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Old World News and Politics; Personal Gossip and Unusual Events at the European Capitals
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ONE VOTE DECIDES
LONDON ELECTION
'
County Council of London Elected by
,a Single Ballot to Bule for the ;
Next few Yean.
RECOUNT
GIVES
MAJORITY
One Vote the Other Way Would Hare
Changed the Complexion.
JEWS 15 ENGLISH POLITICS
Start Made Fifty Yean Ago Hat Re
sulted in Three in Parliament.
ROYALTY GOES TO AFRICA
lader Pesverfal Escort the Prloee aad
Prlnreen of Wales Mill Visit
Soath Africa, la
Aasrast.
LONDON, April J. iFpecial to the Pub
lisher's Press. -The future of the govern
ment of the county of London for the next i
few year wan decided actually by on
vote In the recent election of the London
county council. Perhaps there Is no other
case on record where the result of a single
ballot had such momentous results. The
council cons'Ms of 137 members, of whom
US are elected by popular vote and twenty
one are aldermen, elected by the council.
When the votes were counted it was
found the, municipal reformers had elected
fifty-nine members, the progressives fifty
eight, while the central Flnsburg division
was tied. A recount gave the reformers a
msjority of one In this division and a ma
jority of two In the council. This will give
I them the power to fill the ten aldermanlc
vacancies, thus-giving them a safe working
majority In the complete council. Had one
less reformer and one more progressive
voted st Flnsburg the whole omplexion of
the council would have been changed.
Two ladies were returned as members of
the codncil. a progressive and a moderate
Miss H. Alder, daughter of the chief rabbi
In Hackney central, and Miss Susan Law
rente, in West Marylebone.
Jews la Radish Politics.
The Jew is becoming more and more a
factor In British politlce. Fifty years ago.
when the Jew of England, after a bitter
. and proloaged struggle, had only Just won
' the privilege of sitting in the House of
; Commons, the prospect of a member of the
. ancient faith becoming one of bis majesty's
j ministers must have seemed sufficiently
. rmu(. What, one wonders, would Baron
Lionel de Rothschild and his contem
poraries have said could they have f6re
f seen that, half a century after the coplng-
stone had been placed upon their labors.
I no tenet than three of their co-religionist
,- would be sitting I Parliament aa members
of the government, and one as a cabinet
minister? It has become the usual thing
to say, when an English Jew has attained
to high political honor, that such success
Is but the loglcsl result of the emancipa
tion victor'. But It requires something
more than logic to explain in this instance
why the Jewish population, who propor
tionately to the rest of the Inhabitants of
the I'nlted Kingdom figure but as 1 in 300,
should be taking so large and Important
a share In the government of the country.
It Is an Illogical rather than a logical
phenomenon. But then Jewish history al
waya has been full of surprises and para
doxes, and perhaps the greatest paradox,
of all Is that, while in Russia and Rou
manla Jews are groaning helplessly under
well-nigh unexplained restriction and op
pression, her in England they should be
enjoying a position of unprecedented in
fluence and honor.
"Klsg Maker" Belton.
London la now entertaining another one
of its long line of king-makers in the per
son of Kaid Belton. the intrepid English
man who placed Mulai Hafid on the throne
of Morocco.
Kald Belton has been nick-named "the
King-Maker," and, aa a soldier of fortune,
his achievements are almost worthy to be
ranked with those of General Gordon, Val
entine Baker, Hobart Pasha. Colonel Sher
rington and other distinguished British ad-
enlurers. When only 1 years old Kaid , not only in appearance, but also In habits
Helton, then a trooper in the romanry, j and tastes. She cares little or nothing now
received a commission in tho regulars for i for worldly amusements, and seems quite
distinguished gallantry on the field, and he I happy and contented in the quietude of her
received his captaincy some time later un- own apartment,
der similar circumstances In the Somali- Mme. Stetnhell Incog,
land campaign. In April. 186Z. being then j Disguised as an old woman. Mme. Stein
home on leave, he resigned hia commission, j hell paid a thiee days' visit to Paris to
went to Morocco and after many adven- j settle some personal afairs. Her presence
turea orcerea nis services to MUial nana .
ths "pretender." and in a few months he
was anointed "kaid." or commander-in-chief.
With an army of 30.0U0 men which
he had got togethe and trained ha over
threw Abd El Axlx, and shortly afterward
Mulal Hafid was proclaimed sultan of
Morocco. Since then Kald Belton hu un
dertaken several campaigns against the
French and the turbulent native tribes,
Heaalker Heatoa to Retara.
tine of the best known figuys In British
public lif- is Mr. Hennlker Heaton. M. P.,
world recognised authority on postal mat
ters Is about to retire. In a letter to hia
c, nstluenta Juot issued Mr. Heaton says:
"Twenty-five years of strenuous public
life have told upon me, and the day can
not be far distant when I shall be em
pelled to seek repose and lee my work
to younger and abler men. When that day
arrives I shall have the consolation of
knowing that In the field of postal and
telegraph reform much has been accom-
pushed, while still greater things are on
j'he ev of
i,Hwr I wil
realisation. While I have tr
ail continue, by our favor, aha.
