The Omaha Sunday Bee.
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PART I.
HSTAJSJjISIlJjD U), 1871.
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BRIDAL GIFTS A TAX
Opprmlrt f io!al Inni. Uti Maay Li
contri to Rebelliin.
DNE BRIDE'S GIFTS WORTH NIGH A MILLIIN
Froteotiyi MTRnt t Set laihloai fr
Leu FxtraTajncoe.
tELEPHONE BURDEN FORCED ON PEOPLE
IerUrj Chamhnrlaln Stlta Up Truh
Triable in Malt.
VOUNG IRISHMAN HAS DECREE REVOKED
Tlnlfnur'd nefnrm of Parliamentary
Prnrrdnrp In I)rlnnpd in (live
Mrinbcr More Time for Din
ner, CJnlf nnd Ynclit.
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LONDON. Teh. 1. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Thn on
preeslvo uncial lax of wedding presents
ban beon brought ptomlne ntly under notlca
by Lady Stewart's phenomenal rerord.
She rec olved 728 glfis, tho estimated ng
Krrgato valtio of which Is $750,000. About
half the presents arc Riven by friends, tho
other half by people either nnxlotu to nd
vrrtlse their acquaintance, with the Lon
donderry family or to secure a .place on
the vlattlng lint of the Londonderry house.
In moro than a hundred Instances In which
pushing snobbishness was dearly tho inn
tlvo In giving It Is said tho glftn were
returned with a pollto Intimation that tho
bride-elect did not feel Justified In tres
passing on the donor's good nature.
The rapidly growing ostentation of wed
ding gifts nmounta to a ncrloits ntintul
chorge upon thn resources of oven tho
wealthy aristocratic families. Offering of
a simple memento Is now nacrlbed to
stinginess,
A Belf-protectlvo movement Is being
ntarted In the highest circles to set tho
fashion for less extravagant gifts.
Te'ephnne Scundnl Cniinimuned.
The London telephone scnndal has been
auccctisfully accomplished by the govern
ment. Only one of I.ondon'B sixty-one
unionist members had the courago to vote
against It, most of tho others ahstalnlnc
from voting. Lord Muyor Dlmsdale, who
was deputed by tho unanimous mandate of
nil the London locnl bodies to lead au at
tack ngalnst It, actually voted against his
own amendment. No concession wan made
by lha government to tho papular protest
beyond a vnguo promise to grant nn In
quiry Into tho working arrangement
after It baa boon In operation somo years.
It Is estimated this deal will transfer
$12,000,000 presont nnd prospective from tho
pockets of London business men to the
pocket? of the telephone company, with
out any prospect of Improved service
Thcro Is great public Indignation at this
betrayal. Thlu tho government, secure for
alx years, Ignores.
Among tho troubled Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain has succeeded In creating for
(Treat Britain Is one In Mnlta. Last year
ho decreed that after tho lapse of fifteen
years English should bo tho sole official
language of the Island. The Maltese pro
tested against tho suppression of their
national tongue, a species of Halo-Arabic
dialect. Mr. Chamberlain rotorted by n
further decree superseding tho cloctlvo
soctlon of the Malteso legislative council
by providing in tho futuro for a majority
of ofllclal members. An agitation has
bcrli started In tho Island, which, being
virtually a fortress, Is under military law,
and tho conditions havo assumed trouble
some proportions.
Irlalimnii II caption ,MnItee.
The English liberals, whose fear of
Chamberlain Is ludicrous, have turned a
deaf car to tho appeals and petitions from
tho Maltoie, so J, II. Iloland, a young Irish
nationalist member, supported by tho Irish
party, took up tho Malteso cause. Iloland
has forced Chamberlain to withdraw tho
language decree and has earned Uin warm
thanks of the Malteoo, especially as Cham
berlatu deprived tho concession of nil
grace by pretending It was n trlbuto to
Italian sentiment, not to Maltese protests.
Mr. Balfour's reform of parliamentary
procedure Is devised not to facilitate legis
lation, but to mako thn membership of the
House of Commons oxact less from a largo
. body of casual and dllletanto legislators, of
whom flatfour himself Is tho model. Tho
cardinal feature of his scheme Is a re
arrangement of tho hours of tho session,
do ns to give tho members two hours to
attend dinner parties and two clear days
at the, week's end for golf, motor or yacht.
Nothing substantial U planned to enhance
the oftlclenoy of tho legislative machine,
ns the torlos fear all now legislation nnd
havo no wish to provide weapons which a
possible radical Parliament might turn 'n
Important account.
Tho Irish party naturally Is pleased that
Jts predictions nro verified and that all
I- threats of procedure roform to cripple
tholr parliamentary policy havo ended In
smoke. However, they expect to keep the
houso dlseuralng this scheme for five or
eli wec'lts.
nriliiionil SprnUn of Con t limenolrs.
Speaking to this correspondent, John
Redmond, chairman of tho Irish party, on
the subject of Increased punishment to
b mntnd out to members coming Into
collision with tho speaker, which is di
rected sololy against tho Irishmen, said:
"No penalty this house can Impose will
doter us from doing our duty ns wo see It.
The government may be brought face to
face with a contingency In which the wholo
Irish representation mny withdraw from
this parliament. Wo would far ppefer to
see it a'ttompt to govern Ireland arbitrarily
as a crown colony than by the frnudulont
pretext of constitutional rulo now existing.
After a few months of that experiment
England would be glad enough to offer
home rule to Ireland."
EMPLOYS MORE FEMALE LABOR
fiermniiy Tnke n I.iiiik Slrp l'orivnid
ill lilvliiR Women (iovern
inen( I'lneex.
