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GAMMERS KOOST
IN A ruuuuousE
Police Raid the Paupers' Retreat and
Find Betting: on Races in
. Full Swing.
BOOKMAKERS HAD GOOD THING
Some Inmates Express Indignation
and Are Fxpelled.
CENSUS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE
Nearly Two Thousand Men, Women
and Children on List.
RECRUITS FOR SALT LAKE CITY
Mormon Missionaries Kind Fruitful
Klrlil fur Hermits and Take
Man- Hundred Cilrls from
K br la nil to Itah.
HY I'AII. 1,AMHKTM.
IJNIJON, April 15. (Special to The Bee.)
England has another chant to laugh
ml It In takins advantage of the sltua
llon. Think of It! The police make a raid
un a gang of gamblers In a poorhouse
where, betting on horse races has been go
Ing on for yearn; not penny ante os, crap
shooting, but out and out book making, the
taking of bets every day and settling up at
night!
Thu raid was recently made where one
of the Inmates had received a number of
beta on the l,lncoln handicap from pauper
patrons. The practice haa been canted
oi by the bookmaker for eighteen months,
and he has admitted that he took the busi
ness over from another Inmate. The raid
was made In consequence of an anonymous
lctier, and tho ringleader gave the name
of several of his clients, one of whom was
at jme time a. well known cricketer. The
custom was to pay out on the arrival of
ihe papers. In future the betting and rac
ing news is to be obliterated from the pap
ers before they are placed In the wards.
The bookmaker was In the habit of sending
the bets out of the workhouse. The guar
dian held an Inquiry, and they have found
that the bookmaker had an assistant, and
one of the men kept a racing calendar.
One of the plungers was very Indignant
when called upon to testify and he was
ordered to leave the Institution.
Census of Homeless.
A census of the homeless persons In this
elty was taken in the1 night of February
17. The number of persons discovered home
less was 1.TS5. 1.4B2 being men. 321 women,
and two children. Incidentally It msy be
mentioned that the government is going to
spend )9on,onn In crowning King George.
Wales Bars America n steel.
: Three thousand tons of steel bars from
New York were unloaded from the steamer
Kutalia at Swansea, last Tuesday, to serve
as low material lor the Welsh tlnplata
Industry. This is the largest cargo of such
bars ever received at that place.
Members to Bo Paid.
That the payment of members, of Parlia
ment 'If assured r thin- year was the an
nouncement made by .ths prime minister In
the House of Commons, In reply to a
question. . .
Recruits for Mormonlsm.
According to the Cuuntoss Chichester, last
year 556 girls were transported to Salt
lke City. Utah. She said this at a meet
ing In support of the Chester Rescue home,
where she discussed the 'Tarrant propa
ganda of Mormonlsm" being carried on
throughout England. It waa the Ignorance
of religious things In which our boyhood
and girlhood were now growing up that
made them fall prey to these people, svho,
decoyed them away from their parents.
The countess said she mentioned this be
cause the propaganda was going on among
the servant classes. There were large Mor
mon colonies at Tottenham, llrerpool, lia
ses and Ireland. The difficulty waa to get
facts upon which action could be taken.
to have the whole thing brought before
Parliament. Hut facts were being accumu
lated, and she hoped before long action
would be taken In the matter.
First Dreadnought Passe.
The first Dreadnought of the new type
has already been supersede! as the latest
and finest sea fighting machine, though tt
lias only been in commission five years.
It was launched six years ago. Admiral
William May hauled down his flag two
weeks ago, and the original Dreadnought
Is to he taken In hand for a thorough refit.
An even stronger vessel than either will
soon lie ready. This Is the Orion, which
is nearly 5,000 tons larger than the Dread
nought. The rate at which Improvements
are being effected In the construction of
these tremendous battleships means that
their period of usefulness is growing
shorter. s 1
Formerly warships remained for. years as
first-class fighting machines, but every
few years. nowadas, practically new ships
icrs discarded. During the present, year
no fewer than nine are under orders to be
struck out.
Heavy Price for Art.
The proposition to sell Rembrant's pic
ture. "The Mill" for jiO,000 to an American
millionaire has caused unlimited discus
sion, printed and oral, and the Marquis
I.andowe has enjoyed it Immensely. An
art critic of recognised authority who
writes anonymously says In one of the
papers:
"The absurdity of the whole thing may
be easily demonstrated by plain facts.
'The Mill', put up for public auction at
Christie's, might have fetched fl,UiO. The
highest price ever paid for a picture at
Christie's was ll.M guineas. Over the
), at Willis', that figure has been
twice exceeded, when Messrs. Kohlnson A
Foster id lluppner's ' I.ady 1-ouiisa Man
ners" for II.WAI Bullions u few ytars ago.
