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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
DOG DETECTIVE RUNS
DOWN A MURDERER
FOur-FOOted Sherlock Holmes
Is Doing Some EXtra0rdi-
nary Defective Work.
BY GEORGE FRASER.
, TO The Tribune.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 2e.-Tref.
the famous police dog. was taken to Nou-
onesh from Moscow and successfully
tracked down the murderer or one OF
the employees on the property Of Prince
Nasiltchikoff, in the borough OF Pavlov-
sky. On the train by which Tref trav-
eed n passenger was robbed OF a pocket
book containing over $50 The services
as he is called in the papers. were AT
once called into reqUisition, and after
smelling all the passengers. TrCf went
for one OF them as he left the train NJ
the next station and was entering a cab.
The stolen property was found In bis
possession. Hardly a week passes but
that some fresh exploit OF Tret is re-
corded, and NJ Lebcdeff's initiative In
founding a training establishment for
police dogs in st. Petersburg is meeting
with warm public recognition.
American to Build Ships
While Russia has decided 10 build her
Dreadnoughts at home, ii is not !mpossi-
BILE that an American VIII have much To
do with their construction. l have heard
that the naval authorities are seriously
considering making proposition to
Lewis Nixon to superintend the build
ing OF the battleships. whether propo-
sition has been submitted 10 Mr.. Nixon
or not my informant is unable 10 say
but that such a proposition VIII he II IL
probable. Mr.. Nixon has done work Tor
the Russian navy department, and did
II so well that nc stands very high in
the estimation OF official Russia The
naval programme includes the building
OF the following ships; Twelve Dread
noughts costing 5000. .o0O, 600; twenty tor
pedo boat destroycrs OF 1000 tons capable
of steaming thirty-iiye knots and cost
Ing over S10. 900. 900: forty transports
costing almost $50 Oo0. 600; gunboats and
submarines. number not given.
Will Go to the Riviera.
The Grand Duchess Marie OF SAKE
Coburg- Gotha has been staying NJ 81,
Petersburg during the last month II.
r. II. is required by the statues OF the
Romaroff family 10 spend part OF every
year In Russia. but she has several times
been dispensed from this residence, which
is one OF the conditions under which she
received a large annual allowance from
the imperial treasury. II Is understood
that the Grand Duchess Marie WIZ pro-
ceed from st. Petersburg 10 the Riviera,
as she intends to spend TIC spring al
the Chateau de Fabron, her property near
Nice.
II Is possible that n German specialist
Will shortly be summoned 70 Tsarskoe
Selo for consultation regarding the
czarina's heart troubles.
Black Hundred Parade.
On the occasion of tho opening OF
new local branch the BLACK Hundred"
TO the number OF about 5000 with ban
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
FARCICAL ENDING Of
DUEL NEAR MADRID
Only PePSOn Hurt Was Chief of
Police. Who Was Not a
Participant.
speciaI Cable 10 The Tribune.

MADRID. March 26-The whole capi-
tai is laughing at the farcical ending Of
the duel between Captain QUeipe and
Rafae! Eshry, The fircbrand cavalry Of
rlcer has just served a disciplinary month
IN fortress owing TO his share in the
protests against certain promotions in
the Riff campaign. His meeting with
cito Espanor only awaited his release.
Public interest in the duel was fired by
the prospect OF Il fatal termination, the
two men being known TO be bitter enc
mics and expert swordsmeT, There was.
consequently, much preliminary talk,
and the chief Of police determined TO
stop the fight at all cost,
Chased in Motor Car
When the captain and his adversary
started for the ground III two motor
cars he pursued in a third car. Their
automobiles were however. far more
powerful. and speedily outdistanced the
police, The principals. with their see
onds and doctors. reached n field sur
rounded by Il wall. where they were able
TO lock themselves In.
When the chief OF police came up he
found il necessary To climb the wall. the
top OF which bristlcd with broken bottles.
lie jumped from his perious position
and fcll between the duclists. distance
OF some ten feet The combat Of which
two engagements had been fought with
out Injury to either OF the participants.
was brought TO n sudden termination.
and the dueliDg party declared under
arrest.
The attention of the doctors. however
had at once TO be concentrated on the
unfortunate chief OF police. whose hands.
feet and legs were bleeding profusely as
a result OF his experience on the top
Of the wall. 1T is the lighter aspect OF
the affair which has attracted Madrid
society. who jotIpGiy say that this Is the
first duel in which police representa-
tive was wounded, while the chief par
ties were uninjured.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
Duel to Death.

