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alliance with the Irish party for the pur-
pose Of securing legislation in the direction
OF the reform or abolition OF the House Of
Lords. But in the first place it is doubtful
whether the Cabinet as now composed would
in view Of the circumstances of the recent ap-
peal to the people. see its way TO support any
such movement. Were even measures Of that
kind 10 pass the House Of Commons they would
certainly be rejected by the upper chamber
with a still larger majority than in the case
Of the Home Rule bill, and should an ap-
peal on the issue he made 10 the people in the
form Of a general election II would according
TO present appearances, result in the establish
ment Of the House Of Lords upon frmer basis
than ever. as constituting a protection against
the effects Of I'll considered legislation on the
part Of the House OF Commons. Whatever re
form may overtake the House Of Lords will
have to come from within its portals instead Of
from outside and while II may. perhaps. in
difference to public sentiment institute some
minor changes, such rurgng itself Of un-
worthy members, no radical changes need be
looked for. These are not in keeping with tie
traditions and atmosphere Of the glded cham
her
The peers Of the British Empire arc TO be seen
at their best during the prayers with which the
proceedings in the House of Lords are opened
every afternoon when Parliament is In session
and / do not believe that a more curious and
characteristic spectacle than that which they
present on these occasions can be witnessed in
any other legislative chamber Of the world
During the prayers, which are recited by the
junior Of the Spiritual Lords present arravad
in full canonicals as bishop with lawn sleeves
rochet, hood etc, every one Of the ten,uora1
peers kneels, some Of them on the floor Of tho
House, others on the benches. the Lord Chan
celor at the woolsack, presenting much the
aspect Of d lot Of baldheaded and gravbasr5o,
children performing their devotions Curiorsl,,
enough ii is only the Spiritual Lords-tbat "a 10
say the archbishops and bishops-who do NOT
think II necessary TO kneel. Their graces or
Canterbury and OF York, well as their right
reverend brethren, attired in their espisconaI
vestments, without which they may not enter
the House. remain seated and content them
+ selves with merely inclining their heads and
f looking very solemn. The public never has a
glimpse Of this. Even the reporters are ex-
Guided from the gallery Of the House until after
the last amen has been pronounced.
There IS one thing which people both here
and abroad should always remember in con-
nection with the House OF Lords, namely, that
il is 10 the peers that Great Britain and, in a
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Although the late SIR William Harcourt and
many others Of the Liberal statesmen including
even Lord Rosebery. have for a number Of years
past been proclaiming that the abolition the
radical reorganization OF the House Of Lords
would constitute the first and principal reform
which their party would endeavor 70 institute
on its return TO power and in spite Of the fact
that John Burns, the representative of labor in
the new Cabinet. has since his appointment as
Minister and as Privy Councillor announced
10 his constituents at Battersea that he was as
strongly opposed as ever 10 the upper chamber
OF the national legislature as now constituted.
there is little likelihood OF the present admin
istration fulfilling its pledges or public ex-
pectatiOns in the matter. Indeed. Il has with
a touch OF more humOr than Americans as 4
rule, are wont 70 ascribe 10 their English kins-
folk, secured the elevation from the House Of
Commons 10 the House Of Lords Of that Philip
6tanhope who. emulating his great grandfather.
the Lord Stanhope famous for his association
with Robespierre. has until now been the loud
est and most vehement OF all the Radicals in
demanding that the gilded chamber of heredit-
airy legislators should be swept out Of exist
ence- The fact Of the matter is that the Lib
erals have come into Office burdened with a
deep debt OF gratitude 10 the House Of Lords.
For Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman and his
colleagues may be said 10 owe their marvellous
victory IN the main 70 the upper chamber. AS
pointed out by the London Spectator" in its
issue Of January g. there are thousands upon
thousands Of Liberal Unionists who have cast
their votes az the polls IN favor Of the new gov
eminent only because they felt that the House
OF Lords could be depended on to prevent any
Irish Home Rule bill from ever becoming law.
