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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
TO GET NEW KIOSKS
Picturesque Phase of Paris Life to Be
Changed.

Paris. Aug. 1.-THE picturesque kiosks
OF the boulevards may shortly disappear.
1t is said that they occupy too much
space, and that they are too numerous.
In order to remedy this an exhibition
will be held at the Hotel de Vile and a
prize given for the best design of a kiosk.
ahe intentin being replace the existing
kiosks by others built in an artistic style
and Of a uniform design.
Paris streets will offer a picturesque
sight next winter. when cOlored glasses
will be put on the gas and electric lamps
green for tram stations red for police
stations, and a white and red cross FOR
ambulances.
The gaping subway OF the new line OF
the Metropolitan totally engulfed a pair
OF horses and a carriage the other day IN
the Place dc Rome, by the Care st.
1.azare.
The horses dashed over the ropes and
hung in the air while a policeman shout
ed frantically IN futile efforts TO extricate
them.
Finally the fire brigade was called. The
firemen lowered the horses into the tun-
mel and conducted them quarter of a
mile TO the opening at the Marie Antoi-
nette Chapel in the Boulevard Hauss-
mann. where they were brought to the
street level
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16

are invariable convicted on police testi-
mony and sentenced to pay a fine of five
pounds to ten pounds
The Duchess is not the only distin-
guished person who has been arrested by
the rural police Recently Balfour was
summoned four times. Upton was also
summoned while driving General Corbin
early in the spring. Lord Leicester, Baron
De Forest, Ernest Cunard an dother emf
nent persons have been fined recently.
II was not until the visit of the Ouch
ess TO her family in this country last
year that she became a devotee of the
motor car. OF horses she has always been
fond, but Of the speedy auto she knew
little or nothing However, at Newport.
she became enthusiastic for the sport.
notably the big thirty-two horse power
machine of Lloyd Warren. on the Long
Island roads. and with her brother. Willie
K Vanderbilt, Jr. But she only took
the ride with her brother. His auto
went so fast that it frightened her. How
ever, on her return TO Blenheim she
and the Duke, who had Ieanings, became
enthusiastic and now the Duchess, who
mastered the running of a machine soon
er than did the Duke. is to be seen daily
and one of her pleasures is to take her
friends out and show them what an ex-
pert she has become.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
TO EXPLOIT STYLES.
Vienna Fashion Club Arranges for
Berlin Exhibition.

Vienna, Aug. 15.-Recentl ythe greatest
activity, has prevailed on the premises
of the Vienna Fashion club, in the Max
imllianstratte. The rooms were piled
halfway UP to the ceiling with trunks and
travelling baskets, and on the long tables
were displayed some of the choicest spec
linens of what the Viennese costumers
are able to do.
Everybody was busy putting the fin
ishing touches to the numerous toilets,
nantes, blouses and skirts before pack
ing them safely away for despatch to
Berlin. where they Will constitute a spe-
cial exhibition, open only for limited
period, to which only experts will be
admitted the object being to give the
BUYERS of the different large dressmak-
ing firms throughout Germany. who US
ually assemble in Berlin at this time OF
the year "a nopportunity of inspecting
at first hand the latest products of the
Viennese costumers art.
Three charming young women, chosen
on account of their good looks and grace
full figures, accompany the exhibits to
act as living models who, when occasion
arses. will don the dresses in order 10
show them to prospective customers to
full advantage.
In September the exhibition will be
transferred zen bloc to London, and
here. too. the club hopes TO successfully
demonstrate to English buyers the ''chic, y"
taste and reliability of the Viennese dress
making industry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
INDUSTRY VERY OLD
American Traces Back Fiints to Prim.
tive Age.

