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i THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 22. IPOS. KING IN SEARCH OF FINDS Recent Visit of England"! Monarch to Brighton for This End. HE HAS All OLD YACHT FOB SALE Assort at lona with noraitr shoal uring raary Price for Discarded Craft -Coaaael Mar Tarm SeclalUt. LONDON, March a. (Bpeclal.)-On of the object of King Edward recent visit to Brighton was to raise a loan from Sir Edward Bassoon, who has a. palatial reel dence there. I understand that ha succeeded.- Blr Edward and his uncle, Arthur Bassoon,, are tooth enormously rich and un derstand how to make their money count In winning the favor of royalty. Blnce lie was out of his teens the king bus never been able to make both ends meet. When he was prince of Wales he was In a chronic state of "hardupness." People thought when he became king and came Into his colossal Income -that he would then be able to get along comforta bly. Not so, however, for King Edward is one of the people whose wants Increase the moment they come' Into a larger stipend. The Bassoons and the Rothschilds have al ways been the great atandbys of the king In all his financial straits, which accounts for his ardent affection for them, for, give him his due, he lc an appreciative man. Of late years Sir Ernest Cassel has been use ful, but there Is a large sum due In that quarter already, hence the necessity of turning again to the Bassoons, which was made easier by the fact that when he came to the throne he pala them back most of the money that he had borrowed up to that time. The king expects to get a "fancy" price for the Osborne, the discarded royal yacht, which is now In the market. The American millionaire who saw fit to purchase and pay the figure desired would ba sure of the attentions of the king for many a day. It was built as far back as 1870 and is a good substantial craft of Ita kind. Boon after the king came to the throne he had it, like everything else that came into his possession, completely overhauled and re furnished, expending upon it something like $36,0nnv Then he got tired of It and ordered the new yacht, Alexandra, one of the most sumptuous private vessels afloat, though the king himself was willing enough to admit It does not touch In luxury and magnificence the Marguerita of Anthony Drexel. Itoyal Associations. When compared with the up-to-date yachts or the moment the Osborne Is a "crock" pirre and simple, but it possesses, of course. Intimate associations with roy alty, which In the estimation of some peo ple may add thousands to Its value. The young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wilkinson Is tarrying alt before her socially In London Just now owing to the fact that she won the amateur skating championship of Great Britain at Prince's for waltzing on Ice. It is In a great meus ure due to her extreme youth she Is barely lft that all this fuss Is being made over her. The Wilkinsons corn from Boston, where, I am told, they rank aa blue bloods and are In the first fight of the social elect. The excitement caused by the girl's suc cess can be Imagined. Competitors,' who might have been Miss Wilkinson's grand mothers and had given years of their lives to skating, were outdone by a little girl who is to stay In the school room for two rnoro years! She looks even younger than she is. At the performance In her very short sfilrt'and long hair plaited down her back she did not seem an hour more than 14 years. The day after the competition she received hundreds of boxes of chocolates and cart loads of flowers, mostly from anonymous admirers. Were she a year -or two older and making her debut In town, there Is no doubt she would have an extraordinary success. She has also received no end of invita tions. Adeline Duchess of Bedford, her self an accomplished skater, especially con gratulated Miss Wilkinson and invited her to see her. Nellie Post Excites Wonder. All her friends are wondering why Nellie Post has taken it Into her head to desert Txindon for the season. Of all the "group of popular and smart American girls there Is none who has a warmer place In the hearts of her friends than Lady Barry mnre's daughter; In fact, none of the gaieties arranged for the younger members of society seem complete without her. A Number of stories are going around as to the why and wherefore of It all. Some say she has flown because a prominent Eng lishman, with whom she was In love, mar ried another of ' her countrywomen. The story goes that he first proposed to Nellie Pont, who refused him because of some trifling misunderstanding. Aa Is often the care, his affections were caught on the rebound and he was captured by her friend. Englishmen are far too vain to stand a rebuff in these days, and the woman who tries it on Is making a fatal mistake. There is another tale to the effect that she is In love with a fortune hunter, and that In consequence her mother and her aunt, Mrs. Adair, begged the Miller Mundys to take her off bodily for a considerable time, ao that she may learn to forget. She has gone for a six months' cruise with thrm In their yacht Narcissus. It is no secret thst the durhess of Marl borough Is thoroughly disgusted with Brit m mm n prrm , thoughtt and aspirations of the mother V- n MM MM i bending over the cradle. The ordeal through ! 