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ruE Omaha Sunday Bee TABT TWO TA.UT TWO. FOREIGN riQEI OITC TO EIGHT. EDITORIAL rioci on to xioxt. VOL. XL NO. 20. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBKK 30. 1!M. SINGLE COPY FIVE CUNTS Political and Social News by Cable and Correspondence from the Old World WOULD HEMODEL BRITISH EMPIRE Otrarment Believed to Be Prepar ing a Measure with That End in View. SOME RADICAL STEPS DEMANDED Position Assumed by Lords Creates an Impossible Situation. WISE NOBLES RFCOGNIZE THIS Some British Genius Oiignates a New Form of Insurance. MODERN FAGIN P SENT TO JAIL Knallth Labor Party W ill Anrnil an Obnoxious Requirement Which Farced a Man to Retire front Purlin mrnl. BY PAUL. I. A M 1 !!".TH. I)NDOM, Oct. . (Special to The Bee ) The belief Is growing that the government will present a measure providing for a re modeling of the British empire at the com ing session of Parliament. It Is agreed that something must he done to meet the demand for the abo'ition of the House of 1-ords. Many member of that Institution are now convinced that, they must make some concession If they are to be suffered to exist aa a branch of the government. It U possible, as was suggested some time ago, that the government may present a bill providing for a legislative division of the government similar to that prevailing In the United Slates. That means that the colonies and dependencies would be treated us the separata American Btates are, each having a home parliament of legislature and each to have representatives In the Imperial Parliament. A metis u re of that kind would ensure the colonies and de pendences home rule. Ireland, Scotland and India would be the principal bene flcaries, Ireland In particular. Canada practically governs Itself. So do Australia and New Zealand. Scotland is somewhat Indifferent. Navel Sort of Iniarsae. England has 1,000 times and In nearly all language been charged with a lack of originality that England never adopts anything until the rest of the world has tried If for fifty years. The charge Is often Justifiable, but every now and then Eng laiid startles the world by doing something original or at least out of the ordinary. Originating the Idea of Insuring men against loss by reason of Jury serving may be said to be "going soma." . A corporation here la advertising the fact that it writes that form of insurance. Modern Pagrava Sentenced. A modern Kagan was recently arrested and Imprisoned for a crime of a notorious character. The surprising feature about the sentence Imposed Is the lightness of It. Two little girls, who are sisters, namely, Isabella Eyre, 10 years old, and Dorothy Eyre, 11 years old. were charged with , stealing and picking pockets and their father, William Eyre, was charged with receiving the stolen property. It was In Liverpool that the girls, who are mother less, has been keeping their father by thievery. They were sent to an Industrial school and the futher was sent to prison for six months. Lieutenant Get Off Knay. J lio king has commuted the court-mat tlal sentence of dismissal from the army tm pored In the cuse of Lieu'- Ait Sutor of me ltoyui damson aiiiiiciy in one of a "fevere reprimand." oulr publicly criticized the management of the army. Concerning himself he said he had only one-half-hour's work a day, and even for that his brother officers re buked lilm saying he was doing much. Amendlna Rales. At an executive meeting of the labor party It was decided that as the time had come for the elimination of the rule re quiring members to sign the cons.itution the executive committee will recommend the annual conference, which la to meet at Lelcsester in February, to make the neces sary alterations. 11. Pell, late secretary of the Railway Servants' Amalgamation, had to retire from Parliament on his refusal to sign the con- stllutlon. Classes for Brides. At Battuxsea Polytechnic classes in prac tical housekeeping are being conducted which are calculated to be of special value to prospective brides. They are taught the science of housewifery, which Includes such proas! o things as marketing, spring cleaning, bookkeeping and the man agement of servants. Mlaa Nevada to Appear. An Important feature of Thomas Reechaui's forthcoming opera season at Convent garden will be the English debut of Miss Million Nevada. illss Nevada has been trained by her mother, and although she Is barely 3U years old, her voice Is of such exceptional quality that a fuuie eclipsing Madam Nevada's is predicted for her. She made her first ap peaianco in Home a coupla of years ago. i Fortunes In Wrecks. I Tin- I. nil salving the battleship Montagu, wr.clel on Lundy Island, have had the t'iu fortune to stumble on a Spanish v reck i f years ago. This discovery means a very considerable haul for the workmen. The battleship has put a fortune Into the lockets of the men who gave 4() for the Miiu. During the first year's operation they cleared the 14. 