NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM FOREIGN CAPITALS AND CITIES
EUQENIE AND
THE OUEEN
The French Ex-Empress on a
Vlsit to Spaln,
AOED FORMER QUEENS
Her Vlsit Said to be to Dlspose of Her
Property Interesis There. Tem
perenco Reformers Grievecl at
Curzons Order
By Paul Lambeth.
[Speclal Cable to The Timos-Dlspatch,
Copyrlght 1903.]
LONDON, Feb. 7.?The Empress Euge
nlo has left hor EngllKh home at Farn
borough, withln earshot ot tho practice
guns at Aldcrahot, the great mllltary
camp, and gono to Madrld to vlsit ox
Queen Isabella, of Spain.
Both these agcd women are ex-queens.
Isabella, unllko Eugenle. docsn't moum
for the pomp of hor past statlon, but de
votcs hoTself to havlng a gjood tlme.
Eugenlo Is a, brolocn-hcartcd woman
and ls a llvlng llgure of grlcf.
Her vlsit to Madred wlll add to her
storo of palnful recolloctlons, for she
hasn't seen her native land slnce she
left It a beautlful young glrl to marry
Napolen III.
Eugenlo's mlsslon to Spnln ls. lt ls re
portod. for tho purposo of Ilnally dtspos
ing of her property Interests thoro.
She ls, of course, cnormously rlch. She
spends hnlf her tlme ln Parls.
It Is a trlbute to the pollteness of the
French peogje that she comes nnd gom
wlthout comment.
She always tnkcB a sulto of rooms al
tho Contlnental Hotel In the Buc Rlvou.
from the wlndows of whlch she can look
into tho gardens of the Tullcrica, whlch
palace she inhablted untll the French
peoplo mado up thelr mlmls to dlsponse
Wlth tho servlces of Napoleon III.
Temperance reformers hero and ln In?
dla aro grievcd because Ixrrd Curzon hns
resclnded the orders of two of hls 1 eu
tenant-govcrnors In Indla, prohlbltibg
the employment of females aa barmalds
in hotela and saloons.
The only reason glven by tho Vlceroy
for thls action was that there wero
legal dlfllcultles ln malntalnlng lt.
But lt is no secret that the action of
I^ord Curzon was In responso to memo
rlas from tlie proprletors of llquor bars
In Cnlcurta and Rongoom.
The removal of the barmalds, lt ap
pcars, was to them a great loss ??? *?**;
The followlng clause In thelr ReUUon
shows thls and erplalns tho action of
"""In c"mpelllng your memorlallsts nnd
othor hotel-kcepsrs In Calcutta to d.s
mlss thelr femalo employes. have causcd
and are causlng a heavy flnanclal loss
To your memorlallsts and other Iteense
holders on the capltal they have laldout
both in acqulrlng and Improvlng thelr
sald premlses. and ln engaglng the^ser?
vlces of thelr former female employes.
'The excluslon of females from such
employment has also lessened the legi
tlmatc proflts of your memorlallsts and
other llcenso holders In Calcutta from
?he lawful salo of refreshments and
wlnes and nplrltuous llquors.
And further on they say: The l-eenseM
hmises of your memorlallsts are houses
of cntertalnment. where many European
men who rarely have an opportunlty of
co^veX: eon,, to theMfcgVff- ?
refresh themselves nnd to ?"?/ ?" f
cFcty and conversatlon ot the sald
maleB." -i_.es -where barmnds are
i_?? tbye Sa'y numban. of Idle men ?j
?rKhSteetnha\0U^,nbeusS ^.U helght
and Its worst. commercial
?5& SSZJS&g* 5-B2
them wlth ^>* dr!nk- calcutta wlne
these so-called hotels to p reslae,
!"*"??. 2US he supplles to ask
ln th,%?mS youths who como every
eTenuifrptyyt?he.r court to thls partt
cular beverage. too
SS^SK themselves agreeable. wlll
glJ^S^-SfthSg
rn.rnhn.nt who. by maklng tho promtsed
5?S_r^Y-?fis
ouiers who bask ln her smllea day by
fltFor the present the Hauor dealeni have
won and that, too. by the act on of tho
toyal represontative of Chrlstlan _n3
land.
A Jolnt committeo of all the trades uti
lons ot GreaXBrltaln has met and dratt
ed st'ggostion.Xfor a parllamontary act
legallzlng peaceiul "plcketlng" of prem?
lses on shop3 ln whlch men aro on strlko,
. The courts re-iently held that all plck?
etlng was lllegal, no matter whether
thero was dlsorder conneoted therowlth
or not.
The dooislon was n grave blow at tho
union because it donled them the right
to meet non-unlonlsta In the streets and
to engage in poaoeful frtendly argumont
wlth them over the merlta if the Btrlke,
The blll whloh tho conferonco drafted
for presentatlon to Parllamont ls en?
tltled "A blll to legaltze tho penccful con
duct of trade dlsputes."
