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MonsieurJ. Lebaudy, or EN-
peror of the Sahara"
TREMENDOUS SCHEMES
TUNNELING THE MEDITERRA
MEAN IS ONE OF THEM.
"From Paris to the Soudan Without
Change Of Cars"-Millions
in It.
ondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
PARIS October 6, 1903.
long-headed. silent man. in whom the
business motive mingies with the patriotic
may allow himself to be guyed a megalo-
maniac empire-builder to conceal far-reach-
Ing plans. Such. 1t is whispered. is Mon
sieur Jacques Lebaudy. who calls himself
Emperor Of the Sahara
month ago, when the rumor circulated
W and down the Boulevard that France
would assume a protectOrate of Morocco.
confirmation Of this other more sensational
scheme was found in 1t by the whisperers.
And now that the alleged protectorate is
revealed without contradiction by the Lon
don and the Paris papers a matter of
agreement between nations. the grandiose
schemes of this French millionaire begin
appearing in their true light
1t is only a beginning, says the rumor.
And could English statesmen realize its in
ner purport they would recoil horror
stricken from their bland agreement to let
France go on free-handed on condition that
Tangiers be neutralized and the Mediter-
ranean coast settlements of Spain be given
over to that power.
And Spain? it is asked. Spain owns these
Spanish settlements. for the most part. al
re1dy. Spain has had an ancient practical
ly unconteSted claim upon Morocco-when
Morocco should break up. for which the
coast towns are no real compensa ton. How
Is II Spain agrees?
The answer given is the story of mighty
twentieth century engineering scheme;
close understanding between France and
Spain that carries with it for the latter
country promise of unhoped-for new pros
perity; a sensational world-opportunity for
France; and (by the way the ruin of Gil
braltar.
1t is a tale that has two ends. One is
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shoe. and 1t is now trying to fight 1t by
copying It, 1t has imported American
shoemaking machinery. and American
leather. 1t has American experts to show
It's men how to handle the machines. but 50
far It's success In making a. competitor of
the American shoe Is small. There are
11,OOo members in the boot and shoe trade
in Leicester. and shoemaking has been
carried on there for generations. A great
deal of the new shoemakng machinery
comes from Boston. something like 100000
worth having been recently imported.
| was told in Germany that American
machines have been imported by the shoe
makers, and that factories near Berlin are
initiating the American lasts. l saw such
limitations for sale in the cities. but 1t Is
easy to see that they are not the real ar
ticle.
One of the greatest openings for the
American shoe is in Russia Leather Is
cheap in all parts of that country and
there Is a vast amount of raw material in
the shape Of skilled shoemakers, who will
work at low prices in an American factory.
if one should be established there.
The French have now a tariff on our
shoes. which practically excludes them.
They are much liked. and are generally
considered better and more stylish than
the French shoe. The French have been
but they are now buying American glazed
kid to use in shoemaking. and they consid-
er our leather the best in Europe
Electrical Undertakings.
Our big electrical companies are doing
business all over Europe, and in many of
the countries there is little attempt to
fight them. The Westinghouse Company
and the General Electric Company practi
cally control the electrical market of Great
Britain. The Westinghouse are doing a
big business in Russia and also in Austria.
Italy, Belgium. France and in Norway and
Sweden. The Swiss have a good Compel
ing company and the Germans have four
great electrical companies. which do
enormous business side by side with the
American companies. Nearly all the for
eign companies, however, use more or less
American machinery. and some are worked
in connection with the American COM
panies. IT, Union Electrische Gesellschaft
is an associate Of the General Electric. 1t
has American machinery and an American
foreman. There are Americans employed
in l., works of the otner companies and
in some cases there are American statesmen
on the road.
Sweden has It's own electrical company
and there are several competing companies
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Captive Flying Machines.
From the American Inventor

FROM the American Inventor
Chicago is to have flying machines cir
cling In Sans Souci Park while attached TO
a revolving skeleton tower They are ex-
pected to give the desired thrills without
the attendant dangers of aerial navigation.
These flying machines travel In fours.
They ascend the side Of steel tower 90
feet In height, and while going to the tom
most point they soar in circles The cars
are made after the style of typical fiying
machines. with mirrors to the back which
reflect distance, so that no matter which
way the passenger looks he sees norhjne
but ird's-eye view of the country.