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BERLIN. Feb. 1. (New York World Oa
blrgram Special Telegram.) Beginning
with n new yesr, Germany has taken a long
step forwnrd lu employing woman labor in
all government departments, especially so
tn two. Between January 1, 1902, and De
combor 31, 1005, that Is, In four years, 6,000
women and girls are to be employed In tho
stnto railway offices, In the pout, telegraph
and telephone services the number of girls
employed Is to bo raised from 7,000 to
QUEEN'S DAUGHTER A CORONER
Prlnre Henry of llntlciihcrK Hold
tluil DInMiiriiI ihed OIIIit In
Ile of Wlijlil.
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LONDON, Kob. 1. (New York World Cn
blegram Special Telegram.) Prlnccis
Henry of Hattonborg, youngest d.iugh er of
tho late tjuren Victoria, Is at present coro
ner of tho Isle of Wight. She Is tho gov
ernor of tho Island, nnd, In default of her
appointment of n coroner, must also fulfill
thu duties of that grim office. Tho coroner
died nuddenly this week. The next day a
sailor belonging to a yacht was drowned at
Cowcs, The princess was duly notified
of the drowning and of her duty to hold
nu Inquest. Of course she appointed n
deputy to do tho disagreeable work, but sho
had to countersign tho verdict of the Jury
before It was forwarded to tho homo olflco.
Tho Kngllsh benuty and court favorlto
whfie name appears more frequently than
that of any other In London society Is
Mrs. George Keppcl. Uy favor of tho king
Mrs. Keppcl ha been mndo the lender of
tho smnrt set of London. Molding no posi
tion at court, she nevertheless tins a rec
ognized power which tho boldest dare not
dispute. Not long ago ahn was deputed by
tho king to command a rertaln lady of
fashion to withdraw Invitations to n ball
(he had .announced would be given.
Mrs. Keppol was on Shamrock II when
tho yacht was wrecked In a trial rnco last
year, and tho king was thero with her. She
was Invited by Queen Alexandra to nn
especially prominent sent In St. Ocorgo's
chnpel at Windsor, to attend the services
nt tho funeral of Queen Victoria, and she
was the only person Invited to this cxcIujIvj
service snvo roynlty, cnblnet ministers.
diplomats nnd knights of tho garter.
She Is described by one of hor admirers
fts "of fair complexion, with large, blue,
deep, darkly beautiful eyes and silky,
golden brown hair, which she always wears
In somn picturesque style of coiffure."
Her flguro In "slim, svelte and supple,
with n graceful, undulating carriage." Sho
has "a most attractlvo way of talking, her
charming vivacity being varied by n grave
sweet gentleness and her moods lending
themselves In n most sympnthetlc way to
her companion of the moment."
Sir Philip Htirne Jones, son of the famous
pre-Itaphaellto artist, nnd himself a painter
of high rcputo, will leave hero soon for tho
United States nn nn nrt mission. Sir
Philip, who exhibits, as his father did
principally at the new gallery, paints pop
trnlts that are much In request. His sub'
Jccts havo Included many of England's dis
tinguished men. His portraits aro never
llfcslze nor anything approaching It. Thoy
nro nlways decorative and somewhat uncon
vcntlonal In treatment.
Ho Is a well known figure In smart so
oloty, as well an In tho upper bohemlan
set. Is 40 years old and unmarried. Rud-
yard Kipling is his first cousin and Sir
Philip's country place adjoins Kipling's.
PROUD OF TITLED CHILDREN
(iooil Stnry One lit Ilnnndn of Lon
don ConcrrnliiK Mm. Corn-wnlllA-Wmt.
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LONDON, Kob. 1. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) A good story
13 going around about Mrs. William Corn-
wallls-West, whose son married Lady Ran
dolph Churchill. Mrs. West was glng a
short time ago to stay with her daughter,
the duchess of Westminster, at Eaton Hall.
Being rather proud of her position as tho
mother of tho duchess of Westminster and
of Princess Henry of Pless, sho always
travels with considerable ceremony. On
arrival at the railway station sho was
ushered Inter her special coach, but Just
as tho train was starting an American
young man rushed up nnd Jumped into the
car, not noticing thnt It was n reserved
conch. On doing so he apologized pro
fusely to Mrs. West, who, being a charming
Irish woman fell Into an animated con
troversy, which lasted until tho train
renched Chester, Mrs. West's destination.
Thero the young man nsked tho pleasure
of knowing with whom he hnd enjoyed tho
Journoy. With a sweet smllo Mrs. West
snld: "I'm a cousin of Roslc Doote and tho
grandmother of Winston Churchill, so t
leave you to guess who I am." Then sho
vanished.
Iloslo Doote married tho marquis of Hed
fort, the head of Mrs. West's family, whllo
Mrs. West's son la tho stepfather of Win
ston Churchill
KING EDWARD'S ARM IS SORE
Up nnd All (lie Kent of (hp linynl
Knnilly Niihmlt to .N'eeil of
Vnpclniillon,
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hONDON, Feb. 1. (Now York World Ca
blegramSpecial Tolegrnm.) All tho mem
bers of tho royal family, from tho king
down to the prince of Wales' eldest son.
havo been re-vncclnnted. The queen's slight
Indisposition thin week, which prevented
her returning from Windsor on the day ar-'
ranged, Is nttrlbutcd to the malaise fol
lowing vaccination, jonl Itosebery was
vaccinated a fortnight ago and It took well.
London's smallpox epidemic has been
fluctuating, but on tho wholo it shows an
upward tendency. Tho record of 1,017 casc
under treatmont having been reported this
wcok, vaccination Is becoming general.
Doth in tho Houso of. Commons and tho
IIouso of Lords ono may see members each
with an arm In a sling.
Somo cases of sbrinns illness in adults
from vacelnntion aro reported. This week
u fpshlonable wedding was postponed bc
causo tho brldo fell 111 from this cause. It
In n remarkable colncldenco that In 1S38,
the year of Queen Victoria's coronation,
Ixindon nlso had it heavy mnallpox epi
demic, which much Interfered with tho
number of visitors and the sire of the
street crowd3.
