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mi m m t, The Omaha Sunday Bee. I PAGES 1 TO 10. PART I. ESTABLISHED JU2sE J J), 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY M01t2fI2fG, DECEMBER 20, 11)01 TWENTY PAGES. SIXGLIO COPY EtVE CliXTS. TnTiiTiirgiiBfcTiiTiiTfc 6 5 NG'S Qim Alixandra'i Dtiigs Said te 1 Net Due te Illaeis. EDWARD'S C8NDUCT AN ANNOYANCE Eojal Uihappiieii' ftrtlj Baud en" Old Debt Batdina, ROSEBERY GOES BACK INTO HIS SHELL Fiij Poig Owwhalmi Everjtkiij E!ti at Eeoial Crizi. DEWLT'S REAPPEARANCE IS APPALLING Ilrltnim I'cnr liner l.rnilrr Will Pro vide Anntlirr Catastrophe for (In; (IiifiiIiiu; of I'nrllu iii rut In Jntiitiiry. (Copyright, ltWl. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dee. 28. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Queen Al exandra' alleged Illness has been tho sub Jcct of tbo most animated gossip nt the ChrlHtmuB firesides of 'Vmart society." It Is asserted that the que en tins nut been III at all. The story goes that sho waH In- tensely annoyed nt thn public f iikh tbo king made over the chrlatciittiK of Mr. Ocorgo Keppcl'H nupbow, and, an u somewhat In consequent but nt tbc same time effectual mothod of "getting oveti," upset all King Edward's Christmas arrangements, At nil events, the kins was unexpectedly Etrondcd In London, with all his friends nwny, and ha condoled himself as best be could by lunchlnK Christmas day with tho Koppcls In I'ortman siiiuro und by pro posing hlniHcIf for dinner with tho duko und duchess of Connaught In tho evening Tho original troublo was aggravated. It 1h eald, by the fact that tho king gave ti certain woman un extremely costly present although tho royal puma hag been found unequal to providing tho queen with a per sonal royal crown ns dlstlngulRhcd from tho unbcromlng olllclal crown JowcIh. Tbo king Is much Htralncd financially. owing to tho drain of paying off his debts oh thn expenses of his present position do not allow for tho Having" bo had expected. Tho queen, too. Is extravagant and of 1111 extraordinary, determined, not to say ob- rtlnnto, disposition. So the king has his handfl full one way and another and tho family affairs appear to havo reached nn untimely crisis nt Christmas. Hiist-hcry Auillll ill Shell. The earl of Hosebcry has seemingly re tlrod Into his shell again. All efforts to draw him Into further public engagements have failed. Ho Buys bis next appearance will bo In the House nt Lords. He keeps nloof from both tho anti-war and tho Im perialist sections of tbo liberal party and each claltqs him us In tho main tho ex ponent of Its particular vlowe. Tho ministerialists vlow the. prospect of his continued nctlvlty with keen appro lienston, as they consider him tho oulv liberal who nan wilt the country from Its allegiance to tho Jingo government. Mr, Chamberlain says, privately, that Lord IlOEcbery Is not to bo counted with ns serious Inftuenco In public life. "Don't trouble nbout Hosebory; ho will end up by becoming president of tho ring Pong association," Is tho sarcastic ob nervation attributed to tho colonial secrc tary. On tho other hand, Iloseberry Is reported to havo bltlngly declnred: "Chamberlain Is merely a tradesman speculating In reac tion." I'Iiik I'iiiik tlie Social Crnir, I'lng pong, or tuhlo tennis, which ob tained a certain voguo lust wlntar, has de veloped this year Into a social crnzo of overwholmlugly dimensions. It Is pluyed everywhere In Pcckbatu us absorbingly as nt Park Laue. It not only Is tasctuattug, but cheap, and Is practicable on uny tablo of reasonable dimensions. Ono Loudon firm has sold a million sctB, It Is said, In three mouth3. A ping pong association has been formed under distinguished patronage to muko rules and arrangu championships. Suburbia bad a largely attcuded und ex citing tournumont at tho Iloynl Aquarium last week, lusting six dnjs. This week Uelgravln had Its moro select competition In Queen's hall. Sumu women havo at tained extraordinary prollcleucy. At tho Aquarium touruument one rally lasted olghty-scven strokes. Walking alotiR uny quiet thoroughfare In tbo West End or the suburbs tiny evening ono Is bound to hear tho ping pong of tho celluloid balls on parchment or strong rackets In almost' every other hotihr. Bridge cards havo been laid aside, motoring Is neglected, tho thcntoi'B are abandoned, bookh deserted, even tho war Is forgottou la tho wild delights of this new fad. lletvcl' Dramatic (liilliri'iiK. Dewet'a appalling reappearance at Zee- fonteln on Christmas evo has roughly fchnken thn optimism that had begun to pro vull respecting affairs of Kitchener's enra pslgn. Dowel undoubtedly arrange these nrfalrs with nu eye to druiuatlo effect. Kvcry lime Kugland bus been arranging a rejoicing ho or Hotlnt mukes some astound ing coup. Zcefonttin was Dewot's Christ mas present tor the British. It Is thought morally certain that ho will provide an other catastrophe for tho opening of Pnr Jlament, January IS. , The War nlllco has adopted a policy of trying to minimize tho calamities by giv ing out Information In driblets. Hut tho public bus become adept In reading be tween tho Unci of tho War otllco dispatches, no tho withholding of the full facts only arousen