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few days in Paris before his last visit to England
he performed some astonishing feats with re-
volver meeting of the 'Pisto1et' Club. At dis
of twenty yards he knocked over one after an
other, sixteen small dolls, and put twelve successive
balls in the body of running rabbit and at thirty
yards, using 44-caliber revolver, he fired twelve
shots within twenty-eight seconds target repre-
senting in profile, and every bullet if the tar
get had been human would have gone through the
heart.
A favorite pastime of King Carlos is to stand be-
side the salt lake at Obidos and the fish rise fire
at them with his revolver, almost invariably killing
them before they disappear beneath the surface
while as evidence that he is equally expert with the
rifle, on one occasion when driving at rapid rate
he killed running deer than hundred yards
away with shot behind the ear
But wonderful King Carlos feats Of shoot
ing, they ecipsed by those Of Walter Winans.
the champion revolver shot of the world Eleven
years ago at Bagshot fete Winans amused onlook-
ers by firing at the ace Of hearts scores Of times
during the afternoon, and not did he fail put
his bullet through the center OF the card
At Wimbledon in 1880 he performed the marvel
Gus feat of scoring sixteen bu1issyss succession
and in sixty-shot competition with French cham
pion he hit the target ffty-eight times out of
sixty; while at Brighton he every one of thirty
three consecutive shots into bulIseye three inches
in diameter (about the size of a mans paln) a dis
tance of forty-eight feet
France possesses phenomenal and daring re-
vover shot in M. CASTOR Bordeverry, who performs
some highly sensational and hazardous feats of
which the following samples. He places small
piece of sugar on the head of an assistant and
from point fifteen yards away. shoot it off with his
revolver without touching hair of the mans head
Then. for the piece of sugar he substitutes So
centime piece which his unerring bullet also sweeps
away, while with third shot he cut in two visiting
card held edgewise by his assistant
That the modern marksman with his up-to-date
revolver has no monopoly of accurate shooting is
proved by of the wonderful feats of CAPTAIN
Horatio Ross at his prime about eighty years ago.
with the pistol One of his astonishing perform
ances in competition with a famous Spanish shot
The match, which for wager of so and was
witnessed by large. crowd of excited spectators
at the Red House inclosure was of fifty shots at
thiry-six feet, the target being playing card with
a bulseye the size of 6-pence marked on the back
The match proved to be of the runaway description
for the gallant captain with ridiculous ease.
hitting the bullseye twentythree times out of the last
twenty-five shots. 1t was Captain Ross by the way.
who for wager killed twenty swallows with his
pistol before breakfast each bird being brought down
by a bullet when on the wing.
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Her Home Luxuriiously Furnished.

The chateau which has been renamed the Villa
Flora, is surrounded by high wall and strict por
ter Keeps the gate 1t stand close to the church of
the village of Heyse and just within the gates and
near the stables is small riding school, wherein
the Baroness Vaughan has learned to ride, her royal
lord being also her riding The house has three
towers and veranda There is a fine music room
and summer of alabaster and marble, whence
on warm days the Baroness lies gazing over her
pretty gardens.
A curious fact about the drawng-room is that
everywhere there are mirrors which reAect every
turn OF the person occupying it. This and curious
choice OF furniture reveal certain taste the part
OF him who furnished the abode The bedroom Of
the BARONESS is fitted with beautiful carved oak
bed in the Louis XIV style and hung with old gold
brocade Close by is the apartment of the baby
Prince and this is hung with pale blue, while
everywhere designs of flying birds for baby hands
to stretch after.
All the linen, all the silver, all the appointments
tor the house come from the royal palace and bear
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Costly Marriage and Divorce.

