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LLOYD GEORGE'S
STATE INSURANCE
Proposed Irian win Cover Sickness
ana invalidity in a J-are
Class.
DRAFT READY FOR PARLIAMENT
Any Person Receiving; Less Than Tax
able Income is Eligible.
MINIMUM FIVE SHILLINGS A WEEK
Insurance Will Cover the Working
Years of Life.
FUNDS FROM THREE SOURCES
Lard Roarhrrr In the Hole of Ion
firmed Calamity llomlrr Who
Bees Militant Kni'lulUm Hr
nlnd nntlcrt.
BY PAIL LAMBETH.
LONDON, Jan. is. (Special to The Bee.)
The scheme, of state Insurance for sickness
and Invalidity, which tins been drafted
by the chancellor of the exchequer, may be
launched this session. . The main outlines of
the scheme as drafted are as follows: .
Compulsory Insurance for sickness and
Invalidity for the . whole of the worklns
population of the country whose Incomes
are below the Income tax level of 160 a
year.
The minimum Insurance Is to be Ds a
week, this to be the limit of the state com
pulsory scheme; an Inaufanre beyond the
fixed minimum of T ' per week being
purely voluntary insurance by the member
with the friendly society. The minimum
Insurance of 6a a week will be guaranteed
by the state.
The period which the state Insurance will
covar will be the working years of II to be
tween 18 and 70.
Tha contribution needed to provide a sick
ness Insurance of 5s a week will be calcu
lated by the government actuaries, and the
cost will be met one-half by the workmen
Insurer and the remaining half in equal
proportions by the employer and the statu.
Tha proposed scheme of insurance, being
compulsory and universal In Us application
so far as the whole of the working popu
lation Is concerned, will accept the risks
of all lives, good and bad.
The scheme makes provision for the es
tablishment of a central administrative
council composed of representatives of the
'government, the friendly societies and em
ployers of labor to deal with all questions
which arise under tha Working of the
enema.
draft In InklU.
(-,The Inquiry mad by the privy council on
appeal from the supreme court of Burmah
baa developed the fact that graft tn the
shape of padded payrolls' in ins Khedhah
, department (elep)jant hunting) is rampant.
In fact, aa bad as It Is In the British (In
dian) army. Three' of the principal officers
who were convicted appealed. The govern,
ment alleged that ttiere" wmre only fc'j hunt
art Qa certain expedition: 'The defendants,
t was "alleged, had' cooked -up the accounts
id ii to make it appear 340 men had taken
". part. -i
Tha defendants appealed to tlx privy
council, which has .decided . against , tha
grafters.
The government has ban advised that
.then Is a' crooked upes on a large scale In
other Indian bureaus and departments and
It Is tntlmsted that . investigators are at
work In them to carn the extent of the
stealing.
Abyssinia Gets Anus.
England Is much concerned over tha re
port that 00.000 stand of arms and some
(.000,000 of cartridges, part of Japan's spoils
of war taken uf Tort Arthur, have been
sold to Abyssinia.- Tho price paid -Is not
stated, but the seller states that ha has al
ready been paid. It Is not Improbable that
a good deal more .will be. heard of this mati
ter. as the British government has been
making anxious Inquiry with a view of
finding out why the arms and ammunition
were bought,
i Putroltng Persia a Galf.
British warships have been patrolling
the waters at the entrance of the Persian
gulf for more than a year to prevent illicit
trade in rifles on the northwest frontier of
India. Captures have been made, some.
times after severe conflicts. An encounter
at Pibal, near IJngah, resulted in the loss
of four British seamen killed and nine
wounded.
Hwvsnr Calamity Howler.
Ixrd , Rosebery haa become a confirmed
"calamity howler." With bloodshot eyes,
haggard face and screaming voice, he pre
dicts the ruin of the empire as tha result
of the budget, lie sees behind Lloyd
George the forces of socialism, the wreck
ers of tha home, the destruction of Chris
tianity, In a word the end of all things.
And, like Burke, Lord . Rosebery standi
alone. Ills monomania has cost him not
only his party, but his friends. Thosa who
clung to htm to tha last ar now disgusted
at his attempt . to pose as an Impartial
statesman, while In reality he Is In sym
pathy with the Tories, and would prefer
that he would play the man and go straight
over. "What a humiliating position for the
brilliant Lord Ruecbery. once the darling
of liberalism, llw uncrowned king of Scot
land, to be reduced te the role of a politi
cal Cinderella, whose chosen tak it Is to do
and dirty scullery work of the Tory
party." is the comment concerning him
made by one of his former staunchest sup
porters.