CHETWYND PLEASES HIMSELF
He und III llilde Deelnre They
llnppy mid Were .liiNtlflrd
III Their Conduct,
Are
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LONDON, Fob. 1. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The Chut-wynd-Secnr
marrlago has not lost Interest
for society. Tho fact that It was dlRelr?il
at n dlnnpr pnrty by Sir George Arthur
without the permission of cither the woman
or tho man has given rise to n quarrel.
Tho happy pulr an staying at tho Kd n
hotel, Capo Dall, since they Irft Paris.
After a complete reconcllllatlon with his
mother, the marchioness cf Hasting, they
are expected back In London February 6.
Already they have received tabled con
gratulations and forgiveness from Mrs.
Secor, who will start to seo them about
Februory 4.
To use Chetwynd's own words: "It any
ono does not like our marriage ho ran do
otherwise. Wo are perfectly happy and It la
qulto certain r shall remain so. We wtro
qulto Justifiable in doing hat we did."
IOW ''AND DOWAGER
Mrr
Bjir Firit f Forilfiira ti Wl
Ohli&'i Iiler.
MEMORABLE DAY IN THt OLD PALACE
icMntrio Iraprm Wttpi aW Wails at
JJr P.tc.ptUn.
TELLS THE IOWA WOMAN IHE LAMENTS
Tttmhn that Ohiam Shall Nater Agate
Ea Heitila.
FUNCTION SACRIFICES ALL TRADITION
Women nnd Children Freely (Srreied
Where .Nnnr Cntiltl Ker llne
lllilrreil llefnrc In Nueh
Attitude.
PEKIN. Feb. 1. Tho dowager empress,
the emperor and the empress this afternoon
received tho ladles and children of tho
members of tho diplomatic corps In tho
private apartmentB of tho palncc. The pri
vate nudienco was the most revolutionary
since tho return of tho court to Pekln.
Tho cxcluslvencss of Chinese roynlty nnd
the projuillces ngalnst the meeting of the
sexes wns waived and the function was less
formal than Is usual In European courts
Tho dowager empress occupied tho throno
with a brilliant assemblage of princesses
nnd court ladles nbout her. Tho emperor
was seated upon n small platform In the
center of tho room. The visitors upon en
tering bowed twice to the emperor and
several of them ascended tho throne and
bowed to tho empress dowager. Mrs. Con
gcr. wlfo of tho United States mlnlslor,
ns doyonncss of 'tho pnrty, mado a speech,
as did Mrs. Williams.
Sim. Conner's Krlendly fpreeh.
Mrs. Conger aald: "Wo heartily congrat
ulato yoti nnd tho Imperial court that the
unfortunato elrcumstnnces forcing you to
nbandon your cnpltol have beon solved
The events of the paat two years must havo
been as painful to you as to tho rest of
tho world: but tho sting of tho cxperlenco
may be eliminated by tho establishment, of
frnnker, more trustful nnd friendlier rela
tions between the Chinese nnd other poo
pie of tho earth. Tho world Is moving for
ward, tho tldo of progress cannot bo stayed,
and It Is hoped that Chlnn will Join with
tho great sisterhood of nations In tho grand
march. Tho recent imperial edicts give
promise of great good to your people nnd
to your vast empire."
Tho downger empress' reply was exceed
ingly friendly In tone. It was in part ai
follows: "Last year the dissensions In tho
palaco enused n revolution, which corape'lod
our hasty departure, but It Is a great grat
lllcntlon to us that our return to tho caul
tol haR caused such rejoicing In China and
abroad."
Ilnron Czikann, tho Austrian minister
and doyen of tho diplomatic corps, pre
sented all thn ladlc. to tlio downger em
press, who took tho hand of each of them.
They were next ircsentrdtothe emperor,
who also shook hands with them. Th
guests then retired to nn anteroom.
Invrn Woninii In Trying l"Hnee.
Tho dowager empress, entering tho room,
grasped Mrs. Conger's hnnd. which she
held for Rome minutes, trembling, weeping
and sobbing loudly and exclaiming In bro
ken sentences that tho attack upon the
legations was n terrible mistake nnd thnt
sho tepented It bitterly. In reply Mrs,
Conger assured her that tho past would
bo foi gotten. Bracelets and rings of great
vnluo were then plnced on Mrs. Conger's
wrists and fingers.
Tho dowagv empress mndo Inquiries re
gnrdlng tho other women who were In
Pekln during tho Alego of tho legntlon, and
Mcsdames Italnbrldgo nnd Morlsse, tho
wives of Secretaries Balnbrldge and Mor
Isso of tho American and French lega
tions respectively, wero presented nnd
warmly greoted. Following the reception a
banquet was given. This was spread upon
threo tables, the dowager empress sitting
at tho head of the principal table, and
Mrs. Conger nnd Mine. Uchida on cither
side. Tho emperor was tho only man
present, except .Chang Tsl, prospective
minister from China to Great Britain, who
knelt besldo the dowager empress and In
terpreted what sho said. Tho emperor sat
at tho head of tho second table. Ho and
the douager empress touched glasses with
tho guestn. Tho dowager empresK talked
animatedly. She said that China would
abandon tts policy nt Isolation and adopt
the best features of western life and would
send many studcntB abroad. Afterward
at'uu iijuny aiuuuuiR tiurotiu. Aiierwarn,
tho downger nnd the emporor mingled with
the guoBts, and her majesty conversed
with everyone nnd particularly noticed tho
children,
The emperor wna addressed through an
Interpreter nnd bowed without speaking.
Tho Interpreters composted his replies.
Every woman of the visiting party waj
given a pair of Jeweled bracelets and a
solitalro pearl ring, besides other sou
venirs, EMPRESS EUGENIE'S MEMOIRS
She Orelure They Are (n Include n
Merluus llUlory uf I.ouls
Xiipnlenn'N Itelnn.