Baron Hermann was only a second son, but he
into the bulk of his fathers estate, his elder
brother cut off with comparatively small for
for having married actress. In the hope OF
breaking into the exclusive circles OF austrian
society the Baron embarked upon most exttava-
giant career. He entertained 1avishly, maintained
lost large of money at cards to his arisocratic
companions. He the Austrian Derby twice and
always backed his horses heavily,
His marriage also proved very costly affair. To
please his wife, Fraulein Won Draskove, he aban-
doned the faith of his forefathers and became
Roman Catholic And for this under special clause
in his fathers will, he had to forfeit of mil
lion guldens (S4ooooo) which was diverted to vari
Jewish charities And then few years after
ward he divorced and that cost him another
100000
Even his. enormous rent roll couldn't stand such
wild expenditures, he began to borrow and it
the beginning OF the end His total debts esti
mated at more than 100000 and the estates are
difficult to realize
1t is the old story of the third generation disspat
ing what the previous two had accumulated. The
family fortunes founded by the Baron's grand
father Jonas Kongswarter who bought up parts ofthe
cent Ringstrasse now stands The old man built
houses and sold them at big profits, and his son,
Moritz, who became the first Baron, also
shrewd of business and added largely to TIE
patrimony Besides what he bequeathed Her
mann the late Baron left $5,ooo,ooo among his other
children and to charities
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Jockey Club. He played in all twenty-nne games
His unfortunate opponents also scions of an
cient Hungarian families, one Count Esterhazy
the other Count Festetics.
When this story got into the Vienna papers the
Jockey Club officials were greatly annoyed mi the
secretary sent out absolute denial; in which it
was said that baccaret playing was not permitted
in the club But nobody took the denial seriously
The club is little else than card playing institution
When King Edward was here two years ago he went
every night to the club no matter how late he may
have been kept at official functions, and spent an
hour two at bridge
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Strong Card for the Socialists.

Naturally such life puts strong card in the
hands of the Socialists, who make great of it.
They declare that the King is unfit to govern that
he is in his dotage, and in the hands of rapacious
and ambitious woman Attention is drawn, too by
the Kings detractors to the contrast between the
splendid home provided for the Kings favorte, with
all its luxury and brightness, and the little villa
close by, gloomy and badly furnished, which has
been assigned to the Princes Clenentine-the
K~gs only remaining unmarried daughter.
1t is said that the Princess insisted on home of
her own the price of her giving up to please her
father the idea of marrying Prince Louis Napoleon
last year, finding life with her father impossible
Even in her home Princess Clementine has not
apparently found life pleasant with her fathers
favorite close by, and has withdrawn for the
to the villa at Spa where the late Queen her
mother, died, and which her Majesty bequeathed to
Baron Gofinet, whd has lent it to the Princess
There she will be happy among friends, for she will
have little court about her. while the inhabitants
will love her for her troubles and in memory of the
Queen, who did great deal for the little town
among the hills
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Young Morganadc Wife Of King Leopold
Strs I p a Nest Of Trouble in Belgium.

~ RUSSELS Aug. 25.-Such violent attack on
4 Nthe private life of King Leopold has just ap-
40 peared in one of the Brussels newspapers that
1t is causing excitement throughout the country
The writer plainly his ruler of using money
wrung from the Congo and the heavy taxation of
wife. 1t is feared that the King may be induced to
recognize as his legal heir if successor the baby
boy to whom the lady has given birth, there being
no law to prevent this
The lady who now reigns supreme the fancy
Of King Leopold is known by the title of Baroness
Vaughan-V og-han, the Belgians call her 1t will
be remembered that her little son was born to Leo
polds intense delight, while she was at the Riviera
last winter. She then lived in pretty villa which
ostensibly belonged Dr. .Thiriar, his Majesty's
Brussels physician, who had charge of the lady's
health at the interesting
But the royal yacht was lying off the shore close
by and the King in constant and devoted attend
ance He much amused himself with strangers who
tried to get peep into the villa, and loved to
give confusing such occasionally asked
HIM Tor information, not knowing who he was
Now the Baroness is installed in a beautiful
chateau near Brussels just the road from the
kIngs own palace at Laeken, to which access is
had by bridge that crosses from estate to the
other This bridge, which extends over the high
road and above the lines, is light iron
structon, always decorated with flowers and fanked
with two small domes. 1t has rather the air of
cage for that captive of love, the old King, who
crosses it and recrosses it
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the royal mark. Quite retnue of servants is kept
and certain royal state is maintained.
Indeed the article which is so denunciatory Of
the Kings private life declares that the Baroness
aims at the throne and asserts that every day fresh
land is added to the lady's domain peasant pro-
prietors and others being absolutely forced out OF
their holdings.
Four automobiles and handsome victoria with
black and bay horses in the stables of the Baron
ess, and every day her in the other, with
the King beside her, driving in the neighborhood Of
Laeken. There is no doubt that such open behavior
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Sing Edward Also Tries I lis Luck.

