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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
ON EVE
FUNERAL \
All \ Portugal in Suspense
Awaiting Funeral To-
day Of Royalty
mo Such Profusion Of Flow
erS Ever Seen as That
in the Chapel

Lisbon, Feb. ALI Portugal
awaits the coming of the morrow and
the final rendering Of homage to
the dead king and crown prince.
Everything is in readiness for the
march from the mortuary chapel,
where the bodies now lie almost COM
pletely covered with flowers, through
two miles of troop-lined streets to
the church Of San Vincente, where
the solemn requiem mass of the Ro-
man church will be celebrated
Every hour during the day masses
were said at the alters in the palace
chapel, and according to tradation
priests prayed before the caskets,
sprinkled them with holy water, and
burned incense. The principal mass
!of the day was celebrated by the
papal nuncio. 1t was attended by
King Manuel and Queen Amelie,
members of the diplomatic corps in
uniform and gentlemen and ladies Of
the court. After the service all
those who attended mass viewed the
bodies of the monarch and his son.
The public was not admitted to the
chapel.
The number Of floral tributes re-
ceived at the chapel is unprecedent-
ed. In every instance two have been
sent. one for bier of King Carlos and
| the other for that Of the Grown
Prince Luiz Philippe Added to those
that had been sent, the queen order
ed every blossom plucked from the
famous Cintra gardens and the in
side Of the chapel is literally banked
In flowers and the floor is covered by
i them to depth Of ten inches. The
flowers embrace nearly every variety
/ grown In the kingdom and the air
OF the chapel Is redolent with their
perfume. Some offerings are SO
1 large as to require four men to carry
them. So many carriages will be re
quired to convey the floral tributes
that private persons are finding din
Guilty In engaging vehicles for use in
the funeral cortage.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
WHITE " ASH
Witness Says Gov. Pennypack-
erOfPennsyIvania Was
Party to Deal
By Which a Letter Was
Written Intended to
Help Gfaftefs

Harrisburg, Pa. Feb. THE trial
or Contractor sanderson and three
former state officers charged with con-
spiracy in furnishing the new capitol,
took a sensational turn today when
Stanford B. Lewis, assistant to Arch
itect Huston, declared with dramatic
earnestness that Huston wrote the
famous letter to Attorney General
Carson, explaining his part in the
contracts, and which had been pre-.
pared at the suggestion Of former
Governor Pennypacker, former Audit
or General Snyder, one Of the de
PENDANTS, and Mr.. Carson, and that
it was misleading" and intended
to be a "whitewash.''
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
MORSE
Fugitive Promoter Says He
Is Only on Pleasure
Trip Abroad
Says He viii Be Back in
Ten DayS--.UseS As
SuIDed Name

Queenstown, Feb. "A correspond
ent of the Associated Press tonight
boarded the Cunard line steamer
Campania and found Charles w.
Morse of New York, in the smoking
room enjoying a game of cards.
Without moments hesitation Mr..
Morse granted an interview to the
CORES pondent He was shown ex-
tracts from London papers referring
to him as having fed from creditors,
ETC. Mr. Morse said there was abso-
lutely nothing in these reports, say
ing they were New York ssesation-
ais" He added that he had sent
cable dispatches to New York con-
corning his position and that he would
rectify matters when he returned
there. He was travelling partly on
business and partly for pleasure for
week or ten days.
Asked where ne purposed going
after he landed at Liverpool, Mr..
Morse courteously begged to be e1-
cused from replying.
"You cam he said, SAY with Ger
tainty that my stay will not exceed
ten days on this side, and that then
/ will return to New York"
Mr.. Morse proceeded from Queens
town to Liverpool on board the Cam
pania It is said he is travelling un-
der an assumed name, probably G.
NJ Moore
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
agreed On Amendment

Washington, D. G., Feb. The
senate committee on interstate com
merce today practically reached an
agreement to amend the law SO as to
allow the interstate commerce com.
mission the right to initiate proceed
ings against railroad when in its
judgment a rate is too high or the
practices of the road are such as to
produce the effect of an unfair rate
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
AUTO RACE AROUND THE WORLD
German French Italian and American Teams Will Race
From New York to Paris Via Frisco, Alaska
and Across Siberia. 10000 Miles

New York, N. Y, Feb. THE first
of the foreign teams scheduled to
start in the Newyork to Paris auto
mobile race Wednesday, arrived to-
day on the steamship Kaiserin Au-
guste Victoria.
The team is to represent Germany
in the daring enterprise and is COM
posed Of Lieut.. Koeppen of the Fiji
.teenth infantry, Imperial army, and
Engineer Hans Knape, also of the
German army. Four French teams
and one from Italy are on board the
steamer La Lorraine, which will dock
tomorrow with their arrival the
last details of the contest WITH be
decided upon. Four American cars
have been entered, with a possibility
that two or three others may be
added. &
The race will be the most difficult
test to which the automobile ever
has been put. When 1t was first sug-
gested many persons looked upon It
as an impossibility, but as the plans
we're worked out the feat appeared
more and more feasible.
The start will be made from Times
Square at Forty-second street and
Broadway, February II at II a. m.
The route lies across the American
continent to San Francisco, where
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
BANK RESERVES
Congressman GrOnna Intro.
duces Bill to Regu-
late Them

