The Omaha . Sunday
Bee.
PART TWO
EDITORIAL
PAGU 1 TO It
VOL. XL XO 1.
OMAIIA, SUNDAY "MORNING, JUNE 11), 1'JIO.
SINGLE COrY FIVE CENTS.
Political and Social News of the Old World Reported by Special Cable and Correspondence
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PURE FOOD WAR
STIRSENGLAND
Uproar Similar to Uncle Sam'i In
quiry Over Embalmed
Beef.
ADULTERATIONS ARE EXPOSED
Amazing Disclosures Follow an Examination.
HANGES AMONG DIPLOMATS
Two Prominent Members Are Soon to
Be Transferred.
SHINING LIGHTS IN SOCIETY
i
Lord ('harlea nrrnlord Staada High
la Kallmntfoa of the w
Kins Hlrh Royal
Platee.
FAKE TEA COMES FROM CHINA
Coal Tar as Coloring for Children's
Sweet.
ROOSEVELT AT STRATFORD-AVON
Move-Meat for Radical Hefornt In Di
vorce Liwi, lacladlaar Wonian
Jarors and Wifely
Salary.
PASSION PLAY IS
IN FULL FORCE
Immense Crowds from All Tarts of
World Are Flocking to
Oberammer;au.
MANY AMERICANS ARE THERE
Decorations Are Made as Brilliant as
Possible.
CZAR TO VISIT GERMANY
Russian Ruler Will Go Hunting Near
Dammstadt.
APPALLING
KlnnlKh Sltaatloa U t'ouatantly
(iruvrlnar Mr Appalllna; and
Troopa Ar Belna; Qaletly
Placed.
BT LADY MARY MAN WARING.
LONDON, June 18. (Special Dispatch to
the Bee Two membera of the diplomatic SHAM
corps who have loomed large In London
society for a number of years are aoon
to be transferred to other scenes of useful- Even the Hair and Beards of the
IS CAREFULLY AVOIDED
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
LONDON. June 18.-(Speclal Dispatch to
The Bee.) London Is now undergoing
sensation somewhat similar to that ax-
, perlenced by the United States at the time
of the embalmed beef exposure and for
very similar reasons. It all came from
the pure food exhibition in horticultural
hall, Westminster. Articles of common
household use, purchased In the open mar
ket, had been analysed and some of the
most amaslng adulterations were shown.
One of the most peculiar and perhaps dis
gustlng of them all Is the adulteration of
coffee. Not only were beans, peas and
chestnuts used, but scorched liver ground
fine had been added presumbaly to give
tha beverage body.
Samples of fanned Atrocities.
Horn Ned housewives gathered round
large tables loaded with -food deceptions
and atrocities." In the center of one
table stood two seven-pound pots of rasp-
berry and currant Jam. Round the pots
were arranged the Ingredients that were
to be found In tha Jam. which consisted
of turnips, mangel-wursels, seaweed, saw
dust for pips, refuse from the cider press
with red and yellow ochres to color.
large bottle of pickles about seven pounds
in weight waa made of stumpa of cauli
flower and cabbage pickled in acetic acid
instead of vinegar. Substitutes for bread
were arranged round an ordinary cottage
loaf, and consisted of peas, beans and
potatoes. Instead of wheat flour, the bloom
being given to the loaf before baking by
dusting with chalk. Milk was shown dyed
to look like a deep cream with an aniline
dye. - y
An, expert explained some methods by
which tea Is faked in China. After the
tea has been one used the leases are
faced with plumbago and magnetic oxide
f Iron and dried. Some : sausagei were
shown, dyed to give them an attractive
appearance, wlile a cheap fish had been
dried and dyed yellow to be sold as
Scotch smoked haddock.
Per the Kiddles.
One table bore the label,' "What the
Children Kat." Poisonous looking sweets
are made with glue and size, coal tar being
used' to color. The chief danger lies In
the flavoring, nitrate of ethyl being used
as pineapple, valerianate of amy! as ap
ple, and a pear flavoring Is Induced by
treating rotten chrese with sulphuric acid
arnd bichromate, of potash. Tha licorice
weets to favored In poor quarters are
colored with lampblack, thickened with
chalk and starch and atiffehed with patent
else. ' Boot polishes and printers' ink are
made with the same dyes as are used In
these cheap sweets," the expert said.
Pilarliuavea to Stratford.
The pilgrimage of former president Roojo
velt to Stratford-on-Ayon the other day
calls attention to the growing popularity
or bhakespeares birthplace as A shrine
which attracts pilgrims from the four cor
ners of the earth. During the last year
no less than 43.000 visitors were registered
at tne bnaKehpeare house and there Is
hardly a civilised nation on the face of the
earth . which Ut not represented.
