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The evening times., 1899-01-11
CHARITY PATIENT
POSES AS A COUNT
CAREER OF NICHOLAS sAv1NE
Claims to Have HobnObbed With
Royalty and Served "a Sentence
in Siberia.

New York, Jan. 11.-As a charity patient
in Bellevue Hospital is a man who says
he has been entertained by the Sultan Of
Turkey, clinked glasses with the Prince
of Wales, dined with the Czar of Russia
and nearly became King of Bulgaria. He
walked into the hospital on Monday night.
md applied for treatment involving
surgical operation. saying he was Nicholas
Lautrec. of No. 81 Columbia Street.
Brooklyn.
The man had jewelry which experts pro-
nounce valueless four gold watches and a
$500 street railway bond. He had also
letter from John a. Logan to Gen Miles.
introducing him as the Comte de Toulouse
Lautrec. This letter led to the identilica-
tion OF him yesterday as Nicholas Erasme
Sayine, Comte de Toulouse Lautrec who
figrred extensively two years ago in police
court reports.
Lautrec appeared in New York in No
yember 1886, as agent of the Russian
government. authorized to make contracts
FOR the Siberian Railway. He declared that
he had extensive property in Russia and
Siberia, and advertised for an American
heiress with $250,0 who wished to marry
titled foreigner. The Russian consul
general, A. A. Olaroysky. declared that he
was fraud and not a count at all. His
name, he said, was Nicholas Savine
Baron de Courtier, the agent of the ST.
berian Railway then in New York also
repudiated him.
While in The Tombs awaiting trial for
an alleged sNindling operation he told the
story of his life, claiming noble lineage
While in Bulgaria, he said. he was inti-
mately associated with Stambouloif, and
plotted for the throne, almost attaining il.
He was entfced TO ConstantinCple, he said
where the Sultan entertained him royalty
and then handed him over to Russia. That
episode ended in a sentence 10 five years
Imprisonment in Siberia.
Lautrec in April, 1897. was arrested be-
cause of row with a Tenderlon cahman.
This led TO another warning to the public
by the Russian consul general. Lautrec
threatened 10 kill Mr.. Olarovsky. The po-
lice records show that he was twice ar
rested after that On minor charges.
Lautrec said he had just returned from
Havana, where he had gone after the war
and established extensive business inter-
ests. He said he had held a commission as
lieutenant in the First Illinois Volunteer
Cavalry, showing newspapers telling OF his
efforts TO recruit a regiment. The book
also contained copies of advertisements
for partner with money to invest
The evening times., 1899-01-11
MORE TIGHE CLAaANTs.
Four BROTHERS ho s'r0f.'>~ so Ne
..Sir Richards Nearest If f.r.

Four Brothers Eo Profess so Ne
..SIr Richards Nearest uf F.r.
New York. JGn- 11-Former Judge
George ". Curtis appeared ia the surrO-
gates court yesterday TO contest the is
suanee Of letters OF admini~,r ration TO the
heirs of the late Sir Richard Tighe
and thus disclosed the fact that new claim
ants 20 the estate will contest the viii
and revive the already famous litigation.
Sir Richard" Tighe was an eccentric
old man. who died in May, lSSt. He was
ninety years old. and had lived for fifty
years at No. 81 Union Square. The last
private house in the square He was the
head of an old family of WesfueGth, Ire
land He left an estate valued at 8, ,04o.-
eco. which he left by Will 20 relatives OF
his wife. who died before him This viii
was attacked By about forty cousins. his
own blood relations. most Of whom lived
in Ireland They attacked the validity OF
the will itself but Surrogate Fitzgerald
admitted it TO probate. auc has set the
ease down for Il hearing on January H.
Former Judge Curtis sand his clients
were four brothers three of whom live in
California and the other in New York
The name OF the latter Is Dennis Tighe-
Bernard j. Tighe is one o. the California
brothers Mr. CJAtis says they are the
nearest blood relatives Of 'Sir Richard
Tighe.
The evening times., 1899-01-11
A Servants Union.

