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have been paid by outsiders thus far
for the Sammy box, with the result
that the three guardsmen" are flush.
And for some time they have been
utilizing no small part Of their gains
In acquiring attractive novelties which
on the nights when they are in pos
session of the box-they throw or hand
down to the singers on the stage.
Bouquets Of costly flowers are the
least extravagant of these tokens.
Dainty, fluffy sunshades are among
the more lasting presents. At Easter
tide twenty-six huge eggs of satin
containing beautiful presents were
passed over to the singers, and once
small pet monkey was sent Chamber
ing down from the box to the stage
as gift. Even this was surpassed.
however, one night, when. let down
by ropes, came a huge dog kennel
made of Parma violets in which sat a
valuable bulldog
The Sammy" box is as interesting
to the audience as it is to the singers.
Three days before Elton reopened re-
Gently the box was taken by ten youth
full EtOnians who had succeeded in out
bidding all other competitors. One of
the boys mothers is, said to have helped
in this, and by so doing reused the
wrath Of other society mammas who
declared that the young men begin
quite early enough to throw flowers
at actresses without being urged on
to do so.
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EpecIal Foreign service

Special Foreign Service
ONDON, June 1S.-It would not be
surprising if the aTry-rairy Mar
quis of Anglesey-actor, germ collector
and dandy-began to doubt the appre-
ciativeness of Providence. Affairs with
the Diamond Marquis" he is called,
have been going indifferently for some
time, but at present he finds himself in
dire straits, and this in spite of having
taken at least one step designed to
atone for past errors. 1t is now under
stood that the marquis is bankrupt.
His last provincial tour with his the
atrical company came to a disastrous
end, and soon after it was announced
that some Of the ballet dancing peers
finest jewels were to be sold by auction
at fashionable saleroom. Now the
marquis creditors both in London and
Bangor-the Welsh town near Anglesey
castle-are to hold meetings. Mean
while his lordship has betaken himself
hurriedly to the continent.
The marquis attempt to square HIM
self, vas it were, with Providence, was
madeNin this wise. 1t will be remem-
bered, no doubt, that when his lordship
conceived. the idea of giving Christmas
pantomirNes at Anglesey castle, he
committed the profane act of turning
the private Vchapel there into a pocket
tTeater, which he named The Gaiety"
Naturally this shocked the clergyman,
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bert, Belgium's future king, and who,
report said recently, would represent
his country at st. Louis this summer.
Prince Charles mother is a daughter
of the oculist duke, Charles Theodore
of Belgium. who trained her to help
him in his work and assist at opera
tfons. But though very clever wom-
an and an ardent sportswoman, too,
she is fond and devoted mother, as is
charmingly revealed in her picture.
Nor is her attachment to children con-
fined to her own offspring. Once, ac-
companied by Prince Albert, she Wis
tied the hospital of st. Pierre, having
announced her intention of charging
herself with the support and education
of six Of the little destitute girls there.
But before she had concluded her
rounds she had adopted a dozen of the
small maidens. to their great delight.
Prince Albert is a studious man and a
good all round soldier, and bids fair to
make an excellent king. but with the
Belgians his wife Is far the more pop
ular of the two. 1t was lucky day
for him when he married her.
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nothing. The Hereros occupy a coun-
try admirably fitted for a tedious de-
fensive campaign. The region is noun
famous and heavily timbered and well
fitted for harassing the operations Of
an organized enemy
The difficulties confronting Germany
IN its Southwest African colony have
filled Germans at home with fresh con-
victions that the fatherland is not cut
out for a great colonial career. The
present rebellion seems to have been
the direct outgrowth of bureaucratic
government upon the part of German
functionaries, who have attempted to
gov negro natives in the jungles and
WlldS OF Africa upon the "mail-f1St'
lines with which Germans at home
are handled. Millions of marks worth
of property have been destroyed by
the HeForos and whole communities of
German settlers have been massacred.
The little war" has already cost the
kaiser over 100000 and has wiped
out the results of twenty years of
careful industrial and commercial ef-
fort. Besides the military problem,
the financial loss and the economic
waste involved in the war, the rebellion
has stirred up nasty departmental
Squabble at Berlin with the foreign Of
fee, colonial Office and war department
hghtIng each other and indulging in
all kinds of intrigues.