I remember that when Ueinbrant's 'A
Gentleman on Horseback' fetched I.Ouu
guineas three or four years ago the price
uu considered a very fair one. The lu
iM. loueness of the dictum that 'the value
of a thing Is whatever It will fetch' Is
therefore obvious when the aMng' Is a
IliMiilirsiult, told by a British marquis- to
ait Amwrhaii millionaire fur nerly I'iOu.ood."
INDIA AWAKE AND ADVANCING
Passed for I urlullmeul of
Hoars of Labor for Adults
a ad ihlldrru.
Iks
IMMTITA. .April U-(Special to The
lWe )- l lie factory hill. whU-li limits adults
to twelve hours and children to : hours'
dally labor, l.dt bern t Kissel Into law. The
L.I! Is now generally regarded as a practi
cal working uieure
IRELAND SHORT ON CHILDREN
Alarming Decrease in Birth Rate is i
Reported.
COST OF LIVING IS THE CAUSE
Maar Men and Women Continue to
Avoid Marrlsae Throuah Fear
of Inability to Support
a Family.
HY ROBERT EMMETT.
DUBLIN. April 1.1. (Special to The Ree.)
History has shown again and again that
a nation's greatest asset is a reliable stock
of sound, healthy citizens, and the picture
of a childless Ireland I the strongest argu
ment that can be adduced for a change In
the system which has brought about such
a disastrous condition.
In the report of the Commissioners of
National Education In Ireland for 1906-10.
Just Issued, Is the statement that there are
places In Sllgo where there are no chil
dren. The senior Inspector of the Sllgo
education circuit says:
"Those who In the past did not emigrate,
hut remained at home, have grown up, and,
corftronted by the difficulty of subsistence,
have never married.
"Within a radius of two miles there are
sixty-three houses, and in forty-nine there
are no children.
"In other places young men and women
emigrate year after year, and there are
none left to help on the farm, except the
children, who are therefore kept away from
school."
Fan In Court.
There was a constant roar of laughter
at the recent hearing of the charges made
by the master of the Ltsnaskea work
house against Porter P. McCormlck, who
made charges against the master.
The porter alleged that the master as
saulted him, and dented the charge of
drunkenness. The master saw the porter
was "destroying his moral fibre" by drink;
McCormlck said he didn't know what that
meant. He might have left his room by
the window at night on a couple of oc
casions, but that was because there was
fresh paint on the door.
The porter told of card parties In the
workhouse when the guests stayed till
after 10 p. m. The master sometimes sup
plying the drink. The1 master often drank
witness whisky. I
The Protestant chaplain said , he never
saw the porter drunk. v.
The master related that when the porter
waa In drink be shouted so as to be heard
for miles. A queer thing was that he
could walk and even scale a wall, ana
not know what be waa doing when drunk.
He could cross walls as quick as a dog,
although wild with drink (laughter).
Dank Mock low,
There has of late been a marked depres
sion tn Bank of Irslsnd stocks, which has
fallen to 2M, this being the lowest price
touched for years. Most of the recent
heavy selling Is attributed to English
holders, who are nervous as to the conse
quences of the promised home rule.
Upon the passing of the act of union the
splendid structure In College Oreen sold
to the Rank of Ireland. In the event of
home rule being granted to Ireland, the
question Is. will the Rank ' of 'Ireland be
called upon to surrender ths College Oreen
premises for the Irish. Parliament? When
Ireland had a parliament the body, met In
that building.
Priest Leads Ileseue.
Tho schooner Teaser went ashore last
Saturday morning on Ourragh rocks, Ard
more bay. Father O'Shea, the Catholic
curate, made an effort to reach the wreck,
but the heavy sea prevented him from
launching the only available boat. A boat
was eventually brought a mile and a half
overland, and this, inarmed by Father
O'Shea and five others, put off to the
wreck and brought the bodies of three
sailors ashore.
Big? Dry Dock Finished.
What Is regarded as the largest dry dock
In the world has been constructed at Bel
fast for the reception of the 45.000 ton
White Star Line Olympla.
Work on the dock commenced seven
years ago. Delays, however, occurred, and
twice work was suspended owing to ths
embankment of the adjoining Alexandra
duck giving way. The undertaking cost
11.750,000. and the dock has been entirely
excavated on land reclaimed from the sea.
The dock is 8.10 feet long, and when the
caisson gate has been placed on the outer
fare the length is 8S7 feet. It Is 100 feet
wide. The concrete floor is seventeen and
one-half feet thick, and vessels draw lug
between thirty-three . and thirty-four feet
can be accommodated.
Botha's Ministers
Propose to Build
Palace in Pretoria
African Union Government Submits a
Plan That Shocks English
Members.
