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r ihe Omaha unday Bee PAST TWO EDITORIAL SECTION PAGES 05E TO EIGHT PABT TWO WANT AD SECTION PAGES ONE TO EIGHT 1 . i ; ; 1 X VOL. XIr-XO. .It. OMAHA. SUNDAY MOKNIXO, I'KMtUAHY 5, 1!U1. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Political and Social News by Cable and Correspondence from the Old World IN- ( 1 GEOGE'S BUDGET BMNGSTIIE COIN Results of New Financial Bill in Great Britain Exceed Author's Anticipations. CHANCELLORS PLAN VINDICATED Wipes Out Old Deficit and Leaves a Big Surplus. SPEECH WAS ALMOST PROPHECY .Income from Every Source Increases Enormously. ENGLAND MAY EXPEL THE REDS Rfrfat Tragical Occurrence Taken to Indicate They Are DanaTeroa Tropic to Harbor Mor tnens Threateaea. VANDALS WORK IN IRELAND SOLDIER DEFIES By PAUL LAMBETH I5NDON. Feb. 4 (Special to The Bc.) Lloyd George's Budget has exceeded even Its author- anticipations' an an Instrument for raising funds. The exchequer receipts for the period from April 1 to Dec-ember 4. shows that with three months of the financial year still to " run. the Budget has already brought In a sum which not only wipes out lost year's uncollected arrears of 30, 000.000, but leaves the chancellor with 13,- JM 035 In hand. fp to December 25 last year, the total exchequer receipts amounted to 93,834,54' The total receipts this year up to December 14 amounted to 13fi,044.M. Mr. George In July estimated that excise would produce 34,000.000 In twelve months it has produced 30.6..000 In nine months. lie estimated stamps to produce 9.900.000 In twelve months; they have produced 7, 000,000 In nine. He estimated the Income and property taxes at 37,550,000 and 33, 848,000 has already come In. The death duties have produced In nine month 18.248,000 out of 25.650.000 esti mated; the customs 34.410,000 ' out f 32,000.000. The old land tax nd house duty provides already 2,270.000 out of 2,90,000 estimated, besides 300, 000 from the land value duties. The reasons for the extra millions were given almost prophetically In the chan cellor's budget speech, when he said, "The crops this year are likely to be abundant There has been an Immense production of gold. It has been greater than the prev luus year; and It will be greater still. "The commercial world ta In better heart. There Is more enterprise; everything makes the prospect much brighter. "We shall have a greater volume of trade this year; and next year It will be greater than has ever been known." May Fix pel Anarch lata. The recent anarchist "display here has caused many thinking Englishmen to con- alder whether or not It la wise for Eng land to continue to be the refuge and haven for every man whose hand may have been raised against society, government Insti tution end even life Itself. Napoleon once referred to England as "A hot house for the cultivation of assassins and mischief maker." It la nursing men far more dangerous than the anarchistic trio in Sidney street, who held a small army at bay, and yet nothing has been done to drive them out of the country. Liverpool Hot After Mormons. Liverpool's smouldering Indignation against the methods of the Mormons has burst Into flame, and the government Is to be asked to take action. Meetings of protest have been held at which reaolu tlons were passed calling the attention o the home secretary to the proselyting by agents of Mormonlsm here. The govern ment 1 asked to take such steps a due investigation might show to be necearary to safeguard English homes from the vis iting of Mormon missionaries, as has al ready been done in Germany. The anti Mormon campaign . I supported by the Bishop of Liverpool, Archdeacons Madden and Spooner, and some fifty or sixty clergymen. Hotels Prepare for Grist. Nearly all the best bote! are under going extensive alterations In anticipation of a rush for the coronation; and the charges are to be proportionate! At one es tablishment, where a bachelor can live like a lord 'i the year round for three pounds a week, printed notice have been ent to all permanent guests that during the coronation week they will be charged nine guinea for the week, an offer now made to them a a "special offer to our old customers!" and one which must be booked by February 1, and ten per cent deposit paid down! Mayor Acta Qaeatloned. The Catholic Leugue ot Iondon ha de cided to have questions asked In Parlia ment by member of the Liberal, Unionist. Irish and Labor parties as to how far the recent action of Slgnor Nathan, mayor of Home, constitute an Infringement of the law of guarantee. Mr. Prltchard. who moved the resolution, said Mayor Nathan had Insulted the pope and the church, and although he did not think the British government would send a formal protest to Rome, he thought If a question was asked In I'arllament no one would Insult the pope again. World .Not Good aa It Was. ' Alfred Rusael Wallace, Joint discoverer with Darwin of the principle of natural election on evolution, hus been