The Omaha Sunday Bee.
PART TWO
EDITORIAL
PAGES 1 TO 11
VOL. XL NO. 2.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MUKXIXtl, .ll'XK '2i, 1910.
SISQLE COPV FIVE CKNTS.
Political and Social News of the pld World Reported by Special Cable and Correspondence
WANT-ADS
ENGLAND IN GRIP
OP MEAT FAMINE
Price of Beef is Higher Than It
Has Been in Thirty
Years.
AMERICAN BACON IS SOAKING
Hams from Across the Ocean Are
Only for Rich.
EVEN THE HOME PRODUCT HIGH
No Indications of Relief Are Yet in
Sifrht.
SEVERAL THEORIES ADVANCED
Butcher In the Poor lllatrlcta
London Are Transacting Bua
Ineaa at a Poaltlve
I.oaa.
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BY PAUL. LAMBETH
LONDON, June 23-Spectal Dispatch to
The Bee.) England Is f, icing a meat turn
Ine. Already the prlcea of all kinds of meat
have gone so high that it la beyond the
renin of the poorer classes, and there la
no relief In Might.
Bee is higher than It has been In more
than thirty years, while American bacon la
9 shillings a hundred weight higher than
the highest prlca provided In the cable code
used by the provision market. When the
code was framed no one dreamed of a price
higher than 76 shilling. a hundred weight.
American "long cut" hams are now 84 shll
lings and "short cut" are 78 shillings.
Not only meat, but butter, cheese and
eggs have gone out of sight. So serious
has the situation become that the National
Federation Meat Traders' association has
Issued a warning that unless a fresh source
of supply is tapped meat will be prohibitive
to the poorer classes. The announcement
says:
In view of the greatly Increased price of
all descriptions of meat, both British-
produced and Imported, to the retailer, ow
lug to the short supplies of cattle with the
largely reduced arrivals of live stock from
the United States and Canada, the National
Federation of Meat Traders' Associations
(Incorporated) find It necessary to inform
the public that retail butchers will be com
pelled to put up prices all round.
There are no Indications that meat will
be cheaper for some time to come, the
sources of supply having beon so seriously
depleted.
C'anaea Summarised,
Summarized, the position may be put as
follow:
The crisis has been caused by a Shortage
Of supplies of live cattle from Canada and
the United States, and of chilled beef from
the states. -",':"
During the last twelve months the whole'
sale price of beef has risen in some cuses
by SO per cent
In the poorer district of London the
butchers have not been able to Increase the
retail prices because people would not pay
them
Butchers In poor neighborhoods have been
trading at a heavy loss, and Borne have
bad to close their establishments alio
gether.
It is believed that a further Increase up
to 3 pence a pound will be decided upon.
, Many people are taking to a vegetarian
diet rather than pay excessive prices for
meat.
Giving an explanation of the rise. Alder
man Llndsey, the president of the National
Federation of Meat Traders' Associations,
said
"For several weeks past the demand for
meat has largely exceeded the supply. We
are getting very few bullocks from North
America because they have very few to
send. Four years ago ws received 1,000 or
B.Ouo a week. We are scarcely getting 1,000
now. I do not think the price of American
bullocks has ever been so high. English
supplies also are short and dear.
Fresh Source of Supply
"Jt has long bean felt by those, who
have special means of obtaining lnforma
tlon that unless some fresh sources of
supply can be tapped the prices of meat
in tills country will be so much higher
that as an article of food it will becom
almost prohibitive to the working classes,
whose purchasing power Is certainly be
coming leas.
"The government have been approached
not only by those directly intereated in
the meat trade, but by moat of the cor
porations of the large provincial towns
and also by quite a number of the metro
politan boroughs, ' to receive a deputatlo
In order personally to urge the removal
' of the existing embargo, which prevents
the landing of live cattle from the Argen
tine at our foreign animals wharves.
"Up to the present the government has
not even granted those who are in
position to give valuable 'information an
opportunity of expressing their views
Today we are met with this fact: That
the number of live animals Imported for
food is reduced almost to vanishing point.
Meat from America.
"We rely principally upon the United
States for our beat supplies of summer
cattle. In America they are past master
in the art of keeping back what Is wanted
until It commands the very best prices
and they are doing something of the kind
now. There is a splendid working arrange
ment among the American exporters. With
regard to the Argentine supplies, the meat
has been brought across tha equator,
and therefore has to be frozen so very
hard that It nutritive properties are di
minished. Consequently this source of sup
ply does not help ao much as it would
-were the Argentine cattle allowed to come
alive as they used to. There has been
a decrease of over S0.0OS builocka up to
May 14 of tha preaent year, aa compared
with last year's supply from North
America."
Andrew Carnegie and Sir William Mather,
have both, become vice-preeldenta of the
Peace society, and have each promised
' 1,WA) to the King Edward 1'eace Propa
ganda fund, in which they are anxious
that as many aa possible shall participate,
and for which it la proposed to rah at
least 24.000.
