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PART TWO EDITORIAL PAGES ONE TO BIGHT. XXXIX—NO. AUSTRIA AWAITS MR. ROOSEVELT Will Endeavor to Show the High Es- teem in Which He is Held in That Coutry. EMPEROR IS TO RECEIVE HIM Vol, Has Expressed to the American Em- bassy that He So Desires. ENTERTAINMENTS ARE PLANNED Ex-President Will Exhibit Some of His Trophies at Show. AIRSHIP FOR THIRTY PEOPLE For the First Time the Emperor Consents to Have His Picture Taken with in Many Years n Camer: ny EMIL ANDRASSY. 1reh 19.—(Special to the Pub- Vienna 1s to have the op- e unity ¥how Mr. Roosevelt, former sldent the United States, In what ~ esteem he iz held in Austria, and Vienna will de its duty, as it always does In such matters. Mr, Roosevelt, with his tamily, will be here April 17, according to advices received by the American embassy, and nothing which can be done to make his stay pleasant will be left undone. The emperor has signified to the American em- bassy that he will be glad to recelve the distingulshed visitor, and other entertain- ments arc being planned. T understand that Mr. Roosevelt has con- sented to exhibit a portion of his African hurting trophies at the sportsman show, which opens May 1. It was hoped he could be present at the show in person, but this will be impossible, Messenger Service Under Difficulties. Some rash admirer of the system of em- ploying boys as an organized corps of mes- sengers attempted recenly to found a sim- tlar organization in Vienna. A company was formed, and its legal representative ascertained from the municipal authorities that no special “concesston” would be needed, but that it would be necessary to register two “fres industries.”” One regls- tration was required for the “Iindustry” of carrying parcels, and another for the dustry” of doing commissions, such as fetching tickets. The registrations wero duly made, and some days ago Vienna was startled by the sight of smart youths ou red bicycles, rlding briekly through the streets. Two duys later an official threatened to close the premises of the company on the pretext that it had no “‘concessior.”” He de- clared that thirteen applications for con- cesslons of this kind had been in the hands of the municipality for more than a-year, Arnother official then Investigated the activity of the brisk youths’ and on the morrow & munieipal officer forbade the fetching of theater tickets. /A few hours later a commission appeared with authority to close the company's premises, and though its legal representatives obtained two days' grace, the commission closed the premises, and sealed them with an official In consequence of & legal protest they were once more opened on condition that the company immediately register a third “industry—the indstry of despatching parcels and missives, Finally the boys were forbidden to wear uniforms. 1t this diffi- culty can be overcome the company will still have to meet the official objection that, on account of the rapid movements of the messengers, the doings of the company are not susceptible of proper surveillance and that it “might, therefore, develop for- bidden activity.” New Steel Alrshiyp. The steel alrship designed by Lieutenant Wallach von Holborn has every prospect of belng constructed at an early date, as a number of prominent Vienna financlers are Interesting themselves In the enterprise. The “Wallach” balloon will have far greater dimensions than the largest Zeppe- lin, and will be able te carry no fewer than thirty persons. The airship will have a special device for regulating the altitude of the ves: The dirigible will be fitted with all the latest nautic improvements in wireless tele- r¥phy apparatus and electric searchlights, and will have speclal compartments for navigators and machinists. It is to be taken over by the Austrian military au- thorities. Archduchess on Horseba Archduchess Auguste, who takes after her grandmother, the late empress, in her love of horses and splendid horsemanship, is, summer and winter, dally to be seen taking her morning ride in the avenues of the town park in Budapest. The Imperial lady devotes much time and attention to the noble art, and under her direction rand carousels” are held almost every year. One of these entertainments took place on Monday afternoon in the court riding school at Buda, before a select audi- ence composed of the aristocracy and sev- eral distinguished personages. The arch- duchess headed the procession of ladies and gentlemen on horseb; who then carried