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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-12-23

fhlNCE GEOhOE Oc A.<D his
FIANCEE-
families of Europe. In the third place.
the match acquires special interest
from the fact that it was opposed by
no less than three crowned heads. a
sort of concert of the powers" singing
NO wedding bells for them" The
trio were the king of England, the
king of Italy ara. lastly, King George
of Greece himse..,, the father of the
groom.
The prince is the second son of King
George and was born in 1869. He is
nephew of Queen Alexandra. King
Edward disapproved the match be-
cause of the lineage Of the princess
The Bonaparte family has experienced
many vicissitudes since the time of
Napoleon /. The Princess Marie is the
great-grandfather was Prince Lucien
and Marie Blanc. Prince Roland is a
noted savant who visited the United
States in 1893 and was highly honored
by scientists. Her grandfather was
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, who was con-
sidered the most disreputable member
Of the Bonaparte family. and her
great-grandfather was Prince Lucien
Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger broth
er. who died in 1910. Lucien was per-
haps the ablest of the brothers of the
emperor and the least selfish. He de-
clined several crowns offered by Ma
poleon in order to confine his life to
scientific researches. 1t is from her
mothers side that the princess brings
her large fortune, but it is tainted. as
the phrase goes in America. Her ma
ternal grandfather was tie exwaiter
and millionaire gambling hell keeper,
NJ. Blanc, the founder of Monte Carlo
This is what particularly sticks in the
crop of King Edward of England. But
the princess herself is young woman
of whom every one speaks well. Prince
George is deeply in love with her. and
it is said the marriage bells will sure
ly ring.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-12-23
A ROYAL ROMANCE.
Prince George of Greece and His Lows
For a Bonaparts Princess.

The forthcoming marriage Of Prince
George Of Greece 10 the Princess Lett
tia Marie Bonaparte is something
quite out OF the ordinary in rOya!
matches. In the first place. ii VIII
raise 4 branch of the BOuaparte family
once more to royal rank. In 'hp sec
Ond place. il Will give Il comparatively
poor prince fortune Of about SE,0DO.-
600. quite a comfortable sum as money
Is measured among many Of the roya.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-12-23
MISS ANNIE BEST.

Society Girl Who Will Soon Be Led to
the Altar.
One Of the early November weddings
will be that of Miss Annie Livingston
Best to E. Yale Smith. Miss Best has
been called the best gowned woman in
the Four Hundred. and she is consid-
cred one of the handsomest girls of
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-12-23

her set. She is a daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs Clermont Livingston Best OF
New York. Washington and Newport
Miss Best was educated largely in
France and is very accomplished The
wedding will take place in Grace
church, New York, where so many SIM
Tar ceremonies have occurred.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-30
Another Russian Assassinated.

St Petersburg. Jan. Ex-Governor
Guidema Of the political prison at
Basalisk Island was assassinated.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-30
THE INDIAN LANDS
MAY Be SOLD
BUT THE GOVERNMENT WILL RE-
SERVE ALL MINING RIGHTS.
INDIANS HAVE MONEY.


YSshington. Jan. SO-The Indian
appropriation bill was submitted to
the senate today. On and after July 1
all restrictions upon alienation, leas-
ing or encumbering OF Indian lands
shall be removed. The bill provides
that the value of the surface of all
coal and asphalt lands of the Choc-
taws and Chickasaws be ascertained
by appraisers. who may sell such lands
after six months notice in quarter sec
ton lots. reserving all mining rights.
The Eastern Cherokees were given
the right to recover by suit S15O,OOO,
the difference between the sum which
was to have been paid their attorney
and that actually paid a St. Louis firm
through the alleged influence of Hitch
cock.
The distribution of all Indian money
held in trust is recommended; also
white children may attend Indian
schools.
The Choctaws are credited with
100000 seminoles, or $4,000.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-30
IS. Advertise For 1t, and You Will Get 1t.
TENTH JUROR IN
THE THAW CASE
JEROME INVESTIGATING REPORT
THAT ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN
MADE TO INFLUENCE JURORS.

