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VOL. XL NO. 12.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1910.
SINGLE COPYT FIVE CENTS.
Political and Social News of the Old World Reported by Special Cable and Correspondence
SOl&IETY GROWS
IN GREATBRITAIN
Falling Off in Sale of Spirit and
Beer Gives No Indication
of Stopping.
INCREASED DUTY IS ONE REASON
Prosecutions Because of Drunkenness
Decrease Materially.
LESS LICENSES ARE BEING ISSUED
Increase of Clubs One Noticeable Ef
fect of Laws.
RADIUM IS WORKING WONDERS
etrrlMfutr with Mysterious Kle
in rn t Gives Itesnlt of Ifla Work
thnt Indicate Colors of
Ciem Can Be Changed.
BY PAUL, LAMBETH.
LONDON, Sept. Z. (Special to The Bee.)
Whether it la due to the Lloyd-George
budget or to a real growth of temperance
feeling, the fact remain that Great Britain
and Ireland are growing aober. '
Rome time ago I called attention to the
treat falling off In the sales of spirits and
beer and l ow additional evidence that Eng
llahmen are becoming a more aober race I
afforded by the bluebonk of the licensing
law Junt Issued.
The feature of the report la found In the
statistic aa to the convlctlona for drunken
HOM, and offence combined with drunken
ness. The decrease In the conviction la
moat remarkable. In 1909 there were 168.618
auch conviction, against 187.S03 In 1908 a
reduction of 18,185, or nearly 10 per cent.
Total proceedings, too, for there offences
fell from S,W1 to 190.496. The bluebook
tatea that "It I Impossible not to as
sociate the decrease with the Increased
duty on spirits which took effect from
April 30, 1909." The number of convic
tions; of women for drunkenness bore a
lower proportion to the total in 1909 than
In the previous year.
Matter of Licenses.
The numbas of on-llcenaee last year was
90.466 as against 96,617 in 1908, the figures
for oft-llcensee- being 24.877 and K984. While
the number of licenses has decreased, the
number of . registered cluba ha .steadily
grown. Thua. there were on the register
7,323 on January 1 last year, 7,133 In 1907.
and (.721 In 190C Last year, too, saw a
gTeat increase. It Is expected that between
January 1, 1909 and 1910 the number In
creased , by lil. figures which bring the
statement that for every public, house that
Is suppressed a club -arise Appreciably
nearer the truth."
The total number of oonvldtlon for per
mitting drunkenness on licensed premise,
MS, is the' lowest for' any' year, elnce 1896.
The of ftclaV figures for Scotland .and Ireland
compared with England,' are as follows:
! Decrease
' Percent.
England 9.74
Scotland 19
Scottish, towns 27
Ireland S .
This show that the Improvement la gen
. eraX '
Itadlara Bad Prccton Stone.
la radium the "philosopher" stone?"
: The wonder working power of this dis
covery rather suggest that this la the case.
It I now announced on the authority of a
fairly wide range of experiments that
radium will change the color of precious
stones. A few. months ago a series of ex
periments was entered upon to discover the
effect which radium . hai on various
precious stones. Mr. Armrocht conducted a
a umber of experiments, the results of which
are hlgihly Interesting.
"I began my experiments,1' he states,
"with white sapphires, which la pure oxide
of i.lumlnlum. I placed a number of sap
phires, about 200 in all, In contact with pure
radium. In the course of two or three
weeks the greater number of them had
turned yellow, or orange, A few of them,
which apparently cam from another
source, had turned a green, pinkish, or
amethyst color, and fewer still to a rose
color. I should say that, roughly speaking,
about 70 per cent of the whole number had
turned yellow, and the yellow varied from
lemon to dark orange. Two or three of
them turned very alightly blue, but not
sufficiently blue to take the color of blue
sapphjr, the expensive and fashionable
color.
