
resignation of Lord Wolseley would not sur
prise those who nre cognizant of the Inner
workings ot Iho War oince. A great victory
would probably quiet t'ac feeling of dlscon-
tent till Ihe day of reckoning In Parliament
arrived. Bui , lacking lhal , Ihcro seems
pending an unheaval whlsh bodes ill for Ihe
governmenl , the War office and some of the
generals In the field , for these rankling *
nre current , not so much among the lower
sensation-loving classes , but among the
highest born nnd most ovcu-mlndcd of Great
Britain's best citizens.
Nor Is the dlscontcnl confined to the In-
action of the generals Several ot Iho most
powerful civilian factors in English life ,
some ot them almost as much financially
Interested In the future of South Africa as
,1110 government itself , have repeatedly
urged certain reforms In the methods of
carrying on the war , nol meddling wllh Ihe
purely mllllary phases , bul offering , for In
stance , to purclnso horses for Ihe Cape ,
pointing out n betler method of transport ,
urging n more vigorous campaign , ghlng
information as to the best routes toward the
objective nnd supporting ovcrjthing by ex
port witnesses brought , often at n great
expense , from the Cape.
A repiesentnllvo of the Associated Press
learns thai a dlsllngulshed body. Including
a former governor nnd about a do/en men
who have held civil , military or Irregular
positions of control during Iho recent troub
les In South Africa , waited on Major Gen
eral Ardngh , director of the military intelli
gence department of Ihe War office , every
week previous lo lhal which marked the
three dlnsters lo Ihe British arms. These
men begged General Ardagh to accept cer
tain offers and Intimated thai ho had under-
efctlmntod Iho opponlng forces The general
Ilslened and replied "Thank you , genllo-
men But you are wrong. We outnumber
them al every polnl and we have gel 'em
like that" Thereupon General Ardagh
banged his open palms togelher.
Ae < < ! > I Ail * let ; nt I.nut.
Ill spite of this discouragement Iho men
referred to repealed Ihelr offers and the
War office now eeoms to have awakened lethe
the seriousness of the position nnd the of-
ficlnls nro likely to nccept one of the most
daring projects over undertaken , the full
scope of which the Associated Press Is next
nt liberty to disclose , but which , If jier-
fcctcd , will work , Independenlly of the War
ottlce , to achieve ono of the most Important
British objectives.
The Imperial Yeomanry , after the first
flush of public applause. Is being Judged
gingerly It Is dawning on the minds of all
what Great Britain wants is rough riders
after itho tjpo of the American cavalrymen
and frequent comments appear pointing out
that the average ) coniflii , who Is a farmer ,
docs not come up lo this standard , whllo
the average lordllng who adds brilliancy
to the force Is not generally much nearer
the mark In Mils respept than his jeoman
< tenant , that boih have far less military
training than the members of the volunteer
force and U Is a fact that a laigo per
centage of the enrolled Imperial Yeomen
have never served even In the veomanr )
\ \ hat Is being forced on the War office ls
Mint ICO colonials , accustomed to bush
whacking and scouting , are worth 1000
English clerks and farmers To llncl In
stances of the appalling Impracticability dls-
tlcguishlng the formation of Great Britain s
irregular coips it Is only necessary to read
the list of the kit being taken out by the
, City of London volunteers , The officers of
this bodj carry to the plains of South Africa
nn air pillow , cork mattress , canvas basin ,
canvas bucket , < x tin bsx of rnndlcs , n
lantern , a filter and n host ot other Impedi
ments ilmt an American officer would burn
before starting on n ten-mile march , while
the men are laden with four pairs of pant' ,
four pairs of shoes , three caps , pajamas ,
two largo Turkish towels , n ttlier , o clothes
brush , n writing portfolio miijlfiS&r & domestic
articles. No wonder the B f forces arc
not mobile
The revival of "She StVKflo Conquer"
Tuesday and "A MUIatimmojEphi's Dream"
nt Her Mnjestv's Mientcr. Jnesday , have
given a decided Impetus 100 languid the
atrical eeason.