giving hi opinion on things In general. "I do not think." he said, "that the world is better to live In thun It was fifty year ago; for the very poorest It la worse. The won derful discoveries of science and their ap plication to Industry, with the correspond ing Increase in wealth abrolutely, and. I believe, - relatively, enormously greater than It was fifty years ago. It is very dif ficult to say whether there la any real Improvement. I think the majority of men were Just aa well off and enjoyed their Uvea Just as much as people do today." (rlatlaal Nea'eet Proved. The Inquest into the Prcstarla mine near j Walton, where 333 Uvea were lout shows that there waa criminal neglect on the part of some one and It was not that of the workmen Some witnesses told how their husbands or brothers or son had complained to them of the tat of the mine. When the Itlclam passed by the dead miner were Id, the witnesses were ssked to prepare ten statements ot the actual words used, go that they may tee collated. Moat of those ho had spoken unfavorably of the mine had referred to the presence ot Tombstones in Protestant Cemetery ' Defaced by Them. CATHOLICS RESENT THE OUTRAGE Better Keel In a; Between the Rival lle- llclonlsts I Shown by Mnny lgns of Matnal Interest and Forbearance. BY THOMAS EMMET. DUBLIN'. Feb. 4--(Ppeclal tn The Bee.) When it was learned recently that mis creants had, defaced three tombstone In the Protestant cemetery at Eyrecourt. the nited Irish league and the Merllck branch met at the Eyrecourt Roman tathnc reading room.. On the motion of J. J. Callaghan. seconded by the Rev. II. Callanan. a resolution was adopted condemning In the strongest pos sible language "the cowardly outrage per petrated on three tombstones In Eyrecourt Protestant graveyard," and stating that they will give every assistance In bringing the culprit or culprits to Justice. . Afraid of Home Rale. MILITARY KULES German Private, Who is Adventist, Refuses to Perform Any Work on Saturday. PUNISHMENT HAD NO EFFECT Given Retrial, Rebellious Man is Again Condemned. aaaaja SENT TO PRISON FOR FIVE YEARS Fortune of Fifty Millions Goes to Minister of Agriculture. MAN LEAVING IT HAD NO HEIRS China Still Nrarotlatlnsi for Alliance Tlh Germany and Will Give the Crown Prince a Royal Welcome at Peking. CAHORRA TRIAL ON AT ROME f OITHTF.n WOMAN TO WIN ELECTION Not II. A. Hlnkson. writing to The Times. endorses the opinion recently expressed by Stephen Gwynn, M. P.. as to the position of Protestants under home rule. Mr. Hlnk son says: "1 am a conservative and an Irish Protestant, descended from I'lster Prostestants on the one side and Wlcklow Orangemen on the other. When a boy I lived in a rectory In Wlcklow. The land league was then at the height of Its power, but so little did It affect he friendly relations -existing between Catholic and Protestant that every summer the protest- ant rector's Catholic neighbors came with their machines and forks and cut his hay. not for reward, but because he was a min ister of religion. "One cannot Imagine Ulster Protestants doing a little service in a like manner for a Catholic priest, though with curious In consistency they. not Infrequently take a sick child to a priest to be blessed. While was at T. C. V. I was selected out of a number of candidates, Catholics and Protestants, for the post of senior classical tutor In the Jesuit College of Clongowes Wood. If they desired a Catholic the au thorities would have no difficulty In finding one equally competent. At that time v.e Protestants regarded all appointments In the gift of the government by right, as well as tradition, aa belonging to the Protestants, regardless of the claims of the Catholic candidates." , Ghonla Desecrate ( barchri. A Catholic church at Yellow Furze and a Protestant church at Palnestown, hail a mile distant, were recently desecrated and robbed.. The Cathollo church at Athea, Limerick, was desecrated recently for the second time in three months. Anti-Home Ralcr Uncovered. William Huddleston, a Belfast man, was arrested for neglecting his family. Their home was the picture of ' misery. - On Christmas day his wife and little one were without food and he was drunk. Mrs, Huddleston said he was a drunken idler who - spent hi sober moments shouting "God save the king" and "Down with home rule."