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VOL. XLIV--NO. 9.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNING, JUNE 29, 1914-TEN PAGES.
K&VSZ't&tVs SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
WAR IN MEXICO
CARRIED ON FOR'
Li. ,
f 1IB BUSINESS
(Control of Railways Eeal Animus
for Present Rebellion and
All Its Horrors.
PEOPLE PAWNS IN THE GAME
Mexicans, Americans and Qovern-
menAlikelplayed with by Kul
. timiilionaira Manipulators. "
i . - , ' i
LIVES AND PEOPERTY WASTED
Blood Flows and Fires Blaze in the
Game for Possession of the
State Railways.'
STRANGE TALE, OF 'REVOLUTION'
Inside of the, Outbreak and "How It
Has' Kept Alive
RIVAL SYNDICATES AT WORK
Oue Dfktud Hncrtn smd the Othex
Back of Carransn Strarallns
to Ponu Control of
the Country.
(Copyright, 1SH, by-James Gordon 'Ben
nett) 4
NITVY .YORK, June 28. ( special
TotegramO--The New York Herald
and Oca aba Boo today publishes a
first Installment of this "InBlde cor
respondence." Bocause of the predominant place
which the struggle for control of
the Mexican railway has la the In
side workings of the revolution, to
day this Installment of the corre
spondence deala particularly with
this subject There Is much to fol
.low "and It wllj come In due time.
If this does not rock the boat of
"big business" Jn Mexico, there are
things to come, that will.
"Big Bnslneas" at the Bottom.
Mexicans who have knowledge of
the hidden forces behind the Car
ranza revolution are convinced that
but for the activities oC American
"big business" to obtain control of
the railways of. their country' there
would "have been no revoluOoaj r,
If started, If would have died an
early datb. Proof, clear and con
vincing,, or the accuracy of this sum
ming up o the revolutionary situa-
.tlon in Mexico in Its broader mean
ing has come to the Herald and The
Omaha Bee. This proof is found In
a mass of what may be termed the
"Inside correspondence" of the rev
olutionary junta at Washington,
showing as this does the close touch
which the constitutionalist leaders
have had and have maintained with
certain "big interests" in the United
States.
Original Document fa Proof.
1 This correspondence, constat of original
letters and telegrams, of copies of letters
and telegrams, 0; original ina'nuscrlpU
of letters and telegram's from which
Spanish translations for transmission to
General Venustlano Carranza, first chief
of the constitutionalist organization, have
been made and copies of these transla
tions. The original documents were pre
pared by Captain Sherburne O. Hopkins,
who may be designated as American ad
viser of the revolution, although the
documents themselves indicate very
clearly that Captain Hopkins has not con
fined his activities to advice, or, rather,
that his advice has not been confined to
General Venustlano Carranza.
Relations of the Parties.
A large portion of the correspondence
finds Captain Hopkins in the role of ad
viser to Mr, Henry Clay Pierce, as also
In that of one advised, by" Mr. Henry Clay
Pierce.
It shows Captain Hopkins in -what may
be termed intimate touch with Mr. Charles
ft Flint, and there is not lacking Indica
tion that Mr. Charles R. Flint has been,
and. Is, in close touch with Mr. Henry
Clay Pierce.
It shows that Mr. Henry Clay Pierce has
been brought in close touch with such well
known revolutionary leaders as Mr. Luis
Cabrera, Mr. Rafael Zubaran and Mr. Jose
Vasconoelos, and - that at least one of
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'The Weatlier
' For Nebraska Fair; warmer.
For Iowa Fair; warmer.
Temperature at Omanu Yesterday.
Hour. De.
S a, m.... 57
a. m 6
7 a. m 66
8 a. m.,.. 67
9 a m...- OS
10 a. m..: 69
11 a. tn, 61
18 in...: , 63
1 p. m 65
2 p. m 67
3 p. m 70
4 p. m 72
5 p. m , 74
p. m 74
7 P. m...r....... 73
Comparative. Local Uccord.
... . . . . W14- 1913. 1912. 1M1.