The Cnionist party, which was in Office for so
many years, owed its raison d'etre TO the fear
lest Home Rule should be successful and the
separation Of ireland from England accom-
pshed. This dread has now disappeared
thanks 20 the conviction which has gradually
impressed itself upon the minds OF the Union
lists that as long the House Of Lords remains
. Will effectually block the passage OF any re-
peal OF the Union. In one word, the Home Rule
DOGGY, upon which ex-Premier BaIfour and his
colleagues depended so strongly 20 ENSURE the
defeat OF the Liberals at the general election.
has been effectively laid by the popular conf
dence in the hostility Of the House Of Lords
toward the issue
OF course. il IS possible that when all the re-
turns OF the contest have been received and the
doubtful elections settled the labor element
IN the new House Of Commons may find itself
"a strong 70 encourage its leaders to form
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the dread disease 90 the French frontier. when a
soialer joining the c0iors az Strasburg. but COM
ing tfom an infected town on the Russian bonn
u"Iy' IaI III with cholera tt was a happy Co
incidence that in both these cases. I'm Ham
Durs ana strasDurg, the cases occurred IN
Just those parts OF the population which A..
the best regulated. namely. the emizrantz ara,
the army. and the strict health regulations n,
torce in Germany enabled the patients TO bs IN
stantly isolated
The point that Professor Chanten,essa r,saa =,
his report 10 the academy was the f,.,,es-f,.-
character Of French legislation IN view OF a dan
ger such as this German laws have a, r.
contrary, placed a perfect weapon IN The hands
OF the sanitary authorities. At the first sfa-r ~
the outbreak the strictest quarantine was tn
posed. and when the highly localized nature OF
the epidemic was seen. the boat and RATS men
were forced 10 make tho Journey across g,a am
pire under closest surveillance and without m,
least contact with the shore. AS IL fndesd tbs
coming event had cast It's shadow befora ths
Reichstag had. Just ten months before ehe out
break. still further enforced the already exist
ing special laws FOR the treatment OF residential
diseases IN the case OF suspected as well a. de-
clared cases. At the same time a kind OF dsca-
logue was prepared and circulated among the
river population, enJOininE sanitary rules for tbs
prevention Of disease and OF pollution OF The
streams under severe penalties.
For the moment the danger was syrarfef
The winter set in. and the timber feet vent ins0
winter quarters Ice bound canals and rivers
made traffic impossible. But with the snrIne- !
When the tlmberqen once more begin theis
great migration from east 10 west how ~
france prepared 70 meet the danger which nav
be at her frontier? The existing law reEulat -
tne entrance into thu country OF fOreian emf
sIdhIS Gates back 70 1sb2. and makes no pro
vision for cholera, tyDhus. yellow fever anel
plague apart from other less serious uaaIadiesl
IN Iact, as DIT. BrOuadei urged at the couolu.
S 5 VI me strung there Is great need OF imme%
date and special legislation on this ToI0t
special provisions must Be made 70 meet such =.
contingency as the introduction OF a disease Ike
chOlera INTO the country. And IN Dr. F3roua-.
deIs opinion, as the law now stands, France -
not IN position 70 take the PROMPT and dccislsl
measures which such an event would cali r1rs
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searching for him. The victim had repulsed the
officers attentions, he being anxious 10 marry
her.
February IS, 19O5-Mrs. Della Tracey, young
married woman, slain by negro youth, who
held her up in daytime near her house. Inc
murderer was given UP by his father, confessed
his crime IN court, and was sentenced TO the
pententiary for life.
March %, 1905-NIrs. Alfred Oldfeld slain by
her jealous husband at their home The muir
derer killed himself
April 90, 1905-AIrs. Katherine Gurka stabbed
10 death by thief who held her UP in the street
near her home. The slayer escaped with his
victims purse, containing a small sum of money,
and is still at large.
August 2 19O5-Miss Amelia Valdez, muir
dered by William DemiOw because she refused
TO marry him The slayer committed suicide
August 49, 1905-AIrs. James DAILY, shot to
death by her husband in a saloon where he was
employed as bartender and whittier she had
gone to ask him for money to buy food for her
self and their children. The murderer IS in jail
awaiting trial
August 28 19O5-NIrs Mize murdered by
hOld-Up man. Slayer at large.
october. 10, 1905-Mrs. Florence POOres,
cOlOred murdered by Robert NeWComb, also col
was tried and convicted and is under sentence
Of death
october %, 19O5-AIrs Clara McCIuskey shot
to death in her saloon by May Buckley, her for
affections of a man both We're in love with
MuTdeTeSs in jail awaiting trial, but is be
Neved to be insane.
November q, 19O5-AIiss Maude Reese muir
dered by a burglar. Slayer still at large.
January 3, 1906-Nrs. Carl O. Almberg, wife
Of an insurance agent killed on the street by J.
T. Moeller, a solicitor in the employ Of her hus-
band. Slayer committed suicide.
January 6, 1906-Mrs. Arthur Gentry, a we'll
known artist, popular in certain society circles
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A TERRIBLE LIST.

