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The Washington herald., 1906-11-18

ditch. last night in a series Of statuary
poses.
The countess. who is feet inches
in height, is taller than most of the
''perfect-figure" beauties who at present
appeal so much to the public. Her eight
noses are admirably chosen to show on
her splendid figure, and her statuesque
ottitudes we're thrown admirably into
relief By the heavy black velvet curtain
with formed the background.
after Countess Olga mad bowed her ac-
I,nowledgements time after time to the
enthusiastic audience, sne told the story
Of her life to reporter
I am the eldest daughter she said,
"of the late Countess FeOdrovna, who
contracted a mOrganatic marriage with
the late Grand Duke Sergius- I was born
twenty-three years ago. and when l was
old enough I was presented TO the Gar
as his cousin. He seemed very fond OF
me and made me many handsome pres
ents.
Just over FIVE years ago my mother
died. and l lived a lonely and somewhat
sad life until February 1893, when ! mar
ried Count RomanOn. an officer Of the
guards All was happiness until June .
last. when an event, all too common IN
ton.
After dinner we were playing cards,
among those who were watching us be
ing a young barristeT and journalist, NJ.
KaIkovsky, who did not play because he
complained of an injured left hand, which
he had in sling. Suddenly. We heard a
regiment of mounted soldiers passing.
Kaikovsky rushed to the window and
threw a bomb with the left hand, shout
ing vile name at the officer in charge,
who was a personal enemy OF his.
The bomb failed TO explode but the
| soldiers rushed into the house. and there
/ was a horrible scene Of slaughter. Ny
/ husband was killed. and I rushed dis
/ tractedly to my room. wrapped myself in
a cloak. and, accompanied by my maid
/ who is now my dresser escaped and
! crossed the frontier with q passport pro
cured for me by friend in high posi-
I tIon.
Il came TO England on a visit to g
/ family I knew in Russia. just over &
month ago. l was practically penniless
and il was on the suggestion Of n well
/ known sculptor that I determined L
| adopt living statuary' on your stage"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18

Geneva. Nov. IA strange story is told
of an elderly gypsy woman who is at pres
ent travelling with a tribe OF Bohemians
in the canton Of Berne. The woman has
had six children, fGgr boys and two girls.
all Of whom have died on reaching the
age OF seven-the last dying a few days
ago.
Three of the children died on their sew
enth birthday, and the others a day or
two after. It is stated that all the chill
dren fell I'll as every birthday approached.
but the mother took no notice Of their ill
nesses until the critical seventh year was
reached, when she nursed them devotedIy.
The women OF her tribe shun her. be-
Iieving that she possesses the evil eye"
and is responsible for the deaths Of her
children. but the unfortunate womans
husband is devoted TO her. After the death
of her sixth child the tribe became so hos
tile that her husband has decided TO take
his wife away. and Will shortly return to
Bohemia
The children died from no particular dis
ease. and seemed simply to have wasted
away. The doctors who signed the death
certificates never traced the cause Of dis
ease
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
NEEDS MONEY
Plans Income Tax to Get
More Revenue.
MAY LEVY UPON FOREIGNERS
Heir of Cardinal H0henIOhe seeks
$4,000 from Future Emperor of
AuStrIa-Appenls TO the COurts-NO
Fear of holy War" on the Al
Rerlnn Frontier.

London Nov. LIT IS generally be-
neved i'm British ministerial circles that
the unsatisfactory state Of Frances na-
tional finances and the urgent need Of
raising more revenue win very probably
compel the French government to adopt
the extreme course Of including French
rente coupons in the income tax scheme.
Hitherto successive finance ministers,
though casting longing eyes on these cou-
mons have thought 10 more prudent not 70
tax them
It has been repeatedly urged by French
tax reformers that in reducing the inter-
est on the rente from 31k to 3 per cent
and promising TO make no further reduc-
ton for fixed term Of years. the state
morally bound itself not 70 lay hands in
directly on income from this stock by en-
forcing q deduction from the coupons,
but this period OF immunity. which gave
the French rente a certain advantage in
comparison with many other securities.
appears TO be nearing its close.
No official statement has been made. OF
will be made until the cabinet has fin
ished its deliberations on the subject. but
from what is reported here the French
ministry viii recommend an income tax
scheme in which the burden is cast not
only upon revenues derived from labor
but from capital. including the hitherto
sacred rente.
Another sign Of the hardness OF the
times through which the French budget
has to pass Is the revival Of proposal
to tax foreign firms having establish.
ments IN France at the percentage OF
their capital. irrespective OF the amount
Of business they do.
In the customs, pOst-Office. and othel
/ earning departments there are various
/ indications Of desire :. high quarter,
/ to swell the revenue perhaps in the hop,
of justifying to fiattering estimates
whereby both ends may be made to nee
on paper in the next budget statement.
! On December : next the future EN-
peror Of Austria, Archdul1e Francis Fer
dinand Of Este. viii have to appear befor
the Roman law courts in connection Wit
the famous Villa d'Este at Tivol; Tha
beautiful abode, which was built for Car
dinal Ippolito d'Este, in the middle of tn
sixteenth century, passed some fifty year
ago into the possession Of the last Duk
Of Modena In 1853, the duke granted tn
late Cardinal Hohenlohe the gratuitOu
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
JOKE ON SCAFFOLD
Two Spanish Gamblers Shout
lone. Two. Three, GOr
REFUSE TO LISTEN TO PRIEST
Shock CaIIoused JaiIers with joe
uIar Remarks on Eve Of Death and
Laugh na They Ascend the stairs
TO GaIIOvvs, Talking Continually
Until the Trap Is Sprung.

