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The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
ANARCHISTS SCARE POLICE
Russian Dukes Prevented from Co.
ing to Opera in Paris.
French Inspector Receives Anony-
nous Letter Warning Him OF At
tempts at Assassinations.

Paris. June S-Petroff. the injured Rus
sian anarchist has refused the French
police any information as 20 his antece-
dents or as 20 the members Of the revo-
lutionary circle who co-operated in his
bomb factory.
In view OF later information the police
think that the bombs which PetroF and
his associates were engaged upon were In
tended for immediate use against mem
bers Of the Russian imperial family The
Grand Dukes Boris. Cyril. Vladimir. and
Alexis are at present in the French cap
itaL All four were 20 have been present
at q Russian concert at the opera last
night. but al the earnest request OF the
prefect of police they remained away.
Il appears that during the day an an
onymous communication reached NJ Le-
pine 20 the effect that an attempt on the
lives Of the grand ducal party was pro-
jected 20 be made al the opera There
was no time 10 obtain Confrmatorv de-
tails. but. il view Of the recent anarch-
ist activity. Il was deemed prudent that
the imperial visitors should absent them.
selves The boxes they had taken were
occupied by French and Russian detec-
tives. Before the concert began the en-
tire building was searched. but neither
reyoluuOnaries nor bombs were discov-
cred.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
OPPOSED TO DISARMAMENT.
Many EnEIishmen Do Not Believe
Scheme Practical

! Vienna, June S.-The London correspond
ent Of the Wiener Tageblatt received III
| answers from leading British politicians.
generals. and writer's 10 a circular ask
| ing for their opinions about raising the
disarmament question at The Hague con
ference.
Only eleven believe disarmament is
practicable, sixteen are violently against
it, and the rest are more or less skepti-
cal. including Mr.. Balfour, Lord Lans-
downe, Lord Rosebery, the Duke Of
Devonshire. Austin Chamberlain, and Sir
\. Conan Doyle
The Duke Of Sutherland prefers arbi-
tration. Bernard Shaw declares that dis
armament is pure nonsense. and that
with the assistance. Of a progressive in
come tax Britain could treble her arma-
mems. Why, therefore, disarm?
Mr.. Shaw is against war because he is
afraid, and believes that war will only
come 10 an end when every one has the
courage TO confess himself a coward.
Sir Thomas Upton wishes Great Britain
70 increase her armaments instead of de-
creasing them.
Among those who are favorable 10 Sir
Henry Campbell -Bannerman's PROPOSAL
are Sydney Buxton, Lord Ripon. and Lord
Avebury, who point out that Europe has
four times the inhabitants Of the United
States. but forty times more soldiers
Consequently, Europe Is economically
handicapped.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
STARVING IN RUSSIA
Millions in Samara Dying
for Want of Food.
URGENT APPEAL MADE FOR AID
Three Hundred thousand Little
Children Kept Alive on Diet of
Black Bread-Dr. KenuHrd. Society
Of Friends Agent, Writes Descrip-
tion of Famine Conditions.