Is to m a labor of love, but I do not dis
ease ftem tnvself or from you that th
necessity for a rest is becoming more and
raoie Imperative, and that with the dissolu
tion of the present Parliament, whether
soon or late, my political sre-r must
definitely terminal. '
Royalty' Visit to Afrlra.
Th pnnc and princess of Wales will
travel to South Africa on the occasion of
tha forthcoming royalty visit, by th Weal
Coast rout in tho aew 1'nlon-Caatle mall
boat Balmoral Castle, which will bo ac
companied by an escort of warships.
Th depaj-tur from England will he
towards th end of August and the port of
debarkation will be Durban. Th capitals
iuUlaue4 oa Pag Three.)
PARISBRISHESIPOSEMISHIMONARCIISWATCH
Getting Ready to Listen
to the
Rooievelt Lecture.
GREAT DEMAND FOR ADMITTANCE
t Islt of the Ex-Presldeat to the
French Capital At tree ts Mirk
A Mention Some Matters
of Polities.
J BY PA1-L VILLIERS.
! PARIS. April 1 (Ppeclel to the Pub
j Ushers' Prs I The ability to understand
I English Is at a premium among the stu-
dents Just now. all because of that re
j nisrkable American. Theodore Roosevelt,
i Mr. Roosevelt. who is to deliver a lecture
at the porbonne on April 15. has informed
. the university suthorltles that It would
piesse him above all things to address an
: audience of young men. The vice rector,
Into whose hands has been placed the duty
- of arranging for Mr. Roosevelt's lecture,
j very naturally has reached the conclusion
' that it would also please the former presl
' dent of the t'ntted States if his audience
; had a knowledge of English. It Is the In
j tentlon of the university to as nearly as
possible do all things In accord with the
wishes of its guest-
Now, pretty nearly everybody In Paris
wants to see and hear Mr. Roosevelt's lec
ture, and If the hall of the Sorbonne could
accommodate ten times the number It
can, it would still be crowded and hundreds
would be unable to secure admission. It
has been found necessary, therefore, to have
a kind of civil service examination so as
to have for Mr. Roosevelt an audience of
young men who can understand English.
Official Paris and American Paris are
looking forward eagerly for the arrival of
Mr. Roosevelt. His visit will be more of
an event than the visit of any reigning
monarch. He appeals to Paris and the
French love for the spectacular.
Tariff War flood Vaalshea.
As I have Indicated in these dispatches
would he the case, the tariff war cloud
between the Vnited States and France has
been dissipated. Both governments have
made concessions and a satisfactory basis
of agreement has been reached. Aa I
pointed out neither France nor the United
States desired a fight and It had been
felt here In government circles all along
that the talk of a break between the two
countries was barely possible.
More of Daea's Doings.
The Duez scandal grows in seriousness
as investigations continue. It probably
never will be known Just how great ths
defalcations of Duex have been. That they
are well up in the millions Is certain.
Naturally the church party Is Jubilant over
the revelation and It is not at all Impossible
that they will be used with effect In the
elections next May. ''
According to the Temps, Dsei appears,,
In addition to his other defalcations, to have'
been In the habit of perpetrating a pecu
liarly ingenious species of fraud. In vir
tue of the previsions jpf the law of July
1. .1909, the heirs of defunct persons who
had made donations to the religious orders
and societies were entitied in certain cir
cumstances o claim the restoration of
these gifts. In many cases, mora especially
when the gifts were of ancient date, the
heirs took no steps to cover the donation
or did not even know of Its existence- In
such cases, M. Duel used to approach them
through an Intermediary, Informing them
that he had discovered the donation and
prepared to recover it for them on condi
tion that they signed an engagement se
curing half of trie amount to the liqui
dator. In the case of one heir of a donor,
a Russian, the amount thus recovered Is
said to have been IHM.OTO.
Omahaas la Parla.
Among Americans in Paris the past week
were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McDonald and
Louis Metx of Omaha, Pr. and Mrs. Ray
VV. Matson of Portland, Ore., and Mrs.
Samuel H. Xewhouse of Salt Lake City.