The invention, which is termed the re.
volving airshlp tower. VIII cost $50 COO. said
to be the largest sum ever expended in an
amusement device. The tower is sixty-fiye
feet square at the base, and tapers to TWEEN
ty-hye feet square at the top. The fiyinp
machines are pulled UP the four sides Of
the tower by means of cables. the entire
tower revolving all the time About 1JO
horsepower is required to operate this
amusement mountain. AS the cars move
up and down the sides of the revolving
tower wheels on the cigar-shaped cars will
revolve. adding greatly to the effect of the
odd ride.
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There IS vast number IN the trade schools.
SO that the people are being everywhere
educated to better work.
The Austrian state schools are especially
line, covering many special industries
There is state school for stone cutting at
LAS, in Tyrol devoted to the development
of the marble industry there. The course
covers five years. and gives education in all
kinds OF stone carving and stone cutting.
The school receives a subsidy, and its grad
yates are sure of good positions at what
Austria considers high wages.
In the Teplitz pottery district there is a
state school which teaches that business,
and there are other state schools for the
same industry elsewhere. Austria has state
schools for glassmaking. for locksmiths.
and also for teaching goldsmithing and the
grinding OF precious stones In connection
with many of the schools are Sunday
schools like those of Germany, and also
trade courses for females.
Belgium and France.
Belgium and France both have girls trade
schools. There are such schools in nearly
every Belgian city. Those of Antwerp
teach dressmaking. flower making and lace
work. In Brussels there are schools for
mllllners and corset makers, and In Mons
a school for embroiderers. There are
schools also for the making Of lingerie,
where the girls study four years. beginning
with fancy stitches and scallops and gradu-
ating on night gowns and shirt waists.
Belgium has housekeeping schools which
train its girls into intelligent and ecOnOmt-
cal hOusekeepers. They are admitted at
twelve years of age and study three years,
paying tuition fee OF $5.25 per quarter.
In these schools the pupils do the market
ing. prepare the meals. keep the accounts
and wash the dishes and kitchen utensils.
They have a new menu every day. and on
one afternoon of each week a chance to
learn how to wash and iron.
Such schools are giving both Belgium and
France an excellent domestic service. They
are to be found also in Germany and other
countries of Europe.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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OLD SCHEME.
How Fortune-Seekers Lose Money by
Trying to Recover Ancestral Estates.

Trying to Recover Ancestral Estates.
From tie London News.
1t may be that the advertisement in this
case was merely cruel hoax. But IN
America the fleeing of credulous fortune
hunters Is a regular business. which makes
large profits, and keeps agents on this side
of the water. One Of the methods adopted
by these human sharks for catching their
victims is to insert in the newspapers bogus
advertisements, similar to that which
brought these two old men to this country.
They do not want to find the persons
named; in all probability no such persons
those mentioned in the advertisements
ever existed, but in others, for the sake of
verisimiitude. names are used seeking men
who are known to be dead The advantages
obtained from such advertisements are
gained indirectly. There are thousands OF
families in this country with relatives who
years, perhauS generations back, went to
America, and became lost to all knowledge
of their connections here. These relatives,
seeing that some one, in similar circum-
stances, has died and left large fortune
to his distant and unknown relations i'm
mediately think that they too might also
have been sought for. and that fortune
may be awaiting them. So they write to
make inquiries. and after that are quickly
induced to forward fees for the search of
tHe record, ana IHen 1urlner ices Tor
tracing the relationship. and later on still
further fees for documents and proofs. and
sometimes, If they have any money left by
this time, further fees and costs for a sup
posed law suit. Many a poor ignorant fam
lily has been drained dry of all It's savings
and been ruined in this way.
Another trick frequently adopted is to
send out story that some agricultural
laborer in Ireland has just inherited a mil
lion in America, that some tramway car
conductor in America has inherited half an
English county and castle or two. These
stories are soon found to be untrue. but
they are never overtaken by the daniaIs
and they go the round Of the world, gath
erlng credulous victims everywhere. For
the poor in America. Australia and the
other colonies. many of them descendants
of good families in England readily believe
that money may have been left here to
their ancestors, and only needs claiming to
be obtained.