London. June S-Dr Keunard the So
ciety Of Friends agent in the Russian
famine area, writes as follows from Sa-
mara in reference 10 the famine there.
The winter SHOWS have vanished; the
green grass shows its welcome color 10
100000 people who for seven long win
ter months have gazed on a m1n0tonous
white pail; the sun reveals with its bril-
liant light one of the saddest pictures
that man can vitness-m.llious craving
for bread, millions exhausted by seven
months of hunger, relying for aid on
what their government seems incapable
Of giving them, and forced 20 be content
TO exist on the charity OF the Russian
zemstv1s and other organizations. Twen-
~ million people in six southeastern prov
inces as large as half the United States
are relying on this support. and it is
estimated that in the Samara government
only 10 per cent are able to be aided
effectively.
The peasantry are not only without
sufficient sustenauCe. but they are with
out belongings. Their cattle and horses
have long since been sold to bring in
b-ead-horses for which, in prosperity.
they gave So TO g los. have been sold
for les. for a hungry stomach makes a bad
bargainer. In countless cases the isbas
Cottages I'm the villages are -oofess de
nuded of straw 10 feed. the cattle and
combinations are the recognized custom
that is. four to five families club to-
gether, choose the best isba 10 live in,
and break up the remainder for fuel
In S8msra alone there are $4,000 chill
dren who need milk and cannot get il;
their constitutions are being weakened
by eating black bread and raw salt Gu
Meanwhile, the zemstvos. I can sin
cerely attest. are doing their work me
genuinely, economically, and as
rapidly as possible. I can heartily and
thoroughly recommend their system, as
heartily as I oaLuot recommend the sys-
TEN OF want Of system OF the Russian
Ped Cross. 1 appeal to my countrymen,
10 America, and 20 the wide world for
funds, and that at once"
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
TERRORISM RAMPANT
RiOting in Russia Takes
Fresh Lease Oh Life.
BOMB EXPLODES IN TEA HOUSE
Unknown Men Kill Watchman and
Policeman. Wound Cashier, and
Loot Snfe-Niscrennts HysteriousIy
Escape frcm Forest Surrounded by
Troops and Cossacks.

srPetersbure. June E-TerrorIsm seems
to have taken a fresh lease Of life. At
the ObuShow railway station. near St
Petersburg. a crowd o. young unknown
men. probably factory hands. appeared
at I O'Clock this morning. killed the
watchmsn and the policeman IN charge.
wounded the cashier. AID forced the safe
But It. contained only $3.50
They decamped into the adjoining for
est, TO one seeking 70 stop them. Col
MaNimov Immediately proceeded 10 the
spot from ST. Petersburg with "a force of
police and C0ssacks and made elaborate
arrangements for surrounding the forest.
But the criminals mystcriousIy escaped.
Toward midnight on Wednesday q bomb
exploded IN the tea house OK the Union
Of True Russian People without doing
much damage. Later a second bomb was
discovered. The union Is frequently
blamed for being concerned in outragas.
The publication Of the Russ IfberaU
has again been stopped. During the re-
cent troubles this was a frequent occur
renee. which the publishers surmounted
10y issuing IT under a new name The
newspaper has had at least half a dozen
aliases.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
CHURCHILL'S DEBUT.
First speech Hit the Mark i'm Spite
of Faults of Delivery.

First Speech Hit the Mark i'm Spite
of Faults of Delivery.
The first time I noticed Lord Randolph
Churchill IN the House Of Commons was
On a May day in iS75. SAYS a writer in
Blackwoods Magazine Sir Charles Dixie
had been making merry at the expense
Of Woodstock then represented by one
known in the Parliamentary arena simply
as a cadet Of the ducal house OF MARI
borough.
From the third bench behind that on
which ministers ought TO have been sit
ting rose a well-gro0med young man.
with protuhorant eyes, pale face. and a
ponderous mustache. with which as he
spoke he nervousiy t9yed.
Members asking each other, Who's
thisg'' learned that Il was the member
for Woodstock rising to defend the cor
porati0n of the borough that sent him to
Parliament.
Though assisted by notes. on which the
speech was fully written out, the young
member was SO nervous, his voice so
badly pitched, his delivery so faulty that
there was difficulty I'm following his argu-
ment But here and there flashed forth a
scathing sentence that made il worth
while 10 attempt 20 catch the rest. When
he sat down Lord Randolph had made his
mark. had established himself as an per-
sonality in an assembly in which within
ten years he was predominant
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
ITALY WANTS CAMORRA CHIEF
France Asked 10 Surrender Man De-
ported from America.