out various Interesting designs, in which she took a prominent part, her splendid figure appearing (o advantage in the tight- fitting black habit and brown jacket, her head surmounted by a cocked hat, Noted Sclentist a Suicide, When Herr Sigmund Kublin committed suicide by shooting himself in a sanatorium In Budapest one of the most curlous figures In Europe disappeared. Budapest knew the little, almost dwarfish. man as uhe of the most active members of the money lending profess'on, who distinguished himselt from the majority of his colleagues by his scrupulous honesty. But in the scientific world Herr Kublin had quite another reputation. He was known as one of the greatest living au- thorities In astronomical matters. Articles from his pen appeared In all the scientific publications and his works were cited by the leading men of sclence as classic. No one abroad had any idea that Herr Kublin carned his living as a money lender. His “Theory of the Ebb and Flow of Tid WAS ten Years ago grected as a scientific dlscovery of the first opder by the whole sclentific world. He was also the t man of sclence to put forward and onstrate the theory of the cosmic earthquake. A few weeks ago Herr Kublin, whose nebility of character and goodness of heart was proverbial among those who had the privilege of knowing him intimately, was attacked by consumption. A few days ago he wag convinced of the absolute hopeless- ness of Nis case and committed suiclde by shooting himscil. v onl. | Discove: ‘THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. FOR ALL THE NEWS THE OMAHA BEE BEST IN THE WEST PEARY GOES TO COPENHAGEN rer of North Pole to Address University in May. ROYAL VISITORS TO ENGLAND Prince and Princess Christian of Den- mark Cannes—Bnglish King (o Meet the Rus- nn Cza Go to COPENHAGEN, March 19.—(Special to the Publisher's Press)—Commander Peary, discoverer of the North pole, will probably address the University of Copenhagen some time in May. The great American Arctlc explorer is to come to Europe the latter part of April and I understand has been invited to deliver an address here. While he has not definitely accepted the invita- | tion, 1t is generally belleved he will The University of Copenhagen has not and will not ask that the Peary record OMAHA, be submitted to it for examination It Is felt that the fact that the action | of the American Geographical sociéty in| passing favorably upon these records has | put the fact that Mr. Peary actually | reached the pole beyond discussion. The | sclentific men and explorers of Denmark | who are keenly interested In all matters of | Arctic research are anxious to hear the | story of Mr, Peary's successful venture »!ll tirst hand and are hopeful he will gratify | them, Royal Visitors to England. Prince and Priricess Christian of Den- mark have left Copenhagen for Cannes, | where they are the guests of the Grand Duches Anastasia of Mecklenburg- Schwerin at the Villa Wenden. Prince and Princess Christian will probably go to Eng- land early in June on a visit to the prince and princess of Wales at Marlborough House and at Frogmore Lodge, in which case they will be present at Ascot races on the two royal days of the meeting. King and Crar to Meet. 1t is now settled that a meeting shall take place between the king of England and the czar of Russia during the current year. According to present arrangements, this meeting will take place at the queen’s villa on the bank of the Sound, near penhagen during the month of August. The meeting will be an early private ong, but It is understood that matters of com- mon interest to the two countries, partic- ularly in Russia, will be discussed by the two monarchs, This meeting was sought by the czar, who suggested that King Ed- ward should take another yachting trip to Russlan waters. His majesty, however, could not quite make this fit in with his other arrangements, that the villa Hvidore was then suggested as a suitable meeting place, New Telephonic Attachment. Three Danish engineers, MM. Dessau, Nyrop and Thomsen, have jointly made a discovery in telephony, which they have communicated to & gathering of electri- clans, Including M. Johansen, manager of the Copenhagen Telephone company., The latter was 80 pleased with the success of their experiments that he expressed the opinfon that the invention would revolu- tlonize telephonic communications. The advice of the Danish engineers enables any telephone subscriber to send a telegraphic dispatch, which is automatically registered in the event of the absence of the person called up. This is effected by means of a keyboard in' connection with the telephone, which Is operated llke that of a type- writer. At the other end of the wire a tape runs through the apparatus, on which the message Is printed in alphabetic char- acters. Distance does not affect its action. The apparatus is not expensive to con- struct and negotiations are said to be al- ready in progress for the purchase of the International patent rights. 