Another prominent figure in the Austro- Hungarian
gambling world, but of a very different kind is Paul
Won Szemere. Of noble Hungarian family, he has
all the gambling instincts of his class, but unlike
most of his friends he generally comes a win
Quite recently he IS credited with having won
900 kronen (S3oo,oool in baccarat the Vienna
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Daughter Of Hungarian Tanitors.

The Baroness Vaughan's real name is Caroline
Lacroix She is just z8, rather over middle height
with beautiful natural complexion and skin, and
has quantities of chestnut hair. She is plump but
graceful, her principal charm lying in her smile and
expression, which has all the innocent candor Sof
child Her eyes are clear and modest looking. In
character she is it is said naughty, sharp, irritable
and fantastic. Her choice of words is. small, for
she has education to speak of.
Her parents were originally janitors from Buda-
pest who came to Paris, both honest people, and
both dead She has FIVE brothers and sisters
of the latter, Angelo spending of her time
at the Villa Flora with the Baroness. The eldest
sister Laura, is Woodworking fruit seller in Paris
The third resident at the Villa Flora is the per-
son whom some people consider to be the brother of
the Baroness. 1t appears that he lived for several
years with her at II Rue de Villers in paris. His
name was before he was ennobled, Duriex, and he
was much mixed up in turf matters. Every day be-
tween and NJ Duriex (created Baron Vaughan
by the King) and the Baroness drive out together,
either in an automobile high phaeton.
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derkreuztstetten in Lower Austria and vast prop
critics at Csabadua and Kis-Szanto in Hungary. Be-
sides all these he inherited several big houses in
Vienna, any one of which would represent yearly
income sufficient to support "a mddle-class family.
Then he had treasures of value and
picture gallery rich in examples OF old Dutch and
Italian we'll Austrian masters estimated to be
easily worth 100000 Many of these have already
been disposed of
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King Of Portugal
an Expert Shot.
Carlos Puts Six Bullets
Through an Ace.
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL.

n ONDON Aug. a5-King Carlos latest revolver
feat is knocking out the OF diamonds a
l. distance of thirty feet and then sending five
successive bullets through the tiny hole made by his
first shot
When King Carlos OF Portugal was spending a
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Austrian Baron Loses Millions at the Gambling Tabl6
Reduces Vast F Fortune by High Play
at the Jockey Club IN Vienna.
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL.

" JENNA. Aug 25.-Thoughtful persons in
Auztria-aungary are much concerned over the
terrible amount Of gambling which IS going
c1 everywhere throughout the monarchy Scarcely
Z week passes without some sensational story com
Ing to highs OF high card playing in the arstocratic
Jockey Club OF Vienna or the not less famous sister
institution, the National Casino in Buda-Pesth
These gambling scandals moreover are not con-
fined to the tro capitals for from small provincial
towns and remote country districts come frequent
tales OF high play.
- Nor IS The gambling only to be found among the
ariztoc-acy and wealthy classes only The relatively
poor also have their game often in horse racing but
most frequently in the lotteries, which to be played
everywhere and are under the auspices of the i'm
peral and royal Government
Naturally, however, the gambling stories current
IN society and which often get into the news
papers. 100. concern the upper class entirely For
the hungarian aristocrat IS a born gambler and the
austrian mobiles are not far behind. Few of them
in either half of the empire take any real interest
n politics or the serious affairs OF life. They prefer
10 occupy themselves with the opera and theater and
racing and card playing and their talk is of ballet
dangers horses and cards They dissipate their
rstnOny, mortgage their estates and seem only to
be happy when they are head over ears in debt
Squanders Fortune Of His Family.
The last name to be added TO the long and i'm
posing Est Of mobiles and mionaires who have made
ducks and brakes OF their inheritance is that of
Baron Hermann Kongswarter. Once perhaps the
Ve2ltliest young man IN the monarchy with patri
uOny Of S7ooo,OOo or S8ooo,ooo, his income is now
less than tenth Of what it once was. His vast
estates in Bohemia, Hungary and Lower Austria and
his extensive house property in Vienna are all said
10 be heavily incumbered with mortgages. His fam
ous racing stable has been sold to Baron Rothschd
for some S6Oooo but this does include the stud
IN which some exceedingly valuable brood mares
and horses.
The Baron has certainly gone the pace and the
crash IS Big one, even for Vienna where heavy
gambling losses are no great novelty. The Konigs-
Nvsreer family IS tremendously rich, in fact the
wealt-iest Jewish house in Austria outside OF the
Rothschids
The Baron succeeded to great estates at Rendeck
snd TippeIsgrunn and Chodan in Hungary, at Me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
"a EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
VIBRATIONS RECORDED AT SAN
JOSE SINCE APRIL Is.