tho more alarm. lloer lictirriiln TilUc lilt in 't'ei'lli. U Is firmly believed here that tho Doer funerals aro wholly beyond control of tho i.r leaders at Tho Hague, Moreover, Dutch Premier Kuypcr's btatcment has aroused suspicion that European mediation or intervention Is nearer than It etcr has been. Hut tbo Uoor generals havo no Il lusions on tbul tcorc, nnd despite England's implacable determination to subdue or ex terminate them they express perfect confi dence in their ultimate triumph. Tho Wnr otlloo this week Issued a call tor 5,000 more Imperial yeomanry. Slmul tancously t promulgated n new scheme of training for the homo volunteers, which makes so heavy demand on the time ana the resources of tho men that they are warmly protesting. It changes tho wholo makeup of tho volunteer force. Tho strain of the war continues to In crease) In nil ltn most damaging and trylug uspects, whllu enthusiasm has deparUd and is replaced by a sullen conviction that the war must be carried on at all costs, being essential to tho sulvatlon of tbo British empire AIRSHIPS IN UNITED STATES nntns-I)uitiut Discusses UUrllhooil of Totirluu; lite Chief Amrr Inin Cities. (Copyright, 1W1, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 25. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) M. Santos- Dumont said to the World's correspondent today: "I am not averse to going to the United States. 1 may even announce posi tively that 1 Intend to go next summer. I received overtures lately from a committee of wealthy Americans for a tour of the movt Important American cities, sailing different nlrshlps a dozen times In each place. I am willing to do that because I am anxious not to let public Interest abate. It Is only through Instilling persistence In this fascinating problem in nil minds that wo may hope for rapid lmprbvcment. I am doing my best, but pcrhops I shall not be tho man who will solve tho problem, after P"' . ... "ono clause of tne American proposition referred to will draw mo there Irresistibly. The commltteo thinks of charging $1 ad mission to tbo enclosure from which I would start and to which I would return. Public Interest In America Is such that an Immense sum of money could bo raised to endow an International institute of aero nautics, which has long been my fond dream. This institute, endowed with say (3,000,000, would erect buildings nnd a gas factory and provide tho bet posslblo prac tical equipment of all kinds for balloon making and experimenting. A commission of oxperts from all countries should pass upon all plans of navigable balloons sub mitted and If It finds a promising one the Inventor should bo Invited to como nnd de velop his Idea under tho best ndvlco and with all facilities given him. "If we uliould gnthcr fifty or sixty ex perts, working separately or In common, having several ascensions dally Instead of one onco In awhile, I am suro practical models would be devised within three years. Meanwhile tho public would be allowed to follow tho dally progress of the expert rrentlng." The correspondent asked: "Would you establish the Instltuto In the United States or In Europe?" "In America, certainly," nnswered M Santos-Dumont, "If It was endowed with American money." M. Santos-Dumont goes to Mnnto Carlo January 2. The prince of Monaco has Jut telegraphed to him; "Am pleased to In form you that today I visited tho Aero- uutlcal park. Building erected. Working men aro busy Installing tho hydrogen plant Everything has been dono according to your Intelligent directions. When may wo ex pect tho plcasuro of your nrrlvul?" Tho Monaco authorities roport an enor mous Influx of people, drnwn there by tho promised experiments, but M. Santos-Dumont will not mnko his II ret nfcenslou bo foro the end of January, nor his effort to reach Corsica before two weeks later. Doth tho prlnco of Monaco's yncht, Princess Alice, and James (Jordcn Dennett's faster yncht, Lyslstrata, havo been placed under M. Snntos-Dumnnt's sole orders, to convoy and assist him In his attempts to cross tho Mediterranean sen. MIRACLES OF AN OLD WELL Holy !)lMna Appear lu Utricle Ice nt .Monastery nt Kill I Won. of (Copyright. lMl. by Press Publishing Co.) ST. PRTRUSHUKO, Dec. 28. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) In the village of Kultkoo Is h monastery with a well of water which long had a reputa tion of working miraculous cures, but lately hud been losing it. During a severe cold spell tho well frozo hard and tho monks, to get water, cut out tho Ice. When tho lco was conveyed to tho surface of tho ground they wero amazed to find Imbedded In It, nnd clearly pictured, nn Icon of tho patron snlnt of the monastery, n chalice and tho word "ropont" lu ancient Slavonic. Tho lco gradually melted' lu tho air and with It tho miraculous pictorial representations, but not before the abbot and several monks had testified that they had seen tho objocts. Tho abbot reported the matter to tho synod and to tho newspapers, with tho result that pilgrims nro setting out to tho monastery from nil parts of tho emplro nnd that tho "U1 ' " "' '7" u la..v IU indent wPMon f monastery and lis lull uuuiuun Wi ll UUU UUVIl I U-t DUlUllttUCU Grand Duke Serglus nnd his