Madrid. Nov 17.-Juan Aldige. the pro-
prietor OF a gambling den at Penafior,
near Seville, and Manuel Mun0z. his as
sistant. were executed at Seville yester-
day on six charges Of murder.
Aldige enticed innumerable travellers and
others TO his house. which stood In en-
isolated place, and feeced them by cheat
ing at cards
The victims who protested against his
play. or otherwise showed that they had
discovered lis trickery, were killed by
Aldige with a hammer, and their bodies
buried In his garden
The condemned men shocked even the
janers by their caIousness. and when on
the scaffoId laughed and joked with each
other
Munoz talked continually, and when the
priest begged him to keep silence during
the reading Of certain prayers the Grim
fnal replied. "I am going 90 talk rs long as
have the chance, for shall be dead a
long time
Both men were garroted in the usual
manner When the collar was placed
around Aldige's neck he shouted. one
two three. co. and at the last word the
executioner turned the screw.
The murders at the Peuaf0F gambling
establishment were discovered by acci-
dent. A wealthy man named Rejano, who
was a great gambler. disappeared, and the
police traced him to Aldige's house.
A careful examination was made OF the
premises, and a freshly turned-up mound
of earth was noticed In the garden Wher
excavations were made the body Of Re
jauo was found some feet below the sur
face.
Further excavations were made and si2
other bodies were found The victim;
had been killed by a single blow Of the
heavy hammer. delivered from behind
which crushed the skull.
The garden has been termed the Gar
/ den Of Death
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
JURY APPROVES OF MURDER.
Intimates Any One who Kills Labor
saving Inventor Is Justified.

Bucharest, Nov. 1.-THE acquittal OF q
dock Iaborer named Jalba on a charge Of
numbering his employer, NJ. August
Mendl. at Brala. practically means that
any one who introduces labOr-saying de-
vices into ROumania may be shot at
sight
n Mendl was one Of the leading grain
exporters In ROumania, and Jalba had
lost one hand while operating one OF his
grain elevators. He was offered Sl.000 COM
pensati ton, which he did not accept, but
instead brought an action for $4,000. He
lost the action; thereupon he shot N.
Mendl IN the street
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
JUMPED INTO A VOLCANO.
Japanese Youth Pays Guide, Then
HurIS Himself to Death.

Kobe, Nov. 1.-THE third volcanic sui
eide within few months took place yes
terday at Kumamoto.
Harapina Takuji. a youth of twenty,
ascended the 'Aso volcano. accompanied
by a guide For some time ne sat on
the edge Of the crater smoking a cigar
without giving any indication Of mental
distress.
and while the latter was expressing his
thanks. leaped into the smoking abyss
with a shout Of FAREWELL
Takuji left a letter stating that his sui
eide was due to anxiety as 10 his future,
and that he preferred death to poverty.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
STEAL GATE as POLICE LOOK ON
Vienna Thieves Make Great Haul
Under Nose of PatrOIman

Vienna Thieves Make Great Haul
Under Nose OF PatrOIman.
Vienna. Nov. IA theft was carried
out with ali the audacity Of a 'Koepenick
captain in a suburb Of Vienna last night.
A very handsome gate and paling Of ham
mered iron and copper had just been
erected around the garden Of a villa which
is being built IN the Thirteenth district.
Late last evening a cart, in which several
workingmen sat. was driven up the street,
and the driver asked policeman 70 be d.
rected TO the villa. On arriving there, the
men woke Up the watchman and informed
him, with much grumbling, that they had
been sent to take up and carry away the
new gate and paling, and insisted on his
helping them in the work.
The men worked all through the night
under the eye of the policemen, who had
nothing better to do than TO watch them.
and in the small hours Of the morning
they drove off with their booty.
When the usual workingmen arrived a
few hours later 1t came TO light that no
orders had been given for the removal OF
/ the paling There is, so far, no trace OF
/ the thieves.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
MIXED HIS REGIMENTS.