"By the us of radium I have managed to
change very pale emerald Into emeralds
of a darker green, but they are not suf
ficiently dark to equal the true green emer
ald, which la of considerable value. In ex
perimenting with diamonds I have produced
a clearer, lighter color; In other words, I
have bleached a brow-n diamond almost
whit. I have not yet been able to obtain
a blue diamond, but Sir William Crookea
has a most beautiful blue-green specimen,
which was originally a yellow atone. The
bleaching of a diamond is an easy process,
but It require a very long time. Again,
an amethyst, under the Influence of radium
may turn Into a amoky topaa or yellow
topaz. I have also treated pearls, but have
only been successful In cleaning a dirty
looking pearl Into a clearer white. Opals
hv not proved amenable to treatment
That failure waa to have been expected be
cause the color of the opal is produced by
the reflection of light from .the different
laminae or layers of the opal, Junt In the
earn waa as the iridescent of the pearl is
caused. As to the cotnmerical value of the
experiments I am not very hupeful. Radium
is very dear. While sham grma can be
manufactured so cheaply I am afraid there
1 no commercial opening for radium-Improved
precious atones."
Beet Baarar la Knarlnnd.
The first English sugar beet refining
factory may soon be seen at Maldon,
Eex, where a site of twenty-tlx acre has
been secured by a Dutch firm of refiners,
acting In conjunction with Essex agrlcul
turUK. About 11.000,000 will b put into
thla buainees. the machinery alone f the
factory costing S3O0,OrO.
On of the beat known men in agricul
tural Casex stated that he believed that the
factory would bring a new era of prosperity
to Essex farming.
"The soil of Essex," tie raid, "now grows
the finest mangolds In the country, and I
have proved that It will grow sugar beet.
The higher price Which Sugar liset will
Trak assures a larger profit to the farmer,
and I believe before long w shall see the
txet cultivated upon every Eaeex farm,"
FACT FOR MGll PLACES
Cardinal Merry Del Val Becomes
the Subject of Many Rumors.
HAS MUCH HAUGHTY RESERVE
I'oausa-est Pair of Estranged Mates la
the World Is Playing; the
Came In the Conrts of
Abyssinia.
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT.
ROME, Sept. I. (Special to the Bee.)
The report Is again current that Cardinal
Mery del Val la to retire and Cardinal
Ilampolla la to become papal secretary of
state.
It has doubtless about as much founda
tion a similar report which have gone
before. There Is no question that th
Rampolla element In the curia Is growing
stronger daily. The spectacular bllndnesB
which has marked the seculiir history of
the church during the last few months haa
caused a strong feeling that a more tactful
man should be at the head of affairs.
Cardinal Mery del Val la one of the
youngest of the cardinals, lie Is barely
45. and Is Imbued with all the fiery dog
matism of the middle ages, coupled with a
haughty reserve of manner to all except
his Intimate.
Ambitious for the Chnreh.
His ambition is immense, an ambition
not altogether personal, but bound up with
what he honestly believes to be the welfare
of th church, ah ambition amounting to
open tolerance of any opinions which he
may consider disadvantageous to his set
plans. Hence his attitude of blank, refusal
to consider even the requests of the Spanish
government; hence the publication of the
Borromeo encyclical at precisely the wrong
moment; hence the unpleasant Incident of
ex-President Roosevelt's visit to the pope
Plus X, as captain of the ship of St
Peter, has to accept the responsibility and
blame attached to any of these -Incident,
but In reality the fault lies with the car
dinal secretary of state. Consider these In
discretions separately.
A- little tact and a little diplomacy would
have assured a meeting between the pope
and the American ex-president. It la an
open secret that Plus X was greatly-
chagrined. He was particularly anxious to
meet the wishes of hla 9,000,000 American
spiritual subjects, who had set their hearts
on thia meeting, but to save the face of
the cardinal secretary he had to accept
the situation.'
Rapal Diplomacy a Fallare.