Roman t karri ! ( vsirrti
Five Kptscoallan clergymen and fifty
members of their churches at Brighton re
cently Joined the Roman Catholic church
and were confirmed publicly by the bishop
of Southwark. The Rev. David Rhys-Morgan,
a prominent Welsh parson, was re
cently' received in the Roman Catholic
church at Franciscan college, Oxford, Eng
land. The clergymen are In Rome studying
for the priesthood.
In connection with the recent sale of what
is known as the Peddler's Acre In I.am
beth. and the payment of the proceeds to a
body of trustees, there la stated to be a
probability of litigation over the question
of whether the money received rightly be
long to the local authority or to the churcn
authorities. The sum at stake is about
Hoo.ouo.
The estate, one acre only, when be
queathed by a man said to have been a
iwuivr in inv liiimuii iTiiiuif wu uv
of any great value. The land had a front
age on the Thames, and was acquired by
tha county council. The generally accepted
theory that the poor peddler bequeathed
tha land to the church in recognition of
the kindness he had received and also upon
the condition that ha was permitted to
hues' gaiiMul do ia tha churchyard.
PLAGUE IS NOW STAMPED OUT!
Travelers Again Taking to' Sightsee
ing in Italy.
POPE OBLIGES O.J PARISHIONERS
Tnlrnlrd Painter ho l ook I n the
l.llr of a Monk l llevollnti Ills
life to Wnrk la DM
Chorche.
nOMK, Jan. Special lo The Ree. i -
Tlie plHRiie which recentlv swept over the
country Ik now well under control : In fuel
Ik has been all hut stamped nut. There Is
an Isolated case of choleri here and there.
Trm rlers who have bcrn glvltiK the coun
try a wide berth are coming here.
rope Kln.l to W.l Folks.
Kor the first time since his election. Tope
Tills exercised the office of confessor re
cently. Three old people from his native
town of Klese were the penitents.
Ktnn On let tanln.
The eruption of Mount Ktna Is now con
sidered over. A slight cloud of smoke ris
ing from the central cruter Is the only
sign of the volcano's ac tivity. Neverthe
less Prnfs. Rnco and Mercnlll, are of the
opinion that a further and exceedingly vio
lent eruption may be expected shortly.
Mnrilerra I Insane.
Py order of the president of the Venice
court, three mental experts have examined
the Counters Tarnownkn and they have
pronounce 'I per V holly insane. It Is un
derstood that h Vi III he removed to mc
private asylum of Prof. Rossi. Ths gov.
ernment recently (rinsed to pardon the
murderess.
Teat of St. Jerome.
Father Antonio Staerk. a Renedictlne
monk, has nearly completed his reproduc
tion of the original texts of St. Jerome, the
manuscripts of which are in the Russian
imperial library.
Mafia mill Active.
Another crime has been perpetrated bv
members of the Mafia ' rganizatlon. l'as
qtiale Vita, the manager of the sulphur
mine at Farara. was acused of having
betrayed the association. The supreme trib
unal of the Mafia condemned him to death.
Vila, whilst proceeding to the mine, was
attacked and killed by six masked men.
who fired fourteen shots at their victim
at point-blank range.
Pisa Chi men Hlaa.
The order which prohibited the ringing of
the chimes In tlis.lranW. lower at Pisa
has been revoked, there being no risk in
the ringing. Father Alfanl. the noted
seismologist, has concluded experiments at
the tower, with trepldometer Instruments
of his own invention which measured the
vibrations caused by the ringing of the
bells In the tower. Father . Alfanl ascer
tained that the oscillations were Insignifi
cant, even when tha bells were runs; con
tinuously, and that there was no danger
to the tower.
... ,
-- Maaslnl Works far Love.
Brother Paolo ' Musslnl, . a talented
painter, who soma years ago suddenly dis
appeared from his studio, waa next heard
of as a Francisctn friar painting in fresco
the walls of a poor old church. Every now
and again the Illustrated ' papers gave re
productions of his pictures or a likeness of
himself In the habit of his order. He has
written a letter to the newspapers asking
for contributions to help him in his work
of decoration of an abandoned church.
"On the footprints of St. Francis I go
about restoring poor and abandoned
churches." he says. The church which
Fra Paolo is decorating Is the parish
church of Qulntodeclmo, the place being
a picturesque village on the banks of the
Tronto. .He says tn his appeal: "A beau
tiful, house of God is a very good school
for the people."
( morn Trial Deferred.'
'.The .trial of Chief Enrico Alfano and his
thirty-two comrades in the Camorra,
charged with the murder of James Cuo
colo and his wife, has been postponed to
the first week of March.
Gold Excitement
Aroused in Scotland
by Good Prospects
Abandoned Fields on Property of the
Duke of Sutherland Axe to Be
Worked 'Again.