The tltle is vory suggestK'e of the attl
tude o? the qpilfta. Followlng ls tho
ohlef clause la tho blll, lt has the ap
proval of all the trades unlons:
?at shall bo lawful durlng tho con
templatlon of nnd contlnuance of n trade
dlBputo for any person or persons, wheth?
er by or on behalf of a trade union or
any other assoclatlon of Indlvldualn,
whether registered or unreglatorod, to
attend at or near a house or place for
the purposo of obtalnlng or communl
catlng Informatlon, or of peacefully per
?uadrng any person to work or to ab
?taln from worklng, or for any comblna
tlon of those purposes; and any attend
unce, communtcatlon or persuasion, as
aforesold .wlthout using vlnlenoe, Bhall
not ho deemed a watchlng or hosettlng
withln the meanlng of Seotlon 7 of tha
' ponsplraoy and iProteotlon of Proporty
lAot. 1876."
? * *
Adellna Patt|, not eo well known by the
taame of hor present husband, Baron
gederatrom, la golng to the United States
jor another "farowell tour."
Although Mrae, Pattl hasn't b.ade rara
*reU to the Amerlcan publlo for more
than a decade, aho hasn't lost hor volce,
but has beon slnglng In London' and tho
provlncos.
Her volce Is remnrkably well prosorved
and her art Is n? fresh ns ever.
aIiIs Ih not a press agent'h "notlce,"
but tho fact. .Mme. Puttl lookn as young
as ever. I aaw her the other dny.
Sho Is wholly utiwrlnkled nnd thero
lsn't n grny hair lu her head. Her tltled
husband wntches her health earefnlly,
He ls a physlclan and a masseur? facts
which may account for his wlfe's poren
nlal youth,
Mmo. Pattt is to get $5,000 a nlght for
her "farcwell" performnnces ln tho
United Stntes.
She cannot corn qulte thnt much here,
but tho recelpts of her concerts at Alox
nndra Hall last wlnter wore almost as
great.
Llke Amcrlca, England pays her fu
vorlte nlngcrs very well. The late Henry
Bussell, a popular London slnger, once
got W.O00 for slnglng one Bong nt Albert
Hall.
Mme. Pattl etlll llves at Cralg-y-Nos
Castlo.
She deslres to sell it, I leam, but no
Amerlcan milllonalre seems deslrous of
buying ajcastle In Wales,
T aaw the Infnnta Eulalic'the other dny
at Waterloo statlon. She had come to
England to see her boys, whom she is
cducating In an Engllsh school.
The Infanta Is much atoutcr than when
she vlslted the Unlte<l States at the tlme
of the Columbian celebration.
She was unusually well dresscd, for
aa n rulo Spanlsh Infantas dress as
dowdlly as Britlsh pecresscs of a cer?
tain nge. i
Ixird Penrhyn contlnues to malntaln
a "lockout" agalnst the men of hls quar
rles -who Insist that tho aohle lord should
rocelvo a delogatlon from them to dls
cuss thelr grlevances.
Lord Penrhyn Is ono of the richest and
stubbornest peers In the klngdom. Hls
qunrrles have beon idle for several years,
becauso the workmen inslsted that hls
lordshlp should reeelve ln conference a
cdmmlttec delegalcd from thelr ranks.
HLs lordshlp wouldn't and dldn't and
hls men have been loeked out ever slnce.
His lordshlp In effect holds that tho
mlnes are hls and he. has the rlght of
decllning to see nnybody he doesn't wish
to see.
The mon have been evlnted from thelr
houses, but thelr fellow-quarrymsn t-lse
whoro In the kingdom are contrlbuting
"strlke pay" nnd the lockout promlscs
to continue Indeflnitely.
Lord Penrhyn, belng enormously rlch,
doesn't mlss the Income from these quar
rles. and apparently ls proud of hla new
tltlo of belng "tho stubbornest man in
the kingdom."
? ? ?
Baron Henry de Rothschlld has been
sentenccd to pay a fine and also to three
days' imprlsonment at Mentone, on the
Klviera, for "scorching" In his auto
mobile.
The Baron declines to "do tlme" and
has appealed from the scntence.
He Is an enthuslastlc motorist, llke W.
K. Vanderbllt and the Klng of the Bel
glnns.
Klng Leopold of Belglum was stopped
tho other day by a Belglan policeman for
drlving hls motor car beyond the legal
spced.
Of course. the policeman dldn't recog
nlze Hls Majesty.
It Is the custom to soy ln these cases
that the monarch gave tho lgnorant per?
son a gold coln with hls portralt stamp
ed upon It.
As a matter of fact, Klng Leopold dld
nothing of the sort.
Instead he gave tho poor policeman a
royal scolding.
Here In England it is the chief pastime
ot rural pollcemen to "lay for" wealthy
motorlsts.