London, Aug. l5.-That there is In ex-
istence in England an industry which
has descended without a break from the
time of primitive man is the belief of Mr..
Frederick Innis Allen, United States COM
missioner of patents, and Professor Rob
ert T. Hill, a we'll known geologist, of
Washington, D. c., who recently made
a visit to Brandon, in Suffolk Mr.. Al
len. who came over to visit the patent
Offices of Great Britain, France and Ger
many has made a study of inventions.
and his Investigations led him to devote
some time to the implements of the Stone
Age in Brandon. Said Mr.. Allen before
his departure for the continent:
lew found the old workshops which
were worked in the Stone Age and ground
hummocky with the traces of others.
The ground about is covered with re-
jected instruments Gun fiints are still
made in Brandon, as well as primitive
strikelights, and 1 understand the former
are sent to West Africa, while the larger
sizes are exported to China and Corea,
where they are still used for firing can
non.
Pure flint is found only In layers Of
chalk an dthere is only one state In
America where it is met with, and that
is in Texas. Flaking flint is almost lost
art though at one time ii represented
the highest degree of skill known.
Brandon is the only place where the
flint industry is carried or in that form,
and l have no doubt that what remains
of the industry there has descended
through generations from father 10 son
since the Stone Age. Fifteen men are
engaged in the work. There is no trust,
for they mostly work independently and
in tiny little shops. Their output is about
10000 fints a day. and a rough calcula-
ton would indicate that several million
persons are still using the first known
method of making fires"
II is interesting to know that at Bran
don is also CARED on the manpfacture
of those so-called ancient flint arrow and
spear heads which are sold to the unsus-
pecting tourist.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16

old coins have shown that for rare ana
curious specimens diamond price 10
easily obtainable
While the public has been watching
with interest the doings of the Emperor
Menelick's troops against the Muiiah'
few have imagined that that excellehl
soldier may have been experiencing tiou-
bic over the payment of his men, Money
trouble is chronic in Abyssinia-the Ill is
known elsewhere, but not in the same
way. The only coins current are DOL
lars of the Maria Theresa lISo oescri?
ton. and the value of these varies alar
ingly. Nominally they are the exchange
for Is 10d., but in parts OF the Apyssih-
ian territory they run nine to the SOW
ereign. Even when a native has peen
induced to agree upon the proper rate
of exchange, he will quarrel with MS
dollar declaring the coin too old or TOO
new. Maria's nose too long or lacking
in length. her shoulder too high, or her
necklace insufficiently adorned with jew
els The Emperor tried some time ago
to introduce a new dollar, and had thirty
thousand fashioned in Paris-coins which
would rejoice the numismatists heart.
But they failed to catch on.
Perhaps the gentleman who is bemoan-
ing the loss of his collection may ma
comfort in the story of stranger dis
appearing and recovery OF a coin or rare
value. Gen. Fox, a great connoisseur'
called at the British Museum TO exam
inc the coins there, and, when about 10
leave. was informed that coin was miss
ing. and that he must allow linseE 10
be searched before quitting the room.
This he refused TO do and advised care
full examination of the case IN which the
col nhad lain His advice wa sacted up
on by the attendant. There, in the case.
wedged between the velvet lining and the
woodwork, the fugitive piece was discov-
cred. Vibration had caused 1t to slip
from its place. Now" said the General,
Il will show you why 1 refused to be
searched So saying, he produced from
his pocket a coin exacting correspond
ing with that lost and found. There were.
he said. so far as he knew, only these
two in existence, and he had come spe-
cially to compare his own with that pos
sessed by the museum authorities.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
CANCER RESEARCH MADE
Great Progress Made in English Medi-
cal Circles.

London, Aug. l5.-Prominence was given
to a report that encouraging results had
already rewarded the operations Of the
Cancer Research Fund. 1t was stated
that Drs. Bashford and Murray, eminent
specialists appointed by the executive
committee of the fund to 'prosecute the
inquiry, had made a discovery which
may eventually lead 10 the elucication
of the cause of cancer. In view OF the
enormous Importance attaching 10 such
a scientific triumph. il was added IL was
not deemed prudeH In medical circles 10
particularize farther. All that could be
disclosed at present was that the research
had achieved results beyond anything
hitherto established. The paper which
printed this report is by no means
safe guide in medical or other matters.
and its announcement is so far without
any sort OF confirmation Indeed. the
Lancet in It's current issue lays stress
on the appropriateness Of Mr.. Balfour's
recent warning that immediate results
are hardly to be expected. and adds.
sir William s. Church had. indeed. al
ready tnicsted as much by pointing out
that the Research Fund Committee In
tended TO undertake cattle breeding OF a
small scale with q view 10 ascertaining
how far the malignant diseases OF dones-
tic animals were trsnsmissibls- The op-
erations OF the committee viii therefore
not be confirmed 20 restricted area but
viii cover a whole field. There IS little
room for hoping that any important addi-
ton TO our present knowledge q ths path
oloSv OF cancer can b made without the
exercise OF much patient application On
the nart Of highly trained WORKERS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
SIR EDMOND EXPLAINS
Shows That He Did Do AGA of Van
dalism.