Highest yesterday 74 94 07 S3
Lowest yesterday. ,... S 78 74 62
Mean temperature Co is he 74
precipitation 00 .00 .00 T
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures irom the normal:
Normal temperature 75
Deficiency for the daly '. 10
Total excess since March 1 ?63
Normal precipitation ic Inch
Deficiency for the day , .is Inch
Total rainfall since March 1....1J.C0 Inches
Deficiency since March 1 .04 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period. 1913. .C8 Inch
D,n.cl??CJl t0Ts cor Period, IMS. 5.44 Inches
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
I A, WEMH, Local Forecaster.
WAEMEE
WANT NATIONAL PROHIBITION
Plans for the Invasion of Omaha
Outlined at First Methodist,
SIX MEETINGS FOR THIS CITY
Considerable Sam Is ItnUed When
Fand Are Asked for thrt Cnnse
nnd OoTrrnor Ilnnly the
Principal Speaker.
Plans for Invasion of Omaha by what
was termed the "flying squadron" of
prohibition speakers next winter, wero
outlined at a meeting at' the First Metho
dist church yesterday afternoon. Former
Governor J. Frank Hanley of Indiana nnd
Oliver W. Stewart, talked.
It "was declared that when the people
really mako up their mind that they
want nation-wide prohibition, worse than
anything else, they will get It. For tljo
purpose of persuading them that they
want it, nlnd speakers will mako a s'x
months' campaign In 150 large cities, be
ginning September 90 at Peoria, III. The
expense, which Is estimated at $180,000, win
be raised by subscription.
Six Meetlnirs Here.
Six meetings in two days will be held
In Omaha. In addition to Mr. Hanley
and Mr. Stewart, Dr. 'Wilbur F. Sheri
dan, Dan A. Poley, Dr. Charles M. Sh.!
don, Clinton Haller Eugene Chatln, Mrs.
Ella A. Buel and Dr. I. Lejnberi, will
come to Omaha. The audience Indicated
by a voto that the local church feder-
atloh should take charge of the meetings
here.
, Those present were asked for pledge
to the cause and a considerable sum was
raised. There wero four G pledges, half
a -dozen for, J10 and many for $3 and
less.
Mr. Hanly delivered an address. In
Which he put John .Barleycorn on trial
for wholesale murder and, asked the ait-'
dlence for a verdict of conviction. -"My
client Is mankind." said he. VI
hold a brief for tho human race. John!
Barleycorn every year kills more per
sons than lost their lives on the field
of Gettsybure."
Carranza Amuses
Self as Mediators
Occupy Anxious Seat
NIAGARA FA1.LJ3, Ontario, June 2S.
Somo of 'the principals to the mediation
conference here began to' losp hope last
night that General Carranza ever would
permit his representatives to participate
in the proposed informal conference with
the Huerta delegates for tho solution of
Mexico's Internal problems.
No word came to any of the mediators
as to Carranza's intentions and skepticism
began to manifest itself, especially when
news dispatches from Monterey showed
that not only was telegraphic communi
cation with the Constitutionalist chief In,
excellent condition, but that he had spent.
the day in amusements, Ignoring 'the
anxiety of the mediators and delegates
for some definite word of his purposes.
The impression hero is that while the
constitutionalist representatives in Wash
ington with whom the mediators are in
formally communicating say they are de-
ltroua of bringing about the meeting,
General carranza, uiinxs otherwise aa
the military success of his troops prob
ably will increase his self-confidence and
independence. The mediation colony. Is
disposed to wait until Monday for-sbmo
definite word, but then there may be.
some expression on the course that will
be pursued.
"Spooning is Crime
Against Womanhood,"
Says S. S. Speaker
CHICAGO, June ." Spooning Is a
crime against Womanhood," John J. Alex
ander, a 'director, today told 600 young
Women attending the older girls' confer
ence of the International Sunday school
convention. "Pass the word alopg to girls
who love to 'spoon' that It is the most
degrading thing they can do, one of the
most degrading things they can permit.
"Make tho boys clean-minded and
wholesome by the way you dress. Young
men tako a girl at her own valuation."
Miss Margaret Slattery of Boston made
similar talk at the- older boys' confer
ence. Using a flower as an emblem of
womanhood and tearing It apart, bit. by
bit, she said.
'No person on earth can make that
flower wholo and beautiful again. Be
clean and be your sister's keeper."
