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The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
PEASANTS IN REVOLT
Agrarian Riots Begin Early
in Russia.
THREE PROVINCES AFFECTED
Harvest Disturbances Cause Troops
90 BE Rushed 20 scene OF Trouble.
Homesteads Are Burned - Rural
Mobs Fight the Gendarmes with
Scythes and other Instruments.

ST Petersburg, July E.-Grave agrarian
ouuages in the provinces Of Kien, Perm.
and Kherson may be the beginning Of the
Russian peasant revolt which has been
threatened Tor the harvest season. The
events reported to your ST. Petersburg
correspondent come rather earlier than
expected. but their significance seems TO
have been increased by Reuters news
that Roumauia is sending troops in view
of inceudiary threats there
At an estate in the province Of Kien
the peasants have burned the houses
Of the proprietoys and destroyed the
crops. The owners. with their wives and
children, were obliged to fee, and some
are almost pennifass. When the soldiers
reached the district they found that the
peasants had armed themselves with
scythes and other implements. The dark
ness OF night was lii up with blazing
.homesteads. 1t was only after great diff
ers was effected.
At the village Of Vernitzin in the PROV
ince Of Perm. the peasants. with the
fury OF wild beasts. attacked the gen
darnes, who tried to arrest their rinelead-
ers, mutiiated the body OF one of them.
and destroyed the documents Of the rural
court Cf justice.
Nothing is known here Of the disorders
in the kheTsOn province.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
MAYSNAPTHEKAISER
But Camera FiendS Must Ask
Private Persons First.
GERMANY MAKES A NEW LAW
SnnpshOoters Allowed TO Take"
Public PerSOnaEes and Buildings
without Formulation, but Mere Citi-
Eens and Their Property Are Pro-
tected from Undesircd Publicity.

Berlin. July 27.-Damages to the extent
Of Sl,5O0. with a fine of $3.50 or two
months imprisonment, may henceforth be
the fate of anybody in Germany who
snapshots a private person. work of art
or interior of a building, and cirCulates
or publishes the picture without permis-
sion. Persons in the public eye, such as
the Kaiser, the members of the royal fam
ily, statesmen. and actors. and all sorts
Of public buildings and works Of art, may
be snapshotted and reproduced without
permission.
Tourists with cameras viii not be af-
feCted as long as their snapshots are con-
fined TO such subjects. Illustrated news
papers are liable 20 the same restrictions.
No police regulation is provided for. and
prosecutions will follow only upon COM
plant Of persons involved. The law is
specially designed to protect the copyright
of photographers, painters, seulptors,
architects, and industrial artists. If the
original works Of the members Of any of
these professions are reproduced without
their permission the reprOducer may be
punished as explained above.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
SUICIDE FOILS POLICE
Hunted Man Kills Himself
After All-night Siege.
ATTEMPTS MURDER IN COURT
Sentenced to Prison for Assault,
Wrestler Wounds His AccUser and
Tries 10 Kill officer Who Arrested
Him-Barricades Himself in His
Home and Keeps BesIegers at Bay.

Paris. July IA tragic Fort Chabrol"
drama has occurred at Toulouse. On
Wednesday evening a wrestler named
TournieT was sentenced at the local po-
lice court 10 eight months Imprisonment
for a desperate assault on a man named
Darmes.
Immediately after the sentence was
pronounced Tournier drew a revolver and
fired. first at Darmes. who had given
evidence against him, and then at the
policeman who arrested him. Darmes
was seriously injured. but the shot missed
the policeman.
In the confusion which followed Tour
nier escaped from the court and fed 10
his house. which he barricaded against
the police. When they approached the
house for the purpose of capturing him
he fired at them with his revolver. and
several OF the policemen narrowly es-
capped serious injury.
II was decided 20 lay siege TO the
house, and all night long the building
was carefully watched. Several times
the police attempted 10 obtain an en-
trance. but each time they We're forced
TO retreat from the shots Of TOurnicr's S
revolver.
At $3.50 yesterday afternoon the police
heard d shot inside the house. and a
moment afterward Tournier's wife ap-
peared at the window and screamed out
that her husband was dead
The police inspector was suspicious Of a
ruse. however, and would not allow his
men 70 enter the house till the woman
had brought out her husbands revolver.
Then the police entered the house. and
they found the dead body of Tournier on
the bed.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
SWAIN SUES WOMAN AGED 70
Alleges Frau Poeckh Failed to Keep
Promise to Wed Him.
Sells HIS shop, Expecting Wealthy
spouse. and Court Decision
Leaves Hin i'm Lurch.