Baron Hermann Widerhofer, an Aus
trian government agent. and DR. Oscar
Mayer, former friend, have fought
duel. with fatal results. They Quarreled
about what is described as a private
affair" and during a dispute in public.
DR.. Mayer assaulted his friend, who Inn
mediately challenged him. The seconds.
who were four army officers, arranged
a duel with smoothbore pistols, the com
batants 10 fire three shots at a distance
OF thirry-nyc PAGES. The unusually long
distance shows that the seconds did not
consider the Insult matter Of life or
death. The duel took place on Saturday
afternoon, near the rife butts ON the out
skirts OF the town, Baron Widerhofer.
as the agSricved person. fired first, using
his left hand. as his right arm had been
Injured during the struggle with Or.
Mayer. He missed his opponent, Dr.
Mayer then fired. and his first bullet
pierced Baron Wlderhofcr's forehead. The
latter died In a motor ambulance while
being conveyed 20 a hospital. Dr. May
or. houor-struck at what he had done,
declared that he aimed at Baron Wider
hofer's feet. but that the heavy charge
OF powder caused the pistol TO Kick,
Journalist Commits Suicide.
The recent suicide OF Herr Ludwig
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27

r , 9a[ga[lta DTex daughter Of Anthony Rrexc Philadelphia
stone eardom Amer
in this o dendc coupons ~e"
i a in France
of socet
friends real
ey from Miss Drcxes
n
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
Where De Sevigne Was Born.

The wonderful interest attaching TO
IL viii be understood when IL is men
toned that Madame dc Sevigne was
born in the house bearing the number
J. which was inhabited later on by
the Due de Saint-Simon. Rachel dwelt
In 1858 at No. O. which had been the
Hotel de Chaulnes. No. was the Hotel
de Breteuil, At No. ) the old Hotel
de Rotrou, NJ. Ranc. the politician and
Journalist. who had q vertabe cult for
the Place des Nosges. spent many years
and there he expired, Thirteen was
the Hotel de Rohan Chabot. Is the
Hotel Ormesson. II the Hotel de Cha
bannes. Here also we find the Hotel de
Richelieu. occupied by the cardinal after
he gave the Palals Royal 10 the king
Six was the Hotel de LaVardln, built by
the marshal OF that name, and il is per-
haps the most celebrated Of all as
Marion Delorme lived there. Victor
Hugo also dwelt In that house. which
he only left when he went into exile after
the coup d'etat. and now IL contains the
museum devoted TO relies OF the great
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
Preserving Historic Buildings,

Paris has decided that the destruc-
ton OF its ancient landmarks shall cease
or at least be curtailed The owner OF
a house in the Place des Yosges, who
had altered Its facade, has been ordered
to restore il in conformity with the
style OF all the other buildings in that
square, This historic square is built
On the ground or which stood the Hotel
des Tournelles. in which Louis XII died,
and before which Henri II was killed by
Montgomery In the memorable tourna-
mcnt of 1863. II was Henri who, in
1906. had the plans drawn UP in the
style OF the great Spanish plazas. and
when It was finished the splendid square
was FIRST known as the Place Boyalc.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
State Has Been Robbed.

In the matter of the church scQucstra-
ton funds IL has been shown that not
only have properties worth millions been
sold for a pittance TO favorites, but the
state has been robbed of the greater
portion Of the pittancc. Then take the
Marseiles hospital site scandal. which
has just developed. I doubt is anything
in New YoTk's history OF graft can very
greatly surpass 1t, The case. III brief, is
as follows. When the French govern
ment distributed the proceeds OF the
sales or cqpvents and other eccesliastical
domains, sum Of 1,150.O00 francs was
given to the town OF Marselles for the
benefit Of local charity known as the
Hospital du Marine. \ site Of land was
to be purchased in the first instance.
This was secured for $4,000 francs, II
is now found that land adjacent. and OF
larger area. was sold for 90 900 francs.
The deal in connection with the land
FOR the hospital now calls forth serious
imputations against certain MarseiIles
notabilities. And this is only one case.
There are others, Not since the Panama
scandal has the community been so
scandallzed. 1t can be said for France.
however, that some Of the big grafters
are likely TO wind up in jall
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
Those Accomplished in the Art
in America Can Learn From
French Masters.
PROPERTIES WORTH MILLION
SOLD FOR PITTANCE
Nothing in New York History
of Graft Equals MarseiIIes
Hospital Story.
BY PAUL VILLIERS.
ciaI Gable TO The Tribune.