Dlvoreo Law Reform.
When the royal commission on the
divorce laws reassembled at Winchester
nouse, aiier a wo momns recess, some
v Interesting evidence was given 1 by wlt
' Besses, and one or two novel suggestions
were made. One of these was that women
should sit on divorce Juries to deter men
from applying for dissolution of marriage,
and another was that wives should be paid
wages. It was-also suggested that
Should be made compulsory for everybody
to be married at a registry office.
KlaK'a peath Good Thin Here
There Is one not unimportant section of
the population of England which profits by
the king's death. The Lancashire master
cotton spinners had decided to make a gen
era! reduction of 6 per cent In wages, bu
f- they have decided now, In view of the king's
death, to postpone the reduction for three
niooths and are hopeful at that time the
reduction will have ceased to be necessary
Hcet Snaar Factory.
It la highly probable that Tunbrldge
Wells will boast a sugar beet factory be
fore long. The following resolution wa
passed at a meeting of Kent, Sussex and
Surrey farmers held In the town hall under
the auspices of the Tunbrldge Wells Farm
ers' club: "That efforts should be made to
obtain undertakings by farmers to produc
sufficient sugar beets to warrant the erec
tion of a factory." Mr. Sigmund Stein, the
Liverpool sugar expert, struck an optlmls-
tie note. "You will find," he said, "that
a beet sugar factory at Tunbrldge Wells
Will pay you much better than hope. Sugar
beetroots would grow Just the same as
mangel-wursels, and with careful and
I V proper organisation the Industry could be
)made a very profitable one to the Kentish
agriculturists."
nesa.
It has long been an open secret that both
the Marquis de Boveral, Portuguese a
bassador In this country, and Count Mens-
dorff-Poullly, the head of the Austrian em
bassy, have been retained here for so many
yedrs merely because the late King Ed
ward desired their presence. When King
Manuel of Portugal ascended the throne
of his murdered father, It was generally
understood that the presence of the Mar
quis de Soveial was earnestly desired in
Lisbon by the queen-mother; but the lute
king Intervened, and pressed for his re
tention In his country, and In the end
Queen Amelio acceeded to his request.
Blue Monkey," as the marquis Is generally
Players Are Real.
TALK vniE COSTUME MAKER
Proceed of Performance Are Not
Sources of Mercenary Profit, as
Many Persona (Generally
SanpnMe.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
BERLIN, June IS (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) The Passion play at Ober-Am-
mergau Is now In full swing and the little
known In his circles, was one of the most village In the Bavarlnn highlands, which
Intimate friends of the late King Edward,
and the two were well nigh Inseparable
companions.
Aaatrla to t'nanse.
A similar state of things prevailed with
regard to Count Mensdorff-Poullly, but
London is not likely to know him much
for nine years In each decade differs little
frcm the other little villages In that part
of the world, Is crowded to Its enrtacitv
with visitors and will be until the cool
days come In September. It Is safe to say
that every American tourist in Europe
this summer has Oher-Ammergau In his
Itinerary. So much has been written nhout
longer, and In all probability a new Aus- the place and the play that I do not In
trlan ambassador will be appointed before
the end of the year.
It is not only in the diplomatic corps
that great changes will follow In court
circles as a result of King Edward's death.
What has been known as the kings "finan
cial group" will not have the high place
in royal favor it held during the lastf reign.
This group, the principal members of
which are Sir Ernest Cassel. Mr. Leopold
de Rothschild, Mr, Arthur Bassoon and Sir
Thomas Llpton, are not aa well liked by
Khig George as they were by King Ed
ward. King Edward cultivated the friend
ship of these and others of a similar type
to remarkable extent, and found consider
able pleasure In mixing with men of affairs
and discussing "high finance" with them.
King George Is, however, cast In a dif
ferent mould, and will select his friends
from another circle.
Ia the Klna-'s Favor.
One man as well known almost In
America as In England, who stands high
In the esteem of the icing, la Lord 'Charles
tend to bore you with any description
but I had a talk recently with Fraulein
Helene Lang, sister of the man who plays
the part of Christ, and to whom Is as
signed the task of dressing the play, and
from her secured some Information which
I think will prove Interesting.
I found that she cuts out every gar
ment worn In the play, and that each
gurment Is made by Bavarian women un
der her immediate supervision. Fraulein
Long did not understand much English
but she kindly took me te some of the
women who were at work on the gar
ments.
The greatest pains are taken to make
the decorations as brilliant aa possible.
Every sham is avoided. Even the hair
and beards are real. No cheap,' ttnselly
stuffs are used. Only really good materials
are employed, which cling to the body
fall In graceful folds, and' can stand sun
light and rain. This naturally costs' a good
deal-: of money, - since every ten ' years
part of the-costumes ' must be renewed
the -old ones having been' used up for
Coot of the Costumes.