SAM.SIH HV LOOKS
llclliMc' * Siilvnlloii HiiiKtninl l > o-
liriuls I IMIII
( Copj right , 1MO , bv IWRlatod Press
LONDON , Jan. 13 The frivolity dls-
plived in his recent speeches bv Bilfour ,
the government lender In the II use of Com
mons , has Inii'lcd ' what has been kiiiwn : > s
the strongcsl governmenl ot mndcrn limes
In Iho aloiigh , from which cxtrl atlon Is
dinicult. If not doubtful Ills llghl-heartel
remarUj which were pleasantly accepted by
the nntIon when times wrro good ami nil
was well , were offensive to a people mourn
ing for lost sons and deeply angered by
unprecedented reverses
Balfour , If ho had tried , could not have
more successfully put his countrjmen on
edge , and when Lord Sallsbwj epeaks ho
will have much to ntone for. The memory
j of Clnnibcrlaln's alliance speech wns dying
| away before Bilfout put hla foot still deeper
In Iho mire The conserjatlvea devoutly
hope Baltour will follow Chamberlain's ex
ample and keep n discreet silence Au
j I the Saturday Review , ono'of the govern-
i ment's stnunchcsi supporters , puts it.
' "Ihe ndmlnlstiatlon Is now face to fa e
nol with the opposition ) but with the
nation. II Is n crisis out of which several
must come with repulallons smirched and
may pceslbly icsult In the wreck of the
government. In any casojn rcconstiuctlon
lot Iho cabinet seems Inevitable"
I j I The Speclator protests against making
Balfour the scapegoat and declares that
| though Lord Salisbury Is still the wise mind
| ' In Ihe empire , II Is impossible for him lo
| i conllnuo ns prime minister and foreign
i minister. It advocates his retention at the
head of the foiclgn office and the nppolnt-
menl of Balfour ns premier , the mnrquls .
of Lansdowne being succeeded at the War j
olllco by II. Arnold-roster. The tame
paper , grnvcly reviewing the serious mil
itary conditions of the country , ndvocatcs
nn elaborate plan for homo defense , Includ
ing a volunleer army , recruited from civil
ians and former soldiers , who would not
bo called out except In case of Invasion , but
which would form a nucleus to the standing
army to bo sent abroad wlthoul qualms
"If wo are lo escape conscription , " says
the Outlook , "tho public must be educate 1 j
1 to take a moro serious discriminating and j I
I self-sacrificing Interest In the army " ! i
j In the meanwhile , so the Associated Press I
leirns , Lord Salisbury does not mean to
be Inacllve. Ho believes Iho sulvaM-m ot |
Greal Brllaln's nillllary system depends on
General Lord Kitchener , In whom he has
i long had Implicit faith. It has already
1 been' planned that If Lords Roberts and
I Kitchener bring thecnmpalgn to n sue- j
i cessful termlnalion the latler will be
brought homo to honors almost equal to
those of Ibe duk.e ofAyollliKlon. , , He will
be put Into lbe\Vai ofl'iefiV'i ' < rwlYi ] given
a fice hind To brush uway the cobwebs
which clog the British army. Lord Rob-
c erte , ot course , will not be neglected , but
I then he would bo lee old for such work as
Is outlined for Lord Kitchener.
I Perhaps before this can bo accomplished
Lord Salisbury will bo out ot power and
I Lord Kitchener will be discredited , but upon
'such ' rehabilitation , by means of a joung
and brilliant agent , has the heart of the
British premier been set. It remains to
be seen whether fate will enable him to
I carry It out. Mention of Lord Kitchener
Is Inseparably connected wllh Khailoum.
i where 11 was announced this week , the first
j j train from Cairo had arrived. ,
i Balfour's statement that Ihrco army corps
I were placed In Iho field wllhoiil a hitch has
given the critics nn elegant and not wasted
opporlunlty to slalo lhal , allhough Ihe In
dividuals who make up Ihe Ihrce corps arc
on Ihelr way to South Africa , they only
have the artillery requisite to Iho British
regulalions for ono corrs , while In cavnliy
and army service componenls Ihey are al
most equally deficient , proving the very
lack of organization so frequently laid at
the door of the War office.
j j YOUNG \ST01l MtST STIY AT IIOMH.