CAPE TOWN. April 15.-(Speclal to The
Bee.) An Interesting debate took place In
the Union assembly with reference to the
i government's plans for the new Union
buildings at Pretoria. Mr. Merrlman an
nounced t!ie procedure as grossly uncon
stitutional and the expenditure as wasteful
and wanton.
The result of the adoption of the plan
would be an expenditure of KaO.OOO, which
may extend to 17.500.000, or even llO.Otil.OU).
Tho building plans are on a most luxurious
scu e. providing, among other things, for
an enormous motor garage, for a bicycle
room, for sn archives room big enough to
store in It all the contents of the British
Mu seum, for an elaborately tiled private
dlr.ing room for ministers, In addition to
Ihe splendid dining room for ths civilian
clerlts, and fur SliW.ltt) worth of decorative
sculpture.
SPANISH VILLAGEDESTITUTE
Residents of Foaa Threaten to laut
srato la a llody I nlrss H r
llef Is I.Uen.
MADRlp. April 16. (Specisl to The Bee)
So miserable la the condition of the vil
las of Fosa. in Spain, that the people
threaten to emigrate In a body unless help
is at once given by the government.
Practically all the people are destitute,
there being no work of any sort to be
done. The minister of the interior tele
graphed to the authorities to, know
. whether It was possible to bee n st ones
with the const! uiCon of acana' at fie
plc la order to provide prf liable work
J for the voils.
GERMANS ALIVE ' HOLLVEG WORRIES VAIICAHjTWO JiOVS FIGHT
TO BIG CHANCE!" " iSs"" I,kc"! DUEL LN FliANCE
Are Planning a Warm Reception to
Delegation of American Busi
ness Men on Visit.
WELL LEAVE BOSTON IN JUNE
Purpose is to Investigate European
Methods of Trade.
TO TRAVERSE SEVERAL NATIONS
Subject of Anti-Modernist Oath Still
a Live One.
TO BE DISCUSSED IN REICHSTAG
Rare of Airship for Prise of Hundred
Thousand Dollars to Be Held lu
June nnd to Cover l.are
Stretch of Territory.
BY MALCOLM CLARK K.
BKRL1N. April 15. (Special to The Bee.)
The various business or commercial
bodies here and In other parts of the em
pire are making extensive preparations for
the reception and entertainment of the big
delegation of American business men who
are expected here. It Is the first party
of American business men ever to make a
tour of Europe to study business and
economic conditions and will sail from
Boston June 12 for a trip through this
country, England. France. Belgium, Austria-Hungary
and Switzerland.
The party of 100 will also Include dele
gations from the commercial organisations
and municipal governments of New Tork,
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Cleveland. De
troit, Pittsburg. St. Paul and other cities.
Special trains will be used to carry the
party from one city to another. On not
more than two occasions will It be neces
sary to travel by nlsht. In order that
those who wish to stay In Iondon during
the coronation may do so, an early sailing
has been arranged, the steamship com
pany having changed the date of the lvcr
nia to June 12.
Two things are In view, the most Im
portant of which Is to make it possible for
a group of representatives of American
business men to see the best that leading
European cities are doing In commercial.
Industrial. transDortatlon. municipal and
other fields. The second object Is to ejr
tend sn invitation to the commercial bodies
of Europe to send delegates to the Inter
national Congress of Chambers of Com
merce at Boston In 1912.
Artificial Man fnTented.
Otto Windham, an Inventive genius liv
ing here, has, after years of struggle, suc
ceeded In making, an artificial man, who
can walk, make all. movements, speak,
sing, laugh and whistle. . It Is a life-size
figure and so natural an Imitation as to
bo completely deceptive a yard away.
"0:cultus," as the figure is named,
obeys words of command, such as
"March!"' and "Halt!" and he answers any
questions put to him. It Is not an illusion
or. a trick; It Is A pure piece of mechan
ical, work. . . . ; ' '
Antl-Modernlst Oath Again.
Twenty-three members of the upper
house of the Prussian Diet have given no
tice of an Interpellation on the subject
of the antl-modernlst oath In Prussia. The
government will be asked whether profes
sors In the universities have taken the
oath of their own free will, whether the
government considers the oath consistent
with the "oath of office" which professors
take on assuming their professional func
tions and whether the standing of t'.ie
universities Is not impaired when their
members Impose upon themselves obliga
tions such as the anti-modernist oath con
tains. Air Race for Fortune.
An air race. Jn which the prize will
amount to 1100,000, will take place from
June 4 to June 30. It Is called the Euro
pean aviation circuit. The course begins
and ends at Paris, but between the start
and the end aviators will Journey from
Paris to Berlin, then back to Brussels and
across to London, then southward again
over the soa to Paris. In this course visits
will be paid by air to Rheims, Liege, Han
over, Hamburg, Bremen, Wesel, Utrecht.