London, Aug BIN view of the
storm of general criticism which has
been directed Of late against the
Academy. II is probable that the
President of that institution, Sir Edward
Poynter. experienced no small satisfac
ton in the case with which he was able
to refute a specific charge of vandalism
preferred against him in his capacity of
director of the National Gallery. The
charge was that he and his associates,
in order to save a little room. deliberate
" had mutilated q magnificent specimen
of a sixteenth century frame, containing
an early Flemish landscape. by cutting
away all the outer portion. Sir Edward
replies in a letter which would have been
far more effective II less laboriously
humorous. that when the different pic
lures were taken down. In order that
the rooms might be cleaned and redec-
grated. he found that the outer part OF
the frame in question, a canvas by Patti
mir. was easily detachable. and that the
landscape. in his opinion was seen 10
better advantage In the reduced frame.
while the latter lost nothing artisticaiy
by the removal OF Its outer circumference
Moreover. by reducing its size he was
able to hang the picture on the line where
its beauties are much more manifest.
The outer rim OF the frame. he adds. has
been preserved carefully and can be re-
affixed at a moments notice. II would
be well If all other complaints against
the management Of the British Art Cal
Ieries could be as easily disposed Of.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
DUCHESS is FINED
Lady Marlborough Is Punished for
Fast autor1obiIino.

London. Aug s.-For driving an auto
mobile beyond the legal speed Of twelve
miles an hour the Duchess Of Marlbor-
ough has been summoned TO appear in
the Teddington Magistrates Court next
Friday.
The Duchess was driving from Brough-
ton Castle 10 Blenheim Castle with her
were Ambassador Choz1e. his wife and
daughter. who were guests at Blenheim.
The Oxford police informed CORES
pendent tonight that three constsbies
had witnessed the scorching az the au-
touiobile or the road between Banbury
and Teddington- i IS likely, therefore.
that the Duchess VIII have 10 Fay a
tine OF i've pounds
For a year past the chief occupation
Of the rural police has been the setting
OF traps for motorists They measure
stretch OF road and station men behind
hedges at the start snd finish with stop
watches to time The speed Motorists
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
NOTHING BUT A FRAUD.
Plant Supposed to XIII Mosquitoes is
Their DELIGHT.

London. Aug 15.-Some months ago
a report reached England from Africa
OF the discovery of plant, one of the
basil family. which was obnoxious and
even fatal to mosquitoes. The story ex-
cited interest and was fortified imme-
diately. as all such tales are apt to be,
by the testimony of persons who had
known the plant all along, been ultimately
acquainted with its virtues, and had slept
in happy immunity from mosquito attack
in pestiferous tropical regions, after TAX
ing the simple precaution of hanging up
a few basil leaves. It has now been prov
ed beyond peradventure that all these
yarns are the outcome of a profigate
imagination or a malicious intent to de-
ceive. The governor of Sierra Leone has
caused a number of exhaustive expert
ments to be made, the results of which
prove conclusively that the mosquito cares
no more for the rights of the individual.
If anything, he appears to have mild
sort of liking for it. Certainly he does
not try to avoid its presence, or suffer
any inconvenience from II. He will perch
upon it unhesitatpgly, sit upon it while
meditating, or completing his toilet, and
eat his dinner under its shadow with the
utmost nonchalance and satisfaction.
Even when shut up in bottle with it he
lives for days or until he dies of hum
ger. But If one get heap of basil leaves
and set fire to them in a chamber, and
keep on burning them ,until the smoke
is so thick that he is reduced to a choice
between instant fight or death by suffo-
cation any mosquito will exhibit signs
of discomfort He may even swoon but,
so say the scientific experimenters, a
little fresh air viii speedily revive him.
On the whole, the great basil mosquito
cure must be relegated to the limbo OF
exnloded frauds
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
KING PETER
N 4 STEM
His Life Was Full of HaraSsing
Ierr0rS.
ASSASSlNS HIS ALLIES
His Tools Turn Their Hatred
Toward Him.