Some time ago solicitor in the city was
employed as the agent of an American firm
He told representative a the time that
though he always assured the applicants
that nothing would come of the inquiries
they always insisted on having their names
and fees sent on to America and were so
confident that money was awaiting them
that often they rather suspected his ad-
vice as having been given merely to put
them off the scent after they had parted
with all the necessary clues.
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Provision Prices in Manila.
rom the Boston Hreald.

Many travellers in the Philippines as well
as many who have had to live there on
duty. have reported that the cost of Iiv-
ing IL high: but particulars have not often
been set forth. An advertisement In the
Manila Freedom of prices of provisions at
the philippine cold stores" affords some
specific knowledge on the subject. For beef
the price per pound Is On cents): SirIoin, So:
rump, So: topssde, SO; round steak. IS: rib
roast, 40; blade chuck, 40. For mutton the,
pound price is: Leg. 40; shoulder. 30: lon
chop, 35 to As: stew pieces, Is. For pork /:
Leg, 60: loins. 60; corned pork. 45 to so.
Rabbits are 90 cents each. hares 70 cents.
calf's liver 40 cents a pound, sausage 30,
smoked cod 10. salmon 10 to 60, honey 40
and butter $1Oo. Most of the meats arr,
imported. of course. but they are rather
necessary to the diet of an American 1t
must be taken into account also that the
currency Is silver. Doubtless there are ma
tive diets, fish and rice. for example, that
are cheaper. But the supply of rice is now
rather limited, and the local government is
procuring and distributing 1t to the famish-
ing.
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How Europe Wages War Upon
Our Foreign Business.
ALONG MANY LINES
THEY ARE PJRATING OUR TRADE
MARKS AND PATENTS.
Make Cheap limitations CT American
Goods-Fair Means and
Foul.
Copyright. 1903. by Frank G. Csrpenter.)

Copyright. 1903. by Frank G. CarpenterD
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
COPENHAGEN.
want to describe some of the ways in
which the Europeans are fighting Ameri-
can trade. The fight is made both by ma
tons and individuals. The governments are
doing it by tariffs and by the hyper
critical inspection OF American goods.
The individuals are carrying on their war
in all sorts of ways. honest and dishonest.
The worst method Is in the copying of
American trade marks and in the selling of
cheap and nasty European stuff as Ameri-
can. / find limitations of our dollar nickel
clocks sold here in Copenhagen The same
offered in the stores of Christiania and
Stockholm. well in France and Ger
many. The Swiss copy American watches.
They make limitations of our better class
timekeepers, such sell for s. or $40. using
gold-filled cases with Swiss movements.
Such watches pass as Simon-pure Ameri-
can
How many American watch cases do you
think the Swiss use?
In some years they import quarter of a
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Bertie's Presence Of Mind.
From Tit-Bits.


When Farmer Reynolds espied young
BERTHE Thompson industriously collecting
the apples from the topmost branches OF
his best tree he stole back to the farm
house and unhitched the stuffed image of
Fongo. his greatly mourned sheep dog,
from the parlor sideboard. And 10! in a
few minutes the stuffed dog had been
placed at the foot Of the tree.
Farmer Reynolds then proceeded with the
business of the farm. and the men won
dered why every now and then he chuckled
nightly
An hour went by. and behold! Farmer
Reynolds was once more at the foot of the
tree.
'Halloa. Berthe. ladv' he cried. What
we dom up my tree, eh?
Berthe was pale and quivering with
fright: but he had not altogether lost his
presence of mind.
"P-please. SIR he shivered, "that great
big dog down there" pointing to the we'll
preserved Pongo. "he chased me, he did,
al! over your medder. an'-an' lad to
climb this tree to get out of his way!"
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at Trota. via Les Palmas. Grand

at TrOja. via Les Palmas. Grand
Canary Free postal service from Las Pail
mas TO Troja by the imperial line of the
Sahara) The proof of the free postal serv-
ice mentioned is totally new postage
stamp. unknown to collectors. bearing the
words Empire of the Sahara" Those OF
his friends in Paris who have had these
documents sent To them by Lebaudy show
themselves very proud of the fact. AS
much as $40 has been offered for one of the
stamps.