1 ' Kilt her ItrfiiMpN to Allow Him to Kil-
i i llHt ttltli Imperial Yfoiiiiiiirj.
( Cop right. 1900 , by Press Publishing Co )
'
LONDON , Jan. n ( New York World Ca-
I blegram Special Telegram ) William Wai-
dot fstor's oldest son aidently ( Usliol to
] volunteer for service In South Africa with
Iho Imperial Yeomanry , In company wllh
several of his companions , but his fathci
; refused lo allow him lo do so Young
Aatoi Is said lo feel his position Keenly , as
It is quite the cult among hla college com-
ladcs to volunteer , und Ihoso who slay b3-
hlnd lose caste ,
Waldorf Abtor's friends regard his refusal
as a mistake , for service In this war by
his eldest son would establish his p-sltlon
ns nn English citizen in a way that even the
handsomest donation to the war fund can
not do. In one direction or another Waldorf
Astor hns already given nearly $70,000 to
war charities
Alfred Belt , however , heads the list of
millionaire donois , with $250,000 to the Im
perial Yeomanry and $25,000 to other funds
HAUL 01' 11SSIJY I1 * TOO POOH TO ( JO.
t'lialilio l'n > Illn Ilclilx III Tlmo ( o
Sail for War.
( Copv right , l')00 , by Prrss Publishing Co )
LONDON , Jan 13 ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram ) The reasonn
the earl of Kescx has not gone to war nre
principally pecuniary. He Is not well off
Although ho was doing well In the Stock
exchange , he suffered heavily in the last
slump At different times ho has had to
negotiate largo loans by llfo Insurance and
now the latcs are so raised on account of
war risks that ho l unable to pay the sums
necessary before bo could get away.
U was u disappointment to htm and a ho
to Lady Essex , vv'io had Intended to go wllh
him as ii Red CIOES nurse. She will bo
aided by Mrs Brown Potter In having an
entertainment for the war fund at Watford
this week
The countess of Essex was formerly Miss
Adola Grant of New York. She married
the call six > ears ago.
Mil * I'llll'Ilt * of Ol'CIIII Vl'Hxl'lH , Jill ) , tl. !
Al New York Arrive. ! Utrurln , from
Liverpool ; Wlllehnd trom Hn men ; Mui-
qupltc , from London. Norge , from Copen
hagen , ele Sailed Samalan , for Olns-
KOVV Lucanln , for Liverpool , Belgravla ,
fur Hnmliurg
Al Yokohama Arrived America Jinru ,
from San Tranclnco , via Honolulu , for
Hone KUIIK
At Anlvverp Snllod Soulhwurk , for New
York
At Liverpool Siillcd Cnmpanlii , for New
York.
At QurviiHtovvn Arrlvd Germanic , from
New York for Liverpool
At Naiileii Arrived \Vrru. fiotn New-
York , and proceoiU'd for ( jenon
At Rotterdam Sailed Rotterdam. for
New York
At Cherbourg -Sailed New York , from
Bouthamptun , f > r New York.
vp
C
Univenal Condemnation of the Bntih Min
istry Indulged In ,
SITUATION UNPARALLELED IN HISTORY
Grant Britain on the Threshold of a Calam
itous Period.
NOSTATESMVN IQIMLTO THE SITUATION
Ono is Needed Badly ns Well as a General in
the Field.
CABINET RECONSTRUCTION A CERTAINTY
liilii N Ivpi-nliiKT Uiilfl anil
Snlil to lie 1'laiillliiK lo lict the
HrliiH of ( ! iiv ermnoiit In
HIM DunilnKitin. .
( Copyright , 1100 , by Press Publishing Co ) |
LONDON , Jan. 13 ( New York World I
Cablegram Special Telegram ) The rolltl- I
cal slumllon here is absolutely unpainllcled ,
leading unionist papers In London and J ; I
throughout the counts } vicing with each
other In denunciation of the cabinet.
