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VOL. XlNO. 48. , OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1911. SINGLE CO IT FIVE CENTS.
Political and Sociaf News by Cable and Correspondence from the Old World
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POPULATION OF
SCOTLAND DROPS
Alarming Decrease Shown by Becent
Census ii Subject of Serious
Comment.
EVEN CITIES DO NOT HOLD UP
. Beturni . f rom Counties Show Rapid
Depopulation.
RADICALS PUT TORIES IN A HOLE
Nice Little Parliamentary Trap that
Failed to Work.
ENGLISH MORMONS PAY TITHES
'Aatkoritlee Make Preparations Look
la to Protectloa of Missionaries
from I'tah RMlrrartan
Row la Coart.
BT PAtTL LAMBETH.
LONDON. May 20.-Speclal to The Bee.)
The heavy decrease In the population of
Scotland has caused widespread comment
here.
An appalling state of affairs Is revealed
by the preliminary census figures for Scot
land. The actual Increase In the towns
shows a wholesale falling short from the
estimated Increase. It la In the counties,
however, that the mont alarming symp
toms are observed. The loss of population
there is so great that It may be said that
Scotland Is being rapidly depopulated. In
a single sailing day 8,000 men and women
lift for America.
Nothing could give a more striking Im
pression of the process of Scotland's depop
ulation than an hour spent In the emigra
tion offices here. They have been packed
with people, young women and men, well-set-up
lads and lassies from twenty to
thirty years old. all bound on the same er-rand-namely,
the buying and arranging of
passages out to lands across the seas.
Tories Blaadered.
A lively discussion took place on Sir
Henry Dalsfel' amendment to the veto
bill, which would have enabled the House
of Commons to pass Its measures over the
heads of the lords after two sessions, In
stead of after three, as the bill proposes.
Th tories wanted to omit the word
"three," and substitute the word "four."
They openly avowed their Intention of
voting for the radical amendment so far as
omitting the word "three" was concerned.
But when it came to substituting another
word their Intention was to have voted
. against the proposal to substitute "two."
The Mil would thus have been fatally mu
tilated. The radical refused to fall into
the trap, and the strange spectacle was
witnessed of a taction of the tories march-:
i ciona imo me aivislon lobby In support
of a radical amendment. - -
Btrenigta. of Mormons.
How widespread are the ratification of
the Mormons In Great Britain will be seen
from the following official, return of the
membership of the British mission for
last year:
Newcastle, Sl; London, ' 98; Liverpool,
0 i? T Vl. til I 1 ...If- . .
-i . ........ii, Qu, DVUIIftllU,
874; Nottingham, 690; . Manchester, 656;
Bristol, 602; Shoffleld. 395; Hull, S61; Nor
wich. 307; Ireland, 296. "
The number of people who emigrated to
Utah last year was 655, as compared with
2T0 In 1804, and of this number the largest
contribution, eighty-two. went from New-castle-on-Tyne.
According to Hans Freece, the son of a
Mormon mother. Who is conducting m n
anti-Mormon campaign, no fewer than 6.000
of the Mormon community In England are
paying a tenth of their Income to the Mor-
mon treasury.
The ultimatum giving seven days' notice
to Birkenhead Mormons to leave the town
expired last Sunday, and in expectation of
possible disturbance, a large crowd as
ambled in the vicinity of the Mormon
establishment. It ha been decided by the
leader of the anti-Mormons to hold a
meeting in close proximity to the Mormon
headquarters, but acting on better advice,
it was ultimately resolved 10 meet else
f' where. The authorities anticipate attacks
oil the missionaries.
Hoalcraelana la Coart.
Interesting glimpses into the sect styled
the Kostc-ruclan order were given In the
king's bench division, when Juntlce Scrut
ton heard an action far damages for ltbel
brought by George Jones, .against a weekly
Journal.
,'l he statement complained of were con
tained In a scries of article which dealt
chiefly with Alelgter Crowley and his con
nection with the Kosecrucian order.
There was the . statement, "By their
friend y shall know them," and a pass
age which stated that two of Crowley's
friend and introducer were still asso
ciated with him," one of the rascally
sham Buddhist monk Bennett; the other a
person of the numo of Jones."
The defendants said that the words
complained of were not capable of bearing
a defamatory meaning, and also pleaded
fair comment.
The plaintiff said he became acquainted
with Crowley in IsuS. He had never
known anything wrong in connection with
him. He knew he passed under various
names, including Karl of Middlesex, and
Lord A leister.
Jones said Bennett was a Buddhist but
n could not bring an action for liable,
being bound by his oath a a Buddhist.