London. Nov TT must be the bogus
German cautain,' exclaimed one Of the
Enfield magistrates yesterday, surveying
with surprise James FordhanI. who stood
In the dock wearing Hussar trousers and
riding boots, an unguessable tunic, Lon
don and Scottish belt. and York and Ian
cashire Regiment buttons. while he car
ried a guards bUSbv. FOrdham was re-
manded. charged with bringing the uni
form into contempt" He said he got il
TO recite in after the war.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
MISER LEAVES $S7,66O.
Two Insane Sisters Are the Only
known Next of Kin.

London. Nov. John Sewell. a miser.
who lived for years in dirt and misery at
Tottenham, is now known 70 have died
worth 5S7. GO
lie was found lying seriously III at his
squalid house in EandswOrth road and
vas removed 70 the Edmonston work
house, where he died on September It.
He died a bachelor and intestate. and
the only next Of kin are his two sisters,
both Of whom are Of UusOund mind.
Letters OF administration have been
granted to Arthur Walker Cree, solicitor,
who is a creditor of the estate.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Rome AnarctIsts Are DeHant.

Rome, Nov. 17.-Since the prohibition Of
the demonstration planned last Sunday
In the memory Of the Chicago Haymarket
bomb-thrOwers, anarchists in Rome have
been so defiant that the authorities are
taking extensive precautionary measures.
The reds are much aroused over yester-
days acquittal at Milan of man accused
of killing anarchists.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
TRAIN WRECKER KILLED.
Robbers Make Mistake Which Ends
Fatally for One.

mail train from Marseilles for the pur-
pose Of robbing the passengers and mails
was made last night on the lire between
Cette and Bezlers. by a band Of armed
masked men. But they miscalculated the
time. and the first train 10 come along
was special goods train, which was de-
rallied. The robbers made of, but one Of
them was struck and fatally injured by
one Of the wrecked vans. He recovered
sufficiently 10 confess that it was the in
tention OF himself and his companions to
wreck and rob the mail train
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
CATHEDRAL ROBBED.
Art Treasures Worth Thousands of
Pounds Looted by Vandals.

Madrid. Nov 17.-Art treasures worth
thousands Of pounds have been stolen
from the Cathedral at Seville and the
greater part Of them are believed to have
been sold in London and Brussels.
The missing objects include exquisite
miniatures. large paintings and sculp-
lures by Alonzo Cano, which are missing
from the choir.
Several Of the miniatures were found in
a dealers shop at Seville. The custodian
OF the choir has been arrested.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
pirate Leader Is Beheaded

Hongkong. Nov 1.-THE leader Of the
pirate bands which attacked a steamer on
the West River yesterday was beheaded
to-day. Three others were given life sen
tences in prison. The rest CT the gang
Of about thirty, escaped.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
COUSIN OF CZAR IS A MODEL
Countess Olga ROmanoff Poses as a
Statue on Stage.
Noble Russian Women Employed in
London Music HaII to Assume
Role of n Perfect Figure.

London, Nov. I7-Countess Olga Roman
off, who claims to be a cousin Of the
Car. made her first appearance on a
music hall stage at the London, Shore
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
BRITISH PEER ILLEGAL VOTER
Never Has Taken Required Oath in
House Of Lords.
Already Lord GrimthOrpe Owes a
Fortune in Fines, of $4,000 Each,
for Ballots in Parliament.

London. Nov. 1T-Lord Grimthorpe has
voted illegally in the House Of Lords-on
how many occasions is not yet known.
This is due 20 the fact that since he sue
The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
Excusipe Ns by Special Gable From the Capitals of the Old
KAISER LAUDS FRAUD
Laughs with Germany About
KOepenick EScapade.
CALLS MAYORS ARREST JOKE

Bogus Captain who Looted Town
Treasury and Played Upon Omcini
CreduIity Expects Opera BOuffe
Effect of His Undertaking 10 Get
Him a Light Sentence for OfFense.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19
Our Navy is Criticised.