wife, the czarovltch, will represent tho Hussion court at the coronation next June of tho grand duchess' untie, King Kdward VII of Kng- laud. The grand duchess, a sister of tho czarina, Is regarded by many as tho most beautiful of Queen Victoria's granddaugh ters. She la the daughter of Victoria's daughter Allco and tho lato grand duke of Ucsbo. The present grand duke of Hesse, her brother, has Just been divorced from another of Victoria's granddaughters, Prin cess Victoria Mellto of Saxo-Coburg. Grand Duchess Surglim might have been empress of normally but for Bismarck's op position, for tho present emperor was at ono tlnio much nttnehed to her, when sho was VrinroHH Elizabeth of Hesse. General Mnrlutoff, who mysteriously dis appeared from Warsaw threevyears ago, Imh been discovered In tho citadel, whero ho has been undergoing a preliminary exam ination of suspicion of complicity In tho snles of tho plans of tho Wurawvpolltlcal. prison to tho French government for $150,000, twen- ty-llvo years ngo. Marlatoit's alleged sharo was $20,000. Ho will bo court-martialed. DESPONDENT OVER TRADE Mfreil lln rnixM urlli i:irtnt'i l.ui'U of llopr t'oiiciTiiliiK UrltUh Otltlnnk (Copyrlght, I'M, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 2S. (New York World Cublegram Special Telegram.) Alfred Harmswnrth In a signed stutemcnt mani fests great despondency regarding tho Brit ish trade outlook. He snya: "One way of waking up England would be to Insist upon tho members of tho cabinet occasionally leaving their own country to aep for them selves whnt Is belug done by our commer cial cucmles, Those who, like Hosobery, Carnegie, Llpton and Kurness, havo taken tho trouble of Investigating matters appear well aware that this country is being hope lessly defeated In almost every branch of Industry. "The optimist are confined to the people, like my friend Mr. Dalfour, whoso travels beyond tho four-mile radius aro not ex tensive, "Ono week In the United States would not fall to bring homo tbo most unpleas ant fact that at tho present moment the Individual American Is a great deal more ufficlent and industrious than the Individual Uriton. "When we were, captains of tho world's Industries the traveling Englishman was n notable figure In both hemHphert. In these days the traveling Englishman has given way to tho traveling American and German. Our prominence has been de stroyed by stay-at-home selt-complacoucy," YANKEES AS MODELS fiermaiy New Pays Eipicial Attintlen to Aatrlcam Msthtdi, GOVERNMENT PROVIDES SPECIAL COURSE 7uig fr Oamular and Diplamatio lerTioi tht Galiari, INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE A SPECIALTY Mitkods Eitbt for SnaUr Trade witk Cilia aad Japan. EXCLUSIVENEIS OF STATE BROKEN AT LAST Ambition of DniiKlHer to I, mm Use ful Occtiiuttloiia Puts nn Knil to Old World Notion of ltlKor iiiiii .Sou I ill JtvMrlctloiiK. (Copyright, 1S01, by Press Publishing Co.) UEHLIN, Dec. 28. (Now York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) In the four commercial universities nt Aachen, Cologne, Lclpslc and Frankfort-on-thc-Maln tho German government has determined to pro vide n special course for young men In tending to enter tho diplomatic, especially the consular, service. Instruction will be given on legal nnd commercial questions arising but of International Intercourse and special attention will bo directed to Ameri can methods of doing business, especially methods of extending trado in China and Japan. It Is no longer exceptional for n pushing Herman manufacturer or merchant to send his sou to nn American commercial city to study American business customs. Several lnrgo firms In this city, In Lclpslc, Ham burg and Frankfort have their eyes fixed on the United States as their model, and aro represented In America by youthful members of tho firm who, nftcr n year or two, return to tho fatherland, ardent ad vocates of American push nnd thorough ness. Spiv Akc Ilreiiltn Ifp KxcIiihI vrncsn, The oxclustveness of Gorman ministers of state is becoming a thing of tho pnst. They begin lo feel tho breath of tho now age. In former years a ministers lamliy kept aloof from nil the world except n small coterie. Their sons wero educated severely alone for tho service of the stato, their daughters were brought up with rigor to bo heads of great houses. Tho lists for tho now winter session nt tho llcrlln univer sity show that a daughter of Count Von Posadcwskl, Imperial administer of tho in tcrtor, entered in tho philosophical school; another, n daughter of another minister, is studying church history; a Unvurlan min ister's daughter Is fitting herself to bo a school mistress, nnd n daughter of ono of his colleagues Is training for midwifery. In Wurtemburg two nieces of ono of tho ministers aro giving klndorgarten lessons whllo his daughter designs fashion plates After n It mini tn Dlplnninn. Dr. George Eltol of Chanhasscn, Carver county, Minn., who tins Just tnken his medical degree at llcrlln university, al ready had diplomas from tho universities of Minnesota, Oregon, California, Pennsyl vania, Washington, Idaho nnd Montana probably tho record In tho medical profes sion. Tho llcrlln press good-naturedly bnnters him, hoping that before long he will bo able to celebrate a silver Jubllco com momoratlng his twenty-fifth passing of ex nmlnatlonB. Kltcl Is 43 years old. Ho began his mcdlcnl studies sixteen years ago nftcr having spent ten years In his father's factory. ECLIPSE OF COSTLY JEWELS Ilernhnrilt DenlKim In Dnzzle Wo rill with Her CIrcut Show of (it-inn. the (Copyright, 1501, by Press Publishing Co, PAIUS, Dec. 28. (Now York World Ca j hlcgrum Special Tolcgr.im.)