. The placing- of a marble bust of King
Edward, by a distinguished sculptor. In
the Peace Paiaco at The Hague, which
was unanimously decided upon by the
. society at Its annual meeting. Is des-
.erlbed by Mr. Carnrgi "aa a moat beautl
ful and appropriate thing." Beyond this
BoUilnj bagbcen definitely fixed.
USC GEORGE'S CORONATION
Two Dates for Function Are Being
Considered.
MAY BE HELD ON HIS BIRTHDAY
anada la Deeply Iatereated la the
Event and Favors Mar 314 aa
the Moat r'nvornble
Time.
BY LADY MARY MANWARINGI
LONDON, June 26. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) The next great function attend
ant on n change of monarch will be the
coronation of King George. Already dis
cussion bs to the probable date of the
crowning of George has begun. Two dates
are mentioned. May 24. Empire day, und
June 3, the king's birthday. The former
seems to meet with most general favor not
oniy ncre, out turougnout ui empire as
Messages have been received welcoming
the suggestion from Canada, India, South
Africa and Austialla. Canadians especi
ally are delighted. For the Canadian people
generally a better day could not be
hosen, because for many yeara May 21
has been pre-eminently the best of all
'anadlan holidays. It has been the first
holiday after the winter months and is
ertarded as the formal ushering In of the
ummer season. Should Empire day be
chosen for the coronation more elaborate
plans than usual will doubtless be made
for its celebration throughout Canada, and
he holiday will henceforth take on a
deeper significance, marking an It would
both the birthday of Queen Victoria and
the coronation of the reigning sovereign.
Auatralla'a Attitude.
Sir George Held, the Australian high
commissioner, gave his view upon the pro
posal and spoke of It with enthusiasm'.
'If the coronation of his majesty is to
take place on any date near that of Empire
day I certainly think," he said, "it would
be a most happy event If the great cere
monial was fixed for a day which Is being
more and more associated with the broader
aspects of empire and loyalty. As the
years pass the significance of Empire day
increases rapidly. The coronation, to which
every subject of the king will look for
ward with Intense Interest will assume
additional significance if It takes place on
Empire day. And no one better under
stands the empire that his present majesty."
In South Africa Empire day Is already a
public holiday, and the suggestion Is
strongly supported.
The Rand Dally Mall supports the pro
posal In a leading article, urging that the
arrangement would have a far-reaching
Influence both In England and the domin
ions, and would be peculiarly fitting In
view of the king's remarkable acquaintance
with the outer areas of the empire over
which he rules.
Strain on Queen Mary.
Queen Mary la beginning to feel the
severe strain that she has gone through
during the last few weeks, and Is very
anxious to take as complete a rest as is
possible for some little time to come. For
that reason she Is seeing no one beyond
the members of her own family and one
or two especially Intimate friends. ' Her
majesty has always enjoyed very robust
health, and this has improved of recent
years. She had, however, a very sincere
affection for the late king, and the shock
of his death has affected her rather con
siderably. Like King George, her majesty has no
liking whatever for foreign travel and she
has declined to listen to susrarestlona that
'have been brought before her recently.
that she should pay a private visit to the
continent for a time, and will snend the
next few months at Windsor, Barton
Manor and Balmoral, In the order named.
She proposes, however, at the first con
venient opportunity to travel to Broad-
stairs, in order to Inspect the school in
which Prince Henry has been sent. .
Baby Heir to Throne.
Youthful, indeed, are the heirs of many
of Europe a monsreha. Our own heir
apparent ia only IS year old, the tsar
vltch of Russia la In his 6th year, the
Crown Prince Humbert of Italy la 5 years
old, Prince Leopold of Belgium Is 9 years
old. King Alfonso's heir is but 3 years old,
while the pride of Norway, the Crown
Prince Olar, la not yet 7 years old. Prince
Boris of Bulgaria la IS years old, and the
heir to the throne of Saxony Is 17 years
old. Youngest of all la Princess Juliana of
the Netherlands, who is but a baby of
about 13 months.
Of the minor ruling houses, the heir to
Lippe Is not yet I yeara old, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,
t years and months and Saxe
Alterburg 10 years old. On the other band,
the oldest heir to any .throne is Prince
Leopold of Baravla, who ia in his 19th year.
Makes Boeord Drive.
Lord Lonsdale, whose name has been
much before the publlo lately in connection
with the terrible dlaaater at the White,
haven mines, which he owns, has been
termed England's best all round sports
man,' and there ia not much exaggeration
In the description, for his lordship rides,
shoots, yachts, motors and boxes, and laVn
expert slipper of greyhounds.
Ills chief love, perhaps, is for horses.
