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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
PICKPOCKETS IN LONDON
Americans Complaining of a Gang of
Experts

Special Cablegram to The Star
LONDON, May 3O.-Americans have been
complaining of gang of expert pickpockets
at work in London, and, as a result of their
crimes, Detective Sergeant Baker and De-
tective Lovejoy made a raid on a number
who had gathered around the electric tram
way cars at Shepherds Bush. Three were
placed under arrest.
The most active members of the gang.
ing the motor omnibuses near the Marble
Arch and Oxford Circus tube stations.
These particular pickpockets are two wom-
en- and a When there is a rush for
q motor omnibus one of the women man
ages to get in front. She then seizes a
lady's handbag or she will snatch a watch,
which is promptly passed to the man be-
hind. Sometimes there is even Il second
man, and the first man passes it along to
his companion.
Il wish we could lay hands on them" said
a Scotland Yard detective. But they are
ingenious at effectng their escape. They
are nimble with their fingers Usually one
dressed and so smart in his general appear
ance that he would be taken anywhere for
a prosperous man of affairs. And if we
should happen to make a mistake and cap
ture an honest business man while trying
to run lown the accomplices of the pick
pockets you can readily understand what a
storm it would raise. The strength of the
as to render herself as inconspicuous as
possible. Take 1t all in all, these cases are
as hard as any that we have had to deal
with In years"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
TALES OF SPOOKS.
Archdeacon Suing London Wizard for
Alleged Libel.

Special Cablegram to The Star
LONDON. May 30.-Tales of "spooks"
that equal anything in the ARABIAN
Nights Were told on the kings bench the
other day when Mr.. Justice Ridley resumed
the hearing of Cooley VS.. Maskelyne"
ArchdcacCn Colley is suing Mr. Maske-
lyme, the wizard of ST. Georges Hall. for
damages for alleged litel contained in a
pamphlet which was given to audiences
at Messrs Maskelyne and DeNGnt's enter
tainments and Mr.. Maskelyne is counter
claiming the 5000 for which the arch
deacon challenged him to reproduce the
ghost which the once notorious "Dr"
Monck is said to have produced by the aid
of mediums.
Mr.. Maskelyne gave and is still giving an
entertainment, in which he shows what he
claims are the same .spook manifesto
tons which Monck is credited with having
produced and which he asserts Monck pro-
duced by trichery. The suits though too
long to explain in detail, have kept all
England laughing for the past month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
AGITATION IN GRANADA.
Protest Against Governments Re
fusal to Repair the Alhambra.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star
MADRID May 3O-Great agitation reigns
in Granada because on account of the par
simony of the government, which will not
vote funds for its proper repair, the cele
brated Alhambra Is threatened with col
lapse. The local newspapers are publish
ing stronglyworded articles praying that
this great monument, one of the glories
of Spain. which attracts thousands of visit
ors to Granada every year, may be saved
from ruin.
The building of the Alhambra at Granada
one of the most splendid and imposing
pieces of Moorish architecture in SPAIN
was begun in the thirteenth century by
Mohammed /, and continued by successive
monarchs, the finest parts of the structure
including the court OF the Myrtlos and the
court of the Lyons being due to the fifth
Mohammed. Its decorations were restored
by Ferdinand and Isabella, but it's period
of neglect and decay dates from Philip V.
who in lbs converted to his own uses the
revenues assigned for the preservation of
the building. a good deal of damage was
done to this noble structure by the French
in 1872, but subsequent efforts at reStora-
ton have been made. 1t would indeed be
reason for profound regret If steps cannot
be taken to prevent the utter ruin of this
wonderful specimen of architecture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
TOBACCO TRADE IN LONDON.
Projectors of Council Studying Meth
DDS in the United States.

