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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, JANUARY 22 I9H 9 EW^OF FdRESGN CAPITALS •^PPO^'YI COMING TO NEW YORK i. the distinguished Hungarian statesman, who will ar- r- on February 7th to begin a series of lectures in : Co’jnt will first pay a visit to President Taft, where cs;)ects. His first address will be delivered at New jth and he will repent this lectjre in Boston, Washing- He will also speak in Cleveland. This is the secdVid . "t to this country, the first being paid in 1904 when ent of the Hungarian delegation to the inter-parliamen- - on peace held in St. Louis. The Count is an earnest ci. ind a clever orator. In his own country he is one of . sed to Australian rule. hjn Sing ers :l Pi eference Of "w IS Engagements Postal Package Told Sad Stoiy Berlin, Jan. 21.—A postal packet which came undone on its way to Hamburg from Berlin revealed an ap palling story of family degeneracy and misery that has now been told to the public in all its grim details. Apparently the domestic discords of the Kottbus gymnasium professor, Herr Kothe, and his wife, were the primary causes of all the evil. At any rate absence of harmony in the household resulted in four sons being neglected, left to their own resources and allowed to grow up without that education in character which home life alone can properly supply. One of them, who had particularly distin guished himself by his reckless and vicious ways was sent into the navy, doubtless in the hope that strict discipline on board ship would act as aw holesome corrective. But before the new influences had had time to assert their sway, he was detected in some petty peculations and dismissed the service. While he was still overwhelmed with this disgrace, one of his broth ers, who had taken a divinity degree and had a position as tutor in Sile- si, presented himself before him at Wilhelmshaven, and proffering ' a loaded revolver, proposed that should commit suicide, at the same time stating that it was his parents’ wish that he should do so. The wrutchefl youth agreed, and made an attempt to l)low out his brains, but only suc ceeded in completely de.stroving the sighi of both eyes. In the misery of his blindness he was found by a •hlrd of the brothers, who was ap- pvonticod by a merchant at Ham- i)urs. Tocther they talked over h's helpless plight, and It seems that he exi)i*essed a wish to put an end to his existence, if sometone woi\ld furnish him with the moans to do it. The apprentice thereupon wrote to the fourth of theb rothers, who is a chemist, and was engaged in a lab oratory in Berlin asking him to pro vide a suitaole poison. Some correspondence ensued be fore the matter was finally settled, and in the course of it the apprentice proposed himself to administer the fatal poison, should the predestined victim’s courage fail hi mat the last moment. Eventually a mortal dose of cyanide of potassium was sent off and with it letters which had been received about the affair. This- was the packet which burst from its wrapper in thep ost, and so led to the arrest of the two brothers. At their trial it was urged on their be half that in -consequence of their unhappy childhood and defective moral training all thee hildren suf ferers from pronounced hysteria, and lacked the strength of will necessary to resist criminal promptings. Taking this plea into consideration, tlie court sentenced them to five months imprl* sonment. / DR. THEOPHILE BRAGA 1910 a Bad Year Foj Sea-faring London, Jan. 21.—The year 1910 will rank as one of the blackest in the history of Lloyds, blacker even than last year, which was one of the worst since the inception of the i great maritime institution. The tale of sea disasters this year makes sad reading. The casualties, both to life and property, have bo^n enormous, have been numerous—so numerous that even exports are dis inclined to calculate the actual finan cial loss involved. But a close perusal of the list brings out the astonishing fact that the more prominent losses of the year alone account for no less a sum than fifteen million dollars. The minor casualties, however, make up in number what they lack in financial importance with the rasult that thev swell the total approximately to $30,- 000,000. This figure, huge as it is, by no means means represents the actual loss of the year to the shipping world. Many vessels there are which go to the shipping world. Many ves sels there arew hich go to sea whose owners have not safeguarded their interests by insurance, and the loss of which ,if taken into consid eration, would add consideraole to the aggregate. According to one member ot Lloyds’ tile claims settled on the I hulls of steamers during the last i few months have been quite unprece- I dented. Added to this is the fact that I during this year tlie cost of repairs f to damaged vessels is infinitely great- ! er than has ever yet been known to I i.1, _ 1C , be the case. The reason Inscribed is Dr. Theophile Braga, president of the | increased cost of labor and mate- Republic of Portugal, v/ho is having { rials, caiu'-ed chiefly by the unrest in the labor world. The biggest loss of the year was undoubtedly the Aberdeen liner Per- aimost as hard a time to retain his place as King Manual hsd. Portu- DUFRESNE.) •' a sec i ion ■■ ..rlists • ‘ i‘ ;ims at I'i. ; hat ;in(l ■li.