HUNDREDS SEARCH FOR
NEGRO SLAYERS AND ROBBERS
IiAURKT., Miss., June 8. Hundreds of
men are searching tho country tonight
near Stevens, Miss., twenty miles south
of here for three negro highwaymen;,
who late today shot and killed two em
ployes of the Qllchrist-Kordney Lumber
company, seriously wounded a third and
escaped with the company's weekly pay
roll of 32.300.
Those -killed wero: J. V. Simons and
Rels Fltzpatrlck, clerks tn the office of
the lumber company. Wyatt Robinson,
another clerk, was wounded by a bullet
that shattered his shoulder.
The holdup occurred just outside of
Stevens station, where the three clerks
boarded a railroad motor car for the
company's logging camp, six miles away.
. They had gone but a short distance, when
they came on an obstruction oh the track.
!Vhen the men alighted the negroes
'opened fire, took the money and escaped.
NEW ORLEANS HAS A
BUBONIC PLAGUE VICTIM
NEW ORLEANS, June 2S.-Health offi
cers announced tonight thst a case of
bubonic plague had been discovered In
New Orleans. Charles Lundene, a Swede,
49 years old, who has been in the city
eleven days, Is the victim.
Where Lundcne came from has not beeq
learned. He was taken 111 several days
ago In a cheap lodging house and later
removed to a hospital, where physicians
pronounced, hm suffering from the
plague .-" .- ' ' ,
The patient had been Isolated and pre
cautions taken to prevent the spread of
the disco
ANGELES BLAMED
FOR DIFFERENCES
OF REBEL CHIEFS
Alfredo Breoeda, Private Seoretary
of Carranza, Says Disturbing
General Huerta Agent
STIRRED UP RECENT
Statement Admits
gent Rank
Probab
VILLA AROUSEDTOAINST HEAD
Hostile Attitude Encouraged Also by
Foreign Elements.
LINEUP OF FORCES IS GIVEN
Constltntlonnllst Spelts to Set Forth
First Commander Has Wclsht
of Revolutionary Armies
on Ills Side.
"WASHINGTON, June SS. - Alfredo
DreccJn, private secnetary of General
Carranza, leader of the revolutionist
forces in Mexico, Issued a statement here
tonight charging that General Felipe
Angeles had stirred up the recent con
tention between Carranza nnd General
Villa and that Angeles was tn reality an
agent of General Huerta.
BreccuVs statement, Issued after a long
conference with Luis Cabrera, one of
General Carranza's representatives here,
who Is earnestly working for participa
tion of the constitutionalists In an In
formal peace conference with delegates
to the Niagara Falls mediation, admits
a breach , In the constitutionalist ranks
thai prooably cannot be healed unless'
mediation should succeed.
Brucella's Statement.
The Breeeda etatement in full follows;t
"public opinion in the United States
has boen greatly misled In the. matter oft
the attitude of Gene.rf vlTla towards
Mr. Carranza ajadnsifuf ntly I find it
necessary In vl'fiw acknowledge and dl
rcct acqualntaneo-tljflhave of the facts
to Issue a statement In order to make
known tho real situation of, the conatttu
tionallsts leadership.
"The troubles between Villa and Car
ranza have not all the Importance that
has been supposed and can be composed
when tho real causes of the break be
come known. Villa, who had boen tho
leader showing the most spirit and vln
dlctlvencss In the. war against Huerta,
has appeared always In an entirely
subordinate character to Carranza and en
tirely submissive to Carranza In spite of
pe.rsistent attempts made to make him
appear as holding personal, ambitions.
Interference, of Angeles. '
"Villa always'had continued belne lov.il
towards Carranzaji and had Jl no'tJeeni
iar, me imericrcnce or cupe Angeles,
who is the chief author of the happen
ings occurring lately, there never would
have been any differences. Whenever the
Insubordination of Villa Is spoken of we
ought to say the Insubordination of
Angeles.
"Genoral Angeles was a commander In
the federal army, ho waa sent on a ml?
sion to Europe by Huerta. He stayed
there Until October, 1913. He tlien asked
to Join the ranks and the colors of tho
constitutionalist army. Angeles was ac
cepted. He received money for his family
and for Ms trip. He was welcomed by
General Carranza, who. In view of
Angeles being a technical military man.
appointed nim sub-secretary of his war
department. His nomination was well ac
cepted by the revolutionary leaders as
they considered him entlrly educated in
politics under the federal Ideaji. As a
matter of fact, he always tried to keep
apart from General Carranza nnd the
revolutionary leaders. .