He agreed there had been ugly rumors
about Crowley. Wltne? did not know
that he was un opium eater. Bennett, how
ever, was an invalid, and took many drugs.
Mr. Schiller, for the defense, said they
were entitled to comment In strong terms
upon anyone who chose to consort with
Crowley.
Many politicians and a few statesmen
of the alarmist type regard the proposed
Imperial conference which Is to be at
tended by English. Canadian, Australian,
New Zealand and outh African represen
tatives aa efsenitally vital to the security
of th empire. They say the conference
should reach some workable agreement
whereby the kingdom and the four self
governing dominions should become eon
frdedated In imperial foreign policy, flack
of th conviction tjjat such an arrange
ment is neceaxary. is the fear of Ger
many's supposed deklgns In Europe and
Africa.
It U th Intention of Mr. Asquith and
Elr Edward Grey lo secretly communicate
to th dominion premiers th outline. of
th International situation.
Jewish Colony Has 10,000
Acres of Egyptian Land
CAIRO, May 20. (Special to The Be.)
The General Jewish Colonizing organisa
tion ha acquired a territory, 10,000 acre
in extent, at Rapha. In the El Arisch dis
trict, for the purpose of founding a Jew
ish colony.
Under the auspices of the organization,
minute examination of Rapha has taken
place during the last eighteen months, and
according to their report, the district Is
"especially fitted for the production of
almonds, apricots, figs, olives, mulberry
trees. Eucalyptus, castor and cactus of
the very best quality, and It is believed
NO LOW-NECKS AT YATICAN
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Ambassadors' Wives Must Forego the
Decollette Dress.
RULE TO BE RIGIDLY ENFORCED
Aizry Itallaa Father la Accaaed of
Execatlna- a Bratal Revenge oa
Aspirant for His Da a ah-
ter's Hand. ,
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT.
ROME, May 21. (Special to The Bee.)
The rule of the Vatican which
bars out women who wear low
necked gowns is to be rigidly enforced.
The wives of ambassadors to the Holy See
may no longer attend official functions at
tired in "low necks." This decision comes
as the sequel to an unpleasant episode re
cently at the Spanish embassy when Car
dinal Rampolla took open exception to the
dress of one lady announcing that she
must leave the table.
Connaoaht Cordially Treated.
At a state banquet, which was given at
the Qulrinal In honor of Prince Arthur of
Connaught, cordial toasts were exchanged.
In the course of his speech Prince Arthur
referred . to the sympathy of the British
people with the Itallanse fifty years ago,
and wont on to say:
"Those feelings of unalterable friendship
between our two countries have continued
undisturbed ever since, and the good'
wishes of which I am the bearer on this
auspicious occasion are not only those
of my sovereign, but of the entire British
nation."
. Waif las af Nobleman.
There i a startling sequel to the case
of- Fortunato Assenxio, who wa arrested
in Naple on suspicion of being VPater the
Fainter." Though it was soon established
that this waa a case of mistaken Identity
the man was detained as a suspect because
of the mystery overhanging his life. It
has been discovered that a poor peasant
couple living near Vlncensa has been mak
ing th prlaoner a liberal allowance to
lead th life of a dandy. They stated that
they had been acting aecretly on behalf of
rich anonymous parent to whom Assenxio
waa born. A few days ago a nobleman
presented himself at the municipality of
Tonlgt, and said he was Count Mastal and
formally " recognized Assenzto as his son,
whom he said wa Count Mastal.
Bratal Revenge.
A Neapolitan shepherd named Leonardo
Pisone, who had eloped with his sweet
heart, because the girl's parents refused
to sanction the betrothal on account of
their unequal social status, has been mur
dered. The couple were traced to Naples
and arrested. The girl was handed over to
her parents, and Pisone was committed 4
.o prison, whence he was recently released
through the influence of friends. The girl's
father was astonished to see Pisone tend
ing his flock. The father, It Is said, let a
couple of ferocious mastiffs loos upon the
lad, and then calling to his five son, they
beat him till he was unconscious and threw
tils body down a ravine.
Mllaa Banker Mardered.
With nine wound on his body, Slgnor
Setagalll, director of the Lombard bank of
Milan, waa found stabbed to death in hla
establishment. The victim' pocket book la
missing, but his gold ring were untouched.