- W .V- " "iVv TV-""
Fifteen 'to' twenty ' thousand 'marks Are
Beresford. His majesty is also a great ad
rrlrer of Lord Kitchener. It is likely these rehearsals, cut up. or otherwise spoiled,
two men win pe among tne closest oi mng
George's personal entourage. .
Angtux.iw.ho--winne some' "into- the
limelight"' will be Lord Revelstoke, the
head of the famona financial firm of Bar
Ing Bros. He has for some years past been
one of the most intimate of King George's
friends, and, at his majesty's request, un
dertook a few years ago the reorganisation
of the financial administration of the
duchy of Cornwall, .with the result that its
revenues have been almost doubled. Since
It Is highly necessary that the king of Eng
land should have some experienced man of
affairs at his back to guide him upon In
trlcate matters of finance it must be a
source of gratification that there Is one
so capable aa Lord Revelstoke at the king's
command.
SUICIDE
LIST
BACK TO ERIN .
CROWDS FLOCK
Annual American Invasion
Emerald Isle is Now
Force.
of
in
the
HOME COMING SEASON IS ON
BY GEORGE FRASER.
ST. PETERSBURG, . June 18 tSpeclal
Dispatch to The Bee.) The czar has defi
nitely decided, I leurn from high authority,
to make a rather extended visit to Germany
during the summer. With the tsaiitsa and
heir children they will go to the hunting
lodse of Wolfsgarten, near Darmstadt,
he property of the tsarltsa lute In July or
curly in August.
It is understood that the German kaiser
will visit them and that the two monarchs
will discuss the program of the next Hague
peace conference, particularly the question
of the limitation of armaments. The czar
is believed In principle Inclined to favor
the Idei If limiting war-like preparations
but it doubtful If ut this time any satis
factory agreement between the powers can
be reached. He ia not averse, however, to
have tho matter discussed fully and freely
The health of the ts-aiits.i shows some
Imnrovement and it Is hoped the stay In
Darmstadt will very greatly bencllt her.
alrlden In St. Petersburg.
Appt.Il.ng ttatistlcs. Just published regard
lug suicides In St. Petersburg In UWit, snow
that 1.432 persons took their own lives. Of
these 1M2 were mules and 000 females. They
Include fifty-eight boys and seventy-seven
girls of ages varying, from U to 17.
Helped Hurry Napoleon.
St. Petersburg has been entertain
ing a must remarkable old man. His name
Is Knlazkoff, and he served In the Russian
army which harried Napoleon on the re
treat from Moscow, which really broke the
power of tho geat Corslcan. Kniazkoff Is
119 years old and remembers the burning of
tho old Russian capital distinctly. He was
tho guest of tho general staff and told
many Interesting Incidents of the fighting
nearly 100 years ego. Despite his advanced
age, his mental faculties are unimpaired.
and his physical condition Is remarkable.
Northern Line.
The Russian ministry of communications
has drafted a bill relating to the creation
of a line of communication through the
North Arctic ocean for trade between
western Siberia and, western Europe.
Troopa for Finland.
The Finnish situation is growing more
serious. Troops aro being quietly, placed
so that they may be available In case of
any outbreak. Russia is determined to
carry out Its Finnish program regardless of
any protests either from tho Finns or from
foreign sources. It is held In official cir
cles that Finland has been a breeding place
for sedition and for the protection of the
empire 4t. jmuat W'ip'lTlnaer closer "eon
trol.
Money is Spent Lavishly with Irish
Tradesmen.
KINC VICTOR IS COMMON
Most Democratic of All European
Rulers.
ACTS MUCH LIKE A PRESIDENT
Always on the Alert fur Ilia Peo
ple's Welfare, Jaat as Thoogh
There Win an Election
Pending. -
BIG BOOM FOR FACTORIES
Capital from United States May Be
Brought In.
ROMANCE OF A PRISON CELL
Interesting
Old A ut
eris of Assault on
Pensioner Motkfrla
Law Jary Kinds the As
anilant (inllty.
FRENCH STUDENT
IS IMPULSIVE
Prone to Do Things Much to the
Amazement of American
College Men.
Royal Plates.
It is not generally known that the king
given away every ten years by the Pa-1
slon p:ay committee for this purpose. Tho
principal characters wear rich woolen
stuffs, silks and real gold trimming. The
Jews and the Roman soldiers .appear, in
these costumes, which the traditions of
the middle ages have harided down to us.
while warriors In shining armour, execu
tioners and menials can satisfy the most
exacting taste.
Whilst going from one house to another
Fraulein Lang gave some figures, relat
ing to the play. She told me, forlnstance,
that one of the finest costumes has cost
nearly . 600 marks.