Lille, Callas, Brooklanss, Rilghton and
Rouen.
Prizes will be awarded only to those
who finish first, but at each stage there
will be opportunities for winning. At cer
tain places along the route the aviators
will only be required to touch ground,
while at others they must stop their en
gines and dismount. There will be a
larger number of contestants In this tour
nament than In any other contest of the
kind.
Knrlched Ills Lost Love.
Hern Is a romance In real life which re
cently came to public notice. It Is an In
stance In modern chivalry. The hero Is
an old merchant, a widower, with a grown
up fanftly. She Is the young, pretty and
vivacious daughter of a clergyman. The
man she Is In lo'e with Is an Infantry
officer, bu with io private means. Here
you have the cast In as pretty a little ro
mance as. has been enacted for a long time
past. The old man made love to the girl,
whose father encouraged his suit. The girl
rejected her elderly lover's advances and
frankly confessed that her affections were
already engaged and that she would have
been married were It not for the lack of
means. For a fortnight the man of money
was greatly dejected: then one morning he
sought an Interview with the girl. , asked
her to forget that he had ever made love
to her and Insisted on her acceptance, re
luctant though she was. of a gift of
11.000. She has since married the officer.
Catholic Teetotalers.
This empire has a Total Abstinence So
ciety of Catholic Teachers, with a mem
bership of 2.000. In connection with the
last Eucharlatlc congress held at Cologne,
the Priests' Abstinence union held a ses
sion, attended by 300 Herman priests and
theological students.
BAILIFF FOR SIXTY-F0UR YEARS
Knullsh Minor I snrt Official lias m
Kerord Probahlr I nequaled In
the World.
LONDON. April 15.-(Special to The Be.
Judge Thomas Snagge at Banbury county
court, said that court was established sixty-four
oars tgn, and during all those
eurs the high bailiff, George Gardner, bad
attended ever) sitting. It was a record
unique In the history of the county court.
Mr. Gardner is still in the poksesalon of
Icallb and inteller. to perform his duties,
his volte being as strong as s sr.
as Threat.
POPE PIUS TRIFLE SARCASTIC
Deplores Tendency of Monarch to
Turn Koal Scepter lata an Fc
rleslastlral Crosier Too
Readily.
BY CLEMENT BARRETT.
ROME, April 15-(Special to The Bee )
The Vatican authorities regard the speech
of Chancellor Hollweg on the antl-modernlst
oath In the German Reichstag as a
threat or a warning to the Holy Sec. The
chancellor appears to aim at having the
pope submit to him decrees and letters ad
dressed to the Catholic world for his veto
before they csn be published to the Cath
olics of Germany. There is, the pope re
cently t-ald, a temptation In monarchies to
turn their royal scepter Into an ecclesias
tical crozler and to rule the souls as well
as the bodies of their subjeets." And this
has been an Idea which prevailed for a long
tlmo amongst the German princes.
What renders the speech menacing Is that
the emperor himself Is a party to It. The
chancellor refers, In passing, to the pon
tifical letter to the St. Charles Borromeo
centenary, and the offense that Germany
took out of the papal references to the re
formers and the German princes of the
reformation times. ,
The chancellor is said to be alarmed at
the prospect of a disturbance of the relig
ious peace which now prevails In Germany,
und which, he says, may bn broken by the
antl-modernlst oath, lie declares that there
Is nothing In the oath that Is out of har
mony with the constitution and that the
Protestant church and state have not and
cannot have anything to do with the spir
itual and religious life of Catholics.
Ill I. nek. In SuingKllngs.
A young Italian aviator who had hit upon
the idea of using his machine tor smug
gling goodj' across the Alps met with a
shocking accident at the first experiment.
He was found near the railway line at the
foot of Mont Cents with both legs broken.
After the accident he lay a whole night In
the snow. He Is now In hospital.
Antrrlcnu Murdered,
II. F. De Cou, Instructor In archaeology
In the American School of Classical Studies
in this city. Is reported to have been as
sassinated at Cjitnc, on the Bar nary
De Cou was superintending some ex
cavations on the site of the ancient Greek
city and was proceeding from his camp
In the early morning, when unknown as
sassins fired two shots at him, both of
which took effect.
It la thought that the crime has been
committed in order to stop the work of
the explorers. It ' can hardly have been
revenge, since the exploring party ' pay
lavishly for their supplies to the Arabs
and are loved and respected by the offi
cials and workers alike.
. A number of Turkish gendarmes Mave
been sent up from Derna to protect the
expedition and endeavor to capture the
culprits.
' ' Picturesque Suicide.