They have 4 servants union in Chris
tiania, Norway. The idea of a servants
union in this country has been received
with some derision and a little spprehen-
sion. The general impression seems to be
that the servant rules The American home
already and that a servants union would
reduce the mistress to abject slavery.
But when the constitution and bylaws
OF this Norwegian iabor union are learn
ed the demands OF the domestics do not
seem so very unreasonable. In the first
place they declare that all work must. be-
gin not before half past six in the morn
ing, and end at nine in the evening Serv-
Ace out of hours must be performed by
extra servants with extra pay This Sc
cures the servant nine hours and a half
for sleep. recreation and private affairs.
In addition TO this, one afternoon each
week, and one Sunday in a fortnight is
claimed. II is reported that the union has
the inside track, and that the members
get what they desire.
Two things are noticeable in most dis
cussions of the servant question in this
country. I'm England and on the Con-
tinert there seldom is any servant ques-
ton The caste system and the cheap
ness of labor prevent that These two
things are the complaint that intelligent
women will not become servants, and the
continual allegation that servants demand
too much. But consider a little. In what
trade or business are the employees re-
CURED to begin work al half past six in
the morning, and be on duty till some in
definite hour in the evening? In what
calling except that of the servant is a
woman ever required to lodge and take
her meals in the house of her employer,
and be under constant surveillance for
practically the whole twenty-four hours?
In what other business is woman ques-
toned about her love affairs, or forbidden
10 have visitors outside of working hours? :?
And finally, in what trade are the duties
The evening times., 1899-01-11
LAUREL'S CURFEW LAW.
ersons Abroad After \ VI. TO ~
plain the Cause.

Laurel Md, Jan. IA curfew Law has
been passed for Laurel and will be put in
force tonight. Every person on the streets
after o'clock in the morning will be re-
auired to explain to the night watChnan
their reason fer being abroad. II those
who are abroad be strangers, and their
account OF themselves does not satisfy tie
officer they will be taken into custody and
locked up in the cold and cherries cells
of the city hall, to remain until liberated
by due process of law and the hand and
seal cf the local police justice, William
II. Roby, or higher judicial authority.
Lately a number Of suspicious persons
have been seen in and round Laurel. and
a belief has gained currency that cracks
men were spying cut the land and laying
plans for robberies. The frequency and
mysterious origin of fires in Laurel Is an
Ctner source of uneasiness 70 The authCrt-
ties and citizens. Consequently the COM
ell at lis regular meeting last night au-
thoriZed the mayor to appoint an addition
al night watchman. The town will be di-
vided into beats. and a system of time
clocks put in operation to insure the Wig
liant aid effective patrol OF the streets.
Mayor Phelps has rot YET appointed the
additional watchmsn. Captain OF Police
John r. Griffith is the Gay officer, and
George King Is temporary night watch
man.
The evening times., 1899-01-11
THE PATAPSCO BRIDGE.
Construction for the Electric Rail
read Re.:un at EIIicott city

ElIicC,t City Md. Jan. U---Nlber, Web
er began WORK yesterday on the stone
abutment for the Patapsco Bridge for the
Consolidated Railway at Eilicoit city
Much Of the heavy stcnework erected Tor
the original designs of the Columbia and
Maryland al this place is TO be torn towa-
The bridge is 10 rest on piers al each side
of the river in a single span. 10 Will he
200 feet in the clear. and the dbutmcu,s
twenty-five and thirty-five feet high. so
as to maintain the grade OF ;hs rCII IS it
approaches the present terminus Cross
ing to the Howard county side Of 2s riv-
err the read will occupy the bel a., the
Frederick Pike. with tw1 tracks through
this town the present inteHticI being 10
extend the tracks beyond tae aeSte.:r town
limit perhaps. two miles.
This will cramp the only fh.FouEnfare
of the ;J~n very greatly, ara farmers re-
gard the coming of the road with ;pprC
hension, but it is stated thai shs read
OF legal obStructioEs, it beihs, understood
as inevitable that an electric road should
come through sooner or later II tas been
suggested that some relief could l., s,fford-
ed by the construction OF road - con-
meet the Frederick . and the Clarasville
pixies and the New Cut Road within tBe
town to divert travel that way. but the
practical part of this proposition would
be expensive. 1t is Understood tina; the
two tracks are to be laid with Hdi rails
each track occupying the side Of 1hs
street. This arrangement viii allow the
| easy passage cf the big;s.St loads Of hay
| 'hat are hauled To Baltimore from. Ho.,ard
| county.
The evening times., 1899-01-11
In his testimony before the Industrial