Taken in their order. the most notable women
murders which as yet defy the Chicago police
for a solution Of the mystery surrounding them
are as follows:
Mrs F A Mize, slain on August 70. 1910
about dusk while out walking with a MIS-
Wilson, a hired companion, not far from her
apartment in the Hyde Park district, on the
South Side. Near the Del Prado Hotel man
emerged rom the shadow, snatched Mrs Mics
nurse. and when she resisted shot her dead.
Mrs Wilson the victims companion, becoming
hysterical when the footpad began the hoId-up'
ran a short distance only returning Wheh IIie
murdered woman lay upon the walk AIthOugh
she had a good look at the slayer, Mrs wilson
never could give a good description or hlrn
Many people were on the street at the time, yet
none have ever been able to furnish a clew to
the assassin. The police arrested a half dozen or
more suspects, but every one was released no
the tragedy. So that up to the present time the
murderer IS still at large, with small hopes OF
the police capturing him, unless the f1end gives
On November q Miss Maude Reese, a stenog-
rapher employed in tire downtown Office Of
corporation was slain in her fat by a burglar
she surprised stealing her personal effects. The
woman attempted TO seize the thief, and he shot
her dead The police we're informed soon after
the murder had been committed, early in the
evening, but the slayer is still a fugitive. Sew
eral suspects were arrested. but the police were
unable 70 fasten the crime upon them.
The foregoing the murders which still
mystify the police and which WILL apparently
go into the local criminal annals as unfathom-
able tragedies
Beginning in the order of their occurrence, the
seventeen women murders Of record in the last
twelve months as follows:
January II, I9O5-Mrs. John Mueller and her
two baby girls murdered by her husband. The
slayer made a feeble attempt at suicide but re-
covered, was tried. convicted and sentenced to
Death but escaped the galloVs for time by the
interference Of the Governors reprieve TO per-
nit an appeal to the State Supreme Court.
January Is, 1905-Afrs. Ellen Johnson found
cead on the stairway Of a house near her home
everything pointing 10 murder. Her husband
was arrested on suspicion. but was soon re-
leased, as there was no proof to connect him
with the crime The mystery remains unsOlved,
January 81, 1sO5-NIrs. Charles SOtala a Young
bride, slain by her husband at the home OF her
mother a few weeks after their marriage The
murderer was arrested and IS awaiting trial.
February 26, l905-Miss Mary Goldberg the
disowned daughter OF a local rabbi and en-
ployed as performer in a cheap theatre. muir
dered by James Mcdonald, her supposed lover,
IN a room az the Grand Eastern Hotel The
murderer committed suicide
February p, l905-AIiss Mary c. AIulveil, a
young heiress, killed in daytime in the street by
a city detective. D. J. Herman, who killed him
self a few hours later while the police were
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sUPTNE POLICE.

While the HOLSTER murder was the one which
thoroughly aroused the law-abiding citizens Of
Chicago TO the necessity OF prompt and heroic
measures by the police and other authorities for
the checking OF the criminal reign Of terror in
this city, it is by means the last Of record at
the beginning OF this year On the day that the
murder Of Mrs. HOLSTER was discovered, an
other woman was the victim of brute In hui
man form. in another part Of the city. On Sat-
Urday, January 10, Mrs. Bertha TOweka, the
wife Of a mechanic, in the absence OF her hus-
band at work assailed in her home by
neighbOr, one John Scherer. In attacking the
woman Scherer inflicted injuries which caused
the woman's death two days later. On the day
Of the crime when her husband returned home
from his work Mrs. TOweka told him. To-
gether they went to nearby police station and
related their story to the desk officer. He paid
little or no attention TO the complaint, but told
the couple 20 call around on the Monday fol-
lowing and get warrant from the police justice
On that day Mrs. TOweka died, succumbing to
her injuries. The husband had a warrant sworn
out for his wife's assailant, but Scherer, becom-
ing aware the day Of the assault that the
woman had complained to the police, set about
establishing an alibi He IS. however. under
arrest.