Vienna. July 27.-Frau Poeckh. who is
seventy years OF age was sued in the
High Court here yesterday for $4,000
damages for breach of promise.
Herr Johann Eggenberger, a retired
shopman. of Baden. who brought the ac-
ton, said Frau Poeckh had lived at his
house, and some time ago insinuated to
his daughter that It was a pity he did
not marry again.
He thereupon proposed to the old wom-
an, who has considerable wealth. and she
consented OF condition that he give UP
his business. The engagement was rati-
fed by a handshake and a kiss.
Herr Eggenberger disposed of his shop.
when Frau POeckh changed her mind and
advised him 70 get a wife from some
almshoUse, as she could never think Of
marrying any one who had been shop
man.
Frau Poeckh denied that she ever be-
came engaged, and added that she would
rather hang herself than remarry The
court accepted her version and gave a
verdict with costs accordingly.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
SEA MONSTER IS LAUNCHED.
EngIand'S Battle ship BeIIerophon
Larger Than Dreadnought.

Portsmouth. England. July 27.-With the
launching Of the battle ship BelleTophon.
England's second vessel Of the Dread
nOught class. to-day, the largest and
most powerful war ship in the world took
the water
Princess Henry Of Battenberg chris
tened the huge ship. Thousands Of per
sons attended the launching.
The BeIIerophon is Of 1850 tons. against
the Dreadnoughts 1880 tons is 40 feet
long, and OF 50 feet beam. Her engines
are Of 8000 horsepower guaranteeing a
speed Of 20@i knots
Ten i2-inch guns distributed in five tur-
rets constitute the main battery. Sine also
carries number OF 4-inth guns for re-
peliing torpedo boats On the whole her
armament is considered superior to that
Of the DreadnOught.
Despite her great size, unusual speed viii
be exercised in her construction. although
the record of the DreadHOught VIII not
be broken. Her keel was laid in Deem
Der. 1896. It is estimated over year Will
be required 20 complete the war ship
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

Paris. July IA curious story of the
Illustration Of q novel naval display con-
templated by the Kaiser is told by the
Echo de Paris.
In an eloquent speech delivered at Co
logne the Kaiser is reported to have an
nounced that the inhabitants Of the city
would soon have an opportunity Of rea!iz-
ing Germany's naval power. for he in
tended to send a feet Of torpedo boats up
the Rhine and they would anchor off Co
logne-
Soon afterward the German minister at
The Hague called on the Dutch minister
OF foreign affairs and said 10 him: You
know about the splendid words of my
august master, who is going 70 send five
OF six torpedo boats up to COlogue%'
send up. How2" asked the Dutch min
lister. in apparent beWilderment-
Why up the Rhine, Of course"
"Oh. no. not up the Rhine, said the
Dutch minister The mouths Of the
Rhine belong TO Holland, and her majes-
" the Queen does not intend them 10 be
disposed OF without her leave
There was no further talk about torpedo
boats. adds tie Echo de Paris. which
gives the story on the authority Of a dis
tinguished Dutchman at The Hague.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
KILLSPLOTTRRA AGAINST WITTE
Young Workman Stabs Him While
Receiving Bombs for Count.
Tells Revolutionary Committee He
VIII Commit Suicide if Net Con-
demBed to Death.

St Petersburg, July 27-After killing
DR. Jollos. the Moscow editor, at the
order of the man Kazantzev, one Of the
Black Hard, who said It was the wish
Of the revoIutionaries, a young workman
named Fedorov was ordered 10 kill
Count de Witte.
In a confession just forwarded by the
social revolutionary committee, he says
that he then suspected Kazantzev. and at
the moment Of receiving from him the
bombs meant for the count stabbed him
again and again with his dagger, almost
separating the head from the body.
After the confession, Fedorov told the
committee that he awaited the sentence
Of death, otherwise remorse would force
him TO commit suicide.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
FORCED OUT BY POPE.
Wuerzburg Professor Approved
Views Objectionable TO Rome.