Asked as to the number of costumes
needed, she replied, "about 1,000." So the
Ober-Ammergau stage will have a big
of England has perhaps the most valuable ceBt Frauleln Lang informed me further
RAILWAY TO PERSIAN GULF
Forte Raters lato Xraetlatloaa with
British Conltallele for Us.
stractloa of KoeH.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 18. (Special
Dispatch to The Bee.)-The Porte has
entered Into negotiations with British
capitalists to build a railway from Base
area, to the north shore of the Persian
ielf. thereby the German Bagdad railway
'Will be permanently beaded off from the
golf.
collection of plate in the world,
The so-called gold pantry at Windsor
consists of two large fireproof storerooms
in which Is kept plate of an estimated
value of SS.760,000.
The gold plate which is used for state
banquets weighs over five tons. It Is not,
of course, all solid gold. If the larger
pieces. were gold they would be too heavy
to move at all. Some of the epergnes take
four men to lift. These are of atlver-gllt.
It takes one man to carry two dishes or
eight plates. The latter are of pure gold.
There Is not much ancient English plate
In the gold pantry. Charles I melted down
all the plate of his day and coined It 4nto
money. But there are some exquisite for
Ign pieces, 'among thetn is a great silver
flagon taken from the flagship of the
Hpanlsh Armada, and the famous "Nau
tllls" cup, made by that master of the
art, Benvenuto CellanL There la a shield
by the same great Italian, and the won
derful gold tiger's head taken from Tlppoo
Sahib's throne after the storming of
Serlngapalam In 1799.
There is also a shield formed of snuff
boxes and valued at f 45, 000 and a great
quantity of beautiful cups and salvers,
among them a rose water fountain of sli
ver designed by the late Prince Consort,
and weighing nearly 3,000 ounces.
Private Jewels Precloas.
Detectives who reside at the castle as
ordinary officials guard those vast treas
ures of plate and also the Jewels which are
looked In another underground safe.
These Jewels have, of course, nothing to
do with the crown Jewels, which are kept
In the tower. They are the private prop
erty of the rojal family. Queen Alexan
dra's personal Jewelry la of tmmenae
value, anil for precaution's sake has, we
believe, been all duplicated In paste.
The royal library at Windsor contains
over 100.000 yolumes. among them many
that would fetch enormous prices If put
up to auction. There Is a Mela Psalter for
which a collector would aell his last stick.
a Charles I Shakespeare, a magnificent
Caxton on vellum, and other treasures too
numerous to mention.
Below the library ia a room containing
one of the finest collections of prints In
existence. These alone would probably
fetch SaOO.OOO If sold. In the same room are
no fewer than 20.000 drawings of the old
masters and a collection or over 1,000
miniatures. The late Queen Victoria col
lected these miniatures.
Besides all these ancient treasures King
Ueoige will presumably Inherit the great
collection of value objects got together by
his father. These include the coronation
presents, valued at over 10,000, and many
Indian works of art. Including a wonder
ful embossed shield of solid gold given
by a number of Rajahs.
There Is no reigning monarch In the
world, not even the csar of all tha Rus-
alas, who la master of such an amaaing
collection of beautiful and valuable ob
jects as U Oeorge V.
that this year she . ha had to cut out
mor than 00 extra costumes for the
play.
Then I asked my Informant If she could
tell me anything about the salaries of the
players, and she told me that each player
receives from 60 to 1,600 marks, acocrding
to the part he or she plays tills sum is
for May to September.
Where the Money Goee.
Perhaps (twnay Interest you to know ex
actly what is done with the proceeds of
the Passion play. Many persons seem to
In.aglne that the villagers, are fat and
flourishing. This is not the case. The
play fadly dislocates business. Many of
the payers can do no regular work for
six months before the performances, for
they have so many rehearsals to attend
The Bavarian government has made a
condition that a full third of the clear
profits should be used, after all payments
uf cost, for the general and public wel
fare of the Inhabitants of the village.
The new theater hus Just cost Ober
Ammergau the sum of t,000.
England May Stop It.
It Is up to England to say when the
race for Dreadnaugbts will be called off,
according to the Deutsche Tages-Zeltung,
lnai paper hays:
"If the EuglUh want to bring about a
change In the nava.' situation let them
as the overwhelming superior party, take
the lead. We shall not ut ull begrudge it
them. The Daily Mall and Its friends must
accustom themselves to the fact that Ger
many feels herself in every respect on a
plune of equality with the British world
power, and will proceed accordingly,
wl. ether It comports with English arrange
ments or not. if serious minded Lngiish-
men cherish the hope that this attitude
will in any way be affected by tha Kais
er s vial l to .iulaiiU, they would do well
to abauuun suca illusions fortuwlth."
titraaas' .Next Opera.