^ lo- -'1 . i I n »t ; ^.'1 !i un- . . . ! ■ > li ibal .- r.all ex- . Wl' fii they N'. I much A- uerican i:i 1) ir own ' a. :it e. ^iK'h : olVtS "of ‘ 1 t'oinique” • a poor ti ■ ’v-Hpre, aril's of 1 ) a -.ort i- it i.s very : ■> n it. The plicated , origin i i ( iais for r ..nfn: i'>n this just as versatile old gentleman has been discovered in the person of M. Felix a good deal | Kure, though concierge of a house -ui in art is- in the Rue de Coctlogan, of which the proprietor is the great painter, Harpi- ' : er. A very happy man is M. Felix "i-.'.vn himself a painter, poet and I '.'ci a and j sculptor in v.’ood and also a shoemak- ,1m- ui >i na-; Fare. He is ])roud of his achievements ’ ill the arts he has taken up. He carv ed his own sideboard, devoting two years to the task. It is a wonderful sideboard. It furnislief^ a lesson in Holy history; for the carver applied himself to the task of uniting the Old and New Testaments. Biblical scenes are depicted on the panels. A wardrobe siiows extraordinary floral decorations and a night-table reveals marvelous designs. .M. Fure took to painting in a curious way. •‘One day,” he says. “I complained to mv master, M. Harpignies, of feel ing unwell. “Take to painting,” coun selled Harpignies. “It will soon cure you.” “He was right,” exclaimed the concierge, pointing with pride to a landscape. M. Fure has also written three acts of a play in verse. He intends to add another act later on. The Pl3-y is en titled “La Recontre Celeste.” and is meant to prove the exis'tence of God. 1 lie charactrs are the World, Love, the Sun and so on. The first act passes at Tliebes, the others take place in ' r ihVir ap-i Paris M. Fure is mighty pround of ■M.iial, know-ibis play. “If you write an article i in ai)priival j about me,” he said to an interviewer, h- ;ii, they I the other day, “do not mention my America, painting. After all, M. Harpignies is the master. He mi.ght be vexed, and it is not necessary to hurt the feeling of any one. ” At^ssinia Buys Wat Paraphanalia Tokio, Jan. 21.—Sixty thousand stand of arms and some six million cartridges is a purchase recently made by Abyssinia. Both arms and ammunition were part of Japan’s spoils of war, and were taken at Forth Arthur. These arms have been offered by the war department for sale, and it is now intimated that they have been sold, and that in a few days they will leave a port in Japan for the French port of Jibuti. An old resident of Tokyo—a for eigner—was the purchaser from the war department, and his sale of the arms and the ammunition was made in Paris / directly v/ith the agents of the Abyssinian government. The price paid is not stated, but the seller states that he has already been paid. It is not improbable that a good deal more will be heard of this matter, as the British government is much concerned and has been making anxious inquiry. The Japan ese war department, however, pro fesses to be entirely an innocent party and esserts Its full right to dispose of the stock after securing an assurance that the arms were not to be sold to a belligerent country at war with a friendly power. , ides, which sank after striking a gal is by no means in a peaceful j sunken reef off the coast of Austra- state, there is a certain element vessel carried a valuablej ■ cargo, which with the hull was val- working hard fcr the restoration of | at over $3,250,000. young King Manuel, while another! Next in importance came the i!l- I fated Lund liner Waratan, the claims party would welcome the return to ; on which amoimting to about $1,500.- power of the House of Braganza of ! were not settled until ‘ The steamer Kurdistan, which found- v^hich Prince Migue! is the head, i gred while bound from Manchester This nobleman is the husband of 1 the Persian accounted . . „ , / for no less than $1,500,000. Miss Anita otewart. The majority, , redeeming feature of the course, favor the republic, but they i from the underwriters point of are continually graooling among ' view, is the small but appreciable in- .he.s.,ves and I. I. difficult .o P-j-a- “ diet the final outcome. year; The all-round improvement in the rates of freight means an increase in trade, a fact which is borne out by the statement that the majority of thel arge steamers laid up through the lack of freights as the beginning of the year are now em gaged in profitable employment. The bigger class of tramp steamers il w Gejmany Gains Gieat Victojy MEETING OF THE MODES Berlin, Jan. 21.