Back in the nineties, Lord Lonsdale made
a bet with Lord Shrewsbury that he would
drive twenty miles in record time. In spite
of the roads being covered with deep anow,
Lord Lonsdale won. The road to be tra
versed was that between Reigate and Craw
ley. His lordship drove a fqur-In-hand the
first five miles, and made up the twenty
by driving a alngle horse for the last
stage, accomplishing the total distance in
fifty-five and a half minutes.
Will Visit Berlin.
It is definitely aettled that the flrat state
visit to be paid by King George and Queen
Mary to be foreign court shall be to Berlin,
and his majesty gave a promise to that
effect to the Kaiser before the. latter left
this country.
It la not expected that this visit will take
place until the autumn of next year, and
It is probable that their majestiea will halt
for a day or two in Paris as the guests of
the prealdent before they return to thla
country. His majesty proposes to maintain
the custom of the late King Edward, and
to visit in turn each of the principal courts
of Europe aa opportunity serves, and among
those capitals that be hopea to vlalt later
are Madrid and Lisbon.
Strong for Home Folks.
Queen Mary is nothing If not thoroughly
British, and has a great contempt for al
most everything that doea not bear the
stamp and aeal of the Brltlah manufacturer,
Her English proclivities have extended to
the royal kitchen, where, it is expected,
French cooks are to be euperseded by
Englishmen thoroughly skilled In tha cul
inary ark
EltiN LAUDS HER
FENIAN WARRIORS
People of IrtTtand as a Whole Peel
,Affection for Men Who
?isked Life.
MANY AMONG THE HOME COMERS
Ovation for Thomas Cullinane at
Ballvmacoda.
ONCE SENTENCED TO GALLOWS
Escapes Death Penalty, but Deported
to Australi"..
'
BERNARD GAFFNEY ALSO THERE
.
4 minm J. Hrn Appear In Bclfnat
with Ills Lecture, "Prince of
I'eae'' Bankrupt llun ' a
n enlt';.
BY THOMAS EMMETT.
DUBLIN, June ?5.-Speclal Dispatch to
The Bee.) Whatever may ba the changes
of feeling among the Irish people as to
the wisdom or propriety of seeking to
guin Irish. freedom by force of arms, there
has been no change In the affection and
esteem for the men, who risked their
lives for Ireland in the Fenian days. Tao
great home coming pilgrimage Is bringing
many of these gallant fighters home ti.is
year and they are being received enthusi
astically.
Among them Is Thomas Cullinane, who
took a very Important part In the move
ment In his native place during that
stormy period. The district in which Mr.
Cullinane first saw tho 'light, that of Bally-
macoda, can boast of some of the best
und most devoted adherents to the move
ment, of which James Stephens was the
head, and some of them particularly Peter
O'Neill Crowley and his companions of
the -episode at Kilclooney Wood are re
membered as amongst the best and truest
and most steadfast, which Cork county
produced at that time. Mr. Cullinane was
often commissioned by the leadera to un
dertake very delicate and exacting tasks,
and it waa while performing one of these
dutiea that he was arrested.
On the 6th of March, 1867, he proceeded
to Castlemartyr. by direction of Captain
McClure to make certain Inquiries, and
while doing so he fell Into the hands of
the police. He was afterwards tried in
Cork with Captain McClure, Kelly and
Joyce, and he was sentenced to be hanged,
drawn and quartered. Three weeks later,
however, he received a reprieve, and
was then transported to Western Australia.
In February, 1VT1, he was given his free
dom, and he then proceeded to America.
Though he ..had . been a - long time away
his heart always reverted to the land
for Which he strove ao nobly, and lately
he returned to his native district of Bally-,
macodtt. .To signal Ite the home coming
and to give him a welcome worthy of his
patrotlc record . a meeting .was held in
Bally macoda last week. A platform over
which stars and strips floated was erected
for the proceedings, which werft marked by
the greatest enthusiasm.
. Gaffaey'a Experience.
Another returning Fenian Is Mr. Bernard
Gaffney, who left Ireland for Australia In
1863, and who is now in his' ,aeventy-ffrth
year.
He had many Interesting reminiscences
also of those stirring times, especially of
the "Cataipe" expedition, which was fltte
cut for the purpose of assisting Fenians In
western Australia to escape. Mr. Gaffney
was one of the leading spirits of "The
Irish Citizen," which waa started In Sydney
In 1871.
Mr. Gaffney speaks highly of the Irish
nationalist feeling in Australia and the
sympathy and interest with which the
fight for home rule la watched by the
Irish exiles.
."Prince of Peace" at Belfast. v
Hon. W. J. Bryan lectured to a large
audience In the Assembly ' hall, Belfuat, on
"The Prince of Peace," when his fine
oratorical gifts made a fine Impression.
Mr. Bryan Is an attached Presbyterian,
and his minister- Is an Ulsterman. Mr.