To aum the whole matter up In a few
words, papal diplomacy haa latterly proved
itself a frightful failure, and on Cardinal
Mery del Val rests the responsibility. Leo
XIII,' the present pope's predecessor, was
faced with tremendous difficulties on all
sIcTea.'bu't as secretary of tat he had an
acute diplomatist. Cardinal Rampolla, while
he himself fully realized that more wa to
be gained by patience and a certain spirit
of -Cordiality, coupled with, quiet dignity,
than by aggressive dlfiance.
That the cardinal' haa failed cast no
moral; reflection upon him. . On the con
trary, be 1 a man of unblemished char
acter and ! most popular -among hi In-
tl n ates. But -aa' secretary of state, who haa
the welfare of honor of- a great church in
Ma hands, he ' has shown an almost mar
Veloua inaptitude.
MarderCM Ease Her Mlad.
According to telegrams received from
Venice the Countess Lamowski has grown
so violent lu her hysterical fits that It has
been found necessary ' to confine her at
times in a stralghtjacket. It Is feared that
she Is losing her sanity, and her condition
has been made worse by the news of the
tragic death of her cousin recently, which
the doctors vainly attempted to keep secret
from her. It will be remembered that the
countess waa sentenced about two months
ago to eight years' Imprisonment for her
complicity in the murder of Count Kama
rowskl, who wa shot by one of her lover.
Vonua- Royal Pair Divorced.
Th youngest divorced couple In the
world is to be found in the court of Abys
sinia. On May 16 of last year the Princess
Romania Onesk was married to the Prince
IJdj Eyassu, the heir apparent, the bride
being then yeara of age and the bride
groom 14. Now they have been divorced.
It Is not a question of fault on either side,
no incompatibility of temper, none of the
causes which figure so frequently in di
vorces. The princess happens to be the
niece of the Empress Taltu, and this lady
la not popular with the regents of the coun
try- So to prevent the empress exercising
any baneful Influence upon the future
ruler's wife, the statesmen have required
the prince to divorce hor.
ARMY PLANS A NEW CAMPAIGN
Slmoltaacoaa Attacks Are Arranged
kr the Solentka Sol
dier. BELGRADE, Sept. S (Special to Th
Bee.) Promoted by recent events in Mace
donia, the offlcera at the headquarters , of
the Third army corps at Salonika have
draw n up a new plan of campaign, enabling
the Turkish army to make a almultaneoua
attack on the Oreek and Bulgarian fron
tier. The plan was sent to the minister of
war at Constantinople, who approved It
with a few slight alterations.
According to the Vetchernyo Poscten, the
Bulgarian cabinet, has requested the Vienna
cabinet to give It friendly assistance at
Constantinople In connection with the ques
tion of the Bulgarian emigrants Into Mace
donia, and the Austrian ambassador at Con
stantinople haa been Instructed to support
the Bulgarian demand. The newspapers
regard thla communication as a confirma
tion of earlier rumor concerning the ex
istence of a secret convention between Austria-Hungary
and Bulgaria.
HELD BIG LUCklND LOST IT
Saeeeeda la Wlnulnic a Forton and
Then Drops It In a
I laht.
ROTTERDAM. Sept. S. teiecial ' to The
Bee ) A Rotterdam blacksmith, excited by
the new that he bad won 640.000 In a ot
tery. lit hi pipe with his ticket, and Is now
unabl to prove his claim.
UTRECHT LASS Tn ROMANCE
Rtruwri Bride by Prosy of Promi
nent Man In the Affaire
of Java.
THE HAGUE. Sept. 3. tSpeclal to The
Bee.) Miss Johanna Rense of Utrecht has
Just been married by proxy. Her bride
groom, Mr. H. Vrolyk, holda an Important
position in Java.
ROYALTY MAY BE
GUEST OE STATES
Crown Prince is Scheduled, Perhaps,
for Visit to Uncle Sam's
Domain.
POLITICS ACTUATES THE KAISER
Spies on the German Military Attract
Concern.
