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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
UGLY NEW FAD FROM PARIS
Kid Covered Arm and Wrist With
Bare Hand Is Affected by
Women Over There
Special Gable TO The Herald.

Special Gable 10 The Herald
PARIS, Dec. 3O.-Perhaps the predic-
ton that the winter will be mild has in
spired a fad which, it is reported. is in
full swing in Paris. This new fancy.
which is extremely ugly consists of
taking a pair of long, white gloves and
cutting off the hands bodily, leaving n
llid-covered arm and wrist with the
hands entirely bare, which are slipped
in elaborate muffs. In the eyes of the
possessors OF big and bounteous rings,
the idea has something to recommend
il, but any fashion that leaves the
hands uncovered never looks smart" "
and the fashion is said to be more pop
ular with the set that will go to any
length to get in the glare of the lime
light than with any other. Some one
has suggested that it will also mean
frequent hold-ups, for it is "A great
temptation to thieves to see this dis
play of flashing gems.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
HOW IT FEELS TO BE TRIED
Countess Bonmartini of Italy, Who Is
Condemned for Murder, Fills :
Book With Passion
Special Gable to The Herald.

special Gable to the Herald.
MILAN, Dec. 30.-The Countess Bon
martini, who was condemned to impris-
onment for the murder of her husband,
has written a book describing her feel
ings while on trial. The book vibrates
with passion, and is extraordinary for
the terms of passionate alteration in
which she speaks of her lover, DR..
Secchi.
The first time in which l entered
that infamous cage in the criminal
court" she writes, II felt myself sink
ing into space A moment later one of
my companions in misfortune entered
the cage, but the profound humiliation,
the thought that every eye was upon
me. kept me from opening my eyes.
"Then some one behind me sighed. /
recognized that sigh. | said to myself:
1T is he, the man whom love so dear
ly, and / felt myself fainting away.
That sigh was like a wind sweeping the
dark and lowering heavens. From the
depths of grief and ignominy / seemed
to be lifted up into a celestial chamber
near to the face l adored, and mouth
that spoke only words OF love"
The book ends by saying: IF / have
sinned it is because l have greatly
loved. But until my right hand has
withered, until my tongue sticks pant
ing to my palate, my protesting voice
will sound from the profundity of my
prison"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
HER HIT AS A SWIMMER

LONDON, Dec. 3O.-The sensation in
the amusement world here is the
masterly-or is 1t maidenly?-diving Of
Miss Annette Kellermann, who swlms
under water with the ease of the varied
shaped and sorts of finny inhabitants
of the deep among which she plunges.
It win be remembered that Miss Kel-
lermann attempted to swim the Eng
lish channel last summer and failed
owing to an unfortunate attack of sea-
sickness. She hopes to accomplish the
difficult feat next summer. At the
present time she is giving daily ex-
hibitions of fancy diving at the Hippo
drome. Her diving pose is considered
by experts to be perfection itself and
is always the signal for continued ap
plause. She uses tank with glass
sides, thus enabling the spectators TO
observe her every movement
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
MADE HIS SON A SERVANT
Stinginess of Comte of Flanders, With
an Enormous Estate, Causes
Comment in Brussels
Special Cable 10 The Herald.

Speclal CaDle 10 The Herald.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 3O.-The estate of
the late comte of Flanders, brother of
King Leopold, one of L . richest and
stingest princes in Europe, is estimated
at 15O,00O,0OO francs ($30. 0.OOO.O .O0O). Flan-
ders inherited from his father. the first
Leopold. one-half of the enormous for
tune gathered by the crowned specula-
tor; his other children, Leopold III and
Empress Charlotte of Mexico, each got
fourth.
The comte, who was heir presumptive
to the crown Of Belgium, nevertheless
pleaded poverty and succeeded i'm oh
tanning a civil list Of 100000 year fer
himself and $4,000 for his wife. He
drew this revenue for more than fifty
years and used every penny of it aud
the greater part of his income to buy
real estate. His holdings I'm Belgium,
France, Austria, Hungary and i'm al
most every other state of Europe are
said to aggregate a kingdom in extent.
In Algiers he owned miles upon miles
OF vineyards. yet was so stingy toward
his own flesh and blood that his son,
Prince Albert was obliged to become a
tenant of one of his future subjects and
had to buy furniture on the instaiimept
plan.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
ROBBED IN PARIS CENTER
Dangers of Residence In Outskirts Of
French Metropolis Again Brought
Home TO the Police
Special Gable to The Herald.