Corkey, one of the family of the la to Dr.
Corkey of Glendermott, County Kerry. Mr.
Bryan Is a decided evangelical. "I want,"
he says, "my minister to act In the belief
that Christ's Gospel Is the surest cure
for all political and social evils, and that
the best method of promoting temperance,
octal morality and good citizenship Is to
bring men into the church."
Bankrupt Well Fixed.
A strange discovery was made by u
bankruptcy court official, who, accom
panied by nine police officers, paid a cur-
prise visit to the house of Mrs. Jul!
Quill of Coolea. County Cork; who waa
recently declared bankrupt for a debt of
f35 for rent.
The official happened to pick up a pillow,
which looked aa If it had been carelessly
thrown down on a basket. Immediately
a son and daughter of Mrs. Quill pounced
upon him and struggled desperately to
get possession of the pillow. The official
fell upon it and remained In that position
until the policemen came to his assistance.
The pillow was then ripped open and
among the (feathers were found bank
notes, gold and silver, amounting alto
gether to 128 Is 2d. Two books were also
found, showing that the bankrupt's sons
had 307 to their credit In the bank.
WOULD REVISE CALENDAR
Burton Man Prupoaea n Chan In
Division of Mentha, Making
Tot Fractions.
ZURICH, June . 'Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) An Ingenious plan for the re
form of the calendar la proposed by Mr.
Relnlnghaua of this city. He suggests
dividing the year Into twelve months of
twenty-eight daya and two half months of
fourteen daya, one half month following
tha flrat alx montha and the other the sec
ond alx montha
The Stl6th day of the year and the extra
day of leap year, when it comes, he sug
gests, should come at the end of tV year,
and ba independent of week or month.
The advantage claimed for tha plan ia
that each day of the week would be In a
fixed and unchangeable place, every month,
quarter, half year and year beginning on
the same day of the week.
OVERTHROW UF SEPARATISTS I
Gratifying Development in Hunga-1
rian Politics. '
SERIOUS ELECTION CONFLICTS
Emperor Francis Joseph Kirrr
Great Ratlsfactlnn Over the
Final Solution of Pub
lia Problems.
BY EM1L AXDRASSY.
VIENNA. June 25. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) The complete overthrow of the
Hungarian separatists In the last general
election has not only been one of the most
remarkable, but the most gratifying de-
veiopments m. the politics of the empire of j
recent years. I
Count Khuen-Hwiervary, the Hungarian
premier, will have behind him fully two- j
thirds of the new Hungarian Diet. It Is
doubtful, in fact, of the Kossuth-.! list h i
combination will be able to muster 109 votes :
out of the 453 members.
Large districts which have for. years past
exclusively sent members of the Justh or
the Koosuth parly to the Relchsrath have
now deserted these leaders for deputies ad
vocating dualism. AlUr such a decisive de
feat no one, either here or In Hungary, Is
disposed to take too tragically the threats
Of obstruction by the Kossuth and Justh
fractions. The, Hungarian nation Is wearied
of Jhe long and fruitless "conflict which
has materially ruined the country. Any
attempt, therefore, to disturb the great
work which is awaiting the new Parlia
ment by recourse to obstruction meet with
very doubtful success.
Result of the Election.
The result of the Hungarian election cam
paign, the progress of which is hourly re
ported to Emperor Francis Joseph has ex
ceedingly gratified the monarch, who has
wired Count Khuen to this effect. Serious
conflict t6ok place In, connection with the
elections. At Koerpen, near . Karansebes,
the Constituents blew up a parsonage with
dynamite after the priest had voted for
the government party. Profiting by the ex
isting turmotl In order to decide their quar
rel at Zlgetkamara, a band of Tziganes
had an encounter with a number of
Roumanians. Joung Kosarkar, the Gipsy
queen, headed her companions In the fight,
and fell, dagger In hand, three other
women being killed with her. Two men
perished on the side of the opponents,
while the gendarmes succeeded In arrest
ing twenty-one Tziganes, who were all
more or less wounded. In Hungary, ap
parently, politics are considered to be more
important than religion, for the priest of
Turnad, giving his support to agitation on
behalf of the governmont a considerable
number of Catholics became Protestants.
Effect of Emperor's Vlalt.
The recent tour of the emperor to Bosnia
and Herzegovina - has resulted In curing
another sore place in the empire. The re
establishment of tha ancient kingdom of
Bosnia and Herzegovina destroyed by the-
Turks In 146S has .caused the greatest en
thusiasm In those provinces and they are
now believed to ba thoroughly loyal to the
empire. .
-All along the . route - traversed by. the
royal tron - through Bosnia the ' population
turned out and cheered -enthusiastically.
At Sarajevo the reception accorded to the
emperor was most Imposing and cordial.