EDINBURGH. Jan. 28. -(Special to The
Bee.) Scotland is having another attack
of the gold fever. The duke of Southland's
gold fields at KUdonan. In Sutherlandshlre,
are likely to be re-opened after an Interval
of some forty years. There was a great
rush during the years 1870-71 to this out
lying part of Scotland, when an Australian
digger, named Gilchrist, returning to his
native country, made the discovery of a
nice little three to four ounce nugget in
one of the upland streams running Into, the
Brora river, and thereafter set to work
wllh considerable success washing out gold
from the neighboring "burns" and tribu
taries. But the present duke's father
closed the workings, owing, It Is said, to
the shooting tenants complaining about
"undesirables" roaming over their pre
serves.
Some twenty years later another effort
was mads, but on this occasion the work
was stopped by the advice of geologists,
who said that gold was not there in pay
ing quantities; that It waa not to be found
in the matrix, but only In the washings
i from the deposits of running streams, and
that the origin of even this came from the
glaciers of prehistoric times. That opinion
was not convincing to many practical
diggers wltli experience, and now that a
Perfectly fair trial is likely to be given. It
will soon be ascertained if gold deposits
In payable quantities He tn the KUdonan
district.
MOHAMMEDAN CONGRESS
FOR LIBERAL EDUCATION
Salable Drpartnre front Politic
Dleraaaluas Marks Sessions
at Nasser.
CAIiCCTTA. Jan. M -(Special to The
llee ) Tbe dominant note In the Moham
snedan congresses concluded at N'agpur has
been the attention paid to education and
communal Improvement rather than to
strictly political matters. The resolutions
passed favored women's education, Im
proved scientific and technical Instruction,
universal, free and compulsory primary
educaton, and tha creation of a Mohsni
medan educational fund-
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A I U 1 1 1 A V7 1 t J.I l J 1 A J A
FULL OF COMEDY
Chauffeur ia Berlin Claims Fortune
that He Found in His
Vehicle.
OWNER OF THE CAB WANTS IT
Two Cities Also Claim a Share in the
"Pickup."
KAISER AGAIN SCORES DIPLOMATS
Made Presentation of a Crucifix to a
Catholic Prior.
SHOCKING STORY OF DEGENERACY
Accidental Hrenkina of a Parkaar In
the Malls Drought to l.laht an
Amaslng Disregard of Life
In a Family.
RY MALCOMH CLARK.
BERLIN. Jan. 2S.-(Speclal to The Fee.)
Two municipalities. Including this city, a
chauffeur and n taxlcab owner, nre in
volved In a struggle for small fortune
which belonRS to none of them. The strug
gle haa comic opera features about It and
the story may in time find expression on
the stage.
Paul Kuglemsnn. a taxlean man who
errns bis living here, ia wondering whether
he is destined to be a capitalist or chauf
feur. A year ago he found In his car
4 0X1 In cash and bnnk notes and lewels
worth .1.400. left by a grateful "fare."
Kugelmann handed over the valuables to
the police administration. Lost property
reverts to the finder If not claimed within
a year. The chauffeur was Just about to
take possession when the owner of the
tnxicab Intervened wllh the contention that
the valuables belonged to him and not to
the chauffeur.
Then the city put Ir a demand for 4V.
as the d'scovery took , place within
Its boundaries. The neighboring munlei-'the
pallty of Charlottcnburg protested that It.
too. was entitled to a portion of the pro
ceeds, as the finder lives In Charlotten
burg. Both 'municipalities base their
cli.lms on the ground that Kugelmann has
"Inherited" a taxable fortune.
More Thrills from Kaiser.
The remarkable utterances of the kaiser
In the course of a recent visit to a Bene
dictine abbey and his gift of a huge, solid
silver crucifix to the prior, have exercised
foreign ministers everywhere. . He !
clever, his culture is high, but he haa a
side to his nature that- sometimes pussies.
I do not see why his pronouncement In
favor of Catholicism should astonish any
one.' "Ti tie not the head of the Catholic
church, .ia Pxuaa!? When Prince Max of
Saxony tried for the see of Strflsburg WU
Ham took pleasure lit preferring his tutor,
The hurluberlu that lurks In the bottom,
of the. emperor's mind toe often drawls at
tention from hts shrewdly mfcUer-tf-faet
disposition. The speech to the prior'
It appearif not ;t miich meant for him as
for the Catholic court of Venna, and to
help the management of the countess 'of
Hohenberg In preparing for a match be
tween a Prussian princess and the arch
duke Charles Francis, second presumptive
heir to the Imperial throne.
Amaslng Story of Degeneracy.
A postal packet which came undone on
its way to Hamburg revealed an appalling
tory of family degeneracy and misery.
Apparently, the domestic discords of the
Kottbus gymnasium professor, Herr
Kothe, and his wife. Were tha primary
cause of the evil. Absence of harmony
In the household resulted in four sons
being neglected, left to their own re
sources and allowed to grow Up without
education In character.