Meanwhile Gen. Won Trotha must
have been good deal embarrassed
by the attentions which were lavished
upon him prior to his departure. Since
the news of his appointment was made
public he has been feted throughout
the country. Banquets have been given
in his honor, and speeches made glori-
flying the great deeds which he was
expected to achieve. Addresses of con-
graduation and admiration have been
presented to him by the score, and he
has been serenaded.
When he left his home at Treves the
entire officers of the corps and all the
military bands of the district escorted
him to the station, and ss the train
steamed out of the station the thunder
of artillery proclaimed the event to the
country for miles around.
The thing was carried so far, in fact,
that protests were made against such
premature jubilation. Owing to the.
enormous difficulties in front of him it
is feared that Won Trotha's mission
may result in failure. In these cir
cumstances it is pointed out that dem
onstrations of triumph in advance are
altogether misplaced, and will prob
ably expose Germany to ridicule.
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SUI TAN'S YACHT Is A MARVEL Of LUXURY
Finished the Best Style mpessnq Diplomats
Provision $ for the aides of Harem
Foreign Service

Special Foreign Service
ONDON, June 18.-Competent
judges have pronounced the sui
tan of Turkeys new steam yacht, the
Erthogroaf. the handsomest and most
artistically finished craft of her size
afioat. There are some larger steam
yachts. among which might be named
a few owned by American multi mill
lionaires, but there is none. it is de-
clared. in whose interior arrangements
and furnishing art. luxury and utility
have been more deftly combined, the
opulence of the East being blended
with the practicality of the West.
Though Abdul Hamid H. courts the
reputation of being man of abstemi-
Gus habits and simple tastes, he really
delights in surrounding himself with
sumptuous magnificance. He wanted a
yacht that inside would take the shine
out of any other royal yacht on salt
water. So he entrusted the furnishing
and decoration of the Erthogroal to
the same firm that fitted up the Vic
toria and Albert for King Edward, the
Meteor for the German emperor, and
sundry other craft belonging to
crowned heads They were instructed
to go them all one better and spare no
expense. With the assurance that he
has got what he wanted, and the bill
to prove it. the yacht has now been
delivered to the sultan.
Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., of
Elswick- Tyne, who turn out more
warships than any other firm in ex-
istence, built the Erthogroal Yacht
hf1iI iC moi In Hnir fon h7Vf
they did not mind undertaking a small
job like that to oblige- an imperial Gus
toner for whom they recently con-
structed one cruiser and expect to
build several more. For the sultan's
latest toy they have provided hand
some, stanch and speedy little ship,
300 feet over all and 260 feet on the
water line, with a beam of twenty-sev-
en- feet six inches and drawing only
ten feet of water. Her displacement
Is $50 tons. She has high freeboard
and, as her lines show, is an excellent
sea boat, though Abdul Hamid is not
likely to subject her qualities in that
direction to much of a test, for he has
a strong aversion to venturing out of
sight of land. The Erthogroal is built
of steel, and as Turks are notoriously
poor navigators, to further insure the
safety of her precious freight, should
she chance to strike rock, her interior
is subdivided into an unusually large
number of water tight compartments.
She Is armed, too, with several quick
firing cannon, and in case OF a shindy
might be utilized as a gunboat.
In addition to the forecastle she is
provided with two large deck-houses,
the Imperial apartments, which include
day saloon. dining saloon. sleeping
room and study, being situated in the
after house. Four other apartments
and saloon have been provided for
the sultan's guests, or princes of the
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that other picture with which the
world is familiar that depicts Abdul
Hamid as species of fiend incarnate,
delighting in the shedding of Christian
blood and addicted to lying more than
any man living.
