Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 28, 1902, Page 1

\ ‘THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. PAGES 1 TO 10. MILLIONS NEED HELP Famine Faces the Peasants in Many Prov- inces in Russian Empire. GOVERNMENT ACTIVE IN GIVING AID Bufferings of the Usnally Humane People Are Rendering Them Brutal, CHILDREN AND WIVES ARE BEING SOLD #Hooundrels Haunt the Villages on Lookout for Friendless Girls, WORK ANIMALS DYING OF STARVATION 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1902—-TWENTY PAGES SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. SCHWAB FRIGHTENS THEM OUT Offer to Buy Big Block of Russian Sleeping Car Stock is Tarned Down. (Copyright PARIS, 1502, by Press Publishing Co.) Dec. 27.—(New York World Ca- blegram—8pecial Telogram.)—J. P. Morgan and Charles M. Schwab have now acquired about one-tenth of the 200,000 shares of the International Sleeping Car company, which will soon have cars running through from Moscow, across Asia, through Siberia, to Vladivostock, on the Pacific ocean. The In- ternational Sleeping Car company's latest issue consisted of 60,000 preferred shares. Mr. Schwab applied for them all, but the directors, alarmed at the thought of allow- ing the head of the American steel trust to get too large an interest, only let him bhave 6,000. A few months later Mr. Morgan came to Burope and bought 5,000 and 6,000 shares. Subsequently the shares rose and Mr. Schwab increased his holdings until he has Problem of Government isx Not Only How to Provide Wi for Temporary but to Enable Farmers to Put In Spring Cro (Copyright, 192, by Press Publishing Co.) 8T. PETERSBURG, Dec. 27.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The Russian government is face to face with the grave question of how best to feed 15,000,000 hungry peasants. These distressed peasants aro seattered over numerous provinces in central and eastern Ruseia and, partly, also in the southeast and along the Volga. In the greatest hurry the government has sent commissioners into the famine districts ¥ make inquiries and report. On the suggestion of Finance Minister | Witte, the government forwarded $1,000,000 | worth of rye to the threatened districts, but there s an uneasy feeling that it will not reach the right hands. The government also bought $7,500,000 worth of rye and wheat to be forwarded after the reports are re- celved. + The villagers are not only suffering them- #elves, but the cattle are dying by the tens of thousands and their horses have to be #old, as they cannot feed them. The out- look for the spring plowing seems hopa- less. Untold millions will be needed for rellef if the peasants are to keep their dands in cultivation. The usual consequences of a famine al- ready are In striking evidence. The humane and merciful traits in the pea ants' character are disappearing under tho stress of hunger. Those with large familles are in a deplorable state. The irls are leaving for the big towns, where they come to grief it they fail to get im- mediate employment. In too many eases they already have fallen victims to scopn- drels on the lookout for friendless and homeless girls Selllng Thelr Children, The worst feature of the horrible situ- ation Is that some fathers of families soeking people who will buy their chi dren. It seldom happens that a boy is #0ld, but cases are becoming alarmingly numerous of men selling their women relatives for money enough to buy a yoke of '%.br the spring plowing. In most t only too willing to go, for h and &I“q"w them. The doubtful persoms, who have been the villages for months, What becomes of the purchased _girls Is not known, but it is fearcd that ‘most of them become white slaves In the villages of the provinces of Damara, Somatoff and Perm. The police are on the track of the dealors, but In Russia offenders of this class know how to “square” the police. Another shocking thing is the infant mortality. Typhold fever, hunger, serofula and measles are cutting them down by the thousand. Not every-village has a doo- tor and If the wretched parents take any faterest at all in saving their [children | they have recourse to the dangerous sims ples or Incantations of the “wise woman." Finance Minister Witte, a many sided man, I8 working bard lately establishing temperance committees throughout The more temperance, the less reve- nue, but Mr. Witte himself is n tetotaller and he wants temperance spread among the people. He Induced the czar to decor- ate the men and women who are the most active In temperance work. secret of his preference for tetotallers in the varlous offices of the department he controls. TOO GAY EVEN FOR RIVERIA Mecklenburg- ¥ood for Latest Gossip, baunting (Copyright, 152, by Press Publishing Co.) MONTE CARLO, Deec. 27.