In his testimony before the Industrial
Commission. Mr.. Hermann Stump, former
" Commissioner of Immigration, expressed
the opinion that the educational test as ap-
piled to immigrants tends to exclude
healthy and hardy men who would be val
uable TO the country as "hewers of wood
and drawers of water" He also stated that
rudimentary education was common
among the immigrants from Northern
Europe, while the most lamentable ignor
ance was next TO universal among those
who come from Portugal and other south
ern states. The latter fact would seem TO
show that the educational qualification is a
good thing IL il Will let in the strong and
industrious youth of Germany and Scan
dinavia, and keep out the criminals, pau
pers and lazzaroni of the Mediterranean
regions. il is an excellent plan To stick by.
The evening times., 1899-01-11
NEW TRIAL DENIED
MURDERESS PLACE
KILLED HER sTEPDAUGHTER
VIII Have to Meet Death In the
Electric Chair tnIess Cf:oyernar
Roosevelt Interyeues

Albany. y. Y, Jan. 1.-THE court of ap-
peals yesterday denied a new trial to Mrs
Martha N Place, of Brooklyn who was
convicted and sentenced 10 death for the
murder of her stepdaughter. Ida Place.
The courts action means that the SEN
tence of death will be carried out and the
woman electrocuted if Gov Roosevelt does
not interfere. She will be the FIRST woman
in this State TO suffer the death penalty
since the electrocution law went into ope-
ration. Marie Barberi, the first woman
sentenced TO death under the law. was dis
charged on her second trial
Mrs. Place was originally sentenced TO be
electrocuted in August, but the execution
was postponed on account of The appeal 10
the court Of appeals ~ =
She asked for new trial on the ground
that the prosecution did not show any mo-
tive for the deed, and that the trial judge
had allowed the introduction OF testinon.
tending 10 prove her guilty OF another and
entirely separate crime-viz an assault on
her husband.
Gov. Roosevelt today said he was not IA
miliar with the case. and could not indi-
cate what course he would pursue if he
was asked 20 extend executive clemency
to the condemned woman.
Mrs. Place was convicted of murder in
| the first degree in Brooklyn, on July ..
1898. The motive for killing her step
daughter. who was eighteen years old was
apparently jealousy. The crime was com
mitted on February T. 1888. The evidence
showed that acid had first been thrown i'll
the young girls face, and then she was
smothered TO death by pillows ana bed
clothing. When Nr. Place returned home
Mrs. Place attacked him with an az. He
lay at the point of death for several weeks,
but finally recovered
Mrs. Place was sentenced TO death by
Judge Hurd on July u. and taken to Sing
Sing. Arguments on her appeal were
heard on November IS
The evening times., 1899-01-11
COUNTY BARS NEGROES.
Calhoun ILL.,. Admits Rank. bus
Drives Out u CGIOred Hod Carrier.

