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Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
A DEATH
That Now Going On Between Emperor
Frederick and His Chancellor.

~[COpWiDht 1855 bU James Gordon Bennett.
BERLIN, April 15.-[Ncw York Herald
Cable-Special to the BEE. Since the unity
of Germany was proclaimed at Versailles
eighteen years ago, the German people have
not been confronted with such vital conse-
qucnces as the life and death struggle going
on between the emperor and Bismarck.
Every German, from the fcudal baron of
Thuringia TO the poorest woman in Berlin, is
fully alive to the enormous stakes being
played for in the supreme struggle between
the iron heel of autocracy and military dcs-
potism on the one hand and c~onstitu-
tlOnal monarchy or government by
the people and for the people, on
the other. The nation is aroused. This is in
everYone's mind, and this is what is talked
about at every iresidc and over every mug
of beer in Germany. Every German is now
making up his mind under which banner to
fight, just as in 1850 every American was
making up his mind for the north or south.
just as the logical conclusion of our great
struggle was the abolition Of state sovereign
ity and slavery, so the inevitable result Of the
great struggle now CONFUSING Germany will
be the abolition OF military absolutism and
autocracy.
Bismarck, like Richelieu, like Woolsey,
like Cromwell, can exist only by absolute
dictatorship. Bismarck has been accustomed
to play boldly for high stakes. In 1866
he risked everything, even the loss of
his head, and he is prepared to
do so now in this last and
supreme struggle. Since 1866 Bismarck has
been paramount. Kaiser Wilhelm, with an
old mans fondness verging at times TO weak
ness, gave his chancellor carte blanche. If
any hitch occurred Bismarck would threaten
to resign. He used to do that on an average
once a year and the old kaiser invariably
yielded. The chancellor now appeals TO
fuedal Germany, to the descendants Of the
old robber barons Of the Eartz and the Rhine
who are rallying about him., He adroitly
fans the latent fire Of German nationalism
| and OF German anglophobis by saying
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
of $4,000.

KANSAS CITY, April 15.--LSpecial Telegram
to the BEE. -Larabee, superintendent of
construction for the Metropolitan street rail-
way company, reported to the police yester-
day that a pickpoclict had robbed him OF
$500. About Q o'clock he drew this amount
from the Armour Brothers bank to pay some
men in Armourdale. He saw n smooth
faced young man about twenty, wearing
dark clothes and carrying n light overcoat on
ms arm, watching hin in the bank, but he
paid no particular attention to him.. Placing
the money in his vest pocket, he boarded a
Fifth avenue cable car, which was crowded.
In trying to get standing room Larabec was
rudcly jostled. Realizing that something
was wrong, he felt for his money and missed
it. Looking around he saw the young man
he had seen in the bank in the act of jump
ing from the car. Larabce tried TO catch
him, but failed.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
Giving an Alleged Actor.

New YORK, April l5.-lSpecial Telegram to
the BEE. james Owen O'Connor, who
claims to be "A tragedian, has been giving a
round of Shskespearcan performances at the
Star theater this week. His audiences have
guyed him and the press has ridiculed him.
Last nights scene at the performance of
Othello surpassed anything ever seen here
in a theater. The curtain was rung down
twice during the first act, so great was the
the tumult, Oranges, apples, peanuts and
other missiles were hurled. at the tragedian
Few words uttered by those on the stage
were heard by the audience. Shouts, cries,
laughter and applause continued srom the
opening of each scene TO the close. The fact
that O'Connor is no actor is apparent TO
every one but himself. He is simply stage
struck and the critics find in him a new edi-
ton of Count Joannes.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16

AN ECCENTRIC WOMAN.
Some of the Pcculiaritics of the Ouch.
ess Caroline of Montrose.

New York, April l5.-ISpcclal Telegram
to the BEE. 1T is reported from London
that the Duchess Caroline of Montrose, who
certainly is one of the most eccentric women
in England or anywhere else, whose peculiar
fad is an objection to paying bills in spite of
her large fortune, has been getting into
trouble once more. This time she refuses to
pay 81, 730 for a supply of orchids for FITTING
up her green house, the work on which was
ordered done in honor of n visit from the
Prince of Wales. One item was 1000 or
chids at a guinea a piece, which she declared
to be too much. She was ordered to pay
E1,200 into court with leave to fight out the
balance if inclined.
The duchess is seventy years of age and
has married and buried two husbands, both
wealthy, the last of whom was plain Mr..
Crawford. She was reported-and it was
generally believed, to rave had the inten-
ton of marrying for love a few years ago, the
object of her affections being Fred Archer,
the famous jockey who recently committed
suicide, to whom the duchess is said to have
written personally proposing marriage. She
is a fine woman, tremendously big and dcs-
perately fond of racing, which she does un-
der the name OF Mrs. Monitor, and was per-
haps moved by a desire to obtain for her
stables sinine it the exclusive Arviees of the greatest
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16