PARIS, March 26.-Only "A short time
ago told how the graft exposures In the
United states had caused somewhat Gym
iCal amusement in France and quoted
some opinions Of the "holier than thou"
order expressed by some FrcnChmenw no
professed TO believe that scandals like
those which have been shocking the
Americans were no longer possible here.
The question as to whether or not the
recent exposures of graft in France come
as punishment for this feeling OF SNUG
superiority l Will leave for the psycholo-
gists and only record the fact that IL
Is apparent from the exposures of bare
faced thieving piled onto what may be
called legal robbery I'm the management
OF the church sequestraton fund. to-
Scther with the evidence OF graft OF the
most sordid kind In the management
of municipal finances, that not only has
France nothing TO learn from America.
but the most accomplished grafters OF
New York and Philadelphia could well
afford TO take the trip across the ocean
in order TO take lessons from the French
masters n
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
Black Hundred Parade

On the occasion of tho opening OF a
new local branch. the Black Hundred,
to the number OF about 5000 with ban
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lI ings. statues and other
counterfeit presentmcnts
of George Washington in
all parts of the world there are Two
masterpieces OF the sculptor's art
which stand out above and apart from
all the others and In a class by them
selves as at once the most Interesting
and most faithful likenesses of the
Father Of His Country. In every de-
tail Of design and dimension these
two portrayals are duplicates. Indeed.
one Of the statues Is a replica of the
other. The original stands In the 70
tunda Of the Virginia state capitol at
Richmond-Washington's native state
and the other has recently been
placed In statuary hall at the United
States capitol-the Westminster Alb
hey Of America.
The preemincnt Washington statue
is the one chiseled by Jean Antoine
Houdon and the fact that Houdon's
creations-the famous statue and sew.
eral preliminary studies-were the
only ones ever made from Washing.
toms person makes the work particu.
larry interesting and valuable. George
Washington was 81 years OF age when
HOudOn went to Mounf vor,,n ona
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IF Washington Had Become a British Sailor

of the British navy or that his ambition was
gratfed to the extent of a place as midship-
man.
Georges father was dead and Major Wash
ington stood In the place of father to the boy.
He approved the plan and labored long with
Mary Washington. the mother of George. She
was opposed from the beginning but finally
gave her consent The dunnage Of George was
sent on board a ship of the royal navy lying
in the Potomac of Mount Vernon. But at
the last minute Mary Washington fatty re-
belled and withdrew her permission. Her sig
nature necessary to his enlistment and
everything stopped short. Tradition says that
George came back from the ship with his dun
mage. blubbering like any other sorey disap-
pointed 1+year-old boy.
The author holds that II Washington had
become a British mdshipman on that large
and important day of 1746 he would have
tered upon a career that would probably have
held him fast all the rest of his days. The
years between 1746 and 1876 were Of great
activity on the sea.
Thus, even II George Washington had left
the British navy at the beginning Of the revo-
luton and cast his lot with the ,colonists.
would he have been the Washington that we
know?
Assuming that the revolution fought
without Washington. what would have been
the outcome? On this point the author says:
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SHOWED WHERE HIS MIND WAS
Uncle BiIIy's Question Proved That
Sick Horse Was Uppermost in
His Thoughts.

"William." said Aunt Ann Skiles to
her husband, after the supper dishes
had been cleared away. lets go and
hear the lecture tonight" Uncle Billy
had forgotten that there was n lecture.
and when he was reminded that re-
turned missionary was going TO tell all
about India at the church be did not
seem Over-enthusiastic.
II oughtn't to go anywhere to-
night" grumbled Uncle Billy. Il ought
to be doctoring my sick horse
We'll. you're not doing ii, and
you're not likely to do it. Get ready
and 60"
Uncle Billy meekly obeycd. II" sat
patiently through the lecture. which
was both interesting and profitable.
At the close of his discourse the re-
turned missionary said:
II will wait n few minutes now for
the purpose of answering any ques-
tions that interested persons in tho
audience may wish TO ask"
For half a minute nobody spoke.
Then, TO the horror Of Aunt Ann and
the astonishmcnt of the congregation.
Uncle Billy leaned forward and asked:
What do they use in India TO euro
horses that have got the heaycs?"-
Youths Companion.
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MJcRLeNoV az INE Rx0EJI4L