-Sarah Bern BiU,a oxtrBOTdlnary notlon t ccllpslni ng anything ever seen In the way of display of costly Jewels is the absorbing theme In conversation lu Paris. This new hobby was (suggested by tho rovlval of Sardou' "Thocdora," following "L'Alglon's" last performance tonight. Bernhardt has grown tired of "L'Alglon" nnd now loathes masculine part. But being unable to find n suitablo new play sho has decided to full back on nn old succcsp. producing It with un accuracy and u mngnlliccncu unparnl lelcd uuywhrro. According tn rumor, ono dress has cost $20,000. On the subject o Jewelry especially, Sardou, whose thrifty tendencies nro well known, disapproves o Sarah's lavlclineea, nnd unhesitatingly do clured that she has gone crazy. Sho I employing three pcclul Jewel artists the wholo tlmo lo reproduco In real gold and gems authentic oriental designs found by experts In tho national library. In ono scene sho will wenr Jewelry estimated to bo worth $1,000,000, partly now, partly an ac cumulation of fifty years. Tho dramatic critics unanimously ridicule tho playing, saying that idforts of actors nowadays to create n sensation nt any price distract attention from tho merits of tho play. Tho American colony celebrated Christ mas Joyfully, though tho family parties wore strictly adhered to. Almost no In vitations wero sent out and of Uieso few were nccopted. PLAY FOR JHIGH STAKES Count l,ohi-N Illicit! lliinilriMl TIiiminiiiiiI DiillnrN, lull (Mil. to Win llcitvll). (Copyright, 1W1, by Press Publishing Co.) VIENNA, Doe. 28. (Now York ' World Cablegram Special Tolegrum.) Count Jo seph Potockl's loss of about $800,000 In four hours of baccarat play at the Jockey club hero has directed attention again to tho scandalous gambling there, which Is de liberately winked at by the police. The stakes wero $25,000 a time. A Hungarian deputy, Herr von Szemcre, won $500,000. He never could havo paid that sum had he lost, to It Is assumed that ho Intended to shoot himself if fortune proved a reverse. Prlnco Francis Braganza, who won $240, 000, is only 23 years old, yet has already had a fcrious financial crisis owing to his gambling. Hut aunt Is sister-in-law of Em peror Francis Joseph. l'otockl has undertaken to pay his debts In Installments by next May. His fortune Is estimated nt $35,000,000, Being mainly In land, It takes tlmo to sell It. Tho Potockls really aro Kuselans of n famous aud ancient lineage. Count Jobeph Is not married. Tho emperor will order him to travel abroad for a few years In order to get him away from the gambling set. MANCHESTER MENAGF AMUSES utinir llitko n Cipher li 111m (Inn llmivc, While 'Am thiiiii Nupplleo t'nnli I In. (Copyright, 1W1, by Press Publishing Co,) LONDON, Dec. 2s. (Now York World Ca blegram Special TO v m.) M'ich amuse ment exists in Kiw." ,ir the arrange ments for tho J; . ir menage. The young duko neei "rf o a cipher In his wn houso Al .gh all his expenses re paid he ' glen a sixpence to pend by p ,d fathcr-ln-luw or his wife. Tlv j has an ullowaucc, of course, , hand, . has anything but a free (heir bills, even small house hunts, arc paid by Zimmerman ecp checks. Mr. Zimmerman is by no means recon- tlcd to his daughter's marriage, but ho has settled a large sum of money on her first child and, contrary to the expecta- Ions and to tho wish of the different mem bers of tho Manchester family, ho is pre pared to Consider It as tho eldest child In stead of reserving his money to bestow on u possible future son und heir. People uro wondering If the duke would havo felt Inclined to marry an heiress un der these conditions had be knovn his mother was coming Into a large sum of money. Among tho beautiful society women In tho United Kingdom Is tho wife of Captain J. I). Miller, who Is bringing out a new dltlon of his book on polo. Mrs. Miller, like her husband, Is devoted to outdoor ports and Is n good horsewoman. Their unches and dinners at Kanclagh were one of tho features of last season, tho duke and duchess of Tcck being frequently tbelr guests, T. P. O'Connor, M. P., has appeared In tho ranks of temperance ndvocales, giving this ns his solemn, matured opinion: "I believe that lu a half ii century from now no mnn will rlso to the heights of any pro fession, In tho field, In the forum or at the desk, who Is not a toototallar." Lndy Hamilton, whose husband, Sir lati, recently assumed the responsibilities of chief of staff to Lord Kitchener lu South Africa, Is celebrated In English society for taste lu dress, One of tbo charming daugh ters of Sir John Mulr, sho contrives to 1.' ulwnys lu tho fashion, yet everything tho wears bus an Individuality peculiarly Its own. Both tho general and Lady Hamilton nro Interested lu literary pursuits, though Lady Hamilton has not published anything. A special correspondent of tho Loudon Times, summing up it careful comparison of English and American railway express trains In regard to speed, maintains: Britain Is well In front of America ns regards tho volunio and nverago speed of Its express traffic. Apart from brilliant exceptions, such aa the Emplro Stato ex press, or tbo wonderful performance on tho Philadelphia & Heading railway, which Is runulug fifty-six and one-halt miles be tween Camden nnd Atlantic City In .'