A' sort of Orlando Furloso In the person
of a young' actor a few days ago com
mitted 'Suicide at the feet of his Angelica,
whom he accused of Jilting him. She was a
cashier In a restaurant, some ten years
older than her admirer. She loved him
sincerely, but wished him to be less
demonstrative In public. "Ah, I knew that
you did not love me so much as I love
you," exclaimed the man and before any
one could stop him he plunged a knife
into his heart and fell dead.
Turin Kxhtbttlon 1 nflulshed.
The Turin exhibition authorities are at
their wits' end to get their world fair In
a -sufficient state of completeness to be
opened April 20, the date fixed. .
Devilish Revenge.
A young fellow, aged 17, perpetrated a
horrible crime in Naples, cutting beyond
recognition the face of a very pretty girl
of 14 because she eluded his advances. The
girl had taken the beauty prise at several
local shows.
the idea of using his machine for smug-
Froken Rogstad
Speaks for the
Army Estimates
Only Woman Member of Norwegian
Parliament Shows Familiarity
with War Topics.
BY ERIC GRl'NDMARK.
COPENHAGEN. April 15.-(SpecIal to The
Bee.) One of the most Interesting figures
In Norway Just now Is Froken Rogstad,
the only woman member of the Norwegian
parliament. Miss Rogstad made her first
speech In favor of the army estimates. She
spoke In clear forceful style, showing a
remarkable familiarity with a subject
which Is generally held to have little at
traction for women. She said she hoped
the time was coming when war snd mili
tary Institutions would cease to be. but
she felt that the estimates under discussion
weie only such as were demanded by the
necessity for self-preservation, and she
would vote for them.
Norway, she said, was not too small a
nation to lead a movement towards general
peace and arbitration.
Arbitration Is not the only world policy
In which Rogstad thinks Norway may af
ford an example to Europe. In education,
in the elevation of the state of women, In
the relations between capital and labor
and the Improvement of the condition of
the working classes, the little northern
kingdom, she Is confident may become a
model for the rest of the continent.
COMPULSORY TRAINING OF
NEW. ZEALAND MILITIA
First Instruction Canio Has Finished
' Two and Half Months at
Hard Work.
WELLINGTON. N. Z.. April li. -(Special
to Ths Bee.) After two and a half months'
strenuous work the first Instruction camp
In connection with compulsory training has
been concluded. It has enabled all ths com
manding officers to witness and discuss
concerted movements, and for the first
time In the history of New Zealand has
established uniformity In training methods.
l,rd Islington, the governor, who Is keenly
Interested In ths movement, made a special
visit to the ramp, and has written ex
pressing his spprectatlon of the military
efficiency displayed.
After Trouble in Class Room School
Boys Kesort to tne "field
of Honor."
CROWD OF PEOPLE L00K ON
Pistols Used Without Damage and
Swords Come Into Play.
SMALLER BOY WINS THE FIGHT
Humble Boatman Turns Out to Be of
Noble Birth.
WAS DESERTED WHEN A BABY
Detective Inspector of Paris Police Is
Assassinated and Fsplrrs In the
Art of Telllna anie of
Ills lnrr.
BY PAUL VILLIERS
PARM. April 15. (Special to The llee )
For originality In this land of frequent
change and novelty a duel between scNool
boys Is entitled to the record The young
sters, who had trouble In their class room,
went out to the "field of honor" and
fought It out with swords in the presence
of a crowd of people, young and old.
The cnv.se of the quarrel was a foolish
on-. The elder of the two was standing up
In class recltins a lesson, nnd the vounger
boy shot little Javelins of patter Into the
back of his coat collar. The elder bov
knew that he was being made ridiculous,
but he could nut resent In In class. Im
mediately lifter the class was released he
rushed rtt his tormento nnd knocked him
down. The other, who was much the
smaller, called his assailant a coward and
challenged him to a dueL The challenge
was accepted. A medical student, a friend
of one of the boys, was found, and he
consented to act as doctor. As for the sec
onds, so many of the lads were anxious
for this post of honor that there were
several fights before the matter was de
cided. On Friday afternoon the bovs went out
to tho park. Practically the whole school
went with them, and numbers of the towns
people who had got wind of the affair
were als.) present. Pistols came first, but
as no damage resulted swords were re
sorted to. The flirht was not a long one,
and almost at the start of the engagement
the elder boy was wounded In the forearm
He was wounded seriously, too, and lost a
good deal of blood. The "doctor" tied up
the wound, and the crowd cheered lustily
and congratulated the two boys on their
daring. The duellists shook hands and
went home arm In arm.
Boatmun Becomes Vlcomte.
An Interesting romance has come to light
In Bt. Grazannec, a fishing village of Brit
tany, and the central figure in It Is the
boat carpenter, Yves le Goennec, who
everybody thought until quite recently was
the son of Yves le Goennec, a captain of
the lifeboat. Now the villagers know bet
ter. They know that the carpenter Is
really M. le Vlcomte, a man of noble birth,
and he has left for this city In the style
that befits his ncwlv discovered station.