Sent to lielp Villa.
"The trip of Carranza from Sonora to
Chihuahua coincided with the beginning
of the military activities against Torrcon
and then yielding to the wishes of Villa,
Angeles was sent from Sonora to help
Villa in the Investment of Torrcon.
"Since tho arrival of Angeles near Villa,
a change in tho attitude of the latter
was felt, nearly all the acts of Villa
meaning disagreement wjth' Carranza,
such as the imprisonment and attemptud
shooting of General Chao, which were
due to tho advice of Angeles. On June
12, Carranza asked Villa to send some re
inforcements to Natera, vyho- was at the
time Investing 2acatecaa." Villa, actlne
under tho advice of Angeles, refused to
send reinforcements unless 'he could take
charge of tho assault, doing all with his
own forces. Carranza Insisted. Villa re
fused again and In a fit of. anger tendered
his resignation as military commander of
the northern division. Carranza found
himself obliged to accept the resignation,
but wishing to follow democratic pro
ceedings, he convoked the officials, who
were under the order of Vil(a that they
could choose by themselves their active
leader. But officials influenced by
AngeTes, refused to appoint a substitute
and agreed to support Villa as their leader
and they were thus In- an attitude of
disobedience towards Carranza.
"Carranza was acquainted .with the real
causes of the attitude of Villa and con-
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Prize Winners in Contest
Will Be Announced Tomorrow
Watch Tho Bee tomorrow.
For tomorrow, you know, there comes
the announcement of the thirty-nine per
sons who havo won money and tickets
to the Sclls-Floto circus and Buffalo Bill
(himself) as the result of their essays on
the subject, "Who Is Buffalo Blllf
And many a person of Omaha com
peted In that essay contest. Staak after
stack of letters came Into the office of
The Bee containing essays about the
scout showman, who is to be hero next
Tuesday. Nor did the school children for
get fhat two of the prises were reserved
especially for them. Almost half the total
number of essays which came Into The
Bee W flee were written by school chil
dren. Today the Judges appointed by Tho Beo
GIRL ATTACKED OH STREET
BragfitfU from Sidewalk and Se
verely Beaten by a Negro
AT THIRTY-THIRD. AND HARNEY
Man Attack ller'from Itcnr, Carrie
Her Into IIIrIi AVccmU, Where
She, Alone,. Vlghts Her
Assailant .A way.
Edna Baxter, aged 20, employed In the
Beaton apartments, was dragged Into tho
weeds on the vacant lot on Harney street
between Tnirty-flre; and Thirty-third
streets, Just .in the rear of the apart
ments, last night and wub brutally bcaton
by an unknown assailant.
The girl says she was walking around
the block and had Just approached that
part of Harnoy street where tho weeds
are high when she heard . stealthy foot
steps behind her. Bhe did not turn, but
Increased her speed. She had cope but a
few yards, however, when tho .person be
hind her clutched her. about the throat
and hurled her Into the weeds. She
screamed and fought, and the assailant
in Order to quiet her beat her brutally
about tho face and head. A pool of blood
at tho spot whero the assault occurred
gave testimony to tho fight the girl had
made to save herself.
The girl's screams finally attracted the
attention of neighbors, who hurried to
the sceno and met her, staggering and
covered wltli blood, coming ,out of the
weeds. Mr. and Mrs.' C. S. Lawson, 3221
Harney street, were the first to reach
her side and stopped tho passing, auto
mobile of Nk C. Bears of the Normandle
and. had the girl taken to the Nlcholus
Bonn hospital, ,
The girl told tho pollco that sho finally
succeeded In, beating her assailant off
and that he fled. 8ho .said It was too
dark at the fcpot to bo certain, but that
she thought the man was a negro.
Captain Helt'feld liad a, police dragnet
set over the neighborhood.