—Germany has gained a remarkable diplomatic victo ry tl;e conseqqtience of which can now building is graudally superseding hardly be foretold, in persuading the the smaller boats, .iust In the same Turkish governniont to make the way as steamers have superseded study of The German language obli- sailing ship>. A large tramp does gatoi-y in all t.!ie elementary state not cost very much more to work, schools of the Ottoman emprise. and can carry ever so much more Practical and fat-r,eeing Germans cargo, long ago realized that the spread of Large steamers, which are looked i' has lou!; ^ singers t’ an those . 1 alians, es- nrih; but . ' ir iinagi- .liu salaries unnatur- The Figaro has discovered that there is at present in shoulders. He gives them names which they remember, speaks to them, and they listen. I have often watched M. Pol in the morning feeding his little friends, and t iT« hnsnPce" at Ivry i had long talks with them. His charm k%.rntenaTia; who can co^litradict the over the birds is really remarkable, a ctnieiiKilaii ^ J3ach sparrow has its name, and pic turesque names, too, they are. They range from the Christian names of Jean and Jeanette to those of revolu tionary celebrities such as Mirabeau and General Hoche. “There is Phillip- the Gennan language is one of the best methods of promoting Cerman trade interests in distant pans of the world, and the (merman .govern- :'nent have alwayji given their sup- ])ort to the foiindauon of German schools in over-sea ccnmtries. In recent years great efforts have been m.ade to estalili^^b German schools in China, Persia and many other countries in wlijch Germany has commercial ambitions, end it is well known in Berlin tliat the re markable spread of the use of the German language in the near East as well as ir the South African con tinent and other parts of the world, has very materially extended the vol ume of German trade in those re gions. It is obvious that to make the study of the German language obli upon as semi-liners, are now branch ing out in every direction, and pick ing up the cargoes which used to be carried by the old class of trau’p steamers. The market for the best class of insurance risks, however, is still an easy one, but the rates in other di rections are stiffening, and under writers are confident that 1911 will see a return to the former prosper ous conditions. The above pictures illustrate in striking manner how fashion is not a thing exclusively the property of the city beauty. Here is shown how the Frenchwoman of fashion has gone to the peasant woman of France for one of the latest modes. It will be seen that both villagers and city belle are fashionable in cap and “wrap.” Queen Mother And Daughter - In-Law Are Again at Outs By PHILLIP EVERETT. Young Cuminals Startle Pans Paris, Jan. 21.—The prevalence of crime among the youth of Paris is g^tory in all the state schools of a | ^ ^jeai of apprehen- e gf. policc circlss. The slums of foreign country is a far more fective measure tban the establish ment of a single college for the ed ucation of a few chosen students, and the decision of the Turkish gov eminent to favor Germany in this way must therefore be regarded as pne of the most successir\ul diplo matic strokes scored by the kaiser’s government daring recent years. Fiench Priest Is 105 Years Old assertion ihat the air of Paris and late nights at the theatre shorten life. The centenarian M. Schamel by name, enjoys perfect health. He was a little boy of five when Napoleon presented Ttiil?ederthe\in^rS^R^^^^ Tuilleries tne King ggveraJ days. Come rri sorts of ‘ur, in Paris 1 It is a differ- nii .isers. as I ! ■ «lid of ditn- (;r evi-n a.Just been born. j When he arrived at the working age lecturiiig bus-{he found employment in a theatre. A I • au, the ex- 20 he went to see Talma, the sreat ' ■ :• he went to tragedian. To Talma he expre^ed his il l'V)r a series desire to oBtaIn employment. The ac* •••riicv he was to’* engaged him as his dresser. There ■ a lecture. But Is no man living in France who has ' more than 12 more interesting theatrical reminis- ' e t amed cences than M. Schamel. He has now I'i'tnnied from reached the age of 104. ■ ascd with him- * * * . . • d more money Mr. Henry Pol, the great bird charm-, ■ tl Premier. L'e- er of the Tullerles, whom all Pans • fdingly pleas- knows and admires, has been decora - ^reat man of. ed by the minister of agriculture, inti has decid-l M. Pol feeds his chirping flock regu- "I "hall not be larly every morning, to the delight of 'ruipoiy of this. children and grown-up strangers. Bet- r««s. the social-1 ter still, he has at las attracted the here, Phillippe, you little rascal; where have you been all this time?” And Phillippe, a very plump dark browii sparrow, with a sly look, would fly out of a crowd of 20 or 30 watching for crumbs on the gravel and perch on M. Pol’s finger. M. Pol would stroke him, ask him all sorts of questions, and offer him some crumbs out of his han}. One day I asked M. Pol how he came to be so familiar with the wild birds of the Tullerles, and he then told me that it was because for many years he passed through the gardens on his way to work. Crowds of grown-up people and chil dren watch M. Pol every morning as he feeds the birds. The sparrows fol- I.. .... ' atlentlon of the mlnlewr of agriculture | low hto tisTat*''0^ in„.rc.ssa-iWl,o has decided not only to decorate] and_^UJ__Porch^on ■’I ii; not 12 but 201 him, but, in doing so, to hold him ^ei^ ga^ ' rjve“ o7rdl%rta’l^^M%ol"“:o? 200 and 300 P-P«”Vome .I'an'7rorh^ S,';rert'ei:ini'’?igt':lf s^fof.i.l Z ‘ ^of i?"