'HO paid tor It and il'.W pio.'it and there still rt mams thousand ri the sunken Ships. GERMAN ARMY NEVER FORGETS Man W ho lmdged ( all to Colors Made Serve Time After Lapse uf Thirty Years. BERLIN. Oct. rs.-tSpevla to The Bee ) Jotepli Schmidt was summoned to the colors at Krankfort-on-Malne in IsTk, but he fled and lived In France thirty-two vrars. When all his relatives there died, he bec-ailm uomaelck and returned to (",rr many, but was immediately detected and seriated, lie has now been sentenced to six months' imprisonment -nl will then have to serve as a ootiunoa soldier for turtr yea CONSISTORY TO BE DEFERRED Papal Function Set for November 12 Likely to Be Postponed. CONFESSED MURDERER SET FREE ( holer Epidemic In Home Said to I ii. ... Kei ura.ni.ntio... of I Italian Workmen from Ordering; Strike. I BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT, j HUM K, Oct. special to The Bee i- It is not at all certain that the pope will hold the consistory announced for Novem ber 1-'. Late reports from the Vatican arc. to the effect that he may postpone it for two years. It had been practically ttled that the consistory would be heM next month and that he would name a number of cardinals and bishops. Some prelates here believe the Portuguese! revolution and tho troubles In Spain may cause the poie to alter his program. .Men Who Are In Line. It was believed that Italy had decided to advance twelve churchmen to the cardi- nalate one a Jesuit priest. The promotion of the latter would have been a surprise, as Jesuits seldom if ever accept ecclesiasti cal honors of any kind. The- mm IJ to have been marked for the red hat wcie the following: Mgr. Granito du ltclmotite. papal nuncio at Vienna; Msr. Serafiui, archbishop of Spoleto, a Benedictine monk; Father Cormier, a Dominican; Father Einie, a Jesuit; Mgrs. iilsleti, Lugart ami Glstinl of this city. Archbishop Amethe of Fails, Archbishop iluurne of Westminster and .Archbishop Delia Chiesa of P.olounu. Mnrderrr Is Free. The sjiectaclo of a murderer going free within threo months of his belnir sen tenced la unusual, yet thli Is what has happened In tho ca6 uf Hie KusHlan stu dent, Naumoff, whose connection with the notorious Tarnowakl citnio will be re called. Naumoff shot Count Kumarovskl In 1907, at Venice, and was sentenced In May last to thrte years and one month Im prisonment, Including the time already ! spent In prison previous to his sentence. Although It was Dr. Naumoff who actu- ! ally shot Count Kamarovskl, tie juiy found that he did so under the Influence and at the instigation of a countess. Count Kaina rovskl's mistress, with whom he was pas sionately in love, and that when he com mitted the crime he was in such a state of mental Infirmity as to weaken his responsi bility. It was thus that ho only received tenlenoo of three years and one month, while "the woman In the case" and Prll ukoff, her lover and legal adviser, who were regarded an primarily responsible fcr the crime, received sentences of eight and ten years' Imprisonment respectively. Ulrl A venae Herself. A young woman dressed aa a boy killed the man who had Jilted her here the other Jay. Felice Naiiello was crossing the road when he suddenly fell down twlth a bullet through his hiaxt. The shot had been fired by the girl, who then rushed forward and threw herself on the dead body. She made no attempt at escape, and on being arrested stated that she was a girl In disguise and the former flanceo of Felice, who broke off the engagement. When she heard that her lover was about to marry someone elue she resolved to kill him. She dressed herself as a boy to Insure that she should not be recog nized and foiled. The shooting followed. Exoect Industrial Trouble. The government is apprehensive lest there should be an industrial outbreak here. It Is believed that were It not for the cholera epidemic- the organizations would have Joined In the international troubles which have swept over France, Portugal and Spain. The labor situation Is not ho acute here aa in those countries. The United States ure regarded aa Italy's great safety valve. Workingmen who are dissatisfied with condition here can easily go 10 mo states and secure