This latter crime added fuef 10 the flame OF in
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AndraSsy and after HIM Count KarnoAy -.
ferred when IN resignins the ChancsIl1r.At, "a
the Ausro-H Hungarian Empire they trtfr,aAD5
TO their sovereign that they considered thay ra5
fulfilled their share OF what they hsld to =.
their civic and patriotic duty They each o.
them remained IN Office for about fifteen Ssar~
laboring hard Tor the veal OF thetr couutry. ana
sacrificing al their Magyar and Austrian lyvs
OF ease. pleasure and. above al or sporA Thar
were counts OF the empire when thay entzrsd
into office, and occupied the same ran1s n ths
aristocracy after their resignation. whIis thes
left the ChanceIIOrship in each Instance con.
siderably poorer in pocket than when they a..
sumed It This public spirit IL one OF the most
admirable features Of the British House OF
Lords the members OF which, nssd scsrcery
add. follow the example OF their fellow lagisla.
tors IN the lower chamber OF Parnan1aus IN
neither asking nor receiving any pay nun the
nation for the performance OF thsiE duty to Ehala
fellow citizens.
With regard 20 the wedding out process %
what are euphonlously described as weak
peers. which mentioned above as probably
Jhe only reform 20 which the House OF Loraz
might be willing 10 consent IN deferenoe to
popular sentiment it is doubtful whether any
special legislation would De needed for the pur-
pose For some OF the most eminent legal au-
thOriUes in England are OF the opinion that tho
Crown has the power not only 70 create peers,
presidents for the exercise OF this almost en-
lirely forgotten prerogatlve OF the monarch
Members of the House ot Lords were dis
peered' In Tudor and PlautaEenet times Tor dis
graceful conduct and there Is also on record
the case OF the Duke OF Bedford. who dis
peered' by King Edward ~. deprived OF az
his titles, and reduced to the level % OrJii-
nary squire, the ground that I'm the estiTna-
uou OF the Crown he was too poor u maintain
the rank OF peer OF the realm. Every casa Ct
"dispeering" was followed by the entire ex-
unCuOn OF the peerage iu question, none OF the
descendants being allowed % inherit IL The
fact that the Crown possesses this prerOgattvs
OF "dispecriug' viii doubtless De- news to al
those who have been under the impression that
the only way by which peer could De deprived
OF his title and OF his seat I'm the House OF
Lords was by being atJatured Tor htsh treason
Having the power TO "diSpeer. lt obviously
follows that the sovereign. who Is the FOUNTAIN
OF all houors and diguities, has the night 20
infiict the minor penalty Of suspension such a.
Is now entaIled BY bankruptcy and continued
until the iusoNent peer secures his fuI DIS
charge from the courts The question there
fore, OF reforming the House or Lords viii
probably De solved without legislation BY rec
ommendiug the King 70 use his prerogatfvs IN
suspending from their legislative duties those
peers whose intellectual ability and, ABOVE al.
whose conduct and mode OF life render them. In
the eyes OF the people. untitled % exercise a
voice i'm the direction and control or the desti-
MES or the immense British Empire.
EX-ATTACHR
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DANGER ALWAYS NEAR.

With the failure Of justice 10 be prompt and
the police authorities 10 be vigilant and efficient
likewise adequate, the citizens Of Chicago only
know that life and property here are always in
danger. Owing 10 the smalness OF the police
force they seldom see a policeman and know,
too that hardly one lawbreaker in hundred is
ever caught. In the year 1905 no less than one
hundred and sixty murders were committed in
Chicago. Fully two-thirds Of the perpetrators
are stu at large OF the small number captured
and either imprisoned or tried and convicted.
not one has as yet been sent to the gallows.
The matter OF the safety Of life and property
has reached that stage, since the murder of
Mrs HOLSTER. that citizens are reused to the
pitch Of righteous indignation. are holding mass
meetings in every quarter OF the city and de-
handing large increase in the police force,
more criminal court judges and a perpetual
grand jury TO pass upon criminal cases as fast
as they can be presented. At the present time
women. even in the highly respectable parts Of
the city, are afraid TO venture out into the
streets alone, not only at night. but IN the day
time.
Just how far the remedial efforts Of the au-
thorities will go it is impossible TO forecast at
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Il NOVEL RAILWAY CIR.
Designed to afford as LfttleRssasey
aBCe to Wind as Possible

Omaha, Jan. q (SpsCfaD-Perhaps In seranEazs
looking railway Ear in the world Is thu new Rasos
lene motor which the Union Pacific EaIlvzsv has
recently completed at its shops In this civ. ~
design OF the car body IS similar % ths hun ~ >
racing yacht, and Il tears across thu prsrtea -
somewhat resembles overturned craft Srsvinu
before gale with its keel IN tbs air. ina IRONS
end OF the car Is tapersd on % a point. Th1
roof IS rounded of from the tor and rrss-n4s NJ,
nat surface TO the atmosphere. The rear OF tbs
car Is also rounded or. thus avoiding rhs "a -r,
produced by square end cars IN THIS yvzz -
wind resistance Is reduced 70 q rrtn1rlr1rn an in
portant factor IN transportation On Ehs pIsf1s.
where trains frequently havs to buck ssvsrs haa6
winds.