Am'erioan Gunboat
Silences Fire Upon
City of Puerta Plata
WASHINGTON, June 28. Bombardment
of the rebel city of Puerta Plata by Presi
dent Bordaa of Banto Domingo, wasrsll
enced late Friday by fire from the main
battery of the American gunboat Machlas.
Only a few shots wero required for the
task.
are going over tho various essays and
picking the winners. And that Isn't any
easy Job. Buffalo Bill Is well known In
Nebraska and, there Is many an essay
In the collection of the last ten days writ
ten by persons who have known Buffalo
Bll personally for many a year.
However, tho big task will be finished
by tomorrow and with the coming of to
morrow there will come also the an
nouncement of thn wlnniiM Tti.n Thi.-
day noon, Just following the parade of
me circus. Buffalo Hill, with, his Indians,
will come to The Bpe office, where the
famous scout will meut thn winn... r.
sonally, congratulate them and hand
111 em weir prizes.
Bo watch The Beo tomorrow.
Contenders for High Sporting
TO DEFEND AMERICA'S 0UP One of these threo
ynckts will bo selected to defend America's cup in
tho series of races ogainat Shamrock IV over the
clnssio Sandy Hook courso in August. Tho picturo
shows tho start in one of the trial races over the
courso on Wednesday last. The yachts in order
from left to right aro: Defiance, Resolute and Vani
tio. In this raco Resolute won handily in a light
wind. Whilo the trial races havo nbt been entirely
completed as yot, Resoluto has so shown her supe
riority at all cLasses of sailing and under all condi
Not Enough Moose '
inN.D.forlioket
vOKAHti FoniCS, N. b June 2J.-The
progressive party of North Dakota failed
to"nonilnato a' ticket tit ntWtn rnflifl(r
.having fallen short , of the number of',
votes required to., qualify candidates for
a place, on tho general election, ballot
Under- the, law, party candidates must
,have 25 per cent of the total voto cast
for Its gubernatorial candidate In tho last
previous election. The progressives reg
istered only 2.130 Votes In tho cntlro state,
thus eliminating tho' party from tlio fight.
Dorr Carroll, former state chairman,
nald tonight that tho law regulating
qualifications of candidates would be
tested in tho supreme court.
NEW FIRE ALARMS SALEM
Wind Carries Sparks Over City's
"Undamaged Residence Fart.
VERY LITTLE DAMAGE IS DONE
Latest Illnse Believed ' o Have
Stnrted from Mill dlenlDK
Emhfn of Thursday's
Conflagration.
SAI.KH, Mass., June 28.-Tho cty be-,
caine excited for n time last night when a
general alarm was sounded for a flro
which was not subdued until It had de
stroyed two houses and badly damaged
a third on the edge of tho burned dis
trict. A brisk wind blowing over the
glowing embers of Thursday's conflagra
tion carried the sparks high and far
over the undamaged portion of the resi
dence quarters.
Militiamen dropped their police duties
and turned fire fighters, carrying hose
up ladders and assisting the regular flro
men In other ways.
Prompt action of the fire department
and the mllltla made- It certain within an
hour after tho fire was discovered that
there would bo' no .further spread.
While the cause of tho blaze was not
definitely decided it was bclloved to have
started from a spark from the still glow
ing embers of Thursday's fire.
Shortly before 10 o'clock a heavy drlz
zlo of rain set In. From the point of
view of the fire fighters this was de
sirable, but It promised much distress in
the tent cotonles. The relief committee
at once began preparations to provido
adequate shelter.
The state police, under Deputy .George
C. Ncal, began today with the. city offi
cials, an Investigation of reports from
several sources that a number of the
smaller fires which contributed to the'
destruction of one-half of Salem during
Thursday's conflagration were of incen
diary origin.
. An effort was made also to determine
the cause of the main fire, which started
In the Korn leather works. The result
of the Investigation will bo reported at
the ' official Inquest into the disaster
which will begin early next week.
aiurdejr Clmrire Filed.
Pt,ATT6MOUTH, Neb.. Juno 2S.-(Spe-ciai.)
County Attorney Calvin H. Tay
lor, filed a complaint In county court,
charging George Barr, with having com
mitted murder In tho first degree by the
shuoting and killing of Abraham Meeker.