Special Cablegram TO The Star.
LONDON, May 3O.-At a representative
meeting of members of the tobacco trade
held in London in January last, under the
presidency of Mr.. Thomas Galaher
resolution favoring Mr.. Henry Jerrold
Nathan's idea of a tobacco trades coun-
Gil and desiring him to proceed with it's
formation was unanimously carried. In
furtherance of Mr.. Nathan's proposals
Well-attended meeting of all sections of the
tobacco trade has just been held at the
Great Eastern Hotel Bishopgates street
The general purpose of the meeting was to
call attention to the objects of the newly
formed Tobacco Trades Council, which has
just been incorporated a limited COM
pany.
In circular dealing with the question of
the formation of tobacco trades council
Mr.. Nathan states It is com nol knowledge
that the Ogden Bonus Association consist
ing of comparatively insignificant num-
Der of individual tobaccoaiSts throughout
the kingdom, by combinat ion and under
the leader ship of a small comm ttee
wrested from gigantic and determined
opponent rights which had been absolutely
withheld That force should be again en-
ployed, with the assistance of all sections
of the tobacco trade. to advance their in
terests by removing far as poss BILE all
causes of friction between them by doing
away with all unfair and foolish compe-
tition and by providing facilities which
would materially reduce the expenses of
their business.
Those in charge of the movement have
spent vast deal of time studying out In
detail the manner in which the indepen-
dents have been wagng against the
tobacco trust in the United States of
America. Among the various objects OF
the new council are the establishment of a
benevolent fund upon lines far larger than
anything at present existing; the carrying
on all of the work of a trade protection
society; the establishment of arbitration
tribunals to deal with the 6iSnnfaS he
tween members. and thus dispense with
litiga ton; providing members with legal
advice and assistance in nOn-litigous mat
tiers to certain extent free Of cost and
otherwise on terms they would not be able
individually to obtain and the suppyin
to each member a trade paper with a
limited number of advertisements therein
gratis.
objects and many new members are being
constantly added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
POLICE DOGS IN VIENNA.
Successful Experiments With Trained
Administering Incidents.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
VIENNA. May 30.-Some interesting ex-
periments have just been made with police
dogs in Schwarzenberg Park. The animals
used were good German sheep dogs, greatly
resembling wolves.
The dogs proved very successful when it
came to the matter of the carrying of the
messages They covered one-half a
mile in three minutes, bringing a message
from an outpost. taking an answer back,
then returning to headquarters"
A trial to illustrate the use of animals in
saving drowning persons nearly had a fatal
ending however. The victim was dragged
by a dog across the pond in which the ex-
pertinent was made, but as the animal kept
the head of the victim under water he was
half drowned when he reached the bank.
In another case a supposed burglar who
was pursued by one of the dogs was so
furiously attacked by the animal that he
had to be rescued from his captor.
The Archduchess Isabella, who witnessed
some of the trials, SO impressed with
some of the results obtained that she or
dered a number of trained police dogs for
the protection of her family when living in
the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
VINE GROWERS PROTEST.
Demonstration in French Town
Against Spurious Claret.

Special Cablesram 10 The Star.
PARIS May 30-An extraordinary dem
onstration has just been held n the little
$4,000 vine growers gathered from the sur
rounding districts to hold a monster meet
ing with the object of protesting against
the fraudulent imitation of claret, which it
Is said is running the wine trade of the
south of France. Pony traps, dog carts,
heavy country drays and wagons, placarded
with such inscriptions as I'VE want bread,
Down with the claret fraud The south
must live" and NO taxation blocked the
roads all round the village.
The vine growers assembled in the public
SQUARE some even climbing trees and shout
ing from the housetops. The mayor of the
town took the chair and made an impas-
stoned speech against fraud. I'VE suffer
from fraud he said, and our vineyards
are dying. Shall we go TO our death with
out making a fight? No. Then waive all
differences of politics and religion and
unite to save our vines ana our VINE:
Down with fraud and up with good claret.
Another of the speakers asserted with
much enthusiasm that most of me so-ca!ied
claret sold in the public houses of England
as well as the restaurants OF America was
composed largely of lime and alkaline. 1t
was the same he said throughout the north
of France 1t was suggested that 10000
yInesrowers should march on Paris with
the object of getting the government to take
action Another speaker urged that &c
government should order from the south of
france so many thousands OF bottles OF
wine annually. Ultimately ii was agreed to
form great vine growers federation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
NOVEL TRADE UNION.
Called Syndicate of Perambulating
French Singers and Cripples.