St Louis, Mo. Jan. 11.-Cajhoun Coun-
". H., has not had a bank or negro
within its borders for half century. 1t
has net had railroad. a telegraph o.
telephCne line. 1t was announced i short
time ago that the county would have 4
bank The contract was let. The con-
tractor thought that if the count accept
ed a bank it could also stand a negro. He
reckoned without his host. The people
descended in numbers with ropes in their
hands. To escape the mob. who wou d
have lynched him. Samuel Wa Arlington
the negro in question. swan III Illinois
River and walked sixty miles back TO Al
ton.
The contracting company reached Har
din on Saturday. Washington was en-
gagged to carry a hod When the news
spread that negro was in town and in
tended to stay, the townsp- op'e prepared
TO lynch him. When Washington heard
the vigilance committee coming he made
for the river bank, tumbied INTO the wat ar
and swan TO the other side, with pursu-
ers hot on his trail The crowd stood on
the bank and saw that be did not return.
The evening times., 1899-01-11
MORE CRT ISERS NAY
BE SENT TO MANILA
DEWEY HAS ONLY TO ASK IT
Transports Taking Troops to the
East fO he Supplied With Rapid
Firing Guns.

Naval officials are considering the adyis-
ability OF dispatching the cruisers Detroit.
Marblehead and Montgomery to Manila. but
will probably first cable TO Admiral Dewey
and ascertain if the vessels already at
tached TO his command are sufficient for
his purposes. The vessels so fsr ordered
OHt include th, gdnboats Yorktown. Ben
nington, Princeton. castine and Helena
The Maohias viii be attached TO his com
mand as soon as her repairs are completed.
The guEbOat Marietta may also 20.
The Detroit class would be- splendid yes
seis for service against the Filipiucs. hav-
ing dTaught OF only fourteen feet seven
inches and being we'll equipped with rapid
firing batteries. They viii not b. sent 10
the East. however. unless Rear ADMIRAL
Dewey informs the department Jha' ne
needs more vessels
Significant attention is being given b.
the War Department 10 its transports Al
the request OF Secretary AIger. Capt.
Charles O'Neil. chief OF The Bureau of ord
nance. has loaned two six-PoJndeF rapid
fire guns 10 the War Department which
will be placed on the transports going to
Manila. These vessels viii then BE- abe
to support any movement OF he army.
Senator Ias1a's statement IN The Sen
ate that he had information thar instruct
tloIiS i-Sd bftH gwen 10 -iiiii-id4 JG"es
and Gen. OJis 10 notify the insurgents al
Iloiio that the city would be bon ba-'ed if
not turned over to the Americans ID ten
days Is pronounced untrue at the War and
Navy Departments. Secretary Alser said
that no such instructions had been issued.
Tor would there be until the admiGistra-
tiOn was satisfied that the FilpiroS would
not accept the friendship proIered By the
United States.
Gen. Otis has cabled TO the War Depart
ment the latest proclamation issued b.
AguinsidO. but, Notwithstanding IFS char
acteT and the critical condition OF affairs in
the islands. the authorities persist in say
ing that the insurgents will soon become
acquainted with the friendly purposes OF
this government, and it viii bc possible to
aynIi a foOffcr
The evening times., 1899-01-11
SKATERS KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Four Young People Lose Their Lives
on a Curve.

Pittsburg. Pa. Jan. l1.-Four peIsors
were killed on the deadly curve between
Irwin and Larimer on the Pennsylvania
Railroad last night The victims were:
Thomas Miller, aged twenty Mary
Miller. aged seventeen; Walter Brown,
aged nineteen Bert Watson, aged twenty
two.
All lived in Larimer and were with
party Of skaters who Were walking along
the tracks between Irwin and Larimer.
The tracks used by eastbound trains
were occupied by d freight delayed by a
wreck and just as the skating party step
ped on the west track, a passenger train
dashed round the sharp curve. Several OF
the young people jumped and saved them
selves. but the four We're struck and kill
ed instantly. .-t ~.
Ten persons have been killed AT this
curve within six months
The evening times., 1899-01-11
China,s First Railway.