One of them, who had distinguished
himself by his reckless ways, was sent
Into the navy, in the hope that discipline
would act as a corrective. But before the
now Influences had time to assert their
sway, he was detected in peculations and
dismissed. While he was still over
whelmed with this disgrace, one of his
brothers, who had . taken a divinity de
gree and had a position as tutor In Bllesla,
presented himself before him at W1I-
helmshaven. and, proffering a loaded re
volver, proposed that he should commit
suicide ,at the same time stating that it
was his parents' wish that he should do
so. The wretched youth agreed, and made
an attempt to blow out his brains, but
only succeeded in completely destroying
the sight of both eyes. In the misery of
his blindness he was found by a third of
the brothers at Hamburg. Together they
talked over his hopeless plight, and he
expressed a wish to put an end to his ex
istence. The apprentice therefore wrote
the fourth of the brothers, who Is a chem
ist, asking him to provide a suitable
poison.
Eventually a mortal dose of cyanide of
potassium was sent off, snd with it letters
which had been received about the af
fair. This was the packet which burst
from its wrapper in the post and
so led to the arrest of the two broth
era. The court sentenced them to five
months' Imprisonment.
Kropps Reaching Oat.
The ministry of marine Is lending Its
countenance to a scheme initiated by
Krupps to take over the Ironworks at
Mariupol snd equip them with an armour
plant. Tha money which la presumably to
be borrowed In London and Paris fur the
needs of a Russian navy would thus find
its way Into German pockets. The Novo
Vremya asks if the Germans are encour
aged to open a rival establishment in
Southern Russia, and Inquires whether It
la politic thus to give the Germane a foot
Ing In the Ulack Sea UtAi arda. which may
sooner or later have tn eompete against
Turco-Gormun constructions.
Statistics published Illustrating the great
progress of Krupp's works for the last
year show that on July 1 the firm era
ployed 48.T2C officials, clerks and work
men, who with their families made up the
population of a large town. Of these,
37,711 were employed In the steel foundry
and the gun-testing grounds alone. The
coal and coke consumption for the year
amounted to 2.S1.40S tons. The number of
steam engines was U9, developing SM3e
horsepower. The firm has its own enor
mous electricity works and gasworks. There
are eighty-seven miles of railway, fifty
two locomotives and I.X4 wagons.
It la announced that tbe third volume of
Bismarck's memoirs wiU not be published
during the lifetime of tha present emperor.
ORANGEMEN STILL RAMPANT
Nationalists Brutally Assaulted and
One is Killed.
VIEWS OF A PROTESTANT BISHOP
Her. Dr. Rllott Asserts the K.strenie
lats Opposing Home Hale Are
I'uttlna Themselves la an
Absurd Position.
M
RY THOMAS EMMKTT.
WBIJ.V. Jan. 2. (Special to The Bee.)
The Orangemen and their tory allies are
as violent and rampart -as ever. They
recently assassinated Thomas McClorey In
South Down.. McClorey and two fellow
nationalists wvre assaulted on the night
before election, on the road at Rathfalland.
He died from his Injuries. The respectable
Protestants of that section who are op
posed to violence hsve denounced the
crime. No arrests have been made. The
Right Rev. Ir. Elliott. Episcopal bishop
of Kllmore. who Is a Tory and opposed
to home rule, has denounced the Orange
men and unionists who have been advising
a revolt In case England grants Ireland
the right to govern Itself. in a public
letter he said:
"It seems to me as if we unionists are
cursed with nn excess of sentiment and a
dearth of common sense. If home rule
comes, to talk of resisting It by force of i
arms is not only wicked, but absurd, and
If we are. by a sense of England's ingrati
tude, to become assimilated to the na
tionalists in disloyalty and hatred of every
thing British, the prospect is most re
pulsive." Orangemen Drilling.
The Relfast Newsletter announces that.
In view of home rule, drilling operations
are in full swing among Orangemen
throughout I'lfter. Borne 60,000 men have
expressed their willingness to take up arms
and arrangements are being made to raise
brigades of cavalry.
Mixed Marriages (ante Strife.
Over 6,000 persons attended In Belfast a
demonstration of the various Protestant
denominations in l ister to, protest against
the papal decree on mixed marriages. On
motion of the bishop of Down, a reso
lutlon was passed declaring that the ap
plication of the decree in Ireland would In
crease the cleavage between Protestants
and" Catholics and engender sectarian hate.
Orange Chaplain Ilecontes Catholic.
Rev. John Haughton Steele, minister of
the Episcopal church at Crom, Cavan, for
twenty-two years, chaplain to the earl of
Erne, grand master of the Orangemen, has
been received Into the Catholic church, and
has gone to Rome to study for the priest
hood. By his action he sacrifices a
tlpehd bf 250 " and a residence provided
by the earl of Erne.