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PARIS, Fob, 1. (Now York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Empress Eu
genie's private secretary writes to tho
World's Paris correspondent from Villa
Cyrnos, Capo Martin, on tho Riviera; "The
empress' memoirs probably will not be pub
Hihed untlhton years after the august auth
or's death, by estnmcnlary orders. At any
rnte. they never will n while hc lives,,
Tho nnnouncement mndo some tlmo ago
thnt they would nppenr soon wns n gratul
tlous supposition of the French newspapers,
caused by the empress' request to the gov
ernment to bo allowed to consult documents
In tho national archives.
"Threo octavo volumes have beet: com
pleted, bringing the work down to 1870 nnd
the renl cause of the Franco-Prussian war.
Threo experts nro kept vortlng papers and
making oxtracts from 'Secret official docu
ments In Paris. Two secret arlos, besides,
are constantly working under the empress'
personal direction In order to complete the
two other volumes, which will complete the
work. Tho empress dcBlrca to have It un
derstood that her memoirs are not a col
lection of Idlo K"lp and personal anecdote,
but a serious hls'ory of Louis Napoleon's
reign, written by the' only person who could
write such a bonk accurately."
Ilnmlnr Kill I'otlcemiin,
ST. PAt'L. Feb.. 1 -Policeman Chnrlej
Mnyer wns shot nnd killed early toiiav hy
two burglnrs whom he discovered trying to
break fin. A T'nlwrstty avenue butchor
tthnp. Tho tiurslars esc.ised.
MANY INSANE IN SIBERIA
Slicelnllut In II in I ii Affection l'nb-
lUlir SdtrtlliiK I)e"H nf (lie
IIIkIi Proportion.
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ST. PETEttHllL'RO, Feb. L (Now York
World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Dr.
Brlantsoff, nn eminent specialist In brain
affections, publishes startling details re
garding tho high proportion of Insane per
sons In Siberia. On this aide of the Ural
mountains ono person In every 500 Is wenk
In mind, In Siberia one In 224.
"To Siberia," ho Bnys, "aro sent the
criminal clement of Russian society, Iho
depraved, tho abnormal. Besides, drunken
ness Is fearfully prevalent. In tho prov-
Inco of Tomsk, with an area of 400,000
square mllec and a population of 1,500,000,
thero Is accommodation for only eighty In
sane persons. And such accommodations!
In other districts It Is no hotter."
Dr. Brlantsoff has visited such establish
ments as exist nnd ssys thoy remind him
of somo terrible passages in Dante's "In
ferno." Thero Is no propor sanitation
and the patients often suffer from hunger
nnd extreme cold. Medical attendance
thero Is nono, nnd when tho patients aro
unruly tho wnrdens "employ their own
methods,"
A new sect having romarkablo tenets Is
making striking progress among the Igno
rant Russian peasantry In the valley of the
middle, Volga. Thoy call themselves Podpol
nlkl, or Dwellers Under the Earth. ThcV bind
themselves to rare for all fugitives from
Justice, vagabonds, deserters from tho
army nnd other miserable beings, whom
they hldn away In clofts or holes In rocks.
Tuoso among tholr own people who fall
sick nro treated in tho same way, but aro
left without food or drink or any caro.
Every two or threo days they visit tho sick.
Should any be dead they nro burled so
crctly, but not boforo the corpses are bap
tlzod nnd have received n new name In
order (hat the soul may appear Bpotlcss
boforo tho throne of heaVl D.
DE BL0WITZ STILL IN HARNESS
Worlil-l'HinoiiK llohrinlnn nn ActUc
New unniier Cnrrpnioiidpn(
nt Spvpiity-NI.
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PARIS. Feb. 1. (Now York World came
gram Special Tolegrnm.) Do Blowltz, long
fnmous as a political writer In Paris and
correspondent of the London Times, wa3
not christened Do Blowlti, nor is he olthcr
a Frenchman or au Englishman. His
father's mine wan Opper nnd ho wns born
In Bohemln, nt Chatcuu Blowltz, I'llscn
When ho was 35 years old, which was 41
years ago, ho was given tho namo of Henri
Gcorgo Stephano Adolphi Opper do Blowltz
the two last words Impl tog noblo rank In
Franco nnd Germany.
He married Anno Amclto Arrand d'Aquel
thirty-six years ago and has, .two adult
daughters. A story was started n short
tlmo ago that he had retired from tho serv
lco of the London Times, for which ho
had been Pnrls correspondent thirty years,
and that ho was to be succeeded by an
American from Boston named Fullerton,
who had been assisting him. But tho
Times took pains to have a denial of tho
report telegraphed v herever tho 'story;, had
been printed throug.'ouj, tbe i.wgfldlilt
would scrmV at any rate,wjJiat he Is en
titled to rest, for he has Just entered his
77th year.
It has been said of Do Blowltz that ho
knew more powers behind thrones and
moro of tho Insldo of European politics
than any monarch or cabinet minister. It
Is certain that men like Bismarck, Lco
XIII, the sultan of Turkey, Lobanoff,
Thiers, Gnmbottn and others of that stamp
have used him as n mouthpiece for highly
lmportnnt utterances affecting all nations.
It was In giving explanation to such utter
ances that ho became one of tho originators
of tho Interview, which la supposed to be
peculiarly an American Institution.
FEAR OF TOTAL BLINDNESS
lluiiKnrliiii Wo in ii n nnd Atixtrlnn
IiiiIkp Driven In Hentli l-
Till Specer.