Although a bunch of private key, in
cluding that of the vault were lying on
on the office table, the steel safe had not
been hampered with. Another circum
stance that seems to point to private ven
geance is the finding of a lock of female
hair in a corner of the office. The police,
however, are divided in opinion, a to the
motive of the crime. It is known that the
director expressed fears of an attack on
the bank from suspicious characters haunt
ing the neighborhood. There waa but a
stngla entrance to th bank. Bom surmise
that the assassins were disturbed before
the ycould unlock th safe. The murdered
man' wife declare that towards midnight
he went to the balcony of their private
residence to see if her husband wa re
turning, and discerned a couple of men at
the front door. Perceiving themselves
watched, they decamped.
Cure Found for
Sleeping Sickness
X aaaaaaaaaaai
Surgeon at Lisbon Injects "606" Into
the Veins of a Negro, Who
1 Recovers.
LISRON. May !0.- Special to The Bee.)
In th IJsbon hospital of Santa Maria a
negro, who waa suffering from the sleep
ing sickness, has ben Injected wtlb the
preparation "60S." After twenty-four
hour 'treatment he I apparently cured.
Th liquid that remained wa used upon
a rat which waa suffering from the same
disease, and the result waa equally satis
factory. More negroes suffering from
sleeping slrkneas are to be sent from Africa
so that th experiment may be continued.
ALFONSO STEPS UP AND PAYS
BaajiUh Tax oa C'laarotta Lighters la
Mow la !' aad Klagr Is
th rirat la.
MADRID, May 20. -(Special to The Bee.)
A tax having been Instituted on auto
matic cigarette lighters, th king set a
good example by sending his gold en
amelled striker to be stamped at th gov
ernment office, paying the highest rate
of 2 peseta. It Is stated that the king's
strikor was th first ons to pay th tax.
that the vine grape could alio be planted
with great success." It Is stated that
the water supply is good'-and that the
Arabs have conducted successful colonlzTn'q
experiments In the neighborhood.
The proposed colony will be situated
within the area offered to the late Dr.
Herzl, leader of the Zionist movement. In
1903, by the Egyptian government at the
Instance of the British authorities. The
amount of land then available for col
onization was not found large enough f6r
the purpose of an extensive settlement.
In Biblical day Rapha formed part of
Palestine.
ORANGEMEN IN VICIOUS MOOD
Make. Threats to Forcibly Oppose
Home Bale Measures.
CLAIM TO HAVE A BIO FUND
Antl-llome Rale l.raaac Have, It Is
Claimed, 800,000 Members Now
Unrolled Jesuit Priest Is
Criticising; Society.
BY ROBKRT EMMET.
DUBLIN. May 20. (Special to The Bee.)
The Ulster Irishmen, who have been or
ganizing anti-home rule leagues, claiming
a membership of 300,000, announce their
purpose to fight against home rule In Eng
land, Ireland and Scotland. They claim
to have secretly raised $500,000 wherewith
to pay the expense of an anti-home rule
campaign, and the! Unionist association of
Ireland will meet In Dublin very soon to
put the finishing touches to the elaborate
arrangements for the campaign. Speakers
and canvassers have left Ireland for Eng
land and Scotland In order to begin the
task of educating the "predominant part
ner' which will Immediately follow the
granting of home rule.
Society people were recently attacked In
a powerful sermon by Rev. Ttobert Kane,
a Jesuit preacher here. He said they were
highly civilized In their science and Its ap
plication, in their motor car and tele
phones. In the costume of their suf
fragettes. In the nakedness of their bal
lets and the horror of their slum. They
were also highly civilised in the art of
lying diplomacy and In the science of mur
derous war. j
"Without Christ there Is no Christianity;
without Christianity there Is no. religion,
and without religion there 1 no true
civilization. The ehurch broke the fetter
of the slave,. raised -woman from pagan
dishonor and enthroned her as th queen
of th home. The church- wa the true
mother to the orphan, a' true friend to
th poor, a purifier of th prison, a gooa
Samaritan to , the. suffering and a good
shepherd to the fallen. Leo XIII Insisted,
'A man' wage must be sufficient to sup
port htm in reasonable. comfort; otherwise
he is the victim of injustice.' "
Six years ago, entering the shop of a
local Jeweler, a man produced a fin pearl
and, asked to have it mounted. He showed
the Jeweler several other pearl and said
he had a number at home. These he would
Hell if they were of any value. They had
been given to him by a cousin 'In America.
The Jeweler, after taking the name and
address of the stranger, advanced him $
pending the valuation of the pearls by an
expert. It was found that they were worth
5,000. The man who left the pearl with
the Jeweler has never returned. Th aid
of the police was sought and it waa found
that the address given by the man was
false. It was also discovered that ha had
been a waiter at a Klllarney hotel. The
Jeweler now claim the pearls, but th
police hold that they become the property
Of the crown, and the question of owner
ship Is to be fought In the courts.