Munich. July 27.-The widest attention
has been attracted by the resignation Of
Prof. Merkle, Of Wuerzburg. dean of the,
faculty Of Catholic theology in that uni
versity.
Some weeks ago Prof. Merkle issued an
appeal 10 South German Catholics for
funds to erect a suitable monument to
the memory Of the late Prof. Schen. of
WuerZburg, whose advanced theological
ideas were condemned by Rome. Prof.
ScheII afterward submitted to papal au-
thority, and consented to withdraw his
publications from circulation. but until
his death he had never been received into
full favor.
When, therefore, Prof. Merkle issued his
appeal, the Pope at once wrote TO another
professor Of Wuerzburg. DR.. CONNER
coEdemning Or. Merkle's action, and ac-
cusing all those who signed his appeal.
among them the bishops of Bamberg and
Regensburg, of ignorance of Catholic
usages and Catholic theology, and order
ing this condemnation to appear in every
German diocesan newspaper.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
KILLED BY A SHARK.

Vienna. July 27.-Visitors 70 the bath
ing establishment at San GiornO. in Le-
sin8 Island. on the Adriatic, witnessed a
CHASTITY scene yesterday.
A woman teacher was swimming lit
tie distance from the coast, when a big
shark was seen approaching. The un-
fortunate woman tried hard 20 escape,
but was reached by the monster. which
caught hold Of her leg. IN a moment
the shark. with its human prey, had
disappeared in the depth Of the sea
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
OUIDA REFUSES CHARITY.
Tears Up Bank Notes Sent by Gem
erOus Italians.

Rome, July 27.-Ouida refuses to receive
offerings Of money sent to her by the
Italians. She tears Up the bank notes and
throws the pieces into the street.
The Tribune publishes a letter from the
mayor Of AIassarosa, who says he vainly
attempted 70 deliver to her s. offered by
one of the Tribune's readers, and K warns
Italians not 20 show generosity toward an
ungrateful foreigner. 1t concludes by
quoting the proverb that charity begins
at home.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
CAN DIAGNOSE TYPHOID.
French Scientist Discovers Certain
Method 20 Loeate Disease.

Method to Locate Disease.
Paris, July 27.-Prof. Chantemesse, one
of the leading French sanitarians. has
made an important discovery of the
means OF diagnosing typhoid fever in the
incipient stages.
His methods are similar to those of
Wolff. Eisner. and Pikert. CT Vienna in
their diagnosis of tuberculosis. consisting
Of the incubation Of a small portion Of
the skin with tuberculine. If Il person IS a
victim Of the disease, q Characteristic
cutanenus reaction takes place. In a
healthy person there is no such reaction
In a similar manner, If dose Of a fiftieth
part Of a miuegram of Prof. Chante-
messe's specially prepared powdered
typhic toxine is. dissolved in a drop OF
water and applied under the eyelid, an
opthaluic diagnosis Of typhoid fever can
be made. If the disease exists
The experiment is not dangerous and
has no effect on the general health or
temperature of the patient. A slight red
ness Of tne eyes disappears in two hours
Heretofore there has never been an exact
diagnosis Of typhoid fever.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
ARIsTOCRAT A PORK BUTCHER.

Vienna. July 27.-Aladar Stollincki, an
ar.stocratic lieutenant of Hungarian
hussar regiment, has resigned his COM
mission to become an apprentice TO a
pork butcher In Budapest
He declares it IS impossible 10 live on
his pay Ct 500 a year. and that he has
decided to become a butcher. as he con-
siders the trade offers a good opening 20
man Of education After serving a
nine months apprenticeship he Will
start business on his own account In the
Hungarian capital
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
RUSSIAN ART WORK REVIVED

The Princess Tenicheff. wife Of an
imperial Russian commissioner, has re-
vived the beautiful Russian art work
in precious stones and embroidery. and
her collection has recently been ex-
hiblted IN Paris at the Museum of Dec
orative Arts. The princess trans
ferred her treasures to Paris b4cause
she feared that they might be injured
Ia political disturbance.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28

London. July 27.-The trustees of the
late Cecil Rhodes bequests for educa-
tional purposes have decided to endOw
two Rhodes scholarships. worth 800 q
year each, at the Bishops Stortford High
School, at which Rhodes was educated.
and which was revived and rebuilt by his
father while he was vicar Of Bishops
Stortford,
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
Books Bring High Prices.

London. July Z7.-At Sotheby's this
afternoon q second folio of Shakespeare.
in imperfect condition. sold for $1,250. A
third folio sold for $500. A rare and
finely decorated English manuscript psal-
ter, probably OF the thirteenth century.
brought $3.50; a rare first edition PHI
grims Progress s2.6o0.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
TYR0L MYSTERY SOLVED.
Body of Man Who Had Been Missing
for Nearly a Year Is Found.