special Cable 10 Inc Herald.
PARIS. Dec. 30.-Attentiou again is
called to the dangers attending resi-
dence i'm the outskirts of Paris by the
murder Of a woman who kept a branch
postoffice and tobacco shop at Courbe
vote almost within a stones throw of
the fashionable lie de Puteaux Tennis
club.
The victim is Mime. Jacquier. aged
Gj. She was a widow Of a government
official and hence obtained the privi-
lege of keeping a tobacco shop. She
resided with a poodle as her sole COM
panion. The murderer gagged and
strangled his victim with n cord which
he had brought for the purpose.
The neighbors were surprised next
morning when the shop remained
closed and summoned the police who
found the body behind counter. The
money till was empty and all the valii-
ables about the house had disappeared,
even the mattresses having been
searched.
The task Of the police i'm running
down the criminal Is complicated by
the knowledge that the widow well
coined visitors after the shop was
closed, being fond of gossiping about
her former prosperity to any listener.
Seventeen dangerous chara ctcrs have
been arrested on suspicion, but the
mystery remains unraveled.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
FROM A WILL SHE
GOT AT AUCTION
GIRLS PURCHASE MAKES HER
HEIRESS TO FORTUNE
Bought an Old Book for a Few shll.,
lings and Thus Secured $4,000
Left by an Old kinswoman
for Her
Special Gable to The Herald.

u.
PARIS, Dec. 30.-Mlle. Bertha Cha.
Eahne' penniless young girl who lives
IN 81. Etienne, discovered Yesterday.
under curiously romantic circum-
stances, that she was heiress to a for.
tune of &16000
She lived for some years with her
Sreat-aunt Nine. Berthon, a wealthy
Old lady who died intestate at the age
OF 80 few weeks ago. Nine Berthon
had no direct heirs and her properly
was to be divided up among a number
of distant cousins. Accordingly a sale
or all her personal effects was arranged
for at the public salerooms to take
place yesterday.
Mile. Chavanne, who had been de-
voted to Nine Berthon, attended the
sale in order to buy something to keep
as memento of the old lady. But
Mile. Chavanne is very poor, and al.
though she bid for various articles Of
furniture and treasured curios of her
great-aunts, some one always went n
little higher, and put the article beyond
her reach
At last an old book was put up 1t
was a devotional volume. from which
Mile, Chavanne had constantly read to-
Nine Berthon just before her death.
The girl determined to have it at any
Pll'V' Nopouy elSe SHoNeu any ueSlfe
to possess the volume, so j. was knocked
down to her for few shillings.
The auctioneer handed down the
volume, and ii was passed along the
crowd to Mile. Chavanne AS she took
it i'm her hands "A folded sheet of paper
dropped out. She opened it and found
it to be a legal-looking stamped docu-
ment, bearing the, great-aunt's sigma
ture. She was puzzled by the quaint
phraseology of the document, and
showed it to her relatives.
They took It to an attorney, who pro-
nounced it to be the last will and testa-
ment of Mime. Berthon, duly signed and
attested, and bequeathing her entire
property to her beloved niece, Mile.
ChaVanne.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
FOUNTAINS TO RUN WINE
Special Canie to The Herald.