0~ BRIGANDS ARE NOW BUSY IN PARTS OF OLD SPAIN News Leaks Out of Train of Gold, but the Robber Are Driven Back. LISBON, March 19.—(Speclal to the Pub- lisher's Press.)—Brigands have made a daring attempt to rob the Tortosa express. The authorities of the town dispatched by the train banknotes and gold to the value of $18,00. Apparently this news leaked out, for at the last moment a force of Civil Guards were sent on the train. When within eighteen miles of Tortosa station the train was forced to stop, the line being blocked by trunks of trees. From the adjacent bushes rushed out a band of masked robbers. At the same mo- ment the Civil Guards made their appear- ance and the panic-stricken brigands took ‘[m fright, hotly pursued. They managed |to reach a cave, where they entrenched themselves and opened a deadly fire on thelr attackers, and the guards were forced to retire. One of the guards was killed and nine were wounded, four dangerously. On the following day a stronger force returned to the cave, but no trace of the brigands could be found.[ They bad disappeared to | the mountains. OUTPUT OF GOLD INCREASES Figures low Given on Produ Metal in the Tran Last Ye JOHANNESBERG, March 19.—(Speefal to the Publishers Press)—J. W. §. Langer- mann, presiding at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Mines, sald that the gold output showed an improvement of ounces, valued at $44.840.000. The increase in the Witwatersrand alone has been greater, there being a slight setback In the outside districts. In the Witwatersrand the increase, as compared with 188, had been 258,608 ounces, valued at §50,040,000. Analysing the results, he found that ap- proximately 60 per cent had been absorbed in the cost of production, 31 per cent in dividends paid the shareholders, as against 2 per cent tn 198, while tha re- maining 9 per cent had been absorbed by the profits-tax, Interest on loans and capl- tal expenditure. The value of the gold produced in the Transvaal from the inception of the gold Industry twenty-three vears ago was $l,- 425,500,000, to Government BRUSSELS, March 19.—(Special to the Publishers’ Press.)—Attention has been called in the Belglan Parliament to the fact that 8 per cent of children in some parts of the country cannot read or write, but the government declares that com- pulsory education is an infringement of the rights of freedom of action. From the Washington Herald. SUNDAY MORNING, MARC H 20, 1910. British Lion Scents Danger Ocean King is a Native Son of Old Ireland eatest Captain of the Shipping In- dustry, with Two Hundred Ves- sels at His Command. I(}r DUBLIN, March 19.—(Special to the Pub- lisher's Press.)—Ireland can now claim to have the greatest shipping man in the world. If any man has earned the cov- eted title of “Ocean King” it Is Lord Plerrle, who has purchased the numerous undertakings controlled by the late Sir Alfred Jones, with whom he was assoclated for many years. By this purchase Lord Plerrie becomes by long odd the greatest captain of the shipping industry. He is not only the premier builder of giant ships, but he has shown that he has the genius to operate as well as bulld, At present the great firm of Harland & Wolff, of which he is the head, is building for the White Star line the Olympic and Titanic, which will be the largest merchant steam- ers in the world. Lord Plerrie's interest In ocean steamship companies is enormous, but when he takes control of the two un- dertakings with which Sir Alfred Jones was chiefly connected, namely, the Elder- Dempster Shipping company, Limited, and Elders & Fyffes, he will acquire a great measure of control over a combined fleet of 25 ocean steamships owned by com- panies possessing a total capital of about $160,000,000, One of the most melancholy features in the recent history of Ireland is the a! Ing increase in insanily. Lunatic asylums have In some instances been obliged to refuse admission to harmless lunatics from the workhouses because the asylums were already overcrowded. A