SAN JOSE. Cal. May s.-According to
advices received from the Lick observa-
tory. there have been twenty-feur earth
at that institution since the morning of
April 10. Most of these have been exceed
ingly light and made but a slight mark ON
the plate.
During the first half hour after the big
shake there We're eight distinct shocks re-
corded. On the next day there was a
slight tremor, some time between 10 and
II O'Clock
No more were recorded until the 18th,
when one was felt at 3:13. On the 26th at
1926 o'clock one was recorded and another
on the 10Th at 400 One on May at 4:51,
one on the 4th at SOS. on the 5th at 1920
and on the 9th at 3:11. The big one was
recorded at II minutes and II seconds after
5 o'clock.
street. was awakened by the tremor but
did not leave her bed, not being alarmed.
None of her immediate neighbors thought
enough of the shock to leave their rooms,
and not a single pane of glass or dish
was broken. During the forenoon many
inquiries were received here as to the dam
age done. but none could be found, and the
townSpeople. who expect these tremors
every spring, thought there was consider
able humor In the situation. In Moodus
but five miles away Is locality of strange
these are simply caused by strong winds
In a cavern. The earth tremors are at
tributed to small landslips on the ridge OF
which Mount Tom, In Massachusetts is the
highest point. They are felt over a very
small area
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WATER OF THE NIAGARA.
Col. Ernst Tells of Conclusions of
Waterways Commission.

Col. o. H. Ernst, chairman of the Ameri-
can section of the international waterways
commission. at the hearing on the Niagara
Falls bill before the House committee on
rivers and harbors today elaborated upon
the joint report made by the American and
Canadian sections TO their two governments
relative to the preservation of the falls and
explained their recommendations.
Asked by Chairman Burton with reference
for power purposes Of waters which go over
the falls and which appears to be an inequaI-
ity in favor OF Canada, Col. Ernst said the
vested rights OF the Canadians were greater
than those on the American side The three
Canadian companies. ne said have embark
would be practically 10 destroy their work.
The question of damages to be paid was
taken into consideration In Recommending
IMITATION OF diversion of water He dis
agreed with the statement that 30 per cent
OF the waters could be diverted without
destroying the scenic effect, saying 30 per
cent was the limit. Even then he thought
the diversion OF that amount OF water would
have an injurious but not necessarily de-
structtve effect upon the scenic spectacle.
Mr. LOrimer Of Illinois called attention to
the statement Of the Chicago drainage canal
commission. that ultimately l4,0O0 cubic
feet would be required for the drainage
canal. while the International waterway
commission has recommended an allowance
OF but 10000 cubic feet
Col Ernst thought the time far In the
future when more than 10000 cubic feet
would be required for the drainage canal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
LATE REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NORTH
WEST between 18th and 18th streets
Ellen B. Greene ct al. to John J. and
Walter D. Nolan. part original lot IA,
square 247: $40
MOORE & BARBOUR'S SECOND ADD
TION-Florence v. Dreamer to Sigmund
Ehrlich. lot 10. block 8: $40.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SOUTHEAST
between 18th and 18th streets-Thomas
T. Luckett ct ux. to Cora E. Muse, part
original lot /. square 1919: SO.
TWENTY-NINTH STREET NORTHW EST
between 0 and P streets-Annie A. Ben
nett to Mariana Stanton, parts lots lis
and 116. square 1910: SO.
PETWORTH-Alice g. Holmead ct al. to
Andrew D. Loff1er. nine fourteenths
terest in lot 4. square 30: SO. Cath
arina Loffler ct al. to same all interest
In lot A. square 80: $40.
FIRST ADDITION TO AMERICAN UNI
VERSITY PARK-Galen L. TAFT ct al.
trustees, to John T. Griffin. lots % and
20, block 81: 81 200.
MERIDIAN HILL-Willard 8. Robbins ct
oil. to Jessie r. King, lot &C. block IA;
$40
CEIrCTINSTER-Emelia ThurTn to Gustav
A. Thurm, part: $40.
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THE RELIEF WORK.
Army officer Takes Charge at Oak
land HEADQUARTERS.