- In the course of three months he had given her only twenty-one shillings. Prisoner at Home A curious will ault ended the other dav at Mac room when the Jury found that there had been undue Influence on the part of the family In procuring the will oi the late John Kelleher. A son con tested it. The Rev. M. Irwin said he had heard that Kelleher' wife, son Denis, and daughter had kept him practically a prls oner for thirty years. Illicit Whlaky Stills. within a few weeks five cases of the making of "potheon" have been found in Belfast, and two days ago an additional case came to light, despite the heavy fine in the previous cases. In Derry and Donegal, the police have been vlgllen In seising illicit plants, but the distillers es caped. Centenarian Dead Another centenarian ha passed away In the person of a woman named Flt- patrick of Vrllngford, Kerry, who had reached the age of 114. Up to six year ago she waa able to walk eight mile to Tr.urlee Thirty-One Members of Italian So ciety Before Court. ACCUSED OF NUMEROUS MURDEKS One Hundred Lawyers Enaanrd on the Proarcntlon and Defense nnd the (air la Interesting the i Whole Nation. Priest Surprised at His Great Age Came from a Consumptive Family and Had Tombstone Made Long Ago, but is Now 105. PARIS, Feb. 4. (Special to The Bee.) The oldest priest In the republic Is Canon Oadenne of Roches, where he celebrated hi 106th birthday on New Year' day. lie is in very good health and capable of fulflllln the duties of his post, but, as he declared recently, his age has caused him no little Inconvenience and expense. He never ex pected to live long, coming from a con sumptlve family, so when to hla surprise he reached hi seventy-fourth birthday he thought It was time to prepare his tomb stone. This he did, with the Inscription, "M. Gadenne, died, 18& " After waiting for ten year the canon found himself alive In 1S90 and the figure "8" on the tombstone had to be replaced by a "9." This was final, he thought, but In 1800 he waa still among the living, and the last two figures had to be altered. But this was not all, for he found that even In 1910 his calcula tions were wrong again. He has now only had the first two figures engraved on the stone, 'TJ " BY MALCOLM CLARKE. BERLIN'. Feb. 4 (Special to The Bee.)- The kaiser and his army have run up noiiiht a snag In the person of a private soldier named Naumann. who, fur relig ious reasons will not do any work on Sat- rday and who Is In danger of spending the rest of hla life In prison for his principles. Naumann, who is an Adventist. declared that Saturday is the real Sabbath, and work on that day is sinful. When he be came a soldier in 1907 he refused fj obey rders between sunset Friday and sun&rt Saturday. Minor punishments were abso- utely without effect on him. He merely declared that his consclonce forbade him to perform any kind of labor on the Sabbath. hree months' Imprisonment was followed by a further sentence of two years. That had no effect, and the punishment vas In creased to five years. On appeal, the higher military court re tried the case. Questioned by the presiding officer, Naumann declared that as a Christ ian hla duty was to obey the religious law and refuse all work on the Sabbath. I was sworn In with a Christian ith," he said, "and, therefore, cannot violate the Commandments of God. One must regard God as the highest authority, and obey Him first." The court asked him whether he would obey orders to march on a Saturday in the event of war. Naumann replied: "Yes, be cause In that case danger would be Imminent." One medical expert declared that he was sane and the other that he was not. The court accepted the former view,' and con firmed the sentence of five years' imprison ment, after which Naumann will be re quired to serve the remainder of hi two years.. Korteae for a Baron." An estate" valued at Ko'ooO.OQO haa been left by a man named Purecelll, who died at Plngen-on-the-Rhlne. Th,e bulk, of hla for tune will be Inherited by Baron von Schor-lemer-Llesser, Prussian minister of Agri culture. - Purcelll is survived by, no direct heirs. His only son was . killed fourteen years ago. A touching feature of the mil lionaire's funeral waa the participate in the procession of hundreds of Inmates of the asylum for the blind, which was founded through his munificence. Purcelll was the owner of vast vineyards and for ests, and very few people ever heard of him. China Still Boa. China's failure to negotiate an alliance with the United State Is stated to be re sponsible for its efforts to come to an un derstandlng with Germany. China, in its anxiety to counteract the effect of the Russo-Japanese agreement 'with regard to their respective interests in China made un succesxful overtures to the United Stales with a view to an alliance. When they proved unsuccessful the Chinese Board of Foreign Affair sent Liang Tun Yer, on a mission to Germany. The result 1 not known In Peking, while at the foreign office It is stated that the reports of the German Chinese alliance, either present or prospec tive, are without foundation. it Is admitted that the relations between the two countries have grown appreciably better. The Importance that the Chinese govern ment attach to the approaching visit of the German crown prince to China is shown by the fact that he la to have the unpre cedented honor of a residence not merely in Peking, but In the Imperial palace it self. A European residence is being built for the prince' accommodation. This will be the first time a European visitor has been housed within the walls of the Im perial palace. Heavy Work la