The ecclesiastical authorities of all creeds,
the local' officials and army officers
awaited his majesty's arrival at Sarajevo
station, which was magnificently decor
ated. The emperor, who did not seem In
the least fatigued after nis twenty hours'
journey, was acclaimed with the greatest
enthusiasm. After the exchange of most
cordial greetings the emperor, at the side
of the chief of the Bosnian government,
General Varesanln de Vares, followed by
a magnificent cortege, preceeded. In a
carriage and four with outriders, escorted
by guards, to the palace, passing on the
way through magnificently decorated
streets lined with troops, to the accom
paniment of the spontaneous and enthus
iastic ovations bf the immense crowd.
Despite the dismay of the court officials,
the emperor In the most democratic fashion
walks among' the Jubilant crowds and
speaks ith the people without the least
ceremony. As may be Imagined, their en'
thuslasm has been doubled thereby.
A touching Incident Is related of the
emperor's visit to the monument of Vlsoko
erected to the memory of the soldiers who
fell in the Bosnian war of 1870. He spent
some minutes before the monument with
uncovered head In silent prayer. Then he
stooped and plucked a single wild flower
and laid it on the stone which covers the
last resting1 place of so many brave
soldiers.
AWFUL TO BE PAUPER PRINCE
George of Serrla Has a Taete of
Moat Unhappy Experi
ence. BELGRADE, June 23. (Special Dispatch
to The Bee.) To be a prince and poor Is
a terrible thing. This Is the .opinion of
J Prince George of Servla, who has been
spending three months In a small garrison
town as a punishment for his alleged un
gentlemanly behavior toward the prefect
of police and who has been recalled upon
the advice of tha physicians, who found
that he la suffering from a severe attack
of bronchial catarrh, and after being
treated for some daya In Belgrade has been
advised to go to Vichy tfor a -four weeks'
cure. Prince George was to have left at
once, but he had a controversy with his
father, tha king, who did not want to make
him an allowance of over 120 per diem,
and as a result his royal highness refused
to go away at all until the allowance waa
increased.
HE MAKES SURE OF DEATH
American or Englishman Hhoota Hlm-
self. Then Topplea In
River.
ZURICH, June 26. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) News of a dramatic aulcide has
been received here. A man at present not
Identified, but who Is said to be English
or American, placed himself on tha brink
of a precipice of' the Rlgl, ahot himself
through the head, the body falling Into
the daptha below.
MONTENEGRO TO BE KINGDOM
Prlaeu Nlcholua L. la Expected to
Iws Make the Declara
tion. GETTINJE, June 25. (Special Dispatch
to The Bee.) It Is anticipated that at the
forthcoming jubilee of Prince Nicholas I.,
who was proclaimed prince of Montenegro
on August 14, 1890, Montenegro wUl be de
clared klngdor
SPU RNS A TITLE
AND CREATES WOE
Miss Marv Harriman's Wedding in
America is a Blow to
France.
MARQUIS PRESSES SUIT IN VAIN
Heiress of Late Maenate is Not Im
pressed. THOUGHT HE HAD A SURE THING I
, , c. , .
Borrows Much Money on Strength of
r.nrrors.
I
PAWNS HIS HOUSEHOLD GOODS I
i
Expelled Mruical Student lleaort to
Estva nnd Tomntoe aa Weapons
With Which to Wrcnk
' Yrnarennce.
1JY PAI L V1LLIKRS.
PARIS. June 20. (Special l)lnrtch to
The Bee.) To one nob.e family In France
the recent marriage of Miss Mary Harrl
man, daughter of the great American rail
road man, to an American was little short
of a calamity. The son and heir had long
ago marked the fabulously rich American
heiress as-the means by which the family
fortunes should he renewed and had paid
assiduous court to Miss Hurriman.
In order to assist the marquis, for that
is his title, and it Is, In fact, a historic one,
his relatives have, It Is sulci, even pawned
their household furniture, besides borrow
ing money at Cxcrbttant Interest on the
strength of false statements about the
projected marriage. It can be said that the
marquis received no encouragement either
from Miss Hurriman or from her parents.
But even then the members of this noble
family could not conceive of an Ameiicun
girl turning down such a title for the sake
of an ordinary untitled American, and up
to the very time of her marriage, hope was
entertained. It is said, with how mucn
truth 1 am unable to say, that an appeal
has been made to the former Miss liarri
niah to assist the marquis' family out of
their financial difficulties.
Old Rule Restored. .
At last the house of Mollere has recov
ered Its 'most cherished privilege, which It
lost nine years ago. The actors will them
selves accept or rejeot new plays submitted
to the theater, a decree repealing that
which abolished the privilege In 1901 hav
ing been signed by the president of the re
public. ,
The Internal management of the Theater
Francois is a state affair, and can be
altered only by . a. jformal decree by the
president. The new measure reinstates 'the
old system, with one or two Improvements.