The Ex-Prlnctas Chimay. nc Clara Ward,
whose sensational elopcnent with the Hun
garian gipsy violinist. Rlgo, created so
great a sensation a few years ago. la now
living In a modest quarter of Paris. She
is married to a cousin of Riga. A former
friend, who ran across her the other day,
was surprised to notice bow she has
changed In appearance. She has grown
very stout. Of course, the famous beauty
of other days Is not without means, and Is
able to aratifv her wants. She has rhanrwi
was known only to a few persona. She
took a room In an hosel on the boulevards,
and saw her counsel and an attorney. The
object of her visit was to arrange some
property matters botweon herself and her
daughter, and to settle soma afa Ira relat
ing to the sale of the house la the Impaxse
Ronsln. In w hich her daughter la living with
her cousins, and which Is to be put up for
auction shortly.
Madame look all her meals In her room
and during ths three daya that she was In
Paris nobody In the hotel suspected h :
he was. The person who was traveling
with her gave such strict orders that even
"l"n "a om" '
ner n nn ne cii.rg a.i me nuiri.
There Is no trvih In the report that she
was to appear an the stage. She is said
to Intend to live quietly on her income,
which though not very large, will be suf
ficient for her.
Effects of Tooaero.
Smokers may now quota medical opinion
,n f,vor of -tri, d Dr. de Kermahon I
of the French army has been diligently col- !
...i,. nr. n th. .,,hw. .. ,J
nounce that the Irresistible evidence of
figures proves to him that smokers are
healthier lhan non-smokers. He says: "In
the first place, there is not th slightest
doubt about it that tobacco Is to a large
extent a germicide.
"Smoking helps one In another way. It
helps to build up th general health. To
bacco Is very soolh&g: it calms the mind,
and so strengthens th system to resist
disease."
Ahalaih aad the Army.
Speaking on the ravages of absinth at a
Paris congress. Major Henri Roberts states
that In th most contaminated districts th
recruiting officer had to refuse as many
aa H per cent of th young men called to
serve with the colors.
M. Bompard. a salesman tn the handker-
(Continued oa Pag Three)
TOY BALKAN KING
Considerable Importance Attaches to
His Visit to St. Petersburg and
Other Capitals.
SLAV RUSSIAN
ALLIANCE
Some Think Recent Erenta Point in
that Direction TZZtr Eussian Lead.
LAUGHED OUT OF HIS OFFICE
Socialists Outwit the Chief of Police
During Recent Troubles.
J0ACHLN
SAILOR PRINCE
Yonagrst Son of the Kaiser U
Eater ay aa Sooa as His Stodles
Are Completed as Did
Hia Brother.
BT MALCOLM CLARKE.
BERLIN. April i -i Special to the Pub
lishers' Press ) The pilgrimage of King
Peter of Servia la being watched by tier
many with no little Interest. Following as
It does the series of conferences between
Balkan rulers and the recent visit to St.
Petersburg of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria,
it is believed to be of much more import
ance than would naturally attach to the
travels of a toy Balkan King.
It is understood here that after his visit
to Pt. Petersburg It Is the intention of the J is certain. It Is hardly probable, how
Servian monarch to go to Vienna. Rome ', ever, that the long-expected American ear
and Constantinople, with possible visits to
Athens and Bucharest.
That ail these recent events in St Peters
burg and the near cast mean a Slav alli
ance with Russia as the leading spirit is
not doubted here. It is regarded as equally
certain that only the fer of Germany
prevents the provocation of Turkey to war
by Burgarla. which would mean the elimi
nating of Turkey from Europe.
Germany se-lng nothing In this for It at
the present time will not permit such a
war if it can possibly be avoided. It has
practically, though unofficially, put Bul
garia and Russia on nolle that in the
vent they force war, Germany will play
the part of England after the Ruaso
Turklsh war and see that the victory,
should one be gained, will be fruitless.
Roetallsts Oatwlt Police.
Herr von Jagow, the chief of police, has
been literally - laughed out of office, be
cause of the sorry epectabls made of him
by the socialists during the - recent
trouble.
In anticipation of a socialist demonstra
tion In Treptow park, on the outskirts of
the capital. .Herr von Jagosr made- the moat
elaborate preparations, but the demonstra
tion waa carried out In the Tlergarten. in
the very center of the city.
At an early hour all the approaches to
Trepow park were barred by armed con
stables, mounted and on foot, while the
park itselt was patrolled by mounted gen
darmerie. The whole of the garrison, 2&.000
strong, was confined to barracks all day
In readiness for emergencies.
The country for miles around had been
scoured for spare oonsuibles and gendarme.
Every available man was put In the field.
The entire system of the city's communica
tions was thrown Into disorder. Whole dis
tricts were transformed into armed camps,
and no admittance to them allowed, even
on business.
The train and tram services were dis
organized. Omnibuses were turned off theiiv
accustomed routes. Railway-stations wert
barricaded with boards, screwed across the
doors leading in the direction of the sacred
Treptow park. Enormous loss or inconveni
ence -was inflicted on tens of thousands
of persons, innocent even of the democratic
opinions.