No ministry ever expcileuced such a uni
versal consensus of condemnation and lived
i
n week , but that Is the least deplorable I
feature of England's predicament Crlt'ciMii ' I
tl.ero Is In Inexhaustible abundance , but ot .
the civic courngo needed lo replace Mils I
discredited ministry and face the empire a I
difficulties Ihcie Is none |
The temper nud attitude of the political
parties Is only explicable on the assumption
ot an Inward conviction that Great Britain
Is only on the threshold of n calamitous ,
perhaps fatal , period Novel In Its annals
his the empire more dcsperntcly needed a j
statesman at Westminster and n geue : il In
the Held , but neither is forthcoming Eng
land has fallen upon nn era of niedlocril' ' " " ,
Iho position of the government Ins become
Intolerable and Its members nre suspected
of planning to crown the ollllco of their
failure by deliberately riding for a fall.
Parliament ha- > been summoned a month
earlier than was Intended a forlnlght ago
The ministers seem to hope It nny offei a
short way out of their awful responsibilities
They are credited wllh Intending to give
Ihelr own disaffected majority the alterna-
live between a cessation of criticism or their
surrender of office. The scheme of the
liberals Is to sll tight and allow the uilu-
l&lerlal dlsconlcnt to provoke the apparent
Inovldent crlals Office Is worthless and 1m-
possible to the liberals , who have neither a
policy nor a leader.
CrMnet llccuiiNtruutlon.
The reconstruction of the exlsllng cabinet
on Iho lines previously predlcled Is rccog-
nlcd as the only way out , but It Is very
] doubtful If Lord Rosebery , lAsqulth or Grey ,
who Indlscrcelly plunged Inlo Ihe Jingo
ltdo and are now nonplussed by Us sudden
i ebb , will Join a cabinet for mitlonal defense.
i In this panlc-strltken chaos there evl-
1 dcntly Is an opening for a cool , ambitious
man llko Chamberlain , who will undoubtedly
make one moro bold bid for power before
ho goes permanently under. Salisbury , aged
and broken down , Balfour , disgusted and
worried , and Dcvonshlrp , bored to dealh ,
are not likely lo make a resolulo flghl
against Chamberlain , while the remainder
of the cabinet nro mere deadheads. Cham
berlain has cleverly kept perfectly quiet
' While the jingo papers ar pounding awny
1 dally at the War office , he has afforded no
opening for a diversion against himself and
i so strong is 'the ' partisan feeling , even In
1 the face of such stupendous dangers as now
threaten England , that an onslaught on him
by the radicals when Parllaraenl assembles
1 would regain for him sympalhy and power j
on his own side |
I The Parliament that opens on June 30
i will bo big with fate , not only lo the lead-
I erb , but the parties , and perhaps the empire
BRYCE WILL NOT ANSWER
llfll-H N0 < ( "flllHllltT . W. SlIllllloj'N At-
tnckH I IIIMI Illlll Wortlij
of MM Notice.
( Copyilght , 1900 , bv Piess Publishing Co )
LONDON , Jan. 13 ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram ) Ex-Cabinet
Minister James Uryce , author of the "Ameri
can Commonwealth , " does not think G W.
Smallo's pertinacious nttneks on him In
the London Times for his rroolute hostlllly
to the South African war worthy of notice
I ottered to cable any rcplj Mr Brjce chose
to print , and received the following reply
"I am obliged for your lettei offering lo
tiansmlt any remarks I might make re
garding the attacks made on mo by the
i Now York correspondent of the Times. They
do not , however , seem to deserve any notice
from me. "
Smalley attributes Amcilcan disapproval
of the Transvaal war to Mr. Br > co and a
newspaper which ho describes as "President
Kriiger's organ , " nnd almost dally serves
up editorial quotations from the Commoi-
clnl Adverllscr ns expressing Iho "best opin
ion ot the best Americans "
The dispatch last Sunday giving Prof ,
Bryco's Iho conclusive reasons against the
i war drew from Smalley a violent attack on
Brvce , on which the Westminster Gazette
editorially observes "Snnlley really sur
passes himself in his attack once uguln on
Mr Brjce. "
Seizing the fact that the New York World
has quoted Historian Brjco as agulnst the
war , Smalley actually cables to the Tlmen.