1 1 1 1 M n which the expectant mother must pass, how Vi 1U J 1D Jj ever " ,0 ul ' dan8er n onering that VJ V-rf' u 7 ' she looks forward to the hour when the shall feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and fear, Erery woman should' know that the' danger, pain and horror of child-birth can be entirely avoided by the use of Mother's Friend, a scientific liniment for external use only, which toughens and renders pliable all the parts, and assists nature in its sublime work. By its aid thousands nn ef women ha Ye passed this y treat crisis in perfect safety and without pain. Sold at $1.00 per bottle by druggists. Our book of priceless value to all women sent free. Address mKADFIOJt KCOUlATOa CO- Atlmnfm, Can Spring Annoancerasct iuun We are sew slrpUytng a saeet Mwd1W line ef foralga tiae tut syrlaf a4 wumul tJar early tnspeetloa Is 1 as tt wta aifei aa ep jwrtuAiiy eaoewif from a luri attuabe ef aelaslve T)-re, We tsnyevt la etagU suit Wanna ad a alt omulo fce eaiuoi. Aa orte ylaoea now may as jn wihim.w ish society. This, nevertheless, ' scarcely Justifies the rumor which originated In a usually well Informed quarter to the ef fect that the duchess la about to throw In her power. Influence, beauty and money with Lady Warwick In her socialists cam paign. Those who have snen a good deal of her grace of late say that her In dignations at the sufferings of the poor. especially the sweated, Is Intense. Of late she has made It her business to visit the East End Incognito and there has Inter viewed numbers of the Inhabitants who turn out shirts, fully made, for 36 cents a dosen. Bho has also had several conver sat Ions with London's - "Bavonarola"- Father Bernard Vaughan who has for a long time been fighting the cause of the sweated. Cnirlng the time that the dowager duchess of Newcastle has been living In Mayfalr preparing for the wedding of her niece, the duchess of Marlborough occupied her flat In the East End for one or two days. By the way, this apartment must have been a revelation to the younger duchess, whoso Ideas of lavlshness and splendor are those of her most cultured country women. The dowager duchessiof Newcas tle s Don room is as simple as that of a nun. A tiny camp bed, a rug for a carpet. a crucifix for ornamentation with a red lamp burning In front of it, a holy water font and a plte dleu make up the furni ture. Outside a lot of famished children may often be found, sitting on the steps of the building. If the rumor proves correct that the duchess of Marlborough means to throw her Interests with the socialists, British society will be staggered to the core. There Is no doubt that the duchess has altered utterly In the time she has been separated from her husband. She has given up all the state and glory with which she used to surround herself. Her Nubian page, her ten footmen and her state carriage, In which ahe used to look exactly like a fairy princess have vanished. It Is no uncommon thing now to find her driving about London in a shabby automobile at tended only by her chauffHur, who wears an ordinary prosaic blue livery like any suburban woman's. Those who know the duchess best and realize what she has been feeling say they would not be sur prised at anything she did,, provided It brought a new Interest into her life. LAD If MARY. FORGE WORKER BECOMES POET Htrennous Life Led by Alfred Ovten ,i i Williams to Secure an Kdacatlon. ' IiONDON, March 21.-8peclaJ.-In tho machine shops of the Great Western Rail way company at Swlndow is employed a brawny young workman who has won for himself the proud title of "The Poet of the Forge." Alfred Owen Williams is his name and he Is the type of man In whom Cnr lyle delighted. Twelve hours a day from 6 in the morning until 6 at night he works hard for his dally bread, and at night labors still harder to satisfy the cravings of his higher nature. It Is pleasant to record that he Is likely to win some meas ure of the reward he so richly deserves. His literary work has been pronounced good by competent Judges and now he and his faithful wife are looking forward to the time when he may lay aside the ham mer altogether for the pen. He Uvea in Dryden cottage, a name, I fancy, of his own choosing, in the village of his birth. South Maraton, in the vale of White