Bishops and priests keep up their at
tacks on English Sunday papers, which
they characterize as purveyors of filth and
crime. During a sermon recently Rev. R.
Fttzhenry, administrator of the diocese,
said:
" "Twentytwo ton of British printed
matter are landed every week on the
shores of Ireland. Much of this I unfit
for the eye of decent people; very much
of It altogetler Is unfit for the Innocent
eyes and expanding minds "of th young.
Take, for Instance, the English Sunday
paper that until recently were sold by the
score in our midst. In them the filth of
the world Is collected and served up for
the Sunday reading of Catholics. The
whole world is searched for murder, rob
bery, brutality and sensuality, and all
this in suggestive picture and striking
words Is laid under the eye and poured
Into the unsullied mind of our youths and
maidens. Public crimes attract attention
and mak a noise. Virtue 1 silent and
unobserved. One crime attracts more at
tention than the million acts of virtue
and self-denial performed In thousand of
homes.
Portugal Will Retain Its
Republican Form of Government
PARIS, May o.-(8peclal to The Bee )
fienhor Joao Chagaa, who ha Just been
appointed Portuguese minister to Franc,
1 enthusiastic over the future glories of
his country and sends this message to
America:
"Wo ar confident that one the con
stituent assembly Is In working ordder, the
greater power will follow th example of
Braxll and the Argentine Republic In giv
ing official recognition to the repu'jllo of
Portugal. W trust that America will be
among the first, for in that country w
feel that there 1 a peculiar sympathy for
us In our efforts for a greater and truer
Portugal."
8enhor Chagas consider It Idle to dis
cuss the possibility of the restoration of
the crown.
"Any move In that direction," he says,
"would be serloua. but only in the sense
that It would be fatal for those who at
tempted It. Let the world be assured that
l he great maasea of th Portuguese people
have don forever with th monarchy.
There haa been talk of divisions among
the republican But these splits ar not
dangerous. The people are too wise to de
stroy their own creation by stupid party
quarrela You have ia America, In Nw
MIGHTY WARLORD
MADE TOJIEFUND
King- of Prussia Sued by Actress
and Court Bules for the
Plaintiff.
FINE OF $2.50 TO BE REPAID
Kaiser Defendant Through Ownership
of Opera House.
BOGUS NOBLEMAN BUN DOWN
Swindling" Operations Conducted on a
Large Scale.
MONEY LENDEB PB0VED TRAITOR
Anary Fran DrlTea Her Krlahtened
Hasbaad to llrab Cornice of
Royal Palace Reacaed by
Firemen.
BT MALCOLM CLARKE.
BERLIN. May 20-The mighty kaiser Is
amenable to the courts and he recently
figured as an unsuccessful dependant In a
damage suit. The emperor lost a lawsuit
In his capacity of king of Prussia and
proprietor of the Royal opera at Wies
baden. The case was Instituted before the
"privy council of Justice" by Frauleln IIcs
sloehl, a singer employed at the Wiesbaden
opera. Frauleln Hesslcchl was recently
fined $2.50 for Indulging In loud "stage
whTsper." This the management confit;eJ
an unseemly Interference with the per
formance. She sued the king for restitu
tion of the fine, and the court decided that
the claim was well grounded.
Swindling" Const Vncovrrrd.
Great Interest ha been taken In Bohem
ian circles In the trial for forgery .and
fraud of two people well-known In night
life a money broker, Magolln. nnd hi
sweetheart, Erna FToehllch, once a popular
singer.
Public Interest centered less upon the ac
cusation against the prisoners than In the
persons directly implicated In It the so
called Count de la Ramee, who. repre
senting himself as the heir of a French
nobleman, married Frauleln Alice Hecht,
the daughter of one of Berlin's wealthiest
merchant princes. The real name of the
"count" Is Bela Kllmm. In Wiesbaden the
"count" met Fraulln Hecht, who fell In
love with him. The couple eloped and were
married. The "count" was afterwards ar
rested, but his wife's devotion remained
unbroken. His ability to charm' wealthy
ladles and his shrewdness at card brought
him. It 1 aliased, much revenue. One
noblewoman I (aid to have pawned 190,000
worth. of Jewel and turned the proceeds
over to Bala.
In hjs queat for freh fund de la Ramee
made the acquaintance of Maggolln and
Frauleln Frcehlich. Margolin offered to
secure $10,000 for the couple, but he could
not negotiate their note without security
and he and' his sweetheart hit upon the
plan of forging the endorsement of Frau
Hecht, the "countess" de la Ramee's
wealthy mother. Ffauleln Froehllch Im
personated Frau Heht before a notary and
signed her name to note for sums, aggre
gating about C7.G00. These Margolin had
little difficulty in negotiating, as the name
and wealth of Frau Hecht ar well known
here. J
Arrested la Rassla.