From the Engineering Magazine)
The first Tllrnad constructed in China was a
narrow gauge line from Shanghai 10 Wousung, put
down in 1876, and intended chiefly as an
ocular demonstration TO the Chinese. At the end
of twelve months IL scld To a Chinese Off
cial. who straightway tore mp the rails and de-
ported them to Formosa The single dummy en-
gine of the line now reposeS peacefully in the
mud of FoFmosan harbor. together with
The wreck of the junk in which il was trans
ported. During these twelve months of its ex-
istence the Shanghai Wousnng Railroad. with its
single dummy engine and its train of small cars,
which. bY the way, We're OF American pattern,
carried 100000 passengers. The Chinese came
from far and wide TO and experiment with
this new barbarian curiosity, and the people in
the neglborhood finding il an institution
of great practical utility, became regular patrons
The predicted UPRISING OF the people against the
construction of the road never materialZed and.
"a for the graves along the route. every farmer
would manufacture many graves as he could
get dollars for PERMISSION 10 trayerse them.
The evening times., 1899-01-11
LONG JOURNEY TO WED.
Girl En- Route From Switzerland TO
California tn Marry Stranger.

New York, Jan. 1l.-Miss Julia Bian-
chin now sojourning al the Barge Office
betrothed TO one whom she has never seen.
has just completed the first stage OF a long
journey to meet her prospective husband
whose name is given as Julio Fanciolo,
and his residence HalfrnCon Bay. Califor-
MIA
Miss Julia says that she IS q school
teacher and that she gave up her position
in Bellinona Switzerland to meet her
Julio. The match, she says. was arranged
by her parents many Years ago, and al
though she has never seen The man she
is sure that she will love him. if for no
other reason than that he is the one her
parents chose for her.
The young woman is detained 81 the
Barge Office pending the answer to an in
Quiry which has been telegraphed to the
Immigration Bureau in San Francisco re-
garding FanciCllo. II the reply is salts
factory she will he released and allowed
10 go on her way across the continent
Miss Julia has the modest dcwry of 430
lire. She was steerage passenger by the
steamship Champagne. which arrived on
Monday
The evening times., 1899-01-11
FAIR AT PETERSBURG.
Plan of Organization AdOpted-A
stock Company to BE Formed.

Petersburg, Va, Jan. IA general
meeting cf citizens of Petersburg was
held last night at the hall Of the Young
Mems Christian Association. Mayor Pleas
ants presiding to take action looking TO
the holding of an agricultural and indus
trial fair here next fail. 4 p an of or
ganization was adopted. II provides at
for the purpose of holding this fair a
stock company shall be formed, with a
capital stock of $4,000, divided into
shares of $25 each; that in the organiza
ton of this company there shall be elect
ed president, two vice presidents. sec
retary, a treasurer and a board of direc-
tors-twenty- four in number-co2sist ting
Cf twelve resident and twelve non-res!-
dent members A committee OF five was
appointed to recommend permanent Off
GERS of the association. and will make
its report at an adjourned nesting 10
be held next Monday night. committee
is to be appointed by Mayor Pleasant 10
solicit subscriptiCns tc the stock of the
association.
The evening times., 1899-01-11
A MOTHERS BRAVE ACT.
Mrs. Harry Kemp Risks Her Life to
Save Her Children.

Reading Pa. Jan. 11.-Fire broke out
yesterday in the residence OF Harry Kemp,
on White Oak Street. in Kutztown, this
county. Mrs Kemp had just gone into
the yard, when she discovered a blaze in
the kitchen.
She rushed through the flames 10 an ad-
Joining room and succeeded in saving her
two children. She escaped with slight
burns and the singeing OF her hair.
She then gave the alarm. and the FIRE
department succeeded in saving the house.
which was damaged TO the extent of S506.
The evening times., 1899-01-11