A goodly number of socialists wsre told
to precet-d to Treptow park as a feint in
order to keea the police there.
Meanwhile the word was 'passed round
that the real demonstration was to be made
in the Tlergarten. which stretches from the
western end of I'nder den Linden to Char
lottenburg, Berlin's most fashionable sub
urb. The discipline and organization of the
socialist party were well shown by the
promptitude with which the orders of the
party leaders were carried out.
Oresiies for the leasoBstrattoa.
The Immediate cause of these demon
strations is the widespread dissatisfaction
felt with the existing franchise laws in the
kingdom. The voters in Prussia are divided
for electoral purposes Into three distinct
clases. graduated as to taxes assessed.
Each clas possesses equal electoral power.
But the first class comprises only I 36 per
cent of the total electorate; the second
class contains UU per cent, and the vast
bulk of the voters, who compose the third
class hava only Just as much voting power
as each of the othera, who are In so sman
a minority. In this way, if the first and
second classes choose to combine, 15, pr
cent of the electors of the country can
outvote S4' per cent. This is, as a mattsr
of fact, what actually happens, and one of
the results Is that the socialist party, with
&).52 Individual supporters, number only
seven members in the Reichstag, while the
so-called Liberal-Conservatives, with U.illl
supporters, secure sixty avals. It was ex-
pacted that the government wculd Introduc
a measure to amend this anomalous system 1 ar ,h nueen. and one of them a girl, ap
In a radical manner, but, to the chagrin ' Proached the king and comp ained -that the
of the less privileged voters, the alterr.a- I ro al r' t' had come so late that it was
lions officially proposed to little more than ! l dark to see the queen,
touch the fringe of the question. It propo i , "What can I do." asked King Alfonso,
to perpetuate all the muat objectionable laugcing.
features of what has been called the i '" your majesty would like to light a
Ay44t -.e 1 T AlAATnraT . . u -
Aaolher Sailor Prlnre.
Prince Joachim, the youngest son of the !
kaiser, following lb example of his brother.
Adalbert, will enter th navy as soon as
his studies are completed.
Th hobby of to Princess su Wied. only !
child of th king of Wurtemburg and nice
of th dutches of Albany. n to buy worn
out boraea. To theae ah tha give a long
rest and plenty of food.
Harry Thaw should be in Bohemia. Th
Bonemian iiei nas aecioea. in view of the
critical financial situation, to release from
th asylum 20 inmates whose minds are
but aUghtly unhinged.
Uilh.lM Vnlvt . V. n .. r . . r ,
........... ....... .... -.. ru
noax on m municipality or re oe pen tea.
near Berlin, is about to sail for the Cn ted
Slates.
Circumstances of tragic horror marked
(.Continued on Pag Three)
CRAFI DIE TO 1RREL1CI0N
Analogy Between France and Amer
ica is Pointed Out.
KING VICTOR A FINE ATHLETE
Soma Stories that Shew the Physical
Prowess of Italy's Meaarch aa
Well as His Devotion as
a Hashaad.
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT
ROME. April 2 (Special to the Publish
ers Press The graft scandals tn France
i-.! the t n'fd Mites a:e the truits of
.ne subordination of religion to materia
things Is the op.r.ion centrally expressed at
ihe Vat I van.
' You will find.'' declared a high pre
ste to me in discuss. ng tte d spate nes
.rom Paris and from the I'na-d States
eiimg of these exposures of corruption,
ihat in n ery case the communities In
. hlon corruption Is most rampant, the
eiig'.ous life of the community Is at tte
owet ebb. In France so far as the gov
.tnmer.L is concerned the-e is no religion,
t wcu!d seem a Judgment that this new
iisgrace has come as a d.rect result of
he sequestration of the property of the
?hurch.
"So in the American communities where
;raft has been uncovered. New York. Pitts
.urg. Chicago and the like, it is a fact
hat by a great mass of the people re
gion Is regarded as a myth, a Jok. The
conclusion that there is a direct connex
ion between the two is Irresistible "
That there will be important action at
the consistory which Is to be held this
month, affecting the church
In America.
dinals will be named. His holiness has
not as yet, I am Informed, been able to
see his way clear to name any American
prelate without creating hard feeling and
this he la determined not to do.
Klag Victor aa Athlete.
King Victor is the moft athletic of all
European monarch. Ever since his boy
hood he has been used to an open air lif
and his training was so t-partan-Uke that
when he had a coid his tutor used to send
him out for a hard ride .on horseback, no
matter how Inclement the weather might
hava been.
King Victor exoels at most sports. . in
cluding shooting, fishing, yachting, motor
ing. He la also a keen horticulturist,
which fact probably Induced him to found
the Institute of Agriculture.
The. following story shows that King
Victor is a good husband as well aa a
good athlete.