At the preliminary today a continuance
of the case was granted the defendant
until July 6. The prisoner was taken back
to tho county Jail In Omaha this after
noon for safe keeping, as the new Cass
county Jail Is not completed. J
Honor
tions that no doubt
remains but she will j
have the honor of,
competing with
Shamrock IV for tho
distinction that goes
with the famous tro
phy that has so long
remained in posses
sion of American
yachtsmon.
TO FIGHT FOR OIL RIGHTS
Rival -Claims' Slash in G'rAss 'Creelc
aad Little, Buffalo Territory.
ARMED MEN SITTING TIGHT
Promise of Keen Illvnlry. AinonK
lloldrrs of Claims nnd Aspirants
to Hnch Klghls In North
ern Wyoming-.
BASIN, Wyo Juno :s.-(Sicclal Tolc
gramOAn Interesting situation has de
veloped In Qrass Creek and Utile Buf
falo Basin country, whero It Is behoved
one of tho best oil fields of tho statu
I will bo developed. .
During the year 1013, Thomas Harriaoni
geologist, who had been associated with
tho Franco-Wyoming interests, located a
number of claims In that part of tho
basin and did a considerable amount of
assessment, work, spending In tho neigh
borhood of W.000 this spring.
Grass Creelc and the Uttlo Buffalo
Basin country became very attractive to
ol men and numbers of men from Wor
land and other places along the line filed
on the land which was claimed by Har
rison. Later they leased tho land to &
company, which later began drilling.
Harrison, feeling that ho had dono his
work legally and that his right to the
claims would hold, recently laid Iho mat
ter before members of tho Mid-west com
pany, who, after going carefully over
tho papers, decided to lease tho lands
from Harrison.
It Is understood the lease was mado
and the Mid-west company at once began
lirenaratlona to -move on tho lanrf nvt.
several years somo of their 'material has
oecn at Kiroy. Nineteen men are on
.their way from Casper to begin work for
tho' company.
The men from Worland. hearing of the
action, at onco took measures to protect
their rights and yesterday two auto loads
of men armed with rlflos and shotguns
left Worland to sit tight or their claims.
Interest is added to tho situation by
news that another well has been bought
In by, the company which had leased land
from tho Worland crowd, a good flow
having been struck at 900 feet.
Millions More Are
Donated to Science ,
By J, D, Rockefeller
NBW VOHK, June 28.-A donation of
12,660,000 from John D: Bockefeller to the
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
was announced today by Henry James,
manager of the Institute.
The announcement of tho gift was ac
companied by a statement from the in
stitute that part of the sum will be ex
pended to buy additional land In Now
York City and the remainder for the ereo
tlon and equipment of additional labo
ratories and for their maintenance.
Details regardjng the Institute's new
department of animal pathology, which
was recently endowed with a gift of
11.000.000 from Mr. Rockefeller, were made
known today. This department, under
the charge of Dr. Theobald Smith, now
professor of comparative pathology In
the medical school of Harvard univer
sity, will make investigations of animal
diseases which are of Immediate concern
to farmers.
With these additional endowments the
Rockefeller Institute, It Is stated, Is now
the most amptly endowed Institution of
Its kind In the world.
HEIR TO DUAL
AUSTRIAN GROWN
SHOTJ DEATH
Arch-Duke Francis Ferdinand and
Wife Killed by Assassin on
Streets Sunday.
ANOTHER BLOODY ROYAL DEATH
House of Hofsburg Again Sees
Murder Take Away Its Suc
cession's Props.
DEAD MAN WAS NOT POPULAR
Vigorous Worker, but Disliked by
the Peoplo of Both King
doms. DISLIKED ALSO BY FRANZ JOSEF.
Imperial Unole Not Fond of His
Cold-Blooded Nephew.
NO PARTICULARS OF AFFAIR
Only lire Announcement of the
Uvcnt So Fnr Cabled to the
United States by Asso
ciated Press.
VIENNA, Juno I. Archduko Francla
Ferdinand, heir apparent to the throne
of Austria, and his wlfo .were assassinated
today while driving In tho street at
Bcrojovo.