Special to the Herald.
New York, Jan. 3O.-Harry c. Break
ley, an advertising agent, married,
and aged 40 years. has been selected
as the tenth juror in the Thaw case.
He takes FARES place.
Jerome is investigating a report
that several talesmen have been APP
preached. and that the attempt had
been made to influence one juror.
FAIRIES. the excused juror. will insist
on an explanation as to why he was
dropped.
Mrs Caine. wanted by Jerome, has
been located in Boston, and is now
en- route here
No more sketching of the principals
by reporters will be allowed. All such
artists are asked to leave the court
room.
Evelyn Thaw and May Mckenzie
were in the court room early this
morning. Mrs. Carnegie and Edward
Thaw arrived an hour after court had
opened.
A new panel of one hundred men
has been ordered.
Thaw's mother and sister, the count
ess, are suffering from colds, and will
not appear in court until they feel bet
ter.
1t is reported today that Thaw has
been reconciled to the insanity plea.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-30
MOTHER AND CHILD
WERE BOTH DEAD
WILLIAM c. coPLEY. CLERK IN
CENSUS BUREAU, WAS PLACED
UNDER ARREST.

Special TO the Herald
Washington, Jan. 30.-William G.
COpley. a clerk in the census bureau.
was arrested this morning after his
wife and G-months-old baby were found
dead at their home. with bullet holes
in their heads. Coplcy told the police
he heard pistol shots and found his
wife dead.
The physicians summoned found the
baby in it's cradle. also dead.
Mrs. Copley was formerly Amanda
Bunker of Walnut, Iowa The couple
lived at that place before coming to
Washington.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-30
KANSAS RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Manager for State Board to Get An
nual Salary Of Ten Thousand.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 3O.-The bill in
the legislature creating a State rail.
road commission provides that the
manager Of the State board of rail-
road commissioners shall get a salary
Of ten thousand dollars a year. An
other bill prohibits railroads from dis
elimination in favor of one town over
another. And no town in a neighbor-
ing State is to be given advantage
over q Kansas town.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-30
swETTINeHAM HAS RESIGNED.
Jamaiea's Uppish Governor Reported
as Down and Out.

Special to the Herald.
London. Jan. 30. - Swettingham's
resignation has been rendered and ac-
ceDted. according to the Globe. which
adds that the governor should have
been acquainted with certain facts
about which he was ignorant. This is
said because previous report of resig-
nation offered and accepted was pre-
mature.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-30
Much Scarlet Fever.
Special to the Herald.

Chicago. Jan. 3O.-Of 500 new con.
tagious diseases reported today. 314
are reported as scarlet fever.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-30
THE DEAD WILL
REACH SIXTY-FIVE
REscUERS AT THE STEWART
MINE HAVE NOT YET REACHED
THE VICTIMS.

Special TO the Herald.
Fayetteville, w. Va, Jan. 30.-NO
hope now that any Of the victims Of
the Stewart mine explosion yesterday
are alive.
The number of dead will in all prob
ability reach sixty-five. of whom TWEEN
ty are foreigners. The rescuers have
so far failed to reach the bodies.
The latest from the mine is that it
is now thought seyenty-five are dead,
and that probably two men in the
mine are still alive. The rescuers
hope to reach the bodies by night
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-01-30