employment. It la true they have to work hard there, but In the course of a year they can earn more than would be possible to earn of Italians in this country living In com nere In three years. There are thousands parative comfort off money earned In the United States. Female Terrorist to Be Immured I ' 41 - .. .. . Father of Ttiana Leontieff Consent. that Daughter Be Kept in an Asylum. BF.KNK, Oct. 29 (Special li liee.) The Kusslan girl terrorist, tana Leontieff, who in March, was sentenced at Thun to four years' The Tat- l'J07, Im prisonment, less six months, and twenty years' banishment from the Canton of Heine, has Just finished her sentence. She shut M. Muller of Paris in an Interlaken hotel in mistake for the Hussian minister, M. Durnovo. lio;h the Swiss authorities and the girl's father who lives at Berne, realize that Tatiana is still a dangerous person, and it has been decided, at the father's request, that Tatiana shall be Indefinitely retained at tile lunalio alum at Munsingen, near Peine, where she has beun for over a year. GERMANS KILL CAPE BOYS Soldiers of Ihe kilirr Slaughter -a Rt. t'ulcttraat Hunch of Vrork era on Hallroad. CAPETOWN, Oct. ."j (Special to The Bee.) A nie.-tawe from Swokopniund re ports a conflict at Karibtb between German soldiers and Cape "hoys" working on the railway. Twelve of Cue latter were killed and a number wounded, but there were no casualties among the German troops. According to another message from Windhoek eighteen of the "boys" were killed and three wounded. Reinforcements with a Maxim gun have been despatched. INDIAN TRIBES ARE UNEASY Uritlak Troops Held la lleadlnrss to Prevent or I'uaUh Any Mischief. CALCUTTA. Oct. 2). -(Special to The Bee.) The Adam Khels are ri orted to Ik. d stlncily restless. The Attock and Uhue halttanh bridges are being specially guarded in vi.-w of a insslble a; tick and troops are being held in readiness. It a ! r .ported that tribes intend holding a Jirgah rejdiug the ailuatlua PARIS "APACHES" TO RERUN DOWN Murderous Thugs of Gay City Arc Getting Bolder and Increas- , in?; in Number. ! GOVERNMENT A?KS NEW LAW . Will Carry Heavier Sentences and In volve Hard Labor. WHIPPING POST IS NOT FAVORED Minister of Justice is Opposed to Use of the "Cat." ! HUMANITARIANS ALSO AGAINST IT (.ulilcpoxl in lie Erected by the 1 rent-It l.oirrmnriit fur the lleueiit of Aviators When M ii L i n ir Flight. 1!V PAUL VILLI ERS. PARIS, Oct 211. (Special to The Bee.) The government proposes to secure the passage of a special law to wipe out the plague of criminals sometimes called "Apaches." whose only resemblance to the American Indian tribe of that mime '.a that ! they eat. "Apaches" arc nun who laugh at and break all laws, moral and civil. , They are supported by women. They arc! burglars or pickpockets, who carry weapons, and use them. Apaches are In creasing in number; they are becoming more during. Heretofore JudgeB have been too easy with them, frequently turning them loose or giving llgnter sentenoes than a New York mag strate sometimes Inflicts on a simple misdemeanor. The minister of the Interior will intro duce a new bill to deal with the Apaches so neverely that they will think twice be fore plunging daggers Into the breast of a passerby or of shooting him. Hereto fore these criminals have only served half time when In prison. The new law will provide for confinement at hard labor. No exception will be made to this rule. In the new prisons, such as that of Frosnes, the prisoners are too comfortable. They have steam heating, electric lighting, are al lowed to smoke, and call such punishment "being sent out to take a rest." Whipping Post Not Likely. The whipping post advocates are in creasing in number and probably would have their way but for M. Barthon, minis ter of Justice, who la opposed to the lash. Many of the Apaches' viotims are Ameri cans, four being the count In two days re cently. M. Barthon thinks more severity on the part of the magistrates, a pro longed period of bard labor, will be as efficacious as the whip, if not more so. The "cat" is Impossible in a country like France, thinks M. Barthou. What a row there would be, he says. Besides, would It be possible to find Frenchman willing to undertake the task of flogging a crim inal? On this point a writer In the Ll berte suggests that Barthou should adver t se for a "flogger," and wagers that the ministry of justice would he flooded with applications In twenty-four hours. But our minister of Justice will not have the cat at any price, though he promises that his method of hard labor will out down the