that the supremacy of Emperor Fred
erick means the placing of Germany
under the royal family of England, and on
this point the untimely visit OF Queen Vic
toria to Berlin will be a trump card in Bis
marck's hand and cannot but be regarded as
a grave diplomatic blunder. 1t will certainly
be utilized by the emperor's enemies as fore
showing an English, anti-hussian keynote to
Germany's foreign policy. Bismarck delights
at times in playing to the gallery and is anx-
ious to counteract the bad impression already
created by having thrown overheard all the
traditions of German loyalty and even Ger
man chivalry by weaving away the heart Of
the emperor's eldest son and attacking
tiercely his almost dying father. In this SUI
preme contest Bismarck's potent allies are
cancer and the crown prince.
1t is Bismarck and absolutism against con-
stitutlonal sovereignty and representative gov
ernmont In this impossible vortex of ter
rible anxiety all Berlin has been plunged for
the last forty-eight hours by conflicting ru-
mors from the imperial bedside. AS | write
this dispatch in the reading room of the
Kaiscrhof hotel wild reports come flying
about like falling leaves in an autumn gale.
The emperor is dying"
"The emperor is dead"
Then several minutes later "Mackenzic has
again changed the tube and still hopes"
Then a well-known banker enters the hotel
and whispers, "The emperor is dead.n Then
later:
uThe emperor still lives.n
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16

BERLIN, April 15.-The emperor remained
in bed until l O'Clock to-day. The irritation
produced by the canula has induced much
coughing, which broke his rest. Thousands
of people waited many hours IN Inter den
Linden in hopes of seeing the emperor drive
out. He was unable even to attend the
chapel, and only walked II short time in the
orangcrie.
1t is now known at midnight that the en-
peror staid in bed all day and that his cough
continues. He is suffering from a catarrhal
affection of the trachca, due to irritation re-
sulting from the changing of the tube. Some
of the papers have again begun n violent
attack on Doctors Mackenzie and Hovcl.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
Castle Gardens Railroad Pool.

New York, April l5.-[Spccial Telegram
to the BEE, Castle Gardens iniQuitous
railroad pool stands in imminent danger of
being swept out of existence. Several of the
railroads constituting it have withdrawn and
are now openly fighting it, and offering liberal
inducements TO runners and other persons
who will secure them immigrant passengers
outside of the pool. Until recently cordial
relations have existed among the railroads,
but finally the yoke fas tened upon the lesser
railroad corporations by the New York Cen
trail and the Pennsylvania, who were monop.
olizing the biggest percentage of passenger
traffic, became unbearablc, the result being
the present condition of affairs. Thu prcsi-
dents of the various railroads forming the
immigrant clearing house have been in con-
sultation several days trying TO devise some
means to prevent the collapse of the pool.
This failed, however, and the question now
is, chow long car the pool withstand the as
saults of its enemicSf'
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
DEATH NOT FAR DISTANT
Father Time Gaining q Firmer Grip
on Roscoe Conkling.
HIS FRIENDS LOSE ALL HOPE.
The Unsatisfactory Statements Of His
Physicians Increase the Belief
That His Demise is Only a
Question of Hours.
Conkling's Condition Worse.