They are fln'ed heavlly?when caught?
which flnes go to reduce the taxes of the
rural vlllages?hence the pollccmen's in
dustry ln trapplng motorlsts.
Klng Edward "scorches," but no police?
man has yet had the temerlty to "hold
up" Hls Majesty.
? * *
The Cunard llne, whlch decllncd to joln
Mr. Morgan's glgantlc shlpplng trust.
doesn't Intend to let the trust "hog" tho
'cream of tho Amerlcan trans-Atlantlc
traffic.
It is bulldlng two huge now steamshlps
guaranteed to steam twenty-five knots
an hour. They are to be driven through
the water by trlple screws.
Hitherto no llners have been provlded
with trlple propellers. The advantago of
three screws ls the reduction of liability
to breakdown.
The coal consumptlon of these two new
Cunard leviathans wlll be 1,000 tons a
day.
From that one item. one may obtain a
falr Idca of tho vast cost of operating
luxurious Atlantlc greyhounds nowndays.
Ono of tho most shocking cases of des
tltutlon discovered thus far ln England
this wlnter, when dostltutlon Is wrtde
spread and Intense, owlng to the hard
times, was revoaled through tho Lelces
ter Pollco Court.
Wllllam Darker, a boy of fourteen, was
arrested for stenllng a pet rabblt. It
transplred durlng the henrlng thnt Dark?
er and ten others llved ln one tlny cot
tnge oontalnlng only two beds.
Darker worked all nlght, and whon
he got home ln the mornlng he handed
hls clothes to a younger hrothor.' who
was then enabled to go to hls work. Wll?
llam had to stay indoors all day untll
hls brother roturned at evenlng.
Tho policemnn who arrested tho lad
THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
(Speclal Cable to Tho Tlmos-Dispatoh,
Copyrlght 1D03.)
LONDON, February 7,-The selectlon of
Professor W. Turnor as prliiolpal of the
Unlverslty of EdlnburglC whloh lnloly
was t'lohly endowod by Andrew Oamoglo,
l? jl|ff"'y rooommendod hy Sootchmon.
Professor Turner ls sald' to have boen
nomlnated for tho pqsltlon by tho Ameri
can milllonalre.
PRINCIPAL ACTORS IN THE
TRIAL OF COLONEL LYNCH
COf? COLONEC LY/VCH
(Speclal Cablo to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.
Copyrlght 1903.) .
LONDON, February 7.?In splte of tha
general publlc sentiment that the sentenco
recelved by Colonel Lynch, accused ot
treason becauso he fought with the Boers
In South Afrlc.-i, was unnecessarlly se
verc, there Is heard nothing but pralse of
the manner ln whlch the trlal was con
ducted. The blame is placed upon the su
pernnnuated law governlng treason trlals.
The attltude of the Lord Chlef Justlce,
Mr. Justlce Wllls and Mr. Justlce Chan
nel was as falr and even respectful to?
ward the accused as wnB posslble In con
aldtcratlon of thelr omclal posltlon and
their personal dlgnlty, Mr. Avery's de
fensc is ngrecd to have been mastery. It
wlll he a iong tlmo before the scenes of
thls flrst treason trlal England has seen
for moro than half a century ccase to be
a subject of remlnlscence.
had to walt untll hls brother returned
at nlghtfall so that hls prisoner rnlght
dress and go to the pollce statlon.
Tho Prlnce of Wales has had an elec?
tric clevator placed In Marlborough
House, which, since the Klng moved. over
to Bucklngham Palace, is occupled by
the hclr apparent.
The clevator or "lift," as the Engllsh
call It. wlll enablft the Prlnccss to go
Instantly from her bedroom to the nur
s'er".
Th*J recent brrth of another royal
prlnce to the helr apparent recalls the
fact that all the Prlnce's chlldren save
thls one were born at Tork cottage,
hard by Sandrlngham.
Thls latest prlncelet to e\iter the world
was born at Marlborough House.
In hls cradlo were rocked all the chll?
dren to Queen Vlctorla.
Tho huge gold punchbowl used at the
llttlo prlnce's christenlng was made for
George IV. It cost ttO.OOO and ls so .blg
that two oables could be tubbed ln lt to
geiher witnout dlscomfort. Only the
Infants of royalty and Amerlcan multl
mlllionarles have tho rare prlvllege of
bathlng ln a solld gold bath.
There are so many Amcricans in South
Afrlca that a movement ls on foot for the
establlshraent of nn Amerlcan chamber of
commerce In Johannesburg.
A. large number of Amerlcan flrms al?
ready In buslness there or lntendlng to
enter buslness have promlsed thelr sup?
port, and -with the aid of thla chamber the
Amerlcan colony ln the Transvaal wlll be
more powerful and reprosentatlve than
any other body of ultlanders there.