Special Cabegram to The Star.
PARIS, May 30.-A latest trade union,
even stronger than that of the blind men
who so recently forced the government to
pay attention to their affections through
the result of organization, has just been
established and registered at Marseille. 1t
is called the Syndicate of Perambulating
French Singers and Cripples. There are
thirty-Six members. The articles of as
sociation, drawn up after much discussion,
follow:
Every member of the union must be of
French nationality.
No member is to sing or declaim mono
logues against the government of the re-
public, nor against the police nor against
any kind of religion.
Any member passing through a town and
hearing of a bogus cripple is to Immediately
inform the police.
Only those afflicted with some visible in
trinity to be able to join the union.
Women with visible infirmities may be
honorary members of the union.
The syndicate has entered an application
to be admitted to the Confederation Gener
ale de Travail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
ANGRY OVER KAISER'S ACT.
German Liberals Resent Latter's
Treatment of Prof. Curtius.

Special Cabegram to The Star.
BERLIN, May 30.-The reported resigna-
ton under pressure instGated by the kaiser
of Prof. Curtius, editor of the famous Ho-
henlohe Memoirs. from the presidency of
the Alsatian Protestant synod is exciting
angry criticism in liberal quarters. The in
cident is regarded affording glaring evil
dence that despite lbe-alsms rally around
the national cause at the recent reich
stag elections the reactiOna!y spirit is
dangerously alive, and that the kaiser prac
tically exercises absolutist powers over the
liberties of offending subjects.
The affair has been brought into still
greater prominence by the ka!sers boycott
of the professor during his najesty's visit
to Strashurg a few days ago. when the
name of Prof. Curtius was ostentatiously
stricken out of the lists of the guests of the
emperor at a state banquet. AlSatlan
Protcstants make official complaint to the
eovernOr-resident. but his letters in answer
ing have suggested that if the complanantS
were thoroughly patriotic they might do
well TO think it before taking further
stei in the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
BRUTAL TREATMENT OF SAILOR.
Germans Kept italian Comrade in
Irons for Over Two Months.

Special Cablegram 10 The Star.
PARIS MAY 30.-F'rom Dunkirk comes
an extra ordinary story about a sailor hav-
ing been kept in irons by some of his
comrades for upward of two months and
a half According to this account this
atrocity has been perpetrated on board an
Italian brigantine. the Fenice, which has
just arrived from Chilli. The Fenice has
been as far as Australia, where most of
the seamen had deserted, so that Capt.
Guispe had to present himself with a
scratch crew, composed of five Italians,
two Germans, two Scotchmen, two English
men, two NorwegianS. "a Russian, Dutch
man. an American and lastly a negro.
There We're from the first frequent squab-
bles between the Germans and the Italians
anu during a dispute over SO trifling
matter as the opening of a door the
closing OF a door of the cabin in which
the crew took their meals the Germans
fired on sailor from Palermo named
Necenzo and, Joined by one OF the Scotch
men. pursued him to the CAPTAINS cabin.
where he had sought refuge. Pointing their
revolvers at Cart. Guisene. thew declared
that they would kill him if he did not give
Vecenzo up. Well aware of the mutinous
temper of the crew. t.!e CAPTAIN reluctantly
obeyed but with the understanding that
NecenZo should not be put 10 death.
Theunfortunate man, after being thrashed
most numerically by the Germans and the
Scotchman, was handCuffed and then
dragged into deck cabin. where he was
tied down with a steel cable. One of the
Germans kept the keys from the handouts
and carrying revolver took his food to
the unlucky prisoner. At the expiration
of the first month Vecenzo was allowed to
have one free hand and thus able to
lie On has side. Finally, as the ship was
nearing land. tie Gcrmans smoke of re-
leasing their prisoner. bat Capt. Guspe
would not consent to this. and the conse-
quencc was that when the Fenice arrived
a Dunkirk the authorities were able to
~ tDp for i'm ms or 1n farlCa
committed, for NCcenZo had been driven
mad by the treatment he had received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
A SECOND SUEZ CANAL.
No Credence at Cairo in Revival Of
Old Story.
Special Cablerram TO The Star.