"Ilryco docs not reach the minds of those
best Americans In whom his partisan views
might stir a Intred of England they are
too Intelligent , too well Informed and too
sincerely friendly to England. But lo Ihose
Americans who are ncllher Informed nor
friendly ho has become an oracle and from
the lilsh-Amcrlcan enemies of England any
Englishman bearing false witness against
the English Is sure of a cordial welcome. To
treat lirjco as a person bearing false wll-
nesH against his country Is of a piece with
all the other efforts made to Insult or muzrlo
thftio who ventured to criticise the policy
of the Inevitable war "
An extraordinary story Is current hero
which explains the complete fore-arming
of thu Boer republics In antlclpatl n of
British provocation of Ihe war U Is alleged
lhat a promlncnl member ot the Rhodoelan
ccterle which plotted the war gave Information
mation from an early stage In ( bo con
spiracy to the Pretoria government , which
was thus cognizant of every move of their
rnrmles , and even of the purport of the
meat confidential communication * between
the leaders In South Africa and their agents
In England who deall with Colonial Secre
tary Chamberlain and other members of the
government Jealousy Is mentioned as the
motive of this treachery Two beautiful
women were Intimately mixed up with the
conspiracy , and the preference shown by
THE Bc.E BULLETIN ,
cnlhor Torei-n l for Ncbra'kn -
T.tlr. Northt'tl } Winds
1'n.jp
1 Vmerlen nt I'nrM i\iiiixltliin.
. ) oiilou le Xinoiiu KniillNli Olllt'ers.
KnulUli t nlilnet I rltlrlit tl.
Ilrlllili OlllcftN llnril 1'redj.eil.
1 ! IviMiliu'Ulntit Nine Slnietnent ,
Hello Mcreliniitw VAi'iil Ontunm'x.
! l t'liriisKn Neux.
Xiiii'N Miutir riictitiM Oiieneil.
I Illllllllll Snell-M NelVN.
* > Itovviiionu Ioral llemoerals.
Soillll Oltlllllll NeVV .
( I I lllillfll "lulls l.oeill Matter * .
lllVVH NtM\H Illlll ( Olllltieltl.
7 l'roKii | > rlt > n ( aiiiiuilKii limits
hitoutliN Department ,
( ieneinl Miinton HI ,
\\eet.l } Siortltit | | Hevlen.
II ) Moih-N of VliiNl.n.
tIn llii > Doiniilii of Woiiiiiu ,
1.1 \ \ eeklVtllllNeitteilt II\I M\ .
\\ee1tlv MtiNlenl lie * leu.
I I llillloi Inl iiiiil ( ninmetit.
J.I Trill'IVM * of 'I eleiinlli } .
1'liiinl I.lu > In Outtioiuco ,
III "TinIVe of tlitlinN. . "
IT Conilltlon of Oinnhii's 'I mile.
Cniumei elal mill riniiiielnl NiM > .i.
IllClnrU llrlliei > li csllmitloii.
! _ ( > Com I Ilims.salailei lleatljniitcil.
Tempi-mini < nl Oninliii jmlerilii ) i
Hour. Di-u. Hour , le - .
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i
one of them for n more fortumto confed-
crate aiousocl the Idea of ft ust nit ing the
plot nnil ruining nil those concerned
The nichhcH nt Pretoria are said to con-
tain a complete history of theRholrslnn
ccuspliacvlilch would duly be brought
to light when pence negotiations nilso and
tan be used with especial effect If the Hoots
cntci upon thi'in at a disadvantage This
story Ins caused the utmost ronslci nation
among the leading South African financier. !
and mi energetic attempt Is being made to
DIVIDENDS FOR CHAMBERLAINS
Member of ( oloiilnl Src-rc-
I'll in ll > lciiilii | r Pliiiinolal
l Out ot War.