, Hate riagne. Wexford. '
A visitation of rata in some' districts in
South Wexford haa caused a great deal
of damage to farmers. The vicious rodents,
not content with visiting the homes, have
betaken, themselves to the gardens and
tillage lands, Vfhere' they , have injured
potatoes ana grain.) it-ui . ueneveo inai
ships pie? Ihg between England' and this
country have brought ' them here. ' There
ia a rat plague In England.
Eleetloa foot, Nothing.
With the exception of the returning of
ficer's fee, J. MacVeagh'a election as na
tlonalist M. P. for South Down cost him
nothing. At a meeting to celebrate his
success he said ' he had ' won a victory
without expending a copper on the pay
ment of agents, literature, postage, print
ing, or even on the lesue of polling cards.
Severe Seismic Shock.
A violent earthquake Was recorded on
the seismograph apparatus of Mungret
college. Limerick. So violent was It that
all the Instruments were dismounted
Kingdom of Greece
is Waking Up to
Modern Methods
Army, Nary and Police Force to Be
Reorganized by Offioert
from Other Nations.
ATHENS, Jan. 18. -(Special to The Bee.)
Greece proposes to reorganise her army.
navy and police on the moat modern
European lines. General Eydoox of the
French army la coming shortly to reor
ganise the army. An English rear admiral
la coming shortly to reorganise the navy.
Another officer of the same high rank in
the engineering department Is also coming
to take charge of the arsenal. Two other
officers of lower rank will follow, and In
time It will be decided, if there Is need, for
other British officers to come to com
pletely place the- Greek navy upon an ef
ficient foundation.
The Italian government has been ap
proached by the Greek minister In Rome
to ask its aid In reorganizing the police
and the gendarmerie, but so far nothing
has been definitely arranged.
Germany has not been forgotten, for the
Greek government has begged her to send
one of her best professors from Saxony
to help the new ministry of agriculture to
draw up some schemes regarding land and
properties throughout the kingdom.
AUSTRALIANS DRAWING
THE COLOR LINE ON SHIPS
Strong Movement to Stop Employment
of Colored Crews on Trad-i
lag Ships.
SYDNEY", Jan. 28. 4 Special to The Bee.)
The Australian, movement against the
employment af colored crews on vessels
trading to Commonwealth and New Zea
land ports is extending, and the dominion
premier has Intimated the Intention of his
government to deal with the matter this
session. It being proposed to extend the
New Zealand coastal law to Australia and
the Pacific Islands. It is also Intended to
deal with Asiatic crews coming on ocean
going vessels -and Interfering with ships
manned by white seamen.
SPANISH WOMEN LOSE RIGHTS
Minister of Interior Issnee F-dlct Her
ring Them from Participation
la Hall Fleets.
MADRID, Jan. 2 Speclal to The Bee.)
The Spanish minister of the Interior has
Issued an edict prohibiting women from
taking part In bull fights, a practice
which was inaugurated some time ago by
a young woman named Reverts, who had
great success in the arena.
PARIS POLICEMEN
TO BE INCREASED
Municipal Council is Urging the Need
of a Much Larger Number
of Men.
CITIZENS
MUST KEEP INDOORS
Achille Says Streets Are Given
Over to Thugs.
DUEL BEFORE LARGE AUDIENCE
Announced as Private Fight, Became
a Comedy.
TWO THOUSAND TO SEE THE FUN
Headstrong t;lrl Attempts to Mnrder
Her Father In a Government
Office Itrcanse He Cn Her
tdrlft.
RY PAI'Ij VILLI ETtR
PARIS, Jan. 28. (Special to The Kee.l
Monsieur .Achllle of the municipal council
has urKed the authorities to Increase the
police force of this city, which he says is
not large enough to cope with crime. In a
budget report on the subject M. Achille
says:
"It Is humiliating to admit that in the
twentieth century the security of our
people here Is scarcely better assured than
It was In the days when the watch was
given a drubbing every night. Respectable
Itixens shut themselves up In their houses.
leaving the purse-snatchers and brigands
masters of the streets. I hope I will not
be accused of exaggerating. Read over
the columns In the paper devoted to the
numerous robberies committed dally In the
heart of this city, the hurglarles of un-j
heard of audacity, and the frequent mur
dersmany of them unpunished as well as
to the Innumerable strikes, the mysterious
sabotages, everywhere."
Dnel Ilefore l.arae Andlenre.
One of the most amusing and interesting
duels In the history grew out of a letter
which M. de Jouvenal received front" Marcel
Hutin. It took place right In the heart
of the city In the presence of 2.000 men,
women and boys, with reporters, a moving
picture operator and lunchmen on the side
and also nn official photographer.