Apache and Paris ans will be able to walk the boulevards and even the side streets without risk. There Is little doubt that the sentimentalists or "humanitarians" will gain the day, and It Is safe to predict that the lash will not be used here. Box Murderers Confess. Two boys, George T-ssler, 17 year, and Paul Demarest, 16, who murdered a bank collector named Ar.dre In a house occu pied by Tlssler'a mother In the Boulevard de la Vlllette, ten days ago, have been caught and have confessed. They admit that the murder was pre meditated. One of the prisoners drew a bill against the other, and when the col lector called to receive payment he said he had no money and requested him to leave the paper. While he was engaged In filing in the necessary entries one youth stabbed him in the necki The other struck him on tho head with a hammer. Gnldeposts for Flyers. The French National Aviation league has decided that certain signs be put up on land so that aviators may know which way they are traveling. During the eastern circuit, Manet, Logagneux and Leblanc had to alight on the earth to see where they were traveling to. and others lost piizes simply because they went In the wrong direction, unconsciously. It is proposed to place Immense numbers on the ground, at all points in the country, in the city, in villages. Places marking a point will be designated by two numbers, one indicating the distance north or soutli on a parallel with Paris, the other number indicating tiie distance west or east of tiie Paris meiidlan. If an aviator loses his bearings he will see the numbers ltiS-53. This will tell him that he Is PiS kilometers north of the parallel of Pari. and fir.y-three kilometers east of its meridian. Now how can he Knew that he is south Instead of north? The numbers will be underlined. For In tance, If tre last number is underlined, he will know that he is south, and if the first figure is underlined it will tell him that he Is east of the meridian. Dies on Lover's Grave. Gjvbriello Prevet, the 20-year-old sweet heart of Edmund Polllot, the aviator who was killed while flying at Chartres, shot herself on her lover's grave In Montmarte cemetery a wetk after his death. The girl learned the news of her lover's ac cident fn m the newspapers and she set out to take a last farewell of her lover. She was picked up in a fainting condition fiom beside the coffin and bruught to her home In this city. Then, attired In deep mourning, she visited the cemetery alone and ended her life. Auolher Love Tragedy. The mry of a love affair comes from Nice, the parties concerned being the son of a Russian general and a young opera singer. The man. Baron Alexander Zako aielski, ws only 21 years of age. The woman was Induced by the gtneral to break off the Intrigue and leave Nic. She was discovered by her liver a she was leaving the house of a friend. He begged her to return, but she refused, whereupon he prodmtd a revolver and fired two shots. Botli mUsed her. He then loded a bullet In his brain. It U kald that a brother of Us killed Uluiself last suxuuiof. THE SHAVER SHAVED "" fc2Lr FORTIFYING THE IRISD COAST British Government Preparing to Put Guns in New Forts. RESULT OF GERMAN WAR SCARE Sale of Landed Kstates Proceeds In Vnrlons Parts of Ireland, with Resulting Benefit to the Tenantry, BY THOMAS EMMETT. DUBLIN, Oct 29. (Special to The Bee.) The vulnerable spots along the Irish coast are to be provided with modern guns by tho English government. The steamer Wolseley has arrived in Lough Swllly with the first of the new guns for Deenan fort. Those guns will have a carrying capacity of about eighteen milos. Deenan fort is ut the east entrance to Though Swllly and would, in time of war, play an important part in the defence of vessels running for shelter. This Is believed to be the result of the German war scare. Drownlug of a Priest, Father Walsh, a priest, wept at an In quest at Dalkey as he told the story of the drowning of his companion, Father English, a professor at St. Mary's college. He al most perished in his effiurt to save him. Both were bathing at the same time. After swimming about fifty yards he turned to come In, when Father English cried, "Help, me!" I selxed his arm and dragged him to within ten yards of the rocks when the heavy backwash swept us out again. Three times I endeavored to bring in my friend and each time we were hurled back. At last becoming exhausted. Seeing it "was only a matter of moments with his fellow prlese. the witness saw the priest raise his hand and gave him absolu tion. Father English disappeared after