In an address before the Patriotic
Club society recently Rear Admiral
Coghlan, commandant OF the New
York navy yard, delivered an address
on THE Navy" in which he said that
while on paper the United States, in
1908, would be in second place as a
naval power, yet, if there were strick-
en- from the listsSsuch vessels as the
"sainted Oregon" now a second class
battleship instead of in the first line,
the United States would not rank bet
ter than fifth or sixth among the sea
powers of the world.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Secretary Bonaparte has approved
the sentence of dismissal imposed by
courtmartial at Annapolis in the case
of Midshipman Trenmor Coffin on con-
viction of hazing and ordering his dis
missal from the academy.
Albert T. Patrick, the New York
lawyer convicted and awaiting execu-
ton in Sing Sing prison next week for
the murder of William Marsh Rice in
September, 1900, has received a re-
prieve from Governor Higgins until
March 10. a space of So days. This
reprieve is granted for the purpose Of
giving Patrick's counsel time to bring
before a trial court alleged newly dis
covered evidence.
In rear end collision between a
light engine overtaking freight at
midnight at Notch hill, on the main
line of the Canadian Pacific railway
near Revelstoke, Brakeman George d.
Breger of Revlstoke, was killed. No
one else was hurt and little damage
done.
Col. Robert G. Lowe, owner and
publisher of the GALVESTON News, died
Monday after short illness, aged 20
years. During the war Col. Lowe was
in the confederate army and ATTAINED
the rank of major.
George L. Brown who has been I'M
der police observance for some time,
was arretsed in Bellingham. Wash. In
room was found a complete counter
feiter's outfit. Search in a box i'm the
place revealed 80 spurious So gold
pieces, nine $40 gold pieces and "a
silver dollars of the same make. The
SO pieces were not finished.
President Roosevelt is preparing tt
send to congress- a message which will
favor lock canal.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19
MONTANA SQUIBBS.

Policeman Clifford McGilvray has
been suspended from the ranks at
Butte and sent to the county Jail un-
der arrest as the result of an ARRAY
in Main street, which for a time
threatened a riot.
Two more indictments returned by
the recent federal grand jury have
been made public when F. d. Cooper
and William Wickson, both residents
of Cascade county, appeared before
the federal court and pleaded not gull
ty to the charges alleging violations
of the land laws.
The 18th annual session of the Mon
tana Society of Engineers. composed
of prominent mining men of the state,
has elected B. H. Dunshee. a promi-
nent Amalgamated engineer, president
of the organization. The session of
engineers was held at Lewiston, Mont
Pleading guilty to having forged the
name of his employer to a check for
$50, with the assurance, he says, that
he would be given one year in the
penitentiary, George Lascas, youth
was sentenced Saturday afternoon to
10 years in the penitentiary at hard
labor. Lascas was dumbfounded by
the sentence. Judge Donlan took &C
casion to say he proposed to put G
stop to the carnival of crime in Butte
by giving every criminal brought be
fore him for sentence the limit. Las
cas- committed forgery in order to buy
wine for burlesque chorus girls.
Oregon Short Line engineers are IL
Madison county endeavoring to ruI
another line to Butte, seeking a route
by which they may extend the Coke
vile, Wyo., cutoff and the Yellowstone
Park branch into Butte, a thing tina
would materially reduce the expense
of operating and make a considerable
saving of time in the shipment Of Goa
from the Wyoming fields to the Mon
tana markets.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19
n. Orchard Examined.

The preliminary examination Of Har
ry Orchard, charged with the assassi-
nation of Ex-Governor Steunenberg,
December 80, was held Saturday be-
fore Probate Judge Church at Cald-
well.
Attorney Miller, for the uefense, in
sisted that the rule be enforced pro-
hibiting the public and witnesses from
being present, but finally consented to
newspaper correspondents reporting
the trial.
The state introduced II witnesses
connecting Orchard with the crime. All
the evidence was circumstantial.
Orchard was committed to jail with
out bail.
OfHcers believe that Orchard is not
the name of the defendant.
Governor Gooding arranged with the
Pinkerton detective agency to proceed
with the investigation but not to in
terfere with the work of the Thiels
represented by Captain Swain.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19

fruitgrowers' unions of Hood River.
Ore. was one of the speakers at the
meeting of the Northwest Fruitgrow-
ers' association at LaGrande. Ore. His
paper received close attention, and
was one of the best features of the
convention.
DR.. Stephen s. Wise, rabbi Of Tenn
pie Beth Israel of Portland, has an
nounced to his congregation his In
tention to leave Portland next Septem-
Der and organize free Jewish relig-
ious movement in New York.
Work on the approaches OF the Nor
thern Pacific railroad bridge across
the Columbia river at Vancouver, has
been commenced. AS soon as the con-
troversy with the government over the
projected bridge across the Willamette
has been settled that structure will be
commenced. The estimated cost of
the two bridges is 100000
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19
Mrs. Taggart Goes to, Europe.