( Copyright , 1800 , by Piess Publishing Co )
LONDON , Jan 13. ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram ) The Ky -
noch Small Anna and Ammunition company
of Birmingham has supplied a largo pro
portion of the cartridges that nro being used
by the Boeis nnd are now working double
shifts diy nnd night turning out ammuni
tion for Iho British forces
An Investigation at the Joint stock com
pany's department nt Somerset House ( In
land revenue offices ) shows thai Iho Cham
berlain family own $800,000 worth ot stock
In that company Every member ot the
family , except the colonial secretary , is a
Inrgo holder All bis tons and daughters
are among them
Thus this war Is enabling the Kynoch
company lo earn heavy dividends.
FEAR OF AN INDfAN UPRISING
Serlonn Condition In Nordic-Mi Cim-
nilu Ottilia ( o ( lie Wltliilraual
of .lloniileil 1'ollue.
MONTREAL , Jan 13 There Is fear of
the Canadian Indians In the northuost
rising owing lo the withdrawal of some
of the mounted police for Ihe Transvaal.
The condlllon Is considered serious. Clifford '
Slftou , minister of the Interior , aud the ,
commissioner have telegraphed the Indian I
agents to warn the Indians that misconduct I
on their pait will mean a stoppage of ; i |
governmenl bounly and any oulbreak will I
bo suppieased by forco. The while men
and halfbrceds , who have been doing Ihelr
bcs > t to create Irouble , will bo made to leave
the country. The Department of the In
terior was Informed by cipher telegram
lhat a serious state of affairs exists In the
northein poitlons of Asslnlbola nnd Albertn ,
along the Saskatchewan. j
The Indians of the northern district , prln- '
clpally the Crees , it appears have been
taking a great Interest In the South African
| war nud have been most nnxlous to get
every scrap of news concerning It. At first
their anxiety to get news seemed to bo
that merely as members of a lighting race ,
who took an Intelcst In nny trouble any
where , bul within the Insl forlnlght affnlrs
have lakcn on a dnngerous aspect i
j White men , advcntureis of a most undoI I
I slrable type , have been tolling Iho Crees j
that the British government is doing exactly
, what the Indians believe the Canadian gov-
eminent did in ISSo thait Is , attempting to
steal from the Boors- the lands upon which
their fathers lived and which belong lo them
Just as much , as In thu belief of the Cree
braves of a decade nnd a half ngo , the whole
i northwest belonged lo the red men The
Indian ngcnls nnd Iho mounted police hnvo
found the Crees to bo oxclted by thcso
talcs nnd In some cases Hie agents have
gone lo Iho trouble of frying lo couiilernct
the reports by getting the aborigines lo-
gclher.
SNUB RESENTED BY EDITORS
SI. IOIIM | I'aiteiN AIiNoliilely Ignore
llaniinet lo I'renlilent Iliullej
of \ : le.
ST. LOUIS , .Inn 13 Arthur Twining
Hadley , president of Ynlo university , was j
Iho honored gucsl of the Yule Alumul nsso- |
elation of St Louis at a banquet today at ,
the Noonday club. Mr. Hadley Is making a
tour of lhe wc-sl for Ihu purpose of acquaint
ing himself mere familiarly with former
atudents of Yolo university
Owing to thu fact that the managers of
Ihe banquel nfloicd an affront to all the re
porters of all thr < St Louis papers they will
absolutely Ignore Iho banquel and Mr. Had-
Ipy's speech In Sunday morning's Issue
The piess rejiicsenlallves were denied ad
mittance to the banquet hull , being com
pelled to Hit In an anteroom , and were ten
dered , but refused , supper In the kitchen
These Indignities wrro communicated lo the
city editors , who mutually agreed to with
draw Ihelr men and print nothing regarding
the affair President Hadley was In no way
responsible for the unpleasantness
JliiU-cr'H trri'Nt Develop * SiiriirlxrN.