Thus the reading ..committee, besides the
six actors' who form', the administrative
council, and two other elected male mem
bers, will Include also two actresses, the
two senior feminine partners in the joint
stock company of the theater, who, for the
present, are Mesdames Bartet and Pierson.
A hardy younm explorer, M. Ralleer du
Baty, who accompanied Dr. Charcot on his
previous Antarctic expedition, has Just re
turned to Paris from an adventurous voy
age to which he' and his brother Henri de
voted the whole of their small fortune.
Two and a half years ago they purchased a
fishing boat, ftfty-flve feet In length, and set
sail with a crew of four other companions
for the desert Island of Kerguelen, in the
south of the Indian ocean. . In the forty
ton fishing boat they have successfully
completed a voyage of 15,000 miles. Be
tween Rio do Janeiro and the Island of
Tsldan d'Acunha they encountered a ter
rible cyclone. On the Island they found a
population of eighty-three souls, whom they
describe as half-civilized and as of Eng
lish origin. During the remainder of the
voyage the little boat was buffeted by
heavy storms, but the desert isle was
safely reached In March, 1U08. Fifteen
montha were apent in exploring the Island,
making acientific observations and hunting
seals. In June last year the party started
for Australia, and had a terrible passuge
of forty-five daya owing to storms. It
was only by throwing out oil that the boat
was kept afloat. On reaching Melbourne
the boat was dlspoaad of for a handful of
gold, and the explorer took the passenger
ateamer for Marseilles, where he has Just
landed. He will report to the Academy
and tho Geographical society.
Seudenta Get Revenge.
The medical students who have been ex
cluded from the French School of Medi
cine . by the police for expressing, by
means of eggs and tomatoes, their objec
tions to the present system of electing
canuf-dates to the " faculty of medicine
have had their revenge.'
Dr. Bertlllon, one of the principal object
ors, presented himself as a candidate, and
devoted the greater part of hla thesta
to a brilliant satire on certain features of
medical Instruction in Francs, to the prac
tical exclusion of "muscular rheumatism,"
the theme allotted to him aa a aubject.
The candidate began by stating there
were two kinds of doctors, and entered
upon a very thinly veiled attack upon the
dean, M. Landouzy, and the Jury. It aoon
became too much for the dean, who tartly
reminded the candidate that he had not yet
mentioned "muscular rheumatism."
"Oh, yes," was the reply. "I am going to
treat It in text-book form." And without
a smile, he presented in the most abstruse
medical terminology a ridiculous account
of how cutlers, being obliged while work
lng to stoop In a stream of water to sharp ?n
their tools were subject to rheumatism.
and evaded it by tying long-haired poodles
to the calves of their legs.
"The cutlers catch fleas from the dogs,"
Dr. Bertlllon added gravely, while the lec
ture room rocked with laughter, "but It la
claimed that tha doga draw the rheumatism
out of their masters."
Dr. Bertlllon proceeded to aay that cer
tain doctors preferred to aend their pa
tients to hot springs a transparent refer
ence to Mr. Landouzy'a favorite treatment,
which made the dean writhe, while a nerv
ous member of the Jury In scarlet robes
shuffled uneasily with hla feet. "Muacular
rheumatism," the candidate quickly ob
aerved, "has 'also a certain moral effect.
Patients become irritable and cannot keep
their feet still." The audience roared.
Tha situation was unendurable, and the
jury filed out, while M. Landouzy, rising,
angrily announced that the candidate's
name waa struck off the list..
DISCIPLINE FOR TllE FINNS
Absorption by Russia a Political
Necessity, Declares M. Stolypin.
ELUDED POLICE MANY YEARS
Mrennona t oioinck tilrl F.niliurka oil
a l.onar Horseback Hide He- i
grrtnhle fcrnr Occurs In
Dam .
I l!Y UEoROK FRASKR.
i ST. riCTERSKURtl, June !'.'. I Special
Dlspalcil to The Bee.) -The practical uli-
nrptlo:i of Finland int., the Russian em- ,
plre whs a political necessity In the opln
nlon I
of M. Stolypin the premier. Ia n npe.vh
to the duni.i Mr. Stolypin stated the Im
perial position dearly and unequivocally.
Sptaklng of the Inclusion of the Finnish
tc'wuirrompHrrof
Immrlal legislation he snid the school
wtre Included because Finnish teachers were
constantly instilling the youth of the coun
try with hostile feelings against the Rus
sian government. The same hostile Intent
animated newspapers, meetings and assocl
ut.ons and the government must have con
trol over thvm all. The contempt excited
by thjs Idea of Russ.an dissolution I'.nd
prompted the Finns to threaten passive re
fc'.s.anie, and It was the same thought that
had produced tho uninvited Intervention of i
foreigners, but M. Stolypin added, "you
will show that right Is greater thun might."
Desperate Criminal Cnatht.