Cologne, Aug. liking Peter Of Servia
is being openly terrorized by his entour-
age according to the Belgrade advices OF
the Cologne Gazette.
Most of the present court officials who
actually participated in or were privy to
the murder of King Alexander and Queen
Draga, says the correspondent. appear to
have strongly objected 10 the appoint
ment of Colonel Leschjanin. the Serviar
Attache at Ccnstantinople, TO the post OF
Court Marshal
The Official Gazette yesterday contained
the appointment, but shortly after Its
publication all copies of the Gazette were
called in by the police and a second issue
appeared. from which Leschjanin's name
was eliminated. Leschjanin is a brother
in-law of the Minister of Finance, who
was Court Marshal until the late King
Alexander's marriage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
SLAVES On
The DECREASE
Secretary in British East Afri-
ca Makes Report.
CONDITIONS VERY GOOD
Treatment of Lower Glass
Much Better.
CONDITIONS VERY GOOD

London. Aug. 15.-Mr. Monson, assistant
secretary in the British East Africa ad-
ministration, has made a report on slav-
cry and free labor in the dominions Of
the Sultan of Zanzibar, which include a
strip of coast land about ten miles wide.
He says that the number of slaves is fast
diminishing, through the automatic oper-
alton of the Sultan's decree in 1880. More
over any slave who is ill-treated by his
master is freed by the administration,
while from time to time the masters
themselves emancipate their slaves either
as a reward for good service as as an act
of piety Others purchase their own free
dom at prices ranging from Is rupees to
100 rupees Mr. Monson admits, however,
that masters do not wish to lose their
slaves. and this for two reasons. In the
first place, it is difficult to get free labor
to replace them and valuable produce
may be lost as has occurred in Zanzibar
and Pemba. where, since the emancipa-
ton of the slaves heavy losses have
fallen on the Arab owners of Glove plan
tations owing to the difficulty of procur-
ing men to gather the crops In reality
Mr. Monson says, the word slavery, as
commonly understood, is inapplicable TO
the ZANZIBAR situation. 1t is not to the
masters interest to ill-treat his bonds
men, and as a matter of fact he does
not do so. Any case Of cruelty is imme-
diately punished and the victim liberated.
The emancipation of slaves in large
patches, he adds, had not proved sue
cess in the past. Those freed by the
church society did not turn out very well.
Many of them returned to their masters,
and very few settled down to earn an
honest livelihood What vestiges of slav-
cry vet remain will surely disappear be-
fore long, and he thinks that affairs may
be safely and wisely left to take their
own natural course
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
COINS OF VALUE.
Sir Grant Duff Notes Curious instance
in Collecting.

London. Aug. 1s--The value OF coins en-
HANGED by age, but like many another
object dear 10 the collector their price
fuctuates. How TO fly the value Of
particular specimen is often difficult
matter. Sir Maunts1uart Grant-Duff has
noted curious instance OF this character.
A Jew brought from Bokhara one of the
great gold coins Of Eucratides weighing
about twenty Of our sovereigns. Appre-
ciating the fondness Of the west for curl
Gus objects. he commenced operations by
demanding s42.O0o for il There was no
bidder for II at this price in Paris. so
he came 70 England and tackled the
British Museum people He asked and
was informed what was its intrinsic
value. Well. when was il struck" he
queried. Again the Information was forth
coming upon which he confessed himself
willing to take interest at per cent
from that date" Eventually II changed
hands fer sls0oo. More recent sales Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
BELGIUM REPELS ATTACK.
Calls Attacks on Congo State Legends
and Errors.