Special Cablecram 10 The Star.
CAIRO, May "0.-The report that sec
ond SueZ canal is to he constructed eX-
clusvely with British capital is not be-
lieved here. The story of the construction
of a second canal is in reality very old.
The question was aired in 1883 before the
agreement between the Suez Canal Com
pany and the British ship owners took
place and since that date it has cropped up
now and then, but not in q serious and a
practical manner. The assignment of a
reason for the construction of Il new sys-
TEN Of waterways is found in the fact that
il will be needed to compete with the pro-
jected Bagdad railway, which, it will be re-
called is being constructed with German
capital But in the opinion of competent
judges the present SucZ canal is amply
sufficient for this purpose so far as through
traffic is concerned and when it comes to
matter of local transportation nothing
could be done in any event in the way of
competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
A CURIOUS BABY CASE.
Many Tongues Wagging in French
District Over Strange Sale.

Special Cabegram to The Star.
PARIS, May 3O-A curious case con-
corning baby sold by its father to
woman came before the courts the other
day at Quimper for adjustment, and as
a consequence. all tongues in that district
are wagging. The wife of a valet de
chambre gave birth to a child some time
ago, the mother dying not long after. The
midwife, hearing that the birth of the
child had not been declared, urged the
father to lose no time in seeing the au-
thorites about the matter. The father,
however. did not seem to be anxious to
comply with the law in this detail. His
reason was very peculiar one. He had
agreed to/sell the child for $40 to the wife
of butcher soon as the matter could
be arranged so that the butcher would
never know anything about it.
One day 1t became necessary for him TO
brought to his house. In the evening his
wife went to her rooms and later 1t was
announced that she had given birth to a
son. The butcher was no doubt a little
surprised at the event, especially consider
ing the fact that his wife was fifty-four
years of age. However, the idea of having
a son fiattered him; he welcomed the
stranger and the next day was delighted
with the idea of going to declare the birth
of the infant The registry clerk perhaps
made some inoppOrtune remark when the
age of the mother was mentioned, for she
had not only had children by a previous
marriage, but was actually a grandmother.
In some way-some say through remark
dropped by the mfdwite-the rumor spread
that some extraordinary deception had been
practiced and the valet de chambre, think
ing that it might turn to his advantage,
resolved to inform the butcher of what
had happened. The butchers wrath and
disappointment knew no bounds and he at
once set to work. procuring the services of
d lawyer and ordering the prosecution or
all concerned The matter, however, now
appears to be in fair way of settlement.
The valet has taken his son back and the
butcher will proba bly, pardon his wife in
consequence of her good intentions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
AFGHAN BRIGANDS BUSY.
Attacked and Robbed Caravan Carry
ing Rich Commodities.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
ST PETERSBURG, May 3O-A dispatch
from Askabad says that caravan which
started from Tachta Bazaar for Herat. ac-
companied by sixteen Jewish merchants
has been attacked at Kali NOR by a band
of Afghan brigands, who fired and wounded
five Of the merchants. The caravan was
carrying silk and cotton goods and 18 600
roubles in gold and 5000 Persian krans in
silver The robbers stole the money and
the choicest of the goods, as we'll as two
horses. and then drove the caravan across
the Afghan frontier. cautioning the owners
not to cross it again at the peril of their
lives.
The brigands were fugitives from Herat,
where times for thieves are at present
somewhat hard, the government hanging
persons for the slightest theft, and some
times even when no thefts had been COM
mitted. These particular robbers therefore
appear to have taken refuge in Russian
territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
SWISS NATURALIST KILLFn
Victim of Sierra Leone Uprising Just
Revealed
;necial Cahlecram hal The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERNE. May 2O-According 20 a tele-
gram received here by a Bernese firm
which has a branch at Sierra Leone, the
European who was murdered in the village
of Bussedy in the Liberian hinterand, of
which the French troops recently took pos
session, was not German professor, as
was at first thought, but DR.. Voz. a Swiss
naturalist of Berne, who left Europe last
year to explore the hinterland of Liberia.
He had stopped short time al konakry,
where he had been warmly received by
the French authorities.
Leaving Mano. to the west of Monrovia,
DIR. Nolz intended to make his way through
Beylaland In the upper ST. Paul river
region, crossing thence to the French mill
tary posts apd round to konakry. Dr.
Volz. who had made zoology his special
study, had already carried out several ex-
ploring expeditions in the Dutch West
Indies. He was still young man, and
was considered to have a very promising
scientific future before him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
FAMINE is BROKEN.
Hundreds of Deaths Caused With
Great Suffering