He was cruising off Monte Crlsto island
In his yacht one day when news reached
him that the queen waa ill. The yacht waa
at once steered towards tho port of Lau
rento, where a motor car was In waiting,
but tbe greaa roughness of the sea. pre
vented a Landing.
Without an instant's hesitation, the king
plunged Into the sea, and after much dif
ficulty managed to reach the shore, his
entourage watching him in an agony of
anxiety from tho yacht. He arrived at
the palace much exhausted, but was Just
In time to receive the news of the birth
of a little daughter.
Race sre becoming more and more
popular In Rome. I'p to two years ago
people were satisfied with four days'
sclng In tbe spring. Now, spread over
he end of winter and the early spring.
here are seventeen official race days and.
:esides that, informal meetings, organ
zed on the spur of the moment, constantly
-'P up.
Girl aad Lover Fight Dael.
A remarkable duel was fought at Avel
inn recently, the combatants being a
young man named Pascal Santosuosso and
his fiancee. Marie Mavaio. It seems that
a violent quarrel broke out between the
lovers through Jealousy, and rather than
strike his fiancee Santosuosso challenged
her to a duel. The pair fought with pis
tols without witnesses, and after several
shots both fell seriously wounded.
Improved railway communication between
Innsbruck and Venice Is being provided by
the Joint action of the Austrian and Italian
governments. The Val Sugana light rail
way from Trent, In the Tyrol, to Texze. the
terminus on the Italian frontier, is being
converted Into a line of normal gauge on
which to run through expresses from Inns
bruck. On the Italian side the line Is
hetng continued to Primolano,' whence It
cor.ne ts with the shortest route to Venice.
It Is expected that the new route will be
ready for traffic In July.
King Lights Match
ToShovv His Queen
Feasants Cheer at the Good Fellow
ship of Their Mon
arch. MADRID, Arril !.- Special to ths Pub
ishers' Press King Alfonso snd (Jucen
S'K-toriat of Spain were passing through trie
i axe of Vil'alba d. l Alcor in t'l-ir mo
.or car ab ut dusk one evening recenil.
when the king stopped the car. as is usual,
to converse with the authorities.
Immediateiy a crowd surrounded the
' cr' many of the women bearing flowers
match and show us the queen's lie
i 1 would satisfy us." replied the girl.
it
The king did as suggested, and th people
cheered her majesty enthusiastically.
PRINCESS KILLS AN ELEPHANT
ot Monster a He
Stops Mad
Rash
4 hargea I pan Her Most
Vlrloasly.
LAIKIPIA. British East Africa. April I
(Special to the Publishers' Press It is
; stated on good authority that during the
recent elephant hunt by the duke of Con
naught and his family In th A herd a re
mountains, a big tusker fell to th gun. of
1 -
prin,.,,, pgirtoa under condltlona which
proved her splendid nerve. The great
beast was charging directly at her, when,
wit th coolness of a veteran, sh sent a
heavy express bullet into a vital spot, stop-
ping th animal In full charge.
ST. PATRICK'S
IS EMPIRE DAY
Move to Be Made by Irishmen to
i Honor Patron Saint All Over
the Civilized World.
E0ME OPPOSITION TO PLAN IS MET
Such Festivals Too Often Bring Up
Old Scores Which Are Not Liked.
STATISTICS ON IRISH LANGUAGE
Society for Its Preservation Issues a '
Report.
PROFESSORS FOB THE COLLEGES
Teachers Are .Not lloied
eat Stadeats for Fees Earlier
at Preseat.
BT THOMAS EMMET
DUBLIN. April 2. "Special to the Pub
lishers' Press.! The suggeution made by
Cardinal Moran that St. Patrick's day be
cel-brated through the world as Ireland's
empire day has met with a hearty response
here, and already steps have been taken to
make next year's celebration partake of
this character not only here but where
ever Irishmen may be found, and where
on the habitable globe are loyal sons of
Erin not to be found? The Freeman s Jour
nal fairly expresses Irish opinion when in
commenting on the suggestion says:
We don't, as a rule, like empire day;
they are always, or very nearly always,
like all other festivals of empire, asso
ciated with robberies, confiscations, brutsl
wars, and cowardly bullyings. For empire
and bloodshed and spoliation are insepar
ably related. A nobleman for some years
past has been trying to found a British
empire day. What a ghastly festival It
would be were it kept with appropriate
ceremonial.
Cwrdlaal'a Idea Good.
"But we like the good Irish cardinal's"
idea, for empire In the sec so and asaocia
Uon with which he used has a great, a
glorious, a nob! meaning. For on Be
Patrick's day surely and truly In every
part of this terrestrial sphere, in every
nook and cranny where civilization ha
penetrated, men, women and children of th
Irish raca hold high and holy festival and
unfaltering, unconquerable devotion to
faith and fatherland. Tear by year on St.