ST LOUIS , Jan 13 - The nrrcst of John
W linker , head of the Urn * of John W
Bakir iCe commission brokers , on the
1 i harue of ublng "IP mulls lo defraud , has
I < Ic \tloi id a Biirprinl.ii ; < ondlt on of affalrx
Trom c'mplalntH in liln possession Chief
| "ostoll'ie Insijuclor Did < 'sllmnUs Mi it
Baker H out-of-town patrons have lost In tie
1 nggrt iute- over JiOO uOO Hv thinks the flgun
i inenUomil U final ! nnd him deddid lo In-
I ht'Kfite u searching InveHtluatlon to uncer
tain the full exti m of Bik < i s opirntlimii.
i > > l'rle < < foi Till'iii'iillne.
I ATLANTA Cn Ian n-Spirits of tur-
lifintlnt were quoted lnday at the Hoard of
1 Trade .U 51 ei inn ThlH Is j nc-vv uric i nol
only for thlx FC 8on but for mans veim
past The JilKhiHt price hiri-iofaru him been
5 < A cents whlih was icacheil u few vvec-ks
Several British Generals Victims of the
Strain of Wnr ,
YULE LIVING IN SlCi.USION IN LONDON
Syraons Rwhos to Death in Frotsj of
Despair nt Glencoo.
EVEN GENERAL BUILER IS SUFFERING
Kitchener , Tucker nnd French Solo IIopo of
the British Army ,
INDIGNATION OV R SHOOTING OF IRISHMEN
Cnlrrril Shot li > llctliiu-n DciitcnliMl
( iiMifinl InxllfN l.oril WiiUi-lc )
mill I'lliULof VVnli-H ( o Spend
fin tululii nl U inlilcr HlMT.
( Coin right. 1VX ! > , liv I'IPSM Publishing r.i )
LONDON' , Jan 13 ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegrnn ) Lord Methnen
la not the enl > victim of the strain in this
war. It Is now ndmltted c-vrrvwhoro that
General Sjmotis rushtd to his death In n
ficnz > of despair , seeing tlu > lliltlsh reg
iments beaten nt Glcnco' General Yule
has been ming In the strictest seclusion
slnco his arrival In London , llu Is premn-
luiely aged and fioble
General Barton , who led n brigade nf Co-
IniBo , Is said to have bte'i Invalided home.
Ho Is In thp same sad condition from the
terrible experiences of thai llghl
ivon : Gcciiral Buller's health. It Is de
clared , IH surfcilng giavelj , and if his new
movement falls It IK dee-mcd certain that he
will return Generals Kitchener , Hector ,
McDonald , Tucker nnd Krench nro now the
f.ole remaining hope of the British nunj
When Geneinl Kitchener was ordered to
South Africa ho wlted bnck
"I will accepl If i have carlo blanche lo
bring anj man 1 choose " The icpl.v gave
him cirte > blanche
Lidy Methucn denies Indignantly Mint
Loid Mcthucii Is elthei 111 or injmod. But.
unhuppllv , the War olllce not oiilj through
reports from the pilnclpal medical olllier
with Methucn nnd from responsible combat
ant officers , but In the character of Mi'thu-
en s own dispatches , which Inve hail to bo
almost entlrelj suppressed during the lust
month , hns abundant evidence of his Irre
sponsibility.
IiMltrN AVolHclo.i lo Modilcr It Ivor.
Ill OHO dispatch he Invited Lord Wolselov
and the prince of Wales to spend n forlnlght
on theModder river
Violent Indignation has been excited In
Ireland by the news that General Methucn
has oidercd two Irishmen who were cap
tured at Modder river lo be shot. The In
cident Is dcscilbed In a letter from Private
Sharp of the Tlrfit Shropshlrca aa followH
"While al Do Aar u man f > t the Gordon
Highlanders was taken out and shot for
cowardice. At Modder river Micro were also
shot nine Boors , or ralher seven Boers , who
bad fired on doUoiti , und tuo Irinhmcn oap-
lurcd nt Bclmont. They were placed la a
row , their hands were tied to a stake nnd
n company of the Cornwalla gave thorn
their last pill. They mndo the other Doers
see them tdiot and dig their holes. "
Steps have boon taken by Irishmen to
bring this Incident Immediately under the
notice of Dr. Lejds with a view to gelling
Ito Boer government to Intimate that re
prisals will bo taken on Hngllsh prisoners
If such nets arc repealed.