Milan. June S.-Tne italian ministry Of
justice is already negotiating with France
for the eytradition Of the notorious Cam
ORA chief. Erricone Alfani. who was
expelled from the United States under
the immigratiouf regulations relating 10
cllse passports. and was reaTested at
Eavre on the demand of the Italian con-
sui while disembarklnE from the steam
ship SavOie. from New York
Erricoue was packed off by the Havrc
route 70 avoid the inconvenience which
might have attended his Decentralization
at Naples, and within the next fortnight
the Camorra chief viii, in al likelihood.
be delivered over TO the custody OF
Italian carabinieri az q frontier station.
The caretaker OF the Naples cemetery
has shot himself through fear OF the
threatened vengeance Of the Camorra on
account Of his having denounced to tEs
carabinieri the blackmailing exploits Of
the incarcerated priest. Don Giro Wiz
tozzi Don Vittozzi. previous to his ar
rest. was the cemetery chaplain, but he
has now been suspended by Cardinal
Frisco, archbishop Of Naples.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
ANCIENT CHURCH UNEARTHED.
Private Chapel of First Christian n
EmperOrs Discovered i'm Rome.

Rome. June S.-There is great rejoicing
in Roman archaeological circles over the
splendid discoveries which have taken
place on the Palatine Hill Although the
excavations on the site Of the Villa Mills
lately demolished. have only just begun,
the Church OF St. Cesarius has been
found. 1t was the private chapel Of the
first Christian emperors, and was COM
pletely forgotten by the fourteenth CEN
tury. no mention Of it being made after
that This is a most precious acquisition,
as 1t fills in the gaps of history.
The government has also acquired the
famous statue Of prlestess, found in the
Villa Nero, at Porto d'Anzio. belonging TO
Prince Lancelotti. It IS considered the
greatest gem of Greek art in Rome. and
ranks with the Venus Of Milo. II was
uncovered by a storm. the sea washing
away Prince I.ancellottis property. He
has now sold it to the government. and It
will be placed in the Diocletian Museum.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
KING EMBRACES G0DCHILD.
Slams Ruler Actor In Pretty Incl
dent on Visit to Italy.

Milan June s-The King Of Siam came
20 Milan for the express purpose Of visit
ing the International Motor Show. now
open.
A pretty incident happened just before
the King bade farewell 20 Florence.
whence lie came here A bright boy Of
ten came forward TO present a lovely mass
Of rosebuds. Ten years ago. when last In
Florence. the King CHANGED TO step into
the Church of San Giovanni Battista just
as a baptism was about % be solemnized.
The monarch desired % act as godfather
to the infant and his wish was acceded
TO. He was deeply touched on learning
that this selfsame golcbild now stood he
fore him. Embracing the boy. the King
kissed him affec-i0naycIv again and again,
and then bestowed upon the lad two gold
coins amid the enthusiastic cheers Of the
hystanders
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
JAPANESE JINGOISTS BUSY.
Even sober Paper Reminds Americn
that Their Nation Can Fight.

Tokyo. June S.-Not only do the vel
low" papers of Tokyo denounce the
American attitude over the affair al San
Francisco, but the sober Kokumi SHIN
bun says.
The lack Of redress for the San Fran
cisco attacks on japanese subjects is a
disgrace to a civilized power. though the
disturbances were confined TO one
locality"
The paper urges that prompt repara-
ton be made, and declares that empty
assurances are useless. The paper re-
minds America that Japan's armament Is
not for ornamental purposes.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
Bombardment by Postcard.

Paris, June S.-Thc National Syndicate
on Railway Men Of France has adopted a
novel method Of peutioning the president
OF the Senate in favor Of q measure which
has been waiting its turn for ten years.
It has had 10000 postcards printed and
distributed to its members. with a re-
quest that they be signed and forwarded.
Correspondence addressed 20 the president
OF the Senate does not need 10 be
g+0~,,prT
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
Throw nice for RihIes.