Washington, D. G., Feb. Repre-
sentative Gronna Of North Dakota to-
day introduced bill to regulate ma
tional bank reserves. It provides
that banks now allowed to deposit
three fifths Of their reserves In re-
serve center banks shall reduce that
deposit to one-fifth and keep on hand
the other four-fifths. Many banks
now allowed to deposit on-half Of
their reserves shall retain their en-
tire resources for Immediate avail
ability.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
MINORITY CURRENCY Bill
Leader Williams Launches in the House the Democratic
Idea Of Emergency Currency Government TO Issue
Special Notes to Banks on Deposit Of Bonds

Washington, D. c., Feb. What
will be known as the minority cur
rency bill was introduced today by
Representative John Sharp Williams
Of Mississippi, democratic leader Of
the house, who drew the measure
as a result of a conference Of demo
Gratis.
An elastic feature Is contained In
the section which provides that bonds
{ may be deposited sin the nearest
sub-treasury," and the depositing
bank shall receive in lieu thereof
United States emergency treasury
xnotes. These notes shall be in the
nature Of loan, subject to taxation
of one-eighth Of one per cent for the
\ first four months Of their issuance,
one-hah Of one per cent for the sec
ond four months, and one per cent
thereafter.
When bank feels that the emer-
gency has passed, and loan notes no
longer needed, it may redeem them
with actual money. Such redemption
monies shall constitute special fund
for the purpose Of redeeming United
States emergency currency notes
whenever they are presented for
payment, the notes to be then can
The notes shall be legal tender
celled and destroyed. The notes shall
be legal tender.
For the creation Of fund Of $15,
1 600, 900 for the payment of depositors
Of failed banks there authorized ar
imposition of tax Of one sixteentI
of one per cent on deposits of banks
SO operating and whose consent to be
( so taxed has been obtained.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
CRUSHED
Ten Men Crushed in Coal
Nine Explosion at
Port Hood

Port Hood, N. S., Feb. six coal
miners and four leaders were crushed
to death as result of an explosion
in the Port Hood mine of the Port
od-Richmond Railway company.
Whether the explosion was due to
gas, fire damp, or gunpowder, re-
mains to be determined.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
LOYAL JAPS'
Ask to Assist in Welcom,
ing Evans Fleet at
Los Angeles

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. THE Jap
anese residents of Los Angeles and
southern California today requested
the local reception committee for per.
mission to assist in welcoming the
officers and men of Admiral Evans
fleet on their arrival at Los Angeles.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
ALEX, M'KENzIE IS not A CAN
DIDATE FOR Committeeman
The National Committeeman for North Dakota Notifies Sec
rotary Of Republican State Committee That He Will
Not Again Be a Candidate for Reelection

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Wash ingon which explains itself:
D.
candidate
held the
republican
in
decision the
in
republicans
confident
!. fidelity will it
> ALEXANDER MCKENZIE
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08
Northwestern Weather

Northwestern Weather
Minnesota: Snow Saturday; Sun
day fair n the west, snow in the esat
portion. III
North and South Dakota: Snow
Saturday.; Sunday probably fair.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-08

the machines will be transported by
steamer to Seattle and thence to Val
dez, Alaska. Debarking at Valdez,
the racers will set out over the snow
packed roads and ice covered rivers
Of Alaska for the 1,1OO-mile trip to
Nome. At Nome it will be necessary
to ship on another steamer across
the straits to East Cape, Siberia,
where stretch Of 1880 miles faces
the drivers. Altogether the journey
will amount to about 10000 miles,
nearly 1000 being made by ma
chimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

the cultivation system In Italy came to
Duke Litta Immediately on taking pos
session of his present home six years
ago. The experiment which he put int
effect consisted in Transforming his 10
main into an agricultural community
regulated by socialistic tenots. The
colony thus established soon bcc1ne
prosperous. Then it began to decline.
And today. at the confession of the
duke himself. 1t Is almost Il failure.
The causes that lately have invoived
him In endless trouble with his colony
and produced such negative results GER
tainly are interesting and instructive.
1t was the purpose of learning from his
own lips some account of his experiment
and the lessons he deduced from it that I
applied to the Duke of Casale Litta and
was received by him with a courtesy so
grla, as to recall "Ouida's' remark. THE
Italian nobleman may have lost a great
many things. but certinly not that grand
air which at times SO we'll completes the
gentleman.
Before reaching the castle one already
notes the beneficial effect of the dukes
efforts. The land is no more the same.
Prosperity reigns where once dwelt mis-
cry. The peasantry have different bear
ing little resembling the former poor
devils. brutes of the soil. that inspired La
Bruyere with one of the most sublime
pages in his "CaractereS.
Duke Litta, who in appearance does not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
SOCIALIST ITALIAN DUKE AND AMERICAN DUCHESS
UNDISCOURAGED BY LOSS OF LARGE FORTUNE