Special CapIe 10 The Herald.
LONDON, Dec. 30,--On the occasion
of the marriage of King Alfonso and
Princess Ena of Battenberg. Madrid
will be transformed into a flower
garden. Wagon loads of roses and
other flowers will be brought from the
southern provinces for the decoration
of the city. The fountains in Madrid
will run wine. There will be a huge
costume procession, In which the
students and others viii take part,
There will also be monster bull fight
In which the participants will wear
historical costumes.
The conversion Of Princess Ena TO
Catholicism viii be celebrated with
great solemnity at the Cathedral of
San Francisco In Madrid The cardinal
archbishop of Toledo will preside at the
ceremonies. which win be attended by
nine arcbbishops and forly-six bishops.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
Queen Alexandra's Snapshot
lecial Gable TO The Herald.

LONDON, Dec. 30.-The queen did
her shopping at Buckingham palace,
where very large selection of articles
were submitted for her majesty's selec ,
tion, as both the king and queen are
great present givers and express much
thought in the selection of their gifts.
The favorite Christmas card OF the
queen Is snapshot of her own taking.
prettily mounted, and with a personal
note of good wishes. The king still
bestows an occasional snuffbox ON a
personal friend. as well as a more use .
ful tie pin or walking stick. The Civ
ing of presents Is attended with a
great deal Of ceremony at Sandring-
ham, the king. queen and members Of
the royal family and guests each hav-
their gifts.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
DRAMATIST DENIED DIVORCE
Gabrielle d'Annunzio Refused separa-
tlon From Wife, Princess, by
Swiss Federal Courts
Special Cable to The Herald.


ROME, Dec. 3O.-Adiveces from Swltz-
erland are to the effect that the fed
eral council has rejected the applica-
dramatist for an annulment of his
marriage with the former Princess di
Gallese. 1t has been rumored for some
time that d'Annunzio desired separ-
alton from his wife In order that he
might marry the Marquise di Carlotti.
daughter of the former Italian pre-
mler, Marquis III Rudini.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
Moulin Rouae on a Decline
Special Cable to The Herald.

PARIS, Dec. 30-The Moulin Rouge
seems to have fallen on evil days. Its
affairs are now discussed i'm the law
courts. Before judge sitting in cham-
bers the Societe du Moulin Rouge is
claiming arrears of rent this week from
it's present tenant, M. Chante iua, who
was granted a delay until January 10.
II was stated that the annual rental is
100, 900 francs (S20,000).
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-10

run IN rronr or ner; make her run
us down"
1--WE shall be killed"
NO, we won't be killed. Do as
say"
He placed the gold on the bottom OF
the boat. The peasant sent the boat
under the very bows Of the sailing yes
sci. There was a shout OF "Allah!" on
board, and Irons, giving the little boat
a kick that sent IL out Of the way,
grasped the rugged outlines of the fig
urehead and swung himself on board.
"Who are you? What do you WANT"
demanded the captain.
IL am Harvey Irons, an American
who is going 10 Astrakhan on your
ship. | want to ascend the Nolga TO
Mini Noygorod. What's your name,
may | ask? l always pay well for
services, especially when l compel
them"
II am Hassan. am going to Astra-
bad"
you said you were going to AS
trakhan."
ut was mistake excellency.
meant TO say the other"
"Why not 20 to Astrakhan|
"Aas. n valuable cargo awaits me at
Astrabad."
How valuable?"
"To the value of n thousand pieces Of
gold"
"Well, you take me to Astrakhan and
I'll give you 500 piasters in gold. 1t
won't take you long. You won't lose
that much on your cargo"
"The accused Giaourw muttered
Hassan 10 himself.
Harvey coolly watched the crew.
Many tribes and tongues that bordered
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-10
"Did you see nassan struckY'