Navy. Admiral von Jlrnlts, In Parliament re cently, bald in reply to the question as to whether or not it was necessary that the nation's warships should be maneuvered constantly that it was true that It was often necessary to do more work in the navy than the nerves of the average men could stand. .In a fleet that was coming Into being a certain overplus of exertions was unavoidable, and the only antidote to that was that the personnel should not be kept too low. For this reason he asked the body not to strike out any of the proposed new posts. The committee yielded and the motion to refuse credits for another vice admiral and an Interpreter for the naval attache at Toklo waa voted down. Wllkelu Peaceful When Ysaai The following letter was written by the kaiser to the c61onel of his regiment, the First Food guards, then at Versailles, Wll BY CLEMENT BARRETT. HOME, Feb. 4 (Special to The Be.l The county has been imr.irnsely interested In thu trials of thirty-one members of the fiendish combination known as the "C'am orra," at Vlterllo. The Camorra Is ore of the most dreaded and powerful secret so cieties. The men are accused of murders which took place five years ago. one of them in Naples and the other outside the city. For generations the Camorra has terrorized, not only Italy, but Turkey and other countries, lis branches are every where, and Its members Include from the working men to the men of rank. In June. 1S96, members of it assassinated a most beautiful woman named Sorrentlna Cuocol. A few hours later the woman's husband was found dead. The latter was affiliated with the organisation, but was suspected of being a police spy because In a number of instances plots of which he knew had been tolled by the police. The head of the Camorra and three com rades were arrosted on suspicion, as they had been seen birklng near the victims' house the night of the crime. After fifty days' detenltno In prison they were freed. But one determined man kept after them and finally learned that a Camorra court had condemned the couple to death. Aided by a convict he caused the arrest of thirty one men who sat in the tribunal, Including the six men told off o do the murder. One hundred lawyers have been engaged In the case. "Prealplo" Attracts Children. One of the most characteristic and pic turesque Christmas sights that remains Is the "Preslplo" or model of the stable at Bethlehem, which is yearly erected at the ancient church of the Ara Coell, on the Capltoliue hill. Tradition says that a temple to Jupiter stood on this spot, and that the church was erected over the altar of Augustus, which commemorated the Delphic oracle loretelling the birth of the Savior. Here the triumphal processions accorded by old Rome to successful gen erals and emperors ended, and the great Caeser climbed the steps on his knees after his first triumph, while halfway down a statue mark the place where BJenzi, last of the Roman tribunes, was killed. The "Preslplo" was first Introduced by St. Francis of AssIbI, with that wonderiui intuition of what would find it way to the hearts of the people. - It consist of a life-sized model of the state at Bethlehem, the. Virgin Mary with Joseph at her side. nd the "Santlsslmo Babinq," the, miracu lous Baby image,' for which the church of the Ara Coell is celebrated, lying in her lap. Behind 'her are the ok and the ass, while around kneel the kings In adora tion, and in the clouds above an admirably painted pastoral background God the Father is seen, surrounded by angels and cherubs. The scene in the church is beau tiful and touching, and the enjoyment and affectionate Interest of the genuine. Few Roman girls and boys fall to visit the Preslplo, and during the afternoons oe tween Christmas and Epiphany numbers of children recite poems, dialogue and speeches In explanation of the Sacred Mys tery, to the great delight of their relations and the good Romans around, who adore children. Foolish Pranks' fend Tragically. A foolish Joke on the part of two girls may cost two lives at Partlnlco. Anna and Antonlna Pollxxl. the latter being only is years old, took it Into their heads to play Joke upon tenants or a nouse not iar from their own. They dressed as Dnganas and walked towards the neighboring dwel ling. But they had disguised themselves bo well that they duped a man named Saver Ino, who was walking with a gun, looking for game, which Is plentiful there. . He asked the supposed brigands the reason of their visit, but the young women continued their walk. After again calling upon them to stop, Savarino fired twice. Antonino was killed, while Anna was seriously in jured. Savarino became distracted when he learned that he had shot two innocent but foolish girls, and 'he disappeared. Younj and Ambitious Politician Gets Seat in French Chamber by Making Love. SENTIMENTAL GIRLS HIS PREY Engaged Himself to Eighteen, Who Interested Papas. SOW AFTER LOTHARIO'S SCALP Commissions for Arranging Marriages Held to Be