From Constantlnople comes the news
that the Shetk-ul-Islam, the only man ln
Turkey who is as powerful os the gro
tesque Sultan, Abdul Hamld, ls dUpleased
with the "slgns of the times" in Turkey.
The other day at a. meeting of the coun?
cll, whlch the Sultan attended, the Shelk
spoke bltterly of the decadence of Tur?
key. saying:
"What can we expect of a -State in
whlch the mosques are empty and the
wine-shops full; our women go unvelled;
our children are taught by German and
French governesses of doubtful repu
tatlon; our offlcers and offlclals order
splrlts and wlno at home, and even in
their offlees and barracks.
"Allah has turned hls face away from
us, and removed the twelve angels from
the Hagla Sofio.
"From that to tho complote downfall
of our country is but a stee."
? It was at thls councll that the Sultan's
Grand Vlzler, Sald Pasha, reslgned.
' Said ought to be g'iad to be freed from
the turmoil and peril of polltlcs, as lt ls
practiced ln Constantlnople.
He Is seventy and has beon In ofTioe
fifty years in varloua capacltles.
Sald Pasha several tlmes has been com
pelled to (leo from Ylldlz Klosk to save
hts life. for tho Sultan. vexed at hlm,
clamored for hls. head.
Now that ho is out of offlco and a very
old man. Sald Pasha may end hls days
In peaco ln his palace on the golden
shores of the Bosphorous, freed from foar
oC tho Sultan's staff of hired assasslns.
THE KING OF THIEVES
ARRESTED AT BRUSSELS
(Speclal Cable to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.
Copyrlght, 1303.)
BRUSSELS, Fobruary 7.?Auguste Hu
bert, Just arrested horo, has well earnrd
hls tltle of "Klng ot Thleves," havlng
served hls hundredth sentenco for that
erlme, and ho ls only mlddle-aged. Hu
bort Is not partlcular what ho steals?
whatever ls hnndy ho talces,
Three months ngo he cirrlod off half
a calf from a butchor's barrow standlng
ln front of the shop, A hue and crywns
ralsed, and tho thlof was hunted, Hls
burden was too heavy for hlm; he could
not koep up the runnlng, and he wns
captured and prosecuted.
One evenlng lnst woek I-lubert mndo
h{s appearanco in tho Rue do In Colonne,
and took possession of a gardener'B cart,
ln whlch were a cask of buttor and othov
articles. On tho followlng evenlng he
roappeared. Thls time he had hls oyo
on other thlngs hesldes calves and gar
denors' carts. The mombers.of a slato
olub In the Ruo do la Pnrlo met to <ll
vlde the money and Incldontally to spend
a convivial evenlng, going from oue
publlo houso to another, They ileclded
to havo thelr lnst gloss In a publlo
houso In tlio Ruo Bonnevle.
But one of thelr number, havlng had
enough, decldod to remaln In n cnb until
tho stlrrup-cup hnd been drunk. Hubert
was pnsslng at tlio tlme, and took ln tho
sltuation nt a glance, Ho made tho ac
qualntanco of thn gontlomnn In the cnb,
robhed hlm of hls nharc of tho alate
olub dlvislon, and made off Just ns the
other men were leavtng tha publlo houso.
Tho man in tho oub was siifllclontly'con
Bclaus of the'fnet that ho had been rob
bed, nnd ho eontrlvod to slgualMhla In
tolllgence to hls companlons, who gave
chase, eollared Hubert and nearly killed
hlm, Hubort rofused to glve up the
? money, however, nnd only dlsbursed
vwhon taUci. to tho pollce statlon.
KISE OF THE
AUTOMOBIIE
The Kaiser an Enthusiastlc
Drlver of Machine.
A SPECIAL AUTO ROAD
Royalty Glves Sanction to the Plan
for an Exclusive Automobile
Course in the Grunewald.
A Pathetic Story.
By MALCOLM CLARKE.
(Special Cable to The Times-Dispatch.
Copyright, 1903.)
BERLIN, Feb. 7.?Advlces from all
parts of Europe indlcate an extraordlnory
Increase of Interest ln tho automobile.
The news from London that Mr. Labou
chere Ib at the head of a movement to
ralse the speed llmlt allowed theso ve
hicles ls echoed here ln no uncertaln tones.
On most country roads. with a clear
course and no danger from side turnlngs,
twenty-five mlles an hour ls not only
consldered safe, but probably now would
not be serlously opposed by countrymen
and others who have no personal mter
ests ln automoblling.
The Kalaer hlmself has become one of
the most enthusiastlc uscrs of the au?
tomobile. He has Just now approved
the plan of Herr Geltner for an excln
sive automobile courso in tho Grunowald
Reservatlon. All through Germany tlus
actlon on tho part of the Emperor is
hailed with delight. Automobile sports
men, who have been prohlblted from In
dulglng in fast ridlng and sporting con
tests because of the numerous laws in
terfering with them and the non-existenco
of a good course, are agltating these
matters in every way calculated to fa
verably Influence publlc oplnion.