Instead of turning' the money over to
the "count" slid his wife, hnn.v.r ,io.
golln appropriated It. H and his actress
ue suosequentiy disappeared and lived in
the best hotels of the Riviera. Hwttz.ri..,.!
and Austria until they were arrested at St!
x-eersDurg.
The couple cut a aorrv nlrtnr. "nn h.
dock at their trial. Eventually, after a
hearing of seventeen hours, both the ac
cused were found guilty of forgery and
fraud and sentenced to three year and a
half at hard labor and one year and a
half imprisonment. resnectlvetv Th.
closing scenes of the trial were dramatic.
oerore the Jury retired at midnight.
Margolin addresses the rnin hi.
defence, asking no mercy for himself, but
Rasing ior clemency ror Frau Froehllch.
"Don't add to the burden of my conscience
by convicting her," he exclaimed.
Mod Wife Trees Hobby. 4
A highly amusing domestic comedy was
played in a' distinguished part of the city.
Frit Meyer, a clerk, took refuge from
his angry wife on a cornice of the kaiser's
palace and had to be fetched down by the
fir brigade. The pair began to quarrel
opposite the palace. The wife attacked
him with an umbrella and belabored him
so soundly that he flew to th palace sen
try. As the sentry proved Immovable,
and the wife wa In pursuit, the victim
scrambled up a cornice of the palace and
continued climbing until he wa twenty
feet from the ground. There panic over
took him and he could neither ascend nor
descend. At last the palace firemen ar
rived, drove off th wife and rescued the
fugitive. He was taken to the police sta
tion. England particularly, a large Portuguese
colony. Our report from there are ex
cellent; I mean of the spirit of their prog
ress a good citizens, their Intense love for
education and their growing Interest In
the national life. That Illustrates the whole
question for us at home. It Indicates the
natural aptitude and drift of the Portu
guese towards a democratic form of gov
ernment In which all may have a voice.
"The Portuguese republic was not a ur
prlae. It was a political solution expected
for a long time, past. The new nation haa
already made more progress In a few
months than th old regime could have ac
complished In a century. Among the laws
promulgated are those affecting the separa
tion of church and state, the responsibility
for paternity, the civil status, obligatory
military service, the aupprrssion of the
religious orders and the secularisation of
education. It la well recognized that fhe
monarchy appreciably compromised the
country's finances. The republic Is endeav
oring to reconstitute them by scrupulous
and Intelligent management. The interest
on the external dobt will be paid promptly.
There Is no Intention to have recourse to
frequent loans to emerge temporarily from
difficulties."
Worrying Ghost of Africander
Runs Strong Bluff on Reporter
CAPE TOWN. May 21.-iSpeiial to The
Bee.) A remarkable story comes from
Wynbeig. according to which the ghost
of Graham Cloete. late Secretary of the
South African Turf club, has been seen
by several persons in a house which waa
formerly part of Mr. Cloete s estate.
Mediums are said to have conversed with
the ghost and to have obtained an assis
tance that Its apparition was due to un
easiness because of something wrong in
the bond on the house. The occupier of the
house. It is carefully explained. Is "not a
spiritualist, but a deacon of the Dutch
Reformed church."
SERYIAN KING DEFERS VISIT
Trouble at Home is Alleged as the
Cause.
BaaaBBSBBBi
OLD EMPEROR'S HEALTH NORMAL
Those .ear Francis Joseph of Aoatrla
Insist He Has Only a Blight Cold
Dressmaker Is Related
to Royalty.
BY EM IL ANDRAS8Y.
VIENNA, May 30. (Special to The Bee.)
It Is declared officially that the emperor's
health Is normal, but for a slight cold. It
Is regarded as significant, however, that
lvlng Peter of Servla has been requested
to postpone his visit to Vienna . for a
while. That his majesty lif very feeble
In not denied and the recurrence of these
colds is giving serious concern.
It may be that International politics was
really at the bottom ofv the postponement
of the Servian king's visit, as there Is a
strongly .' backed report that King Peter
is In trouble with hla people and that the
announcement of his abdication need cause
no surprise.
Dressmaker Related to Royalty.
Passing as "Mme. Juliette." a Hapsburg.
and a distant cousin of Emperor Francis
Joseph, a woman, has been unearthed
carrying on a dressmaking establishment
in Gzegedin, an obscure Hungarian town.
