Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
Colonial Minister Probing Queer Al
fair-Tims-Honored lGorgus to
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obtained consisting of meat with q vege-
table and then another vegetable or eggs,
winding UP with dessert, the drinks being
the same as at the lower-priced repast and
bread ''at discretion" For one dollar hors
doeuvres or fish or another plate of meat,
vegetables or dessert can be had This
temperance restaurant has been founded In
the hope that 1t wiz be productive Of good
by NJ Mirabaud. and such excellent results
of pecunfary nature are anticipated that
it has already been decided to apportion
the profits In the following way: 40 per cent
to be devoted to charities In the district,
70 per cent to the management. the same
average to the employees, the capital used
in starting the temperance eating house
having the benefit Of the remaining 20 per
cent. Undoubtedly institutions Of this kind
are numerous in America, but the one pro-
posed Is certainly novelty for old world
Paris, and there Is considerable speculation
as to what the ultimate outcome will be.
Legal proceedings are being taken against
no less parsonage than the Emperor Of
Russia. who Is summoned to appear before
a magistrate at Nice as owner of a prop
erty on which stands q mausoleum, erected
in memory Of his uncle. the elder brother
Of Alexander III, who died In villa on
that very spot. The tsar purchased the
land round the mausoieum a few years ago
in his own name, and thus has enabled
neighbors of one end of the estate to take
reason being their objection to the enroach-
ment Of branches of huge trees over It's
walls On the application of the lawyer OF
the Russian consulate the affair has been
adjourned.
British Girl Heroine.
Miss Nellie MacCarthy, aged nineteen,
has already acquired the reputation OF be-
ing a heroine. She came here from England
a few years ago in search Of q situation.
and when she lost her way on the Boule-
ward Sebastopol, accepted as guide re-
spectable- looking person of her own sex. to
whom she had confided her perplexity. The
two women were walking along when the
guide informed her companion that tney
were close to her abode and invited her to
rest there for moment Miss MacCarthy
gratefully accepted the offer, but when her
guide so abominably infringed the laws OF
hospitality by summonfng her to hand over
her purse and jewelry, and on her refusal
tried to seize the property by force. she
whisked out her revolver and blazing away
lodged a bullet in the woman's arm. Tne
report attracted neighbors to the room, the
nolice were sent for, and while the wounded
woman was conveyed to the hospital Miss
Nellie was conducted to the station. But
she had no difficulty in making her peace
with the commissary. who promptly re-
leased her.
addressed by M. Clemenceau. who has been
directing the war Office in the absence OF
Gen. Picquart, to the sub-prefect OF SAINT
Flour by whom It has been communicated
to the mayor The municipal council OF
that town had expressed hope that q bat
TALON might be stationed there as being
good for the local trade. but M. Clemenceau
explains that-owing to the diminution OF
the strength OF the army. consequent on
the REDUCTION OF the term Of military serv-
ice to two years. most OF the fourth battal-
ion existing infantry regiments viii have
to be suppressed. This measure. M.
Clemenceau adds, will anect the garrisons
to conclude at present engagements with
the towns which desire the creation OF
garrison, when 1t Ii not even certain that
all of the existing garrtsons can be main
tanned" This letter Is now pelng extensi y,
" quoted as an eloquent refutation OF the
argument brought forward by Gen. Andre
and other advocates Of the two-year sys-
tenn that the army would not suffer.
Rumored Graft In Copying Deal.
M. Millies-Lacroix, the colonial minister,
has Instituted an investigation into a queer
affair. After the Martinique catastrophe
parliament voted special credit OF 100000
to repair the damages, and out OF this sum
the minister Of the colonies claimed p trifle
over 100000 for the copying Of the archives
of ST. Pierre, which had been destroyed,
and duplicates OF which were kept at the
ministry at FarlS. M mihes-AacIo!A nus
lust made public his discovery that the ex-
penditure of a large proportion of this
money has not been duly accounted for,
hence this investigation.
He is represented as having added In the
course of an interview that some OF this
work was distributed by clerks among
friends and acquaintance outside OF the
department; that even a chauneur was
pressed into the service, and that members
Of parliament asked for copy for their pro-
teges, and all this to the detriment of the
lower classes of the employees OF the minis
try who would have been only TOO glad
Of such an opportunity OF supplementins
their modest salaries. What the minister Is
described as particularly wanting to know
is whether some OF this work was let out
on the cheap-that 10 to say, whether GER
tain officials paid copyists at the rate OF
only % cents. for which they Were mem
selves being remunerated at the rate. OF IL.
Anyhow, there appears to have been one
grand rush after this particular copying
business.
Proposed New Morgue.
The removal Of the time-honored morgue
from It's present premises seems to be I'M
minent. It is well known that the small
building which 1t occupied was in dilapt-
dated condition, and committee Of the
conseil- general Of the Seine which visited 1t
recently has recommended Its removal. The
project Of the department OF the Seine will,
It Is said. propose its demolition to the mu-
nicipal council, and the building of q new
rnorgue In the neighborhood, probably in
the Rue De Poissy, to which medico-legal
institute will be attached.
NJ. Puaux, the special correspondent OF the
Temps In Egypt, who has been interviewing
Muktar Pasha who for 80 many years rep
resented the Sultan Of Turkey at Cairo.
makes the interesting statement that Muk-
tar Pasha told him that he was living
protest against the British occupation. for
which the Suez canal. the French and even
Turkey were to blame. He had heard from
the late Nubar Pasha himself that Lord
Palmerston had said to him one day: Don't
open the canal, for II you do England will
be obliged to take Egypt" The canal might
be boon to civilization, he complained.
but 1t had inflicted great mischief on the
ottoman empire. Muktar Pasha fatty de-
MED that he had been wafiike or that Ger
many had been behind Turkey.
Says Brother Was Never In Prison.
SAN JOSE, CAL, May 11.-George w.
Meyer, brother Of Charles H. Meyer, the
imprfsoned president OF the Western Fed