The new course will extend from Bor
lln to "Wetzlarer, nnd -work upon It will
bo begun at once. A delegation of
promlnent German automoblltsts has
gono to Paris to investlgate conditlons
there with respect to the Qrunewahl
courso. It is well known that the Em?
peror ls envlous of tho hlgh record
mnde in Franco nnd does not want to
sco Germany remaln behtnd the raco
with that country and England. His
Majesty haa several fast vehicles, all r?*
whlch were mado In Germany. He has
often expressed the convlctlon that,
with proper facilltles. German automobile
manufacturers would compote satlsfac
torlly with those of Franco and Amorlca.
It ls settled that tho pavement of the
new course wlll bo of the most approved
klnd, and It Is understood that the Kais?
er ,wlll endenvor to havo largo lntorna?
tlonal conipetltlons tnko place here.
. Schwab, the detcctlve employed by the
court of Saxony to watoh the Crown
Prlncoss and Giron whlle thoy wero at i
Goneva, has returned to Vlonnn and tells
a pathetic story of that part of tho
separntlon negotlntlons rrow flnally oom
pletud whlch deprlves Louise of tho prjvl
lego of seolng hor chlldren.
lt appenrs that tho conditlons of aet
lloment wero not general nor gently pro
pqs'ed. Tho Prlncoss recelved, boforc
sho left Genevn, her wholo wardrobo and
personal bolonglngs not Included ln tho
crown Jewols. Tho ulthnutum of Klng
George was to tlils effect:
"You con havo jii.ooo a year ln any
ense; but lf you do n"t givo up M. Glron
you wlll not bo allowed to seo your
chlldren."
It was useless for lhe Prlneess to Im
plore tho Klng of Snxony's ngont tn rop
resont to hfi* royal master tho cruelty
of this iiiternatlve. ftho had to glce
up her roynl tltles, rank nnd prlvllogea
and to luive no further clalm on tho
House ot Saxony nnd to call horself by
her blrth name untll t-he could marry tho
man with whom sho hnd oloped.
Schwab says that tho Prlncoss' lovo
for her chlldren found vont ln inipnsslon
ato declnrnttoiiB. She kopt tholr photo
graplis on tho tablo l>eforo hor and wept
over them constantly. But sho could
not allow them to stand between herself
und Oiron.
The haniiaome dowry of Prlncoss Loulso
goes to her youngor chlldren. Hor nl
lowanco from tho Ilallan Government in
ICIne Humbert's rolgn wlll rovort to
the Qrand Duko of Tuscany.
'It la learned that Glron'a-lncome is leaa
than $000 a year. Stlll the palr wlll
not be bothered about ways and means
yet a while, aa the Princess took wlth
her (109,000 worth- of Jewels. A quantl
ty of her personal gems, valued at half
that much, wlilch she left behlnd her,
have beon forwarded. If she should
Bell them at auetlon ln Parls It ls be
Uovcd she mlght obtaln for them far
moro than they aro worth. ,
It ls Interestlng to note that Amerlcan
ladles llvlng ln Berlln and Vleruia, or
travellng ln thls country, generally look
upon the Princess wlth great sympathy,
and do not hesltate to remark thelr aver
slon to the beer-goaklng, snorlng Prlnce
husband from whom she fled. Recently,
when.tho Prlnce appeared In publlc and
was hlssed, several Amerlcnn women
who wltnessed the scene oxpressed them?
selves as convlnced that the Crown
Prlnce recelved no moro than he was
entltled to.
Count Lamsdoff ls authorlty for In?
formatlon just Issued regardlng the re
forms ln Macedonta-proposed by Ilussla
and Austrla-Hungary. At present tho
revonues of Hacednnla aro manipulated
ln a most corrupt way. All the monoy
passes through the hands of tho varlous
Governors, who retaln 25v per cent. of
lt. The country beneflta only by a
fourth of tho total, tha Sultan gettlng
half of the whole amount.
In the proposed reorganlzatlon the
greater portlon of the rovenues ls to be
appllod to the needs of tho country. The
pollce wlll be under tho control of
European ofllcers, and a cortaln pro
portlon of the Governors wlll be Chrls
tla'ns.
Tho Sultan Is maklng sure of hls share
as far as he posslbly can. Probably he
wlll be able to retaln hls half of the
revenues. The Governors wlll be the
ones to suffer from' -ie Russo-Austrlan
arrangement But the country wlll 1j?
conslderably better off, as Count Lams
dorft easlly dlscovered that the fourth
nomlnally set aside for tho Interests of
tho populatlon found .ls way to a great *
extent lnto the pockets of ofllelals. lt
Is belleved that Beiglum Is tbe country
from whlch new European ofllcers for
tho Macedonlan pollce will be drawn.