Geneva, July 27.-The body OF Al
phonse Braunschweig, wealthy Swiss
deputy of Chaux de Fonds. was found
today at the bottom of a precipice in
the Tyrol
The deputy mysteriously disappeared in
August of last year. His son. who be-
lieves he was the victim Of foul play, Of
fered a large reward for the discovery
of the crime, and employed a famous
French detective without success.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
STARVING CLERGYMAN.
One Arrested on tYe Streets of Lon
don for Begging

London, July "a pathetic story Of
a starving clergyman was told at the
Clerlenwell Police Court yesterday. when
Robert Wheeler, a pale, white-haired
man Of siXty-twO, in shabby clerical at
tire. was charged with begging.
A constable had seen him accOsting peo-
pie in PaTkhurst road, Islington. and
when arrested he said he had earned
nothing since Whitsuntide, and that he
was literally starving He ate ravenous-
~ the food given to him at the police
station. His destitutiOn had so affected
him that he could not give an account
of himself.
Mr.. Wheeler was discharged and hand
ed over 10 the care of the court mission
aTy.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
ASCOLI COPE IS RETURNED.
Relic Purchased by j. p. Morgan
Now in Proper Place.

Rome, July 27.-The Ascoh Cope, which
was purchased by ]. Pierpont Morgan and
subsequently returned to the Italian gov
eminent, was removed to-day from the
Corsini Gallery and sent TO Ascoli. with
great precautions.
To-morrsw a special delegate Of the fine
arts department will deliver it solemnly
to the mayQg Of Ascoh Piceno. who viii
in future be held responsible for its safe
keeping.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
PUTS LIGHT ON CONGO
Maj. Lemaire Says He Was
the Negroes Friend.
MEMOIRS OF ADMINISTRATOR

Defends His Course While LeOpold's
Agent in the Free state and De-
clares His BarbarOus Punishment
of Soldiers Was Meant TO IncuIcate
Respect for Long-suGering Natives.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
BLOCKSGERMANPLAN
Wilhelmina SpOils KaiSer's
Naval 0bject-leSSOn.
NO wARSHIPS IN THE RHINE

Holland Owns Rivers Mouth, and
Queens Foreign Minister Declines
Steam In to Impress Cologne with
the FatherIand's Importance.
The Washington herald., 1907-07-28
CARDIFF HAS A BOOM
Welsh Town Made Great City
by COal-expOrting Trade.
ONE DOCKS AREA IS 50 ACRES

Tiny Seaport of Century Ago, with
n Thousand Inhabitants, Now Chief
COaI-shtpping Center of the World,
SheIterinG a Population OF Nearly
Two Hundred Thousand Souls.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-23
An Ordinance

Ordering an election within School District No. u
OF Bossier Parish, La, as established by the
School Board OF said parish, to take the sense Of
the taxpayers on the question of mill tax for
ten years for the purpose of supplementing the
salaries OF teachers and building and repairing
school houses in said district.
Whereas, the petition, signed by more than one
third OF the property taxpayers of School District
No Il, as established by resolution of the Parish
School Board of Bossier Parish, La, of date April
8, 1917, in regular session convened has been pre-
scented to this body, asking that special election
be ordered in said District No. IL to take the
OF the taxpayers upon the question of levying an
nualy special school tax of mills upon all prop
erty within said district for period of ten years
for the purpose of supplementing the salaries Of
teachers and building and repaining school houses
IN said district and, whereas said School District
No. IL has been duly created and it's boundaries
defined by the School Board Of Bossier Parish at
q regular meeting held on April 8, 1907,
BE i Ordained, That there be, and it is hereby
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-23
THE STATE PRESS.

Morgan City Review: Louisiana is all
right, and will continue to be as long as
Rayne supplies the country with eggs,
Opelousas with bull frogs, and Morgan
CITY with catfish and turtle.
Mansfield Journal: The State School
Board did not meet in Baton Rouge last
Saturday. Aswell was in Mississippi adj
vertising himself and telling the Missis-
sippians how to conduct their schools.
New Orleans States: 1t would mean
much for all the Southern States if they
were to build up their own insurance COM
panies and become absolutely independent
of the morally rotten corporations which
have their headquarters in New York.
Claiborne Guardian journal: Beyond
question the standard of professional ethics
in the legal profession is entirely too low
and it should be elevated. Lawyers deem
it perfectly Legitimate to do many things in
their profession that ought not to be tole.
rated, and the day will come when the
ethics of the profession will be raised te
the point that no reputable lawyer can af-
ford to be connected with any disreputable
work.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-23
Undesirable immigration.
shreveport Caucasian. !