But that 1 a decided step up the social
ladder for Baroness Julie Klehhof-Hassbe. K
Battneiv who has followed the occupation
of a mald-of-all-work In a station-master's
menage. Tragedy has marred no less than
three matrimonial attempts on Which she
haa embarked during her career. Her first
husband, a lieutenant of Hussars, spent
her fortune, and blew out his brains. The
second, a chemist, poisoned himself within
six months of the wedding day; and from
the third tH baroness obtained a divorce.
Then It was she entered aomesla serv
vlce. Subsequently better opportunitle
offered themselves, and she became estab
lished a a modiste. .
Stage Names Not Good on Notes.
Mile. Emmy Destlnn (whose nam In pri
vate life Is Emllle KIttel), ' the . great
Bohemian prima donna of the kaiser's
royal opera and court, which haa decided
that a person who signs a promlxsory note
In a stage name is not responsible for Its
repayment. ' . n
While Mile. Destlnn was singing in Lon
don In 1908 she borrowed S0O from a Prague
master tailor, to whom she gave a bill of
exchange signed In the name under which
she had won International fame.' Th note
not having been paid when due, the tailor
sued Mile. Destlnn, but she set up the de
fence that th note was not legal because
fense that the note was not legal because
lealoasy Make Life Miserable.
Insensate Jealousy on the part of Lieu
tenant Ractch, an officer In the Austrian
navy, has led to his arrest on a charge of
attempted ' murder. Mme. Racich's life
was made utterly miserable by her hus
band's baseless suspicions, and at last she-f
left him and began proceedings for a di
vorce. One day as she was walking In the street
her husband met her, and begged her to
return. She refused, whereupon he pro
duced a revolver and fired several shots
at her face, exclaiming that no other man
should enjoy her beaut A crowd
gathered, and threatened to lynch the lieu
tenant, who had to take refuge In a house,
where he remained until he was arrested.
Skoda Dividend.
Tha directors of the Skoda works have
declared a dividend of 20 kronen per share,
or 10 per cent, and decided to raise the
share capital from 20.000.000 to 30.000,000
kronen by an Isslue of new 200-kronen
shares at the price of 330 kronen. The In
crease of capital is required for the ex
tension of the plant In the steel and gun
departments. Wild speculation In Skoda
shares on the Vienna Bourse has caused
heavy losses, the price having varied from
800 to about 800 kronen.
Annoyance has been occasioned among
the singers of the Vienna opera house by
an order that they are to appear clean
shaven. Famous Pilot Fish
Last of His Kind
New Zealand Legislature Had Passed
a Law to Protect Him
from Shooters.
WELLINGTON. May 2&-8peclal to The
Bee.) The death of the most famoua fish
In the world has Just taken place off the
New Zealand coast. This monster of the
deep was known as Perlorus Jsck, and had
the distinction of being protected by a
special act of Parliament. For twenty
years and more he haa met all steamers
bound for Wellington, New Zealand,
whether they arrived by day oi night. He
usually took up a position ahead of them
In Perlorus sound, as If with perfect un
derstanding us to their destination. Thus
he earned the name of the "pilot fish."
while by some he waa known as th Lone
Fish of the French Pass.
Perlorus Jack was on of th sights of the
voyage to Wellington. Rometimes passen
gers had such little respect for him that
they tried to shoot him with their re
volvers, but this wa stopped and the New
Zealand legislature passed an act that the
fish must on no account be Interfered
with. His body when found had been
partly eaten by sharks. He Is supiosed
to be the last of a race of marine mon
sters which flourished In French Pass half
a century ago.
A reporter waa Invited into the break
fast room with other person for an in
terview with the spectre. Four of the
present professed to see It, and questions
were put and answered through a medium.
The ghost ald that later on something
might be done to help It in it trouble,
but when asked it It would furnish the
reporter with some personal particular
replied: "What he haa written Is sufficient
for the public, and If they will not be
lieve It I can do no more." The meeting,
however, was pressed, and eventually th
ghost said that If the reporter would re
main a" night all particular point would
be given. The reporter left hurriedly.
YIKING INVASION OF FRANCE
Norwegian Students to Bow a Ship
Up Seine to Paris,
i
SERVANT GIRLS MAY STRIKE
Working; Women of Three Kingdoms
In a Movement to Fix Their
Hoars aad Waares -Naasea
Defend Amandsea.
BY ERIC GRUNDMARK.