OAKLAND. Cal, May 81. b. Erwin,
9th Cavalry. U. s. A, will take charge
of the distribution of relief supplies in
this city today.
Estimates indicate that there are 49,
900 persons In this city who are dependent
upon relief supplies for necessary food
The general food supply Is limited but un-
der the strict supervision of the army 1t
is expected enough can be procured to
meet Immediate demands.
Contents of Steel Boxes o. K.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 12--Safety de-
poslt boxes in several big Institutions that
provide these flreproof receptacles for the
public We're made accessible yesterday
The vaults opened We're those Of the Union
Trust, Croker. Woolworth. Canadian Bank
of Commerce and Mercantile Trust In
situations. Steel and asbestos had per-
formed their trust well. All the contents
of the steel boxes We're found intact. Moth
Ing was harmed.
The total amount OF goods sent to this
city by railroad up to and including May
L amounts to 200 carloads, according to
DR.. Edward I. Devine, head Of the Red
Cross work.
This represents a large amount Of sup
plies" he said yesterday but nothing
like the amount we Will have to have"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
A NEW LICENSE BILL.
Senator Hansbrough's Measure In
troduced Today.

Senator Hansbrough has introduced a bill
to regulate the sale OF intoxicating liquors
in the District.
II provides that every applicant for a
wholesale or a bar room license shall pre-
sent tn the excise board with his applica-
tion. the written permission of majority
of persons owning real estate and a ma
1orty of the residents keeping house, in
Guiding tenants In flats or apartment houses.
on the side OF the square where It is de-
sired 10 locate or maintain such business
and on the confronting side of the square
fronting opposite the square on which the
license is desired If the location is on a
corner, the consent will be required from
owners and residents on both streets. Out
side the city limits the permission shall be
from majority of residents within LOCO
feet. When a majority Of residents or
owners OF real estate in q square petition
that there shall be no license granted In
such square within 5000 feet Of a house Of
religious worship. private or public school.
outside the city and in the District. such
petition is to operate q prohibition Of
the granting of q license.
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PROBING SPIER DEATH
POLICE OFFICIALS TRYING TO
sIFT STRANGE CASE.

NEW YORK, May S.-Police officials who
have been investigating the mysterious
death of Charles L. Spier. confidential
agent of II. H Rogers, who was found
dead in his home in Staten Island yester-
day. reported today that the evidence in
dicated that Spier had committed suicide.
Mrs. Spier had informed the police that
Spier left his bsdchamber to go 10 the
dining room In search Of a burglar and that
she afterward heard shots. Except that
the furnishings of the dining room I'm which
the body was found were disarranged, the
police say that there was nothing about
the house to indicate the presence OF a
burglar. One door was found unlocked.
but without signs OF having been forced
and an active bulldog which accompanied
Mr.. Spier to the dining room took no
part in the reported duel with a burglar
IL there was one.
On the other hand. the police have ascer-
tained that one month before his death Mr..
Spier had insured his life for $4,000 and
had been obliged to discount a note for
1857 to pay the premium on one Of the
policies when It became due last Satur-
day. The policies were payable regardless
of the cause of death, and the beneficiary
had been changed from Mrs Spier TO a
trustee of his estate.
Judgment Against Spier.
The police have discovered also that a
Judgment in bankruptcy for S5O.S70 had
been outstanding against Mr.. Spier and
others since February last. These judg-
ments were entered after the Yetman
Transmitting Typewriter Company, of
which Mr.. Spier was president. went into
bankruptcy.
DR.. H. w. Patterson. Mr.. Spier's family
physician, who was one of the first to
reach the Spier residence after the shoot
ing, said today that he does not believe
Mr.. Spier committed suicide, but think he
was killed In a fight with a burglar
Coroner Matthew Cah1ll said today that
he Is positive that the wound which caused
Mr.. Sper's death could not have been in
f1icted by himself and that Mr.. Spier was
undoubtedly murdered.
In addition to the inquiries already con-
Quoted by the police and coroner. District
Attorney John j. Kennedy today began an
investigation Of the Spier shooting.