Immoral. UNION LEADER'S SENTENCE CUT Labor Orannlsatlona Threatened (icn rral Strike nnd Made the Minis try ;lvc In Scandalous Acta at Kxerotlon. BALKAN TROUBLE FERMENTS Coming of Spring Likely to Mark Its Outbreak. TURKISH OFFICIALS TRUCULENT Campaign Against Sleeping Sickness Belgium Government Makes Stringent Regulations to Be Observed by Employer. BRUSSELS. Feb. . (Special to The Bee The regulations Issued by the Belgian government for the prevention and rure of sleeping sickness in the Congo provide heavy penalties for neglect of the pre scribed precautions. All employers of na tive tabor mujt take measures to discover any cases of sleeping sickness among their staff and report thera at once to the au thoiitiea 'ihoae aiding othera to neglect the treatment prescribed will be punlahed; a well a those who try to pas from in fected to uninfected district, or vice versa. School Children Win a Strike for Warm Rooms Pupils of Technical Institute in Tou lon Exhausted Milder Methods and Then Walked Out, helm being only 12 years old at the time; My Dear Colonel: On my birthday I got many nice things, but the nicest of all the prri-enta la the ahattered shot which you have presented lo me. Thia mighty ahell ta a terrible thlnn. Indeed, and what dam axe it must do when it is whole, and when it comes whistling through the air and fall to the ground ana bursts. And It inus make an awful. noise. I got a very great fright when I saw this shell, and 1 waa filled with horror when I said to myself that tbeae augar-loavee are ahot and thrown at our. dear regiment and at our dear brave fellow-countrymen. But, thank tiod! thia happena no lonrt-r. For three weeka a truce haa been arranged, and it is to be hoped there will be no more fighting. Then ou will come back to us, crowned with glory. How delightful I shall be to welcome you all again. When 1 Hear! f f j 8t. Prtvat and Le Bouiget. and still of! l.e Hourget. I should, in aplte ot a great fright, gladly have been grown up to be able to be there. In (act. I should have liked to be with the regiment everywhere. It Is a great nmif'irt to me to know that no more ot you are being ahot deed. I thank you many thouaand tlmea for your ' school, ainuneaa in uuniini ox m ana sending nie this souvenir of this difficult time, through Count Flnckenateln and the sergeant-major. TOULON. Feb. 4. (Special to The Ree.) By striking work and making a vigorous demonstration at the town hall of Toulon, the pupils of the chief technical school there have persuaded the local authority to provide them with fires during the bit terly cold weather. First of all the three hundred pupils used more constitutional methods of protest at being made to shiver at their lessons. They appealed to the head master and to the mayor of Toulon, as the school 1 a municipal institution. They were told that the question of heating the class rooms of the Ecole Rouvlare had been forgotten In the municipal budget, and there was no credit for it. At thj the pupils resolved on energetic action. A committee waa formed which In vited all the school boys In the town not to resume work until satisfaction had been given them. At S o'clock on Monday morning over 30 striker met out aide the Ecole Rouvier shouting, "We want fires!" and singing a song composed for the occasion. They hooted the boys who disobeyed the strike order and entered the school building. Many of the parent of the boys, who be BY PAUL V1LLIERP. PARIS, Feb. 4. (Special to The Bee.) Let me relate how a young and rich mem ber of the Chamber of Peputles was elected to that body. lie was a candidate for a seat In the South of France against an old member, and nobody saw the slightest chance for the newomer, who had barely left school. To everybody's surprise he was elected. Blessed with wealth and good looks he determined to use both. There happened to be several marrlagable girls In the town and to them all he paid une cour assldue. promising each to make her his bride If elected. As he was the type of novel hero, the girls Jumped at the IJea and wtnt home to papa with the story of their hopes. Papa was persuaded, under the circum stances, to vote for the rich young politi cian, and with the idea of having such a son-in-law the fathers were not slow In casting their votes for him and pur politi cal Adonis won the day. But now he finds himself In an embarrassing situation. No less than eighteen ladles re calling upon him to keep his promise of marriage. It will take him a long time to outlive the story that has leaked out and the electors are Infuriated, so It looks as though his parliamentary career will be a short ne. Marriage Commission lminornl. A court sitting here has decided that the claim for a commission on a marriage dowry is Immoral. A man named Valllanet before marrying made a contract with Mme. Garsonnet. The commission, amounting to S3.000, was never , paid, and Mme. Garsonnet brought the matter Into the court. The court said: "Matrimonial