Patrick's ' day a great chain of brother
hood la stretched round tho world, hands
are reached out across tha sea, messages
of love and fidelity are- wafted from all
the points of th compass to the Uttla
green Isle sparkling her In the Irish sea.
Surely St Patrick day Is the empire day
of Irelandthe day when the world spread
children of th Gael unite and- renew alle
giance to th old land. There la not a
clime In which th day is not held sacred,
a day which patriotism and creed unite
to keep aacred."
The pyramid or shaft, which is to stand
behind St. Gaudns' great atstue of Parneil
In O'Connell street, Dublin, is going up
slow!. It is now well above tho surround
ing hoarding, but it has a long way to travel
up before it will be ready for the sculptor's
masterpiece. There is comparatively little
money required to finish the monument,
and it is not too creditable that it Is com
;rg in so slowly, Dublin has. of course, a
ery particular interest in me monument,
.or. when completed, it will be one of Its
finest municipal treasures.
I
Lotting- for Heirs.
a lapse of eighteen months and
After
many fruitless Inquiries, a final effort is
being made to discover the heirs of a
former county Armagh ir.aa named Patrick
McGurk. Over fifty years ago McGurk
emigrated to California and died In the state
about two years ago. leaving a fortune
of im'Oift). The Belgian consul at Belfast.
Mr. James lieyn, is In charge of the es
tate. The Society for the Preservation of the
Irish Language has Just issued its report
for ISsJS, which contains much information
that is both useful and instructive, and
statistics are supplied relating to the Irish
l language at the present time. With ref-
erence to Irish in the national schools, it
appears that the language Is taught in
1.M1. and that the national board mad
payment In respect of Irish for 45 474 pu-
pile, aa compared with 39. C in The
report mentions that "there are still many .
drawbacks to the progress of Irish in na- ;
tlonal schools, one of which is. that ttach- '
era are not a lowed to present pupils for
fees earlier than the third standard. An
effort is to be made to allow the present
children for examination In Irish In the j
first and second standards, and to have '
professors of Irish appointed In all the j
training colleges. j
" "
ROGUE HAS A SENSE CF HUMOR
.
Intnndrnt Thief l ooks oa the Bright
Side of His Fifteen Year'
servltsde.
I.O.VIxJ.V. April 2. (Spec.a! to Ihe Pub-
l.shers Precs.l An Impudent and yet amus
irg trade diige was described at th
Middlesex sess.on. wh-n Henry R.chards,
ix. a builder, of Tottenham, w no had been
previously convicted, was sentenced to
seven years penal servitude for theft. He
had. It was said, carried on business as the
North London House Repairing company,
and after entering Into contracts t do
repairs at different houses, h str.pped the
buildings of the whole of their fixtures. On
coming out of prison on the last occasion
' he sent out billheads on which was printed
r:f!"n "
CHINA TO CONTROL THE PRESS
,
Interest Is Boaaht la Katlve Papers
with Saartloa of roreiga
Office.
SHANGHAI. April t (Special to th
Publishers' Press ) An official document
Just published sheds a light on th new
methods of controlling ths native presa
Th Shanghai Taotal. with th sanction
of the Peking foreign office, applied some
liOtiOOS of th funds of th Whangpu con-
servancy to buy control of th leading
local vernacular newspaper.
iilMUPAL POWER PLA5T
City of Copenhagen Borrowi $11,
000.000 for Public Improvement!.
CHANCE FOR THE AMERICANS
Aseerlraa Bids Will Be Asked lor the
ee Manlelpnl Power aad Light
Plaat It Is Proposed to
Balld.
BY ERIC GRINDMARK
COPENHAGEN. April I 8pecial to the
Publishers Press American electrical
concerns rrav be ah e to d i some busl-
ress with the municipality of Copenhagen
mh,ch J"" nnounced a loan of iuw-
Arrt v- t -.hlAh a 1 1 ne de
voted to public Improvements including an
e'ectric power plant. Among other things
f'ir which the money Is to be spent are
school houses, market buildings and a
new hospital I understand it is the pur-Pre-
j prs of the municipality to invite Amer-
ican bids on the electric plant.
Bit of Swedish History.
The action brought by an old man
named Johansson sgainst the queen dow
ager of Sweden and the three younger
brothers of the king, of which mention
was made last week, may develop some
interesting facts concerning the Swedish
royal house.
Johansson has been obsessed all his life
with the idea of unearthing the secret
history of a mysterious lady named Helga
de la Brache. who was at one time
thought to be th daughter of King Gus
tavus IV. This monarch, who died In
1MT. was himself an eccentric and his
virulence against Napoleon led to the Rus
sian conquest of Finland and to many ill
consequences for Sweden. He was de
throned in isne, King Charles XIV. from
whom the present line descends, succeed
ing to the throne. The deposed ruler aft
erwards remarried his divorced consort,
and the suggestion Is that Helga de la
Brache was their daughter.