COPENHAGEN, May 20. (Special to The
Bee.) There Is U be another Norse Inva
sion of France. It Is to be In a regular
viking sea dragon and In regular vlktng
style. It was just 1.000 years ago that
King Hugllek and his vikings landed on
the shores of Normandy and took that
principality for .their own, thereby very
materially affecting the history of the
vorld.
A party of Norwegian students have had
an exast replica of Hugliek'a ship built at
Bergen and they propose to row it Just as
their viking ancestors did from Bergen to
Rouen. They probably will follow the an
cient king's course also up the Seine to
Paris.
Servant Girls Strike.
Denmark, 8weden and Norway are
threatened with a novel strike. The servant
gtrlfc of the Scandinavian countries have
organized and made these demands: First,
the abolition of any form of work between
the hours of 9 p. m. and 7 a. m. ; second,
extra payment for work done between these
hours; third, one afternoon a week free,
an entire day every second Sunday and a
minimum holiday of two weeks every
year, wages to be paid aa usual ; fourth,
general Increase of wages In accordance
with services rendered; fifth, servants'
rooma must be aunllt and warm.
The struggle ha become so serious that
a general-meeting of .housewives haa been
called to take place at Stockholm, when
It is expected that most of tha Scandi
navian, town will send delegate to dis
cuss the strike.
Naasea Defeada Amandsea.
Dr. Frldtjof Nansen, th famous Arctic
explorer, has no patience with the criti
cism of his fellow countryman, Captain
Raold Amundsen, In seeking to reach the
Smith pole. In a somewhat elaborate de
fense of Amundsen he say:
"Amundsen's position waa as follows:
After Cook's and Peary' return the inter
est for his North Polar expedition ceased;
the support he had been promised from
America, his last hop, was withdrawn,
and the Norwegian Parliament refused to
give him the additional grant required.
No other resource wre left. If nothing
were done, tha money of his supporters
would be wasted. Ha had therefore either
to give up the whole undertaking, on the
preparation of which he had spent some
years of his life, or to do something tended
to rouse the interest of the public at large
in order to put himself In a position to
raise the money still wanting. He chose
the latter course, and fearing that wa
might advise htm not to go to the
Antarctic, and considering it his duty to
take the responsibility on himself alone,
he decided to tell any of us, who had
assisted him with the preparations for the
North Polar expedition about his new de
cision. And in this he was perhaps right.
A for myself, I must admit that If I
had known of his plan beforehand, I
might possibly have warned him against
going south, for fear that It would be too
hard a strain upon a man first to go
on a trying South Polar expedition and
then straight way to a drift voyage across
the North Polar Basin calculated to last
at least five or Kli years. I have never
heard of any plan approaching It. and
although my opinion is that Amundsen, If
anybody, is the very man to carry out
such a gigantic task, I Bhould not have
cared to have taken the responsibility of
encouraging him."
British Opinion.
As regards the question whether
Amundsen had a right to enter into a field
of research, which had already been the
territory of the exploration of others, I
am certain that the president of the Royal
Geopiaphical society expressed the feeling
of the British nation, when he said that
no explorer obtains any vested right
merely by exploration, and that all foreign
competition on the Antarctic continent
should be welcomed wherever It appeared.
This Is In full accordance with the canon
of the scientific world universally organ
ized In all scientific research.
Portuguese Clergy
in Sorry Plight
Under Separation Law State Retains
Control Over All Religious
Activity.
LISBON. May 21 (Special to The He.
A high Portuguese prelate, giving his
views on the law for the separtlnn of
church and state, declare that the law
places the Portuguese clergy In a humiliat
ing and abject Dosltlon Not onlv m n
the present posesslona appropriated, but
also future acquisitions. Th state will
practically have control over the adminis
tration of canonical rights, which should
only pertain to the church. The law at
tacka ecclesiastic discipline by inviting
priests to marry and giving pensions to
their widows and children. It leaves the
bl&hop and the clergy to the mercy of tli
law element, and even the promise! ui
peuds will remain under the control of the
pioihlai to jiiii1o1uu.
FRENCH NATION
NICELYJSIT UATED
Minister of Foreign Affairs Says the
Diplomatio Sky Has Not
One Cloud.
RUSSIAN ALLIANCE STILL HOLDS
- -
Relations with Other Nations Are
Most Agreeable.
MOROCCAN CASE NOT ALARMING
French Educators Staggered by Move
for Coeducation.
DISCIPLINE HELD TO BE IN WAY
Navy Department Follows Kxamal
of raited States la Trylnar Oat
New F.sploelve Miser Takes
Money to Grave.
BY PAUL VILLIERS.
PARIS, May 20.-(Special to The Bee.)