ing evidence of how marvelously lifeiike is
this chiseled figure was afforded by the deep
emotion Of Lafayette when he first sazed upon
this portrayal of the leader he loved well.
Many Interesting incidents characterized the
evolution Of this unique statue. One of these
relates to the uneasiness of Mrs. Washington
wife of the general. when the casts were be-
ing made in order to insure faithful portrait
Finally. when the life mask was taken.
the plaster cast was Apt on washington's
face for SO long a time that his wife tainted
from alarm.
On the pedestal of the statue is an inscrip-
ton reading: THE General Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Virginia have caused this
statue to be erected n monument Of aYec-
uon and gratitude to George Washington, who.
uniting to the endowments Of the hero the vir-
tues Of the patriot and exerting both In estab-
fishing the liberties of his country has rem
dered his name dear to his fellow-citizens. and
given the world immortal example of true
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rs 1t too much to say that the American
republic would have been fatherless without
Washington? Perhaps arm might have
been found-though that is doubtfu-that
could have welded his sword. But where was
the brain. the patience. the tact. the determi
nation. that would have composed the differ
ences in the American councils and have kept
the discordant colonies and the Jealous COM
manders together? Without his steady
ing hand in the war the American army would
have followed n devious course to death and
the young republic one to its destruction"
Mr. Chamberlin then quotes from Washing
toms contemporaries to show the decisive part
he played in the formation of the union Of
the states after the and contends that no
other man could have concentrated the conf
dencc and affection of all Americans. He con-
cudes:
washington the pivot upon which all
things turned. Lacking such pivot. the ma
chinery of the American republic would have
tumbled into ruin. Happy the choice of the
Virginian mother who could not spare her
boy on that summer day and sent aboard the
pan-of-war in Potomac's stream for his dun
nage!"
Are things consciously ordered before they
take place? Is there any such thing as chance?
And II there is chance. what Is II? Is II merely
direction which we cannot see?" Or is It
something much like the thing We call luck
the caprice of the goddess Of fortune? Is
there such a thing a special providence?
These and many other like questions are sug-
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spent some time at washington's home gath.
ering Information and frst-hand Impressions
for his ambitious undertaking.
Every opportunity was afforded the scuIp-
tor To study his subject and he was permitted
not only to take accurate measurements of
Washington but to take molds of the face
head and chest Washington himself suggest
ed the uniform in which he is represented in
this significant memorial. The costume is
the continental uniform which he was accus-
TONED to wear as commander-in.chief and in
which he was attired when he resigned his
commission and bade farewell to his enemy's
military service at Annapolis.
How we'll this remarkable statue satisfied
the men who knew Washington personally
may be Judged from the comment OF the emf.
Dhent John Marshall. Speaking of Houdon's
masterpiece. the first chief justice OF the Unit.
"a States supreme court said: 1T represents
the original as perfectly as living man could
be represented in marble" Another convinc-
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Doan's Kidney Pills. is long ono. but
will interest any sufferer with backnche
or kidney trouble. and Mrs. Shearer will
tell 1t to any one who writes her. en-.
closing a stamp. II am well and active.
though CO years old. and give all tn"
credit to Doan's Kidney Pills" says
Mrs. Shearer.
Remember the name-Doan'F. For
sale by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. n. Y.
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A Holiday Sermon.