Horse, where the edge of the familiar Downs faces him on the south. His father was a carpenter. ' At 8 he' was set to work on a farm, and he speaks' of the not unnatural sorrow caused htm when the pigs got hold or his- dinner. At 15 he began work as a rivet lad In the railway ' shop. ' Every morning at S he tramped four miles to his work and back four miles at sunset. At last he happened on a book of translations from the ancient classics and made up his mind to learu Latin and Greek. Well, he did. He. got "First Readers" and plunged Into Caesar and Zenophon, and in no time he was reading Virgil and Homer. Before long he began the Ruskin college correspondence course, and was reading English poets from Anglo-Saxon days and writing essays about them, which practiced his memory and his use of words. At present he Is master of an excellent English prose style, far simpler and purer than that of most college graduates. ' He read the most out-of-the-way Greek poets, ' and always satisfied himself that he could put them Into good English. Other workmen laughed, overseers scolded, for now and then he would be a little absentmlnded at the forge with Latin couplets flying through his head. At night he Vould trudge home, wretched and worn out, but something compelled him back to his books. He says that for hours In the evening his wife would sleep with her head In his lap while he studied. Then he wrote a play. It was a poetical play about Nineveh. Ho sent It to a well known London publisher, who was pleased with It and gave It to 8wlnburnu and Theo dore Watts-Dunton. All were pleased. But the publisher's illness and a voyage to America put It on the shelf. Now the play Is being overhauled and something may come of it. Then he came to the no tice of the Authors' association, who are on thj point of publishing a collection of new poems. The two that he submitted to them were Immediately accepted. Everything has been agalnet him. He has always suffered from chronic laryn gitis. He deserves to win out, and hit probably will. "Let not your life pass away In silence," Is his favorlucquotatlon from Sa'.lust. Is th joy of the household, for without it no happiness cm be complete. How tweet the picture of mother and babe, eneels tmile at and commend the jj I 1 Elffi McDonald TAILORS 317 South 15th St (TAaUSHCS KIT. ENGLISH LAW OF DIVORCE Act Has Come to Be Regarded Iniquitous and Unjust. BILL FOR AMENDMENT DRAWN seall Likelihood It Will Be Adopted, Tkeash Nee for tt Is Oevlem Evil Effects of the Law. LONDON. March a. (Special.) Although there la small likelihood that the bill Intro duced by Horatio Bottomley for widening the scope of the divorce law will pass the House of Commons this session, and a cer tainty that If It did It would be summs -lly rejected by the House of Lords, It Is of Interest as calling attention to the unsatis factory state of the English law with re spect to the dissolution of marriage. No less" an authority than Sir Qorell Barnes, president of the divorce court, has stigma tized It, as "full of inconsistencies, anoma lies and Inequalities amounting almost to absurdities." Mr. Boltomley's 4)111 is a very brief one. It provides that judicial separation between husband and wife shall, at the expiration of five years, If meanwhile the parties do not come together, have the samo lorce and effect as a decree absolute for the dissolu tion of the marriage. It also makea in curable Insanity or a sentence of fifteen years' penal servitude ground for divorce. The' large number of divorces In Amer ica and the relatively small number that occur here are often cited by English pur ists as proof of the superior moral tone of English society. It Is an entirely erroneous conclusion. It Is the stringency of the Eng lish divorce law, and not a higher regard for the sanctity of the marriage tie, which makes divorce comparatively so infrequent in England. Thomas Paynter Allen, secre tary of the Marriage Law Reform associa tion, who has made a comprehensive study of the subject, both here and In America, says his investigations have convinced him that the rigid English divorce law, so far from contributing to a higher morality Is, in reality, responsible for a greater laxity of morals than result from the easy di vorce laws of many American states. English Aet In J est. The English divorce law Is most bitterly unjust to the woman. Without infidelity there can be no dissolution of msrrlage. But whereas a husband can obtain a di vorce on the ground of his wife's unfaith fulness, the wife can secure a severance of the nuptial ties only when the husband's misconduct Is accompanied by cruelty. However flagrant and notorious his esca pades they do not entitle her to a divorce. He may commit bigamy several times over, and perhaps go to Jail for It, but his one