New York, April 15.-Last night was q
bad one for ex-senator Conkling. He slept
but little and was effected by u bad cough
that disturbed him every few minutes. He
is much Frustrated by II, and this morning
was weak and nervous. DIR. Baker said
this morning there were no symptoms for the
worse in the patients condition except some
bronchitis developed during the night. His
pulse was 30 and temperature 9St6. There
still remains some twitching of the muscles.
The patient has taken considerable nourish-
ment.
AS the day wore on ConklinC's nervousness
and twitching of muscles became more pro-
nounced. A state of partial coma was the
next development, and then he lost the
power to resist the DOCTORS efforts to feed
him and dress his wound. Shortly after
1880 this afternoon he sank into q sleep
which was more a state of stupor than sleep.
Not for q single moment was he rational this
afternoon, and his mind seemed filled with
recollections of the great law suits and politi-
cal campaigns in which ho had been the
leading figure.
From 3 o'clock until s many callers left
their cards, but no word came from the sick
room other than that Conkling was still
sleeping and unconscious. About s o'clock
DIR. Barker entered the house, and n few
minutes later two burly porters from the
HOFFMAN house Tin up inc SIeIS unu WCTC
ushered into Conkling's residence. This in
cident caused some excitement among the
Watchers, who inferred that Conkling had
become uncomfortable and that the men had
been summoned to hold him.
DIR. Barker remained half an hour, and
when he emerged said to the reporter:
"Mr. Conkling is no worse but a shade better
than at this time last night. He has not
been in Il state of coma, or even Stupor, as
was reported. Early this evening he eX-
pressed Il desire for u mint julip and no
seemed to enjoy the drink immensely. l
merely called the porters in to hold Mr.. Conk-
ling down should he become violent during
the night, although there are no positive IN
dications that he will become cxcited.n
9p. m~.-Opinions of the friends of Conlt-
ling and his physicians continue to differ.
DIR. Barker called at S:15 p. IN. He said
Conkling had lost nothing and there was no
change i'll his pulse or temperature since his
last visit. Notwithstanding this hopeful
view, the following telegram was sentto-day:
Hon. j. p. Jones, Utica, N. Y.-Much
weaker. Chances diminishing Very little
hope. $. l.. M. BROWN.
AT 1O:30 there was no change in Conk-
ling's condition, according to the reports
| which reached the street. An hour before
this Edward Stokes said: "Conkling IS fail
ing rapidly. There is no chance of his re-
covery. | don't think the end is far Distant"
Judge Cox left Conkling's house at IL 80.
He said Conkling was not sleeping. but was
coughing badly.
NEw YonK, April 1G, . u. MN. Conk-
ling's condition IS unchanged. He is still
sleeping.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
ObCrIin's Boom.

OBERIIS, Kan, April II. Especial Tele-
gram to the BEE. Tho citizens hore feel
jubilant over the fact that at a meeting Of
the board Of trade the necessary steps were
taken TO secure waterworSs, the erection Of
a 10000 Touring mill and extending aid to
all legitimate enterprises necessary TO build
up the town. Railroad contractors and
graders arc strung out all over the line Of the
Rock Island road through northwestern Kan
sas, and more graders are on THEN way here.
road, the h.. & NJ. and the Rock Island, TO
Denver Very encouraging news comes
from the Omaha & Southwestern. The peo-
pie stand ready to assist when assured that
the road means business.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
A Nose Worth Having.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 15.-lSpecial Tel
egram to the BEE. Leo Mapano is the
name of a Japanese citizen who is at the ST.
james. Mr.. Mapano, who is so far Amer
icanized as to dress in clothing of n stylish
cut, makes n large salary with his nose. He
is tea inspector for an eastern i'm porting
firm and draws s., 800 per year and all ex-
pcnses. His method of testing is something
novel. Every box of tea that is taken from
%shlpboard by his firm is opened and samples
placed before Mapano. With one short, i'm
tense sniff he Mt once decides whether tho
tea has been adulterated and also marks tho
grade. 1t is said that MapanO's nose, which
is an ordinary looking snub about the color
Of an old saddle, never leads its owner
astray.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
Arrivals.

New YoRK, April l5,-[Special Telegram
to the BEE, Arrived: The Rugia, from
pool; La Bourgogne, from Havrc.
SoCTIAMPToN, April l5.-Arriycd: The
Waesland, from New York for Antwerp.
New YORK, April l5.-Arriyed: The Bal
tic, from Liverpool.
lQuEENsTowN, April 15.- Arrived: The
Indiana. from Philadelphia; the Aurania,
from New York.
New YoIu, April II. --Arrivcd-Thc hlaslya,
from Liverpool; the Marion, from Barcelona;
the Scryia, from Liverpool.
QUEENSTOWN, April l4.-Arrived-Thc Au-
rama, from New York for Liverpool.
HtyEE, April l5,--La Campugnc, from
New York.
New TonE, April Is. Arrived - The
Greece, from London.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
Convicted of Illegal Voting,

Rochester,, N. Y, April l5.-[Special Tcle-
gram TO the EE.l-At a general election in
1856, Lucy Barber and n number of other
women accompanied their husbands to the
polls and swore in their vote. No action
was taken for nearly a year, when Mrs.
Barber was arrested on tho charge of illegal
voting, II being the intention to make il a
test case. She was found guilty and sem
fenced to one days Imprisonment in the
county jail. She appealed from the sentence
to the next higher court and Il decision has
been rendered sustaining the conviction.
Mrs. Barber has not as yet served her SEN
tCnCc.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
THE NATIONS MlItIN II.
Twcnty-Third Anniversary OF the
Killing of lincoln.