MOVEMENT TO STOP THE WAR
PrleiulH of 1'enee Acllvr In
Junorril li > .HIIKO PIM-MN ( ) r-
Klinl/e for \\orlt.
( Copyilght , 1100 , by Press Publishing Co )
LONDON , Jnn 13 ( Now York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram ) The move
ment to slop the war by mediation of the
United States hns powerfully stimulated thu
fi lends of peace , although the Jingo prejs
persistently Ignores the peace movement.
Among the prominent persons InlerestcJ nro
Ihe Right lion Leon ird Courtney , M. P. ,
Lord Coleridge , the bishop of Hereford , R.
C. Lehmnnn , Mrs. James Bryce , the coun
tess of Carlisle , Rev Stephen Gludstouo ,
Trcderle HiirUon Stead , John A. HODH n ,
II. W Masslngham , ex-Attorney General
Sir Robert Reid , K C Selous , ex-Mlnlstor
Shaw Lefevrc , Herbert Spencer , the dcnna
of Dm ham nnd Winchester and several
members of paillnmcnt
Inmimcrnblo nonconformlsl rleigymen on
Thurs lay packed a meellng held In Exelnr
hall uiidci Iho proslden-y of Rev Sllns
Hccklng Two icKolulloiiH vvero unan
imously adopted , Iho first pronounces the
war "a scandal to Christendom and a dis
grace lo elvlllznllon , " Mien expresses a do-
slro lo "pavo the way for an honorable
agreement , either by negotiation or the
mediation of some friendly neutral power
In accoidanco wllh Iho principles of The
Hague conference "
The second demands the dismissal of Co
lonial Secretary Clmmberlnln , declaring aa
dishonest his attempt to revive the suzer
ainty of 1881 , which was abandoned In 1881 ,
ci/ndemns / ns an act of distinct bad faith hla
repudiation of his own offer of a Joint com
mittee of Inquiry Into Iho Transvaal law
of a soveii-yi'nr franchise for oiitlnnders ,
the moment It was accepted by Kruger ,
nml rcgnrds with horror nnd Indignation
his cynlcnl udm'sslon thai thin bloody , dis
astrous war Is < luc to his failure In wrlle
an Intelligible dispatch In reply lo the offer
of a flvo-ycnr franchise
An Influential committee was appointed
and offers of hiipport nro pouring In from
nil parts of the kingdom.
Another committee of members of Par
liament Is bolne formed by Philip Stan
hope , John Burns and Lloyd George to uss
every means of forcing a full Inquiry Into
the Jameson raid to ascertain the extent
of the complicity of Secretary Chamlxrlnln
and other officials In the plot
But the most nffccilvo peace demonstra
tion posslblo was rffordcd by the scones at
the departure of the city Imperial volun
teers this morning. The route between the
city and the railway station was lined by
fully 250,000 of people , who so pressed
In upon Ihe khaki-clad corps as to make
progress nl times Impossible In Ihe cliy
propsr and al some oihor polnls Ihero was
wild cheering , but over the greater part
of the route Badnctw provalhsl Iho vast
crowd evidently was oppressed with the
horror of this bootless. Inglorious war
The volunteer ? , chltlly young men of
good business position , had hanging on their
arms mnartly dressed girls with tear-swollen
pyc > s An occasional goodby , good luck , may
God bring yen nafely back , was uttered in
a pathetic lone from the crowd , to which
the men despondently waved a reply
It was a tilgnlfiiant contrast lo the scenes
of light-hearted excitement Joyous exhilara
tion and fesiivu war songa which marked the
departure of the Guards u few wccki BGO ,