the case of the actual laborers themselves.
"These workers were then united into
an Independent society which, after pay
ing the landowner moderate share.
worked the ground in the common interest
of the society it's members electing their
own directors and supervisors. without
reference to any outsider. In short. the
society was constituted and the syllabus
of its rules established in accordance with
the new social spirit. The eminent advo-
cate. Signor Garavaglia. was called upon
to examine into the legal side of the
constitution. / dis.1terested myself In
the administration and placed 1t entirely
in the hands of the society"
The duke then related that at the time
when the constitution was adopted the
members of the society consisted OF 137
familes--the sum total Of workers on his
lands. The heads OF these families. meet
ing. voted for the constitution, formed all
its statutes. and the day after the society
began its activities. Out Of his domain
the duke saved for his own private ex-
periments only a very small portion OF
soil.
That was six years ago." Duke Iitta
went on. land / must say that for time
the colony seemed to conduct itself most
admirably. The countrymep that through
the scheme had acquired new dignity and
independence expressed the deepest graft
tude. Though l had disclaimed my right
to participate in their affairs they came
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
Small Souls.

A leading member OF the Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church. from which the Rev
Charles F. Aked declared last month he
would resign If its finances were. not
more equally conducted. said of the IA
nous clergyman the other day:
DIR. Aked believes in the generous con-
duct of church affairs. The small salaries
paid to ministers. especially those paid in
England. make his blood boil. I heard
him tell. at a dinner one night, a story
on this head.
IAN English minister. with large fam
lily and a small income. went to one of
his deacons to see If he could not have his
salary raised.
Salary! said the deason-he was one
OF those grim. cold. close men. Salary.
l thought you worked for soulsT
So ] do said the minister, flushing.
but / can't eat souls. and II / could 1t
would take good many of your size to
make a dish. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
Husbands Issue Proclamation
More Drastic Divorce Laws
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


- EMARKABLE Indeed is the appu-
X o2tion made to the Legislature by
section of the men of Chatelet,
a little town near Charleroi. They are
husbands. and demand in q lengthy petit
ton that the chamber shall at this ses-
sion pass a more drastic divorce law.
The husbands in a proclamation declare
that conjugal misfortunes occur more fire.
Quently in Belgium than In any country
of the world. and that Chatelet, rala-
tive to its size. holds all records. The
husbands further declare that the women
are to blame in every instance, for with
out encoura cement from them they would
have no lovers. This particular group of
husbands, who all acknowledge having
been deceived, say they only make their
griefs known to the whole OF Belgium in
a desire for the public welfare. They ap-
pea. to all husbands and men about to b.
come husbands to sign petitions to the
legislature.
The petition declares the law is not Sc
we're enough and demands the Immediate
application of a more rigorous punishment
for faithless wives. The chamber is in
formed that all the husbands in Belgium
will forever be grateful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
Baroness Preferred Death to
Old Age and Lost Beauty
Special Correspondence Of The Star
BUCHAREST. January !

BUCHAREST, January II, 1908.
/OOLD In death lies Baroness Won
Schwitzer. the famous Roumanian,
beauty and milionairess Despite
her wealth. her position. her fame. her
funeral will be at midnight by the light
of ffaring torches, and her body will lie
in unconsecrated ground, For she Is dead
by her own hand-a suicide.
Fear of old age and the loss of her
beauty drove her To death. There is no
mystery about the tragedy which has
caused so intense a sensation throughout
Rounania The baroness left a letter in
which she stated the plain facts-that
she could not bear to survive her good
looks
Romantic indeed was her life. She was
the daughter of humble parents. Her
father kept little village store. His
da lighters beauty developed early. Ii was
extraordinary. \ wealthy Russian. Count
Taliewitch. travelling through that section.
came face to face with the peasant girl
in her native village. He was captvated
immediately. sought out her parents, and
then and there. although she was only
sixteen married her.
As the Countess Taliewitch her beauty
blossomed out and dazZled the capitals Of
Europe. In st. Petersburg, in Vienna. in
nous. After nearly quarter OF CEN
fury of married life the count died leav-
ing his entire fortuns, over s5,ooo.o0o. to
the countess.
AS widow. barely forty years old, her
ripened beauty still reigned supreme To
her charms was now added her wealth,
and suftors for her hand were many The
lucky man was an Austrian noblemal.
Baron Won SchwitZer.
The baron and baroness lived for the
past dozen years at the latter's castle at
Crajora. Little by little the baroness
aged. Her beauty began to fade with tho
ravages of time. She spent large sums
on aids to beauty. on hair dyes. on face
creams. and employed skilled maids and
maSsueses. But no beauty doctors could
Danish her fifty or more years. The bar
oness sorrowed over the less OF her daz-
Zling beauty. She no longer captivated
the gaze of men.
She brooded much over advancing
years that melancholia set In. some
weeks ago the baroness attempted to XIII
herself by taking poison but her attempt
was discovered I'm time and her life saved.
Determined to die the other day she
secretly secured her husbands revolver
and with IL blew out her brains. The
tragedy occurred at Crajora.
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THE DUCHESS LITTA.