It Is reported from Dresden that Richard
Straus' next opera, "cavaliers or tne
Rose," will be produced for the first lime
there early In December. The libretto is
by Hugo von Hofmannstal, and the subtitle
for the opera la a "comedy for music." '1'he
plot I tne hatmieyed one a young elegant.
entruated with a proposal or marriage on
behalf of an elderly, rich suitor, tailing In
love with the lady, and having his love
returned. The scene Is laid in the middle
of the eighteenth century, In Vienna, at
the time oi Maria Theresa.
Hrllaloea (.'ealerenee.
Berlin la ready to take care of the fifth
Congieaa of Free Christianity and Religious
Progress which is to be held here begin
ning August . There will be a large num
ber of delegates from the various European
countries, and the United (kale will be
particularly well represented. .
General Botha is
Power in Africa
His Liberal and Progressive Views on
Public Questions Wins Wide
spread Confidence.
CAPE TOWN.Vune 18. (Specll Dispatch
to The Bee.) General Botha, the first pre
mier of the South African union, is one
of the most striking figures In South Af
rica at the present time, and has won the
confidence of British and Dutch alike.
General Botha is a nrnn of liberal and
progressive views and high prlnclplee, and
has on his side tho advantage of compar
ative youth, being only 47 years of age.
Born In 1863 at Grey town. Natal, Botha
accompanied his family when a boy to the
Orange Free State, thence to Vryhcld, the
then capital of the South African Republic.
He became a member of the progressive
party in the first Volksraad, and vigorously
opposed Mr. Krugcr's policy, which led to
the Boer war.
When the war broke out In 1S03 he Joined
Lucas Meyer's command, and on the death
of General Joubert, became commandant
general of the Boer forces. After the war
General Botha visited England with Gon
erals De Wet and Delarey in 1902. and was
received by the kins and Mr. Chamberllan,
who was at that time colonial secretary.
Upon the grant of self-government to the
Transvaal in 1906, he organlied with Gen
eral Smuls and others net Volk (the people)
for the first election campaign, and led his
party to victory at the polls. Ho became
premier and minister of agriculture 1n the
Transvaal, which position he has held up
to the present time.
He has since twice visited England, In
conneotlon with the imperial conference of
colonial premiers with the home govern
ment In 1907, and another imperial confer
enc In 1901, being accorded many popular
ovations. He has initiated and carried out
In his own country some exceedingly use
ful measures for the development of agri
culture. General Botha has taken a prominent part
In bringing about the act of union and in
arranging for Imperial defense.
BY THCMAa EMMETT.
DUBLIN', June 18. (Special Dispntch to
The Bee.) Tho Ami.rtcnn Invasion Is on In
full swing. Hardly a steumer from across
the-Atlantic but brings Its quota of Irish
Americans or the sous and daughters of
iriStj-Americans, all actuated by the desire
to see the land of their fathers. In every
section of the inWnd family reunions are
the order of the day and hundreds of vis
itors are looking up old friends, family
records and the like. While many of the
visitors come in style and show every sign
of prosperity, It is surprising the number
who have come over third class, having
evidently pinched and saved to make the
visit.
One effect of this home-coming movement
Is going to be a boom In Irish manufac
tures. Not only are the visitors purchasing
of Irish-made goods as bountifully as their
purses permit, but they announce their in
tention on their return home to call for
Irish goods, thus making a permanent
demand. It Is also hoped that American
capital may be interested in the develop
ment of the old country.
It real 1 a Romnnee.
The announcement of the death in
Queensland of Mrs. Kevin Izod O'Doherty,
who gained fame by her poetic contribu
tions under the name of "Eva" to Gavan
Duffy's Nation, the organ of the Young
Ireland movement In 1848, recalls a charm
ing Irish romance. Mrs. O'Doherty was
Miss Eva Mary Telly, the. daughter of a
Gal way gentleman, who when quite a
young girl contributed poems to the Na
tion which attracted wide attention. She
had aa a fellow contributor. "Sperania,"
the title chosen by Lady Wilde, mother of
the late Oscar Wilde. Among the admirers
of "Eva's" poetry v was. .Kevin ...Ixod
OTJoherty, vVoMrik' medHcai student, who
waa also engaged In the patrlotlo move
ment. From, a literary admirer O'Doherty
advanced to the position of "Eva's" lover.
As registered proprietor of the Tribune,
another Dublin paper of rebellious tenden
cies, he was arrested for seditious -writing
and sentenced to ten .years' deportation.
Before his deportation to Australia "Eva"
waa allowed to see him in his cell. "Be
you faithful," she said to O'Doherty; "I'll
wait."