An announcement that nobody would be
allowed to see the duel naturally made
everybody anxious to be present, and when
the encounter began there waa a crowd
of the ordinary public, photographers, and
even an operator present.
The principals were not export swords
men. What advantage in sklH there was
rested with Jouvenal, . who touched M.
Hutln on the chest, and for a moment
everybody : wss afraid that he had really
been hurt. The seconds tore open his shirt,
and found that he was not scratched. M.
&e jouvenal apologized.
At the fourth go Jouvenal succeeded tn
scratchln M. Ifutln'a - forearm, . and the
battle was. $ver; 'The. two men were re
conciled. They shook lianas, embraced each
other, showered compliments on the sec
onds, thanked the spectators for their
presence. Then they rode in an automo
bile to a oafe, where they and their seconds
dined together.
On the way to the restaurant the party
was met by a policeman, who announced
that he had been sent out to inquire into
the facts. He was reassured, however, that
no one had been injured. The policeman
hurried back to the station and reported
accordingly.
Girl Trlea to Kill Father.
One of the government offices was the
scene of an excited attempt on the part of
a young woman to shoot her father, an
attendant at the foreign ministry. The
eldest of hts four children Is a daughter
28 years of age, who appears to have given
him a good deal of trouble. The young
woman has such a temper that she could
not obtain work anywhere. She was conse
quently a burden on her father and con
stantly importuned him for money.
The father had paid for a room for her
apart, but as his ' Income diminished he
could no longer afford It and he gave
notice that he would cease to pay for the
room. Tha daughter thereupon rushed to
the office where he was employed and.
made a scene. The father had to put her
out. The young woman went to a gun
smith and purchased a revolver with which
she returned to the office. Making her
way to her father she asked him again if
he refused to support her. On his reply
that he did. she aimed at him with her
revolver and attempted to fire. But the
weapon did not go off and she waa slezed
by other employes. The father probably
owes his Ufa to the prudence of the gun
smith, who, seeing the young woman fn
such a state of excitement, so arranged
the revolver that It would not go off. The
woman waa arrested and examined by the
police commissioner, who sent her to the
police depot on the charge of attempted
patricide, which In French law Is punish
able with death.
Dnea Held for Trial.
Ferdinand Dues, former liquidator for
the Catholic church property of tba con
gregations dissolved by the government,
who confessed to the embexlement of 12,000,-
000. has been held for trial on charges of
breach of trust and forgery.
Plenty of Sensations.
Victor Regnard, a comlo actor, and the
best of fellows was a few days ago fa
tally shot In a restaurant by a man on
whom he had never set eyes and with
whom he had not the slightest quarrel.
Public opinion here Is clamoring for se
vere legislation against the carrying of
firearms.
Francous Medvtlle, the artist, who killed
his wife for refusing to let him see his
only living child, Jeanne, a 16-year-old
girl, escaped with a sentence of one month
for "carrying a revolver." He was al
lowed to go home at once, the court hold
ing that Inasmuch as he had been In
Jail awaiting trial for four months, he had
served the sentence.
Weill a Winner.
Joseph Weill has raised successfully a
new point of French Jurisprudence. On
July a, ItSC, on account of his alleged ex
travagance, his family applied to the
courts to place his estate under the care
of a trustee. Mr. Weill, then In America,
did not oppose the motion. Eighteen
months later he took out naturalisation
papers aa an American citizen. He lately
returned to this city and applied to the
civil chamber to have the trusteeship re
moved. The court adopted Mr. Weill's point of
view, and ordered the trusteeship to be re
moved on the graund of his Aamrk-an clt-
I zeaahlp.
ANXIETY FOR AGED EMPEROR
Condition So Grave Other Rulers Are
Watching Closely.
HEIR APPARENT CAUSES WORRY
Antagonism Aroused In Hnngary by
Ills Recent t tteranrea Ulve Rise
to Fears of tirave Troahle
Ahead.
HT EMIL ANDRASSY.
VIENNA. Jan. 29-Iesplte the efforts to
make it sppear that the Emperor Francis
Joseph Is suffering only from a severe
cold. It Is no secret that his majesty's
condition is considered really grave, as I
have already pointed out In these letters.
It Is known that both the German em
peror and the Russian crar have given
very explicit orders to their representatives
here that they are to he kept constantly
Informed as to the condition of the aged
emperor.
It Is regarded as unfortunate that the
heir apparent should have stirred up Hun
gary at this time, as there Is reason to
fear that when the emperor Is taken there
will be troilble enough to keep the empire
from flying apart.
In official quarters It is declared that
the emperor's health has so far Improved
that the catarrh from which he has suf
fered is abating. The doctors state with
satisfaction that his majesty Is free from
fever and that he even works as usual.