proposal was made in Monaghan that the work- house in Cavan should be acquired for harmless lunatics, but the committee ap- pointed by the county council to inquire into the subject haye reported against the project. In Carlow the asylum s ov crowded, with the result that the commit tee of management has issued an urgent appeal to boards of guardians asking that harmless lunatics should as far as possi- ble be kept in the workhouses. Last year the local government board was glad to be able to report a reduction of 33 In th number of lunatics and eplileptics in work- houses owning to the additional accommo- dation provided in some lunatic asylums. There were still at the date of the report 2823 insane persons in Irish workhouses. “We have frequently alluded,” sald the board, “to the unsuitability of workhouses as places for the reception and treatment of the insane, and we trust that at no dis- tant date all this class, as well as the sane epileptics, will be accommodated in special institutions.” This cannot be done until the entire poor law system is reformed. KING LIKES CROOKED STREETS Prefers Plctu ern Stri ueness to the Mod- t Lines of Europe. SEVILLE, March 19.—(Special to Publishers Press.)—During his recent visit here King Alfonso discussed with Senor de Tena the plans of the municipality for the widening of the streets of Seville. The king expressed regret that some of the anclent, winding streets of the city were to be replaced by ordinary straight thor- oughfares in the common European fashion. The king added that it would undoubtedly be well to widen and straighten many of the streets, but that It would be regrettable to reconstruct all those which give to Seville its quaint and pleturesque aspect. The king's remarks are very favorably commented on and there is a general hope that the calle Slerps in particular will not be altered The king explained to Senor de Tena other plans of his own, among them the construction within the Aleazar of lawn tennis, croquet and other courts. MALAY STATES ENLARGED Provinee is Added te the tion by & Reeent Order. FINGAPORE, March 19.—(Speclal to the Publishers Press.)—-Tricgganu, which, though one of the states ceded by Slam to Great Briteln under the Anglo-Slamese treaty of last has always preserved fts independence ard had refused to ac- knowledge the suzeraintly of Siam, has now Jcined the Federated Malay States. Sir Willlam Taylor, the British resident gen- eral In the Federated States. has been here in connection with the transference. the ‘Now Seen to Drive Daily Without Former Precautions. IS IN MUCH BETTER SPIRITS Says He Belleves His Subjects Longer Have Designs Upon His Head and He Trusts in the Almighty. BY GEORGE FRAZER. ST. PETERSBURG, March 19.—(Special to the Publisher's Press)—The change which has taken place in Russia of recent years is more clearly demonstrated by the freedom of the czar than by any other one thing. For years it has been the custom to plcture his imperial majesty as prac- tically a prisoner in a bomb proof, hardly daring to eat untll the food had been first analyzed for polsor, and not daring to go out from the palace unless guarded as carefully as a carload of gold might have been guarded. But these day the czar {s almost as free in his movements as President Taft or King Bdward of England, who are perhaps the freest of all earth's rulers. Nearly every day now his subjects see him driving without escort in the streets of St. Petersburg, and none of the usual precautions are taken for his safety, The czar later went shopping, and bought, without being recongized, gloves and sweets. He s in the best of spirits and seems really delighted with his recovered treedom. But the police are in despal and it is even reported that the chief of the secret police asked his majesty on his knees not to expose his life in this manner, but the czar answered that he had con- fidence in his people and that the Almighty would protect him from attempts of anar- chists and fanatics. He sald he was con- vinced that the revolutionary socialists did not wish to murder him. Romance in C 's Life, The well known Russian author, M koff, has just published the first volume of a serles of books dealing with Russian contemporary history, and this first instal- ment throws an interesting light on the | early lite of the present czar. The author deals at some length with an early love affair which is sald to have caused great ain and suffering to all parties by reason of Its unfortunate nature. The