*
Wlth tho energetlc collaboratlon of the
Kalser, Herr von Hulsen, the new dl
rector of tho Opera House and the Thea?
tre Royal, Is dolng much bettor than the
doubtful publlo expected of hlm. Most
of the credlt, doubtless, is due to tho
Emperor, who is Just now hls own gen?
eral manager, and ls also amuslng hlm?
self as stage manager. Thls Is the
Emperor's latest rolo, and he enacts lt
wlth as much prldo as he exhlblted
upon the occaslon when ho servod as
bandmaster.
Altogothor, the "Rlp Van Wlnkle"
slumber whloh tho Berlln royal operntlc
and dratriatlc stock companles onjoyei
under Count von Hochberg, are serlous
ly dlsturbed. It almost looks as though
Borlln mlght rlse to tho standard of the
Dresden opera, whero, and at Welsbaden,
tho pace for all German mnnagers has
been set for several yenrs past. Tha
Emperor ls lndulglng ln a Gluck orgy,
Wngner havlng been almost entlrely
snowed under. The Amerlcan slngor,
Mlss Geraldlne Farra-r, has malntalneu
lier popularlty ln tliose German porform
iinces; ln fact, ls almost wlthout a rlval.
? * *
Berlln soclety lenrns wlth regrot that
tho Prlnce of Walos wlll not bo ablo to
leavo Englnnd ln rcsponso to tho Kals
or's Invitatlon to nttend the annual chap
ter of tho Knights of tho Blnck Eaglo.
Socloty was partlculnrly Interested In the.
Prlnce's expected vlslted on ncoount of
tho Tmporlnl reception at tho Boyal
Schloss to the Knights of tho Prusslan
Royal orders, whlch wlll bo one of the
moBt brllllnnt court functlons of the
year.
? a *
In tho mldst of tho self-lmposod dutles
as illrector of Borlln opera, the Emporor
has taken tlme to lssuo nn edlct agalnst
ents and dogB. Ho ordors theso house
hold pots to bo banlshod from the royal
pulacGs, nnd even Includes lilrds In tho
cntegory.
In promulgatlng thl'a order of banlsh
inent tlio Kalser stands forth ns a
Bclentlst. Ho doclaros tliat thoso anl
iniils nre a menns of conveylng (IIhoiiso
g'orme, lu whlch statoment, of course,
tlie entlro medlciil traternlty concurs, lt
belng well linderstood that cats ospeclal
Jy havo carrlod nml scattered the germs
nf tllphtherla throiighout wholo nolgh
bnrhoods,
? ? *
A Vionria, crlmlnologist hns Just thrown
a bomb Into tlio rnnks of women who
prufor to support themselves rathor tlmn
to marry ns a means of settllng thom
selvos In llfe. Ho stales that the ve
cont rapld development of women
through entertng wore aml moro lnto tho
work of mon ia a transltion Involvlug
groat straln and unwelcomo reaults.
In Vlenna, for liiHtance, tliln nuthorlty
doclares that goneral pnralyBls, ci man'a
diseaso, Is lnoroa?lng amonk women, We
finda that ln Beiglum lnsanlty nnd sul
THEY DEALT
WITH TRUSTS
clde havo bccfi Incroaslng more rapldir
among woman than among mon. Wo*
man belng wenkor thnn man, when sho
tnkes upon herself tho straln whloh
causcs men to succutnb, her case is nll
the more desperato,
The Vlenna authorlty ndmlts, however,
thnt thls evll mny bo only a tempornry
one, whlch wlll clisnppeiu- when tho vic
tlms have hnd tlme to adapt themselves
to modern clvllizatlon.
NOVEL MANjMER OF
CURING SHOPLIFTING
(Speclal Cablo to The TlmesiDIspatch.
Copyrlght 1003.)
LONDON, Fobruary 7.?A West End
shopkceper ls credlted with havlng adopt?
ed a novel and successful method of dls
courngtng the fomlnine hnblt of shoplift
mg. The reported result Is a stnndlng r.e
pioach to those sclentlsts who talk about
"klcptomanla" nnd offer all sorts of ox
cuses for ladles who habltually plck up
small but valuable artlcles on bargnln
countcrs when the clerk Is not looklng.
The shopkceper's method when a lady
has been detected "with the goods on
her" is to conduct her to hls oflloe and
offer her the cholce between nrrest nnd
r/elng then nnd thero sutnmarlly spanked.
Tne medlcal fraternlty wlll be shocked to
loarn that nll of tho twenty women to
whom thls proposltlon was made thank
fully hccepted the- alernatlve of a spank
Ing.
Tho shopkeepcr wlshes It understood
thnt he dld not admlnlster thls punlsh
ment personally, but calle.. ln a vlgorous
womnn employed about tho premlses ns
a sort of Janltress, wliom he couldi depend
upon to lay on without remorso, as sho
hnd brought up a numfcrous famlly in
good order.