PENETRATE A POWDER MAGAZINE
Alarm is Given and Bombadier Be
comes Active.
RULE OF EGYPT IS AN ISSUE
Kaiser, In the Midst of Sordid Prob
lems, Take Time for Considera
tion of the Aesthetic Side
of His Notion.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
BERLIN, Sept. S.-tSpedal to The Bee.)
Whlle according to the official program
the crown prince will not visit the United
States on his return from India, It Is by
no means sure that the program will not
be changed. His royal highness is anxious
to visit America, that Is certain, and there
is high authority for saying if the neces
sary arrangements can be made he will
return via San Francisco and New York,
touching the principal cities of the United
States, particularly those having a great
German population.
If the prince of Wales in his coming
round-the-world trip, shoulu Include the
United States, it may be put down as a
moral certainty that the heir to the German
throne will do the same. It will be a mat
ter of politics which the kaiser may be
depended upon not to neglect. His roya
uiguuess win siari in iNOvemoer ana will
be gone for several months.
. Field Marshal Lord Roberts will be re
ceived by his majesty, the kaiser, tomor
row In special audience, to receive the for
mal notice of the accession to the British
throne. After the formal reception Ixird
Roberts will be received by the kaiser and
family.
The great English soldier 1 greatly ad
mired by the kaiser, who has a warm per
sonal friendship for him.
Spies at Forts.
There has been a great deal of mysterious
Bpylng on Oerman military establishments
of late and the government is worried. Re
cently men undiscovered, buf known to
have .been foreign spies, at night endeav
ored to' penetrate the sentry lines of two
Isolated powder magazine in the neigh
borhood of Potsdam, Germany's Aldcrshot.
A bombardier entry was pacing the dis
tance between th two , magaiines when
three dusky figure emerged from the black
ness of an orchard that skirted his beat
and a voice cried, -"Halt, who goes there?"
and raised tys rifle.. There was at once a
flash and report and a bullet whizzed past
the sentry's ear. He promptly replied with
hi rifle, but the assailant had dropped
flat on the ground and In the darkness he
could no longer see where tney were.
The sentry gave the alarm and a corporal
with another bombardier helped him scour
the vlolnlty, but the assailant bad no
difficulty In concealing themselves from
observation In the obscurity of the woods.
Aa the corporal feared a renewal of the
attack he left both hia bombardiers at the
post, where they remained together till the
first glimmerings of sunrise were visible
In the Bky. Then assuming the danger to
be past, the second bombardier withdrew.
A quarter of an hour later three men once
more suddenly loomed up through the dusk
before the sentry' eyes. He called upon
them and then fired. The shot was re
turned and a revelver bullet struck him in
the forearm and forced him to drop his
carbine.
The other two members of the guard
wer alarmed by the firing and came run
ning up. The mysterious trio, however,
took to flight and desperate efforts by
the police and military authorities have
since failed to throw any light on the
singular affair.
British It ale In Kypt. '
Dr. Berger, an Oriental traveler, make
a remarkable atuieinent on the alleged In
security of British rule In Egypt. He as
serts that In the case of an Insurrection In
Egypt the native would be armed with
plenty of the most modern weapons, there
being over 40,000 English repeating rifle
with ammunition burled in a certain neigh
borhood. These weapons have been smug
gled into the neighborhood despite th
watchfulness of the British cruisers. The
British authorities, Dr. Berger declares,
have made strenuous efforts to locate the
hidden spot, but no native haa been found
willing to betray the insurrectionist cause.
He adds, facts have been confirmed to hlin
by British offlcera
Kaiser and 111 City.
Despite the many calls on his atteiuon
the kaiser does not relax the watchful caie
he exercises over the aesthetic development
of his capital.
Hearing that It was intended to erect In
the Exchange quarter of the city a uew
"kaufhaua," one of the great retail estab
lishments which are now a feature of
Berlin, he ordered that the design of the
facade of the building be submitted to him.