lady con- cerned was a girl of Jewish descent, named Rajssa Kagan, the daughter of a govern- ment contractor. At the age of 17, she was celebrated as a beauty, and courted by | some of the highest in the land, including | the Grand Duke Paul, uncle of the present |Czar Nicholas. The grand duke, on one occasion, took his nephew to one of the | 1ady's receptigns, and no sooner did the lad | see her than he fell violently in love with her. The girl evidently reciprocated the sentiment, and the same evening the young | man succeeded in meeting the beautiful IJewess In the conservatory of her father's [house, where he trankly declared his pas- slon and swore that he would never marry anyone else, Ended by tae Parents. At about this time the Empress Marfe Feodorovna was attempting to secure & | suitable bride for the future czar, and her cholee fell upon (he Prigeess Alice of Hesse, but when the matter was broached 1o the young man he refused to hear of any such match, declaring that his troth was already plighted. A stormy interview followed between the czar and his son, as a result of which, alarmed at the turn events had taken, the lad agreed to respect his father's wishes, his last re- monstrance being silenced by the threat that If the affair were not immediately dropped the contractor and his daughter would be sent to Siberia in exile. When news of what had happened young Jewess, she made a desperate at- tempt to commit suleide. Hearing of this the young man hurried to her house, and & heart-rending scene ensued, the girl agaln attempting to take her life. A vio lent scene followed between the czar his son, and It was eventually de the young man should travel for a year on the condition that during his absence no steps should be taken in the matter of his love affair. sla, however, when & compact was en tered Into by which the contracior Kag arranged to marry his daughter to a cer tain state officlal of importance, and when the unhappy Prince Nicholas returned from his travels he found the marriage already a alt accompll” His marriage with the Princess Alice was celebrated some little time afterwards. The author vouches for the details of the affalr, in many instances quoting his authorities at length. | | | | | ed thai CIAR HAS MORE FREEDON| reached the | and | Scarcely had he left Rus- | Famished Wolves Swoop Down on Spanish Village Heavy Snows in the Mountains Drives Them Forth in Search of Food. BON, March 19.—(Speclal to the Pub- lishers Press.)—Terrible snowstorms have been experienced at Audanl and the neigh- borhood. Great packs of famished wolves have swarmed down from the mountains and invaded the town. A party of horse- men arrived at full speed at Audani, being pursued right iuto the town by & pack of over 200 wolves, The riders, who owed their lives to the fleetness of their horses, had set out to tell the town authorities that the farms, ranches and planations in the nelghborhood were beseiged by fero- clous animals and that the inmates were prisoners. Several farmers who dared to venture out had been devoured. Next day the weather cleared somewhat and the authorities organized a huge hunt, headed by the civil guards and detach- ments of infantry and cavalry. Although there was a tremendous slaughter of the wolves many got away to thelr mountain homes and It is feared that they will soon veturn. Eighteen of the hunting party re- celved injuries. Woman 1s Sbught for Defrauding Poses as a Clairvoyant and Has Numerous Rich People as Dupes. BEAU-SOLEIL, March 19.—(Special to the Publishers Press.)—On charges of hav- ing defrauded & number of foreigners of large sums of money, the police of Beau- Solell are looking for an alleged adven- turess nemed Mme. Dupin, who arrived in this town from Paris about four months ago and set up as a clairvoyant in a luxur- lously furnished villa. There she recelved visits from a large number of forelgners and it is alleged, per- suaded them that she could assure their | participation in the shares which an as- sociation to which she belonged possessed in drawings of the city of Paris and other bonds. According (o the sum paid by the visitor she guaranteed drawings of 10,000 francs, 50, 000 francs, and 100,000 francs. A large num- ber of people are sald to have pald money on these terms. Mme. Dupin has fled the town and is be- lleved to have taken refuge in England. | The police have learned that she was as- sisted In her business by a German profes- sor who gave exhibitions of hypnotism. FERDINAND THANKS THE CZAR Result of Visit is that He May Em- brace the Orthodox Re- ligion SOFIA, March 19.