O'Doherty was transported, but being al
lowed out on parole in Australia he was
able to finish his medical studies and take
tiut his degree.
Years passed and he returned to Ireland,
where "Eva," true to her word In the
prison cell, awaited him? Two days after
his return to Dublin they were married.
and O'Doherty with his bride returned to
Australia as a voluntary exile. In 1S83
O'Doherty came back ' to the Old Land,
and entered the House of Commons as
member for No.th Meath. He quickly tired
of parliamentary life, however, and once
rnore returred to Australia, where he sur
vived until a few years ago.
ew Phase of Home Life.
A curioua effect of the old age pension
law has been the wonderful Improvement
in the position of the Irish mother-in-law.
This was brought out when Patrick Con
nelly was charged at Dublin with assault
ing his mother-in-law. Counsel explained to
toe Jury that married men were not sup
posed to be desperate admirers of their
mothers-in-law, but a social change had
been worked by the old age pensions act,
becavse If they had a mother-in-law who
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT.
ROME, June lS.-tSpeclal Dispatch toThe
Bee.) King Victor Emmanuel is one of
the most democratic of kings and takes
as much Inleiest In all classes of his sub
jects as though ho w as the pi evident of a
republic, with an election not very far
ahead. One of the leading socialists In
Italy Is Alfredo List, iied of a co-operative
glass irctory at Astl.
Recently List wus granted u private audi
ence with the king, ut his majesty's sug
gestion, I understand.
This Is how the socialist leader describes
the audience:
"I wus received In a small room, vviy
simply furnished and the king, coming '
toward me, said, '1 am glad to be able to
shake hands nitn you. dear Siguor Lis!.'
"Then he questioned me about the so
cialist co-operatlvo works, and how the
oiganisntion began. He wus much Inter
ested when I expluincd the difficulties we
had to meet through lack of capital and of
protection. "We have been a long time, sire,
without seeing your face except on stamps,'
I added, and the king laughed.
His majesty said he might come to Astf
to see the works some day, and 1 promised
that while I could nut guarantee an en
thusiastic welcome, the workmen would
receive him respectfully."
The Interview lasted about forty minutes
and the king promised to use what little
power he had to further the success of
the scheme. As 1 was leaving I said, 'Your
majesty, I am only a poor Individual, but
I would ask you one thing,' 'Tell me whut
It is,' said the king. 'If you would not mind
presenting my homage to the queen.' '1
will,' replied the king, 'and I hope to sond
you something about your co-operative
works will Interest you." "
King Victor Is preparing to pay a visit
to Russia and It Is probable that while he
is on his travels he may stop to sei the
kaiser at Berlin and President Falllers at
Paris. The Italian king was greatly Inter
ested In the recent report from London that
Kaiser Wllhelm had expressed himself to
the French minister, M. Plnchon, In favor
of a general European federation which
would go a long way towards maklus war
impossible. Whilo this story has been
denied his majesty Is hopeful that there is
some truth in it. Italy's development is
retarded by the enormous expenses en
tailed by the .preparations ' for war and
it would welcome any move with a rea
sonable promise of success which would
relieve It of the burden.
CREATE A, BEDLAM OF NOISE
Spanish Painter Fires Bullets Into
Costly Picture.
QUEER VIANDS AT A BANQUET
African Gazelles, Pythons and Porcu
pines on Menu.
RAGOUT OF SNAKE IS DELICIOUS
Prince tieorae and Roumanian Fnm
Mr Arc t'onrcrncd In Albanian
Katnlc Ponlxliinrnt for
n Cook.
War on Dogs in
Constantinople
Authorities Decide Upon Vigorous
Measures to Reduce Canine
Population.
as much care of her as if she was a
precious piece of china. The old question
used to be which cf that family could be
got to support the mother-in-law. Now
every door was open to her and solicita
tions were addressed to her as she went
by, "Won't you stay with your loving
daughter and affectionate son-in-law?" The
mother-in-law of this man became an old
age pensioner. She had been living with
him for years, but there was another
daughter-living next door. The poor old
woman, who was between 80 and 90, took a
notion after ten years of his loving attend
ance that she would leave him and go and
live with the daughter. This caused the
assault. The Jury found the prisoner guilty
of common ajsault and recommended him
to mercy.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 18. Special to
The Beo.) The Constantinople authorities
havo at length commenced operations
against the dogs, of the aity, which for cen
turies" "nave formed a permanent part of
tho population. The new regime decided
that they were a Duks&nce, and must be
got rid of. Their number is estimated at
about 30,000.
In ritoro than half the quarters of Pera
and Stamboul detaohraente of policemen
and sweepers, armed with lassos and hug'd
wooden tongs, and followed by an Imposing
array of dust carts are raiding the unaus
poctlng and familiar bedels.