The quarters set apart in the
Erthogroal for guests, princes Of the
household and the imperial suite are
scarcely less sumptuous than those of
the sultan, the beauty of the woods en-
ployed, particularly the paneling. much
OF which is wonderfully infaid with
mahogany, satinwOod and tulipwood,
being especially notable. But here, as
throughout the yacht, there is a strfk-
ing absence of that species of fur
niShtng which represents the popular
idea of Ottoman ease and luxury de-
rived from the Turkish rooms" of
fashionable caravansaries, bazaars and
places of public entertainment There
are no swinging lamps with perfumed
oils and subdued lights; no divans
covered with the softest of cushions on
which the indolent may recline and
While the hours away slipping coffee.
smoking cigarettes, listening to music
and watching voluptuous houris dane
ing. There Is abundance of color.
warmth and richness, but it's form Is
distinctly European. 1t Is said that
there is good reason for this domi-
nance of western ideas in all the "fix-
1ngS" of the yacht. Foreign diplomats
will undoubtedly figure among the sui
tan's guests on board of her and that
willy potentate wishes to impress it
upon them that he is thoroughly uD-
to-date monarch. and that anybody
who tries to impose upon him will get
left. The luxury, according to Turkish
notions, with which he surrounds him.
self, is seen only by the favored few
who are allowed to penetrate behind
the curtains of the. Yildiz Kiosk
One use which the sultan will make
of his yacht will be keeping his eye
on his new navy which he is bent on
creating. His former minister of ma
r1ne, Hassan ~Pasha, now defunct, al
lowed the Turkish navy, which once
contained fair number of good fight
ing ships, to go all to pot, while he
salted away considerable>ovef $100,0O0,-
600 as his share Of the funds that
ought to have been expended in max
Ing It. 1t Is related that on one occa-
sion the corrupt and INSCRIPTIONS Has
san completely hoodwinked the sultan
as to the condition of his navy by get
ting up review, the feature of which
was the procession Of the ships in
three divisions past the windows of
the Yildiz Kiosk, where the sultan HIM
self was stationed. There were Just
CiIOu6H VESSELS capable OF getting up
steam to represent one division. but
Hassan made the craft comprising it
repeat the evolution twice, and not till
long afterward did Abdul Hanfd dis
cover how he had been tricked. Here
after he will attend naval reviews In
his new yacht and 1t will be impos-
sible to fool him in similar fashion.
The first important vessel of this
new navy, a fine cruiser of 1000 tons,
l<aT 1cn Eaf fTa 4,
had preceded her another but smaller
steam pleasure craft, the Seughulda,
also built at EIswick, which will serve
as the sultan's state barge on the Bos-
poruS.
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royal house. and similar provision has
been made for the imperial suite, but
no accommodation is made for any OF
the sultan's many wives. Turkish eti-
quette does not permit even a sultan
to take his harem on his pleasure trips.
and probably Abdul Hamid wouldn't do
it If he could. One of the greatest at
fractions OF the yacht, in his estima-
ton, will undoubtedly be the oppor-
tunity 1t will afford him to get clear
away from all the domestic squabbles
and worries of the much married man.
The prevailing style of treatment in
these various apartments is the eight
eenth-century Renaissance, which lends
itself admirably to the oriental love of
warmth and color. But these effects
have been produced more by means OF
richly grained woods and sober gliding
than by carved ornaments and brilliant
coloring. The general effect is one of
richness, combined with dignity and
lmpressiveness. Anything approaching
Darbar1c ostentation has been carefully
avoided, while at the same time there
is abundant evidence to discerning eyes
ed.
The finest apartments, of course, are
those which constitute the imperial
quarters, and here artistic taste
and luxury have been united with
the happiest results. The dining
saloon is cased in finely inlaid
mahogany, with margins of amboyna
wood, and the ceiling is enriched with
gilt ornaments in relief. The side
boards are of inlaid mahogany with the
sultan's cypher inserted in the backs
Costly hangings of subdue1 green. with
carpets to match, impart a pleasing
effect to the general color scheme. The
drawing room is of inlaid mahogany
with gilt enrichments, the paneHng be-
Ing divided with gilt pilasters, and the
skylights are filed with stained glass of
exquisite workmanship, the light that
filters through them displaying to great
advantage the soft, luxurious hangings
OF old crimson silk, matching the Cen
oeSe velvet with which the wall seats
are upholstered. Tables of eostIyswoods
and artistic designs; arm-chairs richly
inlaid and with gilt holdings, and
piano lavishly but most tastefully dec
GRATED, complete the furniture.