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VIENNA, Feb. 1. (Now York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegrurn.) A Hungarian
woman and an Austrian Judge committed
suicide becatiKo they wore appnlled by the
tear of total blindness,
Frau Mlchuolyung, who lived alone but In
comfort In Groan Wardeln, had been told
by tho doctor that nlludnchs wns her un
uvoldable fate. She straightway had n
large carving knlfo sharpened, lay dowu on
her bed nnd cut her throat so savagely that
her head wan dotnehed from the body,
rolled off tho bed nnd was found on .ie
' floor by thoco who entered the room In the
momlng
' Court '(
Councillor Vonliolzlnger, tho most
learned, most feared, yet upright Judge, of
tho high court of Vlonnn, blow out hli
'brains. Ho met all of hla friends In the
last week of his life, visited all his favorite
spots, Heemcd quite himself all tho time,
passed his last day precisely as usual and
at 12:30 that night went to his office In the
courts, lucked himself lu, wroto n few lines
to say that fear of bllndntus made him
wish to end his life nnd he hoped that his
frlendu would forgive him the brutality of
his exit from life, then shot himself.
WILL ENTHRALL ROMAN EYES
llrmillful .VI Is (,'liidy llencoii Tnke
Trunk Full of l.n(r( Piirlslnu
I'lislilim.
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PARIS, Feb. L Now York World Cablegram-
Spec'al Telegram.) The beautiful
Mis, tiladvh Deacon has left Parin for
Homo, whern nho will bo the guest ot ihe
British ttmbassadoi and i.ady Currln for
.he big hall In tho embassv next Wednes
day. Mis Deacon lake'i with her severst
trunks ful of the latest Parisian fnshlons.
wherewith to enthral the eyes of the Ro
mans. It Is safe to predict that there, as
everywhere else, she will bo tho rolgnlng
beauty.
Linn Do Potigy announces that sho Is be
trothed to ti wealth English stockbroker
and Intend" to retire from the stage to de
vote herself to literature.
Movement nf Oeeiin cc!n I'eh, ,
At New York Arrived Kensington, from
Antwerp und Southampton; L.iurentlau,
from nhmgow: Ithelm, from Bremen,
Sailed Pretoria, for Hamburg, vln Ply
mouth nnd Cherbourg; Amsterdam, for
Rntterdum: Mlunehnha, for Loudon; Um
brln. for Liverpool; Anehorln, for Gins,
sow.
At Liverpool rjnn. 31.) Arrived-1 s.
Clamp, from San Francisco, vln St. Vin
cent. Sailed Nomadic, for New York; Lu
cunlu, for New York.
At OHhsow Sailed Norwegian, for
Portland.
At Auckland Railed Sonoma, from Syd
noy, N. S. V for Sun Francisco.
M Antwerp Sailed Haverford, for New
York. At Soutlmmpton-Salled Philadelphia, for
Now York,
DIDDLES DIE IN JAIL
Bttk f litWi DuptraU Friiiitn lie
cisb to Wtuida,
JACK IS THE FIRST TO GIVE UP
U, Tkoigk Wont Iijsred, 0liar,i to
Lift tht Lir,
MORE EVIDENCE AGAINST MRS. I0FFEL
LttUr of IistuotUii ii Poind br ibt
Officin.
SHE HAS PNEUMONIA AND IS WORSE
New Cninpllcntlnns 5p( In Af(pr
Operation In Performed nnd .Sho
Will Itc I,rf( AVIiPrc
She I.
BUTLER, Pa., Feb. 1. At the close of n
day of Intense excitement nnd many con-
Hiding stories concerning the chance (or
llfo of the wounded Diddle brothers Bnd
Mrs. Soffel, the unexpected hao happened.
John Diddle, who until Into this afternoon
was considered tho moro likely of the
brothers to escape present death, nuccumbod
nt 7:35 p. ni. His brother, Ed, who hnn
been unconscious practically all day and
who was considered a dying man last night,
survived until 11 o'clock, when he, ton,
expired. Both men died without any ap
parent Buffering nt tho close.
Mrs. Soffel has developed symptoms nf
pnoumonla, after having come safely through
an operation this afternoon for tho ex
traction of tho bullet. She Is tho only one
of the trio who has any chance of living.
The dpath of Jnck Ulddlo was caused bv
tho bullet wounds In his nbdomen nnd
bladder. Enrller tho physlclnns thought
peritonitis was his principal danger, but
early tonight Internal hemorrhage set In
and the man bled to death In n short while
As long as he was able, Jack was extremely
talkative and wan at times boastful. But
an soon ns the shadow of death began to
fall upon him nnd he recognized It he be
came, repentant.
Ileelurea Himself n ClirlKtlnn
"I know," said he, "that my time hero Is
short, and you can say for mo that I am
n Christian nnd will die a sincere believer
In God and hopo I will havo atrength
enough to Ray so nt tho last. I know I
have taken part In many wrong deeds, but
I never killed nny man and was nover Im
plicated with anyone who did. I wish 1
could sco Mrs. Kahney. I would toll her
the truth about tho killing of her hus-
baud. This llfo has been pretty tough to
me and the end cannot como too quick,
and I don't caro how."
Ed Blddlo had beon unconscious the
greater part of tho day. Internal hem
morrhage of tho lungs kept him nlmoct
continually choked. A sister of tho Bid
dies arrived In town this evening and was
admitted to the Jail, but Ed was unable
to recognize her,
The principal subject of conversation on
th streets today haa been whether tho But
ler county authorities would permit the ro
inovnl of tho Blddlos to Allegheny county
In the event of either of them aurvlvlng
bis Injuries
Tho contention was raised that Blnce tho
Biddies wero under arrest hero for fclonl
ous shooting, they could not be romoved.
Will He (ilven Up.
District Attorney John It. Hennlngcr dis
pelled any doubts on that point this oven
ing. by stating that It was the Intention
to turn the men over to tho Allegheny
authorities, ns soon na they wero in condi
tion to bo moved with snfety nnd thnt the
same action would bo taken with reference
to Mrs. Soffel. District Attorney John C,
Haymaker, Assistant District Attorney
John S. Robb, und Detectlvo Robert G.
Robinson of Allegheny county nrrlved here
nt noon today nnd nt 2 o'clock were In con
ference with tho county authorities, when
nn understanding was rpached with ref
erence to tho disposition of the prisoners.