.H minutes, American service is much slower than that In Grcnt Britain." Ralph Hall Calne, sou of Hall Catno, tho novelist, Is the youngest editor In Loudon. At tho age of 17JJ years ho Is editing Dickens' old paper. Household Words, which bis father bought to test him. Tho son has already commlsloned his father to wrlto an article for bis periodical. Lady Halle, who has becu apolnted vio linist to Queen Alexandra, Is popular with English lovers of music, nnd invariably Is greeted with enthusiasm whenever she op pears In public. Her maiden name was Wllhelraina Ncruda, and sho was born In Bruuu, Austria. She began to give con certs when only 6 yenrs of nge. In ISO I sho married L. Norman, court conductor at Stockholm, Sweden, and nftcr ho died sho became tho wife of Sir Charles Halle, n distinguished pianist nnd conductor nt London. Tho English regard her ns the finest of nil women violinists. Tho duko nnd duchess of Marlborough did not pass Christmas at Blenheim, but nt Gcpsnll Park, with the duke's aunt, Countess Howe. It was tho countess' first Christmas tn tho Howe family mansion slnco her husband succeeded to tho title of carl. The duko and duchess had Invited to Blenheim tho usual family party, lnclud - Ing tho duke s mother and sistors, tho Corn - wauls wests and winton spencer Churchill, Hut at tho invitation of Countess Howe they nil went to Gopsall Instead, AMERICANS AT THE RESORTS Oeiicrnl Arthur II. PiiKel mill Diiuuli Icr Arrive nt Villa nt Ciinnex. (Copyright. 1W1, by Press Publishing Co.) NICE, Dec. 28. (New York World Cable gram Special Telegram.) General Arthur H. Paget bas Just arrived at Villa Garl bondy, Cannes, with his daughter, Mlsn Leila Paget, on n visit to IiIb mother, Lady Alfred Paget. Mrs. Arthur Paget, whose health Is still delicate, will come later. General Paget will go to Cairo for the winter. Mrs. MeClellun Is staying nt Hotel Splendldo, Nice. Shu Is In good health. Mr. nnd Mrs. L. Mortlmer-Thorne hnvo taken thn beautiful villa Montleollo, nt Cannes. Mr. Thorne, nn ardent motorist, has Just bought u splendid twclvo-harsc power automobile for $0,000. King Edward has sent n courier to In spect Chateau Thoreue, Lord Rondel's rM.ignlllcent villa near Cannes, which has been offered to him. Tho king will not como until March, If at all. Chateau Thorcne wns whero Gladstone spent his last days beforo his return to England to die of a dlsenso which Is a terrlblo bugbear to King Edward. SWIMMING IN ARCTIC WATER I'm ll-liuiiln for Prize Musi llullii OutiloorH front October I'titll April. (Copyright, 1M1, by Press Publishing Co,) LONDON, Dec. 28 (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Christmas Is celobrated in 'nauy odd ways, but tho Swimming club, hich holds lt nnuual competition bctweeu c and 8 a. m. on Christmas ttbo Serpe.Hlno In Hyde park has about tlir oddest "lobratlon of all Tho competition' takes j i regardless of weather. Often the lco -as to bo broken In order to bring off il"n 100-yard race. Last Wednesday thlrty-sVven compotttors btrlpped on tho bank In the raw, biting cold midwinter dnwn, nlno of them being be tween 50 and 60 years old, Membership In the club Ij obtained by bathing in the Serpentine every morning from October to April in any glveti year. Tho winner of the race r'lves a gold medal, the second nnd third got silver medals and every competitor who coni pletes the dlstanco In given u brunzo star. On going ashore they get a warming mix turo of hot co lie ii and Scotch whUky, The devotees of this shivering entertainment stoutly maintain that winter swimming In tho open water Is tbo most healthful exer cise possible. AMERICA'S NEW SEES Eplicopal CcmmiiiUn it to Eabmit List t tht Fepi. CARDINAL GIBBBNS HEADS THE PLAN Grewth f thi Cathelic Gommiaitj Ri qtires Ohftigu. LEO PREPARES NEW YEAR'S ENCYCLICAL Ohriilian DtaGcric; Idtas t Obick Italian Dlapmtes. JOAN OF ARC IS NEXT TO BE CANONIZED I'ontirr L'.inrrKften liilrnlloii of Iln rollliiK the I'iiiiioiik Heroine on the Churi'li' I, lot of Milntu (lie Co in I n K Vritr. (Copyright, 1001. by Press Publishing Co.) HOME, Dec. 2S. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) Cardinal Gib bons Is to bo appointed the president of an episcopal commission to submit to the pope a list of new sees to bo created In tho United States, In order to keep puce with tho growth of tho Cntholie community. It Is said at tho vntlcun. This Is the reason, It Is also nescrted, for tho recent corre spondence on tho subject. Tho popo purposes to Issue In tho enrly new year nn encycltcnl on Chrlslinn democ racy, designed to check tho threatening dis putes which have nrlsen lately In the Itnlian Catholic party. Tho pontiff withstood tho fatigue of tho Christmas ceremonies pcrfoctly, although ho Insisted upon complying with tho custom of saying threo masses on Christmas day, ono n midday mass. Tho winter always ugreeB with him. It Is tho exhausting bent of "midsummer ami autumn that reduces his strength. Bishop Touehct of Orleans, who was re eelved by the popo In private nudienco this week, was tho bearer of n fifth volume concerning tho trlnl nnd death of Joan of Arc, compiled by n learned Domlnlcnn frlnr, Father Ayrolles. Ho contends that Joan lesorves tho palm for martyrdom aud title of saint. Tins view is snarcu uy inn pope, who expressed tho Intention of canonizing Joan of Arc during tho year 11-02. CHRISTMAS OF CASTELLANES Children Are KuhnimI Siioii After Mill. nlKlit for Vlnlt of Snnlu (illllM. (Copyright, 1M1, by Press Publishing Co.) PAHIS, Doc. 28. (New York World Co blcgram Special Telegram,) All tho tnem hers of tho Cnstellano family wero tho guests of Count Bonl nt Christmas. The town mansion wns deserted, tho whole vnen tlon being spent nt Chateau Du Marats. Tho marquis and tho marqulBe. Count Bonl's father and mother, took tho children to the country themselves. Bonl, belonging to n commltteo of Parliament, stayed In town until adjournment, to complete n report At 4 o'clock on Christmas evo tho countess rodo to tho Palais Bourbon (Cham ber of Deputies) fete, after which both drovo around to somo "smart toy nnd con feetlonory shops nnd bought pretty much everything in sight, though a cartload had previously been shipped to tho castle. Count Bonl was In his happiest and most lavish mood. Tho countess would say: "Dear, why do you buy this magic lantern? The children nlrendy have two." "They'll give away what they do not want," Coun Bonl would nnswer. laughingly, and con tlnuo to order till tho carrlago wns too full , wi,cn tho footmnn was sent to the station to tako nart of the load. Tho couut nnd 1 countess reached tho chateau by tho S 1 o'clock train. For once they dined in day dress. After dinner their children, together with a lot of nephews and nieces, huug up their stockings before going to bed nnd placed their shoes under tho great chimney mantel In the old mediaeval dining hall for St, Nicholas to put presents In. Tho grown folks then nrranged one of the most sumptuous Christmas trees over seen, n robust fir treo eighteen feot high. Bonl spent two hours on a stoplndder hanging decorative trinkets. At midnight ho drove his mother to Dournn, tho nearest village, nnd tho rest followed In various vehicles, tho whole family nttendlng the midnight mass. Tho venerable marquis and marquise, sur rounded by their threo tall sons. Ilonl, Jean nnd Stnntslaus, with their wives, made a beautiful picture. Upon tho return nt 2 a. in. ,tlie trndl- tlnnal French night repant was partaken of. nftcr which the tree- wns lighted nnd thb children were nwnkened with tho Infor mation that St. Nicholas had como down the chimney, Tho little ones trooped In. clad in their nightgowns, rubbing their eyes. A great log llro wits keeping the place warm. After nu hour of Inughtcr and delighted cries tho tots wero put to bed again. Count Bonl said: "Nothing will ever muko thorn forgot tho sensation of thus coining nt dead of night into this fnlry-llko scone. That Is why I wanted them roused at that hour." Christmas dny tho ladles spent In visit ing and distributing useful presents among tho poor pensantry, while tho men btrolled out to Inspect the gnmo preserves, except Count Bonl. who, kneeling on tho carpet, spent tho nfternoon showing tho children how to operate their mechanical toys. Tho Christmas dinner was u gala affair." Twenty-two sat nt tho tnblo. Tho only toast was offered by Count Bonl, master of tho house, who arose and said In a tone of serious respect: "Lot us thank God, our proud family, numerous, united nnd happy. Let us drink tho health of our revered father and mother." Tho celebration n'ns a typical Noel day among tho old aristocracy of France. ROSEBERY NOT READY TO ACT Declines to Join III Fortunes vrltli Mlirrul I'ltrly Under Pres ent Conditions, LONDON, Dec. 28. It Is averted upou apparently good authority that tho llboral leader, Sir Henry Campboll-Banncrman, has written 'a letter to Lord Hcsebery lu the hope of restoring unity among tho lib erals, but that Lord Hosebory declines to Join his fortunes to thoso of the party In tho present circumstances. Should this statement prove to bo correct It will be a further proof of Sir Henry's sincere of forts for party union and will give him a new claim to tho loyalty of tho liberals and thus strengthen bis position ns leader arid the effectiveness of tbo opposition. THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecist for Nibrask.i Fair Sundny: folder In Northr.i.xt Portion. Mommy, Kail. Variable Winds. 