Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-08
SHUTS OUT SHEEP
New Source of Annoyance for American
Grazers and Shippers.
IN INTERESTS OF ENGLISH FARMERS
British Board of Trade Yields to Popular
Demand for Protection.
PRESS STILL STUBBORN ON VENEZUELA
Weeklies Advise Salisbury to Ignore Mr..
Cleveland's Implied Threat.
ANOTHER QUEER STORY FROM FRANCE
LoOseness of the Marriage Relation
ms Exhibited in the Life of
Writer ana Two sprigs of
the Nobility.
ANOTHER QUEER STORY FROM FRANC

Copyrighted, 1895, by Press Publishing Company
LONDON Dec. 7.-(New York World
Cablegram-Special Telegram.)-- statement
reaches me on what seems to be full authority
that the British Board of Agriculture has re-
solved upon prohibiting the importation into
the British isles of live shesp, from either the
United States or Canada and that Mr.. Long,
minister Of agriculture, will make an an
nouncsment to deputation of English shesp
raisers which will wait upon him next
Wednesday. The ostensible reason is the
prevalence of a scab disease among North
American sheep, but the real motive is the
| imperative demand upon the present con-
servative government from rural classes to
| which the government really owes its exist
ence, for protective measures in behalf of
| agricultural interests. 1t is fact. indeed,
that recently an exhaustive governmental in
! quiry was made into scab disease but the
experts refused to certify that 1t is contagious
| or infectious and it appsars to be a disease
| which has been for many years prevalent in
| England. No measure has been taken to eX-
| tirpate 1t by the state, as is the case with
really contagious diseases among cattle.
| learn that a vigorous protest will be made by
| the agents of the Dominion government but
so far no similar action seems contemplated
on the part of the United States. My in
| formation is, indeed, that the cabinet Is de-
| termned to enforce the order wherever there
is foreign opposition. Our exports of live
| sheep hither is, believe. considerable.
INCLINED TO BE DEFIANT
Comments of the English press upon Pres
| ident Clevelands references to Venezuela are
| most significant. The extracts which
| have been cabled you by the Associated press
| are in the main moderate, but the weekly
| press of today, representing both political
| parties, as well as the daily journals of the
| PAST week, have been unanimous in express
| sion Of the opinion that Lord Salisbury can
| not and must not yield to any demand on
| our part for arbitration in the case of Venezu-
i Ella, or other dispute between England and
American governments. Thsy thus deny alb
solutely our right to insist upon arbitration,
or, indeed, to interfere in any way in even
a territorial dispute between Great Britain
and any South American government The
press generally takes note of Mr.. Clevelands
reference TO forcble intervention, but no
writer, even in the thoughtful weekly press
seems to contemplate any serious conse-
quencss from our possible future action in
this matter, although Mr.. Smaley has
pointed out in almost daily dispatches to
the Times how deep-seated and almost uni
versal is The sentiment in the United States
toward the enforcement Of the Monroe doc
trine as expressed, not only in the presidents
message, but in the resolutions before both
houses of congress
The weekly financial journals. commenting
upon the presidents financial recommends
tions, point out that the apparently hopeless
Drpgidput
gress on currency questions must continue
to prevent any considerable investment of
English capital in American securities. The
Statist today, in view Of the mprobability
within the next few years Of any satisfactory
settlement of our currency problem, vigor-
ously advises investment in the better classes
of South African securities rather than in
our own.
ANOTHER BIT OF FRENCH ROMANCE.
Another extraordinary trial now before the
Partisan courts further illustrates those pc
culiar phases CT French domestic life which
were so forcibly brought into public view by
the marquis de Nayve trial, full details of
which ] cabled you some weeks ago. The
plaintiff in this case is lady calling herself
Baroness Double. who was the daughter of
Biard, once a well known French painter In
her earlier womanhood she gained great repu-
taton and much social prominence as the first
writer of fashionable intelligence in Figaro,
over the name of Etincale. Her income from
her pen was then $l0,0 900 per annum and her
salon was attended by many of the most
notable men and women Of the higher Paris
ian society, as well by famous people in
the literary and artistic wcrld. She was
first married to French government official |
styling himself vcomte de Peyronny, but
who app ars to have lily bee tie i'll gi innate !
son of nobleman of that name. In the |
course OF her journalistic work Etincelle had |
occasion to describe for Figaro from the art |
collection of Baron Double. once a celebrated |
collector. She met his Lucien and they |
fell In love with each other. The French di- |
yorce law had not then been passed and she |
got divorce from Peyronny in the duchy of |
Saxe-Altenburg. Afterward she and Lucien |
were married in London, and when the |
Nacquet law was passed they ratified this by |
another divorce according to French law and |
another marriage In Paris, Meanwhile, on
the death of his father. Lucien became Baron
Double and heir to a great fortune But
meanwhile, also, he had again fallen in love,
TINS time with his wife's companion an Eng
lish girl. and these two set up another es-
and two daughters were born
to them, Before his death, some months ago,
Baron Double lsgitmized these two children
on the ground that his marriage to Etlncslle
was not valid. and he left his entire fortune
by will TO his children and their mother
Eiincells is now suing for her inheritance as
Baron Doubles legitimate wife. but her claim
is contested not only by the three heirs
under the baron's will, but by the dowager
Baroness Double, who, moreover, asks the
court TO deny TO Etincelle the right to call
herself Baroness Double
TAXED THE LESSEES.
Mr. W. X. Vanderbilt's protest againct
certain personal taxes imposed on him by
the Iny,rness county council as The lessee
Of Lord Loyat's deer forest, is supplemented
this wesk by many similar protests by other
essats OF Scotch estates. II appears that
these claims are ne press ;n;ed until the close
of the shooting season. when ias ocoupicr is