brokerage, with percentage on a dowry, reduces inarriaiV to an enter prise In which money play an essential part. It Is a. commercial idea that is contrary to law and contrary to morals." Itirand Get Commutation. The death sentence upon the union leader Durand, for complicity In the murder of a docker at Havre, haa been -commuted to seven years confinement. The commuta tion was demanded by the trades unions and threats were- made of a general strike If the goVemment did not give way. One of the arguments used against the execut ing of Durand was that three rich men who had committed atrocious murders had gotten off with less punishment than a common "drunk" would have received. Riotous Srenea at Eierotloa. Antolne Favier whJ brutally murdered and robbed a bank collector, was guil lotined In the city at Lille recently. The execution gave rise to scandalous acenes. The murderer was held In such execration that the public made the affair an occa sion for merry-making. Windows over looking the square and commanding a dress circle view of that dread engln of Justice, the guillotine, ( let for remarkable prices. One merchant. It 1 said, gave $400 for a window, and less favored position 125. Two drinking bars overlooking the place of execution charged 6 francs per head for ad mission and trebled the prices of all re freshments. School Boy on Strike. Kleven thousand school boy struck lately because their schools are Insuf ficiently heated. The strike haa been an orderly one. The children marched through tne streets of Toulon with hmnm keep ourselves warm. Our minds ara frozen and frozen minds cannot learn lessons." which was printed: "We are walking to Wife Killed by Trap Geo. A young woman going to a cellar to fetch wine received on opening the door a bullet which hit her In the face and killed her. The husband explained that he had sus pected the cellar was being robbed an(j had fixed a loaded pistol Inside In such a fashion that it would be discharged the moment the door was opened. He has been arrested on suspicion as he bad re cently had his wife Insured for a consid erable amount. That is the only point raised against him. A Moving- Villaar. The alarming novelty of residing In a moving village is the lot of the Inhabitants of Rleux, In Correze. The hill ucon which It stands is subsiding into a neighboring glen and many of the villagers have left their houses and driven away the cattle. Are Bellei rl to Desire a War, that Attention May De Diverted Array 'from Internal Conditions that Threaten. BV KMIL ANPRASPT. VIENNA, Feb. 4-( Special to The Hee That there will be trouble la the Balkans with the coming of spring Is firmly be lieved In be.it informed circles here. The Internal conditions In Turkey makes a foreign war to be desired by the govern ment and to this may be escribed the turculent tone adopted by Constant'nople towards both Bulgaria and Greece and the determined efforts to thoroughly ottoman Ue Albania and Macedonia. Unfortunately Greece, or at least Crete, will not refrain from giving Just cause of offence to Tur key, while Bulgnrla would rather wel come a conflict than not. The great pow ers do not want trouble. Not that they would not be rather glad to have the Balkan mix-up fought out and settled If only assurance could be given that It could be confined to the Balkans. The trouble Is if fighting begins, there is no telling whore It will spread. Aristocrats Wrm Five young Impoverished but arlstro crotlc Hungarians are Just at present be moaning the bad luck that has prevented them from replenishing their exhausted coffers by a wealthy marriage. In Aus tria and Hungary It Is the hnblt of rel atives of a girl to make Inquiries at pri vate detective offices as to the means and mode of life of any young man who Is under consideration as a suitable husband for her. Young men "black list" at the ! inquiry office. Good "partis" are, on the other hand, put down on the "white list." The five young Hungarian aristocrats In question were involved In debt to such an extent that the only possibility of re trieving their fortunes lay In making rich marriages. They, therefore, formed a kind of company for the purpose of finding wives. Kach was to be provided with a rich bride, preferably an American heir ess, as his turn came. They gathered about tT.00 together for the preliminary purpose of having their names taken off the "black list." One of their number then approached an employe of the private detective office and by means of bribes succeeded In getting the names of all five removed. As all five men bear high-sounding titles they . expeoted to encounter llttla diffi culty with , their 'matrimonial venture once the agencies spoke, well of . them. The nobleman - who was at the head of the company waa to ' try his luck first. ' A whole page In the "white Hat" described his fortune, ancestry, and other virtues. He went to Barliri with the intention Ot discounting bills to raise further funds. Ha, KM ; arrested there and extradited to Budapest at the Instance of hi creditor. The alterations that .n4 been made in -the agency office er goon -discovered. 