Unfortunately there is class of people
in this and other States who are SO keen
in their efforts to obtain cheap labor that
they are stimulating the sending of ennis
saries to Europe, Notwithstanding the fact
that millions of foreigners are being landed
with regularity by steamships whose owners
are reaping harvest of dollars. At the
rate that the riffraff are being brought into
this country, in few years the natives
will be crowded as they are in Europe and
Asia and labor will become SO cheap that
there will be but two classes in the United
States, the wealthy land and property
owners and the toilers for bread.
Is it not time to call a halt? Is it not
time to consider the crime we will perpetu-
ate on our descendants by forcing on them
an issue more formidable than the African
ization question which we are settling by
degrees and will settle right.
Why should the situation be aggravated
and complicated by growing into our
country the riffraff which can never be-
come AmericaniZed? Are there not enough
Chinese and japanese and the undesirables
without increasing by invitation and So
licitation the classes which must be curse
to this nation?
1t is true that in one sense the United
States is the land of the free and the
brave" but in self-defense we must pro-
tect our children and their children from
the consequences of our folly in permitting
the landing of the riffraff of Europe and
of Asia, who in the years to come may
turn upon our descendants and lead to the
destruction of our government. More than
one of the ills of which we suffer may be
traced to the evil influence and the con-
tamination of the undesirable from Europe
and Asia.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-23
Our Friends, the Enemy.
Monroe Star.I

To our mind, one Of the obstacles which
has retarded the wise and definite solution
of Southern problems has been a too tim
orous concern over the opinions expressed
by people far beyond our borders. Under
stand us correctly. A just and due regard
for public opinion is mark not only Of
wisdom but of civilization. It is possible,
however, to carry this respect too far, and
we of the South, especially of Louisiana,
when we have been goaded to action by
tremendous emergencies, have been too
ready to wait, with dreaded expectancy, to
know what our Northern neighbors had to
say. There is neither wisdom or manliness
in this supplicating attitude. The people
of the South are as great as any who in
habit this glorious continent, peopled with
the best people on earth, and we of the
South are amply sufficient unto ourselves
to decide what is just and right.
The South has pandered too long to the
opinions of Northern and Eastern senti-
ment. Those people are no wiser or better
than the people of the South.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-23
An Autoeratic Department Of Education

We look with no particular favor On the
efforts making to induce Prof. Aswell to
remain in Louisiana, and with even less
favor on the effort to secure successor
who will pursue the same policy. There
can be no doubt that in every parish where
Superintendent Aswell has taken drastic
action, school matters have received an
actual set back. Local school boards have
been intimidated, the work of administra
ton has been centralized in the depart
ment of Education a department, by the
way, unauthorized by the constitution and
laws of Louisiana.-St. FrdncisriNe True
Democrat.
1t has been announced that Prof. Aswell
will not accept the CHARACTERISTIC of Mis-
sissippi and that he has been induced to
not resign and to remain in Louisiana, on
the implied guarantee that his salary is to
be increased from $4,000 to $1,000 by an
amendment to the constitution. The in
dividualswho are responsible forthis pledge
have assumed that Prof. Aswell will have
no opposition and that the amendment will
be ratified by the people. 1t is unwise for
sensible men to anticipate the chicks be-
fore the eggs have been laid, and as has
been well said by the st. Francisville True
Democrat, a fearless exponent of the rights
of the people, of law and order and good
morals, the Department of Education is
unauthorized by the constitution and the
laws of Louisiana.
The constitution of 1898 provides for the
creation OF State Board and Parish
Boards, each having we'll defined functions,
but we do not believe it to be good policy
for the State Board to interfere or NEEDLE
in local affairs.
The Caucasian is of the opinion that the
State Board should be abolished. Fortu-
nately the day is not far distant when the
people, having the authority, will elect
their School Boards, now appointive by
the governor, and then the people will in
sist on the management of their schools
for the welfare of the pupils, with teachers
having for consideration the ability to
teach. It will not then be possible to ope-
rate the public schools as intermediates to
an ail-powerful, autocratic political ma
chine.-Shrereport Caucasian.