Old residents of St. Grazannec remem
ber the night of Yves le Goennec's arrival
In their midst. They call It "the night of
the big storm," and It happened twenty
eight years ago. The. storm brought four
wrecked ships toSt. Grazannec. The life
boat put out to sea seven times that night
and brought In thirty-seven passengers,
when Anne Marie le Goennec, Yvea le
Goennec's wife, picked up a bundle. As old
Anne Marie lifted It In her arms a cry
came out of It. The bundle was quite dry.
Therefore it had not come to shore from
the sea, either In the lifeboat or by any
other means.
A fortnight afterwards one of the vil
lagers went Into St. Brleuc. While gossip
ing with friends he was told of a stranger
who had hired a cart on the night of the
storm and hod gone for a drive In It him
self. Yves was adopted by Anne Marie,
who had no children of her own. Old Le
Goennec had money and sent the boy, whom
he loved. Into St. Brleuc, where he was
educated better than the other lads of tho
village.
When the old people died Tves found
he had inherited old Le Goennec's savings.
He did not go to sea. as all the others in
the village did, but made himself village
carpenter. Then cne day Ihe marvel hap-
Ipened, of which all St. Grazannec is talk
ing now and will be talking ni Ion? as
the village lasts. A gentleman arrived at
Bt. Grazannec. A beauMfully dresaed man
of about 40 drove into the village In a
motor car and asked for Yves le Goennec.
lie was at work and looked up at the visi
tor. The visitor smiled and grasped his
hand. "I am your brother. Yves," said he.
The name of Yves' father and mother
has not escaped so far.
Police Inspector Murdered.
A detective inspector of police was shot
dead by a ruffian Tuesday night last at a
time when there were hundreds of people
In the streets, and the murderer escaped.
One bullet had perforated the man's lungs,
and other 'wounds were mortal, too. He
lived until a little after 8. At o'clock M.
lupine, the prefect of the police, went to
Reaujon hospital. He arrived Just in tlmr,
and with tears streaming down his face
and Into his grav beard. M. Leplne pinned
to the shirt of M on lis the gold medal, with
Its red, white and blue ilbbon, which Is
the highest reward for bravery in the po
lice service. Moulls made one last effort to
tell who his murderer was.
"I think his name Is ." he began, hut
his voice failed him. He shook his head,
looked up Into M. Leplne's face, clutched
the med.tl and dld. Durond Is not only
a deserter, bul a man of notorious life,
who Is wauled for a dozen crimes.
CENTENARIAN LIVED ON ALE
For Almost Half Century Knnlishmaa
f'onsnmed . M uch Brew, Died
at 106.
I1NDON. April 15 (Special to The Bee )
-James Mitchell, a cattlo drover, who a
few days ago died at Workington at the
age of 10C. attributed his vitality to the
fact that he ate little and drank much. He
claimed that from early manhood until he
was S3, he drank seventy half pints of
ale a day. Up to five weeks ago he played
whist and crlbbage every evening and he
read the papers dally.
Soma DMrerearr.
"Men who always nesr their sals soon
become Viald. I've noticed that ",
"Yours mixing up cause and effect.
What you've noticed is that bald men are
always careful to wear their hts ."
Toledo Blads.
WREAKS A BRUTAL REYENGE
Austrian Noncommissioned Officer
Shocks Army.
HUNGARIAN COUNTS LN REAL DUEL
Falling to Wound Karh Other with
Pistols, They Fight Fiercely
nltla Cavalry Swords l.
til One Falls.
BY EMIL ANDRA9SY.
VIENNA. April 15. (Special to the Bee)
An Austrian sergeant named Rudolf and a
recruit are in prison charged with nn act
of extraordinary brutality. The sergeant
was Informed by his wife that a sentinel
named Jessenovltch had peeped Into their
bed room.
The sergeant ordered a recruit to relieve
.lessenovltch and then tie him to a tree,
giving instructions that Jessenovitch was
lo be shot If he attempted to escape.
The soldier did attempt to free himself
and the recruit promptly shot him. In
flicting a fatal wound. The sergeant heard
the shot while he was In bed, but took
no notice, and It was six o'clock next
morning before ;he dying man was found.
Mortally wounded, he hung bound to the
tree the greater part of the night.
- Hungarians In Heal Duel.
T Hungarian counts are In a serious
condition from wounds Inflicted In a duel
when they met near Vienna on Sunday.
Pistols were first used, three shots being
exchanged without effect. The two men,
dropping their pistols, rushed together with
heavy cavalry swords. One of the counts
sustained a wound across his head that
exposed the skull before the seconds could
separate them.