According to those who pretend TO know.
this very curious blum at reviving the
feudal system. instead of disclosing cranki-
ness. is proof of Lebaudys long headed
discretion. Furthermore its explanation is
involved in that of the whole sensational
secret.
Suppose" says my informant. that by
reason of some wonderful new engineering
feat the value of all northern Africa from
the Atlantic eastward Is to rise so enor-
mously as to Justify territory grabbing.
protectorates and unusual treaties.
Suppose that the French colony Of Al
geria, by reason of this engineering feat. is
TO become rich and populous new
France. pushing southwark and westward.
building cities, founding industries laying
railways, and opening what was In ancient
Roman times the garden and granary OF
Europe to the cramped but hitherto stay
at-home agriculture of France,
Will Bloom as the Rose
Suppose that French engineers. in their
studies Of the hinterland of Algeria have
come to- the conclusion that great sections
of the desert may be made 10 blossom like
the rose? In word. irrigation. as IT Is
now practiced in the west and southwest Of
the United States?
Surprising these things" continued my
informant. see how the aspect of Le-
baudys empire building changes. If north
ern Africa is to become again what 1t was
In the time of the Roman empire, what
must be the value of its ports on the At
lantic? Again. note Lebaudys claim to
territorial, not personal sovereignty"
What would that mean?' l asked
Not claiming to be sovereign of the per-
sons Of his population. he will not be ground
to powder in a conflict with France when
his empire, growing northward and east
ward meets New France extending south
ward and westward So France may very
well admit his merely territorial claims as
he. in all probability, will modify them"
IF Tangiers is to be neutralized and
Spain is to have most of the adjoining
Mediterranean coast settlements, l can
very well understand the value of the At
1antic ports, Troja and Polls. said. But
all this must be on the understanding of a
wonderful north African Renaissa nee
Then my informant told me the great
secret. Certainly the present government
of France is banking high on the Algerian
idea. During the late vacations over a
thousand public school teachers were con-
veyed on free excursions through the colony
and far south to its borders. Capital, both
great and small, Is offered great induce
ments. Everything is done to popularize
Algeria in the French mind. France is
crowded. both with population and with
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rooted in the sands of the Sahara and amaz-
ing novelties. Paris millionaire and man.
about-town loads his ocean-going steam
yacht with necessaries and enlists men. Be
fore sailing he has prepared printed matter
which proclaims him Emperor of the Sa-
hara."
No one thought to ask the question how
can Jacques Lebaudy sail his yacht from its
French port to the Sahara desert? Yet this
is what he did; he sailed to it's port on the
Atlantic ocean. Should the empire of the
Sahara ever come to anything important in
world traffic. such port and such coast
line would be of the first Importance to IT.
In particular this would be true if the
northern approaches to the changing desert
empire were already well secured by pow
erful secret allies of the emperor" His
first act. let 1t be noted. therefore. was to
fix his base in a new world port for a
typically old world territory.
1t is a mingling of the old and new that
crops up more than once in this strange
story 1.-The Emperor of the Sahara lies
low for the moment; he gives no clue to the
public: but he has given out one document.
of the empire of the Sahara in which this
mingling of the old and new is extraordi-
nary.
James the First.
These constitutional notes. written in Lee
baudy's own hand and then reproduced by
photo lithogra phic process. read as follows:
Empire of the Sahara-Political Organiza-
ton.
The Sahara has been explored and
opened to civilization for the first time. in
the year 1903 by jacques Lebaudy. who
has taken the title of emperor, under the
name of James the First.
This sovereignty is essentially territorial.
1t bases itself on the principle that from
the land Is derived all sovereignty. 1t Is
the system of feudal law. still In vigor
among the principal European nations: for
example England. whose system of nobility
has not changed since the Norman con-
quest.
AS a consequence. this sovereignty is en-
tirely different from the ideas admitted in
France since the revolution (example) "Al1
sovereignty is derived from the people
from which pleb!scites etc. etc.
The Emperor of the Sahara exercises a
personal power. an absolute sovereignty.
over all things.
But on persons this absolute power is
tempered by the most liberal kind of legis-
lation founded on this principle:
Absolute liberty of persons: respect Tor
individual rights pushed to its last limit.