SHANGHAI. May 3o.-The famine which
has prevailed for many weeks, causing
hundreds of deaths and great suffering, has
been broken. The crops are still thin, but
the hot weather of the past month has been
favorable TO a good yield.
American gifts have supplied milk regu-
larly to 1905 babies at the Hsu Chou Flu
Temple. while 200 more have been nour-
ished OCCASIONALLY. The children left
with their parents or relations. the Chi
nese dread foreign orphanages.
What is left of the gifts will be turned
over to the Red Cross Society TO relieve in
dividual cases of need and to grapple with
the next crisis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
-UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS.
Russian Brutalitias inflicted on Poll
teal Prisoners at Riga.

Special Cabesram The Star
ST. PETERSBURG. May 3o.-Reports OF
the unspeakabe horrors of the Russian
prisons continue to be made to the duma.
The latest reports to attract attention are
those which NJ. Pergament is making in
piecemeal describing various outrages in
f1icted by the police and the prison admin
istrations al Riga and other Baltic towns
The sections of the reports already re-
ceived constitute a horrible catalogue of
tortures inflicted on political prisoners and
suspects with the object of extracting con-
LESSONS. One report begins by stating tn
special committee was appointed at Riga
for the purpose of directing the infection of
fortunes and that the government with the
knowledge of the administrative authori-
ties. the public prosecutor and the colonel
of the local stndarmes empowered the COM
mittee to kill accused persons without trial
Many of these things the governor admits
of his own accord, but pleads justification.
Some of the descriptions of the tortures
employed are unpr!ntable. The report al
legeS that finger and toe nails and hair were
! torn out and that prisoners We're failed
with India rubber S,-ckS until the flesh was
hanging in strips. Salt was then rubbed in.
one young man who was SHOT after hav-
ing been tortured had leg almost cut
off and his body covered with other wounds
Another man was tied to bench. a plank
was laid across his body and two policemen
seesawed on it until they roke the back of
the victim.
The police jumped the body of a third
lad until his chest bones were crushed and
his internal organs were in such a state
that he could not swallow food-only water
until he died.
After being tortured the N. med retches
We're generally shot, near the Riga central
prison.
Old and young were treated alike A cEild
of eight, for instance, was brutally flogeed
to make him tell where his father was
An Interpolation will be address to the
government, asking if nothing can be done
to stop things like these already reported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
SEQUEL TO HARTJE CASE.
William De Costa Sentenced for Per-
Jury

PlTTSBt RG, Pa, May ;0-William b.
De Costa, colored who was convicted Of
perjury in connection with the trial Of
Clifford Hooe, the negro coachman for
merly In the employ OF Augustus Hartie
was today sentenced To serve two years in
the western pententiary. Hooe is now SEW
ing sentence in TIE same penal institution
having been convicted on a similar charge,
and with the incarceration of De Costa
there closes a second chapter of the sequel
to the sensational Hartje divorce pro-
ceedings.
The next will probably be the trial OF
the Hbellant Augustus Hartje, and John l..
Welshons, on the charge of conspiracy
and when these cases have been disposed OF
there will remain only the indictments
against Staab and Anderson, the two detec-
tives who have been granted "A new trial
on the charge of rifling the trunk of Thos.
Nadine, the coachman correspondent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30
A NOVEL UNIVERSITY.
Feature of New Partisan Institution to
Turn Cut Perfect Woman.

Special Cablegram to Tie Star.
PARIS. May 30.-A university has just
been introduced to the public here which
guarantees to turn out the perfect
woman
1t is the Unversite des Annales and the
opinion of it's foundress. Nine. --Aophs-
Brissen Is that it is one of the sanest
and soundest institutions yet devised for
making women more womanly.
The Universite des Annales works on
original lines. In one class room a group
of pretty i.rls will study poetic dressmak
ing and the art of designing picturesque
frocks. In the lecture hall the students
will be RECALLED with lecture. perhaps upon
the subject of "Woman's Coquetry.'
This novel curriculum. it is commended.
will minimize the danger of the sweet
girl graduate developing into the dreaded
blue stocking.