'The three officials concerned Were arrested, but afterwards ; liberated, as it could not be . proved that they damaged anyone by the alterations they had made in the books. ' . I nnsual Sara-leal Operation. An unusual surgical operation ha been performed here at the Frans Joseph hos pital by Professor Lothelsen upon a man ot 40, named Tacha. He had been confined In a public lunatic asylum, where, about three months ago, he secretly abstracted fourteen iron spoon and swallowed them. This strange nourishment at first- caused him no annoyance. The spoons were mlased, but nobody suspected their where about. Although Tacha has quite sound lungs, he began spitting blood some day ago, and . was cross-questioned, until at last he confessed that he hsd swallowed the Iron spoons. He was taken to the hospital, and an application of Rontgen ray soon showed the three surgeons who carried it through were completely suc cessful. A small opening was mad In the stomach, where the Intestine was laid bare for the purpose, and one by one the large spoon were extracted. Thay weighed altogether two and three-fourth pounds. The patient' condition Is quite satisfac tory, and he will soon be able to be dis charged from the hospital. CZAR TO CENSOR PAPAL CIRCULARS Belations Between the Greek and the Roman Churches Strained to Breaking Point. BISHOP KECEIVES A WARNING Orders from the Pope Must Pass the Government Scrutiny. OTHERWISE ARE NOT OBLIGATORY Christmas Celebration in Russia is Cause of Many Suicides. GUARDING AGAINST THE PLAGUE tnry of Heroic Work hy Tarty of ' Seamen Come front" Odeaaa, Where a narnlnar "hip En- dausrred Many. j I Turkish Soldiers Killed on Frontier Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Arabs in Belligerent Mood and Attack Turks at Many Points. CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 4-SpeclaI to The Bee.)-in a frontier collision between Turks -and Montenegrins two Turkish soldiers were killed and five wounded. There haa also been sharp skirmishing be tween . Turkish troops and Bulgarian Komltadjls near l'Juma-l-Pala. Fighting Is also reported on the Hedjas railway be tween the troops and an Arab force com posed of tribesmen and rebels from Moab. Chinese Aroused' and Aid Movement to Shut Out Opium Wome nof Higher Classes Interested and Take Part in Public . Meeting. PEKING, Feb. 4 -(Special to The Bee.) An enthusiastic antl-oplum meeting waa held at the Hunanese club In Peking, when resolution were unanimously passed mem orallzlng the Chinese Foreign office to urge Great Britain to consent to a complete prohibition of opium Importation next year. The meeting was made notable by the presence of a number of women of the highest classes, several of whom made elo quent addresses. It was the first time that women had participated In a mixed public meeting In the capital of China. Prince Kalachln declared that princes, nobles and official were all united with the people in favor of the Immediate sup pression of the opium traffic. BY GEORGE FRASER. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 4-(Speclal to The Bee.) The relations between the Greek and the Roman churches have become strained and the m'nlstry of the Interior has dispatched a circular addressed to all the Roman Catholic bishops In Russia In forming them that papal orders not passing through government channel are "not obligatory' upon Russian aubjects." The ministry points out that recently various acts and encyclical letters. Including the Motu Proprlo, were not communicated to the Russian representative at the Vatican. i tt i. not likely that anything serious will come of it, but Russia Is extremely Jealous In church matters and Is suspicious of any thing out of the routine. t'hrlatmaa Made Lively. The Russian Christmas was celebrated In lively fashion. Complete police returns show that there were as a result of the festivities lu Bt. Petersburg twenty-seven suicides or attempted suicides: 3.000 arrests were made for drunkenness, 15 per cent of the offenders being women, and over thirty deaths front alcoholic poisoning were regis tered at the municipal hospitals. Guarding; Aaralnat Plnaae. Extraordinary precautions are being taken by the Russian government for the prevention of the introduction of the plague from Manchuria, since quarantine regula tions have been established and will be rigorously enforced. According to the lat est advices the situation in Manchuria will now become much worse, because the Rus sian doctors arc all leaving the Infected districts In consequence of the distrust ' manifested by the Chinese." The Chinese complain that the Russian physicians are the slaves of use and want and unwilling to allow for the Idlosyncraclea of I the ,' Chinese Inhabitants. Heroic Work by Sailors. A most remarkable atory of a gallant fight for . life-ly Rusalaa aeamen- cornea from Odessa. The steamer Pulgarla wax et afire, by an explosion In the midst of . -'deckload of benalne and turpentine in farboys. 