'age. I 'lrniilile of lln- llrlllli Promt Geritiiin) I'lilterti After Ainrrlen. Aew .Sec for Hie I nlleit .IiiIp llrvolt (iron In eni'f ucln. U Mii.av'k Attitude on Flnnnrp. I.oiik Ail ocntci n lister Niiv). Ai'Ui-ntlno Olijcet In the Protocol. !l Cnnl lllNcntery In .NclirnxWn. Son I'lniU Am-,1 riit-ini-r'n Unity. .nUliiK M(rr of ,ill I'mpooy. -i (iu It. (', Until Nninril for .Indue. lounii i:irct llrlilc mIIIi Ucciikc. .1 llrllUh unln MilTcr tlrnty l.oe. DliU.ilim (H,r lln... Hull Deal II I.iiM Week In tliniilni Snelrty. Wniiutii'x (ioli mill ( liurlty Work. 7 Sunlit lliiuiliii mill It Arfnlra. I oinlltlon of Illinium u Oniiiliil. & Council IIIiiITm mill louu Noti, II llleki') I'rini'K True lu Oiuiiliu, - Wo inn in Her Wn mill Wliltun. lit . iiiiint'iiii-ut mid .Mtixlcnl .ott'n. I IMIlorlul noil ('uiiinieiil. in ( tit-eliliiK liiiiiiluriitlou of A nu reik is CoiiiiiK-rclul mill liniinelnl Mutterx 111 ",u Oilier Wiij," liy Waller !leniit. 1M C III! li Iii lliillrouil 'I'Iiik- Tillllen. HeiltielUH Oiuiiliu -m'IiooI I'.xpennc". Tom pirn Hi rt- nt ( in ii Ii it estiTi1nyi Hour. lieu. Hour. lli'K. ft it. it -S I p. in Uil II it. nt '27 ii in '-:r. 7 it. tn :i t, in us m i ur, -i p. in i it. it hi r ii. i ;io Kl it. in l!U II i. ill till 11 II. in U-' 7 i. lit US I- III Ul PRISONER'S IDENTITY A PUZZLE Minpvot I'tiM-N un Trump, lliiliten .Mini, Hoy null i;irii n Woiiimi, MILWAUKEE, Dec. 2S. Frank Hausc. alias O. W. Lloyds, alias Mrs. O. II. Saun ders, Is under urreMt hero on the charge of using the United Stntes malls to defraud. Hauso is nccused of masquerading some times ns a tramp, Hometlmre as a business man, nt other times us n stylishly ilressod woman, and again no u hunch-bneked boy. rho ouleera who mado tho arrest do not know whether their prisoner Is n man or a woman. Ho was arrested ns n hunch backed boy. On his head was n stocking cap, which, when removed, showed another cup such ns ti woman wears when bathing. Under this Inner enp was rolled a roll of soft, silken blonde hair, of which nny woman might ho proud. Hauso when arrested denied that he Is a woman. Dressed ns a man he Is a Men der, smnoth-tuccd youth. Behind hts arrest there Is nllogeil to bo a far-rcnehlng scheme to defraud Jewelers In all parts of the country1. Rich, Allen & Co.of Chicago sent $1,000 worth to Hausc, but tho pofltofllcc Inspectors havo recovered tbo valuables. Four thousand dollars worth sent by other firms has nUo been recovered. Tho arrest wns made at Randolph, Wis., by Postolllco Inspector Ralph Bird. SIX MEN KILLED IN COAL MINE Drops o llolloiu of Slutfl from CnKr Which .lump 11 fi n I ill II K"- KANSAS CITY, Dec. 28. A special to tho Star from Hartshorn, I. T., says: At shaft No. 1 of tho McAlestcr Coal company hero today while the rage was ascending with eight men It Jumped Its guldlngs about 100 feet from the bottom of tho shaft. Six out of the eight men wero killed. They woro cnught between the cage and tho buntings and their bodies dropped to the bottom of the shaft. Tho names of threo of tho killed, so far ns could bo learned, nro: ALEXANDER ROMANCHOK. MICHAEL PERTKE. II. KETCIIOK. All killed wero Russians. Thcro wero two others who hold to tho cage. They wero only slightly Injured. Tho others killed whoso names aro not known carao here recently from Pennsylvania. NEW GOVERNOR SWORN IN Henry (i Mcllrlile In Uc n Onili of Of llcc, SticcrcilliiK I, Hie John II. HoKcr. OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 28. Henry O. Mcllrlde, lieutenant governor, was sworn in today as governor of Washington. The onth was administered by Chief Justice Hcnvls In the chambers of tho supremo court. Prhale funeral services will bo held at tho home of the late Governor Rogers here Tuesday. The body will bo taken to Toeoma Wednesday, where a military fu neral will be held nnd tho remains then sent to I'uynllup. the governor's home, for Interment. INDIAN CHARGED WITH DEED Hair lirccil Sulil to He .Murderer of Wllllmn llclllolc, ehriiNl.a 1'n I'mrr. SPRING VIEW, Neb., Doc. 2S.--Word wah received hero tonight of tho killing of Wil liam llelllole, a while man, by n hlf-breod Indian named Joe Boucher. The shooting occurred nt the ranch of Jnek Llbolt, thirty miles northeast of hi re. Ouieors have left for the ranch. Rourh' r has not been cap tured. SAVES COURT THE TROUBLE Mnli l.yncliCH XcKrrn While Ills Trlnl In llclnu Ari-aiiKcil liy im i-rnor. RALEIGH, N. 0 Dec 28. Whllo Gov crnor Aycock was signing nn order for a special court at Northampton to try Peter Mltchcl, a negro, for assaulting Mrs. Lu clnda Hill, h white woman, a telegram canio saying lhat citizens had taken Mitch - ell lll'iu luc jail uv utiinauu iiuu lyuuill'M ' blm. .Movement of Oeenl Vessels Dec. US. At New York Arrived Phoenicia, from Hamburg; Minnehaha, from Hamburg; Stntcndnm, iroin Rotterdam, via Boulogne; Jlohcnzollcrn, from Genoa; Victoria, from Glnsgow Balled Campania, for Liverpool. At London Arrived Sernpll. from San FrunclHco nnd Guayaquil, via Havre. At Yokohama Arrived Doric, from San Frnnclsco. via Honolulu, for Hong Kong; Klnshlu Marti, from Seattle; Olenogle. from Tucoma. for Hong Kong. At Jiipnncso Port Arrived Glenoglu. from Tncomn, for Hong Kong Al f'ulcuttn Snlled Klrkdule, for San Francisco. At Hnvre Hailed-Llnlx, for New York. At Antwerp Hailed Frli'slnnd, for New York. At LiverpoolSailed Saxonla, for New York At Hong Kong Sailed Victoria, for Tu coma. At Queenstown Arrived Etruria, from Now 'York, for Liverpool, REPUBLIC IN REVOLT Fepulioi Ctrriti Oppiiltioi te Ctitro t rnll-rUirid RtTolaUoa. DECISIVE CONFLICT IS EXPECTED SOON Rilatitu Betwna Gtrmany and Ytitmla Etoone Men Stialnd, CHAIN Or PEACE IS RAPIDLY DISSOLVING