The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
A GRAMOpHOkE in
PAPAL HOUSEHOLD
Pope's undermining Disposi.
ton Causes Some Eccen-
trio Situations.
TAKE NOTED CRIMINALS
workers of tho Night" Arc Now Be
hind Bars in Paris Prison-Aave
Had a Remarkable Career
of Terrorizing.
copvrisbt 1904 by w. r. Hearst,


a distinct leaning to modernity and the
thought OF a gramophone in the vatican IL
at first almost startling. but Pope Plus
X. Is an i%nnovato.
He is anxious TO spread the Gregortan
chant through the whole of the Roman
Catholic world. and is wisely DESTROYS Of
doing away with the theatrical and scnsa-
tional music which has so largely become
the ecclesiastical fashion. and to replace
It by the grand and simple melodies which
have been handed down by Gregory the
Great.
One Of the great difficulties which has.
however. hitherto hampered the scheme
Is to be met by the fact OF the imposst-
bility of indicating, in printed music, the
modulations which make the plain sons
so impressive, and it is This difficulty that
the sramophone has overcome.
The Gregorian congress which has re-
Gently been sitting drew attention to the
fact that aural tuition is absolutely nee
essary. and in order to provide 1t they
requested. Alfred Michaelis. the we'll
known musical composer. to attend AZ The
vlcarage of Rome. together with a mum
Der OF members OF the Gregorian con-
sress. and the whole mass in Gregoriau
plain song was taken on the gramophouo
record.
Gramophone sections are being estah-
lished now all over Italy. and probably
by and by the study of plain song will ex-
tend all over the world. and the lessons
will be given by this inanimate but vocal
teacher.
Great Electric Railroad.
Two leading electrical firms in Germany
Siemens & Halske and the General Elec-
trical company-have elaborated schemes
for the construction of a high speed cleo
trio railway from Berlin to Hamburg. a
distance of $50 miles.
Siemens & Halske offer to construct tho
railway at a cost of e3.5oo,o 600 for a single
line. and f5. 100000 for a double line. guar
anteeing a speed of 100 miles an hour.
1t is estimated that with one pound
1rst class fares and fifteen shilings second
10000 passengers annually would make
the single line and $50, 900 the double line
profitable.
The General Electrical company is will
ing to guarantee a speed of l5 miles an
hour for the same fares. but estimates
that the cost of construction would be
higher.
Probably one OF these schemes will be
adopted. as tho Emperor is ambitious that
Germany should be the pioneer In nigh
speed electric railways.
Famous Criminals Caught.
The Sinister Band.' or Workers of
the Night" as they call themselves. sit
1t last behind bolts and bars at Able
Vile.
This band of criminals, comprising six
teen men and three women. AVE long
serrorized France unpublished.
The charges against them form a case
sensational beyond most crimes OF recent
times. So numerous are the counts that
the papers connected with the dossier OF
the affair make a pile more than fifteen
feet high.
The workers of the Night" (they scorn
the mosaic nOma of ''bl1rrla r''l Savo am
nitted robberies Of unparalleled audacity
In Paris, Rheims, Rouen. O~rleans-in fine,
In half the towns in France.
Under the leadership of Jacob, the SIN
lister Band planned and carried out sue
cessfully robberies which enriched them
to the tune Of hundreds of thousands at
a time. They had at their command a
hundred appliances for breaking locks,
mounting to upper windows and opering
strong boxes.
A typical escapade was accomplished
under Jacobs direction at Marsellles Two
or three years ago. The method was sim
plicity itself. Jacob. with three OF the
band, drove one day to the house of a
commissionaire of the Mont de Pietre.''
He announced himself as a comm.ssary
of police and his commanions as inspect
ors. and said he was the bearer OF a
warrant for the arrest OF the official.
T avoid scandal" he said. I'VE shall
conduct you in a carriage to the Palais do
Justice" The victim saw no alternative
but to yield to the majesty of the law.
He was driven to the Palais de Justice by
devious routes. Meantime the minions OF
Jacob plllaged his house and cleared it o:
valuables worth 100000.
When sufficient time had elapsed Jacob
left the commissiona!re under some pre-
text or other and rejoined his workers
The lands audacity led them into many
tight corners, but they escaped repeatedly.
Az 1act hnu-nva tlo,, lo,a n ...
the hands of the police and are being rig
orously guarded.
emperor jacques L."
The emperor Jacques l." is living in
strict retirement in the house which he
has rented at Brussels.
A gentleman who IS in his matesty.v
confidence tells me that NJ. Lebaudy will
shortly take ano.her house in the aristo-
cratic quarters of Brussels and settle
there.
When l asked IL the great scheme for g
Saharan empire had been given up my in
formant hesitated for a omen and then
said: Il think l can assure you that his
majesty will renounce the crown Of Sa-
hara.
1T has already given him so much trou-
bic. and caused him SO much expense.
that he has come to the conclusion 4, la
too heavy to bear.
IN. Lebaudy asks for peace. He wishes
to be forgotten, and that is why he has
come here. He sees no one except his
secretary, and wishes for no visitors.
A the morning he reads, and in the
afternoon goes for long walks. He dines
at 6 and goes to bed at 10. That is all"
Dog Catches Murderer.
A dog at Hagenhof. in Brunswick, has
led to the detection of a child murderer.
The victim was the 11-year-old daughter
of q farmer. She was found dead In a
shed. and it was imposed that one OF thu
farm hands, of whom there were a score.
had committed the crime.
They were together by thu
police. and placed in a row in the farm
yard. The dog was then. taken into the
room where the body of the murdered girl
lay, and then to the shed where the BODY
was found
Then led into the farm yard, the animal
rushed straight at a laborer named Duwe
and bit HIS leg. Thinking this might be a
mere matter Of chance, the police ordered
Duwe to change his clothes and Wake n
different position in the line of men.
A second time the dog rushed at him.
and bit his leg again. Duwe was so over.
come that he confessed his guilt.