legal wife must remain his wife as long as he lives. He may desert his wlf immedi ately after marriage, betake himself to a foreign country, never contributing a cent to her support and that of her child, if there be any, and still she Is tied to him for life. As long as he survives she Is de barred from seeking an honest mate and protector. Bhe cannot contract a second legal marriage. There are hundreds of such cases. A man, In every respect worthy, may take the place of the worthless one who has abandoned her, but the law stigmatizes their relationship as Immoral and their offspring, should there be any, must bear the brand of Illegitimacy. Such a state of affairs Is opposed to justice, to common sense, to morality, and - yet should a measure come before the bench of bishops, In their capacity of Lord Spiritual of the upper house, enabling a wife to sue Tor divorce on the ground of her husband's unfaithfulness alone, they would oppose It tooth r.nd nail as destructive of the sanctity of family life, the morals of society and heaven knows what else. Wife Often Victim. In other respects the English law of divorce is unreasonably oppressive to both husband and wife, but It Is the latter who Is most often the victim of its blind stringency. A man may commit a criminal offence of so heinous a character that he Is sentenced to twenty years penal servi tude. Still as long as he lives his wife can have no better husband. She must struggle alone. No other man can claim the legal right to support her and make a home for her. A man may even attempt to murder his wife, and undergo a long term -of imprisonment for it. but the ties that bind her to the Inhuman monster cannot be severed. He may cruelly abuse her, but he cannot be deprived of the right to call her his wife on thst account. He may desert her, but though a wife only In name she Is still his wife. To reverse the picture, the wife may be a criminal, or an habitual drunkard who neglects her home and children, but the holy bonds of wedlock must still tie her husband to her. One or the other may be hopelessly In sane and lodged In an asylum, but under English law that does not suffice for tho dissolution of the marriage. A man or woman may be tied to a lunatic for life. Of this the English per rage affords a melancholy instance. Soon after the mar riage of the earl of Durham his wife bo- came Insane. For twenty-seven years ahe has been a maniac, and for that whole period he has been compelled to endure a lonely and loveless life. Scores of similar cases might be cited, equally tragic, but less well known. It needs no explanation to show how the conditions set forth op erate as a direct incentive to what the law terms Immoral relations. Reiteration a PnnUhment. For most of the offences above stated, the only relief provided by Englls'i law is a permanent separation one of he most Illogical remedies that could possibly be devised. In effect It recognizes the unfit ness of the man or wife, aa the case may be, for mutual marital relations, snd parts them, but preserves Intact the tie which prevents both of them, tho sinner ss well as the victim from contracting another mar riage which might turn out happily. Small wonder It is that Sir Gorell Barnes says: "The conviction hss forced Itself upon me that permanent separation without divorce has a distinct tendency to encourage Im morality, and Is sn unsatisfactory remedy to apply to an evil which It Is supposed to prevent." Mr. Botlomley's bill, it will be seen, would make divorce follow automatically after tho separation order has been In effect for five years without any reconciliation having taken place. It does not remove the glaring anomaly of the English law which discriminates so unjustly between the consequences of Infidelity on the part of the wife and Infidelity on the part of the husband. The better and more direct method would seem to be to make those grounds for which permanent separations are now granted causes for divorce. Prob ably Mr. Bottomley has adopted the round about method to avoid arousing those ecclesiastical and social prejudices, which are so strongly opposed to any broadening of the divorce law. But it Is doubtful If the subterfuge will help him to obtain the votes necessary for the passage of his bill. The English are a conservative folk, tied down to conventionalities and traditions and slow to respond to any argument ex cept those which appeal to their pockets. 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The best value for the price ever offered in a steel range, has large 16-lnch square oven, upper warming closet, made of extra heavy cold roiled steel, large fire box with du plex grates handsomely nickel trimmed. Our special price means a big saving to you. 