After a consuttotlou nt tho hospital In
the case of Mrs. Soffel this evening, Dis
trict Attorney Hnymaker decided to allow
the womnn to remain here, as her condl
tlon is such thnt the trip to Pittsburg to
uight might be attended with fatal results,
Mrs. Soffel Is suffering considerably from
her wound, and the attending physlclnna
fear thnt her removal now, would cause
ganfreno to set In.
Wnmrn Befriend llllu.
Attorney Haymaker aald thero would bo
no division made of tho prize money until
tho claims of tho Butler people had been
heard. The excttomont v. as unabated today
nnd n dense crowd nf pooplo hung nbout the
Jail doors nil day trying to get in to Bee
tho two criminals. Tho most porslstent of
tho crowd were women, many of whom ex
pressed tha deepest concern nnd sympathy
for Ed Diddle nnd deslarcd their belief In
hl innocence. This belief seemed to deepen
when It became known that Ed Blddlo mado
n deathbed confession to Rev. Futhor Walsh
this place last night, declaring his lu-
nocenco of the crime of shooting Grocery
man Kahney and Detective Fitzgerald.
A lost love letter from Blddlo to Mrs.
Kato Soffel, found In tho snow near the
bloody sceno of their copturo, reveals tho
enroful plot for tholr escape from tho Al
legheny county Jnil. The letter clenrly
shown tho hazardous undertakings of the In
fatuated woman to socure tho cscapo of
tho Biddies, Since December 2, 1901, thoy
had been making preparations to escape.
It appears that Mrs. Soffel foil In lovo
with Ed Blddlo In November. The burglar
soon realized his power over her, nnd early
In December he proposed to her n plan of
' ;Bcapi'
Sho consented to lend him hor nld.
Between December it nnd 10 they hud
completed ull arrangements to escape from ' Tho city council tonight passed an nidi
the, Jail. Then they learned of the gov-'iianco raising tho salaries of thn electlvo
ernor's resplto. After this Ed Blddlo al- Iclty officials $300 a year. This brings Iho
moat porsuaded Mrs. Blddlo to fly with hlin j maximum snlnry dp to $1,800. Appolntlvo
and his brother. Tho contents of tho let- I officers, cxcluslvo of thoso lu police do
ter shows It wnii originally agreed that Mrs.
Soffel wns to lcavo the city for Canada on
the evo of tho nows of tho escnpe,
lllilille Write l'nlciuiitcly.
Tho letter In part Ib as follows:
We were Beached pretty close toduv nnd
these fellows would swear on u stnek of
bibles ton feet high that we could iiot 'nvo
hnd this stuff on, us nlnce Saturday. So
thnt voti nenrlv clear voumelf of nil huh.
picion wiiuoui wic iciiuw wncre you nougnt
tho saws would romc to tho Hiirfiice, They
never could convict you, but somo peoplo
might suspect you. Thnt would cut no. fig
ure. Thej never could prove It to savn
their lives.
If you have $i& I will not (.top ono mo
ment for monoy, but fly right to you as
quick ns I con. It would be much -JuMnr
for us to gut nwny If you stayed at home,
on account of the wnrden, you know. In
case you should not want to go, go to thn
postofllco nt Ilomestend about March 18 and
rail for innti under tho lmmo of Mrs,
Charles W, McDonald. You will get a Vi
ler telling you where I am and how I am
to get you. I want you to suit vourself lu
(Continued on Socond Pago.)
THE BEEBULLETIN.
Forecast for Nebrnskn- Fnlr Sunday nnd
Monday; warmer .Mommy; Minniuc
indo.
t WediliiiK 'lifts Tnx (lie llrltlsli.
DimiiKer Weep Oier Mr. CniiKPr.
Until of (lie lllilille Ciinvletn llend,
l'nel About the Meerte Chop.
2 elmol Mn'niii Poisoned nnd l'rnrn
Seerediry Munr Tnke (lie Onlh
I! l)i'! turn Mil' Ce( rive Per Cent,
A i' Inn sun Minnilnn Mnreli 1'luht
Woiidiwird Snfe In W (imilim .(nil.
I .Mr. Potter nnd l.nd.v .Monv' Cure
Amerlen (jet ('Inner In (lermnii).
Filmier llnrn Win llxelllniv limit.
." Iteeeptliin nt I lie lllltli Scliool.
Yenr il Prnurr n I'nlille l.ltirnrj
II l.it( WeeU In (hnnlin Soelety,
Woniiin' Clnli nnd Cluirllv Work.
7 .South Oiniihit nnd II Attn Irs.
Cnrnlvnt nf lee nnd Niiiim,
N Milt for I'rninl In Council II luffs.
Kffort In Improve tnvtn Itnnrnnllne
(.'iindlllim of IIiinIiips In Oiniihit.
0 llnse llnll Mndle (mil Dimiii.
Ml Oinnliit ii IIIk Implement Mnrket.
.lull Work of Inillmi Iron Wtiiu.
(I DniiMln Cmintj nilleer .Niinieil,
riti'imi. nf Clt lltmlueer ' Olllee.
Ask .VI ii n iln m ns In sncMsnient Mull.
I nlmt I'nclllo Itelnslnte .Men,
Wninnnt Her ii mul f lilm.
Ill Amusement nnd Miisleul .Vites.
II Killlmliil nnd Comment.
IB KnUe I'lre Alnrni l'niir Cntl.
Our i omlim (iuesl. Prince Henry.
!C ii I ll I in nf (lie Wonderful West.
IIIkkp"! I.oeoiniilli e lit er Ai!lile ed
IS Cn in in ere I nt mid Flnmieliil .Mnlter
It) "An Oilier Wii." liy WnKer llesuiit
ltd Tnv Ilnte CitniimreK I'm nrntity.
Temperature nt O inn hit Vestrrdii)
ll.mr. IH'K. Hour. Dew.