The shopkceper suggosts that to pre
yent any colllslon with tne authorltlcs
through tho general operation of hls rem?
edy, a law be passed permittlng proprlo
tors of largo stores frequented by women
to apply It at dlscretlon. Ho remarks
that not one of the subjects of hlB sys?
tem has ever offended agnln.
BURNS CELEBRATIONS
THROUGH SCOTLAND
(Speclal Cable to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.
Copyrlght, 1903.)
EDINBURGH. February 7.-The month
Just passed haa been consplcuous for
Burns colebrntlons nll through Scotland.
Thero are vurlous days In tho llfo of tho
poet whlch have come to be recognlzed
os excuses for celebratlng hls memory.
Burns was born on January 25th. On
January 12, 1787, Burns, at St. Andrew'a
Lodgo of Free Masons, Edlnburgh, was
halled as the natlonal bard.
Three of the mlnutes of the lodgo St.
Davld's, Carbolton, are ln tho handwrlt
Ing of Burns, who waa deputy master.
Two of the slgnatures wero cut from the
book, but ono of the thleves belng traced.
tho slgnature was replaced. Tho other
was stolen ln 1823, and no trace of lt
could be found untll last September.
when a London doctor offered to sell
j tho autograph -to tho owncr of the mln
ute book.
BUST OF VERLAINES TO
ADORN LUXEMBOURG
(Speclal Cable to The Times-Dlspatcli.
Copyrlght, 3903.) *
PARIS, February 7.?Admlrers of tho
works of tho late poet. Paul Verlalne. nt
last have hopes of seelng a bust of hlm
placed in the Luxembourg Gardens. Tho
bust ls how flnlshed, and tlie Municlpal
Councll has just glven permlssion for
its erectiou in the Square des Batignolles.
But thls permlssion encouraged tho
commlttee In charge of the monument
to renew Its eiforts to lnduce the Sen
nte to open the Luxembourg Gardens to
lt. A prevlous request wns refused, cer?
tain of the Senators objectlng on the
ground thnt Verlalne's mnnner of llfe
had not been all that could be desired.
It now appears that they wlshed to
see the flnlshed work before deoldlng the
polnt deflnltely.
Pending a flnal decision, tho poet's
frlends last week vlslted the Batignolles
Ccmotery and placcd wreaths on Ver?
lalne's grave. There ls no quostion that
n majorlty of Parislans doslre tho poet's
memory to ba honored in accordnnca
with the merlts of -his works, Irrospcc
tlvo of hls personnl character,
PRETTY CHILD OF LORD
AND LADY WARWICK
(Speclal Cable tn The Tlmes-Dlspatch.
Copyrlght 1003,1
LONDOW, Fehrunry 7.-Tho Honorable
Muynard Grovlllo, tlie llttlo son ot Lord
tiiivL Lady Wiirwlek. Ib tho aubjoct of
somo of tho nioat oxqulalto exaniplus of
the photographcr's art whlch hnvo been
exlilbltod here lu a long tlrno. Tho ohild
seems to have Inherlted all hla mothor's
beauty und charm of mannor,
Master Maynard had us godfathor Lord
BoBebory and tho late Cooll Rhodes. Hc
Is nnld to be aa brlght as ho Is lovely af
form nnd featuro, nnd lf colcbrated god
fnthera atand for anythlng, ho appears
well equlppod for a better career thtvn
most Enjfllsh younger aons llluatrato.
English Four Centurles Ago
Were Practlcal.
AND NOT WITHOUT HUMOK
The Sultan Has No Money to Pay Hls
Troops, But His Minlstors are the -.'?'.
Best Paid in All Europe.
Poor Mascagni.
By Max O'Rell.
fSpeclal Cable to The Times-Dispatch,
i Copyright 1903.1
PARIS, Feb. 7.?"Wo aro greatly lntor*
eatcd ln EJuropo ln the attltudetaken by
Presldent Roosevelt ln dcallng wlth
trusts, "rlngB" and "comblnatlons." ,
? "Rlngs" wero kngwn many centurles
ago; thoy wero Instltuted for ninlntalnlng
high prlces for the food of the peoplo,
and lt ls Interestlng to sco how such
persons were dealt witli ln the good old
times,
In 1M8 tho Enprllsh Parllament passed
a Blll of Consplraclea of VIctualcrs and
Craftsmen, whlch enacted "that aa of
late dtv-ers scllers of vlctuals, not con
tent wlth moderate and reasonable galn,
have consplrod to sell them at unrea
3onable prlces. ? ? lf after the flrst
ot March next any butchers, bakers,
frulterora consplro to keep up these un
reasonable prlces. they shall for the flrst
offence forfelt ?10 or twenty days' 1m
prlsonment on bread and water; for the
second offonce ?20, or tho pillory, anrl
for the thlrd offence ?40 and the pil?
lory, wlth the loss of ono ear."
"If any such consplracy was entered
lnto by tho Company of Vtctualers thelr
corporatlon was to bo dissolved.