Paris, Aug. 15.-The European edition of
the Herald publishes a detailed reply
made by the federation for the defense
of Belgian interests abroad TO the attacks
made upon the government Of the Congo
Free State.
1t is apparent that Belgium is UP IN
arms on this subject.
The Federation is an association form
ed to defend the Congo administration
In its preliminary manifesto it says on
the subject of the Congo:
Errors have accumulated, legends are
believed and accusations are heaped up
to mislead public opinion.
''Our aim is to enlghten that opinion
Our sole weapon shall be truth We
are convinced that justice will triumph.
but we consider il not useless TO de-
ofend it.
Referring TO the accusations of cruel
ty. the association remarks:
.Belgians are neither by taste nor tenn
ptrsment inhumau or cruel They would
oa enemies TO any regime which should
Cypress natives. on the other hand. they
do not intend being in Africa the tools of
certain dreamers who aim at having IA
tives STEPPED in idleness-the mother Of
all vice and not pronting By The valuable
riches which nature has 80 prollfcally put
IN their way.
AS a general reply 10 the campaign OF
protest made in England and German.
the association refers to the speech made
BY Baron de Faverau. the BeIsian min
ister Of foreign affairs. in the Belgian
parliament
Baron de Faverau first dealt with the
claim that Europe has a treaty right 20
interfere. Then. in very precise tsrms.
u refutes one b. one the charges made
against the administration Of the Csngo
and shows the progress made in eiFilizzA-
iion in that territory
Il goes INTO details OF the legislative
treasures passed OF behalf Of the na-
tivcs ard winds ~ with the admission
o: a Gc-rnsn explorer. who made he
following -epGrt.
The Congo Free State. which has VI
dertzken the administration and carriage
Of trafflc. comma nds a superb hotila os
more than thirty steamers q vsrsous
sizes. The state. however. cannot met
the demand FOR transport. and Al TIE
firms established here begin % 5Sa1 pr
vate steamers. The utmost activity TesE1s
in ever shipbuHding yard
The energy and practical sense css-
played here are worthy of Tire highest
admiration
Steamers great ard small are seat here
p!eceuezi put together. then i2I7cS@1
aths pool The sngi,ee-s ard use-
chenics arr. but for Beigians. nearly al
No-regis7s and svedes.
How long would tire ~ raG~ays
the Upper Congo have been delayed y
thsy hzd wanted Ri froz TIE Ger1s2n
Reichs;zE7 The undertaking -ss really
10 5ok<.
Thousands q rifles froEa TIE 49, =
~ vsry hear % TIE African eo1tin>nt.
where TIE Necessary material NJ sa'>
70 = brorShi through grss; ei1-tl- -.
snd AZ enoTrsoss expense. re rsi~sF -
af;esR hundred kilometres = goihs e -
Lusls AZ cost. zoecrcInE 70 the naos@ CO..
- Eattye estimates. q 1sor. fHan o1@
kGucrsf million francs
az Il E2En0H1 Picard says & nis -Ssk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
FRANCE AND MOROCCO
M. de lanessan Writes Interestingly
of Relations.


Paris, Aug. 15.-M de Lanessan, who
was French minister of marine in the
Waldeck cabinet, publishes. in the Steele
a noteworthy article upon the position or
France with regard to Morocco. He
points out that the Sultan of Morocco Is
powerless to preserve order among the
tribes on the Algerian frontier, and that
the French are obliged TO do police work
on his behalf to prevent the whole dis
trict from lapsing into anarchy, but that
it would be very bad policy for France
10 attempt to do in Morocco what she has
done in Tunis Neither Spain nor Eng
land, he argues. could agree willingly in
the occupation of Morocco by a great
naval power. Neither could tolerate
great naval station opposite Gibraltar. 1t
is certain, moreover that in this matter
they would have the support of Ger
many and Italy France. therefore, would
be wrong to seek to extend her authority
over the whole of Morocco as she ex-
ercises it over Tunis. AS for a protec-
torate accompanied by the naturalization
of the coast that would be inconsistent
with the dignity Of France. Spain, Eng
land, Italy and Germany have Morocco
commercial interests which they would
not sacrifice readily They wish their
relations with aht country to remain en-
tirely free. This freedom could not be
refused, and with it a protectorate would
be futile. Let France construct railways
in Morocco; let her, in accord with the
Sultan. organize the administration and
the army. and create solid commercial
and industrial establishments. In a word,
let her introduce Practically. and in ac-
cord with the local authorities. her civiliz-
ing and economic influence. No power
could take umbrage at that But it would
be a unwise and dangerous policy TO try
to convert Morocco into another Tunis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-16
VS.. HOOLEY COMPANY
Great Britain Will Investigate Cana
dian Mining Scheme.

London, Aug. 15.-Attorney General
Finlay has instructed the Director of
Public Prosecutions to investigate some
of the transactions of the company pro-
moter, E. T. Hooley, in connection with
the Sapphire Corundum Mine, of Canada.
Hooley's meteoric financial career and
heavy failure were the sensations of Lon
don a fe wyears back. The bankrupt has
since been operating in his wife's name
and has been living in the greatest lux
ury.
In the course of the hearing on Thurs
day of a suit to recover money paid in
connection with the deals Justice Darling
characterized the whole transaction by
Hoeley and his colleagues as fraudulent
and declared 1t was a grave reflection on
the courts of this country that such a
thing could occur in the middle of Lon
don Thimblerigging on a race course.
was a simple crime compared with the
transactions of these people with millions
instead of peas