In the imperial bedroom the furni-
ture is of inlaid stainwood, richly fig
ured, with parquetry and panels of the
same wood. Adjoining 1t is a bath
room in white and marble with a mar
bic floor. Opposite the bedroom is the
sultan's study, treated in cedar wood
with purplewood inIays and relieved
with gold. The furniture is also of
purplewood and the upholstery Of
green plush leather" Bookcases and
writing desks impart to it an air of
intellectual activity and help sustain
the reputation which Abdul Hamid's
friends have bestowed on him of being
one of the hardest worked monarchs
in Europe. According to the picture
they draw of him he invariably rises
with the dawn, devoting but a few
hours to sleep and often spending the
entire night pen in hand, devising
means for improving the condition of
his subjects and checking the machina-
tions of Turkeys enemies. Probably
this Is no further from the truth than
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WILL SUPPRESS UNRULY HFRFRO{
Kaiser Wilhelm Sends Big Man to Africa to Put
Down the Rebellion
Special Foreign Service

Special Foreign Service
II ERLIN, June 18.-Lieut. Gen Won
Trotha, commander of the Six
teenth Infantry division of the German
army, has just sailed for German
South Africa, there to take charge Of
the campaign against the kaiser's re-
bellious subjects-the Hereros. These
warlike natives, $4,000 strong, have
provided the kaiser's crack army with
the toughest military nut it has been
called upon to crack since the war with
France, and after six months of blum
dering by leaders of lower rank, the
emperor decided to send an officer from
the general staff to the scene of action.
Gem Won TrOtha, who enjoys a fine
reputation as an organizer and tacti-
clan, is taking with him reinforcements
of 1000 men and horses, and he will
assume the active command of the
colonial army later in June.
The new commander-in-ch chief is
f1fty-six years old. From 1894 to 1897
he commanded the kaiser's colonial
forces in East Africa, and in 1900 he
accompanied Count Won Waldersee to
China with the rank Of major general
Problems that will tax Gen. Won
Trotha's abilities to the fullest await
him in West Africa. The Hereros have
proved a crafty and stubborn foe. In
the serious engagements that have so
far taken place they have succeeded in
defeating the kaiser's troops signally.
Their resistance has, indeed, become
SO stanch that the Germans have prac-
tfcally declared a truce, pending the
arrival of reinforcements from home.
Armed with the Mauser rifles and am
munition supplied them by German
settlers in peaceful days, the Hereros
have shown that they are strategists,
as well. On two occasions they have
decisively outwitted their crack antag-
Onists. killing and wounding more than
100 officers and men. There is con-
siderable mystery about the result of
one fight and the whereabouts of
machine gun, with which the natives
are believed to have got away. The
Hereros, like the Beers, are all mount
ed. understand the art of fighting be-
hind cover and seem to have mapped
out "a comprehensive guerrilla cam
paign. The Germans. fresh from the
fortresses and drilling grounds of the
fatherland, find themselves confronted
with the necessity of opposing tactics
about which they know practically
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ENGLISH MAYOR IS IN PRISON CELL
George Marshall Is Charged With Robbng Himself of
Duke of NewcastIe's Money

silver plate and a silver cradle. The
list of subscribers included the names
of the principal Nottinghamshire
county families and many professional
friends OF MarshalPs in Lincoln's Inn.
During his years of municipal work
he was thrice presented to Queen Vic
tOria and it is said that he only just
missed the honor of being knighted for
the service he had rendered his town
and district.
Toward the end Of last January
Marshall came to London and put up
at the Hotel Metropole. Then was
told the strange story which went
over the world and in which Marshall
declared that while he was absent get
ting shaved thief entered his room.
cut open his hand satchel and abb
Stracted from it a package contain
ing $4,000 in Bank of England notes.
all of 1t the Duke Of Newcastle's
money.
The duke, who had unlimited con-
fidence in Mr.. Marshall, gave full
credence to the story, but not so the
police. A little investigation satisfied
them that the alleged theft was a
myth invented by the solicitor to con-
ceal embeZzlement of the dukes
money.
According to Mr. MarshalPs story
the thief who stole 100000 of the
overlooked another package in it con-
tanning $4,000 which the solicitor
claimed as his own. No genuine thief,
assert the Scotland Yard detectives.
would have been guilty OF such an
oversight as that The discovery that
none Of Mr.. Marshal1'S jewelry, which
had been left lying about the room.
had been touched, still further
strengthened their suspicious as to the
fictitious character of the alleged thief.