Capital of the empire: Troja, situated on
the west coast Of Africa at the mouth of
the Sahiet-el-Hama, on a bay called the
Bay of Liberty. about .twenty-eight degrees
forty minutes north latitude.
Principal city: Polls. Polls in situated on
the west coast of Africa on bay called the
Bay of Justice. about twenty seven degrees
twenty minutes north latitude.
One other document is given out 1t
use of those who wish to communicate with
the new empire functionaries, printed on
it's face as follows:
A New Stamp, Too.
His majesty. the Emperor Of Sahara,
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capital. One thing only stands in the way
OF the movement south. 1t is the Mediter-
ranean sea.
Our people will not cross the water!" ex-
plains my informant Our people will not
leave France! Abolish the Mediterranean
I unite northern Africa to Europe and the
trick is dOne!"
How will you abolish the Mediterra-
nean?"
Sounds Easy Enough.
by tunneling underneath it.'
Here you have the great engineering secret
of the present hour. Here you have, as a
side issue. but still of very great detailed
Importance, the explanation of Lebaudy's
empire building. The Emperor of the Sa-
hara is-it must not be forgotten-a multi
millionaire, and the wealth of his family is
stupendous.
He is prepared to put millions of Lee
baudy money into the tunnel enterprise"
says my informant. He will deserve Wei
of France"
From Paris to the Soudan without
change of cars.' This is the motto of the
tunnels partsans. 1t is an answer to that
of the English. From the Cape to Cairo.
With Morocco under French protectorate
with Spain satisfied by who knows what
guarantees and the very patent promise Of
this immense traffic running through her
to enrich her, the work becomes simple
matter for French finance and engineer
ing.
On clear days you can see the coast. of
Morocco from that of Spain. Dug under
the narrowest part of the Strait of Gibraltar.
not SO many miles from the stronghold of
England. and yet practically non-existent
to her influence, the tunnel need not be
more than twelve miles long.
Only a Beginning.
And to think that this is only a begin
ming" says my informant. The projected
railway line along the northern coast of
Africa will extend to meet the line OF
Tripoli and so continue to Cairo and the
Isthmus of Suez. There another tunnel will
be dug under the Suez canal itself. and the
French railway will continue on along the
shores of the Persian gulf. on. on, on,
across the continent of Asia to Bombay.
Other railroads will tap central Africa in
various parts, while Lebaudy. from his
ports the Atlantic. Will run railways up
to meet us-and have steamship lines for
the Atlantic!'
Monsieur Berlier. the distinguished en-
gineer of the Mediterranean tunnel, de-
clares that the work will not cost more
than 123 0e0 600 francs. When the British
channel tunnel was proposed-and it must
not be forgotten that they bored two miles
OF it before invasion scare in England
stopped 1.-THE engineering difficulties.
though greater than these, were the easiest
disposed of. Monsieur Berliers experience
with the Seine tunnels and the metropolitan
underground in Paris has put into his
hands new methods and a corps of expert
enced lieutenants, and the fact that the
work is so near home will give French in
vestors confidence such as they have not
had since Panama. STERLING HELLO.
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Upgardson-"You are always talking
about the Joy of living but you spend a.
lot OF. your time in the cruel sport Of hunt
ing"
Atom-"Well. darn 1t, I never kill any
thfng!"-Chicago Tribune ~
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NO" said the married man, my wife
and I never have any disputes"
''How's that?' queried the bachelor
I'VE live in a fiat" replied the m m,
and there is no room for argument
Chicago News.
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million and placing their own movements
in them sell them either as Swiss watches
or as American watches. We make a bet
ter case than they do. and our watch move
n4entS are sold side by side with the Swiss
goods in Zurich Berne. Geneva and the
OF her towns of SWitZrrllnl
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A New Stamp, Too.

His majesty. the Emperor of Sahara.
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Fighting the American Shoe.

The American shoe has It's enemies in
the shoemadng establishments of every
European town. and numerous strikes have
been caused by its Importation. / know
one man who tried to open an American
shoe store in Vienna, but was told that he
would be mobbed If he did so. Leicester
the chief shoemaking center OF Great
Britain. is up in arms against the American