New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-23
BRIDGE THE STRAITS.
caIfan's Grand Monument of His
Long Reign.

- the Bosphorus. which Lord Byron swan
80 a hundred years ago. Long before the
-.-5e-ian era Darius constructed a bridge across
- u,ater al the narrowest point of the straits. to
wit the passage of the huge army with which he
p5aa Greece. But It was a mere temporary
-,c.,,-e quickly swept away. and the new bridge
4irb IS now after the lapse OF some twenty-five
-.uries 10 take its place, occupying the same
- ,yl1 he constructed on more lasting lines.
,si,,e granite pillars. surmounted by cupolas and
irarets will support the steel cables OF the bridge
~oner and when once completed II Will place the
,1-oaSs Of Asia Minor and the projected railway
=, may Of Bagdad TO the Persian Gulf in cOmmuni-
;on with the railroad system Of Western Europe.
--tIs bridge for which the designs have been long
s,os completed and approved, and OF which the
.,,,,sato-s are now being laid WILL together with
..e railroad from Damascus TO the Holy City of
,recca now nearing completion. constitute two of
-ss erandest and most lasting memorials OF the
reign Of Abdul Hamed, and will go far TO demon
.-ote that the Turk is not. alleged destruct-
I've but a constructive, force.
FarPERoR's HEIR COMES OF AGE
IN Saturday last. without any pomp OF pageant.
s-chdule Charles Francis Of Austria was quietly
se,isred Of age by his granduncle the old Emperor
I.-.,cis Joseph whom he is destined eventually TO
x,cceed upon she thrones Of Austria and of Hun
- The celebration Of his majority took place
- Tschl where he and his mother. the widowed
,.AauoF,ess Maria Josefa, spent the day with the
,s-shle monarch at the latter's picturesque sum-
-,.- home, ard there ceremony TO
sk Of beyond the customary presentation by
-he sovereign OF ordinary officers sword TO his
.,bevr on the blade Of which were ds-nascened
-ha arrrs and the cipher Of the Emperor the name
- .he Young Arch6uke and the date Of the at
+.,nrnent Of his majority. Each archduke receives
q sword Of this kind from the Emperor on the
occasion Of his being proclaimed OF age, and II
,,.i-,s throughout life one of his most precious
possessions Baron d'Aerenthal present 10
draw 70 the official record OF the coming OF age
az the archduke. in his capacity Minister of the
7-,,erial House and de facto Chancellor Of the Dual
F2u1uire Colonel Count Wallis, who has until now
t,een the military governor of the young prince,
returns TO his regiment his commission having
been completed and II is Prince Lobkowitz colonel
Of the 7th Dragon Regiment. who becomes court
marshal and master OF the young archduke's
newly formed household
The archduke is the eldest of the late Arch
duke Otto who died under such painful circum-
stances year ago, after a particularly stormy
career. AS his fathers elder brother, Archduke
Francis Ferdinand. the present heir apparent is
automatically married and his children are as
such debarred from succession TO the throne. the
now tyventy-year-od prince therefore the second
heir 20 the crown and with the view Of fitting him
for his destinies as future Emperor, he has been
brought UP with particular care under the imnedi-
ate direction and eye of the old Kaiser. He is the
first Of the members Of the imperial house of Haps-
burg 70 have received his education IN the public
SCHOOLS
school benches beside the sons OF worzingmen and
petty trades people. Joining with them in their
games in the recesses. and thus getting into closer
with the people destined eventually 10 be-
come his subjects than any other scion Of the
house Of Hapsburg. The young fellow, who has in
herited much Of his handsome and dashtng fathers
good looks IS immensely popular with all classes
Of the nation and particular favorite Of the old
Emperor. He holds q commission lieutenant in
the Regiment Of Lancers. the crack corps Of
cavalry CT the Austrian army
A SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL UNVEILED.
Queen Alexandra has been big contributor 10
the fund composed by than half OF American
Subscriptions raised defray the cost Of the beau
t.ful Shakespea<ian memorial that has just been
unveiled az Kronborg castle. In Esinore Il is the
work OF the famous Danish sculptor. Asselriis rep
rssents the poet in = sitting posture with book
knee and pen in hand, and was dedicated with much
solsrnity, IN the presence Of many American and
English visitors. by prince Of Denmark. in the
person Of King Frederick's heir apparent. and is
destined 70 celebrate the precautionary Of the first
production OF Hamlet
Kronborg on the battlenents Of which the ghost
of Hamlet Is laid, served as a prison TO
Queen Caroline Matilda OF Denmark after the de-
capitation Of her lover. Struensee. until she
released by threat Of the part of Eng
land then subject the rule Of her brother. King
George Il and she was allowed retire to Han
over. where she spent the remainder Of her days.
The castle was erected hundreds Of years ago, in
order 10 command the passage Of the sound and
the entrance 10 the Baltic Sea. where toll i'm
posed until recently fifty years ago upon
al SHIPPING through the straits, which
tremely narrow in fact. Eelsingborg Castle. the
Swedish shore Of the sound just opposite. is only
couple OF miles distant Kronborg IS built in the
shape of quadrangle. with four towers. and in its
present form dates from the Sixteenth century.
when Il was partly rebuilt, on the site Of much
older stronghold The view from the battlements
is magnificent. and near by. Marienlys. a tomb
is shown as being that OF Hamlet, while A few
yards distant is brook 10 which the name Of
ophelia has been given. for the qualification Of
travellers
OF course there many who insist that Hamlet
was a mere myth and shat the very name is de-
lived from the old Danish word "Anlet," which
signifies ''rnadraan." Bat elaborate historical
search shows that Hamlet did really exist. True.
he not the son, but the grandson Of Danish
king, his mother having been the daughter Of the
latter and his father the Governor Of Jutland-
fianle-'s father the Governor. was murdered by
his own brother who thereupon married his wild
owed sister-in-lav and seized the government of
Jutand. Hamlet determined TO avenge his
father, feigned madness. eventually fed To Eng
lan6. where he married princess Of the relgning
house. and subsequently, returning 10 Jutland, ana
still feigning madness. contrived 70 surprise and
ssy his uncle, becoming Governor Of Jutland in
his turn. Ali this took place more than a thou-
sand years ago. in the ante-Chr7sttan era or Den
mark. and therefore the representation OF the
tragedy. which Shakespeare based on popular
Danish legend. with its actors and actresses ar
reyed in costumes Of the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries IS from historical point u view an
elachronism-
THIS COUNT KEPT a HOTEL HERE
Count George Karolyi. who married in this coun-
try, and who spent several years in America under
rather romantic circumstances. has just come into
Possession Of entailed estates in Hungary and Aus
tria through death of his father old Count Ste
phsn Earolyi who was known throughout life by