The architect and his employes are now
anxiously awaiting the Imperial verdict.
soldiers solclde Clnh.
The German military authorities are con
siderably perturbed at tiic statement that
a suicide club Is In existence among the
soldiers of the Nuremberg garrison. Re
cently a prvate shot hmself for apparently
no reason at all. His death ha been fol
lowed by that of a lance corporal. The sec
ond tragedy seemed aa mysterious as the
first until among the dead man effects
a letter wa found stating that he and the
previous aulclde belonged to a club, each
member of which waa bound by an oath to
die by hi own hand. A rigorous search by
the military authorities has failed to reveal
the identity of the remaining member of
this society.
Cathedral In Danger.
The historical cathedral at 8traaaburg Is
In danger of collapse. The work of restor
ation is to be carried out by th architect,
Kanauth. and will le commenced next
week. The condition of the foundations Is
causing grave apprehension to the authorities.
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FAC-S1MILE OP THE OFFICIAL INVITATION SENT BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO GUESTS BIDDEN
THE OPENING OF THE GREtAT CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE.
RATIONALISM YS CHORCfl
Explanation of Existing Deadlock in
Spanish Kingdom. ,
NO PROTESTANTS ARE INVOLVED
Assertion It Is Not War Between the
Greeds, bnt StroRale? Baaed
on Opposition to All
diarrhea.
BT RAINON OLIVARES.
MADRID, Sept 3.-(Speclal to The Bee.)
The deadlock between the Spanish gov
ernment and the Vatican has many ele
ments which are not generally understood
outside of Spain. '
It would be an error to believe that In
Spain the wiah has been simply to estab
lish religious liberty for the benefit of
non-catholic religious communities, as
Henor Canale.ias, the head of the Spanish
government pretends. His decree permitting
non-catholic churches to manifest their
existence by exterior signs no doubt' re
establishes a certain equality between the
different confessions; but Its real purpose
Is far more ambitious. What the leaders
of the present campaign desire is to deal a
mortal blow at the Roman church In the
peninsula.
What Artnally Exists.
The fact is that protestantism has never
prospered in Spain. Be the cause what It
may. In Spain there are no protestants,
but catholics and the enemies of all posi
tive religions, standing fare to face; and
aa In the peninsula liberals, conservatives,
anarchists, Catholics and free thinker are
all equally fanatical. It follows that spirit
ual differences degenerate immediately into
exagerratlon and violence. Hence the
present conflict Is not one between rarloua
creeds feeling their way towards a kind
of "peace of Westphalia," but a war to
the death between rationalism and the
church of Rome.
Plan of the Premier.
Senor Canalejas and his supporters In
the press are concealing their real inten
tions. They are negotiating with Rome
for the' modification of the concordat of
lR-,1, for a reduction of the number of
authorized religious houses, and for a re
duction in the budget of cult and clergy.
They are bound to proceed thus, not only
out' of respect for the constitution of 171.
but from motives of caution. Notwithstand
ing the activity and audacity of the ra
tionalistic elements in Spain, the most
casual observer will notice that their
strength is as nothing compared with the
compact mas of Catl ollc. There are re
glonc, as Navarro, certain portion of the
Baque, Aragon and Catalonia, where an
army could be raised at short notice to
defend the Romanlsh church.
Coat of th Cbarch.
In this conflict Senor Canalejas would
probably be beaten, were It not that the
question ha another aspect, the economic
one, thank to which the government has
gnlned a great measure of popular up
port In Its campaign against the religious
association. It cannot bs denied that her
church and her clergy cost Spain an ex
orbitant aum. In a budget of little more
than $200.000000. of which half goe to pay
the Interest on the public debt and pen
sion, the sum devoted to th clergy la
Sh.OOO.OOO. and thin does not Include other
large sums paid lo fees. For the forty
nine provinces of th peninsula there ars
fifty-eight diocese; there are sixty-one
archbishon or bishops, and some 21.000 j
canon and minor dignitaries.