In those days tho English were prac?
tlcal and not altogether destltute of hu
imr.
The new French Ambassador ln "Wash?
lngton, Dr, Jusserand, that talented dl
plomatlat and man of letters, who haa
now arrlved at hls new post, took wlth
hlm somo znagniflcent pleccs of gobelln
tapcstry whlch the Frenoh Republlo
placed at hls dlsposal for the decoratlon
of the Frenoh Etaibassy.
Those tapcstries are qulte modern, and
aro reproducllons oxecuted by the best
artlsts of the famous French manufac
tory. \
The two most remarkable ones are
coples of tho famous "Seojons," ot Ait
dran.
One represonts "Summer," wlth Cerea
as tho central flgure. The second ono
ls "Autumn," rpresented by Bacchus.
These two magnlflcent pleces of tapestry
have cost $1T),000 each to manufacture,
and wlll add must to the splendor to tho
manslon that ls golng to be occupied.by
Dr. Jusserand and hls charmlng Amerl?
can wlfe.
The Sultan of Turkey has no money to
pay hls troops, yet he and hls mlnlsters
are the best pald men ln Europe.
The Navy Mlnlstor rocelves $90,000. Tha
Grand Vlzler and the War. Minlster re
celve $80,000.
Tho Minlster of Publlc Instructlon has
to be contended wlth $40,000.
Slnce the Navy Minlster was in offlco
he has acqulred a, fortune of $15,000,009,
whlch proves that ,>rder and economy are
among hls vlrtues, although the slmpls
appllcatlon of the rule of three w'du'14"
hardly bo sufflclent to explain hls sav
lngs,
English Mlnlsters recelve from $15,000
to $25,000.
The French Mlnlsters have all the same
salary, $12,000.
But probably the cheapest Minlster that
evor served a Government was the Minls?
ter of Finance durlng the Commune ln
1871. Tbls Minlster only drew a salary of
10 francs a day, that ls to. say, $2.
A movement ia afott for the stmplify
Ing of French milltary and other unlr
forms, moro ln accordaice wlth demo?
cratic tendencles and the vractlcal uses o?
them in war tiine.
France, In the matter of milltary unl* (
form, ls stlll too fond of glltter and plu-'
rhage, whlch ln the case of offlcers and
non-oonimissioned oflicors, is not ln ae
cordanco wlth thelr means. ind,. make o|
them targots on the battleftold.
If a. subaltern ofllcer ls not very care
ful, he has to spend at least 1,600 tranca
on hls unlform.
Hls salary ls about 2,000 francs.
Now that milltary servlco ls obllgatory
thero is no motlve for attractlng young
men, as larks are caught wlth mlrrors
and raackorel wlth any thlng that shines.
Wo are too fond of tlnsel In France.
Our academlclans aro dresseil llk per
formlng parrots.
These paclflc croatures wcar a sword,
Why not provide them with revolvers?
In Westmlnster Abbey, at tlio Corona
tlon of King Edward. the most gorgeous
ly dressed Ambussador was M. Paul
Cambon, Ambassador of tho French Re?
publlo, and hls gorgeousness was all tha
more enchanccd by the slmpltclty of tha
Ambassador who sat ln the stall next to
hls Mr, Joseph H. Choatc, Ambassador
of the United Stntos, who wore an ordN
nary sult of evenlng clothes.
. * m
Poor Mascagni Is deeldedly a most un
fortunntr* man, Of courso, ln Europe we
aro moro or less ln tho dark about the
reasons of hls trlbulatlons ln America.
but thnt no has ii;ul a terrlble tlmo we all
know.
Now comes from Italy the sad Intelll
gonco ttint lin has beon dlsnvlssed from
hls post of dlrector of the Pesaro Conser
vatory. Tlie eompbser may got some con
solation from knowlng that thera ls an
orgnn-grinucr who ls kooplng hla name
woll ndvertised in the streets of Rome,
A fow ilnys beforo tho maestro left
Italy for tho United States t>la organ
grlnder wns playlng the Intermezzo from
"Cnvalerlu Uustlcntm" ln front of a hotel
whore Sluscngnl was staylng, but waa
playlng It bo fast tliat the composer be
eanie exasperated. rushed down tha
struot, aml getting hold of the hatidle,
played the tune ln proper tlme on tha
luslrument of tor-ture.
Tlie organ-player was furlous, and waa
even golng to "show flght," when Mas?
cagni told hlm who he was.
Tlio organ-grlnder then smllod from eai ?
to ear, ln good lauaronl fashlon.
Slnco tliat day tho intermcxzo Is played
ln tlmo, und the Inhnhltanta of Rome nov
ato|) ln front of tho organ-grln ler to gasi
at a franied piacn.nl on which tho follow?
lng can bo read, "Glovannl rtarnaiio, pu?
\pll of the colebrated Mascagni**