The car Is designed to enter local train zs-,,,.
west OF Omaha The numerous tests which ~.
been made IN the last few weeks havs a-,,or.
strated It's entire practicabflity. A nuznbsr "A
similar cars VIII be built this winter ana bv s-,,.,
the Union Pacific viii be IN position prsotteaII, -
DO away with its local trains. BY using toes -
gle motor cars or motor cars with A trailer az
tached. the railroad company VIII b atas "a sfvr
more frsQuent service at decidedly hizhsr r.4s
trains IN the West ~ 1891
A few days ago. as the guest OF z I. r,or,a~
general passenger agent OF the Union Facf9O \
novel cars. oA Ol-0 w mess
As the weight Of the car without LOAF q. ro-,
IaI twenty TONS the vibration even ar hlsh spssd
IS considerably less than that felt in an Ordi1srr
Runway coach drawn by q locomotive O5Itsids
OF the engine compartment the noise and trobNf7as
or the motor cannot be heard or felt ma a. n -
DuitL tnat te possibility OF teles IOptng - almost
entirely prsclgded In the body are seats cor ffcj
maximum speed OF about thfrtJ-fy,s r7IleS n 49,
ouC Win slight changes IL could be very sasiI1
The schedule for passenger trains has Tes1 1900
maintained on a number OF long distance runs.
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by writ are. as a rule. what Is known in the
German language as the "Uradel." and do not
owe the creation of their titles 70 royal favor
IHey We're the great territorial magnates and
Ieudai chieftains at the time Of the establish
ileht OF the monarchy. and are styled peers by
VIII because the King was wont to summon
'netn by means OF writ to meet him in coun-
eli ana to advise with him on matters concern
ING the welfare OF the kingdom. It was this
eoulcH or peers who considered themselves in
Iol"I OF nobility and lineage fully equal to the
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this time for the vital point in the whoie maj
.or is ~ nroyide sources of addiuonaI revenue
a. MT moro elaborate and successful protecu'e
- ,,,,ri+i,a measures into force at the earleS'
eaaaitIa time continued attacks upon women
l,,a.+ do,l,, reinforce the cry OF the people Oh
49,, tor ,rotection Of the innocent and the
punishment Of criminals - 15or,s+or
The murder Of Mrs. Franklin I. iiol'i7'0-
an Friday January u last, was the hL'n III
-. committed at the rate of almost one
,,ortb all more o.. less sensational ana aIo-
.io,, IN character; and though these aWiu'
IDS we're only small fraction OF long o ne
oF LiIlings occurring in perlou Oh ~
months they were the ones OhdI d 80 CON
,,leo,Ia of chicago TO a realization OF Ihe ~
ee+a1+ danger rnenacing the lives or olheIs. -
the Hollister case the murderer talilS ,I- 80
into the clutches of the police, buI III III -
the other recent murders the POILoe a. Il,
iuteI,7 at sea as 10 where the slayers ar -, ~
Two IF the most thrilling of these the
are completely in the dark as 10 ule 1872 49,
oF tho narnetrators AS to the other, the Mis
Gentry murder the police let the crlmlhal snip
THROUGH their net in the broad light OF gay
The murderer. Constantine, boldly roue dUouI
town in a cab. going from paWnshops 10 notes
with apparent enort TO Lmue 80 his
had fully prepared himself hours a1ter ms
crime was known, to leave the city or cohCeaI
himself somewhere inside the limits. one DAY
The police are close on his trail. having traced
him 10 some suburb; the next day he Is beneVed
n he on board a steamer bound for Italyi sun
again he is supposed TO be IN hiding IN the
italian quarter Of Chicago. Always at his heels
cannot get close enough TO fasten their clutches
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greater or less degree the other civilized coun-
tries of the world. are indebted fo- the recogni-
ton Of popular rights and for the origin 90
parliamentary government II was the barons
by writ in the time OF King John who wrested
from that most disreputable OF English sovar-
eigns what is known as the Magma Char+a- thu
basis Of the British constitution and the fo,,r
dalton Of all the prerOgauves and rights of tho
people. Peers by writ entirely dinerent
from peers by patent. and enjoy a far greater
degree OF prestige thah the latter. For peers