.Nation I Interested.
The desire felt by th Spanish nation to
be relieved of some part of thla heavy an
nual charge of nearly $10,0u0,000 ha con
tributed largely to th popularity of th
Invitation from Mexico
radical government; but Indignation at the
privilege enjoyed by the religious com
munities Is an even greater Influence InJ
its favor. These pay no territorial con
tribution. The magnificent properties of
the monk pay rrtj taxes whatever, and In
consequence of this the Spanish cltlsen
living In their neighborhood ha to pay
an exorbitant rent.
Pay No Taxe. ,
Neither do .these .religious communities
pay the industrial tax or. the personal tax.
At the same time their inmates are exempt
from military service, and from the redemp
tion fee of S300 In lieu of military service
which Is . exacted from other Spanish
citizens. The result Is that In cer
tain towns- of special Industrie, the
worker,' especially the women, cannot
live. The elaborate working In linen, which
wives and daughters of the wage earners,
has passed entirely Into the hands of the
convents.
The workwomen of Saragoasa were dying
of hunger last year, while In the convents
an elaborate trcsseau, valued at many thou
sands of dollars, was being worked. Such
facta as these explain the peculiar vindlc
tlvenesa seen In Its full extent during the
"tragic week" of Barcelona last year.
How Worker Snffer.
The male worker Buffers also by the com
peting industries of the monks. This la es
pecially true In the matter of teaching.
Whilst a religious college pays no tax, a
secular school la compelled to pay It tax
six months In advance. A private teacher
can scarcely find occupation.
The Vatican scarcely realizes the strength
which a state of things gives to Its enemies.
If Rome resists, a rupture, folowed by a
Berles of measures applied by the Spanish
government to remedy these evils, would
meet with a hearty approval In the large
towns, not only among the rationalist ele
ment, but also among the working classes.
VALUABLE PAPERS ARE FOUND
Central Asia. Document Have Been
Acqalred by Asiatic So
ciety. CALCUTTA, Sept. S.-(Speclal to The
Bee.) Remarkably Interesting documents
from central Asia have been acquired by
the Asiatic Socley of Bengal from a Mon
tengrln gentleman. They consist of five
leaves of brownish-yellow paper, meaaurlng
Hxb Inches.
The true significance of these five leaves,
the genuineness of which cannot be doubted,
is that scholars are here confronted with a
number of consecutive passages In a lan
guage to which no clue ha yet been found,
and of which hitherto only fragment have
been rescued from the sand of central
Asia. It I quite possible that, by mean
of these five leaves, an Important literary
language, of whose existence the world ha
had no suspicion, may be rescued from ob
livion. The paging of reserve of each leaf show
that they once formed part of an extensive
work.
M. Zulcho Tachlbana. wicn Count Otanl,
who has Just returned laden with precious
manuscript from a Journey In central
Asia, proposes to start on, a second expe
dition In October next to continue the
search.
NEW HOME FOR FESTIVE GAME
Place Where Money on the
Whirl Willi Orrat Ra
pidity. Green
GENOA. Sept. . (Special to Th Bee.)
A serlou rival to Monte Carlo I about to
be aet up In Switzerland. The two little
Island of Brtsago, on I.ane Magglore,
have baen purchased by an Anglo-Italian
syndicate, and ar to have erected upon
them a large casino with gambling room
and a theater. A first clas hotel I also to
he srecied.
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SONS OF TLE SOD CO HOME
Irish-Americans Return for the Home
Coming. REUNION IN LAND OF ANCESTRY
Charge that Dnblln I a Depraved
City I to Be Refnted by the
Collection of Data Bear
la on Subject.
BY THOMAS EMMET.
DUBLIN, Sept. S (Special to The Bee.)
One of the notable feature of the trend
of travel from America to Ireland this
year I the visit of over 12,000 Americans
or Irish-Americans. Under the auspices of
the Irish Home-Going association hundreds
of Irish have oom back temporarily for a
visit and to renew the ties which bind
their hearts to the old Inland. Enthusiastic
greetings everywhere in Ireland have wel
comed them.