Yellow Car t nlocUy,
Two lovers who had selected a yellow
motor car for an elopement had their
romance undone as they were ncurlng tho
border of Servia and are now attributing
their undoing to the color of the car. The
other day a yellow motor car not th,t of
the lovers was running along a country
road In the komltat of Pressburg, In Hun
gary, at a speed that considerably ex
ceeded the legal limit, when It overturned
a cart. Tho driver was badly hurt, but
the motorists made good their escape. Tho
police set the telegraph In motion and gave
the police all along the road to Budapest
a description of the car. Meanwhile, tho
lovers, a young man and a lady of rare
beauty, had escaped from Vienna In a
yellow car. Identical In appearance with
that "wanted" by the police. The lovers
were hastening to cross the frontier to
escape the pursuit of the lady's husband,
and reached Budapest In safety.
Kicltrd Suspicion.
Here the color of the car excited sus
picion, and the lovers were arrested, al
though they stoutly dented having had
any accident. The car was impounded und
they were detained. The Pressburg police,
meanwhile, succeeded In discovering the
motorists who had caused the accident,, ar
rested their chauffeur and kept the car.
The lovers were then allowed to proceed,
but had no sooner done so than the police
received a telegram from Vienna announc
ing that the wife bt it well known Vienna
merchant had left for Belgrade In the com
pany of a young man In a yellow motor
car. The fugitives were stopped again and
confessed their Identity. The lady was
escorted back to Vienna by a constable,
while the young man was detained in
Pressburg to reflect upon the length of
the arm of coincidence.'
Mme. Jokal Wpnts Pension.
Maurus Jokal, the famous Hungarian
novelist, left his widow without provision
or an Income and she has appealed for a
government pension In return for all manu
scripts, busts and portraits of her husband
In her possession, which she offers to tho
National museum.
Women In the Professions.
Women are attaining distinction in the
different professional lines in Austria.
There are at present-eighty lady docto?s
practicing In the country. As might be ex
pected, there are more in Vienna than In
any other town, the capital providing more
or less adequate careers for thirty-nine.
Like their sisters In this country, they
find their occupation principally In the
treatment of the diseases of women and
children.
Brazilian Fiends
Establish a Record
in Devilish Work
Two Brothers Kill in Cold Blood
Every Person They Meet on the
Street.
. RIO DE JANEIRO. April 13-(Special
to The Bee.) It is claimed that a
world's record In crime has been es
tablished In Brazil, two' brothers having
committed four atrocious and utterly un
provoked murders within two hours.
Among the mutineers of the Brazilian
drradnaught San Paulo who were amnes
tied was a marine named Llbo Perelra. On
his discharge from the navy he returned
to his native place, Fortaleza. the capital
of Gearn, where h at once resumed a life
of crime. Perelra was a "ompanled by his
brother. Raptista, a boatman. Strolling
through the streets of the city the ruffians
met a well dressed young man whom they
forthwith attacked with knives, inflicting
no fewer than thirty-three wounds, six of
which were in the heart. Obsessed now
with the lust of blood, the fiendish brothers
continued their walk looking for fresh
victims. They encountered Dr. Jose Prota.
one of the most distinguished physicians of
the province, who was hurrying to the bed
side of a tick patient, and at once attacked
him with their knives. Taken by surprise
the doctor was quickly dispatched and hi
mutilated body left on ths sidewalk.
Hurrying from the scene of this second
atrocity, the murderers Jostled against an
Inkeeper who was standing quietly at his
door, and forthwith stabbed him to death
The third crime waa witnessed by one
Jo Costa, nho raised an alarm and fol
lowed the brothers, only to fall In turn be
neath their recking weapons.
This time there was a general alarm and
the brothers fled, ultimately taking refuge
in a deserted cottage on the outskirts of
the city, where they were run to eartli
two days later and captured.
The fiends from the first gloried In their
crimea Bapt lata stated that the first mur
der was committed "In a spirit of perver
sity." Pereiia declared that when the doc
tor cried for mercy he replied that he hsd
tasted blood, and that at ths moment he
wouid klil his own mother If he met her.
RUSSIA PLANNING .
FOR GREAT CANAL
Extensive Internal Improvements in
Contemplation by the Czar's
Government.
WATERWAYS GET RIGHT-OF-WAY
Expense of the Improvements Will Ba
Hundred Million Dollars.
TO CONNECT CASPIAN AND OCEAN
Dissatisfied Students Are Still Making"
Trouble at University.
POISONOUS CHEMICALS ARE USED
Fifteen Workmen Horned to Death on
the lee In Hie Fontanka (anal.
Situated In the Very Heart
of !t. Petersburg?,
HY GKOUGIO FRA7.IF.lt.
