New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-11
LORD DUDLEY'S QUEST
Seeking a Name for the Nes0 Capital
of australia.


Copyright 1909 by the brentwood Company
To Lord Dudley the recently appointed Governor
General OF Australia. viii belong the credit of hav
ing at length brought TO end the interminabie
discussion and dispute that have lasted for nine
years 10 the location OF the capital of the
commonwealth, by securing agreement Of all Of
tbs states TO particular site. Three years ago
Daigetty. on the Snow River with outlet ct
Twofold Bay, IN New South Wales was selected by
the federal parliament. But the proposal was
abandoned in face of the violent opposition OF New
South Wales herself Now, however, ali the states.
including New South Wales. have settled upon
Yeas Canberra, situated on the Yaas River, and
within easy reach Of the magnificent inlet known
as Jsry1s Bay. the coast OF New South Wales.
Interstate jealouses have prevented the capital
being established either at Melbourne Sydney.
each Of which has a population of considerably
half million, and IL decided that en-
tirely metropolis should be chosen. The first
choice Of any importance Tumut. in New
South Wales. Then came DalgettY, and comes
Yaas Caaherra- The country chosen is high. IN
dulating and picturesque. Its altitude Of between
2ono and 1900 feet gives il cool. bracing climate.
present it is insignificant township, and it will
take some years before the houses Of Parliament,
the residence of the Governor General and the
buildings necessary for the housing of the various
federal government departments have been Gre
Sted.
The question now arises 10 what name the
new city viii bear Il is pTeposterOus 10 imagine
its retaining the old native name of Yaas Can
berra. -Yaas'' alone. and ''Canberra" alone. are
Equally impossible 'E,dwardviIe'' would sound
distinctly awkward although many loyal Austral-
fsns are in favor It In fact there Is almost as
much controversy raging about the name there
has been hitherto about the location of the new
metropolis of the commonwealth.
on The whole the Australians have done well to
take their time about making the choice so as to
avoid mistakes. It may be remembered that the
United States was fifteen years settling down at
washington, and that Canada hesitated for Ten
years before asking Queen Victoria TO solVe 1he
problem for them which she did by declolng IN
favor of Ottawa as the capital OF the Dohinioh'
Why DOCTORS WERE EXEMPTED.
Everv one knows that medical men are ex-
eupted from service juries, but few are aware
CT the real origin and cause Of this imnunlIy- II
dates hack to ancient times when the meolcal
profession did receive the consideration winch
il nowadays justly enjoys The immunity Is al
most as old as the jury system, and medical men
were dispensed with identically the same ground
IS butchers and executioners, namely, because II
Ees held that their occupation tenoeo 10 1eiiuei
them too bloodthirsty.
Formerly the connection between the execution
.rs and the medical profession was a very close
oae and executioners were frequently called upon
20 perform surgical operations Thus King Fred
sr1ck II Of Denmark issued license over his hano
and seal on July "a 1879, which is still in existence
90 Anders Freimut, eXecutioner al copenhagen
granting him the right TO set bones and to treat
wounds In 1909 II is recorded in the municlpaI
archives at Copenhagen that Gaspar, the hang1nan
a Copenhagen. received four rigsdalers for the
cure of two sick children in the inhrmary; and
In 1858 King Christian " summoned the execution
er Of Gluckstadt TO examine the diseased loot OF
the Crown Prince Of Denmark. Henry Roster, the
physician in ordinary OF the King, complained bit
tery in letters still IN existence of the slight thus
placed upon him. insisting that the hangTlan, who
is as III TO treat the case artist TO play the
Tyre had received fee from the King of 200
nd laTg ST
In E722 Bergen, executioner In Norway, was
authorize by royal decree to practise surgery.
king Frederick I Of Prussia chose his favorite
heneraan man OF the name of Coblenz, to be
his physician in ordinary; and Erick Petersen,
public executioner az Trondjthem in 1885, served
Is surgeon infantry regiment throughout
the in the early part of the nineteenth CEN
tury. retiring in 1914 with the rank of surgeon
major. Moreover. ]. Pierpont Morgan has, be-
lieve in his library in New York a book written
On the treatment of various diseases by Andreas
IdebknechJ the public executfoner at Copenhagen.
who at the close Of the seventeenth century en-
3oyed European fame physician The book
bears the date Of publication 1885. and is dedi-
Gated TO The Holy and Ever Blessed Trinity
TRAGEDY THAT COST KING HIS REASON
Old Nine Won Rochow's death last week. a a very
advanced age serves 10 recall the fact that II was
her husband, Adolf Rochow, who shot and
killed Baron Won Hirckeldey Just about fifty years
thereby preclpltdIeC~ the InaIaQy 10 WINCH
King Frederick William " finally succumbed and
which darkened the closing years Of his life.
The King. greatly exercised by the number OF
suicides and desertions among the officers OF his
Erry especially of those attached TO regiments in
garrison at Berlin and Potsdam, and which were
attributable in reary every TO the inability to
pay so-cared debts of honor contracted al the
card table. determined TO put check on gam
bling, and intrusted Baron Won Hinckeldey, his
ctief Of police, with the task
The baron began by suppressing all the
snail tr1pots and petty gambling establishments
with which Berlin then now infested. OF
course. this led to an cutlery in the press TO the
effect that * was only the small fry who were
n1olested, while princes and mobiles were permitted
lose fortunes every afternoon at the Hotel du
Nord. where tire Prussian Jockey Club. only re
Gently constituted the time, had established its
headquarters.
King Frederick William much wrought up
over this. and gave peremptory directions to the
baron To close the Jockey Club and to seal the
doors Of the apartments in which he found that
play going on declaring that he would not
tolerate any such fragrant disregard OF his orders
and wishes by his MOBILES and officers. That night
large force Of police invaded the brilliantly
lighted salons of The Jockey Club. headed by Won
Tfinckeldey who was at once taken to task by
Adolf Won Rochow. the president Of the club. In
fact Won Rochow and many of the other mobiles
present heaped insults on the unfortunate Won
FIinc8eldey. On tia following day Won Rochow
sent challenge 10 the baron. which was declined
On tie ground that ne had acted by the King s
orders. Thereupon Won Rochow sent him a most
insulting letter, which led Won Hinckeldey in his
turn 10 senG challenge.
The King happened 70 hear Of il, and strictly
forbade the duel. extorting from Won Hinckeldey a
solemn promise not to night, saying You have only
acted IN obedience 10 my orders, and If any mis-
fortune should happen you / would never forgive
myself. since it Is 1 who would bear the moral re
sponsibiIity thereof"
Some afrP ard an a.