France Is most happy In a diplomatio
sense. We have the assurance of M. Crupl,
minister or foreign affairs, that the en
tente cordiale between this republic and
Russia wns more binding than ever. And
the same could be affirmed In respect to
England and Spain and other nations. An
swering questions on that score in the sen
ate, M. Crupl said:
"I the situation In Morocco such aa to
xclte some apprehension? The situation
Is such as to Justify the remark I made;
nothing more. ,We have taken steps to
enable the Maghren to pay the soldiers
who are to maintain the communications
with the Shawla, If the situation at Fes
becomes difficult, we shall take the neces
sary measures to secure the safety of
Europeans and all French clt liens.
"The Franco-Russian alliance remains as
Intact as ever, and governs all our rela
tion with the allied state. Czar
Nicholas is animated with the same senti
ment towards France as was his august
father. The work of the alliance, of which
M. Ribot spoke. Is still firm and mani
fests itself In the form of a regular co-operation
day by day. It la In this spirit that
they Intend to carry it out.
"The entente cordiale with England con
tinues to be one of the fundamental bases
of our foreign policy.
"With Spain we continue to have friendly
relations. We co-operate with her In tha
most conciliatory spirit, and w shall en
deavor to Improve our economic relation
with her. We shall carry out a policy, of
co-operation also with Germany in all
places where we have Interests In com
mon." Co-BdacatlOB Fight.
Apropos of Madame Curie and Chavan
nea' efforts to have their-daughter ad
mitted to the lyceum for boy, th lata
Jules Ferry thought It well for boy and
girl to be a much a possible brought up
together. HI type of a primary school
house wa a central building with a great
hall for fetes and a play room for bad
weather, with overhead the habitation of
the teacher.
Madame Curie and Chavanne, as Is well
known, petitioned the minister of public
instruction to authorlce the entrance of
their daughters to a boys' lycee, the only,
one convenient to their homes. A few
humorists of the teaching body say: "Yes,
provided boys be received at the girl'
lycees." The discipline of a boys' school
would have to be altered were girls brought
In. There Is no rule to prohibit girls from
entering boys schools of this class. Th
actual exclusion l based on custom and
the unsultablenesa of the dlsclnlln. tn
them. '
Damages for Misprint.
A curious claim for damage came before
the correctional court recently. George
Tournleux died from the effects of a pre
scription which his wife had culled from a
book called "The People's Doctor" where,
owing to a misprint, fifteen grammes of
ammonia were prescribed Instead of fifteen
drops.
The author Sf the book has been sen
tenced to three months' Imprisonment and
fined, and the man who made up the pro
scription la sentenced to one month's Im
prisonment and a fine. The widow waa
awarded $200 damages and an annuity of
SfiO, while her children will receive $60 a
year until reaching their majority.
Miser Took Money to Gravex.
A miser named Anglade, who died at
Pau, carried part of his fortune with him
Into the grave and hid the balance, In
order to prevent anyone else using the
money. Throughout his life Anglade's only
ambition was money. Ho virtually starved
himself In order to save and his only fear
of death was baaed on tha regret that lie
could not take his possessions Into th
next world. He ateadlly refused to glv
his relative ny information about hi
possession, and after his death his wlfo
made a systematic search of the house,
with the result that gold and banknote
were found secreted in out-of-the-way
places. She believed that this represented
all his wealth, but when a bank clerk pre
sented a note for payment of a loan prom
ised by the mli-er, and said that Anglad
had a document confirming the transaction,
the widow decided that her husband must
have taken the paper to the grave. Th
Kiave waa opened in the presence of a
magistrate. Packet of banknotes and
bonds, with a number of other documents.
Including the one sought for, were found
under the shirt In which he waa burled
and which had not been removed. Oppor
tunity waa taken to search a bamboo can
which, according to Anglade's dying wish
was burled with him. Each section of th
cane was found to contain notes and gold
wrapped In cotton wool.
TUPPENCE A DAY FOR BOOTS
Poor People of (ilaagowr Hire Foot
wear While Their Own Is
Helas Mended.
GLASGOW, May 20. (Special to The
Be.) A notice to be seen In the window of
a small boot maker's hop In a mean Aston
street reads: "Hoots to hire, tup-pence a
day." A good percentage of tha resident '
In that quarter are of the very poorest
class, and only possess what they stand up
In. Many hoot makers are, of course, pre
pared to mend a customer's boots while
he waits, but rightly or wrongly, many
people believe that the work Is hurried over
if they take advantage of this offer, so they
hire a pair to wear while their own ure
U-ing repaired. The value of the IhmjIh
desposited. and Is. of course, returned when
lit bouts are brought V