'nit --.,. - -a a. 1 11 LJ V,lv..JV. V J y-rW( ' 1 Ever OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC! TITLED MEN FIGHT TRUST Sights of Heritable Usher of Scotland Eegrarded with Dislike. ASM SELVES FOR LEGAL EBAY Trade In Baronetcies Extremely El pensive aa It la 'Without Having Any More Fees Added. LONDON, March 21. (8peclal.) Led by the doughty Sir William Bull . bald baronets and gallant knights have formed a league to fight a trust. The trust is not one of those monopolistic combinations devised to put up prices and Increase divi dends. In these money-grabbing days baronets and knights do not wage war against the mammon of unrighteousness. Rather do they seek, tu make friends of It ant1 get In on the ground floor where shares are to be had at the lowest rates. The p-.r.lcular trust at which they have thrown the gauge of battle is one that preys on baronets and knights alone. It Is an attack on their private purses which has led the present day representatives of an cient chivalry to buckle on the golden armor of modern defense and take, meta phorically speaking, tho field. It seems that In the old days when knighthood was In flower, and the txst scrappers got the fattest Jobs and high est honors, all sorts of functionaries were entitled to claim various fees and perqul- lles from those who received dignities from their sovereigns. Very likely, tJO, the sovereigns themselves got an ample rcke off from ttu-ne payments. But In more modern limes these official para sites have been gradually weeded out, gen erally by paying them a lump down to re linquish their claims. Vha late govern ment was particularly generous In thus relieving tho well-to-do victims of the cub- todlatur of ancient privileges by casting the burden on the BiUinh taxpayer. Trust Her u red the Right. One f unciloaai y, however, refused to sur rendef, titf a cash consideration, the tight to exact ti'H of the recipients of new honors, probably because the cash consid eration was not high enough. That func tionary was the heritable usher of Scot- lund. Who was tlie original heritable usher nobody knows. Nor does anybody know for what service the right was con ferred upon him and his descendants to Impose a tax on baronets and knights. Very likely some Impecunious Scotch mon arch created the office for a cash conse cration. Aflet the act of union, by which Scotland annexed England, the heritable usher of Seotland got his JurUdlction ex tended to include the whole of the United Kingdom. After refusing the offer of the conserva tive government the last heritable usher sold his rights to the toll to a trust, known as the Walker Trustees. I'nder British law such bartering of ancient rights is per fectly legitimate. It may be assumed that the Walker Trustees outbid the govern ment. And now they are trying to get some of their money back. A Utile while ago every knight who had been created In the last four years re ceived this letter from the Walker Trustees, whose offices are In Edinburgh: Sir: Aa factor and commissioner for tho Walker Trusters, Incorporated by act of Parliament, holders of the office of herita ble usher of Scotland, and entitled to the fees of honors pertaining thereto, as the kame are auvcified la the various charter " " f r tC Ail OnuGuaB pporftunitiy To save on your home outfits during the Peoples Store's Twenty-First Annual March Furnituro Salo This great sale presents to you the chance to save at least H If you purchase your home outfit, or even a single Vtore, during this sole. Considering that this Belling event com prises only the choicest grades of furniture samples that are of a very high character you should anticipate your future wants and buy now. No greater opportunity was ever of fered you no better Inducement will ever bo presented to you than can be found In thll magnificent March Fnrnlture Bale. Our excellent and elastic credit system Is at your disposal during this great sale. WE TRUST THE PEOPLE &L,t.iJ...LLUw Exactly as shown In the Illustration. You never had such an opportunity before to secure such a magnificent couch at such a low price. It la without a doubt a very exceptional value. The massive frames are of solid oak, high ly polished; the legs have massive carved claw feet; the upholstering Is done In olive green, tjnas learner; nn seven mwi ur exirs deep diamond snapea lulling, lancy ruuio on ncn siub. inn steel springs are highly tempered and are soft and comfort able. The entire couch represents the skill of the best work men special price Rooms Furnished Complete jjF9jl 50 Term $7.50 Cash, $5.00 Monthly $ j Our S-room outfits do not merely consist of furniture and rugs, but in clude everything necessary to furnish a home complete. Our outfits In clude window shades, draperies, bedding of all kinds, all the necessary cooking utensils and kitchen furnishings, crockery, glassware, silverware, and