—(8 lishers Press.)—The # states that it und of King Kerdinand's visit to St. Peters- burg is to thank the czar for the fresh proof of his good disposition towards Bul- garia, his imperial majesty havjng ex- pressed Intention of presenting Bul- garia with several warships which are ly- ing off Sevastopol. The journal adds that, |in view of this new evidence of Russia’s | extremely friendly feeling towards Bul- garla, King Ferdinand has decided to em- | brace the orthodox religion with all the members of his family, and that he will | ask the emperor to consent to be his spon- sor. The newspaper adds that secrecy is | maintained concerning the whole affair in | government ¢ and gives the with all rese 1 “Vetcheyna to the Pub- Pochta his news |{ABDUL HAMID IS STILL ALIVE | mily Leaves the Deposed arch Becaose He Ha proved in ith, SALONICA, March (Special the Publishers Press.)-The stories which are urrent of Abdul Hamid's death are untrue. Two of the ex-sultan's sone, three | princesses, eleven of his women and fifteen servants have left Salorica, the govern- ment judging their presence useless there, owing to the state of the health and the mind of Abdul Hamid. But news of the ex-rultan’s “escape” 15 @s unfounded as that of his death, Mon- rstands the chief reason | SINGLE COPY FIVE C(ENTS. GREATPOWERS PREVENT WAR Their Restraining Influence Keeps Bulgaria and Turkey Apart. GERMANY IS MUCH EXERCISED Strauss Overcomes Objection to Sa-| « ing ML Marches Which Please the Ewmperor. lome by BY MALCOLM CLARKE. BERLIN, March 19.—(Special to the Pub- lishers' Press.)—To say that the German forelgn office \s very deeply exeroised over the condition of affairs In the near east 1s stating a simple fact. That only the re- stralning influerce of the great powers prevents an actual state of war between Bulgaria and Turkey is certain and that tho aggressive attitude of Bulgaria is due to an understanding with the other Balkan states and perhaps with Greece ls little doubted. Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg and For- eign Minister von Schoen have been in consultation with Count Aerenthal, the Austrian foreign minister and with Mr. lswolsky, who directs Russia's forelgn af- fairs, and, 1 am informed, has informed them as well as the Balkan soverelgna that for the present at least war must be averted. There Is a belief current in diplo- matic circles here that Russia is really at the back of what may be called the Balkan federation and really is fomenting the trouble. In conversation with a diplomat | recently he sald to me: “The Balkan states may force a confliet with Turkey, and it {s conceivable that acting together they might find it a barren victory. The treaties of San Stefano and Shimonesekl are ex- amples which show how short-lived such trlumphs prove when the preponderating interests of neutral great powers prevent the victor from reaping the fruits of a suc- cessful campaign.” Strauss and the Emperor, Dr. Richard Strauss, whose opera “Elek- tra” s causing so much interest among musical clrcles, s probably the weaithlest composer in the world. He sold the rights of one of his works for nearly $10,000 alone, and no one Is more sought after by the musical publishers. When he conducts a concert of his own compositions he receives the fee of $00, and as he comblines artistic genlus with a keen business instinct, he has amassed a large fortune. One of Herr Strauss' greatest annoyances is to be taken for that other Strauss who s known to feme as a composer of waltzes, It fs well known that the Kalser was opposed to the production of Dr. Strauss’ “Salome” in Berlin, and it might never have been given there but for the com- poser's clever Inspiration. Hearing that court influence was agalnst his opera, he sat down and composed two brilliant mili- tary marche Of course, the kaiser heard of this, and his love of things military made him wish to hear the marches. Shortly afterwards Strauss was invited to the palace, and was asked to play his marches to the emperor, The stirring martial music so appealed to Wilthelm II. that Strauss heard no more about the opposition to “Salome.” Sleeping Sickness. The clnematograph was employed he: recently during a lecture at the Empress Friedrich School for the Higher Education of Physiclans to show culturés of sleeping sickness germs in human blood. The ple- tures were shown by Dr. Reicher of Ber- lin, who has made a