Instead of seeking for him they be-
gan to investigate Mr. Marshall's aft
fairs. What they reported led the duke
to press his claim for the money Mr..
Marshall could not pay it and filed a
petition in bankruptcy, showing liabIl-
tiles of $135,000 and assets of $4,000.
The sequel to this was his recent ar
rest on the charge of being himself the
thief who has stolen the Duke of New
castles money. The duke, who has
just returned from the Uunted States
to give his evidence, did not bring the
action. 1t was instigated by the public
prosecutor. The duke has no expecta-
tion of recovering the money
A pathetic figure the venerable Mar
shall made as with downcast eyes he
sat in the criminal dock in the dingy
little police court where in bygone days
he often sat as the presiding magIS-
trate. That he will be held for trial Is
a foregone conclusion. The statement
of the policeman who arrested him that
he found In his bag loaded revolver
conveyed a grim suggestion that the
barrister may have contemplated sui
eide. though this he indignantly de-
nfed.
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PRINCE POSES IN THE "ALTOGFTH[R"
He Is Still in Arms Though and Not Responsible for
His Mothers Work .a7, INV
From a STAR Correspondent

From Staff Correspondent.
R RUSSELS, June 1S.-It is not Oft
en- that chance Is offered of
gazing on unclothed royalty, but one
Is provided by the accompanying pho
tograph, which has just been taken of
the infant Prince Charles of Belgium,
in the arms of his young mother, Prin-
cess Albert. A bouncing fine youngster
he is, too, as his picture clearly shows,
and did his lofty birth permit such an
exhibition, would stand a good chance
Of capturing first prize In a baby show
on his own merits. OF course the sal
together" toilet in which he appears
is due to no paucity in the royal ward
robe but to commendable maternal pride
in his many fine points. AS a matter
of fact much of the finest Brussels and
Flemish point lace obtainable has been
used in the making of his numerous
long clothes, cloaks and hoods, and
when he takes his airings very little of
him is visible.
He is the second son of Prince Al
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From a stafr Correspondent

From STAN correspondent
4 ONDON, June 18.-In the council
- chamber at East Bedrord there
is a portrait that suggests a man Of
uncommon dignity. of distinction, and
untarnished honor. we'll becoming the
court dress in which he is depicted.
1t is a painting which was con-
sidered one of the masterpieces of the
academy exhibition Of 1899 and reck-
oned so truthful delineation of the
admirable traits of it's subject as to
win for the artist who painted 1t COM
missions from Joseph Chamberlain and
Sir Henry Irving. This painting now
hangs in the council chamber of East
Retford, f1anked by portrait of Queen
Victoria and busts of dukes, earls<and
other notables associated with the his
tory of the town. Beneath it Is an
inscription which relates that it was
presented by public subscription TO
George Marshall, five times mayor of
East Retford, 'in recognition of his
many services to his native town"
And not only was George Marshall
loved, honored and respected by his
fellow townsmen; he was intrusted
with the entire management of the
Duke of Newcastle's estate, and was
the legal adviser of the Duke of Port
land, Lord Manners, Lord Galway and
other large landed proprietors. Yet
1t is this same tall, stately. venerable,
cIear-eyed man who, In his seven
tieth year, occupies felons cell In the
same Jail to which in former years he
consigned many petty criminals
charged with having robbed the Duke
of Newcastle of $4,000, and OF hav-
ing attempted to conceal that crime by
means of a desperate and stupid trick.
So clear seems the case against him
that even his warmest friends enter
tain scant hopes that he will escape
conviction and the crowning degreda-
ton of the convict's garb.
Mr.. Marshalps downfall has disclos-
ed pathetic story of q man by nature
essentially honest, and whose talents
and public spirit we'll entitled him to
the rewards he won but whose gen
erosity and love of popularity betray-
ed him into extravaganza beyond his
means, and led to his ultimate ruin
and disgrace. His association with
Retford, his native town, has been life
long. For many years he has been by
long odds the most popular man there.
All the townsfolk sWore by him and
trusted him implicitly. He was only
thirty-four when he was elected mayor
of Retford for the first time and was
the youngest man who had ever held
that Office. While Marshall was filling
his first term child was born to him
and this event was signalized by the
presentation to him Of q service Of