A personage In the entourage of the em
peror says that the chill was contracted
through driving in an open carriage. Thl
official expressed regret that the emperor
refuses to take that personal care of his
health which is so essential to a man of
his advanced age. For example, he was
present recently at the consecration of a
new churcli at Leubau, and heard mass
with his head uncovered. Tills church, a
week before opening, had no windows and
the building was not yet dry. it seems
possible that his majesty caught a chill
on that occasion.
Wlasstlsrh Sentenced.
The Relgrade Court of Justice has sen
tenced Wlasstlsch to five years' Imprison.
ment for forRlng the document produced
In the course of the well known case of
the Serbo-Croatian coalition against Dr.
Frledjung. This sentence was pronounced
on the ground that the accused's state
ments as to his relations with the Austrian
ambassador had been .substantiated,
Wlasstlsch made a detailed deposition on
his relations with the ambassador, Count
Forgach, and the embassy official, M,
Swleutochowakt. On the other hand, ' an
official at the Vienna telegraph office pub
llKhes a statement to the effect that the
depositions mad by Wlasstlsch are fan.
tastlc and absurd.
Saperstltloa Still Hlfe.
In many country districts in Hungary
superstition Is still rife. Evidence of this I
comes from. Groaswardeln. . In the oom-
munlties tr Vaakoh and Baresd severe
earthquake shocks were experienced, and
ia the formef plfcce.the churoh '.bell wrers
started ringing. A ''tritch'' living 1n the
neighborhood persuaded the peasants that!
the devil: Waa angry and was shaking the
earth In. his anger. Thereupon they col-
lected a number of calves and goats and
drove them into a cave, where the devil
was supposed to be dwelling. After this
they aet f Ira to the forest In two places
to drive out tha devil living there.
Mirtu Mystery Unsolved.
i
The police are still at work seeking to
unravel the mystery of the death of
Louise Welsee, tha unfortunate sewing
woman whose dismembered body was found ctrle telescope apparatus whlou will en
In a basket. They are confident that the able h owner to see anything and any
man and woman they have under arrest on chooses. There are plenty of de-
know mora about the crime than they have
told, but they have not been Induced to
talk as yet.
Gruesome Exhibits in
Turkish Parliament
Instruments of Torture Produced by
a Member to Back Serious
Charges.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. S.-(Hpeclal to
The Bee.) The ohamber has negatived
Lutfl Flkri Bey's motion for an Inquiry
Into the arrest of Dr. Rlia Nur and the
111 treatment of political prisoners, but
Judging from the comments of the press.
the debate has left a disagreeable Impres
sion behind t.
Lutfl Flkri Bey In his speech alleged that
Dr. Rlxa Nur has been subjected to tor-
ture to make Mm confess and give a mln-
ute and circumstantial descriutlon of tha
tortures to which he averred members of
the "secret association" had been sub-
Jected. He produced a scourge, a blood
stained bastinado and a fingernail said to
have been torn from one of the prisoners
In support of his contention.
AN IRISH DESERTERi
KEEPS POLICE AT WORK
Hiding on the lodge of the Bog of
Allen, He Leads the Constabu
lary a Merry ( base.
DI'BLIN, Jan. 28 CSpeclal to The Be.)
An Irish soldier who months ago deserted
from the Royal Horse artillery and who for
some time past is believed to have been
harbored in a laborer's cottage In the Bog
of Alien district, occasioned considerable
excitement In Newbridge last Saturday.
Two constables made a surprise visit to
the house, but the soldier, who was wide
awake, bolted through a back door and
sprinted across the bog. follomed by one
constable. The latter, encumbered by his
uniform, after a determined chase of three
miles, gave up the pursuit, his quarry dis
appearing. Since the man deserted, a few
months since, he has been in the bog dia
trict, and has been supplied with food
wlille he has slept evidently In the heather,
as the police have paid several surprise
visits at night without finding him.
ROYAL PRODIGYjS DISCOVERED
Servian Prince Astonishes ftneetators
at a Play hy His latclll
grat Acting.
EWiHADK, Jan. J. (Special to
The Bee ) At a -sol res given by
M. Hartwlg, the Russian ambassador
to Bervla. Rostand's plsy, "Les Deux Pier
rots," was performed. The role of one of
the Pierrots was taken by Prince Paul,
a nephew of King Peter, who surprised
the audience by Ms extraordinary sifts.
BATTLE IN LONDON
PLEASES RUSSIA
Government of the Czar Smiles ia
Glee Over Trouble Caused
by Anarchists.
ENGLAND LONG A SAFE HARBOR
Russian Bureaucrats Now Expect ft
Change of Sentiment.
WORLD-WIDE COMBINE POSSIBLE
t
Muscovite Ministers Would Lead in ft
Campaign to Suppress. -.