The expression "Austrian crown" no
immles tho conservative, placabla
ond complaisant Kaiser Frans Josef( who
has sat for slxty-fivo weary years on
the dual throne Of tho Hapsburgs, Aus
trian affairs today ore In less yielding
lunula. For seven years past the real
ruler of tho dual monarchy has been the
old kaiser's nephow and heir, Arohduko
Franz Ferdinand or Atisina-ceie, wno.
though only a few years ago known as
a consumptive recluse, has risen suddenly
-Just as, Cecil Rhodes did from a similar
stato of health-to be regarded with al
most superstitious, dread for his courage,
resolution and astute policy. Austrlsno
today aro quoting Napoleon's dictum:
"Hurono can stand only one great ruler,"
and asking, now that tho German kaiser
practically has abdicated fropi tho row,
whether tho heir to tho Hapsburg throna
la to prove that ono great ruler-
JHnrin n- Power of Anstrla.
. Tho-petsonallty wmfaltW.wtHho Arch
duko Frans Ferdinand havo beon tho sub
Joct at embittered dispute between hid
clerical allies and his liberal foes. Bub
on ono point all are agreed. Since ha
seized1 the reins of state AustrivHun
gary has thrown overboard tho self- ef
facing meekness which she has ahowni
Hlnco her defeat by Prussia In 1S66. How
ever, mistaken tho alms of the archduke,
howovor hazardous tho plans he is sup
posed to liarbor, they aro at least not the
alms and plans of a weakling; and thoy
.!- limine- carried nUt with skill. The
annexation of Bosnla-Horzegovlno, exe
cuted in the teeth of opposition from
Kngland, France and Russia. Is sufficient
proof of that.
Not n I'opnlnr Man.
In Austria Archduke Franz Ferdinand,
wnn'nnt nnnulflf nit'nn individual, and ho
was hated In Hungary. Tho burghers ot
Vienna tell a story, whicn illustrates,
hv Halm. Ihty nnnvmnathetlc side of his
character. When his-father, the present
emperor's brother, Arciiauo nan, oieo.
hlk thrco boos stood-beslde his bed. Thai
vniimrrat throw hlmsclt on his fatherM
body In a passion of grief; the second.
Otto, tho horsemail, rushed to nis siaotea
n.H u.nt ntit bin NnrmWi rtn the neck oC
a favorite hunter. The oldest son, Fran
Ferdinand, calmly read his ratners win.
aavo orders for a funeral In accordance)
with tho dcud prince's wishes, nnd sent
tn submit the famlkr
account books. This story Is told by foes
as characteristic of tho heir's callousness.
But admirers Interpret It as proof of a.
certain calmness of hpad, a certain dogged
devotion to tiresome duties, which Inspire
h orrhilukn In nil till dnlncs. and which
enabled him to wear with patience tho
painful and humiliating apprenuceaoipr
which hn wni forced to undergo before)
being Judged by his undo, Frans Josef,
to bo capable of managing mo auairs ot
the monarchy.
Forced to Work Hnrd.
Th- nM ..mnrrfir'n thearv was that an
heir waa on under-sccretary. When, by
l, Hoth nf 4h. rmwn rtrinc.
inn n .o.. - , - . .
Rudolph, Franz Ferdinand became heir ot
tho throne, ho at onco was sot to work.
The future emperor waa treated as an
Junior olork. At first the archdUKe merely
carried out orders. A little later tho
conduct of minor affairs was intrusted
tn him. When Rome trifling Question waa
raised about the transfer of a picture
from tue Jioreurg paiace to im impsnot
art gallery, or some minor problem .C
military discipline arose, the emperor
mado a practice of Initialing the report
under discussion with tho syllable "En."
meaning that tho "Brzhersog" (tho arch
duke) could settle the matter at his dis
cretion, For ton years tho heir worked
at these tlrCsomo tasks.
California on Rocks
OffTory Island
LONDON. June 28. The Anchor line
steamer California Is on 'the rocks ofC
Tory Island and calling for assistance,
Qunboats have left Londonderry to as
sist the steamer. The accident is attri
buted to fog.
CYCLONES AND ELECTRICAL
STORMS IN LOWER MICHIGAN
DETROIT, Mich.. Juno 2S.Prsetlcally
all of lower Michigan was swept tonight
by electrical storms nnd cyclones. No
fatalities have been reported, but several
were Injured and the damage was great.
In Eaton county alone the property loss
was estimated at more than 1100,009.