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)— The ghand duchess of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, a cousin of the czar, sister of the Grand Duke Michael, mother of the future queen of Denmark, of the present grand duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, has gone into retirement. It is given out that #he has the measlos, but the gossips of the Riveria look wise and are hinting about the blood of Catherine of Russia running in her veins. She ls a handsome woman of 42 and so uncosventional in her manner as to give the scandal mongers delight. Her hus- band, Grand Duke Frederick Franels II ot Mecklenburg-Schwerin committed sulcide six years ago and the rumor was then current fn fashionable circles that he killed himself because she flirted with a British oficer. The story s now revived that after her husband's death a woman friend expressed td her surprise that she should carry on a flirtation, whereupon the grand ducbess is quoted as replying: “All my women friends have devoted ad- mirers and I could ncg be bebind hand, Although society ¥n the Riveria fs notoriously tolerant there is talk now of & rigid soclal boyeott. CROKER BUYS ANOTHER FA Reli (Copyright, 102, by Press Publishing Co.) WANTAGE England, Dec. 27.—(New York World Cablegram.—8pecial Tele- 'gram.)—Richard Croker passed Christmas Quietly at Moat house. ' He gave himself a Christmas present in the shape of two new properties adjoining Letcombe estate. One is the White house, which at one time he reuted from Its owner. The other Is the ‘Pewitt tarm. Both combined embrace about 130 scres. It is reported that he is negotiating for another farm called Angel Down. All these together comprise land valuable for horse training These ac- quisitions will involve large alterations for Mr. Croker's purposes, and the acquiring of them has relieved the fear of the Let- combe peopie that he was tired of Moat house and meant to transter himself to bis Irish property et Balliagarry, Rus- | He makes no | something like 14,000 or 15,000 shares. Mr. Nagelmackers, the head of the sleep- ing car company and the superintendent of the great rallway which connects Moscow with Viadivostock, Port Arthur and Port Dalpi, sald to a World correspondent, in talking of the stupendous enterprise: “The sleeping car company is now run- ning its tralns from Moscow to Irkutsk and Lake Balkal. A dining car is added to the ordinary trains on the other side of the lake, which go as far as the Manchurian frontier. Next June trains will run to Vladivostock, Dalni and Port Arthur. From Moscow to Port Arthur the distance is over 6,000 miles. At the commencement the journey will take about twelve days, but when the line gets Into good working order we hope to cover the distance in nine days. Pas- sengers from London or Parls by the Trans- siberian railway now ,reach Pekin and Shanghal in about twenty days. In a few months the time wil be reduced to four- teen days. The same journey by the old steamshlp route takes from thirty-six to thirty-eight days. “At the beginning of 1903 firms In Europe will be able to send mail by the new route and recelve replies in the time that a letter has hitherto taken to travel one way only. “I myselt have several times received in Paris letters from Pekin in twenty days. It my letters miss the Transsiberian con- nections and come ‘by steamer they gen- erally take about forty days. “I would like to call the attention of the enterprising Americans to the fact that Siberia 18 a new, unworked country, rich in minerals, coal and especially gold. Without a railway its immense resources aro valueless. With regular transportation service its possibilities are illimitable. The western part of Siberia is a very rich agricultural district with vast cornfields, only awaiting developments. “Every day two freight trains leave western Siberia loaded with butter and eggs for Rigo. A part of the produce is distributed in the big towns of Russia and a large quantity s sent by steamer to various parts of Burope, especially Eng- land, where Russian butter is sold as the product of the best Normandy farms. “Although the journey only takes half the time required by the old route, the fare is about $40 less than by steamer.” CHICAGO GIRL WINS TRIUMPH Now the Highest Salarie at the Paris Opera Comique. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 27.—(New York World Ca blegram — Spectal Telegram.)—Miss Mary Garden of Chicago had a grand reception at the Colonne concert. She sang “‘Demoi- | selle Elue,” which was given for the first time. Miss Garden has a charming voice and fully justified the high opinion enter- tained of her by Sibyl Sanderson. A French critic, describing her triumph, says: “To interpret this harmonious com- position there is required an artist like Miss Garden—impalpable as a white snow- flake, which should sing ethereal as a ray of light, which might speak liquid sky, which might live. She did not sing She exhaled the music of Claude de Bussy. Manager Carre of the Opera Comique is bout to revive “La Traviata” for the young American singer, and owing to her success in “Peleas and Melisande™ the man- agement has raised her salary to $600 a month, which makes Miss Garden the high- est salaried soprano at the Opera Comiqus WESTINGHOUSE A BUSY MAN Starts Work Early in the Morning and Keeps at it Steadily, Tak- ing No Recreation. (Copyright, 12, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 2L.