Johansson now declares that In 1M2 she
delivered to the present King's grand
father (afterwards Oscar I) some letters
proving her royal birth and that she never '
succeeded tn getting them returned. He Is. j
therefor, suing th dowager queen
and t
the princess to obtain a pension from the
government on the strength of the let
ters and that sne lost It afterwards and
died in poverty
Da aish Theater Ceaaor.
The Danish premier. M. Zahle. has
brought in a bill in the chamber for the
abolition of the existing censorship, which
Is at present carried out by the police
authorities, and which will in future be en
trusted to a board, th members of which
will be theatrical critics, actors and man
agar. '
In case the authorities declare that in
th public Interest any play, should be
forbidden, th author will have the right
to appeal to the board of censorship,
which can permit the performance or con
firm th prohibition. .
Eaa-llsfc Prioress Wahes Them Co.
Air Stockholm has gone crasy over Is
Jaktlng. which translated means Ice yacht
ing. The crown princess, who was Princfss
Margaret of England, has set the fashion
and Swedish society has taken it up
eagerly.
Th fact Is the English princess has
been a perfect godsmd to Swedish fem
ininity. She has proved to the rather
indolent Swedish ladles bound as they
have been by the strteusi of rulesi that
women can companion husbands and
brothers out of doors In midwinter with
out the loss either of their complexion or
their dignity. Her hockey team startled
society at first; but when It was per
ceived that the princess in her dainty
garb, with her perfectly-cut skirts show
ing the nattist of footgear had man
aged to have a good afternoon's fun with
out sacrificing one Jot of her womanly
charm, the startled ones began not only
to condone but to copy
Paradise for lee Yachts.
The miies of froztn sea and lake about
a. uu..! . . i. h. i .......i . '
...ii. .... o.ue , me .ong slopes.
cw.T.ru po-u-rj snow, mac aesceno.
rrom the forests tu the snore all these
make a sort of
a sort of paradise for ski-lng.
saaung, sieigning. ana, aoove ail. lor ice- I
sailing in the isjatks. i
These vachts are built nn racinir lin
When the force nf ,h. . in ,k.,
ice sports unpleasant, then is tne time
to don furs snd woolens, and surrender
oneself, to the. Intoxlcsting pleasure of
j speeding literally ' like the wind" down
trie long reaches of some picturesque
j fjord or out on Lake Malar or even on
' the Baltic Itself.
Next season It Is safe lo say every one
who can afford It will have an l?jakt.
KING DONATES VAST SUMS
Belgians' Monarch Glrea Extensively
to Many Charity la
tllatloas. BRCSSELS. April t (Special to the Pub-
j ishers' Press. King Albert has decided
i to 'u M-m ,or "mP,gn ...m.1
sleeping axkn'is. ll'XWVI to buiid hospita s
j in the Belgian Congi. 1'- for a pension
fund for Congo civil servants, snd $!0.wi
for a fund for the assistance of their fam
ilies. v
Mr. Renkin. colcnial minister, says these
ums wi'l be taken from the fund of
Mn'.OKi placed by Parliament at the disrji-
tlon of the king when the annexation of
the Congo by l.elslum was vot-d.
DAGGER PIERCES HIS HEART
er U Areldeatally Killed
aked Dagger Flying Irons
Its Sheath.
hy
BELGRADE. April (Special to the
Publisher Prrss While Fava Todoro
vitch was dancing on his wedding day at
j Verbitsa. Servia. a naked dagger Sc
leldentaliy Tew from the hand of one of his
, friends and pierced his heart.
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UACDiTsI MDP rnn mm i in
HOSPITAL CARS FOR INVALIDS
roar
Are
for
EnpeeUIly r....e..d
Railway.
GENEVA, April .(Special lo th Pub
lishers Press Four Pullman coaches spe- 1
dally fitted for In vs lids, and containing j 8TDNET. April t-i Special to th Pub
surglral operating theaters, are being con- liaher Press (Reported diwovery of gold
structed for th w1s Federal railway at j In British New Guinea Is causing cH
a coat of WOO each. , mnt la Australian miniEg clrcJaa.
THIEVES DENUDE
TOMB OF PETER
Soldiers Take Gold and Silver Wreaths
from Tombs in Imperial
Mausoleum.
PUNISHMENT TO BE SEVERE
Will Make an Example that Further
Depredations May be Discouraged.
STORY OF WONDERFUL DOG
Is a Valuable Assistant to the Police
of Moscow in Ferreting Criminals.