Some are lassoed, others were gripped
with their tongs and hoisted, for all their
squeals and yelpings. Into the durt carts.
A few are spared at the intercession of
soft-hearted Inhabitants, who were, how
ever, compelled to go bail for their pro
teges and to swear to provide them with
collars bearing their names and addresses
and to pay the dog tax when the munlcl
pallty ehould so decree.
As Is well known, the Constantinople dogs
have apportioned the city into districts.
Any animal which ventures out of Its own
area, la promptly attacked and driven back
was drawing an old age pension they tookTtl' tho denizens of the domain on which
It has encroached.
Though the animals live on garbage such
aa few American dogs would touch, it Is
a fact that hydrophobia Is almost unknown
among them.
BY PAUL VILLIERS.
PARIS. June IS. (Special Dispatch to The
Bee.) The French student Is a man of
Impulse and Is likely to do thinks which
amaze the American college man. An In
stance of this sort occurred at the recent
competition before the facility of medicine
for the ngregatlon, the highest degree In
medical science so far as France is con
cerned. One hundred and sixty candidates were
present In the amphitheater when Prof,
Landouzzy, followed by eight other mem
bers of the Jury, entered the room. The
students at once started shouting and hiss
ing. After waiting a few minutes the pro
fessor, who found it Impossible to make
himself heard, wrote on the blackboard
that he was going to call over the namea
of the candidates, and the first man called
went to the Jury's table to. sign his name.
A great many of the mnnlfestants protested
and disturbances followed.
The students threw chalk, paper pellet
and note bonks at the members of the Jury,
following these up with eggs. The pro
fessors remained Impassive, while all sort
of projectiles were aimed at them.
Prof. Landouzy was caught In the head
by a tomato. He shrugged his shoulders
and wiped his face with his handkerchief..
Finally a number of competitors, object
ing to the insults aimed at the Jury, sep
arated from the others, and thus two par
ties were formed, and a general scrlnnnage
ensued. After fighting for some time, they
finally decided to sign their namea ac
cording to the rules.
The trouble was caused by the fact that
some oCJhe students wero dissatisfied with
the rules.
Protrat of a Painter.
M. Sala, the Spanish painter, is so vexed
at a portrait of his being placed so high
up in the Soclete National Salon In Paris
that he has attempted to ruin his own
work, first by means of a fishing rod, then
by riddling It with bullets.
His attempt with a ten foot fishing rod
having proved unavailing, he disguised
himself with a false beard in order to evade
the attendants. To preserve his Incognito
he did not show his exhibitor's card on
entering, but paid a franc at the gate. He
walked about the picture galleries for some
time unobserved.
At length he reached his goal, the room
In which his portrait Is hung. He looked
around. He was still unnoticed, and no
watch was kept over the picture. Sud
denly he drew a revolver and fired four
bullets Into his canvas. Luckily he hit
no one else's painting on the Wall.
The four revolver bullets did not do very
much damage. They did not hit the faces.
but pierced only the background.
Some Qncer Viands.
At a banquet In Paris the other day the
menu included an omelette of ostrich egg,
pythons, African gazelles, and porcupines.
Several women were Induced J try python
ragout, which they pronounced delicious.
.ow Lalne Will Wed.
Another alliance between the stage and
the aristocracy Is announced Liane De
Pougy, the Parisian music hall beauty,
whose head dress waa the cause of a fight .
the other day between her escort. Prince)
George Ghlka, and some French towns
people, has promised to be the bride of her
gallant chevalier.
Prince George belonga to the well known
Roumanian family of Ghlka, one member
of winch la claimant to the throne of Al
bania. It la nut so very many yean ago
that Llan waa ao hard up that even her
bed was sold for three francs. Now ah
owna a splendid house in Paris, and a villa
at Mentone.
TINGE OF MELODRAMA
IN SUICIDE OF POET
Rldee Maddened Horse
Sea, Thrs Sn-"s
Into Heart
Into Stormy
Delict
ATHENS. June 18.-(Speclal Dispatch to
The Bee.) l'ericles Ianopoulos. a Greek
poet, compared by Mme. lA-blanc-Macter-llnck
to Hermes for his personal beauty
has committed suicide In melodramatic
fashion.
At a banquet to which ho had summoned
all his friends, he showed them a trunkful
of manuscripts that were to be destroyed.
"Tomorrow I am going on a Journey," he
aid, as they left him. The next morning
each of them received by post an exquisite
statuette of a horse.
At the same time Ianopoulos rode out of
the city to Mount Aegaleos, gathered a gar
land of flowers, and then made a dash for
the sea. At the time a violent storm was
raging. Ianopoulos, driving hia spun into
tha horse's flanks, urged the maddened
beast Into the foaming water of the bay
and shot himself through the heart.