wards. Father Wulsh was flung on a rock a moment later. He was swept off again, but at length secured a safe landing in an exhausted condition. Hoy Hurglars at Belfast. Many of the burglaries happening of late In Belfast have been traced to a gang of six urchins, the youngest being 6 years old and the oldest 13 years qld. It was stated at the children's court that a score of dwelling houses and shops had been entered. Tiie houses were entered by pushing Pack the catch. Thre oJ the eldest boys were sent t ) a reformatory. The magistrate was puzzled as to how he should dispose of the younger boys. A movement has been Inaugurated in Limerick to erect a memorial to the late Rev. James Dowd. B. A., a popular Pro testant clergyman. A committee, composed of Catholics as well as Protestants, was appointed to cellect funds for the erection tablet In St. Mary's cathedral. Sale of Landed Kstates. The earl of Devon sold his West Limerick holds on October 12. Most of the tenants on Lord Veniry's Kerry estate have signed their agreements and the principal stage in the sale of this extensive property to the congested districts board has been reached. It covers lOO.OuO acres. The Stewart lands, the must fertile In the Oswestry section, are to be sold In lots in December. Many of the farms have been occupied by the same family for over a centur) . At the recent Industrial conference It was stated that the total Import arid export trade at Irish ports in ls is estimated at 117,017, 7SS. an Increase of IS.6Cs.079 over 190s. The imports amounted to it3X7,li and the exports to 61.72S.(&a During a esaion In the Irish court held to revise the list of voters, a Captain John Mc Carthy, cla med to be a loiter to bis wife and said he bad no politics. Hia honor aid it was contrary to human nature that a nuui should be a louder to his wile. Comincr and Goincr in Omaha 'III! HALL OWE 'E2f Local Events as View , a oy ihe Bee's Artist. Jealous Switzer Does Queer Trick Finds Rival on Aerial Tramway and Anchors Him There for the Night. GENEVA. Oct. 29. (Special to The Bee.) In several parts of Switzerland lumber cut on the mountain side Is transported to the valley by aerial cables, to which a kind of wooden stretcher Is attached, on which a tree is tied. The cables are set in motion, by electricity and the lum ber descends or ascends on the wire. At the village of Ludlano, In the Blento valley, Slgnor Ferrari aged 23, was seated on a log which had been lert on the cables, when suddenly somebody set the machinery in motion and he was carried tip to a height of 2.400 feet. About fifty feel from the landing place on the mountain the current was switched off and Slgnor Ferrari was stranded in the air. Ho shouted himself hoarse for two hours, but nobody heard h'm, snd h ; had to stay on the log all night, In c.oid ' weather. . i Next morning, thirteen hours later, when me v ui numii iinuiru uun u iiie i"K, hicj found the' young man almost unconscious and half frozen, but a doctor brought him round. An Inquiry was oened and It was found that Ferrari's rival in a love affair wa seen near the electric works at the time and he has been arrested. Actor Uses ivio to Kill Manager Discharged Spvmsh Thispian Goes Onto Stage During Play to Do Murder. MADRID, Oct. .-(Special to The Bee.) A remarkable tragedy occurred at the Actualldudes theater at Cart igenn. Antonio Oonzales, a prominent actor, who has been playing there, was informed that his services were no longer required. He had an interview with Salvador Sorel, I the director of the theater, who also plays ja leading part with tiie company, but Sorel refused to r Instate him. During the afternoon performance Gon zalez procured a razor and rushed on the state while Sorel was uciing. Tiie men fought together, but before Gonzalez coul.l be overpowered l.e tripped Sorel up, threw him on the stage and cut his throat. He then walked cooly out of the tlieaier banishing the blood-stained razor. The audit nee were in a state of panic and a number of women fainted. Gonzalez was arrested. TAOTAI IS CASHIERED FOR GRAFTING IN OFFICE High Official of Mianahal Pried Loose from Good Thing; for Crookedness. SHANGHAI. Oct. 29.-(Speclal to The Bee.) The Taotai of Shanghai has been cashiered. The step Is attributed In native circles to his not forwarding Ihe customs j moneys to headquarters. 