FAIR WOMAN UNDER SUSPICION
roller Par a Islt to Her Rooms
aad Find Receipts for Large aaaa
of Money Besides Vala
able Jewels.
BT GEORGE FRASER.
ST. FETKRSBCRG. April t (Special to
the Publishers' Press.) A quartet of sol
diers of the guard are now await
ing punishment fr a most peculiar crime,
erd from Its nature It Is certain they will
be given such exemplary punishment as
will dlscourago any other enterprising
thieves along that particular line.
They took a number of gold and silver
wreaths from the tombs In the Imperial
mausoleum, broke them up and sold them
to dealers in precious metals. Even the
tomb of Peter the Great was denuded of
Its ornamnts. When arrested the men
admitted that the thffts had been going
on for several months and that they had
taken thirty-two of the wreaths. Inas
much as there are some l.iAi of them on
the various tombs, the stolen ones were
not missed until Peter the Great was
robbed.
Dog Who Beats herlorh Holmes.
The most wonderful s'orles are told of
Tief. the pollre dog who has become a
01J"e or superstitious terror to me unoer
world of Moscow. A story told In recent
dispatches of some of the wonderful work
of this remarkable dog. Here are some
others which are vouched for by the po
lice and which explain the dread in which
Tref Is held by thieves:
A number of bank notes and other valua
bles had been stolen from s Moscow gen
tleman. Trefs services were Immediately
requisitioned. He was put on the scent of
the thief, and. after taking a clrrultous
course, entered a night shelter and made
traight for an old coat belonging to a
house painter who was known under the
r.ama of Alexander.
The sum which had been stolen was
found ln-one of-his pockets. Tref-Wt the
night shelter and. stifl hot on the scent,
went to the shop of a second hand dealer,
and here a number of the si'ver articles
stolen- were discovered.
A cabman drove up at this time and
complained that he had Just been robbed
of a fur coat and an ordinary overcoat.
Tref was at or.ce taken to the scene of
the theft and within a few minutes found
the clothing concealed In the court yard
of a neighboring house. His last exploit
was witnessed by an amazed crowd of
spvetators.
Patching I'p Family Matters.
Owing to the zealous efforts of the Grand
Dm hess Marie, a quasi-reeoncillation has
taken place between the Emperor Nicholas
and ' his cousin, the Grand Duke Cyril
Vladimir. The grand duke was banished
from Russia and deprived of his privileges
as a member of the Imperial family, wlw-n
he married the divorced Grand Ducheys
of Hesse, who is the second daughter of
the Grand Duchess Marie and the late
Duke Alfred. The Grand Duke Cyril was
not only guilty of the offense of changing
his condition without having solicited and
received formal permission from the em
peror, but the marriages of first cousins
are strictly forbidden by the statutes of
, lh(1 Gwk 0rtno,,ox church. The Grsnd
r,uke Cyril is said to have inherited
fortune of shout fiftv millions of francs
i fr h. fathe, ,.ho dld ,. v...
Too Much Money for Hinla,
lquanl romance navors a Drier police
i rP"rt J""1 received from Dvlnsk.
a city
situated between St. Petersburg and the
German frontier. A fair-faced lady, with
soft, graceful movements, delicate robes of
oriental hues, and the somewhat familiar
name of Goldstein, arrived there soma time
ago. and put up at the principal net?.
The undefined touch of eastern splendor
thst characterized her aroused attention,
which, spreadins from tlie public to the
police, degenerated into vulgar suspicion.
It was noted as strange that the fair vis
itor, coming from the Argentine, had yet
dropped hints of M.-torlc. deeds done In
Ptamboul. twelvemonth ago. One day the
prying police paid a domiciliary visit to
the heroin of two hemispheres, and dis
covered sundry leceipts for large sum de
posited in foreign banks, heapi of rich
Jewels, gems and gold coins, their sparkle
hidden by the heavy stuff m which they
weie sewn up. The authorities allowed the
Interesting lady to retain her apartment,
but set a guard over it and her. The lady's
father, however, who seems to have been
accompanying her. they look Into custody.
A voluminous correspondence In several
languages, which the authorities conflo
ialed. is being deciphered with Interest
SKILLED WORKERS TO AMERICA
Large Vimkfti Are l.rarlas Great
Britain for the I alted
ft I. -lea.
IvONDON, April .-(S4ciaI to the Pub
lishers Press. I Kmigranis are at present
rraking an unprecedented rush from
Southampton to the I'nited Slates, and
boih Brltuh and German liners to the
utmost capacity I,ave had their st-eiae
quarters filed. Workers in textile dis
tricts of Lsncashire and Midland manu-
,l,c',unri districts are spparently moving
in large number, to America
GOLD FOUND IN NEW GUINEA
i
C onsiderable Esrltemrat Is ( Based
by Reports of Rerrsl Dle-