—(New York World Cablegram — Special Telegram.)— George Westinghouse is here now, taking things easy at his hotel for the holidays after two ufnths of hard work.. There is no busier man In London than this great engineer. At 7 o'clock in the morning he is out to his city office—three hours before the leisurely English capitalists think of starting to work—and often before that hour he is speeding to Manchester to sce his enormous establishment there, which is quike as large and important as his Pittsburg hous Mr. Westinghouse takes no recreation in Londen. He hardly ever goes to the thea~ ter and no one has ever seen him at a race meeting. His work s his life. Every rallway traln in the United Kingdom is ftted now with his air brakes. He will return to Pittsburg early in February, DOWAGER AND GENERAL MEET Empress of Ch Exel and General Miles ge Flattering Speeches Pekin, PEKIN, Dec. 27.—The dowager empress and Lieutenant General Miles exchanged flattering speeches at today's audience, the dowager assuring General Miles that the success of the American army was assured under & commander so celebrated. Ofcials here discredit the reports that General Tung Fu Slang and Prince Tuen are moving on Slan Fu with troops. The missionaries, however. are said to be re- moviug from that, regiou. {SNOW CRUSHES THE ROOFS sxard Greatly Damages the Houses in Cons tnople and Small Boats in Harbor. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 27.—Much dam- age was done to this city and its environ- ments by the recent soow blizzard. Roofs collapsed and many small craft in the harbor and In the Bosphorous were wrecked or dashed to pleces on *he shore and others drifted seaward. ‘The Black sea ficet suffered in & similar wauLer. the | TITLES TO THE FRONT Position of Mr. and Mrs. Leiter at Durban Worrying Lord Ourson. CANNOT VIOLATE OFFICIAL PRECEDENT Lady Ourson's Mother and Sister Must Therefore 8tand Back in Line. CEREMONIES TO COMMENCE MONDAY All Indicatiens Point to Its Being One of the World's Great Spestacles. VICTORIAN CROWNING TO BE OUTDONE Grounds on Which Ceremonies Take Place Are Full of Memories of the Matiny as Well as Mogul Times, (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) Dec 27.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—Volumin- ous correspondence has passed between Lord Curzon, viceroy of Indla, and the Indian office with regard to the places to be occupled by Mrs. Leiter and Miss Daisy Lelter of Chicago, mother and sister of the ! vicerine, at the splendid state ceremony at Delhl next week, when King Edward VII 1s to be crowned, by proxy, emperor of India. In the ordinary course of things Mrs Leiter and her unmarried daughter would not even precede the wife of a captain of a line regiment, which fact the viceroy thoroughly realized months ago. Nevertheless he spared no efforts to have special permission given from headquarters providing that his wife's relatives should B0 before the representatives of foreign powers. Had it been possible the arrange- ment would have been for them to be in- Lady Curzon. Notwithstanding the strenu- ous efforts of Lord Curzon, the Indian office refused to make such an exception would establish & precedent and give offense to many peers and peeresses, who resent any move of this kind, considering it their right to hold the places by reason of rank and seniority. Ceremonies to Be Magnificent. The coronation ceremonies at Delhi, be- ginning Monday and continuing to January 10, will without doubt be one of unpre- cedented magnificence and will live forever in the memories of those fortunate enough to be present. The total area of the durbar camp is seven miles long by five miles broad and the whole will be lighted by elec- tricity. On the right of the vice regal camp will be that of the governor of Bom- bay and his suite and next to it will be the camp of the commander-in-chief, Vis- count Kitchener, who is in Indla super- vising the maneuvers preceding the durbar. Fifty-four of the leading princes of India bave been invited by the supreme govern- ment and most of them have accepted, but many. chiefs of lesser rank will be present ‘at the invitation of local governments. Lord and Lady Curzon will enter Delhi at 11 a. m., December 29, seated In a golden howdah on the back of a state elephant. This elephant is the largest in India. It is worshiped by the natives as an incarnation of one of their lesser delties. Its mighty tusks are gilden., Gold, silver and precious gems gleam in the sunlight from its erim- son trappins. A hundred elephants will follow in its train. Other elephants will raise their trunks and trumpet a salute as | the “god"” elephant goes by with his im- perial burden. Program of the Durbar. The official ceremonies will be as follows: December 20—Arrival of the viceroy at 11:30 a. m. and state procession to the camp. December 30—Public opening of the In- dian Arts exbibition. January 1—Coronation durbar at noon or early in the afternoon. State dinner in viceregal camp at 8 p. m. January 2—Fireworks and {lluminations at 10 p. m. January 3—A chapter of the