specialty of sleeping sickness for a number of years and passed many months in Africa, where the plctures were taken. The method employed s his invention. Among a large number of Ger- man and French physiclans who attended the lecture were Dr. Doyen and Prof. ( valho of Paris, Prince Hore Iavitation. There is authority for stating that while | | Prince Henry of Prussta has been visiting in England he has conveyed to King Ed- ward and Queen Alexandra, on behalf of the emperor, an invitation to be present at the ceremonies that are to take place | at the opening of the widened Klel canal, which 1s expected to take place towards the end of next vear. It is rather im- probable that their Britanic majesties will find themselves able to accept this in- vitation, and the prince and princess of Wales will In that case be deputed to take their places, Prince a Farrler. Since the time of Frederick the Great it has been the custom for every Hohen- zollern prince to learn a trade. All the kalser's sons have followed this tradition, and now Prince Joachim, the youngest, s being taught farriery at Plon. World’s Oldest Woman. The oldest woman in the world cele- brated the 12th anniversary of her birth recently at Posen. She (s Frau Dutki wiez, and although she is bent and feeble, almost blind and deaf, she is not bedrid- den. Frau Dutklewiez remembers the Na- poleonic wars and the fall of the Little Corporal. She was married over ninety years ago and has been a widow for more | than halt a century. Her descendants number 200, and she has two great-great- great-grandchildren, Floating Mission. In a tughoat plying on the river Spree and the adjacent canals the Berlin Chureh | {Misslon maintains a floating church, which | |18 regularly used for service. It hus just | | been the scene of a wedding, at which the groom was a canal boatman and the bride | {the daughter of & fellow worker. The | former wore a morning coat and top ha while the bride was in white, with a fiow- |ing vell. After an afterncon at a popular | | begr restaurant the couple returned to the | groom's barge and most of thelr married | {life will be spent afloat Crime of g Boy. A horrible crime is reported from Olden- burg, where & 2-year-old printer's appren- tice named Denker has, it is alleged, mu:- dered with an axe his father, mother and elder brother because they had discovered that he had committed a burglary in his aunt's house und stolen some silver plate The discovery of the murder was made under pecullar circumstances. When two i policemen appeared at the house to arrest | Denker for the theft he asked them to take him away without telling his parents, l.~‘ otherwise his father, who was alling. might not be able o stand the excltement On arrival at the police station, however, he confessed to the triple murder. He had evidently been afraid to be led to the room where the corpses lay FARMERS’' SCHOOL IN AFRICA | | | in the PRETORIA, March 19.—(Bpecial to the Publishers’ Press.)—The Transvasl govern- ment has dscided to give a first contribu- tlon of £100,000 for the estiblishment of a l'l‘rlnlvul agricultural university. | twenty-elght LONDON TO GRASP HAND OF HUNTER Lord Mayor Says His People Are Anxs ious to Honor Roosevelt as & Friend. “DESERVES HIGHEST HONORS” England Has No Truer Friend Tha» Great American Statesman. BRYAN TO VISIT ENGLAND Will Address Y. M. C. A. in Londor at Annual Meeting. 1 KITCHENER LAUDS WEST POINT Foremonst Soldier of the Age Praises the American Military School and Recommends it Model for England. BY PAUL LAMBETH. LONDON, March 19.—(Special to the Pub- lishers' Press.)—'No man is more desery- ing of the highest honors afford him, than Mr. Roesevelt. There is nothing an Englishman delights in more than gripping the hand of a friend, and no truer friend have we than the great American statesman.” This was the state- ment made to me the other day by Sir John Knlll, lord mayor of London, in speak- ing of the reception of former President Roosevelt, when hé arrives in England in May. This is the feeling towards the great hunter in all classes of soclety. There is no doubt that the strenuous one of Seg: more Hill has caught the British fancy as no other foreigner has In recent years. He appeals to the British mind and is regarded Wwith a feeling rarely accorded to any,save Britian's own great ones. His reception, therefore, will be enthuslastic and of & na- ture to warm the cockles of his heart. Bpeaking further of the city's participa- tion in the reception, Sir