This abode OF the duke has in its days
passed through many vicissltudcs. In
the year 1863 it had its rugged mediae-
val character reduced to a ntidc" type
OF architecture, then subsequently be-
came Il ruin. When the duke a:Isr
wandering about the World. returned -
Italy determined to restore his ancient
home and take up his residence there.
the scanty part of Ii that was still
habitable was occupied by the famiI., of
his bailiY. Now Castle Litta has been
brought back to it's whilom sple1Ior,
having been restored with SO much H.
teIligence and taste as hardly to suS-
gest that only a few years ago 1T WAS
almost one of those classic ruins which
So delight twentieth century lovers of
omantic landscapes
The idea of applying his theories 10
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of my former possessions. Still. am lit
tie disposed to submit to illegalities or
violence. My countrymen know that L.
who elevated them to the position they
now occupy. do not hate them: yet some
thing must be done to terminate an 0nfor-
tunate state OF things. l am. Tor my part
determined to fight 1t through to the end.
At present my countrymen do not de1gn
even to answer my letters. They have
boycotted me. / have become an out
slider In the very society that has Its ori-
gin in me. But naturally. If the society
and no longer respects its obligations, the
matter must be decided by tribunal
Summing up the case. asked II his sad
experience had caused him to lose faith
in his social theories.
No." he replied. unhesitatingly. Not
withstanding the. failure Of the expert
ment my faith in the principle 1t involves
remains mistaken. A proof that the idea
itself was good Hes in Ave years or pros
perity enjoyed by the little. community:
II PROSPERITY in q way was the cause OF
it's downfall It is only for the reason as
7 have said. that the italian laborer Is not
vet SO constituted that he meets 1t prop
eriy. When he comes to understand that
new rights Invariably impose new duties.
then the realization OF my scheme VIII De
easy enough. The workman OF Italy Is
not to be blamed; one must remember
that he has lived in a state OF. aD)ect
slavery, under corrupted rule OF overseers'
victims OF an INSCRIPTIONS system or nus
bandry. Let his conscience once develop.
his character evolve, and the colony IDEA
will be a success.
1.-THE times are not quite ripe yet mere
in Italy for my experiment" concluded
the duke. yet in the end my dreams Will
surely find their fulfllInent. 1t may De
here at Casale Litta or elsewhere, put
they will. I am assured. eventually come
true. I hope to live to see the new day
The future is the child OF better cond1-
tions for all the world.
As he spoke his parting words there was
a light, q little sad. perhaps. on Duke
Lftta's face 1t was evident. indeed, that
the collapse OF his humanitarian scheme
was not to be attributed to him. He had
wa9ed a brave battle for civilization on
his dispossessed property, and II he had
lost II was due solely to those ne mad
benefited too much. The pettiness OF hu
man nature had conquered by methods
against which greatness and nobility OF
intent cannot always remain secure. Duke
Litta suggested to me the figure OF q TOO
trusting giant beset by pygmies. GULL
yer overcome by the snares OF the Lilllpu-
tians: he had been able to meet the grand
issues OF the scheme, but even strength
fails before the arts Of passive resistance.
the subtietfes Of the low demagogue, the
blind malice Of the mean. 1t was through
these things that the colony OF Casale
Litta failed. MEL SANNcA'
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TO live. he said. was to see if il were
possible to ameliorate the condition Of my
countrymen and infuse into them the SEN
timents of human dignity: Convinced of
its possibility. elaborated a new system
In my little world Of Casale Litta by
which the codntryman might become HIS
own master. The first move. naturally,
was to do away with the mass of obsta-
cleS that in Italian farms interpose be-
tween the landowner and the man who
works for him. The chief OF these obsta-
cles is found In the observation-disclosures
who rent the ground from the owner but
do not work 1t themselves. These. to
make the land pay. keep down the wages
of their field hands. Having at consider
able cost and patience disposed OF the
'fttabilf and pther parasites that incum-
bcred the land, one could then deal with