India orders will be held in the fort at 9 p. m. January 4—State service at 11 a. m. January 6—Review of the retalners of native chiefs. January 6—State ball in the dirwan. January 8—Review of British and Indian troops at 11 a. m. January 9—Reception of native chiefs in viceregal camp. January 10—Public departure of the vice- roy. An assault-at-arms will be held on two afternoons in the arena, subsequent to the coronation durbar. Cups will be given by the viceroy for this competition, as also for the polo, foot ball and hockey tournaments, which will take place in the course of the fortnight. A garden party will be given on one afternoon by the viceroy in honor of all native official guests at the durbar, and the massed bands will play on several oc- casions for the entertainment of visitors. List of Viceroy's G The actual list Delhi include Mr. of the viceroy's guests at and Mrs. Leiter, the duke and duchess of Portland, the eatl and countess of Lonsdale, the earl and countess of Crewe, Lord and Lady Wolverton, Lord and Lady Bloho, Sir Edgar ang Lady Vin- cent, Sir G. Goldie, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lyttelton, Colonel and Mrs. Charles Har- bord, Frank Curzon, Mrs. Craigae (John Oliver Hobbes), Sir M. Bhownaggree and Barring Dupresse. @are Historie Grounds, The ground upon which the ceremonies counected with the coronation durbar will take place is not only specially connected with the roll of honor of the British em- pire, tor the famous ridge bounds it on the but is also specially associated with the assuming of imperial authority, as the | Shamlimar gardens, which witnessed the | coronation of the only great mogul emperor | subsequent to the founder of the present | eity, namely, Aurungzeb, the ornament of the throne, are but a short distance to the west. The durbar itselt will be held in the great Bawdri plains, upon the same slte as the imperial ,assemblage which signalized the assuming of the title of Kaisar-I-Hind by Victoria, the first queen-empress of In dia, January 1, 1877. The amphitheater in which the durbar will be held is somewhat different in shape from that constructed in 1577 and has been bullt in a horseshoe form, with the imperial dais at the upper end instead of in the center as them. Inside the wedges of seats will be & circle road, by which the viceroy will drive up to the dais and in front and be- hind the amphithcater will be drawn up the troops which will lend milMtary splen- dor to the display. The road from the viceroy's camp te the (Continued o Second Page.) cluded in the personal staff of Lord and | MERICAN WOMEN IN FAVOR Iways Among Invited Guests Where King Edward is to Bo Entertained. A A (Copyright, 1%2, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 37.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—American beauties are the first to receive the coveted invitations, it seems, to nearly every din- ner which King Edward now honors with his presence. At a dinner given this week by Lord and Lady Brougham two of the three invited women were Americans. The dowager duchess of Manchester was one. She looked nice in a black and white lace gown with some diamond stars on the front. But unqueetionably “the” beauty of the night was Lady Naylor-keyland (Jennle Chamberiain before her marriage). In a robe of shimmering gold tissue, with a small tiara of fine diamonds on her dark head. After dinner, when the party moved for a game of bridge the king and the marquis of Soveran, the Portuguese min- ister, looked full of admiration for the pretty American. Some pleasant and evi- dently agreeable time passed between the monarch and the lady in the golden dress. Among the guests at Lady Lister-Kayes' | dinner for the king were Mrs. George | Cornwallis-West, formerly Lady Randolph | Churchill, whose diamonds flashed with | great effect; the dowager duchess of Man | chester, Mrs. Laurence Townsend, wl was much admired and who shows unusy, taste in dress, wearing Worth gowns: ways; and Mrs. Chauncey, in de) white, with pearls. The tables were superbly decoras/ gorgeous blooms brought from t’ of France. Orchids and pink g/ piled high in a gold bowl In & ater. Lady Lister-Kaye wore gray and had a diamond parur in her hair.” Other guests were Lord and Lady Howe, the marquis of Soveran, Duke Michael and Countess Torby. Cralg Wadsworth has gone to stay at Rugby at Arthur James' place, Croton, where Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck and her pretty daughter are also visiting. Mr. Wadsworth is already a most popular young man and in great demand for all the parties where the girls are Invited. They all like him. He is a delightful dancer and it is said he is quite unspoilt by his success. OFFERS TITLE FOR A MILLION Aged Marquis of Donegal Finds a Taker in = Pretty Nova Scotian Bride. £ s # Jere (Copyright, 132, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 27.