''.-T. I'KTKRSHI RG. April Ki.-(Speclal to
The Bee.) The Russian government is to
look to Internal Improvement of the coun
try as well as building a great navy for Its
defense. One of the plans mapped out Is
the building of a great canal across the
country. The assistant minister of ways
and means and communications has In
formed the Duma that a vast program for
the construction of wulervvays will be sub
mitted to It within two or three week".
The total cost of the project ns outlined
In tho program will be $100,000.l 0. It Is pro
posed to construct and Improve a succes
sion of waterways connecting Hie Caspian
Sea with the Arctic ocean. If the appro
priatlou Is made the construction work will
require many years to complete.
Hare Mumps Come II lab.
M. Stcinmer. a St. Petersburg postage
stamp collector, has doubtless paid the
highest price for rare stamps ever paid
by a collector. For five duplicates of a set
in his possession which he hud believed to
be unique a few days ago he paid Slil.lW.
and immediately after getting them In his
possession burnt them that the set he pos
sessed might remain rare and valuable,
t Students Still It est lews.
Striking students at the university con
tinue to give the faculty much trouble.
The outbursts come very unexpected and
the chemical method Is always resorted to.
Recently the students nt the Polytechnic
Institute who come for the lectures were
driven away by poisonous gases chemically
generated. On tho following day similar
chemical obstruction was applied at ths
university. In the Mining school, as In
the Medical Institute for women, no leo
tures have been delivered for some days.
Burned to Death on tre.
To be burnt to death on Ice waa the un
usual fate of fifteen workmen on the Fon
'tanka canal, In the very heart of St. Pe
tersburg. The men had been working all
night on the sledge track on the canal.
Tired out at 4 o'clock they went to sleep
In some lighters which had been placed
together on the Ice so as to form a shelter
for workmen. .
Twenty-nine men were sleeping In ths
lighters .when at 6 o'clock a watchman
kicked over a paraffin lamp. The flames
spread very quickly. Fourteen of the men
Immediately made for the way out, which
was by a small ladder, and escaped. The
other fifteen sought first, to save their
clothes. They were stifled by the smoke
and the fire brigade only re coved thulr
corpses.
Imitated Adam,
An actor created a scene at the Im
perial theater a few days ago by appearing
in an attire that was akin to a period of
earlier history. It was during a perform
ance of the ballet "Glsela" and tho chief
maloNperformer, who Is a great favorite
with the public In St. Petersburg, appeared
In such scanty raiment that he waa re
ceived at first with a dead silence. The
audience appeared to have been struck
dumb with surprise. When they recovered
their breath there was loud hlBxing and
general uproar, during which tho gentle
man had to retire before a vollvy of
wadded programs.
VICTORIA TRAINS HOUSEWIVES
Thirty Women Taking Spet-lnl Work
to Fit Them for lllah Class
Housekeeping.
SYDNEY. April 10. -(Special to The Uee.
Thirty women are being trained by ths
slate of Victoria In the education depart
ment's conception of household work. At
the end of three years, armed with certi
ficates, they will be sent out to carry
their domestic knowledge to many a home
which lacks . the skill of an tip-to-dats
manageress.
HANDY MAN AND HIS HOME
Kansas Insurance Dooitrr Turns
Ills Hand to Maar
Trades.
Whether "Cement Crasy" Sam Dinsmnrs
is craxy because he does, or whether his
neighbors are craxy because they don't
Is not a question to be decided by either
the party of the first part or of the second.
Soratch three feet under the little mush
room town of Lucas, Kan., near Pratrle
dogville and thereabouts and up through
the ground shines a strata of light toned
soft building stone, which hardens on ex
posure and forms the chief architectural
beauty of the town. Tho builders' conven
tional treatment of this native material
was not enough for Mr. Dlnsinore. He cut
it in bars, 24x16x8, Joined them with alter
nating white and red sand cement, log
house fashion. Around three sides of
this odd and artistic three-story structure
he placed a wide cement porch. In a cor
ner of his front lawn he erected a cement
tree with inverted branches amid which
nestle electric light bulbs and Incidentally
a squirrel, coon and a rooster or two. A
cement giapo arbor adorns the tear of
his spacious lot. Full length of- the arbor
Is stietched a cement serpent, fending the
encroachment of a cement Adam and Kv
at the entrance.
Mr. I'lnsniore Is an Insurance writer
who in a city of less than 1.10 lias in Hues
iars assured a margin In which this ex
pensive outlay makes only a pinhole. A
former catinet maker, he has constructed
liie furniture ill his home, his fancy taking
the vagary of small bits of varicolored
woods arranged together Into a harmonious
hud Ixatulful whole. His own acetyllne
plant supplies interior lights
This unusual genius U nearly 7'J. Kan
sas City tilar.
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