"Dfd you see Hassan struck
Il saw nothing. | was blindfolded .
what did your father sayf"
Nothing. | did not hear him speak
There seems TO be some truth in
this story. 10 you swear you tell the
truth, OsmanliT
IL swear by Allahr
and you. my friend? Who are you p
81 am an American. If | had known
there was a young lady here in trou-
BILE, | would have assisted her. Looks
like game Of kidnap to me-"
Never mind what it looks like to
you. Explain your presence"
Il am going to Astrakhan. l want
to get 10 the big fair at Novgorod to
exhibit some windmills"
"And you did not 90 to the big fair
at TlnisY"
mo; just came from Astrabad."
How"
"On board q German steamer"
IL think you are liar. At any rate,
you are arrested in the name Of the
car"
ION what charge do you dare arrest
an American citizen|
ION the charge of abducting one OF
his majesty's subjects. This matter
will be settled at Tihis. Follow me-"
Heres luck" exclaimed Harvey.
Eve got to go to Tifis a prisoner. and
$4,000 worth of windmills waiting at
Astrakhanr'
ITO BE CONTINUED. ~
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-10

"Oh, my father! What hare they done
TO htm7"
on the Caspian were represented, and
some were from distant countries.
There were about twenty OF them, a
mean and disreputable looking lot
Il am going to Astrakhan," he said
to himself, "even if | take possession
Of the old tub against the law. The
Russian government would not object
There isn't a real Russian on board"
You must leave the vessel" said
Hassan.
80 | What Astrakhan," answered
Harvey. Nov, look here, Hassan, my
friend It's no use. | must get to AS
trakhan because I've got lot of valu
able stuff there that | must oyertake
No use growli1g; you've got to 20 to
Astrakhan O; put me on board of a boat
hat is going there"
And Will you pay me for thatf"
"Of course"
Hassan looked at his men. then at
Harvey. Certainly this dog Of an IN
believer looked as II he could pay well.
1t would do no harm to let him remain
on board. After disposing of his con
cealed passenger he had no objections
to making little more ready money.
Out upon the Caspian shot the vessel
and Harvey watched the lazy methods
of the sailors. Five good men could
have handled the boat in n storm. II
took all twenty of them to do 1t In
calm water.
Hassan thought to earn the money
by placing Harvey on another boat
He stood I'm the bow and scanned the
horizon. But all that day he saw none
and began to get uneasy.
ut seems he expects a boat to over
take him." thought Harvey.
Hassan had been looking ahead for
a boat Now he cast his eyes astern.
boat he knew would follow IL IL were
suspected that Koura had been taken
away In his vessel. All night they
sailed, but saw nothing. In the morn.
ing a cry broke from Hassan. Just
ahead lay n long. low hull. with sails
that seemed capable, II properly han
died, of producing great speed. Astern
could be seen the black smoke that
came from an approaching steamer.
"IIassan is surprised, excited and
afraid" said Harvey TO himself. II
wonder IL I've got myself mixed up in
a smuggling game. That looks like
Russian gunboat coming"
The crew were evidently as excited
as Hassan and watched with anxious
eyes the gunboat.
"What vessel is thatT' shouted Has
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-10
LOW RATES TO CUBA.

Ask Jno. M. Beall. G.. p A, Mobile
and Ohio Railroad. for particulars as to
the new steamship service and low
rates to Havana. 40
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-02-10

fro BE Continued
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-12-23
FOR G. 4. 4. Monument.

General J. L. Reno post OF the @.
A. r. and the Woman's Relief Corps
No. II. Of Spokane. plan TO raise $500
for the monument to be erected in the
center Of their lots in Greenwood
cemetery. The post now has $500 for
this purpose and the corps has an
equal amount The monument win be
OF bronze. 30 feet in height, and will
have the names OF all those buried in
the G. A. r. cemetery carved upon It.
The promoters Of the plan hope TO
have the money collected by Decora-
ton day next year. In addition to the
money already raised, there are sew.
eral subscriptions promised. but the
veterans do not wish TO go TO the pub
lie until they have exhausted the
means in their own hands.