A secret police officer named Muratoff,
was walking unarmed In one of the prin
cipal streets of Moscow two or three daya
ago, when he thought he recognized the
mistress of a long sought for criminal
named Shuravleff, alias Bolussoff. The
woman was accompanied by a man, whom
the detective rightly guessed to be Shurav
lff, and whom he promptly seized by
the wrists with a view to arresting Mm.
Shuravleff threw off the detective and
toolt to flinht, drawing a revolver from his
pocket and firing four shots at Muratoff,
who ran after him. The detective fell to
the ground mortally wounded. He was
carried to the nearest hospital, where he
died in a few mlnuUs.
In the meantime the pursuit was con
tinued and Shuravleff fired nearly a dozen
shots at the police and others who weic
following hlni. None of them, however,
took effect, although the uniforms of sev
eral policemen bore bullet marks. After
dodging from street to street Shuravleff
dashed down a -cul-de-sac abutting on a
railway embankment. He fired at the
guard on duty, but missed him, and the."
a peasant youth made a rush at him und
caught hlni by the legs, bringing him to
the ground.. He was immediately arrested.
Shuravleft's record of crime is almost
Incredible.. He is known to have perpe
trated at least seven murders and to have
been concerned In fifteen armed robberies,
twelve church thefts, and 200 other crimes
most of which were commltteed In, tbjd
vicinity of Moscow. For years he has
eluded all the . efforts of the police to
capture htm, thanks mainly to his genius
In, assuming impenetrable disguises. He is
only 30 year old. ,
tilrl on Long; Bide.
A Cossack girl has started to ride from
Kharbln to St. Petersburg, a distance of
6,420 miles. She Is riding astride on ' an
ordinary Cossack saddle, carrying. a hunt
ing knife and a revolver, and her only
companion Is a pure bred St. Bernard dog.
Formerly a railway employe, she was
awarded the gold medal "for aeal" during
the Russo-Japanese war.
Member of Duma Arrested.
There was a regrettable scene In the Duma
the other day when M. Purlshkevltch, a
reactionary member, waa suspended for
throwing' a glass of water In the face of
M. Millnkoff. The labor party haa de
manded an Inquiry Into the state of the
aggressor's mind.
Many Sentenced to Death.
After sitting- with closed doors In St.
Petersburg, a court martial has concluded
the trial of sixty-eight persons charged
with armed robberies and other crimes. In
cluding murder, during the revolutionary
period. Twenty-nine death sentences were
passed.
THIRTY-FOUR PIRATES
ARRIVE AT MARSEILLES
Woman of Remarkable Character
istics Accompanlea
Them.
MARSEILLES. June 25. (Special Dis
patch to The Bee.) Thirty-four Anamite
pirates and malefactors have arrived here
and with them a remarkable woman, one
of the wives of the redoubtable pirate, De
Tham, who has given the French so much
trouble In Indo-Cblna.
Co-Ba, aa the woman pirate ia called,
exercised a dominating Influence over the
pirate king and his followera, a power
aha even preserved throughout tho voyage,
which tha prisoners made In a specially
constructed iron cage buIR amidships.
Co-Ba, a small, hard-faced woman of
about 30, enjoyed the reputation of a witch
among the pirates and ah e ferociously
hated the, white men. When the prisoners
Handed at Marseilles it was she who
marched proudly at their head, taking not
the slightest notice of the crowds who
watched the debarkation of the prisoners
on their way to the Hie de Re, in the Bay
of Biscay,
QUEEN TO ISLE OF WIGHT
Going Buck Home," la the Way
She Kspreaeea the
Journey.
MADRID, June 25. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) The queen of Spain Is shortly
expected t- pay a visit to Osborne Cottage
In the Isle of Wight. This la a very favor
ite spot with her majesty and she always
refers to the Isle of Wight as "home." It
was here that she spent the greater part
of her young life and she retains very
pleasant memories ot It.
j V
PASS RUBBER MEN'S BILL
Restrictions Are l laced on Effort at
Monopoly of tho Elastic
Output,
SINGAPORE, Juno 2o.-(Speclal Dispatch
to The Bee.) The legislative council of the
Stralta Settlementa baa passed the rubber
dealers' bill, which contains a provision
for the refusal of a license to an agent or
Individual or corporation attempting to es
tablish a monopoly of output or ot market
lu cultivated rubber.
RECOVERS FROM
v RITE OF INSECT
Kais?r Said to Be in Normal Health
but Doubt Exists.
STRAIN OF FUNERAL TELLS
True
Condition is
Secret.
Held
as
J
HIS D0CT0BS ARE ANXIOUS
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..-., Tn,nm- 4, ceconJ on Hieh,
List.