Ii ii, in II I p. in HI
II n, in II a i. in M
7 ii. in 7 II p. in ..... . 7
K n, in I ! p. in II
ii ii. in ..... . -i r p. i i
to ii, in 7 ti p. in :i
1 1 ii. in I) 7 p. in i
VI in Jl
EIGHTY-FIVE 0N DEATH LIST
.Mexico n .Mine llurriir I, litem u Mul It
. with Corpses Must KiIiinIiiii
Cutelie Hill .Men.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1. -A special to tho
Globe-Democrat from San Antoluo, Tex.,
says:
Elghty-flvu miners killed nnd suvenly
flvu more burled under debris, Is thu fear
ful record mado by n dust explosion at the
Hondo mines in Mexico, thu nuws of which
wns rocclved hero tonight.
At the tlmo tho explosion occurred there
wero 160 men In the mines, all of whom
wero entombed by tho shaft being choked
by falling earth and stono loosened by the
explosion. Just how many aro deal at thli
tlmo Is not definitely known, but thcro aro
at least eighty-five. Tho death list, It Is
feared, will bo grently over 100.
Tho Hondo mines are locnted nt Conqullla,
at tho terminus of a branch of tho Mexican
Intcrnntionnl railroad, about 100 miles south
of Eaglo Pass, and aro thu most Important
In thnt state. Details aro monger, no
names of tho victims being learned here.
CUDAHY AUDITOR ARRESTED
IlnnMell Ontrnm ChnrKCd tI11i Km
lirKKlctnertt While Hellei Iiik
Cnsliler for Vni'iidnii,
FORT SMITH. Ark., Fob. 1. (Special Tel
egram.) Russell Ontrnm, former travollng
auditor of tho Cudahy Packing company,
undtT arrest lu SI. Louis on n churgo of
embezzling thn company's funds, came hero
on his regular trip last Christmas aim ru
lleved Cashier Riley In tho local office du
Ing a two weeks' vacation. When Riley
checked up on his return ho claimed to
discover n cash jhortago of $600. Ostrum
had disappeared. Maungcr F. E, Champion
of tho local branch swore out a warrant for
Ostrum's arrest before Justice Edmondeon,
nnd Chief of Police Fullor, under instruc
tions from Mr. Cudahy nt Omaha, began
search for tho missing auditor. Friday ho
learned of Ostrum's presence In St. Louis
nnd ordered his arrest on tho warrant sworn
out here.
Ostrum Is n stranger In Fort Smith, being
known only to tho few ho mot whllo In
tho city as auditor. His antecedents aro
unknown here. His homo 1h said to bo
in Omnha. Prior to his trouble ho wns a
valued nnd trusted employe. Mnnnger
Champion refuses to discuss the case. OI11-
j cora will bo hent from Fort Smith to St.
Louis to bring Ostrum hero for trial.
THEY GET THEIR MONEY BACK
Cleveliinil Franchise Corporation
lleuelK hy lleliiK Off the
. Filled 1,1st.
COLUMBUS, O., Fob. 1. The State Board
of Tax Remission, consisting of the gov
ernor, auditor of stuto and the attorney
general, todny remitted the tax plnced
uguliiHt tho Cleveland frnnchlsed corpora
tions by the Cleveland Board of Enuulizn-
tlon on property aggregating 517.170,000.
They do this becaime tho Board of Equnll-
zntlon, In adding this amount to tho vnl-
uatlon of the corporations' pronorty an-
; plica thu principle! of tho NIchol law,
which specifically appllea to nil telephone.
telegraph and express companion. Tho cor
porations that get this reduction nro tho
Cleveland Electrlo Railway company. Clove
land City Railway company, the Cleveland
Gas Light and Coko company, tho Peoples'
Gns Light company and the Cleveland Elec
tric Illuminating company.
SALARIES GO UP INUNC0LN
Co it ii i' 1 1 tiici'ciiNr I'iij- uf elective Of
fice nnil .Shea r Mil y or nf Some
uf Ills I'imcr,
LINCOLN, Feb. 1. (Special Telegram.)
par. ncnt, whoso salaried nre unchanged,
wero given a slight Increase, averaging
$5 a month. Flro Chief Clement wns raised
from $1,200 to $1,&00.
Tho council pnBsed over tho mayor's veto
an ordinance taking away from that official
tho power to appoint councllmanla commit
tees nnd plnclng It In n special committee
I to bo chosen by thu council,
i
SENTENCES HOWARD FOR LIFE
.IiiiIkp Cunt rill nt I'rnnUfnrt Overrule
Miillnn fur .New Trial mul
ImpnucN Penult),
FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. l.-.Iudg Can
trill today overruled the mntlon for a new
trial In the Jim Howard case and sen
tenced him to Imprisonment for life. An
order was entered transferring Howard to
Georgetown tor lufekcoplug pending an
appeal,
METHOD OF MESERVE
til Dtal with Coith Omaha Itoofc Yar.li
NatUial Bank.
FACTS BROUGHT OUT SINCE CRAND JURY
IidiotMint Baud Explaiatioi of Maulr
vlatloi tf tchotl Tilda.
INTEREST PAID IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS
Caihiti'i Ghtcti Und to Com Up Dtpotlt
aid Payments.
SIME DETAILS CONCERNING THIS CASE
i:ne( l.nncnnKe nf Clinrite l-'lled svltli
True Hill llelurned nnd (n(li nf
County A((nrney In Hnp
pur( Thereof.
Notwithstanding the lntono Interest
aroused by tha indictment by ihc recent
grand Jury of J. B. Meservo. former popu
lint Btntc trcafiUlcr. for the cinber.xlcment
of Interest paid on dcposlta ot state nchool
funds, only vwiy mmger fnotw about tne
ea.io havo so far boon In poisusslon nt
the puhllo. What tho Indictment was n
tur.ied Mr. Mnsorve tried to explnln tho
t'lmrae nway by stiylng that It was th
result of politick, and that he had nr
rounted for and turned Into tho treasury
nil of tho fundi that were charged up' to
hlin on the books. Ho intimated also that
If any part of tho school funds hnd hcon
plnced hy him in n bank ho had done mi
solely for tho purpose of safety and en
tirely without criminal design.