John Knill said: “My first suggestion on learning of Mr. Roosevelt's intention to visit London, was that I should entertain him at the Mansion House, but very soon I realized that such a reception would be on too small a scale altogether. You may depend upon it that the reception at Guildhall will be as hLearty and brilliant as the city of London knows how to make it." Bryan the city can in England. T learn that we are to have another dis- tinguished Amerfcan statesman with us this summer, in the person of Hon. Willlam J. Bryan. Mr. Bryan is to be here In July and is scheduled to make an address before the annual meeting of the Young Men's Christian assoclation, New Field for Peunyless. Quite recently, a new field has opened up its smiling prospect -ta- young Englishmen of good family, but small, not to say miero- scoplc means. The new gold mine is situ- ated in Australla. For the time belug it has serlously put America and Its heiresses out of the running. Within the past few months three young gentiemen have trium- phantly returned from the land of the squatter with three more or less blushing brides, the daughters of the aforesaid Squatters, and whose Incomes average about {6,000 a year. The young gentlemen return with more than this, for they bring the joyous message that there are plenty more of the same sort to be found, who are simply walting for an English husband to carry them off. All that is necessary, so they say to their admiring relatives and young men acquaintances, 18 a fairly decent exterlor, & public school manner, plenty of clothes, a working knowledge of lawn tennis and the waltz, ability to hand tea and cake around without wreckage, a fow introductions, and last, but most im- portant of all, no visible means of support. terature for Young Princes. The supervision which is exerclsed over the choice of literature by the younger members of the royal family was amusingly lllustrated by an Incident that occurred at St. Pancras station, when Prince Albert, the 14-year-old son of the prince of Wales, who has just recovered from an attack of influenza at Osborne, was on his way to Sandringham, accompanied by an elderly court retainer. A newsboy with his basket full of literary productions stopped on the | platform for the young prince to inspect the papers and magazines, prominent among which was one with a highly-colored picturs of a profwssional beauty. The prince looked up @t his mentor with an inquiring gase, and met with a significant shake of the head. His purchases were restricted to the more stald-looking six-penny magazines. Mrs. Keppel's Killing, The Hon. Mrs. George Keppel is reputed to have made over half a million recently in American Steel shares. Mr. Plerpont Morgan Is understood to have given her the “tip"" to buy when they were about 4. She had the courage to hold on until they reached somewhere in the nelghborhood of 0. She is devoting a considerable portion of. her gains to bullding a splendid man- slon In Grosvenor street. Her ambition Is understood to become one of the really great hostesses of London. Her architects admit that they are authorized to build on the land a mansion that will rival even Sunderland House, the splendid home of the Duchess of Mari- borough, not far away. Two entire floors will be arranged so that they can bs thrown together for entertalning & large dinner and a ball can be given conjointly Kitchener on West Point, A high compliment has been paid the West Point Military academy by ‘the fore- most soldier of the age, General Lord Kitehener. In outlining a scheme for an army defense Lord Kitchener recommends that the military college for the training of officers be modeled after the American institution, He says It turns out officers equal, if not superior, in military education to any in the world Lord Kitchener's scheme gives the Aus- trallan commonwealth, for £1,742,000 a year, |a force of 50,000 men, half to defend the cities and ports and half to be fres to operate as a moblle striking force any- where In Australia, This force 10 be com. posed of eighty-four battallons of infantry, regiments of light horse, fifty-six batterles of artillery, seven com- munication companies and fourteen eom- panies of engineers, British Cotton Trades. The February trade returns show that the value of cotton imported was over $10,000,000, which was $4,600,000 less than for the same month last year. The value of manufactured and partly manufactured cotton goods exported during the month showed an increase.