1 , The liquid, overflowing the deck, got into the hold.iwhere It Ignited, and llke wild fire , the flames spread wherever It flowed.' The engine room staff were quickly com pelled to leave their posts. The chief of ficer and a couple of firemen were seri ously burned. All tills had taken p)u?e In a very short apace of time. The bridge wa enveloped in flames and the captain ' was compelled to abandon his pyat. In the afterpart of the vessel there 1 a long poop, where the first-class accommo dation is situated, and there the doctor. second officer, chief Bteward and a boy were sleeping. It was Impossible tor these four to get to the fore part of the vessel, the bridge being enveloped In flames. With -great difficulty they got on, the poop and took shelter In the afterpart. Gradually the flames advanced toward them, until they saw that their only hope wa to risk drowning.' Donning life belt, and making; a stout rope fast over the stern, they threw themselves Into the Icy water and made for the rope. They continued hang ing to this rope for some time, the boy, whose strength wa giving out. having to be supported by the second officer. A Swln for Life. . At last the fire reached the rope and burnt it through, and nothing remained for the men but to endeavor to swim to '' the fore end ot the vessel, in the hope of being seen by their fellow shipmates. Thia, after superhuman effort, they succeeded .. in doing, the second officer swimming with, the boy on his back. Whilst all thl .had been going on the captain, chief officer and the remainder of tlte crew were gal lantly fighting the flame against the greatest possible odds, as without any steam from the donkey boiler for pumping water on the flames, and with all their buckets burned or burning, they had to make the best substitutes they could from barrels. The ship wa rolling heavily, and a they had opened the bulwark gangway -the sea was able to waah the deck and ao keep that from taking fire. After three hour of persistent effort the crew succeeded in getting the fire under control. Eventually the hlp reached port. taking twenty-four hour to traverse what. under ordinary clrcumaances, would have taken lesa than a three hour' run. long to the working class. Joined In the procession to the town hall. The deputy mayor promised thst the mayor would ask the council at the next meeting to open a special credit for the heating of their The strikers, having gained their object, returned to their lesson. DIGGING UP ANCIENT GOLD Prrrloaa Metala Ceatarle Old Are Koaad la I'.iraiatlvas In India. CALCUTTA, Feb. 4-(flpeclal to The Bee.) Gold and ller cemuriea old bav been dug up at a village near Nalbatl, not far from Calcutta. A gold plat weighing twenty-eight pounds (the metal alone thus being worth about l,fcS) bears the figures of two Hindu deities and a Sanscript In scr'ption showing that a certain Nal Rajah had laid the foundation ot his palace thera BRAVE WOMAN KILLS THUG Cava t P Her Money, bat feed a baa with Good Reaalts When Attacked. MARSEILLES. Feb. 4 -(Special to The Bee). Four ruffians entered a bar at Marseilles and ordered the woman In charge to hand over all the money she" had. adding that If she refused they aould kllb her. The woman obeyed, but when one of the band attacked her with a large knife she whipped out a revolver and stretched him dead at her feet. The other three bandit at once took to their heels. ORANGE TREES'F0R JULIANA Hollanders aa Afrikanders Formally tleaor the (ielreaa of the Hetherlaaaa. CAPETOWN. Feb. 4-(8pclal to The Deo.) On the birthday of princess Juliana of the Netherlands the Hollanders of Cape town planted orange p pa and the young plant have been taken to the Municipal Gardens, where they were planted in the preaence of a representative gathering of Hollander and Afrikander cltisen. Turkish Women Still in Bondage Police Arrest a Woman for Haying; Her Picture Taken With out the Veil. CO.VSTANTINOPLK. Feb. 4.-(Ppecial to The Bee.) The emancipation of women I a movement which Is making little progres in Turkey, where It I ait lit considered aa great a disgrace a ever for a lady to ahow the lower part of her face In public. At Staniboul a few day ago the police' entered a photographer' atudlo and con fiscated the portrait of a Turkish lady who had posed without wearing the regulation veil over her chin and mouth. The negative wa destroyed and the police arrested the woman, who I to be brought up for trial. BLACK SNOW IN SWITZERLAND Emmeathal Valley Covered by av Rooty Blanket to a Depth of Fifteen laehee. GENEVA, Feb. 4-tSpeclal to The Bee.) Snow which la black a soot has fallen In the Emmenthal valley of Switzerland and covered the ground to the- depth ot fifteen Inches. Scientist believe the snow Is mixed with dust blown from Mount Etna. i I II 4 i