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—A peculiar disclosure is made in the leaking out of the facts, not hitherto known, concerning the marriage this week in London of the octo- genarian marquis of Donegal to the 24-yes old Canadian heiress, Miss Gertrude Twin- ing, granddaughter of a great shipbuilder of Nova Scotia. There appeared last spring an advertise- ment in the London newspapers that created no end of speculation, since it offered the title of marchioness, which, of course, in. cluded a huw m ‘Westminater abbey for 1 on veremonies, in itself a frantically sought for privilege, in return for a settlement of $1,000,000 upon the annonymous marquis. The strangely assorted marriage of the marquis of Donegal and the lovely young Canadian miss is the upshot of this advertisement, by which a coronet was put upon the market. At the time the advertisement appeared its sponsor was supposed to be the marquis of Donegal and the fact that he had a title to confer in return for cash became generally known. It came to the knowledge of Mrs. Twining, who was credited with most ambitious aspi- rations for her attractive, accomplished and *wealthy daughter. At any rate, an arrangement was made whereby the anclent marquis was to be pre- sented to the young woman. The patri- archial marquis was enchanted at sight of the tall, slender and dark girl from across who already bore herself with daintily polsed head, like any queen. Within five weeks after he had been presented to Miss Twining at the Isthmian club he led her to the altar. The final pre-nuptial agreement provided for a settlement of $40,000 & year upon the marquis, who is in his 8lst year. LAST RITES ARE PERFORMED Interred in the Cloister of th CANTERBURY, England, Dec. 27.—The remains of Dr. Temple, archbishop of Can- terbury, were interred in the cloisters of Canterbury cathedral today. | The obsequies were carried out as sim- | ply as possible, in accordance with the |late archbishop's desire. Representatives | present. The archbishop of York, Dr, Mac- ]kn.ln, officiated at a portion of the serv- 1ces. Simultaneously memorial services were held at St. Paul and the other cathe- |drals in che United Kingdom. The lord mayor, Sir Marcus Samuel, and sheriffs at- tended the service at St. Paul's. Forelgn | Secretary Lansdowne and United States Charge White were among the congrega- | tion. ' MURDERED BY THE Bodies of T Fou INDIANS er and His Compaunion on Boat by a Mall rrier. WINNIPEG, Man., Dec. 27.—A French halfbreed courier who arrived at West Sel- kirk, thirty miles north of here today, re- ported that he had called at the cabin on Snake island, Christmas morning, to de- liver mall to Captain J. Petherill of the Dominlon Fish company's steamer Daisy, and found the body of the captein. Close to the corpse was the unconecious form of a Frenchman, Petherill's companion. The fire had burned 6ut and pools of blood on the floor had frozen around the bodies. The Frenchman's body was half frozen. It is believed the murderers are Indians, with whom the captain had dealings, and who at this time are very ugly. GIVES FRANCIS AN ALLOWANCE King Edw: Vetoes Prince’s Scheme to Enter a Stock Broke: Firm, (Copyright, 152, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 27.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—On vetoing the Prince Francis of Teck's proposed ap- pointment as a decoy partner of the stock broking firm of Paomure, Gordon & Co., King Edward allowed him $10,000 a year un- Ul be can get some Job for him. | of King Edward and Premler Balfour wero | 'STIRS UP TWO COURTS Princess Louise Makes Biggest Scamdal Binoe Suicide of Prince Rudolph. | HAS ALWAYS BEEN A WAYWARD FLIRT Keopt the Staid Saxon Oourt in Constant Turmoil for Years. HAS SEVERAL TIMES BEEN UNDER ARREST Turns Her Back on Veterans of the Court to Danoe with Lieutenants. BROTHER ASSISTS IN WAYWARD COURSE Rumers of Attempt at Reconcill but Prince of Cobu many or A tom, ears Fate of Princes if She Enters Ger- ria (Copyright, 192, by Press Publishing Co.) BESDEN, Saxony, Dec. 27.—(New York Cablegram—Spectal Telegram.)—Not the awful tragedy at “ly fourteen years ago, when Crown ince Rudolph of Austria and the lovely ountess Maria Vetsera were found dead £ £ & logether, has a royal scandal created such amazemont in the courts of Saxony and | Austria as the elopement of Crown Prin- cess Louise with her children's French tutor, Andre Giron. The members of the Saxon royal family and the courtiers are or pretend to be astounded as if a bolt from the skies had descended on the king, and royal family and courtiers bear them- selves as If such a calamity had happened. First, a descriptioh of the woman who has stirred all Burope: The Crown Prin- cess Louise is 32 years old. She has a well shaped, straight nose and fascinat- ing eyes that sparkle eloquently. Her chin slightly recedes. Her brow ls broad, but low, her eyebrows are particularly well arched. Her teeth are fine, her mouth large but well cut. She has the true Haps- burg nether lip, rather fine, protruding, the underlip that was the Hapsburg fam- ily's distinguishing mark for centuries. Her masses of dark hair are always effectively dressed in heavy plaits, wound around and around the back of her head and resting well on her well molded neck. Although the mother of