F. J. Kilkenny, president of the Irish
Home-Going association; J. D. Sullivan,
national secretary; T. VfcPowderly, General
M. Emmet Urell and L. V. Woulfe, repre
senting the American national council, were
met by delegations at Queensrown.
Attention to Leader.
The vast majority of these people have
been unquestionably Impressed by the great
good work of the Irish Uome-Comlng asso
ciation. Mr. Sullivan, national secretary. In an
Interview said the people of America, not
only those of Irish descent, but all of them,
take a greater Interest In Irish affairs to
day than they have ever taken before. The
newspaper are alive to this fact, and pub
lish new with great readiness. There 1b
a general desire to learn more of the
Emerald Isle and It people. In all our
public libraries there are to be found
books-upon Irish subjeota, which are fre
quently called for.. The Irish Home-Going
association baa been formed to Induce those
Americans who have read of Ireland to
visit the land and see It for themselves.
The Idea so happily conceived by Mr.
Franols Kilkenny has made remarkable
progress.
Irish Harvest Good.
Sir William H. Gouldlng, speaking In
Dublin reoemly, aald that reports from all
part of the country anticipated a good
harvest. He said that there can be no
doubt that the land purchase I bringing
about better condition in Irish agriculture.
Morality la Dnblln.
The lord mayor of Dublin Is Indignant.
In fact his wrath has been accumulating
until at present it Is finding vent In
statements as emphatic a those which
Colonel Roosevelt is wont to utter.
A recent edition of a reference work
showing sociological, data declared that
Dublin fl the most Immoral city in Europe
and equal only to Asia Minor (owns. The
lord mayor has given several denials of this
laiidir and 1 preparing another statement
to refute th charge with figure.
The corporation has Instructed the police
to take greater precautions tn handling
lawlessness.
I uteres! la (ienernl I rrll.
An interesting visitor here is General
M. Emmet Urell, uho went out from his
native town of Nenogh when 14 years old.
He served under Hancock and Grant In the
civil war, and waa at the first battle of
Bull Run, and was shut thi-ough one lung
and also received other wounds. He re
ceived th coveted distinction of a medal
for order of merit. He afterwards fought
in th American-Spanish war, and now
return to Ireland after an absence of
fifty-four year. II I a fine type of
soldier in appearance yt, and hope to
svend an eujoyabl iay la Ireland.
SCHOOL FETE IS
EVENT1N PARIS
Certificates Are Granted for Skill
in the Housekeeping;
Art 0 '
DIVORCE IN FRANCE INCREASES
Startling Disruption Among Work
ing Families. t
AGED EMPRESS ON A YACHT
Eighty-Four Years Old and Still
Active.
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AMULETS AND CHARMS CASS
"Conjnrc" Incident of latereattna
Ramifications Attain Much
Prominence tn French
Cosrti.
BY PAUL VILLIEREf. '
PARIS, Sept. S.-Spcclftl to The Be.)
One of the Interesting school fete recently
was the distribution of certificates of prog
ress and capacity at the City of Paris Tech
nical School for Girls. It Is strictly a school
for "trades and housekeeping," and 1 In
the Rue Fondary. To enter It a girl muat
have gone through the whole primary
course at. a communal school. The age
limits are from . 13 to 15, and the pupil
leaves at the end of the third year. The
great houses of business show a keen In
terest In tbelr work and generosity by send
ing materials fur thorn to work upon. Th
competition among them to secure the serv
ices of graduate la keen also.