in fact, everything you will need with which to start housekeeping. Buyers of our outfits are not obliged to go elsewhere to complete the furnishings of their home, as everything Is included down to the smallest detail. Made Carpets, Rugs and Draperies Tiger Brussels Mug, made of extra fine quality of tapestrj brussels carpeting, set or floral design, size 12x9, 1 a regular $20 value special .....'' Ingrain Art Squares, extra heavy weight and quality, e eft an extra special value, worth $8.00, sale price., Cottage Carpets, fine for dining or bed rooms, 40c ?Ce values very special, at "JB Brussels Carpet, good quality, choice designs, 90c t7i value, special, at t Nottingham Z,aoe Curtains, extra width, good quality, 1 Xtk $2.60 value, special, per pair Cluney lacs Curtains, good quality, $3.00 value, special, per pair jisiore 1612 & TARNAM STREETS. OMAHAv TBI VZOFX.Z9 rUlirfUIl A3T9 CABJPBT CO. ZBT. 18B7 of the said office and relative statutes rat ifying the same, I have the honor to inform you that the sum of 3 tis 8d became due by you in respect of your creation as a knight of the United Kingdom. On behalf of the Walker Trustees I have further to reauett that you will have the aoodneBS to make navment to mo of the said 3 6s 8d at your convenience. I have tho honor to bp. your obedient servant. I WILLIAM ROBEKTSON, Factor and Commissioner. Every baronet whose title went no fur ther back got a similar letter, but the bar onets as the possessors of a higher dignity were asked to shell out 5 ($25) apiece. Bis; Prices for Favors. In the last four years no less than 300 baronets have been created by the king. In most cases the recipients of these honors have paid big prices for them far more than they would have been required to pay in the good old days when titles were openly sold. In those days the money went to the king. In these days the money goes to the party war chest and the king gets nothing. He simply confers the dignity In obedience to the behest of his master, for the time being, the prime minister. It has been openly stated In Parliament that towards the conclusion of the Balfour re gime a peerage fetched as much as $750,000 and baronetcies and knighthoods anything from $50,000 to $150,000; the money, after de ducting a liberal percentage as commis sions to the middlemen or middlewomen who arranged the transactions, going to the political fund. It Is one of those 'scandals which will never be subjected to Investiga tion while the two present political parties are alone competing for power, because they both play the game the same way and are equally Interested In preventing exposure. Having paid high for their titles, the bar onets and knights naturally resent this ad ditional demand to shell out. The amounts Involved are comparatively small; It la the principle concerned which moves them to an outburst of righteous Indignation. It Is something of the same feeling which moves American patrons of certain English hos telrles to resent the charges made for petty extras. And so the bold barficts and gal lant knights have decided to defy the trust that has bought out the heritable usher of Scotland and contest Its claim in the courts. O I UtbOCL OtnV td nlO lsAn : just how much this post Is worth In actual 1 j cash, but It Is probably something over Ant lie Spends His Time In Fortress ' $10,000 a year, besides allowances for en of St. Peter and St, ' tertalnlng and two residences. Baron Pinl. ! Aehrenthal draws three separate salaries, ST. PETERSBURG, March 21. Lieuten ant General Stoessel, who yesterday began to serve ten years in prison for cowardices and treason in surrendering Port Arthur, occupies a room In the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul adjoining that of Rear Ad miral Nebogatoff. who Is serving a 1 ke sentence for surrender to the Japanese at the sea of Japiyi. The room is about twent feet square and overlooks a little garden, where the officers are permitted to promenade. Stoessel's family has re ceived permission to refurnish his cell. The officers in the fortress run a private mess of their own and to this General Stoessel has been admitted. The general's transfer to the fortress yesterday was unexpected. He persisted to the very last in hoping that the emperor would pardon him. In order to secure a room for the new prisoner two officers who had served under Admiral Nebogatoff were dispossessed of their room. Tolstoi Suffers Helapse. ST. PETERSBURG, March a.