four children, her figure is perfect. She I8 graceful and always stylishly gowned, and though her enemies say she has the manners of & peasant (and In truth she is democratic), she attires herself like a true aristocrat. Nevertheless, her gestures, manners and movements prove her a woman of high physical energy. Although she has very many valuable jewels, most of them wed- ding presents, she rarely wears more jewelry than a palr of beautiful pendant earrings and hairpins with tiny diamonds, emeralds and rubles. mences Flirting Early, That domestic trouble existed in the palace has been motorious here for some time. ‘The court offieials and conrt roupet]= lors say that for the first few vears of her married life the crown princess hesi- tated to outrage the stern religious senti- ment which dominates the court. But even when she ‘was married stories were told of her unconventionalities and it was whispered ‘hat her parents, the grand duke and duchess of Tuscany, found it imper: tive to dismiss from thelr castle at Salz- burg, Austria, a male tutor. For the youthtul archduchess had a distinct pro- pensity to flirt with any and every good looking man she met. The crown princess’ -relatives and the court officials hoped that the crown prince would control his wife's waywardness (for outwardly at least he is pious) and that the rigorous system of etiquette at this court would transform her into a model Saxon princess. During the first years of thelr married life Frederick Augustus passionately loved his beautiful young wife and always wore over his heart her miniature, framed in rubles. Both were intensely fond of their children, which were born to them in quick succession. The crown princess has always been devoted to children and gave much ot her energy to planning parties, treats and excursions into the country for the little ones of the court. Before such an occasion she has remained up nearly all night pre- paring gifts with her own hands. Throws Aside Restraints. However, as her fear of the king and queen and of the austere princesses grad- ually wore off, Loulse Antonette threw aside the irksome restraints of court life. Immediately she fell into deeper disfavor. Undaunted she went the way she had chosen. At the court balls she danced with the handsomest officers, irrespective of thelr rank. She would turn her well-rounded shoulders on a veteran whom her father-in- law delighted to honor and choose for her partner the best looking sublieutenant. She delighted in dancing and enjoyed her- self with such abandonment that once, three years ago, King Albert ordered the musicians to cease playing. Then he, with his wite and family, who were vastly shocked, swept from the ball room. This de- lighted her many enemies, and, indeed, the incident seems to have been the turning point from whence she descended to—Andre Giron. She had been publicly insulted. Forth- with she threw all the conventions to the wind and governed her conduct only by her wishes. She outraged etiquette by tak- ing long walks alone; she went shopping unaccompanied by a lady in waiting or even o maid. She ran up bills for gowns and millinery |in Dresden, Vienna and Paris. Her ex- [ travagance turther alienated her from her father-in-law and his entourage. Her hus- | bana implored her to be more dignified, but she became more and more reckless. Nominally Under Arrest, At least five times she was placed under nominal arrest and restrained in her palace &t Wachwitz, near here. Soon her only friend, | even among her own family, was her uncle, | Archduke John of Austria, whom she re- | sembled, in domestic ideas at least. He renounced his titles, became John Orth, married the woman he loved and went on voyage, from which he never returned. The crown princess has much warm Tus- can blood in her veins, and to this her Austrian relatives attribute her conduct However, the recent history of Hapsburg princesses is related here sufficiently to ex- plain the eccentricities of any member of that house. The crown princess developed a taste for privats theatricals, which would have been harmless enough had she not engaged ac- tors to teach her their art, and chosen them, not for their talent, but for their robust comeliness. This, of all she bas don (Contipued on lu;hn.) Meyerburg | THE BEE BULLETIN. Nebraska. Anow Cloudy, Sunday; Forecast for with Possible Warmer. Page. 1 Millions in Russin Are Starving. Titles In the Front Rank at Durbar Dresden Seandal Stirs Europe. Thirty Killed in Train Wreek. Gurley After Attorneyship. thinl Lover Attempts Sulclde. Partly Flurries nttamouth Hoy Locates Father. Sing Praises of Tdaho and Utah. South Omaha News Mare Pays Big Dividend to Backers Boxer Reb Numerous in China. Legislators Talk About the Charter Papers to Prove Up on Clreulati Western Cities Short of Conl. Past Week in Omaha Society. Miss Opp Has a Cozy Home. Allles Disappointed Over Change. Scheme to Merge Plants, Cardinal Has Narrow Escape. Robbers Take All of Bank's Cash. Council B uffs and lowa New Prog: Weekly B Andrew Rosewater on Power In the Domain of Woman. Amusements and Muslec. Editorial, Gospel of Civil Liberty. City Drains the Rura Story, “Seven Secrets. Markets and Financ Sixty the Age Limit on U Cannot Settle Strike in Schools, ure at Omahn Yesterday: Deg. 16 17 18 19 1 21 14 MRS. FREMONT PASSES AWAY Widow of General, Daughter of Sen- ator, and Noted Authoress is Dead. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of General Fre- mont, died at her home in this city to- night, Mrs. Fremont was noted as .much for what she did as for who she was, for, be- sides beiug the daughter of Senator Benton and the wife of General Fremont, she was the author of several well remembered books. She was born in Virginia in 1824, but afterward removed to Missouri with her father, where she met and married Lieu- tenant, afterward General, Fremont in 1841. Among her better known works are “The Story of the Guard,” “A Year of American Travel,” “Far Western Sketches,” Souve- nirs of My Time,” “Sketch of Senator Benton” and “Will and the Way' storie Mrs. Fremont, during her younger days, was a great social favorite in Washington and had great influence among the mem- bers of congr She had unlimited faith in her husband and it wee hor. influence | army authorities to make the explorations which later proved of such great benefit to his country. The order once secured General Fremont hastened to put his plans Into | execution, but his enemies would have de- ! feated him at last had it not been for his faithful wite, who secured knowledge of | the fact that the order had been revoked | and hastened a messenger to St. Loufs, | where the general was outAtting, warning | him to cut loose from civilization at once. | She did not give the reason why, for she { well knew that the general's ideas of mil- | itary duty would induce him to abandon the | trip it he knew even indirectly that his or- ders had been revoked. The general knew, however, on recelving the word from his | wite that it was urgent and acted on the | advice without hesitation, though bis prep- | arations were not yet complete. Thus it was that this woman's wit saved for the United States a vast empire. Up to a few years ago Mfs. Fremont was exceedingly active for one of her age, and on her birthday was showing her friends how agile she was by executing a dance. Her foot caught in a rug and she W of her lower limbs, which made it impos- sible for her to walk more than a few steps thereafter, Her home has always been the mecca of young people, of whom she was very fond and who were equally fond of her. At one time she was in straightened cir- cumstances, but the government voted her & pension and admiring friends of herself and the gemeral purchased the beautiful home in which she spent her last days. ICE BOUND CREW RELIEVED Tug Struggles Through Frosen Waters Carrying Help to Schooner Perkins, TOLEDO, Deec. 27.—After a battle of nine houre through the ice, the tug American Eagle late this afternoon reached the ice- bound schooner A. L. Perkins off Toledo lighthouse. As the range lights are out, no effort was made tonight to bring the boat into the city, but unless some accident occurs it will be brought through the jce tomor- row. Signals indicate that the crew is all right. CONTRACT LABORERS CAUGHT Officer Arre Holds Them nesse; Texan Allens Wit and LAREDO, Tex., Dee. H. M. Course, United States immigration inspector, today captured, mear Fort Worth, a party of thirty-five alleged imported contract la- | borers. They will be held to testity against the cantractor. Movements of Ucean Vew Dee. At New York—Arrived: Philadelphi from Southampton; Minnehaha, from 1 da Philadelphia, ~ fron, Southampio oria, from Glasgow. Salled: Etruria, Liverpool; Mongolian, for Gla w Minneapolls, London; Blucher, = for Hamburg. At Liverpool. Boston; Lucania 21. a7, for Arrived: Devonlan, from from New York. Sal Canadian, for New York; Umbria, for N York; Georgla, for New York At 'Southampton—Salled: 8t New York, via Cherbourg. At Scilly-Passed: Rotterdam, from Ams- terdam for New York At Cherbourg—Salled: 8t. Paul, Southampton for New York At Antwerp—Sailed: Finland, York. yoL Havre—Salicd: La Lorraine, for New or! At Hong Kong—Arrived previously: Hong Kong Maru, from SBan Francisco, via Hon- olulu,_ Yokohama, ete. At Yokohama—Arrived: previously: Maru, from Seattle for Hong Kons. Paul, for from for New Tosa T whlel weoufed im pevmmsion fiom tho thrown and suffered a fracture of one | \WRECK KILLS THIRTY Grand Trunk Pacific Express Oollides with Freight in Ontario, | SNOWSTORM BLINDS BOTH ENGINEERS Raging Blizsard Obscures Track and Hides Danger Till Too Late. COACH REDUCED TO SPLINTERS BY SHOCK Injured Passengers Moan Amid Debris of Broken Oars. FIRE AND COLD ADD TO GENERAL MISERY h and Probably Which ight Otherwise Have Been Averted, LONDON, Ont., Dec. 27.