London, June S.-A curious old Whitsun-
tide custom was observed yesterday AZ
the parish church schools. St Ives Hunts
six boys and six girls. selected from tho
church and Nonconformist Sunday
schools. cast dice for Bibles. in the pres
ence Of the vicar Of the parish and Others
The Bibles are purchased from fund
left by Or. Robert Wilde, who died in
1915.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
Diamond Merchant Found Dying

Melbourne. June S.-Mr Bauer, dla-
mond merchant. was found dying in his
Office to-day with his skull cru5hed in
and a bag containing $4,000 worth Of
jewels missing. There is no clcw to the
robbers.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
seventy-four Years with One Master

London. June SIT was announced on
Saturday, at meeting Of the committee
Of the Suffolk Agricultural Association. at
Sudbury, 20 make the award OF annual
premiums for long service in husbandrv.
that James Fletcher. a one-horse driver
has been seventy-four years employed on
the same farm, but as his master had
never been a member Of the association
his case could not be considered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.I

-~NO---OO@~
So many guarantees are not good.
Have you more friends In heaven
than in hell?
People who write anonymous letters
never spell correctly.
On the dead square. how much older
are you than you confess?
If you get along pretty well, you
are doing as we'll as anybody.
No amateur baseball game will at
tract US until the Fats play the Leans.
The political orators fool the men, and
the women's magazines fool the wo
men.
There probably never was a crank
who didn't think he was easy to get
along with.
Doesn't it seem that people have a
special and unnatural desire to rub it
in" with you?
Every man thinks that should he
conclude to sell his home place, he
could get a lot for it.
Lots of men were never worth as
much to their families as the flowers
are worth that are sent up to the
funeral
There are so many pretty wild flow
ers in bloom that this is a good sea-
son for sending flowers to those who
sent you bouquets last winter.
The average man has to get pretty
old before he can see the poorhouse
ahead of him, but woman sees 1t
when she is not going that way.
When woman shows you a bargain
she has secured at the dry goods store,
and says, Guess what I paid for it,
always guess high, if you want to
please her.
OF course it is none of our business,
but, up and up, couldn't the women do
their own work If they spent as much
time at it as they do discussing the
servant girl question?
PerhaDS one reason the niohf 1avar
seems as dark and dreary to the wo-
men as the poets picture it, is that
that is the time when they find such
Joy in taking their corsets off.
Any story a book agent tells you is
as certain to be exaggerated as the
story a trader tells you about his horse.
If agents were compelled to tell the
truth, there would be no agents
They tell of a man who attempted
to throw his grip out of a boarding
house window, and get away without
paying his board bill. The grip was
SO light that, instead of falling to the
ground. 1t blew UP on a neighboring
roof, where the landlady recovered 1t.
The old-fashioned bouquet, built like
a pyramid. and looking so stiff that it
seemed an outrage on nature to ar.
range flowers that way, is coming back
Also rag carpets, homespun quilts, and
no one will take this threatened inva-
sion seriously SO long as the hustle and
hoopskirt remain in the attic.
Every man who plays amateur base
ball thinks he would have been in the
National league, had he practiced more
Every man who sings at amateur con-
certs, thinks he really belongs in grand
opera. When l was a young man. I
sang at amateur concerts, but my am
bition was to sing sentimental ballads
with a minstrel troupe; at that time I
had never heard of grand OPERA
Drake Watson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-21

from the Second ward whom the un-
ion strenuously opposed for mayor
last spring, was an anomaly
The wisdom of the city attorney In
some of his acts may be seriously
questioned at times. but it can not be
denied that he is a worker and that
he aims at the best interests of the
city. If Mr.. Dreaming thinks there is
anything wrong anywhere he never
hesitates to make an attack on the
spot.
AS to the Ministerial union, its
character should not be made an ex-
cuse for freeing it from the custom
airy charges for the use of the audi
torium. If it is customary to give the
auditorium without charge for as
mblages of such public benefit as
was the Sheldon reception, then the
union is entitled to have its money
refunded, but not for any other reas-
on. The ministers of the city GER
tainly would not ask it unless other
organizations are similarly favored
under like circumstances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-21