Caitro'i GiTiriniint Eaipiadi Un tf Ealiir'i Kailnadt. STATIONS ARE OCCUPIED BY TROOPS (ieriiinn Lritntloii Hitter Mrnnw Pro (cut lo tills Action liy the .South American IIcIIIk crenl. WILLE.MSTAD, Island of Curncon, Dee. 2S. (Via Hayllen Cable.) Advices received hero today from Caracas, Venezuela, say that the revolution against President Castro la gaining ground dully. Nearly tho whole of tho republic is in revolt nnd bands of incu nre scouring I he country. Core, In the state of Falcon, and Barqulslmcto, In the stnte of lxirn, particularly nro In tho possession of the revolutionists. Cablo communication between Cumnn, Cnrupnno nnd Ilarciiuna is Interrupted nnd tho government Is without news from tho state of Bennudcz (In which these ports nro locnted), which leads to tho belief that It also has been Induced to revolt by General Domingo Monr.gus. General Luciano Mrndozn (tho president elect of tho statu of Cnrobobo, who rebelled against President Castro, marched on La Victoria nnd wnB reported to hnvo been de feated), has escaped from the pursuit of the government troops nnd Is now in tho neighborhood of San Juan do Los Mores, Antonio Fernandez nnd thirty chiefs of tho stnte of Cnrubobo were not willing to en gngo the government forces beforo tho revolution wns quite ripe. .Subject lu Worse Collilltloiis, Venezuelu Is said to be on tho verge of even moro serious complications. Tho tele graph lines lu tho Interior of tho couutry have nil been cut. Tho nrrlval lu Venezucln of Senor Matos, tho reputed head of tho revolutionary move ment, with the steamer Ban High, loaded with munitions of wnr, Is nwnltcd dally. A decisive coutllct will soon tako pluco. Tho Venezuelan government believes that Ban High Is in the vicinity of tho Island of Mnrgarlta (an Island In the Caribbean sea belonging to Venezuela), whero tho Venezuelan fleet has been eoucentrutod. Reports received hero from CurncaH today suy the relations between Ocrm-ny nnd Venezuela become moro (drained every dny. The Venezuelan government suspended trnflln on tho Germany railroad, because of tho threats of the Insurgents; tho com pany refused to transport troops unless the government guaranteed It ngulnst losses, which might Ir sustained by tho destruction of ltd road and equipment. Tho Btntlnns nro occupied by troops. Tho German legation ut Caracas haH en tered nu energetic protest iignlnst tho gov ernment's action tn this connection. ALBAN MAKES ACCUSATION Coloiiililaii (.ciicrnl Nny I'rrnlileiit of .Salvador Alln (he llcv oliitlonlsln. COLON. Colombia, Dee. 28. (Via Galves ton.) Tho following dispatch hus been re ceived from Panama: "General Albitn says that ho had con clusive proof that tho president of Salvador ban been assisting tho revolutionists. Fit teen hundred of tho latter from Tumaco under Benjamin Horrera, lauded on tho peninsula of Tonosl, near Suntlgan do Vera gun, (a town of Colombia, 133 miles south west of Panama, near the coast). Tho small garrison fought for llvo hours, but when thq rebels landed at several points It did not nsslet In tho attack, The government hns concentrated nil Its forces under General Castro und Is sending moro troops to his nld. A battlo Is expected to tako place shortly. But ns roiuforcomentH are coming from Ilarranqullla, Goneral Allmn has no fear of tho ultlmuto success of tho army lu defending tho republic, "General Alban qonllrma tho roport from Bogota; that fighting has tnken place dur ing tho week ut Fusugnsugu und Cumnoua; that many were killed, und that the gov ernment troops wero victorious. D0WIE WILL OFFER TERMS .lonlst Dcrlill'N lo M-lllr (iiilm of llrntlicr-lti-liiMV Out of Court. CHICAGO, Dec. 28. John Aloxulidcr Dowio has decided that ho will settlo tho claim of bin brother-in-law, Samuel Steven son, tho English Incu maker, beforo next Thursday, the tlmo set by Judge Tuloy for handing down it decision In tho cutn. I-M win lyOgau Reeves, Stevenson's attorney today leccKod a letter trom Sniiiucl W Packard, Dowlo's lawyer, to the effect thin Dowln was reuily to mako a reasonable set llement. At the drum of tho trlul Judge Tuloy held ii prlvatu conference with Stevenson und Dowio and their attorneys, In which ho Is reported to huvo intimated that unless tli,'" cage was scttled'oul of court he would up point a receiver for tho Zlon luco Indus tries, Slevcuson claimed that Dowio defrauded him out of $150,000, and hts attorney de clares that no amount lees than that will - j bo considered In sottln'nt'il 1 WRECKS ON ROCK ISLAND 1 iiaiM l.-,.ltfl, 'IVnlii .liifiiiiM 'I'nii-l-. 'I'tti, Oilier Collide iinil Nctcrul Person Art; Hurl. TOI'EKA, Kan., Dec. 28. A disastrous rear-end collision between two sections of a Rock Island freight train at Hoyt early todny caused the death of a bollcrmaker named Mcl.eod of Horton, Kan. McLeod was asleep in tho caboose of the first sec tion when the wreck occurred and was burned to death. Engineer Armstrong, in Jumping from hU engine, broko a leg, ANADAlWa Ark.. Dec. 28. Hock Island freight train No. 135 Jumped the track twelve mllis south of Anadarko, Frank Robinson, aged 20, u tramp carpenter of Lincoln, Ma., wan killed Instantly und II L. Blair, M. IX Williams and Frank Burnt, tramps, were Injured,