I'ormnt Chin u AkiiIiisI Hlin.
Whllo iho testimony brought nut In thn
grand Jury room has been moro than usu
ally well guarded, enough of the story ha
now como to light to permit a moro de
tailed uccount of tho transactions on which
tho churgo against Mr. Meservo Is based.
Au embodied In tho true bill, presonted to
tho grand Jury, tho cffcnHo charged Is that
John B. Meserve,
bring tho stnto treasurer In and
for the Htnte of Nebrnskn, being charged
ii such officer w.th tho col ectloti. receipt,
htife-kceplng. trnnsf-r. nnd disbursement of
tho public moneys belonging to said Rtati,
ccrtnlu uf said money, to wit, ol
the public money belonging to Hnld state
being the Interest received and collected
upon JOO.cio deposited In the Union Stock
Yards National bunk of South Owilia,
Neb., during ti period of IiIh term of office
iih atato treasurer ns aforesaid, und of the
vnluo of J3.00O, did unlawfully und fraudu
lently embezzle nnd convort to Ills own
use, which snld moneys had como Itlto the
possession nnd custody of him, tho sa d
John B. Meserve, by virtue of his said
otllcc. nnd tn his discharge of tho dutled
thereof, said money, iih aforesnid. having
been fraudulently, unlawfully and fel
oniously converted to hlH own use and em
bezzled by him, the snld John B. Mesorve,
with Intent to cheat-and defraud tho state
of Nebraska, the owner of sold money,
contrary to tho form of the atatuto In
ticli enso made and provided, and against
tht penoo und dignity of tho Htato ot Ne
brnskn, This Is sworn to by County Attorney
Shluldn under the following oath:
. Tho Stnto of Nebraska. County of Doug
Iks. h: I, George W. Shields, belnn first,
duly sworn, on oall. depo. and Hay that I
know tho contents of tho foregoing In
dictment: that I have road tho same und
Hint 1 believe the mutters and things
therein sot rorlhotrne. SUIBI(Uf,(
County Attorney.
Tho witnesses whoso names aro Inhcrlbed
nn the bill are T. B. McPherson, C. N.
Forbes nnd John C. French, all being con
nected with tho South Omaha Union Stock
Yards National bank. Tho $3,000 which
Mr. Meservo Is allogcd to havo appropriated
conBlstB In Interest paymentB of $150 per
moutli, covering a poriuu in
IIimv lie Worked (he Trick.
Tho true charnctor of tho transaction
by which this monoy wns drawn Is shown
by tho fnct thut tho South Omaha Union
Stock Yards National bunk was never
a stuto depository during Mr. Meserve'a
term, nor dees Us books show any deposit
of Btoto money even in this instance. On
tho contrary, instead ot opcnlntj an account
In thu bank, ns would be done In nnturul
courao of business, TreaBiircr Meserve seems
to have exchanged JC0.000 of tho atato
school funds for a cashier's check, and
simply to havo hold tho check ub ono of tho
nssots of tho treasury. Thero being no
nccount ot record, the Interest, of course,
was not credited on any deposit fund. In
Btcnd, at tho ond of ench month, onothor
cnshlor's check for 1150, representing the
Interest nt 3 per cent, wns drawn by th
bnnk's officers in tho nnmo of Mr. Meservo
In his Individual capuclty, and so far ob
can bo utscortulnod, never passed beyond Mr.
Mesorvo's private resources. It Is said that
the $C(J,000 nftcr first being turned Into tho
bnnk wna, by Btlpulntlon, kept there an
ngreed period of a few months without
drawing nny tntcrost whatever, nnd that
tho payments ot $150 began nt tho expira
tion of thnt period, nnd oontlnucd until
tho closn of Mr. Meservn's term nf office.
So fnr iih tho safety of thu fund wai con-
CPrncli t was of course, as Bafo whllo It
I ...UB ,ir'awng no Interest as It was after It
I i , ,,r. interest.
! " p., idenee of Hel
liberation.
Another point that has been brought out
indicating tho dcllberato plan with which
tho transaction wns executed Is that while
tho lutorest on this school monoy was
gathered In by Mr. Meservo overy month tho
Interest paid on tho ntato funda regularly
placed In atato depositories, 1b credited up
to tho atntc only onco every throo months.
It Is learned also that whllo It required
several votes In tho grand Jury room to
got the number nocessary to find a trun
bill, the questions In dlHputo wero not os
to the facta brought out hy tho ovldonce.
but whether tho offendor wiih properly In
dlctlblo from Douglas county nnd should
bo prosecuted In this county, instead ot In
Lnncastor county, which Is tho official seat
of stato government. After thu law In thn
caso relating to Jurisdiction waa cloared up,
tho bill was voted by tho full number ot
Jurors.
BRANCH MINT FOR TACOMA
limine Cnniiiiltlec nn CnlmiKe Smile
Km rtiKliiKly "I Cluinuruii
NViihIiIiiwIuii City.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The houso com
mitted on coinage toilay nctod favorahly
on tho hill appropriating $200,000 for es
tablishing n branch mint nt Tncomn, Wash.
Tho general purioso of this new branch In
to glvo lidded mint facilities for tho gold
and nllvcr coming from Alaska. Although
votes were not taken on bills for other
branch mints, tho prospects, that tho estnh
llflhmcnt of tho one at Tacoma will oper
ate ngalnst tho establishment of other
branches In that section nf the country.
Director of the Mint Rohorts wai present
and Btated that ono branch in thn norths
west would be aufilclcnt tor all covoru
meat needs,