Charleston, W. Va. Jan. 29.-With a
detonation heard for miles and which
hurled debris hundreds of feet in the
air. dust in the Stewart mine. near
Fayetteville, exploded this afternoon,
bringing a terrible death to the eighty
or more who were at work more than
ten hundred feet below the surface.
There is no chance that any of the
men will be taken out alive, for it is
thought that the terrible force of the
explosion snuffed out their lives in
stantly. 1t will not be possible for the
rescuers to reach the bottom of the
shaft within forty-eight hours. The
disaster is perhaps the worst in the
history of this State.
Most of the men were Americans
and most of them were married and
had large families. There were a
dozen or more colored men and fifteen
or more aliens. The rescue work was
commenced as soon as the. wrecked
parts of the shaft house could be re-
paired. About two hours after the
explosion three men were lowered in
the shaft in an improvised bucket. Be
fore descending sixty feet two of them
were overcome with the foul air and
the third was barely able to give the
signal to their comrades at the TOP.
F5rher attempts nave been a5ahd11a
y for the time and work of clearing
the shaft was begun. Air was sup
piled to the mine by several large
fans. but the mechanism was damag-
ed and the fans were idle for about
two hours The fans have been start
ed again, and if the men were not
killed by the force OF the explosion it
may be that they will have chance
to survive.
The mine has but one opening.
although a passage was being driven
to connect with a mine a short dis
lance away This work had been stop
ped. The Stewart shaft has three
compartments. two for the coal cages
and one for the air shaft. One OF the
coal cages had been taken out for re-
pairs. leaving the compartment clear,
and it was not damaged. It was
through this that the three men at
tempted to descend in improvised
buckets. It is stated that nearly all
the men were at work in the entrance
near the bottom Of the shaft. The
mine had been having a run and in
consequence most Of the men were at
work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-26
Debating the "Lordso RiII

1t begins to look as though the liberal
party in England had finally secured a
strong issue on which to appeal 10 the
country at the next ell ction, namely, tie
abolition at least the res. ricton of the
house of lords Yesterdays proceedings in
the commons may be taken as the first gun
of a campaign which is likely to continue
for many months and probably to supply
the materials for the next ballot battle.
Former Premier Balfour SUI asted to his
successor that the ministry would have done
better to make the first attack directly upo
the system by means of an appeal to the
country at this time. 1t is evident, how
ever, that the government s. As to ascer-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-26
Americans Abroad.

We may all appreciate attentions to dis
tinguished Americans abroad without at
taching too much Importance to them.
Mark Twain's reception in England is fully
justified by his contributions to literature
His humor Is so hearty and so true that
even TRANSACTIONS into foreign tongues do
not cripple 1t. 1t wins, therefore, with full
force wherever received in its native We
hicle. One of his greatest accomplishments
has been to discredit the old story about
the inability of an Englishman to grasp an
American joke. And so We need not read
into the news of the honors now being
showered on the American humorist in
England anything of a political nature. 1t
is not sought to forward by such means a
so called alliance" or anything of that
kind. between Great Britain and America
American humor is not to serve so solemn
q purpose.
Equally fanciful, too, is the story from
Berlin about the far-reaching politics to be
detected in the seating of the guests at the
kaiser's table at the festivities at Kiel and
the length of time he devotes to CONVERSE
ton with this or that American. Does he
have the American ambassador at his ell
bow. 1t is a sign that he wants formal
alliance as against Japan. and will do his
part toward keeping the Stars and Stripes
on view in the Pacific. Does he compliment
an American lady in promenading. it Is q
sign. gallant sign. that all is well with
America In the kaiser's heart, and that he
loves both the country and its people.
All of this is interesting enough in its
way and suits the season. At last We
have summer. in all Its glory and incite-
ments. Topics at such a time should not
be too serious. 1t is good matter for de-
bate. indeed. If the meeting at The Hague
Is well appointed as to the season. Who
shall say that the delegates would not be
in better trim for their work and the world
In soberer mood for 1t In early spring or
late fall? Midsummer madness may affect
even the aspirations for peace.
King Edward and his gracious queen
shaking hands with Mark Twain, and the
kaiser making himself agreeable to visiting
Americans at a marine holiday show, ap-
peal to our appreciation as a people. but
are not to be supposed as soliciting an
alliance" with US for any other purpose
than the continuation of existing good fell
lowship between their countries and this
As everybody should know, America is not
In the alliance business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-26
Steamboats, and Public Safety.