1 It Is thought, however, to be more likely I to be due to local clissnth faction on account of ( Uin fnancl.il oreritlons In winner I tkn with the futuis raised for the construc- tion of the Sz chuan-Hupeh railway, to j rubber speculations, and to his devoting the loan of IJWO.iiU) from the foreign banks, ! conct. dtd a i ouple of inon hs ago to tide lover the fliiHiicli crisis occasioned by the 'failure of native bunks, to his own Interests, j and not those of the Chinese In geiieral. The fate of the further ban of I,3i0,oo0 I Willi a Hongkong bank arranged for the same purpose is not Jut revealer' lifr'J.'XHij ' 'fvto t I, 4. C. c' . . If- t m ANOTHER TWTST AUSTRIA WOULD ECONOMIZE Government Starts Investigation to Cut Price of Foodstuffs, CHANCE FOR AMERICAN MEAT Queer Advertisement Made tn an Kf fort to Locate Mnn Who, If Liv ing., Wonld lie Far Past One Hundred. By EM IL A NDR ASST. VIENNA, Oct. 'S. (Special to the Bee.) Austria has her high cost of living prob lem In common with the rest of the world, and the government has gone to work to find out if a solution cannot be found. Right here it may be suld there is a chance for American meat exporters to develop a business in Austria. , A delegation from tho united chambers of commerce of Austria under government auspices has already been sent to Eng land to Investigate the chilled meat busi ness with u view to introducing it Into Austria and I understand it is the purpose of the government to send agents to the United Stutes, Argentine and Australia to make investigation at the shipping points. Diplomatic and consular representatives In those countries have been Instructed to send full details of the meat shipping busi ness to the home government. Austria's Moat Beantlful. Frauelln Mela Rybicka has been de clared the most beautiful woman in Aus tria, the home of beautiful women. She won first prize in the recent Aus trian national beauty competition. The competition was confined to Austrian ladies of title and wives and daughters of military and professional men, actresses and profes sional beauties being rigorously excluded. Mustaches and Headaches. Dr. I'uul Klager, tho famous Viennese physician, has delivered a sensational lee. tore before the Medical society. He sajrs, "the growing fashion of shaving the mous tache is responslblo for the growing num bers of patients suffering from headaches and diseases of the respiratory organs." Among 500 cases of serious headaches and diseases of the nose and throat, ha had counted 4J0 patients who had their mous taches shaved off. The moustache la a natural protection for the nose against the Invasion of cold air, dust and mi crobes. Women, he says, are not so often In the streets, mid wear veils to protect themselves, and their nostrilB are narrower than those of men. Notice to Mission" Alan, Prague Is a very ancient city, and the authorities -there teem to assume that the :ul ahiian's wl.liln Its administrative uri-.i will act up to that reputation and become ancient, tio. A notice has been Inserted In tiie "Prague Gazette" relative to the estate of a man who was born In July, 177 ii. It reads: "Seeing that since the With of Michel Pflughell there I. as elapied a period of 134 years, and that 1,1s place of lesidence has remained unknown for fifty-two years, notice Is hereby, given, under section I. etc., that a drcien preHiiiol: g his death will be grunted by the court, if the missing person does not present himself, or in some other manner satisfy the tribunal that he is alive, before October 1L." Oldest Woman Dead. A few days ago the oldest woman In Vienna. Kathaiina Lstlg. died, aged 111. Last week Vienna's oldest man, MorlU Weiss, formerly a butcher, died, aged 109. B'Xh enjoyed terfert health until last week, and both died under tiie anie roof the Jewish hospital. j Woman Porter llns. A woman porter Is In gieat request at tiie station at Ak'iam. She ui.deiiakei tn curry babies or In. k after young children while j the mother attends to her lugamt and ticket. FINLAND SOON TO BE ABSORBED Last Semblance of a Separate Identity to Be Wiped Out by the -Czar's Ministers. TO BECOME A RUSSIAN PR0VLNCE Grand Duchy to Be Divided Into Zemstvos. JULES VERNE'S DREAM OUTDONE Change of Time on Russian Road ii Very Significant. POLICE SEEK A SPORTY MONK Controlling- Powers In Dominions of the (r 1 se Drnsllo Measures to Crush Strike of l'ollah Workmen. BY GEORGE ERASER. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 2!. -(Special ta The Bee.) -Tho final and organic absorp tion of Finland into the Russian empire Is now a matter of only a short time. The contlnuancy of the latest Finnish Diet has convinced official Russia that there la no more use In trying to bring Finland as a separate entity Into harmony with the bal ance of tho empire, so tho semblance of separate Identity will be wiped out, tho grand duchy will be divided into zemstvos and made a Russian province. Just when this will be done Is not known, but It will not bo very long. Around Ihe World. ' Russia has made It posslblo to circle the globe in thirty-seven days, cutting Jules Verne's time In hair. Owing to the recent improvements In tho trans-Siberian railway service, tho Journey between Vladivostok's: and .Moscow hui been accelerated twenty four hours. Supposing u passenger leaves London on a Monday, lie would reach Yokohama on the second Monday after his departure, and by taking one uf the fast steamers of the Canadian Pacific line Van- ; couver could be reached in twenty-six days from London, and. of course. It is eamv enough If the steamers connect at New York, to reach London in eleven days aftor leaving Vancouver. .Monk M anted for Murder. Tho police of Russia, Austria and Ger many are searching; for a fugitive Paulist monk, Father Damaslus Macoch, who la charged with the robbery of precious ston-s valued at SJ.OOO.OUO and the murder of hia brother, a postman. The robbery took place a year ago ad Czestochowa, in Russia Poland. The church, there contains an image of the virgin and -child ascribed to St. LuXe. The image onco belonged to the mother of Constantino tha Great and has been at Czestochowa since 13X2. Miraculous powers are ascribed to it and myriada of pilgrims have visited it durlnaj the last six centuries. Some 300.000 Poles go there each year. The image had been decorated with precious objects of vast worth, presented by popes, emperors and kings. Tho virgin's crown, given by Fopo Clement in 1719, was valued at t.V),000. A robe of pearls given by CJueen Hedwlg of Poland was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. There was a painful sensation throughout Poland when the news of tha lohbory of J3,0tJ,0U0 worth of the treaauro was made known. Monk Was a Mport. llim missing monk, who wu uu.ri,..i a Czestochowa monastery, la said To have been living riotously with a woman said, by some to he his brother's wife and by others to be a telephone operator at War. saw and other towns. The discovery of a body In the River Warta adds to the mystery. The man. who had evidently been murdered, wa found sewn up in a sofa, lie proved to be Wenzel Macoch, a postman and brother of the monk. The public prosecutor had meanwhile ascertained that the monastery authori ties misled the police in their attempts to trace the authors, both of the robbery and the postman's death. The monastery ha now been officially sealed, and ex haustive Investigations are tuking plaoe. Several monks are under arrest. A papal delegate la understood to hava arrived with orders to expel the Paulist monks and to transfer the monastery to another order. The police belluve that the dead post man had knowledge of his brother's guilt) and that the monk caused lilm to be nrnr. dered In order that he might not denounce the authors of the robbery. Strike in Russia. Russia's ways of dealing with a strlks are of the drastic kind which wouldn't be tolerateo In America, but which seem, to be efficacious In down-trodden Poland. Six hundred discontented tramway meii in Warsaw "came out" the other day; and so did the police and the military. These combined foros arrested all the strikers, lodged them In gaol, forced them next day to work the cars, each under Die escort of four soldiers, and "trafflo was continued as usual." At the close of the day the men were conducted back to prison. ALEXANDRA'S JWIND AFFECTED Dovraaer Queeu of Ungland Ha Mpella of Itesllesaneaa that shock Family. BY ERIC GRI ND.MARK. COPENHAGEN, Oct. if.. -.Special to Tho I Bee.) Has the mind of CJueen Alexandra 1 of England been affected by tho death of I her husband, King Edward? I There ure those who have been in posi tion to observe her majesty since she has been at Holdoru who ure inclined to an swer this question In the affirmative. Tho queen Is. I am Informed, exceedingly ner vous, is restless to an alarming degree and ' is Inclined to be querulous and fault find j lug. This Is so different to her calm, gracl 1 ous manner before her bereavement h.tl It I Is causing concern to her relatives. Her Indisposition to accept the position of I Dowager, her refusal to be called queen I mother and her determination to maintain a separate rourt of her own, which has j caused more or Ich. emba rrassmeut In I England, ure additional evidences that i grief for Iter husband, for w hom she u,d a sincere affection rather unusual among royalties, lias affected Wuccll Alvxandia'a 1 mind.