in takin' up de collections fer do
holiday heathcns." said Brother
Dickey, don't fergit dat dey's cross
de water. My advice is ter save all
de warm kiver fer de home heathens
-sich ez blankets, an or OyeTcoats.
Dem heathens whar de missionaries
go lives in a hot country. an all dc
kiver dey needs Is a umbrelleT ter
keep de sun off."-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
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kidney gone, tho
other badly diseased.
and five doctors in
consultation, " as
thought to be in a
hopeless state. Tho
story Of Mrs. Shear
er's awful sufcrinEs.
ard her wonderful
cure through usinT.
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.,,,,,.- ~, pr.sidents" in the unique hall OF
fame at the capitol at washington
statuary hall is the imposing apartment
adjacent to the rotunda OF the great whte
domed building which was the na'' Vi '.pe
sentatiyes of the original capitoi. ana mere
CIay. Webster Adams. Calhoun. Randolph
and a host Of other prominent men OF the
republic made the walls ring with their hery
eloquence. Here. too. at spot marked oy
metal star. ex-President John Quincy Adams.
then a representative for Massachusetts. was
stricken unto death. This great room has
its present admirable use as hall OF memo
rial statuary is due to the suggestion OF the
late Senator Justin s. Morrill, when he was
representative from Vermont When the his
toric apartment had been set aside a re-
pository for the sculptured tributes which
constitute the ideal testimonials in any hall
of fame. congress in 1864 sent to each state
in the Union invitation to send marble or
bronze statues of two Of her most illustrious
sons for permanent preservation. BY no
means all Of the states have yet accepted this
invitation. but some additions made every
year to the collection.
sogososoaosoaozoa aogoEoso
gested by this Washington "ir' and by all
such ifs" For example:
Columbus started to sail "to the west and
to the west, until the west becomes
the east" A great multitude of birds passed
his PROV going from the north TO the south
west. He induced to turn to the south
west for two days. He never resumed his
western course and lost the continent of North
America for Spain.
However these things may be. one cannot
conceive of the revolution and the Union with.
out George Washington and. one believes that
Providence raised up the Father of His Coun.
try TO do the work that he did. II that is So
II seems clear that IL ordered from the
beginning that George Washington should not
become British midshipman.
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glory. ID on Q
in the year OF
Ch hrist on .
thousand sew.
en- h un d red
and Gig h I y
eight and in
I b G ye ar of
the common
wealth tn o
twelfth" Ac-
cording to ira
tradition. this
tribute to the
most famous
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JOnF THE boy George Washington had
become a British midshipman" is one
the % Ifs" considered by Joseph Ed
gar Chamberlin in his interesting
- ltfla yoIume The LIS of History" !"
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SH17ZIHRr MIL .H7 THE HHTN

was educated IN
Paris and Rome ana
early in his career
attained an interna-
tional reputation.
When II was decid-
ed to have him un-
dcrtake the Wash
ington statue the
commission for tho
work was intrusted
through T h O m n 3
jefferson. who was
at the time the min
lister of the United
States to Franco.
In 1885 Houdon ac-
companIed Benja-
min Franklin to
America and pro
ceeded to Mount
Vernon. where. as
above outlined. he
received informa-
tion and inspiration
for his work under
the most favorable
circumstances. Then
the sculptor re-
turned to Europe
and made in Italy
the original life-size
marble statue. Lat
er plaster casts were
taken fro m this
original at n cost OF
$4,000 each and re-
Gently the state of
Virginia paid sew
eral tim es that
amount for the rep
lica which. together
with a statue OF
Gen. Robert +. Lee.
constitutes the rep
resentatiOn OF the
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Ill
little volume. The Ifs Of History.
While we do not know much about the
bovbood Of George Washington. 1t Is generally
accented as historically true that in 1746. when
he was IA years OF age. n warrant was OBJ
tanned for him as a mdshipman in the British
navy.
This may well have been true. for It was
the most natural thing in the world. rs Mr..
Chamberlin points out. Major Lawrence
washington, halfbrother Of George and much
older in years. was the owner Of Mount Yer
non. He was acknowledgement Of Virginia. had
been in the kings service at the siege OF Car
tagena and elsewhere and had wide ac-
ouaintance In both the British army and navy.
He entertained at Mount Vernon with true
Virginia hospitality and no British warship
dropped into the Potomac without visit to
Major Washington on the part OF Its officers.
The boy George. who gave signs from ear
lest boyhood of being born fighting man.
was frequently at his half.brother's table.
where he in the company Of these British
naval officers and heard the talk Of adventure
and deeds OF arms. Even as a boy George
had manners and a presence everyone liked
hiO and made much Of him. Small wonder.
theu. that bis soul burned to become q hero
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citizen of the Old Dominion was penned OF
hand by James Madison. afterward president
Of the United States who rested a sheet OF
paper on his knee while he wrote this grace
full eulogy.
Houdon. the famous French sculptor. who
was responsible for this most Interesting work
of art, was born in 174l and died in 1928 He