Some girl have entered on scholarships
given by the city. Others pay fees. A
great number, as deserving pupils at pri
mary schools, are received because they are
poor and good girls. The directress alone
knows of the poverty of their families. All
the girls take turns In ihe kitchen in pre
paring the midday meal, which. U for the
whole school. They also tako turns In help
ing the "housekeepers" to tidy up. There
are eight trade division namely, mode,
artificial flowers and feather mounting,
children' dresses, embroidery of tissues for
wearing ' apparel and furniture, corsets,
women' vests arjd Jackets, lingerie, clear
starching and fine ironing. All the house
keepers practice plain sewing, mending and
darning.
Divorce 1st France.
From 18S8 to 1W8 the. number of divorce)
In the French working population has mora
than doubled, the marriages dissolved In
the case of petitioners suing in forma
pnuperl having risen from 2.000 to 4.204,
and having still further Increased last year.
The Temps haa asked various expert how
they remark for this remarkable social
fact. The secretary of the league for Indi
vidual liberty believes that the increase of
divorce comes partly from growing selfish
ness on the part of husbands. On the other
band, women divorce either for Immoral
reasons or on the best moral grounds, In
the latter case often because they can
support themselves and their children with
out an idle husband to keep. Thus they
prefer divorce to separation, the latter be
lng farther on the decrease. At the aarn
time, one cause of the lncnease of th di
vorce la merely the increase of marriage.
In the French working population couples
living together without being married are
rarer than formerly. A lawyer especially
Interested In suits in forma pauperis
says that It la a distressing fact that the
great number of the petitioners of divorce
nowadays are young married people, some
times three or four months bride ami
groom. At the first difficulties of -wedded
life the husband's selfishness come out,
and he sighs for the freedom of his bache
lor days. The girl-wife retorts that he
also Is a slave now compared with what
she was In her days of single-blessednesa,
and one more marriage goe to piece.
Syateui Too Lax.
A Judge holds that the possibility of
suing In forma pauperis owing to too lax
system, renders divorce easier In Franc to
the poorer than to the well-to-do classes.
A "bourgeois" divorce costs on an average
of 100. A workman class divorce costs
nothing. "One cannot lrrglne how
many couples having quarrelled, have made
It up, and now live happily. Just because a
divorce would have cost 2,500 francs." Tho
French Judge's evidence might have been
produced usefully before the English com
mission. "The workman plays a safe game.
What' the odds? Ha risks hi happiness,
true, but not his money, and o ha peti
tions." As for the reason why so many
people are looking for divorces and ar
granted aa well us applied for, th amej
judge says that In France nowaday , di
vorce by mutual exists de facto, though
not de Jure, owing to the ease of collusion
and the absence of penulilea aulnst it.
Bi-limiireii In Paris.
The ex-Empress Kugnnie has arrived in
Paris and put up at the Hotel Continental,
which overlooks the Tulleries.
The empress, who Is wonderfully ener
getlo deaplte her eigtity-four years, 'has
been enjoying a yachjlng In th Mediter
ranean. She spends some three month of
every year In Paris, and is fond of visit
ing; the Tulleries gardens, Versailles, Mal
malson and other places associated with
Iter brilliant pass.
She is Invariably accompanied by her
secretary'. M. Pietri. She kneps In touch
with the circle of her friends, which in
cluded Princessa Murat, Prince Roland
Bonoparte, Count l'rimoli, and other mem
tter of (ha aristocracy of the second cm
pi re.
For Wrllltia; of Aninleta.
For the alleged offense of dealing In amu
lets and charms, a practice which la for
bidden hy French law, a man has Just ap
peared before a provincial court which will
deliver Judgment In a week. According to
the chaige, ho mud a a good thing out of
the business though he wu reasonable
enough in his prices, at least for what he1
professed to supply. For 15 franca a cus
tomer could become possessed of "all
lowerful ring." which gave lilm suoti
stiength of will that success In his enter
prises was assurtd. For 10 franca he could
have a "negative ring," which spread con
fusion among his enemies. Then there was
the amulet which brought luck for the
modest sum of 7'j fianc. Ther was, how
ever, audi a rush after these rings and
amulet that their vendor I supposed to
have made greatly from this traffic