SPRINGFIEID, H., April 15.-Thc twenty
third anniversary of the death of Abraham
Lincoln was celebrated in this city to-day by
the Lincoln Memorial league, of which II. b.
Hooker is president. The services were at the
national monument in Oak Ridge cemetery.
The sarcophagus was appropriately deco
rated. The attendance was quite large and q
good degree Of interest was manifested. The
address was by Rev. Is. +. Crouss, chaplain
of the league. Letters and kilograms of re
greet were received from the governors Of
the various states, including Marble Of
Maine, Hin of New York, Foraker Of Ohio,
Gray of Indiana, Beaver of Pennsylvania,
and from Senators Cullom and Sherman,
Generals Sherman and Sheridan, Judge
Gresham, Hurriet Beecher Stowe and others.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
The standard,s RnmlGcations.

CHICAGO, April l5,-TSpecial Telegram to
the BEE, 1t is stated that the Standard oil
company has completed all its arrangements
for building a pipe line from Lima, o., to
Chicago for the cheap and rapid transporta.
ton of crude oil, which they think is destined
TO take the place of coal in the great manu-
featuring establishments in Chicago. Work
has already begun and will be rapidly pushed.
The pipe to be used is eight inches in dame
ter. The total length of the pipe will be
about 2l0 miles, and the entire investment
ard oil company practically controls all the
oil territory around Lima, and 1t is intimated
that for three months it has had its agents
out prospecting and leasing all the oil-indi.
about thirty miles south of Huntington, Ind.
Great roticence is observed, however,, py all
connected with the company and nothing
definite can DC learned.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
MEET ON A CURVE.
The Burlington Fast Mail Wrecked
Near Creston.
ONE KILLED AND THREE INJURED.
The Mail Cars Are Burned Up Blu
the Clerks Escape-Duc to a
Conductors Blunder -
Other Casualties.
Came Together On n Bridge.

CREsroN, April 15.-[Special to the BEE.
"A serious head end collision on the main
limo OF the "Q'' occurred Mt 400 this morn
ing, about n mile west of the city, between
the west bound mail and express No. 5 and
the sixth section of freight No. 12 east bound.
G. A. Shoot, fireman on the freight, was
killed. and a brakeman named Henry Glib
bons had q leg crushed, which has since been
amputated. j. M. Osborn, engineer of the
freight, was slightly injured on the leg, and
l.. j. Miller, n brakeman, was internally in
iured.
The trains met on q sharp curve, the en-
CINE of the passenger train and front mail
car having Just crossed a bridge. The en-
gincer had barely time to apply the air brake
before jumping, and not a single coach left
the track. Both engines and one mail car
rolled down a fifteen foot embankment, the
mail car landing on it's back.
Four postal clerks were at work in the car,
and were covered over with piles of mail
sacks that at once took fire from breaking
lamps. An AK was handed them, and they
were soon released uninjured. The fire
quickly spread to the storage car that stood
on the bridge, and before the city fire depart
ment could reach the scene and get hose
enough to the mail cars and the bridge, We're
in flames. The upper portion of the bridge
was burned away. but the piling was
saved and a new bridge was under con.
struction in less than u half hour. Both
mail cars, the white cars used by the fast
mail, were totally destroyed and both engines
appear to be utterly useless.
The responsibility for the accident is said
to rest on the conductor of the freight who
should have sidctrackcd at Cromwell. 1t is
said that he had been tifty-four hours with
out sleep and had fallen asleep at the station
Tho loss of property to the company is es
timated at between S20,0 900 and $4,000. The
mail cars were insured.
Thousands of people are visiting the scene
of the wreck which is Just adjoining Lake
park. 1t presents a frightful appearance b.
not "a single passenger was injured. TIL,
bridge was finished and the tracks cleared II
| I 1 o'p1nrk
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
He Cursed the Court.

SEDALIA, Mo, April 15,-[Special Telegram
to the BEE. Charles +. Blessing, the des-
perado, was on trial yesterday for shooting
Officer James Gossage in December last.
During the progress of the trial the prisoner
cursed the witnesses, jury and judge. The
court ordered him gagged if he persisted in
his interruptions. The jury were out five
minutes and returned with a verdict of
guilty. He was given ten years, He win
now be tried again for shooting Joseph Cos
sage on the same day, and viii probably get
another and a similar sentence. He is
twenty-eight years old and has served in the
prisons Of Indiana, Illinois and Missouri.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
Norton Court Notes.