BLACK HUNDRED ORGAN QUIT9
Kdltor Koand No Sapport for Hie We.
artlonary Views and Asserts
that People Are Hemming
Too Tame.
RY GKORGE ERASER.
ST. PKTERSRV'RG. Jan. IS. (Special to
The nee.) Russian officials have followed
with the keenest Interest the spectacular
fights between the London police and the
anarchists, which have aroused all Eng
land. It may be said that there is a
strong spice of satisfaction that England,
which has . long been a haven of refue
for Russian tourists, has at last had an
swakcnlng as to. the character of the
men, who are enemies not alone of the
Russian government, but 6f all govern
ment.
It is believed In official circles here that
England will now be willing to loin with
the continental powers In a campaign Of
extermination on these men, who are not.
so much patriotic revolutionaries as crlih
Inal enemies of all law and orr.
England's policy of granting asylum' to
these outlaws as purely political offenders
has been the main stumbling block in the
way of stamping out anarchy on the con
tinent, according to the Russian officii!
viewpoint, and the change In policy which
It Is believed will be forced by the recent
occurrences In Iondon will be welcomed
by every police department In continental
Europe.
It Is pointed out that even the United
State has set Its face, against anarchy
and will not permit a known anarchist to
land on Ita shores. If England adopts this
policy. It Is believed here that continental
Europe will be able to deal with the
problem effectively..
Police Dog Killed aa Stray.
The famous police dog Treff af Moscow
Is dead. He disappeared some" weeks ago
and was thought to have been raptured.
by criminals. But It Is now learned ha
has fallen a victim to the misplaced sent
of ths authorities. Every night dog catch
ers parade the streets of Moscow tn collect
stray dogs,' and It has now been discovered
I hat nv .made i
j '"stray."
away with Treff as a
Dlaek Hnndred Organ Units.
The Kuaskoe Znamya, the organ of tha
I Society of the Black Hundred, haa ceased
I publication, owing to lack of support. Dr.
Dubrovin. the. editor of the Journal, has re-
signed the presidency of the Union of tha
I Russian People, which, he says, haa be-
come a flook obedient to tha constitutional
bureaucracy. -
-Allege Wonder fal Taleorope.
A a tart ling Invention la claimed by a
Russian professor. After fifteen years of
labor he has constructed. It Is said, an
ta.H as to what the instrument will do,
but none . as to how tho feats of vision
are to be accomplished.
Warlike Spirit of
Zulus Still Untamed
Fierce Battles a Common Occurrence
in the Rand Mines and Many
Are Killed.
CAPETOWN, Jan. IS. (8pecial to Tha
Bee.) Hard work in the mines does not
subdue the warlike nation of the Zulus. A
battle with hammers has just been fought
In the workings of tha Cason mine between
Zulus and other native employes. A tall,
muscular Zulu led his countrymen, fighting
with terrible fury. He waa surrounded, but
continued his onslaught until he was finally
felled, and his body waa battered by Ma
assailants until It was unrecognizable.
There have been several native faction
n the East tfhd West Rand ra
I cently. Six natives were killed at tha Ing-
laagte B. mine, while the police at the New
Klelnfonteln mine were attacked by natives
with assegais. The police fired and killed
three natives.
At the City Deep the fighting was more
desperate In character, lasting for hours.
Three were killed and many Injured. At Ben
oni, on the East Rand, a Farrar group mine.
the Amaxosas, Pondos and Hhamgaans
fought for six hous with sticks, assegais and
stones. The white police, who numbered
less than twenty, had a tough struggle,
which would have ended seriously had It
not been for the arrival of a contingent ot
the garrison from Oermlston.
INSURGENTS CAPTURE Y0R0
Concerted Attack on Capital Ks pec ted
Fnneral of General Guerrero
Attended by Christmas.
CEIBA. Honduras, Jan. 27. The Insur
gents, who are active In the Interior today,
caputured Yoro, a city of 3,000 inhabitants
and the most important place between this
olty and Tegugalcalpa.
A concerted attack upon the capital from
three sides Is expected within the next few
days.
General Francisco Guerrero, the govern
ment leader who was killed In Wednesday's
battle here, was burled today with military
honors. General I.ee Christmas, the vic
torious Insurgent leader, rode at the head
of the Insurgents. Thirty American blue
Jackets from the cruiser Marietta, marched
in the procession.
The three score of Injured are at tha
emergency hospital where Burgeon Irvine
of the Marietta la In charge.
Nearly all of tha former members of tha
government garrison here are now en
rolled under the Ronllla banners and sym
pathizers are coming in every few hours
to Join the Insurgent ranks. An attack
upon Puerto Cortes Is danced and the in
surgents expect the city to fall before