Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-27

London Chronicle Declares His Atti-
tudc n Year Ago Was dangerous.

tudc Year Ago Was Dangerous.
Copyright 1896, by the Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 26.-Official and diplomatic
circles are in a futter over an outspol;en
article on Mr.. Thomas f. Bayard the United
States ambassador, in the Chronicle OF
Thursday last. Hitherto 1t has been the
custom of the English press to lavishly
praise HIM and he has been everywhere
praised as the American who, single handed,
accomplished the Anglo American entente
The Chronicle upon the occasion referred
to gave great prominence to a Washington
letter. saying that instead OF rendering
either country a service, Mr.. Bayard, by
minimizing the gravity of President Cleve-
lands Venezuelan message to congress. was
a most dangerous representative of the
United States during a great crisis, and the
Washington letter adds, 1t was no thanks
to him that the situation did not lead to tho
most serious consequence
The Chronicles correspondent further
claims to have the highest authority for
the statement that President Cleveland and
Secretary Olney were anxious a year ago
that Mr. Bayard should resign that all the
negotiations were taken out of his hands
and that he has known nothing of what has
foreign office here. but has been content to
be pushed aside without resenting it.
The government is busiy engaged in max
ing inquiries into the systematic divulgence
of confidential information by persons en-
ployed by the Department of State, and
prosecutions will probably follow. 1t is
stated that foreign governments are better
informed regarding secrets OF the British
service than in the case of the secrets of
any other power.
The car has sent to King Menelek of
Abyssinia n large collection of musical in
struments. including a grand piano. an
organ, complete set of wind instruments,
as we'll as a band of musicians, who ac-
company the imperial gifts.
DR.. Frederick Temple, the new archbishop
OF Canterbury, and formerly of London, bade
farewell to the clergy of the diocese on
Wednesday in st. Paul's Cathedral. The
archbishop in full robes preached an elo-
quent sermon. Mrs Temple was presented
in behalf of the ladies of the diocese with
set OF Chippendale furniture
Mr.. Gladstone, in a letter Just published
on the subject of book collectors, says: 81
have been a purchaser in my time of about
possess six quaifcations-an appetite, leis-
ure, wealth knowledge, discrimination and
perseverance. OF these | have only the
two first, and the second is restricted, as
my visual power seriously disables it.
Speaking generally, | retired from the list
of purchasers and am gradually transferr-
ing the bulk of my library to an institution
at ST. Daniels, Hawarden. The book long
est in my possession is Sacred Dramas, -
presented to me by the authoress Hannah
Moore, inscribed, AS you have just come
into the world and / am Just going out of
ii, allow me-
The British museum has obtained an i'm
portant papyrus manuscript of the first CEN
tury b. c. II was found in Egypt and
contains lost odes OF the lyric poet Bacchy-
ldes, the contemporary of Hindar The
manuscript is finely written but is much
INITIATED Fifteen to twenty poems are
intact.
Truth prints letter from H. A. Lehman,
the Oxford coach, In which he records the
progress made by Harvard and the willing
ness and anxiety of the crews TO learn the
| English style of rowing comments on it as
follows ALREADY we can see the Grand
Challenge cup sailing across the Atlantic"