saw IN the play last winter
Two days later while slipping her
coffee, Eliza James glanced carelessly
over the morning paper. Prominent
~ on the editorial page was printed
small poem. The title seemed fairly
to jump out of the column at her:
LANGUAGE OF THE WOODS
The cup clattered as she set it in
the saucer, and Mrs. Hart looked up
reproachfully:
now?'
My-my verses
For lands sake% Her cousin APP
propriated the paper and adjusting
her glasses carefully, read in a mono
tone. regardless of all punctuation,
the verses Eliza Jane had pencilled in
the woods. She cast suspicious
glance at her relatives bent head on
Amid lightning and hailstones and
rain,
Came Loves kiss in the pine woods
of Maine.
Perhaps womanly sympathy TOT
anything bordering on romance nero
her tongue. for she made no comment
tered.
Listen. Eliza Jane" she continued,
with growing interest, there's some
remarks by the editor himself. He
desires the author to go down 10 the
office for a check. Do tell! Money TOT
that rubbish! Not that 1 want to hurt
your feelings, I guess yours are NO
worse than lots of others.
Perhaps writing would answer
- began Eliza Jane.
Personal application is what 1t says
here. If you can make money that
easy, the least you can DO Is TO go
So Eliza Jane did go. and was
ushered into the august presence Of
the editor. That gentleman proved
tall, broad shouldered. ana trlne
bald, but with eyes that twinkled as at
some peculiarly pertinent joke.
ST was right felt was right. But
you have changed a little more than
your verses. Eliza Jane" The
editor took his visitor by the hand,
seating her in the wide-armed edi-
torial chair. Don't say you have for
gotten me- know better"
us it Elias Smith? ?" Eliza Jane
could scarcely make the words distinct
for the throbbing in her throat.
mo longer Elias B. Smith. but K.
Browning Smith. 1t reads better in
print-you. however. may call me as
you will"
you found the basket. but how
could you guess
THAT it was yours? Had not seen
in our gossip column that Miss Eliza
Jane Robinson was visiting our city
The writing was identical with that in
a certain letter I sometimes read to
this day-above all which of US could
forget-Love's kiss in the pine woods
of Maine?
"Dont-please dont." Eliza Jane
buried her face in her hands; but even
so she could not hide her bushes. They
crept up to the very rims of her small
ears. from which her hair was brush
ed back, straight and tidied. Elias
Smith took her by the wrists and firmly
uncovered her face. STOPPING till his
eyes were level with hers. he spoke
almost in a whisper:
81 had lost YOU. Eliza Jane. and it
seemed forever-but in the woods
have found you again. and this time
1 shall never let you go."-(Copyright-
ed. 1907. by Jesse Morgan.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-21
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record-I
The new woman is generally an old
one made up.
When a man loses his heart his head
has to do double work.
The mistakes of the foolish are the
OPPORTUNITIES of the wise.
The absence of the long green Is
what makes a fellow blue.
A woman may be fond OF dressing
and still like her salad plain.
The fellow with the loose character
is the one who is apt to get tight
No. Maude, dear; the top moor of
tenement house is not occupied by the
upper ten.
IT is quite possible for a man to
square himself without any knowledge
of cube root
Even when a woman reigns in a
mans heart she is sometimes inclined
to storm at him.
Manager-"I have been securing the
country for a clean play. Critic
s'Well, most of the plays need scour-
ing
aYou couldn't begin to guess my
age" said the fair coquette. 81
wouldn't attempt to- replied the
diplomatic young man; but whatever
it is you don't look it."
"a person can not be in two places
at once" replied the Wise Guy.
"Oh, 1 don't know" replied the Simple
Mug; Il know a fellow who is with a
girl all the time, and yet he is COM
pleteIy gone"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

LFrom the Chicago News.1
An orator ought to be a man of his
word.
Sound advice doesn't alve&ys have a
pleasing sound.
Money talks-and it's usually in
hurry to say goodby.
Hens go about without shoes. no
matter how often you shoe them.
If an employe doesn't know his place
he need not expect to keep 1t long.
How a man does hate to exchange
good money for a receipted bill!
Milk of human kindness has nothing
in common with the cream of society.
While the militia of different states
may be good soldiers. they are known
as N. c..
A merchant isn't necessarily dishon-
est because he exhibits a sign of gilt
outside his store.
While the world may owe every man
a living, 1t requires a strenuous effort
on his part to make the collection