of the apprentice so varied, so indefinite
and SO numerous?
The complaint of incapable servants does
cook, lady's maid. laundress or butler can
usually find place, and give satisfactory
service. The servant problem is the prob
lem of the great middle class-the class
which requires but one or two domestics.
These damestics-should come, il is claim
ed, from the class of girls who now fill the
factories, the shops, and the dressmaking
establishments. Why do they choose these
employments instead of domestic service?
The answer is short; because no human be-
ing will be a slave when freedom is within
reach.
When domestic service is reduced TO
businesslike basis IT will be satisfactory,
and not till then. Al present il is on any
thing but a business basis. In half the
families now wrestling with the servant
problem the servant is expected 10 run
TO and fro. doing all sorts of small offices
which healthy human being should do
for himself. She is often required TO tend
the baby do the laundry work. cook, wash
dishes, dc housemaid's s work, wait on an
invalid run errands-do anything which
happens to need attention-everything by
turns and nothing long She never knows
what she will be required TO do on any one
day. She has no chance to plan her work.
She is required as a rule to work accord
ing TO the way of the mistress of the
house. which often involves a radical
change in her own habits. She is expected
10 be al the beck and call of three or four
different people, from early morning until
eight or nine in the evening. That is what
general housework' means; and there is
10 prospect of easier or better paid work
after ten years of service. Is there any
indUcement for an intelligent girl to choose
this occupation in place of a trade with
definite hours of work, definite duties, and
a chance of marriage? Evidently not.
The evening times., 1899-01-11
DIED FROM HER BURNS.
4 Hushasd Charged With Setting
Fire to His Wife.

Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. l1.-MrS. Minnie
Hearney died last night cf injuries receiv-
ed Christmas night. She was ho-r y
burned that night, according to The stories
of both herself and her husband by the
accidental explosion Of lamp which she
was holding
Their nine year old daughter. however.
told the police that her father had tArovn
a lighted Uil-soaked rag upon his wife
as she lay upon the bed because she
would not get supper. Hearney was
drunk al the time his wife received hec
injuries. The police have placed him un-
der arrest
The evening times., 1899-01-11
NO FAIR TO BE HELD IN 1899.
The Cecil Agricultural society to
sell Its Property.

Elkton. Md, Jan. 1.-THE stockholders
of the Cecil County Agricultural Society
decided yesterday, in annual meeting. not
to hold any fair in the year 1899. They
were influenced to take this course by ac-
cumulated losses, debts and non-suppCTt-
Ii was also decided 10 sell the real and
personal property belonging TO the asso
citation and distribute the net proceeds
among the shareholders, after paying the
just debts of the association.
The Office of secretary and treasurer was
consolidated and the salary placed at
$100 year. The directors We're instruct
ed to cut down all other expenses 10 the
lowest possible point. The following board
of managers was elected: u. Porter Lusby,
George s. Woolley. Manly Drennen, W. Ar
thur Mitchell George r. Ash, Samuel j.
ArbuckIe and Henry c. Mcdowell. The
association has, one of the best located
fair grounds in the State. George S. Wool
ley IS president of the association and L.
Porter Lusby vice president, John NJ.
Tucker secretary and George r. Ash treas
urer. s-:
The evening times., 1899-01-11
DEATH OF ANGLIaUE RAvEL.
Star "f Famous RaveI Troupe Lived
to he Ei=hty-fyr.

New York, Jan II--Angiiqus Ravel
who was the star OF the famous Rave!
troupe, a French company Of ps.nton.ru-
lists. which appeared in this conHt Y
many years ego died ia tbs cts a few
days ago.
The Basel family were the first To in
troduce pantcmime into America IL the
family were Ang-iqus. Gabr ci =. jerome,
Francois and Antoine. and AB2iiGue sur
y!ved all the rest. She Was eigaty
years Old.
Shc is survived by ne. daughter the
wife Of Mart ". Han!ey. the theatrical
manager and Who was before her mat
Rage known 10 the theatrical world a
Marietta RaveI-
Mrs. nanley came from Toronto 20 at
tend her mothers funeral.