MORTON, Kan, April lj,-[Spccial Telegram
to the BEE, district court adjourned here
yesterday, having been in session since the
ID inst, disposing of nearly all the cases on
the docket. William Woodruff, the boy who
shot through the opera house window on the
night of November Z, 1857, while the Louis
Lord opera company was performing, goes
to Jail for thirty days. lsaak Van Gundy
was proven guilty of rape and sentenced to
one year in the penitcntiary.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
Nebraska and Iowa Pensions.

WAsuINGToN, April 15,~.[Special Telegram
to the BEE. The following pensions were
granted Ncbraskans to-day: lncrcase--Orrin
Squircs, Seward; Homer j. Spields, Wayne;
Alfred Blair, Taylor; Francis N. Brown,
Clement; Hartman p. Shcrwian, Lincoln.
Pensions for Iowans: Original invalid
Buck Iglan, Cambridge; Samucl Schoonever,
Durham. lncrcase-JOhn Knott, Muscatine;
William T.. Hoyt, Andrew; jeremiah Pickett,
Marshalltown Rcissue-August Gasman,
Clear Lake. Original widows, etc, war of
1Sl2-Mary j., widow of James Cummings,
Winterset. Mexican survivors-Petcr ID.
Ankcny, Dcs Moincs; Charles Stafford, Du-
bulue; MesleN Benner. Clear Lake.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
Chnrccd MIN Pcrimry.

DRApwooD, OAK, April ~l5.-[Special Tele-
gram TO the BEE United States Marshal
Maratta, of Dakota, has arrested George H..
Permont on a charge Of perjury at Spearlish,
ON a warrant issued by the government OH
Gals of New Mexico. Mr., Permout has been
a prominent sheep raiser Of both territories
Dakota and New Mexico. The perjury is
charged to have been committed IN entering
government lands. The arrest was q great
surprise to Pcrmout's many friends here.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
This Week of Congress-.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-The tariff and APP
preparation bills are to be the business of the
house during the week, if the declarations of
the majority managers are made good.
Tomorrow, however, motions to suspend the
rules will be in order, under the call of
committees. In this event Blanchard will
seek to put the river and harbor appropria-
ton bill through. Nowhere is there any en-
pressed intention to prevent the carrying out
of Mr.. Mills announcement that he will ask
the house to enter upon the consideration of
his tariff bill Tuesday.
The senate will probably spend the entire
week upon the animal industry bill and the
Dakota bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
NIisrcprcsentcd BY His Enemies.

LONDON. April 15.-TSpecial Cablegram to
the BEE. -Replying to an address signed by
twenty-eight. members of the Midlothian
executive council of the iberal-unionist asso-
citation, Gladstone complains of a misrepre-
sentation of his statements and maintains
that on all of the points upon which they
asked n fuller exposition of his views his pub
lie speeches have been most explicit. He re-
grets that some of his constituents have
entered into such a controversy, but says he
is not entitled to take exception to their acts.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
RaiIroad Contract Let.

CHICAGO, April ia dispatch from Sho-
shonc, Idaho, says: Fitzpatrick Brothers &
Collins, the railroad contractors of Beatrice,
Neb., closed a contract with the Oregon Rail
way and Navigation company yesterday to
build two branch lines in Oregon. The Eu-
reka Flat extension, near Wulla Walla, and
the Willow Greek branch, near Arlington, j
distance Of eighty miles.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
Bitten BY Mad Dogs.

BALDWIN, Kan, April 15.-[Spccial Tolc.
gram to the BEE, "A few days ago several
mad dogs appeared in this section and in
Lane county. Cattle, hogs and horses wero
bitten in all directions, All the animals,
with the other dogs bitten, show signs of
hydrophobia. People have organized to ex-
terminate all these and many valuable ami
mails will be sacrificed. In the town of
Tribune, Max Heller died of h%ydrophobia in
Michael Sherwin were also bitten and their
death is expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-16
BouIonper Has n Walknwov.

PARls, April 15.-In the election to-day for
the department of Nord, Boulangcr received
172,312 votes, Foucart 1871, and Moreau
9,G43. a large crowd gathered this evening
in front of the Office of the Boulangist news
paper, La Cocarde. A transparency repre-
scnting Ferry as n clown turning somer-
saults excited derisive bowls, while another
representing Boulangcr was wildly cheercd.