Have all the federal laws governing the
equipment and management of the excur-
sion boats been strictly enforced this sea-
sonf This question Is uppermost in the
minds of many people at this time of the
year. when the rivers and bays of the
country are the scene of pleasure outings
for multitudes. The memory of the Slocum
horror has not entirely faded. There Is
general hope that the lessons taught by
that disaster have been effectively applied.
Whether that hope is well founded remains
for events to disclose. The annual inspec-
tions have all been made and the boats
that are commissioned by the government
officers are supposed to be properly supplied
with life preservers and fire hose, their
crews well drilled to cope with emergencies
and their hulls and boilers in first-class
shape to withstand the strain of heavy
work. 1t is also supposed that precautions
have been taken to prevent over crowding
and to detect and punish this particularly
dangerous form of cupidity on the part of
the boat owners and managers. Is. this
supposition justified?
When an accident" is repeated 1t be-
comes crime. Every untoward happen
Ing. caused by seemingly. unavoidable con-
ditions. should teach its lesson and serve as
all insurance against occurrences of the
same character. If the government in
spection service has not been strengthened
In every branch to cope with the situation
not only in anticipation of the season. but
throughout its course, a tremendously
heavy responsibility rests upon those who
allot the appropriations and those who ex
pend them.
1t may be that every chance of pernicious
economy on the part of the steamboat own
nd ~ firia
operatives has been forestalled by the re-
fusal of licenses this year. If such is the
case the public safety Is insured so far
as human ingenuity permits. Meanwhile
the patrons OF the excursion boats them
selves can contribute to their own safety
by refusing to so on board of steamers that
are crowded or that give evidences to the
eye of being insufficiently manned or i'm
properly equipped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-26
Knocking Knox.

Those who are CHASING Mr.. Knox as a
"reactionary" would do we'll to read his
Yale address again, and consider somewhat
the mans public record. When he entered
Mr.. McKinley's cabinet he was classed as a
trust lawyer, and many people persuaded
themselves that his business there would
be to protect the trusts. So far from prov
Ing a trust protector, he proved in the De-
partment of Justice to be the greatest of
trust busters He found that the anti
trust law had great vitality, and he applied
1t in way that made the trusts, big and
little, groan. So now in this later case
To read into the Yale address anything
signifying that Mr.. Knox is not in sym
pathy with his partys trust record on gen.
eral lines is to do its author an injustice.
The Knox presidential boom Is not formi-
dable. and may not become So but it should
not be knocked by excessive and mislead-
ing praise from Wall street sources. Give
the pennsylvania senator a square deal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-26
The Tartarin of Today.

Alphonse Daudet died at least ten years
too soon. He should have lived to witness
veritable demonstration of the truth of
his famous characterization of the south
ern French temperament In his immortal
uilogy of stories descriptive of the expe-
rtences of the delectable Tartarin 1t is
related that Daudet, himself a native of
Mines which is about fifteen miles from
Montpelier. became intensely unpopular In
the Midi when he wrote the first of the Sc
ries relating the ''prodigious adventures
of his hero. He adverted to this fact in
the preface of the final volume, which tells
OF Tartarin's enterprise in founding a south
sea colony. However that may be- ii would
doubtless have been some consolation to
Daudet to witness the performances OF the
redoubtable Marcelle Albert. leader of the
wine growers of the Midi m their now
lapsing revolt against the government
This Albert appears to be prototype
of Tartarin himself, a fellow of great en-
ergy for a time, and then capable of sud
den lapses. Having worked the revolution
up TO a point at which the very government
OF France was trembling, the army was set
on the move. the troops were mutinous. the
whole municipal machinery of four entire
provinces was stopped and a state of chaos
prevailed, Albert fled ignominiously before
the military who sought to arrest him. One
recalls the preference Of the illustrIous
Tartarin for his chocolate and rolls in bed
IN the morning to the hard fare of the At
rican camp as a lion hunter
But 1t has been reserved for the last two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-26
The South and the Presidency.
Says the Richmond Times-Dispatch:

"It Is provided in Article II of the fed
eral Constitution that no person except
United States at the time of the adoption
of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the
Office of President The unwritten law
provides that no person except citizen
born in a state which has never seeded
shall be eligible to the office of President.
In order to bring the matter to a test we
propose that the unwr1tten law be enacted
and made part of the Constitution. 1t Is
always best to be frank II southern men
are Ineligible in fact to the Office of Presi-
dent they should be ineligible in law"
This is too lugubrious view of the mat
ter The south Is herself responsible for
the figure she has cut in presidential call
culations these thirty years past. She has
kept in the background. and played second
fiddle to some very commonplace northern
politicians. She has assumed that the prize
was not for her. and that her only part
was to help secure 1t for a man Of north
ern birth and residence. The place she oc-
cupies today therefore, is practically of her
own choosing.
Just now there is good deal of talk
about nominating - southern man for PresI-
dent. But 1t Is not sincere. 1t has Its origin
in the quarter which has long received the
south's favors in national conventions. and
Is expecting more of them. All the south
Is really asked to do is to withdraw her
preference for Mr.. Bryan, and leave 1t to
the men who have for long been naming
the candidate to name the man for next
year. Wall street does not want a south
ern man in the White House, and would not
aid In an earnest effort to put one there.
Such man as Judge Gray. or Mr.. Daniel,
or Mr.. Culberson could not be pulled and
hauled In Office to answer Wall streets pur-
poses.
The south's loyalty to the restored Union
is nowhere In question. In the past forty
years sons Of hers have filed many high
places at home and abroad. and filled them
well. She has sons in Office today who in
point Of ability and character and patriot
try: and the presidency itself is not beyond
their merit or executive capacity. But she
has 50 long subordinated them to her east
ern allies that they have not generally been
rated at their true value. Tammany Hall
alone has had more influence In shaping
platforms and naming candidates at demo-
cratic national conventions than the whole
south.
The old record Of secession is not the
trouble, but the fact that the south, under
outside leadership. largely of the New York
complexion, has appeared to disadvantage
in national politics. going easily from one
issue to another and back again, apparently
with no higher object in view than mere
success at the polls. The south will never
exert her full and proper influence on ma
tional affairs until she cuts loose alike from
Wall street and Wall streets ally. Tam
many Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-26

tain the extent to which the public ssnti-
ment supports 1t in its new move and pre-
fers to keep the question upon the plane
of academic discussion for the present.
Thus far the mnistry's suggestion goes
only to the extent of curtailing the veto
power Of the house of lords. There is no
proposal to abolish the chamber or to SUBJ
stitute elective body for the hereditary
chamber. One of the ministry's antago-
nists yesterday asked whether it propos d
to relegate the duty Of choosing house of
lords to the county boards. corresponding
to the state legislatures of this country. To
this. as far as the dispatches run, no d.
rect reply was apparently deemed neces-
sary, it being conceded, 1t would seem,
that the issue directly in hand, so far as
1t Is framed, Is not the abolition of thu
lords. a change of the method of seiec-
ton, but the adoption of measures to cur
tail the power Of that body as brake on
legislation.
Reduced to lowest terms, the premier's
proposal is to render the house of lords
merely an affirmative body, to ratify the
actions of the commons. This means to
concentrate all legislative power In the
lower house, to transform England's ira
Gitional two-chamber system to the basis Of
a single chamber. This would indeed be a
revolution. not alone in England but In
the whole range of constitutional govern
ment. For this reason the debates on the
proposition will doubtless be read with the
keenest interest by public men the world
over, and the progress of the campaign will
be followed closely. as one Of the most i'm
portant moves made in England for many
years.