Cincinnati, Jan. 16.-The Times
Star says that Mrs. Grace Taggart,
who was to have appeared in the
Wooster court in connection with her
recent divorce from Captain e. f. Tag
CART, U. S. A, is on board the steamer
Cedric, with her two SONS, en- route to
Europe. She is said to have been
booked as Mrs. Grace Thompson and
was accompanied by a trained nurse.
The arrangement for her sailing are
said to have been made by her friend
without her knowledge and that she
was afterwards persuaded to make the
trip abroad in order to be out of Cap
tain Taggart's reach until after his de-
parture for the Philippines. The party
is en- route to Paris, where friends of
Mrs. Taggart have arranged for visit
of uncertain length. The letters re-
ceived at Wooster from California are
declared to have been written while
Mrs. Taggart was staying in Alexan-
dria, KY, and mailed under cover for
remailing by friends on the coast.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19
IDAHO NEWS.

That there are two Harry Orchards
can be no longer doubted, says the
Boise Capital News. The milkman at
Wallace is now definitely ascertained
to be an entirely different individual
from the Harry Orchard confined in
the jail at Caldwell charged with the
murder of Ex-Governor Steunenberg
Moscow lodge No. 249. B. P. o. E.,
dedicated their new temple Friday
with elaborate ceremonies.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho may de-
eide to exploit his proposition for the
annexation of Santo Domingo.
A laborer named Steinmiller, en-
ployed in digging a sewer at Occur
d'Alene, was buried in a cavein re-
Gently and had a narrow escape from
death.
The Northern Pacific has lost out in
it's fight to prevent the classification
of timber lands valued at 81, 500, 900 in
Shoshone county, Idaho, as mineral
lands, the railway company being de-
cided against by the United States
land Office at Occur d'Alene. The COM
pany gets but certain nonmineral
lands. The decision is signed by Reg
lister R. N. Dunn and Receiver G. d.
Warner.
At the present time the United
States geological survey is maintain.
ing IL gauging stations on Idaho
streams Seven of these stations are
p essential in connection with the rec
lamation projects now under way in
the state.
The Nez Perez Indians will ask con
| gress to pass a bill to declare then
competent to transact their own pri
vate business without the consent o.
the Indian agent and the department
A new railroad between Mountain
t Home and Bruneau, IDAHO distance
3 of 20 miles, will probably be construct
3 ed.
1 Senator w. B. Hepburn has beef
: busy at this session of the senate, ant
f word comes from Washington that h
is likely to succeed in putting hi
+ pure food bill through the senate thi
q winter. The bill, while generally sup
= posed to have much merit, has beel
e beaten by one scheme or another ses
r sion after session. and if Senator Hey
e burn succeeds in making it law
=, may rank as a notable victory.
d The news that the o. R. & N. CON
S pany has filed articles of incorpors
o ton at Olympia, Wash, for a rout
r. down the Salmon river was good new
for Lewiston and the tributary cour
/ try.
o In an accident at the Hecla min
II near Burke, b. B. Alton sustained il
o juries, by being crushed between a
s. ore car and the timbers in the tuI
/, mel, from which he died in the ho'
pital six hours later.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19
FOR CHILDREN OF A DRUNkARD
Damages of s17,5oo Given Against Chi
cago SaIoonkeepers.

Chicago.-Damages in $17.500 were
awarded by jury to the children Of
a drunken father for redress against
the saloonkeepers alleged to have
made a drunkard of him. The verdict
establishing a precedent which will
result in the institution of many SIM
liar suits was rendered in Judge Tut
hills court.
The plaintiffs were the five children
of John Hedlund; the defendants, Os'
car Geyer, Louis Lundquist and Ernest
Thoren, saloonkeepers. The verdict is
against them separately and Jointly.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19
Building Collapsed.

Chicago, Jan. ia seven story
warehouse in course of erection by the
Harder Furniture & Van company, at
the corner Of Fortieth street and Calu
met avenue, partially collapsed Mon
day, injuring three workmen, one of
them seriously. A heavy gale WAS
blowing at the time and it carried
down part of the north wall, which
fell in upon the floors where 100 men
were at work. The majority of them
were protected by the floors, none of
which gave way. The damage to the
building is estimated at $4,000.