-A dispatch received here from Yasasya Polynia says that Count Tolstoi, who la 111 wltu In fluenju, baa suffered a relapse. fS ""S "" f" " " High Grade Chase Leather Couch fT. Cash Secures Thla MaRnlflcont S CHASE LEATHER COUCH (JLp Cash Secures This Magnificent CHASE LEATHER COUCH Special After Terms 91.00 per If oath 7 upholstering Is 12?? WE SELTj OUT OK TOWX ON EASY PAYMENTS. WRITE VS. neat design 1050 srairna- (Rurtlv Ilk cut nnaita nf nn trateH- nf vrv BARON'S RAILWAY SCHEME Macedonian Project Brings Baron Aehrenthal to Fore. ABLE TO DRAW THREE SALARIES Works Hard for Them Vienna, but His Ability Not Equal to Hie Indastry. In ta VIENNA, March 21. (SpeclaL)-Durlng all the excitement of the latest political uplieaval In Balkan affairs no single per sonage has been more talked of than Baron Aehrenthal, the Austrian foreign minister. He Is regarded as the author of all the trouble. Whether he failed to foresee that his railway scheme In Macedonia was go ing to upset all the powers, or whether, foreseeing It clearly, he deliberately fol lowed out his policy, are questions which nobody seems able to answer Just yet. The one thing clear and certain is that that most astute of all diplomatists, his majesty the sultan, has scored again. At a mo ment when the powers were pressing him uncomfortably hard upon the reforms in Mecedonia by simply granting with too great promptness the request of Austria Hungary to be allowed to make a survey for a new railway to Mltrowltza, Abdul Hamld has succeeded in setting all the great powers by the ears and securing for himself a rest, at any rate for a time, In the matter pf the Macedonian reforms. Precedence of a Daron. Baron Lexa von Aehrenthal. minister of the Imperial and royal household and for foreign affairs of Austria-Hungary, la the second in order of precedence of all the subjects of the emperor, Francis Joseph, that Is outside of tho members of the Im perial family and two or three eardlnal archbtshops, who, as prince s of the church, rank with the archdukes and archduch esses. Immediately after these comes Prince Rudolph Liechtenstein, first, court chamberlain of the emperor, and next the , !..!..... T . 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For this tlxtra Fine Complete Bed Outfit Cl.oo Casbt Boo ner Week. a splendid unmatchable bargain eleirant Iron bed. exactly as illus is- hpavv tubing, with large ornamental 595 chills. The design is extremely handsome, and la finished In Vernls Marten, guaranteed not to change color. A comfortable mattress with a layer of pure white cotton on top and soft and luxuriant spring. o Q mon Ministers of the Monarchy. Durlrg the winter months he oocuples the mag nificent state apartments In the Foreign office, a large and handsome building In, the Ballplatx, built by Empress Maria Theresa, and In the summer ' he has a charming, roomy villa just inside the park gates at Schoenbrunn, whore the emperoc lives most of the year. In either home ho Is close to his Imperial master, for the Foreign office is only Just across the street from the Hofburg. The Baron's Ancestry. Baron Aehrenthal's ancestry Is less dis tinguished than that of most of his pred ecessors. His grandfather was a certain Lexa, a Bohemian of Jewish extraction who, rendering some financial assistance to the government, was ennobled. Tho . baron married a daughter of Count Julius Szechenyl, formerly Hungarian mlntster at the Vienna court, and uncle of Count LaszlOt Szechetiyl, who recently married Miss Gladys . Vanderbllt. Personally Baron Aehrenthal makes a very pleasant Impression, - He is tall and stoops slightly, his hair Is - nearly white, Snd he wears a sort of goatee and mus tache. Htf is about 65 years of age. He has agreeable manners and Is an excellent linguist, speaking English fluently. Also he works very hard, albeit he is a bureau crat. , ' If the truth must be told, It Is to ba feared that1 Baron Aehrenthal has not been a shining success as a foreign minister. As a diplomat he always enjoyed a con siderable reputation, and for years before he came from the embassy at St. Peters burg he was looked upon as the successor of Count Goluchowskl at the Ballplatx. Ha has spent twenty-five years In the foreign office and his other diplomatic experience was almost entirely obtained In Russia. He came to Vienna to succeed Goluchowskl less than two years ago, and great things were hoped from him. The dlplomalla corps welcomed him as a statesman, but they were speedily disappointed. Goluchow skl was a lasy. clever man. Aehrenthal Is Industrious, but not clever. He has a baffling manner, very ' calm and self possessed, but the diplomats who spealc with him can never tell what Impression they are making. One ambassador de scribed him as an anvil of wood, from which It was Impossible to strike sparks. Resignation Report Denied. BERLIN, March 21. The Hamburg-American Steamship company denies reports that Herr Ballin Is to resign the general management of the company. of refinement 1666 by jj wikju .0 t 1' set O 0 .'a O O O ; o 1 C) O ', o ; o ' o o I..1 .lit 1o vA ni rtt 1:3 ,3 3 '1 .i 'T 7 03 .at i 13 1 .-I J t 0 v