! '!(' .‘Socialist par- Saint of Assisi, ho has only to call even to P ’ which were a ^itU udid ora- ti.e birds from the trees and they fly years of administration ,down to perch on his hand or his spent m the postal admimstrauon. Paris. Jan. 21.—The oldest priest in France in Canon Gadenne, parish priest of Roches, where ho celebrat ed his 105th birthday on New Year’s day. He is in excellent health, and still capable of fulfilling most of the du ties of his post but as he declared in a recent interview, his reat age has caused him no little inconvenience and expense. He never expected to live long, as he came of a consumptive family, so when to his surprise he actually reached his seventy-fourth birthday he thought it v.as time to prepare his tombstone. This he did with the inscription: “M. Gadenne died 18—.” After waiting vainly for ten years, the canon found himself alive in 1890 and the figures eight on the stone had to be replaced by a nine. This was final he thought, but In 1900 he was 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. He has now only had the first two figure engra\ jd on the stone, and he is confident that he will at any rate not live longer than 1999. Edward Alford Convicted. Macon, Ga., Jan. 21.—Edward E. Al ford, who killed bis wife and mother- in-law in December, 1909, was found the city are filled with boys between the ages of sixteen to tweny, who apparently haven’t the slightest re gard for ah uman life. Several youths met in a wine shop in the Rue Brancion the other night and played a game of billiards to de cide who should commit a murder which they had planned. When the game was ended the youths left the wine shop and saw their victim—a youth named Guillon, agevd seventeen—outside, D^ard, to whom the honor of committing trie murdef had fallen, at once rushed at Guillon, while the six or seven oth ers formed a ring round him. Almost in a moment Guillon fell to the ground dead, stabbed through the heart. Seven other Knife wounds werep lanted in the body, and the young murderer then drew a revolv er and fired three shots into it. The police arrested Diard, who is sixteen years of age. He /ieclared that Guillon killed a bay named Metrlch, twelve months ago, and to avenge this crime, the young “Apa ches,” to w’hose gang Metrich-, be longed, met in the wine shop last night, and played billiards for Guil- lon’s life. The v/inner was to kill him, and Diard won. An attempt at murder was made in Montmarte the other night by five “Apaches,” none of whom was over seventeen. The victim was a man named Dousat, who, while on his way home, was held up by the young criminals who demanded his purse When he refused one of the gang shot him in the arm; then all took to their heels. Another murder was committeed outside a shop in the Rue de Baude- lique, where three guinea pigs in a cage were exposed for sale. Two young “Apaches” saw them and made off wtih ,them. The shopman and his assistants rushed after the thieves, who drew knives, and a mo ment later the shopma , nfell dead with a knife through his heart. The murderer and his companions guilty of murder in the superior ^ coutr today and was sentenced to hang ; werec aught. They are two brothers on March 11th. His defense was a ’ nemed Redier, aged sevente.fin »"d plea of insanity. eighteen. troops will be stationed at Hampton Court, and the other troops at Alexan dra Palace, as was the case when King Euv.ard was crowned. For the jiublic at largo tbe principal feature will be the jirocession from Luckingliam Palace to Westminster Abbey, and the control of the huge ciowd.^ \.’iii.rh will (brong the thor- on.chfarcs of the metiopoiis will im- i)o.s^ a heavy task on the military and the ])olice. For this purpose there will be a great concentration of troops in London, probalily under the supreme command of the Duke of Connaught. About 00,000 regular soldiers will line the streets, and they will be drawn from practically all the garrisons in the country. Cavalry v/ill bo present in especially strong force, and the whole of the mounted regitrients now stationed in England, and Scotland will be requisi tioned. B.s' command of the Sailor King about 3.000 men of the Royal Navy will participate, and they will form tbe guard of honor outside West minster Abbey, and have a prominent place i ntlie royal procession. There v.ill also be a large force of Royal marines. The preparation of the abbey will necessitate the closing of the building to the })ublic from the beginning of February. 