In a letter wrlten to a relative, the poet
wrote: "1 am giving my dead body to
the ea to cleanse it. If the sta gives me
up, et me back again,"
WORLD'S HGHEST BRIDGE
IS OPENED IN FRANCE
.New ttrnctare Is a tontlaaons Steel
Girder Supported on
Two Piers.
PARIS, June 18. (Special Dispatch to
The liee.)-Tho highest bridge In tho
world has been opened recently. It Is the
Fade's railway viaduct, which is to carry
the Parjs main line between Montlucan and
Clermont-Ferrand over the Sloule gorge.
The viaduct, which is situated between
Saint Priest oauret and Anelxes-Saint
Georges, rises to a height of nearly 450 feet
above the level of the valley. v
The new bridge ia a continuous steel gir
der structure, and Is supported on two
enormous rectangular piers of masonary
over 3u0 feet high, which In turn rests on
bases nearly seventy feet high. The ii,M
cubic jards of masonary upon which the
bridge Is supported are founded on solid
rock. The center span between the two
piers Is 470 feet long, and Is flsnked by
two spans 20 feet In length. The center
span waa constructed In sections, some
twenty-two to twenty-five feet long, which
were built out, section by section, from
each pier, until the two rams met and
were Joined.
WEDDINGS COST IN SOUDAN
Prospective Bridegrooms Emit Wall
Over the Exlatlaar Blar
rlace Tax.
CAIRO, June 18. (Special Dispatch to Tho
Bee.) The inoreasing coat of marriage In
t!i Soudan Is causing serious complaint
amongst the would-be bridegrooms. From
I-E15 to I-E30 Is the sum usually demanded
a the bride's dower amongst tho well-to-do
laboring class In Omdurman and the north
ern provinces.
Half tile dower is paid before the mar
riage, and the other half becomes payabl
only in tho event of divorce. The first
half li pit. I to the father of tho bride, am!
regarded as his property, though It Is often
spent on the wedding festivltiej. In addl
tlon to the dower the bridegroom makes
considerable gifts to the brode and usually
bears some part of the expense of the fes
tivities. One of the most popular of the mahdi's
reform was' to fix the dower at 100 plasters
about $5 for a girl and SJ.50 for a widow
or divorced woman. .
Slovenly Cook PoaUned.
As In many garrison towns in France,
It Is the custom of Cahora to give the poor
the remains of the soldiers' meals. The
cook of the Seventh regiment has Just been
punished by the colonel for serving tha
hungry folk with soup In dirty receptacles.
DRAW GUNS0N A JOCKEY
He. Retards the Progreea of m Race
Horse and Mote at the Trerk
la Knracd.
Bl'C'HA REST. June IS. (Special Dispatch
to The Ilee.) An extraordinary affair is re
ported from Ur.iUia. In ltoiimania. Duri.ig
a race meeting there, largely attended by
the sporting community from Bucharest, it
waa observed that a Jockey named Gallas
was holding back his horse. There were ex
cited protests. In the midst of which sev
eral persons In a Ut of fury drew re
volvers and fired at the Jockey, who n
riddled with bullet J and fell dead. The
murderers fled, and so far have not been
arrested.
AGED WOMAN DIES AFTER
GIVING MUCH TO WAR
Sacrificed Father, Mother and Sea
on Hie Field of
Rattle.
LONDON, June 1. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) A lady, whose father and mother
and one of whose sons were killed In war,
has Just died at North Cheriton, Surrey.
Her name was Mrs. T. E. Mulock, widow
of Colonel T. R. Mulock.
Mrs. Mulock was a granddaughter of Gen
eral Sir Robert ("Fighting Bob") and Lady
Sale, and was born a prisoner of war In
the hands of the Afghans In the disastrous
year of 1M2. Her father, Captain J. D.
f'turt, perished with the rest of the army
In the Khyber. With Lady Sale and the
other Cdptivcs, he was carried about tha
hills of Afghanistan, being finally handed
over after the defeat of Akbar Khan by
General Sale. a
Mis. Mulock'a mother, after surviving the
horrors of the Khyber, was murdered In
the mutiny, together with her stepfather,
Colonel Holmes, of "Holmes' Horse." Gen
eral Sale waa killed at Mood k I under "Gold
Steel" Gougli. She was married In 18i0 to
Colonel T. K. Mulock and once more fol
lowed the drum, accompanying her husband
through the bush-fighting in the Maori
campaign, where he won the C. P. Colonel
Mulock died suddenly In 1i3.
Of three sons, one was killed in India
after goring through the Egpytian cam
paign, and one died on board the troopship
Serpala on bis way out.