—A traln wreck bringing death to over two score of passen- gere and terrible pain and suffering to about thirty-five, occurred at 10:30 o'clock last night at Wanstead, Canada, a station on the Sarnia branch of the Grand Trunk, forty miles from this city, when the Pacific express, flying westward at the rate of fifty miles an hour, and crowded to its capaoity with passengers returning to their homes from holiday visits, crashed into an east- { bound freight. The latest estimate of the fatalities is thirty killed and thirty-five or more in- Jured The darkness of the night and the raging of a blizzard added horrors to the wreck Fire broke out in the wreckage of the day coach, but it was smothered wita snow, which was thrown on it before it gained any headway. The Pacific express is a fast train. Last night it was delayed two hours by the heavy travel and at Wanstead it was speeding to make up time. The freight was working slowly east under orders to take the switch at Wanstead and allow the express to pas In the blinding snow storm neither engi- neer saw the other traln approaching, ap- parently, and the freight had just com- menced to pull in on the siding when the passenger train came up. Trains Come Together. The shock was awful. In a second the baggage and express cars of the passenger train telescoped into the day coach. This day coach was reduced to splinters and tragments back to the last three window As it was crowded, the results were ter- rible. Fire that broke out was quickly smothered, but the fire was scarcely more dangerous than the cold. For three hours or more injured passengers were pinned underneath wreckage, crying piteously for belp, while they suffered from exposure to the elements, Exposure probably hastened the death of some of the Injured and caused the death of some of those who might have been saved if it had mn“o:ly @ question ot loating them from wreckage. o+ 'rz.x\u:h cars stayod -»m;m WA and were comparatively unl A ¥ though the passengers in 4&.’ ey severly shaken in the shock. Work of Rellef. | As soon as possible word was sent to this I city of the wreck and a rellef train with a dozen London doctors was dispatched to the scene. Half a dozen bodies were recovered within a short time this morning and a number of wounded removed from the wreckage. Trains were made up to send the injured to London. | Efforts to identify the injured and dead | were attended with difficulty. The dead bodies taken from the wreck were fright- | fully mangled, some of them almost beyond recognition. Edward Boise of Prescott was taken from | the wreck alive, but he was so frightfully | injured that he died two hours after belng | placed in the hospital in this city. J. A. Lamonte of Wyoming was the night | operator at Watford, the telegraph station | nearest the siding at Wanstead. Responsi- | Bllity for the wreck has not been fixed. It is sald by some that it came through a con- fusion In orders for which Lamonte was re- sponsible. Lamonte was in some way in- jured in the wreck. Wreck Is Complete. The wreck was complete, and it 1s thought that hardly a single passenger in the smoker escaped injury. The other cars of | the passenger traiz remained on the track. | Word was quickly sent to this city and doctors were soon on the scene. The work of removing the dead and injured was then proceeded with. Among the known dead are Engineer Gil- lies of Barnia Tunnel and the fireman of the express engine. The ill-fated express consisted of two baggage coaches, a smoker, two first-class coaches and two Pullmans. The smoker, which was telescoped by the coach behind it, had the roof fall in, imprisoning the passengers. It was in this car that most of the havoc and loss of life occurred. Passenger Organizes Brigade. The wreck, shortly after the collision, caught fire and but for the herole efforts of a brigade of passengers, organized and led by an old man, who was himself a pasenger on the train might have been more disastrous to those pinned down in the wreck. By herolc efforts this brigade put out tho fire by throwing snow on the flames with their hats and hands. They then turned their efforts to getting out the wounded, who had their sufferings increased by a blinding snow storm and the thermometer at zero. The Injured were taken to London by special train and the work of identifying the dead and relieving the sufferers was hur- ried as fast as possible. The accident is sald to have been due to the fallure of an operator to give orders to the express train to meet the freight at the station. One of the passengers describes the cldent as follows: We were running at about forty miles an | hour, when, without the slightest warnin | the two trains mot with terrific force, examination It was found that the two en- §ines were ditched. The baggage car wa hrown on top of the first-class coach, § stanily kiling u great many and pinhing about fifty other passengers in the debris. The screams, moans and prayers of the in- jured was heartrending. 4 One poor woman begged that her child be saved, as she was dying. The little one was carefilly taken from the wreck and will probably recover. mother was after- ward released, but only to die In a few minutes. About thirty people were killed and forty badly injured, some of whom will dle, The tralnmen, as well as every passenger, a1d all they could 1o relieve the sufferings of the vietims. Identified Dead. Following is & list of the dead so far as