KOCH AND SLEEPING SICKNESS
Eminent Medical Man Investigates
African Insect Theory and Is
Hailed aa llcltr. ,
11 V MALCOLM I'LMUC,
BERLIN. June 2.".. (Special Dispatch t
Tho Hec -Officially the kulser has re
covered .from the Inability caused by th
bite of an Insect and Is in normal health.
In well Informed circles, however, this of
ficial declaration of the kaiser s return to
health la taken with a good deal of allow
ance. Despite the popular belief to the con
trary, the kaiser has never enjoyed robust
health, und he has always hud to take the
greatest care of himself. The strain of the
funeral of King Edward told rather sev
erely upon the emperor, since he had not
been In the hr-.t of health for some little
time previously.
The utmost care Is taken to prevent tha
true state of affairs becoming known to the
outside world, but those few personages
who have seen the kaiser since his return
to his capital have been greatly struck
with his careworn expression and the ex
treme Irritability that he displays. Several
consultations of the court physicians hava
taken place, but the real nature of hla
majps'.y's complaint Is very carefully con
cealed. Under these circumstances It I
not surprising that tho most disquieting;
rumors are afloat In Berlin at the present
moment.
It Is not believed that there Is any Im
mediate danger of ills majesty having to
give up public duties, but that his condi
tion is giving physicians and his family
much concern may be accepted as true.
Knlsrr'a Annual Allowance.
The recent action of the Prussian Diet
In Increasing the civil list approximately
16.000,000 a year gives "the German, emperor
the second largest income of any European
ruler. Tho . czar of Russia, with a civil
list of $$,500,000 leads them all.
Dr. Koch'n personality.
Dr. Koch, the famous bacteriologist.
whose reath occurred recently, was one of
mot remarkable of sclent ts of recent
years. He was known as "tne man wttn
out a personality" on account of hla cold,
scientific nature. Everything with him
waa a matter for research, and he seemed
almost devoid of human emotions.
It was, of course, as a bacteriologist that
he achieved his fame and ' he caused a
tremendous sensation some time ago when
he stated that he had discovered tho
bacillus of consumption. Dr. Koch had an
enthusiastic admirer In the kaiser, and It
Is said that It was due to the kaiser's In
fluence that the doctor announced his dis
covery to the world, although at the time
the lymph that was to work such miracle
was not absolutely perfected. Unfortun
ately, the wonderful "cure" for consump
tion was proved to be no miracle-worker
after all, and the great white acourge la
still a terror to the human race.
Of late years Dr. Koch had devoted him
self to the study of sleeping sickness. Ha
spent a long time experimenting In East
Africa, and came to the conclusion that
the disease was spread by a small Insect
which lived principally on crocodiles'
blood. The doctor believed that! the dis
ease would be practically stamped out If
all the crocodiles were destroyed.
While In Africa Dr. Koch's fame -waa ao
great that the natives would send mes
sages hundreds of miles to ask ' him to
visit their' sick friends. In one village tha
chief treated the doctor aa a kind of deity
and even went ao far aa to worship hla
acientific Instruments.
Mayor an Acrobat.
An entertaining variation on the method
usually employed for the collection of sub
scriptions has been Introduced by the
acrobatic burgomaster, or mayor, of
Posen, Herr Wilms. Meeting at an even
ing reception a rich merchant who wag
not particularly distinguished for hla gen
erosity to good works, the burgomaster ap
proached him with the remark, "I want
you to give me $1,250 for our town char
lties."
With a gasp of astonishment the mer
chant replied, "You can stand on your hoad:
before you get any money out of me." No
aooner were the worda out of hla mouths
than, to his bewilderment which waa
shared by tha other guests In the crowded
room the burgomaster carefully placed hla
hands on the carpet and, with the mayoral
legs gracefully elevated In the air, passed;
in an Inverted attitude out of the room. '
Returning a moment later he claimed;
his $1,250 fee for the performance and wag
handed a check by the amazed merchant.
Hchool of salesmanship.
The latest development In German educa
tion Is a school for the purpose of teaching
shop assistants how to behave properly;
to customers.
Shop assistants, it is considered, should
learn not only the Intricacies of their
respective trades, but also the way to be
have In dealing with customera, how to
talk nicely and agreeably, how to bow
gracefully, how to treat Ill-tempered cus
tomers, how to conduct an animated con
versation without undue familiarity, and,
ao forth.
The underlying Idea of the new school g
to Improve business, as shown by the fact
that the cost St conducting It Is borne by
the shopkeepers themselves, who are con
vinced that well trained and polished shop
assistants can sell more goods than those
who have received no special Instruction
lu this branch of their activity.
Comfort for Volunteers.
Tho German emperor has issued aa
order forbidding commanding offlcera t
allow "one-year volunteers" who aerve at
their own -expense to quarter themaelveg
during manoeuvers at their own charge
at hotels or other places where more com
fortable accommodation Is to be had than
Is provided for ordinary soldiers. They
will now be required to live in barrack
and tents like the rest.