'I’he office of works will then begin the work of transforming the interior. An annex will be provi ded at the west end for use as the royal robin.g room, the same as at the last coronation. In 1902 the annex was mane to harmonize in appearance with the ancient architecture of the abbey, and it was one of the popular j sights of London for Bom» Ulo» i the ceremony. | King George will wear tte coronE* tion robe of King Edward the VII., and Queen Mary has decided to have her coronation dress made exclusive ly of British material. The design is not vet decided, but Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, is making the drawings for the embroideries which the Royal School of Art Needlework students will carry out. Queen Mary will wear the train which was worn by Queen Alexandra at the last cor onation. In the spectacular sense London may be expected to surpass itself. An unexampled display of flags and bunt ing and of illuminations will be afford ed, and the streets will be paraded by millions of provincial visitors and London people. Already hotels are booking rooms at abnormal prices, and prominent among the spectators of the gorgeous scenes will once more be wealthy Americans, who are ready to pay fabulous prices for good points of view. * « • Arrangements fo rthe great Glasgow exhibition this summer are beginning to take definite shape. The scheme falls into four great sections—national history, modern fine art, industry, and entertainment. The exhibits In the historical section will be housed In the Palace of History, and will form the largest and most noteworthy collec tion of Scottish historical portraits, literature, etc., ever brought together. London, Jan. 21.—Although no one in England, where royalty still stands on a very awe Inspiring iiedestal dares say so aloud, it is a subject of general gossip in Mayfair and the neighborhood of Grosvenor Square in all our aristocratic drawing rooms in fact, that the relations between tbe Queen Alexandra and her daughter- in-law Queen l^Tary are not very friendly to say the least, and that there is continual friction over the coronation arrangements, becattso Queen Alexandra, who is far younger than her years, {Icraanda to figure prominently on that occasion, and there is no precedent to be guided by. King George is said to be very much under the influence of his moth er, and in spite of the objections of Queen Mary it has now been arranged that a third throne will be provided for Queen Alexandra, who will sit on the left of the king. Nothing could be less surprising than these continuous rumors about clashes between the two leading wo men of the Court Of St, James, for never were two greater contrasts than Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary brought into close touch at the same royal court. Both are exceedingly fond of power, both want to occupy the first position and both are stubborn by nature, w-hile King George lacks the necessary firm ness of character to put an end to the quarrels. Queen Alexandra, as the papers in variably call her now, because it has become known that she dislikes being called the queen mother, is a very broad-minded, liberal woman of the world, cosmopolitan in her tastes as was her late husband, hospitable and fond of pleasure. She heartily dis likes the stiff English court etiquette and likes to see herself surrounded by men and women of culture and artis tic temperament. Queen Mary, on the other side, is English to the core, heavy like the atmosphere of London, dislikes gaiety and is inclined to be religious in the old fashioned way, which condemns every form of pleasure even of the most innocent kind. In everj” way a practical if rather prosaid woman, she practical if rather prosaic woman, she is exceedingly fond of home life, de void of all splendor in gi'eat respect of her, while at the same time, they adore their grandmother. The king’s position is of course, a very difficult one, and the worried ex pression he generally wears, since the death of his father, is probably less due to the cares of state than to the disagreements of the two women, he loves the most. * • « During the Coronation celebrations London will rise to the full height of its imperial position as the centre of empire. Within its borders will be drawn together the representatives of the king’s dominions beyond the seas, and it is a happy coincidence that the coronation year will witness the gath ering of the Imperial Conference. A feature of the coronation pageant' will be the presence of Indian native i The representation of eventful scenes j troops and detachments from forces in Scotland’s romantic history by liv* j in all parts of the empire. The Indian r^nntimipd on Paee 10. - Continued on Page 10.,
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